Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy today; tomorrow fair, colder at night; moderate to fresh south- west shifting to west winds. Tempera- tures—Highest, 45 at 3 p.m. yesterda lowest, 16 at 3 a.m. yesterday, Full report on Page B-3. Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos Sunday Morning and Every Afternoon. TH DAILY EVENING EDITION Zhe Suntlw Star WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1935 _NINETY-EIGHT PAGES. ### (®) Means Associated Press. FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS TEN CENTS Entered as second class matter ‘ ELSEWHERE No. 1,559—No. 33,150. post office, Washington, D. C. GOLDRULINGDELAY 5 ANNOUNCED BY HUGHES AS COURT BREAKSPRECEDENT Supreme Tribunal Shatters New Deal, Hindered by McCarl, Seeks Way to Curb His Power Brief Drawn to Convince President He is Re- movable. BY THEODORE C. WALLEN. Administration studies of means to curb the power of Controller General J. R. McCarl over certain phases of the New Deal are under way. It was established authoritatively yes-| terday that a brief has been drawn up to convince President Roosevelt b | DEMOCRATS SPLIT OVER WORK-RELIEF IN SECRET SESSION Row Forces Committee to Delay Conference Set for Monday. NATIONAL EcoNnomMiC 1 OPTICIAN, NO, DOC, NONE OF THESE . | Sl L/_ i « ( S ! (R © S| NI )J; )(@; WILENTZ MAY CALL MRS. MORROW 10 RID VIOLET SHARPE OF ANY SUSPICION Lindbergh to Appear Again for State Before Case Is Tradition in Statement of | Unreadiness to Act—Na- that the controller general, a Repub- | lican appointee of 14 years ago, is re- | movable by the President, notwith-| COMPLETE REVISION Given to Jury, Probably at tion Waiting Tensely. OFFICIALS PREPARED TO ACT IMMEDIATELY Were Ready to Meet Any Even-| tuality—Decision May Be Given \\ on Feb. 11 or at Midweek Ses-, sion—Basis of Gesture Matter of Conjecture. By the Associated Press. The Supreme Court stepped outside | the bounds of precedent yesterday to inform a tense business world that it probably must wait at least another’ week for the high tribunal's epochal decision on the gold cases. | With the administration virtually ready to meet all the eventualities of ,an_adverse verdict, markets ridden with suspense, and all expecting the decision tomorrow, Chief Justice Hughes summoned the court clerk and | dictated: | “The Chief Justice. in order to avoid an unnecessary crowding of the court room on Monday, directs the clerk to announce that the court is not ready as yet to announce a deci- sion in the gold clause cases.” May Come at Midweek. With this announcement, Monday, | February 11, became probably the earliest date upon which the decision, | on which the whole Roosevelt mone- | tary program is delicately balanced, | could be expected. There was, how- | ever, a remote possibility, it might | come in midweek. The court had just met just pre- viously for its usual Saturday con- ference, but the general impression was that it had concluded its con- sideration of the gold clause issue and was busy with lesser matters. Whether the Chief Justice’s state- ment could be taken to mean that he and his colleagues had not even reached an agreement on the subject, or merely that preparation of the written opinions had not been com- | pleted, was an immediate target for speculation. At the very moment that Chief Jus- tice Hughes was dictating to Charles | Elmore Cropley, the court clerk, the administration’s experts on law and money were meeting around a glossy oaken table in Attorney General Cum- mings' office. Officials Are Surprised. To them, the announcement was a surprise. They had gathered, reportedly, to ‘make last revisions in the plans which | a series of such meetings had pro- duced for quick action in the event the verdict was adverse to the Government. The court must decide whether Congress was within its constitu- tional powers in invalidating the gold payment promises of bonds and con- tracts and ordering payment, instead, at face value in the present devalued currency. If it decides against the Govern- ment, $100,000,000.000 in public and | worth | private bonds will $169,000,000.000. Government officials still expressed confidence yesterday that the court will sustain the administration. Tak- ing no chances, however, they have made ready to meet any of the large number of ramifications which the decision might take. Uncertainty over the result has al- ready caused a drop in many cate- become gories of prices—it was noticeable in | the markets even yesterday. Con- versely bonds which would be pay- able at 69 per cent above their face value have soared. Court Motion Conjectured. Whether the court took this situa- tion into consideration and made its announcement with a desire to re- lieve the tension, was, of course, a matter of conjecture. It referred only to the question of uselessly crowding the court room. Never before could it be recalled that the court had gone out of its way to disclose whether any par- ticular decision would or would not be rendered upon any particular date. The announcement was the more surprising for the reason that un- usual preparations for handling the crowds tomorrow—even for locking (Continued on Page 7, Column 17.) -— TWO NAVY FLYERS KILLED IN CRASH Fighting Plane in Flames Dives Through Fog on Texas Farm. (Wirephoto on Page B-2.) By the Associated Press. MILLSAP, Tex., February 2.—Two naval fiyers crashed to a flaming death today in a fighting plane they were ferrying from San Diego, Calif,, to Philadelphia for overhauling. Through papers found in the wreckage they were identified as Lieut. John G. Burgess, a native of Minnesota, and Lieut. Oscar Willis Pate, jr., who was born in Georgia. Separated by a fog from two other ships in a three-plane convoy, the plane climbed, circled, then dived in flames on the farm of George Wil- liamson, three miles east of Millsap. Mrs. Z. A. Maddox, operator of a filling station, said she saw a flare in the sky and a flaming streak plunged earthward. The other planes in the convoy were forced down by fog at Santo, a few miles west of the scene of Bowling, who lives at 4 | continuance of his standing statutory provisions that he | may be removed only by congres- sional impeachment. The pressure for a new definition | of the controller general’s status in the New Deal was increased by &n order in which he overruled Attor- ney General Homer S. Cummings Fri- (Continued on Page 11, Column 1)~ | CONTROLLER GENERAL McCARL. LONG DEMOBILIZES HALF OF ARMY AS MURDER QUIZ ENDS | Details of “Plot” Bared, Kingfish Sends Soldiers Home, Departs Himself. By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, La, February 2 —Huey Long'’s military grip on the Louisiana capital loosened tonight when many of his National Guardsmen were demobilized following indefinite “murder plot” hearing. Martial law still prevailed, ever. ‘Troops from varying sections of the State were loaded into busses and | started homeward as the Louisiana how- | dictator called a respite in his at-| | tempt to show that he was the in-| | tended victim of an assassination | | conspiracy. Brig. Gen. Louis F. Guerre, who has been in command of National | Guardsmen since they, poured into | the capital a week ago following the | said | arming of anti-Long citizens, | “about half” the soldiers were being | sent home. Figures Withheld. He declined statements as to ex- actly how many were departing. There have been more than 800 | militiemen in Baton Rouge. Postponement of the hearing came | today after Long had heard a witness; testify that as much as $20,000 had been offered for his head. The same witness—George (Red) ;Dnvi.s—a former deputy sheriff, look- |ing straight into Long's eyes, and | speaking without a show of emotion jor fear, described what he said were | several attempts to kill the Senator. Immediately after the hearing was | closed, Ernest Bourgeois, president of | the Anti-Long Square Deal Associ- | ation, said the “whole court hearing {and murder - plot investigation is | nothing more than the usual Huey | Long publicity stunt.” Long Departs. Long, the political ruler of this agi- tated Commonwealth, left the 33- | story State House he had turned into |a virtual military stronghold, closely flanked by alert soldiers, with the | statement that “I might stay here, go | | over to New Orleans’ for a while, or | if World Court business needs my at- | tention in Washington I may go there socn.” The third session of the probe into ! charges that a group of his arch-ene- | mies had conspired to kill him was | resumed this morning under the same military air as on yesterday when Long personally examined witnesses and first heard direct testimony that a conspiracy to kill him had existed. The hearing was continued subject to the call of the attorney general. Davis testified he had conspired with another deputy sheriff on several (Continued on Page 7, Column 1.) 200 ON FLOES SAVED Fishermen Leap to Solid Ice After Drifting for Hours, BUFFALO, N. Y., February 2 (#).— After drifting on ice floes in Lake Erie for several hours, about a score of Canadian fishermen saved them- selves late today by leaping to solid ice and tramping ashore at Windmill Point. Meanwhile, on the American side of the lake, close to 200 fishermen reached shore after a long crack in the ice which had cut them off from land closed up as the wind changed. FRANCDBRITSH PACT T0 PERMIT RECHARNSNEAR |Agreement Contingent Upon| British Backing for New Accords. | By the Associated Press. | LONDON, February 2.—Agreement by Great Britain and France upon a comprehensive program settling issues causirg European tension and re- lieving Germany from the military restrictions of the Versailles treaty | appeared assured tonight. | | The Anglo-French talks were ad- ljoumed shortly before midnight and | well-informed French quarters said | the conferees were in harmony and| | that only a few minor points re- | mained to be cleared up tomorrow. A communique is expected after | that session. Pierre Laval, French foreign minister, plans to return to Paris Monday. Agreement Anticipated. Premier Ramsay MacDonald and Sir John Simon, British foreign sec- retary, in statements to the Associated Press indicated that they also antici- pate a completed agreement. “We have not quite finished,” said[ MacDonald. Simon, asked how the negotiations were progressing, said, | | “Oh, very well. but we shall have to | sit again Sunday.” Information in French which was inspired by the highest | official source, it was learned. out- | lined essentials of the agreement as | follows: | 1. Active British support for the completion of Franco-Italian accords and an Eastern Locarno pact, guar- anteering non-interference and non- aggression in Southeastern and North- eastern Europe, respectively. 2. Legalization of German arma- ments, but continued demilitarization of the left bank of the Rhine. 3. A general armaments agreement. 4. An Anglo-French air convention, to which other countries will be in- vited to join. 5. Return of Germany to the League of Nations. Officidl British quarters admitted plans were formulated to check the growth of German military aviation and to obtain an aerial convention among France, Germany and Eng- land and possibly other powers. England’s intention to carry on | talks with Germany and other Euro- pean nations in an attempt to ob- tain an inclusive European agree- ment on armaments was confirmed in an official quarter. Other developments of the day were: A lengthy interview between Pre- mier Pierre-Etienne Flandin _ of France and Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, British financial expert, at which Flandin reputedly asked British aid in obtaining international currency stabilization. Cabinet Summoned. A special session of the British cabinet called, some sources believed, to consider an unforeseen turn taken by the Anglo-French conversations or some fundamental points of principle connected with the Anglo-French ap- proach to continental problems. “Everything is going well,” Sir John said when. the talks were adjourned for dinner after five hours of dis- cussions. | The meeting between Flandin and Leith-Ross, which lasted an_hour, drew from both British and French cources the comment that their gov- ernments are worried over the inter- national currency situation, but are convinced nothing concrete can be achieved without the co-operation of the United States. i Gradual weakening of the pound against the franc during the past year has made the position of the franc on gold more and more unten- able, financial experts stated. 2 Operator of Street Car Shot, Two Caught ‘While eight or ten passengers stood by helpless, Preston C. Bowling, 38, motorman-conductor of a one-man street car, early today was shot in the groin and robbed of $2.61 by a man who leaped from the street car at Macomb street and Wisconsin ave- nue and fled in a waiting car. A passing police car, manned by Pvts. Thomas A. Brown and Walter V. Chase, gave chase and by locking bumpers with the fleeing auto arrested its two occupants on Klingle Bridge. Bowling’s change carrier was found in the car and a large amount of small change and car tokens were found on the two men, who gave their names at No. 8 precinct as John Mc- Ginnis, 32, Columbus, Ohio, and Harry K. Moore, 24, Newark, N. J. 11 High in Police Chase ing from Rockville, Md. He had reached Macomb street when a man waved to him to stop. When the man boarded the car he growled: “Give me the dough.” The passengers in the car watched as Bowling hesitated. Becoming frightened, the bandit shot, seized Bowling’s change carrier, leaped from the car and climbed into a car bearing D. C. tags that was waiting at the cyrb with motor running. Just then the police car came by and noting the disturbance the officers started their chase down Macomb street. Shortly after they had overhauled the fugitives Wilbur Gray, jr., of the 2900 block of Macomb street, found Continued on Pegs 3. [ | the general situation. At the Capi- | OF BILL IS PREDICTED Republicans Will Act Independ- ently, Looking to Conservatives to Aid Amendments. By the Associated Press. A secret conference of Senate Ap- ! propriations Committee Democrats yesterday was marked by such con-| flict over the administration’s $4,- 880,000,000 work-relief bill that the | scheduled meeting of the full com- | mittee tomorrow to report the meas- | ure was postponed. Rarely has a meeting of a Senate committee been so carefully guarded as the Democratic parley yesterday. Some of the Senators refusgl even to admit they had attended a meet- ing. But out of it all came reports of | a complete collapse of efforts to reach | accord. | In one sense the result symbolized tol, as Congress headed into its sec- | ond month, little has been accom- plished despite the huge Democratic majorities in both houses, G. O. P. Take Hands Off. ! iVaccine, Taken From Mon-| PARALYSIS SERUM [00PCT. EFFECTIVE The Democratic meeting on the re- lief bill yesterday was held after Re- | publican members of the committee abandoned their plan to act as a group in consideration of the measure. After their meeting, the Demo- crats made public the testimony at ! the executive hearings on the relief bill, disclosing for the first time new details of the program and showing how completely the administration | fended off committee efforts to learn | where the money would go. Admiral Christian J. Peoples, the | chief witness at the hearings, testi- | fied individual items would be drawn | from a huge “reservoir of desirable | projects” amounting in all to $32.- 000,000,000, but that no specific proj- | ects had been selected in advance, Inquirers Referred to Glass. The Democratic members of the committee gathered in the office of Chairman Glass of the Appropriations Committee yesterday and were in ses- sion more than two hours. As they broke up the members who admitted there had been a meeting referred all questions to Senator Glass. Newspaper men waiting for Glass and Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of circles, South Carolina, who stayed behind | the New York Board of Health. with Glass, never got a chance to talk | to either, as they slipped out of a! side door, | One of the Democrats, however, | view. Another, who also did not wish | | his name used, predicted the bill | would be completely redrafted from | beginning to end. The publication of the hearings bill also disclosed many ritical comments from committee members, although the bill had its defenders. Sales Plan Challenged. Peoples suggested the Government could sell gasoline along the high- :gys from which it could derive pro- Senators O'Mahoney of Wyoming and Truman of Missouri, both Demo- crats, suggested this would put the | Government into competition with | private business. Peoples later ex- plained that the gasoline could be sold through cor.cessions along the high- ways, Peoples told the committee “the whole bill anticipates that this will be the last needed stimulation of busi- ness, will break the back” of the de- pression. He testified segregation of items in the program was ‘“clearly impossible™ because the fund must be kept flexible But, pressed by committeemen, on his third day of testimony, he finally gave this general break-down of classifica- tions within the “reservoir” from which projects might be selected: . How Fund Is Divided. Slum clearance and urban he $6,000,000,000. sl Rural housing, $2,000,000,000. Grade crossings, $2,000,000,000 up. National highways, $5,000,000,000. Rural electrification, $300,000,000. Reforestation, submarginal lands 850,000,000, Soil erosion, $300,000,000. Special Federal projects, $180,000,000. Community sanitation and health control, $125,008,000. Non-Federal projects, $7,500,000,000 Rivers and harbors, $8,000,000,000. Stream pollution, $380,000,000. Committee members sought to find (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) PRESIDENT TO VISIT MEXICO NEXT JULY Consul Advised by Gen. Rodri- guez, Who Was Guest at White Honse Here. By the Associated Press. LAREDO, Tex., February 2.—Rafael Aveleyra, Mexican consul here, nounced today he had received a dis- patch from Mexico, D. F. saying President Roosevelt planned to visit President Lazaro Cardenas of Mexico in July, He said the announcement was made by Gen. Abelardo Rodriguez, former Mexican President, who vis- ited President Roosevelt in Washing- ton and was entertained at the White House, " The projected trip, Gen. Rodriguez said, was inspired by the desire of President Roosevelt to greet the Mex- ican Chief Executive and to repay the friendly visit of Rodri- guez. As announced by the consul, the President’s route would bring him to e D g " ¥ keys, Made Available by New York. By the Associated Press. BAKERSFIELD, Calif, February 2.—One hundred per cent effective- ness in immunizing human beings against infantile paralysis was re- ported here tonight in large-scale ex- | periments with a vaccine made from the spinal cords of infected Indian | monkeys. l With an_epidemic of the disease | prevailing here and 127 cases re- | corded so far, several shipments of a | serum developed by Dr. Maurice | Brodie of New York were sent by airplane and 700 persons inoculated. Dr. Joe Smith, Kern County health officer, reported no person inoculated had developed the disease. New York Made Serum Available. The serum was made available by | “We have had 127 cases of infan- | tile paralysis in this county so far | during this epidemic,” Dr. Smith said. | “Mosi of these cases have been iso- | Lsald that, while he could not be quot- | lated in the county hospital. There | ed, there was a great divergence of | have been several deaths and sev- eral patients paralyzed. “The important thing we have ob- served about the vaccine is that not | powerful union leaders attacking Don- | one single person receiving it has| g9 R Richberg, executive director of | developed poliomyelitis. “When the epidemic hit Los An- geles last year and doctors and nurses were getting the disease, it had a tendency to break down the morale of those attending the victims. Al of our doctors and nurses here at- tending infantile paralysis cases have been immunized and not one of them has contracted the disease.” Virus Akin to Rabies. Explaining the development of the serum, Dr. Smith said there had been no isolation’ of the organism causing infantile paralysis, so that doctors hed concluded it was a virus some- what akin to rabies as it involves the brain and spinal cord. It was while proceeding on this his serum somewhat similar to that used for treatment of rabies. The serum is made through use of Indian monkeys of a rare type. This mopkey is as susceptible to in- fantile paralysis as are human beings. ‘The monkey, therefore, is infected with diseases with virus taken from nasal passages. The infected monkey's spinal cord is then excised and an emulsion made of it. This emulsion is sterilized with formalin which kills all virus during the process of preparation, render- ing the vaccine harmless as far as humen beings are concerned. Unfortunately, the little Macaca rhesus, or monkey from India, is none too plentiful and the supply may be- come rapidly diminished. Dr. Smith said it is not known yet whether the effects of the vaccine are lifelong. It is known, however, that immunity has existed for long periods of time, THAW TO MELT ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY Rising Temperatures Forecast During Next 48 . Hours. Ground Saturated. Moderate temperatures are ex- pected to wipe out the last traces of Washington’s big snow by Tuesday. Although the streets were some- what icy last night due to the cold condition of the ground after it had been saturated by the thaw, rising temperatures today and tomorrow are scheduled to dry up the Capital in the next 48 hours, the Weather Bureau said. “Partly cloudy” and a maximum of around 45 is predicted for today and tomorrow, with the mercury slated to drop to about 32 tomorrow night. Rising from 16 at 5 a.m. yesterday, the thermometer climbed to 45 at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Lien Filed Against Paderewski. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., February 2 (#)—Federal tax liens were filed here today against two Paso Robles Paderewski, Polish , pianist, alleging failure to pay income i Splinter, 73 Inch, Taken From Brain Of Boy Car Victim By the Associated Press. GLACE BAY, Nova Scotia. February 2.—Removal of a “i- inch wooden splinter from young Jackie McKay's brain has been effected here by Dr. William E Fultz, eye specialist. The splinter, embedded com- pletely inside the boy's head, had prevented healing after an opera- tion, in which the youth’s left eye was removed following an automobile accident. It had come from the shaft of a sleigh, with which McKay's car collided January 14, 1934. The force of the collision had driven it deep into the front part of the boy's head. Following the delicate operation doctors expressed belief the boy would make a full recovery. LABOR-NEW DEAL RIFT IS WIDENED Lewis’ Denunciation of Roosevelt’s Aide Fore- casts Open War. Organized labor's break with the administration widened yesterday with | the National Emergency Council, and |'s. Clay Williams, chairman of the National Industrial Recovery Board. “A traitor to labor at whose breast | he was suckled,” was the bitter denun- | ciation hurled ‘against Richberg by |'John L. Lewis, president of the United | Mine Workers, because of his recom- | mendations to the President for ex- tension of the automobile code. Richberg, in a statement last night, | of much importance” and as amount- ing “to the demand that as a public | official I should put subservience to the policies of a particular labor | organization above loyalty to the Gov- theory that Dr. Brodie developed enrment and to my conception of the | public interest.” | The head of the United Mine Work- | ers assailed the right-hand adviser of | President Roosevelt in the course of | a hearing on the Black 30-hour-week bill, a measure opposed by the admin- istration, before a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, headed by Senator M. M. Neely, Democrat, of West Virginia. Senators Astonished. ‘The rancorous nature of the attack astonished members of the subcom- mittee and none of the Senators in- terposed as to this phase of Lewis’ remarks. Coming on the heels of the action of the Executive Committee of the American Federation of Labor, criti- cizing renewal of the automobile code and charging Richberg with being “out of sympathy with the aims and purposes of labor,” the Lewis denun- ciation was recognized as accentuat- ing the fact that organized labor has broken with the Roosevelt administra- tion and that open clashes may be expected from now on, not only re- garding N. R. A. policies and the 30- hour week, but wages paid on public works and other matters. The possibility that Richberg may be driven to resignation by the storm (Continued on Page 11, Column 4.) Scarletts Held in Georgia Jail; Couple Escapes Death in Crash By the Associated Press. SAVANNAH, Ga., February 2—The troubles that have beset George Scar- lett and his society girl bride, the former Jane de Walden Cooke of Chevy Chase, Md., since their elope- ment last week, multiplied rapidly tonight when the couple was involved in an automobile accident and im- mediately afterward detalned by po- lice here for Maryland authorities. Scarlett, who was chauffeur for his wife’s mother, was charged with the theft of $5,000 worth of jewelry in a warrant issued at the request of his mother-ig-law at the time of the BRAZIL AND U.S. | First Reciprocity Agreement Under New Policy to In- crease Commerce. SIGN TRADE PACT End of Week. POSSIBILITY OF VERDICT BY SATURDAY SEEN Defense Will Summor More Alibi Witnesses After Completing Testimony of Experts Seeking to Absolve Bruno of Ransom Note Writing. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) FLEMINGTON, N, J., February 2.— The grandmother of the murdered Lindbergh baby may be called to the witness stand in the Bruno Richard ;Haupv.mann trial next week to pro- vide a murder night alibi for one of | her servants—the dead Violet Sharpe. Mrs. Dwight Morrow, widow of the one-time Ambassador to Mexico and | Morgan partner, was the employer of the Sharpe woman on March 1, 1932, | when the Lindbergh baby was kid- naped. There has been defense tes- timony that the young English- woman—who subsequently committed suicide when police returned to ques- described the attacks on him as “not | By the Assoclated Press In an action considered by the ad- | ministration as of high significance, a trade agreement designed to im- | prove and increase commerce between the United States and Brazil was signed yesterday at the White House. Historically, the treaty was the first | of the regular tariff reciprocity pacts {to be consummated under the Hull foreign trade policy. A special agree- | ment already is in effect with Cuba. | ‘The new treaty clipped 25 per cent | Off the Brazilian tariff of 67 American | products. Further, in a supplement- | ary agreement, the Latin-American | nation pledged itself to straighten out the involved financial situation now | | obtaining there. l | It promised prompt payment for all | | new imports, a gradual release of ex- | | isting blocked exchange accounts esti- | | mated between $10,000,000 and $25,- | 000,000, and_resumption of interest | pavments on Brazilian bonds held here as quickly as financial conditions | permit. Seven Products Reduced. | In return, the United States granted | reduced tariffs on seven Brazilian products and promised to keep Bra- zil's principal export item, coffee, on the free list together with 11 other commodities. Secretary of State Hull, in a state- ment last night, expressed the belief that the treaty will break “the log jam of international trade” and that it will cast “a broad beam of light and hope into the existing economic | darkness.” | President Roosevelt requested Hull and Osvaldo Aranha, the Brazilian | Ambassador, to sign the agreement in | his presence at the White House. | Yesterday’s ceremony was the third | | of its kind witnessed in the Executive | Mansion. Only two previous treatics | were signed there, one in 1908 with France and the other in 1910 with Great Britain. | Mr. Roosevelt greeted the Brazilian dejegation warmly and invited Am- bassador Aranha, Finance Minister Arthur de Souza Costa and Secre- tarw Hull to sit with him at his desk while photographs were taken. The treaty was spread before the President and Ambassador Aranha signed for his country. With the same pen Secretary Hull wrote his name | below. Seals were then affixed. The | President was a very interested spec- tator. Later he congratulated all those concerned on the success of their negotiations. 15 Other Treaties. The State Department now is ne- | gotiating 15 similar reciprocal pacts | with Latin American and European nations and has started prelimingry discussions with several other ccun- tries. . In the agreement, which continues for two years, Brazil and the United States agree to place no quotas or (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Gov. Allred Calls 0il Parley. AUSTIN, Tex., February 2 (#).— Gov, James V. Alired today invited Gov. E. W, Marland of Oklahoma to call a gonference of Governors of oil- producing States to meet in Dallas, probably February 15 and 16, to dis- cuss an interstate oil compact. Mar- land said he would do so. | | Neary said the Maryland police asked that the couple be held. ‘The Scarletts’ have been spending several days in this vicinity. They told police they were starting back to Washington tonight when their car was struck by a switch engine at a grade crossing here. The car was dragged about 100 yards. Scarlett was uninjured while his wife suffered a slight cut on her head. County Policemen T. Zipperer end C. Sam Henderson, who investigated the accident, said the Scarletts’ auto- mobile was on the grade crossing when it was struck by the switch | engine. ‘The footboard on the front of the tion her—was seen late on the night | of the crime, and that she was carry- | ing “a golden haired baby.” David T. Wilentz, the New Jersey attorney general directing the prose- cution of Hauptmann, said tonight that he was undecided as to whether he would ask Mrs. Morrow to face the crowded court room as her daugh- | ter, Mrs. Anne Lindbergh, did in the early days of the trial. Much will depend, Wilentz said, on whether her testimony is deemed necessary to re- butt that given yesterday by Peter H. Sommer. There are other witnesses, Wilentz pointed out, who can testify that Violet Sharpe tould not have been the woman Sommers said he saw late the night of March 1, 1932, boarding & New York City street car and carrying a baby. She was accom- panied, according to Sommers, by a man closely resembling the much- mentioned Isador Fisch, now dead. Was in Roadhouse. Miss Sharpe's actual whereabouts that night, Wilentz said, was at a New Jersey roadhouse not far from the Englewood home of the Morrows. She persisted under questioning at the time in refusing to tell where she had been, as servants of the Morrow es- tate had been forbidden to patronize that particular place. In addition to Mrs. Morrow, fellow | servants of Miss Sharpe can testify | convincingly that the woman with the baby that Sommers said he saw could not have been she, Wilentz said. Also available for testimony are two men and a young woman who have said they were Violet Sharpe's com- Ppanions on the kidnap night. Almost certain to be called by the State is Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, the murdered baby’s father. buttal testimony is expected to be two- fold. He will endeavor to assist in clearing the memory of his mother- in-law's maid-servant, and he also will testify that he has no recollection of ever having met Lou Harding, a defense witness. Harding "has testi- fled that he saw two men in a sta- tion wagon and with a ladder on the day of kidnaping and that they had asked him the way to the Lindbergh's Hopewell estate. Neither of the men was Hauptmann, Harding said. Few Witnesses Needed. Only a few of the several available rebuttal witnesses will be needed, prosecutors said today, explaining that they thought the defense was “too weak” to need elaborate re- buttal. They pointed out that in their opinion they had §cceeded in (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) KENTUCKY TROOPS CALLED FROM COUNTY Manchester Officials Agree Break Up Auto Theft Ring in Section. to By the Associated Press MANCHESTER, Ky., February 2.— The first of the National Guard troops who seized control of Clay County two days ago to round up stolen automo- biles left today, and an agreement was announced with local officials which was expected to result in de- parture of the others by tomorrow. Brig. Gen. Ellerbe W. Carter, com- manding the 200 troops and State po- lice, announced that city and county officials had promised to co-operate In breaking up the hiding of stolen cars brought here. He said the agree- ment provided that eight men mem- bers of the Clay County militia, a new State-wide organization, would be kept on active duty in the county. They would be paid only when they made arrests with $2 for each arrest involving a felony and $1 for mis- demeanor arrests. Details of guardsmen and State po- lice were out today searching for stolen cars, and it was understood they expected to bring in 10 more before departure. General News. .. Editorial .