Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1933, Page 3

DRVE FOR LIERARY “Book Begging” Seen as One Way. to Avoid Closing Branches. (Continued From First Page.) wry out, unless stricken items are re- siored to the bill by the Senate and ap- oroved by the House. The appropriation for purchase of ®ooks this year is $54,50¢. For the 1934 syear the bill as passed by the House serries $40,000, If the $11,526 could be svansferred from the book purchase ttem to the salary item, it would cut <he vresent ndard of buying books mearl? in half, but would allow the wranckes to stay open. To meke up some part of the depleted book appropriations, Dr. Bowerman said he would favor a book-begging cam- paign. He said he looks upon this with some distaste, as it is sometim:s almost as expensive to beg books as to buy them. it would mean that a great many out.»f -@ate. badly bound and unworthy hooks would come in, and that the labor of sorting out the wheat from the ctiaff would be added to the now over-worked staff. Dr. Bowerman pointed out that in buying books for a library it is often absolutely essential to buy expensive books, and the cheaper reprints, sold after a book has been in prin’ some time, very often offer no help. A reader would naturally expect to find, for instance, all of the published vol- umes of the Dictionary of National Biography as soon as they appear. These books cost $12.50 per volume and | 1t is impossible to get them for less. i Readers Are Increasing. Not only is the library confronted with its routine problems, but the great national depression has enormously in- creased the use of books. Since 1929 the circulation of books at the public library has increased 66 per cent, the registration of readers entitled to draw books hss increased 72 per cent and the staff of library workers but 13 per cent, Dr. Bowerman said. At pres- ent it is necessary to close the library on all public holidays, and it is pos- sible to on Sunday onlv ‘from 2 to 6 o'clock.” The main library is closed Pridays at 1 o'clock and the branch libraries on Saturdays at the same time. Previously all branches and the central library were opened every week day from 9 am. to 9 p.m. and on Sunday and public holidays: from 2 to 9 p.m. ; The great increases in circulation’ have come despite the shorter hours in which the library is available for use. Resigns Post ’ i i | EUGENE MEYER, JR. —Who resigned today as chairman of the Federal Farm Board. MEYER QUITS POST | ON RESERVE BOARD; SUCCESSOR WEIGHED (Continued From First Page.) Meyer, including Angus McLean, for- mer Governor of North Carolina. Stewart Mentioned. ‘The New York Herald Tribune, prior to announcement cf Meyer's resigna- | tion, stated this morning that reparts; are current in Wall Street that Walter W. Stewart would receive the appoint- | ment, Stewart is chairman of the Board of Case, Pomeroy & Co., investment firm. The Herald Tribune also said Wall Street reports mention Stewart's name in connection with an appoint- ment as Under Secretary of -the Treas- ury. In 1931 Mr. Stewart served as the American member of the Special Ad- visory Committee of the Bank for In- ternational Settlements at Basel to in- vestigate Germany’s ability to resume reparations payments under the Young plan. Frcm 1928 to 1930 he was economic advisor of the Bank of England and in 1922 he began a three-year term as| director of the division of research &nd statistics of the Federal Reserve ard. ‘The library had 72,000 registered read- ers in 1929, and 116,000 in 1932. The book circulation was 1,500,000 in 1929. and 2,500,000 in 1932. An increasing number of adult readers, Dr. Bowerman . said, list themselves on their l.lbnry‘ cards es having no employment. If the branch libraries are to go,! Dr. Bowerman said, seven trained ! library workers and two janitors’ would be thrown out of work. He said that all of his library workers now, with the exception of some pages and junior employes, were graduates of colleges @nd library training schools. KING ADDRESSES PATRIOTIC ORDER " Dr. Herris E. Starr Elected Gov- ernor of District Society l of JFounders. | i Senator King of Utah last night called upon Americans to stand by the ideals of the founding fathers of the country in an address at the annual banquet of the District Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America at the Army and Navy Club. Dr. Harris E, Starr was elected gov: ernor of the organization and other offi cers were named as follows: Deputy governor, Dwight Clark; secretary, James A. De i urer, Dr. Edson L. Whitney; genealogist, Francis B. Culver; registrar, Maj. Harry A. Davis; historian, Decatur B. Axtell: chaplain, Rev. William C. White; state's attorney, Clarence P. Dodge; councilors, for three years, Gen. William E. Horton, Col. E. E. Hume and E. Irving Fulton. Representatives of patriotic_ societies responded for their organizations, in- cluding the Society of the Cincinnati, Aztec Society, Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the .Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, Military Order of the World War, Military Order of the | Loyal Legion, Society of the War of | 1812 and the Huguenot Society. Gen. rton was master of cere- monies. ADMINISTRATbR NAMED FOR U. S. FARM LOANS Morgenthau Selects Francis W. Peck of St. Paul as Credit Commissioner. By the Associated Press, Henry Morgenthau, jr., chairman of the Farm Board, announced today that Francis W. Peck of St. Paul has been selected to become co-operative loan commissioner when the new farm credit administration is established May 27. | Peck will direct most of the loaning , functions now handled by the Farm | Board. Morgenthau, who is to be gov- | ernor of the new credit administraiion, | will be in charge of the whole farm loan | program. Peck is director of agricultural ex- | ~tension at the University of Minnesota College of Agriculture. He is 48 and a native_of Minnesoia. SPECIAL NOTICI COUPONS BOUGHT BEFORE JAN. ‘must_be redeemed by May 30. 103 STUDIO. 1317 F st. n.w. _ 18 T 3. ORDER OF DOCTOR SHONYBY PERSON Police Official Introduces Pre- scription at Trial for Intoxication. After two high police officials had admitied an officer has the right to, drink whisky on the prescription of a reliable physician, medizal testimony was introduced today at the trial of | Capt. Joseph W. Pierson that he showed | no signs of intoxication an hour after ' he had been suspe! from duty March 14 fof ‘alleged drunkenness. | Dr. L.-A Cornet, 1927 North Capitol | slredlnwld the Police Trial Board he examined the suspended second precinct | captain an hour after Assistant Supt. L. L H. Edwards and Inspector Thad- deus R. Bean had called at his home and suspended him, and that he showed | no symptoms of intoxication. Prescription Introduced. | Both Edwards and Bean admiited under cross examination that it is not | in violation of the police manual for an officer to drink prescription. O'Shea | then introduced in evidence a pre- scription given the police captain by Dr. Samuel M. Sacks, 1000 M street, the morning of March 14. Insgectors Edwards and Bean, accom- panied by Dr. W. H. R. Brandenburg, police physician, visited Pierson’s home, 43 T strect, after Supt. Ernest W. Brown had received an anonymous call that the captain was in bed drunk, ac- cording to their testimony. Plerson had been on sick leave for two days under orders of Dr. Brandenburg, they said. He was suffering from a bad cold and grippe. Character Wiinesses. Fourteen character witnesses testified in behalf of Capt. Pierson, including Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, former police chief; John F. Costello, Democratic national committeeman for the District; Assistant Supt. of Police Frank 8. W. Burke and two retired po- lice officers, Inspector Willlam H. Har- rison and Capt. C. H. Bremmerman. The trial board is composed of In- | spectors Willlam G. Stott, Ogden T.| Davis and James F. Beckett. Assist- | ant Corporation Counsels Robert E. Lynch and Edward M. Welliver are in charge of the prosecuiion. CENTRAL HIGH AWARDED LAFAYETTE SCHOLARSHIP One of Ten Schools to Get Addi- tional Yearly Grant of Two Men and Woman Are Sen-| | more, THE EVENIN GROUP CONSDERS SCHOOL BULBINGS Funds for New Coristriiction Omitted jn-Schedule for _-~"1934 Budget. The effect on the school systsm during NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D Will Be Aboard Macon on l::f “INSPFECTION BOARD NAMED FOR NEW DIRIGIBLE'S the next few years of allowing an enure‘ fiscal year to-go by without any build-| ing: prejects was discussed by members!' of the Senate Subcommittee today as | executive hearings were continued onl Inu pending 1934 District appropriation | | bill. b4 | Nearly all of the morning session was | devoted to school estimates. The House bill carries nothing for new buildings, whereas the bill which died with ad- journment of the old Congress contained nearly a million dollars for public works in the school system. cisions are being made until the hear- ings are over, several subcommittee members displayed ‘a sympathetic atti- tude toward restoring some of the build- | ing projects. Decisions Delayed. Some members of the subcommittee believe it would be a mistake to call a halt on the ,entire school building pro- gram for the fiscal year. others on the subzommittee, however, who indicate that, aside from the merits figures for the coming year because of | economic conditions. What the sub- committee will finally do. regarding school buildings as well as all other im- portant issues will not be decided defl- nitely until the hearings are over and the marking of the bill begins. Supt. of Schools Ballou urged the subcommittee to consider the school building situation. "Members of the subcommittee said much of the discus- sion related ‘to the need for the new Woodrow. Wilson High School to be built in the Reno section. The sub- committee was told that even if a start on the building is authorized in the coming fiscal year the building will not be occupied for two years, and that dur- ing that time the number of high school punils would be steadily increasing. Dr George Bowerman, librarian ol‘ the free Public Library system, will be heard when the subcommittee recon- venes tomorrow morning, on the effects of the cuts made by the Budget Bureau and the House in the library funds. The subcommittee expects to complete the hearings tomorrow or Friday, but Senztor Thomas, chairman, could not predict today when it would be reported. After the hearings are closed the sub- committee will begin deliberating over what changes are to be made, includ- ing the question of what the Federal contribution should be. The subcom- mittee also heard brief testimony today regarding District Supreme Court items and the Register of Wills office. Chief Justice Alfred Wheat was present from the courts. Ask Larger Lump Sum. | District officia’s told the Senate Sub- committee yesterday that if the formula by which the Budget Bureau arrived at the Pederal contribution of $5,700,000 is to be adhered to, the lump sum should be raised to $6,000,000 in view of the amount added to the total of the bill just before it passed the House. The sul tte¢ members have not yet determined what amodnt they will recommend as the Federal share, and probably. will not do so until all testi- mony regarding details of the: bill has been heard. The Budget Buréau in revising the District estimates determined that total appropriations for the fiscal year 1933 were $45,122,622, including gas tax, water fund and the $625,000 carried in | the first deficiency bill for emergency relief. The Bureau then fixed a limit of £33,000,000 on the revised District tudget, which meant a reduction under current appropriations of $13,122,622. This was equivalent to a reduction of 26.86 per cent. The bureau then ap- plied this same percentage of reduction to the current leral contribution of $7,175,000, which gave a figure of $5,- 686,635. The bureau submitted its rec- ommendation in round numbers of $5,700,000. . THe Commissioners and Auditor Donovan pointed out to the Senate subcommittee, however, that the House added to the bill $1,040,000 to be spent from the gas tax fund, and $635,000 additional from the water fund, which upset the ratio on which the Budget Bureau arrived at the $5,700,000 lump sum. They suggested, therefore, that if the Senate is going to follow the Budget Bureau’s formula, the lump sum should be approximately $6,000,000, | * which would still be $1,775,000 under | the current amount. TRIO IMPRISONED FOR OBSCENE SHOW tenced After Kensington Performance. ey Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, April 12.—Ben- jamin N. Livingston, Fred Edwards Casey and Gertrude Cole, all of Balti- | who were charged in Circuit Court here with maintaining a com- mon law nuisance by putting on $200. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. EASTON, Pa. April 12.—Central High School of Washington is one of 10 schools to receive an additional scholarship award to be given men en- tering Lafayette College as freshmen n;;: year, Lafayette trustees announced today. ‘ ‘The amount of the scholarship is $200 per year, renewable at the end of W | each year provided the holder of it 3 KELVIN, R RE! n terms as low . 0.3, nw. | AFTER . 1 WI responsible for debts contracte by me per- sonally. WILLIAM BUTLER. 2915 !he‘rmln ave i as S5 per DeMoll & WANT TO HAUL FULL OR PART LOAD TO or from New York. Richmond. Boston. Pitts- burgh and all wav points: special rates. #EIONAL DELIVERY ASSN. INC. 1317 N. Y _ave. Nat._1460. Local moving al-o 1 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts contracted by any one other than mv- Self.. EDWARD D. RUMFORD. 1641 R st. nw. R N o i e WANTE D_BUILDINGS ~ TO _ WRECK Highest cash prices pal for condemned bulldings. M. TEMPLE. 1932 lst st n.w. * I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debis o7 obligations contracted in my name. ontracted_by me. pe oty e cwu. 8. SHACKLETTE, __Clarendon. Va. ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS. Washington Permanent Bulldine Acsociation, will te held at the office, No. May 3. 1933, at 3:30 pam. Polis op:n from st. n.w.. for_election of 10 gikeeps out rust and lasis for vears. Saves cost of {requent repaintings. Let_us apply our Protec-Tin Roofing 933 V KOONS &5, 3 LL ONLY BE| maintains a satisfactory record in col- lege. The person receiving the award must be in the upper two-fifths of his class in respect to scholastic standing, must be in genuine need of pecuniary aid, and must have other qualifications of character and ability which will per- mit the principal of the high seshool to recommend him for admission with- out qualification. | Each one of the high schools which {have been assigned a scholarship have been asked to submit the names of two or three candidates. From these the college will make its choice and the winner of the scholarship will be an- nounced at the high school commence- ment exercises. CONTINUES SPEED FLIGHT ORAN, Algeria, April 12 (#)—Capt. | Willlam M. Lancaster, a British Air Force reserve officer, who is trying to establish a new record for the England- Capetown flight, arrived here at 8 p.m. last night and continued toward Gao at midnight. He seeks to better the time of 4 days, 6 hours and 55 minutes set by Mrs. Amy Johnson Mollison. Gas Range Repairing Complete m"‘" lée;ulxflsncel 1802 ;rl"l};m., W or " North 817 ROOFING TINNING i x Moroccan Troops Desert. PIRMASENS, Germany, April 12 () —Eeveral Morcccans belonging to the 22d Algerian Sharpshocters’ Regi- ment deserted to German territory yes- HEATING f:} A(,',Amherger. 1n§. ster . Md.. laconin Ave"" 2 Ciave terday, complaining of bad treatment. ‘They were taken into custody. (Pirma- sens is in the Rhine palatinate, near the Prench border.) an obscene show in the Armory at Kensington the night of March 15, were sentenced today by Judge Charles W. ‘Woodward to five, four and three years, respectively, in the Maryland House of Correction. In passing sentence on Livingston, who admitted furnishing part of the “talent” for the objectionable show, Judge Woodward characterized the af- fair as the most outrageous ever to oc- cur in the county within his knowledge. As Judge Woodward finished sentenc- ing Livingston, the defendant’s wife created a scene by dramatically appeal- ing to the jurist in behalf of her hus- band and was led from the court room by Sheriff Richard H. Lansdale and others. The appeals of Julius Rosenfeld and Edmund D. Ault of Washington, who were recently were found guilty in Police Court here on charges of being con- nected with the Kensington show, were | dismissed when Judge Woodward was informed that the fines imj by Judge Donald A. Delashmutt in the lower court had been paid. Rosenfeld paid a fine of $750 and costs and Ault $50 and costs. In the case of Powell Havener of Kensingtcn, who was convicted in Po- lice Court of participation in the per- formance, it wsa stated that sentence had been suspcnded by Judge deLash- mutt and the appeal in that case also was dismissed, Ralph Pimes, Washington, who also was arrested in connection with the show, pleaded guilty in Police Court this morning and paid a fine of $150 end costs, imposed by Judge deLash- mutt. Mexican Trains Collide. | MEXICO CITY, April 12 (#) —Sev- eral persons were shaken up late Mcn- day night when a freight train ran into the rear end of the night international | pacs-nger train 50 miles outside Mexico i City and dcmolished the observation car. » The tr-in carried Pullmans for San Antonio, Tex., and 8t. Louls, Mo, While no de-; There are| of particular items, the bill should noc: be increased materially above the House | | gerous degree the efficiency of the Po- W WEDNESDAY APEIL 12, Flight irst EN TRIP. 1933 HEN the Navy's new queen of the skies, the dirigible Macon, takes off at Akron, Ohio, on its maiden flight this group of naval officers will go aloft as an inspection board. The new airship is to be thoroughly tested before delivery to the Navy. Left to right: Rear Admiral George C. Day, Capt. W. P. Robert, Lieut. Comdr. H. W. Olds, Comdr. K. L. Hill and Lieut. Comdr. R. S. Hitchcock. 4 —A. P. Photo. \ CHGAGD S FACIG CLOSNG SCAOOLS Situation Reaching Climax With $28,000,000 in Unpaid Salaries. By the Associated Press. CHIGAGO, April 12—A complete shutdown of Chicago schools, due to financial difficulties, became a -possi- bility today. School Trustee H. Wallace Caldwell announced he would ask other members of the Board of Education to agree to | an immediate closing of the schools. Back salaries due the teachers now to- tal about $28,000,000. Teachers for Closing. “I feel,” he said, “that school teach- ers have been discriminated against. City employes have been paid and teachers are getting no salaries. Also I think it unjust that millions in cash have been expended for the idle of the city while the teachers, in just as much distress, get nothing.” ‘There were shouts of ‘“yes” from many of some 2,000 teachers yesterday when Orville J. Taylor, president of the Board of Education, asked them if they wished the schools to close. The teach- ers had stormed his office in protest against non-payment of their salaries. No Funds Available. Taylor told them no funds were available, but that “we are working night and day in an endeavor to find some method of paying.” Earlier the teachers staged a demon- stration at the City Hall, around which they marched several times. Police Lieut. Michael Mills said a number of Communists were in the crowd, posing as teachers. “They fi:uur whenever a demonstra- tion is pl ed and then try to get credit for whatever happens,” he said. I0WA HOUSE APPROVES LEGAL BEER MEASURE Vote of 85 to 43, After Stubborn Fight From Drys, Sends Bill to Senate for Action. By the Associated Press. House yesterday passed the bill legal- izing 3.2 per cent beer by a vote of 65 to 43. The measures now goes to the Senate. The bill provides for the manufac- ture and sale, under close supervision, of the 32 per cent alcoholic content beverage. Vote on the bill followed prolonged debate and stubborn resistance on the of the drys. More than a score of speakers took the floor to debate the measure, each being limited to 10 minutes. It had all the aspects of a party contest in the speaking. All but one of the speakers oppasing the measure were Republicans, and all those argu- ing in its favor were Democrats. COLORED ASSOCIATION OPPOSES BUDGET GUTS Woman's Washington Chapter Asks Congress to Refuse to Adopt Drastic Reductions. Congress was petitioned yesterday by che National Association of Colored Women, Washington Chapter, to re- fuse to adopt the drastic cuts recom- mended in the District budget. The reductions, the: petition stated, would throw 5,000 laborers and mechan- ies out of work; would impair to a dan- lice apd Fire Dej nts and semously h..m;lr the work of the public schools, Office of Public Buildings and Public Grounds, public libraries, playgrounds and community centers, the Tubercular Hospital and - Children’s Sanatorium and other agencies. In conclusion, the organization re- quested an opportunity to be heard. The communication was addressed to Senator Elmer Thomas, Democrat, or Oklahoma. Insanity I;lea Given | To Save Woman on | Kidnaping Charge| Refused to Rent Houses She Owned, Lawyers Tell Court. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 12.—Testimony that Luella Pear] Hammer, accused of kidnaping Mrs. Mary B. Skeele, 65, once owned six houses, but refused to rent them, has been presented by her attorneys in their contention that she is insane. The testimony was given by J. J. Reimer, her brother-in-law, who also said she imagines sound detectors have | been placed in her cell to record not only her speech, but her thoughts. | Three county jail matrons said this was true. Four alienists testified Miss Hammer is sane. | She pleaded not guilty by reason of | Insanity. The case may reach the jury today. E. H. Van Dorn, a co-defendant, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a prison term of 10 years to life. DES MOINES, April 12—The Towa | M INUTE ) YSTERY Sanou, Dr. Fordney is professor of criminology at a famous university. His advice is often sought by the police of many confronted with particularly baffi This problem has been taken from his case book cavering hundreds of criminal investi- sations. 'y _your wits on it!" It takes but ONE read! Every fact and every clue necessary to its solution are in the story it- self—and there is only one answer. How. ®00d a detective are you? Detective Adams’ Quick Perception. BY H. A. RIPLEY. OU know, Jim,” soliloguized Fordney, 've got some pretty smart boys in that class of mine! It's gratify- ing to see the strides most of them are making.” “You're like an old hen with a bunch of chicks,” retorted Kelley, squinting t his friend through cigar smoke. ‘What mental Herculean feat has one of them accom- plished now, may I ask?” 13 The professor chuckled good na- turedly. “You know how I've drilled tke impo tance of ~obserwa- tion into them- well, the Carter ar- rest was the result of that. It wasn't a serious affair, but it might have ‘‘Detective Charles Adams and Bill Jeffries were driving treir squad car toward the sta- tion. It was 7:45 am. Sunday and both boys were tired out from the long hours of night duty. Suddenly Charley, turning to his companion and point- ing to a passing car, asked, “What's wrong with it?’ " *‘Nothing,’ sleepily retorted Jeffries. The car's occupants, an elderly man driving and a boy sitting in the middle of the back seat, his lips puckered in a whistle, were rambling along at a leisurely pace—both ordinary, unsus- picious looking individuals! Also every- thing about the old open Ford was in order. Yet Adams knew something was wrong! “Motioning the car to the curb he discovered two 10-gallon kegs of alco- hol on the floor between the front and back seats! “Charley really wanted to let the fel- low drive on, but after stopping them e had to bring them in.” “Just a hunch,” grunted Kelley in reply to Fordney's question. “Why did they stop the car?” “Not on your life. WHAT OBSER- VATION AROUSED ADAMS' SUSPI- CION?” Perhaps you have a story or prob- lem you would like to submit to Prof. Fordney. If s0 send it to him in care of this paper. He will be delighted to receive it. (For Solution See Page 12.) SIX FILM STUDIOS RESUME FULL PAY Two Others Expected to Take Sim- ilar Action Today—Leaders Con- tinue Parley on Economies. By the Associated Press. y HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 12—Six motion picture studios have announced resumption of full salary payments to players and two others were expected to také similar action today. United Artists and Samuel Goldwyn Productions and Western Studio Cor- poration, operating Educational and Metropolitan Studios have announced they will pay salaries in full, retroactive to March 6 when a voluntary 8-week re- duction was accepted by the players when studios said it was necessary be- cause of the bank holiday. The cut was scaled from a maximum of 50 per cent for salaries above $100 a week to a total exemption of those of $50 and less. Other full salary resumptions an- nounced were: K-K-O Radio, April 6; Metro-Golywyn-Mayer, April 17; and Hal Roach Studios, March 17. ‘The Columbia Studio returned to nor- mal salaries several days ago. Paramount and Warner Bros.-First National were completing lmnzem'jnu to resume full payments. Negotiations also were being conducted at the Fox Studios. Leaders in the Association of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors, of which Will Hays is president, continued conferences looking toward economies in the industry. Cieee WILKINS AND BALCHEN WILL SAIL FOR NORWAY Plan Departure Tomorrow in Prep- aration for Ellsworth Transat- lantic Plane Expedition. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 12—8ir Hubert ‘Wilkins and Bernt Balchen will sail for Bergen, Norway, tomorrow to begin preparations for the Lincoln Ellsworth transatlantic expedition. Ellsworth and others in the party wiil meet Sir Hubert and Balchen at Bergen in June. The expedition will sail for Dunedin, New Zealand, thence to the South polar region. Balchen, co-pilot in the transatlantic flight of Richard E. Byrd's “America,” will sail on the liner Stavangefjord, on which has been loaded the all-metal monoplane in which Ellsworth as ob- server and Balchen as pilot plan to fiy. back and forth across Antarctica. Sir Hubert and Lady Wilkins will go to Southampton on the Empress of Brit- ain, the explorer proceeding on to Bere JAPANESE OCCUPY - CITY INSIDE WALL Chinese in Disorderly Re- treat as Taitowying Is Captured. By the Associated Press. CHANGCHUN, Manchuria, April 12. ~—Japanese troops were reported to have occupied Taitowying, a° Chinese city about 8 miles south of the Great Wall of China, today hastening a_disorderly retreat of Chinese troops from the en- tire Eastern section of the wall. Rengo (Japanese) News Agency cor- respondents at the front said the 33rd Brigade under Maj. Gen. Kaoru Naka- mura, swept into the city from Chieh- lingkow, a Great Wall passage about 25 miles inland from the Yellow Sea. The damaged recently by bombs. The inese armies under Gens. Shang Chen and Ho Chu-Kuo, appar- ently fearful of being cut off, were re- ported hurriedly retiring to the Lwan River line. It was said the Chinese seemed likely to- abandon the entire triangle formed by the Great Wall, the river and the sea. (This undisputed Chinese territory extends about 65 miles sea.) Below Lengkow, Hsifengkow and Ku- peikow ~ the Japanese attacks under Maj. Gens. Yoshiaki Takata, Heijiro Hattori and Tadashi Kawahara, re- spectively, carried the battle farther south from the Great Wall. | Casualty returns showed the battle at Lengkow Monday and Tuesday was unusually sanguinary. The Japanese lost 26 killed and 100 wounded and the Chinese left at least 500 dead, the reports sald. Lengkow, a wall passage about 50 miles inland, had been stub- bornly defended for one month by the Chinese. 3 Chinese l:‘umry ufl‘yde:l:o reporgod apanese planes recen pped de- m}’?& for the evacuation of the entire area between the Lwan River and the wall. The Japanese command fre- quently has declared it had no inten- tion of invading territory south of th wall ‘unless “forced to by the Chinese.” ANALYSES SHOW BEER AVERAGES 2.75 PER CENT First Official Report Made Bureau of Industrial Alcohol. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 12.—The average alcoholic content of the new beer on sale in New York was fixed at 2.7 by weight and 3.4 per cent by volume to- day in the first report of the Bureau of Industrial Alcohol of the Treasury De- partment on the subject. The law permits beer of 3.2 per cent by weight and 4 per cent by volume. William B. Moss, supervisor of the bureau, announced a series of tests showed the alcoholic percentage of the various brands ranged from 3 per cent by weight downward to 2.2. “'l'h; Unm% s&tlanrewers ’Associa- lon, headed by Col. Jacog Ru » 8N- nounced its analyses showed cmlvely the new brew was of excellent quality. Health Commissioner Wynne said 2,561 additional beer-selling permits were issued during the day, bringing to ,the total up to 23,833 in the city. TWO HELD IN SLAYING Houston, Mo., Farmer Killed by Shot Fired Through Window. HOUSTON, Mo., April 12 (#).—Two men were charged with first degree murder here late yesterday, accused of fatally shooting George Clark, 50-year- old farmer, as the climax of a feud of several years’ standing. Clark was killed Monday night as he was playing a game of checkers in hus home with his son, Covert. The murder charges named Sam Shelton and Date Pamperien, a neigh. bor. They are being held without bond in the county jail. Sheriff A. P. Johnson said Shelton :dmm.and nrm“ "; :n Tnl: at Olark h window ury to do so Pamperien. ot § brew "Bowne® ot bee Holel Hamilton where you may sip and dine in perfect comfort. .. Beer is Racl . .. to say nothing of our delicious Coffee Shop luncheops and dinners (35¢ and 85¢) nor our popular 8- course table d'hote dinners in the Main Dining Room, special- Qi with the ber brews + « ..on draught or in bottles at regular prices . . . Gesundheit! Enjoy American mission at Taitowying was inland, with a 50-mile front on the | form of inflation to be proposed. HITS FARM RELIEF Hopes for Final Congressional Approval This Week Are - Dimmed. By the Astoclated Press. One of the sharpest farm relief con- troversies of the present session was | brewing today as the Senate reached the Simpson price-fixing plan which | has been written into the administra- | tion bill. ’ | This threatened storm developed at a time when the Roosevelt program for increasing the farmers' income and lifting the burden of mortgages was bumping along on & rough road sprin- | kled with demands for currency ex- pansion as a ‘means for restoring agri- culture. House Vote Nears. ‘The mortgage section of the admin-| istration bill is expected to reach a| final vote in the House tomorrow, where debate has been limited and amend- ments outlawed, except those offered by the Agriculture. Committee. House approval of this section of the farm relief program was forecast as certain. But hopes for final congressional ap- proval this week of .the entire program were dimmed by the roaring Senate debate which yesterday included a| heated exchange on President Roose-| velt’s efforts so far to achieve economic recovery. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, spoke out boldly for | the administration, saying Mr. Roose- | veit had “led in the accomplishment of more during the four weeks he has been in office than has ever been ac-| complished during a comparable peried.” His speech was provoked by what he termed “unfair” criticism of the Presi- dent by Senators Long, Democrat, Louisiana, and Robinson, Republican, Indiana. Price-Fixing Plan. ‘The price-fixing plan, on which debate was to be opened in the Senate today, was written into the administration farm bill by the Senate Agriculture Committee. Advocated by John A. Simpson, president of the National Farmers’ Union, it would permit fixing of a minimum price to insure the farmer the cost of production on that part of his crop going into domestic consumption. | Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, who | would acminister the farm bill, was| understood to be strictly opposed to the | Simpson plan. Democratic leaders who | have been getting only lukewarm sup- port from many in the party ranks| hoped to be able to hold the administra- tion bill to only those features recom. mended by Mr. Roosevelt and Secretaty Wallace. Currency expansion was advocated in both houses yesterday, but thus far no t has been reached on the —_— ACTRESS WINS DIVORCE Eleanor Boardman Granted Decree From King Vidor. LOS ANGELES, April 12 (#).—A di- Eleanor of couple’s ‘2"’ children, A'lwmh. 5 The couple married in ber, 1926, and separated last mseepm the and SLEEP THROUGH FIRE - Man Undisturbed as Blaze Burns Wall Only Few Feet Away. CLOVIS, N. Mex., April 12 (#).—Ros- coe Starners -is a sound A Flames Burned a hole in a wall only a few feet from his head without awak- ening him. He was still asl when firemen entered his house and ght the blaze under control. —_— Germany has placed s tax on income rmnheopyruhu of literary or artistic ‘worl records, valuables, . readily accessiblelat Dlfllfufl Storage Contpaiyy 1140 15th Street Since 1890 REDUCED BRIEF PRICES BYRON S. ADAMS I N o ¢TRuART MoISK§ « GTH.G NEW YORK AVE. W i vkt s> [ty NEVER CLOSED Custom-Made Climate You can enjoy an ideal climate, ght in X 0 Alr - conditioning RIGHT Tei t t, No Sooty De- Investigate! This Campaisn W Offer 'New 'Low. Prices ‘sn “Schafer Quality Materials’” E.G. 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