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“From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s Carrler system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, with lowest temperature about 30 degrees tonight; tomorrow, cloudy, warm- er, probably rain; diminishing’ winds. Temperatures—Highest, 56 at 12:30 | pm. vesterday; lowest, 31, at 7:30 | Full report on page A-0 toda; Closing N. Y. Markets. Pages 14,15&16 @ 32,717. / 4 , No. Entered as second cla: ice, V matter hington, D. C. ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation. Sunday’s Circulation. .. 115,291 126,317 WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1933—FORTY PAGES. s Associated Pre TWO CENTS. PARDON PROMISED 10 ANY CONVICTED IN HARTLYNCHING Rolph Praises Work of Throng That Killed Two California Kidnapers. SEES NATIONAL LESSON IN FATE OF ABDUCTORS Declares He Remained Home to Prevent Use of Troops to Halt Hangings. By the Associated Pre: SACRAMENTO, November —Gov. James Rolph, jr., said today the lynch- ing in San Jose Thurmond and Jchn Holmes, confessed kidnapers and slayers of Brooke Hart, should result in fewer Kkidnapings ughout the country and that he Id pardon any one arrested for Ivnchings. hat was a_fine lesson to the whole Nation,” Gov. Rolph said here will be less kidnaping in the country now. Thev made a good job of it T any one is arrested for the good on them 1 hope tk ‘-_.\lll serve in ev State Prevented Troops' U The Governor postponed his trip to Idaho, to attend a Governors' \ference, not for the purpose ot being on hand to ca r vent it If I had gone away e one would the troops on me,” the C and I promised in Angeles T would not do that hy 1d I call out troops to protect those 0 fellows? “The pecple e the laws, don't " he ask if the people rfidence that troops will not be d out to mow them down when scek to protect themselves against pers there is liable to be swifter Jjustice and fewer kidnapings “I don't think they will one for the lynchings,” the continued. Cites Fear of Parents. “with all the scrrows we have had v should we add the sorrows of kid- ng. It is about time the people uld have comfort in their homes. This kidnaping business has become so bac that mothers and fathers are afraid to let their children out of their homes. “Look at the Lindbergh case. Kid- napers have taken little children, killed them and then jockied for huge sums of money. Now they have taken to kidnaping men and women for the purpose of ex cting mo: from dis- tracted relatives.” Now that the fate of Thurmond and Holmes is settled the Governor plans to proceed to the Boise conference. He is to fly from Sacramento tonight, speak at the conference tomorrow and return Wednesday pight. CARNIVAL SPIRIT RULES. st any Governor - n Throng Watching Lynching Includes Many Women and Children. SAN JOSE, Calif., November 27 (£)— Not unlike a carnival crowd was the throng of several thousand persons who jammed St. James Park here last night 1o witness the lynching of Thomas H. ‘Thurmond and John M. Holmes, con- fessed kidnapers-slayers of Brooke Hart, £nd for which no arrests have yet been made. Men, women and children of all ages £nd babes in arms were there Over the statue erected to William who visited San Jose in 1900, swarmed for points of vantage until it was a black mass of humanity. It was only a few yards from this statue that Holmes, fighting to the last. was pulled to an overhanging tree limb. Crowd Gathers Quickly. When word of the finding of the body of Hart was first received, the crowd bogan to gather about the courthouse and jail. Extra guards were placed on duty. The temper of the crowd grew uglier as the day wore on. A truck had been parked across the alley leading to the jail, and against the barricade the in- creasing crowd pressed harder and harder. At dusk missiles were hurled at the tructure. About 9:30 o'clock Sheriff William J. Emig asked police reinforc ments. The front ranks of the crowd. Yesenting the first barrage of tear gas. xoon surged forward again, wrecking the barricading truck and demanding ihe prisoners while showering the jail with bricks and stones < Then the battering ram—a big steel pipe—in the hands of about 20 de- Termined men, was brousht up. Others sprayed the men on the battering ram with water to offset the effects of the tear gas. Another group brought another battering ram into ‘al‘hnr_x. Twice the tear gas forced the attackers back, but they made a mighty thrust that ‘caved in the door. A second door s ily and the lynchers Sielded mdore teag Y A e e o were taken along. Thurmond apparen ly had faint- ed. He was strung up to a tree limh Tiotmes, wad Jiited to“the “houiders ‘of ot the dangling body of Thurmond before being hanged. Twice Holmes saved himself by grasp- ing the rope over ‘his head when he was pulled upward. As he was let Gown he was beaten from all sides. A powerful man, the muscles of his body stood out like knots of iron as he fought ~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 1) PREDICTS CONGRESS WILL MUZZLE PRESS Indiana Representative Declares “It Needs Muzzling,” in Speech at Gary. By the Associated Press. Y GARY, Ind. November 27.—Repre- scntative Willlam T. Schulte of the first | Indiana district predicted in a speech last night that the next Congress woul pass legislation “muzzling the press and declared “it needs muzzling.” 'Johnsen Seeks New F orci Ban In Auto Dealers’ Code Clause iWoul(l Bar Contract Award on Ground It Involves Sale Below Cost; War De- Terms Changed. partment Denies In a new move to bar Henry Ford from getting Government business, Gen. Hugh Johnson, head of the N. R. A, has filed a protest with the Depart- ment of Agriculture intended to pre- vent the award to the Northwest Motors Co. of a contract for trucks on the grounds that this Ford agency has | quoted a figure below the list price, and therefore is in violation of the N. R. A retail code for automobile dealers This became known today concur- rently with issuance from the War | Department of a denial of charges by R. P. Sabine, head of Northwest Moters, that specifications had been changed to bar Ford dealers from getting in on 700 C. C. C. trucks for which the War Department will open bids tomorrow. The trucks for which the Agriculture | | Department solicited bids created the his of the | case in which Controller General McCarl ruled two weeks ago that Ford could receive a contract without mak- ing a prior afirmative adherence to the automobile code, but that any violation of the code thereafter would subject the contract to cancellation. This new angle presented by Johnson also has been laid before the controller general for a decision. The Agriculture Department bids still are under consideration there. They covered four classes of vehicles. | Under one, the maximum purchase is 800 trucks, and in the other three pur- | chases are to be made according to | needs. Sabine was low bidder both for | | this contract and for another for the| Department of Commerce for four cars and six trucks. | Sabine’s charges, made Saturday in | & letter addressed to Secretary of War , Dern, said the proposed War Depart- | | ment purchases was intended to sup- | plant that to have been made by the Department of Agriculture, and that | by changing specifications, the McCarl | ruling was to be circumvented. | At the C. C. C. headquarters today, | however, it was contended that the | | purchase to be made through the War | Department is of an emergency nature | and that the trucks cbtained will only | lessen the requirements for the con- tract to be negotiated through the Department of Agriculture, which was | lCfiEtlnufg on Page 2, Column 8) £ PARLEY ON WHEAT PROVES GLOOMY out w0 pre- Delegates Worried by Soviet Refusal to Accept Quota Offered by Big Four. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 27.—A gloomy outlook for wheat still prevails, the World International Wheat Commis- sion found when it met today to re- view the. developments of the past two months. The 25 delegates agreed that Rus- sian exports have not been a depress- ing factor, although the Soviet still refuses to accept the quota offered by the big four—the United States, Can- ada. Argentina and Australia. Abraham Gourevitch, the delegate, said: “We actually are keeping within the quota offered us because prices are so poor. It 1s true our crop is not as good as expected earlier in the vear, but there is no necessity for hurrying into an agrecment to restrict exports. For the present the Soviet Union is selling other products and cannot be Russian blamed for the conditions now cbtain- | ing.” Guests of Bingham. He was e d to ‘meet with the |big four delegates later in the week | | to take up the quota question The delegates were served lunch to- day in the United States' embassy, where Ambassador Robert W. Bingham entertained them. The Ambassador said, “We still are in the preliminary stages of our work," and added he expected the full commis- sion to meet again tomoIToOw. Replies to questionnaires sent 22 gov- ernments for information on their acre- age, exports and marketing conditions were studied thoroughly. Improved conditions in Argentina were regarded as a factor making the proolem more difficult, but the Argentine repre- sentative said official figures still were not available. Russia was expected to be less ob- durate toward the effort to bring her into the gentlemen's agreement for the internaticnal control of wheat exports than she was two months ago. when the agreement for the year 1933-34 was drawn. Discussed by Litvinoff. There was no indication, however, that Russia would be ready to give up her demand that her quota of 37,000,- 000 bushels be doubled. Wheat export quotas for other lead- ing wheat producers, as fixed last Sum- mer, were Canada, 200,030.000 bushels; Argentina, 110,000,000 Australia, 105, 000,000, and the United States, 47,- 000.000. It was learned the world wheat sit- uation was discussed, at least briefly, by President Roosevelt' and Maxim Lit- vinoff at Washington. It remained to be seen whether American recognition would affect the Soviet government's stand. Delegates representing the big four wheat-growing nations were not wor- ried because the price still is materially below the 63.08 gold cents a bushel figure when importers promise to ease tariffs. The current slump is described as seasonal and aggravated by the sell- ing of Danubian and other crops. They asserted they never have counted on having the barriers lifted for at least a year. TANKER IS BEACHED AFTER GRASH WITH SHIP By the Associated Press NEW ORLEANS, November 27.—The Standard Oil Co.’s tanker E. was beached early today with a smoul- dering fire in her storeroom after a crash in the Mississippi River with the steamship Elmsport, operated by the Lykes brothers. Extent of the damage to the ships was not immediately determined as the Elmsport anchored out in the river at the spot. The E. J. Sadler left Baton Rouge at 12:30 p.m. yesterday for New York with a cargo of Burbank crude and paraffin wax, the Standard Oil officials an- nounced. They said the fire in the storeroom was under control. adler | L AN CHAREES THREAT BY LONG $5,000 Demanded for Over- ton Campaign to Escape Ar-| rest, Declares Louisianan. By the Associated Press NEW ORLEANS, La., Novembe! S. D. Hunter, wealthy Shreveport oil operator, today told the Senate Com- mittee investigating the election of Sen- ator John H. Overton (Democrat, Loui- siana) that Senator Huey P. Long, who supported Overton, had told him that if he did not contribute $5.000 to the Overton campaign and cease his anti- Long political activities, he would be arrested for over production of gas and oil. | Hunter said he refused to make the contribution and sent back word that he would not support the Long-Overton faction, and that after some time, Sen- ator Long sent word to him that the charges would not be pressed, and for him “to forget it.” Cut Down Is Ordered. He said he was first approached by | Dr. J. A. Shaw, in charge of the Shreve- ! | port office of the State Conservation | | Department. Dr. Shaw said, he testi- fied, that Robert Maestri, a Long- Overton appointee as head of the Con. servation Department, had ordered | Hunter to cut down his output 75 per cent. “I asked him if it was also applying to other operators,” said Hunter. “And | he replied, ‘No.' “I then called Senator J. A. Noe, a member of the Long-Overton faction. | but a personal friend of mine, and asked ! him to find out what it was all about. Senator Nee told me the State adminis- tration was incensed over my activities in politics and wanted them stopped | and wanted me to make a $5000 con- | tribution for the Overton campaign and agree not to support Pike Hall for Con- gress and not to take part in any cam- paigns in the future. | Senate Support Undecided. “I told Senator Noe that I had not decided who I would support in the senatorial campaign, but that I would continue to support Pike Hall for Con- | gress and expected to make a small con- | tribution to his campaign. |~ “Senator Noe said he hated to see me take that position and that the admin- istration would file charges against me for overproduction of gas and oil and I would be tried and sent to the State | penitentiary. “Senator Noe also told me that I was | charged with 480 violations and that I | was under many indictments in More- | house parish, although I had never | been arrested on any of the indict- | ments.” | “Was anything said about instruc- tions coming from higher ups?” asked Chairman Tom Connally of Texas of | | the_committee. | “Dr. Shaw said his came from Mr. | | Maester and Senator Noe said he was a | | spokesman for Long,” Hunter replied. 130,000 FRENCH MINERS JOIN IN WORK DEMAND Sullen Mood Evident in Clash and Demonstrations Over Shorten- ing of Hours. By the Associated Press, | ARRAS, France, November 21— Thirty thousand miners sullenly awaited | action by authorities today in response to their demands, voiced in huge dem- | onstrations yesterday, for immediate efforts to stimulate employment. They demonstrated against what they termed the inactivity of officials toward | boosting production to relieve wide- | spread want arising from shortened working hours. | * At Valenciennes 4,000 miners clashed with police. The situation is serious because the miners have the support of farmers and ‘ storekeepers dependent upon their trade, many of whom are on the verge of bankruptcy. C(iNi’ICT FINDS REVOLUTIONARY PROCESS FOR MAKING HYDROGEN By the Associated Press. FOLSOM PRISON, Calif.. November 27.—Working in an improvised prison laboratory a coavict has developed a system of making hydrogen at a cost experts estimate at one-forty-fifth the present commercial production charge Engineers who Sunday witnessed a “In addition to fighting the thieves of | demonstration by the convict, James F. Wall Street,” Schulie. a Democrat. said | Burke. said his method may revolu- “we are going to have to deal wtnm a ‘uumze the hydrogen industry. ust now Using four salad dressing jars, a sin- gle dry cell and other homemade equip- Harry Long. Gary attorney. answered ment. Burke made hydrogen in a small Schulte. declaring “ever a right to_criticize 1t sees it " newspaps + has | rocm off Government if | Smith before W, H, Schneider of Ber- the office of Warden Court land, engineers for the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. ‘The convict, employed in the battery business before he was sentenced to Folsom, claims to have developed a “depolarizing” sclution which hastens the decomposition of water into hydro- gen and oxygen, its principal elements. He declares the solution breaks down the water’s resistance to decomposition. ‘This breaking down, the convict ex- plains, is accomplished by an electrical | act. | arguing | tactman process requiring only a fraction of the current necessary in all previous ex- periments with which he is familiar. The value of the process lies in this FEDERAL RESERVE CHIEF T0 CONFER WITH ROOSEVELT Visit to Warm Springs Draws New Emphasis to Mon- etary Policy. MORGENTHAU IS SILENT ON RETURN TO CAPITAL Black's Trip Recalls Halting of System's Purchases * of U. S. Securities. By the Assoclated Press. A Warm Springs visit by Gov. Eugene Bl.ck of the Federal Reserve Board drew new emphasis to President Roose- velt's monetary policy today as Acting Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau | | busied himself with the Government's | huge financing needs. Black leaves toraorrow night to spend ‘Wednesday with Mr. Roosevelt News of his trip became known only a few hours after Morgenthau returned from Roosevelt's Georgia home. Beyond confirming that he would | make the trip, Black declined to dis- | cuss the visit. Morgenthau had nothing to say to news men either, but quickly began conferences on ways of meeting on December 15 more than $727.000,000 in maturing Treasury certificates. Gold Price Unchanged. | CENTER, SAYS KING © #2222 #9704 YEAR TERM Desite official silence, certain factors were prominent in the fiscal and money situation. They included: The Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion price of gold was fixed today at $33.76 an ounce, the figure which has remained unchanged since before Mor- genthau's trip South. Some quarters viewed this lack of fluctuation as part | of a policy to steady financial markets for the forthcoming financing opera- | | tions. | Black's projected visit recalled that | stem has halted | the Federal Reserve its purchases of Government securities. During the Summer it purchased more than half a billion dollars in Govern- ment issues. Morgenthau began immediate co! ferences with Thomas Hewes, assistal secretary in charge of fiscal affairs; Earl Bailie, administrative assistant in this fleld. and Walter J. Cummings, head of the Deposit Insurance Corpora- tion, George Harrison, governor of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, was a visitor at the Treasury. Harrison usually is consulted on financing mat- TS. Banking Situation Good. The banking situation in the Nation was described today by Chairman Jesse H. Jones of the R. F. C. as “good.” He said 800 applications have been received by the corporation from banks which wish to sell preferred stock on capital notes, 125 of them having come in yesterday and today. 'he. corporation . has. authorized 650 purchases of stock or notes with a total face value of $270,000,000. Jones said he had heard nothing so far of credit expansion plans reported to have been discussed by President Roosevelt with Acting Secretary Mor- genthau and Hugh Johnson He pointed out the corporation has been endeavoring for months to make credit available to factories and busi- ness houses in furtherance of the N. R. A. campaign. Through organization of community mortgages companies, Jones said, busi- ness houses can obtain money for man- ufacturing and distribution purposes, and in this way meet the added costs caused by N. R. A. codes. Many thou- sands of letters have been received at the corporation asking about the ar- rangement, and a large number of loans have been made. Investment Figures Promised. Morgenthau made know upon his re- turn that during the afternoon the Treasury will announce the amount of its investmeny during the past week 1a | Government_securities. Flt:onswlcmme interest was created by the publication of a memorandum at- | tributed to former Undersecretary Deax | Acheson which termed the gold pur- chase pian not legal under the R. F. C At llhelfame time, an opinioa egality was attributed to Stanley Reed, R. F. C. counsel. Herbert tGaston. public relations con- or Morgenthau, _conferr with the Acting Secretary and then toid | newsmen Acheson’s opinion apparently was delivered to the President and that even if the Treasury had such a docu- ment in its files. it could not give it publicity. deny or comment. Acheson, reported to be in his Con- | necticut home, was known to have con- sidered the plan illegal. His recent de- parture was regarded as proof of his lack of sympathy in the project. morning, making the last portion of his trip by airplane in order to reach his office before the fixing of the gold price. He was silent as to his con- versations with President Roosevelt, and gave no indication of any change in the administration’ Gespite his Burried rewurn Y POUY Came in Coast Guard Plane, The Acting %cre!ary left his train o RS ot DR " Coast Guard plan for the last stage He ascribed his return by plane to a desire to put in a full day at his desk Meanwhile R. L. Owen, former Dem- ocratic Senator from Oklahoma, joined supporters of the presidential monetary program, contending in a statement that “contractionists” of the currency, if their policy were followed would in- tensify the depression and probably bring a “violent plunge into com- munism.” Owen, one-time chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, has urged expansion of the currency and reha- bilitation of silver for months. In his statement yesterday, he said the Presi- dent’s objectives were for the general welfare, holding the immediate result of carrying out the Executive’s program would be an era of “the greatest pros- perity the world has ever known.” Viewing the gold-buying policy as an effort to restore price levels, Owen said: “Even if the buying of gold does not (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) GEN. CURRIE NEAR DEATH MONTREAL, November 27 (P)— Reed declined to confirm, | | ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Morgenthau arrived here at 8:30 this | Oxygen was administered again today in an attempt to save the life of Gen. Sir Arthur Currie, principal of McGill University and war time commander in chief of the Canadian Corps in France, He has been in the hospital three weeks, suffering a blood vessel blockage in the brain, and de ped pneumonia I’keley and Charles S, Knop;tof Oak- | reduction in electricity consumption. — roctercer, INFLATION 'S IN THE AR AND IT'LL PROBABLY BE FELT AROUND HERE SHORTLY AFTER THE Honipayst W-ANE\LSYIITN ConcREssionat Rewo) (uscapiTor) l BUILD OR SELL CIVIC Senator Believes District Was Required to Buy More ! Than It Needed. ‘ Emphasizing that the District govern- ment was required to buy a much larger site than it needed for the Municipal Center in order to conform to the Fed- eral Government's building program, Chairman King of the Senate District Committee threw out the suggestion to day that unless the United States belps the city in putting up the first unit, it migh be well to allow the District to dispose of the present site and acquire a cheaper one on which less expensive buildings could be put up. The Senator also said it was his | understanding the District government is willing to transfer to the United States the present District Building at Fourteenth _street and Pennsylvania avenue in return for the allotment of $4.900,000 asked of the Public Works Administration as a grant to go forward with the first Municipal Center unit. nder such an arrangement as this,” Senator King said, “there would be ne cost to the United States Gov- ernment, because the value of the, property transferred by the District | would be worth at least the amount of | the approximately $5,000,000 allotted.” Forced Into Purchase. I Senator King issued a formal state- ment, explaining in detail how the District was required to purchase at a cost of $6,500,000 four squares extend- ing from Third to Sixth street and from Pennsylvania to Indiana avenue, despite the fact that District officials | had recommended that two squares facing on Indiana avenue would bs sufficient to meet the needs of the District Government for many years. | “It is obvious that unless the Gov- ernment is willing to undertake to meet a part of the cost of the construction of the Municipal Center, it will not be possible to carry out the project from | local revenues without imposing heavy tsxes,” Serator King declared in the statement. “If the Government de- clines to aid in the construction of a Municipal Center, there is reason for the suggestion that the District be per- mitted to dispose of the site, which it has acquired at a cost of $6,500,000 (all of which has been paid out of sur- plus revenues of the District) and al-| lowed to purchase a cheaper site and to erect less costly buildings than those | which, I understand. the Government requires to be erected on the lands thus acquired because of the alleged importance of having the Municipal Center buildings conform to the archi- tectural plans. and to the costly con- struction of the Federal buildings erected and to be erected on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue. First Unit for Present. “It is not intended at this time, as far as the Municipal Center construc- tion is concerned, to consider more than | the construction of the first unit, which KNOXVILLE SEEKS LOAN FOR MUNIGIPAL POWER | Will Ask $3,225.000 to Finance Distribution of Muscle Shoals Electricity. By the Associated Press. 'KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. November 27.— | City Manager W. W. Mynatt announced today he would present a formal ap- plication immediately to the State Pub- 1lic Works Board for a $3,225,000 Federal loan and grant to finance a municipal power distributing system served by Muscle Shoals power. His action follows a two-to-one ap- proval by the electorate Saturday of & $3,225,000 municipal power bond issue. Unofficial returns gave 5129 votes for the bonds and 2,564 against them. City council had applied tentatively for a Federal loan before the election. City officials said if a 30 per cent grant is received from the Government for a distributing system. then only that por- | tion of the $3,225,000 necessary will be issued in bonds. Knoxville is now served by the Ten- nessee Public Service Co., a subsidiary of the National Power & Light Co. The city’s system, which will be sup- plied by electricity purchased from the Tennessee Valley Authority, is expected | to be in operation by July, 1935. Knoxville becames the first large city | in the Muscle Shoals area to be served | by the T. V. A. —_— ACTOR-PRODUCER DIES Firmin Gemier Dies in Paris at Age of 64. PARIS, November 27 (4)—Funeral at | office has not | try to co-operate Lindberghs Reach Cape Verde Islands League of Nations Hopes Colonel Will Co-operate With Committee. By the Associated Press. DAKAR, Senegal. November 27—Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived at Porto Praia, Cape Verde Islands, today on their flight from Villa Cis- neros, on the northwest coast of Africa. The distance was zbout 800 miles. GENEVA, November 27 (P, —Hopes t C Charles A Lindbergh may erate in solving some of n questions before the League essed by officials of the body today indicated they thought it might be an excellent idea if they could obtain the American fiver’s services on the Air Transport Committee, composed of various experts who do not act as repre- sentative of their governments. They made it clear however, that no official decision had been reached and Lind- bergh had not been approached. ROOSEVELT GIVEN NEW LIQUOR CODE President to Decide on Fed- eral Control Until Con- gress Acts. By the Associated Press The revised Government-drafted code for liquor distillers today was sent to President Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Ga.. for final decision on the policy of Federal control of the industry until i:ongress can enact permanent legisla- ion. The draft was reliably reported to have been taken to Warm Springs by Harris E. Willingham, head of the alco- holic beverage section of the Agricul- tural Adjustment Administration and a member of the President’s Interdepart- mental Alcohol Committee. Willingham left by airplane, expecting to return to- night. Wallace in Warm Springs. At the Agriculture Department. it was said Secretary Wailace was in Warm Springs primarily to discuss the dis- tillers' and brewers' codes which seek to set up a Federal Alcohol Control Ad- | ministration of five Government officials to regulate the liquor business. In ad- dition, the codes provide for code au- | thorities to be created by each indus- t with the Federal ad- ministration. _ Hearings on the administrative pro- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) SAYRE ASSUMES POST Sworn In Today as Assistant Sec- retary of State. Francls B. Sayre, newiy appointed | Assistant Secretary of State, took the oath today and assumed his duties Sayre. who succeeds Harry H. Payer. resigned a professorship of law at Harvard to accept the new post. He is a son-in-law of the late Presi- dent Wilson. having been married to | the late Miss Jesse Wilson, during the Wilson administration. COUNTESS IS GIVEN Gormley Sentenced to From 4 to 8 Years for Maret | Theft Conviction. Convicted of stealing $5,000 from Miss Louise Maret after having her “arrested” an a lonely Maryland road, the Countess Grace de Benque and George A. Gorm- ley today were sentenced to serve prison terms of from two to four years and from four to eight years, respectively. The sentence was imposed in District Supreme Court by Justice Joseph W. Cox after he had overruled a motion for a new trial by Gormley. When ready to sentence Gormley, Justice Cox asked him if he had any- thing to say “Yes." Gormley replied. “and I'll ask the court not to let the district attorney interrupt me until I am through.” |, He then took a written statement from his pocket, but instead of reading Ifl himse:f, hanced it to Justice Cox. | The latter perused the statement and tlen told Gorm'ev he would not let it | go intc the record because it referred to matters not brought into the trial and which the court had no opportunity to investigate. | Claims Others Blackmailed. | After Gormley had been sentenced. | he distributed copies of his statement among newspaper men. The state- ment, after protesting against the re- | fusal of the court to grant him a sep- \Aralé trial, set forth seven instances in which other women in the District have been blackmailed. One of the women was identified in the statement as being | prominent in society. The names and | addresses of the alleged victims, as well as those of the swindlers, were set forth by_Gormle: Miss et, co-proprietor of the Maret School for Girls, was not present in court when the countess and Gorm- | ley were sentenced. Her blind sister, Miss Martha Maret, was there with several friends, however. 1In arguing the motion for a new trial, Gormley’s attorney, Joseph Turco. con- tended the Government's evidence failed | to prove the stolen money was owned exclusively by Miss Louise Maret, as alleged in the indictment. He asserted ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) 'HAMM KIDNAPING TRIAL NEARING END Final Arguments Scheduled and Jury Is Expected to Get Case ! Late Today. By the Associated Press | 'ST. PAUL. Minn.. November 27.—The 1$100,000 William Hamm. jr.. kidnaping case neared an end in Federal District | Court here today. |~ Prosecution and defense were ready for final arguments in the trial of four | Chicago men accused of abducting | Hamm, millionaire St. Paul brewer, last |June 15 and holding him nearly four | days for ransom. ; ‘With testimony completed last Frid: each side had t today for its arguments to the jury. In- dications were that the case would be in the hands of the jury early tonight. The defendants are Roger Touhy, Ed- Willie Sharkey = and | e Gustav Schaefer. FAHEY TO DISCHARGE EMPLOYES WHO CRITICIZE Public criticism of the adminstration’s recovery program by its employes will not be tolerated by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation. That was made clear today by John | H. Fahey, president of the corporation, who said he would “fire instantly” any employe either of the headquarters office or of the State branches who took occa- son to criticize or ridicule the recovery program. His comment was made When he was asked about the action of the Minnesota State manager, who last werk discharged an appraiser 20 minutes after he had made a critical address before a St. Paul luncheon club. The discharged employe was E. G. Quamme, who criti- cized Secretaries Woodin and Ickes, Acting Secretary Morgenthau and Re- covery Administrator Johnson. “If a man employed by this organ- ization,” Mr. Fahey said, “takes it upon y himself to criticize any part of the administration or the present recovery ms in a public address he should mmrl;m z lained the headquarters e om0t Det taken oficial action nmmajiface, but siated he was RECOVERY PLAN | sure the State manager had acted prop- erly in discharging him for his state- ments. Mr. Fahey also said reports from State branches of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation indicates a general improvement in the real estate market throughout the country. He said banks and loan agencies heretofore declining changed their attitude and are show- ing a tendency to co-operate as fully | as possible. He also said there is a de- cided increase in the number of loan applications being withdrawn, both by individuals and institutions. At present, Mr. Fahey said, the cor- poration is making a number of changes in the personnel of its staff of ap- praisers and title examiners throughout the country. On October 31 4,800 ap- praisers and 4,300 attorneys and title examiners were on the roles of the corporation. These include a number of replace- ments of men found to be unqualified to handle the work of the State offices. Mr. Fahey also said the policy of re- placing inefficient men would be con- tinued in that in several cities titled guaranty companies will be employed the usual fee basis instead of using individual attorneys or appraisers. to accept the corporation’s bonds have | COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE GOES OVER SLO0000 FIGURE | Soliciting Army of 6,000 Workers Report $90,762 Over Week End. NEWBOLD NOYES PRAISES EFFORTS OF CANVASSERS Lady L'ndsay Psses With Flor ence Crittenton Babies at Luncheon. The Communit went over the m day, with the solic total announced of today's report care of the needs of th cies only through July 17 next, Commends Solicitors. Newbold Noyes, Community C | vented from att P I cecmmended the solicitc tensive devo d this year's If the president a tho es feel dis- | ure of the can job. If the wo; couraged ov said, toney to the tremendo dering to the e “If you will c to the end wit and thorougt honors at Lady Linds readily pose for the rs. Ct the bal ancy Lee." Among oth cl Parker, John Gratton Dovle, Cooper. Mrs. Laj pointed owt that pledges instead of aid materiall ss the goal lina Hogan Iment in putting the drive acr | by Wednesday—last paign “Strange as it seems” are getting too much h sufficiently large pledges. Our to bring home to the contributor the fact that he is giving not to one organ- ization but to a group of 60 individu: agencies. Each of these, b for t Community Chest, would be knocking at his door some time during the year with a request for help “If contributors will just realize they are giving to 60 organizations and that their pledge is pavable t e we can utions. eed Is Undoubted. “Nobody can doubt the need that ex- ists. Our orph our hospitals, our homes for sick end crippled are outside the lief are all eloquent why the Chest goal must be reached “Our failure to keep pace with last year means only one thing. The people | of Washington have not been awakened to the real need that exists and if we can get before them in no uncertain | terms the necessity for the work of the | Community Chest agencies I am certain Washington will respond. The volunteer campa workers re- | fused to call a Sabbath armistice yes- terday. Foregoing church. golf. motor | trips “or other activities, the_solicitors (Continued on Page 10, Column 1.) DOLLFUS MAY PLACE AGRARIAN IN CABINET | Former Chancellor’s Party Expect- ed to Get Recognition for Austria. | By the Associated Press. VIENNA. November 27.—The possibil- |ity of a reorganization of Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss’ cabinet with partici- | pation of former Vice Chancellor Franz | Winkler's Agrarian party was given ments as _“prematurc.” but admitted that negotiations were under way. Well-informed sources said Winkler personally will remain outside the cab- inet, but that Vinzenz Schumy will re- turn—perhaps to his former post as minister of the interior Prince Ernst Rudiger von Starhem- berg, leader of the Fascist Heimweh; | thus would be spared the humilj |of seeing Winkler, the man inounced as the incarnation of cratic corruption,” readmitt tive participation in the gof | At the same time, these son s such a development would mean & v - tory for the Agrarian party, which has | been bitterly attacked by the Heimwehr ;lenIder“s. e n view of Herr Winkler's speech yes- terday at Villach, in which he said that an Austro-German reconciliation was “nearer than many people think,” such a cabmnet reorganization, 1t was said would also show a tendency to seek peace with Germany. Guide for Readers i Amu;:ements . Comics ...... Features Finance .... Lost and Found Radio Serial Story Society ... Vet NSO EEH N war»Thaa ;P . —