Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1933, Page 3

THE EVENING THO DIXE STATES VOTE FOR REPEAL Alabama Goes 2 to 1 and, Arkansas 3 to 2 Against Amendment. (Continued From First Page) be taken. the total number of States acting this year might be 43. The five remaining States are Georgia, Kansas and North Dakota, where the 18 States Fifteen Others Will Act Prohibitionists Christmas With Arkan: By the Associated Press. States which have ratified: State. Michigan Wisconsin Rhode Island . Wyoming - Legislatures met this year and failed to act finally on bills to elect dele- gates to State constitutional conven tions. and Nebraska and South Dako- ta where the Legislatures passed bills | definitely fixing the clection of dele- gates to State constitutional conven- | tions on November 6. 1934. Repealists Claim Justified. Under all the circumstances, the re- pealists seem justified in claimng that at least 36 States will ratify the twenty- first amendment before the end of 1933 Once th amendment has been ratisied by 3 s, it becomes the duty of the Sec vy of State to pro- claim the ratification. When that proc- St New Jersey Delaware | Indiana .... Massachusetts New Yor’k Tllinois Connecticut ... New Hampshire Other States which ha State. ve voted repe: Nevada California West Virginia | lamation has been made, natioral pro- hibition will ceas>. The control of the hquor traffic will revert to the Slates. 1f they have State p-ohibiiion laws. those Jaws will be in force. The tax imposed by the Feder:l Government on liquor will again become effective and it is expected that the Government will receive a large revenue therefrom Repealists Win All States. Not a single State to date has voted against repeal of the eighteenth amend. ment and for the retention of national prohibition. The 18 es which have voted already include States in_every section of the country: they States which have been considered the verv backbone of the prohibition move- which a few years s considered as solidly “dry” in sentiment as it w Democratic, been smashed by the elections yester- day. with both Alabama and Arkansas going strongly for repeal appeals which in the past have been | s0 potent, eminating from Bishop James | Cannon, jr.. and other dry leaders, were able to stem the tide. The “solid South™ has been as effectuall shed this vear by the repealists as it was smash- ed by the Republicans in 1928. when four of these States voted for Herbert Hoover over Alfred E. Smith. “solid South." Ternessee Votes Tomorrow. Tomorr-w the voters go to the polls in anothcr Southern State, Tennessce, to elect delegates to a State constitu- tion convention. The repealists have been confident of success there, and the victories in labama and Arkansas seem to point the way to another vic- | torv tomorrow Senater Morris Sheppard of Texas, author of the eighteenth amendment, today contmued to reaffirm his_alle- giarce to national prohibition. He in- sisted that the twen first amend- ment would not be ratified and that the necessary 13 States would be found to block it. vhile he did not list the States which he feels will oppose re- peal, he did say that his own State, Texas, would be am°gg them. The Lone Star State is scheduled to vote on this question August 26. Reports from the State indicate that it will support repeal, despite the claims of Senator Sheppard. Oregon Votes Friday. Oregon votes cn repeal Friday and there a repeal victory is expected, too. In August, in addition to Texas, votes on repeal will be taken in Arizona, Missouri and Washington. Six States are slated already to vote September—Vermont, Maine. Mary- esota, Idaho and New srida is the only one now voting in October, and on November 7 North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Carolina are to vete. ing Amendment. ‘The 13 States which have actually ratified the twenty-first amendment are Michigan, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, ‘Wyoming. New Je: . New York, Dela- ware, Tilinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Iowa, Connecticut and New Hampshire. The five States which have elected repeal delegates to State conventions which will soon ratify are Nevada, California, West Virginia, Alabama and Arkansas The drys have by no means aban- doned the battle. They are doing ali they can to prevent early ratification of | the repeal amendment, hoping that the pendulum_will swing back in another year to their cause. In Missouri and in Ohio they have sought to hold up the election of delegates to State con- stitutional conventions _through the vehicle of referenda on the acts passed by the State Legislatures. The Ohio Supreme Court held that the act was not_subject to a referendum. In Mis- souri the attorney gereral has given an opinion that the act there is.not subject to a referendum, either. Declared Unconstitutional. The Supreme Court of Maine handed the State Senate an opinion some time ago to the effect that a State consti- tutional convention consisting of dele- gates chosen at large to pass on the | would be uncon- | repeal amendment stitutional on the ground that it would Virtually be amending the Constitution .of the United States by a popular vcte. It is possible that the drys will make some effort in the future to attack the ratification of the twenty-first amend- ment by State constitutional conven- tions whose delegates w chosen at Jarge, or were governed by the result of the State-wide vote. Such proceed- ing has been the rule in most of the State con In Maine, a tradi- the election of dele- gates is 10 be held September 11, and | 84 delegates are to be chosen, un- pledged. from the 16 counties appor- tioned according to population Dr. Scott McBride, general superi tendent of the Anti-Saloon League. was reported at the league headquarters to be out of town, any statement regarding the Alabama and Arkansas results, it was said, would have to come from him. Rufus' S. Lusk of the Washington aders—an organization opposed to | e eighteenth amerdment—said in a, on his feet and will take the count— a good long count—on November 7, —_— SPECIAL NOTICES. MEETING OF THE STOCK- Northeast Buildi July 20, 1933, d_Thursday. m. at the office of the 0 R. I ave ne. for the ing directors for' the en- a transaction of such other business as may properly. come be- fore the meeting 3 2 S S SYMONS. Secretary. 1 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEETS otner_then my own C. J. 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Alabama | Arkansas 18 18 | Oregen Arizona Missouri | Texas ...... ashington . Maine . Maryland . | The Governo next year. August 17. The Governor of Kentucky contemplated call for a special session. The Legislatvres of Louisiana and | until 1934. Repeal bills Heat Kills Actor None of the | While Taking Part In Winter Scene By the Associated Press. ATHEN. Oreg.. July 19.—Heat caused the death of L. Fillmore, 65. of Pendleton, while he was working as an extra on a motion picture set near here. Fillmore, with others, was garbed in a heavy overcoat and was taking part Monday in a | | Winte- scene. The temperature was about 90 degrees. | when Florida, Ohio, North Carolira, South Carolina and Pennsylvania vote for repeal.” ALABAMA VICTORY CONCEDED. More Than Half Returns Give 78,356 to 46,693 for Repeal. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 19 (®.— Traditionally dry Alabama today had joined the ranks of States Voting to re- peal the eightesnth amendment, al- though late returns from rural districts were whittling down the early long lead piled up n Tavor of ratification of the twenty-first amendment. The count at 10:15 a.m., central standard time. from 1268 of the 2,137 ballot boxes in the State. showed 78,356 votes for repeal and 16,693 against in yesterday's referendum Late last night Charles E. Rice. chairman of the forces opposing repeal in Alabama, conceded defeat. but point- ed out that the State dry laws still are in effect. and said the prohibition forces | would oppose any movement to change them. | “Rice said, “My judgment is that | later returns will increase our vote in | proportion to the repeal vote, but the additional ballots in any event won't be enough for us to win.” Repeal received an early lead in Te- ‘tums from city boxes, but returns from | the smaller rural counties cut into the majority for a time. The State voted to elect 116 delegates to a repeal convention to be held Au- gust 8. Delegates are bound to vote as a unit on the basis of the referendum. Repealists waged their campaign in the State on the issues of State’s rights and loyalty to the Democratic national program. while the opponents con- t-nded prohibition was a moral issue upon which a party platform should not be binding. The opponents urged that Alabama become the first State to vote to retain the eighteenth amend- ment B Constitutional amendments for a State income tax and a deficit funding yesterday, had commanding leads today. AS VOTES 3 TO 2. Latest Count Shows 55502 to 35148 for Repeal. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 19 (®).— A ratio of 3 to 2 for repeal of the | eighteenth amendment was maintained today as additional returns were Tre- ceived from yesterday's referendum. With 1,078 precincts heard from out of 2,046 in the State, the vote was: For repeal, 55.502. Against repeal, 35,148 Bearing out predictions, the 10 most populous counties in which are situated { the larger towns and cities, gave prac- tically a 5-to-2 majority for repeal. The 10 counties furnished approxi- mately 41 per cent of the vote already tabulated. Of this 71 per cent was wet. Phillips County voted 89 per cent wet to lead the procession. M. L. Sigman, president of the New Deal Repeal Club, telegraphed President Roosevelt he was “very happy in pre- senting to you this great State for the ratification of the twenty-first (repeal) amendment.” Commenting on the returns, Rev. Ar- den P. Blalock, Baptist minister here and one of the State prohibition leaders said that “with the going of Alabama and Arkansas for repeal of the eigh- teenth amendment, it is practically as- sured but it will serve as a boomerang on our Democratic party.” H. K. Toney, speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives, said at Pine Bluff he would come to Little Rock to- d ARKAN | to confer with Gov. Futrell and legislative leaders to urge an immediate session to legalize beer and tax it for school purposes. A’rknfisfls voted to elect 75 delegates to a repeal convention August 1. They were bound to vote for or against repeal as the referendum on prohibition dic- tated. . |NOTICE IS REQUIRED FOR FUND WITHDRAWALS 60-Day Notification to Be Asked for Taking Out Postal Savings Time Deposits. By the Associated Press. The Post Office Department has or- dered offices over the Nation to require 60 days’ notice of withdrawal of postal savings time deposits if the 2 per cent interest is to be received. As explained by officials, the order was made necessary by the Glass-Stea- gall banking reform law, which stipu- lates that interest shall not be paid on demand deposits, but only on time de- posits of 90 days or longer. Officials said it would be necessary to notify the post office 60 days in ad- vance of withdrawals of time deposits to obtain interest for the 90-day period. Convention date. Convention vote. .April 10 April 25 .May ’May 25 . .July o date. Repeal delegates Election da cal dele June 10 .June 27 June 27 Colorado’s Legislature is now in special se: $20,000,000 warrsnt issue, also voted on | in Repeal Column by November 7—Anti- Hopeful * of Victory Before sas and Alabama Vote. A quick glance at how the States are voting on the repeal question: Popular vote. 850,546 to 287,931 648,031 to 141,518 150,244 to 20,874 (Delegates chosen at precinct mass meetings and county conven- tions.) 573,532to 90,733 45,615 to 13505 557,062 to 312,120 436356 to 57.702 1.946.532 to 247,450 99 to 15to 31to 64 to 1 0 8 0 J 202t0 2 17to 0 246 to 83 45 to 150 to 50 to 99 to 50 to 10 to 0 0 0 0 376,661 to 249,534 0 236742t0 34,816 1 0 76,044 to 30,409 al: Popular vote. (Chosen at coun- ty conventions.) 967.394 to 305,071 219,914 to 136,835 40to 0 22to 0 20to 0 States which have fixed election dates: Date. .September _September September 19 _October 10 .Novembe- .. November 7 ‘November 7 o101 1111 November 7 After December 5, prob- ably in July, 1934 Nebraska ...... November 6, 1934 South Dakof November 6, 1934 tah may set the elections either this or ssion and Virginia's meets repeal in his State. Minnesota Idaho .. New Mexi Florida .. A North Carolina Ohlol .00 Pennsylvania . Scuth Carolina Oklahoma co. has been urged to include Mississippi do not meet in regular session | failed of action in Georgia, Kansas and North Dakota REPEALIN 1933 HELD CERTAIN BY SHOUSE iSays It Is Highly Probable 48 States Will Ratify 21st Amendment. | | By the Associated Press | NEW YORK. July 19 —Repeal of the eighteenth amendment befor= the end of 1933 was held today to be certain by | | Jouett Shouse, president of the Na- | tional Association Against Prohibition. “The verdict of the American people is just as certain, is just as well known and is just as commanding now as it will be ‘when the last detail has been completed,” Shouse said in a statement commenting on the repeal elections yes- terday in Arkansas and Alabama. “It is now highly probable.” the state- ment continued. “that not merely the necessary 36 States will ratify the pending propased twenty-first amend- ment to the Federal Constitution, but that it will be ratified by all the 48 States of the Union. his is certainly a result to be hoped for in order that the steps toward re- peal may be taken by an absolutely unified Nation. “Defeated successively in such for- mer strongholds as Indiana, Iowa and West Virginia, our prohibition friends fell back upon the South as their last possible line of defense. Now that it has been demonstrated beyond cavil that the South, too, favors repeal; now that it is apparent that no possibie list | of 13 States can be compiled which will hold out against repeal. is it not the part of wisdom for the dry forces to submit gracefully to the popular wil! | and resume the constructive work toward temperance which has been so utterly destroyed through the attempt | at national prohibition?” Shouse added orally that in his opin ion “the greatest aid to temperance is to have beer sold on every corner.” Mrs. E. Roland Harriman, national treasurer of the women's crganization ‘or national prohibition reform, fore- saw ratification of the repeal resolution without a dissenting State. “The organized urys have held that | the votes in these two States (Arkansas and Alabama) would apply the acid test to the question of repeal and builded their last hopes on the traditionally dry | Southern sentiment,” her statement said. “With these verdicts from two repre- sentative Southern States, every section | of the country has registered its dis- approval of the eighteenth amendment. “Dry activities have failed completely to stem the repeal tide which may still roll up a 100 per cent victory for rati- fication.” 'DALRYMPLE URGES MAKING OF WHISKY National Prohibition Administra- tor Declares That Dry Laws Are Doomed. By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., July 19.—Prohibi- tion is doomed and probably will be wiped off the statute books within eight months. Maj. A. V. Dalrymple, national prohibition ~administrator, said here yesterday as he advocated immediate distillation of whisky and wine to meet future needs of the Nation. “Prohibition is on the skids,” he said. “We cannot escape it and we might as well not ‘kid’ ourselves.” Maj. Dalrymple cefended 3.2 per cent beer as a pledge of the Democratic party and said the Federal prohibition forces would not attempt to keep beer out of dry States unless the United States Supreme Court declared it un- constitutional. In advocating immediate distillation by licensed distillers, the prohibition administrator said cnly a small amount of liquor and wine was available and if prohibitior. were repealed immediately foreign liquors would have a distinct ad- vantage over domestic. FUR WORKERS DISCUSS Committees Named to Prepare Re- port on Industrial Code at July 25 Meeting. The local Fur Workers’ Union met lact night at the Jewish Community Center to discuss the establishment of a code which will provide employment and a satisfactory standard of wages for furriers. David Schaffer, president of the union, declared that, although local conditions were favorable, employers found it increasingly difficult to abide by agreements which some employers broke in unfair competition. Marx Lewis, counsel for the union, analyzed certain provisions of the na- tional industrial recovery act. Com- mittees were named to continue activ: | ities during the coming weck for a re- port at the next meeting, which will be held at the center on the evening of July 25, 1,227,668 to 341,773 | 7| STANDARD OF WAGES ! STAR, WASHINGTON, ILAND BANK LOANS BIGAID TO FARMER Agriculturist Now Can Get Money for Less Under New Legislation. (Editor's mote—This is another of a series of stories by staff writers © of the Associated Press explaining | mew legislation.) ‘The farmer by getting in touch with one of the 12 Federal land banks, by letter or otherwise, now has the way open to borrow more Federal money lat less interest. The amounts run frcm $100 to $50,- 1000. Previously there was a $25,000 | limit to what one borrower could get ! under the “Pederal farm loan act.” | If he is out of debt, says the law | with its recent changes, the farmer can obtain a loan for up to 50 per cent cf the appraised normal value of his land plus 20 per cent of the appraised value of permanent, insured improvements, giving a first mortgage in return. Purpeses Are Specified. The loans must be for one of fc purposes which he must plying for the loan: [ ol Purchase of land for agricultural P ur state in ap- jand live stock necessary for proper and reascnable operatin of farm land. 3. Liquidation of indebtednoss in- curred for agricultural purposes, or in- curred pricr to January 1, 1933 4. Continued operation’ of the land | mortgaged. | Before the lcan can be made, the {farm offered as security must be ap- | praised by a land bank representative | The loan can be obtained directly | from the land bank, but the farmer can | get it at lower interest if it is handled through a national farm loan associa- tion. There are about 4,000 of these, with from a dozen to several hundred farmer-members in each. Inderse the Loan. These indorse the loan and accept responsibility for payment. To become a member a farmer who obtains a loan through one is required to subscribe to the association’s stock in an amount equal to 5 per cent of his loan. This stock forms a pool to absorb losses if members fail to pay loans When a farmer-member pays his loan, his responsibility ceases; he gets back the amount he paid for his stock, less losses. If necessary he can borrow money from the land banks as part of his mortgage loan to subscribe for stock. The interest rate where the farmer is a member cf an association is 4'. per cent for five years and 5 per cent after that, it the loan is made in the next two years. The interest rate on a direct loan from a land bank is one half of 1 per | cent higher for both periods. Can Run 40 Years. For the first five vears, regarded as | an “emergency” period, no installments {need be paid on the mortgage loans { which can run for up to 40 years. Mortgage holders can sell their mortgages under the act, taking bonds lissued by the land banks in return | The banks can issue up to $2,000,000.- | 000 in these tax-exempt bonds. with | interest guaranteed by the Government at 4 per cent To get these bonds the mortgage | holder also must apply to the land banks. They will allow him no more than 150 per cent of the value of the land |and 20 per cent of the improvements | for _his lien. If his mortgage is for more than | that he will have to take & loss, if for | less he will have to take that. | Can Liquidate Claim. The purpose of the provision is that the holder of the paper can liquidate "his claim, and the farmer who owes the mortgage-holder will then owe the land banks and will get the benefit of | Jower interest rates. Most mortgages I held privately call for 6 to 7 per cent interest. So far no bonds have been issued to the public, but some have been pledged to the Reconstruction Corporation for cash which s being used to buy up mortgages held by closed and restricted anks. | The 12 Federal lat springfield, Land Banks are Mass.; Baltimore; Columbia, S. C.; Louisville, New Orleans, St. Louis, St. Paul, Omaha, | Wichita, Houston, Berkeley and Spo- kane, |LEISURE AND ABSENCE SEEN DIVORCE CAUSES By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 19.—Too much leisure and too many absences, Norma Shearer said yesterday, are menaces to i married life. { The motion bpicture actress com- mented on the wave of Hollywood sep- araticns as she returned from Europe with her husband, Irving Thalberg, and their 3-year-old son, Irving, Jir. “For.a couple to stay happily mar- ried,” she said, “they must have some excited that they have no time to think of petty things. “Also, there must not be unnecessary separations. lieve they can get along withcut each other.” She and her husband were in Eu- rope for four months, but for most of her clothes, she said, she sent to New York. “I am completely lost when I shop over there,” she explained. Thalberg, who took a leave from his work as supervising director of Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer films to regain his health, had nothing to say about re- ports he would join the Fox Co. He will make a statement of His plans next week, he said. OSEPH W. HARRIMAN (center), Purchase of equipment, fertilizers ' work which keeps them so busy and | They make couples be- | D. C., WEDNESDAY, 19: JULY 19, - Al %% A3 RECOVERY AT HT BY PRIGEADVANCE Are Higher Than Congress Anticipated. BY MARK SULLIVAN. It is impossible to ceny that the mechanism for control of the country’s economic structure, set up here at | Washington, wobbles a little. No one | takes pleasure in the fact. Everybody hopes for the intricate mechanism to pull itself together and go on. Literally, it would be difficult to find any one | who wishes for lack of success. | Of persons who criticize the experi- ment, and profoundly believe it to be a mistake, there are many. But every | one has a stake in it, whether as busi- ness man, farmer, wage-ca'n°r or in- | vestor. Every one realizes the country | is committed to it. that there is now no other way, and that disaster to the | experiment_would be disaster ! country. There is hardly anv one in- dividual so situated as not to be ad- versely affected by any mishap that might occur. It may be that no real mishap is sight. hised as mishan by those directing the machine and its parts. Theirs is the philosophy of experiment. They sav it is in the nature of experiment to trv first one way and then another until the way that will work is found. ~While their method inc'udes change and adap- tation. their obijective is fixed The erm Foods. higher wages for labor. That aim they are determined to attain, If all other methods should fail, they have always the power of inflating the cur- rency. in Lower Prices Assumed. The present wobbling may be fmma- terial. It occurs in the ficld of farm relief. When that bill was devised the farm prices its authors and directors had in mind was the level. roughly, of 1909-1914. We must, however, express the objective more exactly. The precise words in the law are that prices of basic farm crops shall be raised to “a level that will give agricultural com- modities a purchasing power with re- spect to articles that farmers buy equi- valent to the purchasing power of agri- cultural commodities in the pre-war period.” The method through which pri are to be raised, according to the act. is by laying a “process tax” on millers, cotton spinners and other purchasers of farm crops. This tax. after being collected by the Government, is to be paid to the farmers subject to certain conditions, The amount of the tax is supposed to be, spcaking very roughly, the differ- ence between existing market prices and the pre-war price. The whole spirit of the act assumes current market prices to be ldwer than the prices de- termined by the act. Surprisingly this is not now so. ‘When the bill was first proposed and passed, prices of farm crops were very low. The object of the bill was to raise the price. for example, of cotton, to about 10 cents a pound, and wheat to about 90 cents a bushel. About that time, *however, all crops started upward. Today, prices of cotton and wheat are much above what they would be if the prices were determined by the Govern- ment according to the formula of the farm relief act. . Unforeseen Complication. This causes embarassment to the ad- ministration of the act. The condi- tion makes t illogical to assess the “processing tax.” The administrators. however, need the money. They need it in order to pay to farmers sums run- ning upward of $200.000.000 to induce the farmers to plant smallér crops next year. The only way to get the money is to lay on the “Trocessing tax.” At first, there was a suggestion that the necessary money be taken directly from the Federal Treasury. About this there was acrimonious discussion within the administration. In the end, the pro- cessing tax has been levied. This is only one of dreds of unforeseen complications and embarrassments which are rolling in on the administrators of both the farm re- lief act and the industrial recovery act. In effect, the administration has set | itself the ‘task of overcoming in_the entire area of industry, all the whims of chance, plus ail the whims of weather, plus all the whims of crop failure or crop excess. plus all the whims of price variation, plus all the whims of human nature of those en- gaged in industry, whether as proprie- tors, workers or consumers. DRIVES SELF TO HOSPITAL AFTER CHAUFFEUR FAILS Buyer, Injured by Ax Through Windshield, Summons Colored Worker Who Hits Tree. By the Associated Press. CHERAW, S. C,, July 19.—H. C. Hop- son of Leesburg. Fla.. finally had to drive himself to the hospital. Hopson, who is here buying some of the local peach orchard output, was driving through the yard of his home when a wheel of his automobile struck an ax, throwing the tool through the front window of the car and gashing the produce buyer on the head. Bleeding profusely, Hopson called Ben Dewitt, colored, to drive the car to a hospital. | Dewitt took the wheel and rammed the machine into a tree. Hopson, although weak from loss of blood, dispensed with his chauffeur and drove himself to the hospital. Produce Indicted Banker After Return indicted New York banker, accompanied by Mrs. Harriman, being taken by automobile to the Federal Building in New York yesterday chortly after his sudden return to the nursing home whence he had mysteriously disappeared Monday. The aged banker, his clothing saturated with water, hailed a cab near the North River and directed that he be driven back to the nursing home, —A. P. Phote. | Quotations for Farm Products | to the Nothing that occus is Tecog- | anent objective is higher prices for | literally hun- | Retired THIRTY-FOUR YEARS IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE. | JOHN W. | DE GRANGE, tired July 15 from the Secretary's of- ‘fice, Interior Department, afi~r 34 | years® service. He was retired invol- | untarily ‘under the “30-vear service" plan. A native of Berkeley Springs, W. Va. Mr. De Grange came here in | 1899 during the administration of Pres- ident McKinley. He was under Ethan Allen Hitchcock and all subsequent | Secretaries of the Interior. HARRIMAN 1S HELD BEHND BARS NOW tJudge Considering Charging Former Banker $25,000 for Little Jaunt. By the Associated Press NEW YORK. July 19— Bars confined Joceph W. Harriman tod: while a judge considered whether to charge the former banker $25,000 for his latest journey to nowhere. | Harriman, awaiting trial on a charge | of falsifying the accounts cf the Har- riman National Bank & Trust Co. turned up late yesterday after a second disappearance from a nursing home. | He appeared a few hours after Frd- | eral Judge Caffey nhad ordered his $25,000 bail forfeited. The judge com- mitted him to a Bellevue Hospital ward, which has barred doors and windows, {or mental observation. Then the judge agreed to hear ncw arguments about the bail today. The former banker hailed a taxi near the Hudson River yesterday His | clothes were dripping. Directing the | driver to the nursing home. he said “Step on it. I just fell in the river.” After saying that he spent the tim: since vanishing Monday morning in parks, he fell into a desp sleep at Bellevue. CANADIAN LIQUOR EXPORTS DECREASE Passing of Prohibition in U. S. Reflected in Provinces Last Month. Special Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, Canada, July 19.—The passing of prohibition in the Uniied | States is reflected in a sharp decrease of Canadian liquor exports last month. but Americans have a real taste for Canadian ales and beer. according to the latest government figures. Whisky exports to St. Pierre and | Miquelon, islands in the Gulf of St. | Lawrence, which were but a channel for eventual export to the United States, dropped to 34.985 gallons in June, com- pared with 71,111 gallons in June, 1932. Canada exported a total of 44380 gal- lons of whiskeys last month, compared with 106.855 gallons in June, 1932. There is apparently a preference in many quarters for Canadian ales and beers because of greater “kick.” 21643 gallons being shipped last month across the border. on record, in June, 1932 Ale and beer exports totaled 23.429 gallons last month, so that the bulk went to the United States. Total ex- (Copyright, 1933.) WAITE MAY APPROVE RED RIVER PROJECT Deputy Administrator of Public Works Indicates $36,500,000 Program Is Worth While. By the Associated Press. Approval of the $36,500,000 power and flood control project on the Red River at Denison, Tex., was strongly indicated today by Col. H. M. Waite, deputy public resentatives of the section urge that it be carried through. “It is a part of a comprehensive scheme whereby the Government will protect the Mississippi Valley against disastrous floods from one end to the other,” Waite said. He characterized the opportunity for the development of such a comprehen- sive plan as the most significant fea- ture of the public works bill and said the Red River project was an important unit in it. .- Work Given 1,000 in Mills. COLUMBUS, Ga., July 19 (®).— Textile mill officials yesterday said ap- proximately 1,000 additional employes as a result of the newly adopted textile code. Merchants of Diamonds for Over 43 Years When money talks . . . | Twenty-five U street northeast, was re- None was shipped, that is, | ports in June, 1932, were 1,127 gallons. | works administrator, after hearing rep- | had been given work in Columbus mills | 1.5 PRCE TREND | P SNEE PR Consumer to Pay More as Government Spurs Drive for 1926 Parity. | By the Associated Press. Although the cost of living in the | United States was 2.9 per cent lower | cn June 15 than it was last December, | the general trend since early in April | has been upward, trailing more or less | the advance in commodity prices. The steady rise in wholesale prices | since June indicates, say Government ! statisticians, that the consumer is pay- ing more now for food, clothing and | some other staples, and that he prob- | | ably will continue to pay more as the | | Government “spurs the drive for 1926 | parity between the dollar and commod- | | ities. | Latest Tabulation. ! The latest tabulation of retail food | prices by the Bureau w Labor statistics | showed an average it _rease in 51 rep- resentative cities of about 313 per cent on June 15 when compared with May | |15. On July 8 the index number of | wholesale food prices was 629, as com- | pared with 61 on June 17. These index numbers are based on average prices | for the year 1926 as 100. | Sirloin_steak was retailing in the | United States on June 15 at an aver- age price of 29.7 cents a_pound. The average price in Zansas City, a fairly typical MiGwestern city, was 26.8 cen a low mark for sirloin there during the depression period. The sirloin steak low | for ihe United States as a whole was 28 cents in April, | Kansas City was paying the same price for its bread as the average United States city on June 15, the figure being 66 cents a pound. That equaled the | | May, 1933, low for bread in that city while the United States minimum was 64 in the January to April period of | this year. | The average price of potatoes for the country as a whole on June 15 was 4.6 | cents a pound while Kansas City resi- | dents were enjoying their tubers at the | average Erice of 26 cents. The low for the country in retail potato prices | | was 14 cents in November, 1932, and | for Kansas City 12 cents in August, 1932, Kansas City Milk Cost. Kansas City residents were paying | an average of 10 cents a quart for milk | cn June 15 equivalent to the previous ! low there of 10 cents in February, 1932. | The average price of milk in the United | States was 10.2 cents a quart on June | 15, with 10 cents in May last being | a low for the deflationary period. However, Kansas City was paying | more on June 15 for its sugar. The | average price being 5.9 cents a pound | compared with 5.4 cents in the country | retail minimum for | s City was 5.3 cents in | 1932, while the United | and July States low was 4.9 cents in May and | June, 1932 | Wholesale prices of textile products, which are virtually always reflected in | retail prices for clothing, have been ad- vancing much more rapidly than the | wholesale prices of foods. The index ! number for textile products was 64.1 on July 8 as compared with 58.7 on June 10 and 50.6 on March 4 Wholesale prices of hides and leather products, affecting the shoe market, | advanced steadily from 809 on June 10 to 83.7 on July 8. On March 4 the | index number was down to 67.6. | Fuel and lighting prices moved up, in the June-July period from 60.8 to! building materials from 729 to house furnishing goods from 72.4 to 73.6. and miscellaneous commodities from 595 to 629. Farm products, a| factor in the od price situation, | ed from 52.5 to 58.5 in the same pericd. A 7.8 per cent decrease in rent was 1the largest single factor in the gen-| eral living cost decline of 2.9 per cent/ between December, 1932. and June.! 1933. In that period food decreased 2| per cent: clothing. 14 per cent: fucl and light. 54 per cent, and miscel- | laneous items, 2.4 per cent. House fur- nishing goods increased .2 per cent. Rent Decrease Seen. A rent decrease of 14.9 per cent was| also the biggest factor in the cost of | living decline of 5.5 per cent om | June, 1932, to June. 1933. Clothing| dropped 6.3 per cent: fuel and light.| 55 per cent: food, 3.4 per cent; house furnishing goods, 3.7 per cent, and' miscellaneous items, 3.8 per cent. However, in the big drop from June, 1929, food was the leader. with a 37.5 per cent decrease in price. Clothing prices fell 25.7 per cent; rent, 29.2 per cent; fuel and light, 153 per cent: house furnishing goods, 25.6 per cent,| and miscellaneous items, 6.2 per cent. As compared with June, 1920, the peak period, living costs decreased 40.7 per cent. Clothing set the pace with 58.3 per cent; food prices were down 55.8 per cent, and house furnishing goods 49.5 per cent. Miscellaneous items declined only 3.4 per cent. \HOTEL MEN TO OFFER TRADE CODE SHORTLY Document Will Be Ready for Hear- ing Within 30 Days, Officials of Group Say. A code of fair competition for the) hotel and restaurant industry probably | will be presented within 30 days, it was said today by officials of the Hotel and Restaurant Employes’ Alliance. | Edward Flore, president of the al- | liance, an affiliate of the American | Pederation of Labor, is now co\'eringi | the Eastern section, compiling data for | | the code. The country has been di-| | vided into regional districts so a com- | plete picture of the industry may be | presented. | It is estimated a million workers are employed in the industry #£.d another | half million are unemployed. REDUCED BRIEF PRICES BYRON S. ADAMS I Never " = 1t doesn’t stutter; it speaks plainly. Buying and selling jewelry for cash makes prices that otherwise would be utterly impossible. | ceed with the wheat plan FARM HEADS PLAN ACRE REDUCTIONS Wallace Told This Year’s Crop Will Fail to Solve Surplus Problems. By the Associated Press With word from Secretary of Agri- culture Wallace that this year's wheat crop, the smallest since 1893, would fail to solve the problem of surpluses and that production contrcl was needed, farm administrators are going ahead with their acreage reduction program They announced yesterday that by August 1, they would have arrange- ments complete for the campaign to obtain agreements from farmers to re- duce their acreages up to 20 per cent during the next {wo years in return for cash payments, two-thirds of which would be made soon after farmers sign up. Administrators said the campaign had increased prospects of suc of the short crop. Th the reduced yields in mos areas had left numerous farmers who depend on growing wheat for their livelihood with such small harvest pros- pects that they would be unable to bene- fit from the recent swift price increases. Wallace said the reduction in Ameri- can wheat supplics resulting fror small crop would stil. on hand because of the h till unconsumed ir 1 He showed no confidence in p of an early incre in export bus sought by most ng ferer sserting for anticipating for large tonnages of that “t| is any new outlel” the grain. “One more year of an average con- tinued wheat acreage would undo all the improvement in the wheat situation which has resulted from tt ear’s short crop. and American wheat pro- Gucers would he plunged once more into an era of disastrously low purchasing power for their crop.” Wallace said He said the determination to pro- “is not based upon an arbitrary decision but upon the facts of the econcmic position of wheat.” “The 1932 wheat crop was unsusally small. By feeding enormous quantities of this cheap wheat ck we were able to keep the from in- creasing *during the 1933 crop will be 0 are now faced with the cheering pro pect for the first time since 1926. of ending the year witn smaller stocks on hand than when we entered it “Unless the acreage for the 1934 crop, however. is held in check. the surplus will mount again when the next crop is harvested, and tr ces may be ex- picted to reflect increased plantings as carly t 11, when Winter sowings are com “‘Because our prices are far above our export level. exports will be small. A lib-ral estimate calls for 40.000.000 bushels for export shipment. On the basis of the most liberal estimates. total disappearance of stocks may be ex- pressed in 660.000.000. leaving a ca: over of 200.000.000 bushels July 1. 19 Such a level of 2tocks. Wallace said, would be satisfact if there was any guarantee that it would not increase ately. Without the wheat plan, that “growcrs will certainly in- crease their wheat acreage sharply this Fall and next Spring.” and that even with no increase rage yvield next year would produce a normal crop of 850,000,000 bushels WHERE TO DINE. Special Daily Dinner Regular Dinners. .75¢ and $1.00 Luncheon SPECIAL DINNER THURSDAY 12 to 2 45C 6 to 8 P.M. Steak Dinner, 65¢ Waitress Service—No Tipping Daily. 1:30 to %—Sunday. 12 to 8 SREYNOLD'S C. F. Harper 509 18th St. N.W. Just Below Pa. Ave. Sea Food 5 Oc Dinners Wearley’s Served 11:30 AM. to 9 P.M. Clam, Sh: bftake Cocktail of Olc- lam Chowder Orchestra mp or Cra shio g Chaice_of Baked Trout Half Cold Boiled Lobster Virginia Crab Cakes Choice of Two Vesetables Corn on Cob New Spinach With Exg French Fried or Boiled New Potat, Sliced Tomatoes Coles| Bread and Butter Coffee, Tea or Beer 418 12th St. NW. DINNER Thursday Special, 5 to 8 P.M. Four-course_din: or soup, our imper 1. Block East Conn. Ave. at N St. SEA FOOD DINNERS On Herzog’s Cool Marine Porch Enjoy sea food of the finest prepared and served the way you like it on Herzog's cool marine porch, over- looking the Potomac. You'll enjoy the excellence of our lobsters and other specialifes. The cool breezes that sweep across the marine porch add zest to your meal. Drive down tonite. HERZOG’S 11th and Pctomac River CLOSED SUNDAYS