Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast) Generally fair and slightly warmer to- night and tomorrow, .except possibly a thundershower tomorrow afternoon Temperatures—Highest, 89, at 5:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 71, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page B-5. Closing N. Y. Markets, No. 33,328. DOUGHTON FILES TAX BILL REPORT 10 SPEED PASSAGE " Majority Ignores Attack by G. 0. P. and Simply Ex- plains Draft. WITNESSES PROTEST $270,000,000 MEASURE Benate Committee Hears Objec- tions—Schedule May Be Called Up in House Tomorrow. See Page A-4 for majority and minority reports on the tar bill. BY JOHN C. HENRY, A majority report of the House Ways and Means Committee, officially estimating the new tax bill would raise $270,000,000 a year, was sub- mitted to the House today. Meanwhile, with only few excep- tions, a solid front of opposition to the administration’s tax program arose to face the Senate Finance Committee, holding hearings on the measure. ‘The majority report was presented s few hours after Republican com- mitteemen had issued a minority re- port criticizing the bill as a “political gesture” and contending it would not raise enough money to pay running expenses of the Government for two ‘weeks. Chairman Doughton, Democrat, of North Carolina, said he planned to call the bill up on the floor tomorrow, and would try to get it passed by the House by Saturday. Majority Ignores Attack. In contrast with the sharp de- nunciation of the measure as expressed in the minority report, the major- ity filed merely an explanatory re- port on the bill, avoiding almost en- tirely any attempt to justify enact- ment of the measure or to answer Re- publican attacks on the legislation. Quoting first the President's mes- sage, the majority report then outlines the contents of the four titles of the bill and makes the estimate that §270,- 000,000 will be raised by is provisions in a full year of operation. These in- | creases they list as follows: Source of revenue and estimated additional revenue: Increased surtaxes -~ $45,000,000 15,000,000 100,000,000 | Inheritance tax» 86,000,000 24,000,000 In regard to the matter of increas- ing surtax rates from $50,000 up in- stead of from $1,000,000, as suggested | by the President, the committee ma- Jority says: “An income of $50,000 per annum, if from investments at 5 per cent, represents a capital of $1,000,000. Your committee is of the opinion that the surtax rates proposed, starting at $50,000 and graduated to $5,000,000, carry out the general policy expressed in the President’s message.” Corporation Tax F -plained. The committee also mentioned its decision to impose a small graduation in taxes on corporation incomes in the following statement: “The President recommended the substitution of a graduated income tax on corporations in lieu of the present income tax imposed at a uni- Zform rate. This is a new principle which has never been used in this country and therefore your committee, in sec- tion 102 (a) of the bill, is recom- mending only a very moderate grad- uation.” The President's suggestion was for graduation from 103 per cent up to 16% per cent, instead of the present uniform 13% per cent. The bill as re- ported, however, has a graduation of only 1 per cent between the ranges of 13% and 14}4 with $15000 of net income taken as the basis for dif- Terence. In justification of its insertion of a new excess profits tax in the measure. the majority says: “Section 105 of title 1 of the bill proposed a revision of our existing excess profits tax by substituting graduated rates for a uniform 5 per cent. This tax is not specifically men- tioned by the President, but your com- mittee feels that it is in line with his general policy to tax those with ability to pay whether they be individuals or corporations.” Minerity Scores Bill. With regard to titles 2 and 2 of the bill, which contain inheritance taxes and gift taxes on donees, the majority report merely describes ap- plication of the proposed taxes, to- gether with tables showing estimated Tevenue. In contrast to this factual report from the majority, the minority of the House committee hit out vigorous- ly at what they termed a political (See TAXES, Page 5.) WEST POINTERS LEAVE SAVANNAH BY MOTOR Convoy of 279 Cadets Will Re- quire Day to Reach Fort Benning. By the Associated Press. SAVANNAH, Ga, Fort period, 279 cadets of the West Polnt Military Academy left here in a motor » band concert, sight-seeing tour, and & ball. ‘The only colored cadet of the lot. B. Pages 15, 16, 17 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Roosevelt Silent on Tax Bill, But Hits Evasion by ‘Thrifty’ Favors Anything to Put Stop to ‘Delib- erate Avoidance’ of Payments—‘Soak Rick’ Clearly BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt today declined to comment upon the tax bill as finally reported out by the House Ways and Means Committee, but at the same time made it clear his aim is to “soak the rich” in levying new taxes. At his press conference, Mr. Roose- velt explained he has been studying taxes and that his study has devel- oped the fact that “58 of the thrifti- est people in the United States— people whose incomes are a.million dollars or more a year,” paid no tax to the Federal Government :n 1932 on 37 per cent of their net incomes. He added that they escapéd because they had investments in tax-exempt securities. The President then went on to call ceived to the effect that one family had 197 family trusts, for the purpose ! of avoiding, or greatly reducing the surtaxes. The President smilingly re- ! thrifty family. When asked by some of the newspaper men to reveal the {name, he said that the law did not | give him that privilege. attention to information he has re- | | marked that this also was a very | The WASHINGTON, D. C, Aim of Levies. The President said emphatically that he is in favor of anything that would put a stop to this deliberate tax avoidance, but he thought that the only successful way in which it could be accomplished would be by constitutional amendment relating to tax-exempt securities. The President then called attention to tax avoidance through the medium of gifts. He mentioned the fact that while the present gift-tax legislation was in the process of enactment in| 1932 one taxpayer just two months | before enactment transferred $100,- | 000,000 from his name to tax-free gifts. He added that another indi- vidual transferred $50,000,000. The President referred to such acts ‘ ting the gun.” Regarding these gift-tax evasions, the President referred to the Supreme Court de- cision of 1931. and called particular attention to the dissenting opinion of Associate Justice Stone. The Presidert said that some time in the coming Autumn there will be a | conference in Washington of Federal, | State and loce! tax officials for the. | purpose of discussing the general sub- | | Ject of taxes. He said this conference | has been contemplated for some time. | FORTS IN PACELC Possibility of Fortifying | Aleutians and Other Isles ‘ in 1937 Seen. | Secretary Swanson told newspaper | men at his regular press conference today that the American Navy is Islands in Alaska and other bases in the Pacific, after the expiration of | ber 31, 1936. Earlier in the day, President Roose- | velt had said that rumors of con-| | templated fortification were conjectur- and-when stories. | The cabinet officer recalled that he had been thinking about these fortifi- cations long before the London Naval Treaty was signed in 1930. Should & new naval treaty confer- ence be called to replace the pact, Secretary Swanson said the question of hew bases in the Pacific and forti- up. Other Problems Included. | Under the present treaty limitations |th¢ United States is prohibited from fortifying the Philippines, Guam or | Wake Island, as well as the Aleutian { Islands. The treaty does not affect |Samoa and the Hawalian Islands, { which are on the United States side of the 180th meridian. In the case i of the Aleutian Islands, a special pro- vision was made banning any bases or | fortifications on that part of the - | Alaskan group going beyond the 180th | meridian. | Secretary Swanson said that, irre- | | spective of recent international de- | velopments, the American Navy is | continuing its warship building pro- | limits set forth in the London naval | treaty by 1942, The Vinson act ac- | complishes this. The cabinet officer | sald, however, that the question of when Washington shall replace battle- | ships, overaged as measured by the | London pact, has not been deter- mined. ! World to Be Factor. ishlpbufldlng activities other signa- | Seven battleships will be overage on January 1, 1937. Asked what the Government will do on cruisers and other ships, Secre- tary Swanson replied that “after the treaty expires, we shall meet that problem when it comes.” “We believe in keeping an adequate Navy to preserve our territorial areas and rights,” declared Secretary Swan- son. MORGAN HOLDING PARLEYS IN LONDON Confers With Political and Finan- cial Leaders of British Empire. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 31.—J. P. Morgan, American financier, is holding a series of conferences with political and financial leaders of Great Britain. After his visit to Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin yesterday, Morgan expected to see other ministers dur- ing his annual visit here before de- parting for his usual holiday in Scot- land. It was understood that financial matters are taking most of his time, and that he will continue his discus- sion during a house party in Scot- land. | REBEL CHIEF SENTENCED Woman Sakdal “General” Gets 4-10 Years in Philippines. WEGHEDBY U.5. considering fortifying the Aleutian | the London Naval Treaty on Decem- al; that the reports were simply if-| fying the Aleutians would be brought | gram on the policy of reaching the | The Navy's head indicated the ad- | ministration will be guided by what | | tories to the London treaty undertake. | 1.5, MAY ANSWER Acting Secretary Phillips| Studying Police Report on Flag Incident. BULLETIN. BERLIN, July 31 (#).—The mu- nicipal press and propaganda office | today warned Jews not to come to | Berlin. | ‘The warning read: “It has been recently noted that, despite diffi- | cult circumstances, there has been | an excessive influx of strangers, | especially Jewish elements, into Berlin. “As this influx is entirely unde- sirable and contrary to the Reich government’s measures, the future arrivals of needy Jews, and also their families, will receive health care but no other public relief.” By the Associated Press. The United States is expected to send to the German Embassy tomor- row a formal answer to .the German government's protest on alleged mis- treatment of the Nazi flag on the steamship Bremen. William Phillips, Acting Secretary of State, said today he had received a complete report from the New York | Police Department of the incident in | which anti-Nazi demonstrators tore the swastika flag from the Bremen's flagpole last Friday night. Facts Being Studied. The information, Phillips said, was | | now being studied for use as the | basis of the American reply to the German protest. The State Department communi- cated formally with Gov. Herbert Leh- man, but received an answer to its informal inquiry from the police com- missioner of New York City before | the Governor’s reply came in. Note to Go to Leitner. The American note, it is under- stood, will be sent to Dr. Rudolph Leit- ner, the German charge d’affaires. Dr. Leitner yesterday delivered a formal note to the State Department re- questing that American authorities do everything possible to insure that the anti-Nazis be punished. 33 MULES BURNED IN STOCKYARD FIRE 125 Unbroken Horses Stampeded Down Kansas City Street, Delaying Apparatus. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, July 31.—Fire burned one barn of mules and horses and raged for an hour in the Kansas City, Mo., stock yards early today be- fore it was brought under control. An estimate of the loss was not available immediately, and the origin was undetermined. At least 33 mules were destroyed in one section of the burned barn, which housed 300 More than 125 horses, some of them unbroken Western saddle stock, were released by hostlers and stampeded down a main traffic artery, hindering fire trucks en route to the scene. It was the first fire in the yards in 14 years. Approximately one block, one-tenth of the area devoted to horses and mules, was burned. Most of the other animals were housed to the south and east and were not in danger. Fifteen fire companies were called, two of them from Kansas City, Kans. Readers’ Guide Women's Featutes. .. .B-17-18 [ Foening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ETHIOPIA REJECTS ANY PROPOSAL FOR LEAGUE MANDATE Selassie Summons Chiefs of Nation to Parley in Addis Ababa. TROOPS ARE DISPATCHED TO ERITREAN FRONTIER Aloisi Tells Council He Will Talk About Nothing Except Arbi- tration Question. BULLETIN. GENEVA, July 31 (#).—Premier Pierre Laval of France, Anthony Eden of Great Britain and Forelgn Commissar Maxim Litvinoff of Russia failed tonight in a private meeting to reach an accord on the basis of a formula for an Italo- Ethiopian peace move. They had been assigned to the task by the League of Nations Council. By the Associated Press. ADDIS ABABA, July 31.—The Ethiopian foreign office announced to- day that the nation would reject any proposal for an international League of Nations mandate over Ethiopia. The foreign office issued a com- | munique stating that no such pro- posal had been made to the imperial down. “No amount of prosperity under foreign domination,” declared the for- NAZIS_"]MURRUW - PO ' For Usein Hand-to-H imd Battle eign office, “would compensate for the | loss of independence.” The announcement was made short- ly after Emperor Haile Selassie had summoned the great chiefs of the na- tion to his presence. Their closely guarded conference was in a setting of native splendor. A tent of state was erected in the center of the courtyard of the palace of his majesty, the King of Kings and Conouering Lion of Judah. No Word on Deliberations. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1935—FORTY-SIX PAGES. ! FHN NOW, SIK, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR 1936 CAMPAIGN I1SSUE SPECIAL, AND ITS A PERFECT FIT IF 1 EVER SAW ONE s F \‘\%\ 3 f % N A ~923 S AR A SALES TALK. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. (UP) Means Associated Press. ( i ,//// € Menn Will Leaen: JiunJiten BY REX Open-Air Gymnasium Is Built on Top Department of Justice Building and Teachers Engaged. COLLIER. The G-men are going to learn how to disarm criminals with jiu jitsu and how to match brawn as well as brains with gangland. High atop the new Department of Justice Building workmen today Into this tent filed the great chiefs | Were putting finishing touches on a spacious open-air gymnasium, where deliberations. It was believed in the capital that Halle Selassie was conferring with his v | lieutenants on the situation in Geneva, | 0r of physical education at Columbia | where the Council of the League of University and president of the New | Nations met today to discuss the YOrk Soclety of Physical Education, Italo-Ethiopian crisis. Meanwhile, reports reached Addis Ababa that warn with airplanes had dropped anchbr in the harbor of Djibouti, French Somaliland, and Itallan munitions had been landed there. (Whether the werships were supposed to be Italian was not indi- cated.) Strategic positions along all fronts, particularly in the North, were being fortified, meanwhile, under the guid- ance of European specialists whose identities were guarded closely. ‘Troops were being dispatched to the whole Northern region, including the Tigre Province adjoining Italy's colony of Eritrea, where special measures have been taken. Full details of the military opera- tions were not available, the govern- ment declining to give out any in- formation on its projects. Shops Are Reopened. ‘War supplies, however, were not ar- riving. Shops reopened today after the gov- ernment decided to consider a petition of speculators, raquesting freedom to export the silver’ Maria Theresa tha- ler, Ethiopian curreacy. Merchants and importers suspended business yesterday at the instigation of some exchange speculators. Au- thoritative sources said, however, that the request for free export of the cur- rency probably would be rejected. Cornelius van Engert, American foreign service specialist on Near East- ern affairs, took over today the post of charge d'affaires of the United States Legation. Engert, former first secretary of the | American Legation at Cairo, arrived late last night on the train bringing two Ethiopian graduates of Cornelly and Howard Universities, hastening to join the Ethiopian Army. Emperor Haile Selassie, meanwhile, T (See ETHIOPIA, Page 3. BOYKIN ELECTED Mobile Man Named Bepusel;t:- tive of First Alabama District. MOBILE, Ala., July 31 (#).—Unop- posed, Frank W. Boykin of Mobile has been named Representative from the first' Alabama district in a “formality” election. He succeeds former Repre- sentative John McDuffie, who re- signed to accept appointment to the Federal bench here. Boykin's term will expire at the November, 1936, election. Unofficial tabulations showed only 368 votes cast in the election yesterday. Previously, in the Democratic primary, Boykin led two other candidates. | will be taught the latest methods the like. Dr. Jesse Feiring Williams, profes- < has been placed on the faculty to in- ! struct the men in physicalg¢raining. . . Even Showers I & ‘The center will have & variety of gymnastic equipment like that to be found in any modern gymnasium. There will be a number of dressing | rooms and shower baths. At regular intervals the crime stu- dents will adjourn from the class | rooms to the roof, change to gym | suits and plunge into a strenuous routine of muscle-building calisthenics. The purpose of this training is not only to improve general health but to fit the students for hand-to-hand battle with desperadoes. The physical training course was ar- ranged by Investigation Director J. Ed- | gar Hoover with-a view to enabling nis men to disarm criminals where close | quarters require physical conflict. The men will be taught how to break a hold obtained by a surprise attack and how | by Oriental science. | It is understood the gymnasium will | be used also by agents already in the service whenever they are brought to Washington for regular retraining studies. Athletes on Force. Hoover’s force already includes a number of former professional and collegiate athletes. Seven agents have played professional and six semi- professional base ball, four have been base ball coaches and seven foot ball coaches, four were professional and several were semi-pro gridiron players, and others ar: former basket ball players or coaches. In addition there are a number of expert boxers and wrestlers, including a former State | intercollegiate boxing champion and a former intercollegiate wrestling champion. AMERICAN IS POSSIBLE CHOICE FOR COURT POST James Brown Scott Is Listed Among 24 Eligibles by League Document. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, July 31—An American, James Brown Scott, was among the 24 candidates listed today in a League of Nations document for the vacancy on the Permanent Court of Interna- tional Justice caused by the death of Viscount Mineichiro Adachi of Japan. The list of candidates included Al- fredo Furriol of Uruguay, Victor Maurtua of Panama, two Haitians and three Japanese. Harukazu Nagaoka, former Japanese Minister to Berlin, was considered the most likely choice. U. S. S. Nevada, in Close Race, Takes Engineering Honors A stiff competition for engineering honors, in which two warships réin almost even until the last day of the fiscal year,June 30, was resolved to- day by Secretary Swamson in favor of the battleship Nevada. Second place went to the Pennsylvania, In making the announcement today the Navy Department said that the competition of the two vessels was 50 keen close calculations had to be made to determine the winner. Admiral William H. Standley, chief has be enabled to wear a miniature “E” on their uniforms. Commanding the Nevada during most of the competition year was Capt. Adolphus Staton, now at the Army’s command and general staff store, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. The assistant commanding officer is Capt. ‘| Robert L. Ghormley, who assumed command June 85. ‘The: Pennsylvania, which is the flagship of the commander in chief of the fleet, is commanded by Capt. Rus- sell Willson, who relieved Capt. P. H. Sadler on April 17, enabling him to Naval War College, at New- to throw their adversaries to the floor | | —and no word came forth as to their police and Federal agents attending the newly opened anti-crime college of boxing, wrestling, jiu jitsu and ABNER DRURY INC. "IN BANKRUPTCY Low - Priced Beer From Other Cities Blamed. ! Petition Filed. | Unable to compete with low-prlced" beer from other cities, the Abner Drury Brewery, Inc., today filed a voluntary petition in bankruptey in District Supreme Court. The corporation, through Attorney Edmund D. Campbell, said it is un- able to pay its debts and stated its | willingness to surrender all of its | property for the benefit of creditors. The Abner Drury Brewery was the first firm here to manufacture beer after repeal. Its schedules of assets | and liabilities will be filed within the | next 10 days. ‘The brewery was founded in 1898. During prohibition the plant turned out soft drinks end ice cream. POST SEEKS PASSPORT FOR SIBERIAN FLIGHT Laura Ingalls Awaits Favoring Weather for Flight From West Coast to Gotham. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 31.—Passport | and weather problems kept two noted pilots from getting on projected air journeys today. Wiley Post, planning a trip with Mrs. Post to Alaska and Siberia, had to iron out a misunderstanding with the Government over his passport cre- dentials. Officials in San Francisco said they did not know whether the flyer was seeking a new passport or renewal of an old one. Post himself could not be reached here for comment. Laura Ingalls, dimunitive aviatrix, awaited favorable weather before hop- ping away on a proposed non-stop flight to New York. Observers at Union Air Terminal, where she keeps her plane, said conditions across the country were not inviting. e CHIVALROUS GESTURE COSTS MAN HIS LIFE Gives Woman Only Nickel for Fare on Elevated—Falls Climb- ing Pillar to Platform. By the Associated Press. BROOKLYN, July 31.—A man who parted with a nickel today to be chivalrous ended by paying with his life. William Burke, 34, arrived with Miss Georgiana O'Brien at the Sara- toga avenue station on the Fulton street elevated line. He found he had a single 5-cent piece. His com- panion had no money. “Take this,” he said proffering his lone nickle. “I'll ride. Wait and see.” Burke descended to the street and began a 100-foot climb up a pillar. Just as he was about to grasp the platform and swing up to it he slipped and fell to the street. He died two- hours later. Blast Entombs 77. BREYTON, the Transvaal, Union of -| South Africa, July 31 UP.—An ex- plosion in the Marshfield colliery near here entombed 77 miners, three of them white, today. s WADOD'S GOLD SUT PLAN WINS Banking Committee Votes| to Allow Court Actions for Six Months. By the Associated Press Administering a sharp setback to the administration, the Senate Bank- ing Committee today reported out the gold clause bill revised to permit suits on Government obligations for six) months after enactment of the measure. The amendment, by Senator Mc- Adoo, Democrat, of California, would permit suits either on Government “gold clause” obligations now matured, | or upon interest coupons, but would | require the bondholder to show he | had been injured by the action of | the Government in refusing payment | of gold on its obligations. | The change was attached to the| bill by a vote of 11 to T over the op- | position of administration leaders on | the committee who had sought to, approve the measure in a form out- lawing all suits on Government gold notes or obligations. The bill provided that for six months | after enactment, suits for damage | could be brought against the Govern- ment “upon any gold clause securities | | of the United States or for interest thereon, or upon any coin or currency | of the United States, or upon any |claim or demand arising out of any surrender, requisition, seizure, or ac- | volving the effect or validity of any change in the metallic content of the of money.” ‘The amendment would leave intact any such suits already pending. There are two in the Court of Claims, 15 KILLED, 16 HURT AS HOME COLLAPSES quisition of any such coin or cur-| rency or any gold or silver and in- | dollar or other regulation of the value | Yesterday’s Circulation, 121,339 Some Returns Not Yet Received. TWO CENTS. 30 1. PROFTS D TOAG.EBY LOBBY WITNES Senators Send Subpoena to New York for Hopson, Missing Witness. HOUSE GmABLE TO LOCATE SELLERS Patton Exonerated by Cox After Giving Details of Financial Dealings. By the Associated Press. Evidence was presented to the Sen- ate Lobby Committee today by a New York State investigator that ‘the As- sociated Gas & Electric system dur- ing the depression charged its oper- ating subsidiaries 300 per cent above cost for engineering services. Earlier the committee transmitted 8 subpoena for H. C. Hopson, missing head of the concern, to the United States marshal at New York. Simultaneously the House Rules Committee—also investigating lobby- ing in connection with the utilitie bill—made known that it had been unable to locate E. V. Sellers, N. R. A employe who expressed doubt that a box taken by Representatve Patton. Democrat, of Texas, from the hotel room of JoLa W. Carpenter, president of the Texas Power & Light Co., con- tained cigars. C. H. Tavenner, committee investi- gator, said Sellers is still on the N R. A. pay roll, but that at the offices there “they were rather evasive. They told me he might be back in s few days. They understood he was away on a little trip.”* Patton was on the stand before Tavenner testified and went into de- tails as to his financial status w he bought the bonds that have figured previously in the testimony. Patton told the committee that he had approximately $2,600 left for liv ing expenses after buying four bona. for $3,000 early this year. Recently, before the Senate Lobb Committee, he said his salary as member of Congress during this p- riod was $3,100. Today he said he ha funds in addition to his salary. Cox Exonerates Patton. At the conclusion of his testimon: Representative Cox, Democrat, o! Georgia sald: “The fact is you have been done & very great wrong.” “I think s0,” Patton repiied. “I hope” Cox added, “the pres will take the pains to make it cleat that your explanation before this com- mittee is a clear exoneration of any implication as a result of testimony before the Senate committee.” Steuart C. Ross, accountant for the New York Utilities Committee, testi- fied that the W. 8. Barstow & Co., wholly owned by the system, charged operating subsidiaries $5,330,000 from: 1929-1933 for services that cost §1.- 34.000. That's a profit of 300 per cent {isn’t 1t?” Chairman Black asked “I can agree with that statement,” | Ross replied. Earlier Senator Schwellenbach, Democrat, of Washington, placed in the record figures from the Federal Trade Commission that the predeces- sor of the Barstow company charged | $1,343,000 from 1927 to 1929 for serv- ices that cost $145,000. | Ross emphasized that these fees | were charged against the fixed capital account of the operating companies %0 they became part of the rate base He described this system as “pretty slick.” Denied Access to Records. He testified also that the New York Public Service Commission had been denied access to the records of the Barstow company to drtermine | House Where Mme. Curie Was Born Falls, Burying Occupants. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, July 31.—About 15 per- sons were killed and 16 injured today when an old house, the birthplace of Marie Curie, co-discoverer of radium, collapsed. Exact figures of the number %of casualties were withheld as the rescue work continued. The four-storied house collapsed without warning upon the sleeping inmates at 5 a.m. Its occupants were estimated to number 36, but how many were within it at the time of the collapse was not immediately determined. Four bodies were brought out promptly and at least 10 persons occupying the lower floors of the house were believed to have been buried in the debris. Two women were located alive, but could not be reached, as the masonmy continued to fall. St PARALYSIS IN GEORGIA Children in Decatur Barred From Public Meetings. DECATUR, Ga., July 31 (®.—Chil- dren were barred from all public meeting places in Dekalb County this morning following the discovery of a case of infantile paralysis here. Children under 16 will be excluded from swimming pools, churches, mo- tion picture shows and other gather- ing places. ADJOURNING DATE SEEN Robinson Hints at August 20 as “Possibility.” Congress may adjourn by August 20, according to Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader of the Senate, who conferred with President Roosevelt today regarding the legis- lative program. Senator Robinson, in speculating upon the date for adjournment, it was understood, was Dot making this statement as a prediction, but merely as & possibility. ! whether the charges were proper. He told the committee the Utility Management Corp., another wholly owned subsidiary, received $10,192,000 during the four years from 1930-1933 for services that cost $4,329,000. Summarizing his figures, he saio the operating companies had provided profits of more than $10,000,000 to the service companies in addition to $2,805,000 made by the private com- pany owned by Hopson. During much of this time, pre- vious testimony has shown, the sys- tem has not been paying dividends on many of its securities, including pre- ferred stock issues. Ross testified that the arrangement prevented regulating companies from controlling the profits of the system. Representative Chandler, Democrat, of Tennessee, told the House commit- tee of receiving a large number of tel- egrams opposing the utility bill which he said came from a 5-and-10-cent store in Memphis. Charges “Approved” Wires. He said an investigation discloseo that the telegrams were approved by the Memphis Power & Light Co. be- fore they were sent. He said as the messages began to arrive, he noticed similarities in hand- writing and decided to lay them aside. “When I received so many tele- grams—8,000 or 10,000—if was evident to me these messages did not repre- sent the attitude of the people I rep- resent,” he testified. “The telegrams were in such lan- guage that it was very easy to see they were not written by the girls in the store,” he amplified. The committee questioned Garnets 8. Claypool, lawyer, who said he rep- resented the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. and Southern Ohio Electric Co. “against the ‘death sentence’ in the utility bill.” He denied entertaining members of Congress, but said he contacted prob- able about & half or a dozen Ohio House members, “using every argu- ment I could think of against the leg- Concurrently the Senate Lobby Committee was charged by counsel for the Associated Gas & Electric System of asking “trick questions designed to create a wrong impression.” The accusation was made by Moul- trie Hitt, Washington attorney for the system. ; Hitt asserted the Senate committes (See 82 A