Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1935, Page 2

WHITEHOUSERELD S ECADINFGH Approval of President Is Thought Given Plan to Gird for Utilities War. By the Assoclated Press. Presidential approval of an aggres- aive Securities Commission fight to win holding company conformance with the new utility law was reported given yesterday at the White House conference. James M. Landis, commission chair- man, talked at length with President Roosevelt. Landis was non-committal about the parley, describing it as gen- eral in scope, but conceded the util- ities situation was mentioned. The Capital understanding, how- ever, was that Mr. Roosevelt approved the commission’s recent warning to stockholders and its generally aggres- sive attitude toward holding company registrations. 15 Days Are Left. Within 15 days, holding companies either must register with the commis- sion for supervision under the law or fight it out in the courts. There still was no positive information on the utilities’ intentions. The Committee of Public Utility Executives, Washington organization of the holding companies, announced it would issue a statement tomorrow. Reports persisted that most big companies would not register, but a utility representative insisted pri- vately no company had yet made a formal decision. The stockholder warning was Lan- dis’ recent notice that the companies will cast legal doubt on most of their major activities if they fail to register by December 1. unlawful such activities as flotation of securities unless the companies are | Tegistered. Utilities Held I Advised. There was no doubt the commission was prepared to fight all along the line, although most officials agreed with the remarks made a few days ago by Joseph P. Kennedy, former commission chairman, that the utili- ties were ill advised to battle until they knew more definitely how the act will work. To be certain of covering all tech- nical legal points and to extend full co-operation, the commission has de- cided to remain cpen Sunday, De- cember 1, to receive registrations. Ordinarily, legal papers are not ac- cepted on Sundays, but the law’s pen- alties become effective “after” De- cember 1, and it was decided to follow the statute to the letter. Some Seek Exemption. The commission, meanwhile, an- nounced that several small companies had applied for exemption from the act. These included Greenwich Wa- ter & Gas System, Greenwich, Conn.; Communty Water Service Co. of New York City, Western Light & Telephone Co. of Kansas City, Kans.; Superpower Corp. of Dover, Del., and the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co., the Cliffs Corp. and Trustees William G. Mather, Cyrus S. Eaton, Edward B. Greene, S. Livingstone Mather and G. G. Wade. There have been several other of these applications for exemption in the past three weeks, but they had no reference to the major fight, since the exemptions were sought on grounds the companies were intrastate in character or otherwise did not fall under the act. NEW FRAZIER-LEMKE CLAUSE HELD VOID Federal Court Says Congress Ex- ceeded Powers in Changing State Statute. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 16.—Ruling | that Congress had exceeded its power Junder the bankruptcy clause of the Constitution, the United States Court ©f Appeals for the seventh circuit to- day held the redemption clause of the re-enacted Frazier-Lemke act un- £onstitutional. The decision against the clause, which provided a three-year redemp- tion period under farm foreclosure, was unanimous. The case, which brought a new blow to the New Deal act, involved a mort- gage given by Bertha A. Lowman, The utility act holds | Italian | New U. S.-Canadian Pact H Are Hunted in THE SUNDAY ST ints ures Trade Fig Compact, to Be Made Public Tomorrow, Expected to Reflect in Tariff Cuts Commerce Changes Since °29. By the Associajed Press. Offiical figures showing precipitate declines since 1929 in virtually every category of American-Canadian com- merce were scanned by observers yes- terday for hints on tariff trends in the new reciprocal trade agreement. The compact, signed Friday in an impressive White House ceremony by Prime Minister Mackenzie King, for Canada, and by Secretary of State Hull, for the United States, is to be released for publication tomorrow. Until then officials of both govern- ments carefully withheld all informa- tion on its contents. Authoritative quarters assumed. however, that since the new agree- ment is designed to increase commerce by removing trade obstructions, chief attention would go to tariffs on goods which have shown the greatest slumps. Roosevelt Has Authority. Under the reciprocal trade act of 1934 President Roosevelt has authority to reduce tariffs as much as 50 per cent in exchange for similar conces- sions. No Senate ratification is re- quired for these agreements. The law forbids the President to in- crease or reduce the numbe: of articles on the American free list, which in- cludes such items as Canadian news- dent Roosevelt, Representative Coffee, Democrat, of Nebraska, expressed an opinion that if American duties on live cattle were lowered in the Ca- nadian agreement some safeguard for the Western live stock industry would be included in the form of quota limits on such imports. Other Articles Considered. Belief was expressed here that the President might have taken similar action in the new agreement with re- spect to other Canadian articles which | could compete with American goods. American exports to Canada dropped from $949,446,342 in 1929 to $210,- 651,312 in 1933, while during the same period imports from that country de- clined from $503,496,245 to $185,- 408,850. Their trade improved some- what in 1934. The respective figures ‘were $302,433,000 and $231,696,000. How this fall was reflected in spe- cific commodities, which may throw some light on the trend of the new trade agreement, is shown in Com- | merce Department figures comparing the 1929 value of trade with that of 1933. Sales in Dollars. These drops were shown in the value of sales of American products to Can- print, pulp wood and wood pulp. After a conference with Presi- Bituminous coal Fresh vegetables . Canned vegetables Oranges - Canned frui Unmanufactured cotton .. Tin plate and terneplate - | Structural iron and steel- | Bauxite, etc. - Refined copper .. Generators and parts Motors, starters, etc. | Radio apparatus Textile machinery Industrial machinery and parts. Cultivating implements __ Harvesting machinery . | Wheel tractors Motor trucks, busses and chassi: Automobiles and chassis - Auto engines - Auto parts for Soap and washing powde! | Books and printed matter. Miscellaneous American imports from Canad: | Cheese Fresh wi Cattle hides - Sole leather __ Sulphite wood pulp Sulphate wood pulp. Standard newsprint paper. Bituminous coal Copper ore - Calcium cyanide ... ada (liquor figures were unavailable for the prohibition years): 1929. $54,216,919 32,290,745 32,357,477 20,579,465 4,741,457 8,478,757 27,308,190 7,368,521 6,116,098 3,304,864 12,520,577 2,299,689 23,651,600 5,533,681 11,997,187 3,307,122 6,798,371 1,280,943 4,614,103 10,784,156 4,993,457 16,385,085 5,062,993 7,562,475 13,808,340 7,958,223 33,353,944 9,014,445 38,467,002 1,219,599 11,971,842 19,843,200 1933, 27,007,921 8,977,693 15,677,855 2,270,145 646,533 206,512 15,758 41,428 | 2,050,966 | 68,466 | 3,971,404 | 86,902 | 10,254.421 187,749 345,391 607.327 12,550 | 47700 | 486,408 | 994,635 | 1,673,069 | 1,479,421 379,604 305,288 119,221 | 427,896 | 574,557 | 1,226,528 9,189,052 178,892 | 4575,019 4,658,607 | 1933. 29,211 | 7.679 | 122913 2,858,484 | 1,576,964 | 45,774 | 441,290 | 5,762,525 | 1,687,817 | 1,164,083 | 503,315 | 6,500,588 | 406,767 | 3495913 | 5.095.676 13,404,521 2,806,525 | 60,739,934 | 722,868 | 867,358 1,564,890 7,533,395 264,630 | 1,236,023 | 1,817,705 5,662,368 5,791,032 1,847,666 1,684,883 16,248,333 5,986,085 2,777,099 4,087,458 39,587,615 3,537,286 6,850,061 14,411,600 23.609,440 6,336,876 132,282,041 2,005,062 7,089,486 23,300,230 14,411,666 5,238,282 6,220,996 G-Men Pin Down Printsof Cautious Movie Magnate Blank Sheet of Paper Is Used as Trap for Sus- picious Visitor. By the Associated Press. J. Edgar Hoover'’s “G” men can take something from nothing. A suspicious movie magnate visited | Hoover'’s office recently during the cycle owner of a 240-acre Indiana farm | of pictures about Justice Department near Hammond, to the Lafayette Life Insurance Co. The insurance company had foreclosed and bought the farm 8t a sale. The owner had sought to | enjoin the sale. The appeals court decision, written by Judge Will M. Sparks and con- curred in by Judges Samuel Alschu-. ler and Charles G. Briggle, said: “We think that in thus extending the pe- riod of redemption for three years beyond that fixed by State statutes (one year) Congress exceeded the powers conferred upon it under the | :S’avnnk:upwy clause of the Constitu- The original Frazier-Lemke act was held unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in May, 1935. The “new Frazier-Lemke stat- ute,” the one involved in the Low- man case, was enacted last August to replace it, but two Federal district courts have previously held it uncon- stitutional also. $7,500,000 DEMANDED IN COAST OIL SUIT Monopoly in Restraint of Trade Charged Against Companies in California. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 16.—The ‘Wilshire Ol Co. today s practically every major oil company operating in California for damages totaling $7,- §00,000. The suit charged that the majors attempted to create a monopoly ‘n re- straint of trade by forming the Pacific Coast Petroleum Agency, thereby dam- #ging the Wilshire company’s business. » Specifically, the 32-page complaint charged the agency members entered an agreement last November that none would sell gasoline to service stations retailing Economy gasoline, a Wil- shire product. The Wilshire company said it lost some 850 of its string of 2,500 service stations within Jess than a month. Defendants sued included Asso- clated, Shell, Texas, Union, General, Rio Grande, Gilmore, Seaside, Guar- * After several years of experimenting & method of converting pine trees of Germany into newsprint has just been agents. He was very careful to avoid putting his hands on tables or chairs. “You'll never get my finger prints,” he told the agents. A moment later he was handed a blank sheet of paper. “Look at that,” an agent said. “Well?” The agent took the paper, dusted it with powder and lifted off a complete set of fingerprints. The startled magnate finished the tour with his hands tucked under his arms. The fingerprints were returned to him and never filed here. Hoover said yesterday, however, that most of his visitors did leave their fingerprints. Mumps Hold Up School Play. ARNOLDS PARK, Iowa, November 16 (#).—Nobody cast “mumps” for a role in the high school junior class play, “Campus Quarantine,” but the disease has been holding up production for nearly two weeks. While the school isn’t under quar- antine nearly every one recently has had, or is having, mumps, including the play cast. Slum clearance and the work the Government is doing to improve such areas in the cities of America will be discussed by A. R. Clas, director of the Housing Division of the Public ‘Works administration, in the National Radio Forum tomorrow at 10:30 p.m. The National Radio Forum is ar- ranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over a network of the Na- tional Broadcasting Co., with Station ‘WRC as the local outlet. Clas has under his direction many slum clearance projects, some of them involving millions of dollars. Yawns Through 71 Days. VICTORIA, November 16 (#).—Mrs. P. E. Wakelin passed her 7Tist day of continual yawning today, cheerful, though weary and pale from the ex- hausting effects of her strange malady. “If I stop myself yawning snd keep my mouth closed for any length of time, the muscles of my face bunch up,” she said. To Discuss Slum Clearance U. S. WORK TO BE DESCRIBED IN RADIO FORUM. Forgotten in Jail, | Oklahoman Glad | To Be Released | Don’t Know Why I Was Prisoner for 7 Months, Says 55-Year-Old. By the Associated Press. TULSA, Okla., November 16.—H. A. Nickel, the “forgotten man” of the Tulsa County Jail, walked out today, saying he had no more idea why he had been in than when they locked him up seven months “Sure, I'm glad to be out,” said the graying principal in one of the “oil! capital's” oddest cases after his re-| |lease on a habeas corpus writ. “I didn’t know why I was in there and neither did anybody else.” Nickel, first arrested in September, | 1934, on a murder charge, was freed after the case resulted in a mistrial. A few weeks later he was rearrested on complaint of neighbors. He was given a sanity hearing, found sane —and left in jail, apparently “forgot- For seven months the 55-year-old bachelor roamed the jail and court house almost at will. He served at times as elevator operator, but his status of jail inmate remained un- changed. Last week, a newspaper discovered his plight. . Sheriff Garland Marrs said he was holding Nickel on “an order from the court.” The order could not be located. The case got back in court before District Judge Bradford Williams to- day. | commissioner, “biggest problem” facing the Farm | ti vas the course | A aln Mas e O | Return of the Leonid meteors, whose AR, WASHINGTO! NAZIS BUILD ARMY T0CURB RADICALS Schutzstaffel Given Task of Fighting Communism By the Associated Press. GOSLAR, Germany, November 16.—Side by side with the army, the Nazis are energetically building an- other “private” armed organization for work that the defense forces can't or won't perform. It is a special branch of the black- uniformed Schutzstaffel, led by 35- year-old Heinrich Himmler, and has the task of fighting communism in Germany. This job was outlined by Himmler today at a session of the German Nutrition Guild’s annual convention. Watch Storm Troaps. Qualified circles declare the special guards also have the task of police duty in war-time, and of watching their brother organization, the Storm Troops, and even the army “lest those creations want to become bigger than their creators.” Generally, the Schutzstaffel num- bers perhaps several hundred thou- stand picked men—the elite of the private armies the Nazis established during their rise to power. They form bodyguards for all the high leaders, participate in parades, and perform various propaganda and uni- fying functions. They carry sidearms, or none at all. 12,000 Heavily Armed. The special group, however, 1s equipped with rifles, machine guns and howitzers. It is estimated to number 12,000. Before admittance a man n;ust pass strict mental and physical tests. The men are encouraged to marry, but their flancees must undergo the same tests. FEDERAL BANKING SYSTEM 1S URGED Grange Told Operation for Private Profit Is Un- desirable. By the Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, November 16.— Transfer of the country’s banking in- | terest from private hands to the Fed- | novs for the late Arthur eral Government was urged before the National Grange today by Erwin E. King, master of the Washington State Grange. “Privately owned banks are oper- ated primarily for the profit accruing to the owners,” said King in pre- senting a resolution which he asked the national body to adopt. “We believe the time has come when banks should be operated on a service basis and not primarily for profit. “We favor a Government owned and controlled banking system, which will be operated in a similar manner to the Post Office Department.” Previously a resolution was offered advocating a maximum interest rate of 312 per cent on Federal farm loans. George Sehlmeyer, master of the California Grange, declared the reduc- tion of Interest rates was of vital necessity to agriculture and he point- ed out that National Grange in the | past had expressed favor toward & Government owned banking system. Albert S. Goss, Federal land bank told the Grange the to be pursued in returning control of farm credit to the farmer. Another resolution asks the Grange to indorse a continuance and expan- sion of postal savings as a further step “toward financlal stability.” Consideration of resolution reports starts Monday. PRESIDENT CLEARING! DESK FOR JOURNEY Checks Routine Prior to Going to ‘Warm Springs, Probably Wednesday. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt spent another long Saturday afternoon at his desk yesterday checking over the mass of | Government routine prior to a de- parture, probably next Wednesday, for Warm Springs, Ga., on his an- nual Thanksgiving visit. The domestic economic situation and international affairs again domi- nated talks with callers. George L. Berry, co-ordinator for industrial co-operation, and N. R. A. officials reported “very much im- proved” economic conditions. The President also discussed the situation with James Landis, chair- man of the Securities Commission. Before quitting his desk long after nightfall, the Chief Executive chatted with Undersecretary of State Phillips on foreign affairs, but there was no comment. Coal Commission Dislikes Nickname Of “Little N.R. A.” Chairman Says Aim of New Agency Is Con- servation. By the Associated Press. The National Bituminous Coal Commission made known yesterday that it dislikes being described as “a little N. R. A" Chairman C. F. Hosford, jr, said the act regulating the soft coal in- dustry is a conservation measure, with fus provisions clearly defined by Congress, “whereas the national re- covery act, in its broader aspect, simply made it possible for business and industry to write their own vol- untary codes.” . “The objective of the coal conserva- tion act,” sald Hosford, “is to con- serve one of the country’s greatest national resources and to stabilize the Nation-wide industry engaged in pro- ducing snd marketing coal. * ¢ * There was never the degree of enforce- ment power (in N. R. A) as | D. C, NOVEMBER 17, 1935—PART ONE. Train Derailed After Hitting Truck FHERN 1 IPH Five were hurt and the locomotive and two cars of the Southern Pacific “Daylight Limited” derailed late yesterday after hitting a truck near Gilroy, Calif. truck struck a telephone pole trying to avoid the careening engine. Shown here is the locomotive on its side. A second BAR COMMITTEE T0 AR COMPLAINT Question of Free Legal Serv- ice by Liberty League Raised by Georgian. By the Assoclated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 16. The Professional Ethics and Grie ance Committee of the American Bar Association will consider tomorrow a Georgian’s complaint that the Ameri- | can Liberty League offered free legal services to any one in defense of his constitutional rights. The Literty League has stated it of- fered to defend only those persons who lacked funds to employ counsel. The question was raised by Carl N. Davie of Atlanta. Dean Herschel W. Arant of the Ohio State University Law School, secretary of the committee, postponed discussion yesterday because two committee members were absent. Another problem to be considered Sunday concerns Federal Judge Wil- liam Clark’s criticism of three attor- (Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer. The attorneys, former Gov. George S. silzer of Newark, N. J.; Harry F. | Weinberger of Newark and former | State Senator John T. Toolan of Perth Amboy, N. J., had filed an affi- davit of prejudice cpposing Schultz’s removal from New Jersey to New York for trial. Judge Clark called it “A new low ark in the administration of crimi- nal justice.” Dean Arant said the committee would consider whether “any dis- ciplinary action” would be taken against the lawyers. SCIENTISTS WATCH LEONID METEORS Celestial Display Expected Again Tonight—Moon Disappoints Waiting Astronomers. By the Associated Press. POMONA, Calif. November 16.— spectacular visitations once caused many to believe judgment day was at hand, kept astronomical observers awake tonight. The Leonids made their annual ap- pearances in the earth’s atmosphere late last night in what observers said would have been a briliant display had the moon not “hogged” the stage. They were expected again tonight and tomorrow night. Prof. Walter T. Whitney, director of the Frank P. Brackett Observatory of Pomona College, reported his observ- ers saw about 100 meteors last night, at least half Leonids, “They came into visibility about 100 miles above the earth's surface,” he said, “and speeded 40 to 50 miles a second through the atmosphere until burned out within 30 or 40 miles of the earth.” ‘Thrice a century they appear at! their brightest Astronomers say they are the dust trail of a disintegrated comet that sweeps through the uni- verse on & regular orbit like a cyclone. When the earth speeds through this celestial sandstorm the cometary dust particles burn up in the tremendous friction. FARM UNIT WORKS ON COLLEGE TALKS Association of Land Grant Col- leges and Universities Will Open Convention Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. Agriculture Department officials yes- terday were working behind closed doors to complete addresses to be given this week at the forty-ninth annual convention of the Association of Land Grant Colleges and Uni- versities. It was indicated considerable time will be devoted to discussion of plan- ning for a long time agricultural pro- gram. The convention will open tomor- row and will continue through Wednes- day. More than 300 college presi- dents and deans, and State extension workers from 48 States are expected. Secretary Wallace and A. A. A. Administrator Chester C. Davis are scheduled to speak twice each, As- sistant Secretary M. L. Wilson will deliver an address, and more than two-score college heads and officials will appear on the program. —_— VETERAN, 95, DIES PALO ALTO, Calif., November 16 (#).—Gen. Eugene D. Dimmick, 95, veteran of the Civil and Spanish- American Wars and Indian campaigns, died at his home here today. Gen. Dimmick headed the honor guard when President Abraham Lin- coln’s body 1ay in state at the Capitol. He was wounded in the Civil War and cited for the Tescue expedition to the Rough Riders in Cuba. He served in the battles of Gettysburg snd Bull Run. £ A Womdn, Believed Dead, Remains Supple for Days Rigor Mortis Fails to Set in and Body Stays Warm. By the Associated Press. MADRID, November 186.—What was first believed to be a case of catalepsy was announced today as “the most unusual instance of retarded decom- | position in the annals of Spanish medical science” by a group of lead- | ing physicians. | The doctors held a lengthy consul- | tation at a morgue over the body of Amparo Brava, 48, a servant woman. She died Thursday, but her body had been warm since and rigror mortis did not set in. The local physician, believing she | was still alive, refused to perform an | autopsy. Physicians today pronounced her dead when minute traces of decom- position were finally discovered. Al- though her fingers and toes and other parts of the body were still supple, the consulting group said life appar- ently had been extinct since Thurs- day, and authorized an autopsy. | The woman dropped dead while | doing housework. FINGERPRINTCLLE INGEBHARDT CASE Hotel Receipts, Studied by Experts, May Identify Companion. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 16.—Two torn hotel receipts were studied by police fingerprint experts tonight in the hope they would yield some clue as to what happened just before Dr. Fritz Gebhardt was shot and killed early Tuesday. The receipts were for rooms assigned Sunday night to Dr. Gebhardt and a woman whose name was withheld. | A detective was dispatched to find the | woman, reported to be a society ma- | tron of suburban Pelham Manor, and bring her back for questioning. Anticipating the results of the fin- | gerprint study, investigators adopted | a theory that Vera Stretz, Dr. Geb- | hardt's former secretary, who is charged with killing him, found the hotel receipts in his apartment and tore them in half in a jealous rage before shooting him. | | ly after the shooting, has refused to discuss the case. Sources close to German government agencies in this country meanwhile | ridiculed reports that Dr. Gebhardt, financier and industrialist, was slated for appointment as German Ambas- sador, and hence was trying to end his friendship with Miss Stretz. Dr. daughters are en route from Ger- | many to claim his body. SUED BY CHECK BOY Granddaughter of Late Jay Gould and Husband Defendants. NEW YORK, November 16 (#).— Mrs. Eleanor Gould Stevens, grand- daughter of the late Jay Gould, fa- mous financier, and her husband, Ludlow W. Stevens, were sued today for $10,000 damages by a former hat check boy at the Central Park Casino. Bernie Nodroski, who filed the suit and who is defendant in a $20,000 counter suit filed by Stevens, said he was beaten by the latter after he had escorted Mrs. Stevens home from Cen- tral Park early one morning with her consent. Prominent Democrat Dies. YORK, Pa., November 16 (#).—J. Harry Stewart, 75, former Democratic county chairman and a former mem- ber of the Democratic State Commit- tee, died suddenly last night of a paralytic stroke. He served one term as clerk of the courts of York County. Miss Stretz, who was arrested short- | Gebhardt's widow and two| RECH HTS BATISH RULES ON INPORTS Requirement of Certificates of Origin Held Against Trade Agreement. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, November 16 (#).—The | German government protested to Lon- don today against British regulations on German goods exported to England | after November 18. | An official communique said the | requirement that these products must | be accompanied by certificates of or- | igin “is not in harmony with certain | provisions of the German-British | trade agreement.” Held Anti-Italian Action. Britain's action, to take efect the same day that economic and finan- cial sanctions against Italy go into force, was considered an attempt to prevent exports from Italy entering Britain through a nation not joining in the League of Nations’ sanctions. Reichsfuehrer Hitler, it was said in diplomatic circles, had already given | verbal assurances to both Britain and France that he would not permit the assembling of foreign goods destined for Italy in Germany. | Diplomats were represented as feel- ing Hitler's pledge strengthened the German embargo on exportation of | important foodstuffs and raw ma- terials, which generally went into ef- fect a. midnight. The embargo on iron exports, however, will not be ap- plied until November 25. Coal Not On Embargo List. P Coal, which has been Germany’s| largest export to Italy, was not on the | list of products which cannot be ex-‘ ported, nor was copper. | Among the products which will be | held in Germany were nickel, mag-| nesium, manganese, bauxite, hides, yarns, potatoes, oils, cooking fats and all raw materials used by the iron, metallurgical and rubber industries. 'BESSARABIANS FACE FAMINE THIS WINTER | Rumanian Government Comes to, Aid of Stricken Province | After Long Silence. | By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, November 16.—Bes- sarabia, prairie province on the Russian border, faces the Winter with granaries almost empty, and with citizens fearing the possibility of grave famine. ‘The Rumanian ministry of interior, after months of silence, has acknowl- | edged that the plight of Bessarabians |is serious, and has issued a public appeal for aid. Not for years has Bessarabia ex- perienced a drought so severe as that of last Summer. Thousands of head of live stock died of thrist, or starved because of lack of vegetation. Many districts reported that crops were virtually a total failure. | Peasants have been making a sort | of bread from a mixture of ground | barley, weed seeds and bran. It is reported many peasants have | left villages, hoping to find govern- ment jobs, or food, in larger centers. “LITTLE T. V. A NEARER| | | | i Engineers to Meet in Savannah Early in December. AUGUSTA, Ga., November 16 (#).— Col. Earl I. Brown of the Atlantic Seaboard Division of United States Army engineers has advised local resi- dents that the President’s commission named to study practicability of a “little T. V. A" development on Savannah River will meet in Savan- nah early in December. The President recently appointed a board of engineers, which came here and made a first-hand inspection of various sites proposed for the develop- ment. The board also took testimony of citizens. A definite date for the meeting is awaiting a report on borings made in the vicinity of Clarks Hill, S. C., where the dams for flood control, power and navigation would be built. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 16.—The pageantry of the Army-Notre Dame classic held sway over Broadway to- night as a foot ball-mad throng spent its way through the Roaring Forties. Only once before this Fall has a sports event precipitated such a flow of money—the Louis-Baer fight in September. To veteran hotel men, night club proprietors and merchants, the influx of thousands of visitors spelled a return to the “golden age.” “A huge increase in week end busi- ness,” commented officials of both the New York Central and Pennsyly Railroads. . It wasn’t today’s stirring foot ball drama alone that drew the huge crowd to the out to night spots. The see the gray Broadway Frolics and Profits After Army-Notre Dame Classic of 1,800 men, most of whom re- mained in town until midnight to at- | paj tend hotel parties and dances. Money flowed plentifully, as it did last September. Tables in the night “spots”—well, it was “out of the ques- tion.” “This is our biggest week end of the year and we're making the most of it,” said a night club manager who had hoisted his prices. “The crowd verifies the prosperity return forecast by the Baer-Louis fight crowd,” said John L. Horgan, manager of a Times Square hotel. “The crowd’s bigger and better,” came from s Broadway restaurant man. “We can’t seat ‘em all tonight. Yea, another night like this and we can sit back for the rest of the year.” GUN FINGERPRINT - OFTEN VALUELESS New York Police Official Tells Difficulty of Check- ing All Records. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 16.—Rarely, if ever, are fingerprints left on a pistol. Fingerprints found at the scene of a crime often are valueless in leading police to the criminal, unless a spe- cific person is under suspicion and his or her fingerprints are in the police :clupfinmmt'l criminal identification These statements were made today by & high ranking official of the New York Police Department, a nationally known fingerprint expert, who con- sented to “debunk” fingerprinting only on the condition that his name not be published. “All this stuff about solving a crime through fingerprints found on a pistol is purely fiction,” he said. “If it were true, the while science of crime de- tection would soon devolve into nothe ing but a laboratory of fingerprint ex- perts.” Test With Pistol. He picked up an unloaded pistol and handed it to his questioner. “Here,” he said, “grah it as if you were going to fire it. “See? Your last three fingers and Lpumb wrap around the butt, with the tips meeting your palm. The only fingerprints left would be on your own palm. “Look how your index finger is bent over the trigger. The trigger is nest- ling in the crotch of the first knuckle. { The print of that finger might be left on the thin air, but that's all. “A rifle, or tommy gun, or some other weapon with a stock thick enough to prevent your finger tips from meeting your palms would show prints, sure, but a pistol—hardly ever.” | The official also scoffed at the popu- | lar conception of a fingerprint left at the scene of a crime being as good as a one-way ticket to prison or the elec- tric_chair. “The fingerprint is solving a crime is ordinanly valuable only under two conditions. Important Conditions. “First the print must be a legible |one found in a suspicious spot. And secondly, we must have a very definite suspect or group of suspects whose prints are on record so that we can compare them.” The official said that universal fingerprinting of all inhabitants of the United States would be impossible and of comparatively little value. “In the first place,” he said, “there | would be then some 110,000,000 finger- print cards. You'd have to build a place to keep them and hire an enormous staff of experts. And then | where are you? “Civilian, non-criminal fingerprints obviously would have to be kept meticulously apart from the criminal files, and could never be cross.indexed with them. Their value, therefore, would be entirely that of identifica- tion in cases of violent death, amnesia or cases of mistaken identity. “But then again we would have to know for whom we were looking. “An unidentified man is killed by n auto, let us say. We can take all the fingerprints of the body we please, but unless we have some other clue to identity we can never estab- lish it because again it would be im- possible to check the prints against every one of the 110,000,000 other Facts to Start With. “However, if Mrs. Jones had re- ported her husband missing and last seen in Brooklyn, and we had his prints in our civilian files, then we could easily check his prints against those of all unidentified persons in police cases. In that case, the system might be of considerable value.” Since 1926, when the practice of voluntary civilian fingerprint record- ings was begun by the New York City Police Department, some 800,000 per- sons have left their cards on file. But a like number has insisted on tak- ing their fingerprints home with | them, skeptical of the police depart- ment’s promise not to look up their prints in criminal cases. ' COUNTERFEIT RING IS NIPPED IN BUD Gang Seized by Secret Service Before Single Fake Bill Is Circulated. By the Associated Press. The secret service has broken up a counterfeiting ring in Monterey, Mex- ico, before it put a single fake bill into circulation. Its operatives, the secret service said yesterday, joined the ring and seized three Mexicans, who gave the names of Juan Manuel Brondo, Arturo Serna Garza and Saturnino Gonzalez. They also confiscated a complete counter- feiting outfit, includes plates and five | glass negatives, with which the gang was making $10 notes on the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Tex. Cosmy Mongoria, Monterey City de- | tective, was also taken into custody, but subsequently released. He will be a witness against the three, the secret service said. The Mexican government, which has stringent anti-counterfeiting laws, aided the American operatives. |REALTY MAN APPROVES EASY MONEY COMPAIGN Uniform Rate Below 6 Per Cent and Curb on Taxes Would Give Active Market, He Says. By the Associated Press. ORLANDO, Fla., November 16.— ‘Walter W. Rose of Orlando, president~ elect of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, today said he is in accord with President Roosevelt's recent statement. Easy money rates should apply to loans on real estate and securities as well as commercial per. “In my opinion,” Rose stated, “real estate certainly has security some commercial paper lacks. In this re- covery period we will have to stabilize real estate values and place limitation on taxes that can be assessed. “If there was a uniform interest rate below 6 per cent, as Mr. Roosevelt sug- gests, and a limitation on the amount of taxes to be assessed we would have an active real estate market. Any- thing done to reduce the carrying charges on real estate will create activity.” PRSI S, New Swans Found. Black swans with red bills have been found near Singapore, Malays,