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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy and slightly colder, with lowest temperature about 34 degrees to- night; tomorrow fair and warmer. Tem- peratures—Highest, 69, at 4 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 41, at 8 a.m. todsy. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 11,12, 13 No. 32,777. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he #n WASHINGTON, D. C, eNni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION w Star FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1934—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. VOTE ON MONETARY BILL TODAY SOUGHT BY PARTY LEADERS Threat of No Saturday Holi- day Held Before Debaters of Issue. DEMOCRATS PREDICTING SUCCESS FOR MEASURE Critics Concentrate Fire on Provi- sion Giving Treasury Head Power Over Stabilization Fund. By the Associated Press A threat of “no Saturday holida was held before Senate debaters of the Roosevelt money bill today, as Demo- cratic leaders called the chamber into session an hour earlier than usual and sought to force a vote by tonight. Alternately denounced and defended for two days past, but without even an amendment vote, the bill to reduce the gold behind the dollar sign was again & target despite overnight efforts to re- place talk with action. the legislation was “necessary to relieve an otherwise impossible situation” re sulting from unsurmountable debts. Senator Bailey, Democrat, of North Carolina, who took up the defense of the measure as the Senate convened, said the total indebtedness of the Na- tion had grown from a normal of about $75,000,000,000 prior to the inflationary period of the past decade, to about $220,000,000,000, and was now “the great obstacle to return of prosperity.” Bailey said the bill would raise prices, stimulate trade, protect and stabilize the currency and aid in every “phase of the emergency.” Although the measure is assured of final approval, critics planned to con- centrate their early fire today on the provision giving the Secretary of the Treasury sole power to conduct the operations of the proposed $2.000,000,- 000 currency stabilization fund. One Senator close to the White House ssserted off the floor today that Presi- dent Roosevelt already had in mind for selection a group of foreign ex- change experts to assist Secretary Morgenthau in operating the gigantic | | tund. To Include Experts. ‘This group, he said, undoubtedly would include experts on all phases of the exchange question. well versed in the affairs of the chief nations con- eerned—Great Britain, France, Ger- many, and probably Russia Democratic leaders conceded the vote on the fund management would be closer than any other, but claimed |bama, called at the White House yes- sufficient strength to reject the alter- | terday and told President Roosevelt in- | | tensive cultivation and non-co-operat- native proposal for a managinge board of five. 5 Despite Democratic plans to get a final Senate vote by tomorrow at the latest, Republican chiefs said there was & good chance the debate would extend over to next week. Republican critics of the bill occupled the floor for almost the entire session vesterday, assailing the legality of the bill. and were planning to continue their barrage for some time today be- fore permitting the Senate to begn voting on amendments. Even with the stabilization fund ques- tion out of the w there was assurance of a final flurry over silver. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, was waiting for the oppor- tunity to offer his amendment for the purchase of silver to bring it up to a ratio of 16 to 1 with gold. Even sup- porters of this project conceded its defeat, however. FARMERS T0 PASS Senate Democrats contended today | - ON CONTROL PLAN | Roosevelt Ready to Compel | the advantage they seek to gain by not To Re-elect McGrath Makes Plea as Farley Forecasts Victory. Would Reward G. O. P. Independent for Aid to Roosevelt. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Democratic support for the re-elec- tion of Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali- | fornia was strongly urged today by a Democratic member of the House from | that State, Representative John J. Mc- | Grath of the eighth congressional dis- | trict. | Mr. McGrath called upon the other Democrats of the State to get behind Senator Johnson. “This is no time to carp about party labels,” said Mr. McGrath. “The Dem- | ocratic party will be honoring itself by offering him the unopposed nomination for re-election. The election will be a mere formality.” At the same time Postmaster General Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, expressed his own ' Democrat Sounds Party Call Hiram Johnson REPRESENTATIVE JOHN J.M'GRATH. Harris-Ewing Photo personal belief that Senator Johnson would be re-elected to the Senate. Mr. Farley said: “I am not familiar with' the nolitical situation in California in so far as an election of a United States Senator is concerned, _but__personally I _know " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Cotton Reduction Through Surplus Tax. By the Associated Press, | | Secretary Wallace put up to South- | | ern farmers today the question of com- | pulsory control of cotton production. | Wit President Roosevelt said by an Alabama member of Congress to be ready to switch to the compulsory plan, Wallace asked the farmers whether they preferred the Bankhead | plan tfor baleage control or a confisca- | tory tax on surpius over allotted output. | | Wallace's questionnaire. which went | | to 32,000 farmers throughout the cot- !ton belt, was suggested by the Presi- | | dent, who asked that returns be gath- | | ered within 10 days if possible. Senator John Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama, who already has intro- duced a measure to provide rigid con- trol, said Senators and Representatives from the Middle West were studying the possibilities of applying the sameé plan to wheat. The Senator and his brother, Repre- | sentative Bankhead, Democrat, of Ala- ing farmers would defeat the voluntary acreage reduction program to regulate the cotton market and raise returns to farmers Encouraged by the talk with the President, the brothers laid plans to- day to press for immediate action on compulsory control legislation which would affect this year's cotton crop. Senator Bankhead said today the President gave the impression he was convinced the farmers wanted the rigid plan. Under the surplus tax plan, each tarmer would be allotted the number of bales he would be expected to grow by usual farming methods on reduced acreage if he were co-operating with the acreage reduction program. and farmers not now co-operating with the voluntary plan would be forced to lose HEARINGS LIKELY ON LONG CHARGES Senate Elections Committee Considers Petitions Against Two Louisianans. By the Associated Press. Chairman George of the Senate Elections Committee said today he be- lieved some charges brought by Louis- iana petitioners seeking the ouster of Scnators Long and Overton of that State would be investigated in hear- ings by the committee. The announcement was made after an executive meeting of the full com- mittee, followed by a similar session | of & subcommittee appointed by the full committee. The subcommittee, comprising Sen- | ators George, Duffy, Democrat, of Wis- | consin, and Hastings, Republican, of | charges and decide which should be ! investigated, where hearings should be held and whether they should be held by the full committee or a subcom- mittee. Full Committee Favored. George sald the subcommittee had decided it would reccmmend that | charges heard be investigated before | the. full committee. | The committee chairman said the subcommittee would be ready to re- | port to the full committee early next | week, and its report would contain the | specific charges it would recommend for investigation. | The fact the subcommittee consid- | ered the charges should be heard by the full committee, indicated they con- sidered some of the charges merited further investigation. George said the petitions sought the ouster of both Long and Overton, the | charges against the latter being that he had been “a beneficiary of a corrupt | election system™ at the time he was elected to the Senate with the support of Long. The charges included “fraud, bribes brow beating and operation of a polit- ical machine supported by pay roll sub- scriotions.” | A number of the petitions have been filed by the Women's Committee of | Louisiana, headed by Mrs. Hilda Phelps Hammond of New Orleans. This com- mittee announced it had retained as | counsel Gen. Samuel T. Ansell and John | G. Holland, until recently a Senate special investigator. Ansell, who was counsel for the special Senate committee which investi- | gated Overton's election at hearings in New Orleans, | joining in the program. The tax plan would necessitate a re- vision of the bill as originally -intro- | duced by the Alabama Senator, which proposed that gins be licensed and that only an allotted number of bales could be ginned from each farm each year. Since the new method of enforce Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho. had abandoned his amendment for | “mandatory inflation” in view of the overwhelming vote against it. Senator Austin, Republican. of Ver- mont, vesterday raised the issue of the constitutionality of giving the President (Continued on Page 4. Column 4.) could not be |to shift the burder from smaller to ISSUE FIVE TIMES OVERSUBSCRIBED Government's Billion-Dollar Secur- ity Negotiations Revealed by Morgenthau. By the Associated Press. Secretary Morgenthau announced to- day the Government's billion-dollar security issue was oversubscribed nearly five times. The offering of $500.000.000 of Treas- ury notes paying 2'; per cent attracted subscriptions of more than $3.415,000.- | 000. The $500,000,000 of 1': per cent certificates received offers of $1,355,- 000.000. The two Issues, representing Government's start on a $10,000,000.000 borrowing program, drew subscriptions of more than $4.770.000,000, or nearly half the entire amount to be borrowed between now and June 30, Morgenthau aid ' # He added that subscriptions on the note issue up to $10,000 were allotted in full and all other subscriptions al- lotted 14 per cent. but not less than | because the cost of living had fallen the | | euts and stoppage of works that the ment involves a tax. the enabling meas- | ure must originate in the house. The Senator said his brother would intro- duce the revised bill. but meanwhile he would not withdraw the original meas- ure, now before the Agriculture Com- mittee. VATICAN DENiES PAY CUT. DUE TO DEPLETED FUNDS Osservatore Romano Admits, How- ever, That World Crisis Has Affected See's Exchequer. By Cable to The Star. ROME. Italy, January 26.—Osserva- tore Romano, papal organ. today denies | that the recent pay cuts and stopping of construction projects in Vatican City were due to any difficulties of the Holy See’s exchequer. The wages were cut and the building had stopped because | the work was finished, it says. “Nobody could be so ingenious as to think the Vatican could escape the con- sequences of the world crisis,” Osserva- | tore Romano admits. “It is enough to | think of the many who in good times | helped the Holy See but who are now obliged to ask help from it.” | But it is as ridiculous to deduce from ; reached for a statement, Abyssinia Possible Destination of held nor could Hollana. The Senate recently received a re- gort from the special committee, headed by Senator Connally, Democrat, of (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) INSULL REPORTED CHARTERING PLANE U. S. Magnate on Leav- ing Greece. By the Associated Press ATHENS, Greece, January 26.—Sam- | uel Insull has chartered a hydroairplane and ordered it held ready for a flight to an unknown destination, it was rumored here today. With the circulation of this uncon- firmed report, it also was rumored that his destination if such a flight were undertaken possibly would be Abys- sinia. The possibility that he might attempt | Chase National | none in 1930, 1931 and 1932 because RETALIATORY TAX POWER ON ALIENS VOTED PRESIDENT House Committee Would Even Score With Countries Penalizing Americans. 50 PER CENT INCREASE PROPOSED BY VINSON France One of Nations Aimed At. Curb on Bank Practices Would Stop Evasions. By the Associated Press. : The House Ways and Means Com- mittee today approved a proposition giving President Roosevelt the power to increase as much as 50 per cent taxes on foreign individuals and corporations in this country who come from coun- tries which discriminate against Amer- ican concerns and individuals in tax assessments. The proposal was by Representative Vinson, Democrat, of Kentucky, and was adopted unanimously. | It is aimed at France, he said, and other countries which levy taxes against American individuals and cor- porations not only on the basis of in- come from interests in those countries, but on the basis of income from inter- ests in the United States. This was one of the most important items voted into the projected $250.- 000.000 general YOU’RE TeLuing ME, SENATOR! *“From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s Carrier system covers every city block and the regular editio; n is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 122,704 (P Means Associated TWO CENTS. Pre: SALVADOR REGIME REGOGNIZEDBY U.3. | formulated by ‘the committen "¢ | Action on Government of Coconut Proposal Accepted. Earlier today the committee had ac- cepted a proposal to tax all cocoanut and sesame oils at 5 cents a pound. This is estimated to bring in anywhere between $10.000.000 and $50.000.000 annually and is designed to aid the hog. dairy and cottonseed industries. In offering his proposal Vinson ex- plained that the Secretary of the of the President. would establish whether foreign countries discrimi- | nated against Americans in tax assess- ments. No estimate as to how much revenue this would produce would be available, Vinson said. until the power is invoked. In addition. the committee and the Treasury reached a compromise on the proposal to abolish foreign tax credits | to American concerns operating in for- | Delaware, was instructed to digest the | ¢!n countries. Reductions Proposed. The committee proposed that the taxes paid foreign countries be de- ducted from the gross.income instead | of from taxes paid to this country. The compromise provides that Ameri- can concerns and individuals operat. ing in foreign countries be credited | against income taxes to this country for half the amout paid the other na- tions. This was estimated to yleld $5,000.000 annually. Reconsideration of the Treasury's proposal to force man and wife to file joint income tax returns. estimated to yield $40.000.000 annually in revenue, was proposed before the committee, which yesterday tentatively adopted the proposition. A decision was expected late today or tomorrow. Representative Shallenberger, Demo- | crat of Nebraska. who offered the coconut and Sesame oil proposition— adopted by a vote of 16 to 5—said the present rate of consumption was a bil- lion pounds a year. | At present there is a tariff of 2 cents | a pound on coconut oil from foreign | countries, but the Philippine Islands, vhich ship much oil and copra into this country, escape the duty, being under United States rule. Copra, which is the dried meat of the coconut, is imported duty free at present. Sesame oil bears a tariff of 3 cents a pound. Numerous Changes Yesterday. The committee yesterday decided on | numerous income tax changes designed larger incomes. Many of these changes | were aimed at the past practices of some big banks and bankers, as dis- closed by Senate investigators. Liberal use of testimony taken from J. P. Morgan. head of the wealthiest private banking house; Otto Kahn, partner of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Albert | H. Wiggin, one-time chairman of the Bank; Charles E. Mitchell, former chairman of the Na- tional City Bank, and partners of Dil- lon, Read & Co., was studied by the Committee. The affable Morgan told how he and his wealthy partners, who paid $11.- 000,000 of income taxes in 1929, paid “our capital losses were such as to more than wipe out all our income and leave nothing taxable.” the same years, too, Kahn testified he paid no income taxes. In the proposed tax revision the sit- uation would be changed. Capital losses would not be permitted to wipe out all income. - Especially in the case of part- nerships like Morgan's and Kahn's, capital loss deductions would be lim- . ited to capital gains. Mitchell told of selling stock to his (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) SENATE GETS NAVY BILL Measure Authorizes -Construction | to Full Treaty Limits. Martinez Follows That of Three Others. By the Associated Press. The United States today recognized the government of El Salvador, headed | Treasury, with the advice and consent by President Maximiliano Martinze. The action followed swiftly upon rec- ognition of the Mendieta government in Cubz, which today asked this country’s assistance in securing emergency food supplies. Secretary Hull announced the food overtures to this Government and said steps were being taken to meet the re- quest. : Recognized by Three Others. Negotiations had not yet reached a point where it could be said whether a direct loan would be made to Cuba, he said, and he did not know whether any loan. if it is to be made, would be through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation or through some agency the Agriculture Department. The Salvador Action followed vester- @ay’s recognition of the Martinez regime by Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras. RECOGNITION PACT RECALLED. Agreement Sought te Prevent Changes in Government By Revolution. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The United States and Central Amer- ican republics, Guatemala. Honduras and Nicaragua, signed in 1923 a treaty pledging themselves not to recognize any government which is formed as a result of a move by the military. The treaty contained very drastic provisions such as one that no one who was even indirectly connected with the move of the_military junta could be recognized as President. In 1931 the El Salvador government was thrown out by a revolutionary move. Recognition Refused. Gen. Martinez. after a_few days of trouble, was elevated to President. But, since he had been a member of the cabinet which had overthrown the the United States Government refused to recognize him, although it was evident that he was the best man in the republic. As & matter of fact, the then Ameri- can Minister to El Salvador, Charles Curtis, cabled the State Department urging Martinez's recognition. Curtis was not a regular diplomat; he was just a man_ with ordinary common previous regime, sense. The State Department got ex- | cited at the Minister's suggestions and cabled back: “What about our treaty with the Central American states?” Curtis replied briefly: abouy it.” Whereupon Curtis was ad- vised to Tesign. A year later Jefferson Caffery, United “(Continued on Page 2, Column 3. SPRINGLIKE WEATHER SEEN OVER WEEK END Predicted Cold Snap Fails to Ma- terialize—Higher Tempera- ture Forecast. The cold snap expected today failed | to materialize and the Weather Bureau forecast a balmy, Springlike week end. Although the temperature had dropped this morning from a maximum of 69 yesterday to 41 at 9:30 o'clock, Forecaster Mitchell predicted the ther- mometer would climb tomorrow, and by Sunday the weather would be fair and much warmer. The cold snap disappeared north of New York, according to Mitchell, and was confined to New England, with the “I forgot all | Chairman Trammell of the Senate unseasonable weather general along the | Naval Affairs Committee today intro- Atlantic Coast south of Manhattan. GEN. MAXIMILIANO MARTINEZ. : TAMMANY RULE INPRISON CHARGED Penalogist Says Leaders Fa- vored Gangster as Others Lived in Misery. By the Associated Press NEW YORK. January 26—The ex- istence of a direct link between Tam- many Hall and the “worlds worst prison.” where gangsters lorded it over 1.700 lesser prisoners living in misery, was charged today. Harry M. Shulman, prison expert and author of a detailed report on condi- tions at the Welfare Island Peniten- tiary, dectared that whenever a certain ‘Tammany leader telephoned the prison, | the warden would jump up as if shot from a catapult and rush into a tele- | phone booth, “Will you say who that leader was?" Shulman was asked. | “I will give the name if Commis- | aloner Austin H. MacCormick asks me | for it,” he said. MacCormick, Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia's new commissioner of correc- | tions, ied the raid cn the prison which unccvered conditions that shocked the | city. Dope Addicts Strike. Meanwhile, as MacCormick strove to restore discipline today, 7 men of a force of 40 employed in the prison bakery went on strike because of the sudden cutting off of their narcotics supply " (Continued on Page 2, Columa 1.) ROOSEVELT CONSIDERS May Take Air Tuesday Night to Acknowledge Interest in Warm Springs Foundation. By the Assoctated Press. President Roosevelt is seriously con- sidering a talk over the air to the peo- ple who will be celebrating his 52nd birthday Tuesday night, but a definite decision has not been reached. It was stated at the White House to- day that if the President does talk, he will be impelled by the reason of ac- knowledging the national interest in District_Attorney William C. Dodge | BIRTHDAY RADIO TALK | FACTOR IDENTIFES 3 IN KIDNAPING | Touny and Confederates Dramatically Pointed Out at Chicago Trial. By the Associated Press CRIMINAL COURTS BUILDING, Chicago, January 26.—John Factor to- day identified Roger Touhy and two co- defendants as the men who kidnaped him for ransom last July. His face trembling. Factor three times stepped down from the witness stand, walked dramatically across the court room and pointed out Gustav (Gloomy Gus) Schaefer, Albert (Polly Nose) Kator, and finally Touhy. Greeted With Sneer. ‘The four defendants slouched down in their chairs. and all except Touhy gazed at the floor. Touhy looked squarely back into Factor's face with a sneer. Factor said Touhy was the man who stood before him, partly shielding him- self with a blanket, and commanded him to write a letter to be used in making ransom negotiations. He said he saw Kator, “the only kid- naper who was kind to me.” as he was changing the bandages on his eyes on the first night of his captivity. of four men who actually took him prisoner. Factor made the identifications at various points in his narrative of the kidnaping. a story of mental and phys- ical cruelty during which the kidnapers | cursed him, threatened to “blow out your brains” and to “cut off an ear and send it to your wife as a souvenir.” The man who talked to him most, who used the most abusive language and tactics, Factor said, was Touhy. He said the kidnapers refused to mail letters to his family and friends. and that Touhy said when he made such a request: “We don't want the ‘G’ (Federal Government) in on this. We can fix the police, but we don't want anything | to do with the ‘G." " a breakdown, as he told of the cruelty of his captors. Sought Early Release. He said he told them he would do all he could to raise ransom but to make a deal quickly because he wanted to get free before the thing got in the papers and hurt his extradition case. He added: “Then the voice told me to bring some of my friends out there for them and they would give me an easy deal. I said I would rather die than do that. Then the voice replied: ‘Well, | you—Murray Humphreys or Sam Hunt (gangsters) can't get you out of here, but you bring them out here and we'll let you go. “I replied that I never knew Hum- phreys or_Hunt until my_son Jerome (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) e VERA CRUZ, January 26 (#).—A cargo of gold coins weighing 3,300 day aboard the Ward Iner Oriente. Aboard the same liner was a large ship- ment of Habanero liquor, also bound for New York. e Former Gould Yacht Wrecked. PHILADELPHIA, January 26 (#).— Niagara early today, completely wreck- ing the one-time palatial yacht which the Government obtained from Helen Gould, New York heiress, for use as & submarine cHaser during the war. Schae- | fer, Factor said. was one of the squad | At times Factor appeared to be near Mexico, Ships Gold Coins to U. S.| pounds was shipped for New York to-| Fire beat the junkman to the U. S. S. | ALLEN ANNOUNCES D. C. LIQUOR BOARD CHOICES OFFICIALLY Offutt, Gans and Mrs. Mason Named—President Seeks Model Enforcement. STATEMENT EOLLOWS PARLEY WITH M’INTYRE Supplemental Estimate for Control Law Is Sent to the House. Liquor Regulation. age A Appointment of George W. Offutt, Mrs. William Beverly Mason and Isaac Gans as members of the Alcoholic Bev- erage Control Board, to administer license provisions of the District liquor law, was announced officially shortly before noon today by Commissioner George E. Allen The board is the same as that given | to the press Tuesday noon by Com- missioner Allen, for release after the President had signed the bill The announcement was made after an extended conference earlier day between the Commission and Marvin H. McIntyre, cne of President Roosevelt's secretaries House. A prepared st M:. Allen later explained that delay |in official announcement of the ap- | Pointment of the board was due merely to the President's desire for definite assurances that every effort was being made to give the District a model en- | forcement agency and that the regulae tlons would prohibit bar rooms. Text of Allen Statement. ! Commissioner Allen’s statement fole lows “The Commissioners announce the appcintment of the foilowir members of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of the District of Columbia “Mr. George W. Offutt, chairman, a term of four vears. “Mrs, William Beverly term of three years. “Mr. Isaac Gans, for a term of two years. “Promulgation of the rules and regu- lations will be completed today, it having been decided to proceed with the promulgation of these regulations | under the District of Columbia bill as | originally passed bv Congress. In the | event of any amendments to the bill, as suggested by the President, such changes as necessitated by these amendments will be .nade in the regu- lations at a later date. | “Delay in the announcement of the personnel of the board and the formu- lation of the regulations was due merely to the fact that the President wanted definite assurances that every | effort was being made to give the Dis | trict a model enforcement agency. The President also wanted toc make certain that the regulations had been so drafted as to preclude any possibility of bare rooms in the Nation's Capital ” Shortly after receiving notice of his appointment to the Liquor Control Board, Mr. Gans resigned as chairman of the Board of Indeterminate Sen- tences and Parole. For his service on that board he had been receiving no compensation He also resigned as a member of the District Jury Commis- sion. That position carries only a pay= ment for each day of service. Estimate Reaches House. A supplemental esti $87.793 to carry out the adminis of the control law reached the House today from the Budget Bureau. Of this amount $75.000 is for the license board and $12,793 for the corporation counsel’s office. These estimates cover the remainder of the present fiscal year and the next fiscal year beginning July 1. ‘The $75.000 item for the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is divided into | $24.100 for the remainder of the cur- | rent fiscal year, and $50.900 for the fiscal year, 1935. This 000 item covers "personal services, rent, adver- tising. printing and binding. office equipment and supplies. street car and bus transportation, telephone serv- ice and other necessary contingent and miscellaneous expenses. The item of $12,793 for the office of the corporation counsel is divided into $3.613 for the remainder of the current fiscal year and $9.180 for the fiscal year beginning July 1. next. This amount is entirely for personal services. Chairman Buchanan of the House Appropriations Committee said today he will expedite action on the estimates. He is planning to hold brief hearings tomorrow if possible. He expects to be able to decide late today when the hear- ! ings will be held and when the bill can | be brought up in the House for action |after he has conferred with members of his committee and the House leader- ship. Hazen Confined at Home. When announcement of the appoint- ment of the board was withheld by Commissioner Allen yesterday after the President had signed the bill Wednes- | day afternoon, considerable confusion | and speculation was created and there (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. Mason, for a YOUTH SEIZED FOR PLOT TO KILL PRIME MINISTER OF RUMANIA | duced the same bill as offered by Rep- | Mitchell said today’s clouds probably | resentative Vinson, Democrat, $10,000 on any one subscription. | Vatican is suffering from budget dif- | to make a clandestine departure before of would be cleared away by tomorrow Similarly, $10.000 subscriptions | ficulties now. as it would have been to | the date of his scheduled expulsion, the effort to stamp out infantile pa- ralysis. allotted in full on the certificate-and all other subscriptions 38 per cent. | “Further details as to subscriptions and allotments will be announced when final reports are received from the Fed- | eral Reserve banks,” Morgenthau said. deduce from the wage increases and the inauguration of the works & few years ago that the Vatican then had suddeniy come into enormous sums of | money, the r stated. | V. e hprient, 1034 SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CALLED BRIGHT By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 26.—Consid- ering their age—and paying no atten- their grade—New York’s school eflaren are ‘a bit brighter than the other boys and girls over the country. | A Survey Committee working for | State Commissioner of Education Frank | P. Graves, says it found this out| through the new Stanford achieve- | ment tests in reading. language usage and arithmetic on 10,000 unsuspecting and lassies in grades 6b and 8b. It also found out New York 6b and' ) EST IN COUNTRY 8b children are in general a haif year younger than the children in the same rades in other parts of country; the atter, however, considered on a grade basis, are slightly better in achieve- ment. Schools making the highest score in | the survey were located in the better residential sections. The lowest scores came from tenement areas, that is, on paragraph meaning and I us- age. When it comes to arithmetic computation, there isn't much differ- ence between the poor children and the rich children. L] January 31, had been discussed earlier. It was stated officially, however, that Insull will be permitted to remain in | Greece until his health is satisfactory provided he applies for a prolongation of his police residence permit and an official physician certifies that deporta- tion would be dangerous. “The Greek government will deport Insull February 1, if he does not leave voluntarily by January 31,” said Pre- mier Tsaldaris. “On the other hand.” he added, “if Insull requests a prolongation of his sojourn permit on the grounds of health and if the minister of the interior's doctor finds his health dangerous the Greek government will prolong the per- |- mit until his health is satisfactory. “It wouid not be fitting for any country to forcibly deport any sick man.” New York Sportsman Dies. AIKEN, 8, C, January 26 (#).—Ern- est A. Thomson, 70, New York sports- man and clubman, died today of a sud- den sttack as he sat in his automobile at & riding school here construction to full treaty limits. | Georgia in the House authorizing naval |and that Saturday and Sunday would be mostly clear. Pictures of All P ductions will be shown. pared. Get next Sunday's edition ICTURES of the automobile industry’s startling array of the 1934 models will be found in the Roto- gravure Section of next Sunday’s Star. Twenty-six representatives of motordom'’s finest pro- Complete descriptions may be read in the Special Auto Show Section attractively pre- ings of the fourteenth annual show on exhibition at the Washington Auditorium, January 27-February 8, inclusive. the New Autos and study the newest offer- Proceeds of the thousands of balls planned in honor of the President's birthday Tuesday night are to be given to the Warm Springs, Ga., foundation, where the President fought back to health from an attack of infantile pa- ralysis. Mr. Roosevelt himself will celebrate his birthday as he has for the last dozen years at a private party with his “buddies” who worked with him in the 1920 vice presidential campaign, Guide for Readers Amusements Comics Features . Financial . - Losrtu and Found By the Assoclated Press. SINAIA, Rumania, January 26— Police today frustrated what was be. lieved to be an attempt to assassinate Prime Minister George Tatarescu of Rumania. He was aboard a special train with his cabinet, journeying from Bucharest to attend the royal banquet in honor of King Boris and Queen Joanna of Bulgaria at King Carol's palace here. Police dragged a young man, appar- ently a student, from the prime min- ister's coach. It was here at Sinaia that Tatarescu's predecessor, Ion G. Duca, was killed by a student December 29. By telephone King Carol and King Boris today discussed with King Alex- ander of Yugoslavia, who is in Bel- grade, a Balkan pact and the possi- bility of a future personal meeting of themselves. ‘Tomorrow Carol and Boris will go hunting together. By Radio to The St VIENNA, Austria, January 26.—Once [ more two Balkan Kings are putting their royal heads together. King Boris of Bulgaria is the guest of King Carol | of Rumania at Sinaia for a few days of friendly deliberation. King Boris will find the circumstances of his Sinaia visit impressive. King Carol's palace is in the hills about 25 minutes’ sleigh ride from the railway station, which is two hours and a half | from Bucharest. Sentries guard every foot of the three approaches to the palace. The extreme precautions are taken, not because any demonstration against King Boris is feared, but because all Rumania is still jittery after the recent assassination of Premier Ton G. Duca. King Boris and King Carol are likely to talk about the projected Balkan ct, but no immediate adhesion by E%‘nfin is expected. e pact is not yet ready. for there seems to have been a last-minute hitch, Yugoslavia is wondering if a direct bilateral treaty with Bulgaria might not be better. The negotiations may continue for some time. (Covyright, 1034.)