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WEATHER. (0. 8. Weather Bureau Fors ecast.) Cloudy and warmer, followed by Show- ers this afternoon or fonight: fomorrow partly cloudy; moderate south and south- West winds. Temperatw m. ats yesters res—Highest. 53. Yesterday: lowest, 29, at 6 day. Full report on page A-11. (#) Means Associated Press. he 1,493—No. 32,723 Cntered as second class matter 'l.;:sl office, Washington, 1. S. JUDGE HOLDS N. R, A, INVALID AS APPLIED T0 STATES Decision Rendered in Dry Cleaning Case Limits Act to Interstate Trade. RULING HITS WEAKEST PROVISION OF STATUTE Contingency Long Contemplated and Strong Fight for Re- versal Is Foreseen. While National Recov Adminis- trator Hugh S. Johnson was thréaten- ing to make an example of more than ,100 dry cleaners alleged to be cutting | code prices, a Federal court in Tampa, j}ln.‘ yesterday held the national indus- trial recovery act unconstitutional in { 80 far as it attempts to control local in- stry, the ruling coming in a dry aning industry case, according to the Associated Press. The case in Florida involved one of the dry cleaners cited by Johnson to attend a hearing here Monday, Decem- ber 11, to justify their actions. The Florida opinion down by Judge Alexander Akerman in the case of Samuel Bazemore of St. Petersburg, operator of three cleaning and dyeing shops. St. Petersburg resi- dents had sought to have Bazemore re- strained from advertising prices said to be lower than those in force for the N. R. A. trade area, according to the Associated Press. The decision hits at what the fram- ers of the law always have considered its weakest part. No N. R. A. officials were available here last night for comment on the situation, but it is known they have contemplated the possibility of such a decision and that the Government probably will use every effort to have it Tevered. Prosecution Threatened. In clting the dry cleaners, Johneon called for a hearing after which those who falled to justify their actions would have to deal with the Department of Justice. He threatened prosecutions for any unabie to satisfy N. R. & as to Their motives in disregarding min pr%cs fixed for their areas. ne " Associated Press dispataly gpid Judge Akerman’s decision held that the act itself might have valid standing in matters of interstate commerce, and perhaps as a restricted emergency d was handed | and Barring The Federation of Citizens’ Associ- more than an hour last night, but failed tc define its stand on the type of regulation to be desired here after the eighteenth amendment is repealed. It was decided to call another meeting, to be devoted exclusively to the subject, some time between now and next Fri- day, when the Commissioners will have a public hearing on their own liquor | bill. The date of the meeting is to be announced later. The meeting had before it a report, prepared by a special committee, headed by Henry I. Quinn. The re- port suggested creation of an_ alcohol | control board, to be officered by bona fide residents of the District of Co- lumbia. The board would be the only agency in the District which could im- port liquors and fermented drinks. It | would sell these from municipally owned stores both directly to the con- | sumer, who would have to take the ations debated the liquor question for | WASHINGTON, D. Federation Fails to Evolve Liquor Plan in Hour’s Debate Citizens’ Group Discusses Committee’s Report Recommending Control Board Sunday Sales. original package away from the prem- ises, and also to duly licensed hotels, restaurants, clubs, dining cars and | boats, where it could be sold by the drink. Sales on Sundays would be barred. Hours and Reasonable Fees. The hours for the municipal stores would be 9 am. to 9 pm. and the licensed establishments noon to mid- night. “Reasonable” license fees were suggested. As explained by Mr. Quinn, the re- port was intended to be as liberal as possible, so that it would discourage bootlegging. When the meeting adjourned, how- ever, there were many amendments pending, all of them restrictive. “The best weapon of attack against bootlegging,” said Mr. Quinn, “is li erality. The best way to develop morals is not by law. 1 think that if an individual wants to take a drink of | liquor, he should be entitled to do it (Continued on Page 3, Column 3. TREASURY: STUDIES NEW TAXES AS U. 5. DEBT NEARS PEAK TAdministralion Refinancing | Policy Shaped as Dollar Re- valuation Continues. By the Assoctated Press. | Special taxes die with repeal, liquor | taxes come to life, and the Treasury is | carefully balancing revenues thus lost against those gained in deciding what | tax rates shall be recommended for en- | actment at the coming session of Con- gress. Yesterday officials noted an increase | in the public debt to the highest point since war-time borrowing carried it to its all-time peak, closed their books on the offer to exchange fourth liberty loan bonds for the October issue of CONGRESS' REVOLT THREAT MINIMIZED AS SESSION NEARS President’s Hold Regarded as | Adequate to Put Program Through Easily. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Despite rumblings here and there of Democratic discontent and Republican | attack, the coming aeaion of GoNgresd | looks like a “set-up” for President Roosevelt, | One month from today. on January 3, the legislators will meet for their frst regular session under the operation of | the twentieth amendment to the Con- | stitution — the so - called lame - duck amendment. The administration should be pretty well able to determine the | length of the session, according to the measure, but the Federal Constitution, | 31,5 and made ready for the customary | size of its legislative program. So much he said, gives the National Government no authority “to invade the reserve mid-December financing, involving the | legislation was passed and such large power cf the States” in regulation of refunding or more than $700,000,000 In| powers were granted the President at a local industry, even in an emergency. “If the operator of a local cleaning and dyeing establishment, or what is commonly called a pressing club,” the court said. “is to be construed s ccm- ing within the purview of the act of Congress, commonly known as the na- tional industrial recovery act, then I am bound to hold that Congress has no power under the Constitution to en- act the national industrial recovery act. “I do not mean to hold that the national industrial recovery act in its entirely is without constitutional author- ity, but merely to hold that if it is to be construed as authorizing the regu- Jation of a local pressing club, then there is no authority in the Constitu- tion for the enactment of the same. Judge Akerman refused even a tem- porary restraining order, however, on maturing obligations. At the same time they held the vrice‘ of newly mined domestic gold station- ary after three increases in as many business Gays, which carried the quo-| tation 25 cents upward for the week to its highest level since the gold oper- | ations began. A Special Treasury Committee headed | by Assistant Secretary Hewes is at work on the tax recommendations. In-| dications have been tbat it is con-' | cerned principally with income taxes | with the primary object of providing an indisputably balanced budget for | the fiscal year which ends July 1, 1935 Try at Balance. the special session last Spring and Summer that the administration may | decide to curtail the program for the | coming session, keeping it down to amendments to the revenue laws, liquor | control, the appropriation bills and such amendments to the emergency | legislation as may appear to be nec- essary. Democratic Margin Large. Take a look at the political com- plexion of Congress. The Democrats will have 314 seats in the House to 116 ‘for the Republicans and 5 for the | Farmer-Labor party (there may be a | vacancy or two which would change | WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION c, SUPPLY OF LIQUOR SPEEDED FOR U. 5. REPEAL ONTUESDAY Distilleries and Importers Pre- pare for Demand on Proclamation. g EXPEDITING OF THREE RATIFICATIONS URGED Dismissal of Legal Proceedings in D. C. Asked to Prevent In- terference. By the Associated Press. | Domestic distilleries are moving at full blast and importers are having liquor loaded on fast boats in foreign ports in a hurried effort to meet the ex- pected demand for legal spirits Tuesday upon presidential proclamation of re- peal. President Roosevelt will return from his vacation at Warm Springs to receive notification that 36 States—the number necessary to amend the Constitution— have ratified the Twenty-first Amcnd- ment repealing prohibition. He plans to issue his proclamation immediately upon that notification. Preparing for quick action, Acting Secretary of State Phillips yesterday asked the Governors of Ohio, Pennsyl- | vania and Utah to inform him immedi- ately of the results of the repeal conven- | tions to be held in those States Tues- | day. Thirty-three States already have ratified. The President'’s and the State De- partment’s proclamations are to be issued simultaneously. In a move to prevent interference with their issuance, the Government yesterday asked the dismissal of legal proceedings that have | been brought in the District Supreme Court to block the action. Arguments Tomorrow. Arguments on a petition filed by Can- non William Sheafe Chase of Brooklyn, contending the method of ratifieation | of repeal was unconstitutional, have been set for tomorrow. The Justice De- partment vesterdsy claimed the peti- | tioner had_ insufficient legal interest to | maintain the action and that it should have been brought in the States and not against the Secretary of State. Complete control of the liquor indus- try under the Federal Alcohol Control Administration was assured yesterday with the signing of the imports code by President Roosevelt at Warm Springs. It gives the administration power to regulate the volume. origin and types | of liquor to be imported. The distillers code has been in effect for nearly a week. The final draft of the brewing code was made yesterday by the President's Interdepartmental Alcohol Committee. Approximately half the 1200 appli- | upon by representatives of the Agri- culture and Treasury Departments late yesterday permitting immediate ship- ment of between four and five million gallons of spirits and wines from for- eign ports. Issuance of the importers’ permits was halted temporarily last night at the request of Joseph H. Choate, jr., who has been designated as head of the Fed- eral Alcohol Control Administration, in | order to give him an opportunity to see the remaining applications before they are passed on. Quotas Not Disclosed. Sundy Shar Aw.Wor’s The USE OWasTiN’ PoSTAGE ON SANTA! LINDBERGH POISED FOR CEAN FLIGHT Colonel and Wife Reported Ready for South Atlantic Return Journey. By (he Assoclated Press. NEW YORK. December 2.—Col. and Mrs. Charles A Lindbergh, who have flown from the Arctic to the Equator {in a fve months’ aerial survey, were | reported poised tonight for a 1,875 | mile flight across the South Atlantic. | The airport at Natal. Brazil, on the casternmost tip of South America, was preparing to receive the famous avia- tors who have been at Bathurst, Gam- | bia. Soutn Africa. since Thursday. It was estimated the low-winged red monoplane, equipped with special pon- toons for the strenuous voyage started on July 9, would require 14 hours to span the ocean. The takeoff was sched- cations of fmporters had been passed |uled for midnight (EST.). ‘The voyage would not be so lonely as Atlantic in 1927. For one-third of the way across the South Atlantic is the German steamer Westfalen, anchored as a guide for German mall planes which make regular trips across the span. Would Have Radio Aid. St.. Paul Island is half way across and the Pan-American Airways oper- ates five wireless stations on the coast of Brazil. Lindbergh’s ship is equipped with a wireless set. For the curly-haired Lindbergh, the flight would be his third across the At- SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3, 1933—112 PAGES. ## LETTER-WRITING “From Press to Home Within the The Star is delivered every y to_ctt Hour” and FIVE CENTS AND SUBURBS IN WASHINGTON $q~~~‘:'::\ QRRRIRRZRALL XA LR LAALLALTLRL .&’ ZRLERE DAYS! ?Chan ge Is Favored | In Securities Act To Release Capital President’s Desire to Pro- tect Public Told by Senator Fletcher. ! By the Assoclated Press. President Roosevelt wants the securi- ties act amended to loosen the flow of | eapital into legltimate business, which some critics of the law have contended | has been dammed Up by 00 many re- strictions. | " This was made known yesterday by Chairman Fletcher of ‘the Senate Banking Committee. He told reporters Mr. Roosevelt had informed him | changes were needed in the securities to weaken its provisions to protect the investing public from unscrupulous promoters. The Florida Democrat agreed with the President’s views, but denied re- | ports the President had urged the com- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) . GIRL KILLED, THUR W i |Victim Identified as Mary De- toto—Three Others Are in Serious Condition. Lindbergh's solo flight across the North through Henry Morgenthau, jr.. Acting | | Secretary of the Treasury, that some | | law, but that care should be taken not | AD-ON' CRASH NEW ARMS POLICY ASKED BY SWANSON Would Have U. S. Abandon Lead im Disarmament and Build Up Navy. By tha Aesoelated Bress. Abandonment of America’s “lead In disarmatment by example” and adoption of an orderly building program to make the United States Navy “second to none” was urged by Secretary Swanson of the Navy last night in his annual report to President Roosevelt. 1t was one of the strongest pleas | made by a naval chief in recent years | for a fleet of the full power permitted | by existing naval treaties. “Since the World War the United | States has been a leader in the dis- armament movement,” Swanson said. “We still continue most sarnestly to | strive for a reduction of armament among the powers by agreement on a | relative basis. “The time has come, however. when | we can no longer afford to lead in dis- | armament by example. Other powers have not followed our example, with | the result that the United States now | finds its relative naval strength seri- | ously impaired.” “Weakness No Aid to Peace.” The Secretary added that of the sig- natories to naval treaties the United States alone had not undertaken an orderly building program designed to bring the Navy to the full force per- mitted by agreements. “Our weakened position does not “It TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE PROBERS INDICATE EVIDENCE TO0 WEAK TOUNSEAT OVERTON Committee Expected to Make | No Recommendations of Huey Long. | CONCLUSIVE TESTIMONY ON PATRONAGE SCANTY Records Kept Open to Receive Ade ditional Statements and Afidavits. Senator Denies Fraud. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS. December 2.—At the closing today of the New Orleans hearings of the Senate committee in- vestigation of the election of Senator John H. Overton, the subcommittes indicated that it would not recommend the unseating of Senator Overton on the basis of the present record It was made clear that the com- mittee has no intentions of making any recommendations regarding Senator Huey P. Long, whose political organiza~ tion supported Senator Overton and | Who has been the center of much of the testimony taken by the committee, A few minutes before the final gavel was struck on the hearings today, Chair~ man Tom Connally, Democrat, of Texas, pointed out that the chief function of the committee was to inquire into cam- paign expenditures, contributions and the use of patronage to obtain votes. During the Pebruary hearings and the last two weeks' hearings here, a great bulk of testimony has been obtained, but the committee has indicated that it feels that little of a conclusive nature has been put into the record bearing on funds and patronage. Record Kept Open. But the committee will keep the rece ord open to receiye ANy GWOIN SLALLs ments and affidavits that any persons may wish to make. The full committee also may recall Senator Overton to testify after the committee returns Washington ana before it makes it final report to the Senate at the uary session. Senator Elbert Thomas, Democrat of Utah, who presided during the last part of the New Orleans hearings, said the subcommittee would report to the full committee of five, who in turn would report to the Senate. Senator Overton took the stand as the last witness and said he had no knowledge of any election fraud, cor- ruption or irregularities and he had not sanctioned any. He said he did not authorize the use of dummy candidates and his largest majorities came from parishes where dummies were not used. In the committee’s questioning into | charges that State employes were levied | percentages of their salaries for cam- paign contributions, many witnesses sald they contributed to the welfare fund and to the President Roosevelt campaign deficit. Challenges Witnesses. Senator Overton said funds collected from State employes were not used in his campaign and challenged the pro- duction of a single reputable witness to | so_testify. ‘Two minutes before the hearings were |due to close today, Edward Estalotte, New Orleans attorney, said he was there in answer to Senator Overton's chal- | { Jan- serve the cause of peace,” he said. Jjeopardizes it, because balanced arma- ment fortifies diplomacy and is an im- portant element in preserving peace | and justice, whereas undue weakness invites aggressive, war-breeding viola- tion of one's rights.” Referring again to America's “ex ample” of disarmament, the Secretary said it did not constitute an economy but was an “extravagance.” This was lenge. but the committee requested him to file an affidavit as time did not per- mit his testimony. Mrs. Hilda Phelps Hammond. chair- man of the Women's Committee of Louisiana, also requested permission to file a statement on the part of her com mittee saying that the validity of Sen- ator Overton's election was the question before the committee and not the un- seating of Senator Overton. She was The expectation was that the work of approving permits would be resumed today or tomorrow. It was made clear | by officials that permits already issued | had not been rescinded. Although the Government did not disclose the quotas laid down for for- eign exports, permits granted import- ers yesterday indicated that Italy and Germany were being favored. lantic. His wife, relief pilot and wire- less operator, was with him on his sec- ond trip. made by easy stages from| A young girl was killed and 11 per- Newfoundland to Denmark. B Pan - Ametican Alrways, for which |S0nS injured in a head-on colliston | Lindbergh is technical adviser, has been | between two cars on the Mount Vernon officially out of touch with the couple | orial Highway near Four Mile Run, since they reached Europe and con- | eqrly togay. Three of the injured were tinued leisurely to Africa. | A believed in a serious condition at Alex- ihe grounds that the bill of complaint | i e el P WO @i Hot state a cause of action Within | peaessy gioee, i the Jig-saw puzzle of | these figures slightly). In the Senate | the jurisdiction of the United StateS| s gttempting to fit together is the | the Democratic lead is almost as im. District Court. He held that Congress | amount of revenue from the special | PFessive as in the House, with 60 Dei had no right to interfere with a local | taves which will be lost soon, as com- | 0Crats to 35 Republicens and 1 business, and that the Federal cOWt pareq with the income to be derived | Farmer-Laborite. had no such right. | from legalized liquor. In making this | , There has been talk of Democratic | Should such a ruling be sustained,| comparison, they have only estimates | dissension —mostly between the so- | officials have been represented as ¢ called Smith Democrats and those who | . { 4 | with which' to deal. jieatl . e lieving codification of industry 85 A| “The special taxes are: One-halt a |have followed the President—but take | The North Atlantic flight, which in- | whole would not be possible, and the bulk of trade and service establisn- ments whose business is limited to sin- gle communities and small areas could Dot be kept under Federal regulation. In framing the law its authors sought to meet this possibility by de- claring in a preamble that the exist- ing national emergency and its wide- spread unemployment was a burden | upon interstate and foreign commerce. Special Clause Inserted. This was followed by: “It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to yemove obstructions to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce which| tend to diminish the amount thereof: and to provide for the general welfare by promoting the organization of indus- | try for the purpose of co-operative ac-| tion among trade groups, to induce and maintain united action of labor and| management under adequate govern- mental sanctions and supervision, to| eliminat: unfair competitive prac- ices * * | ¢ Legal experts at N. R. A. repeatedly | have professed confidence that for the | " (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) DECISION SUSTAINED CODES, ICKES SAYS Secretary Says Adkins’ | Ruling Upheld Constitutionality of N R. A Justice By the Associated Press. | Secretary Ickes expressed the opinion | last_night that the constitutionality of | all N. R. A. codes had been sustained | by & decision in the District of Colum- | bia afirming the Secretary’s power under the oil code to prevent unfair competition The decision by Justice Jesse C. Ad-‘, kins was given PFriday against Harry | Victory and others of Detroit, who an injunction to prevent Ickes 1 plying code provisions which ibit the giving of premiums to en- irage purchases of oil and gasoline. The case, Ickes said, resulted in the first court decision directly sustaining the coastitutionality of the ofl code, and. “indirectly, other codes under the national recovery wct. Previous cases against the oil administrator have been based upon other sections of the act and no; on the oil code.” The Secretary sald the decision laid ® “clear-cut legal precedent, upholding the constitutionalily of the authority given the N. R. A. »il code to correct or prevent methods of competition de- structive to the petrolcum industry.” As a result, he said, he was now free $0 turn over to the Attorney General a e of evidence rollected by the In- rior Department Division of Investi- gations. on which criminal prosecution ‘Wil be based, cent a gallon on gasoline, and 5 per cent on dividends, both of which expire January 1; a tax on corporations of $1 for every $1,000 of capitalization, which expires at the end of the present fiscal year. June 30; and a levy of 5 per cent on corporation profits in excess of 1212 | per cent of capital structure. This be- | comes_ineffective upon the beginning of each corporation’s fiscal year follow- ing repeal. The estimated yield of the special gasoline tax is $62.000.000 a year, the dividend tax, $70,000.000. and capital stock and excess profits tax combined, $80.000,000—a grand total of $212,- 000.000. yield $250.000.000 to $325.000,000, with $300.000,000 the unofficially, but most generally mentioned figure. From these figures, it would appear that the Govern- ment stands to gain about $80.000,000. However, the problem is not so simple, the difficulty lies in gauging the income from the wpecial taxes as they expire. To guide it, the committee has figures | showing collections for the first four months of the fiscal year. These showed a yleld from the gasoline tax of $26,- 229,000 as compared with original esti- mates of $20,666.000 for that period; dividends, $11,477.000 against estimates of $23,333,000, and capital stock and excess profits $78,921,000, far above the expected vield of $26,666,000 Levies As Sinking Fund. The special taxes were levied in the recovery legislation of last June to pay interest and provide a sinking fund for the bond issues authorized to finance | the $3,300,000,000 public works program., Looking forward to liquor revenues, Congress stipulated that the taxes should expire as outlined after prohibition was repealed. As a result, Treasury officials said that (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) HURLEY’S CHILDREN GET ESTATE WORTH MILLIONS $100,000 Left to Charity by Former Shipping Board Head, Who Died November 14. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 2.—The will of the late Edward N. Hurley, disposing of an estate of several million dollars and bequeathing $100,000 to charity, was made public tonight by Attorney An- drew J. Ryan. Among the bequests were $25,000 each to Notre Dame University at South Bend, Ind., and Knox College at Galesburg, Ill, the funds to make up permanent endowments. the income of which would be used to help pay ex- penses of worthy students. ‘The major portion of the estate went to his four children. Hurley, manu- facturer, financier and war-time chair- man of the United States Shipping B{aarg, died November 14, at the age 69. Liquor taxes are estimated LoI |it by and large the Democrats in Con- | gress, with an election in the imme- | diate' offing, are not likely to cut off | | their own noses to spite their faces. | The more they fight among themselves, the better for the G. O. P. and the | worse for their own chances of re- | election. | On the Republican side, particularly in the Senate, the division between regular Republicans and the insurgent (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) \WORKERS ‘ON STRIKE' AGAINST CODE PAY |Zumber Company Employes Ap- peal Order to Close to Johnson. By the Associated Press. BEAUMONT, Tex., December 2.— Three hundred workmen at the Jones- O'Shaughnessy Lumber Co. mill here, who were at work “on strike” against what,_they termed “prohibition against work” by the lumber code authority, were paid by their employers today. John O’Shaughnessy, vice president, said that while the mill was under full control of the “striking” employes, the company would continue meeting pay rolls until advised further by Gen. Hugh Johnson, N. R. A. chief, to whom the case was appealed. Instructions from the code authority | to close the mill effective December 1, for 2!2 months resulted in an appeal being made first by officials of the con- cern. When that failed, employes de- clared they could not afford to be with- out work and would themselves take it over. They sre not, they asserted. against rd- the N. R. A., but believe that the wood situation locally, with all lumber handled for export, is different from that prevailing in the interior. The West Virginia Experiment 1 i I [ An interesting account of the plans for Uncle Sam'’s first subsistence homestead venture, by Thomas R. Hen- ry, appears today on Page 1 of the editorial section. e Importers said whisky authorized to be brought in from the United King- | dom was less than 5 per cent of the | total, indicating the Government was | seeking to encourage wine and beer consumption over hard liquor. 1 Meanwhile, negotiations were being carried on with England and France cluded stops in Labrador, Greenland and the Faroe and Shetland Islands, was made in the company’s behalf to determine the advisability of a regular Europe. Lindbergh operates the ship from its front cockpit. His wife runs the radio (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Movie Matinees Christmas Ch Once again The Star and the Warner Bros.’ theaters are going to make it possible for Santa Claus to visit the homes of Washington's thousands of destitute children, with his sack of bright and shiny new toys slung across his shoulder, on Christmas eve. Already detailed plans are being worked out for the annual “toy mat- inees”—movie shows at which the price of admission is a brand-new toy or new article of wearing apparel calculated to bring joy to the heart of some needy boy or girl. Old Kris Kringle, himself, has ap- proved the plans for the shows, which will be given in a dozen theaters on Sat- urday, December 16. “This idea worked out fine last year and the year before,” he said, “except that too many people handed in second- ise o Fid o Bods 1s. o iga a k r P g?cn:“ig ookl o death with & ile junk. 0, siree. 5 “Per children are entitled to shiny new toys, the same as anybody else, and, believe me, I'm going to see that they get ‘em. You won't find any = down, patched-up odds and ends in my bag.” trical enterprises , -dverum?w?em:mmm This_year, | to Mrs. E. H. Griffiith and Mrs. ml.chu;; i SR e e R free gifts is greater than ever before, ¢ to Provide Toys for Destitute Children The Star and Warner Brothers Sponsor Shows on December 16 to Bring eer to Needy. That has been the story all along. Year before last approximately 18,000 children, representing about 2,135 fami- lies, stood in need of such assistance: Jast year 27,518 children, from 3,460 families, were helped; this year chil- dren of something like 14,000 families will have to rely on outside help for their Christmas_ cheer. A list of the families unable to pro- prepared for the council by the emer- gency relief division Although many of these families have been taken off the relief rolls as a result of the Civil Works Administration set-up, they will need help just the same. Most of them have been without in- come for so long, it is pointed out, that the comparatively small wages now coming to them won't even begin to take care of their Christmas needs. A list of the theaters at which the matinees will be ‘held follow: Ambassador, Eighteenth street and Columbia road. Apollo, 624 H street northeast. Avalon, 5612 Connecticut avenue. Avenue Grand, 645 Pennsyl avenue. Central, Ninth between D and E. Colony, Georgia avenue and Farra- gut_street. Earle, Thirteenth and E streets. Home, 1230 C street northeast. Metropolitan, Tenth and P streets. Fourteenth Savoy, 3030 street. Tivoll, Fourteenth street and Park road. York, Georgia avenue and Quebec Performances in all the theaters will air route between North America and | vide their own Santa Clauses is being | andria and Emergency Hospitals, where | all but one of those hurt were treated. | | The dead girl has been identified | as Mrs. Mary Detoto. about 20, of 110 | C street. Mrs. Dorothy Furr of thep same address was brought to Emer- gency Hospital in a serious condition | and may not recover. The others badly injured were Edwin Anderson, 20, of 1869 Ingleside ter- race, possible fracture of the skull, and Woodrow Dean, 21, of Kentucky avenu: southeast, also possible fractured skuil. ‘Those less seriously hurt were Wood- row Acton, 21, of the 100 block M street southeast, cuts about face, pos- sible fracture of the nose; James H. Lyles, 22. 1300 block Columbia road, leg cuts and abrasions; Mrs. Lorrenice Lyles. his wife, cuts about the head; Helen Davis, 20, of the 600 block Sixth street, severe shock and bruises; Lee Cannon, 24, and C. L. Cannon, 19, brothers, residing at the Park Central Apartments; Mrs. Nina Hines, 21, 1413 Newton _street, injured shoulder, and James T. Warring. 20, 1900 block M street southeast, cuts on knee and head. There were six persons in each of according to hospital reports. One of the cars, & taxicab, was driven by James Lyles. With him, besides his Wife, were Mrs. Hines, Anderson and the two Cannons. They were headed on a pleasure trip to North Carolina. In the other machine rode the girl who was killed, her sister, Miss Davis: Acton, Dean and Warring. it was said. ‘Three ambulances were rushed to the scene immediately after the crash. ABDUCTION REPORTED BY ARMY PRIVATE Enlisted Man Says Men Forced Him to Use Truck to Con- voy Contraband. By the Associated Press. HAMMOND, Ind., December 2.—Pri- vate Fred Grimes, 25, of the United States Army, stationed at Fort Ben- jamin Harrison, today told Hammond police he was abducted by two men and forced to drive them in his Army truck to a point about five miles south of Hammond. Grimes said he believed the truck was used to convoy contraband of some kind. He told authorities that yesterday as he drove the truck in Indianapolis he was accosted at a stop light by an armed man who forced him to drive to an alley. In the alley, he said, he was transferred into the men'’s auto- mobile and one drove him about the city for some 15 minutes while the others drove off with the truck. ‘Then, he said, they again met the the truck and of the the two machines when they crashed | they met two other men. Grimes said | gnlx the alley with e was forced to drive north while two ! i~d him, illustrated, he said. by the expense of the World War building program when a great outpouring of money gave little additional strength to the Navy since few of the vessels were ready for use before the war ended. Swanson expressed his approval of | the existing ratios of 5-5-3 between Great Britain, the United States and Japan under the Washington naval treaty and approximately 5-5-3.5 under the London pact. “There are two methods by which these ratios may be attained; first, by reduction of naval strength on the part of other nations to our level or, second, by our building up to full treaty strength,” he said. “Inasmuch as the first method has been tried and has :;ued, only the second remains open us. Urges Orderly Building. “T believe one of the strongest guar- antees for peace and, justice is an ade- quate United States’ Navy—a treaty Navy second to none. I recommend an orderly annual naval building and re- placement program which will shortly give this country a treaty Navy." ‘The President’s action in turning over to the Navy $238,000,000 for con- struction and equipment of 32 new ves- sels was described by the Secretary as the first step in such a program. He_recommended a progressive plan (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ORDERS 818 FORD TRUCKS FOR USE IN C. C. C. CAMPS Agriculture Department Gives Be- thesda Firm Contract Worth $457,512. By the Associated Press. ‘The Northwest Motor Co. of Bethesda. M terday was awarded a $457,512 used ., yest contract for 818 Ford trucks to be by the Civilian Conservation 3 In announcing details of the bids opened Friday, the Agriculture Depart- ment brought to a close the most recent dispute between the Ford Motor Co. and recovery administrators over Henry Ford’s refusal to sign the automobile code. \An additional contract for 53 trucks was awarded to the Chevrolet Motor Co. of Detroit, the net cost totalling $29,877. Guide for Readers General News. ..Part One Lost and . .Page A-9 Civic Activities...Page 3, Port ¢ ’!Dld to file the statement. The same reply was given Shirley ‘Wimberly, representative of the Francis Williams political faction, when h | sought to make a statement during lh‘ | last minute. Denies Factional Probe. The hearing closed after Senator Cone nally had said: “I want to make it clear that we are here as representatives of the United States Senate and not any one political faction.” No acticn was taken by the subcom- mittee against John G. Holland, the committee's investigator, who charged the committee in several outbursts dur- ing the hearings with “whitewashing” :}x?guos{n‘urmn Connally with being The subcommittee explained that his case would be laid before the full com- mittee for appropriate action. Holland continued to function as the commit- tee’s investigator to the very last of the New‘ Orleans hearings. He sat next to Chairman Connally at the counsel table ;:xgmsunested Questions for the wit- LONG COUP FOUGHT. ;Cl“kfl Resist “Star Chamber” Elee- tion In Louisiana, By the Associgted Press. BATON ROUGE, La., December 2.— Scnator Huey P. Long’s projected po- litical “coup d'etat” in the sixth con= gressional district met stubborn oppo- sition on all fronts today, but he pushed forward with his plan to hold the “star chember election” Tuesday. Ashes of burned ballots, court chal- lenges, turbulent mass meetings, un- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) LIFE TERM FOR SLAYING REMITTED BY ROOSEVELT President Acts After Federal Court Reverses Decision Giving Ex-Sailor Freedom. By the Lgsoclated Press. ATLANTA December 2.—The unex- pired sentence of Gus Menafee, former sailor in the United States Navy, who has served 15 years of a life term in the Atlanta Penitentiary for slaying & petty officer, wad remitted today through action of President Roosevelt. The President’s intervention followed the recent reversal by the Fedcral Court of Appeals of a ruling by Judge E. Mar- vin Underwood of Federal District Court, who allowed Menafee his ireedom a year 2go on a writ of habaes corpus. After Judge Underwood's order re- leasing Menafee, he went to Florida and tound work in a factory. He returned Fere last month upon hearing that the decision had been reversed and sure rexdered to suthorities. 3