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A4 COLONISTS' STORE PRICES ARE CUT Practice of Giving Sales Slips Introduced by U. S. Official. By the Associated Press. PALMER, Alaska, June 20.—A “housecleaning” for the Matanuska colonization project—beginning with a reorganization of the commissary— was started today by Eugene Carr, “trouble shooter” for the Federal Re- liet Administration, Fresh from a West Virginia project on’ which he established similar camps of 140 settlers, Carr took over control 1rom Don Irwin, resident manager. ‘Reorganization of the commissary, which some dissatisfled colonists had'l accused of charging unduly high prices, started with the removal of its manager. Some colonists were put to work on its accounts, Prices on numerous articles were cut and the practice of giving sales slips was introduced. The six dissatisfled families who de- cided to return to the States were selling their household goods today to straighten out their bills. They will start back the first of the week. A few other families have said they would join them. Some families were found to have incurred large obligations at the com- missary. One large family had a bill of more than $200 for two months. Other colonists said they had been charged for things they never bought. Carr's arrival apparently revived the morale of the colony. He assured the colonists they would be provided with adequate homes by Autumn. He said also labor would be brought here if needed and that “discordant elements” would be eliminated. FARMERS VOTE TO KEEP TOBACCO PROGRAM TUnofficial Returns Show Plan In- dorsed in Virginia, Georgia, Carolinas, Florida. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, June 29.—A majority of more than 20 to 1 in favor of extend- ing the A. A. A. acreage control pro- gram for flue-cured tobacco another vear was voied today by growers in five States—Georgla, Virginia, Florida and the Carolinas, With only scattered returns from some parts of the producing area available, the count reported late to- night by State extension headquarters showed a total of 24,066 approving continuation of the adjustment con- tract and 1,048 opposing it. THEATER MEASURE UP TO WHITE HOUSE Creates Organization to Build Up Appreciation and Improve Stage. By the Assoclated Press. House approval yesterday sent to the White House a Senate bill au- thorizing Federal incorporation by the American National Theater and Academy. Backed by a group of theater and art patrons, including & number of prominent persons in Philadelphia, the organization has as its objective building up both apprecietion for and better development of a truly Amer- dcan legitimate theater. Representative McLaughlin, Demo- crat, of Nebraska, fathered the legisla- tion on the House side and yesterday ‘brought the bill up under unanimous consent and obtained its passage without debate. Although the measure does rnothing more than grant permission for a Federal incorporation charter for the academy, the House Judiciary Com- mittee, which held brief hearings on it, had not reported it for action. ‘When McLaughlin called it up in a surprise move, however, no opposition was raised. S Joan of Arc Called Nazi. Joan of Arc, the Maid of France, was at heart a Nazi, according to & German historical film recently shown in Berlin. FOULOIS INQUIRY REPORT T0 HOUSE {Dern Sends Military Group Basis for Reprimand of Air Corps Chief. By the Assoclated Press. Secretary Dern sent the House Military Committee yesterday a full | report of a War Department investi- | gation on which he based a recent | reprimand of Maj. Gen. Benjamin | D. Foulois, Army Air Corps chief. | Representative Rogers, Democrat, of New Hampshire, who headed a military subcommittee that made a four - month investigation of War | Department business practices, then recommended that Foulois be ousted, carefully over the week end and “get some idea of what we ought to do about it.” In a recent floor speech Rogers | sald Foulois had been given a mere | “slap on the wrist” when he should have been relieved of his command for “lying and perjuring himself time and again” under oath. The report was transmitted to the committee under a seal of confidence. Chairman McSwain, Democrat, South Carolina, said he was not at | liberty to disclose its contents and that important legislation pending in the House probably would prevent | the committee’s discussing it for per- haps two weeks, Rogers’ subcommittee accused Fou- lois of infractions and evasions of law and Army regulations and “gross | misconduct and inefficiency.” KAISER GREE.TING SCORED Hitler Youths Force Gen. Oldt- mann Out as Veterans’ Head. COBLENZ, Germany, June 29 (%) — For “insulting the new regime” by telegraphing greetings to the former Kaiser from a regimental reunion of | veterans, former Lieut. Gen. von Oldt- mann has been forced to resign from | the presidency of the association un- | der which the reunion was held. It was learned today that a deputa- tion of Hitler youth attended the vet- erans’ social evening and forcibly ob- jected to the “homage to monarchy.” Gen. Oldtmann’s resignation followed. One Woman in Contest. Ida Grosvenor was the only woman among 55 entrants in a jubilee clay- pigeon shoot in London. Pay off the “Stand offs” Suppose the boss “put you off” at pay day like you “stand off” the doctor, thegrocer,oran F Street merchant! Would it make Are you giving your doctor, your any difference? a square deal to grocer or the store where you trade, when you promise to pay and don’t —or when you pay no attention to kindly notices of delinquency looking to a satisfac- tory settlement. You may borrow money at The Morris Plan Bank “to pay off the stand off”—to get your scattering debts grouped i n one place—to make possible ap orderly use of your income and to enable you to ulti- mately “round the corner.” Why not try The Morris Plan? Morris Plan Bank Under Supervision U. S. Treasury The Bank for the Individual Capital and Surplus $250,000 ment will store much of its huge gold reserve. miles from the Atlantic, behind the natural barriers of the Rockies and the Appalachians, of the types of combat cars used by the 1st Cavalry, which will guard the gold. said he planned to study the report | of | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 30, 1935—PART ONE. Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Where U. S. Will Safeguard Gold Map showing location of Fort Knox, Ky, where, in an impregnable subterranean vault, the Govern- The spot is about 2,100 miles from the Pacific Coast and 600 Inset shows one IDigg.ing Is Begun in Kentucky On Site of Cache for U. S. Gold By the Associated Press. FORT KNOX, Ky., June 29.—Seven | laborers dug a hole in a field of | daisies and wild dewberry vines on | this rugged military reservation today, | apparently unaware they were work- ing on the tentative site of a cache for millions of the Government’s gold. While six of them ate their lunch under a handy shade tree, the seventh | looked down into the yawning pit. | “What are you digging that hole for, Buddy?” he was asked. “To see how far it is to bed rock,” he replied. ‘The laborer was Informed that | gold there. | ~He flicked the sweat off his fore- head. The sun was blistering hot. | “Is that what we are digging for? | I thought it was to find bed rock.” His answer was correct so far as it went. He was digging for bed rock. Sam Anderson, Loulsville surveyor, was directing a comprehensive survey stood on a pile of fresh red clay and | Uncle S8am planned to bury a lot of | of the site to obtain topographical in- formation, a contour of the plat, the nature of the subsoll and the depth to solid rock. The site has been selected tentative- 1y by the Government for construction of subterranean vaults in which to store much of the gold now on the Atlantic seaboard. With Western | gold reserves cached at Denver and Eastern reserves deposited under- ground here, two great natural bar- | riers—the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachians—will guard the bullion from possible enemy invasion or mobs. Treasury officials have asked for the plans here to be completed by Au- gust 1. Plans announced by the Treasury Department call for an expenditure of $450,000 on the project. Specifica- tions include erection of an office | building above the underground de-| | positories. The plat is readily accessible by one good road and a number of pass- | able trails. 'TWO WITNESSES END BOND FRAUD HEARING Depositions Taken for Commis- sioner to Determine if Prisoner Should Be Expedited. NEW YORK, June 29 (P).—At- torneys for Charles Jean Drossner, opposing extradition of their client | to France to face charges of selling | fraudulent bonds on June 30 and July 3, 1928, completed their case today. They called two witnesses, Jules Howard, & jeweler of New Rocheile, N. Y, and Dr. George C. Tallerday, former ship's doctor on the 8. S. America, in an attempt to strengthen their contention that Drossner was in New York during the Summer of 1928. | Cross-examined by Leon Drolet, counsel for the French government, neither could recall exact dates on which they had seen the defendant. Th depositions of witnesses who testified this week at the hearing be- fore Joseph M. Carney will be sent to the United States commissioner for the eastern district of Wisconsin, who will rule as to whether Drossner is to be returned to France. Drossner, now being held in Milwaukee, was convicted as an absentee in 1932, but Drolet said he would be given a new trial if the extradition is granted. Announces the at the factory, and 46 PILOTS ENTER Inauguration of Annual Event Is Delayed by Lack of Wind. | By the Associated Press. ELMIRA, N. Y., June 20.—Lack of wind prevented 46 of the Nation's leading glider pilots from inaugurat- 1mz the sixth annual national soaring contest here today in a program dedi- cated to Warren E. Eaton of Norwich, former president of the Gliders’ So- clety. Eaton, a brother of State Repub- | Hcan Chairman Melvin C. Eaton and accident last December at Miami. the largest in history. One hundred ;ure expected before next midweek. | Mrs. Genevieve Eaton, widow of Warren E. Eaton, announced that the Eaton award of $550 in cash and a trophy will be given this year to the pilot soaring to the highest altitude. Lombardo Rescues 4. NEW YORK, June 29 (#)—Guy | Lombardo, orchestra leader, out to- day for his first cruise in his new $10,000 speedboat, rescued four per- sons from a cruiser stranded on a rock near Hell Gate, in East River. Appointment of Bell Motors, Inec. 1512 14th St. N.W. ssA PACKARD peacer We take pleasure in making this an- nouncement. It results directly from the over- whelming recep- tion accorded the new Packards for 1935, including the Packard 120 priced at $980 to $1,095, the larger Packard models which are winning nearly half the fine car business. Packard-Washington Motor Car Co. Connecticut at S GLIDER CONTEST| the country’s leading exponent of | motorless flight, was killed in a glider The registration of 46 pilots on the | first day of the two-week meet was | OKLAHOMA MINE FIGHTING FLARES Arms Seized by Authorities. Troops Restore Quiet in Kansas Area. By the Associated Press. GALENA, Kans, June 29.—Fight- ing broke out in picket lines in the strike-troubled lead and szinc mines of Northeastern Oklahoma today as order was restored by National Guardsmen in the Kansas sector of the tri-State fleld. Oklahoma officers seized 16 loaded rifles and shotguns and four pistols in a pool hall at Hockerville, Okla. Owen Watts, assistant attorney gen- the raid, said that 15 Oklahoma mines are being picketed in the strike of union miners for better working con- ditions and recognition in collective bargaining. Gov. E. W. Marland ordered 10 of his 12 State highway patrolmen to the Oklahoma area of the Missouri-Kan- sas-Oklahoma fleld, Seven workers arrested after a clash with pickets at Picher were charged with rioting. They pleaded innocent and bonds were set at $1,000 each. Approximately 200 Kansas National Guardsmen patrolled the streets of Galena and guarded the Eagle-Picher Mining & Smelting Co. after rescuing 28 beseiged company guards. ‘The guards took refuge in the com- pany office after strike sympathizers blocked reopening of the plant yester- day with clubs and pistols. Two machine guns protected the smelter. INCOME OF FARMERS SET AT $520,000,000 Agricultural Department Reports | Increase Over April and Also of May of 1034, | By the Associated Press. The Agriculture Department pub- licity section reported yesterday that cash income to farmers from sales of |farm products, plus Government benefit payments, totaled $520,000,- 000 in May, compared to $506,000,000 |1n’Apnl and $438,000,000 in May, 1934, The cash income last month from | sales of products was reported at | $484.000,000, compared with $457,- 000,000 in April and $422,000,000 in May, 1934. Government rental and benefit payments in May were $36,000,000, compared with $49,000,- ;‘000 in April and $16,000,000 in May, 1934. The cumulative total of cash in- come from January to June 1, this year, was reported at $2423,000,000, compared to $2,137,000,000 in the same months of 1934. Of the total this year the income from sales alone was $2,167.000,000. The department predicted that the income in June will exceed the income of $410,000,- 000 received in June last year. Sets Fire to Beard. While lighting a cigarette, Henri Barbin, aged 83, of La Rochelle,| France, set fire to his long beard and | was burned to death. EIGHT Main Office: Farmers & Mechanics Friendship Branch: Chevy Chase Branch: Northwest Branch: Park Road Branch: Banking and CONVENIENT LOCATIONS 1503 Pa. Ave. N.W. Wisc. Ave. & M St. N.W. Wise. Ave. & Warren St. Dupont Circle Branch: 1913 Mass. Ave. N.W. 18th St. and Columbia Rd. 14th St. and Park Road Trust SERVICE od¢l Plane Winner Honore eral, who led five State operatives in |* Robert Brown, 14 years old, 9303 Montgomery avenue, North Chevy Chase, Md., is shown receiving the scale-model contest of the District Eighteen other prizes were presented at a ceremony yesterday afternoon in the aircraft museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Left to right are: The 1935 champion, holding the award; John H. Williams, supervisor of the league, and Ernest Stout, former league instructor, who presented the awards. WISCONSIN U. POET MARRIES STUDENT Young Bride of William Ellery Leonard Promises to Be Always by Side. By the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis., June 29.—8nowy haired William Ellery Leonard, poet whose fear of distance keeps him al- ways within a few blocks of the University of Wisconsin, where he teaches, took a young bride into his “phobic prison” today. The 59-year-old professor was mar- ried to 27-year-old Grace Golden, graduate student, also a poet, in the seclusion of his modest campus apart- ment. None but a few intimate friends witnessed the ceremony. It was Prof. Leonard’s third ven- ture in marriage. His narrative of sonnets, “Two Lives,” tells of the tragic suicide of his first wife. He took his second wifse some 20 years ago, when he began his exisence within the narrow area of one-half a square mile, from which he has since been afraid to wander. That romance | ended in divorce last year. The new Mrs. Leonard took a vow today to become the professor's con- stant companion on the few shaded streets that make up his little world, to swim with him off the nearby shore of Lake Mendota, and to be always at home when he is, so that there might be no feeling of “empti- ness” in their apartment. 13 Missing in Bus Fire. CASABLANCA, Morocco, June 29 () —Thirteen persons were missing and eight others seriously burned to- day when an overturned bus burst into flames and burned to cinders. The ac- cident occurred at Khemisset des Zemmours, on the highway from Ra- bat to Meknes. Authorities express fears that the 13 were burned to death. champlonship award in the annual of Columbia Model Aircraft League. model which won him the highest ~—Star Staff Photo. RECRUITING BARRED IN CAMPS OF C. C. C. Army Officers Instructed to Get | 46,500 “Rookies” From Other Sources. By the Associated Press. When Army recruiting officers be- | gin their drive tomorrow to recruit b.0.P. GATHERING DENIED SANCTION Ohio Chairman Notifies Re- gional Conference Planners. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 29.--A regional conference of Republicans of six States planned for July 8 and 9 in Cleveland, will be without the blessing of the party's State head- quarters, a party official said today. The meeting is being arranged by George H. Bender, former State Sena- tor and president of the Ohio Federa- tion of Republican Clubs. Ed Schorr, who is chairman of the Republican States Central and Execu- tive Committees, made public today & letter to Bender, saying “since you did not see fit to confer with Re- publican State headquarters, I con- sider it necessary” to advise Repub- licans the conference has not been called by party headquarters. Republicans from Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Tennes- see and Kentucky have been invited to the Cleveland meeting. Bender, in Cleveland, issued a state- ment declaring it was only after arrangements for the Cleveland meet- ing had been started that “certain individuals, who feit they were not permitted to ride roughshod over it,” expressed opposition. PEASON’S ACCUSERS REACH U. S. TOMORROW Charges Against Virgin Islands Governor to Be Disclosed at 46,500 “rookies” they will be under | specific orders not to recruit in C. C.| C. camps. | Army officlals said yesterday the War Department would follow Presi-| dent Roosevelt'’s wishes concerning recruiting to the letter. The _Tesi- dent already has made clear his feel- ing that the Civilian Conservation Corps should be considered a non- | military organization and was not | designed to serve as a “feeder” for | the Army. | Recruiting officers in each disteict | have been instructed not to send of- ficers or men into C. C. C. camps in | an attempt to fill their quotas from the C. C. C. enroliees. If, however, members of the C. C. C. resign from that organization, or complete their l'fsm' they can, if they desire, en- t ‘The 46,500 men to be recruited be- | ginning July 1 were authorized by | Congress in order to increase the | Army to an efficlent peace-time strength. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, | chief i stag, anticipates that that | number of men will literally in-| | crease the actual fighting strength of the Army to double its size, since all new men will be trained for actual fighting and not assigned to non- fighting activities. | Reich Jobs Increase. Unemployment in Germany dropped I | 415,000 in a recent month, | ——— Cost of Living Mounts. The mounting cost of living is be- | coming serious in Bolivia. of Washington, D. C. JUNE 29, 1935 CASH— RESOURCES INVESTMENTS— U. S. Government bonds and notes, direct and /or fully guaranteed U. S. Government bonds and notes (to ment and Branch: notes (to secure Govern- other deposits) $1,908,326.36 U. S. Government bonds and qualify for ex- ercise of fiduciary powers) 1,140,688.75 State and municipal securities All other securities— 14,179,004.57 Hearing Tuesday. By the Associated Press. A handful of men from the Virgin Islands will arrive in New York by steamer tomorrow en route here in an effort to back their charges of maladministration against Gov. Paul M. Pearson before a Senate investi- gating committee. The group is headed by Paul M. Yates, former administrative assis- tant, who was discharged by Pear- son “for the good of the service,” and Judge T. Webber Wilson of the Virgin Islands District Court. The charges against the 64-year- old Governor and former Chautaqua lecturer have rot been made public, but will be disclosed when hearings open at 10 a.m. Tuesday. “We're ready,” the Governor said today. Man Paints 2,000 Portraits. Philip de Laszla, the well-known painter, who has just completed in Rome his 2,000th portrait, has started to write his memoirs. De Laszlo's first important work was executed in 1899, when he won the Paris Salon gold medal two years in_gjccession, with his paintings of Prinfe Hohen- lohe and Pope Leo XIII. He has had sittings from three Popes and two Archbishops of Canterbury. Recent- ly he has been engaged on a large canvas depicting womanhood in the war, which is titled “1914-1919." U. S. Talkies Popular. American talkies are the most popu- lar in Argentina this season. THE RIGGS NATIONAL BANK CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONDITION In vaults and with Federal Reserve Bank § 9,911,998.80 With other banks............... $24,091,003.37 $33,142,816.37 3,049,015.11 Pledged to secure deposits. $ 146,852.50 Unpledged ............ 5,082,983.24 Conn. Ave. & Morrison St. LOANS— Commercial Secured loans Real estate loans on first mortgages. All other loans and discounts. ....... 700,997.59 5,229,835.74 paper purchased...........$ Banking houses B Furniture and fixtures (after depreciation allowance) . ..... Other real estate Customers’ liability on account of acceptances executed . Deposit with Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Seventh Street Branch: 7th and Eye Sts. N.W. DEPOSITS (Trust department and other secured, in accordance with law, by pledge of securities............... 42,122,664.81 110,000.00 7,355,774.16 1,427,104.07 8,018,589.83 16,911,468.06 2,658,485.21 464,661.56 70,411.22 44,398.50 78,252.24 120,407.71 $86,561,752.68 —_— ceeo. $78,272,745.32 .$ 1,300,886.27 Not secured by pledge................ 76,971,859.05 $78,272,745.32) e COMPLETE Reserved for interest and taxes accrued, and F. assessment . Acceptances Total Liabilities ..covvveeieiinnnnneenceninens CAPITAL FUNDS— Surplus Undivided profits Reserve for retirement of preferred stock. Total capital funds......covvviiiiieniinns Common ....... $3,000,000.00 Preferred .. . 1,590,000.00 D. 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