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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Pair, slightly cooler tonight; tomorrow fair, not so cool; moderate north winds. Temperatures—Highest, 94, at 3 yesterday; lowest, 64, Full report on p.m. at 7:30 am. . | @he Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14,15&16 ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,393 No. =9 Entered as second class matter 32,550. post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D..Cy TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1933—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. * kK TWO CENTS. (#) Means Associated Press. BLOC FIGHTS U. S. DEBTS; HULL REMAINS ABSENT; BRITAIN MAY PAY 10 PCT. o American Chief Fails to Give His Speech. OTHERS STRESS NEED TO SETTLE Washington Held| Responsible for Imbroglio. Br the Assoctated Press. LONDON, June 13.—The World Economic Conference today ended its second day’s session, during which Secretary of State Hull and most of the American delegation absented themselves, with two major crises boiling up. Both in- volved the United States as a point of attack by other nations. The first storm revolved about the war debts, which was pre- cipitated into the conference by the addresses of delegates de- spite the fact that the subject was | barred from the agenda. The other imbroglio concerned mone- tary matters. Delegates and observers, as the day proceeded, voiced the view that it was obvious European blocs were being formed to force the hand of the United States on those questions, so as to get im- mediate settlement of the war- debt problem and to bring the American monetary viewpoint around to that of Europe. Hull Stays Away. Mr. Hull, scheduled as the first | speaker today, did not appear and it was stated that preparation of his speech had been delayed and he could | not speak before tomorrow. Many delegates, however, expressed the view that the British war debt crisis might have had something to do with view of the 8 o pan s S g cellor of the Exchequer Neville Cham- berlain on the debts before the House of Commons late this afternoon. As the less than three speakers folios Minister Ramsay MacDo: lead of yesterday lg: dultaw the forbidden subject of war debts. - Indeed, Gen. Jan Christiin Smuts of the Union of South Africa bitterly as- sailed America, charging failure to co- operate with Europe in this matter. The trend of all the ts was the same—a demand for ite solu- tion. Opposed on Currency. But that was not all. The Americans also found themselves facing a stone wall of opposition in currency matters. Both French and Italian speakers bit- terly assailed depreciation. American delegation quarters had been hopeful that a grave monetary controversy might be avoided by the se- Jection of one of the United States del- egates to head the important Currency FRENCH NEGOTIATE SOVIET TRADE PACT| Agree on All but Minor Details| in Arrangement Involving * $20,000,000. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 13.—A 400,000,000~ franc trade agreement between France | and Soviet Russia is on the verge of | cing concluded, it was learned today. | (At present exchange this would entail | about $20,000,000.) Negotiations started in Paris are continuing between the French and | Russian delegations to the World Eco- | nomic Conference, it was understood | on high authority, and only a few minor details remain to be ironed out. | The French are offering a credit | scheme by which the government in- sures Prench producers payment of 70 per cent for_all purchases made in| ;oo oS T o e | France. The French hope in return to obtain something of the pre-revolution- ary Russian debt to France, but this, it ‘was stated, is a secondary consideration. PROBE NOT ON LEVEL, GOV. PINCHOT SAYS Explains Why He Vetoed $100,000 to Investigate Public ° Utilities. By the Assoclated Press WARRISBURG, Pa., June 13.—Gov. Finchot insists the Senate Utility In- vestigating Committee is “not on the Jevel. Commenting on a statement yester- day by the committee, charging the | ployes of the Bureau of Statistics of Governor with “breaking faith” by ve- | the Department of Labor, making it necessary for an executive order to be toing the resolution continuing the committee and appropriating $100,000, Pinchot today said: “I promised to sup- port the committee so long as it was on the level. When I became satisfied it was not on the level, I vetoed its ap- propriation. That was as it should be.” ‘The committee asked if the Governor “feared” any inquiry “involving his ap- pointees” to the commission. In his veto message Gov. Pinchot said the commiftee’s inquiry was a “fraud and a sham” and asserted there “7as no sense in permitting it to “squan- ger” $100,006, . v Blunt Talk Speakers at Parley Plain Words in Addresses. Use By the Associated Press. LONDON, June talking, which kept the oratory at the Economic Conference. Striking phrases: Premier Daladier of France—Dragged together toward the abyss, the peoples of the world will find relief only in common action. Finance Minister Jung of Italy—Eco- nomic isolation means self-mutilation. Gen. Smuts of the Union of South Africa—The Lausanne Conference & year ago placed grave responsibility where it belonged—on the shoulders of the United States. The United States failed to fall into line. Viscount Ishii of Japan—The good will and kind offices of President Roose- velt paved the way for solution of the world’s vital questions. NEW NOTE OFFERS PARTIAL PAYMENT British War Debt Message Received at Embassy Here. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. ‘The British note offering informally the United States Government a partial payment of the $75,950,000 due on June 15, was received this morning at the British embassy and will be pre- sented to the President in the course of the day, it was reliably stated. Mean- while, Britain's Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, called early today upon Acting Secretary Phillips at the State Depart- ment. Phillips said later their discus- sion had been a purely informal con- versation and that no formal offer was’ made. Sir Ronald declined to com- ment. ‘Whether a new proposal was tenta- tively and informally suggested could not be ascertained. New Proposal Seen. ‘The conclusion generally drawn from no the visit was that following last night's surprise session of the British cabinet, he had actually made some new in- formal proposal, but what it was could not be determined. Administration advisers have empha- sized that acceptance of a partial pay- ment depends entirely upon the condi- tions attached. The contents of the British note are not known, but it is believed that the London government is making an offer of about 10 per cent of the amount the American Government to re-ex- cluded in 1924 by Stanley Baldwin. This request is being made with the he that the American “Government scale down the British indebted- ness. In official and diplomatic quarters, there is a good deal of speculation re- "(Continued on Page 4, Column 3. GIANT DIRIGIBLE MACON PASSES OVER CHICAGO Sister Ship of Ill-Fated Akron Is on 48-Hour Training Flight. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 13.—The giant dirigible Macon appeared over Chicago at 5:20 o'clock, Chicago daylight sav- ings time, this morning on its 48-hour tol':uining flight from its base at Akron, o. The dirigible, sister ship of the ill- fated Akron, was first sighted over the near North Side as it moved slowly through a cloudless sky just as the first rays of the sun shone over the Eastern horizon of Lake Michigan. The flight was begun at Akron last evening and throughout the early hours of the night the ship, on which 90 per- sons were riding, was reported in the vicinity of Lake Erfe. e last report prior to the sighting of it here was from Detroit, Mich.,, where it was seen last night at 10:50 o'clock, Eastern standard time. South Africa Evens Net Series. of South Africa today defeated Vivian McGrath of Australia, 6—8, 6—0, 6—4, |6—2, to even their Davis Cup series at ;two maiches each, leaving the decision to the final singles encounter between Jack Crawford, Australia champion, and C. J. J. Robbins, veteran South African internationalist. 13—Plain, blunt | delegates | stirred, characterized today's burst of | due and at the same time it requests| W amine the entire debt settlement con- | Poss! T‘S maller Sum Expected to Be 0. K.’d. ENGLAND HOPES ]fNOT TO DEFAULT sPayment Expected| to Influence Debtors. LONDON, June 13 . —Great Britain has decided to make a 10 per cent “token” payment of the 375,95(2,000 war debt install- ment due Thursday, upon President Roosevelt’s assurance that he will accept for himself alone, although he cannot pledge the acceptance of Con- gress, it was learned tonight on high authority. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 13.—The gen- eral belief persisted in politi- cal quarters this afternoon that Great Britain would not pay the debt installment due the United States next Thursday without very definite guarantees that the pay- ment would facilitate a permanent settlement of the debt problem. It had been expected that a definite statement on the situa- tion would be made by Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer, before the House of Commons this afternoon, but it was learned that his statement has been deferred until evening. An early morning British cabi- net meeting at 10 Downing street today failed to remove the threat of a British default. ‘Whole Cabinet Present. Every minister of the national gov- ernment was summoned for the session at 9 o'clock, following an extroardinary midnight session. The meeting lasted three-quarters of an hour, and there was no subsequent announcement that the debts questiom had been settled. ; Negotiations will continue with ‘Washington t.odai it was learned, re- garding the it. News of the early morning cabinet ulck.ly. mfi:: feeling of ', Creaf a new ap- grehemlnn over the debts proh‘em and the possible effect. The British view is that every avail- able hour before the payment is due will be utilized for negotiations with in that some t s still ‘ashington the sort, :‘4 satisfactory e. Members of the House of Commons badgered government spokesmen for a statement ‘on the debt situation, but Stanley Baldwin, lord president of the councii, held all questioners at bay. He declared there were “very definite reasons why a statement cannot be " (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) Sas e e AT TWO PICNICKERS KILLED Crash of Auto and Truck in Ala- bama Injures 17 Others. MOBILE, Ala., June 13 (#).—Two per- sons were killed and 17 were injured near here today in a coljision of an automobile and s truck loaded with young folk on an outing. Miss Dorothy Isham, 16, of Grand | Bay, in whose honor the picnic was given, and Elmer Shirley of Bayou La Batre were badly crushed and died a few minutes after the crash. | Miss Gladys Downey of Grand Bay | has a fractured skull and little hope is | held for her recovery. Others seriously | hurt are George Coulins of Mobile, Ed- | | ward Bross of Cottage Hill, Ethel May | Hicks of Mobile, Bessie Fincher of Spring Hill and Paul Wohlforth of Grand Bay. THEATER BURNS Four-Story Structure With Apart- ments Destroyed by Flames. COLUMBIA, Pa., June 13 (#).—The, | Hardy Bullding, a four-story structure, | containing the Alto Theater and apart- | ments, was destroyed by fire late yester- day. Smoke damaged the adjoining Central National Bank and the Masonic Temple Building. John J. Hardy, owner of the building, placed his loss at about $75.000. | A misinterpretation of the | “temporary” embodied in the economy | act has tied up the June pay of em- issued before it is forthcoming. The trouble arose over the failure of the department to impound $29.307.23, which represented the pay for the re- mainder of the fiscal year of 62 em- glo es dropped by the bureau on July 3 YIEL ent, viewing the had not im- used it to ould Joyes ‘a5 tem e es as ry, p:’l?nded the fund, but had my other workers who otherwise wi ve been furloughed. Impounding is here it posi- & permanent mr.b.ndupm required only Wi tion is vacated. . The condition 'ECONOMY ACT CONFUSION LEAVES {BUREAU WORKERS WITHOUT PAY Failure of Labor Department to Impound Funds of ! Docked Employes Brings Situation. term | the General Accounting Office” last month, and in an exchange of gorre- spondence Controllar General McCarl held the law governing temporgyy em- ployment could not be used f6 cover the workers who had beel dmissed, adding the only reason they were dis- missed wa# shortage of funds.l He said that therefore the Tepresenting the pay they would have drawh must be impounded, but pointed out it could be rele by executive order. This created a deficit in the bureau's salary appropriation, which it was nec- essary to charge t_balance avail- able for the rest of the year, and it was this condition thatel up pay- ment of the June wage. At the General Acco Office to- day it was sald the doul would be adjusted by tiie White House | work MACON REPORTS RUDDER DISABLED OVER MICHIGAN By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 13.—The Illi- nols Naval Reserve station here re- cetved a radio message from the dirigi- ble Macon this afternoon that it was | over Kewaunee, Wis,, headed for Chi- cago, where it expected to arrive at p.m. ‘The station said the ship was having no difficulty navigating. AKRON, Ohio, June 13 (#)—The Navy radio station at the municipal rport here reported today it had been in communication with the U. 8. 8. Macon af 2:30 p.m. (Eastern standard time) and the huge Navy airship re- ported “everything O.K.” FRANKFORT, Mich., June 13 (#).— Officials of the Ann Arbor Car Kerry Wireless Station d at 2:30 pm. (Eastern standard time) today they had oeen in communication with the dirigible Macon, flying near here, and that offi- clals aboard had advised the ship has one disabled rudder, but “is not worry- ing about it.” The huge dirigible, officials said, passed near here, flying low in the face of a 35-mile headwind, and headed in a northwest direction toward the Wis- consin side of Lake Michigan. Ob- servers sald she was making slow prog- ress in the headwind. ‘The observers here said if the airship continued her present course she would arrive near Escanaba, Mich. They said the damage to one rudder was not apparent from the ground. GREAT LAKES, Ill, June 13 (P).— Radio mx received from the diri- gible Macon by the Great Lakes Naval Station at 1 p.m. today said the ship | would return to Chicago over the West shore of Lake Michigan late today, ar- riving over Chicago at about 7 p.m. The naval depot here had no subse- quent message that would confirm dis- patches that the Macon had reported its rudder disabled. SMALL HOME LOAN MEASURE IS SIGNED Roosevelt Affixed Signature to Two-Billion Refinance i Project. President Roosevelt today signed the bill providing for a $2,000,000,000 re- financing of small home morfgages to put them on a lower interest rate. ‘The administration hopes to have the new Jaw In active operation within a month. Can Exchange Mortgages. It permits holders of mortgages on homes valued at $20,000 or less to ex- change these for Government bonds bearing an interest rate of 5 per cent. A loan of 80 per cent of the value of the homes, with $14,000 as the maxi- mum, is provided. A three-year moratorium on interest payments is permitted. Loans for back taxes are allowed. If the holders of mortgages can not ex- change them for Government paper, the law permits a cash loan to the home owner up to 40 per cent of the value of the mortgage and bearing 6 per cent intere: Fifteen years payments. A Home Owners’ Loan Corporation i3 created to administer the act. The present Home Loan Bank Board will supervise the gigantic refinancing project at the start. Early announcement is expected of the offices throughout the country where the mortgage holders may apply for relief. Abstain From Foreclosures. In signing the bill the President asked creditors to abstain from fore- clesing proceedings until the legisla- tion gets into operation. He issued a formal statement as follows: “In signing the ‘home owners act of 1933 I feel that we have taken another 1mg:mnt step toward the mdll;g of deflation which was rapidly depriving many millions of farm and home own- ers from the title and equity to their property. “The act extends the same principle of-relief to home owners as we have already extended to farm owners. Furthermore, the act extends this re- Hef not only to people who have bor- allowed for all re- rowed money on their homes, but also | %o their mortgage creditors. Take Time to Get Ready. “It will, of course, take a little while to set up the machinery necessary to carry the principles of the act into ef. fect. In the meantime, I appeal to mortgage creditors and all others who have claims against home owners and ask them, until full opportunity has been given to make effective the re- financing provisions of the home mort- gage act, fat they abstain from bring- ing foreclosure proceedings and that they abstain from seeking to dispossess the home owners who are in debt to them. “Co-operation between the officials of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, the mortgagor and the mortgagees dur- ing the next few months will make many foreclosures unnecessary and will do m:éhunull Jjustice to all parties con- Overall Club Formed. GUTHRIE, Okla, June 13 (®.— Logan County Court House employes want to be comfortable. They've or- an overall club and are wear washable trousers and opened wide at the neck, sans ties, to itil ber 1. Members who until Septem| “‘dress up” are flyfit to | Hocking Valley, NOME ANXIOUSLY AWAITS MATTERN No Uneasiness Felt, However, When Flyer Fails to Ar- rive on Schedule. By the Assoclated Press. NOME, Alaska, June 13.—A dropping barometer heralded a coming storm here today as Nomeites watched the western skies for a glimpse of Jimmie Mattern, globe-girdling Texas aviator. weather and low temperatures over the ice-choked Bering Sea was be- lieved to have caused Mattern to detour from a straight course between Khaba- rovsk, Siberia, and Nome. No_ uneasi- ness was felt when the aviator failed to arrive on schedule. Slight deviations from a bee-line course to follow the Kamchatka coast might add several hours to Mattern's flying time. With the falling barometer, however, a gradually rising wind and action of the sea indicated a storm was in the offing. BRAVES HEAD WINDS. By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, June 13.—Jimmie Mattern started for home today, braving head- winds on his takeoff from Khabarovsk, Siberia, for Nome, Alaska, one of the most arduous laps of his flight around the globe.- He started for American sofl just 9 days 6 hours and 54 minutes after leaving New York on the first solo attempt to circle the world. He left at 10:15 p.m. Monday, Moscow time (2:15 p.m. Eastern standard time Monday). The Eexan wanted to cross the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea without stopping, but latest weather reports 'were none too reassuring, and it was con- sidered likely he would pause at Petro- pavilovsk, on the Kamchatka Peninsula northeast of Khabarovsk. He landed at the latter place at 3:20 =.m. Si y, Moscow time (7:20 p.m. Saturday, Eastern standard time), and in the interim gained hard-earned sleep while his plane was being inspected preparatory to taking the long trail | ahead. His thoughts today were no longer of | breaking the globe flight record of Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, but rather of setting a solo mark that would stand for some time. (On the 2,500-mile jog to Nome Mat- tern_will cross the international date (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) MINERS AND OPERATORS AGREE ON WAGE SCALE Ohio, Group Reaches Decision Without Await ing Action by Arbitration Board. By the Associated Press ATHENS, Ohio, June 13.—Without walting for action by an arbitration board miners and operatcrs of the Hocking Valley bituminous coal flelds agreed upon a wage scale last night at a joint meeting at Nelsonville. The ale, virtually the same as has been in effect for the last year, will pay 38 cents a ton for loaders and $3.28 for laborers. Under terms of the agreement a joint d of three miners and three operators will have final jurisdiction in settling all labor disputes. Strikes and lockcuts will not be tolerated and the court will have the authority to investi- gate any disturbance and to fix penalty for the offender. . In case the court cannot agree, it has the r&fit to appoint an umpire to arbitrate difference and his decision shall be regarded as final with both operators and miners agreeing to COMPROMISE BANK REPORT ADOPTED House Acts on Measure Which Is Expected to Unify System. By the Associated Press. The House this afternoon ‘adopted the compromise Glass-Steagall bank reform-insurance deposite bill; sending it to the,Senate where quick accep- tance of the conference agreement also was expected. The vote was 191 to 6. Senate leaders had announced earlier that all opposition to the measure on their side of the Capitol had faded. They said that neither Senators Long, Democrat, of Lousiana, nor Vanden- berg, Republican, of Michigan, would oppose the compromise bill in its pres- ent form: Vandenberg had sought to make the deposite insurance plan effective at once, whereas under the compromise 1t will Dot ‘begin unti). January 1, but he was sald by leaders to be ready to let the bill go through without a fight. Long Completely Satisfied. Long ‘was described by friends of the bill as completely satisfled, and Senators jokingly described the meas- ure which the Louisiana Senator fought so long, as the “Long-Glass” bill. A single banking system under na- tional regulation ed in the mak- ing as the bill moved toward the law books. The conference agreement, reached yesterday after weeks of deadlock, in- dicated probable eventual extinction of the 48 separate State banking systems, for in reaching a solution of the deposit insurance deadlock, the agents of House and Senate provided that after 1936 no banks which are not members of the Federal Reserve System may benefit by the deposit insuring pool which the bill will create. Ever since the bank crisis, . which ushered in the Roosevelt regime, the administration has tended toward effecting a squeeze that would bring all banks into the Reserve system if not into the national chain, which is (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) AZANA BACK IN POWER Left Republican-Socialist Coalition Again Ruling Spain. MADRID, June 13 (#).—The Left Republican-Socialist coalition of Pre- mier Manuel Azana was back in power today after four days of political un- certainty, A Dew finance minister was named in the néw Azana cabinet and the minis- try of agriculture pertfolio was split. This Azana sought to do last week. He resigned when President Alcala Zamora refused to sanction the move. OFFGALS DEVISE ‘OUTLOOKBREHTER STAGGERNG PLAN FOR ADIRNENT TOCUTDISWISALS DESPTE EADLOGK Seek to Avoid Removal of|President Apparently Des- Hundreds of Efficient U. S. Employes Here. WOULD PLACE ELIGIBLES IN EMERGENCY BUREAUS Administration Thinks System Would Bring Loss of Few Jobs in Washington. Government officials announced to- day they were prepared to place into effect a staggering plan to avoid re- moving from the rolls hundreds of effi- clent employes in Washington because of drastic cuts made in the 1934 appro- priations. In agencies where activities have been 50 curtailed as to not permit adminis- trative furloughs, employes slated for dismissal will be certified to the Civil Service Commission for indefinite fur- loughs. The commission then will place their names on an eligible list and they will be given jobs in the newly created emergency bureaus, officials said. Administration leaders said they are making a study as to how much reduc- tion in pay the average clerk can stand before they place into effect the stag- gering plan. It was explained that this would be carried out by giving admin- istration furloughs to all persons in the nf department. In view of the fact that each clerk’s salary has been cut 15 per cent under the economy act and an additional 3% per cent is deducted monthly from his base pay for the retirement fund, offi- cials said they are studying just how much more of a reduction salary the average employe can stand with- out seriously undermining his living Questionnaires Sent Chiefs. Bureau chiefs have been sent - tionnaires by department heads if the plan is to dismiss employes or furlough them because of a of funds and how many clerks ld be_involved in either group. It was explained that if a bureau is supposed to furlough 2 number of persons, their names will be certified to the Civil Service Commis- sion. If the administrative furlough plan is to be invoked the department (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) FIRST LADY RETURNS; GIVES SUMMER PLANS Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt to Spend Season at Campobello, New Brunswick. By the Associated Press. Returning to Washington from a trip to the West Coast and to New York, Mrs. Pranklin D. Roosevelt today gave & sketchy outline of her Summer plans. ‘They include helping Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt get settled in the Roosevelt Summer home at Campobello, New Brunswick, about ‘July 15. Elliott Roosevelt is now at Lake Ta- hoe, Nev., establishing residence so that his wife may get a divorce. Mrs. Roosevelt said she had received no intimation that Mrs. Elliott Roose- velt was en route to Wasl n today, as had been rumored, but she said that if she did arrive at the White House she would be very glad to see her. ‘The President’s wife mentioned a telephone conversation with her son's wife since her return from the coast where she visited Elliott and the pend- ing divorce was announced. Mrs. Roosevelt said the plan for Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt to spend the Summer in Maine was unchanged. Friends of Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt have a cottage close by the Roosevelt Summer home. she said, and she enjoyed going there. ‘Whether or not Congress adjourns in time to set the President free to see his son Franklin, jr., graduate at Gro- ztgn Friday, Mrs. Roosevelt will be ere. From Groton she plans to return to New York for a trip to Hyde Park Sat- urday. At that time she hopes to visit the Bear Mountain, N. Y, camp for unemployed women, established at her suggestion. — Returns Home From Work Mrs. Rebecca Schuman, widowed mother of two children, was surprised to find all the doors and windows of her home securely locked when she re- turned from work last night. She had her front-door key, of course, but she might just as well not have had it, because the screen door was hooked on the inside. S ‘The house should have been unlocked long before. Her older son, David, 15, should have been home from school at least three hours earlier, and he usually unlocked the doors and windows so the house would be cool and comfortable when she finished her day's work. She wondered why David was not home. She called her younger son, Irving, 9, who was playing nearby, and told him to go to the home of a neighbor and borrow an ice-pick with which to unhook the screen door. Irving re- turned with the pick a few moments later, and she jammed it through the screen, pushed up the hook, unlocked the inner door and went in. ‘While was opening the other doors and windows on the first floor, went upstairs. Suddenly she him scream, and he came run- ning down the steps. crying. Some- thi frightened him, but he could not tell her what. She went upstairs to see for herself. In the doorway of the front bed room, transom. abide. other boys she found David hanging from the WIDOWED MOTHER OF TWO FINDS SON HANGING FROM TRANSOM A rope, which he e found several days he- securely locked to Discover House Locked | Tightly and Her Oldest Child a Suicide. fore, was looped around his neck and tied to the transom. She screamed. Then, regaining her composure mo- . mentarily, she told Irving to run for help, He summoned neighbors, who, in turn, called Fire Rescue Squad No. 2. The firemen worked over David for some time, but he could not be revived. dm:dc. F. Barnett pronounced him lead. Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Donald came and, after questioning Mrs. Schuman, Irving and some of David's playmates, issued a certificate of suicide. ‘The mother could think of no tined to Win Veteran Com- pensation Fight. INDUSTRIAL MEASURE WILL PASS LATE TODAY $3,500,000,000 Deficiency Bill to Come Up Next in the Senate. President Roosevelt threw down the gauntlet to Congress today on the veterans' issue, sending word he would not yield from the compro- mise he made with the House on payments made to ex-soldiers. After a conference between the President and Democratic leaders at the White House, the word was spread the Senate the through President would not give an inch th ropriation the compromise to which he has agreed. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Notwithstanding the apparent dead- lock between President Roosevelt and supporters of more liberal compensation for veterans, the prospects for early completion of the administration’s leg- islative program and an adjournment of Congress seemed better today. The President apparently is destined to win out in the contest over veterans' compensation. ‘The way has been greased for final passage of the public works and indus- tries bill not later than 4 p.m. today. Administration leaders insisted they had plenty of votes to agree to the confer- ence report on that measure. This will send it to the President for his ap- proval. Pinal passage of the Glass-Steagall bank reform bill appeared assured. The House adopted the conference report on - that measure soon after it met today. n to the bill has crumpled in the Senate and adoption of the confer- ‘was predicted. N = H 8 g &% B i (Continued on Page 2. Column 4.) Aot PROSECUTION OPENS i IN BUCK KIDNAPING District Attorney Says He’ll Prove Both Brothers Were Equally Guilty. By the Associated Press. BARNSTABLE, Mass., June 13.—Dis- triet Attorney William C. Crossley told the McMath kidnaping jury today that the State would prove Kenneth and Cyril Buck equally guilty. ‘The Buck brothers, Kenneth, a 28- year-old unemployed chauffeur, and Cyril, 41-year-old garage keeper, both Crossley constantly stressed the equal culpability of the elder Buck, who acted as the go-between for his brother in negotiations with the McMath family. Crossley said Cyril constantly had misrepresented the situation to the girl's father after Peggy had been tph-nezd from her Harwichport school on May 2, The jurors yesterday had been taken for a view of the school, the cranberry bog shack where the girl was first con- fined and the dungeon beneath a Har- wichport house in which she was ulti- mately kept. Crossley brought out that the ransom money was furnished by Mrs. McMath and was secured on bonds and securities which were in the hands of Neil C. Mc- Math, father of the child. As Crossley spoke Mrs. Bertha Buck, mother of the defendants, was led from the court room on the verge of collapse. The district attorney said that at ‘Woods Hole, Cyril had asked police if the prosecution would be stopped if he could produce $50,000 of the ransom money. The prosecutor branded this was an attempt to “compromise.” ———e PLANES CRASH IN AIR BOISE, Idaho, June 13 (#).—Flight Lieuts. George B. Hallett and Whitney Close of the 116th Observation Squadron from Felts Fleld, Spokane, Wash., were killed when their planes crashed today reason why her son should have killed himself. His playmates sald he had appeared in excellent spirits when he came home from school, shortly after 4 o'clock. Somebody suggested he may have been worried over examinations, but Dr. Harvey A. Smith, principal of Central High School, where he had just completed his f an year, ted out that Washington high schools have no year-end tests. “So far as our records go,” Dr. Smith said, “there was no danger of the boy failing. His teachers here tell me he was .uqu}i,gt, hr‘m:;:e kind ;:t:hoe’nu I sup- Pose, e any aj lon, he was ’ltze kind who might have brooded over it.” Mrs. Schuman, overcome by grief, was taken to the home of rell'gg and placed under the care of a sician. All the doors and windows of home, were located at 507 Kenyon street, again today. : during maneuvers with the Idaho Na- tional Guard. Observers said the two planes were making an attack dive on a group of National Guardsmen in simulation of war-time conditions when the craft locked wings. Both nosed down and - struck the ground abcut 200 yards apart. Neither plane burned. l GUIDE FOR READERS l Amusements Comics ...