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JHCENT DOLLAR | CUTTHOMAS' GOAL! Senator Says Inflationists’ Conference Will Seek 1926 Parity. By the Associated Press. Shaving 30 cents move off the value of the dollar is the goal set by Sena- tor Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahcma, as he prepares for the January 16 conference designed to align various | inflationist groups behind a common program. | The aim of the meeting, he said, | will be agreement on a propesal to | Congress “to finish what the Presi- dent started to do.” It wes * generally | understood,” he said, tha* the Presi- | dent intended to bring the dollar down to the 1926 level. Then he quoted Labor Department statistics to | show the present value, figuring the | 1926 dollar at 100 cents, is 130 cents. Opposes Gold Basis. He expressed the belief the dollar | must be divorced from gold to bring about the desired parity. “There are several means of get- ting the necessary curre: culation to bring about inflation,” said, mentioning the re-financing of | farm mortgages and payment of the bonus as_possibilities. He said there were no “sound ar- | guments” against his contention that | inflation would spell an immediate | rise in commodity prices. The cur-f rency, he argued, had been expanded | from about $3,500,000,60 in 1912 to ! moere than $6,000,000,000 in 1920, at | the end of the administration of President Wilson, a period during which wheat and cotton reached rec- | ord high levels. Says G. O. P. Deflated Prices. “The Republican platform in 1920 promised deflation,” the Senator went on, “with the aim of reducing the cost of living.” ‘The Republican administration, he said, withdrew the currency in cir- culation at the rate of about $100.- 000,000 & month for 18 mouths, bring- ing it down to $4,393,506,000 by Sep- tember 1, 1933. By then, he said, wheat was down to $1 a bushel and cotton at 20 cents. “We are not contending for $3 wheat or 40-cent cotton,” he asserted, “but we insist that the debts con- tracted in the post-war period be made payable in 2 dollar equal in value to the one at the time the debt was incurred.” BOY ADMITS KILLING BROTHER WITH GUN Argued Since Last Christmas About Which Would Be “Boss” of the House. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 27— ! Death yesterday ended what police re- ports described as a quarrel between two young brothers over which was to be “boss” of their house. The victim, fatally wounded with a | charge from a shotgun, was Edgar Apple, 19. Police said his brother, Ivan, 17, walked into the Huntington Beach police station and said “What do you do with people who murder somebody? I just shot my brother. “Since Christmas a year ago we argued about who was going to be boss in the house. Finally I couldn't stand it any longer, so I just went and cot my father's shotgun.” MORTGAGE MORATORIUM EXTENSION IS FAVORED Minnesota Attorney General Ad- vises Two Years More Time of Application. By the Associated Press ST. PAUL, December 27.—Exten- sion for another two years of the| Minnesota mortgage moratorium law was recommended yesterday by Harry H. Peterson, State attorney general, in his biennial report. ‘The moratorium act, passed as a two-year emergency measure by the Legislature in session during the 1932 bank holiday, granted a temporary extension of the time of redemption of property threatened by mortgage foreclosure. Its constitutionality was | upheld by the United States Supreme Court. CHANG GETS PLANE Military Chief Transport Craft. SEATTLE, December 27 (#).—The | Boeing Airplane Co. announced yes- terday it has delivered to Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang, military chief of the Chinese Province of Hupeh, a Beattle-made high-speed twin-en- glned transport plane. The plane is of the type used on a transcontinental airline save that it | has club car facilities and de luxe couches, BREWERY IS SUED Anheuser Busch, Ins.,, Made De- fendant in $500,000 Suit. CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 27 {#) —Anheuser Busch, Inc., St. Louis brewing concern, was named defend- ant in a $500,0000 suit filed in Com- mon Pleas Court yesterday by H. H Btoner. Stoner alleges in his petition that the brewer has entered into a con- spiracy to violate provisions of a con- tract in‘which he was to act as dis- tributor of the company's products in this territory. WHY NOT INVEST Your Xmas Money in a DIAMOND? TRIBBY’S JEWELRY SHOPS 615 15th N.W.—-617 7th N.W. @ Bay for Cash and Save o Mothers ! In treating children’s colds, don’t take v\l“cxnus Chinese Buys chances .. use PROVED BY 2 GENERATIONS MISS on the S S. President Harding. As she said, she was “t0o nervous to tell” exactly what had happened during her confinement in Moabit Prison. 1SOBEL STEELE, Hollywood girl, held a prisoner for four months in Berlin by Nazi police, waves a greeting and musters a small smile as she returns to New York a result of her experiences in Berlin, —A. P. Photo. DEPUTY KILLED, WIFE BEATEN IN QUARREL Two Others Are Wounded in Fight in Dead Man's Home. By the Associated Press ST. CHARLES. Va., December 27.— Deputy Sheriff Fred Arnold of Wood- way was killed, his wife beaten and two others wounded in a fight oc- curring at the Arnold home yesterda; Miss Grace Ely received a wound in the hand and Clabe Myes was shot through the leg. Sheriff R. F. Giles of Lee County said he learned the fight started after a quarrel concerning the serving of a warrant. The sheriff said J. S. Myes, State highway patrolman: Miss Grace Ely, her brother, C. E. Fly, and Clabe Myes, son of the patrolman, were charged with murder. |BURNS PROVE FATAL TO 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL| Dress Ignited While Watching Sister Put Fuel on Furnace Fire. Four-year-old Helen T. Harding, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. | | Harding, 3605 O street, who was se- | verely burned Monday afternoon, died | in Georgetown University Hospital | about 7:30 a.m. today. The child’s | dress ignited while she was watching her 16-year-old sister Doris putting fuel on the furnace fire Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald issued a certificate of accidental death, . Business Men Will Meet. ‘The Northeast Business Men's As- sociation will meet tonight at 9 o’clock | in the board room of the Hamilton | Rankin, POWER PROPOSAL REACTION VARIED Praise and Criticism Direct- ed at Mississippi Valley Program. By the Assoclated Press. Praise, warning and criticism mixed in Capitol Hill's reaction today to a vast program suggested to President Roosevelt as & means of developing Mississippi Valley resources. “Fundamentally sound and essen- tial” was the blessing given by Sena- tor Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, to the report of the Mississippi Valley Committee. “Interesting and encouraging,” said Chairman Wilson of the House Flood Control Committee. Lies Sounds Warning. . The warning came from Represent- ative Dies, Democrat, of Texas, mem- ber of the Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee. Commenting on a suggestion that $1,000,000,000 be spent over 20 years on river work, the Texan said he believed in “economically justified river projects,” but that the Govern- ment was “fast approaching the limit of expenditures it can properly make.” Some Democrats and Republicans, who preferred not to be quoted until they had time for more study, called the proposal “too far-reaching” and “experimental.” Among the report's suggestions were: Unification of the national electricity supply; Government super- flood control financed im part by local communities when they received the main benefits; construction of perhaps 500 dams, and unification of transportation. May Expand Appliance Sales. ‘Wilson said he thought there was a good chance some of the recom- mendations might be pushed through Congress, perhaps in a modified form. Meanwhile, legislators heard with interest that the Presiident was look- ing into the possibilities of expanding the sales of electrical appliances to consumers by Federal assistance in financing. | Word from the White House was | that a plan to help private interests | in working out & program along lines | of the Electric Home and Farm Au- thority of the Tennessee Valley Au- thority was under consideration. In this connection, Representative Democrat, of Mississippi, came out strongly for authorities for the Columbia, Colorado, St. Lawrence and Missour. Rivers and possibly for developments in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. “With each of these authorities,™ he said, “should be provided an elec- tric home and farm authority, to as- sist the domestic consumers of elec- | tricity, especially in the rural districts, to obtain the necessary equipment for their homes.” Both Senators Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, and Bankhead, Demo- crat, of Alabama, liked the idea of extending power lines into farm areas. Aristocrat Weds Filipino Girl. MADRID, December 27 (#).—A Filipino girl, Trinidad Zobel Tremona, daughter of a widely known Philippine family, was married yesterday to & | National Bank branch at Eighth and | | H streets northeast. The election of | officers will be held January 17. | young aristocrat, Angel Losada Drake. The couple will spend a honeymoon in Paris and Berlin. January Clearance of the World-Famous Heads Nurses WILL TAKE OVER NAVY CORPS JANUARY 1. MISS MYN M. HOFFMAN, Who has been named by the Secretary of the Navy to become superintendent of the Navy Nurse Corps. Miss Hoffman will succeed Miss J. Beatrice Bowman, who has headed the corps for the past 12 years. She assumes her new duties on January 1.—Underwood Photo. Winnipeg Surgeon Is Dead. WINNIPEG, December 27 (#).—Dr. | Gerhard Hiebert, 66, prominent Win- nipeg surgeon, is dead. Born in Rus- sia in 1868, he migrated to Minne- sota when a boy, later coming to Win- |nipeg. He studied for a time at Mc- Gill University, Montreal, specializing in surgery. Mattresses ¢ Remade The Stein Bedding Co. 1004 Eye St. NW. ME. 9490 Zngravers 61 TWELFTH STREET, N.w. HANAN SHOES Sold in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and other leading cities from coast to coast. Exclusive in Washington at the Raleigh. $ 65 A FEW STYLES $10.65 AMERICA’S finest hand-lasted footwear . .. of selected styles of the wor! 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He was treated at Waiter Reed Hos- pital, where X-rays have been taken to determin: whether his skull is fractured. His condition was said to be “much improved” since last night. Maher, who lives at 6104 Fourth street, has been employed in the com- posing room fur 37 years. In recent years he has been a proofreader. NYE REMEMBERED Du Pont Sends Arms Probers Book About Russia. Chairman Nye of the Senate Muni- | tions Committee received a Christmas present from Irenee du Pont, whose powder company his committee is in- vestigating. ) It was a book making a critical an- nalysis of government ownership in Russia and the Soviet experiment in general. Du Pont also sent copies of the | book to other members of the com- mittee. T HaArt & E CLOTHE -, E Top off the New Year correctly with an OPERA by KNOX America’s standard for nearly a century Knox Formal Hats have been worn by twenty-three Presidents of our Country. 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