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WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight; tomorrow cloudy; afternoon or change in temperature; winds, becoming southerly. Temperatures —Highest, 88, at noon today; lowest, 65, Full report on page 9. tomorrow at 6 a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages10,11&12 showers night; little light variable ah 32, 586, o No. ¥ntered as second class matter wost office, Washington, c WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. €., WEDNESDAY, ¢ Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s Carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,639 JULY 19, 1933—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. POST RESUMES HOP AGROSS SIBERIA IN SPITE OF WEATHER: DELAY CUTS LEAD |Dismissed Workers In Civil Service to Get Better Status {Roper Plans Preferred | List of Those Not ‘Blanketed In’ Jobs. Secretary of Commerce Roper an- Civil Service Commission to set up a nounced today that he would direct the | REPEAL THIS YEAR SEEN AS TWO DIVE * STATES VOTE WET {Alabama and Arkansas Line Up 18 States Against the F¥F (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. WE'LL HAVE You OUT IN A JIFFY THANKS, Doc. 1 BELIEVE YE MEAN WELL' / « - A NN )3 AR ;1\\"\;'-\.\% =\ A VOLUNTARY CODE PLAN FOR ALL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IS APPROVED Formal Executive Sanction Necessary for Program preferred re-employment list of those | dismissed Government workers who at- | tained their civil service status by com- | Leaves Irkutsk Only 3 Hours 18th Amendment. To Be Effective. 24 Minutes Ahead of His 1931 Record—Gets Needed Rest There. BLAGOVESCHENSK TO BE NEXT STOP FOR FLYER Oklahoman May Go on to Kha- barovsk if Conditions Improve While Plane Is Aloft—More Than Half of World Flight Com- pleted by Winnie Mae. NOVOSIBIRSK. Siberia, July 19 The Irl sk Airport became concerned today over the lack of the progress of Wiley American round-the-world and urgent inquiries were adcast along his course as far as Khabarovsk By the Associated Pres: IRKUTSK, Siberia, July 19.— His lead over his 1931 record hav- g been cut sharply to 3 hours and 24 minutes, Wiley Post zoonred out of Irkutsk today toward Blagoveschensk, nearly 1,000 miles eastward, on the sixth lap of his world flight. The American airman hopped off at 7 a.m. Moscow time (11 p.m. s, Eastern standard time), after remaining here since 3:35 p.m. (7:35 am.. Eastern standard time) while his advantage over the time Harold Gatty two years ago was whittled to a slim margin. Bad Weather. which caused him to s cn the jaunt from k, again dogged him to stay here 1 nted to. i unfavorable conditions but he announced at’ Blagoveschensk— e and Gatty suffered a_mishap Lier flight—which lies be- Veblonovoi and Sikhota Dozged by Bad veat! n might push on to k, his scheduled stop aboi 4 farth . he said, unless Dbad weather retards him too much, in order to make up time! Half of Flight Past. en he landed here from Novo- 16 hours and 34 minutes previous mark. He left 9:02 am. Tuesday, Mos- ing rested for only 2 35 minutes there. He and d in Irkutsk 2 hours and v were 91 hours and 59 minutes New York when they landed i hed ¥kutsk in 75 his stunt has CORRUPT PRACTICES LAID TO W'CREADY Warrant for Democrat Leader Is Sworn Out by Re-elected Annapolis Mayor. ial Dispatch to NAPOLIS, Md.. July 19.—Charged corrupt practice act 2 money with william ©. Mec- ror merchant and er of the Democratic Campaign the recet city election, mder $300 bail for ac- tion of the October term of the Anne ty Circuit Court. ter E. Quenstedt, Repub- fays ago was re-elected d consecutive term, swore the warrant against McCready on iy 10 However, no ¢ hearing was arranged for McCready waived a prelim- g at the request of his State Senator Ridgely P. Mel- i 0 was furnished arrant is- amended edt to read 0 was to induce persons to vote for Charles ce. candidate for mayor.” ster White, colored, to whom Mc- allegedly gave the money, also under $500 bail. He was also with violating the corrupt ctices act by receiving and accept- ing money from McCready for the pur- pose of inducing and procuring persons to vote for Chance. TROTSKY GRANTED RIGHT TO RESIDE IN FRANCE Russian Exile En Route to Italy for Medical Treatment. Plans Trips. B the Associated Press. ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 19—Leon Trotzky, who is en route to Italy for medical treatment. has received permis- sion to reside in France, Turkish sources said today. He may continue aboard the Italian ship Bulgaria, on which he and his wife sailed Monday night. to Marseille, France, it was said, and settle in South- «rn Frence. In that case he w 1-turn to his exile home in Tu The Russian revolutionary in- t-~ds to spend saveral r-onths in Cor- -a after his stay in Italy. recorded by him and| petitive tests, rather than by being “blanketed in” by presidential decree. In taking this action, Secretary Roper is acting as chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Re-employment set up by President Roosevelt to facilitate the work of finding jobs in new agencies for those workers losing out under the re- trenchment program. Secretary Roper had been under the impression that such a list was in existence. he said. Secretary Roper’s announcement is in line with that of President Roose- velt a week ago that such a list was be set up. Up to this time the com- mission has had only the single re- | ence between any civil service workers— | whether their place was obtained by test or by covering in. GEORGE 0115 SMITH QTS A CHARNAN Resigns as Head of Power Commission, but Remains as Member. | Dr. George Otis Smith resigned today as chairman of the Federal Commission at the request of President Roosevelt, who designated Commissioner Frank R. McNinch of North Carolina as his successor. Smith's resignation was only from the chairmanship of the commission, but it was understood his resignation as a member of the agency would be forth- coming within the next 90 days. In ratifying the designation of Mc- Ninch as chairman, the commission named Basil Manly of the District of Columbia, a new appointee, as vice chairman. Smith and McNinch are original members of the commission which | started operation in December, 1930, {and the Senate sought unsuccessfully i to remove the former over a shake-up in _the commission’s staff. The removal of Smith in favor of | McNinch has been rumored for some time. When the report first was made | public. both North Carolina Senators— i Reynolds and Bailey—said they would | oppose his confirmation as chairman ibecause of his support of Herbert | Hoover in the 1928 campaign. Mec- | Ninch was fought on the same grounds | when first appointed as a Democratic member of the Commission by Presi- dent Hoover. The resignation of William E. Hum- i phrey as a Republican member of the Federal Trade Commission also has been rumored. B IEs 'TWO DEAD, ONE HURT | IN AIRPLANE CRAS | Craft Hits Side of Oklahoma Moun- | tain in Fog—Injured Pilot | May Die. | By the Associated Press. | MANGUM, Okla., July 19.—Two pas- | sengers were killed and the pilot crit- |ically injured today when an airplane crashed into the side of a fog-veiled | mountain 28 miles from here. The dead: Don Tinsley of Shamrock. i Tex., and Jarrett Todd, jr., son of a | former county judge here. The injured pilot is W. F. Hearne He was believed to have little chance for recovery = Dr. Fowler Border, who brought Hearne here in his airplane-ambulance, the collision might have been get his ship 10 feet higher. HULL PLANS TO SAIL FOR HOME ON JULY 27 ‘ bl | Pittman and McReynolds to Ac- company Secretary—Cox to Remain in London. | By the Associated Press. Secretary Hull informed the State Department today he probably would sail for the United States on the steamer President Harding July 27, the day on which the London Conference is expected to recess or adjourn. Pittman and Representative Sam Mc- Reynolds, both members of the Ameri- can delegation, would accompany him. Senator Couzens, another delegate, and Mrs. Couzens will sail for the United States tomorrow. James E. Cox will remain in London until the middle of August. but no | statement was made as to whether he | would continue work in connection with the conference. employment list, which made no differ- | Power | avoided if the pilot had been able to | A message from Hull said_Senator | |RETURNS SHOW 2 T0 1 ‘ AND 3 TO 2 MAJORITY jl7 More Commonwealths Act This Year, Tennessee Tomorrow | and Oregon Friday. i I BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Prohibition repeal before the close of the year seemed virtually certain today {1 the light of the victories of the re- | pealists i1n Alabama and Arkansas | yesterday. | Thirteen States actually have ratified | the proposed twenty-first amendment to the Constitution wiping out national prohibition. Five more States have elected dele- | Bates to conventions which will ratify the repeal amendment, making & total of 18 States which have voted for | repeal. 17 More States Vote This Year. Seventeen more States have set dates this year for elections of delcgates to | State constitutional conventions to pass on repeal, making a total of 35 States which have voted or will vote on re- | peal before the close of 1933. | It requires a total of 36 States to |ratify a constitutional amendment— three-fourths of the whole number, The Virginia Legislature is to meet in special session August 17 to pass on tne questions of repeal, beer and taxes. ‘Lhe expectation 1s that the Legislature will provide for an election of delegates to a State constitutional | convenuion on November 7. Montana and Utah have passed bills providing for elections of delegates to State constitutional conventions to deal with repeal, leav.ng it optional with the Governors of those States to call | special elections this year or to hold the elections of the delegates at the next general election in 1934. Colorado to Act. In Colorado the Governor is reported to have given assurance to Chairman James A. Farley of the Democratic National Committee, who also is Post- master General, that he will call a special session of fhe Legislature, and that he will sign a bill providing for an election of delegates to a consti- tutional convention at the next general election in 1934, or a special election this year after the thirty-third State shall have ratified the repeal amend- | ment. Oklahoma's Legislature has passed a bill and Gov. Murray will approve it | providing for the nomination of candi- dates for delegates to a constitut.onal | convention on December 5. The elec- | tion of the delegates is to take place |at the first special election or at the ‘first general election in 1934 |~ Here, then are five more States in | which action on repeal may be had during the present year, bringing the total up to 40. | Special Sessions Urged. | The State Legislatures of Kentucky, | Louisiana and Mississippi do not meet | regularly until next January. However, | there is agitation in all three of these | States to bring about special sessions to take up the matter of repeal with- out further delay. Should such action | " (Continued on Page 3, Column 1) TWO IN POSSE SHOT; | BANDITS CAPTURED Man and Woman Caught Near Fennville, Mich., After Bank Is Held Up. | By the Associated Press. FENNVILLE, Mich, July 19.—Two members of a posse were shot and | wounded, one probably fatally, shortly |after 8 am. today in a chase which | resulted in the capture of a man and |a woman who had held up the Old | State Bank at Fennville. Russell McKellups, one of the posse, was shot in the head and may die, and Kenith Jackson, Fennville councilman, was shot in the ear. His wounds, phy- sicians said, are not serious. The man and woman, who gave their names as Edward Austin and his wife, Grace, both 45, of Bravo, Mich, were not injured. They entered the bank shortly after 6:30 am. by breaking a window at the rear, bound the janitor, Dewitt Steenburg, and awaited the ar- rival of Marvin Harrison, assistant cashier. | Harrison arrived shortly before 8 am., and was forced to open the bank vault. The pair took all the available money and fled by automobil A hastily organized posse gave chase, { cornered the pair three miles west of | the village, and a gun battle followed. | After the two men fell with bullet | wounds, the robbers surrendered and | were taken to the Allegan County jail. | By the Associated Press CLEVELAND, July 19.—A defiiant, jeering crowd cf rioters, called into action by a “Paul Revere” ride by an auto driver. early today evacuated | Lardet avenue southeast before the iadvance of eight score determined ! police. Fourteen persons, including two pa- 1“PAUL REVERE” LEADS RIOTERS PROTESTING EVICTION BY POLICE {17-Hour Seige and 4-Hour Battle End When Sheriff’s ! Men Put Family Out. a crowd they estimated at 6.000 perscns. | Men and wgmen, holding hands to | faces, many cursing. stumbled away. | Some retaliated by hurling an occa- | sional brick or stone or firing a pot or pan from the dark spots between | houses. Pclice estimated they fired 150 gas bombs. | Seven men, including two of the | wounded and Elvardo C, Greenfield, 43, president of the Small Home and Land Owners’ Federation, were detained for trolmen, were injured in the four-hour | battle that climaxed a 17-hcur siege | was an independent candidate for City started when sheriff’s officers EVicudJCouncfl and deneid police allegations the John Sparanga family from the|that he was a Ccmmunist. house on which he was two years m[ It was a truck equipped with a loud arrears cn mortgage payments. Spar- 'speaker and belonging to Greenfield’s anga has been unemployed for three |organization that deshed up and down vears, neighborhood _ strests directing resi- Gas guns and gas bombs popped like dents to the Sparanga home to protest firecrackers as the officers drove back | the evictiom questicning. Greenfield asserted he i 7 77 AGREEMENTS WILL BE EFFECTIVE PENDING INDIVIDUAL ACTION Several Additional Trade Documents Are Also Being Considered by Administrators. By the Associated Press. The special Industrial Advisory Board composed of cabinet mem- bers today formally indorsed the plans of Hugh S. Johnson, recovery administrator, for a campaign to bring all industry and business quickly into wage-raising and hour-limiting voluntary agreements. 1 FRATHEADISHELD ON ARSON CHARGE President of Local Chapter! and Another Member Ac- cused of Firing House. The president of the local chapter of Sigma Chi national fraternity and an- other member were formally charged with arson today in connection with the $8,000 fire that gutted the chapter house at 1312 N street early on the morning of July 10. Albert H. Smith, 26, of Humphreys. Mo. and Edward J. Parlton, 22, of Derby, Conn., were arrested by De- tective W. F. Sager, second precinct, after an intensive investigation of the blaze which endangered the lives of 15 sleeping members of the fraternity, compelling them to escape as best they | could from the upper floors of the building where they were trapped as ' !'the stalrways went up in flames. Sought “Firebug.” After finding evidence of incendiarism’! in the charred structure, Sager and Fire Inspector Raymond C. Roberts be- gan a search for a “firebug” who had | strewn gasoline up and down the stairs and thrown oil-soaked cloths about the ! place before starting the blaze. Smith, who heads the chapter. and Parlton were first questioned because of indications that a separate blaze had been set in their fourth-floor room. | Both men said they were out of town on the night of the fire. A check of their alibi at first convinced Sager and Roberts, but in seeking to discover the origin of a large gasoline can found in the fraternity house after the fire. the ! investigators found evidence to link it with the pair, they said. Taken to Headquarters. The formal charge of arson was placed against them this morning after they had been taken to police head- quarters to be fingerprinted and pho- tographed. Both men flatly deny the charges and have made no statement except to insist that they were not in town at the time the fire occurred. Detective Sager said today he had not been able to learn a specific mo- tive for the arson. if Smith and Parlton were responsible for it. CLAIMS D. C. COUPLE TRIED T0 ROB HIM Filling Station Attendant Says Pair Under Arrest Showed Pistols Freely. By the Associated Press. CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. July 19— A couple giving the names of Mr. and | Mrs. William Clark of Washington, D | C., who police said flashed pistols freely, | were arrested last night, charged with Ringleaders Plead Guilty to Attacks on Farm Sale Judge By the Associated Press ORANGE CITY, Iowa, July 19. While a jury debated today the fate of A. A. Mitchell, 75-year- old farmer, court officials were informed by telephone that two alleged ringleaders of the attack on Judge C. C. Bradley at Le Mars would surrender and plead guilty to charges of assault with intent to do great bodily injury. BALBO HEADS EAST WITH AIR ARMADA Flyers Due in New York This Afternoon and Wash- ington Tomorrow. NEW YORK. July 19 (#.—Gen. Balbo's flying fleet passed over New York City at 2:39 pm. Eastern standard time. today preparatory to alighting on Jamaica Bay. The Italian armada droned down the Hudson to the lower end of Manhattan and then swung east toward the Bay, which was the destination of the first lap of their homeward journey to It By the Associated Press CHICAGO, July 19.—To the cheers of a multitude of early risers massed along the shoreline, Gen. Italo Balbo's fleet of 24 Italian flving boats skimmed off the glistening waves of Lake Michi- gan today and vanished in a silver mist toward the East Ending their three-day visit to Chi- cago and its centennial exposition, the fivers began to tike off from the shel- ed harbor at 6:42 am. (Central | standard time) and an hour later the last ship had shaken Lake Michigan's water from its twin hulls. The armada, with Gen. Balbo leading from the apex of the first triad, pointed toward the sun, cut across the nether reaches of the lake and headed for the air mail way to New York. A trip of perhaps seven hours would bring them to rest in Jamaica Bay off Floyd Ben- nett Field. New York Gen. Balbo, resplendent in white uni- form. drew volleys of cheers as strode from the Drake Hotel into an automobile and saluted his well-wishers. He had spent an hour before breakfast scanning maps of the route and had conferred with Giuseppi Castruccio, Italian consul, and Italian and United States naval and aviation officers. Then he climbed into a rowboat and himself plied the oars to his flagship. Thousands had moved down on the lake front during the early morning hours and prodigious cheers broke out as each successive ship churned the sunlit water into white spray, then lifted free of the waves, circled once and followed the leader southeastward, quickly vanishing. A squadron ot U. S. Army planes flew in close formation above the Italian srmada as farewell | escort. Prior to his departure from Chicago Gen. Balbo announced that if weather conditions were favorable, he would | undertake a transatlantic journey more | ambitious than the east to west cross-| he | an attempt to hold-up Lehman Eber- ing. The propcsed route would be via PRIATEFRM GETS * STANDARDS WORK Transfer of Five Divisions i Changes in procedure from the plans originally drawn were sug- gested by Attorney General Cummings and Secretary of Agricul- ture Wallace. The board decided these should be made and Gen. Johnson im- mediately set about revising the forms by which subscribing firms will come under the general limit. After this he will take them his final approval. Rely on direct to President Roosevelt for Johnson. The Chief Executive already had indicated he would rely chiefly on Johnson's judgment as to what is needed to make the recovery campaign successful. The approval of the board was made known in a short and cryptic statement by Secretary of Commerce Roper, its chairman. “Certain procedure and forms for carrying out that procedure,” said the statement, “were given ¢ areful consideration and were ap- | proved subject to some minor changes suggested by the Department of Justice and the Secretary of Agriculture. “The forms with the suggested changes are in the possession From U. S. Control Re- vealed by Roper. The retrenchment program has re- sulted in an outside agency taking over some governmental functions This was developed today when Sec- retary of Commerce Roper announced that the work of five divisions of the Bureau of Standards. which were prac- tically wiped out July 1 in the interest | of economy in the old-line establish- ment, with the loss of jobs by approx- imately 250 employes. is to be taken | over by the American Standards Asso- ciation in New York. |~ The shift of Bureau of Standards | activities will mean the transfer of building and housing. trade standards. | specifications, simplified practice and | safety standards. The move is in con- formity with & plan under consideration for some time by the administration to | vest in outside agencies functions which the Government elf was no longer able to carry on because of its reduced budget. Launched by Hoover. | | The first four groups having to do with commercial standardization were started by former President Hoover during his term as Secretary of Com- merce. They were designed to bring about uniformity in the products of American industry and to eliminate the waste which resulted from different specifications being followed by differ- ent manufacturers for practically the same article. The safety standards work has been under way at the bu- reau since 1913 Secretary Roper said he was uncer- tain if any cf the workers cut off would be placed under the new set-up. nor did he know if the Bureau of Standards facilities will continue to be used. At the same time, it was announced, however, that the Commerce Depart- ment has asked for $450,000 from the recovery funds for testing materials, and that if this money is obtained about | 75 per cent of all the Bureau of Stand- ards force which were cut off this month—something around 330 persons —would be restored to duty. It was also said that some of the "~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) COLD KEEPS ROOSEVELT | AWAY FROM DESK AGAIN Physician Suggests One More Day's Absence to Complete Full Recovery. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt arranged to stay away from his office one more day to- | day, at the suggestion of his physician, | to complete fully his recovery from Monday's indisposition. | He was dressed and ready to return | to his desk in the executive office, but Dr. Ross T. McIntire of the Naval Hos- | | pital, suggested that another day of re- | laxation would be best. | Marvin H. McIntyre, a secretary to | the President, described the indisposi- | | nimself of Gen John Funds for Prison Works Approved For Twelve States By the Assoclated Press For the improvement of Federal prisons in 12 States, the Public Works Administration today set aside $851,000 out of its $3.300,000.000 fund. Most of this money, however, will be spent on quarters for wardens, med- ical officers and guards. Less than a quarter of the fund will go for im- provement of the prison buildings themselves. These projects were picked from a larger list and approved by President Roosevelt because they can be started at once, thus carrying out the an-; nounced policy of putting the three billion dollars into job-providing con- | struction as soon as possible. Road Work at Petersburg. The 12 States in which the prisons are located are Georgia. Kansas, Mich- igan. Missouri. New York. Ohic. Okla- homa, Pennsylvania, Texas. Virginia, Washington and West Virginia. The Virginia _expenditure is $25,000 for road work at Petersburg. With this done, the cabinet board in charge of the program was to take up next the Federal public buildings plan, which once called for $750,000,000. but was reduced by the board and President Roosevelt The President soon may have to de- cide whether an Army housing and motorization program will be included in the public works schedule. A controversy witiiin the board over | this subject came to the surface yes terday in a statement by Secretary of War Dern that he had asked delay in consideration of the Army's program when he foresaw adverse action Before Dern issued his statement Secretary of the Interior Ickes. the pub- | lic works administrator, took cognizance of published reports of friction between and Lewis Douglas. Budget director. and Hugh S. Johnson, indus- trial administrator. “I don't know of any feud or_serious difference of opinion between Douglas 2nd me or Gen. Johnson and me,” Ickes said at a press conference. Reports of Disagreement. There have been reports of disagree- | ment between Douglas and Ickes over the extent to which the Government | | should carry out its $3,300,000,000 pub- | lic works program. _ Douglas suggested recently the plan (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) CALLS SPECIAL SESSION Gov. Lehmafi Issues Proclamation | to Convene Legislature. ALBANY, N. Y., July 19 (#.—Gov. sole, gasoline station owner. Ebersole reported that Clark drew a pistol after buying gasoline, but fled | when Ebersole called to the attendant | at a neighboring station. | As the couple drove away, Ebersole| said, Mrs. Clark pointed a pistol at the man who came running to his aid. | They drove toward Shippensburg, but | were arrested by Corp. C. W. Grein| of the State highway patrol as they doubled back on their trail. | Grein said as the fleeing car rounded | a curve Mrs. Clark pointed a pistol at him, but did not fire. He said Clark | stopped his car after the patrolman | fired a warning shot. SIAMESE KING WILL PAY KAUFMAN VISIT Minister Says Prajadhipok Has Pro)nised to Spend Two Weeks on Next Trip to U. 8. By the Associated Press. TOWANDA, Pa., July 19.—David E. Kaufman, home on furlough from his post as United States Minister to Siam, says King Prajadhipok has accepted an invitation to spend two weeks at his Towanda estate next Spring. ‘The Siamese monarch is coming to the United States for a second eye oper- ation. With his Queen, he toured the United States in 1931 before submit- ting to an operation for the removal of a cataract. American merchants in the Far East are benefiting from the falling value of the dollar with America off the goid stendard, the Minister stated. He said he noted a decided shift in the East from European to American products. { Newfoundland to Ireland and would keep the flyers over water a little less than 2,000 miles. Their take-off marked the close of of a three and a half day visit to the Century of Progress Exposition, during which they were given cordial recep- tions by officials and many mgu.sands (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) DOLORES LAMAR SHOT BY JEALOUS ENGINEER Dancer Model Critically ‘Wounded by George W. Kessler at Street Intersection. and By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 19.—George W. Kessler, 34, shot and critically wounded | Dolores Lamar, 19, dancer and model, at the busy intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont avenue early today. Kessler, a civil engineer, wounded the | girl three times, the police report re- counted, evidently because of jealousy when she went riding with friends. LEAGUE CALL MADE | GENEVA, July 19 (#).—The annual | day was officially convoked for Septem- ber 25 in order to permit the delegates to remain for the resumption of the Disarmament Conference in mid- October. The seventy-fifth session of the \on September 22. | tion as a slight cold, said Mr. Roosevelt | proy "y 'y oy deued a proclama- Assembly of the League of Nations to- | | League of Nations Council will be held | had no temperature and was feeling all | right. | All engagements for the day were can- | caled. MclIntyre said the President will | |16¢turn_to his desk tomorrow and will | !keep his luncheon engagement then ! with Gen. Balbo of the Italian fiyers. | tion today calling the New York Legis- lature into extraordinary session next | Wednesday at 1 pm., Eastern standard time, primarily for the purpose of help- ing New York City raise new unem- ployment relief funds. [FEARING BLINDNE The books that he loved were all that | made life worth while and rather \hsn} blindness, William J. Bone, & solitary | 83-year-oid man, killed himself this| | morning. | For three years, he had lived in Lhe‘ lonely room of a rooming house, | keeping*to himself, his books his only | companions. In a gentle, kindly way, he made it plain to the other lodgers he was interested only in books and dreams. To them he was almost a | stranger. Every day, supported by a cane, for he was feeble, he trudged to the Public Library, a few blocks away. He was & familiar figure in the reading room there, his face bending near and nearer to his book as his sight dimmed with | the passing months. | Yesterday was his birthday and last I night he lost hope. A lump secmed to 4 el SS, 360K LOVER | William J. Bone, 83, Losing Hope of Reading, Ends Life| With Pistol’s Bullet. have developed above his eyes and he feared that blindness was imminent. In an old composition book, such as a be shut out from them by & curtain of | school child might use, he wrote in a| trembling hand his reason for throwing away the life that was almost ended. Whether he slept last night, no one could say. ‘This morning at 9:30 o'clock a shot rang out. Mrs. Ethel M. Paris, who runs the rooming house, located at 1023 Eighth street, found him dead on the floor. He had placed the muzzle of a revolver in his nostril and the bullet coursed upward through his brain. She said he came to live with her from Baltimore. The address of a brother, Charles S. Bone of Gibson, | Nebr., was found among his papers.| Mrs. Paris said she thought he had a| small income and was a veteran of the Civil or Indian Wars. He was unknown at the Veterans' Bureau. Deputy Coroner Christopher J. Mur- phyedsmd a suicide verdict would be issued. : son and will be given out by him.” Johnson confirmed that this referred to the blanket code program, but warned that it had to have tormal | presidential sanction before the pro- gram could proceed. | Different Agreements Needed. He has indicated that separate types | of agreement have been drawn up for | manufacturing industries, business and trade organizations These agreements are to be in effect temporarily the more deliberate process of pa: g upon and promul- gating individual codes for each line of business can be carried out Johnson's hope is that the blanket plan will give an immediate huge lift to the purcheasing power of the coun- try's working masses so as to absorb a sustained large industrial production ?nd_ketp up with the advance in p evels While the cabinet board was in sion, several more individual indu: codes were being conside; hearings before deputy industrial ministrators. these including the elec- trical and shipbuilding industries. Electrical Hearing. At a hearing in the House Office Building. electrical manufacturers tes- tified application of their proposed code | would restore the full 1929 employment level in the industry upon a return of only 60 per cent of that year’s pro- duction Clarence L. Collens, president of the Reiniance Electrical Engineering Co. of Cleveland, gave these figures in indors- g the proposed 35 cents an hour mini~ um wage and a 36-hour week in the agreement. Appearing at the Commerce Depart- ment hearing, the shipbuilding people substituted a revision for their first code—a major change being that all emplcyes engaged in designing, engi- neering, and other occupations prepara- tory to starting new work, such as the pending naval construction program, shall be exempt for six months from the 40-hour week propesed for the bulk cf the emploves Also the 40-hour week was changed to make it based on a six-month period Wwith provision that if any worker was emploved more han eight hours in any one day he should receive time and a half for the overtime. Excepticn to the overtime provision wes made for the Great Lakes area during the navi- gating season. |~ The minimum pay for labor was left unchanged at 35 cents in the South and 40 cents in the North. Will Reorganize Press. | . Meanwhile Gen. Johnson was con- sidering extensive changes in the pub- licity machinery of his organization. Expacted soon was announcement that the entire unit would be put under direction of Charles F. Horner, who organized the speaking campaign for the war-time Liberty Loan drive and has been framing plans for a similar campaign to stir public enthusiasm in ,iuppur! of the “Llanket code” proposi- ion. Johnson has been highly dissatisfied Wwith his press set-up, considering it in- eflective Reports, not confirmed, were that he was seeking the services of Charles | Michelson, who ccnducted publicity for | the Democratic National Committee be- tween 1928 and the last election. His energetic work was credited with much of the party success. He was piaced in charge of the Treas- | ury Department press relations works during the critical period of bank closures and. suspension_of the gold (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) _ ASKS NEW TRIAL | Kenneth Buck's SLAYS SELF IN LONELY ROOM| Counsel Enters Plea for Reopening of Case. BARNSTABLE, Mass, July 19 (#).— | A plea for a new trial for Kenneth | Buck, 28, convicted kidnaper of Mar- garet C. “Peggy” McMath on May 2, | was heard yesterday by Judge Edward Hanify in Barnstable County Court. | The judge took the matter under ad- | visement Elias Burwick of Worcester, Buck's counsel, had filed the motion for a new trial on eight grounds, but he argued on only one, contending a confession made by Buck should not have been | admitted as evidence. ‘ Kenneth is serving 25 years in the State prison for the kidnaping. GUIDE FOR READERS Amusements Comics Features Finance . Radio . 2 Serial Fiction . Society Sports * 'B-10-11 ‘AS0-11-12 B-16