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5 A—2 ®xx THE ENGINEERS DISPUTE CHARGES OF SOVIET M’Donald Acknowledges Spy Guilt as Thornton Denies Accusations. (Continued From First Page.) officials here were not allowed to talk with him. MacDonald caused the first sensation «with his plea cf guilty, while the other Englishmen—Allan Monkhouse, Charles Nordwell, Thornton, A. W. Gregory and John Cushny—all pleaded not guilty. Eleven Russian defendants, including Monkhouse’s bob-haired secretary, Anna Sergeyevna Kutuzova, pleaded guilty. All the defendants were emplcyes of the Metropolitan-Vickers Co. of Eng- land, which has been engaged 10 years in installing and assembling electrical | equipment in industries throughout the | Soviet Union. Confirms Testimony. i | The second big surprise in the first day's proceedings came when Mac- D:cnald partially confirmed statements Dy Gusev that he engaged in wrecking ‘machinery in Zlatoust station and that he supplied MacDonald with military and economic information concerning the electrical plant. « _“I paid him money,” MacDonald de- §clared. Monkhouse, the chief of the company’s staff in Russia, has main- gtained that whatever information his #men gathered and delivered to Eng- Jand was strictly essential matter for the information of the company be- cause of its interests in Russia. Gusev said he received the equiva- #lent of about $1,500 from MacDonald. ‘:’I‘hc latter said the money was turned Sover to him by Thornton. Thornton ¥=aid he did not know how the money &vas used and insisted the only in- Jormation he collected was about the operation of Metropolitan-Vickers ma- chinery. 2. The Zlatoust station supplies power %¥or arms production plants. £ Yesterday’s first witness, Sokoloff, 33 % ears old, has a shaved head and wore ¢ dll-fitting clothes that stamped him = more as a workman than a technician. 3 Other Defendants. . The other defendants are Y. I. Seib- Zert, 30; N. G. Eorin, 69; M. D, Krash- #eninnikofl, 35; M. L. Kotlyarevsky, 58; B. P. Lebyedev, 52; A. T. Lobanof!, 35; 3P. E. Olyenik, 52; L. A. Sukoruchkin, 2339, and N. P. Vitvitsky, 35. The latter £1s i1l and was not present at the trial. %7 All of them are technicians in various . Boviet electrical and related plants. It was understood that all the accused Russians will be used to testify against the other five Englishmen. In addition to these, the prosecution Zthas five other witnesses who will be g;alled. 5 SIMON ABSOLVES BRITONS. i £ Clears Them of Spy Charge as King 4 Gets Embargo. 3 By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, April 13.—The House of Commons was notified today that the XKing signed the measure whereby the gdvernment can place an embargo on all Russian-goods. ©° This measure was a direct outgrowth sof the arrest of the Metropolitan- = ‘Vickers Electrical Co. employes who are “ undergoing trial in Moscow. The gov- = ernment said it would not use the em- % ‘bargo unless it was found necessary to assl;re the British engineers of a fair 3 trial. : In connection with the trial in prog- fl’!ss at Moscow, Sir John Simon, foreign £ secretary, today made this statement in # $he House of Commons: “In view of the nature of charges made against six British subjects at the trial in Moscow I desire to make & specific statement. “None of these men ever has been s employed directly or indirectly in any £ connection with any branch of our in- < telligence service. None of them ever Zhas supplied any information to any 3 such branch. None of them ever has ‘been paid or promised any reward for 2'such information nor ever has been 2 supplied with any money to obtain it. 2 None of them ever has made any re- i ort to us on behalf of our intelligence 3 mervice. “‘All these statements are equally true % of the Metropolitan-Vickers Co. itself. % That company has not and never h:s had any connection whatever with our : intelligence service.” EFIRST LADY SLIDES INTO MUD AS HORSE STUMBLES IN PARK (Continued Prom First Page.) erabe ey SLL T i Mrs. Roosevelt to slide from the saddle to the mud puddle. The mud is be- lieved to have been responsible for the First Lady not being injured. Mrs. Roosevelt got up almost in- stantly end her companions hurried to her, but found at once that she was un- Zhurt. She remounted, apparently not % in the least unnerved and quite uncon- 3 cerned about her mud-spattered appear- % ance, continued her morning’s ride be- = fore returning to the White House. Mrs. Roosevelt arrived back at the White House a few minutes before 9 o'clock &nd went directly to her room to change her attire. Discussing the incident afterward, she seemed more concerned about her horse than herself. She was especially anx- ious to present a good alibi for “Dot.” She said it was the first time the horse had been ridden in West Potomac Park and considerable traffic had been en- countered while riding to the park from the Riding and Hunt Club, all of which scemed to worry the horse considerably. Describing her own fall, Mrs. Roose- velt said she slid off the horse rather than being catapulted. She examined the legs of her mount after the accident, and although there was no apparent in- Jury lameness, she called up the Riding and Hunt Club later to reassure herself that the horse was unhurt. NIGHT RIDERS ACTIVE Bootleg Suspect Reported Warned Not to Return Home. SMITHLAND, Ky., April 13 (#).—An bl gation by the Livingston County grand jury of activities of night riders in the vicinity >f Tiline, Livingston County, continued yesterday as reporss were received that a band of men left 2 note at the home of an alleged boot- Tiline suggesting that he t return home.” The grand jury, which was ordered by Circuit Judge C. H. Wilson to inves- {tigate Teports that several persons at Tiline hed been whipped within the ! past three weeks, interrogated witnesses, {but no indictments have been returned. —_— BAND CONCERT. By the U. S. Soldiers’ Home Band | this evening, at Stanley Hall, at 5:30 ‘o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmermann, ‘bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March—The Lincoln . _ Centennial" seseansrny 7 Secnes from the irish musical comedy, “Eileen’ H # Novelty—“Skippy” & Waltz Sulte—"Artist -4 flnn‘e-,—“chtm of 1es “The Star Spangled Gets Five Ygars LIEUT. BAILLIE-STEWART. —A. P. Photo. BAILLIE-STEWART GETS 5-YEAR TERM; OUSTED FROM ARMY (Continued From First Page.) longer observed in such cases as this. He will serve his sentence in a civil prison, where he will be treated the same as any other prisoner. For sev- eral weeks before and during the trial he was incarcerated in the Tower of London. Lieut. Norman Baillie-Stewart, young officer of the Seaforth Highlanders, was charged in 10 counts with selling mili- tary secrets to a foreign agent. In his court-martial, which followed 67 days’ detention in the Tower of Lon- don, the prosecution produced letters showing he had received £90 (more than $300) from a woman named “Marie Louise” in Berlin. The prosecutors con- tended this was in payment for the revelation of various army secrets. Unable to Describe Woman. | Counsel for the lieutenant contended | the money was paid him by *“Marie Louise” in consideration of a liaison with her when he visited the German capttal. The officer -testified he met the woman when he visited Berlin, but was unable to describe her fully. At the conolusion of the court-martial a verdict was returned acquitting Lieut. Balllie-Stewart, of three of the lesser charges, but with no announcement made concerning the remaining seven. Findings Withheld. Under military custom, however, it was made clear that the findings on these seven charges would not be “not guilty.” Otherwise they would have been made public. ‘The entire case then was referred to higher military authorities for review, i keeping with army usage. PROFESSIONAL BEGGARS BADLY HURT BY SLUMP Man Jafled in New York Declares He Is Lucky to Get $10 Daily, Formerly Averaged $65. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 13.—A big slump has occurred in the daily “take” of pro- fessional beggars, one of them disclosed yesterday. Willard Grahame, 22, who was ar- rested for scratching a restaurant hos- tess, said that in the “good old days” he used to take in as much as $65. Now if he gets $10 or $12 he considers it a good day, he added. Grahame was fined $25 on the charge of scratching Gertrude Malawitz, the hostess, when she tried to stop him from going through the restaurant. His father paid the fine. A probation report read in court showed that Grahame and his father own a home in Riverside, R. I, and that the youth has a bank account of more than $6,800. GOERING SAYS PLAN OF MUSSOLINI WILL GIVE EUROPE PEACE (Continued From First Page.) but that they will agree to what the Germans call “mantelgesetz”—a mantle law unifying and fusing the three ac- cords. The resultant concordat will not mention politics. It will be limited strictly to ecclesiastical matters, de- claring against restrictions on religious education, and upholding freedom of worship and exemption of religioys cor- porate bodies from taxation. will also declare for oaths of allegiance from bishops, and for the maintenance of diplomatic relations with the Vati- can, A possible result of concordat will be elimination of the separate Bavarian legation at the Holy See. Commenting on a report that the ‘Vatican refused to support the proposed German Catholic party reconstruction, prelates said they do not believe Baron von Papen proposed this, because he had been expelled from the German Catholic Center party and preferred amalgamation of the Center with the Rightest parties. In any event, they said the Pope is not interfering in the status of the Centerists. An Austrian concordat was expected to follow today’s visit of Chancellor Dolfuss with the Pope. AUSTRIAN NAZI IN ROME. Leader of Defense Corps to Call on Capt. Goering. VIENNA, April 13 (#).—Prince Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg, leader of the Fascist Heimwehr Defense Corps, was reported today to have followed Chan- cellor Dollfuss to Rome. The Tageblatt said he left the Tyrol for the Italian capital. When Chancellor Dollfuss left here there were rumors he would discuss plans for an auxiliary police force in Austria with Capt. Hermann Goering, German _cabinet minister, who is in Rome. Goering organized the auxiliary police recently established in Germany. The Heimwehr was being prepared for induction into the force if it is estab- lished. The Austrian Nazis would have no place, under present plans, in the force. $50,000 ASKED IN DEATH Florida Legislature Called Upon to Pay Mother of Slain Convict. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 13 (#)— The Florida Legislature yesterday was asked to authorize and direct the State to pay Mrs. Julia Maillefert of New Jersey $50,000 for the “sweat box” death of her son, Arthur, a State pris- oner, at a convict camp near Jackson- ville some time ago. ‘The acting captain of the camp was convicted of manslaughter and sen- tenced to serve 20 years in prison in connection with the youthful convict's death. His appeal to the State Su- preme Court is pending. A bill calling for the payment to Mrs. Maillefert was introduced in the DIES IN NEW YORK |Rites Will Be Held Friday for Mother of Treasury Secretary. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 13.—Mrs. C. R. Woodin, mother of Secretary of the Treasury William H. Weodin, died early today at the Woodin home at 32 East Sixty-fourth street. Mrs. Woodin was in her 86th year. Puneral services, to be attended by members of the family only, will be held Friday afternoon. There will also be services at the First Methodist Church, Berwick, Pa., at 3 o'clock Sat- urday afternoon. Interment will be in the family mausoleum at Berwick. Mrs. Woodin was reported to have suffered a stroke of paralysis Sunday and had been critically ill since then. She died at 4:20 a.m. today. Mary Dickerman Woodin was born November 24, 1847, at Harford, Pa., the daughter of Clark Dickerman, M. D. She was educated in the schools of Harford and at Harford University. She was married in 1865 to Clemuel Ricketts Woodin, who died in 1931. Clemuel Woodin was one of the founders of the American Car and Foundry Co., which William Woodin headed at the time of his appointment to the Roosevelt cabinet. Before the formation of the American Car and Foundry Co.,, Clemuel Woodin was president of the Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Co. in Berwick. Mrs. Woodin has continuously main- tained a home in Berwick, though she resided a great part of the time in New York. The Secretary of the Treasury was her only son. She is also survived by Payson Kingsbury Dickerman, a brother, of Milton, Pa. —_— NASH WON'T ACCEPT CHICAGO MAYORSHIP Democratic Leader, 70, Definitely Rejects Post Due to Age and Health. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, April 13—Patrick A. Nash, 70-year-old Democratic county leader, said today he would not accept the mayorship of Chicago which was formally offered him last Tuesday by the City Council Committee on Com- mittees. “I'm not going to take the job,” was his laconic statement—his first direct answer to the formal invitation the committee extended him by telegram from Hot Springs, Ark. Nash explained that his age and health were the important factors in his_decision. “If 1 were 10 years younger I would think about it,” he said. “But it would be too much of a burden on me now.” Nash expressed belief a mayor would be selected today, and listed five, he said, were the most likely candidates. They were County Recorder Clayton F. Smith, County Clerk Robert M. Sweit- zer, Corporation Counsel Willlam H. Sexton, Edward J. Kelly, president of the South Park Board, and Ross A. Woodhull, sanitary district trustee. STOCKHOLDERS SEEK T0 GET $62,883,752 Charge “Unwarranted and Illegal Transactions” in National City Operations. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 13—A stock- holders’ suit for $62,883,752, charging losses through “unwarranted and illegal transactions,” was filed yesterday against the National City Bank, the National City Co., Charles E. Mitchell, former chairman of the bank; Gordon 8. Rent- schler, its president, and directors of both corporations. The suit was filed by Sarah Cohen for herself and similarly situated stock- holders. She made affidavit that they became aware of the facts set forth in the complaint only after Mitchell and Rentschler testified in Washington re- cently before the Senate committee in- vestigating stock market practices. The complaint set forth matter that was dealt with in their testimony. MORE POWER LINES AT SHOALS ASSAILED AS WASTE OF MONEY (Continued From First Page.) line built in this territory is simply a duplication of existing facilities.” Yates said the send-out of power by the six companies in 1930 was 3,600,- 000,000 kilowatt hours and that this had dropped to 3,100,000,000 in 1932. “Anticipating the growth of load would continued as in the past, the companies have enlarged and now have a surplus capacity of a billion kilowatt hours a year,” Yates testified. “That is, we can produce 4,000,000,000 kilo- watt hours a year and the demand is 3,000,000,000. If you add Muscle Shoals and the Sheffield steam plant the sur- plus would be increased another billion.” Prefer Modern Steam Plants. ‘Yates contended also that the power companies from their standpoint, “can- not possibly see a further development of hydro-electric power in our territory.” “We would prefer, from the point of reliable service, efficient and modern steam plants started throughout the territory close to the major load cen- ters,” he said. ‘Willkie told newspaper men he would propose an amendment eliminating con- struction of transmission lines by the Government corporation and directing the sale of power to private companies at the switchboard. The Government directors will have control of rates charged for such Government power. The Shoals project as outlined in both the Senate and House bills grants the proposed Tennessee Valley Author- ity broad powers to build their own transmission lines. $10,000,000 PLANS BARED | Houston Will Get Huge Oil Refin- ery, Newspaper Degclares. HOUSTON, Tex., April 13 (#).—The Houston Post says a $10,000,000 oil re- finery will be constructed on the Hous- ton ship channel soon by the Pan-Amer- ican Petroleum and Transport Co., sub- sidiary of the Standard Oil Co. of In- diana. The newspaper said information from |the New York headquarters of the Pan- American Petroleum and Transport Co. was to the effect the company’s plans wouil‘d be announced definitely next week. Pan-American operates refineries at House by Representative Louis Victor of 8t. Johns County. New Orleans, Savannah, New York and other Eastern seaboard EVENING IVRS. C. R. WOODIN BORAH SAYS RUSSIA IS VITAL TO PEACE Idaho Senator Urges Soviet Participation in All World Conferences. By the Associated Press. Senator Borah is of the opinion this country’s recognition of Soviet Russia and the inclusion of that government in all international conferences would result in a betterment cf world condi- tions. plea on the Senate floor late yesterday said he would not know how to formu- late a program for improvement of conditions without Soviet Russia tak- ing part. Long an advocate of American rec- ognition of Russia, Borah's speech was prompted by Senator Robinson, Repub- lican, of Indiana who, in a prepared address vigorously denounced advocates of recognition, and asserted such an event at this time would be equivalent to “placing a gun in their hands with which to shoot us.” i Must Consider Russia. ‘Washington, Russian utilize it as a “central point for carry- ing on their admitted efforts to destroy the American Republic.” Asserting Russia “had no intention of destroying the Government of the United States, and I know perfectly well they couldn't destroy it if they wanted to,” Borah said: “We are about to engage in a world economic conference. How are we going to adjust the world economic affairs and leave Russia out? We are in a dis- armament conference. How are you going to reach a degision without taking Russia into consideration? “How are you going to establish peace with one-sixth of the world’s surface outside the family of nations? How are you going to adjust any of these questions without considering this great nation? “It is not because Russia stands in need of recognition, but I ask with all sincerity, with the World Court, the League of Nations, the Economic Con- ference and the disarmament program, how do you expect success without the Russian people and the Russian gov- ernment?” Soviet Not Invited. ‘Thus far, representatives of the Soviet have not been invited to participate in the informal parleys the administration is holding in preparation for the World Economic Conference. Borah said he could not see how setting up a Russian embassy here would facilitate dissemination of propa- ganda because “you can buy any kind of literature on the subject for 5 cents.” He said he had made a thorough in- vestigation of Russian affairs since Stalin became head of that government and was convinced “there has never been any attempt whatever to interfere in American governmental affairs” either through propaganda or any other method. MRS. ROGERS RUMORED IN RENO FOR DIVORCE Wife of Standard Oil Magnate Reported Registered at Hotel in Nevada Resort. By the Assoclated Press. RENO, Nev.,, April 13.—Mrs. Henry Huddleston Rogers of New York, wife of the Standard Oil magnate, “might be” registered at the Riverside Hotel here, John Belford of the law firm of Brown & Belford said last night, but he refused to confirm or deny that his firm had been retained by Mrs. Rogers. Employes of the Riverside Hotel, how- ever, denied Mrs. Rogers was registered there and repeated efforts to locate her were futile. Reports were current here and in New York that she is in seclusion Mrs. Rogers, the former Mrs. Basil Miles of Philadelphia, Pa., is the second wl;e of Rogers. They were married in 1929. VIDOR DIVORCE CASE REOPENING IS SOUGHT Attorney for Director Children’s Support and Custody Would Be Effected. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 13.—Denying charges of infidelity in the complaint on which Eleanor Boardman, actress, obtained a divorce from King Vidor, director, Ralph Blum, attorney for Vidor, said yesterday action had started to reopen the case to such ex- tent as it affects support and custody of the couple’s two children. Blum said in a statement: “Miss Boardman saw fit to withdraw her orig- inal complaint and served an amended complaint, in which the charge of in- fidelity was omitted.” Vidor then deliberately refrained from filing any contest to the suit, Blum said. Miss Boardman testified at her hearing ‘Tuesday that she, with a detective, sur- prised Vidor in the apartment of a studio employe. Blum said Vidor had provided much more than the legal requirement in a divorce settlement, involving about $400,000. NEW MAYOR .i’ROMISES PITTSBURGH REFORMS John +S. Herron, Ex-Bricklayer, Takes Vacancy Left by Charles Kline, Who Was Convicted. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, April 13.—Demand- ing co-operation of all city employes, and pledging reforms in the Police De- partment, John S. Herron, one-time bricklayer, yesterday became mayor of | Pittsburgh He was sworn in immediately after his election by City Council to fill the unexpired term of former Mayor Charles H. Kline, who resigned to es- cape a jail sentence for malfeasance in office. Kline was convicted of the charge, which involved the awarding of city contracts, one year ago. While throngs of friends, city ex- ecutives and politicians, crowded the council chamber, Herron, president of City Counctl, took the oath of office and premised a “new deal” in the adminis- tration of Pittsburgh. He said: “It s my hope that we will be able to bring about a spirit of public con- fidence in our Police Department and that we will obtain the high standard of services therefrom which the city deserves.” SNOW CHEERS FARMERS Water Shortage Threat Averted in Colorado Sections. DENVER, April 13 (#).—Gathering intensity as it swept southward, a heavy snowstorm brought cheer to Northern and Eastern Colorado farmers last night. The second storm of the week, it Declares brought much needed moisture to sec- tions of the State that have been threatened with a serious water short- age. A he-mmwet snow was reported at Fort Collins. Rain fell on the western slope of the rockies, Robinson said with an embassy in | leaders would TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C The Idaho Republican in a fervent| THURSDAY, APRIL Polar Plane Off to Norway SHIP TO BE USED BY ELLSWORTH AND BALCHEN IN ANTARCTIC FLIGHT. EA { ) HE plane which Bernt Balchen and Lincoln Ellsworth will ‘'use in their attempt to fly around the continent of | Antarctica, shown when it was hoisted aboard the liner Stavangerfjord in New York, to be taken to Norway, where the expedition is being prepared. In the South Polar regions, an attempt will be made to fly 2,900 miles | from the Bay of Whales to the Wedell Sea and back again without landing. —A. P. Photo. ROOSEVELT SPURS SHALL HOME AD Special Message Projects| $2,000,000,000 Agency for Refinancing. (Continued From First Page.) Loan Bank of its district in the same manner as other institutions. The Treasury would subscribe to cap- | ital in such associgtions up to $100,000 at the request of the board, but the| amount paid by the Government could not exceed capital subscribed by other sharebolders. Retirement of Holdings. After five years, each association would set aside one-third of its receipts to retire the Government holdings. Any member of a home loan bank could convert itself into a Federal in- stitution by vote of its stockholders and subject to the regulation of the board. A separate appropriation of $250,000 is authorized by the bill to enable the board to promote organization of these associations. The bill would repeal that section of | the existing home loan bank law under | which Federal home loan banks are authorized to loan directly to home owners, Mr. Roosevelt, in his message today, emphasized he regards the legislation | a declaration of national policy requir- ing that “special safeguards should be thrown around home ownership ds a guarantee of social and economic sta- bility.” 20 Billions Outstanding. Senator Robinson, Democrat, of Ar- kansas, in an explanation of the bill, said there are $20,000,000,000 outstand- ing in home mortgages. “The administration is making an effort by this bill,” he said, “first and primarily to give immediate relief to the small home owner now in distress and to the mortgagees holding these mortgages, and to provide for the pay- ment of taxes to prevent the loss of homes, and, at the same time, to pro- mote the development of a sound sys- tem of permanent home financing. “The Federal home loan bank sys- tem, which is now advancing about $10,000,000 a week, the major portion of which is going into home loans, is not disturbed in any way, and it is expected that these banks will issue bonds, as provided in the Federal home loan bank act, to further expand the resources of their members to continue lending operations until the “home ‘mortgage market is fully served. Explaining the provision for emer- gency refinancing of home mortgages, Robinson said: “It is intended by this provision to rovide special relief for the small Eome owner and it is estimated that these figures will include approximately three-fourths in number of American- homes. “It is hoped that this plan will give relief to many small home owners whose mortgages are held by institu- tions unable to carry the same, and at the same time give these institu- tions the reasonable present value of their mortgages in a bond with interest guaranteed by the United States and give the home owner a 5 per cent mortgage, amortized over a period of 15 years, which will result in home owners having & very low required monthly payment for interest and principal.” Subscriptions Clarified. Robinson said the proposal for Fed- eral subscriptions to the stock of the savings and loan associations was “very similar to the investment of the Gov- ernment in preferred stock of national ks banks. “All their funds are to be loaned on | homes in the community, and provision is made for further expansion of their funds by borrowing from a Federal home lean bank so that about $3 can be loaned on home mortgages by this means for every dollar put up by the United States,” Robinson said. “These associations are provided for as permanent institutions which will continue to provide the people a means of saving their own money to finance their homes in communities which are not now served.” Robinson said it was estimated these associations would be formed in about one-third of the counties of the na- tion which now have no means of fi- nancing their homes. Repeal of the direct loan section of the home loan act is provided, Robin- son sald, because it has “proved to be unworkable.” ¥ A major change was made in the emergency Home Loan Bank bill be- fore it was introduced in Congress. Although it had originally called for refinancing homes valued up to $20,- 000, the limit in, the bill as introduced was fixed at $10,000, There was no explanation of the last minute change. _— FOUNDERS AT HONGKONG Norwegian Steamer Fjorden Strikes Rock—All Aboard Saved. HONGKONG, China, April 13 (#). —-The small Norwegian steamer Fjorden foundered after she struck Cheungchau Rock near here last night. All aboard were saved. The Fjorden was formerly the Baufort of the United States Coast Guard and was a war prize seized from the Germans. BANK BANDITS ROUTED HURON, 8. Dak., April 13 (#).—Four | persons, including a baby, were wounded, | none seriously, as three gunmen at- tempted to hold up the Security Na- tional Bank today. At least a dozen shots were fired by Lowell Greene, bank teller, as the & How Plan Works Roosevelt Proposal On Home Mortgages Oper- ates Simply. By the Associated Press. If you are hard pressed to meet mortgage payments on your home, and it doesn't exceed $10,000 in value, this is the way the Roosevelt plan for refinancing would operate: Insurance company holds a $6.000 mortgage—for example—on owner's home now valued at $9,000, on which the interest rate is six per cént or above, but owner is unable to pay. Either the insurance company or the owner has to approach the Owners Corporation” offices for refi- nancing. The insurance company will accept in exchange for the mortgage, bonds issued by the corporation on which thé Government guarantees 4 per cent interest. In return for the sure interest the company may agree to mark down the debt to $5,000. ‘The corporation then gives the owner a new mortgage with a face value of $5,000 payable in 15 years at 5 per cent interest. In addition, the corporation may ad- vance him cash for payment of taxes and necessary repairs and cover it in the mortgage. In the discretion of the Home Loan Bank Board, the owner may be given a three-year moratorium on his debt. The owner could make his payment monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. ROOSEVELT MESSAGE DEMANDING AID TO SMALL HOME OWNERS (Continued Prom First Page.) that to protect home owners from inequitably enforced liquidation, in a time of general distress, is a proper concern of the Government. “The legislation I propose follows the general lines of the farm mort- gage refinancing bill. The terms are such as to impose a responsible charge upon the national Treasury consistent with the objects sought. “It provides machinery through which _existing mortgage debts on small homes may be adjusted to a sound basis of values without injus- tice to investors, at sul tially lower interest rates and with pro- vision for postponing both interest and principal payments in cases of extreme need. e “The resources to be made avail- able through a bond issue to be guaranteed as to interest only by the ‘Treasury will, it is thought, be suffi- cient to meet the needs of those whom other methods of financing are not available. ‘At the same time, the plan of settlement will provide a standard which should put an end to present uncertain and chaotic conditions that create fear and despair among both home-owners and investors. “Legislation of this character is a subject that demands our most earnest, thoughtful and prompt con- sideration. (Signed) “FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.” R PADLOCKS FOR 3.2 BEER MAY BE LIFTED BY U. S. District Attorney at New York Not to Oppose Plea for Reopening, By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 13.—United States Attorney George Z. Medalie today an- nounced the Government will not op- pose vacating padlock and injunction decrees which have been granted upon proof of sale of beverages containing not more: than 3.2 per cent alcohol by weight. He said authority had come from Attorney General Cummings. The United States attorney was un- able to estimate the number of de- crees that may be set aside by this ruling. “In cases wherein padlocks or in- junctions have been imposed by court decree solely upon proof of sale of beer with alcoholic content no greater than 3.2 per cent by weight,” his an- nouncement said, “and when the de- cree is not concerned with the sale of any other liquor with an alcoholic con- tent above 3.2 per cent by weight, ap- plications to vacate such injunctions or padlock orders will not be opposed.” BEER REFERENDUM WINS By the Associated Press. OLKAHOMA CITY, April 13.—The Oklahoma Senate last nright passed, 28 to 15, a measure which would submit to a special election July 11, a bill legalizing sale of 3.2 per cent beer. The proposal now goes to the House. All plans for legalizing sale of beer at this legislative session were dis- carded after Gov. W. H. Murray an- nounced he would veto a pending bill if it passed. He indicated, however, the Legislature had a right to submit the matter to the people. * VETERAN WRITER DIES NEW YORK, April 13 (#).—J. Ran- ken Towse, who resigned from the staff of the New York Evening Post in 1927 after 57 years' services, died in London today, according to a cable received here. He was 88 years old .nfi had been suffering from a severe cold. ‘Towse came to this country from England in 1869 and worked on the Post as reporter, city editor, foreign editor and dramatic critic, holding the latter post 54 years. “Home | NAVY'S GIVILIANS FACE FURTHER CUT Swanson Orders 10 Per Cent Reduction Among Wash- ington Employes. (From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) The pay roll of civilian employes of | the Navy Department who are em- ployed in the District of Columbia will be cut 10 per cent, resulting in a sharp reduction in the number of | jobs, under an order issued late today by Secretary of the Navy Swanson. Since the saving is to be effected on a money basis, it could not be as- certained just how many employes in Washington would lose their positions. Officials said a study is being made of a furlough system whereby fewer em- ployes would have to be dismissed. ‘The Swanson order was said to be the first step in a major economy pro- gram in the naval establishment that may close ultimately some of the navy yards, close radio stations and other- wise shrink the service. The text of Secretary Swanson’s or- der follows: “1, The Navy Department is faced with the necessity of reducing expendi- ture of funds allotted by Congress. This reduction must therefore be borne not only by the field service, but also by the department itself. “2. It is therefore directed that the bureaus and offices and headquarters, United States Marine Corps, make rec- ommendation for the separation of such employes in-the Navy partment that will result in a saving of 10 per cent of the total cost of civil employes. This recommencation will be made in suffi- clent time to enable the department to effect the separations on May 1, 1933. (Sigred) “CLAUDE A. SWANSON.” GLASS ANNOUNCES BANK REFORM BILL TERMS AGREED ON (Continued Prom First Page.) Insurance plan may be worked out, it was said. The President has been un- derstood to be opposed to an out-and- out Government guarantee of bank de- posits. However, if a plan can be worked out whereby the guaranty plan looks to contributions by the banks and possibly by the depositors themselves, with the Government making a small contribution, it may meet the Presi- dent’s objections to an insurance of bank deposits. The argument has been advanced by opponents of insurance of bank deposits that it would put a premium on bad banking and that it would put poorly runt banks on an equal standing with those which are run effi- ciently and soundly. Bankers Favor Plan. Against these arguments it is sug- gested by Senator Fletcher and others that a sound system of bank deposit in- surance may compel efficient banking and force poor banking to the wall Furthermore, Senator Fletcher says there has been a big change of senti- ment among bankers themselves in favor of some kind of a bank deposit guarantee. He has received many let- ters from bankers, he said, who have now come to favor such a plan, al- :?o_l:gh they were formerly opposed it. He sald that he had been informed that depositors in banks in many places had been withdrawing their money and were continuing to withdraw and theg placing it in the Postal Savings Banks. “They are doing that for just one reason,” said Senator Fletcher. “That is because they have a Government gurantee for a return of their money when they wish it. “Furthermore, when the Government deposits the money received by thz Postal snvllr Banks and Government moneys in the private banks it insists upon a guarantee that its deposits will be paid by the banks. Why should the Government insist that its own deposits in private banks be guaran- teed and then be cold to a proposal that the deposits of the ordinary cit- izen also be guaranteed?” Secretary Woodin and some of the New York bankers, Senator Fletcher gave the impression, have been the opponents of the proposal to insure bunk deposits. Other Bank Measure. The same influences, he said, have been opposed to the provisions in the Glass bill for the divorcement of those “affiliates” of banks which do business in securities within a period of two years. Senator Fletcher expressed the opinion, however, that in the end such a provision would be carried in the bank reform bill. He said that hs was opposed to proposals advanced at the Treasury Department that the bank re- form bill be split into a number of separate bills, making for example, a separate bill out of the provisions deal- ing with the “affiliates.” Senator Wagner of New York and Senator Bulkley of Ohio both said that they believed, too, that the bank reform bill would carry in the end a pro- vision for the insurance of deposits. The New York Senator expressed the opinion that some such measure was necessary to restore and to increase the confidence of the people in the banks. Much, he said, already has been dcne along that line. But further steps must be taken, he said, and the in- surance of bank deposits should be one of them. Chairman Fletcher said that he ittee TRUNK YIELDS BODY OF SLAIN WOMAN Throat Wound Is Discovered on Unknown Victim at New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 13.—The body of an unidentified woman was found stuffed into a small steamer trunk'to- day and an autopsy disclosed she had died of an infection resulting from a wound in the throat. Dr. Thomas A, Gonzales, medical ex- aminer, said after the autopsy the wound, of itself not necessarily impor- tant, might have been the result of an assault or it might have been acciden- tially received. Several days had elapsed from the time the wound was inflicted, Dr. Gon- zales said, until death, which appar- ently occurred two days ago. ! Aded that there were indications w. vhe woman either had attended herself or was given other non-professional attention for the injury. The autopsy disclosed that the woman was dead when she was placed in the trunk. There were two minor post-mortem bruises on the legs, evi- dently the result of the body having been forced into the trunk. The body, that of a woman about 42 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall. The hands were calloused and aparently were those of a person accustomed to manual labor. The trunk was discovered by two colored men under the Manhattan approach to the Madison Avenue Bridge | over the Harlem River. 'SPEED IN PATRONAGE IS URGED TO FARLEY Rainey and Byrns Act as Appli- cants’ Pressure on Con- gress Grows. ‘With pressure being brought to bear on Democratic members of Congress | by applicants for positions, Speaker Rainey and Representative Byrnes of Tennessee, the Democratic leader, today at the behest of the Democratic Steer- ing Committee, called on Postmaster General Farley to discuss the patronage situation. It was said afterward they had been assured this question now was receiv- ing attention. The administration has given but little thought to. appoint- ments up to now, but it is proposed to move more speedily. The appoint- ment of postmasters, more than 15,000 of whom are named by the President, is one of the principal items to get consideration. A group of Representatives, headed by Representatives McClintic, Democrat, of Oklahoma, has been named by the Democratic National Congressional Committee to call on the Postmaster General on this same subject. SNOWSTORM BURIES NEW ENGLAND AREAS Drifts as Deep as 28 Inches Dis- able Wires, Break Power Lines and Cripple Traffic. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, April 13.—A heavy east- erly storm buried large sections of New England under snow today that ranged in depth up to 28 inches, disabled hun- dreds of miles of telephone and tele- broke power lines, yed transporta- tion and washed out railroad” tracks. One automobile -fraffic death, that of William Ahern of New Britain, Conn., was _attributed to the blinding snow. Near Northampton, Mass., an automo- Vermont and Northern Massachusetts, westward into New York. o At Laconia, N. H., 28 inches of snow the storm continued. AR A RS NEW ENGLAND HAS SNOW One Death and Heavy Property Damage Attributed to Weather. BOSTON, April 13 (#).—Sticky snow, mixed in some portions with rain and sleet, brought one death and con- siderable damage to scattered New m;nd communities through the William Ahearn was killed in an automobile accident attributed to the storm. Isolated hill towns in Western Massa- chusett’s Berkshires reported snawfalls of from 10 to 12 inches. BANNISTER 6FF TO CHINA Ann Harding Weeps as ‘‘War Cor- respondent” Leaves. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 13 (#).— Harry Bannister, the actor, former hus- band of Ann Hi San Francisco_yesf pected to sail for China to begin a new career as flying war correspondent. Miss Harding and their young daugh- ter were at the airport to bid him a tearful fhrewell. Bannister several days ago flew his expensive reconditioned air- prl‘Tne to San Francisco for loading on a ship. KNIFER ATTACKS WOMAN Man Then Attempts to Kill Self by Slashing Throat. AKRON, Ohio, April 13 (#)—Clara Brockman of Cisco, Ill, was stabbed and seriously wounded late yesterday as she walked along a ramp leading to the Akron Union Station. Police said her assallant was James Goodin, 45, also of Cisco, and that Goodin attempted to commit suicide by slashing his throat when officers approached him. Miss Brockman, police said, had been a _housekeeper for Goodin and left his home last week, to live with her brother here. Goodin followed her to Akron, the officers said, and attacked her when she refused to return to his home. — garding the corporations and companies issuing stocks and bonds, before the end of the present week. The House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com- mittee also is working on this measure 5:&13 expected to report at an early One of the main points at issu connection with the T ibic in the canwmo(wh‘l’:hm