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WEATHER. (0. 8 Weather Buresu Forecast.) ‘morrow: slight tomorrow night; pm. ye: Qay. ~Full ay; Closing N. Y. Markets,Pages13,14&15 South._and winds. munturm—mm. 58, at 3 lowest. 41, at 5 a.m. to- page B-5. d to- nt, colder southwest he bemn WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION No. 32,725 vost office, Was intered as second class matt; er C. WASHINGTON, D. C. shington, D. o Star The only evening paper in Washington with the - Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 118,486 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1933—FORTY-TWO PAGES. (UP) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. ALL MEDICINAL MAY BE LIQUOR RELEASED WHEN REPEAL IS PROCLAIMED < Officials Weigh Plan to Increase AIM TO HAMPER BOOTLEG TRADE Morgenthau Studies Regulation to Curb Canadian Rum. BULLETIN. COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 5 () —Ohio today ratified repeal of the eighteenth amendment, becom- ing the thirty-fifth State to approve returp of legal liquor. The vote of the 52 repeal convention delegates was unanimous. but in spite of it the State remained legally “dry Repeal of Ohio’s constitutional pro- hibition smendment will not be ef- fective untll next Thursday., and even then it will bs necessary for the Legislature to repeal two en- forcement ects and enact control laws before liquor may flow again. By the Associated Press. The Government is considering a plan to rvelease all medicinal | liquor stocks for beverage pur- | poses immediately after procla-| mation of repeal this evening. | While President Roosevelt and | Acting Secretary of State Phillips | awaited the repeal convention in | Utah to prcclaim the passing out | of the eighteenth amendment, serious consideration was given to assuring an adequate supply for the 20 or so States that either | will allow liquor immediately or soon. 3 To hamper the bootleg trade is one goal. The plan about liber- ating the medicinal liquor sup- | plies was being weighed by Joseph | H. Choate, jr., Tederal alcohol| administrator, and E. S. Green-| baum of the Preident’s special| committee. One official said that in all likelihood the plan would be ap- | proved late in the day. The Utah | action is expected about 9:30 pm., | Eastern standard time. It was estimated that the plan would | release for immediate consumption lp-l Proximately 500,000 gallons of domestic and imported spirits and wines. Imports for Blending. To meet the demand for American | type bourbon and rye whiskies, the tem- porary Liguor Import Committee this afternoon announced it had decided to | permit the importation of a substan- | tial quantity for blending purposes. e announcement was made by Choate. Canada is the only country that pro- | €uces these types of liquors. The statement of the committee | said: “The Temporary Liquor Import Com- | mittee, having regard for the special | circumstances attending American-type | bourbon and rye whisky suitable for | blending purposes, has decided to issue | immediately permits for substantial quotas of liquors of these categories.” The commitiee made no further ex- planation, However, it was indicated | & shortage of aged whisky in the United States of these types resulted in the| cecision. | Plan to Curb Imports. Meantime, a tentative regulation to curb imports from Canadian and Mex- fcan border points by casual purchasers | was before Acting Secretary of the | Treasury Morgenthau. | As drafted by the Customs Bureau | pnd the Internal Revenue Bureau, it | would limit purchases by Americans | goine across the border to every 30 days. It would bar persons from going across the border to bring in liquor to evade | the $5-a-gallon tariff on purchases of $100 Or less. | Under the Jaw, persons are able to| bring into the country up to $100 in| merchandise. | Awaiting the historic conventions of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Utah. the Gov- ernment also moved today to cork potential outlets for bootleg liquor ex- isting in illegal operations within the Tectilying Industry. Dr. William V. Linder, head ‘of the technical aivision of the Bureau of In- dustrial Alcohol, answering questions put by E. S. Greenbaum. member of the President’s Liquor Control Committee, said: “Unless the Government takes over control, 5,000 or 10,000 people could qualify as rectifiers immediately and undoubtedly would produce a lot of inferior spirits like the bootleggers have been producing. Outlet for Bootleg Spirits. “To my mind, this would produce an outlet for bootleg spirits. It would Te- sult in many rectifiers using bootleg spirits to evade taxes. “If a man qualifies as a restifier he probably could purehace a small quan- Tl e e = S e e . o hand The rectifiers’ code proposed by the President’s Committee would license the rectifiers. Greenbaum asked” the wit- ness if he believed it necessary for the Government to limit the number of per- sons in the rectifying industry as well @5 the amount of production. | “1 would limlt the number of peo- ple.” Linder said. “The Government should have the right to say Wwho should have these permits.” Meanwhile, Choate and Ray Miller of the Agriculture Department were at the office of Dr. James M. Doran, re- tiring commissioner of industrial al- cohol, passing on permits for import- ers. It was announced that while many permits had been prepared. issuance would probably not start until late in the day or maybe tomorrow. At that time, it {s planned to release them at one time in order to give all importers an equal opportunity to land their shipments on American shores. White House Unperturbed. rmits that were granted before pirits on s0 that Il you went In uid have them ta | as quickly as poss 'Drys Denied Plea TPennsy vania Is ‘To Prevent Making| 9 | Repeal Effective 34th State to | — Ratify. District Court Rejects | Last-Minute Action to !DELECATESV‘)TE| | Halt Proclamation. ‘IN SENATE HALL By the Associated Press I The effort to prevent issuance of the proclamation announcing ratification of the prohibition repeal amendment was rejected today by Justice F. Dick- inson Letts in District Supreme Court. Hearing the expected news, William Phillips, as Acting Secretary of State, prepared to go ahead with his plans to | issue the proclamation as soon as he hears the Utah convention has acted as the. thrity-sixth State to ratify the | twenty-first amendment, The unsuccessful court action was brought by Canon William Chase of Brooklyn, N. Y. and George S. Dun- | can of this city, representing the Inter- national Reform Federation. and other dry organizations. They contended the amendment had been illegally ratified in several States. | Justice Letts said there was no basis for the action sought and denied the petition for the reason that it would be futfle to grant it, inasmuch as the | amendment becomes effective upon | ratification by the thirty-sixth State nlnd not upon issuance of the proclama- tion. RUM TOBE SOLD N HONTCONERY Commissioners Speed Plans | for Opening of Dispen- saries Tonight. 1 Utah Is Determined To Be 36th State to Cast Ballot. By the Associated Press. Pennsylvania, once famed for the liquors it made, quietly ratified repeal of prohibition at 12:12 p.m. today. Thirty-fifth State, Ohio— Convention meets at 1 p.m, Eastern standard time. Thirty-sixth and last neces~ sary State to make the twenty- first amendment (repeal) ef- fective Utah — Convention meets at noon, mountain time, and recesses until 7 pm, mountain time. Latest reports are to the effect that final ac- tion, making repeal a fact, will come at about 9:30 p.m., East- ern standard time. By the Associated Press, HARRISBURG, December 5— Pennsylvania, once famed for the liquors it made, quietly ratified re- peal of prohibition at 12:12 p.m. today. Fifteen delegates, three of them | in the brilliant hall of the Senate Whisky will be placed on sale in and cast the official votes which Montgomery County tonight. it was of- | made Pennsylvania the thirty- ficially announced this afternoon by ¥ fourth State to approve over- Lacy Shaw, president o(snlie Ponrd of = County Commissioners. Sale in Prince | throw of the eighteenth - Georges County is not expected until ment, 8 o3 g enck Thursday. | 4 Shaw declared, following a confer- | Then from the smokestacks of ence with Maj. E. Brooke Lee, head of the eounty Democratic organization that the three county-operated ‘dispen s.ll'l‘:i l:n:!g:hup ltm}:flglfle, Silver pr esda, opened ible after Gov. Ritchie | prepared to sell to those bent on fl‘ffii}d’u t_h'em "S‘ute-vdde liquor c(m'-!Ol[celebntXng the end of 14 arid oon. { is expected that Gov. Ritchie will | Years. affix his signature to the measure, | which was adopted by the State Legis- ' Tature act night, at 3 o'clock this after- , State policc and municipal authori- Ao | ties forecast, however, that the celebra- O was said by Shaw that arrange. | D after the last needed State has rat- ments had been made to rush a hrie" ifiea ".“lt;';! as quiet as today's cere- shipment of whisky into Montgomery | MONY in the Senate. County from Baltimore in_collabora- | The ceremony in the Senate was tion for the opening of the dispen- | Driel and simple saries, which is expected to attract| The Senate was crowded to the doors istrict | 8 Lieut. Gov. E. C. Shannon dropped thapsands of Maryland and District |y, covei and read the act of PRl | which set up the conventlon, Plan Immediate Opening. | “The delegates were sworn in to the The announcement by Shaw came|flare of flashiights and the chamber shortly after Maj, Lee had disclosed | burst in applause, After a brief recess the resolution calling for ratification that preparations were being made for the immediate of the dispen-| was presented to the Lieutenant Gover- nor and the vote was taken. saries and that worth of reve- | nue. stamps had purchased by The delegates voted unanimously. | A few minutes after the vote. the cer- the commissi A meeting of the county commic- | tificate. signed by the 15 delegatesyand sioners is being held in Silver Spring | Pennsylvania's secretary of the Com- this afternoor to select the personnei | monwealth. Richard J. Beamish. was and sites for the three places at which | prepared to be sent to Washington. the county will sell liquor. A liquor | control board also is to be named by | State to Sell Liquor. ‘With ratification a fact. Pennsyl- the county heads at the session this | afternoon. | vanians are permitted to imbibe under The disclosure that whisky would be | regulations far removed from the oll placed on tale in Montgomery County | license law which existed when prohibi- tonight came as a distinct surprise. | tion came . v Earlier statements by county officials | At that time licenses were issued by were to the effect that the dispensary | the courts. The present extraordinary system would begin operation “about | session of the Legislature approved a January 1.” system of liquor stores proposed by Gif- Reports that liquor would be placed ! ford Pinchot, the ardent dry Governor. on sale in Prince Georges County by | Under the new regulations, liquors Thursday are believed to have caused | may be sold between today and Janu- Montgomery officials to speed up prep- | ary 2 by the drink, bottle or case in arations for sale of liquor in that juris- | hotels, restaurants, clubs, boats and diction in order to share in the pre- | dining cars licensed by the board. Christmas liquor trade. Beginning at smg.xg.h.va&u-% & Sale in Baltimore Tonight. B sy UF pRESWE by 9 St Legal salé of Tons il atert b Bal- | DA% in the State’s liquor stores. e f the Thotel: timore tonight if the Liquor Board suc- .na";exst;urelnfi?naoy s:lle brfie d‘;';;ni ceeds in completing- all arrangements from 7 am. to 2 am, excepting on by the time Utah ratifies repeal. Other- | Somtays. oction dave nd. gal hotis wise sale will start in Baltimore 10~ MOrTow, days. _The State stores will be closed Outstanding provisions of Maryland's| (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) new law are: Liquors ‘and fortified wines subject to Ao and, Jortified wines subject | T, V. A. ANNOUNCES JOB “On sale” licenses, permitting sale FOR ‘6,500 PERSDNS by drink in hotels and restaurants au- thorized in Prince Georges, Washington By the Associated Press. v Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, chairman of and Baltimore Counties, Baltimore City and Annapolis. “Taverns” or saloons authorized in|¢ne Tennessee Valley Authority, an- nounced today the Civil Works Admin: istration had set aside $3,343,402 for Baltimore City. 'Baltimore County, employment of 16,500 persons on_Au- Chesapeake Beach and North Beach. St. Marys Permits Saloons. ?ma:y projects in the Tennessee River as! St. Marys County passed a law of its oum permitting saloons. Morgan said the valley work with civil works funds would consist largely of “Off sale” licenses, permitting sale foreairy, soll crosion Gontrol, CoNsWUG- by package only permitted in mosf tion of feeder roads,'malaria control. tountles. although some limited pack- "ot feeder_roads.’ malari L i i i i A W T age salés sections o Einties bounly s 'Sofin L. Neely. jr. Tennessee State nighway superiniendent, nas been given leave of absence to act as co-ordinator of Tennessee Valley Authority and Montgomery. civil work enterprises in the river basin. line hundreds of hotels, restau- Expect Quiet Celebration. pennrles authorized in Worcester ana Wicomico e vy No referendum allowed under the State law, but referendums will be au- (Continued on Page 5. Column 6.) SMUGGLING GUARD ON NIAGARA TO CONTINUE IN SPITE OF REPEAL By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., December 5.—The Niagara River, one of the hottest pro- hibition era’ battlegrounds in -the fight against rum-runners, is not expected by the Coast Guard and customs maintained, and. that no renewal of the liquor gave so much trouble before -Canada into effect restrictions which cngw had the issuance of them sus- pended, have not been reseinded. White House officials _were unper- (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) ‘These Ci force, are one of the principal reasons JUST ONE. PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER! TL-ANyTo MAMULE LiqueR PRODBE CHEST REVTALLED BYPERSHNGS AL Spurs Drive With “Attack Again” Slogan—Speaks on Radio Tonight. Spurred on to "attack again” in the hope of achieving victory by Thursday. |a revitalized, Community Chest army of ‘\'olunteers fared forth today under the military inspiration of such veteran women, elected November 7, 5t00G | campaigners as Gen. John J. Pershing | and Gen. Hugh A. Johnson. Gen. Pershinz, not content to with- draw from the front after giving the | Chest workers yesterday their new | “attack again” slogan, agreed to carry | his appeal direct to the citizenry by | radio tontent. ranged for & mobilization at 6 p.m. of rants, clubs, boats and dining cars | the entire N. R. A. personnel in the | Department of Commerce auditorium, | where he will call on them to “do their | part” in the campaign for Washington's | misery-stricken inhabitants. | The N. R. A. leader acted upon Te- ceiving advices that the Governmental Unit in this year's drive has attained scarcely half of its quota. although the Campaign today was in the fftn day of an extension period. | Talks on Four Stations. | Gen. Pershing will discuss “Human | Needs" over' Station WMAL at-9 p.m. | He will appear on the regular Board of #Trnde pregram, turned over to the | Community Chest for the occasion. Newbold Noyes, president of Chest, pleaded with Washington not to | let the campaign fall short of its goal of | 51,945,000 in a radio address broadcast | last night over the first city-wide, four- station hook-up ever arranged for a purely civic undertaking here. Mr. | Noyes' address, delivered in the Willard | Hotel, was carried by Stations WRC, WMAL, WJSV and WOL. He was in- | troduced by H. L. Rust, jr. vice chair- | man of the campaign. Short appeals also were made last night from the stages of all downtown theaters, the speakers being John Nor- ton Johnson at the Columbia, Charles M. Brooks at the Earle, Col. Daniel J. | Donovan at the Fox, Edgar M. Gerlack |at R-K-O Keith's, E. Claude Babcock at the Metropolitan, Joseph D. Kauf- | man at the Palace and Francis Miller | at_the Rialto. The solicitors turned in yesterday a | total of 5,431 pledges amounting to $34,- 794.90. which brought the campaign total to $1,429,571.08, or 73.4 per cent of the goal. $400,000 Short of Goal. Challenging his hearers to listen to the appeal of their unfortunate citizens through the Chest, Mr. Noyes said, “I speak in the name of thousands of your fellow citizens: children. cold and hun- gry and {rightened; mothers and fathers desperate in the face of that fact, girls and boys growing cynical and bitter and sullen in the face of the callousness of ~ (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) STOCKS GO HIGHER AS ACTIVITY GAINS éham Up $1 to Around §$2 in Aft- ernoon—Wheat Rises More Than | Two Cents a Bushel. By the Associated Press. 7 L L rallled in a livelier market today and were mccompanied higher by most of the commodities, including Wwheat, ‘Which rose more than 2 cents a bushel. Dollar exchange, after advancing moderately. turned reactionary and by afternoon European currencies showed small net gains. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation, for the fourth successive day, left its gold-buying price unchanged at $34.01 an ounce. United States Government bonds made mixed and narrow_fluctuations. On the Stock Exchange industrials and rails were particularly strong, gains of $1 to around $2 a share being plenti- ful. Aleohol issues were quiet and little changed as the time for official prohibi- al 3 Trading In e “arks roenica quicy afer & rather brisk morning. Speculative sentiment seemed to have such trade barom- stores, e 8 year ago. Declaratl flhfi&%&"dn%h‘:ty 5‘.”.”"‘ pa a ‘Gen. Joh: , fighti hdrmc‘ Pittsburgh to Philadelphia’s sky- | ,M::d On:;z,.y :d,:;m:u@:, are | the | ‘ l Missing ’ } SENATOR J. HAMILTON LEWIS, LONE'SFILBUSTER ISLADTOBANKERS Glass Leaves Sick Bed to | Confront Aldrich Before ! Senate Probers. By the Associated P-ess. | Aroused by criticism of the new bank law that bears his name, Senator Glass (Democrat) of Virginia told Senate in- | vestigators today that New York bank- ers led the opposition to it which crys- | tallized in a filibuster conducted by Huey Long and others. Glass confessed he was in a “savage humor” as he confronted Winthrop W. Aldrich, president of the Chase National Bank, with the charge. The Virginian | said he had gotten out of a sick bed to appear. Before the session was over, however, Aldrich and Glass found many of their | | banking ideas were the same. including the view that a unified banking system | was desirable to supplant the present | | Federal and State set-ups. | “ In "his preliminary statement Glass | charged that it was a direct violation New York law for the Chase Bank | a year retirement pay | of to vote $100,000 to Albert H. Wiggin, its former chair- | | man. } Visit Is First in Weeks. Aldrich _contended the retirement | pay, which Wiggin recently gave up, was legal, but said the bank board now felt it made a mistake in voting it in view of qisclosures in the Semate in- quiry. Glass appeared at the Banking Com- mittee’'s hearing for the first time in many weeks. His appearance was in- spired by Aldrich's recommendation last week for strengthening the bank law. Aldrich, Glass said, apparently want- ed to put the entire banking community | into a “straight-jacket.” The committee announced that be- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Pay Next Year Community Chest pledges, to be paid in weekly or monthly installments at next v T bers of the District of Co- lumbia Bankers’ Associa- tion; the office of the Wash- ington Gas Light Co., 411 Tenth street; the George- town Gas Light Co., at Wis- consin and Dumbarton ave- nues; the Chesapeake & Po- tomac Telephone Co., 723 Thirteenth street; the Po- tomac Electric Power Co., at Tenth and E streets north- west; at J. T. Richards Co., Inc, 1213 Water street southwest Friwshlp House, 326 V! ave- irg nue southeast; the North- east Building_Association, at 2010 Rhode Island avenue northeast, and Henderson’s Cigar Store, at the south- east corner of New York avenue a nd Fourteenth street, Additional stations will be announced as they are obtained. | 37 the Associated Press. SENATOR J.H.LEWIS MISSING FOUR DAYS : Fails to Appear for_' Address Scheduled Last Night at Springfield, Mo. BULLETIN. EL PASO, Tex., December 5 (#).— United States Senator J. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, whose absence caused concern to his Chicago asso- ciates was located in EI Paso today. He arrived yesterday suffering from a cold and canceled several speak- ing engagements. The Senator arrived ahead of schedule with Secretary of the Treasury Woodin, who is going to Arizona to rest. Woodin continued con to Tueson today. Lewis will speak here tomorrow night. CHICAGO, December 5.—Associates of Senator James Hamilton Lewis were extremely concerned today to learn that he had not appeared for a scheduled address at Springfield, Mo., last night. The senior Illinols Senator’s law of- fice had not heard from him since he left Chicago Wednesday night, From PRELIMINARY TAX REVISION FAVORED TONET 52370000 House Ways and Means Sub- committee Recommends Drastic Changes. INCREASED SURTAX RATE AMONG NEW PROPOSALS Four Per Cent on All Incomes and Holding Company Levies Also Included. By the Associated Press. A preliminary tax-revision program estimated to yleld $237,000.000 a year was recommended today by a House ways and means subcommittee The report, calling for wide changes in tax rates, was submitted to the full committee. Additional recom- mendations are expected later. Hear- ings by the full committee on the pro- posals are expected to begin shortly. Normal Rate Changes. creased surtax rates and a normal rate of 4 per cent on all income instead of the present 4 per cent on the first $4.000 net income and 8 per cent over $4,000. Among the many other changes are heavy taxes against personal hold- ing companies, which the report termed a “scheme of the ‘incorporated pocket- Briefly sumntarized, the program would provide the following revenue: Changes in the normal and surtax rates and in credits against net income. $36,000,000; changes in depreciation and depletion allowances, $85,000.000: capi- tal gain and loss changes, $30.000.000: personal holding company taxes, $25,- 000,000; exchanges and reorganizations, $18.000.000: dividends out of pre- March 1, 1913, earnings, $6,000,000; for- eign tax credits, $10,000,000; consoli- dated returns, $20.000,000, and partner- shio_losses. $7,000,000. The subcommittee recommened the normal rate of 4 per cent on all net income and the adjustment of the surtax rate “so that the tax burden on incomes other than dividends and par- tially tax-exempt interest will remain | practically unchanged.” Higher Dividend Tax. The principal advantages of this change were described as simplifica- tion, an increased tax on dividends, and higher tax on partially tax-exempt interests. The subcommittee pointed out that under the present law a single man with a net income from dividends of $50.000 pays a tax of $4.960, while a single man with a $50,000 net income from salary pays $8,720 tax. Under the new proposal the man with the divi- dend income would pay $6.900. Dividends now are subject to an 8 per cent exemption from income tax V Y. Dallman of Springfield, Il., it| was learned that Senator Lewis left| the Dallman residence Friday after-| noon. supposedly for St. Louis. | Senator Lewis did not arrive as sched- uled at Springfield. Mo., last night's address, and his office began | an_effort to trace him today. { The Senator was scheduled for an| | address at Dallas, Tex.. today. | WAS TO TALK ON N, K. A, No Word is Received After Failure to Appear. SPRINGFIELD Mo., December 5 (#). | —Senator James Hamilton Lewis was scheduled to make a speech in behalf of the N. R. A. here last night. He failed to appear and no word was re- ceived from him. Plans for Lewis’ appearance here were made by John T. Woodruff, local N. R. A. chairman, with Louis J. Alber, director of the N. R. A. Speakers’ Bu- reau at Washington. Yesterday Lewis’ secretary, Edward L. Millen, Chicago. wired G. L. Gaukel, Missouri N. R. A director, in St. Louis, that “the Sen- ator is en route to Springfield.” A tel- egram from Millen to Lewis was deliv- ered here last night. NO WORD FOR WEEK. | Secretary Knows Nothing of Springfield, | Mo., Date. Wallace Streeter, Secretary of Senator I Lewis ot Illinois, told reporters today at his office 1n the Capitol that he had not heard from Lewis directly for more than a week, but had been informed previously the Senator was due at Dal- las, Tex., tqnight, for an address. Streeter said the Senator was due back ir Chicago yesterday, and that al- though some mention had been made of him going to Springfield, Ill, nothing had been said about him making an address at Springfield, Mo. FATALLY BURNED ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., December 5 (#)—H. W. Fulton. 26, of Charleston, §. C., was fatally burned and J. B. Lea, 25, also of Charleston. was in- jured when their fish truck crashed into a bridge near here today. The truck went headon into the bridge and caught fire immediately. Lea said he could have saved his com- panion’s life had he been ll!tll to sever a leg which was pinned in the wreck- A6, Hie 6aid Fulton begged Mim 10 oui off the member but he could find noth- ing with which to perform the opera- | yesterday | do that was through a comstitution morning. He gave no notice to cancel | but under the new proposal they would be given only a 4 per cent exemption. The subcommittee it con- sidered making all tax-exempt income taxable, but concluded the only way '/01 a amendment. Surtax Simplified. ‘The surtax brackets were proposed to be reduced from 53 to 27 for pur- ?l(’;:upo! simplification. Compared with resent rates ranging from 1 per cent on the first $6,000 to $10.000 to 55 per cent on incomes over $1,000,000. the proposed rates would range from 4 per | cent on $4.000 to $6.000 to 59 per cent on more than $1,000,000. | A tax of 35 per cent was proposed on | the undistributed adjusted net income | of personal holding companies, which | the subcommittee said was the “most | (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) | ;]HURRICANE OF HEAT ' WHIPS NORTH PACGIFIC | Japanese Ship in Alaskan Waters Reports Wind of 90-Mile Velocity. | By the Associatea Press. DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, Decem- ber 5—A “90-mile northwest hurri- cane, accompanied by phenomenal heat.” was reported in the North Pacfic Ocean in a wireless message from the Japanese motorship Hakushika Maru last night. The message did not indicate whether the ship was in danger or the direction of the disturbance. Her po- sition, 53 N. and 160 W. would place her some distance south of this Aleu- tian Island town. SIGHT RUM RUNNERS Coast Guardsmen Report Seeing Six Of New England Coast. BOSTON, December 5 (P).—Six rum runners, anxious to make a landing before Tepeal becomes offclal, were sighted on “rum row” off the southern w coast during the early New England morning, Goast Guardsmen Teporied that the vessels evidently were seeking [ T Wiidre iR wvisnn LINDBERGH AWAITS NIGHT WINDS TO BREAK CALM By the Associated Press. BATHURST, Gambia, December 5.— Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh planned today to e-off at midnight (7 pm., E. 5. T.) on a projected flight to South America, 1,900 miles away. Col. Lindbergh chose that time for his departure because at that hour the winds are most favorable for a get-away. mA freshening breeze sprang “"_’h:m e morm, ving promise wl fn been delayed by a ursday, might proceed. hour. HALTING FLIGHT the breeze they might not be able to get away for days because of the dif- ficulty in lifting the seaplane from an absolutely calm surface. Surface tension held the pontoons of the craft as in a groove and baffled Some persons believed Lindberghs did not take advan The preliminary report proposes in- | ARMED GITIZENS CLOSE POLLS AND ROUTLONG FORCES Voting for Mrs. Kemp Pro- ceeds Haltingly in Nine Other Parishes. WARNING OF BLOODSHED SENT TO GOV. 0. K. ALLEN Court Injunction, Fails to Halt Dis- tribution of Bflots—Men With Pistols Check Voters. By the Assoclated Press. BATON ROUGE, La., December 5.— Senator Huey P. Long's political forces were put to rout by violently demon- strating citizens in 3 of the 12 parishes of the sixth congressional district today and were forced to cancel the congres- sional election in those 3 parishes when the residents made a display of armed resistance to the proposed balloting. Elsewhere in the district the election was ordered to proceed, but balloting was very light. as both State highway police and ermed citizens stood near the polling booths tallying those who came to vote. The election was designed to send Mrs. Bolivar E. Kemp, Senator Long’s candi- date, to the vacant sixth district Con- gress seat in a suddenly-called election without the holding of a party primary. The Parishes of Tangipahoa. home of Mrs. Kemp: Livingston and St. Helena, in the eastern sector of the district, after a week of protesting demonstra- tions, in which the Kemp ballots were seized and publicly burned and Serator Long and other administration leaders were hanged and burned in effigy, turned out heavily armed today to pre« vent the balloting. Voting Canceled. Lee Ponder, chairman of the Sixth District Democratic Committee and Long's spokesman in the section, quickly announced the election had been called off in those parishes, Pon- der said the cancellation was due to an injunction issued by Judge Nat Ty- cer late yesterday. Similar injunctions i.:aued elsewhere failed to stop the elec- on. Voting proceeded here in the State Capital, the Feliciana parishes, West Baton Rouge, Pointe Coupee and Iber- ville, but many boxes had not had a single vote cast in them long after the opening hour. The only “ballot box™ in evidence in Tangipahoa was a garbage can set up on the main street of Hammon, promi- nently labeled ‘“Vote Here If You Want To."” Long Directs Set-Up. Senator Long. as generalissimo of the election maneuver, directed the elec- tion set-up under guard from the top 1loor of the Koosevelt Hotel in New Or- | | leans. | Warnings have been sent to Senator | Long and Gov. O. K. Allen from leaders of the 12 parishes in the district that bloodshed might ensue if opposing forces met. Hundreds of citizens have been sworn in as deputies to enforce court injunctions to prohibit the dis« tribution of ballots. Shots were exchanged last night at the Amite River Bridge between 25 citizens and occupants of a truck. who they believed were bringing new ballots from Baton Rouge to replace those burned earlier in the evening in Liv- ingston Parish. Windows were shot out of the truck, but no one was in- jured. The truck escaped down & | swamp trail. Trouble Flares. Trouble started eight days ago when | the Parish Executive Committee met m New Orleans, outside of the dis- | trict, in secret session and announced | that’ Mrs. Kemp was the Democratic | nominee and called a general election for today with only the name of Mrs. Kemp on the ballot. The temper of the people rose as election time approached and yesterday effigies of Senator Long. Governor O. K. Allen and Judge Ponder were hanged and burned on the street of Hammond. The ballots for the parishes of Tangi- 'pahoa. Livingston, East Feliciana and West Peliciana, have been burned by irate citizens. POLITICS ALLEGED IN GIVING C. W. A. JOBS Former Youngstown Mayor Charges Hopkins and“Noble Are Not Sincere. By the Associated Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, December 5. —Charging that H. L. Hopkins, na- tional civil works administrator, and Ray' Noble, Mahoning County relief director, “are not sincere,” former Mayor Joseph L. Heffernan, speaking before the United Labor Congress last night, urged that a Federal investi- t [ gator be sent here to stop “bosses from Blaskne polltes 1n the didelbution of C. W. A joba Heflernan asked union labor to unite with war veterans in calling for an investigation. The congress referred the protest to its executive committee. Heffernan said that “we have proof that veterans are being mistreated in handing out C. W. A. jobs.” C. W. Weller, superintendent of the State-City Employment Bureau, who is assigning men under Noble's direction, said he is choosing first ex-service men who have dependents and are qualified, according to law, and that next he picks other men who qualify and have dependents. Guide for Readers Amusements Comi o