Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1933, Page 2

THE EVEN {Berlin to Protest | Dry Agents Uncover M—,rs. Woodin at Scout House TRADE GAINS 3P LEGISLATURE HOPE | PROSPERITY HOPES Better Business and Re-Em- ployment Reported in Many Sections. Prom Wall Street, where stocks Rave perked up, to the Pacific North- west, where the lumberman’s ar is swinging more busily, better business and re-employment are reported in many sections of the Nation. Chicago reports an encouraging showing in_electrical comsumption; Detroit in shopping; North Carolina in testile production; Miami in_real estate deals; Bufialo in flour milling; Seattle in shipping, and so down he line. Herewith the Associated Press pre- sents some conservative highlights of the situation. BY CLAUDE A. JAGGER, Assoctated Press Financial Editor. (Copyright, 1932, by the Associated Press.) NEW YORK, April 27.—Commerce and industry in the past month have enced one of the most striking révivals of recent years. sl percentage gains reflect, of eourse, the rebound from the extremely low levels of the March banking crisis. Nevertheless, some lines are approach- ing, or have actually crossed, the levels of this period last year. Much of the improvement has been against normal seasonal trends. Automobile production for April, ac- cording to present indications, may show a gain over April last year. After falling to some 90,000 cars and trucks in March, the swift quickening in out- put this month, according to trade au- thorities, should carry it above the 148,300 produced in April, 19332. Steel Production Rises. Steel production has risen to the best levels in more than a year. Operations are estimated by Iron Age for this week at 25 per cent of capacity. The average for April last year was just under that, and for the full month of last March, less than 16 per cent. Steel production usually reaches its seasonal March. Freight car loadings have gained steadily in April, contrary to the sea- sonal trend. The average thus far this month has been 490,000 cars, against 460,000 in March and 489,000 in Pebruary. Last week's production of electric wer in the United States, as estimated y the Edison Electric Institute, was only 2.6 per cent under the like week of last year, the smallest such diverg- ence in 21 months. It was up 1.6 per cent over the previous week, although the normal trend for the season is downward. The figures indicated a pronounced increase in the use of in- dustrial power. ‘Retail Trade Better. Latest mercantile reviews report a sustained volume of retail trade. The usual pronounced slump after Easter seems to have failed to materialize. With domestic copper prices rising from 5% cents a pound to 6';, one of the largest producers reports the big- gest sales in more than a year. Scrap steel prices at Pittsburgh have advanced from an average of $7.13 a ton on March 30 to $8.69. and the steel trade is talking of higher prices for finished materials. Chicage Business Picks Up. CHICAGO.—Electricity output in the Chicago district for the week ended Sat- urday was 87,054,000 kilowatt hours. 1 per cent less than a year ago, but the best showing with that one exception since September, 1931, During National Life Insurance week $21.738.450 in new busibess was written in the Chicago area. Stock Exchange transactions last week ‘were 642,000 shares, the best week since the one ended August 13, 1932, Board of Trade transactions last week were 518.045,000 bushels of all grains, the largest week since the first week of November, 1931, when transactions ‘were 546,174,000 ’ Funds Released in Detroit. DETROIT.—Release of $131.000.000 by two banks in the process of liquida- tion has been reflected in a marked in- crease in buying, although no definite figures as to volume are available. Au- tomobile factories generally are report- ing increased production schedules and better retail demand than was expected. The Ford Co. has increased daily production to 2,500 cars, against an original program of 2,000 daily. Thirty thousand workers, many on a five-day :r:!x& are employed in the River Rouge nf Gets $1,000,000 Contract. GALLIPOLIS. Ohio.—The Marietta Steel Boat Bullding plant at Point Plessant, W. Va., received yesterday a million-dollar contract to build two United States dredges for use on the Mississippi River. Five hundred men will be employed until November to fill the contract. Richmond Orders Increase, RICHMOND, Va.—Five plants of the Maryland Overall Co. in Virginia have changed from one 10-hour shift to tw six-hour_shifts and sdded 200 oper- glr‘uémlzlch?ond hv‘holeule houses re- orders have increased the bank holid s Recovery on Coast. SAN FRANCISCO.—The Federal Re- serve Bank for this district says busi- ness has recovered rapidly to the Febru- Ar;‘ (I;WLM lerate gains are reported in car- loadings. ~debits, lumber production, commodity and stock prices, with ex- changes active. Canned fruit prices are up. and canners expect the lowest carTyover for several years. Relief Applications Drop. MINNEAPOLIS. The Civic Com- merce Association announces that dur- ing the past six weeks a 10 to 20 per cent gross sales increase has been noted in wholesale hardware, general mer- chandise, farm tools, dry gcods and ladies’ apparel. City relief has dwin- dled markedly in the past three weeks, with applications for relief fewer. Building Permits Gain. MIAMI, Fla.—More bullding permits have been issued at Miami Beach this month than in any month since last September. Half a dozen good sized realty deals have been recorded. Miami merchants say prospects are good for an excellent Summer. The season just closed was the best since 1926, they say. Cleveland Outlook Better. CLEVELAND.—Increased buying or- ders have caused a pick-up in steel mill operations. In Cleveland, production ‘was estimated at 41 per cent, the high- est since 1931, with prospects of a higher rise quickly. Operations in the ‘Youngstown district have increased to 33 per cent, the first time in three rs that the rate is higher than for e same date of the preceding year. Last year in the corresponding week production was at 32 per cent. . KANSAS CITY.—James E. Burke of the trading division of the Chamber of Commerce says: “Future orders for Fall merchandise showed a decided pickup in the last three weeks. There is also a very good demand for women's cloth- The Missouri Portland Cement Co. reopened a plant employing about 100 men. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Republic Bteel Co. plans to resume limited opera- tions next week, re-employing 300 men. Scrap iron advanced 50 cents yester- gay. with no orders being accepted for ‘ three months hence. The April Hints That Nazis Burned Reichstag British Articles Suggest Fire Set to Arouse Hitler Votes. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 27—The government will protest against a current series of articles in the Manchester Guardian, published in Manchester, England, con- cerning the fire in the Reichstag Build- ing February 27. “Such accusations are unparalleled in history,” a semi-official statement said. LONDON, April 27 (#).—The Man- chester Guardian's articles, from & special correspondent, which are dated merely “Germany,” in substance suggest that the Nazis themselves were responsi. ble fcr the Reichstag fire. The intimation is that the Nazis wished to create a Communist scare and thereby strengthen their political posi. tion. The fire occurred just a few days before the Reichstag elections, in which the Hitlerite forces were victorious. ORCHESTRA'S FATE SOONTO BE KNOWN Funds Must Be Provided i Next Few Days, Kindler Tells Teachers. n Unless funds necessary for the sup- port of the National Symphony Or- chestra are forthcoming within the next 10 days, disbanded, Dr. Hans Kindler, conductor, said yesterday at a meeting of Wash- ington public -school teachers, spon- sored by the Music Committee ot the sixth public school division. The members of the orchestra can- not wait until the Fall to learn if they are to have employment, Dr. Kindler | declared. He said they must make plans now for next Winter. If the orchestra is disbanded, he added, Wash- ington will be almost the only National Capital in the world without a sym- phony orchestra. The meeting yesterday was held in the Wheatley School and its purpose was to encourage interest in music and in the National Symphony Orches- tra. Mrs. Bernice Randall Angelico, music teacher in the Wilsom Teachers’ College and composer of children's songs, talked about music in the Wash- ington public schools. There was group | singing and a presentation by the Har- vey Trio, composed of Miss Alice Har- vey, pianist; Miss Bernadette Berrard, violinist, and Miss Anna Ulke, cellist. {DISCLOSES DOHERTY MADE BIG PROFIT ON CITIES SERVICE STOCK (Continued From First Page) present in person or by proxy and | voted “almost unanimously” in favor of | the board’s recommendation, Burns said. “At the time of the sale Mr. Doher voting power amounted to 6.19 per cel. of the total vote,” he continued. “After the sale it amounted to 4.48 per cent of the total. The issue of the new shares alone gave him an additional per cent of the total vote.” Says Staff Members Speculated. The assertion that members of the Federal Trade Commission staff had speculated in common stock of the Cities Service Co. was made yesterday by Mitchell. The statement was made in the course of questioning of Mitchell on his examination of the securities com- pany affairs by Healy, the commission’s chief counsel. The chief counsel was seeking information as to the extent of speculation in the stock during 1928 and 1929 and asked the examiner if he had ascertalned the amount of the speculation. Mitchell replied he had not at the time of drafting the voluminous report of the company which had been sub- mitted in evidence, but had secured some specific instances of speculation afterwards. “What specific instances did you get.” Healy asked. “The members of the staff of the Federal Trade Commission,” Mitchell replied. “Was it so extensive as to inform you as to the total amount?” Healy asked. “Not as to the total amount,” Mitchell id. “Well,” Healy sald as an observation in concluding the questioning on that phase, “I hope none of the staff to which you refer was in the economic division. We wouldn't mind if they were in the other division.” PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL BE GIVEN TESTS Summer Round-up Will Be Held at Joseph Rodman West School on Monday. ‘The Summer round-up of children, who are to enter school in the kinder- garten next September, will be con- ducted st the Joseph Rodman West School, on Monday, under the direction of Mrs. E. P. Warfield. Mrs. Warfleld said that a staff of doc- tors will be prescnt at the school on Monday, from 10 o'clock until noon, fér the purpose of examining thoze of pre- school age, with a view to pointing cut any defects which should be corrected before September. The physical examinations will be conducted by Dr. R. Lyman Sexton and Dr. James A. Rolls. while the dental ex- amination will be made by Dr. R. G. Richardson and Dr. Charles Basseches. steel movement shows an increase over March, and retail business seems on upgrade. Seattle Shipping Improves. SEATTLE.—Shipping has manifested definite improvement in this area, of- ficials say. The West Coast Lumber- men's Asosciation said Pacific North- west lumber shipments reported last week exceeded current production by 9.9 per cent Lumber buying, although 1t subsided somewhat after a Aflurry starting March 11, it still perceptibly better than for many months. Lumber imills have reopened at several points. | For example, the Whatcom Falls Mill :o. put 300 men to work at Belling- am. Railway Re-employs 715. ! DALLAS, Tex.—The Misouri-Kansas- | Texas Raflroad has re-employed 715 persons this month. Slightly better pas- senger business is reported, with freight unchanged. The Corsicana Cotton Mills are reopening on full-time schedule, employing 178. the orchestra will be: voting power equal to approximately 25 | +Mrs. Henry Dimock, Rear Admiral W. INSPEGTOR LAUDS " AKRON STRUCTRE Secret Underground Room of Distil Work Fi amber ) F CHEABDTUTORS. Lieut. Settle Says Dirigible] With Lights and Signal- (Mayor Says Banks Will Aid Was Better Built Than Graf Zeppelin. By the Associated Press. ‘The type of workmanship that went into construction of the U. 8, 8. Akron was described today as excellent by Lieut. Comdr. T. G. W. Settle, inspector of naval aircraft at the Goodyear Zep- pelin Corporation at Akron, Ohio. ‘Testifying before the naval court in- vestigating the Akron disaster, Settle said he regarded the workmanship thut went into the Akron as superior to that of the Graf Zeppelin, Shenandoah and Los Angeles. Questioned regarding the overweight of the Akron, Settle said that while full penalties were assessed the contractors for both overweight and speed, the overweight tended to make the struc- ture of the ship stronger and in no way proved detrimental to the Akron. When asked by the judge advocate concerning previous testimony that certain faulty construction appeared in the Akron, Settle told how, on one occasion in Akron, a joint of the inner ring of the main frame buckled. It was corrected, however, and other sjm- ilar construction was examined re- fully and found to be sound. Praises Akron Skipper. In concluding. Settle asked to make a personal atement. Turning to Admiral H. V. Butler, president of the court, he declared: “Admiral, I want to say that I re- gard Comdr. Frank McCord as an able and efficlent officer in every respect. I would like very much to serve under him on an airship were he alive today.” C. P. Burgess, designer in the Bureau of Aeronautics, was recalled. He gave an explanation of how an airship be- th:s when struck by strong gusts of wind. | " Lieut. Comdr. Herbert V. Wiley. the only surviving officer of the Akron, then took the stand for questioning on how his airship service compared with that of wartime German Zeppelin com- manders Wiley said he had approxi- mately 5,000 hours flying time on air- ships, that he knew two German Zep- pelin wartime captains who in 1928/ :ndhu;ld him they had less hours than | e had. | i Compares German Records. He had met some German command- | ers, generally considered successful dur- | ing the war, he said, who had less than | 300 hours. ,He mentioned Von Schiller, who, he said, in 1928, told him he had | between 1,600 and 1,700 hours. Wiley sald the instruction given air-| ship men at Lakehurst was a course “as good as can be expected.” He said | !he didn't think it could be improved upon. The court then sought information as to the life-saving equipment on the| Akron. Wiley said rubber life jackets, | under previous orders, had been placed | un:;r erclh ;brxnk and that an inflated rubber life t was in place ¢ b i place on the Defends Last Flight. Decision to send a joint congressional commiitee to Akron to inspect the new | Macon was reached yesterduy as Capt | Alger H. Dresel, commander of the new | dirigible, told tne ccurt of inquiry that the weather maps furnished tne Akron ' did not justify postponement of the airship’s aisastrous trip. I Capt. Dresel said most of his ideas' on handling a lighter-than-air crafi in a thunderstorm were obtained from ks, Representative Delaney, Democrat, of | New York, who announced the joint Congressional Committee would go to | the Ohio city, said the inspection of ‘he mew ship probably would be made ay 5 or 6. | Delaney” had requested that the Macon be sent to Lakehurst, N. J., !berth of the Akron, but said he had Ibeen informed by the Navy Department that the new ship had not been ac- cepted “pending further trial flights and that it would not be practicable to have the ship at Lakehurst at the time designated.” FIRST LADY NAMED BY RESCUE LEAGUE |Elected Honorary President at Annunal Meeting at Carlton. | Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected honorary president of the Washington Animal Rescue League at its annual meeting yesterday in the Carlton Hotel. A list of 20 honorary vice presidents chosen included Mrs. Geoffrey G. Whitney, Miss Mabel Boardman, Gist | Blair, Raymcnd Gorges, George Arliss, | H. Brownson, Senator Arthur Capper, Oliver Ricketson, Sherman Flint, Wal- ter 8. Hutchins, William P. Eno, Mrs. Peter A. Drury, Mrs. Robert L. Bacon, Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, William Hibbs, Mrs. George P. Scriven, Mrs. W. F. R. Hitt, Mrs Henry Davis and Mrs. Arthur Addison. Mrs. William F. Ham was elected active president with Mrs. Harry C. Moses as first vice president, and Mrs. Merton . cgood, as second vice president. Mrs. L. C. Probert and Mrs. Agnes M. | Faber were elected secretary and, treasurer, respectively, while Mrs.| Thomas D. Geoghegan was named chairman of the House Committee. | The new board of directors includes Mrs. Edward D. Anderson, Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs. Le Verne Beales, Miss Alice J. Clapp, Mrs. H. G. Durfee, Mrs. Henry P. Erwin, Mr. ng;i Mrs. Geoghe- gan, Mrs. Ham, Mrs. Frazier D. Head, Miss Ruth Hitchcock, Miss N. R. Mc- Comb, Mrs. E. K. Morris, Mrs. Moses, Mrs. Truman G, imer, Mrs. Probert, Mrs. C. Augustus Simpson, Mrs. Frank Smith and Dr. and Mrs. Twogood. The Finance Committee is composed of Mr. Ham, Mr. Geoghegan and Joseph 1. Weller. Rev. A. W. Garden, secretary and treasurer of the Animal Rescue League of Pittsburgh, addressed the meeq,lzf Afterward he visited the league’s head- quarters at 71 O street. BEEBE PLANS DESCENT 3,000 FEET INTO OCEAN Naturalist Expects to Continue Scientific Work Begun Under Sea Last Year. By the Assodated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 27.—Dr. Wil- liam Beebe, internationally known natu- ralist, hopes to go down to a depth of 3,000 feet in waters off the Bermuda coast in a steel spheroid this Summer. Leaving last night for New York, Dr. | Beebe said he would be joined by Ed- win Chance of Philadelphia for a con- tinuation of scientific work begun last ear. ? y'mey-mennuwmemnhnaa. near Panama, for shallow water explo- ration in the diving helmets Beebe has invented. Bermuda. Dr. Beebe has descended to a depth of 2,200 feet in the water in his “batho- sphere” and at that depth photographed fish which carry illuminating devices &hhlc‘l;_ he said -were 100 per cent “cold a From Panama they will go to | 304 ing System Found. By the Associated Press. ELMIRA, N. Y, April 27.—An un- derground work chamber, fitted with electric lights and a rope signaling system, was uncovered today within 25 feet of the Lehigh Valley Railroad sta- tion, by prohibition agents. The agents said it was part of an elaborate system used by proprietors of a distillery raided last week to pump materials to & warehouse a half- mile distant. A 300-foot section of hose discovered yesterday led to discovery of the underground chamber. The hose was pulled from a sewer. Entrance to the chamber was by way of a manhole and a disused sewer chamber. Agents said the investiga- tion would continue in the hope of linking one or more other buildings with the system. TOKID TURNS ARMY 10 FAGE RUSSIANS Withdrawal in Lwan River Area Laid to Tension Over Railroad. ___(Continued From First Page.) forces with Northern leaders, again working in unison, with the Nanking government’s army curbed the sepa- ratist movement and lessened poscibility of open revolt in this area. This, it was pointed out, may have contributed to _the Japanese decision to withdraw. The Japanese were reported hoping a Chinese movement to disclaim the authority of the Nanking government would aid them in ‘setting up a new regime. Japanese elements here were reported actively worlng in that cause The stubborn resistance of the Chinese at Kupeikow, the gateway to Peiping. demonstrated during the past few days that a new united front was being presented to the Japanese. BLOODY BATTLE WAGED. Chinese Dig in and Force Call for Reinforcements. PEIPING. China. April 27 (#.—The Chinese and Japanese armies were fighting a sanguinary battle today near Nantienmen, to the south of Kupeikow, a Great Wall pass northeast of Peiping Japanese artillery and air bombers were pounding the Chinese positions with slight effect. The Chinese dug in and succeeded in halting the Japanese infantry. It appeared that the Chinese were putting up the stiffest resistance the army of Japan has encountered south of the Great Wall of China. Japancse and Manchukuoan troops evacuating the Lwan River district in the coastal area of North China were rushing to bolster the Japanese below Kupeikow. Chinese sources asserted. They declared that in the area of the Great Wall pass there were 30,000 Jap- anese soldiers. Today's heavy fighting followed a lull in the hostilities vesterday. As a trophy of the recent fighting in the vicinity of the Lwan River the Chinese brought to Peiping a Japanese airplane brought down at Anshan, MOSCOW FEARS PLOT. Dispatches State Japanese Prepared to Seize Railroad. MOSCOW. April 27 (#).—A Sovict dispatch from Khabarovsk, Siberia, wlsl published today asserting that *“com- petent sources” disclosed that the Japa- nese Army in Manchuria has approved a plan to seize the Chinese Eastern Railway from Russia. This follows close upon another pub- lished report from Chita that such a plan was being formulated. The latest dispatch said it was the intention of Japanese in Manchuria to disorganize the normal activities of the railway, undermine its financial status and make working conditions impossible. This would be an excuse, it said, for its seizure and transfer of full control to the Japanese-sponsored government of Manchukuo. (The seventh wreck in a month on the railroad occurred yesterday, when bandits derailed a repair train sent to help another previously wrecked by the same brigands, a Harbin, Manchuria dispatch said. Manchukuo troops aboard the train were said to have fled without ~offering assistance.) The road was built by Russia to gain access to the Pacific Ocean. U. S. RELAXES VIGILANCE. Hull Too Busy With Economic Parleys to Watch Far East. By the Associated Press. The State Department was described today by Secretary Hull as concentrat- ing so intensely upon its world economic conversations that it is giving.little at- tention to developments in the Far East where the possibility of a Russo-Japan- ese clash is indicated. The Secretary was asked concerning American reports of plans in connectio: with reports that the Japanese were hurrying troops northward with the ap- parent objective of taking the Chinese Eastern Railway from Russia. He replied that he considered the eco- nomic recovery of the world <o all im- portant and vital that he is devoting his paramount effort to that phase and as he put it is not going out of his way to emphasize other occurrences. TWO HELD IN RACKET NEW YORK, April 27 () —Investi- gation into an alleged racket in the Itry business here resulted last night E:mme arrest of two union officials on charges of felonious assault. Charles Herbert, 35, business agent of the Poultry Schochten Union, and Harry { S8homer, 46, secretary of the Chicken Drivers, Chauffeurs and Helpers' Union, were charged with pointing a revolver at a rabbi April 13. ‘The rabbi’s name was withheld in ac- cordance with Police Commissioner James S. Bolan’s recent announcement that any persons filing complains against racketeers would be given full protec- tlon. STEAMER ON REEF NEW YORK, April 27 (#) —A small steamer was aground today on Alacran Reef in the Gul! of Mexico and in need of assistance, said a message picked up by the Radiomarine Corporation. The name of the ship was not quite clear in the message, but it was believed to be “Tabascc.” A steamer Tabasco. feet long and of 704 net tonnage, is owned by the Ceiba Navigation Cor- poration of New Orleans. Alacran Reef is about 80 miles north of the coast of Yucatan. The radio message came from the Radio Marine Station at Miami Beach by way of the Coast Guard Cutter Mojave. . When Law Is Passed Fore- Ing Tax Payments. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, April 27.—Out of the whirlwind of their militant activities there came to Chicago’s unpaid teach- ers today & new ray of hope that their financial privations may come to an end through legislative action. after two days of near-riotous condi-: tions, which reached peak when militant teachers beat the barricaded doors of the Chicago Title & Trust Co., besieged the First National Bank, and marched on thc City Hall, making verbal charges that the city's bankers had refused them aid by failing to purchase tax warrants. “I have agreed with the bankers to act to cut expenses of the school board,” the mayor told them. “When this is done and legislation 1s passed to force tax payments, the bankers will advance & substantial amount of money.” . In Springfield today the mayor hopes for progress before the Legislature, witn his program, which provides for dras- tic retrenchment of school operating expenses and action by the General As- sembly to break a tax strike in Chicago which has been one of the stumbling blocks toward pulling the school sys- tem out of the financial quagmire ir which it has been struggling the past few years. Many Schools Involved. On the success of his mission ap- parently hinges the fate of 320 ele- mentary schools, 30 junior high schools, 24 high schools and 2 colleges, employ- ing in the neighborhood of 14,000 teach- ers, who for months have been payless except for the occasional receipt of part payments of their wages. A pro- posal to close the schools, meanwhile, is being held in abeyance, peace de- scending temporarily, at least, pending a final showdown. “There will be no further demonstra- tions for a week now that we have a guarantee of aid,” said John M. Fewkes, a teacher who led the demonstrators numbering about 3.000 in yesterday's {march which resulted in a general melee, tying up traffic and catching the | police temporarily off their guard. They { finally brought about order, but not juntil their uniforms had been torn. | None was seriously hurt. Before leaving the First National to march on the City Hall the teachers heckled a vice president into silence, repeating tactics they employed the | previous day when Gen. Charles G. Dawes shouted, “to hell with trouble- makers,” while he was attempting to explain the bankers’ viewpoint of the school crisis, which is the outcome of ! conditions that began back in 1927. It was then that a decision to revise property assessments for taxation was made—a job that took two years dur- ing which taxes piled up. Many prop- |erty owners, caught in the 1929 finan- cial recession, had failed to budget their taxes and were hard pressed. Efforts to | collect two years' taxes in 12 months | were made, but failed, the pressure be- coming so great that property owners began suits to annul the new assess- ment Collections were delayed by in- junctions. Injunction and Foreclosure. Other tax payers saw their neighbors | under protection of injunctions escape payment and went on strike. The in- { junctions have long since been void, jbut meanwhile many small home own- jers have lost their properties by fore- closures. Receivers refused to pay un- til titles should be perfected. Many | other small home owners. however, paid j —unless they couldn't becaues of the depression. The financial recession, however, added to the general confusion. In ad- dition it was charged there had been an orgy of spending by all municipal de- partments, including the School Board. There were allegations that school pay- rolls, aside from the teachers,’ had been inafited; that excessive prices were paid politicians for school sites, and that | other wasteful practices had been in- i dulged in. When the till finally ran dry tax war- rants were issued and for a iulme ihe pedagogues found but little difficulty in cashing them at slight discounts, but I the merchants. unable to refinance them, finally stopped taking them altogether or demanded larger discount margins. | For a year the banks handed out money on the warrants, as they were certified | against actual taxes due and legally as- |sessed, but in recent months the ques- tion of ability to collect taxes compli- cated the situation. Attempts were made | to induce the Reconstruction Finance ! Corporation to take the paper, but it| declined unless the banks gave their notes as a guarantee. The late Mayor Anten J. Cermak went to Miami to talk with Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Pres- ident-elect, but an assassin, firing at Mr. Roosevelt, fatally shot Mr. Cermak. Federal assistance was sought at ‘Washington by members of the School Board, the teachers, and even students. | M Gilliam (center), Troop 71, Washington | About five teachers had been injured.|. It came from Mayor Edward J. Kelly | yesterday | against VISITOR TO BETTER HOMES WEEK DEMONSTRATION YESTERDAY. RS. WILLIAM H WOODIN, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury, called ' yesterday afternoon at the Little House of the Girl Scouts, New York avenue and Eighteenth street, to see the Better Homes week demonstra- tion of an ideal American home She was received by Mrs. Gertrude L Bowman and by Betty Fleming (left), Troop 4, Baltimore, and Nancy —Star Staff Photo. TRIVBLE IS NAMED AGTING SOLICITOR Son of House Clerk Joins Commerce Department Forces, Roper States. South Trimble, jr. son of the clerk of the House, has been named acting solicitor of the Commerc> D-partment, Secretary Roper announced today. In making the announcement, Secre- tary Roper made public the names of | his advisers in shaping plans for re- | organization of his department, which, he said, are at the White House, await- ing President Rocsevelt’s approval. At the same time, he said his ad- visers had reshaped reorganization de- tails to permit retention of several com- modity divisions in the Foreign and Domestic Commerce. At first. the advisers were considering abolition of all 20 divisions, which em- ploy 200 workers here. Trimble also is a member of Roper's Reorganization Committee, the Secre- tary said. Other members are: Gen. Charles McK. Saltzman, re- tired Army officer and former chair- man of the Federal Radio Commis- sfon; Dr. John Dickine:n, assistal Secretary of Commerce; Ewin Davis, former chairman of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee of the House, which handles most of the legislation afecting Department, and James C. Edgerton, aercnautic research specialist, and Malcolm Kerlin, who for the last eight years has been administrative assistant to_the Secretary of Commerce. Roper said, Sepator Dill, Democrat, of Washingten, and Representatives Bland, Democrat, Virginia, and Ray- burn, Democrat. Texas, co-cperated with the committee. Roper told newspaper men he had ncted a steady pick-up in busi- ress since the latter part of March and preliminary data for April indi- cate activity in both production and distribution has been higher than dur- ing last month. Steel production for the last week reported. he said, had advanced to the highest point of the year, equal to the operating rate in the corresponding week of 1932. Automobile production increased and Roper expressed belief fubstantially higher than in March. |LUNDEEN TO FORCE VOTE IN HOUSE ON PAYMENT OF BONUS _(Continued From First Page.) the section providing for expansion of $3,000,000,000 of credit is put under the control of men (Reserve Board) who thus far have stood against any form of inflation. “If you are going to select a body of men to pass on what we call inflation,” Borah said, “where would you find & more intelligent and conservative body of men than the Federal Reserve Board? ! All got the same advice. It was: m"oo home and collect your overdue xes.” TRAPPED CHINESE SAVED BY FIREMEN Taken Down Ladders as Blaze Sweeps Repair Shop on the Avenue. Three Chinese, one of them ill, were taken by ladders out of the third-story window of the rooming house at 49’ Pennsylvania avenue, early this after- noon when fire broke out in & repair !shop on the street floor. The ill man, Chin Pock, 74, proprietor of the place, was taken to Emergency Hospital for treatment for smoke. The two other Chinese were not injured. One of them gave his name as Chin Hing, 65. The fire drew out all available ap- paratus in the area and Pennsylvania avenue traffic was clogged for nearly an_hour. The flames were confined to the first floor of the shop of A. T. Bean, where they started. Bean said he believed the fire was caused by a short circuit in a machine with which he was sawing frames for window screens in the win- dow facing on Pennsylvania avenue. All of the occupants of the rooming house above, except the three Chinese, got out of the building without diffi- culty. Chin Pock was injured about two months ago and had just returned from the hospital day before yesterday. T PLANS PROGRAM TONIGHT Converts’ League of Catholic Daughters to Hear Lectures. ‘The Converts’ League of the Catholic Daughters of America will present a lect%e. musicale and social program in the Willard Hotel tonight. ‘The_ principal er will be Very th, O. P. professor of phi hy of Catholic University. :fll topic will be “God and the Coun- Others on the program include Rev. F. X Cavanaugh, Rev. Aloysius Berg- garfl, C. S. P, and Miss Mary Boland. Miss Florence M. Wfidnfkl', chairman of the league, will preside. A musical fmfllfll will be ted by students of Trinity Oolhn.m In all probability there would be no ex- pansion under this section, but that is a matter about which we should com- plain, rather than those who oppose the bill.’ Glass replied that “just in the meas- ure as it is used, the Federal . eserve System will be unable to respond to the legitimate requirements of industry, business and agriculture. Senator Steiwer, Republican, of Ore- gon, also assailed the gold section and said his “deep-seated objection” to the program was the delegation of power to the President. “It surrenders the monetary inde- pendence of the United States,” he as- serted, adding it might be contended the plan would permit the President to ne- gotiate treaties with other countries without the consent of the Senate. sas, supported the inflation proposal, saying he was “willing to entrust the| President with the power and hold him -c‘oo%xhnfiblg for the way he uses it.” some one,” Capper said. “Congress can't exercise it. Flexibility and quick deci- sion are necessary.” In attacking the gold section, Borah aserted that this feature was “distinctly a deflationary provision that will coun- teract any benefit that might be de- rived from other sections.” Reed and a number of other Republicans maintain the gold section is unconstitutional. Senators Wheeler, Democrat, Mon- tana, and King, Democrat, Utah, pro- posed the amendment authorizing the President to remonetize silver at any ratio with gold that the Chief Execu- { tive desires, with another provision for free coinage of both gold and silver. Bimetalism Roll Call. The roll call on the Wheeler-King amendment follows: Democrats for: Adams, Bachman, g;nkhel b Bntwn,mnrown. Bulow, Tnes, onnally, eterich, Erickson, . Fletcher, Hayden, Kendrick, King, gan, Long, McCarran, Neely, Overton, son (Arkansas) Smith, Thomas (Utah), Wheeler. Total, 36. iblicans for: Norris, Nye. Total, 4. Farmer Labor for: Shipstead. Total, 1. Grand total for, 41. Democrats : Balley, Bulkley, d, Gore, Stephens, Tydings and Wagner. Total, 7. Republicans against: Barbour, Carey, Couzens, Dickinson, Fess, Goldstiorough, Hastings, Hatfleld, Hebert, Kean, Keyes, McNary, Metcalf, Reed, Robinson (In- diana), Steiwer, Vandenberg, Walcott and White. Total, 19. Grand total against, 26. Bureau of | the Commerce | esterday | final figures fcr the menth would be | power must be delegated to HOUSE PROBE DUE ~ ONLOWELL SO0N Judiciary Committee te Start Investigation of Judge Next Week. ‘The House Judiciary Committee prob- ably will begin next week its investi- gation of the action of Federal Judge Jamés A. Lowell of Boston in freeing George Crawford, colored, wanted in | Middleburg, Va., for the murder there | in January, 1932, of Mrs. Spencer Ilsley and her maid, Mina Buckner. Although no plans have been made | Chairman Sumners of the Judiciary Commiitee said he would call the mem- bers together in a few days to arrange for the inquiry. Smith Resolution Adopted. | __The investigation was ordered by the House yesterday in wogzian‘ 209 to 1150, of a resolution by presentative | Smith, Democrat, of "Virginia, which | directs the Judiciary Committee to determine whether Judge Powell com- | mitted any high crime or misdemeanor in releasing Crawford. Chairman Sumners said it was not the intention of the committee to pro- ¢ | ceed with “precipitous haste.” | “Our first duty.” he declared, “will | be to determine the facts as to what | actually happened. Up to the present, | there doesn’t seem to be any great con- | troversy over the facts.” | The resolution authorizes an appro- | priation of $5.000 to defray the cost of the investigation. In asking for the appropriaticn, Smith thought it might be necessary for the Investigating Com- mittec to make a_ trip to Boston. Chairman Sumners, however, said it is possible the committee will not have to leave the District. | Says Office Violated. Smith introduced his resolution after rising to a question of constitutional privilege on the floor of the House and impeaching Judge Lowell on his own responsibility. In seven articles of im- peachment, Smith charged the Boston | jurist with deliberately and willfully | releasing Crawford in direct contraven- | tion of the Constitution and had thereby | violated his oath of office and abused | his power. | Judge Lowell was defended by Repre- | sentative Luce, Republican, of Massa- chusetts. He said the jurist was his constituent and personal friend and that he was held in the highest regard by those who know him. APPEAL SESSION LIKELY. | Judge's Counsel Confers With Assistant District Attorney. BOSTON, April 27 (#).—The possi. | bility of & special session of the United | States Circuit Court of Appeals to hear the appeal of the State of Massachusetts | in the granting by Federal Judge James | A. Lowell of a writ of habeas corpus for | the release of George Crawford was seen in action of his counsel yesterday. J. Weston Allen, former attorney gen- eral of Massachusetts and chief counsel for Crawford, conferred with Assistant | Attorney General Stephen D. Baciga- | lupo of Massachusetts regarding such a request. Bacigalupo said he had no objection to Allen’s request. The court will ad- journ soon to convene again in October when the Crawford case has been set for hearing. Willam G. Thompson, widely known criminal lawyer, yesterday came to the aid of Judge Lowell, whose action roused such a storm of protest in the South. ‘Thompeon, at one time chief counsel for defense in the celebrated Sacco- Vanzetti case, appeared at the Federal Building and asked and obtained all the records in the Crawford case. “Judge Lowell has been outrageously and wrongfully attacked in Congress,” sald Thompson referring to the im- peachment of the Massachusetts jurist by Representative Smith of Virginia. “I am getting all the facts in the Craw- ford case and I am going to study them and, if the judge is right, I am | going to present the evidence to the council of the Bar Association.” ‘Thompson made it plain he was act- | ing without having consulted Judge Lowell and entirely on his own volition. The judge continued to withhold | comment on the case. POLLARD “ASTOUNDED.” | Governor to Ask Attorney General to Take Part in Appeal. RICHMOND, Va,, April 27 (#).—Gov. | Pollard said yesterday he would ask the attorney general of Virginia to par- ticipate in a hearing on an appeal from the decision of Federal Judge James A. Lowell in the George Crawford case. The Virginia Governor said he was “astounded beyond measure” at Low- | ell's action in granting & writ of habeas | corpus to Crawford. He added that “fortunately there is a higher court to review Judge Lowell's opinion and our remedy lies not in abuse, but in , | appeal for redress to duly constituted ithorities.” aul _— CORRECTION Charles Edward Russell, Not Moore, Interpreted Shakespear- ean Drama at Arts Club. Through a confusion of names it was erroneously stated in The Star’s account of the Bankside Players presentation of scenes from Shakespearean dramas at the Arts Club that the interpreter and organizer of the players was Charles Edward Moore. The inf and is Charles Edward Russell, , journalist and suthor. The Star n.rei‘flu error, IGASH BONUS 1SSUE FLARES AT CAPITOL Roosevelt Secretary Inform- ed Another Invasion of Veterans Impends. The soldiers’ bonus issue was bolling at the Capitol again today as Congress- men variously we'comed the prospect of another visit of ihe ex-service men to Washington and suggested that the sol- diers stay away. A petition was being circulated at the House in favor of at- hfi:}ng‘nl? l{nendm:l:t tohlhe farm rel or immediat> cash payment of the bonus. If it gets 145 signa- tures the question must be voted on by the House, At the White House Harold B Foulkrod, calling upon Louis Howe, presidential secretary, told newspaper men there would be another invasion of bonus marchers unless the cash pay- ment rider was adopted. Foulkrod was legislative agent of last Summer's bonus army here. He said thers are 700 units ready for a move on Wash- ington, and that there are already 4,000 ex-service men in the city, with more on the way, traveling by automobiles and freight trains. The prospective visitors were wel- comed in a statement by Representative Ernest Lundeen, Farmer-Laborite of Minnesota. “Certain Congressmen,” his written statement said, “have been quoted in the press as advising the soldiers to stay away from Washing- ton. I wish to take issue with these gentlemen. Appeal Issued by Albright. “T want the veterans of America to know that there are members of Con- gress who are glad to see them in Washington whenever they think best to visit our Capital City.” Lundeen was evidently referring to a statement made .y Ernest Albright, former command r of the Oklahoma B. E. F., urging he veterans to stay away. Albright sa:d his statement had the approval of Scnator Thomas of Oklahoma and Representatives Patman of Texas and Rankin of Mississippi, all prominently identified with the fight for the cash payment of the bonus at | the past session of Congress. The Lundeen statement went on: “Statements have been made in the press that the author of the bonus hill did not want to embarrass the President by calling up his bill from the Wavs and Means Committee, where it has been slumbering for a month and a half. But as a Farmer-Labor member of Congress who wants to keep his cam- paign pledges, I am not concerned about the embarrassment of the President “I am more concerned about the cruel blow they were struck by the ‘Economy League bill’ which threw thousands of them out of their hospital beds and soldiers’ homes and deprived them of their small checks. which meant the margin between life and death.” Text of Appeal to Veterans. “émnght's appeal to the bonus seekers have been in contact with many of our friends in the House and Sen- ate.” read Albright's appeal to the bonus seekers. “They have a definite program on which they are now work- ing which we hope will meet the ap- proval of the administration. Now, with this renewed so-called march on Washington, which comes at a time when the good people of Washington are struggling with thousands of hungry and unemployed. I cannot see where the leaders of the movement expect to help our cause with another mareb on Washington. I therefore urge upon all buddies who are really sincere and want to see the bonus paid to think carefully before joining any movement “‘),.l&twfll hurt our cause. year we had the support backing ‘of such leaders :sppsenn.tlg Thomas of Oklahema. Representatives Wright Patman and J. E. Rankin and many others in our march. These men are still working night and day for our cause, but they all feel that another march will hurt our chances of getting any consideration this session of Con- gress. Veterans of America, we must have faith and confidence in our Gov- ernment We will fight for our rights, but we will do it in a peaceful manner, through our friends who are in office.” John Alfieri, who led the first bonus march on Washington in January, 1931, and who, he says, has been travelling by freight car on a zig-zag route across the country for 5,000 miles from Los Angeles for the past month, urging vet- erans not to come to Washington again, also presented a personal petition asking payment of the bonus to Repre- sentative William E. v - = E. Evans of Call Ml;flhup Lines and Flop Houses. TL Who served with the 19th Engineers in France, and until the re- cent veterans cut, received compensa- tlon, reported to Representative Evans ;1}:1‘5 éetel;lns are in soup lines and flop every c i beianiy TY community in the In only one city on his travels, h Treported. was there no bread line. ’rm§ was in Birmingham, Ala, ,He reported that he told veterans everywhere on his travels they had bet- :'el:nst.:lyk home ln{d l;t their Congress- e care of t lheybonu.s. eir campaign for “You'll only be imposing on the good people of Washington and repe:tgnnl the racket you worked on those good people last year if you go to Washing- ton. Give President velt & hand,” was the advi i = Vet < o TG Heleavetithe | WCARRAN To ADDRESS KNIGHTS OF COLUMBYS Nevada Senator Will Speak Mon- day to Fourth-Degree Assembly at Mayflower Hotel. Senator Patrick H. McCarran, Demo- crat, of Nevada, will be the principal speaker at a meeting of the Washing- ton General Assembly, Fourth Degree, Knights of Columbus, Monday ev at the Mayflower Hotel. Mrs. J. Ber- nard McDonnell will sing, accompanied by Mrs. Harry Barbour. Senator Mc- Carran is past State deputy of the or- der in Nevada. Thomas J. Trodden, faithful navigator, will preside. The assembly will attend annusl communion mass May 14 at Georgetown University Chapel. Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, president of Georgetown Uni- versity, will be the celebrant. After the mass, the assembly will be the guests of Father Nevils at breakfast. A large number of the members of the Fourth Degree will make the annual re- tlr'en'; ;fi Manresa on the Severn May PLANS CHEST TALK ‘Making Bad Children Good” will be the subject of the talk of Mrs. Mary T. Norton, chairman of the House Dis~ Gommunity Form- sppmsored by i sponso: Community Chest and the National Broadcasting Co., tonight at 9 o'clock over station WMAL. Mrs. Norton will be introduced by Elwood talk ottlining the problems of the local community as related to the general problems dis- cussed by Mrs. Norton. Treated for Fall From Ladder. Ralph Claggett. 25, of 636 F street flr‘tlh'esl, r'd‘: trtelwd at Cal:ul!ty Hos- yeste! or juries re- ulvedwhanh{tellfromnhdderw- sun while painting & house et 3315 Twentieth street