Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1934, Page 4

WET YEAR FAILS ' Before Ulm Started TOHALT BOOTLEG lllicit Rum Still a Menace After 12 Months of Repeal. By the Associated Press. On repeal's first anniversary today the bootlegger remains such a menace to Government revenues and the legal trade that Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau is reported to be pre- paring a radio appeal to consumers | to buy only legitimate stuff. Strong demands that taxes slashed are being prepared for next Cangress on the theory would hamper the bootlegger. So far, Secretary Morgenthau has preferred to give the legal campaign | against the illicit trade more of a trial before urging lower taxes. Since repeal became effective, December 5,, 1933, Federal agents have seized 10.- | 947 stills, arrested 21.622 persons and convicted about 7,500. e | the ! this | Doran Wants Drastic Rule. Dr. James M. Doran, head of the Distilled Spirits Code Authority, said legal consumption of spirits has been only about one-half of the more con- | servative estimates made one year ago. He called for stiffer law enforcement. Government officials estimated the people have drunk 42.000.000 gallons of distilled spirits and 35.000,000 barrels of beer. i The Government, which levies a $2 | excise tax on each gallon of domestic liquor, has fallen some $120.000,000 short of collecting what it expected. Besides the excise tax, imported liquors are assessed $5 a gallon. Beer Is taxed $5 a barrel. Up to November 1, $364.572,224 rolled into Treasury money bins, of which $35.107,019 represented imports. | A promise of better and cheaper liquor in 1935 came from Joseph H Choate, jr., Federal Alcohol Control Administrator. He said: Sees Improvement in 1935, “There will be a substantial im- provement in the liquor situation in | 1935. After the holiday flurry, manu- | facturers will be able to put out greater quantities of straight aged whisky each month. That wil ive prices down and improve the quality of blends.” A year which has seen night life flower also has witnessed continuing | differences of opi While re- pealists say the Nation took the cor- Tect step a year ago, such prohibition leaders as F. Scott McBride sav re- peal failed to “remedy a single liquor evil.” Alcohol control officers said today they believe fewer persons now buy directly from bootleggers than in the | early days of the wet year, but that the problem of counterfeit liquor in | stores and dispensaries still is serious. Tax Reduction Urged. The vear has seen production of legal liquor, which is estimated at| 100,000,000 gallons, outrun consump- tion by a wide margin Ammon McClellan, director of the Rectifiers’ Code Authority, today sug- gested tax reduction as a means t0 fight “the increased competition” of racketeers. Public igrorance of details of the liquor business has resulted in. the preparation of what officials call rackets. This week Choate accused some sellers of warehouse receipts covering bonded rye and Bousbon whisky with bilking the public. He said the vendors of the securities charged “exorbitant prices.” Recently the Government has re- stricted the importation of distilled spirits in buix. Officials said some importers diluted the goods before bottling them in this country. Discussing the quality of the liquor sold, Administrator Choate declared that gin available now seems to be as good as any ever sold: that the quality of blends is generally improv- ing and that in the early part of 1935 larger amounts of straight| whisky, aged 6, 9 or 12 months, could be released. Gradual Improvement Seen. “The improvement in the whisky ' situation will be gradual,” he antici- pated. “You will see each month all through next year greater quantities of aged whisky on the market.” General satisfaction with the de- velopments of the past year was ex- pressed by Dr. Doran. He added however, that “low legal consumption | has accentuated the excess capacity problem.” The Federal Alcohol Con- trol Administration, he said. had checked what would have been a dangerous excess production. “It must be remembered.” he con- tinued, “that a year ago a great num- ber of people of the United States felt that a lot of quick money was to be made in the distilled spirits industry. Many of them have since changed their opinion “There is still room for substantial improvement in governmental action against large scale illicit operation. ‘The legal industry must render every possible aid.” —_— Marriage Licenses. Joseph Zimmerman. and Mildred Schoolnick. 19, both ol Baltimore: Rev. e. ind Lorraine H. Sat- * both'0f Hichmond: Rev. Lewis A Mnmr 25, Richmond. and Htlda I Edwards, 25. Roanoke, Va.; Rev. W. S. Abernethy. Herman Komber. 40 and Catherine A. ' Po]cner 30, both of Baltimore: Rev. J. 6 D st. ne. and " Kentucky L. Pin ard Letécia Davis. ne. Rev. J. M and Lula M. Queen 21 18 Girard st.. w. J £. Danbury, Conn. 0. 2164 Florida 5 '\vsf Vgl Ietor Algert Lubjtz, 2. and Clara Seidman. 18, bot Rev. Moses Becker and Ethel D. Adams, both of Richmond: Rev. A. F. Poore. and Cora’ L. Bowders Rev. J. E. and, Ella Mowbray, % of%Falls Crmuren. Va H. and AEnN Revy w. Gth st. s.w.; 1334 Corcoran st., 19, Caroline. and {ULM RESCUE HOPES 12:30 pm Robinson. Va.; Rev. E G Smith DPominic D 25a100d, Florence De Tre. 53. boin of Baltimore. Rev. nham Deaths Reported. th Williams. 87. Walter Reed Hosplu] ary Monroe. 64. Sibley Hospit: Sl i el Boyd L. McKnight, pital. virginia Relley 55, Sibley Hosital, McG 54, Georse Wash- Elizabeths Hos- 49, in auto parked on Pl i nges Hospital. 60. Emergency Hos- 30,78t Hurley, Providence 47 ita Joseph L. Hospital. Charles F. Salb, Wisconsin ave. 9 Wallach place v "Hospital, 410 First ot 28 Sixteenth st. n.e. Henry Aestrion. 44. Gallinger Hospital. Clarence " Addison. 1. Gallinger Hosniial Mary M. Baylor Katherine E. Beard Joseph Lewis, 24. G Wilbur Jackson, 20. ttie W. Haves 20. Emergency Hospital nfant Janice r. Childrens Hospit Infant Delores Brown. Gallinger Hospital. inger Hospital. 8 French THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Flight Amelia Earhart flew from Los Angeles in time to wish the Australian fivers bon vovage and good luck. She is shown here shaking hands with Charles T. P. Ulm shortly before he and his companions took off in the ship Star of Australia for Honolulu FADE AS SEARCHERS COMB OCEAN WASTE __ (Continued From First Page.) were in danger came at 7:30 am. vesterday (1 pm. Eastern standard time). Gas Supply Exhausted. “We have very little gasoline left,” Skilling messaged _Soon followed another message that “We are turning into wind. Come pick us up.” But a few moments later: “On water now. SOS!" This sinister flash. shortly after (Eastern standard time), signalized the start of the search for the trio whose radio spluttered into silence. GRIM JOKE RECALLED. Ulm Declared Intent *“Not to Get | My Feet Wet.” OAKLAND, Calif., December 5 (). | —Speculation on whether the miss- ing- plane, -Star of Australia, was afloat in Hawalian waters grew to- day as airmen recalled a joking phrase. of Flight Lieut. Charles T. P. Ulm,*“I don’t intend to get my feet wet.” The remark was made here Mon- day just nefore Ulm and iwo -com- panions took off for Honolulu. There was no life raft aboard the plane, but Ulm said it could float for several days in a calm sea if it were forced down as it was when the fuel supply ran out. The ship’s fusel- age and wings are fabric covered. Plane Considered Unsafe. Mechanics at the Oakland Airport disclosed they had privately consid- \ered the plane unsafe. They declared the fabric was patchy, and that loose ends hung from umg= and fuselage. —Wide World Photo. ‘Radical Some airmen here pointed to the empty gasoline tanks as possibly being saviors of Ulm and his companions, | | Co-pilot George Littlejohn and Nav- | igator J. L. Skilling. | The tanks held 605 gallons of gas- | oline at the take-off, and it was| pointed out their buoyancy when empty might keep the plane afloat until rescuers arrived. Radio Thought Cut Off. A small supply of flares was ob- tained just before the flight started. The flyers had six boxes of chicken sandwiches and other “picnic food” and 2 gallons of fresh water. Emer- gency equipment also included a small condenser to distill drinking water from the sea if necessary. | Power for the plane's two-way short-wave radio was furnished by a small, wind-driven generator, but there was doubt whether the appar- atus would work with the plane on the water, with little wind to drive the generator propellor. CUBA HOLDS SUSPECT IN SMUGGLING PROBE By the Associated Press. HAVANA, December 5.—Miguel de Miguel Cortez was re-arrested here yesterday on a request from New York | police that he be held as an accom- | plice of Joseph Lee, fatally shot re- cently in New York. He was also wanted, police said, in connection with an investigation of vast smuggling operations between the United States and Cuba. Dr. Guillermo Tapia, Lieut. Alberto Casa Ova of the Cuban Navy and Es- trella Naranjo were also arrested, to- gether with Dr. Severino Loredo, whose “Cruz & Co.” law offices were raided. Dr. Loredo then filed charges against two high Cuban officials. Lieut. German Cortes recently told the courts that many well-known per- sons were involved in smuggling ac- Heres what YOUR BOYwants this Christmas! LIONELP’ TRAINS PROHIBITON SpLT SEEN IN CHURCHES Dry and Control Groups in Council May Cause Controversy. By the Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, December 5.—The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America today faced a possible con- | troversy over prohibition and repeal. The threatened controversy here at | the biennial meeting of the council would align out-and-out national pro- hibitionists against an influential group within the council which is said to be willing to test further the merits of liquor regulation under repeal. Bishop James M. Cannon, jr., vet- eran Prohibitionist, said today he favors another amendment to the Constitution restoring national pro- hibition. A special committee named by the council's department of the church and social service has made a partial study of trends and results under the first 12 months of repeal and will lay = preliminary report and a set of rec- ommendations before the council. Bishop Cannon, 70-year-old cleric of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, now assigned to the West Coast, said he would wait to see the nature of the report before deciding whether he will take part in the dis- cussions. ‘While the possible dispute over the council’s attitude on liquor was hang- ing fire, the Business Committee of the organization was weighing a rec- ommendation on compulsory military drill at land grant colleges. Shop Early HMake up your Christmas Bude get now and do your shopping Loan $120 $10. $180 $15.00 $240 §20,00 $300 $25.00 $360 $30.00 $540 $45.00 $1,200 $100.00 $6,000 $500.00 It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow. THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. 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