Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1934, Page 1

. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and somewhat warmer. with low- S 44 degrees tomorrow mostly cloudy. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 50, at 4:30 p.m. est temperature ' about night; yesterday; lowest, 35, at 1:30 Full report on page 3. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 a.m. today. No. 32,778. postoffice, Entercd as second class matter Washington, D. C @h WASHINGTON, D. C. ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION y FRENCH MINISTRY - QUITS UNDER FIRE OF BANK SCANDAL Chautemps Refuses to Risk New “Mudbath” in Fight to Retain Reins. PARLIAMENT IS CALLED TO CONSIDER NEW MOVE Herriot and Daladier Are Men- | tioned as Possible Leaders in Next Cabinet. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 27—Premier Ca- mille Chautemps and his cabinet re- signed today. The resignation followed a series of demonstrations against the government as a result of the recent collapse of the Bayonne Municipal Pawnshcp and a resultant “mud bath” for govern- ment officials in the Chamber of Dep- uties. Two cabinet ministers, Altert Dali- mier, minister of colonies, and Eugene Raynaldy, minister of justice, resigned under the fire of the deputes. In Power Two Months. The Chautemps government lasted exactly two months. Its ccllapse was the fourth within a year. The cabinet members debated their | resignation for an hour and a quarter. After the sad session they walked Across the street from Chautemps’ office to Elysee Palace, to which President Lebrun had been summoned hurriedly. The President thanked the ministers for their services and asked them to continue at their posts until a new ministry can be formed. Lebrun then summoned the presi- dents of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies to come and confer with him, Earlier in the day Chautemps an- nounced his cabinet would Tesign to avoid a further “mud bath” in Tues- day’s Chamber of Deputies debate on the Bayonne bank scandal. The decision to resign was reached after a hectic series of conferences in which Chautemps attempted to con- solidate strength to risk possible over- throw in the Chamber Tuesday rather than to engineer a quick withdrawal. Faces Two Attacks. ‘The cabinet was facing two fires— resumption of the debate over alleged government implication in conditions which led to the bank's failure, and a continuation of riots that have marked every such Chamber session and which it had been announced would be re- sumed tonight. ; The premier was on the point of walking out last night but Edouard Herriot, discussed prominently as Chau- | temps’ probable successor, insisted that | he ought to go down fighting. | Earlier Herriot or Edouard Daladier, minister of war, is expected in political circles to succeed Chautemps. JAPAN QUESTIONS DUCE ON “ATTACK” Ambassador Tells Mussolini Stron; Statements Create “Painful Impression.” g By the Associated Press. ROME, January 27.—Japanese Am- bassador Hajame Matsushima, acting on instructions from Tokio, called on Premier Mussolini last night and asked for an explanation of a recent article by 1l Duce on the Far East, it was Jearned today. Japanese resentment was amusrr_{ by the article, called “The Far East.” in which Mussolini made several pointed references to Japan. | for the Army Air Corps, which would | | the building up of en air unit known ' § U. S. WILL GET STRONGEST CEINNEW PROGRAM -Year Plan of Construction to Include (TLAW BY TUESDAY AIRFOR Fiv ; Reorganization Aviation Elements. A new five-year construction program | | give the United States the greatest|conjunction not only with land forces, | unified aerial combat organizaticn in | but ‘also with naval forces or at times the werld was adcpted today by lhe‘ | Army general stafl. | While no definite total either of air- | planes or of officers and men were an- | nounced, it was said the program would materfally expand the present limit of 1,800 combat planes. | Reorganizition of the Air Corps by | as the “GHQ Air Force,” comprising | all ‘military elements of aviation, also | was decided upon by the general staff. This air force wculd be at the direct | | disposal of the commander in chief of the armies in the field and would be | | adequate “to meet effectively the re- | quirements of all military air and lacd | | operations.” | The new headquarters air force, it was said informally at the War Depart- | ment. if approved by Congress, would | undoubtedly constitute the greatest sin- | gle aviation combat 'BYRD SEES DANGER FOR 3 MARONED §Four Others at Little Amer- | | ica Are Cut Off From Comrades. | [ | By the Associated Press. BAY OF WHALES, Antarctica, Jan- uary 27 (Via Mackay Radio).—Rear | Admiral Richard E. Byrd expressed ap- prehension today for the safety of Pres- sure Camp and 43 men of the second Antarctic expedition marooned there by disintegration of the vast ice shelf covering the bay. In addition to the 43 men at the camp, temporary supply base 4!, miles south of the edge of the ice. four others were at Little America, cut off from their comrades. organization in' of All Military ! existence. Operations of the force, the War Department explained, may be in on distinct air missions far removed from either land or sea forces. “This unit will supply an air force capable of rapid concentration for the defense of any of our frontlers,” the ‘War Department announced. The country is faced with the im- mediate necessity of making up an air corps shortage of more than 1,000 air- planes, nearly 400 regular officers and 6,200 enlisted men, it was stated. Follows Long Study. The original five-year program, | adopted seven years ago, never has | been carried to completion due to lack of appropriations. The new program Just adopted not only will make good all the deficiencies, but will expand the Air Corps in every detail beyond the original limits. __Today’s announcement_follows long _(Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) FACTORUNSHAAEN BY DEFNGE QU Reiterates Identification ,of Three Touhy Gangsters as Abductors. | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. January 27.—His voice firm and positive, John Factor reiter- | ated from the witness stand under se- | vere cross-examination today his iden- | tification of three Touhy gangsters | charged with kidnaping him for ran- | som last July. Defense Attorney William Scott Stewart, contending that Factor ac- cused Roger Touhy, Gustav “Gloomy Gus" Schaefer and Albert “Polly Nose" Kator because of an uiterior motive, questioned Factor in minute detail about his identification of the trio. | Stewart contended Factor named the | three defendants in the hope that such | By the Associated Press With the temperature at a little below ' testimony might aid his fight against freezing, the ice was disintegrating | extradition to England on a $7,000,000 | everywhere and the whole front of the | stock fraud charge. He also declared | | bay flooring 8 miles across was crum- | that Capone gang forces “with access | bling. After a reconnaissance flight | to Government offices” suggested the | Byrd said he was convinced there was | grave danger to th: whole flooring of the bay. The admirals flagship was drifting in the bay, unable to berth against the Tounys, their gangdom rivals, as de- fendants in the case, Factor first was subjected to a long cross-examination over his identifica- | tion of Kator. He clung tenaciously | to a declaration that he saw Kator's e | face an hour after he was kidnaped. Russell Owen, member of the first| “The coffee man (a kidnaper who Byrd expedition to the South Pole, | brought coffee and food to Factor dur- wrote in the New York Times today | ing 12 days of confinement), offered to that the ice break-up was apparently | change my blindfold when I told him crumbling ice. much more dangerous and severe than in 1930 because of the accumulated | | pressure of years. ‘A continued breaking of the bay ice | might mean that it would crack up as my eyes were hurting,” Factor said. “I saw Kator when they were being changed.” | He told of seeing Schaefer when he was being dragged from his automobile SATURDAY, JANUARY SENATE MONEY BILL 0K, TODAY T0 MAKE Foes See Total of Only 25 Opposing Votes as Final Action Nears. TIME LIMIT EXPECTED TO BE SOLE REVISION Measure to Permit 60 Per Cent | Devaluation of Present Dellar Level. Delivery of the administration’s money bill to President Roosevelt by Tuesday became the goal of Democratic leaders today as they cleared its Senate path- way for final speech-making and a! time-limited dispute over inflation by the silver route. A final Senate vote is assured by nightfall. House concurrence is expected in quick order Monday. The administra- | tion thus may be able to inaugurate its | devalued dollar two weeks after suggest- | ing it to Congress. | The only consequential change in the | bill as it apparently heads toward the White House is a time limitation on the operations of the $2,000,000,000 stabil- ization fund and the Chief Executive’s power to revalue the dollar. This limitation, zgreed President, allows two years for t operations, and a third, if the Chief Executive wants it. Treasury Control Upheld. Unless unforeseen changes are made, the bill will allow M asevelt to devalue the gold dolla¥ 60 per cent of its present level, and shift this con- tent at will between the 50 and 60 per cent levels. By a 54-36 vote yestercay, the Senate upheld sole control of the to by the! hese | | big stabilization fund by the Treasury Secretary. The Senate today was called into sessicn an hour earlier than usual to allow time for final t‘me-budgeted formalities. ‘There was an agreement to vote on the silver amendment by 2 o'clock and to sharply limit debate after 4 o'clock. if a final decisicn had not been reached by that time. Even Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, author of the silver-inflation amendment. predicted it would draw the support of few more than 30 or pcssibly 35 Senators. The amendment would re- | quire the Treasury to purchase silver until it reached a ratio of 16 to 1 with gold, or until a billion ounces had been bought. 25 Negative Votes Seen. The only question about the final vote was when it would come. Repub- lican leaders gave as an optimistic prediction about 25 votes against it. f T ‘l" . | CHEMICAL WARFARE TO T i N v ”'l;..;u' I ’W'i“ bl / g Slar The only evening paper in Washington with Associated Press service. e news Yesterday's Circulation, 121,823 27, 1934—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. (#) Means Associ TWO CENTS. w i ) i ARMY TO DRECT PORTIONOF C.W.A. Hopkins Pushes Program De- | spite Protests and Few | Resignations. | By the Associated Precs ! Army Engineers were lined up today, to take over partial direction of the embattled civil works program follow- | ing an administration decision to an- swer protests with a touch of military discipline. Receiving more cbjections and a few resignations as he acted, Administrator Harry L. Hopkins nevertheless went Skiing Spectators | May Pluck Flowers on Way Up Mt. Hood By the Associated Press PORTLAND, Oteg. January 27.—Spectators may pluck wild flowers, forced in bloom by mild temperatures. when they start their 40-mile drive fiom Port- land to Government Camp. half way un Mount Hood, for the an- nual Cascade Ski Club tourna- ment While the 11,254-foot mou tain is climbed in almost ar weather, it is not without at- tendant risk. At least one climber has lost his life among the icy crevases. Others have been burned badly on long ice slides on which there is no stopping once started. CHANGES N CROP CONROL STIDED Voluntary Wheat and Corn-Hog Farm- ers Successful. Programs for y contemglating a compulsory plan of cotton production control, the Farm Administration today gave some tention to possible alteration of the bsent voluntary control principles ap- plied to other crops. Officials asserted privately, however, there was no immediate prospect of other changes, declaring the voluntary STOCK EXCHANGES ahead with his proposal to install mili- tary Engineers in several key cities. Asked if the move was taken because of charges of graft and political fa voritism that hawve been recsived from 45 States, Hopkins replied this was not the complete basis for the action. He added to news men, however, that it' would be a “fair assumption” that) Army men would be placed at some points “where there is an investigaticn.” Office Seekers to Be Dropped. Mr. Hopkins said that any office | BY the Associated Press ;Interdepartmental Commit- tee R=commends Federal Administrator. | production cortrol programs now being ~ pushed along for wheat and corn-hog farmers were meeting with rapid ac- | ceptance. Compulsion in these crops ALLENTOPROLSE MALAPPLEATONS ONLQUORPERNIS |Aim Is to Avoid Confusion of Last April in Beer | License Issuance. 'LEGAL SALE TO START ON FEBRUARY 15 OR 16 Quick Action by Congress Needed in Appropriating Funds for Control Board Operation. | Plans for issuance of licenses under the District liquor law were being mepped out today by Commissioner George E. Allen. who will have direct | supervision over the Alcohclic Beverage Control Board, appointed yesterday by | the Commissioners | Commissioner Allen said | recommend to the Board of sioners a plan under applications would be rather than by personal appearance of | applicants becfore the control board. Under such a system it would be “first come, first served,” as to is licenses District officia hectic -confusion that at the District Building last Ap the District beer law went into effect, when hundreds of app!l he would Commis= wh; license to obtain licenses cants. Plan Not Submitted Yet. Under the plan of for li- icant ication t to the be listed would obtain an form. fill it out an control board. They according to dates of ipt and ac- tion would be taken the control board in the chronological order of re- ceipt of application Commissioner Allen said the plan as vet had not been submitted to the Com- missioners, but he balieved his colleagues on_the board would approve it Decision will be withheld until Mon- day since Commissioner Hazen, suffer- ing from a severe attack of cold, was still confined to his home today. Legal notices of the regulations adopted by the Commissioners yester- dav were published for first time today. The law required that the notice be published five days before enforce- ment. This would be next Thursday. Commissioner Allen has announced that license applications will not be dis- tributed to applicants until after the !'would be more difficult, they said. President Roosevelt is known to be- Appropriations Studied. { lieve the compulsory idea may have 10 Since jegal notices must be published be worked in the case of cotton to keep | concerning each application for license farmers who have not come in volun- | OVer a period of two weeks before the regulations are in force. Further Republican attack on the bill| holders or candidates for office found Strict Federal regulation of the Na- tarily from endangering the program by increasing their production. Secretacy Wallace today had under- | way questionnaires to 50,000 Southern farmers asking if they favored a com- | far south as the pressure ridge outside | while en route home from a suburban Little America, to the west of which | night club. and of glimpsing Touhy's | | the bulk of his supplles is temporarily | face while the gang leader was direct- cached. | ing him in writing a ransom letter to | “Crumbling of the barrier walls on | Mrs. Factor. the east side of the bay might raise doubts as to the availability of Little America itsell as a safe base for this| year.” Soundings have shown that 1.600 feet of water extend under Little America. INSULL TO LEAVE . ON U. S. PASSPORT | GAS TAX INCREASE 1s. Norton Sess No Need for Higher Levy Within District. Greek Premier Makes Declaration, | but Illness May Delay Departure. Chairman Norton and a majority of | the House District Committee are op- { posed to the proposai of Representative | Howard Smith of Virginia to increase the gasoline tax in the District, it was stated today. Generally the members By the Associated Press. ATHENS, January 27.—Premier | Tsaldaris declared in a statement pub- The visit could not be called a formal | lished in all newspapers today that | protest, it was said at the Japanese em- | «Samuel Insull will leave Greece With | bassy, but the Ambassador was in- g ¢ : structed to say that the article had|8n American passport which will be created a “painful impression” with the | accorded by the American legation.” Japanese government. The former American utilities oper- 1t was xcgr%ltte;‘i tganlcula‘rlyalx)]t;’afl(;:e Sioed e henierla el s zes o)| the author is bo e premier - | 2 o | i 1y, Bnd some phases | choose his own destination. i e e : Meanwhile, regardless of whether the | were considered extremely strong, em- ! : bassy attaches explained. premier’s declaration eventually is | However, the Ambassador stated that | borne out, all indications pointed today | Mussolini had explained to the (ormer's“ to the probability that the Greek gov- satisfaction that he had not intended | ernment would accord Insull a further directing the article against Japan. | prolongation of his sojourn permit on At the embassy, it was said the Am- | the grounds of illness. bassador concentrated on Mussolini's The premier said yesterday that In- | article_and did not protest against a | sull, who has been ordered expelled at | speech recently delivered in the Cham- | ber of Deputies by Marquis Giacomo Medici Del Vascello. r protest voiced against the anti-Japanese campaign being carried on in the Italian press. p i Beth the premier and the marquis had referred to the “yellow peril.” | IOWA OFFICIAL FACES | P.W.A. FRAUD CHARGE | Lieut. Gov. N. G. Kraschel and | C. D. Beh, Investment Broker, Are Indicted. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, January 27.—A Federal indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the Government stood today against Lieut. Gov. Nelson G. Kraschel of Iowa and Carleton D. Beh, a Des Moines investment broker. A Federal grand jury returned the indictment to- day after a week’s investigation of the Towa Public Works Administration. Beh was separately indicted on a charge. Loy comspiracy charge alleged that the lieutenant governor and Beh con- spired to persuade political subdivisions not to request 70 per cent Federal Gov- ernment loans for public works projects, urging county and city officials to finance construction through Beh’s in- vestment house. | Included in the joint indictment is| allegation that Beh forged an ap- 'p‘llxiauonnfrom the City of Ottumwa for & Government loan of $140,000 in con- | inz nection with the construction of a via- duct and bridge at Ottumwa. This county is made the basis for the separate indictment against the invest- ment broker. Neither was any | officially-designated physicians found | said he had recently suffered three the expiration of his permit January | | 31, would be allowed to remain provided | him too ill to travel. Physicians _ attending _the former Chicagoan. wanted in the United States to face charges growing out of the collapse of his utilities enterprises, paroxysms of the heart. Making light of rumors that Insull had chartered a hydroplane for a pos- sible unannounced flight to Abyssinia, Dr. Voylass, Insull's phyician. said “his heart could not possibly endure | such a flight.” R TN Woman Robbed of $23,000. | LOS ANGELES, January 27 (@).— Jewels she valued at $23,000 and $175 {in cash were stolen last night from Mrs. John T. Dye, wife of a wealthy | druggist, by two men who surprised her {in the kitchen of her home upon her | return from a shopping trip, she told | | police. | of the committece are against giving | any consideration to this bill and other | measures designed to increase taxes| in the District. “Why should we impose an increased gasoline tax on the people in the Dis- trict of Columbia and the hundreds of thousands of tourists from every State in the Union, just because Virginia has a higher gasoline tax?” Mrs. Norton asked. “The Budget Bureau's figures on the | surplus revenues accumulated in the District is sufficient proof that it does not need any increase in taxes until there is greater liberality in appropri- ations for important permanent public improvements.” Other members of the District Com- | mittee pointed to the fate of the Mapes bills two years ago 2s evidence of the attitude of Congress toward imposing taxes needlessly on District residents. MISSIONARY KIDNAPED Italian Priest Abducted by Chinese Bandits. NEW YORK, January 27 (#).—The Maryknoll Fathers received word_today that a Catholic missionary, Father James Anselmo of Italy, had been kid- naped in Kiangsi Province, China. The fathers described the captors as Communist - bandits. Twenty - nine Catholic missioners have been similarly seized in Kiangsi during the past several years, the announcement said, and of these five have been slain. From Kianfu, Father Anselmo’s vicariate, 13 missioners have been cap- tured and three put to death. \THAN IN | | By the Assoctated Press. ; | Customs officials intimated today | | they were pushing requests for more radio-equipped airplanes and high- powered automobiles to start an anti- smuggling drive surpassing the efforts | of prohibition days. Hoping to block any major tax-free }flew of smuggled foreign liquor, the Customs Bureau disclosed it is prepar- figures to show that increased ac- tivities will more than pay for them- | selves by sending into the Treasury taxes otherwise avoided. One official asserted that where ef- 'forts to stop liquor smugglin® in pro- |GREATER RUM-SMUGGLING DRIVE PRE-REPEAL ERA URGED hibition days was all expense and no income, the forcing of liquor into legal import channels today would provide a surplus through the paying of the $5- 2-gallon tariff and the $2 internal rev- enue tax. Eight Army planes at San Antonio, Tex., now are being used by the customs service to combat smuggling. But the bureau says these planes need radio sending and receiving sets and hangars along the border to spread operations. The customs border patrol has n planes on the Canadian border. Re- cently President Roosevelt put Marine Corps planes at the disposal of customs officials to check Pacific Coast smug- ! gling. : ’ | servative Republican faction, who con- was expected during the day, however. Senator Borah, Idaho, Republican, yesterday announced support of the measure as a “step in the right direc- tion”"—toward inflation of the currency | —but predicted further steps would be | taken soon. He called for the re- | monetization of silver. | |~ The Wheeler proposal is that the | Treasury be instructed to buy 50,000.000 | ounces of silver monthly and issue silver | certificates for which the metal would furnish backing. | Wheeler, persistent champicn of the | white metal, brought up his proposition | | late yesterday. just after the Senate| ’ bad given the Secretary of the Treasury | | sole authority over the stabilization | fund. Pirst efforts to reach an agree- | ment to assure a vote today were balked | by the objection of Senator Fess, Re-| | publican, Ohio, an opponent of the bl ill, | | who feared time would not be allowed | | for a speech he plans to deliver. Senator | Robinson, the Democratic leader, | threatened to keep the Senate in session | last night, however, and Fess and other | opponents withdrew their opposition. | Reed Assails Measure. Yesterday's debate brought a sharp indictment of the measure from Senator Reed, a prominent member of the con- tended it would play “havoc” ‘with the people and was the equivalent of a 40 per cent cut in American wages. Sena- tor Robinson responded with a warm defense, and Senator Borah contended it could not achieve its purpose without some increase in currency in circulation. Robinson disputed a claim by Reed that giving the Federal Reserve Banks special gold certificates in return for the gold which the measure proposes be seized by the Treasury would not fulfill | constitutional requirements of just com- | pensation for property appropriated by | the right of eminent domain. “If any conclusion can be reached | from the Senator’s argument,” said Robinson, “it is that the old policy of laissez-faire that prevailed until March 4 should bz continued indefinitely.” Spending Limit Beaten. On another roll call vote yesterday the Senate defeated, 52 to 32, a com- mittee proposal that expenditures from the stabilization fund be limited to the “sole” purpose of stabilizing the dollar in relation to the currencies of foreign nations. Conservatives objected to au- thorization of outlays for the purchase of Government bonds. Borah, in describing the bill as a “step in the right direction,” predicted that soon “we will have to take other remedial action.” “I am quite sure,” he said, “we will not see a rise in the price of com- modities until we increase the volume of the circulating medium. No one de- sires unsound money. No one would suffer more than agricultural interests and labor interests.” UZUNOVICH AGAIN HEADS YUGOSLAVIAN CABINET Veteran Prime. Minister Is Ap- pointed Following Resigna- tion of Milan Srshkich. By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, January 27! —Nikola Uzunovich, six times prime minister before 1929, headed a new cab- inet today. King Alexander appointed him, fol- lowing_the r tion of Prime Min- ister Milan Srshkich, January 24. ‘The principal change which Uzuno- vich made in the cabinet was replacing M. Stankovich, the minister of educa- tion, by Ilija Sumenkovich, former minister of trade. 1 in the ranks of C. W. A. executives would be dropped immediately. “I feel that such persons have no place in the organization.” Hopkins said. “A man might be doing the best kind of work. but if he is a candidate for office he should not be allowed to continue.” Following announcement of the use of Army Engineers immediately there were repercussions. Disclosure that Lieut. Col. Dan R. Sultan, Chicago dis- trict engineer, would take charge in| Cook County, IIl. brought a blanket | Tesignation from civilian directors of State and county civil works. Robert J. Dunham, in charge there, wired Hopkins the wholesale with: rawal was in protest at the “impli-| cation” that those in charge were “not | only lacking in ability and integrity, but also in the proper sense of obli- gation.” Hopkins had no immediate comment, | but indicated more would be said | shortly in explanation of the displacing of civilians with Army officials. Another trouble spot centered in Los Angeles. Maj. Donald Connally, an-| other Army engineer, was placed in| pulsory plan “to compel all producers to co-operate in the cotton adjustment program.” . Senator Bankhead, Democrat of Ala- tion’s stock exchanges through a license system and a Federal administrator was reccmmended to Congress by President Roosevelt's Interdepartmental Commit- tee in a report made public today by the Senate Banking Committee. The President, however. did not him- selt make any request. Chairman_Fletcher gave out the let- ter from Secretary Roper, chairman of the committee, recommending the regulatory legislation to the President. The committee proposed a law to require all exchanges to operate under a Federal license and the creation of an administrator “with broad dis- cretionary powers to require the ex- changes to adcpt and enforce rules and regulations in a form satisfactory to the administrative agency and of such a character as to establish a minimum standard of fair dealing on such exchanges.” Fletcher did not make public the de- tailed report itself, but said it laid a large part of the responsibility for the depression at the door of the exchanges bama, introduced a bill which would limit cotton ginnings to 9,000,000 bales in 1934. An administration ace which might be slipped out if necessary is the plan for establishing a blanket production contrel contract for each individual farmer under which he would be given @ quota on each crop he produced dur- ing a fixed base period. Such a plan is only in the nebulous state at present. Officials pointed out. nevertheless, the success of almost compulsory pro- duction control programs in the cling | peach, citrus fruit and deciduous fruit areas of California and the Pacific Northwest. POLICEMAN IS SHOT WHILE CLEANING GUN Honor Patrolman in Serious Con- | an investigation of alleged political in and the speculation which took place on them. Commodities Untouched. He said the report did not recommend any legislation with regard to commod- ity exchanges, but that this subject would be dealt with in a separate re- port by Secretary of Agriculture Wal- lace charge of the C. W. A. operations in Los | Angeles County. Three indictments already have been returned there, and | terference is in progress. Hopkins expected to complete his | Army line-up by Monday. He explained that some cities had no one now di- rectly in charge, and that some of the military men would be named to those places. The C. W. A, with its army of 4.- 000,000 workers, in the past week or so has been the center of more objections | than any other agency or activity of | the administration. 270.000 to Lose Jobs. Finding its money coffers nearly committee’s report to President Roose- velt, outlined the major recommenda- tions as follows: “1. To require that exchanges shall receive Federal license as a condition permitting the use of the mails and | Roper, in his letter transmitting the | of Interstate Commerce instrumental- | empty, C. W. A. officials cut work hours drastically and ordered around 270,000 men released immediately. This increased the storm already felt when the President at first indicated the civil works program would be aban- doned early in May. More than 37,000 protesting letters were received last week alone. The Justice Department and the in- vestigative section of the Public Works Administration are still continuing in- vestigations of alleged graft in several sections. Mr. Roosevelt is awaiting only word from Capitol Hill as to whether he should send up piecemeal or entire an emergency budget request for $1.116,- 000,000 before acting to give the C. W. A. more funds. ITALIANS NEAR MOROCCO ON BUENOS AIRES HOP By the Assoclated Press. CASABLANCA, Morocco, January 27. —Out of Rome and bound for Buenos Aires, a tri-motored plane with a crew of four thundered over the air lanes today toward this seaport on the At- lantic Coast of Morocco—the first scheduled stop on the long flight. The phgc. carrying 700 pounds of mail, took off at 6:38 a.m. (12:38 am. Eastern standard time) from Monticello Airport, Rome, Commanded by Prancia Lombardi, one of Italy’s leading reserve pilots, the fiyers hoped to reach Buenos Aires in three days. _Additionai stops were planned at Dakar, French West Africa, {Ittfl. Brazil and Rio de Janeiro to re- uel Count Pranco Mazotti as second pilot and a wireless operator and a mechanic completed the crew. Their aim was to blaze 2 new trail in transocean aeropostal service between Rome, Brazil and Argentina. If the flight is successful, regular service wili be considered. i 1 ities for transmitting their quotations in all communications respecting sales and other transactions on such ex- change:. “2." There should be established an | administrative authority with board dis- cretionary powers to require the ex- | changes to adopt and enforce rules| and regulations in a form satisfactory | to the administrative agency and of such character as to establish a mini- | mum standard of fair dealing cn such | exchanges. | Provides Fines. | “3. The adoption of satisfactory rules and regulations which, in the | event of violation, would give the Fed- | eral agency suthority either to deprive | such an exchange of its license or to suspend it or fine it, or to require a | change in its governing personnel. | “4, The study recommends that the form and content of stock exchange rules governing such matters as pools, margin trading, specialists, short sell- ing, listing requirements, retailing | methods, reports and accounting. shall | (Continued on Page 2, Column 5) | dition With Chest Injury After Accident. | l | Policeman Edgar H. Hinson was | accidentally shot in the chest while cleaning his revolver in the squad room at No. 10 precinct today. He was rushed to Garfield Hospital, where his condition was reported as serious. Hinson, 43 years old, has been on the force since 1919. He was one of the honor men of the depart- ment when the $5 salary bonus plan for outstanding efficiency was in effect. Hinson was alone in the room when a shot was heard. Five shells, taken from the revolver while it was beirg cleaned, were found on a window sill, | and it is believed that the revolver was discharged while he was reloading it. Hinson lives at 3619 Eleventh street. He has a wife and three children. BADEN-POWELL BETTER Scouts in London Told Founder Is on Road to Recovery. LONDON. January 27 (#).—Lord Baden-Powell passed a very good night “and I think we may all feel he is now on the road to recovery,” said Sir Percy Everett, chief commissioner of the Boy Scouts’ Association, in addressing a conference of Boy Scout secretaries today. Lord Baden - Powell, 77 - year - old founder of the Boy Scouts, recently un- derwent two operations. YOUTH WHO BEDEVILED-CHURCH RETURNS TO LEAD IN REVIVAL By the Associated Press. | CARTERVILLE, IIl, January 27— The worshipers at the Little Oak Grove Church south of here never used to know what to expect next with Corum McGee thinking up new deviltry. Once a bird flew into the church. McGee whipped out his pistol and shot. The fine was $50. Another time he started a watermelon rind fight. Then his brother rode a horse into church, but every one said ,Corum was Tesponsible. The finale came when two of the Mc- e Gee boys and two others burned up the church organ. The deacons were en- | The McGee boys went to the raged. The others penitentiary for a year. turned State's evidence. It was unanimously agreed six years ago that Corum was an incurable roughneck. “Corum McGee will never mend his ways,” they said. There’s a big revival now at the Little Oak Grove Church and folks come nightly from miles 'round. Eighty already have hit the sawdust trail. I The master of the trail is Corum. McGee, revivalist. A | control board can take action, it ap- peared today that licensed sale of legal | liquor could not start until February 5 or 16 However, this is contingent upon quick action Congress in ap= | bropriating necessa: unds for opera- tion of the control board. Requested appropriations now are before commite | tees of Congress and early action has be% promised. e Liquor Control Board. consisti | of George W. Offutt, chairman: M?.sg. William Beverly Mason and Isaac Gans, is not scheduled to begin work until after Congress hes made the necessary appropriation. Corporation Counsel W. W. Bride re- | vealed late yvesterday that he had been informed that an unnamed law firm { had told prospective license applicants that they could hasten action on ‘llpcnses because Mr. Bride was “asso- ciated” with their work. Bride was | enraged over the matter, denied em- | phatically that he was asscciated with {any firm and threatened to instituts | eriminal prosecution against any one | making such “promises” if he could | ascertain their identity Pledges Strict Enforcing. Commissioner Allen :ald he had not been informed of the purported scheme, but declared emphatically that if any | applicant attempted to | any form, to hasten action on applica- | tions. he would see to it personally that | the applications involved were placed | at the bottom of the list | Chairman Offutt of the liquor board | stated he was determined to use all his influence to cbtain strict enforcement |of the liquor law and regulations | adopted under its authority. He said | the law is liberal and “I am going to | make sure that it is enforced to the | letter.” \BREM pressure, in ER KIN OPEN * WAY TO CONTACTS :ani]y of Banker Promise Captors Arrangements Will Be Secret. | By the Associated Press | ST. PAUL, January —All avenues of communication were kept open today | to smooth the way for contact between | th2 kidnapers of Edward G. Bremer and his kin, from whom the abductors | have demanded $200,000 for his release. Missing 10 days, the 37-year-old president and owner of the Commercial State Bank last communicated with the | family four days or more ago and then | through the medium of a kidnap gang't | missive. Since then, only silence hat | bridged the gap separating the gangs hideout and the Bremer famlly. Eager to hear the final werd frort | the gang—the rendezvous and time of | payment for the ransem—the familf has promised to keep secret arrenge ments between it and the captors. Guidé for Readers Amusements Churches Comics Features . Financial ... Lost and Found Radio Res!| Estate . Serial Story Society Sports t