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(U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and continued cold, with lowest temperature about 35 degrees to- night; tomorrow fair and not so cold. Temperatures—Highest, 42, at 6 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 33, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page A-9. Closing N. Y. Markets,Pages 14,15& 16 No. 33,215. SPLIT-UPOFP.W.A PLANNED BY ICKES 10 HASTEN RELIEF Aim of Decentralization Is Co-ordination and Speed for Projects. CHANGE INVOLVES CUT IN 3,000 WORKING HERE President Blames Senate Delay for Cancellation of Much Useful Work. BY tne Azsociatad Press. Secretary of Interior Ickes day a new decentralized Pub! 8 ; Administration would be cre in| the States to speed new projecis and co-ordinate them with other parts of the $4,000,000,000 work program. His statement at a press conference econformed with other officlal assur- ances that greater “home rule” will be sought to accelerate spending the work fund and transferring 3,500,000 jobless from direct to work relief. Ickes said he plans to set up legal, financial and engineering divisions “in miniature” in the States “so they can pass on the projects and send them in here.” 3,000 Employed by P. W. A. He added that the new organization, | which, he said, could be set up “im- | mediately,” would co-cperate with | State planning councils in the entire program. For the two years of operation of P. W. A. a force between 2,500 and 3,000 employes has been maintained in Washington to direct the program in the field. While no estimate can be made at this time, a marked re- duction in the Washington staff would follow any general decentralization program, many hundreds of employes here being sent to augment the State 2=y Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. L. [ - “The slow but steady drop in food prices which began in Sep- tember has continued into Decem- ber.’—A. A. A. Consumers’ Guide, De¢ember 31. “Retail price of beef declined slightly, continuing the downward trend begun in September.”—A. A. A. Consumers’ Guide, January 14. “Most of the expected rise in Jood prices in general is probably about over in view of seasonal in- creases in food supplies as the new crops become availgble.”—A. A. A. Consumers’ Guide, March 11. “The cost of food has about reached its peak.”—Louis H. Bean, A. A. A, economic adviser, March 11. “Increases in the prices of meat will probably maintain themselves for some time in the future.”—Dr. Calvin Hoover, A. A. A. Consumers’ Counsel, April 8. Specter of a severe shortage in cer- tain foods, particularly meats, hovered over America today as the agricultural brain trusters appeared to have lost control of their farm adjustment pro- gram. b WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1935 —THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. Food Prices Out of Hand As Natl{re Spurs A. A. A. Curb Drought Joins in Conspiracy to Send Costs Skyward—Pork Situation Most Acute—Feedstuffs at Premium. Local wholesale dealers are unable to get the food stocks, especially meats, they ask for. Conspiracy of uncontrollable drought with artificial “economics of scarcity” has leveled wheat fields to the small- est crop since 1890, made feed crops so0 high that farmers can give little to their cows and other stock, reduced hogs to such extent that the smallest slaughter since 1911 was noted in January and almost wiped the plains clean of beef cattle. The humble pork chop is already costly enough to serve on a gold plat- ter. Average country-wide price to- day is 30.8 cents a pound. December 18 it cost 23.1, December 19, 1933, it cost 19.8. According to the A. A. A.: “One factor in reducing supplies of hogs was of course the agricultural adjustment program.” One million farmers have tenta- tively signed corn-hog production | control contracts for thza(omlnx crop year. Yet the A. A. A. declares. “Higher prices for pork and other meats will be mainly a result of the " (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) PRESDENTLEAVES FOR RETURN HERE Roosevelt Attends Rites for| Robbins in New York Church. By the Associated Press. | dent Roosevelt and members of his | family in attendance, funeral services were held today in the Protestant staffs of P. W. A, Ickes said that “so far as possible labor on projects ought to come from | relief rolls.” Despite an informal ruling by Con- }lmmedlstetly after the services. Post- troller General McCarl's office that | purchase of submarginal land and subsistence homesteads were not au- thorized by the work act, Ickes said it was his “own opinion” that the act was broad enough to cover subsistence | homesteads. Speeds on to New York. After signing the work relief bill | into law late yesterday while return- | ing from a fishing trip off the Florida | coast, Mr. Roosevent sped on to New | York to attend the funeral today of | his cousin, Warren Delano Robbins, | the American Minister to Canada. | Government circles noted that a | statement issued aboard his train as he signed the job-making measure | contained these sentences: | “It should be noted that the long delay in the Senate has made neces- | sary the transfer of many millions of dollars previously allocated to | highly useful, permanent projects t immediate emergency relief work. This money came from the recovery | act appropriation of 1933. “Many of the projects which have been canceled because of this cannot | now be continued under the terms of the new law.” The President did not go into de- tall regarding the projects which would have to be abandoned. He said some of the last-minute amendments | to the bill presented “a number of | new questions,” but that interested | departments and agencies had recom- mended that he approve the measure. | Jobs for 3,500,000 Planned. The word in administration circles, meanwhile, asserted that State nnd{ community officials will have impor- | tant roles in the program, which aims | at providing jobs for 3.500,000 per- sons now on relief. Procedure some- what similar to that employed in | C. W. As billion-dollar drive against | unemployment a year ago was out- lined at a conference of regional relief engineers which assembled here yes- terday. Under the C. W. A, it was recalled, proposals for work projects were ex- amined by local relief councils, for- warded to State relief administrators for approval and in most cases brought | to the attention of Washington head- | quarters only after they were under | way. | Immediately after affixing his sig- neturs to the works bill yesterday, the President directed that $125,000,000 of | the fund be made available to the Re- | lief Administration, whose treasury was nearly empty, and that $30,000,000 | be turned over at once to carry on the , Civilian Conservation Corps. Leaves for Capital Today. Further moves, including appoint- | ment of a board to administer the en- tire fund, were left for announce: ment after his return to the Capital He planned to leave New York imme- diately after the funeral of Mr. Rob- bins today. In authoritative quarters here it was | said the largest single share of the | appropriation is destined to go to the | Rellef Administration. Mr. Roosevelt’s comment that some amendments to the works bill raised “new” questions recalled a number of last-minute changes in the bill." t One was a requirement that 25 per | cent of loans and grants for State and | community public works be spent di- Tectly or indirectly for labor. Another, the amendment by Senator George, Democrat, of Georgla, authorized the President to make benefit payments to farmers out of the fund. Still an- other stipulated that the Senate must confirm appointments of aew work re- lef officials who will draw more than $5,000 a year. Some officials have expressed con- cern in the last few days over a ten- tative ruling by Controller General McCarl's office that works funds could not be used for purchasing un- productive farm land which the Gov- ernment wants to transform into parks, forests and game refuges. Meanwhile, officials estimated $1,140 will be spent under the bill during the coming year for each of the 3,500,000 destitute persons to be put to work. ‘The rate of expenditure under C. W. A. was reported to have been $600 a year, although that program lasted only five months. I | abandoned on a railroad track last | police, Herring said, that they saw | mental experts. Episcopal Church of the Incarnation for Warren Delano Robbins, United States Minister to Canada. The President left for the Capital master General Farley joined the President at the station. Driven directly to the church on his | arrival at the Pennsylvania Station, | the President, with members of his | family and the widow of the diplo- mat, occupied the first pew of the church at the Robbins rites. ! The services were short. There was | no eulogy and a mixed choir sang the processional and recessional. Accompanied by Family. After the services the President, his heavily-tanned face one of sorrow, stood in his pew leaning on the arm of his eldest son, James Roosevelt, as the crowd left the church. Mrs. Robbins and her children were the first to leave. They were followed by the President’s mother, Mrs. James | Roosevelt; the President’s wife, his | daughter, Mrs. Anna Boettinger, and | the younger Mrs. James Roosevelt. | The body of Robbins, a cousin of | he President, was taken to Fairhaven, Mass., for private interment. Outside the church, up and down | Madison avenue from the corner of | Thirty-fifth street, hundreds of per- | sons stood in a cold drizzle for a glimpse of the President. Speeds to Church. Most of them stood in vain. Pre- ceded by an escort of 25 motor cycle policemen, the President, who came to New York direct from his vacation- fishing trip in Southern waters, sped in a closed car from the station to the church, which he entered by a side entrance, opening almost directly on the front pew. Police Ccmmissioner Lewis J. Valen- tine personally commanded the police, both at the church and at the station. After the services the President was driven to the home of Kermit Roose- velt, son of the late Theodore Roose- velt, for a brief rest before returning to the Capital. After striking and demolishing a stolen automobile which had been night in North Carolina, the Roosevelt special arrived in New York about 9:30 am. Train Is Delayed. The crash, which occurred at Wil- son, N. C, did not injure any one but p it caused a 15-minute delay in the President’s fast run northward from his fishing trip in Florida waters. Two railroad detectives traveling on the presidential special were left behind to check the demolished car for fin- gerprints and make other investiga- tions. The car’s owner, Dr. L. J. Herring, reported that it was stolen from a parking place while he was at a theater last night. Eye witnesses told the car approach the grade crossing nd that when it failed to make a short turn at the crossing the men jumped out and fled as the train approached. Traveling up the coast line from Jacksonville, Fla., where he disem- barked after his fishing excursion, the President late yesterday signed the $4,880,000,000 work and relief bill after reading the measure and study- ing the recommendations of depart- —_— RESCUE VESSEL SIGHTS FREIGHTER IN DISTRESS Ship Is Reported 200 Miles Due East of Newfoundland With Hold Filling. By the Assoclated Press. a NEW YORK, April 9.—Shortly after the freighter Badagry sent out an 8 O S, the 8. 8. Newfoundland re- ported she had sighted the distressed =% “We are now in sight of the steamer Badagry,” the message from the New- foundland said, “and will advise further any details.” The Badagry, & British freighter of NEW YORK, April 9—With Presi- | LYDDANE PROBERS ASK BANK RECORDS May Subpoena Account in Which Accused Woman Is Guardian, Plans to subpoena the record of a bank account in which Mrs. Anne | Lyddane is guardian were “eing made today by police investigating the leged conspiracy to murder Mrs. Lyd- dane's husband and Mrs. Arihur Beall, wife of a Darnestown garage owner. Authorities said they desire to ex- amine the account to determine the extent of withdrawals made by the pretty 29-year-old bank secretary, who is said by detectives to have ad- vanced funds to Washington under- world figures charged with her of conspiring to carry out the dual mur- der plot. The disclosure that the subpoena would be sought followed shortly after State's Attorney James H. Pugh had prophesied that he and defense counsel “are coming to blows yet” over the latter’s efforts to examine statements allegedly made to police by three men under arrest in the case. Developments in Case. Other developments today were: Announcement by authorities that Harry E. Thomas, apprehended while trying to flee from Washington, had mitted recelving money from Mrs. Lyddane to enter the alleged con- spiracy. have been made to hire a Washing- ton police informer to murder Francis S. Lyddane, young Rockville book- keeper and husband of the bank sec- retary, had resulted in the expose of the alleged murder plot. Police announced they had con- tacted one of the two Washington underworld characters sought as ad- ditional witnesses in the case. Officers had trailed him to several Eastern cities during the past week and finally located him this morning in a town about 200 miles from the Capital. He telegraphed his willingness to appear as a State's witness. Detectives said this morning that they had made attempts to examine the records of the bank account for which Mrs. Lyddane is guardian. but had been denied permission by bank officials to do so. They stated that the State now planned to appeal to the Circuit Court to subpoena the record for their inspection regarding withdraw- als against the account. Police declared they had questioned Mrs. Lyddane at length regarding the account and had been informed that she had withdrawn funds, explaining that “I have a perfect right to do this.” New Light on Case, ‘The disclosure of the “stool pigeon’s” part in the investigation threw a new light on the case, for detectives had maintained from the first that the plot had been revealed by Carnell’s “talking too much.” Thomas’ statement regarding the receipt of money from Mrs. Lyddane was said to have been made to police after prolonged questioning in the Rockville Jail. Friction Between Counsel. Friction between State’s Attorney Pugh and State Senator Prescott, chief of counsel for Mrs. Lyddane, reached a climax yesterday when Prescott called at Pugh’s office and personally requested permission to ex- amine statements said to have been made to police by Boland, Carnell, Davis and several witnesses. After refusing to let Prescott see (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) —_— TULSA GRAND JURORS SIFT SLAYING EVIDENCE Signers of Petition for Probe of Gorrell Case Ready to Tell Facts. By the Associated Press. Among those who will appear to tell what they know or have heard about the slaying of John Gorrell, 23-year-old dental student, last Thanksgiving night, and the mysteri- ous shooting of his friend, Sidney Born, jr., 19, 10 days later were the 180 persons who signed the petition 5,161 gross tonnage, wirelessed that her hold was “filling rapidly.” She is about 200 miles due east of St. John’s, Newfoundland. The messages were picked up by the R. C. A. station at Chatham, Mass. A calling the jury. Phil Kennamer, 19-year-old son of Federal Judge Franklin E. Kenna- mer, is serving a 25-year sentence for manslaughter in connection with ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION signed a statement in which he ad- | The disclosure that efforts said to | ISWANANTENAR NEASIRE PASSED BYHOLSE 710 Section to Permit Conscrip- tion of Manpower Is Eliminated. BILL AIMED TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE PROFITS Tax of 100 Per Cent on Earnings Over Certain Mark Proposed by House. By the Assoclated Press. Carrying a sternly worded provision for taking away all excessive wnr“ bill was passed today by the House and sent to the Senate. | The vote on final passage was 367 | to 15. Just before passage the House, by & 205-to-183 vote, eliminated a section permitting conscription of manpower in wartime. The bill would give the President broad powers to commandeer the Na- | tion's money, public services and in- | dustrial and material resources to prosecute war. To Prevent Booms. To prevent uncontrolled price booms rising out of heavy war-time demands, the measure would place a tion of war. The House voted “that upon the declaration of war there shall be im- | posed a tax of 100 per cent on all ex- cess war profits that may be earued during said period of war.” On this the Senate was expected by | some House members to attempt to hang a specific tax schedule so dras- tic as to restrict corporations’ war earnings to 3 per cent of their invest- ment and individual incomes to around the $8,000 limit of a major general. The 3 per cent limit was opposed by a War Department spokesman | earlier in the day before the Senate Munitions Committee. It was generally expected that con- siderable difficulty would be encoun- tered in reconciling all the differ- ences. The McSwain bill and the one ap- | proved by the Munitions Committee differ in many respects. Conscription Out. The House had voted to send the bill back to committee to eliminate the conscription provision. The com- mittee, on the floor, instantly did so, and passage came in a few minutes. Meanwhile, the War Department put before the Senate Munitions Com- mittee its opinion that 3 per cent limitation on war profits might en- danger loss of a war. Some com- mittee members, however, stuck to their view that such a limitation should stand. The War Department view was ex- | pressed by Lieut. Col. C. T. Harris of the War Plans Division, who said: “I must, in the name of the Secre- | tary of War, again warn that any' measures adopted must not be so restrictive or binding in character as to prevent necessary production, since any failure to produce munitions when needed mut be paid for, not in dollars and cents, but in human lives and the consequence of possible defeat.” “Tax rates should not be placed | so high they will restrict the produc- tion of essential war materials,” Harris asserted. Flynn Bill Discussed. Harris discussed the drastic bill | prepared by John T. Flynn, economist | adviser of the committee, to conscript industry and make the country “pay as it fights” by high taxes on profits | and salaries. Harris discussed briefly war-time legislation the War Department has worked out. “The two main objectives of these plans have been the assurance of an adequate supply of munitions and the prevention of profiteering,” he said. Equal Fairness. “The maintenance of the national morale demands that all elements of the population shall be treated with equal fairness and justice and hence it ceiling over all prices upon declara- | (Continued on Page 3, Column 7.) By the Associated Press. Bruno Richard Hauptmann, con- victed slayer of the Lindbergh baby, petitioned the Bosrd of Tax Appeals today for a redetermination of Gov- ernment income tax claims, penalties and interest totaling $9,678. The petition declared the Bureau of Internal Revenue erred in computing income from partnership dealings with Isador Fisch, from whom, Haupt- mann testified, he received the Lind- bergh ransom money found in his pos- session. Hauptmann said complete accounts of his negotiations with Fisch were not available “owing to the seizure snd withholding” of his personal rec- ords during the criminal proceedings st Flemington, N. J. and Tren- The petition was filed jointly in the name of Hauptmann and his wife Anna. Hauptmann had been assessed income taxes totaling $5,400.94, pen- alties for alleged failure to file an in- come tax return and for alleged fraudulent attempt to wx income earnings, the McSwain anti-war profits | o Star L1 The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 129,472 Some Returns Not Yet Received. UP) Means Associated Press. EW MY MACHINE SOME TiMEA WA AL N (NI . 720 JUST THROWING ’EM BACK! BRITAIN 0 OFFER SECURTY SHARE Bargaining With France and Italy on Proposals at Stresa Expected. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) LONDON, April 9.—Diplomatic quarters today said they were in- formed that Great Britain has de- cided to participate actively in an all-inclusive European security sys- tem if Prance and Italy will accept the British proposals to be made Thursday at Stresa, Italy. In addition to growing indications for several weeks past that Great | Britain would offer to commit herself actively to participation in a mutual assistance pact for all Europe, came the statement last night by Stanley Baldwin, lord president of the coun- cil, that the country was willing to do its share in taking steps against any aggressor nation. Definite Offer Seen. Diplomatic sources said they un- derstood the cabinet had decided to make a definite offer at Stresa of such active participation as a move to head off any possible anti-German efforts by Italy, because the British are de- termined that a general peace pact to which Germany might attach its sig- nature should be the solution of the continent’s problems. It was also stated the original Franco-British proposal for an avia- tion agreement would form part of the general security plan, but that the cabinet was still opposed to any sep- arate air agreement. Baldwin conferred today with vari- oys cabinet members and it was in- dicated Great Britain's policy at Stresa would be drafted in its final form by tonight. See French Chiefs Tomorrow. Premier Ramsay MacDonald and Sir John Simon, foreign secretary, will see French officials in Paris tomorrow, where they change trains on their way to Stresa, but they were not expected to have formal conversations with them until the conference. The assistants of Capt. Anthony Eden, lord privy seal, who is ill and unable to attend the parley, will be attached to the British delegation as technical experts. They were with Eden throughout his recent swing to Berlin, Moscow, Warsaw and Praha. The Ethiopian affairs expert of the foreign office ‘probably will join the delegation at Geneva after the Stresa meeting, as it was believed the League Council might discuss the Italo-Ethi- opian dispute as well as continental security. Hauptmann Claims Income Tax Payment for°32 Was Too High Government Failed to Lay Any of Busi- ness Profits to Isador Fisch, He Says in Appeal for Review. taxes totaling $4,050.72 and interest totaling $226.64. Hauptmann charged the internal revenue co T erred for 1932 “in his failure to take cognizance of capital contributions made one, Isador Fisch, a partner of peti- tioner, in his failure to attribute there- t6 a part of any income reflected by the said brokerage accounts and in his failure to allocate a proportion- ate part of the alleged income to said vartner of the petitioner, Bruno.” Another mistake, it was averred, was in the ruling that the petitioner’s bank account and brokerage accounts brought them a profit of $5,441 and that similar activities brought in $18,~ 065 in 1933. The petitioner set out also what was described as the commissioner’s “failure to take cognizance of capi- tal contributions made to the fur funds (of their purported partner. ship) by Isador Fisch and in his fail- ure to allocate & proportionate part of (Continued on Page 3, m. 6.) | Spring foilage. | cloudy and continued cold tonight, Fairer Skies Due Soon, But Rivers Rise Under Snow Cold Snap Makes District Shiver—Tomorrow to Be Warmer. Fair and somewhat warmer weather was in prospect today after a night of sleet and snow flurries, which whitened a city already bedecked in While Washingtonians hoped for an end to the fortnight of chill, rain and mist, residents of nearby Mary- land and Virginia kept an eye on their rivers and counted the damage from the cold to their crops. 1 The rivers were rising but slowly and only scattered damage resulted | to early crops, although nearby moun- | tainous sections still were blanketed in_snow this morning. The current forecast is for “partly | with & low of about 35 degrees. To- morrow fair and not so cold.” About a third of an inch of snow fell in Washington last night. The | flurries were preceded before mid- | night by a heavy sleet storm. The| ground, however, was warm, and al- most no snow remained on the streets. The low early this morning was only one degree above freezing. The Potomac River showed a moderate rise today. Tributary streams were | filling slowly, but well within their | banks, the Weather Bureau reported. AUTO LABOR HINTS RUBBERSTRIEAD A. F. of L. Organizer Claims Secret Vote in Favor of Walkout. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, April 9.—A threat of sympathetic action by some automo- bile workers if the United Rubber Workers’ Union calls a strike at Akron, Ohio, injected a new element into the Nation’s newest labor dispute today. With automobile workers and labor leaders closely watching the situation in the Akron rubber factories, Francis J. Dillon, general American Federation of Labor organizer for the automobile industry, said that any walkout of rubber workers will mean “the auto- mobile workers will go out with them.” His assertion was made last night in connection with a pledge of full co- operation with the Akron rubber work- ers now taking a strike vote. “We have taken our vote and we have all the authority we need,” Dillon said. Dillon did not explain the nature of the vote to which he referred. More than a month ago the A. F. of L. called for a secret strike vote among its 176 automobile locals, but the re- sult has not been announced and it was explained then that only the na- tional officers of the federation were authorized to issue a strike call. Dillon said then that the federation was dis- pleased with the methods of the Auto- mobile Labor Board in conducting col- lective bargaining elections. The Automobile Labor Board’s com- pilations of its collective bargaining elections have indicated fewer than 10 per cent of the workers expressing affiliation with the A. F. of L. The majority recorded affiliation with no labor group. Dillon said that his threat of sym- pathetie action in the rubber workers’ dispute involved only those automobile workers affiliated with the A. F. of L., but he added, “We can stop the auto- mobile industry. We have contgol of enough key plants to do it.” Dillon said he hoped that no drastic action would be necessary and said he wanted to do everything he could “to avert what appears to be an impending industrial crisis.” Automobile manufacturers mean- while indicated they were prepared for any cutting off of their supply of tires and other rubber goods in event of & strike at Akron. Production officials said the supply would have to be cut off for more than two weeks to make itself felt. Quake Rocks Near East Area. ISTANBUL, April 9 (#).—A violent today in the vi- shocks have been felt in Is- tanbul within the past 34 hours. » earthquake occurred mumudm Three | total ST RITES FRDAY FOR ADOLPH CHS Precede New York Funeral of Publisher. By the Assoclated Press. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 9.— Services for Adolph Ochs, publisher | of the New York Times, will be held | here tomorrow in the Julius and Bertha Ochs Memorial Temple, which | the publisher erected in honor of his parents. The funeral will be in New York Friday. Mr. Ochs died of a cerebral hemor- | rhage yesterday at the age of 77. ‘The New York funeral Friday will be conducted from Temple Emarnu-el, Fifth avenue and Sixty-fifth street, at 10:30 am. and burial will be at Mount Hope, N. Y. Rabbi Abraham Feinstein and Rev. | Dr. T. 8. McCallie, pastor of the Cen- tral Presbyterian Church of Chat- tanooga, will officiate in the services here at 9:30 am. tomorrow. The body will be taken to New York on the 11 am. train. Won National Acclaim. The journey his body will take in death will be the same Mr. Ochs took when, as a young man who had built the Chattanooga Times into one of the South’s leading newspapers, he set out to the task of rebuilding the New York Times. In his larger work he snatched the New York paper from financial dis- aster and, in its direction, won acclaim as a genius of American journalism. Mr. Ochs was stricken as he sat at luncheon with a group of friends and relatives. He lost consciousness and wastaken to a sanitarium, where four hours later he died without regaining consciousness. After the news of his passing there came world-wide tribute. In Wash- ington leaders in the Government stopped to do him honor and to call attention to his contributions to American journalism. Legislature Pays Tribute. The, Tennessee Legislature, in a night session, paused out of respect to the man who began as a “printer's devil” in Tennessee. His philanthropies and works in the public interest were hailed in many quarters. When Mr. Ochs took the helm of the New York Times it had passed through the financial straits of 1893 and had come out a crippled concern. He reorganized it and jnstituted a new plan of financing. ‘When he assumed control the Times had about 100 employes, a circulation of less than 20,000 daily and gross annual receipts of approximately $500,000. In 1928 the employes num- bered in excess of 3,200, daily circu- lation exceeded 400,000 and Sunday sales 700,000. Annual receipts exceed- ed $25,000,000. In 1934 the week-day circulation averaged 466,470 and Sun- day 716,135, Awarded Journalism Medal. A year before the fiftieth anniver- sary of his entrance into the publish- ing fleld he was awarded the gold medal of the National Institute of Social Science “for maintaining and (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) TWO NATIONS BUY GOLD FROM U. S. Mexico and Venezuela Acquire 125,900 Ounces—Dollar Value $4,40€.500. By the Associated Press. Sales to Mexico and Venezuela of 125,900 ounces of gold, with a dollar American market for the first time with a purchase of 86,000 ounces, azgregating about $3,000,000. The latter purchase was for the account of the Central Bank—“Banco de Venezuela of Caracas”—and will be paid for with drafts on New York City built up in customary commercial transactions. Morgenthau said Vene- | . zuela might ask this Government to mint the metal. Mexico's purchase, which was the third within the last month, brought purchases by that country to 123,200 ounces, amounting to about $4,312,000, | “gentlemen’s TWO CENTS. BEAN REPORT ASKS SHIFT OF MORGAN, SCORES HEADLEY Conclusions on Fifth Pre- cinct Police Inquiry Given to Committee. PRETTYMAN NAMED CHAIRMAN OF GROUP He and Two Others to Weigh Situation and Report to Commissioners. Recommendations for the transfer of Police Capt. Joseph C. Morgan from the fifth precinct, as well as criticism of Inspector Albert J. l‘itadley for his failure to follow up investigation of complaints in the precinct, brought out in testimony before the special House Crime Investigating Commit- tee, are high lights of a report made to the Commissioners today by Police Inspector Thaddeus R. Bean. Bean’s report was based on an in- tensive investigation of conditions in the precinct which the Commissioners ordered after testimony before the Cirme Committee of a reported “tip- off” to a suspected gambling estab- lishment in the fifth precinct. ‘The Commissioners referred the re- port to a special committee of three District officials with instructions to make & complete survey of facts in the fifth precinct case as outlined in Bean’s report as well as the record of | the House Crime Committee. | Chattanooga Services Will| Prettyman Is Chairman. Corporation Counsel E. Barrett Prettyman was named chairman of the committee. Serving with him will be Capt. Howard F. Clark, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, and George W. Offutt, chairman of the Alcohol Beverage Control Board. The commit- tee will make a report of its findings and recommendations directly to the Commissioners. This step was taken, according to the Commissioners, because Bean was one of the principals in the so-called agreement” between Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, and Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown. Under this agreement Bean as to be retired so Headley could be | elevated to the rank of an assistant superintendent. Since Bean had a personal interest in that matter, and refused to retire, it was decided the Commissioners should not act in the fifth precinct matter until “an impartial” committee had reviewed all facts and made spe- cific recommendations. Shaken Morale Hinted. Unofficial reports over the past two or three weeks have been to the effect that Capt. Morgan would be given a transfer. There have been stories of shaken morale among the fifth pre- cinct staff ever since charges first were made that the operator of an estab- lishment in the 100 block of B street southeast had been tipped off that a gambling raid was to be made. When officers made the raid they found no one present. Later, another raid was made and charges preferred The alleged tiff-off twice was the subject of inquiry by members of the House Crime Committee, who took testimony from Capt. Morgan, In- spector Headley, Watson Salkeld, fifth precinct detective who raided the es- tablishment the first time and failed to find any evidence, and Hugh Fred, proprietor of a tea tavern at 115 B street southeast, who, according to Capt. Morgan, had said he had been advised of the raid in advance. Bean Named to Get Facts, Thereafter, Commissioner Hazen personally assumed charge of a Police Department investigation and desig- nated Inspector Bean to gather the facts instead of Inspector Headley, in whose district the fifth precinct is lo- cated. Eean was selected, it was said at the time, because of Inspector Headley’s involvement in the Blanton- Brown correspondence over the con- templated promotion of Inspector Headley. Commissioner Hazen did not make the text of Inspector Bean's report public, since the matter is to be sub- mitted to the new District investi- gation group. He did say, however, that Inspector Bean had not found any evidence of a tip-off in the raid. This recalled that the House Crime Committee, after twice questioning the interested | group of police officers, had failed to determine definitely who was re- sponsible for the warning to the gamblers. Transcript May Be Used. Apparently the Prettyman Commit- tee will make use of the transcript of the testimony before the House Crime Committee rather than to await the final official report and recom- mendations of that group. Commise sioner Hazen, in his brief statement this morning, did not meke any spe- cific announcement on this point, however. In his explanation of the first raid, Capt. Morgan practically accused Salkeld, stating to the House Crime Committee that that officer was the only one, excepting himself, who knew about the planned raid. In making a denial of any wrong-doing, Salkeld retorted that Capt. Morgan knew as much of the case as he did. Capt. Morgan insisted he had had several conferences with Salkeld . be- fore the raid—once between 9 and 10 am. and anather hetween 11 and 12 o'clock. Salkeld insisted Capt. Mor- gan had not discussed the raid plans with him until about 1 p.m. and that he had carried them out almost im- mediately. Amusements Comics .. L B-14-15