Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1933, Page 1

‘WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy, with local showers and thunder storms late tonight or tomor- row; continued warm; moderate south winds. Temperatures—Highest, 89, at 4:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 69, at 6 a.m. tod: Full report on page 2. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 & 13 ch The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. ¢ Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION = No. Entered as secol 32,561, post office, Washington, D. nd class matter WASHINGTON, DG SATURDAY, Yesterday's Circulation, 115,904 —T JUNE 24, 1933—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. #% () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. HULL SEES EFFORT T0DISRUPT LONDON ECONOMIG PARLEY Asserts References to U. S. Recovery Plan May Be De- signed to Confuse Body. DECLARES EACH COUNTRY | MUST FACE OWN PROBLEM | Australia’s Stand on Wheat Pro-; posal Causes Concern Among American Delegates. By the Associated Press. | LONDON, June 24.—Repeated sug- gestions that the American domestic program for eccnomic recovery is irre- | conciliable with international co-opera- ! tion may be fomented by forces in-! terested in the failure of the World | Economic Conference, Cordell Hull, | American Secretary of State, sald, today. * ¥ i In a statement to the press the chief of the United States delcgstion.‘ called attention to these references re- garding the American domestic recov- | ery plans and asserted that they may rise from sources which were desircus of confusing the conference “and of | sceking to_prevent realization of hopes ! that are the purpose and objective of | this world gathering.” { The Secretary of State said “there | Is no basis and no logic,” in the thought | that the American problem here and! that at hcme are incompatible, as has | been suggested, particularly since the American refusal to participate in de facto currency stabilization. Each Country’s Problem. “It is, I think, obvious that in times of emergency such as this, each country must resort to whatever feasible meth- ods are requisite to bring about an in- crease in commodity prices, with ac- ccmpanying projects safeguarding that country in the face of the general chaos of international trade,” Mr. Hull said. “There is no reason that I can con- ceive why these respective programs, having for their purpose business re- covery with full employment, suitable wages and satisfactory price levels, should not have the united support of | all those who are sincerely striving for; the international economic co-operat: 8o indispensable to permanent recover: Referring to the American delega- tion’s resolution introduced Thursday, calling for concerted credit expansion and public works programs, Mr. Hull said it was framed “with full knowledge and appreciation both of America’s domestic program and the proposal for an internationally co-ordinated ‘mone- tary and economic policy for all nations to pursue at the same time in order to stimulate business and improve prices.’ He added that it was framed, in the exact language in which it was pre- cented, before the delegation sailed, and that nothing had happened either here or at home to change the situation or t0 make the pursuance of domestic and international policy more difficult. Couzens Sees Conflict. (Senator James Couzens of Michigan, cne of the American delegates to the London conference, said last Monday in London that there was conflict be- tween the international and domestic programs of the United States. “So far as America is concerned,” Senator Couzens said, ‘between the time of the calling of the conference and the present, a nationalistic economic pregram has been developed which | seems to indicate that internationalism will conflict quite severely with our national economic program. “If my analysis is correct we cannot carry through both programs. Sooner or later in the conference we shall have | to decide which program we are going | to_follow.” | The same day London newspapers and | | | members of other delegations asserted that the Americans were divided into two camps over internal and interna- tional policy. On Tuesday Secretary of State _Hull asserted that the American delegation was a unit “as to its compre- | hensive functions.”) Await Australian Stand. | Considerable uneasiness existed today | headquarters of the American dele- n as to whether fresh instructions y M. Bruce, Australian Minister to London, received from Canberra last night mean that his government will| other great wheat-producing coun- s in the American scheme for the | estriction of production. | Mystery surrounded the nature o communications to Mr. Bruce, who | ed to discuss the matter with! spaper men. Americans were continuing their | drive over the week end to obtain Aus- tralian adherence. Australia is the only nation lacking among the major | producers, including Canada, Argentina and Russia, which already have given| the stamp of general approval to the P Despite the delay in achieving com- eement, the American delega- indicated they believe Aus- Held Important Achievement. will be an occasion for since American repre- the adoption of tnis m will be one of the most ievements of the World ome smaller wn into th he biy, five— da, Australia a decidedly more ounding the few days ago, attle was at its h that question at least tempo- | solved through a Pranco-Ameri- rapprochement,” the conference was forward to constructive work | business suspended at confer- ce headquarters today most of the delegations were taking things easy. The Americans probably were the most active workers, because of their desire to get action on the wheat pro- gram. Most of them, including Secre- tary of State Hull, remained at their hotel today. Take Brief Holiday. Many other heads of leading delega- tions left London for a brief hohdxy" Finance Minister Georges Bonnet of | Jamners - Eresmmiic France raced off to Parls Foreign hewsanier e bl Minister Eduard Benes of the French prime minister. of a Central European economic block. 4entioued on Fage 2, Colump. 24 - ADSWer Czecho- slovakia also is in Paris and, it was un- | derstood, was expected to confer with Edouard Daladier, regarding a projected Franco- Italian rapprochement and formation Indians Drenched At Fair as Show Brings Out Firemen By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 24—To the ‘World Fair grounds firemen a fire is a fire and nothing else. ‘When the actors in a wild west show depicting an Indian attack on a covered wagon set fire to the top of the vehicle, the fire- men promptly put out the blaze. ‘The Indians were drenched. GIBSON DOUBTS U.S. WILL EVER BE PAID “ Unofficial Ambassadors” Blamed ior Europe’s War Debt Stand. By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, June 24 —Hugh S. Gib- son, retiring United States Ambassador to Belgium, who has been appointed | Ambassador to Brazil, returned today | on the liner President Roosevelt, dubi- | ous as to the prospect of America Te- | ceiving further war debt payments. He said “unofficial ambassadors,” spreading good will in European capi- tals, had educated the war debtors hoK believe America does not look for pay- ment. ‘The “unofficial ambassadors” Gibson described as prominent Americans trav- eling abroad without Government port- | folio. He said they “have been rash enough to say that we should cancel | the debts.” | “We can accept it with good grace,” | he said as to his view of the hopeless- | ness of further payments, “but there is no_reason to rejoice about it.” The Ambassador was more optimistic about the prospects for reduction of | armament. “Progress toward disarmament looks very slow to me,” he said. “It has taken nine years to educate European govern- | ments and diplomats to the idea. But now, having met one another so often and having obtained a better knowl- edge of one another’s psychology, they have reached a point where they are able to talk about formulae for cutting arms.” { If an agreement is reached, Gibson said, it will be the result of this slow process of getting acquainted. The Ambassador planned to proceed T immediately to Washington. ——— e GOV. TALMADGE RAPS FOREST CAMP ‘BUMS’ Georgian Berates “Loafers” Conservation Corps in Speech to Legion. of By the Associated Pr ATLANTA, Ga., June 24 —Criticizing Government forestration and _cotton policies, Gov. Eugene Talmadge re- ferred to members of the Civilian Con- servation Corps as “these loafers and bums” in a speech before the American Legion here. “They have cut the compensation of disabled veterans and yet they have appropriated millions to let a lot of young fellows run around in the woods,” the Covernor told the Legion yester- dav. “They're paying United States soldiers in charge of the camps just half of what they are paying these loafers and bums,” he added. {ITALIANS TO TAKE AIR FOR U. S. TOMORROW Weather Clearing in Alps, After Leader Had Considered Pos- sibility of Changing Course. ORBETELLO, Italy, June 24 (#).— Air officials received repgrts today that the weather in the Alps was clearing, and they announced that tomorrow morning the Italian air armada would take off on the first leg of the mass flight to Chicago. Gen. Italo Balbo, air minister, had considered the possibility of changing his course, in order to avoid the Alps. Then he received the welcome news that flying conditions in the mountains were improving CHINESE WHO GAVE NEWS ! KILLED WITHOUT TRIALi Assistant of Occasional Contribu- | tor to Associated Press Executed for Divulging Information. | By the Assoctated Press | NEW YORK, June 24—G. E. Lyon | China, occasional contribu- district news to the Asso- reported today that his Wu Ting-Man had been ex- ecuted without trial yesterday on a charge of divulging governmental news to foreigners. Mr. Wu had no connection with the Associated Press. lof Canto tor of Ca RECOVERY SOUGHT B TRAE LEADERS Modification of Industry Con- trol Act Proposed to Allow Practice. BUSINESS MEN ASKING SHARE IN FIRST UPTURN Want Agreements Among Selves Not to Sell Goods Below Cost of Production. Price-fixing modifications in the National Recovery Administration’s basic codes for fair competition within industry were being sought today as the best way out of its first serious difficulty with business over its program for industrial control. Business leaders are demanding that they be allowed to share in the first upturn of buying power along with labor, and Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, ad- ministrator for the industrial control section of the aaministration, has dis- closed that he would recommend to the Cabinet Advisory Committee amending of the administration’s policy against price fixing. This would allow, it was explained, agreements within an industry to the effect that it will not sell for less than the cost of production. The original plans of the administration were to| keep prices to a minimum to allow the curve of purchasing power to rise above the line of production. Hold Price Fixing Essential. Johnson's idea has been that the first codes ¥resented by industry for his approval should pertain only to | minimum wages and maximum hours of work, but many industrial leaders ‘were understood to be taking the posi- tion that price fixing or something | equivalent to wipe out what they deem unfair competition from sweatshops was equally essential. So clearly has this line been drawn that it was expected that the cabinet committee headed by Secretary of Com- merce Roper would be asked to consid- er the problem, which arose first dus ing consideration of the recovery legis- lation in the Senate. At that time Senator Borah, Repub- lican, of Idaho, obtained approval of an amendment reading: “Provided, that such code or codes shall not permit monopolies, price fix- | ing or monopolistic practices.” Amendment Stricken Out. At the instance of manufacturers and with administration support, the price- fixing part of the Borah amen t was stricken out in conference. This left the presumption, some business leaders contend, that price fixing was permissible. However, Johnson has taken the view that too rapidly rising prices would offset the value of wage increases and has asked that only wages and hours | be treated in the first trade practice agreements submitted. This was done by the textile trade, upon whose code | hearings will begin Tuesday, presided over by Jchnson In auti:-itative circles, it was said | that some industries nevertheless were | considering a plan for presenting the | agreements, with hours and wages ef- fective immediately, but calling for price fixing at the expiration of 90 days. These persons took the view that it | was intended that through the relaxa- | tion of the anti-trust laws business | should get some compensation for in- creasing wages and spreacing work | through reduced hours of labor. Considered Important. They argued that if this compensa- tion was to be obtained, the time to seek approval was at the same time | labor was aide | So tmportant is the price-fixing pro- vision considered in some industries that several not usually considered agricultural have discussed with the farm relief administration the possi- | bility of adopting codes to comply with | this act, which permits price fixing, instedd of the industrial administration. | Meanwhile the Federal Trade Com- mission met and approved an up-to-date compilation of the numerous trade prac- |tice conferences held under commission | auspices in more than a decade, w-} gether with the numerous rules adopted by various industries. Commissioner Ewin Davis said the | commission’s experience in this field afforded virtually the only precedent |for the type of industrial agreements being sought under the national re- | covery act “I do not know to what use adminis- trators of the industrial recovery act | will choose to put the commission’s ex- | perience in this field,” Davis said. “The | commission, of course, has operated |always within the limits of the anti- | | trust laws and has had no authority to approve price fixing.” | Trade Practices Discussed. | Davis said that should the 150 trade | practive agreements worked out by the Trade Commission be used by Johnson, he was unable to say whether the in- | dustrial ~ control agreements would | supercede trade practice rules or merely supplement existing agreements. | “In administering the trade practice | agreements,” Davis _explained, “the | (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) IN SIMPLE PROSE, PAIR SAYS *“I DO” ¥ | AS VERSIFIER M For Good or Bad, for Joy or 1 | By the Asso NELSON, by rhyme is available here at no extra | cost for those who shun prosaic cere- mones Celebrating the {of his_own wedding, County Ju Doane F. Kiechel, 33, tod2y made pub- | lic a rhymed ritual ‘and warranted it {legal. He used it in uniting Charles | Crans and Anne Herynk and will read it for any bride and bridegroom. Charles and Anne said they liked it. The young barrister took office last had run a ewspaper and published two | volumes of verse. His ritual reads: “My friends, marriage is a sacred thing, a fair estate soclety commends, tenth anniversary thfiw!:{llesence of attesting friends. ;| hands and reverently trug you please ‘join your right and humbly AKES ONE OF TWO Gloom, Rhyming Judge Ties Bride and Groom With Knot to Last Until the Tomb. “(And may each answer be a solemn . June 24 —Marriage | pledge) the questions which I must pro- | pound to ycu. “Now do you. Charles, solemnly de- | clare you take this woman for your wedded wife? 4 “Will you forsake all others and thee keep to her throughout the journey of your life? *** “And do you Anne, as solemnly ac- cept this man to be your lawful wedded spouse? “Will you with virtue fair and I'Hely1 ce bring credit to his name and Jouse? *** “By the authority this license gives, and by the power the laws and statutes | name, |~ “Before these witnesses—in the sight I proclaim. ***” asked to rhyme their answers, “% do," siill Alls the bill, PRICEFIXING 0 AID, BUDGET WE'VE SLASHED TAXES TILLTHEY CANT BE CUT ONE CENT MoRe AND NEXT YEAR WE'LL LOWER ‘EM To THE BoTtoM > BALANCING IN THE BIG BURG! ROOSEVELT RESTS President Is Ahead of Sched- ule on Sailing Trip to Mother’s Home. By the Associated Press. PULPIT HARBOR, Me, June 2 In this picturesque, well protected har: bor out on the Atlantic Coast, the President of the United States rested this morning, surveying public affairs at a distance and playing with his sons who joined him yesterday. President Roosevelt showed his satis- faction with the trend of the vital Lon- don Economic Conference in a state- ment issued by his secretary, Stephen T. Early, last night as the Amberjack II sailed smartly around Pulpit Rock and swung into & cove across- the Island of North Haven in Penobscot Bay. Will Not Go to London. Early, on board the destroyer EIls, tossed the statement by line to the ‘newspaper cruiser Comanche. It read: “Recurring and widely published re- ports that the President will board the cruiser Indianapolis for rush trip to London are without foundation in fact. The President plans to complete his vacation cruise and return to Wash- ington as scheduled. sidered going to London and he sees no reason whatsoever to do so now. Re- ports from London received in the last 24 hours have been Altogether satis- factory to the Presideht. “Although the President is far up the Maine coast, he is and has been in continuous communication . with The State Department has kept him the Economic Conference.” Gives Sons Full Day. Swept ahead under full sail by a northwest wind, Mr. Roosevelt shot far beyond his scheduled night's destina- tion at Tenants Harbor, proceeded past Rockland in the late afternoon amid welcoming craft from the shore and picked out this natural haven just as (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) CAPE COD JURORS TO GET BUCK CASE Brothers May Know Fate Charge of Kidnaping Girl Before Night. the Assoctated Press BARNSTABLE, Mass, June 24— The destinies of Kenneth and Cyril Buck, alleged kidnapers of Margaret (Peggy) a Cape Cod jury before night. terday after Mrs. Bertha Buck, his her son was a “good boy.” The aged and feeble woman was a pathetic figure as she made her appeal for the man who admittedly took the 10-year-old girl from the Harwich Center School on after $60,000 ransom had been paid. ‘The ransom money was recovered in Kenneth's home. Kenneth had charged that he acted under orders from a man identified as “Bill” of Hyannis. He said “Bill” told him that it was not a “real kidnaping” and that the father of the child, Neil C. { McMath _“knew all about it.” He quoted “Bill” as telling him that “Mc- | Math needs money and this is the only way he can get it.” McMath's father- {in-law is Willam R. Kales, wealthy Detroiter. Prosecution and defense counsel make their summation this morning and the case is expected to reach the jury early in the afternoon. Cincinnati Man Crosses Off Back Rent, Affecting 800 Families. CINCINNATI, June 24 () —Willlam P. Devou, 76, has canceled $200,000 jowed to him by occupants of 500 | pieces of property, it was learned | | toda: y. | Notices of cancellation of all de- “Created in the sight of God and in | 0f God—husband and wife this couple | linquent rents, as of June 1, are being received daily by of the 800 many The bride and bridegroom aren’t | families, more than 90 per cent of them |the corresponding week colored, K] INPULPT HARBOR “At no time has the President con- | ‘Washington at all times since he left. | fully advised of all developments in | on| McMath, may be decided hy‘ The defense of Kenneth rested yes- mother, told the jury and judge that Man Kills Himself o e e | TTH STREET BANK S Grdnnion | NG ERCER DY AN |Action of Directors Brings Total in Hamilton Group to Eight. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 24. —Benjamin J. Buckingham of Highland Park, Il., committed suicide today, police said, by leap- ing from a fourth-story window of a hotek He came to Cambridge to at- tend the graduation of his son Bryant from Harvard Thursday. 0. LSTSNEEDE PUBLICPROETS |Compilation Made to Prepare for Grant of Federal Funds. The Seventh Street Savings Bank | today joined the Hamilton National Bank merger, increasing the number of member banks to eight. | Action of the Seventh Street Bank | was taken this morning at a meeting of ncunced by John D. Howard, president and conservator. the merger a total of $1,166,000 in de- posits, from about 4,800 depositors. The institution as a member of the merger will start ncw on a campaign to sell $56,000 worth of stock in the new mer- r, on the same basis that this issue A long list of needed local government | BEL, building projects, estimated to cost has been sold by other member branches, lue of $20. | about $20,000,000, which may be made $25 & share of a par value of § ‘m,b;: by grants under "3,', Federal The Seventh street institution will public works appropriation, was being Join the Hamilton Bank merger under | compiled in final form today by the Similar arrangements to those under | District Commissioners. | which the other member banks belong. Final decision on the list as yet has | This means that when the bank opens not been reached, but it is expected the | that 50 cents on the dollar will be proposals will be forwarded to the Fed- A made available to each depositor at eral public works administrator early the Seventh Street Bank. If he buys next week. | stock in the Hamilton merger he may The Commissioners are expected to | Pay for it by cash or by taking it from forward late today to Budget Director i the 50 per cent of his deposits, which Douglas local street and bridge projects | hecome avallable when the bank opens. to be financed out of the §1,500,000 sur- | B CAEITE B e lus gasoline tax revenues, which may ge usgd for this purpose when approved Seventh Street Bank to be handled by | the conservator and will be realized by by the budget officer. The Commissioners, it is understood, |y qerocieor gccording to the way in | which the conservator can realize on will ask the budget director to approve the assets remaining in the old bank. use of the large District gas tax sur- plus in the full amount for improve- ment of streets and the building of | This is the same plan used in all other a new Calvert Street Bridge. member banks of the merger. The ad- Details Not Worked Out. dition of the Seventh Street Bank P | therefore increases the deposits of the Detalls of the proposed highway im- | gymijion by half of the total deposits provements to be financed out of the | SAHICE BY ball of the to | The pank, located at Seventh and N gas tax surplus will be made public after the proposals have been laid be- | gt PRI jocalod ab Seventh and ¥ |of the Hamilton, with Mr, Howard fore Douglas. The Commissioners sald today they | oontinuing as conservator, it was an- | nounced. could not reveal in detail the local public works which they hope to e able to finance under the Federal aD- | wymy \opiaran P hried it propriation usince they have not com- |aetion, he explained that the situation pleted their deliberations on the many | had been studied carefully and he was |assured that the step taken was the individual items. ¥ s Informed District officials say the e projects now on the list have a total | peagerc” Db depositors and stock “I feel that the success of the Hamil- estimate cost of around $20,000,000. If | certain large projects, such as the Pro- | ton National Bank is absolutely assured,” said Mr. Howard. posed new municipal center, are includ- | ed, however, the total may run beyond | this figure. The list of proposed public works will be divided into several classes. Pref- erence in the request will be given to those projects which already have | Plans for opening the new merger | were' pushed forward at meetings of the bank's organizing board at headquarters, | the Federal-American National Bank | & Trust Co., yesterday afternoon. Ac- been authorized by Congress specifi- | o e to Edwin C. Graham, substan. cally, but for which actual appropria- |Jikely that the charter would be apphied = a?rwans?‘;fmnfi c}::gg m« sop | for mext week at the Treasury Depart- which plans have been drawn, but for | e ponit, Arst the merger must have which local finances are unavailable. | 756000 The subscrigioes godr A third list will include projects for gdre rapidly approaching that goal. the board of directors and was an- | The Seventh Street Bank brings lol GRAND JURY GETS Indictment of Four Will Be Asked by District At- torney Rover. SHORTAGE IS PROBED AT MT. VERNON BANK True Bills to Be Sought Against Employes of Institution and One Customer. After revealing that he has already presented evidence to the grand jury concerning a $5,600 shortage in the closed Mount Vernon Savings Bank, United States. Attorney Leo A. Rover announced today he would present the Park Savings Bank case to the grand jurors on Monday. ‘The disclosure of alleged irregularties in the Mount Vernon Bank came as a surprise, there having been no previ- ous intimation that it was under in- vestigation. Assistant United States Attorney Charles Murray, sented the evidence, said there was one case of check “kiting” and two of larceny. Indictments are being sought, he said, against “two or three persons connected with the banl customer.” Shortage Believed $5,626.25. Murray said the total shortage in this bank was believed to be $5,626.25. jurors to return four indictments next shertage at the Park Savings Bank. The four are believed to include a former Treasury Department official, & former employe of the bank, and two depesitors. It is expected the indict- ments, will charge them with conspir- ing to embezzle funds of the bank. Mr. Rover emphasized that the bulk of the total shortage resulted frcm bad { loans, which are not subject to a crim | inal prosecution. It is believed, how- ever, that the investigation by the De- | partment of Justice revealed that some | credit for depcsits they never made and | that some notes securing loans were | canceled, although the loans had not been paid. Probing Another Phase. Mr. Rover said he is still investigat- ing another phase of the Park Savings | Bank shortage, involving a former bank emplcye, and that an additional indict- ment may be returned against him at a later date. It is expected that the grand jurors, if they vote indictments on the basis of the evidence to be pre- sented to them Monday, will make their | return to the court on Wednesday, the | last day of their term. The witnesses Monday, according to i Mr. Rover, will include A. F. Jorss, presi- | dent of the bank; Mrs. Emily Downey, | head bookkeeper, and E. C. Sauer, an | accountant of the Bureau of Investiga- | tion, Department of Justice. He said | he did not expect to call any members of the banks board of directors. | _ The investigation of the Park Sa: { Bank was begun after Robert Stunz, vice | president of the bank, committed suicide | last March. After Stunz's death, a note | was found in his handwriting stating !that no other employes of the bank | were involved in any shortages in the | institution’s funds. Despite this state- | ment from the dead official, it is be- |lieved the Government has assembled | evidence which fthey feel should be | presented to the grand jury concerning | the activities of the former employe | mentioned by Mr. Rover. ’ Three Shortages Bared. | _The investigation at the Mount Ver- non Savings Bank, Murray said, dis- | closed three separate shortages. The first one, involving the check “kiting,” | was for $2,345, and the other two, de- iscribed by him as “straight embezzle- ments,” were for $2,181.25 and $1,100. Murray said the customer who was | kiting checks had a friend who was employed at the bank. With the aid | of this friend, the customer had cashed | checks on another bank, in which he | had an account, but not enough funds | to cover the check. While the check | was going through the clearing house, | however, "the customer, according - to | Murray, had time enough to deposit a | sufficient amount at his own bank to | cover the check when it arrived there after going through the clearing house. The Mount Vernon Bank cleared through the Commercial National Bank. When this latter institution, according to Murray, closed before the general banking holiday and when one of ths customer’s checks reached the clearing | house, it was sent directly to the bank | on which it was drawn instead of going through the Commercial Bank. As a 1result, Murray said, the check arrived at the home bank a day sooner than | had been expected and before the cus- tomer of the Mount Vernon Bank had deposited funds to cover it. Many Projects Wanted. Should the Federal Public Works Ad- ministration approve grants for such | local Government projects, it would | serve greatly to increase employment here while at the same time starting construction of needed schools, libraries and other projects not provided for| under the drastically reduced District | appropriation for 1934. Many proposals have come to the| which plans have not been prepared. THREE MEN PERIS. AFTER SAVING LIFE OF WOMAN {Rig Up Tiny Raft for Her in Lake Michigan, Then Slip May 2. The child wes returned May 5, District Commissioners from citizens’ groups in recent weeks concerning need- ed building vrojects and it is known that many of these are in the groups under study by the Commissioners. There is virtually no end to the number of desirable projects which the Commissioners would like to have started at this time. Among these are the Municipal Center, additions to Gal- linger Hospital, a new tuberculosis hos- pital for adults, branch libraries and a considerable list of new schools, both elementary and senior and junior high schools. The Commissioners said they could not indicate today whether they would recommend starting the first one or two units of the proposed Municipal | Center through_the Federal public | works funds of $3,300,000,000. | HARDWOOD 'MILLSMBUSY ‘ MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 24 (#).—The greatest activity in the hardwod indus- try since 1930 was reported today by J. H. Townsend, secretary of the Hard- wood Manufacturers’ Institute. Townsend said last week 25 mills | began working double shifts, employed |a total of 1,000 men and that produc- tion for the week ending June 13 showed an increase of 42 J“ cent over 1932. , who rent his West End prop- | Orders increased 132 per cent and | early today. 1626 ex ceal. Toxnicad addsil.| The accidept. ecourted Thusmdeilclansed Defore b | By the Associated Press. | KEWAUNEE, Wis, June 24—The stecy of the losing struggle put up by three men to save their lives out on Lake Michigan, miles from land, fol- |lowing an airplane accident, was re- lated here by the sole survivor, Mrs. Charles Rennie, jr., 27, rescued after being marooned on a tiny raft 30 hours. | The victims, whom she said she saw slip from the raft, one by one, as the cold waters of the lake numbed their bodies, were: Charles Rennie, jr., 29, of Traverse City, Mich., her husband. \ James Gillette, 28, Traverse City, | pilot and owner of the plane, which ,She saild he was attempting to set down on _the lake during g blinding fog. Peter Keller, 24, Frankfort, Mich., a mechanic, Mrs. Rennie, mother of three chil- | bee) dren, was picked up last night by an Ann Arbor car ferry, 15 miles out of Frankfort, and was brought here, where a physician sald he did not believe she bad suffered any serious injury from | her terrifying experience. She was | badly sunburned. She remained on the boat, and was aboard when it be- |gan its ‘return’ voyage to Frankfort Off Its Sides to Death. H IN AIR CRASH | morning, shortly after the four had set out from Traverse City on a flight |to Milwaukee and had encountered a | heavy fog upon heading out over the lake from Frankfort. When it became so thick “we couldn't tell where it started and the water be- gan,” she said Gillette decided to set | the’ plane, which was equipped with | pontoons, down on the water. “He glided down,” she said, “but he | was lower than he supposed. We hit the water with terrific force. The plane seemed to rip apart.” Then began the struggle for self- | preservation—a struggle that ended in death for all but Mrs. Rennie. | _She said the plane kept afloat a few minutes as the men hurried to make a | ratt, finally rigging one up not more than four feet square, and with a gaso- | line tank on each end for buoyancy. During that time she said she had n in the water, holding on as best she could. As the plane started to sink the men hauled her onto the middle of the raft and held on to the sides them- selves. “The first to go was Gillette,” she “He didn't say anything, just PARK SAVINGS BANK' - OAGES NEXT WEEK FOR ROAD BUILDING 0. GETS 11869 OF §12.699.733 FUND Army Asks Additional $2,- 707,856 to Repair Service Quarters Here. MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA FORTS ALSO ON PROGRAM Public Works Board Completes Al- location of $400,000,000 to who pre- | and one Mr. Rover said he will ask the grand | | week in connection with the $1,700,000 | customers of the bank had received States for Highways. After stamping its approval on funds for highway construction work in this area amcunting to $12,899,753, of which | the District of Columbia's share is $1,- | 918,469, the Public Works Board of the National Recovery Administration to- | day was considering a proposal sub- ! mitted by Army officials to allot $2,707,~ 856 fcr rehabilitation of service quar- ters here. The Army’s building program recom- mendation also includes expenditures of $2,831,510 in Maryland and $4,469,865 in Virginia. At the same time the Navy Depart- ment submitted a recommendation to the board seeking to reduce working days in the Washington Navy Yard and in other stations throughcut the coun- try to 30 hours. Program of Army. The Army's building program in- cludes rew quarters for officers, nurses, non-commissioned officers, medical schocl and telephone connection exten- | sions at_the Medical Center at Walter Reed. This expenditure was estimated at_$663,058. Bolling Field, the Army's local air center, was allotted $2,012,098 for im- provement of the general landing field, officers and non-commissioned officers’ | quarters, barracks, field shops and ‘ hangars, heating plant, post exchange, quartermasters’ storehouse and ware- house, paving runway and approaches and telephone construction work. The Army War College was allotted $430,700 for new quarters and renova- tion of old barracks and for a drainage system. Expenditure of $4,469,964 for con- struction at military posts in was recommendsd. The sum was the third largest of any State out of a total of $135,000,000 sought for con- struction by the Army. $189,285 for Fort Myer. Fort Humphreys would receiver the largest amount of the fund—$1,375,087. Langley Field’s tentative allotment was $1,075,873, and Fort Monroe, in the same vicinity, would receive $303,325. Other amounts to be expended in Virginia include: Fort Myer, $189,- 285; for the restoration of Lee Mansion in Arlington National Cemetery, $12,470, and for the Arlington National Ceme- tergo mpeb’i'i ;zg;r.aus. r public highway construction in Virginia the board approved the sum 01231‘416,757. i xpenditure of $2,831,510 is proposed by the Army for construction at reserva- tions in Maryland. This includes $466,- 000 for Fort George G. Meade, $518,300 ;nr PA\I;:trda,en lg:lag:ing grounds, $59,500 for as] on and $199,500 1 Edgzwood Arsenal. s r public highway construction in this State the board approve sum | of $3,564,527. e Road building in this vicinity, as well as on a huge scale throughout the coun- try, will get underway early next month, becoming the first big expenditure in President Roosevelt’s campaign for re- employment and economic recovery. Allocation Completed. Allocation to States of the $400,000,- 000 highway fund has been completed by the Public Works Board. Promul- gated today were rules for spending it: Thirty hours work a week with fixed minimum pay will govern all contracts, no_convict labor will be permitted, ma- chinery must give way to pick and shovel, the actual projects must be widely scattered. The road money will be available on July 1, when President Roosevelt re- turns. He expects to be able to approve immediately thereafter appointment of State public works administrators, who will direct expenditure of more than $1,000,000,000 under the entire $3,300,- 000,000 public works program. Meanwhile, the Navy Department, pushing its extensive ship-construction plans, sought arrangements to have the 30-hour work week applied to all its shipyard contracts. The requirement probably will be written into the call for bids on the half of the 32-vessel pro- gram which will go to private builders. Similar regulation will control the con- struction in navy yards. Must Submit Plans. ‘The State Highway Departments must submit to the Public Works Board for approval their assignment of funds to the following types of projects: Federal-aid highway systems outside of municipalities. Extension of Federal-aid highways into or through municipalities. Secondary or feeder roads. In the selection of projects to be in- cluded in these classifications the board stipulated these things must be con- sidered, in the order named: Closing up gaps in the Federal-aid system. Appropriate landscaping of parkways or roadsides. Correlation and supplementation of existing _ transportation facilities by road, rail, air and water and provision of service to freight receiving stations, airports and emergency air fields. Reconstruction intended to reduce maintenance costs and lower future State and local highway expenditures. A large number of small projects to employ the maximum of human laber. Elimination of safety hazards, such as railroad grade crossings, widening of narrow roads or bridges, replacement of unsafe bridges, construction of routes to_avoid congested areas. In reccgnition of efforts to rehabili- tate the railroads, the board set forth (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) GUIDE FOR READERS Amusements . Church News Comics .. Features . Finance Radio .. said. slipped away.” Finally only she and her husband, vice president of the Ren- nie Oil Co. of Traverse City, were left. She couldn't remember tog, how much time{ Society -disappgared, © S, Real Estate. Serial Fiction i