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WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Generally fair tonight and tomorrow, not quite so warm tomorrow; gentle va- riable winds, becoming north or north- east. Tempcratures — Highest, 88, at 5:15 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 66, at 5 a.m. “From Press to Home Within an Hour” ‘The Star’s Carrier system covers every city block 2nd the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes today. Full report on page Closing N. Y Markets, Pages 12 & 13 E K ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ing Star as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circula n, 118,311 o o2 O1R i Raihe Hntered as second class malur ashington. DEMOCRATIC LEADERS PRESS BILLS THROUGH TO ADJOURN TONIGHT Seek to Avert Delay in Senate by Labor Measure Foes. SENATORS BALK ROOSEVELT’S POWERS OVER RELIEF FUNDS Vast Authority Delegated and Huge Sums Appropriated in Spec- tacular Session. The Senate passed the housing bill at 1:30 p.m. today. B the Associated Press. The first Roosevelt Congress drove wearily today toward the finish of the most astounding legislative job in America’s peace- time history. Only one major tussle—a debate in the Senate over the reso- lution designed to avert a strike Beventy-third Congress passes into history. final gavel would fall tonight In an effort to aid the drive epidemic—remained before this toward adjournment, the Senate began work this morning at 9 o'clock. First business for the Senate was the bill to increase home building. Without waiting for the Senate to act as had been planned, the House passed the new labor disputes bill without a record vote under suspension of the rules. After that, all they had to do was | wait on the Senate. The adjournment all drafted. Introduction was de- ferred, however, pending more cer- tainty that opponents of the housing or labor bills would not talk against time in the Senate to make the session go into next week Galleries at the start were almost empty because of the early meeting hour. but with Senators anxious to wind up the session and start home. there was no trouble rounding up A quorum, Leaders Confident, Representative Byrns, Democratic House leader, conferred with Vice President Garner about adjournment plans. They expressed confidence the resolution was DEFICIENCY BIL CHANGES BEATEN Measure Sent to Confer- ence to Iron Out Di- vergent Views. Leaders hoped the | WASHINGTON, PRISON SENTENCES HINTED AS RESULT OF ARMY INQUIRY House Body Reveals U. S. Agents Have Received Re- tainers in Purchases. $20,000 MORE IS VOTED {TO PRESS INVESTIGATION Reorganization of Air Corps Com- mand Is Expected by Com- mittee Members. | By the Associated Press. After hearing a prediction that the study probably wili send some Federal officials to prison, the House today voted $20,000 more for its Military Committee's investigation of War De- | partment purchases since 1926. i Representative Cochran, Democrat. { | of Missouri, calling House attention [to the fact that the Accounts Com- mittee unanimously approved the ad- ditional appropriation. said members of the Military Committee and Chair- iman Rogers testified yesterday on the progress the investigators had made. “There were four Democrats, three | Republicans and one Farmer-Labor member who testified before the Ac- counts Committee,” Cochran said. “Never have I heard statements from members of Congress with ref- erence te conditions in the Federal Government that were so astonishing. | ~I predict that committee will un-! | cover a scandal that will arouse the | Nation and probably open the doors | of penitentiaries to some Government officials. | “Government agents have been | found to be receiving retainers from | | firms and corporations that have been | sellmg supplies to the Government “This investigating Committee has disclosed that by requiring the War Department to change specifications | for the purchase of supplies in the last two months, it has already saved | the Government hundreds of thou- | sands of dollars.” The Rogers committee is ready to approve a report on army | sirplane purchases which committee | members expect to result in a re-! | organization of the Army Air Corps | D. about ]- C., SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1934—THIRTY PAGES. ALL AGAINST TUG! TUG AGAINST ALL! IHI THREE. . JOLLY I\'l'.\”l'l("' NATS BEAT TR 101, INOPENER Travis, Manush and Schulte Lead Attack Against Indians. Hitting Weiland timely in the early innings. the Nationals defeated the leveland Indians in the first game a double-header at Griffith Sta- dium this afternoon The score was 7 to 1. FIRST INNING. CLEVELAND-—Cronin Rice. Knickerbocker ter. Myer made a great stop of Averill's hot one and Knickerbocker threw out singled to cen- | went to second when Thomas balked. Averill flied to Stone. Cronin threw out Vosmik. No runs WASHINGTON—Sewell walked. A wild pitch let Sewell tauke second Thomas sacrificed. Trosky to Hale covering first. Hale took Myer's | grounder nnd Sewell uas run awn | Hale to M to Kamm. Myer se:.oud on lhe play M.ullmh lrluled against the score board. scoring Myer Ctonin singled to center, scoring Ma~ nush. Stone flied W Averill. Two | runs. { NINTH INNING. | CLEVELAND—Thomas tossed out | Hale. Trosky singled to center Myatl flied to Stone in the right field corner. Kamm walked Manush came in for Winegainer's high one No runs. | STEEL WORKERS ST MARYS PAYS CALVERT TRIBUTE Dedication of Reproduced State House Second Day Fete Feature. BY JOHN L. HACKNEY, S Correspoudent of The Siar. ST. MARYS CITY, Md.. June 16.— After a1 day of living in the past, Southern Muryland again today turned back the calendar o the seventeenth century to honor Leonard Calvert and his followers who planted (he first aste of religious freedom on Amen- can shores. The secoud day’s celebration of the Tercentenary of the Free State began Lt BERLIN THREATENS 0. 5. IMPORTS CUT IN DEBTS CRISIS ‘World to Be Warned That More German Goods Must Be Bought. MORATORIUM IS BLAMED ON FOREIGN TRADE LACK | Six-Month Period May Be Made | Permanent as Rétaliatory Measure. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, June 16.—Hints that Ger- many should limit American imports unless the United States takes more | goods from the Reich grew stronger today. This sentiment accompanied anoth- er threat that Germany was in & position to tell the world to buy| from her or consider permanent her six-month moratorium on loreign | debts. | Foreign Trade Tssue. | Lack of foreign | by the Reichsbank as one of the| principal reasons for suspension of payment on foreign debts, including | | the Young und Dawes louns, wo! days ago. | AL the same time, fearing a new| drain on foreign exchange, ihe gov-| ernment laid un embargo on the ex- port of grain. A long period of Ary! weather has dumaged Germany's crops | Should the crop loss be heavy, com- | | pelling imports of grain, the govern- ment’s carefully devised plans to halt the los of foreign exchange will suffe: | a serious selbuck. trade was given Reprisals Promised. The government promised reprisai: | if othier nations retaliated because of | | the suspension of puyment on | fureign debts. | | England’s snnounced intention to| protect her bondholders by crealing a clearing house, presumably to withhold puyments due German hrms, was responsible for the statement. Trude publications said the United States should buy more German goods | If not. one said, “Germany must re- | duce Ler orders proportionatel () Means Associated Press. inc\\.\ and attacked | cians the| ™ TWO CENTS. JOHNSON ASSAILS DARROW'S BOARD AS COMMUNISTIC N. R. A. Head Also Accuses Portion of Press of Falsifying News. —— |“PARTISAN POLITICIANS” HIT AS RECOVERY FOES Reply Is Made to Critics of Unit in Anniversary Address at Charleston. By the Associated Press CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 16.— Hugh S. Johnson today assailed the Clarence Darrow Review Board as | Communistic in purpose, accused part of the press of falsifying N. R. A, “partisan against politi- aligned the recovery unit ‘}hx reply to critics featured this State’s holiday celebration of N. R As first birthday anniversary. It was broadeust over a Nation-wide hook-up. Political Oppesition Hit. Declaring “much of the press is in the hands of political opposition anx- lous to regain office” and that “to get 4 square deal” from these papers for N. R. A.is impossible. he said: “I can understand the Communistic purpose of the Darrow board as an openly avowed assault on our whole system in favor of the semi-barbaric atrocities of half-civilized Russia. but ! the betrayal of a great public trust by a newspaper to accomplish a par- tsan end in utter disregard of the ! present and future security of the Wage and salary-earning element of our populalion is quite snother mat- ter." “And again I ask.” he continued what responsibility do they assume in risking and inviting the return of child labog and in deliberately invok- ing 1 new epidemic of price and wage culting and the certain sinking into a new degradation of the living stand- ards of American working people of all classes? Just God. is there no price too high for these people to pay for political advancement? 1Is there no state of LOOK T CAPITAL heavy legislative program could be command. | was forced. Myer to Cronin. Vosmik | s | buman misery that is worthy of their completed in time to conclude the session late tonight. Many mem- bers already had packed and bought railroad tickets home. With Summer weather prevailing. most Senators sported cool-looking white Ninen suits for what they hoped would be the final session. Huey Long was outfitted in a dark brown sult | with a pink shirt. Congressional action on the House bill authorizing formation of a cor- poration to insure the more effective | diversification of prison industries was completed when the Senate receded from its amendments. Bootleg Curb Passes. To the President also went two House bills aimed at plugging leaks in | the dam the Government is trying to build around bootleg whisky. One would empower the commis- | sioner of internal revenue to require sellers of substances used in liquor to supplv names and addresses of purchasers. It mentions sugar and molasses specifically, but covers any- thing used in manufacture. Another would give similar authority over the glistribution of containers. | In a sitting that lasted almost until 10 last night, both Houses ran through & mass of work. The Senate voted about $2.225,000.000 for public works and relief by approving the deficiency appropriation bill The House. tossing off bili after | bill. authorized an investigation into the need for oil control and a study of Americas tin supply; ap- proved a new policy to give more self-government to Indians; approved a national board to settle controver- sies between railroads and their work- ers, as well as a pension system for railroad men. | Relief Powers Limited. The big deficiency bill went to the House today, where Senate amend- | ments were opposed and the bill sent to conference. The Senate put a sharp limitation on the power which the House granted the President in the bill to divert unpledged assets of | the Reconstruction Finance Corpora- | tion to public works and relief. Such | 1 assets had been estimated at almost | $2.000,000.000. ! The vast housing program before | the Senate places a partial Govern- ment guarantee behind private loans | for home building and repair, as well | as taking over steps to revive the con- struction industry. The House al- | ready has passed it and the Senate 1s expected to act quickly. A potential uprising by independent " (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) STANDARDUILRAISESJ PAY OF 8,000 MEN and Crews Will Get Wages at 1929 Level. Officers of Tankers | By the Associated Press NORFOLK, Va.. junc 16.—Approxi- mately 8 000 men composing the offi- cers and crews of Standard Oil tank- ers and other craft controlled by that corporation tomorrow will have their wages restored to what they were in 1929, it was learned here today. | The Standard Oil Co. operates a | huge fleet of vessels under its own name and also controls the Standard Shipping Co., Standard Transporta- | tion Co.. Standard Vacuum Co. and | other subsidiaries. | “These corporations operate more | than 250 ships. some of them being | among the largest tankers in the world. They fly the flags of the United States. Great Britain, Norway and | other nations. | During the depression the company | Jaid up a number of its vessels, dis- charged their crews and reduced the wages of those on ships that re- mained in service. Today virtually all the fleet is in operation again. 4 | | amendments ! nearly half that amount. By the Associated Press. The House today rejected Senate to the $2,225,000,000 deficiency appropriation bill and sent the méd¥if§ to a Conference Com- | mittee to adjust differences. The Senate had passed the meas- ure to carry on the relief and public works drives at a session that lasied until 10 o'clock last night.. Senator Byrnes. Democrat, of South Carolina, estimated the bill will give the President power to spend $1. 000.000 for public works and $1. UG!,- 675.000 for direct relief. In addition, 000.000 on hand for relief The Senate beat back attempts to double and quadruple the figure. Sen- | ator La Follette, Republican. of Wis- consin, proposed that $8.625.000.000 be acded to the public works fund Senator Cutting. Republican, of New Mexico, proposed an allocation of Both were downed overwhelmingly. Drought Fund Restored. The drought relief fund. cut committee to $450.000.000, was stored to the §: by the President The Senate sharply limited the President in diverting unpledged as- in re- | sets from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to public works and re- lief. Only $500.000.000 could be used that way. The corporation has nearly $2.000.000.000 of unpledged assets and the House would have given Mr Roosevelt power to use them for the other purposes In urging that the President be given a free hand to dip into the Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds, La Follette said: “There is sharp evidence we are | sliding into another slump. another crisis within the crisis. It is the height of folly to limit the amount the President may use in an emer- | gency.” Among other appropriations was $1.000.000 for co-operation with Latin American countries in building a highway eventually to connect this country with the southern tip of South America. One of the bitterest disputes of the day came over this proposal proposed $5000,000 fund was cut to $1,000000 on motion of Senator Borah. Republican, of Idaho and ap- proved. after the Senate had rejected (Continued on Page 2. Column 5) 82 DAYS IN COMA ATLANTA, June 16 (#).—Miss Nell Bullard, 22-year-old victim of an au- tomobile accident, entered her eighty- second day of unconsciousness today Brain tissues were injured in the accident last March and physicians | say there has been no apparent change in her condition since then. there already is $270,- | .000.000 suggested | The | Box Score FIRST GAME. CLEVELAND. AB. E. 0 0 0 o ¢ Rice, rf Kn'ckb'k'r, s 3 Hale, 2b..... forced Averill, Cronin to Myer. No runs. WASHINGTON — Myer flied to Averill. Manush took a third strike Knickerbocker threw out Cronin. runs, SECOND INNING. CLEVELAND—Thomas tossed out | Hale. Trosky tripled against the scoreboard in right. Schulte and Trosky scored after the i catch. Kamm hoisted to Harris. One { run | WASHINGTON—Kamm threw out Harris. Schulte doubled to left Trosky, 1b. | Myatt, . Kamm, 3b... @ Weiland, p... Win'g'rner, p. 1 32 1 724121 1% Seeds batted for Weiland in seventh. WASHINGTON. [ 1 [ [0 | AB. . A E|ter Myer, 2b... Manush, If Cronin, ss.. Harris, rf. Stone, rf. Schulte. of. Travis, 3b Kubhel, 1b.. Berg, C...eue Sewell, c. Thomas, p. Kress ....... 34 122710 Kress batted for Bers in sixth. SCORE BY INNINGS. Cleveland.... 010 000 000~ 1 ! Washington. 010 012 123= 7 T SUMMARY: | Myatt. Kuhel Mver. Manush. Cronin. hult k. 7 [ Travis. Three-b: Manush (2). Stolen base—Kuhel. Sacrifiee—Thomas. play—Travis to yer to Kuhel. bases—Cleveland, 8; Washing- | | Thomas. 3: alk—Thomas. sing_pitcher—Weiland. ‘mpires—Messrs. Kolls, Ormsby. Donnelly Jobs Increase in Italy. ROME, June 16 (#).—Official fig- ures showed today that on June 1 unemployment in Italy had decreased | by 54201 from April and that there; were at the first of this month 941.- 257 unemployed persons in the country MOOSE BOO SENATOR DAVIS; CRASHES” ALLENTOWN LODGE | By the Associated Press. ALLENTOWN, Pa. June 16—A greeting of boos and hisses for United | States Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania, director general of the Loyal Order of Moose, is reported by | lodge officials as Allentown Moose’s | answer to the Senator’s “crashing” of | a local lodge meeting. The demonstration occurred last night when Davis, accompanied by Albert H. Ladner of Philadelphia, chairman of the Executive Committee | of the Supreme Lodge, brusquely | pushed past the outer guard at the closed session and stalked to the stage | to speak, the officials said. The visitors’ right to enter without being Invited was questioned by Ed- ward H. Schlechter, director of the Allentown Moose. The Senator main- tained that privilege went with his office, but local lodgemen disputed 1 this on the grounds that Allentown | has been suspended from the national | order for refusal to pay per capita tax. When Frank H. Michaels, a lodge- man, attempted to explain Davis’ | presence as due to a telehone conver- | sation he had with the Senator con- scernln‘ the desirability of Allentown Lodge’s return to the national order, the officials reported Davis got into a heated argument with him. | Davis was finally prevailed upon to retire while a vote was taken on ) | nush singled to right. Travis got a single with a high bound 1o short that Knickerbocker lost as | Schuite crossed in front of him to {reach third. Kuhel forced Travis | Hale to Knickerbocker. Schulte scor- |ing. Kuhel stole second snd con- !llnued to third as Myatt's low throw | went to center. Hale. One run. THIRD INNING. CLEVELAND—Weiland singled center. Rice flied to Manush in cen- Knickerbocker lined to Myer. | Kuhel took Averill's grounder and | barely beat him to the bag WASHINGTON—Thomas lined to Averill | running catch of Myer's foul. Ma- Cronin flied | to Vosmik in short left. No runs. FOURTH INNING. CLEVELAND—Vosmik popped to | Cronin. Hale hoisted to Manush in the left-fleld corner. Trosky flied to Schulte in deepest center. No runs. WASHINGTON—Vosmik ran to {left for a one-hand catch of Harris' liner. Schulte popped to Hale. Travis | fouled to Kamm. No runs. FIFTH INNING. CLEVELAND—Myatt flied nush. Myer went back for loft. Myer threw out Weiland. runs. WASHINGTON—Kuhel's bunt got by Weiland for a single. Berg fanned. Thomas singled to center. Kuhel to third. Myer singled right. scoring Kuhel and ‘Thomas to second. Manush fanned. Crohin forced Myer, to Hale. One run. SIXTH INNING. CLEVELAND — Rice singled to center. Knickerbocker sacrificed, Travis to Kuhel. Averill walked Vosmik crove into a double play. Travis to Myer to Kuhel. WASHINGTON — Hairis walked. Schulte sent a long fly to Rice. Travis doubled against the open stands in back of left center, sending Harris to third. Kuhel was purposely passed. to Ma- Kamm's No to | filling the bases. Kress batted for | Berg. Stone ran for Harris. Kress walked, forcing Stone over the plate | and leaving the bases loaded. Thomas flied to Averlll while the other runners moved up Lafter the catch. Myer flied to Vos- Two runs. SEVENTH INNING. CLEVELAND—Sewell now catching for Washington and Stone playing right feld. Hale popped to Sewell in front of the plate. Trosky flied to Schulte. Myatt singled to center. Kamm singled to center, sending Myatt to second. Seeds batted for Weiland. He fouled to Kuhel. No runs. WASHINGTON — Winegarner now pitching for Cleveland. Manush drove a triple to the right-field cor- ner. Cronin took & third strike. Winegarner took Stone's bounce and Manush was run down, Winegarner mik. whether to permit him to speak. The permission granted, he spoke and left | w!he hall, calling over his shoulder for | “loyal members of the Moose” to fol- ! low. Three of 900 men are reported to have complied. The local lodge was suspended upon refusal to pay per capita tax on the | ground that the local lodge was not treated fairly in the placing of aged in homes of the ordes. ¥ to Kamm to Myatt, Stone made sec- ond on the play. Schulte beat out a slow one to Kamm, Stone taking third. Travis singled to center. scor- ing Stone and sending Schulte to second. Hale threw out Kuhel. One run. EIGHTH INNING. CLEVELAND—Rice walked. Knick- erbocker took a third -strike, Rice No Myatt lined to! Berg grounded to to | No runs. | Knickerbocker made a good | sending | sending | Knickerbocker | No runs. | and Travis scored | { [Amendment to Green Plan Leaves Door Open for Walkout. | By the Associated Press. | PITTSBURGH, June 16.—A strike- | thremtened steel industry—granted ll temporary amnesty by » large por- | tion of its workers—turned to Wash- ington today for initial steps in plac- ing into effect & non-strike agree- ment. The agreement. proposed by Wil- liam Green. president of the Ame: can Federation of Labor. calls presidential-appointed board o seitle disputes within the industry. Iis acceptance at a strike conven- tion of the Amalgamated Association |of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers last night marked an armistice in a grave situation, which had existed In the steel industry since the association’s convention in April At that time the union voted to demand recognition as the steel work- ers’ bargaining agent. Green Heals Breach. With such recognition generally | refused by the steel operators, the convention was called o decide upon & means of reaching its objective— generally construed to mean a strike. | Green's appearance yesterday, with his mediation board proposal. before the 200 delegates to the special con- vention. served to bring together op- | posing factions in the Amalgamated | which had split on the strike ques- tion. One faction, headed by 72-year-old Michael Tighe. president of the as- sociation, fuvored a strike only as a last resort in the drive for recogni- tion: seeking postponement of the strike call until all other efforts to | | reach an agreement with the steel | | industry had been exhausted. The other faction, the “rank and file” group. headed by Earl J. For- | beck of Duquesne, urged an immedi- ate walkout. As the two factions apparents cemented themselves behind Green, they ended themlr special convention | | Jate last night. after two days of dis- cussions, speeches, proposals and | | counter-proposals. Way Open for Strike, Their last function was adoption of | an amendment to the Green proposal | to leave the way open for a strike call if the proposal “is not accepted by the President and the Iron and Steel Institute.” They added a provision that, in such event. “the international officers are delegated with power to call a rike at a time which the officers will set.” “We'll be back in two weeks for a | | showdown,” Forbeck predicted last night. Forbeck denied he has fought | tor a strike, but said he did not think | the steel concerns would agree to the | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) ISOLATED BY FLOODS, TEXAS TOWN IN NEED By the Assoclated Press. PAMPA, Tex. June 16—Isolated | | from the outside world by the rapidly rising Red River, flooded creeks and several communication lines, the oil | | field town of Le Fors, 14 miles south | | of here, was believed in need of aid today. Howling winds, hail and rain bore | down on the little community late | yesterday, battering 22 oil derricks to | the ground. | The north fork of the Red River, | almost encircling the small oil town of several hundred inhabitants, was | reported at its highest stage in yea ‘communication had been estab- with the town early today. ¢ | founaing of St. | was made up of James Allen. | with the dedication of the reproduced State House, less than 100 yards from | the site of the original building. Judge T. Scolt Onutt of Towson speaking for the pevple of Maryland, | made the first ess, and Gog Ai- Bert 'C. Ritchie. lying, accepl the building, erected from historic male- rinls that were taken from old manors | of this historie region. “The men whose lives and deeds we commemorate today. who founded this State,” Judge Offut said. “and | gave to it those idesls and traditions of freedom of conscience and civil liberty, which are its chief giory. have long since departed into eternal rest, the world which they knew has gone. the battles they fought have been won. Freedom of conscience prevails { over the earth, and political and civil | liberty are finmly, and we hope for- ever, established throughout the two Ameri and there is no longer a mingling of the things that are G ud: nd the things that are Caesar's.” Gifts to Man Enduring. “Their bodies have perished. but | their services and their gifts to mau- kind are as immortal as their souls.” Gov. Rilcuie. in reply, reciled something of the history of Murys and Maryland “My only purpose today is to justity the name which Maryland practices, the cradle of civil liberty.” Before the formal ceremonies at the State House, officials snd their guests walched the water pageant that | featured the morning's program from | the beautitul green bluff that forms the front of the campus of St. Mary's Academy. Guy flags and pennants added color | to the water front and prominent in | the parade of water craft thaty played in and out sbout the three huge naval | vessels—the British Dundee and the American Manley and Overton—wss the reproduced Constitution, the work of Washington Sea Scouts. Col. Ed- mund Sayres was in command of the | miniature Old Ironsides and the crew R. C. Carter, Dennis Spadaro, Birdley Bire- ley and Francis Waldron. The Constitlition junior was among the craft singled out for an award as unique in its type. Although yesterday's crowd was somewhat disappointing. today's made | up for any lack in numbers. Both the Leonardtown-St. Marys road and | the historic Three-Notch roaa from Mechanicsville - had a continuous stresm of automobiles from shortly after 6 o'clock this morning. By | noon the crowd was already estimated | | as close to 30.000 and visitors were | streaming in for the afternoon pag- eant. N. R. A. Employes Guests. Washinglon's chief representation here today was composed of a boat |load of N. R. A. employes who ar- rived shortly after noon on the S S. Potomac and landed below Governor's | | Field for a field day. N. R. A. brought | its base ball team along with & rival from Washington's sandlots, and | while Leonard Calvert, his followers, | their ladies, and the Indians of an- cient Maryland repeated the pageant of 1634, N. R. A. contrasted the scenes Continued on Page 6, Column 3 EXPELLED JOURNALIST BLAMES NAZIMORATORIUM ON BOYCOTT By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, June 16.— Ger- many’s moratorium on foreign obliga- tions was blamed today by S. Miles| Bouton. expelled Berlin correspondent | of the Baltimore Sun, on “the almost | world-wide boycott of German goods. Bouton. who left Germany “at the | urgent request of the Nazi govern- ment,” said in the Sun that this boy- cott had the “most serious” effect on the economic and finencial situation in that eountry. “Germany simply must export more than she buys,” he wrote, “but her the | earned | | through Lord Baltimore’s policies and " | thorities the marri DEMANDS INTERE: ! i | Considers Move Aguinst Germany on | Loan Bonds. PARIS, June 16 (®.—France in-| tends to colleet interest from Ger- wany on Duwes snd Youug loan bonds ' in some maaner Lo protect her com- | mereial interests, the cabinel \kuuml, oday. | The exact method was undeter-| miued. But whether a clearing house which would handle all French and German merchandise sccounts, or stralght surtax on all Germun goods will be put into effect. ministers were | ugreed (Lat there would be prowmpt action Negoliations 1o get Berlin 10 make paymieuls o French iuvesiors have been pul iuto full swing. with Roland | Koester, German Ambassador 1o Paris, | conferriug with Premier Doumergue. If negoliations fail, observers said | the French government sees in its | adverse commercial balance with Ger- many & mesns to collect on the debts. By iucressing the duties on imports from Germauy. which the government is empowered o do, France can re- | taliate. France's adverse balance of trade with the Reich in 1933 was 1.341.000,- 00U franes (upproxiaimiely $89.506.000). Under the scheme which is being cousidered French umporters will hold out for a percentage of payments from Germsuy. which will be credited through the Bauk for Internatioual | Settlements at Basel, Swilzerland. Fiauce is secking & united front of creditors. hoping st least (o get Brit- | ish support for Joiut action | Plans tor a clearing house which will enable Paris to impound funds destined to Germany Wwere reported 1o De under wa, Enugland is taking & sinilar siep. | AGREE ON TRADE PACT | i ! Anglo-French Proposal to Remove | Quota Reductions. | LONDON. June 16 #) .—A Aunglo-French trade agreement | moving the French quota reduction | from British goods and the British | retaliztory duties was initialed to- day al the foreign office, culminating a series of trade negoliations. The pact embodies decisions to im- prove the conditions governing trade in certain agricultural products, but | ! no particulars of the agreement \\ul‘ be made public until the pact is ac- | tually signed, probably during next ! week. BRIDAL PAIR ARRESTED new re- | | | Syracuse Police Told Ceremony With Girl, 15, Is Illegal. SYRACUSE, N. Y. June 16 (#.— After receiving a telegram from au- | thorities at Detroit, Syracuse ponaceI today held Kenneth and Virginia May | Semples, the latter 15. The pair were | married in Detroit a week ago. but | Detroit officials advised Syracuse au- e was illegal. trade balance is not a debit balance— 82,000,000 marks in April. She has ‘complnllvely few paving investments | abroad, and the German ships, for- merly an important item in the invisi- ble trlde balance, are running almost empty " | “This boycott is by no means ex- clusively Jewish,” he asserted. “It is also political. Roman Catholic and democratic.” For the size and popu- lation, he said, it is “most thorough |and damaging in Crechoslovakia " | where it is “both Jewish and demo- cratic.” “In Soviet Russia it is purely political ". [ al N | of | and recommendations | porters sympathetic, support?” Assails Partisa; ‘partisan politicians” who " of N. R. A., he said “I hnow mien who have opposed N. R. A aud who sre actuated largely by an avowed desire to maintain a de- pressed condition smong workers in their own constituency. * * * 1 some- tmes wonder if they never shiver at the record they are wriling in the great doomsday bouk “1 kuow what is going on under N. R. A" he said * * * I know it has raised employment 37 per cent and pay rolls 72 per cent. No power attack—no disingenious news story—uo colluteral assault can ever lake Lhat sauslaction away from us uuselfish and honest Attacks the Darrow Board. ot Darrow board, Johnson sald: It has investigated not one single code. IL has refused to consider any data on any code. It has suppressed testimony from any side but one. It is guilty of deliberately false and un- supported statemenis. Iis findings are not worth the puper cu which they are written.” Johnson said that a year ago the law insisted “on what Mr. Darrow calls savage. wolfish, competition “IL is precisely this savage, wolfish competition which has blighted this country for our whole population for more ihan four years.” he said. “and there 15 only cue method of escape from it now or in ihe future Thai wmethod e Lasic priuc ider Blue throughout all in- to maintain wages and work- S0 evenly that none oceasion o impair them— self-government unde: ervision. Declared Miracle. “This miracle has actually hap- pened under Franklin Roosevelt 1r the 12 mouths ended today.” In Ius attack on a “segment the press.” he said “I bave seen instructions to to send in mo news favor- able to N. R. A, * * Recently 1t several instances ‘disturbing new stories have been published by then which have not one ounce of fa | foundation—pure fabrications. can't even get the truth. Johnson spoke on a program vhici included Gov. H. C. Kump, Senato: Neely and Donald Richiberg, N. R. A chief counsel. Richberg said “the chatter of ignorant people who thini that we cannot control the operatior of natural laws is the greatest non- sense which aiflicts our generation Declaring many businessmen ques- tioned the collective bargaining pro visions of N. R. A.. especially witl serious strikes tureatened. he said “Self-government of industry woulc be a misnomer and a sham unles there were a recognized, unconte opportunity for the workers : | ganize themselves and to bargain ¢ | lectively with theh employers. $100 Sparkle in His Sole. MILLEN. Ga., June 16 (# —Eu Reynolds. shoe repair man. founc diamond valued at about $100 sole of a shoe received in a secor hand shipment from New York. vmpeliti Eagle sgreci dusiry hours reasou or mmnuul Federal a Guide for Readers Amusements Army Orders Church News Comics . Features Financial Lost and Found. Radio Real Estate . Serial Story . Society . Sports ..

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