Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1933, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Fopecast.) lowest, 44, y. Full report on page Closing N. Y. Markets,Pages13,14&15 at 11 p.m. yes- by rain No. 32,726. voss office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C he Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1933—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. a Star K%k vered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 118,382 w M s Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 'LINDBERGHS LAND AFTER HOP TO BRAZIL FESTIVITIES LACK FERVOR AS LEGAL LIQUOR FLOWS; MONTGOMERY BEGINS SALE RooseveltUrges Temperance by Education. ASKS STATE BAN ON ALL SALOONS Permits to Import| Issued to Curb Bootleg Trade. i | | | By the Associated Press. | A Nation that had made Fed- | eral prohibition just a repealed | constitutional amendment worked | hard today to adjust itself to the | new order of things. | And, surprisingly to some, the | 20 States whose laws permitted | the sale of hard liquor after Utah | late yesterday became the thirty- | sixth to ratify repeal, had com-l paratively few citizens feeling the | worse today for celebrations. | Throughout the country the fes-| tivities seemed to lack the fervor | some had forecast. In many cases the supply was | scant. In several States regula- tory set-ups had not been com- | pleted, so the liquor suppliers | were few. | There were, too, many indications that a number of State officials ex- | pected to follow the lead of Presi- | dent Roosevelt, who, in proclaiming repeal of the nearly 14-year-old law, stated his future aims in these words: “The policy of the Government will be to see to it that tne social and po- ltical evils that have existed in the pre-prohibition era shall not be re- vived nor permitted again to exist.” Against Return of Saloon. He asked “especially that no State thall by law or otherwise authorize the return of the saloon, either in its old form or in some modern guise” | * High Liquor Prices Bring U. S. Threat Of Drastic Action By the Associated Press Federal lquor control chiefs gave indications of displeasure today over the soaring prices re- ported for newly-legalized bever- administration started studying a proposal that the Ped- eral Government levy all taxes on bottled alcoholic beverages and then apportion this revenue among wet States. ‘The President has expressed anxiety lest liquor taxes become so high that bootleggers and illicit traffic would continue to thrive. The new study is considering the possibility of avoiding double taxation. As for present prices, one offi- cial said that while “a chaotic condition must be expected for the next few days,” the admini- stration certainly proposed to bring about reasonable prices through the power granted it under the code authority on the liquor industry. Good whiskey, with the present tax of $1.10 a gallon, should sell for about $1.50 a quart, one offi- cial asserted. FEDERATION WANTS 0., SHEBY DRNK Citizens’ Group Favors Es-| tablishment of Liquor Cen- tral Control Unit. l The Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions was on record today as favoring the sale of alcoholic drinks by the glass | in restaurants, hotels and clubs in the | District. This was the central part of | |a comprehensive report adopted last | night after a debate lasting four hours | {at & special meeting” chlled at the | Thomson School. The sale by the gless proyision car- and said the “objective we seek through | ried by the narrow margin of 25 to 23. a national policy is the education of | | every citizen toward a greater um_‘Under the parliamentary situation ut perance throughout the Nation.” | the time, the change from aye to no by The organization he was creating to | a single delesate not only would have effectuate that declared policy plugged | deadlocked tie vote, but would have away on the hundreds of problems necessitated by the repeal of a law which left no regulatory statutes in its place. The recovery and agricultural acts with their code provisions were being used until Congress, could enact necessary laws. Distillers, brewers and importers al- | ready were under codes; hearings had | Jjust been held on one for the rectifiers and blenders. Numerous attempts were being made ta keep bootleggers from profiting by the expected increased demand. Jos- eph H. Choate, jr. who is head of the new Federal Alcohol Control Ad- ministration, in one of his first orders tried to speed legitimate supplies. Issue Importation Permits. The temporary Liquor Import Com- | mitte, which he heads, continued issu- | ing permits for immediate importation | of American-type bourbon and rye whisky ~suitable for blending. The committee did not say how much of that liquor would be admitted, but of- ficials estimated Canada had nearly 20,000,000 gallons which could be im- ported into the United States. Negotiations continued with other | *eountries for trade pacts whereby their spirits and wines might be exchanged for American farm surpluses, These were but a few of the prob- | lems ~that occupied Washington of- ficials. _The States had as many, or | (Continued on Page 5, Column 1. AUTHORITY FAVORED FOR MISSOURI RIVER| Roosevelt Reported Seeking Crea- tion of M. R. A., Similar to T. V. A, By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt was reported au- thoritatively today as favoring the early creation of a Missouri River Authority similar to the Tennessee Valley Au- thority. Although it was said at the White House that the Chief Executive has not yet studied the matter deeply, he was said to feel that an investigation of the possibilities of such a move should be mace. One question he feels should be studied in view of the great expanse of the Missouri Valley, is whether the project would be too large an enterprise to be embraced by a single authority. Further, Mr. Roosevelt was said to be entertaining a similar attitude to- ward the Arkansas River Valley. The President has not yet discussed his ideas with Senator Norris, Repub- lican, of Nebraska, leader of. the fight for the creation of the Tennessee au- thority, but it was intimated he would do so later, ‘The Nebraskan announced recently he wouid introduce a bill in the next Con- gress to provide for the development of the Missouri Valley in much the same manner as the Tennessee project. WIZARD MULTIPLIES BILLION BY MILLION BY the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 6.—Dr. Samuel P. Krieger, German mathematical wiz- ard, who now lives in Buffalo, came to town and made newspapermen tions. with _his calculaf 3 ply 1,073,741,824 by 1,- red in 12 seconds Asked to multi] 048,576, he answe: writing down one line of figures as fol- 1,125.899.906,842,264. knocked out the provision, offered as a substitute for the one under considera- tion. The plan which was beaten pro- | vided that no place should be licensed for the sale of liquor to be consumed “on or near” the premises The report finally adopted, the com- plete text of which appears elsewhere in today's Star, in general favored the establishment of a municipal liquor centrol board. which would be the only agency allowed to import alcoholic bev- erages intc the District for sale. This | system is located in the 8400 biock of | Price of Whisky Ranges From | $2.50 t0 $6.50. 'CONTROL BOARD IS APPOINTED | | Prince Georges Sale| Is Not Expected Until Friday. The sale of whisky was to| | be inaugurated in Montgomery County late this afternoon at three county-operated dispensa- ries located in Silver Spring, Be- thesda and Rockville. The board to control this sale was appointed yesterday. It is expected that the sale of liquor will not begin in Prince Georges County until Friday, the Control Board for that county having announced that it desires time to deliberate upon the prob- lems it faces, and to await the appointment of an attorney to the | board. i Sal> of whisky in Montgomery was | held up last night by the unexpected | delay in the signing of the Maryland | State-wide liquor control bill by Gov. Albert C. Ritchie. Board Is Appointed. | Officials of the dispensary system | created -and operated by the county an- | nounced this morning that the sale would open as soon as a hurriedly placed order for whisky be rushed into Montgomery ; County comm! to open the di spent the entire afternoon in session at ver Spring selecting .the personnel of the county’s liquor control board | and the stafls of the three dispensaries, but their plans went awry when Gov. Ritchie failed to sign the until seven hours after it had been said he would affix his signature to the measure. Hundreds of Washington and Mary- land residents, lured to Silver Spring, | Bethesda and Rockville by the news | that whisky would be placed on sale by nightfall, turned away when it was learned that liquor would not be avail- able until today. Sites Are Selected. The dispensary at Silver Spring and the storehouse for the entire county | Georgia avenue and the one in Bethesda has been established in the Sacks Building, in the 6700 block Wisconsin avenue. The third dispensary in Rock- ville has been set up in De Lashmutt's Garage on Montgomery avenue at the Norbeck road. Whisky will be sold in the original packages only at the county dispen- saries, while sale by drink will bz per- mitted only with meals at bona-fide agency would sell liquor to restaurant=, hotels, clubs. cars and boats, licensed | to dispense it on the premises by the drink. It would also operate retail | liquor stores, which would be the oniy | places in the District where liquor couid 3 be bought in packages, not for con-| | sumption on the premises. The| | licensed establishments would do liquur business only between noon and mid- night, and the municipal stores only between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., Sundays and holidays in both cases .excepted. No stores or licensed places could be set up in communities where the resi- dents objected to their presence, no sales could be made to minors, there would be no liquor advertising by news- papers, radio or otherwise, no solicita- tion of customers, and sales by Llie drink would be for cash: only. Oppose Return of Saloon. At the start of the meeting. Dr. Charles B. Campbell offered a minority report, which the federation voted to consider before it took up the majority report of its special committee neaded by Henry I Quinn. It was agreed by leaders of both sides of the controversy that the essential part of the minority report was in a provision that the saloon should not return in the Dis- trict, accompanied by a definition of saloon as “any place where alcoholic beverages are sought to be sold for con- sumption on_or near the premises.” (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) Black Squadron at Fort Lamy. country clubs with golf courses of nine or_more holes. Stores and other establishments will be limited to the sale of beer, wines and other beverages containing not more than 12 per cent alcoholic content by weight. Preparations are under way for issu- ing the necessary licenses to country clubs and business establishments as quickly as possible, but it is expected (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) PARENTS SACRIFICE LIVES FOR CHILDREN Die in Flames of House With Two Children After Rescuing Two Others. By the Associated Press. GLACE BAY, Nova Scotia, Decem- ber 6—Trapped by fire, a man and wife and two of their four children, for whom they sacrificed their lives, were burned to death early today as flames destroyed their two-story frame home. ‘The dead were Sam Aucoin, 38; Mrs. Addie Aucoin, 36; Josie, 11; Harold, 7. The four bodies were found within a few feet of the front door through which the mother and father carried two of their children and then raced back in an effort to rescue the others. They battled their way through smoke FORT LAMY, French Kongo, Decem- ber 6 (#).—The French Black Squadron of 28 planes, flying back to Prance from Bangui, French Kongo, arrived here to- day from Fort Archambault. and flames within sight of the front door when they were halted by flames and overcome by smoke. The bodies were close together, the mother clasp- the body of Josie, while Harold was he by his father. HIGH SCHOOLS URGED TO STRESS SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL NEEDS By the Associated Press. NACHVILLE, Tenn., December 6.— A “shifting of emphasis” to the “social and individual needs” of high school pupils was urged in an address today | been directed at by S. B. Hathorn, Mississippi State high school supervisor. Speaking before the Commission on Secondary Schools of the Southern As- sociation of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Mr, Hathorn said: Attention by American institutions men! “The policies, standerds and prac: tices, se, are not imj !lmh‘:flme o!nuw /. ~ ) W= LAY \ ™ N\ Z N N 5 ~\\ </~ = " -~ ///4;,' E N iy ) — N & VOLCANSS | President Creates Information Bureau for U. S. Central New Emergency Council Planned to Throw Clearer Light on Recovery Ac- |Thirty Plans, Bringing in| tivities—Walker to Be Director. By the Associated Press President Roosevelt today created a | Walker, National Emergency Council to co- ordinate the information services throughout the country so as to throw a clearer "light upon the Government's recovery activities. taries of the Interior, Agriculture, Com- merce and Labor, the administrators of the Agricultural Adjustment Adminis- | zation “will The council will corfsist of the Secre- f information bureau for all those seek- The President has designated Frank executive secretary of the executive council, to serve as director of the new council for the time being. State directors to co-ordinate the work of county and city sub-councils * The eei t the organi. e principal purpose of the - to ‘serve as @ central ing information about Government agencies. ‘The new step resulted from a study | NEW TAX CHANGES - 10 BLOCK EVASION | | | $35,000,000 More a Year, | | tion bills to be reported to the next | | other members of the subcommittee be- | <* PRESIDENT FAVORS GIVING 3 PER CENT OF PAY CUT BAGK Roosevelt Proposes Restora- ' tion on U. S. Salaries “Soon as Possible.” NEW BILL MAY INCLUDE FUNDS TO RENEW RATES | Cost of Living Increase Cited hyE Woodrum in Supporting Immediate Action. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. With the first of the large appropria- | Congress due to contain funds sufficient | to restore the salary of Government | employes to the basic rates provided by | the classification act as soon as the President believes it may be done, it | became known today that President | Roosevelt proposes to have 5 per cent | of the 15 per cent cut given back as | socn as possible. | ‘This was learned after a discussion ‘or the subject today by the subcom- | mittee on the independent offices ap- | | propriation bill, hearings on which will | | be completed Friday. The bill will be | marked up Monday, ready to be re- | ported to the House as soon as it or- | ganizes for the new session. Members of the subcommittee learned | informally of the President’s support of | the 5 per cent plan. Chairman Woodrum of the subcom-| mittee said today that he and several | lieve the full 15 per cent cut should be | restored as soon as possible. He said | 1 75 MLE FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC ENDED BY COUPLE Wife Amazes Oid-Timers as She Radios Details of Trip to Natal. FIRST HOMEWARD LINK IN LONG AERIAL SURVEY Flyers Take Almost Beeline Course, Aided by Tailwinds and Clear Weather. i | By the Associated Press. NATAL, Brazil, December 6.—Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived here this afternoon after a 1.875-mile flight across the South Atlantic Ocean from Bathurst, Gambia, Africa. The great monoplane landed on the harbor here at 2:55 p.m. Brazilian time (12:45 pm., E. 8. T.) The streets and docks were thronged with huge crowds of Brazilians, who had waited throughout the day for the arrival of the famous American couple. By general agreement, all business houses and stores in the city were closed ‘or nearly an hour before the Lindbeighs’ arrival in celebration of the great event. The average flying speed for the big red monoplane was 118 miles an hour. WIFE DESCRIBE: ?‘G“T. Sends Frequent Messages During At- lantic Trip. By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, December 6—Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, winging over the lonely ocean with rare_precision, today completed a 1875-mile trans- atlantic_flight from Bathurst, Gambia, British West Africa, to Natal, Brazil. Steering almost a bee line course, they were helped by following winds Proposed by House Group. | | that personally he believes that part of | it should be restored at once and not | By the Assoclated Press. wait until the beginning of the new | Thirty additional changes in the | fiscal year on July 1 | | revenue act, estimated to yield an ad- | Cost of Living Up. ¥ | ditional annual $35,000,000 to the gov-| -The cost of living has increased, | ernment, were prcposed today by the L . ept 1 believe that the Government employes | House Wayps ahd Means Subcommittee. | should get part of their salary reduc- | This supplements the subcommittee’s ediately. The | report to the full committee yesterday purpose is to advance 1 believe that the in which it proposed revision and addi- | | President’s program is going to succeed, | tropi of existing field agencies of the Gov- tration, the N. R. A., the Federal Emer- gency Relief Organization, the Home Loan Organization, the Farm Credit Administration and a representative of the Consumers’ Council. ernment in which it was found that in some cases there were 6 to 12 Govern- ment representatives in localities, with | citizens not knowing which to inquire of for information when they sought to deal with a Federal agency. HOPE OF PAY BOOST SPURS CHEST DRIVE Gen. Pershing Predicts Elim- ination of Part of Federal Wage Reduction. Cheered by an assurance from Gen. John J. Pershing that the administra- tion plans to eliminate at least part of the Federal pay cut on July 1 next, | the Governmental Unit of the Com- munity Chest today renewed its canvass of Uncle Sam’s departments in the hope of securing more and larger gifts. Gen. Pershing's prediction, made over the radio last night in connection with an urgent appeal for a 100 per cent response by Federal employes in the current Chest drive, follows closely the public statement by Lewis Douglas, budget director, that budget estimates are being shaped to counteract the sal- ary slash. The latter's assertion was made in a recent out-of-town address. “I have received today what I con- sider good news,” Gen. Pershing stated during the Board of Trade period over WMAL. “On unquestionable authority I am informed that, as nearly as the Federal Government -nu:ormu‘ :‘n now estimate, at least a part of e reduction in compensation .to Federal employes will be eliminated during the fiscal year 1935.” Public Works Over Quota. Another optimistic note sounded as the extended campaign neared its close was the announcement that the Public Works Administration—composed large- ly of emergency employes—has gone over its quota to the tune of 134 per quota. Pinal retuyns in the 17-day campaign will be received at a closing of /QUEER TRAIN CRASH KILLS 2, INJURES 7 Engineer and Fireman Die. Two Passengers of Flyer Among Hurt. The engineer and fireman of the | Seaboard Air Line fiyer from Jackson- ville to Washington were killed and five other trainmen and two passengers were slightly injured early today when the passenger train crashed into the wreckage of a southbound freight train, which had been derailed an instant be- fore by a landslide at Cherry Hill, Va., 30 miles south of here. The dead are Edward E. Kuhn, engi- neer, and W. H. Jordan, jr., fireman, of the passenger train, both residents of Richmond, Va. Those injured were Mrs. H. H. Laven- stein of Petersburg, Va., cuts about the head; B. J. G. Nicholson of New York, injuries to the shoulder; D. B. ‘Winfree of-Richmond, engineer of the freight; R. E. Mitchell of Richmond, Va., fireman of the freight, and-Brake- man E. V. Hall of Ashland, Va.; L. W. Gills of Richmond, Va., baggage man. and Jim Sessions of New York, colored porter. Landslide Causes Wreck. The collision was reported as having tions calculated by members to return another $235,000,000 to the government each year. One of the most important additicns and by restoring to the Government employes their full purchasing power it | | will speed up the entire recovery pro- | gram.” | Other members of the subcommittee, | recommended today would deny losses including Representatives Granfleld of | | Massachusetts and Boylan of New York, | over much of the journey. They whiz- zed along beneath a slightly cloudy tror sky, but the visibility was un- | Himi The flying colonel held his big red plane down to a mere 125 miles an }n;ur.ww 0, as against its possible speed of 1 | The slim but expert hand of Mrs. | Lindbergh, manipulating a wireless key | with the skill of an old-timer, flashed detalls of the flight to Pan-American Airways stations on the South Amer- ican coast, whence the messages sped here. At midforenoon the fivers veered a bit south of the bee-line course toward Natal which they had followed most of the night. A message sent at § am, Eastern standard time, said: “Position 01.00 south latitude, 30.10 | to be taken in the case of sales or ex- | are in favor of restoring the entire 15 changes of property between members | of a family, or between a shareholder | and a corporation in which such share- | hoider owns a majority of the voting stock. | Tax Evasion Disclosed. | “Many instances,” the subcommittee | reported, “have been brought to light | where transactions have taken place for the sole purpose of taking a loss for | income tax purposes. | “It is believed the recommendation of the subcommittee, if followed, will efectually close this opportunity for tax avoidance.” |~ While a_majority of the changes pro- | posed today were minor, several of them were designed to supplement previous recommendations to close gaps in the law and prevent wealthy persons from avoiding income and surtaxes. Several such instances have been dis- fflf,‘“d in the Senate banking investiga- n. ‘Another change proposed would force | taxpayers to report their gambling gains if they desire to deduct their gambling losses. “Under the present practice.” subcommittee said, “many taxpayers take deductions for gambling losses, but fail to report gambling gains.” Hits Large Shareholders. Still another important suggestion was that a liquidating dividend be treated as a sale of stock. Provision would be made that the amount of gain to a shareholder be taxed as an ordinary dividend to the extent that it represents a distribution of earnings or profits and as a gain from sale of property to the extent that it does not_represent such a distribution. “This will prevent the large share- holder,” the subcommittee reported. “from escaping the surtax on the earn- ings of the corporation and will also relieve the small shareholder from pay- ment of the normal tax on liquidating distributions out of earnings or profits.” The committee also would deny a re- duction to a domestic corporation for any dividends received from foreign corporations and deny to any individual from normal tax. Other changes included: _The tax on annuity receipts, to the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) the | recetving such dividends the exemption | jq, per cent cut as soon as possible. Chairman Woodrum said he believed the bill should carry sufficient funds so the President would not be ham- pered when in his judgment he thought it proper to restore to the Government workers as iarge a percentage &s pos- sible of the reduction which they have e the President has urged private indus- try to restore salaries and thus increase purchasing power to meet higher com- modity prices and to speed up recov- ery generally. Not only to be consist- ent with this recommendation to in-| dustry but to set an example of con-| fidence that the recovery program is | | succeeding, Mr. Granfield said the Gov- | ernment should go the full distance in | restoring the entire 15 per cent salary | | cut. Cochran Supporter. Support for pay restoration also was voiced today by Chairman Cochran of | the House Committee on Expenditures, | which passes upon Government em- ployes. “Whatever the President recom- mends, I will support,” said Represent- ative Cochran. “It is almost certain that whatever recommendation the President makes will be followed in re- gard to salary cuts of employes, since he holds the executive veto power.” Chairman Cochran also explained his position in regard to the dropping of married persons from the Government pay roll when both husband and wife have been emplcyed by the Govern- ment. He declared emphatically that he is still in favor of the law and will do nothing to upset it. “That law is going to retained,” he sald emphatically, “and if there is any danger that it would be upset by any me?dmeut, I would fight the amend- ment.” Cochran, however, does favor excep- tions for persons who are receiving very small salaries from the Goernment. For example, where a husband and wife might be cooks on the same boat or where an enlisted man in the Army or Navy has a wife working as a char- woman or for a salary less than $1,200. Elimination of the pay date was urged today Cope- nd, Democrat, of New York, who has just returned to Washington. The New York Senator believes the level of com- modity has advanced sufficiently to ji such action. | DUCK HUNTER SE By the Associated Press. VICTORIA, British Columbia, De- cember 6.—A view of [ borosaurus,” Vancouver Island’s famed sea serpent, from only 10 feet away was almost too much for a young duck hunter—but he lived to write about it. His view of the creature (whatever | again. it is) was the closest of the upwards of 30 or 40 utable citizens who ha reported l::gw it in the h;{ W.N. Prengel and First Officer A. E. Rich- th um‘s:n:m,whon- “40 FEET LONG” BESIDE BOAT ES SEA SERPENT open, and I could plainly see its teeth and tongue.” ‘Then, despite, their rush to get their bost to shore, Andrews saw some more. presentative Granfield sald that | under the national recovery legislation | west longitude (about 500 miles north- east of Natal). Speed 100 knots. Course 226 true. Eight-tenths overcast (somewhat cloudy). Sea light. Visi- bility unlimited.” Wireless operators in North and South America grew enthusiastic over Mrs. Lindbergh's skill. They said her | messages were being received with re- markable precision. The plane’s pow- erful transmitting set was working per- fectly. There had been no need yet to call an auxiliary set, an emergency outfit tiny in size and comparatively weak. Col. Lindbergh, taking no chances with his method of communication, had chosen this auxiliary set after tests in which it was proven indestructible by fire or water. It sends under water as well as in the air. “ Today's flight shows how far aviation has come since the day in 1927 when the fiying colonel arrived in Paris with his uneaten sandwiches in his pocket and his letters of introduction in hand. The gulf between the first horseless carriage and the modern motor car is hardly greater than the difference b:- tween cean aviation of 1927 and of 1933. Flying the Atlantic six years ag> was high adventure, fraught with peril every mile of the lonely way. Lind- bergh's present jaunt, besides beirg much shorter, lacks daredevil thrills— thanks to science. Flying Conditions Compared. Winging fromt New York to Paris. Lindbergh was lost to the world for more than 36 hours. He had no wire- less, and the anxious millions could only wait, with heart in mouth. Today (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) SECOND SCOTTSBORO DEFENDANT GUILTY Conviction Carries Death Penalty for Norris—Other Cases Postponed. | | | By the Associated Press. DECATUR, Ala, December 6— Clarence Norris, the second of seven colored defendants in the “Scottsboro case,” retried on a charge of attack- ing a white woman. was convicted to- day by a Morgan County jury. The sentence automatically carries the death penalty. Norris was the second of seven negroes to be retried and convicted on charges of attacking two white women near Scottsboro, Ala., on a freight train two years ago. Heywood Patterson, the first, was convicted last week, and given the death sentence. Cases of the five remaining colored men under indictment for the attacks Judge W. W. an appeal in the and Norris.