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WEATHER.. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers and thunderstorms tonight and possibly tomorrow morning; warmer tonight, cooler tomorrow night. 72, Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 Tem- ch No. 32,519. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. WITH SUNDAY MORNING RDITION C., SATURDAY, MA ¢ Foening Sfar. Y 13, 1933—TWENTY-EIGHT ‘- PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday's Circulation, 122,200 e 2% UP) Means Associated Press. o0 NATIONS ASKED 10 SUPPORT TRUGE ON WORLD TARIFFS MacDonald Seeks Universal Backing for U. S. Plan Before Parley. EIGHT COUNTRIES JOIN IN PLEA FOR APPROVAL Boys Home Found To Be Operated as Communist School Institution, Supported by Charity, Used to Recruit Young Reds. By the Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, <Calif, May 13.— Horace M. Witbeck, head of the Police Juvenile Bureau, today announced that what city and county officials, ministers and civic organization had been assist- ing for three months as a home for CONMUNSTS QUT ASB.E FLEADERS HOPE 10 END RET iBoth Levin and Hickerson Resign—New Bid Sent to Capital Rebels. wandering boys actually was a recruit- RETIRING CHIEFS SCORE ing center and school for Communists. | The officer said Lawrence Langan, organizer and manager of the home, made a complete contession. | FOES AT CAMP SESSION | YOUR EFFICENCY IS HIGH. YOU HAVE WORKED FOR ME NEARLY THIRTY YEARS. BUT YOU MARRIED A GOVERNMENT WORKER AND LIVE IN WASHINGTON. TWO CENTS. Bank of Brightwood| kot ihiveed BANS SEEN NEAR w0 Mondey| () FTED PLAN S e | FORWERGEROF S Be Second Since It Failed to Open. Federal-American Expected to Join Consolidation to Form One Institution. [ | The Bank of Brightwood, closed since last July, will distribute $200,000 | among 4,000 depositors Monday, it was) announced today. | The payment will be the second since | the bank failed to open 10 months ago. |In February $155,000 was distributed. | Morday’s payment represents 25 per cent of approved claims, bringing the (FINAL ACTION FORECAST total paid out to 45 per cent. Receivers’ certificates must be pre-| sented by all depositors entitled to pay- | SOME TIME DURING DAY W ment, it was announced. The bank wi)l | Witbeck declared Langan said the Withdrawal After July 31 Granted With Month's Notice—Davis Off for Geneva Today. B the Associated Press. LONDON, May 13.—Fifty nations were called upon today to join the im- mediate tariff truce now accepted by eight leading countries. Prime Minister MacDonald, chairman of the World Economic Conference, is | seeking universal adherence to the American proposal by presenting the agreement reached here yesterday to all | the other countries invited to the con- ference. The eight originating governments— the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Germany, Nor- way and Belgium—were canceded tech- | nical and minor reservations without sacrifice of any of the principles in the American plan. Withdrawals Allowed. The section of the truce addressed to the other nations say: “The said governments * * * agree and strongly urge all other governments | participating in the conference to agree | that they will not. before June 12, nor | during the proceedings of the confer- ence, adopt any new initiatives which | might increase the many varicties of difficulties now arresting international commerce.” The conference is expected to last from June 12 until late this year. The adhering nations “retain the| rigit to withdraw from this agreement | time after July 31, 1933, on giv- ne month's previous notice.” rman H. Davis, President Roose- special envoy. was to leave today | Geneva to tackle the world dis-| ament crisis after two weeks of 4 work on the truce plan “It is my understanding that in ac-. ; the tariff truce none of the ents bind themseives in ad- > 'to accept an interpretation which - other governmen. may place upon rescrvations,” Mr. Davis told the mic Conference Organizing Com- - when the truce was signed. “The 1 i & declaration of the gen- pose and intention and it rests h cach government to act fairly in accord with its spirit.” ~ Britain Wins Safeguards. Great Britain gained reservations permitting it to continue negotiations rade agreements, but it must show s policy is aimed to raise the 1 level of world prices and not r them France and Italy expressed fears that the American doll would de- ate further and an “escape” clause ided in this event to permit pro- e measures. The American view the burden of proof that any is damaging rests with the king the claim. ade technical reservations nergencies arising in con- its position as the largest AVIATION PROBLEM STUDIED. Inclusion of New Planes in Public Works Program Is Question. the Associated Press delicate question of war debts| en fresh study by the adminis- jay along Wwith another prob-, ther provision for new Army fighting planes could be in- the huge public works pro- home here has been actively directed by the Young Communists League of America with headquarters in New York. Langan told police that similar ac- tivities under the guise of charity were being conducted in 100 or more cities. PARI STANDS FIR ON DEBT CONDITION RODSEVELT 15 TOLD Won’t Pay Overdue Install- ment Unless U. S. Grants Extension in June. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 13.—The French gov- eroment has notified President Roose- velt that it will pay the $19,000,000 war debt interest which it defaulted last December only if a moratorium is de- tlared on the next debt installment, due |in June, it was revealed today. This position was explained to the American President by Andre de Lapoulaye, the French Ambassador at A government spokesman said the explanation was made in order that the United States might be offi- cially informed of the attitude of the cabinet. Mr. Roosevelt, it is understood here, replied that the December interest must be paid before a moratorium will be granted. When Edouard Herriot was in Wash- ington as France's special envoy he presented the French position, but be- cause of divergences with M. Herriot, Premier Daladier desired to declare the government’s view in his own words. PHILIPPINE FREEDOM REJECTION DRAFTED Resolution Drawn Up by House Metropolitan Committee for Insular Legislature. By the Associated Press MANILA, P. I, May 13—A resolu- tion rejecting the Philippine independ- ence act was drafted today by the House Metropolitan Committee for presentation to the insular Legislature convening July 17. Proponents of the act are urging the calling of a con- vention to pass upon the proposals. Either the Legislature or a conven- tion called by that body may make the decision. Elpido Quirino, acting majority floor leader in the Senate, asserted 35 of the 50 provinces favor rejection of the in- dependence proposals, but champions of the act retorted a popular majority favors acceptance of the congressional offer. The majority of the legislators | are apparently awaiting the return of Manuel Quezon, president of the Sen- ate, and other leaders from Washing- ton, D. C. before definitely taking a stand. about to go to Congress. administration, meanwhile, d closely the progress of the| a Arms Limitation Conference. | A decision on airplane building can-i - made until the air armaments of the MacDonald plan has been 1pon_overseas. comprehensive program sed by the British Prime Minister { now under discussion at the Con- ence, 500 Army and Navy planes would be the maximum allowed to the United States, France, Italy, Japan and Soviet Russia, lesser figures being pro- scribed of other countries. The British, proposing the plan, did not give a figure for themselves. | The United States Army and Navy now contain about five times as many serviceable planes as the plan provides, but provision 1s made for several years time to elapse before the excess planes have to be put out of commission. By that time, many of them would have been worn out or become obsolete. The United States has advocatedl keeping the amendments to the British | plan to a minimum to facilitate action, | ~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) G!RL FINDS SISTER SHOT IN FIELD NEAR HER HOME Child, 8, Dies Before Treatment Can Be Given—TYouth Sought by Authorities. By the Associated Press. BROOKVILLE, Pa., May Himes went out to look for her sister Josephine, 8, and found her in a field near their home with a bullet through her right eve ’ The child died as a physician arrived to treat her. No member of the family could ac- count for the shooting. Police are hunting for a youth who they said called at the Himes home several hours before the child was found. Three daughters of E. J. Himes have been inseparable since the death of their mother. 13.—Mary DANZIG STRIKE CALLED Action Reported Result of Nazis’ Drive on Workers. WARSAW, Poland, May 13 (#).—The Polish Telegraphic Agency said today a general strike was called in Danzig as a result of the occupation yesterday of the Workers' Syndicate Building by Hitlerites. ‘The strike, the agency dispatch said, embraced among others railroad shops and navy yards. and it was expected to local railroads not Palish- The resolution of rejection suggests as a solution establishment of a re- public of the Philippines within a year and continuation of free trade with the United States for five years. l Complain Bitterly That Political Views Should Be Questioned. Smith Replies to Gov. Pollard. In order to remove the criticism that the present assembly of veterans de- manding the bonus are Communist-led Emmanuel Levin and Harold Hickerson today resigned from the Veterans' Na- tional Liaison Committee, which organ- ized the convention now being held at Fort Hunt, Va. Both Levin and Hicker- son are avowed Communists. The decision of these two to resign was announced at a mass meeting in front of the ficld headquarters at the Fort Hunt camp today. Levin and Hick- erson both said they would continue to fight for the veterans and that they were stepping aside personally from membership on the committee so that the ragged army in Washington, which will have no dealings with Communists, may join the Fort Hunt convention. Both complained bitterly that any man’s political belief should be ques- tioned so long as he is fighting for the veterans. Levin Scores “Minority.” Levin, who has been the center of controversy between the two factions of ex-service men for some time, re- ceived an ovation when he rose to speak. He charged that the leaders of the “minority” are inspired by in- fluences unfriendly to veterans. but claimed that the rank and file of those in Washington still are as one with those in Fort Hunt. Albert G. Sellers, another of the committee, introduced speakers. The committee was to leave for Washington at approx.mately noon to convey the news to the marchers there of the resignation of Levin and Hickerson_and once more invite them to_Fort Hunt. Morris Brady, another committee member, said that committee was ready to make any compromise with the vet- erans in Washington except to change the program for which the V. N. L. C. is fighting. This program calls mediate cash payment of the balance due on adjusted compensation certifi- cates, repeal of the economy act as far as it brought about a reduction in com- pensation payment, and relief for the unemployed and farmers. 1,100 Veterans Registered. There were approximately 1.100 vet- erans registered at the camp today al- though there are reports that several more contingents are under wa: One group which arrived was California and Colorado under the lead- ership of James Bartlett ; At the Fort Hunt camp. food contin- ued plentiful and the men were gen- erally very well satisfied with their ac- commodations. The veterans’ adminis- tration, which has charge of the camp | until next Thursday, when the con- vention ends, added a final touch of | luxury today with the issue of mirrors | to_each tent. So set was the minority in its opposi- tion to Levin that when ne adaressed | a gathering of them on a lot near the | Washington Auditorium last night park police had to hustle him away to save him from bodily harm. He was trying <0 induce them to join the men at Fort Hunt. The men became restless and then started to advance toward the speaker. shouting. Police stepped in front of him and escorted him away. The minority stayed on the lot last night, and this morning were escorted by park police to the Mall, where they will be allowed to stay during the day. They are not allowed to pitch tents or build campfires, however. and wait around patiently while their leaders try to make arrangements with mem- member the for im- | POLICE GUARDV ORDERED | bers of Congress and others for their BN \\\1\1 N WASHNGTON MAN SKILLED INCRASH Another Loses Arm When Truck Strikes Auto on | Richmond Highway. | Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. May 13.—One | Washington man was killed. another { lost an arm and two other persons were | slightly injured when their automobile was said to have been sideswiped by a large van on the Washington-Richmond | Highway between Fredericksburg and Ashland this morning. | ‘The dead man, according to his com- ! panions, is John Harper, 27, of 302 E | | street. He was riding in the back seat of the automobile alone, it was said, | while his three companions occupied the front seat. [ John P. Peretti, 21, who gave his !address as 515 Third street, was brought to Memorial Hospital here with his left arm cut off near the | shoulder. Two other Washington | residents, Miss Bianche Simmons, 29, who gave her address as 405 Massa- chusetts avenue, and Prank T. Snow. 28, of 908 Eighth street, were cut and | uised. Miss Simmons has a pos- | sible fracture of the left wrist. | Harper's body was reportedly left at | the scene of the accident. Peretti was brought to the hospital in an ambu- lance and the other two came in a bus. Miss Simmons is said to have told hospital authorities they were on their way to Norfolk to spend the week end with friends of Snow's Peretti was driving. she said. She de- clared the truck sideswiped their car and continued toward Washington without stopping. | MUDDY TRACK WAITS PREAKNESS ENTRIES Coe Scratches Pompoleon, Beflncingv Field in $25,000 Race to Ten. L Chicago Teachers To Get Back Pay If They Quit Parades By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 13.—Parade or pay. This was the question that faced Chicago school teach- ers today. Loop bankers said they could have no more money if they per- sisted in parading the streets in demonstrations. designed to help them get their back salaries They received $2.400.000 1n checks yesterday in payment for their September salaries and the bankers said they would buy $12,- 627.000 in tax anticipation war- rants to furnish half the sum still owed them, provided they stop parading. Undaunted by lack of funds, however, 100 of the city's teach- ers presented “School Scandals of 1933" a burlesque on Chi- cago's educational machine, last night at the old Auditorium Theater. WALLAE PLEDGE QUK FARM RELE Plunges f Into Price-Lifting Tasks, Heartened by Halt | in Strike. By the Associated Press “Definite accomplishments” are ex- pected to flow from America's new. broad-gauged farm relief law within 30 days. That was the optimistic word given today by Secretary of Agriculture Wal- lace, who looks hopefully toward an up- ward swing to higher and more stable prices and, at the same time, to a respite for farmers from the heavy pounding of the auctioneer’'s hammer. Heartened by the decision of Midwest leaders to call off the national farm strike, scheduled to begin today. Wal- lace plunged at once into the intricate job of bringing back good times to an industry which has been in the grip of deflationary influences for 13 years. First Loans Due Monday. Henry Morgenthau, jr. who will ad- minister mortgage refinancing pro- visions of the sweeping farm relief- MEANS RANSOM STORY COLLAPSS None of Lindbergh Money Found in Deposit Box Rented by Hassell. Preliminary investigation has con- vinced Federal officials that Gaston B. Means' astounding tale of his self- styled “contacts” with the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby is, to quote one of them, “a figment of a weird imag- ination that makes Baron Munchausen look like a piker.” One important angle of the story glibly related by Means to a jury try- ing him and Norman T. Whitaker in District Supreme Court for a ransom fraud conspiracy against Mrs, Evalyn Walsh McLean collapsed completely today. This phase was Means’ matter-of-fact climactic statement that the $50.000 ransom paid by Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh through Dr. John F. Condon. alias “Jafsie.” and the $100.000 pald Means by Mrs. McLean could be found at the Elizabethport Banking Co.. Eliza- beth. N. J.. in the name of Max Hassell, recently murdered beer baron. No Lindbergh Money In Box. Means had declared “connections” of Hasscll and another murdered gangster, Max Greenberg, stole the Lindbcrgh baby. in connivance with “Wellington Henderson” and “Irving Fenton." fig- ures held 'by the Government to be purely fictitious. No such persons had been located today at an address in De- troit, given yesterday by Means United States Attorney Leo A. Rover said today an investigation at the De- troit address has disclosed that this is the headquarters of a group of Com- munists well known to police of Detroit. who have had a number of clashes with “Reds,” chiefly at the Ford factory. Rover said Federal agents found a white man and two colored men at the ad- dress and that the trio denied cver hav- ing heard of either “Fenton™ or “Hen- derson.” Rover said there were no such names of suspected radicals on a list kept by Dctroit peiice nor by authorities at Dearborn, site of the Ford factory. The | prosecutor also said that a list of Com- TO PREVENT KIDNAPING Mrs. Concerning Two Daughters Unless $20,000 Is Paid. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 13—A police guard was maintained today to frus- trate any attempt to carry out & threatened Park avenue kidnaping. Mrs. Dorothy K. Welsh of 760 Park avenue received letters warning her that unless she paid $20,000. She obeyed the terms of the first to a designated corner at a set time “to show good faith.” Then she got corner with $20,000 in cash. She noti- fied police and kept the rencezvous with a bundle of paper while detectives watched. Nothing happened. Today police described the letter as “more annoying than threatening.” but a guard was maintained at the Welsh home and at the fashionable private school attended by Mary Virginia Welsh, 16, and Carola Welsh, 11. | Dorothy K. Welsh Warned |Lia her two daughters would be kidnaped | letter, not notifying police and going | a letter directing her to be on another | |to a vote last night accommodation. All day yesterday leaders of the mi- nority group conferred with Veterans' Bureau officials and members of the ison Committee to arrange scme sort of a compromise whereby they might go to Fort Hunt and still remain aloof from Levin. The conferences, how- ever, failed. When the matter was put the decision was unanimous not to go to the camp. Another chapter. was written in the controversy between Gov. John Garland (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. NEW VOLCANO FOUND | Unnamed Alaskan Peak Throws Out Smoke Following Quake. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 13 (®).— Reports that an unnamed peak west of Tyonck, an apparently long extinct vol- | canic crater, is throwing out smoke as an apparent outgrowth of the heavy earthquake two weeks ago, reached here today with the arrival of the motor ship Discoverer. Mount Illiamna, which had been smoking in three places shortly after the earth shocks, however, had subsided. Capt. Berger reported. By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER, Pa., May 13.—A tmc-‘ SNOW PLOW BREAKS BARRICADE, DEFIES TOWN’S STREET CAR BAN Traction Company Claims Funds Are Lacking for Demanded Paving Repairs. | Police Chief Frank Craig, on 8 motor cycle, pulled in between the plow and the street car, and was pushed several By the Associated Press | inflation act—signed yesterday by Pres- BALTIMORE, May 13.—W R. Coe | ident Roosevelt—prepared to make the scratched Pompoleon, one of his three | fifst loans to farmers available Monday. tion company’s snow plow moved down | dred yards along the tracks. Brighton avenue early today, knocking "A¢'the fast bartioade was bowled over, over police-erected barricades in den-‘;nmlmnln Bgmsfl(s}:;gv) a(cxee dre:v is pistol and orderex y Garen, oper- ance of an order of the Town Council | iae of the Dlow, to stop. suspending street car service. | 771t you go any further I'll shoot you,” Ten days ago the Council ordered' he said. the Beaver Valley Railways Co. to start | Garen stopped. X paving repairs on their right-of-way or | Harry Bell, operator of the trolley cease operating. | following the snow plow, was arrested The period ended at midnight, and | and jailed on a suspicious person charge. police drove 10 buge spikes between the | Company officials say an injunction rails at 50-foot intervals. On the spikes | will be sought to prevent the Rochester they hung red lanterns. ! Council from interfering. They say “The snow plow, follo by a street | the company is unable to pave because car, moved out of the barn. ~Assistant|of dwindling revenues. entries, from the $25,000 Preakness at Pimlico shortly after noon today, leav- ing 10 horses to face the starter in the 3-year-old classic. The other Coe en- | tries are Ladysman, juvenile champluni and fourth in the Derby last Saturday, | and Pomponius, noted as a “mudder.” The weather man did not hold out much hope for a good track for the forty-third running of the Preakness. A rising temperature and overcast skies, which predicted more rain before post | time (5 pm., Eastern standard time).| greeted the early arrivals at the “Old | Hilltop” course. Heavy rains of last night, following the soakings of the last | few days, turned the racing strip into a quagmire. BUILDING BOMBED $2,000 Damage Done by Mystery Blast in Cleveland. PITTSBURGH, May 13 (#).—A bomb exploded in front of a three-story | brick building in the East Liberty sec- | tion at daybreak, ripping away an en- trance and wrecking a portion of the first floor. Police estimate damage at $2,000. No one was injured. A cabaret owned by Thomas Contis, located across the street, was undam- aged. Police are at a loss to explain the incident. They said a powder bomb apparently was hurled from outside the building, possibly exploding in midair. CITY IS 250 YEARS OLD Dover, Del., Dresses Up for Anni- versary Celebration. DOVER, Del, May 13 (#).—This city was all dressed up today, for Dover is celebrating its 250th birthday anni- versary. Capital of the first State to enter the Union, its citizenry opened many of the century-old homes and famous gardens for inspection of the public. The State House is the oldest in use in the United States. Then there is “Red Hannah,” Dover's whipping post and one of its chief topics of conver- sation, These loans will be from a $200,000,000 fund to help out farmers recently fore- closed or facing such action soon. Refinancing mortgages up to a limit | of $2,000,000,000 will begin in about 10 rency found in Hassell's box. Rover was days. In a statement issued after signing | the bill, Mr. Roosevelt urged patience an the part of creditors until the machin- ery for mortgage relief can be set in mo- tion. He suggested that all foreclosure proceedings be held in abeyance, and today there were indications that banks. insurance companies and individuals would comply. Wallace pinned his first hopes of success in restoring farm prices on ef- forts to bring producers, handlers and processors into trade agreements. Through adjusting the supply of farm | commodities to domestic needs and greatly reduced foreign demand, he be- lieves he can build up the purchasing power of the farmer to its pre-war place. Peek Moves Into Office. George N. Peek, Moline, Ill, farm equipment manufacturer, moved into an office a few doors from the Secre- tary to take up the post of chief ad- ministrator. Peek’s main task will be to work out trade agreements which will be freed from attack under anti-trust laws. Through these, Wallace hopes to elim- inate competitive influences he believes have contributed the downward trend of farm prices in recent years. They met with representatives of the fluld milk industry from the Chicago area last night, only a few hours after | the President signed the farm bill. The Chicago men presented a proposed agreement which they said would in- crease the price of milk to farmer members of the Pure Milk Association, with members in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. same time protect the consumer. WHEAT PLAN ADVANCED munists compiled by the D. A. R. con- tained neither name. Government authorities said that a safety deposit box rented from the New Jersev concern by Hassell and which was opened shortly after his death and found to contain $214,000 in cash and a 350,000 note, “did not have a dollar of Lindbergh's money in it.” $50 Lowest Denomination. ‘The 1owest denomination of the cur- advised by agents of the Internal Rev. enue Bureau, was $50, whereas the Jargest bills in the Lindbergh ransom money were twenties. The “Jafsie” package consisted of fives, tens and twenties, the serial numbers of which were kept by Lindbergh. The Hassell cache consisted of $50. $100. $500, $1,000 and $5,000 bills. The note was signed by two prominent New Jersey bankers. Furthermore, not more than $10,000 of Mrs. McLean's money could have | been in the lock box, since it was testi- fied in the trial that $90,000 of it was |in $20 bills, the remainder being in They said it would at the| \Place in Hall of Fame Set Aside for Cady Clio of Arr, «Big Four” Nations Make Progress | on Acreage Cut Pact. GENEVA, Switzerland, May 13 (®)— The “Big Four” nations at the Wheat Conference made considerable progress today in working out an agreement to 1limit production by reducing acreage. ‘The lffetme’nt ‘would cover two years. The United States, Canada, Argentina and Australia are participating in the conference. $100 bills. Story Abused, Official Says. Indicative of the “contempt” with which the Government received Means’ fabulous two-day story of his purport- ed dealings with the Lindbergh kid- napers, Rover yesterday declined to cross-examine Means on any of the details. One Government official explained that Means' story was “too absurd to dignify by serious cross-questioning.” In closing arguments to the jury, how- ever, it is expected Rover will em- phasize that all of the persons who (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) observe regular hours from 8:30 am | to 3 pm. except on Saturday, when the closing time is 1 o'clock. LEADERS 10 WEIGH ROOSEVELT BILL ON INDUSTRY REFORM {Robert L. Lund Heads Group | to Pass on Relaxation of Anti-Trust Laws. By the Associated Press. The administration’s carefully plan- ned offensive against unemployvment moved closer to a definite launching | | today, with industrial leaders being| | called in for a final check on their part of the joint campaign. Linking public works construction projects with industrial co-operation, the sweeping program is now virtually | complete and will go to Congress early next week, barring some unforeseen drafting difficulties. President Roose- velt gave his approval yesterday. The sole point to be settled was sald to be the form of new taxes to be levied to raise interest and sinking fund charges on the $3,300,000,000 bond issue for finagcing the construction work that will give jobs to thousands of idle. A special committee was named by the President to reach an agreement on this today. Three Taxes Suggested. ‘The total of new taxes needed was figured at $220,000.000 annually. A general sales tax. a “breakfast tax” on coffee and tea and increased income levies have been suggested. |~ while this was in the process of de- | termination, a delegation o’ the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers planned to examine the industrial co- operation feature of the program this morning. The proposed legislation would permit a relaxation of the anti- trust laws so industry agreements for stabilizing working con- | ditions and providing more jobs. | These industrial leaders, headed by | President Robert L. Lund of St. Louis. have promised the full co-operation of industry in putting men to work. Thev have approved and submitted to 56,000 members of the association a plan for re-employing 3.000.000 men on a speci- fied date. This would be supplementary to the administration’s encompassing program. . Budget Must Balance. Mr. Roosevelt and Lewis W. Douglas, director of the budget, have decreed the Federal budget must be kept within balance and that costs of financing the $3.300.000.000 bond issue must come from new sources. Despite the general opposition in Congress to new taxes at this time, it was believed that whatever new levies are decided upon would be approved without serious difficulties. It appeared likely that some sort of sales tax on so- called luxuries would be proposed. The public construction to be under- taken will include Federal, State and municipal projects. are expected to call for new naval building as well as rivers and harbors | work. However, no decision will be made for some time. Others at Conference. Besides Lund, the industrial leaders who were to pass on the program today included J. H. Rand, jr. of New York, Lamont du Pont of Wilmington, Del., and O. Max Gardner, former Governor | of North Carolina. The construction bill took on a new ramification yesterday with the develop- | ment that construction of military and | naval airplanes might be a part of the huge construction program. Settlement of this matter is understobd to depend upon progress made at the Geneva Arms Reduction Conference. 'WRECKAGE IS SOUGHT | INREPORTED AIR CRASH | California Rancher Claims He Saw Plane Fall in Storm, but None Known to Be Missing. | By the Associated Press. FRESNO, Calif., May 13.—Search for | wreckage of an airplane. reported to | bave fallen in the Los Gatos Canyon | region, 25 miles northwest of Coalinga, | was pressed by officers and volunteers | today. Leroy Akers, a rancher, and his fam- ily, reported by telephone to officers at | Coalinga, 40 miles southwest of Fresno, | they saw the plane fall during a storm | about 5°p.m. yesterday. A check of major airports in Califor- nia showed no plane missing. BODY OF CHAMPION DOG ON WAY TO MUSEUM, PACKED IN DRY ICE could reach | The Federal plans | Standard of Maltese Breed. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, May 13.—Somewhere in Uncle Sam'’s special delivery mail to- day, packed in dry ice in a small box, are the remains of champion Lady Clio | the of Arr, an 11-year-old maltese dog that | the rever was beaten in the prize ring. ‘The box i addressed to Peabody Mu- seum, Yalé; University, New Haven, Conn. Clio is destined for the | museum’ ‘The dog died Thursday from acute indigestion, her first illness. Her owner, Mrs. James' Gardiner Rossman, once re- fused $10,000 for her. _A few years ago Lady Clio was rated standard of the maltese breed by Kennel Club. At that hall of fame requested that given to it for preservation. stood ‘flflve inches ve pounds. ipchea, | Proposal Under Consideration Be- lieved in Accord With Treas- ury Requirements. Negotiations for setting up the new | central national bank, through virtual | merger of six or more of the Washing= | ton banks which have been in the hands ial conservators since March 14, neared | the zero hour todey, with prospects | that the most important developments Iin the situation so far would be forth~ coming before sundown, A meeting of conservators of the banks expected to merge into the big new institution was under way in the board room of the Federal-American National Bank & Trust Co. Out of this meeting, it was co 3 nfident); expected would come definite acum’i Exactly what the results may be today, it was impossible to predict, but in financial circles close to the situation :::[ :;:: ;\lzped tl’tx:t kxt least the nucleus i new { 1 o ink would be launched - Probable Line-up. ve banks thus far have v agreed to the merger, while ";‘lel’ll;‘legz :r:g-anexxa& thi largest of them all, s s se y i [ riously considering the If the Federal-Am 1;he lm;eudp probably lows: eral-American, District - | tional, Woodridge-Langdon SnnngsN; "Cammerual‘ Potomac Savings, United 15[};;&3 Savings and Washington Save The Treasury Department, thr | Walter J. Cummings, executive aft‘:s'zh- |ant to the secretary, and members of ‘rmisg mrgnlniatlon staff, has been tak- | an active part in the negotiatio: ;bul.. it is known, the mdmm b.nn& | have been accorded much leeway in | taking voluntary action on their own Tresponsibility. It is further understood, however, the final set-up must be ap- proved by the Treasury Department and it has been predicted the 'foundwork Treasury so far laid is in accord wif Department principles. Name Undertermined. If the new bank succeeds in #s ore ganization soon, the hopes of its pro- Pponents are that a large percentage of the deposits will be made available for the d tors in the new bank. This, it has been predicted in business circles, would provide a big boon for business | here, for depositors who had been une {able to meet many of their obligatio: would again begin paying bills an purchasing commodities. The name of the new central bank has net yet been determined. Thy {name in all probability will avoid the | use of any words now appearing in th T banks. erican joins today, would be as fol- | ! titles of any of the Tewnbe has been suggested the new bank called “The Central National Bank' but the name of the institution and th¢ selection of its officer personnel will be left for later decision. Must Raise Money. Among the outstanding things to be done in the near future, if the new bank is organized, will be the sale of capital stock, because it must have | fresh money. Part of this new stock, |it is expected. will be solicited from the depositors’ funds now in the closed banks, but the amount to be asked of | each depositor will depend largely upon the condition of his bank. and how |much capital stock his bank plans to | raise as part of the total stock of the new institution. It is understood the Reconstruction Finance Corporation will subscribe to preferred stock in the new bank. While the general sPt-ug of this new financial institution has been referred to as the “Spokane Plan,” it is in reality a modification of the system used by the Washington State city in reorganizing a bank. The “Spokane Plan” has been widely used throughout the country. with various modifications added to suit local conditions. In gen- | eral, it provides for the establishment of a new institution which buys out | the old, taking over the prime assets of the old bank and thus freeing for early use& large percentage of the frozen de- posi OKLAHOMA TWISTER LEAVES FIVE DEAD Dwelling Near Tulsa Is Hurled 100 Feet Into Air—Known Injured Total Eight. By the Associated Press. TULSA, Okla, May 13.—A tornadie storm, twisting about the southeast edge of Tulsa, left five dead and eight known injured. Nine of the victims last night had- taken refuge in one house, a frame structure about 7 miles from the city. All of the dead and four injured per- sons were removed from the wreckage of the house or found nearby where the twister had hurled them. Max F. Gray, 25; Albert Martin, 25, and Bessie Brown, and two road labor= ers were killed when the storm tossed the Gray dwelling nearly 100 feet in the air and dropped it. The two laborers, James Pennington and Ralph Arnold, had run into the hoxsemwheg the hslwrm broke. rnado, which damaged propert: but hurt no one, and heavy nin‘s’. wpl:ic: caused streams to overflow and in some instances block rail and highway traffic, re reported from Southeastern Kan= sas, GUIDE FOR READERS Amusements . Churches