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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Local thundershowers tonight or to- morrow; not quite ‘Temperatures—Highest, pm. yesterday; lowest, 78, at 5 today. Full report on Page A-14. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 and 13 (=== 50 Warm tOmOrTow. 95, at 30 No. 32,568. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ROOSEVELT DENIES AGREEMENT MADE 10 PEG MONEY AT ECONOMIG PARLEY MacDonald Tells Moley He Will Call Meeting When President Sends Message on Fluctuation Control. CONFERENCE INACTIVE WAITING OFFICIAL WORD | Proposal Recommended to Chief Executive by Adviser Would Permit Central Banks to Act Against Speculation in Dollar, With Stabilization Put Off. CAMPOBELLO" ISLAND, New Brunswick, July 1 (®).—Presi- dent Roosevelt said today that no formal agreement has been reached on currency stabiliza- tion at the London Economic Conference. The comment was made prior to the President’s departure for Washington aboard the cruiser Indianapolis. Mr. Roosevelt, it was dis- closed, was in communication with the American delegation at London last night. If any agreement was pro- posed last night, it is unknown. But most certainly none was sanctioned by the President. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 1.—Delegates from gold standard countries waited in vain as the morning hours passed today for word from President Roosevelt on a joint declaration favoring control of currency fluctuations. Prime Minister Ramsay Mac- Donald of Great Britain, chair- man of the World Economic Con- ference, informed Assistant Sec- retary of State Raymond Moley that he was ready to call a meet- ing as soon as a statement from the President was received. Communications Fail, Several of the representatives of gold #tandard countries, who have waged a r-lentless fight for currency stabiliza- ton or fluctuation control, were plan- ning, however, to take noon trains or < afternoon airplanes for their re- &oective capitals. It was stated that the delay in hear- ng from the American Executive was «<uz> to faiiure of communication facili- ties at Campobello Island, New Bruns- wick, where Mr. Roosevelt i§ spending & vacation. Irformation from Campobello that c-untries will have to wait for stabili- zaticn excited some wonder in confer- ence crcles, where the declaration of the French and other gold-standard nations was interpreted as not imply- ing stabilization, but merely a move to iron out peaks of fluctuations which are regarded as largely speculative. The suggestion submitted to the President by Moley, his adviser, rec- ommended approval of a monetary for- mula_under which central banks could use their resources to prevent extreme changes in the monies. Banks and financial sources were anxious for news during the morning, and it was stated, in its absence, that there was a remarkable lack of specu- lative dollar transactions. “But central banks will have their | hands full if they want to stop specu- lation,” said a representative of one of the large British banks. el CHANCELLOR HITLER. CATHOLIC GROUPS RAIDED AS HITLER TURNS FROM FATH Chancellor Will Join New | German Evangelical Church Shortly. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 1.—Police closed all business offices today of Prussian Cath- | olic socleties, which generally are re- | garded as political organizations, and | seized the contents. | It was officially explained that these | societies are not forbidden, nor are | charitable or social centers to be | touched, but only those which use Catholicism to cloak political activities. | Meanwhile, Rev. Ludwig Mueller said today that Chancellor Adolf Hitler will | join the new National Evangelical | Church of Germany ard waive his Catholic faith as soon as Mr. Mueller's work of reorganizing Germen Protest- antism has been completed. | Answer Given Faction. ‘ He made this announcement to a | group of three pastors of the Bodel- | schwingh faction who appealed to him | to rescind his order that thanksgiving services be held in the churches to- morrow, with the display of Nazi and state flags. | Rev. Frederick von Bodelschwingh | recently was elected bishop of the Reich | by church groups, winning out over Mr. Mueller, the Nazi candidate, who sub- sequently was designated to reorganize the Protestant faith. Mr. Mueller asserted that Chancellor | Hitler will urge German Catholics to | Jjoin the new church. | This announcement was made after | the venerable President of the Reich. | Paul von Hindenburg, himself a strong Evangelical churchman, called upon the chancellor to compose the differ- ences between the government and tha Evangelical churches. May Dramatize Change. | Protestant church circles generally believe that the chancellor's change of | faith will come as a dramatic feature of the nation-wide celebration of Mar- tin Luther’s 415th birthday anniversary October 10, when, according to the pro- paganda ministry; the Reformation is to be celebrated in a manner never before seen by the world. | It was learned on reliable authority that last Summer Hitler suggested to Mr. Mueller that he join the Prof | tant faith, but the Nazi churchman advised against it on the ground that | so long as Prctestantism was not united | under cne head he might cause offense by joining one church in preference to_others. el The chancellor caused somewhat of a sensation when, although still des-| { Ch WASHINGTON, D. C, Prominent American circles expremed“cnbmg himself in the Reichstag hand- the opinion that in the vague form in | pock @s & Catholic, he attended a PROBERS 70 TRACE SOURCE OF STOCK ¢ Foening & WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1933—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. Star. FHP SOLDTO PENNROAD, Frank E. Taplin Called to Ex- plain Sale in 1929 Far Above Market Price. PROFITS OF KUHN, LOEB REVEALED TO SENATORS Banking Committee Recesses Hear- ing Until Thursday to Await New Witnesses. By the Associated Press. A curious Senate Committe wants Frank E. Taplin, Cleveland capitalist, to tell it where he obtained railroad stock which he sold to the Pennroad Corporation in 1929 for $38,000,000, a figure far in excess of the market price, ‘The Senate investigators say they are suspicious that some of the stock may have been sold to Taplin by “in- siders,” who wanted to unload before the market crash carried the price of the stock down. So the Cleveland capitalist has been summoned to appear Thursday before the Banking Committee investigating Kuhn, Loeb & Co., which financed or- tgi.mmuon of the Pennroad Corpora- on. His testimony will wind up the in- (qubhe'y. which then will recess until Oc- ober. Loan Arouses Suspicion. What aroused their suspicion, say the investigators, is evidence that Tap- lin borrowed $1,950.000 from the Penn- | road Corporation on June 20, 1929, just al re‘:v months'before he sold them the stock. He paid this loan off October 16 of that year, when he got the first in- stallment of $37,898,100 for 222930 shares of Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway Co. stock. The Pennroad Corporation paid Tap- lin an average of $170 a share for the stock when it was selling on the mar- ket from $110 to $141. The total paid to him was many mil- lions of dollars above the market price. Before recessing until next Thursday, the Banking Committee also disclosed that Kunn, Loeb & Co. profited to the extent of almost $6,000,000 by helping to organize Pennroad and by participat- ing in its dealings. Made Large Profit. Ferdinand Pecora, the committee counsel, claimed investors in the holding company since have lost over $100,000,- 000, although Otto H. Kahn, senior | partner of Kuhn, Loeb, said this would be true only if all investors held their| shares until the present day, when the stock is around $4. Documents placed in the record late in the day by Pecora showed Kuhn,| Loeb made total profits between 1927 and 1931 of around $20,000,000 from stock and bond issues it managed and issues promoted by others. The data also disclosed the New York ued on Page 2, Column 1.) AUSTRALIA FALLS INLI Premiers of States Agree to Restrict Exports in Par- ley at Sydney. By the Associated Press. SYDNEY, Australia, July 1.—Pre- miers of Austrulian States agreed on a plan to restrict wheat exports during a meeting with the central government today, it was learned authoritatively. The meeting, which lasted all day, was called to consider a wheat acreage reduction scheme discussed by repre- sentatives of the four major wheat-ex- NE ON WHEAT N /i Vi Now WILLIE SEEIF ROOSEVELT READY FOR RETURN TODAY President Anxious to Reach Washington by Tuesday Night at Latest. By the Associated Press CAMPOBELLO ISLAND, New Bruns- wick July 1.—A clear sky and bright sun this morning gave President Roose- velt ideal weather to carry out his | scheduled departure from here late to- ‘ley aboard the cruiser Indianapolis for | the return to Washington after a two- | week sailing vacation. Mr. Roosevelt wants to be back in the Capital by Tuesday night at the | latest to take command of the economic | recovery campaign in which he is focus- ing prime attention on the domestic | situation, | remain here over the week end if fog should again blanket the coast. | The President meanwhile was keep- | ing in touch with events at the London | Economic Conference. A “Waiting” Attitude. A reported crisis over currency sta- bilization at the London parley found the President undemonstrative yester- day as he spent what might be his last day at the Roosevelt family home here. It was made known he is standing a demand which has been made by the gold bloc headed by France. The Roosevelt position is believed to mean he does not think there can be stabilization of the currencies of all nations while some are likely to go of the gold standard. It was pointed out that a nation running $500,000,000 be- hind a year in its budget may have to go off the gold standard. Anyway, so far as the London eco- nomic crisis is concerned, the United States position on currency stabiliza- tion is now clear, and Mr. Roosevelt is looking to the opening of the “back-to- work” movement in this country. He does not believe currency stabili- zation affects internal economy and feels it is just now a question for cen- tral banks rather than for governments. Storm Clears Away Fog. A severe electrical storm here last night cleared away the fog, bringing a sharp westerly wind, which swept the mists out to sea. The newest of the American battle fleet, the 10,000-ton cruiser Indianap- olis, is standing out in front of the Roosevelt Summer home here, just over the boundary line, in the center of thz | However, he said he was prepared to | “JAKE THE BARBER” FACTOR. firm against immediate stabilization— | : “|AKE THE BARBER” 'IDNAPED BY GANG \Abductors Ambush Him and Also Take Friend, but Retease Him. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 1.—Kidnapers am- bushed John Factor on a North Side | thoroughfare early today, abducted the | millionaire, who was once a barber, | from his automobile while Mrs. Factor SEAPLANE CRASHES IN ARMADA FLIGHT | |Flyer Reported Missing After Plane Capsized, but Story Is Denied. . By the Associated Press. AMSTERDAM, Holland, July 1— When Gen. Italo Balbo brought his 25 seaplanes to Armsterdam today, com- pleting the first leg of the projected flight from Italy to the Chicago ex- position, one of the ship's capsized in landing. Shortly after the accident it was reported that one man was miss- ing, but this was subsequently denied by Italian authorities. Of the four men in the machine, the | Italians said, one escaped unhurt and | | three were given hospital treatment. | It was believed that the flyers would | press on tomorrow for Londonderry, | -‘Nnnhem Ireland, despite the mishap. | | The plane meeting the accident de- ' scended some distance from the landing | | place of the other in the armada. It | was, therefore, several minutes before | assistance could reach the scene. | Arrive After Noon. Gen. Italo Balbo and his air armada | completed the first leg of their flight shortly after noon. Gen. Balbo arrived at 12:56 pm., Am- | sterdam time (6:36 a.m., Eastern stand- ard time). Fourteen minutes later the | other seaplanes of the group of 25 |alighted The squadron will remain here overnight and will leave for Lon- donderry, Northern Ireland, early to morrow morning Immediately after all of the power- | ful winged boats had descended an | escort of 60 Dutch seaplenes alighted ! |and took up positions, forming & cor- don about the armada. It was an im- posing spectacle, the vast expanse of water being almost completely cov-| ered by scores of aircraft. The land-| ing was made at Schellingwoude, Am- sterdam’s seaplane port. | Gen. Balbo was the first ashore. The | chief of the squadron got a cordial reception from Amsterdam's burgo- master, the Italian Ambassador and the Dutch minister of defense. ARMADA CROSSES ALPS. | = | Ideal Flying Weather Prevails for | Spectacular Movement. (®) Means Associated Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,745 TWO CENTS. OUSTED VORKER 100K TOROOSEVELT 10 REGAIN 0B Head of National Federation of Federal Employes Calls for Statement of Policy. GREEN ADVOCATES 5-DAY WEEK FOR GOVERNMENT A.F. of L. Secretary Protests, Hold- ing U. S. Should Set Example for Employers. With more than 3,000 Federal em- ployes in Washington out of service or | due to be out July 15, along with hun- dreds of their co-workers elsewhere, under the rigid retrenchement applied | to the old-established agencies, specu- | lation among the jobless today turned to the possibility of some move by President Roosevelt that would aid in their re-employment in the new groups being set up. A definite statement of policy by the President in this regard was called for in a statement last night by Luther C. Steward, president of the National Federation of Federal Employes. At the same time, William Green, presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, protesting dismissal of the Fed- eral forces, declared the Government should “conform to the spirit, as well as the law,. of the industrial recovery act,” and set an example for other employers. Morale and Efficiency Hit. “Many trained employes are going out | and new ones are coming in wkose prin- | cipa: qualifications appear to be politi- cal influence,” Steward said, adding, “the morale and efficiency of the Fed- eral establishment is lower than it has been for a generation.” Green, advocating the 6-hour day and five-day week in the Government, said, “For humane as well as economic reasons the policy of Government dis- missals of Federal emploves ought to| be immediately abandoned.” “Labor has done all it could to pre- vent the adoption and pursuit of this| unwise. unsound economic policy,” he continued. “It protests vigorously against it. Public opinion ought to be aroused in opposition to the imposi: tion of what seems to labor to be great injustice to Federal employes.” Some Are Being Placed. Some of those losing out are being placed in the new agencies, but the only definite declaration of policy in! this connection has come from the | agricultural adjustment set-up, in which | it has been announced that so far as/ is possible, the Civil Service lists will | be used in building up the staff. The furlough provision, in corporated in the independent offices act, requires; the President to promulgate rules and regulations with a view to securing uni- formity of application_throughout_the (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) BOARDMAN INJURY MAY PROVE FATAL i Accidents Force Three Pilots| From National Race. Turner Leads. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M, July 1 (#)—Col. Roscoe Turner, transcon- tinental air racer, landed here at 10:31 a.m. Mountain standard time today. By the Associated Press and their son looked on, and sped away INDIANAPOLIS, July 1. — Russell | m‘?%BETE%.LZOS ‘!L:Idin 'g-’phln:?;: Boardman, famous Boston aviator, was | adron of , Tes- | probably i . plendent in Fascist black, the Italian = Y ed dally e A GREEN CRITICIZES COMPROMISE CODE OF TEXTILE MILLS New Wage Agreement Is “Very Pleasing, but Not Enough,” He Says. DECLARES 40-HOUR WEEK SHOULD BE CUT TO 30 Manufacturers Meanwhile Begin Task of Adjusting Plants to Revised Schedule. By the Associated Press. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, said to- day the action of cotton mill owners in voluntarily agreeing to raise the minimum wage in the industry to $12 a week was “very pleasing, but not enough.” Green said also that he still be- lieved the 40-hour week proposed for the industry was much too long. Thé manufacturers yesterday pro- posed an increase of $2 in the basic rates which they originally had set at $10 in the South and $11 in the North, but adhered to the 40-hour schedule. Dr. Alexander Sachs, chief economist for the National recovery administra- tion, corroborated their contention that a reduction to 40 hours was sufficient to absorb the industry’s idle workers. “This is a substantial increase,” said Green in an interview, “but I believe it should be higher. “The hours of labor. now set at 40, are too long, and I think the manu- facturers ought to agree to change that. However, the response of the marufacturers is very heartening and I hope they will go further in the final settlement.” Urges 30-Hour Week. Green said he still believed the proper regulation for the industry would pro- vide a minimum wage of between $14 and $16 and a 30-hour working week, j with no restriction on the number of shifts a mill might operate. Meanwhile, cotton textile makers be- gan the tremendous task of adjusting their organizations to the code of com- petition, effective perhaps on July 17, by which 100,000 idle are to be put back at work. Their efforts were spurred by official commendation of the voluntary agree- ment, This was the first such agreement reached by one of the big ten industries under the national recovery act. If President Roosevelt approves by Mon- day, it becomes effective July 17. If not, it applies the second Monday after he does. . Hugh S. Johnson, industrial admin- istrator, already is considering some comparatively mincr points yet to be worked out. But indications were that the code would reccive his early in- dorsement. His enthusiasm for the plan he summed up in these words to the manu- facturers: ‘I want to say that my reaction on this situation is that you have done a very, very remarkable thing. You have shown a remarkable spirit of co-opera- tion, a patriotic spirit, which seems to me to be above reproach.” “Stretch-out” Plan Opposed. One issue raised by labor—the stretch- out system, by which employes run more machines—remains to be settled. A committee appointed by Johnson is in- vestigating the advisability of inserting a restricting provision in the code. The manufacturers, in amendments submitted at the close of public hear- ings on their code, made new and un- expected proposals. These included: Creation of a committee of the in- dustry to co-operate with the admin- istrator on planning and fair practices. Establishment of a service bureau for engineering, accounting, credit and the like, to aid smaller mills in meeting conditions of the code. Recommendations that the adminis- trator require registration by cotton manufacturers of their existing produc- tive machinery and regulate installa- tion of additional machinery except for replacement through issuance of cer- tificates authorizing such installation. Likewise, they said that within 30 | i | when his ai S4 Vi took | days they would submit a plan ex- which the statement was finally drafted | state funeral of storm-troopers and | porting countries at the World Economic | harbor in United States waters. with their captive. D Emblcand e Hand pIATIE | e e e T B8 e O | it s chToes oo & they could not see how any one could | have any cbjection to it. Important conference quarters were frank in saying the statement repre- sented another decisive victory for the United States, America having failed to commit itself toward any sort of im-| mediate stabilization. It was explained, however, that it be- came necessary to join the action to reassure the gold standard govern- ments—with the French particularly anxious—because of the necessity for Rreasury financing Monday. Statement on Gold. Financial quarters in London were frankly skeptical over the proposed | declaration, however." The statement as finally determined | upen, it was learned on gocd authority, is virtually as follows: 1. The gold standard in all countries | stiil on the gold basis, should be main- | taned. 2. Nations off the gold standard shall retumn to gold when possible. 3. Each ccuntry independently shall detcrmine the time and rate for even- tual stabilization. 4. The nations now on gold are de- termined to maintain their position at all costs, 5. Countries with a depreciated cur- rency should not the stand taken by the gold countries. How far the New York Federal Re- scrve Bank may go in checking fluctua- tions, however, remained somewhat un- rortain. American quarters expressed the view that all that would be needed ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT IS RATIFIED BY ILLINOIS By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Iil, July 1.—The Illinois Legislature has voted for ratifi- cation of the proposed child labor a‘mendxr nt to the Federal Constitu- tion. A joint resolution indorsing the pro- osed amendment was rushed through th houses last night. Ratification of the child labor amend- ment by the important industrial State of Illinois brought the number of in. dorsing States up to 14. Ratification resolutions pending in Massachusetts and Oklahoma are re- arded as still possible of adoption police at a Protestant cathedral Feb- ruary 5. | He also failed to attend Catholic | services on the “day of potsdam” March 21 when members of the cabinet and | cf the Reichstag and President Von | Hindenburg went to either Protestant | or Catholic services before the open-| ing of the Reichstag. Instead, the | chancellor placed a wreath on the | graves of storm troopers. Hindenburg's Call. President Von Hindenburg's call for action by the chancellor to compose the conflict between the government and the Evangelical churches was set| forth in a letter in which he asserted the Evangelical Christians are “pro-l foudly anxious concerning the church’s inner liberty” and asked the | chieftain to “find a way to ‘restore peace.” | Wilhelm Prick, Nazi minister of the interior, was ordered by Hitler to open | | negotiaticns immediately after the | reichsbishop had appealed to Mr. | Mueller to rescind orders that Nazi| fiags be displayed. i ‘ The reichsbishcp said the Nazi crders which also required Evangelical pas- tors and elders to conduct thanksgiving | services Sunday, thereby countermand- | ing the Protestants’ plans to observe | tomorrow as a day of prayer fcr reun-l | ous freedom, caused “a serious con- flict of conscience for many pastors.” | Conference. Afterward, it was understood, the premiers reached a satisfactory decision which will be considered by the federal cabinet and cabled to Stanley MaBruce, Australian Minister to London. The cabinet wili meet tomorrow to consider the terms and the message to be sent Bruce. CONFEREES ENCOURAGED. American Wheat Delegate Praises Aus- tralian Action, LONDON, July 1 (#).—Frederick E. Murphy, publisher of the Minneapolis Tribune, who has been sitting in on the wheat discussions for the United States, said today the action of the Australian states in agreeing to restrict exports was “fine and very encourag- American quarters asserted that Aus- tralian agreement for limitation of ex- | ports meant that an acreage restric- tion scheme might be worked out, as the Canberra government already has in- | dicated it would not allow surplus to accumulate. Another meeting of the conferees is expected Monday. They include representatives, from the United States, Canada, Australia and Argentina. “big four” By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | WOODSTOCK, Va., July 1.—Descend- | ing on the store of John Irvin at C&I lumbia Furnace, six miles from here, | last night, a group @ reforestatio.n workers from Cemp Wolf at Wolf's Gap drygoods and fled in oné of thres trucks, which were Lauling te men fo homes for a four-day Boliday. are said to have take® a quantity of | o, {50 FOREST WORKERS HUNTED IN LOOTING OF VIRGINIA STORE Group From Camp Wolf Accused of Robbin'g Merchant and Fleeing in Truck. look-out for the truck but today had been unable to locate it. About: 50 men were in it when it left the store. Irvin told the sheriff the three trucks, bearing all of the 150, worke=s from the camp, arrived at the store at about 7 p.m. and most of the 150 entered and started cmall purchases of food While he was wal on them, he :l‘l.luem the door lead- into the drygoods side and his en- ~ | Shenft Luther M_ipun (Contipued cn Page 3, Cdlugn 83 ‘The Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy is anxious to be on board for the “shake-down” speed trial of the Indianapolis. Whether he will go di- rectly to the mouth of the Potomac River and thence to Washington is un- certain. He may remain out to sea until Tuesday night. Tanned and rested by his coastal cruise, the President appeared in ex- cellent condition to tackle the prob- lems of state. In relaxing after the 12-day cruise, the Chief Executive yesterday joined a beach party givem by Mrs. Roosevelt to newspaper men and naval officers. “Hot dogs,” warmed by a beach fire, and po- tato salad furnished the repast. 12 DEAD IN HURRICANE IN SOUTHERN TRINIDAD Steamer With Supplies and Medi- cal Assistance Sent to Cedros. Cyclone Moving on Cuba. By the Associated Press. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, July 1.— | A possible death toll of 12 and wide- | spread destruction of houses and other | property was reported last night as a result of a hurricane in South Trinidad Tuesday. A coastal steamer was sent with sup- plies and medical assistance to Cedros, cone of the hardest hit sections. In Erin 300 houses were destroyed, as were 60 derricks of the Trinidad Petroleum Co. at Paloseco. HAVANA, July 1 (#).—The National Observatory Bureau shortly before mid- night warned that a tropical cyclone ‘was moving northwest from Kingston, Jamaica, at & rate of 300 miles & day. GUIDE FOR READERS Amusements Churches Comics .. Features Finance .. They dragged Factor and his friend, | Al Epstein, an attorney, from the rear | seat, barked a curt: “Go ahead, kid, | we don’t want you,” to Jerome Factor, | the son, and ignored a following car | which carried Mrs. Factor, Mrs. Epstein | and a chauffeur. Epstein, a friend of the stock broker and frequenter of night clubs with him, |told the story. He was turned loose | after a short ride with the kidnapers, | and picked up a ride back to a hotel where the frightened women had gath. ered. Tied Prisoners’ Faces. The gang, well armed, tied handker- chiefs about the faces of their pris- | oners and sped west for 2 miles or more, Epstein related. Then the car slowed down and Epstein was shoved out with a warning: “Don’t take this mask off for five minutes. If you do youll be killed. There'll be some one watching you.” He heard a second machine whis past, and then tore off his mask and hailed a passing motorist. | It was the second time in a few | weeks the Factor family, in the public eye since the British government began its long and continuing fight to place Factor on trial for an alleged $7,000,- | 000 stock swindle, had been victimized | by kidnapers. Jerome Kidnaped. Jerome, a Northwestern University student, was kidnaped April 13 from | in front of the apartment of the first Mrs. Factor, “his mother. Rumors spread that the’ harassed father paid a reward for son's recovery, but | Factor himself denied them. Gangsters | under the leadership of Murray Humph- , public enemy No. 1, and Wi ite were enlisted in Factor's aid. attack on Factor came close after the Government's indictment of Humphreys ¥for evasion of income tax payments. ~ With Humphreys out of sight, the-bench warrant, yet unserved, it was s ted the ki ng gang had selec a time when the power |of the Capone-Humphreys outlaws could not be recruited by Factor's friends to help him. ‘William Bleet, Factor's personal repre- | off to continue a race from New York | to Los Angeles. Preliminary examination at a hos- | pital disclosed that Beardman suffered ! |a fractured skull, a punctured lung | |and a broken shoulder. He continued in_an unconscious condition. The accident occurred at 8:30 o'clock, Central Standard time. Boardman had | | arrived at 8:13. His plane had lifted jonly 25 feet into the air when it was caught by a cross wind and overturned. | Hospital authorities pronounced Boardman's condition as “very serious.” Lee Gehlbach, another of the racers, was forced down at New Bethel, a village near here. Col. Roscoe Turner landed here at| 6:05 am. (Central standard time) and left for the West at 6:14 am. Russell Thaw of New York arrived {in Indianapolis at 7:04 am., but dropped out of the race when the left wing of his plane was damaged in landing. It was Boardman who, in July, 1931, | | with John Polando, flew non-stop from New York to Istanbul, Turkey, for a (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. e e At the n;‘omem clt1he .m:x:‘ nlhlp;hlektt Mexico Has Beer Shortage. Italian territory, the youthful, black-| MEXICO, D. F., July 1 (#)—The| bearded Balbo sent 8 Wireless MesSage | inqusiry department. s renrted ¢ | | to Premier Mussolini, saluting Il Duce, | shortage of beer for domestic consump- | | expressing confidence in the ultimate’tion, because of exports to the United | |~ (Continued on Page 4. Column 1.) States. HOT WEATHER TO CONTINUE; JUNE SETS HEAT RECORD HERE metal, conquered the first difficulty of |its 6,100-mile cruise to Chicago today | by crossing the Alps. Manned by 100 of the best Italian aviators and led by Air Minister Italo Balbo, the twin-cabined, bi-motored ships left the lagoon at the High Seas | Aviation School at 5:45 am. (11:45 pm, E. 8. T, Friday) on the first lap | to Amsterdam. Ideal Flying Weather. Messages sent back by the com- | ler told of excellent progress and ideal flying weather. An hour and 40 minutes after the takeoff the fleet soared over Genoa, 200 miles away. Thirty minutes later the planes crossed | the Italo-Swiss frontier, thereby com- | sletl:ng one of the hardest stages of the L. Shortly after 8 am. (2 am,, Eastern standard time) the squadronm, in rigid formation, flew over Chiavenna at the end of Splugen Pass, and subsequently followed a railroad into Switzerland. At tbat point it was 320 miles from Orbetello and thus had averaged about 135 miles an hour, slightly more than the cruising speed. | | | \Three Prostrated Yesterday and Little Prospect Is in| Sight for Relief. The Capital, with the rest of the Na- | yesterday, but the Capita! baked in the tion, wo\mduponeoluaewmnu;:lm'l r‘lan as_promised thunderstorms i ailed to develop. on record yesterday, and went into July | “yegerdays maximum here was 95 this morning with no prospect of cool- degrees, and the Weather Bureau said ! ing weather in sight. | Mwmndmmy mm possibly ',w"-r':; Three persons were prostrated here S BUDNRG ek highest minimum of ht this { yesterday, and heat prostrations and | gummer, and at noon ¢ themmucury deaths over the entire country Nfl"lmlt 92—five degrees hl:h&t:ln tinued to mount. Showers and thun- | 8 same time yesterday. = derstorms tempered etfects of the | midity had dropped & few points off If , office employes. With this code beyond the hearing stage, Johnson expected to start soon on others for big industries. He said four were about ready, but declined to name them. Unofficially, it was ex- plained the next hearing—at least 10 days off —would be on coal, oil, steel or lumber. YOUTH WHO THREATENED KIDNAPINGS SENTENCED Leon V. Mason, Colored, Convict- ed in Collier Case, Gets 3 to 6 Years. Leon U. Mason, 22-year-old colored youth, convicted of sending a kidnaping threat through the mails, today faces a sentence of from three to six years in the penitentiary. In imposing sentence, Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of the District Supreme Court characterized the youth’s offense as “one of the most despicable of crimes.” Mason was accused of writing & let- ter to Mrs. Bessie Collier, operator of the Collier I, 1807 Columbia road, in which he threatened to kidnap her 3- year-old granddaughter, June Collier, unless he was paid $5000. Mason pleaded guilty to the charge. His counsel told Chief Justice Wheat that Mason had no intention of actual- ly kidnaping the child, but sent the letter because of a desire for publicity. He was arrested after Department of Justice agents had been assigned to in- vestigate the case. DALLAS POLICE SOLVE SLAYING OF WOMAN By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., July 1.—R. T. Bennett, 25, colored, admitted to police today he stranged Mrs. H. K. Buchanan, 28- year-old blond film executive, at her apartment here last Winter, and shot to death Sam Lanford, 36, patrolman, on Thursday. He also said he was the prowler who two months ago shot and seri wounded George A. Coffey, manu- facturer.