Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1935, Page 2

A—2 ‘xaa SURPLUS EXPORTS - SOLUTION NEEDED Political Commentator Says‘ " New Plans Required to Scrap Others. B8Y DAVID LAWRENCE. Both friends and foes of the New Deal economics are up against & seri- ous problem of transition from the emergency stage to the next step, ‘whatever it may be. The New Dealers, conceding diffi- culiies and even at times admitting the merit of some of the criticism lev- eled at their plans, ask on the other hand for practical alternatives. Thus the extension of the national industrial recovery act, which many critics oppose for various reasons, finds various supporters in the business world who wish to retain certain bene- fits they now receive from the codes. Also, the flaws in the restricted pro- duction. theory may be debated at length, but what to do about the A. A A and the enormous processing taxes that have been collected and the pyramided costs that have been erected on top of the processing taxes is some- rhing that is causing many sleepless uights hereabout. Solution Still Required. The simple suggestion of scrapping tv a1l is naturally not accepted for & moment by the administration because the actual situation in connection with the exportable surpluses has by no means been solved and will not be by Just letting nature take its course. The higher costs of operation inside the United States, as compared with the lower costs abroad, present a dif- terential which is keeping American products from meeting world prices on an even basis. Hence the talk of Government subsidy as an emergency measure for export purposes only, so s to move goods into the world gen- erally, is receiving much more consid- eration from those who normally would be emphatically opposed to any such schemes. In other words, the choice is found to be not exactly an easy one— whether to continue along as at present, with the unsatisfactory fac- tors of increased unemployment and loss of world markets, or to set up some policy of expediency which may be put into effect at once, without tearing down suddenly the processing | tax structure in some instances or ! the subsidy in others. Farm Situation Tangied. ‘The involvements of the processing tax are so complicated that, even if fu was agreed to do away with it, there would be difficulty in disen- tangling the farm situation from it in_any short interval. Thus $7980,000,000 has been col- lected on processing taxes from July, 1933, and this sum is more than has been collected in the same 21 months from the taxes on individual incomes. About $700,000,000 has been paid out by the Government in the form of benefits to those who did not plant and who restricted produc- tion, as well as to producers, the practice in the Jatter case being to pay 2 subsidy so as io bring the farmer’s price up to a pre-war av- erage. Unfortunately, the processing tex bas forced its way into the selling price at retail, or has cut into the middlemen’s earnings, or has been re- flected in a lower return to the pro- ducer because consumption has been turther reduced on account of the higher prices. Naturally, the more of any product which is lefi uncon- sumed. the greater the surplus and hence the lower the price. Vision Limited. It is this endless chain of circum- stances that has brought the process- ing tax idea and the restriction of production theory to its unhappy climax. The defenders of these ex- periments insist these were emer- gency measures. But where the New Dealers fell down was in failing to take into account what the consumer does when the price gets beyond him. Also, the sponsors didn’t realize how difficult it was to control the sub- stitutes which are brought into play the moment some article get< too high for the average wage-earner. i The cotton textile manufacturers. for instance, have led the fight against the processing taxes because they have had imposed upon them two expense items—ihe extra tax What’s What Behind News New Deal Plans to Get Low Down on Private Life. BY PAUL MALLON. O NOT be surprised if & bright young agent rings your door- bell shortly and starts asking 3316 simple questions about yourghome life. 1t is an Idea which one of the brain trusters thought up’one rainy afternoon recently, when he was look- ing out the window, wondering. The thought is understood to have come to him virtually without effort. As he reasoned it out, the Government is trying to plan for all its people and here it really does not know much about you, at least not about your Private life. ‘Thus evolved Bureau of Labor statistics form No. 807, with 18 pages of simple questions. It has not been made public yet, but it has been ap- proved by the Bureau of Home Eco- nomics and considered at ’ private meeting of the Central Statistical Board. The inquisitive thirsters for knowledge have decided to try it out first o families in rural com- munities under 2,500 population and income groups under $2,000 a wear, thus covering several million families. They have figured it out that each family will require jrom three o six hours to answer the 3,316 simple questions, depending on the intelligence of the jamily and the state of household book- keeping. ‘The questions unquestionably will strip civilization bare. They not only will develop the number and prices of “union suits and combinations” pur- chased by each member of the family, but also “corsets, girdles, brassieres, bloomers. panties and slips «cotton, silk, or rayon?).” Some Simple Questions. Recitation of the outstanding in- quiries would take up most of this whole page, but the following are fair samples: Time employed? Rate of pay? Earn- ings? (For each quarter year). Rent from boarders? Other income? Expenditures for household, medicine, recreation? And s thousand other things. Have you & dineiie? Elevaior? In- closed porch? Janitor service? Play space? How much laundry? Wet? Rough- dry? And (believe it or not) mangled? How much starch, bluing, cleaning powders, steel wool? These, of course, ste only prelimi- nary questions to get the lay of the land. "Next the agent will ask you to itemize your expenses by quarters for 201 different foods, including peanut butter, figs, cod-liver -oil, soft drinks. consumed at home, “‘other drinks con- sumed at home,” prunes, dates, brus- sels sprouts and collards, There are mo separate guestions provided jor jrankfuriers and bologna, both being combined under one heading, apparently jor THE. EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, .D. €. TUESDAY, 'APRIL 23, 1935. IFRANK B. NOYES RE-ELECTEDBY AP, President of The Star Again Heads Association—Coo- per Renamed Secretary. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 23.—The board of directors of the Associated Press in session today re-elected Frank B. Noyes of the Washington, D. C., Star, as president. Other officers elected are: First vice presideat, W. J. Pape, ‘Waterbury, Conn., Republican. Second vice president, Houston Harte, San Angelo, Tex.. Standard. Secretary, Kent Cooper, re-elected. Assistant secretary, Jackson 8. Elliott, re-elected. v Treasurer, J. R. Youatt, re-elecied. Frank B. Noyes, Robert McLean of the Philadelphia, Pa., Bulletin; Paul Patterson of the Baltimore, Md., Sun; E. Lansing Ray of the St. Louls, Mo., Globe Democrat, and Clark Howell of the Atlanta, Ga., Constitution were continued as members of the Execu- tive Commitiee. Stuart H. Perry of the Adrian, Mich., Daily Telegram was named as the sixth member of the Executive Committee, succeeding the late Adolph 8. Ochs of the New York | ‘Times. H Frank E. Gannett, Rochesier, N. Y., Times Union, newly elected director, was present. Smaller Publishers Meet. Proprietors of newspapers in small | | cities gathered today in the Waldorf- | Astoria Hotel to discuss problems of their business, among them the effects of good roads, the radio, the automo- | bile and liquor advertising on non- | metropolitan publications. Verne E. Joy of Centralia, 11, former president of the Inland Daily Press Assoclation, was asked to pre- | side over the session, & prelude to the | | annual convention of the American | | Newspaper ~ Publishers” Association i opening tomorrow. | ‘The gathering follows by a day the annua! meeing of the Associated Press. A commitiee of 25, headed by John Francis Neylan of San PFrancisco, of- | fered four resolutions at the annual meeting concerning administrative ! procedure as applied to the Associated | Press wirephoto service. Each was successively defeated. | The committee then offered a pro- posal to amend the by-laws of the Associated Press io provide for rep- resentation of member newspapers in { cities of specified population under 75,000. After discussion, a resolution was submitted as a substitute re- ferring the matter to the board of directors for study with the recom- mendation that it be given earnest consideration. This was adopted. Noyes asked all members having views on this question of smaller- paper representation to confer with Associated Press Charter Members Honored Here are the charter membérs of the Associated Press who attended the annual meeting in New York yesterday and were laudéd by Frank B. Noyes, president, also a charter member, for their contribution to the organization. Sealed, left to right, are: Josephus Daniels, Raleigh (N. C.) News and Observer; J. C. Seacrest, Lintoln (Nebr.) State Journal: Gerrit 8. Griswold, Batavia (N. Y.) News; Clark Howell, Atlanta (Ga.) Constitu- tion; Frank B. Noyes, Washington (D. C.) Star; Dietrick Lamade, Wil- liamsport (Pa.) Sunday Grit, and W. H. Cowles, Spokane (Wash.) Spokes- man-Review. Standing, left to right, are: F. A, Miller, Soyth Bend (Ind.» Tribune; Theodore Bodenwein, New London (Conn.) Day; 8. E. Hudson, ‘Woonsocket (R. 1) Call and Evening Reporter; F. B. Nichols, Bath (Me.) ECONOMIC CRISIS 4ddolph Ochs Pa TRACED TO TARIFF \ Charter Member Or. Grady Cites Desire of Praised by Ickes as Exponent of Best Formosa Relief Speeded as Ideals of American Journalism. Nations to Take Advantage of Depreciated Currency. By the Ascociated Press NEW YORK. April 23.—Publishers Permanent recovery for this countrv and members of the Associated Press is & vain hope without satisfactory paid a reverent tribute vesterday to international trade treaties, Dr. Henry | the memory of the late Adolph S | Ochs. publisher of the New York Grady, chief of the trade agreements pimes ang one of the founders of the section of the State Depanmem.‘iAmi.‘,d Press warned the Catholic Association for| The more than 800 persons who International Peace this morning. | were present at the thirty-fifth annual . tood In silent tribute 1o his He told society members at their | larcncon (000 1n silent tribute 10 e Mayflower Hoiel convention that eco- | journalism at the opening of the an- nomic rehabilitation will remain a | nual Spring meeting of the news- Times; A. N. Lieety, Schenectady (N. Y.) Gazette; Kelion B. Miller, Pitts- fleld (Mass.) Berkshire Eagle, and William Rice, Houghton «Mich.) Mining Gazeite. Charter members unable o be present are: ‘Telegram, Long Beach, Calif.; W. R. Hearst, Examjiner, San Francisco, Calif.; John Day Jackson, New Haven (Conn.) Register: W. H, Oat, Nor- wich (Conn.) Bulletin; W. H. Sammons, Sioux City (Iowa) Journal: George C. H. Hastings, Lynn (Mass.) Item; George F. Booth, Worcester (Mass.) Telegram; James M. Cox, Dayton (Ohio) News; Homer Gard, Hamilton (Ohio) Journal; E. J. Kiest, Dallas (Tex.) Times-Herald; John Stewart Bryan, Richmond (Va., News Leader, and W. Wood. Lewiston (Me.) 8i C. H. Tavlor, Boston (Mass.) Globe. id High Tribute By A. P. Members at Luncheon of Organization the New York Times. could be built on the virtues of fair play. of true 4 W. F. Prisk, Press- AIR DEPARTMENT BULO.K LKLY House Military Committee Approval Due Over Serv- ice Protests. By the Associated Press. A Dbill to create a Federal Depart- ment of Air was pointed today toward almost certain approval by the House Miiitary Committee—over bitter pro- tests from the Army and Navy. Leading commitiee Democrats pre- dicied—and a survey of the member- ship backed them up—that the com- mittee probably will vote about two 1o one for the measure. Introduced by Chairman McSwain, Democrat, of South Carolina, the bill would place the Army Air Corps and civilian aviation activities of the Bu- reau of Air Commerce under a new cabinet officer, designated Secretary of Air. At the same time it would greatly strengthen the personnel and flying equipment of the Air Corps. Hearings Near End. The committee is about ready to close hearings on the bill and begin working it over in executive session. First, though, several Army Infantry officers are to be heard, perhaps la‘er this week, in opposition to some Air Corps promotion features. From generals and admirals do.n through smaller luminaries, the com- mittee has heard War and Navy De- partment arguments against the bill. Nevertheless, a poll of a score of the 25 committee members disclosed an even dozen are convinced the bill should go through or are “inclined” to favor it. Five are against it and three are undecided. Others could not be ~-A. P, Photo. THIRST TORTURES QUAKE SURVIVORS | New Temblors Add to Terror. (Copyrieht. 1935, by the Assoviatec Press.) sportsmanship, of honest and objec- tive commeni. His columns were | TAIHOKU, Formosa, April 23 never used to advance his own selfish | Relief agencies, experienced in deal- ! purposes or 'to wreak vengeance on ing with earthquake disasters, rushed some hapless individual for whom he | so04 waier and medical supplies to- had conceived & personal dislike. > “He has set a high standard, on | that the great journal that he estab- | wesiern Formosa. devastated in Sun- ylished in this city will continue to |day’'s catastrophe. e |day into remote sections of north- | live up to so long as his spirit broods | over it; a standard that will be held up to future generations of newspaper ‘The problem of supplying water 1o the survivors became one of primary ' gathering organization the board of directors. Nominating Committee. Immediately before yesterday, regional nominating committee. lected as follows: Eastern division: ‘Waterbury, Conn.. adjournment meetings were calied for the purpose of naming a T was se- E. R. Sievenson, American; Henry Walser, Hazelton, Pa., Standard Sen- tinel. Central division: Oscar 8. Stauffer, | Arkansas City, Kans., Traveler, secre- | tary; A. L. Miller, Battle Creek, Mich. | Enquirer and News, chairman. . Southern divisiori: A. W. Huckle, | { dream until adjustments are made in + international debts, tariffs and trade Secretary of the Interior Ickes, | barriers and the re-establishment of | speaker st the luncheon, also paid some form of international gold'high tribute 1o Mr. Ochs. standard. { “Adolph S. Ochs,” he said, “proved Dr. Grady traced the world-wide | beyond all doubt that one of the breakdown of the late '20's to the | greatest newspapers in all the world. tarift building that arose from a de- ' sire by some nations to take advantage of depreciated eurrencies. “Normal functioning of international trade is definitely related to debt set- | tlements and particularly to currency stabilization,” Grady said. v Father Waish to Speak. ‘The moot problem of the position of | | Near Death men as an inspiring one for them to | imporiance ss a tropical sun mrched‘ follow. ihe tongues of the stricken inhabi-! “The people of the United Staies | tapis and added to the hazard of ! will ever be grateful 1o the memory i of this great journalist for what oo | e e was and did. A benediction to his | reservoir was left undamaged in the ashes.” area, | Hasty repairs to the shattered rail- | way line leading from here to Tainan DIRKSEN PUSHES and northward enabled relief workers and physicians to speed into the in- terior with their welcome stores of water, food and blankets. ! Dead Number 3.152. ‘The iatesi official casualty figures, which it was believed would be sub- | the sake of brevity. But the agent | Rock Hill, S. C,, Herald: J. L. Mapes, end higher labor costs practically | forced upon them by N. R. A. They would be glad to retain both items it they could sell enough goods at & fair enough price io earn a living. Scheme Reverses Tariff. 1t is the same old story which was Dointed out when the ariificial con- trols invented by the N. R. A. and the A. A. A, were first promulgaied— everything would be lovely if volume of sales could be increased. The question mnow is whether America can pay the high prices inside the United States and whether the Gov- ernment can subsidize the American oroducers when they sell for export At world price levels. In a sense the idea is the reverse of the tariff and was given wide support for a decade beginning in 1921, when the McNary-Haugen plan and, later, the export debenture scheme, were offered 8 means of farm relief. It would appear that these meas- tires, one of which twice passed Con- gress, would be welcomed today by various groups who never dreamed that artificial control could be car- ried under the processing tax and restricted production to the extremes now being noted. New Starting Point. As for the New Deal, it probably will welcome any alternative that recognizes in realistic fashion the attuation as it is today, and not what 1t might have been had some of the new experiments never been tried. It's “where do we go from here?” that the administration officials feel is the starting point of any alterna- tive formulas today. In this connec- tion the export subsidy plan may prove & helpful device, uneconomic as it may be as a long-range opera- tion. 8o the problem is to frame a transition policy that leads us to sound economics and yet encompasses the structure that has been built up—a task that challenges the ingenuity of brain trusiers of the practical school of economics as much as the “planned economy” experts of the New Deal. (Coyright. 1936.) Plane Builder Hurt, - KENOSHA, Wis, April 23 (#)— Carl Swanson, 20, of Zion, Ill, whose homemade airplane crashed from an altitude of 300 feet, yesterday was re- covering from injuries he received in the accident. Swanson’s ship was powered with a motor cycle engine supported by parts of & washing machine and was held together by baling wire and door hinges. Experienced flyers warned him against trying to fly the contraption. but he decided on & test flight. | will want to know the sex and age of persons served at each meal during the last seven days jrom the Jamily fund. ‘The clothing question, however, is the one which troubles them most. | There are about 223 categories of ques- tions on clothing. They will ask the males about five different classes of suits; namely, heavy wool, light- weight wool, cotton-linen, palm beach, “other.” Also six different categories of shoes: Two street pairs, two work pairs, canvas and “‘other.” This should be easy for most hus- bands earning less than $2.000 a year. Complications Develop. Mothers and dsughters may find it more difficult because there are seven different kinds of dresses to be listed. six different kinds of hose, six dif- ferent kinds of shoes (including two for sport wear). Then, in addition to certain unmentionables already men- tioned, the females will have to tell all about the number, prices, expendi- ture and time purchased of “arctic geiters, night gowns (cotton-light, cotton-flannel and silk-rayon), bath- ing suits, pajamas (lounging and beach), furs and sun suits. The ques- tionnaire does not disclose whether overalls may be considered as sun suits in case the wife works in the fields with the husband. These. preliminary questions merely will take you up to page 12, and there are five more just as good to come, but you will have to wait for them until the agent calls. In this little question game it is nnderstood that the rules permit Jamilies earning less than $2,000 a year to ask one question of the interrogator, namely: “How can I buy fur coats on less than $2.000 a yeor income?” It is also understcod that any housewife may take one free swing of the broom at at any agent, if she uses the soft part of the broom and not the handle. If the husband happens to be at home when the agent calls, this privilege is forfeited. In return, the husband gets one free toss to see how far he can throw the agent. Agents will deny this, but no one should pay any attention to that. In this gigantic underwear expose the plan is to use unemployed white collar workers. They probably will use some of the ones who have been snooping up income tax returns for the Treasury. Thus it is virtually no inconvenience for the Government to get agents to ask questions of each family for three to six hours. The trouble will come when some one higher up finds out shout it, possitly after a high mortality rate develops among the inquiring agents. (Copyright. 1935.) . Liquor Parley Scheduled. Liguor and beer dealers have been asked "to atiend a conference at 2 p.m. Thursday with the Alcohol Bev- erage Control Board on the rule against co-operative advertising by various elements of the liquor business. ‘The board has ruled illegal many of the past practices. Beaumont, Tex., Journal. Western division: Frank Hitch- cock. Tucson, Ariz, Daily Citizen; | E. G. Leipheimer, ' Butte, Mont, | Standard. ‘The following members were elected to the Auditing Committee: Eastern division: J. L. McGovern, Bridgeport, Conn., Times-Star and Farmer. Central division: J. C. Seacrest, Lincoln, Nebr., State Journal, secre- tary. Southern division: Charles P. Man- ship, Baton Rouge, La., State-Times, ! chairman. Western division: O.'S. Warden, | Great Falls, Mont., Tribune. EDGAR BACKUS DIES; BURIAL IN NEBRASKA Supervisor in Buresu of Inves- ' tigation Succumbs After Short Tliness. | Edgar Backus, 2 supervisor in the Justice Department's Bureau of In- vestigation, died Saturday at Sibley Hospital after a brief illness. He was 26 years old. His body it en route to Columbus, Nebr., where his parents, Mr. and Mrs, A, H. Backus, reside. Interment will be in Columbus. A native of Nebraska, Mr. Backus received his early education at Pierce, Nebr., and Columbus. He was & graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan Uni- versity and of the Law School of the University of Michigan. He entered the Bureau of Investigation two years 2g0 and had been stationed at head- quarters here since last November. He is survived by his wife and a sister, in addition to his parents. | | the religious situation in Mexico, with the United States in the turmoil of the Far East was to be discussed this afternoon by Father Edmund A. Walsh, 8. J.. Georgetown University foreign affairs authority. Later the group planned to hold forum on the international aspecis of s discussion of the background of modern conditions by Father Francis EBorgia Steck, O. F. M, of Catholic University. ‘The society last night was given four methods of keeping the United States out of war, which Dr. Herbert Wright of Catholic Uaiversity called “the greatest contribution the United States could make to the peace of the world.” As methods of achieving this end, Dr. Wright offered: 1. Government control of the men- ufacture and sale of munitions with complete publicity “from order to des- tination.” 2, An embargo on credit, arms and | muniticas to all nations which do not agree to submit their international controversies to peaceful settlement. 3. Development through bilateral and multilateral treaties of peaceful methods of settling disputes. 4. Close co-operation with 1he Teague of Nations without actual membership. Urges Middle Path. ‘The speaker counseled his hearers to “follow the safe middle path be- tween the sun of unwise pacifism and | the sea of selfish nationalism,” both ' of which, he declared, contributed to | recent Senate debate of the Root- Hurst World Court protocol. | Thoroughgoing disclosure of Mor- gan & Co. activities during the World War was demanded by Rev. Joseph F. Thorning, 8. J, of Georgetown University, who also declared “en- trance of Soviet Russia into the League of Nations raises grave doubts with regard to the advisability of the entrance of the United States into that body.” Landlord Detains Tenants. CLYDE KELLY. ' —Harris-Ewing Photo. KELLY NEAR DEATH; ONCE IN CONGRES Former Representative Is Shot Accidentally at Home of Friend. By the Associated Press. PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa.. April 23.— Shot in the abdomen while cleaning & rifie, former Representative Clyde Kelly, 51, Republican, known s the “father of: the airmail,” was in & crit- ical condition today. Doctors feared for_his life. Dr. George M. Musser left the | Adrian Hospital early this morning | without deciding when he will perform | an operation which he said was needed. ject to only minor revision, gave the - HODEN BARBIL {Plans to Offer Proposal as | number of dead as 3152 and the | total seriously wounded as 10,4C6. ! Damage was estimated at $3,000,000. Aerial surveys of the quake region showed that the flimsy villages of the savage, head-hunting mountain tribes had escaped destruction and that ! heavy casualties at first feared in ! these areas had not occurred. | Tt also was ascertained that For- Representative Dirksen Republican, | mosa’s principal industry, sugar, had of Tilinois, announced this afternoon | suffered no serious damage, most of he would make an effort to have his | the mills and canefields being out- 5 2 side the damaged zone. bill to abolish Washington's so-called | mpe ,un,",' disclosed that the “hidden bers” tacked on as an amend- | shocks laid waste an area of approxi- ment 10 & measure sponsored by the !:lllly 2,0230 ;g:lr! m:};s irp‘;’:&“‘:’( | by some A persons. Alcohol Beverage Control Board 101 Sinnabitants are of Chinese ex- Ughten the existing liquor act. | traction and engaged in sgricultural For two weeks Dirksen's bill has | oursuits. been on the House calendar and it e Shaiks. - Gsas. would have been called up for con- | sideration yesterday during “District!| As armyv and Japanese Red Cross day” had not ever-mounting opposi- , workers pursued their merciful efforts, ‘ uon presaged certain defeat. | & succession of slight aftershocks | Dirksen however, feels that the spread new terror. None of the later chief objections were not to the pro- | quakes, however, was sufficient to vision to force the bars into the open. | cause damage. but to other features which were| The possibility m:r nflw’?'!h c;::ud added as amendments after he intro- ' concern among officials. e Tansu | duced the bill. | River is bank full ss & result of re- The full District Commitiee at its cent heavy tropical rains and it was | regular meeting tomorrow morning is beliel;edhon{y"c:nt"i:ued fair weather report checl rise. gfifl.:onf:::::l ymmf‘r;:: 5 w“';“he Japanese destroyer Shimakaze ber of the commitiee, said he -mlmched Byoritsu with a cargo of re- urge ai that time thai the measure | lief supplies, while the sieamer Ya- be amended to force the bars into m‘:}f :‘:mm:l:‘ ewgm;m:'o::: the open. wi b Indications are that Dirksen's D-Th:d ’::vx'-.: do:l:ce“nm T:‘kb-: s e e o omnder 11 o s | cere. thanks" the offer of Admiral 1 the ;{:])un calendar if the Dis- ;‘er,:nk B, Unim, commandiig the trict Committee agrees to his pro- . o posed amendment to the A. B, C.|United States Asiatic Fleet, to place Board bil ccomplish the same |the facilities of the fleet at the gov- purpose. s e i ernment’s disposal io aid in its re- AUTOPSY. ORDERED - it | FOR MRS. M. AYERS "™ 5 g | 483 Re; Dead, With Reports Amendment to A. B. C. Board Measure. ! cilities.) SHOCKS FELT IN 1RAN, 1 | SPOKANE, Wash., April 23 (#).—A landlord charged with disorderly con- duct for locking-in tenants who failed Boy Runs Own Gold Mine, Seventeen-year-old Michael Mac- Kelly, s Braddock newspaper man | who served in Congress for 20 years without a break, was spending the Mother of Easter Egg Roller| i Meager as Yet. ‘TEHERAN, Iran, April 23 (#).—Un- | confirmed reports received here today Donald has managed his gold mine in Rhodesia so well that he will enlarge it. He employs & dozen natives and is getting nine pennyweights of gold from & ton of ore. He is adding a battery of stamps to work his ore on the spot. - at_The Evening Star Business Office. or by mail. postpaid Cit in Police Court yesterday. resting officer said Frank Marsh pad- | afterncon he took a2 small-calibre locked a family in & house after he family, said the officer, had decided AN AID TO CITIZENSHIP The Euvening Star || Goverament . . ."—DANIE! Street L S — week end at the home of Hugh Smea- | to their rent forfeited $15 bail Bl ton in nearby ‘Marchand. Yesterday | The ar- rifle and went out hunting frogs. Upon returning he began cleaning | the gun. Col. L. C. Trimble, head of the hospital, reported the rifle sud- denly was discharged and the bullet entered Kelly's abdomen, passing through his lung and out his back. Kelly, a native of Bloomfield, Ohio, | came to the Pittsburgh district in| | 1901. was unable to collect the rent. The to move. 'TRUTH SERUM FAILS ! T0 GIVE CLUE OF BOY Offers Its Readers An up-to-the-minute de- scription of Uncle Sam at work. Complete—Au-. thoritative—New! | Inmate of Insane Asylum, Quizzed Under Influence of Drug, Gives Searchers No Aid. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 23.—Psychiatrists and crime detection experts of the Northwestern University laboratories announced last night, after two hours ! { “An encyclopedia of ready and i i useful information nbomlour L C. ROPER, Secretary of Com- merce. effects of “truth serum,” had not indi- cated that he knew the whereabouts ot 4-year-old Richard Perrot, missing since April 4. Bothe, at one time tentatively identi- fied as the “thin man” seen walking with the boy his disappearance from home, Ve tarfly submitted to tests ordered by.Jdudge E. K. Jarecki. ‘The serum prAduces the effect of | “twilight sleep.”; ————Order Form————=x State..... Y. eveeinsiianaan b} Dies Suddenly on Return to Home. An autopsy was ordered today in the death of Mrs, Myrtle Ayers, 37, of 1314 Fourteenth street, who died in her home yesterday afternoon shortly after returning with her two children from the annual egg rolling at the White House. Mrs. Ayers had taken her son David, jr.. 9, and 5-year-old daughter to the ‘White House, where the children vis- ited their father, David Ayers, a White House electrician, who resides at 1006 Eleventh street, A few minutes after returning home | Sent by President Roosevelt to Em- peror Hirohito of Japan for the loss T e "wmuuo‘:: of life in the Taiwan earthquake. in the bath room. found his mother’s body. Others in the apariment house summoned an ambulance from Emergency Hospital, but upon its arrival she was pro- nounced dead. Detective Sergt. Jeremiah F. Flaherty of the homicide squad investigated the case and as a result Coroner A. Ma- gruder MaeDonald ordered the bodv removed to the city morgue for the autopsy. Speaks Eight Languages. | said 483 inhabitants of Mazanderan | Province in Northern Iran (Persia) { have died in a series of earthquakes { which have shaken the area since April 12, Heavy damage has resulted, the re- ports said. Lack of communications with consequent of details occasioned concern lest the death toll be larger than reported. : (An official of Iran’s Legation in London said he had received no in- formation from Teheran concerning large loss of life in recent earth dis- turbances.) ROOSEVELT SENDS SYMPATHY. A message of sympathy has been ‘The message, made public by the State Department today, said: “The people of the United States join with me in extending to your majesty and to the people of Japan deepest sympathy in the suffering and loss of life caused by the tragic, dis- sster in Taiwan.” e reached. Some of those who want a separate department of air and at least two of the opponents of such an agency said they preferred a department of national defense with undersecretaries in charge of the Army, Navy and aviation, but that probably it was im- practical to set up such a department now. Can’t Wait on Army. “We can't afford to wail on rhe War Department to get ready to give up iis air force,” McSwain asserted. “If we had waited on the Army we would never have had an Air Corps in the first place.” “I sort of believe we are going 10 approve the bill, despite the opposi- tion of the Army and Navy,” added Representative Rogers, Democrat, of New Hampshire, chairman of the committee's aviation subcommittee. Just what reaction might be ex- pected in the House—and at the ‘White House in the event the bill were enacted—has not been clearly defined. LOW LEVEL CHAIN BRIDGE IS URGED District and Virginia Delegation Opposes High Level Park * Plan, Construction of a low-level span to replace oid Chain Bridge, instead of a high-level bridge as proposed by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, was urged today by a delegation representing Virginia and District interests at a hearing before the Distriet Commissioners. ‘There is a difference of $1,000,000. approximately, in the estimated costs. the Commissioners were told. Virginia will bear no part of the cost of & high-level bridge, the Com- missioners were informed by Repre- sentative Howard Smith of Virginia. He and other spokesmen for Virginia groups strongly urged the Commis- sloners to go on record for a low-level span. ‘The Board of Trade is on record favoring a high-level bridge, but if that is found out of reach financially the old bridge should be replaced with a low-level span, the Commissioners were advised by Dr. Liewellyn Jordan and George Shinn. District engineer officials and others, however, sponsored the low level plan. Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, District di- rector of highways, said it was esti- mated roughly a high level span would cost $1,250,000 and that the total ex- pense might run as high as $2,000,000. An estimate of the cost of & low level bridge, with a roadway 30 feet wide, was $350,000. The present piers could be used and the level would be raised a few feet. A much improved ap- - proach from the District side is pro- vided in the plans of District officials Among those favoring this scheme were Judge Smith, Capt. Whitehurst and Jesse C. Suter, speaking as sn individual. ‘The Commissioners plan to formu- late their position at a board session Friday. “YOUTH DAY” PLANNED “Youth day” will be celebrated by the Washington Optimist Club tomor- row, when each member will bring a boy &s his guest to the weekly lunch- eon at 12:30 pm. in the Hamilton Hotel. Arrangements have been made to accommodate between 175 and 200 men and boys, according to Joe Rice, president of the club. Bowling Bell, 13, of 802 H street, who is vice president of the Junmior Optimists, will speak. ICongress in Brief , By the Associated Press. TODAY. Senate. Debates $1,000,000,000 Bankhead farm tenant bill. Finance Committee continues bonus bill hearing. House. Debates Navy appropriation bill. YESTERDAY. Senate. Beat back effort to recommit farm tenant bill. Banking Subcommittee voted for confirmation of Marriner 8. Eccles. House. Adopted conference report on Treas- ury-Post Office appropriation bill. TOMORROW. Senate. On the floor: May take up anti- lynching bill if Bankhead farm tenant bill is passed. Commerce Committee meets at 10 o'clock on merchant marine subsidy bill. Public Lands Committee regular meeting. Finance Committee continues hear- Ceylon’s Epidemic Revives. COLOMBO, Ceylon, April 23 (#).— With 54,000 deaths already officially reported, the malaria epidemic today ings on soldiers’ bonus bill. House. Continues general debate on 1936 Navy appropriation bill, An Indo-Chinese girl who ssid she | was believed reviving. A number of | District Committee meeis in execu- could speak eight languages has been granted s maintenance order magistrates of South Shields,’ Eng- land. 3 pe cities reported that the fever, which tive session at 10 am. to consider the | recently diminished in fatalities, filled | recommendations of its Airport Sub- many hospitals again over the week ! end committee; regular weekly meeting at 10:30 am. ¢