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WEAT HER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Fair and slightly occasional rain; gentle shifting to northeast cooler tonight; to- northwest or east winds. Temperatures—Highest, 75, l; noon today; lowest, 54, at 1am. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 & 13 No. 32,516. post _office, Entered as second class mattel Washington, D. C. SEORESREKILE ASSTORMS SWEEP THO STATES AGAN Kentucky and Tennessee Hit Hard by Tornadoes Late Last Night. MUDDY' COUNTRY ROADS | HAMPER RELIEF EFFORTS; Some of Injured Are Too Badly Hurt to Be Removed From Wrecked Homes. By the Associated Press. ‘Tornadoes along the border of Ten- nessee and Kentucky last night brought reports of death to 67 persons and in- Juries to scores of other persons. | Kentucky so far had reports of 33 dead and Tennessee 34. They were: In Tennessee: Monroe County. 11. Adair County, 2. Russell Count, 20. In Kentucky: Overton County, 32. Wilson County, 2. Beaty Swamps, in Overton County, near Livingston, Tenn, was hard hit with 26 known dead. Twelve bodies | had been brought from that section to Livingston, among them being those of Mr. and Mrs. Una Cole and their seven children. The report of the Russell County decu came to the Kentucky Advocate | at Danville through the Red Cross. This brings 1o approximately 250 the number killed in the tornadoes which | have swept portions of the Southern States In the past few weeks. TENNESSEE HARD HIT. Many Dead Identified in Villages Swept by Storm. LIVINGSTON, Tenn., May 10 (#).—At | least 67 persons were killed and an un- | determined number injured in a series of tornadoes that swept sections of | Kentucky and Tennessee late last night. | The storm was reported to have swept | the village of Bethsaida, on the Over- ten-Pickett County line in Tennessee, but all communication lines were down | and the extent of the damage could not | be determined. At 10:30 am. 12 bodies had been Brought to the undertaking establish- ment of J. W. Blount here and ambu- | lances were dispatched for other dead in Beaty Swamps. Country Desolated. A situation of utter desolation in the vicinity of Beaty Swamps was reported | by C. C. Gore, a Livingston attorney, who described the country as swept s0 | ciean of housss and trees that “it looks | like the Argonne Forest.” One residence was entirely blown away except for part of the chimney, he said, and a wheat binder was car- ried half a mile. Mud blocked the country roads and trees strewn along the highways made traffic almost possible, he said. There was no way to estimate the number of injured, Gore said. Some were hurt so Seriously that they could not be removed from their wrecked homes. First word of the tornado reached Livingston shortly after daylight and immediately all available citizens rushed | to the stormswept area to render aid. All doctors in Livingston and Burds- town rushed to the stricken area to | care for the injured. | List of Dead. A partial list of the Tennessee dead | follows Beaty Swamps section: Mr. and M:ss. Shirley White. Their daughter, Barbara White. Mrs. G. W. Reecer, 68. Ecgar Hopkins, 35, her son-in-law. A child of Hopkins. Ray Reagan. Highey Beaty. Boss Lacy. Mrs. Ambrose King. Una Cole, 40. Mrs. Una Cole, 30. Seven Cole children. Miller Allred, 60. Ewin Hull and his family of five, missing and believed dead. Near Lebanon, Tenn.: Ed and Kate James, colored. CENTERED ON TOMPKINSVILLE. Storm Struck Kentucky District Before Going Into Tennessee. GLASGOW, Ky., May 10 (#).—Thir- teen persons were known today to have been killed by a tornado that swept throuzh Monroe County, Ky., south of here last night, bringing death to 11 anz killing 2 others in Adair County, Ky. _The tornado. which later swept across | (Continued on Pa; lumn 6.) Filipino Leader Sees Pope. VATICAN CITY, May 10 (#).—Pope | Pius granted an audience today to| Manuel Quezon, president of the Philip- pine Senate, and his family. They were accompanied by Msgr. Eugene 8. Burke, rector of the American College. | against Bolivia. | to test defenses af |charged in a communique last night Roosevelt Re-elected To Trustee Board of St. John Cathedral By the Associated Press NEW YORK, May 10—Presi- dent Roosevelt was re-elected a trustee of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine today. He was unopposed for re-election as a lay membey of the board. President Roosevelt has been a trustee .of the cathedral for 19 years, and for 27 years he has been a vestryman of St. James Parish, in Hyde Park. He has been senior warden of St. James for the last five years. PARAGUAY ISSUES WAR DECLARATION - IN CHACD DISPUTE Formal Action Is Taken After Long Hostilities With Bolivia. By the Associated Press. ASUNCION, Paraguav. Mav 10— Paraguay today formally declared war President Eusebio Ayala, using the authority recently voted him by Con- gress, signed the declaration at 11 am. | News of this action provoked great demonstrations as soon as it reached the streets. The celebrations were the most widespread that have occurred since the hostilities began last June, Crowds forced through the thorough- fares, singing and cheering. Dispute Is 50 Years Old. For the first time in 50 years the Chaco dispute has reached the formal status of warfare, although for years intermittent fighting has kept both na- tions armed. Paraguay hopes that formal declara- tions of neutrality by Argentina and Chile and perhaps by Peru and Brazil will per Bolivian importation of supplies. Both nations are determined that the present struggle shall result in defi- nite and permanent settlement of the long standing Gran Chaco strife. Except for the belated entry of sev- eral South American nations into the World War, this is the first declaration of war on the continent since Bolivia and Peru fought Chile in 1879 over nitrate fields, thereby altering Pacific ‘boundaries. Air Defenses Tested. In recent days Asuncion has been subjected to sham aerial bombardments pl]nnt a possible air attack by Bolivian planes. Two yan planes participated in these tests, flying ov;r the m while anti-aircraft guns and gun! ans chored lnt:.hekrlvzr unlimbered for the counter attack. ‘The population, not previously ad- vised of the purpose of this activity, watched the drills calmly. Already the people have been instructed in precau- tlonary measures in the event of an air raid, including cellars and gas masks. The Paraguayan War Ministry 1 that Bolivian airplanes had bombed a hospital at Camp Esperanza in the Gran Chaco, setting fire to_the roof, which was marked with a Red Cross emblem. Fight for Months. Bolivia and Paraguay have been en- gaged in a hitherto undeclared war in the Gran Chaco border area since last Summer. The dispute over ownership of the Gran Chaco, ‘“ghe great hunting ground,” dates back to the early Span- ish Colonial days. ‘The Chaco is a formless wilderness, so vast that parts of it lie in Argen- tina, Bolivia and Paraguay. Bolivia's claims are based on maps going as far back as 1793. The Para- guayans contend the Chaco is theirs by | right of colonization. The disputed territory is 300.000 square miles of swamps, forests and | plains. To Bolivia, which needs an! outlet to the sea, the Chaco would mean a river route to Buenos Aires. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) | American market, & compensatory tax ( ROOSEVELT URGES DELAY IN TARIF ONFAR PRODCTS Asks That Proposed Import Taxes Be Set Aside Dur- ing Economic Truce. GREAT BRITAIN ACCEPTS AMERICAN SUGGESTIONS New United States Note Paves Way for Agreement Among Nations. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt definitely indi- | cated today that, in view of the world | tariff truce, he does not think the United States should impose import | taxes on agricultural products, as pro- vided under the new farm bill, during the period of the truce. He believes there will be no neces- sity for levying these import charges between now and June 12, when the World Economic Conference meets in London, and the preliminary truce would expire. The United States plans to move a second truce at the opening of the conference to cover its duration. Provisions of Bill. ‘The farm bill provides for processing taxes on wheat. cotton, corn, hogs, rice, tobacco and dairy products as a means of raising the amount the farmer re- ceives. To prevent foreign imports of these products from benefiting in the would be levied on the same articles brought into this country. The farm bill now is in the final stage of enactment, and probably will reach the President in a very short time. Developments as to the tariff feature today would not affect its administra- tion as a whole, plans already being under way at the Agriculture Depart- ment to get the nuge machinery under | way. Cheered by progress, Mr. Roosevelt | is most hopeful that a permanent truce | to last through the London Economic Conference can be negotiated. The President has virtually decided | to send to Congress a request for! authority to deal with other nations on | the tariff on a reciprocal basis, although he puts this plan still in the probable class. War debts and disarmament discus- sions are banned in the White House speculation, as it was made clear Mr. Roosevelt was not ready to speak for publication on these topics. Acceptance Predicted. Meanwhile wide acceptance of the American plan for a universal tariff truce was predicted in offici:] quarters after strenuous and finally successful efforts to obtain Great Britain’s adher- ence. The tariff truce represented the first real test of the newly-assumed Roose- velt leadership in world economic affairs. Its acceptance by Great Britain was seen here as removing the last big cbstacle to general approval. France already has accepted with the | proviso that it may increase its duties to meet further currency depreciations and that the truce shall not apply to tariff measures already before its par- liament. The other two nations of Europe's “big four,” Italy and Germany, have already assured President Roose- velt through their special spokesmen sent here that they are favorably in- clined. Japan has indicated conditional ap- proval and China, through T. V. Soong, finance minister, who is now in Wash- ington, likewise indorsed the idea. Bel- | glum and Holland also expressed their approval through their diplomatic rep- resentatives here. President Victorious. Great Britain was the real stumbling block, but the persistence of the Pres- ident, who instructed Ambassador-at- Large Davis to stay in London until he won the government over, finally pre- vailed. One factor which led the Brit- ish to hold back was their lack of suc- cess several years ago when they un- dertook to inaugurate a similar tariff ce. The United States at that time, in- JAPANESE COUNSELOR ARRIVES FOR PARLEY | Juichi Tsushima Will Join Vis- count Ishii in Conferences With Roosevelt. By the Associated Press. ! NEW YORK, May 10.—Juichi Tsu- shima, fnancial counselor to the Jap- ! anese embassies in London, Paris and ‘Washington, arrived today on the liner Olympic to attend the conferences at| ‘Washington between President Roose- velt and Viscount Ishii. Tsushima was a member of the pre- paratory commission on the World nomic Conference, which met last No- vember and January at Geneva. He said today he thought it ill-advised to comment upon the subjects to be dis- cussed in Washington conversations be- fore Viscount Ishii had made his an- nouncements. RED FLAG AND LENIN IN FRESCO CAUSE DISMISSAL OF RIVERA pe STOCK LIST stead of joining, raised its rates by the Smoot-Hawley tariff act of 1930. Shortly thereafter Great Britain aban- doned its traditional policy of free trade. A conciliatory attitude on the part of Germany, which will make possible definite accomplishments at the Gene- va Disarmament Conference, is being sought by the President. was disclosed today as the aft- ermath of conferences at the White House and State Department in which the American hopes and desires on arms limitation were made clear to the Nazi government representative, Dr. (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) . ( JUMPS §170 $5 PER SHARE Market Forges Ahead Briskly on Batch of Favorable Reports From Industry. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 10.—Brightening C, 4Ds ’=] 74(4/ 1’5%/.;'1 SPEAKER HENRY RAINEY 4P PEARS BERIRE NEW YORK THEFTS “GOMMON Tells Senate Why He Handled Harriman Case in Rou- tine Way. By the Associated Press. John W. Pole, former controller of the currency, told a Senate investi- gating committee that defalcations by bank presidents are “common matters” in the controller’s office and that there- fore reported irregularities in the Harri- man Bank of New York were handled in & “routine” way. Pole was called as a witness in the Senate’s investigation of delay in the prosecution of Joseph W. Harriman, former president of the Harriman Na- tional Bank & Trust Co. Questioned by Senator Robinson, Re- publican, of Indiana, he said he made no personal investigation of the Harri- | man irregularities, but relied on the ex- | aminer’s report. Common Matter, He Says. “Defalcations are common matters in | the controller's office, you know,” he said. “It was only a routine matter.” “You mean defalcations of bank presi- dents are common?” Robinson asked. “Yes,” the former controller replied, calmly. “To the amount of more than a million dollars?” “No,” Pole replied. “If 'defalcations of bank presidents are common, no wonder the people have no confidence in the banks,” Rob- inson remarked. “No wonder at all” Pole agreed. Recommended No Action. Pole said the irregularities were re- ported to him by telephone from New York in June, 1932, but he recom- WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, - 1933—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. he Foening Slar. WASHINGTON, D. INEVER CARED For PUBLICITY V“/g’ fon S, EN . S0y JCD o EUGENE BLACK, BLACK APPOINTED | (Atlantan Indicates He Can il Meyer’s Place Only Few Months. | By the Associated Press President Roosevelt today named Eugene Black of Atlanta as governor AS RESERVE CHEF NAVYREORGANIZING BOARD APPOINTED Officers to Sit With Assistant | | Secretary in Planning De- ‘ partment Savings. Secretary of the Navy Swanson today named a speciaf board to reorganize his department in order, to effect far- reaching economies in the naval estab- lishment. The Assistant Secretary -of the Navy, Henry L. Roosevelt, was chosen chal man of this grcup. Some 10 officers will serve with him on the board. ‘While naval officials are studying the | best method of saving $55,000,000 on its budget for the coming fiscal year and making its $270,000,000 appro- priation serve most effectively, Mr. Roosevelt said that naval efficiency will | not be seriously affected. as was charged yesterday in a statement issued by the | Navy League. Several moves toward economy have alre become apparent. Others on Board. In addition to Mr. Roosevelt as head of the board, which is ordered convened “to_consider and recommend upon the reorganization of the Navy Department. and the amalgamation of certain or all |staft corps and the Marine Corps with | the line of the Navy.” will be Rear Ad- | miral W. D. Leahy, Rear Admiral S. M. Robinson, Rear Admiral E. J. King, new chlef of the Bureau of Aeronautics; Capt. W. G. Dubose, assistant chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair; Capt. E. T. Hoopes, Supply Corps; Capt. 8. W. Bryant, Capt. G. A. McKay, | sistant chief of the Bureau of Yards and : Capt. A. P. Fairfield, Capt. E L. Woods, Medical Corps, in charge of the dispensary at the Nevy Department; mended no action against Harriman | of the Pederal Reserve Board, succeed- Col. D. C. McDougal, U. S. M. C., and because the statute of limitations was not involved and the condition of the banks was such that it “might have proved disastrous.” “If it had been a clerk you would have recommended action, wouldn't 2" Robinson asked. “1 doubt it, at that time," Pole re- plied. Senator Neely, Democrat, of West Virginia asked if prosecution of Har- riman would not have restored con- fidence. “I think not,” Pole replied. “It would have created such excitement it | might have been heard throughout the United States. The banking situation was critical. We ' were endeavoring to | keep the banks open and some of the | bankers themselves had to be en-| couraged to go on.” BANK NOTES FALLING IN CANTON PROVINCE Usually a Precursor of Political Changes Causing Un- certainty. By the Associated Press. CANTON, China, May 10.—Bank- notes are falling in value, which usually is a precursor of political changes, and much uncertainty has arisen in Canton 2s a result of the arrival last week of Engene Chen, former foreign minister of the Nationalist government. Mr. Chen plans to live in Canton and s being appointed a member of the | Southwest Political Council. The arrival of Gen. Chen Ming-Shu from Europe and his cordial relations with members of the Canton gowve ment also are causing speculation, es- pecially as he still commands the 19th Route Army. ing Eugene Meyer. Now governor of the Atlanta Federal | Reserve Bank, Black has indicated to | the administration he will be able to | hold his new post for only a few | months. | Meyer was cleaning up his desk to- day, preparing to end his tenure of office with the close of business this afternoon. He was appointed by President Hoover September 16, 1930, and designated as governor. Black will assume one of the most important posts of the new administra- tion, since the Reserve System is to ad- minister the wide currency and credit tion bill. Quick Action Due. It is expected the President will order into operation immediately the inflation machinery allowing the - chase of up to $3,000.000,000 of ernment securities. This would throw huge sums of new money into circu- lation. The place held by a former gov- ernor the board, Roy Young, has never been filled. nor has the vacancy caused by the failure of the Senate to confirm Wayland W. McGee. McGee, who was appointed by Presi- dent Hoover to fill an unexpired term that ended in February, was renom- inted by Mr. Hoover, but the Senate | has never acted upon the nomination. | The members, beside Gov. Meyer, | who are now in office are Charles S. Hamlin, Adolph C. Miller and George R. James. The resignation of Gov. Meyer left three places on the board to be filled by President Roosevelt, who also will name the governor. Sec- retary of the Treasury Woodin is an ex-officio member of the board and its chairman. The controller of the cur- rency also is an exofficio member. Under the currency and credit ex- | | expansion provisions of the new infla- | | Comdr. E. A. Lorquist, member and re- corder. | _In his instructions to Assistant Sec- retary Roosevelt Mr. Swanson ordered the board “to convene at the Navy De- partment, Washington, C., at as | early a date as practicable, to consider | and make recommendations relative to | reorganization of the Navy Department | and the zmalgamation of the line of | the Navy, of the Marine Corps and of | certain or all staff corps of the Navy. | "Having in view an organization of | the department that shall function effi- | clently and economically in time of | peace, and that shall lend itself readily to pass to a wartime basis, the board | will give consideration to and study this matter of reorganization, and will make ;xmmmdlflm thereon. Subject of Study. “The Board will include in its study |and recommendations: “(a) The total number officers who constitute a resultant line, and such (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) {FARM BILL PASSED MINUS GUARANTEE Measure Carrying Inflation Powerd Sent to White House—Early Signing Expected. By the Associated Press. The Norris-Simpson cost-of-produc- tion amendment, to which the admin- istration objected, was stricken from the farm bill by the Senate today, send- ing the &lfil 1o President Roosevelt. The includes a section which to_expand the currency. *%% “From Press to Home Within an Hour” ‘The Star’s Carrier system coversevery city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday'’s Circulation, 122,692 TWO CENTS. KHAKI CITY RISES AT FORT HUNT FOR VETERANS' HOUSING {Vanguard of Army Arrives. 8,000 Total Expected by Saturday. (P) Means Associated Press. PRIEST TELLS JUR MEANS' ACCOUNT OF GIVING UP §100,000 Defendant May Take Stand Late Today After U. S. Rests Its Case. LIAISON COMMITTEE GROUP PROVIDED FOR FATHER HURNEY RELATES DETAILS OF CONFERENCES | | Col. Lindbergh Testified Yesterday No Preparations Are Made for After Mrs. McLean Completed B. E. F., Avoiding Levin's Men Her Story of Alleged Plot. as Communist-Led. Gaston B. Means’ melodramatic story A village of khaki tents was rising of a stranger with a red lantern who SWiftly but methodically today on the whispered the mystic number “11” and | rain-soaked plain at Fort Hunt, Va, thereby induced Means to surrender | to house some 6,000 to 8,000 ex-service $100,000 intrusted to him by Mrs, Eva- men expected to be here by Saturday Iyn Walsh McLean was recounted today | for & massed demand on Congress for by Rev. Francis J. Hurney, Catholic !mmediate cash payment of the sol- priest, appearing against Means and diers’ bonus. Norman T. Whitaker in their trial to- The vanguard of the army is tric- day for conspiring to victimize Mrs. Mc- kling into town. From midnight last Lean in a weird Lindbergh ransom hoax. Dight through the early hours of the The Government was expected to morning, small groups walked, rode the complete its case early this afternoon [reights and came by trucks and auto- whereupon Means may decide to take mobiles. the stand in his own defense. Others are on the way. A contingent Father Hurney, rector of the Immac-'of 1,000 was to have left New York ulate Conception Church at Eighth and N streets, was drawn Into Mrs. MeLeans CitY from Union Square this morning. negotiations with Means and “the Fox” Another group of 900 is said to be upon the representation of Means that making its way in from Chicago. Those | the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby coming in last night were from Balti- wanted to deliver the child to a priest. more, Cincinnati, St. Lopis and John- gives President Roosevelt wide powers, Crowd Falls Off. son City, Tenn. ‘The well known clergyman told of numerous conferences he had with Mrs. McLean. Means and Rear Admiral | Emory 8. Land, relative of Col. Charles A Lindbergh, and described the occa- sion at Mrs. McLean's home, on Massa- | chusetts avenue, when he saw Mrs. Mc- !Lean hand $100,000 in currency to | Means. ‘The crowds which marked the ap- pearance on the witness stand yesterday | afternoon of Col. Lindbergh were notice- | ably absent today. although every seat | in Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue’s court | room was taken and a line of would-be spectators waited outside for admission. Prior to the priest's testimony, Miss | Elizabeth Poe, friend of Mrs. McLean, employed on the editorial staff of the | Post, told the jury of having brought | the negotiations with Means and Whit- | aker to an abrupt end by tipping off Mrs. McLean's attorneys to the fact that their client had paid Means $100,- 000 and was trying to pawn her jewels to raise $35,000 additional. ldentifies Jewelry. The glittering diamond necklace and pair of bracelets, introduced in evi- dence before wide-eyed jurors and spec- | tators yesterdsy, were shown to Miss | Poe and she identified them as the| jewels Mrs. McLean had asked her to pawn on April 17, a year ago, in an effort to obtain $35.000 which Mrs. McLean said Means was demanding in exchange for $49.000 of marked money | given the kidnapers by Dr. John F. Condon, agent for Lindbergh. Father Hurney said he first entered the case on March 6, 1932, at the in- vitation of Mrs. McLean and that his | role was to receive the Lindbergh baby | from the kidnapers. | The next day he went to Mrs. Mc- | Lean’s home and met Means, who, he{ sald, claimed he could produce the baby in exchange for $100.000 ransom. Mrs. | McLean had already obtained this amountt of money and Father Hurney counted it out at her home and saw Means carry the huge sum away in a box. The Lindbergh child was to be returned in 48 or 72, hours, the priest said, and Admiral Land was to make | proper identification of the child before | (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) | FOUR COMMISSIONERS THROWN OUT OF OFFICE Newark Voters Stage One of Most Startling Upsets in History of City. By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J., May 10.—In one of the most startling upsets in the city's history, Newark's voters yesterday threw four city commissioners out of office, re-electing only one incumbent. 1 1 B. E. F. Shuns Camp. Of the two factions in the bonus movement, the B. E. F. and the Vet- erans’ Liaison Committee, the former said there were about 400 men now in town, and the latter declined to esti- mate its strength. It is the veterans who enroll under the Liaison Commit- tee's banner who will be housed at Fort Hunt. The others will not go there because they say the Liaison Com- mittee is controlled by Emanuel Levin, a Communist. No preparations _whatsoever have been made for the B. E. F. men, Mi- chael Thomas, acting national command- er, said today. He said its representa- tives were contacting Senators and Rep- resentatives and that they hoped to have some accommodations for their gathering hosts by tonight. 2 The B. E. P. attitude toward the Liaison Committee was echoed in Con- gress yestercay by Representative Ham- ilton Fish, Republican, of New York, who charged that the committee was Communist-inspired and trouble would develop between this group and the “right wing” movement among the ex-service men. Fish ques- tioned the wisdom of the arrangements made by the White House, under which the Liaison Committes.delegates will be housed and fed at Foft Hunt. March Communist-Led. “This bonus or convention,” he declared, , or- ganized unists. These Communists are not coming to ‘Washington to advocate payment of the bonus, but to attract the attention of veterans and gather veterans into their Communistic cause. “1 hope that when the White House Jearns this Liaison Committee is com- posed of Communists, it will repudiate this convention and reconsider its de- cision to provide food and shelter.” Representative Snell, Republican, of New York, also questioned the right of the Government to spend public funds to feed and shelter the vetérans. Representative Patman, Democrat, of Texas, explained that the money would come from the unexpended balance of a fund appropriated to entertain visit- ing Prench veterans last year. The prospect of the gathering of thousands of men here, under two rival (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) CLEANING SHbP BOMBED IN PRICE-CUTTING WAR Providence, I, Business Area | Rocked by Blast in Newly Opened Branch Business. By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I, May 10—A | Among those who went down to de- | feat was William J. Egan, commissioner | of public safety, who is regarded as on of the outstanding leaders in the Dej ocratic party in New Jersey. i The revolt, totally unlooked for, was | ascribed generally to resentment | aroused by the theft of thousands of | ballots in last November's election. | The only incumbent returned was| Meter C. Ellenstein, director of public welfare. | Going down to defeat with Egan | were Mayor Jerome T. Congleton, Di- rector of Finance John Howe and Di- rector of Property Charles P. Gillen. ‘The new commissioners are Michael P. Duffy. Reginald Parnell, Pearce R. Franklin and Anthony Minisi. In Jersey City, Mayor Prank Hague was re-elected for his fifth term. His four colleagues on the city commission | were also returned to office. I cleaning shop in an arcade in the cen- ter of the Providence business district was wrecked and windows in three buildings across the street were shat- tered by a bomb early today. Nobody was injured. The shop bombed is conducted by the Suco Cleansers, a Fall River, Mass., gm, which recently opened a brinch ere. Police believe the bombing was the outgrowth of a price-cutting war ‘in the cleaning and dyeing business. The office of the Merchants’ Accept- ance Corporatign, a loan company, was damaged by the blast and windows were broken in the Weybosset Pure Food Market. Parts of the bomb mechanism were discovered near the door of the Suco establishment. WOMAN, 80, MAY REALIZE DREAIJI_ Phe Norris-Simpson _cost-of-produc- ' BY HAVING WHITE HOUSE MEAL Industrial skies brought a renewed ad- ' “Tpys army, known the world over for [pansion provided for in_the farm- by Secretary of Famous Mexican Artist Discharged Before Rockefeller Center Worl By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 10.—Diego Rivera, artist, who tried to paint red flags and a picture of Nicolai Lenin on the great hall of Rockefeller Center’s big- gest building, found himself fired today. Mounted police guarded the R. C. A. Building, 70-story structure, againsc demonstrators when Rivera was dis- missed last night. Managing agents, on behalf of John D. Rockefeller, jr., called Rivera down from his scaffold, paid him $14,000—the balance of a contract price for three unfinished frescoes—and told him his work was terminated. Outside 75 or 100 Rivera sympathi- gers paraded, shouting: “Save Rivera’s art!” Rivera is a celebrated Mexican mural painter whose Communist leanings have reviously involved him in controversy. g‘he fresco on which he was engaged last night was covered up. Whether 1t would be destroyed was not known § odax. k Is Done. Rockefeller Center officials said that | “neither in general treatment, ' in detail, will it fit into the unified; decorative scheme planned for the great ! foreign exehange dealings tended to Would produce another Canton hall.” In other words irrespective of its merits as a painting, it is “artis- tically and thematically incongruous ™ They added that the artist had de- clined to make certain changes. | vance to stocks today. Many leading shares on the New York Stock Exchange advanced $1 to more than $5, while Chicago wheat sold a cent or more higher and cotton here ' advanced nearly $1 a bale. Changes in erate. Fluctuations of the dollar in narrow. Bonds were strong. | United States Steel Corporation re- rted an increase of 23,572 tons in its cklog of unfilled orders during Aj |its defense 'of Shanghai against pril. Rivera said objection was made to a This gain, the first upturn by this in- figure of Lenin joining the hands of dustrial barometer since last October, | a soldier, a worker and a colored man,' was somewhat smaller than the more which was to have surmounted' the optimistic forecasters had looked for | painting. In the background were and stocks slowed down a bit when the crowds of unemployed waving red flags : figures appeared at noon. During the Rivera said he was told that Rocke- | morning the market was active. feller and advisors did not find the United States Steel common had an mural as “highly imaginative” as ex- | extreme rise of $2.62 to a price of $49; pected. They objected to its effect as the Japanese, has units at Shiuchow still, awaiting the completion of a southern expeditionary force to participate in the anti-Japanese campaign in the north. Political circles in Canton increas- ingly believe that Chiang Kai-Shek, highest military commander in the nor , Other commodities were generally mod- Nanking government, is reaching an un- derstanding with Japan. This certainly rebellion. NEW AIR LINE PLANNED England to Australin Wéekly Flights Forecast §eon. LONDON, May 10 (#).—Weekly two- way air service between London and the principal Australigs cities, with steamer extension to New Zealand, was forecast by the Marguess of Londonderry, min- ister of ajr{ today. The seérvice would be t about unpleasant, he said, and to the bril- liant color of the flags. Rivers, & huge, shaggy man, who was expelled from the Mexican branch of American ’l‘ekrhone jumped nearly $3 to $103.62, while Allied Chemical soared .50. General Motors, very f ice between on Seiive, advs [ r"mennmmwutcw!u(mdhn.mdslnn- play active, advanced $1 to $23.62. Colum- bian Carbon climbed $4 and Du nearly as much, the latter sel under $60. Union Pacific and & Hudson each rose §3 and Can almost $4. s the Communist party, but acknowledges that his sympathies are is con- ferring with lawyers to see what can | be done. iware erican ! e by ap-a t with Im) Alrways y ap-agreement ‘pore, Straits Settlements, via Calcutta and Rangoon. Karachi with Karachi service and at Singapore an Australian service. 4 n- with It would link up at the existing London- | be relief-inflation bill, the Federal Re- serve Board is given the opportunity expand its open market operations &nd purchase up to $3,000,000,000 V- ernment _securities, or es of corporations the majority “of whose stock is owned by the ment. Money Inctssée Is Alm. This emm: is intended to throw of new money into cir- cul ,"and the governor of the Fed- Reserve Board will be at the helm ©of the organization which will direct it. ‘This form of expansion, termed the most easily controlled that could be de- vised, will be directly under the finger um of the Federal Reserve Board, which will act on the instructions of the President and Secretary Woodin. In effect, the new law will make the Board of Governors of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks, who compose the sys- tem’s open market operators, the di- rectors of -the President’s expansion ton provision, opposed Agriculture Wallace, came out as the Senate ylelded to House insistence that it be removed. This, wsz er with an of 52 to 28 approving the rt of Senate and House conferees, who pre- viously had agreed on every section ext the production cost plan, auto- matically sent the bill to President Rooseve! ‘The President is expected to sign the mammoth bill without delay, and ar- rangements are being made to put the | credit inflation provisions into effect by purchase in the open market of up to $3.000,000,000 in Federal bonds. The Senate vote on the cost-of-pro- duction amendment was 48 to 33. earlier vote | Always Cherished Hope, “If Only Bread and Milk,” and Mrs. Roosevelt Promises Aid. i By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 10.—Mrs. Pattie ‘Willis South, 80, of Nicholasville, Ky., who has always wanted to have a meal at the White House, “if only bread &nd milk,” may have her wish fulfilled. Mrs. South expects to be in Wash- milk. Before my husband’s death he i Washington with ol Representerive as] Ralph Gilbert. A it “When your husband passed Lebanon, Ky, he spoke for a few ments on the back of the train, some of my acquaintances said be at the train to see and hear I remarked jocularly, ‘I'll see him e. lanting hand of her wrote Mrs. his family at the White House." “I hope to make my words good seeing you and yours at home in White House in the near future for very short stay. “My only daughter lives % Vi ‘hér. 11 my propoea it . It my to you, I shall be glad to ha you.” to visit the at on 1] ve o i Fe i Wi there in timz for dinner.