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THE EVENING S8TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1935. &W Cars Pile Up in Crash THEAIER OWNERS SCOREFILM COOE {Treated as Outcasts, Say Independents—N. R. A. Test Case Is Filed. By the Associated Press. A group of independept moving pic- ture theater owners protested to Sen- ate investigators today they had been treated as “outsasts” during drafting of N. R. A's motion picture code, and contended its administration was dominated by the big picture pro- ducers. These charges were made before the Senate Finance Committee shortly after the A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. and the Schneckter Live Poulty Market presented the Supreme Court with a new test case of N. R. A’s constitutionality. The two firms, with the Govern- ment co-operating, sought a review of a decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, in which most of the counts of poultry code violations against them were sustained. The witness before the Senate com- mittee was Abram F. Myers, former member of the Federal Trade Com- mission. He said he appeared as| spokesman for 4,500 to 5,000 theaters, | members of the Allied States Asso-| ciation of Motion Picture Exhibitors. Signing Secret, Is Claim. | He testified the independent theater | owners had been given no information about the industry’s code during its formulation and were not invited to sign it. Myers said it was signed in | secret. The code, he testified, was drafted by Sol A. Rosenblatt, division admin- istrator of N. R. A., and gave com- plete control of the Code Authority to the “big eight” producers. An executive order designed to pro- | tect the independent theaters was | signed by- President Roosevelt, Myers said, but “emasculated” by Hugh S.| Johnson, former administrator. | He read a telegram from Nathan | ‘Yamins, member of the Code Author-| ity, stating that the independent re-| cetved “little or no consideration” from the Code Authority. One Remedy Given. i Yamins said there was only om:: remedy—revision of the code to give buyers and sellers of film equal repre« sentation. 3 Myers conceded, under committee questioning, that abuses had existed prior to the code, but he said the code gave legal sanction to the abuses. | Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, | read a telegram from the Allied Thea- ter Owners of the Northwest, saying they had adopted a resolution at Min- | neapolis last week condemning the | code and pledging “not further to co- | operate in said code unless or until the same has been amended.” | Crosby Field, New York inventor, | told the committee the ice code was | an example of how a “small new in- | dustry is throttled by a large obso- lescent industry.” He said he had invented a new method of manufacturing ice, but had been given “an economic death war- rant” by N. R. A. He charged “ter-| rorism” on the part of the code, authority and attempts to “bulldoze” | him. Investigators for the code| authority, Field said, acted in the capacity of spies for the old industry. | Could Not Sell to Producers. He testified he and his associates had been able to sell their product to users of ice under the code, but not to producers. The Justice Department and Donald R. Richberg, N. R. A. chairman, have announced a Supreme Court ruling | in the Schechter poultry case will be sought at the present term of the court. | This decision was made shortly after | the Government abandoned its appeal | of the Belcher lumber case, in which the Birmingham, Ala., Federal District Court held N. R. A. unconstitutional. | The Circuit Court decision sustained 17 of 19 counts charging violation of the recovery act. The two rulings against the Government involved hours of labor and wages. The peti- tion filed today challenged the au- thority of Congress to delegate legis- lative power to the President and the constitutionality of congressional pow- ers over the live poultry industry. 1t was expected the court would an- nounce next Monday, April 15, whether it will review the case. If the review is granted, as expected, the court will fix a day for a hearing at its present term. MISSION SESSION OPENS IN CAPITAL Rev. R. S. Roseberry of French West Africa Is Speaker at Opening Meeting. A missionary convention, under the auspices of the Christian and Mis- | sionary Alliance, which is worid-wide is being held at Temple Baptist Church, Tenth and N street.. Rev. R. S. Roseberry, a missionary from French West Africa, was the speaker | at the session this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. C. D. Holton, missionary from the Kansu Tibetan border, will give the address tonight at 7:30 o'clock. At all services pictures are being shown. Rev. W. W. Newberry of San Fran- eisco, Calif., is the special preacher. Rev. P. R. Hyde of this city is Ppresiding. Rev, S, W, McGarvey of Williams- port, Pa., superintendent of the East- ern district, will the special preacher at the services beginning Wednesday afternoon. Services were held yesterday afternoon and night at 808 I street, where they will also b2 held next Sunday. The services at Temple Baptist Church will continue through Saturday. RICHMOND MAN HELD IN DEATH OF TWO WOMEN Faces Manslaughter Charge After Fatal Accident at Wil- liamsburg. By the Associated Press. WILLIAMSBURG, Va., April 8.— Police here were holding James I. McGill of Richmond on a manslaugh- ter charge today as they completed their investigation into an automobile accident, which took the lives of two ‘women Saturday night. McGill, police said they learned, was the driver of a car in which Mrs. John Carter, 58, of East Hampton, and a Mrs. Larkin, 33, of Linwood Park, Pa., were almost instantly killed when it left the road. Robert Garri- son, 5, received a broken arm, while other passengers were slightly hurt. 700,000 in Chess Club, One chess club in Risia has nearly 700,000 members. ‘Two men were killed, 11 others injured and damage to the amount of $100,000 was caused by this train crash at Ottawa, Ill. The wreck occured when a tank car filled with sulphuric acid jumped the tracks and toppled over in front of the engine of the train going east. Salon Recalls 1890 Days Former House Leader Mondell Chats of Wyoming Bullets, House Debates. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. | HEN former House Leader | Frank W. Mondell (of Wy- | oming), who has lived in | Washington for 42 years,“ was “at home” yesterday | to some old-time friends in and out of Congress—reminiscenses were in/ order, and the gathering developed | into an old-time “salon.” | Senator and Mrs. Joseph C. O'Ma- | honey (also of Wyoming)—he was born in Chelsea and she in Win- chester, Mass—talked over the old days in the Bay State with Mrs.| Katherine Gillespie Imbrie of Con- | stantinople and Teheran, who was born in New Bedford, Mass. | Representative Paul R. Greever, the new Democratic member of the House from Wyoming, former mayor of | cody, recalted Dr. John E. Osborne, | the only Democrat who preceded him as a member of Congress from Wyoming. Dr. Osborne was educated | in the University of Vermont, was mayor of Rawlins, Wyo,, and Gov- | ernor of the State before he came to | Congress. Later, he was First Assist- | ant Secretary of State from 1913 to 1917. The doctor is now 77 years old | and Greever had a letter from him last week—from the Fiji Islands. | ‘When Dr. Oshorne was elected Gov- | ernor in 1892 he had to take the office by force, being obliged to climb into office through a window. Acting House Leader Edward T. Taylor of Colorado, with a back- ground of 27 years in the House, is a newcomer compared with Mr. Mon- dell, who antedated him by 14 years. Mr. Mondell considers as probably the greatest honor of his career his 18-minute speech notifying Calvin Coolidge of his election to the presi- dency. It was, Mr. Mondell said, the only speech he ever made in which he knew every word and its infiection and where every exclamation point belonged. One of his most romantic reminiscences was of his early days as a Republican candidate when he went to a small country town and a beautiful and vivacious girl of about 16, who was an ardent Democrat, drove him around the countryside in a buckboard—she is now the brilliant and cultured Mrs. Minna S. Adams, 2310 Connecticut avenue. Mr. Mondell was born in St. Louls, Mo., November 6, 1859—the day that Lincoln was first elected President. An orphan at the age of 7, he went to live with the family of a Congre- gational minister at Monona, Iowa, and later on a homestead farm 100 miles from a railroad. At 18 he started his wanderings in search of fame and fortune by being valet to a shipment of cattle—Chicago-bound. Mr. Mondell built the town of Newcastle, Wyo., where he made his home for many years. He was its first mayor and still carries a .45- caliber bullet he stopped when en- forcing the law in that rather tem- pestuous frontier town. He was one of «the best shots who ever came to Congress, but that time he stood as a target without shooting back—and the culprit later became one of his best friends. ‘While in Congress Mr. Mondell was known as one of the hardest workers on any committee. At all times he was meticulous to preserve the dig- nity of his office as House leader and was most careful in his selection of words and phrases. He was offered at least one position in_the cabinet and could have been Easter Carps of GREETING An appropriate yet inexpen- sive way of conveying a joy- ful greeting to your friends and relatives near and far at this eventful season. No- where can you find a finer selection of Easter Cards suitable for Mother Husband Father Wife Sister Sweetheart Brother Special Other Relatives Friends [rymvzrs & Fine Printers 61 TweLrty Streer FRANK W. MONDELL. —Harris-Ewing Photo. Ambassador to Japan or governor general of Puerto Rico. He was as- sistant_commissioner of the General Land Office (1897-99) and director of the War Finance Corp, (1923-25), SALE OF SANITARY BONDS PLANNED Commission to Get Hearing May 1 on Proposal for County Expansion. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., April 8— Charges that the Washington Sub- urban Sanitary Commission exceeded the statutory limitation on its bor- rowings having been declared un- founded by the General Assembly of- ficials of the commission announced today it would sell another $250,000 bond issue April 17. . Application for authority to issue the bonds was filed with the Mary- land Public Service Commission two | ‘weeks ago, and they will be sold sub- ject to approval of the commission at a hearing in Baltimore, May 1. The bonds will be used for sewer and water extensions in Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties. An investigation of the operation of the Sanitary Commission by the House Grand Inquest Committee was one of the features of the 1935 legis- lative session. Delegate Joseph A. Cantrel of Montgomery County, who sponsored the resolution which con- tuted the basis for the probe, | charged among other things that the commission had outstanding bond issues amounting to more than 14 per cent of the assessed value of the property in the sanitary district, which would be in violation of the law. T. Howard Duckett, chairman of the commission showed the commit- tee, however, that the outstanding bonds of the commission on Decem- ber 31 last totaled $9,325,000 or 9.6 per cent of the assessed valuation. PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR NEW G. 0. P. CLUB ! By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., April 8.— Bird H. Dolby, president of the newly- organized Republican Club of Chillum i district, announced today that a pro- | gram of “good speakers and enter- tainment” has been arranged for the | club’s meeting in Odd Fellows' Hall here tomorrow night. | The guest speakers, he said, are ex- | pected to include Edgar F. Czarra,! president of the County Republican Club; Dr. Thomas E. Latimer, chair- man of the County Central Commit- tee, and former State Senator Oliver Metzerott, Women as well as men are welcome at the club’s meetings, President Dol- by emphasized. The last edition of The page, is printed at 6 city at 55c per month at 70c per month. start immediately. Proxy Bride SAILS TO JOIN HUSBAND IN SOUTH AMERICA. MRS. GEORGE H. SPENCER, Married two months ago at a cere- mony at which her husband was represented by a proxy. Mrs. Spencer 1is shown above as she sailed from New York on the liner ‘Western Prince to join the bride- groom in South America. Brazilian law would have delayed marriage two months longer if proxy cere- mony had not been performed at Lubbock, Tex. She will be re- married at a church ceremony upon her arrival in South America, —A. P. Photo. Lenten Service Planned. HYATTSVILLE, Md, April 8 (Spe- cial) —Rev. W. Keith Custis, pastor | of the Riverdale Presbyterian Church, will preach Wednesday night at 8 o'clock in Pinkney Memorial Protest- * ant Episcopal Church here. It will be one of the series of midweek union ! services during Lent. Night Final Delivery Star, known as.the Night Final, and carrying a row of Red Stars down the front pm., and delivered throughout the or, together with The Sunday Star, This is a special service that many people desire for the very latest and complete news of the day. Call National 5000 and say that you want the “Night Final” delivered regularly to your home, and delivery will WHAT KIND DID YOU GET? 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TAKOMA PARK, Md., April 8.—J. Bond Smith, president of the Young Men’s Derniocratic Club of Takoma Park, will hepd a motor caravan to- morrow to Annapolis, where mem- bers will attend a hearing by Gov. Nice on Senate bill 299, amending the charter of this town. The bill was protested by Mayor Frederick L. Lewton and members of the Town Council, together with other ranged with the Governor. They protested against dividing the town into voting wards, owing to the ex- pense involved, and against a tax levy for support of the Takoma Park Vol- unteer Fire Department. the bill which they deemed unneces- sa! Ty. President Smith will act as spokes- man for the club at the hearing to- morrow morning and will tell Gov. Nice that all the proposed amend- ments are considered of a construc- tive character and were suggested and prepared by citizens interested in the town government and progressiveness, all of them property owners and tax- payers, He will urge enactment of the entire legislative program, and also will advise that no objections | have been presented to any of the following provisions of the new legis- lation: Protection of town funds in excess of $5,000; printing a brief resume of auditor’s annual report; payment of town taxes in semi-annual install- ments; prohibiting mayor or mem- bers of Town Council from being financially interested in any town NEW LAND BANK BOND CARRIES RATE OF 3'4% Refunding Issue Cuts Charges on 5% Securities Called May 1. By the Associated Press. Federal lank banks of the Farm Credit Administration yesterday of- fered for sale $162,000,000 of 10-20 year consolidated land bank bonds bearing 3% per cent interest. The new issue will be used to re- fund & like amount of bonds of the individual banks bearing 5 per cent interest, which have been called for payment May 1, according to W. 1. Myers, governor of the Farm Credit Administration. Preferential treatment will be given to hLolders of the called bonds who make application. The new bonds will be offered at 100% per cent and in- terest, to yleld about 3.16 per cent to citizens, last Friday at a hearing ar- contract, and 3.25 thereafter. gk k kK ok Kk ok ok ok kK What the Newspaper Men Say about this new book The American Government Today By Frederic ]J. Haskin ‘The American Government Today’ is a triumph. In style and treatment of material it is as effective and absorbing as first-class fiction. Its informative value is superb. 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