Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1935, Page 2

o— = CHANBER TRGES TS Committee Asks Members * fo Idorse Sales-Levy: as Substitute, By the Associated Press. “American business men were called of-today to indorse a program calling for_reduced Federal expenditures and taxation. % This was embodied in a report from the;GQommittee on Federsl of the- Chamber of Commerée the Unitd States, which went “8ut in referendum form to'the, 1,500 organi- eations in the chamber. Tp connection with the tax changes it "was proposed that ‘excise taxes designed to produce a substantial por- tion of Federal révenues should be levied at low rates on-articles that are not of the first necessity.” The committee, calling for repeal of many taxes approved by the last Con- gréss, said levies for Government “now trfle business, retard recovery and threaten our economic system.”. “The opportunity of the employed wotker to improve himself is reduced,” the group declared. “The unemployed, the .work dole or ‘the relief dole of Government can never be a satis- factory substitute for productive em- Ployment. Taxes Held Unreasonable. “The investor and the salafy earn- er, as the owners and managers of property, and all who are dependent upon their enterprise, are compelled to surrender to the Government an unreasonable proportion of any re- wards that may be gained ~from thrift and hard application of personal effort.” The chamber’s membership recently Yoted overwhelmingly against what ~were called trends in New Deal legis- jation. Spokesmen said the vote— yanging upward from 95 per cent— .against the trends constituted a man- /date to the national organization Jhenceforth to oppose laws embracing ,policies described in the questions. ... Some Republicans in Congress ex- pressed delight with that referendum’s _results and said it was representative of both large and small business men. “On the other hand, some Democrats Jtharged the questions werc “loaded” 'and eaid they did not take the poll seriously. Some local chambers ree “fuseq to vote on the ground the ques- tions were “political” or “vague,” and ‘three resigned from the national “group. —. Sample Questions. Among the questions placed on the +new referendum ballot were: 1. Do the combined expenditures of Federal, State amd local governments {now demand so great a proportion of ‘the total nationul income that they + discourage business, threaten the se- ! curity of wages and savings and retard employment? " 2. Should a well-co-ordinated fiscal * plan be adopted for reduction of Fed- + eral expenditures to bring about, in § the near future, a balanced budget % without increased taxes, in order to § create that confidence necessary for s recovery and increased employment? ! 3. Should emergency expenditures ; necessary for the relief of the desti- , tute unemployed be provided by and ,under the control of the States of . their residence, with reimbursable ad- ; vanges from the Federal Government ;only. on application of those States ; or municipalities which are unable to | ovtain the needed funds for that } purpose? } 4 Should Federal, expenditures, ! through use of the taxpayers’ money 1 or by means of advanées or loans for ‘ the purpose of developing or extend- ing Government activities which compete with private business be dis- continued? Coercive Tax Questioned. 5. Is the use of Federal taxing power primarily to compel States or indfyiduals to conform to social and ecomomic readjustments, with revenue onl§ incidental, contrary to sound public policy? S e latter question was regarded as hitfing at New Deal laws which im- such taxes as are levied by the A A. A and the Guffey soft coal :ut;:ul act, ~ The committee recommended “rapid liqjdation” of emergency agencies, taxing of corporate earnings at a flaf] rate, repeal of excess profits, capital stock and Federal estate and inheritance taxes and the sales tax. Fyed H. Clausen of Horicon, Wis., president of the Van Brunt Manu- facfuring Co., was chairman of the committee which drafted the report. KILLED BY BOULDER Watchman Gets in Path of Rock Plunged Down Mountain. GOLDEN, Colo., December 12 (#)— A three-ton boulder, rumbling down a mountainside, killed a watchman yesterday stationed to warn passers- by of that danger. Sheriff Vern Dowling said he be- lieved the victim, James North, 55, of Denver, heard the great rock as it plunged 2,000 feet but became paralyzed with fear. Workmen have been loosening. threatening boulders on the steep slopes of Mount Zion with dynamite, Paris set up its . First pillor mail =box in 1850. SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS What’s What Behind News In Capital Townsend Doctrine Spread in Church. Appreheusion Grows. BY PAUL MALLON. N EX-MINISTER called on the head of a ladies’ welfare or- ganization of a Presbyterian church in a large Pennsylva- nia city a few days back. He an- nounced he had been sent by the Townsend people to address that or- genization. The lady in charge in- formed him that her organization would not receive Townsend speakers. After all she had done to bulld up & happy morale within her flock, she would not permit him to start them off chasing $200-a-month rainbows, she said. The good ex-minister insisted. He pointed out his cause “is the greatest humanitarian movement since Lin- coln's proclamation.” He said life was short and the lady would have a good deal to answer for if she denied this boon to her people. The lady nevertheless decided to run that chance. Her church later sanctioned her gamble. This sub-surface incident is known to have been duplicated daily, with opposite resuits, in most of the large and small church communities throughout the coun- try. It is the latest unobserved trend of Townsend organization tactics. Also it erplains why po- litico-statesmen hereabout have be- come increasingly apprehensive about it within the last few weeks. The Townsend appeal is clearly catching on more and more with the good quiet people whose hearts are larger than their opportunities for economic study. YOULL HAVE A NT "rg’g, ), MADAM / Their meetings are not nationally observed. People identified with them seldom have national reputations which attract national dramatic in- terest. The class involved is not basically that which formed the bulk of the Long share-the-wealth idea, the Utopian, Epic or Coughlin move- ments, but rather the kind of wel- fare-minded persons who put over prohibition. National Religious Zeal. ‘They have built up something ap- proximating a non-sectarian national religious zeal. The timid politicians are scared stiff. Sincere statesmen also seem to be doubtful about how to face a growing onrush of such & noble but impractical purpose. The basis for the zeal appears to be plausible but careless Townsend arithmetic. A printed circular of Town- send Club No. 1, Peoria, Ill, is tpe same as used nally. Upon figures cited there, the Peorfa club claims to represent one out of every three citizens of the city. Claimed membership is above 40,000. The 1930 census showed Peoria’s population to be 105.000. It has in- creased considerably since. The circular tells the people of Peoria .that Dr. Townsend wants $200 a month for each of 8,000,000 persons ever 60. The cost, it says, will be $1,600,000,000 a month. This is to be raised by a sales tax of 1 2-3 per cent on $1,300,000,- 000,000, which is specified as the “sales turnover of 1929.” The tax is computed at $20,000,000,000 a year, the pension need at $19,200,« 000,000. ‘Thus Dr. Townsend is able to show a paper excess of $800,000,000 above his needs. Official 1930 census bureau figures show 10,385,000 persons then over 60 years of age, instead of 8,000,00. The number has grown since probably to 11,000,000. The census also. showed that 4,156,000 of those over 60 were then gainfully employed. They were supporting themselves, This number has probably decreased. How many were being cared for by sons and daughters, or, like J. D. Rockefeller, st., living from their own income, the figures do not show. A liberal assumption would be that there are no more than two million in theoretical need of public assistance and none not now receiving it. Deception in Figures. ‘That is only the initial error of Dr. Townsend’s charitable purpose. His “total sales” figure is not a sales figure at all. It is based on the bank turnover in 1929, estimated by the Federal Reserve Board at $1,000,000,- 000,000 for 268 cities. Dr. Townsend has added 10 per cent for other cities, 10 per cent for cash, and apparently another billion for good luck. That is how he gets his $1,300,000,000,000, which really should be nearer $1,200,- 000,000,000, His figures; therefore, are not based on a sales tax proposition. If they were, he would not be within reach of the astronomical revenue he is talking about raising. His tax is & transactions tax, meaning it is a pyramided tax, /A y | legislation have been advanced, in- The iron jor your car’s steel bodj is mined, say, by onme frm. transferred to another for facture into pig irom, then tfo billeter, then to a sheeter, then a body maker, then to an aui manufacturer, then to a dealer, then to the public. Each ene of THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGT Mad Man Kills Proféssors’ No. 1—Victor Koussow, 55, who shootings. THIRD PARTY PLAN TIDBONNSEND Candidates to Be Chosen for| National Ticket in 1936 Election. By the Associated Press. Decision to form a political party and enter candidates for the presi- dency and congressional seats in the 1936 election was announced today by Dr. F. E. Townsend, co-sponsor of the plan to pay $200 a month to all per- sons past 60 years. He said, “It is inevitable that we have a third party as neither of the old parties appear favorable to our cause.” He replied, “I am not,” when asked whether he plans to run for President. He said likewise, that R. B. Clements, the other founder of the movement, would not run. Townsend said that Chicago, Oleve- land and Los Angeles had asked that a national convention be held in their particular communities. He claimed approximately 5,000,000 members of Townsend Clubs and sald the total support for the move- ment consisted of about 25,000,000 persons. 13TH BABY IS BORN WITH TWIN ON 13TH | Pair of Infants Weigh Total of 21 Pounds, Maryland Doc- tor Reports. By the Associated Press. NORTHEAST, Md., December 13— | Twin boys were born today=-Friday the 13th—to Mrs. George T Culley, 36, | and brought to 13 the total numiber of children to which she has given birth. clan, mother and children were fine. Dr. Greenwald said one infant weighed 11 pounds and the other 10. Their combined weight, he said, was 2 pounds 1% ounces more than the combined weight of the Dionne quintuplets at birth. Both bables, Dr. Greenwald said, seemed in perfect condition. ““I never saw two nicer-looking babies,” he said. The twins were born at 5:42 a.m,, at the Culley home here. It was the second set of twins'born to Mrs. Culley and her husband, George, 60- year-ole Pennsylvania Rallroad em- ploye. The first set of twins, born in July, 1934, died at birth. Of the 13 children born to the Culley’s, 7 are living. i FALL RALLIES Former Cabinet Member Believed Recovering From Pneumonia. EL PASO, Tex., December 13 (#).— Members of the family of Albert B. Fall expressed belief today the former Secretary of Interior was staging a successful fight against an attack-of pneumonia. : Congestion in Fall's lungs appar- ently had cleared, the family reported, and the aging former cabinet member was able to discuss current events. Neutraiity “doing (Continued From First Page.) ment has sought by continuous moral suasion to discourage abnormal trade with both Italy and Ethiopia in com- modities such as oll, copper, scrap iron and steel and other articles which it labels “war materials.” Apparently because of dissatisfac- tion with its ability to control such trade in this fashion, the State De- partment has indicated it will propose wider discretionary authority for the President in invoking embargoes. Discretionary Power Urged. Such a power would permit him to extend the war implements embargo to other commodities which the Gov- ernment might feel necessary to insure this country’s continued neutrality. But there have been frequent Capi- tol Hill criticisms of suggestions that the President enjoy a broad discre- tionary power. Senator Vandenberg, Republican of Michigan, only last night voiced absolute opposition to vesting discretionary neutrality power in the Chief Executive. Various other proposals for new cluding & plan for establishing quots restrictions on the amount of com- modities that could be exported from this country to bélligerents in war- time; a prohibition against any credit or other financial aid to combatants, and an arbitrary price-fixing system which would make it impossible for dealers in war equipment to reap large war profits in & conflict, send’s plan would be to drive most of the middlemen of all businesses Dr. J. J. Greenwald, Elkton physi- | tending Mrs. Culley, said both | shot and killed two members of the faculty of the Dental College at Columbia University and wounded a third. ‘l:suuow‘ holder of Russian uriversity degrees, was maddened by imagined | New England, New York, Pennsyl- justices and his discharge as & mechanic. He killed himself after the No. 2—Dr. Paul Wiberg, 38, killed instantly. No. 3—Dr. Willlam H. Crawford, 38, seriously wounded. No. 4—Dr. Arthur T, Rowe, 51, who was slain. . 4 ~—Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. SLAYING OF TWO TRACED 0 ENVY Russian Assassin of Doctors Declared Victim of “Per- secution” Mania. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, December 13.—The fatal shooting of two demtal school professors at the Columbia Presby- terian Medical Center was blamed by the authorities today on the “perse- cution” mania of a frustrated man who lost his job because of ill- temper. The assassin, who killed himself, was Victor Koussow, 52, whose papers showed he once occupied the high place in Russian life he resented others holding here. Police Find Note. “Koussow was undoubtedly suffer- ing from a persecution complex,” said Deputy. Chief Inspector David J. Mc- Auliffe. “You can tell that from his actions and the note he left.” Koussow's victims yesterday were: Dr. Arthur Taylor Rowe, associate dean of the Dental School. Dr. Paul B. Wiberg, associate pro- fessor of dentistry. Another of the six cartridges Kous- sow fired before he shot himself wounded Dr. William H. Crawford, also an associate professor. Trained in Medicine. An outline of Koussow's life, found typewritten in his book-strewn apart- ment, showed he had been trained in medicine and in law, had held high army commands in the White Russian forces and in the civic affairs of Nicolaieff, a Russian city. His familiarity with medicine, doe- tors said, had placed Koussow in the medical center with the official ca- pacity, “technician.” Koussow was discharged yesterday by Dr. Rowe, who had warned him about his irritable manner. “DANGEROUS KIDS” FLEE REFORMATORY | Five Youths fifimid-u Guards in Oklahoma Break. By the Associated Press. EL RENO, Okia, December 13.— Five fugitives from the Federal re- formatory here—“just kids, but dan- gerous”—were sought on the highways of Oklahoma today. Warden H. L. Merry said the five youths probably had stolen motor cars. “We had reports of four auto thefts during the night,” he saia officers on all highwa: d most of the sideroads looking for them.” The five escaped after a night school class by cowing two guards with makeshift knives and using them as shields to prevent effective rifle fire by tower guards as they fled. They are Bennie Kerr, 17; Roy Henry Lowery, 20; Richard Smith, 17; Jack Brunson, 20; and Jimmie Lee Burns, 18, serving sentences for car theft, counterfeiting and bank robbery. POLICEMAN KILLED, 3 WOUNDED IN FIGHT Assailant, Enraged After Losing Affections of Girl, Is . Shot Down. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURG, Calif., December 13. —One policeman was shot to death and three other officers were wounded in a gun fight today with a man they declared became enraged after loging the affections of his girl. The man, Luciano Garcia Sanchez, was shot nine times by the officers and was dying. Policeman John Buckley, 38, was shot through the heart. Capt. Dan McNeil said Sanchez was embittered because Mary Quesada had returned to Watsonville, Calif. McNeil said the man went to a pool room on the main street here last night. He fired a shot into the floor and then emerged into the street with the weapon in his hand. Officers Buckley and Chris Maze started in pursuit. The shooting be- gan when they cried for Sanchez to Deputy Sheriff Sal Jimno, shot in the left arm: Maze, wounded in the right arm, and McNeil, shot the right arm. —— ACTRESS IS JAILED Dorothy De Bourd Gets 8Six Months for Drunken Driving. LOS ANGELES, December 13 (#)— Judge Charles Burnell sentenced Dor- othy Du Bourd, blond 20-year-old movie actress, to six months in the county jall yesterday for drunken EXTRACONVENTION DELEGATES ASHED ‘Western and Southern G 0. P. Leaders-Fear Domina- tion by Other States. B~ the Associated Press. An effort of Western and Southern Republican leaders to permit States which went for Herbert Hoover in 1928 to have extra delegates at large to the June convention was under consideration today for the National Committee meeting here Monday. Party officials said that, as matters stand, the East and Middle West to- gether could control the convention. vania, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Wis- consin will have 500 votes. A There were 1,154 delegates at the 1932 convention, rules permitting all the 40 Hoover States of 1928 to have three extra delegates. Fewer Delegates, - Only six States — Pennsylvania, Delaware, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Connecticut—voted Repub- lican in 1932, which would normally make the 1936 convention 102 dele- gates smaller than that of 1932— 1,052, Some objectors to the present sys- tem wish to return to the prior ruling which allowed the bonuses to all States that went Republican at any time. This development came as commit- teewomen arranged an informal caucus for Sunday to select a candi- date for vice chairman of the na- tional committee to replace Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, Kentucky, resigned. Mrs. Christine Bradley South of Frankfort has been chosen by the Kentucky State Central Committee to succeed Mrs. Hert on the national committee. Borah Confers. A conference yesterday between two Republican presidential possibilities— Senators Borah of Idaho and Vanden- berg of Michigan—stirred ~political speculation, but brought no enlighten- ment from either participant. Neither Senator would discuss what took place so far as the Republican presidential situation was concerned. “He’s an old friend of mine,” com- mented Vandenberg, who visited Borah's office for the conference. Other political developments here included speculation over the make-up of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, and the refusal of Demo- cratic leaders to comment on charges by Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, that they were not aggressive enough in defending President Roosevelt's record. BERRY IS ELATED BY A. F. OF L. STAND Co-ordinator Declares Industry Also Should Be Pleased With Position. By the Associated Press, George L. Berry expressed himself as elated today—and added that in- dustry should be—at the position the American Federation of Labor took toward his industrial council plan. President Rosevelt's co-ordinator for industrial co-operation pointed to a brief statement over the signature of William Green, A. F. of L. chief, and 15 other labor leaders, which said they intended “to co-operate in every man- ner possible with the co-ordinator and the representatives who have been chosen by the several groups repre- senting management * * * to formu- late a program which will deal effec- tively and directly” with industry’s problems. “That's industrial statesmanship,” Berry said. He said he regarded the statement as particularly significant in view of the six-point economic program the federation advanced at labor group meetings which followed the turbulent industry-labor conference of last Mon- day. HOSPITAL PLAN OPPOSED Columbia Not to Become Adjunct of Gallinger. ‘The Commissioners today officially rejected the proposal of the Board of Public Welfare for legislation for the District to take over Columbia Hospital as an adjunct of Gallinger Hospital and use it only for indigent obstetrical cases. Commissioner Allen already had promised directors of Columbia that no steps would be taken at this time for the proposed trensfer. Confess Before Execution. TUCKER PRISON FARM, Ark., De- cember 13 (#).—Confessing their guilt, Bennie H. Awkins and Mack Nelson, colored, of Mississippi County, were executed in the Arkansas electric chair today for the robbery slaying of a colored couple near Blytheville two months ago. Nazis to Dictate Type of Furniture In German Homes “T‘mh Inspectors® Will War on Plush Sofas Especially. By Radio to The Star. BERLIN, December 13.—The Nazis intend to appoint “trash inspectors” for all dwellings in Germany. who will decide on the kind of furniture which each family may have in its private home, Dr. Robert Ley. ingenious head of the Nazi labor front, says in a speech published here today. “Trash” and “rubbish” in private dwellings, meaning furniture and dec- orations which Dr, Ley considers in bad taste, must be gotten rid of, Dr. Ley is quoted as saying. Old parlor sofas, which often have i‘2en handed down for several generations, are es- *| 5:51 pm,, after a brief flurry in the ON, D. T, FRIDAY, 'DECEMBER 13, 1685 Convicted of belspiracy Representative John Henry Hoeppel and his son Charles, who were found guilty by a jury in District Supreme Court of a conspiracy to sell & West Point appointment, are shown awaited a verdict. JURORS CONVICT HOEPPEL AND SON Representative Faces Jail Sentence—Weeps When Verdict Is Read. BACKGROUND— One of prized political privileges vested in members of Congress is that of maming appointees to United States Military and Naval Academies. Last Spring accusation was made by former Olympic ath- lete, Ives, that Representative Hoeppel, California Democrat, had attempted to sell appointment for $1,000. Representative and son subsequently indicted, brought to trial this week before jury of 10 men, 2 women. Always proud of his graduation from “university of hard knocks,” Hoeppel received one of hardest last night when jury returned verdict of guilty for both father and son. A jail sentence and a ruined politi- cal caréer today faced Representative John Henry Hoeppel, Democrat, of | California, who, with his 21-year-old | son, Charles J. Hoeppel, stood con- | victed on a charge of conspiring to sell a West Point appointment for | $1000 to James W. Ives, former Olympic lacrosse star. A jury of 10 men and 2 women in District Supreme Court (a\md’ the Hoeppels guilty a few minutes before midnight last night. The ver-| dict was returned after about six hours’ deliberation. The court room, crowded through- out the trial -Was -nearly deserted when the father and son stood mo- tionless before the jury and heard the foreman intone, “guilty as| charged as to both defendants.” Son Remains Calm. ‘The verdict was an obvious blow to | Representative Hoeppel. He could not | hold back tears. The son, however, re- mained outwardly composed. Neither | uttered a word. “Of course, there will be a motion | for a new trial and an appeal,” said | Maj. Gen. Samuel T. Ansell, former judge advocate general of the Army, who served as chief of defense counsel. i On motion of Col. Edward Bailey, also of defense counsel, the Hoeppels were permitted to remain at liberty under bond pending appeal although the amount will be increased from $500 to $1,000 each at the request of Government counsel. The maximum penalty for the of- fense is two years’ imprisonment and $10,000 fine, Expulsion Up to House. Tt was not known today: whether Hoeppel would be expelled from the House as a result of his conviction since the House itself must decide that after Congress convenes next month. A two-thirds vote is necessary for ex- pulsion. ‘The impression prevailed at the Caplitol that the House will ignore the case, at least until final action is taken on his proposed appeal. The House has authority, under the Constitution, to expel 4 member con- victed of a felony, but as yet does ont have a precedent on which to base such action. True, several members have been | convicted of felonies while serving, | but they resigned and made House ac- tion unnecessary. Former Represefitative John Wesley Langley, Republican, of Kentucky, was convicted on liquor charges in 1926. He resigned his seat. J. N. Williamson of Oregon was convicted of an offense while a mem- ber of the House in 1906. He did not resign, but failed to show up at the sessions of Congress. The House, of course, overlooked his case. In 1930 former Representative Harry E. Rowbottom of Indiana, became in- volved in charges of selling postmas- terships, but he was not convicted un- til the expiration of his term. Athlete Is Star Witness. Blond and stocky young Ives was the Government's star witness at the Hoeppels' trial. He testified that young Hoeppel, under the name of Charles Alexander, told him in Baltimore on May 30, 1934, he could have a West t nomination if he paid for it. He said he de- livered a promissory note for $1,000 to “Alexander” in Union Station the following day and shortly after re- ceived the West Point nomination. Representative Hoeppel, however, testified he made the appointment to please two high-ranking Army officers who wanted a good foot ball player for the Military Academy. He said the first time he saw Ives was when he came to his office June 5, 1934, and asked that his appointment be with- Ives’ version of the story was he went to Hoeppel's office $o ask for a “legal appointment.” According to Ives, Hoeppel told him he hadn't kept his agreement and he would not give him a legal appointment. The case was given to the jury at court room caused by the demands of defense counsel for a mistrial because Assistant United States Attorney David A. Pine, in his closing argu- Represen! L3 here last evening as they smilingly —A. P. Photo. NAVAL PROWOTION LST APPROVED Rear Admiral Stark, Chief of | Ordnance, Among Those to Be Advanced. Rear Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of the Navy Bureau of,Ord- | nance, whose permanent rank was captain, was one of the six new rear admirals approved last night when | President Roosevelt indorsed the find- ings of a Selection Board, headed by Admiral Joseph M. Reeves, comman- der in chief of the United States | Fleet. Twenty-five new captains also | were chosen. | President Roosevelt will transmit | these names as nominations to the | Senate, when it convenes next month, for confirmation. List of New Admirals. With Admiral Stark, the new rear admirals will be: Capts. Lewis B. Porterfield, on duty at San Francisco; | Ralston 8. Holmes, chief of staff of | ine Battle Force; Charles A. Blakely, | now at Pensocola, Fla.; Frank H. Sad- ler, Newport, R. I, and Andrew Pick- ens, chief of staff of the Scouting Force. Washingtonians among the new cap- tains include Comdrs. Thomas C. Kin- | kaid, Bureau of Navigation; Olaf M Hustvedt, office of the chief of naval | operations; Harold T. Smith, Bureau | of Engineering; Alva D. Bernhard, | Bureau of Aeronautics; Penn L. Car- | roll, naval operations here; Alan G. Kirk, naval operations, and Francis | W. Scanland, hydrographic office | here. | Promoted to Captain, Other new captains, with their pres- ent stations, are: Ernest W. McKee, | U. S. 8. Pennsylvania; William H.| Pashley, 3d Naval District, New York; William R. Purne]l, command- | ing. 1, B, S. Cuyama and until re- | %‘? iduty in charge of transpor- tal the Navy Department; Fred- | eric *'T. Van Auken, Navy Yard, Bos- ton,;Mass.; Harry G. Donald, naval inspector at Groton, Conn.; Worrell R. Carter, Norfolk, Va; Robert R. M. Emmet, Newport, R. I;| Samuel S. Payne, U. 8. S. Arizona Theodore S. Wilkinson, U. 8. S. In- dianapolis; William W. Smith, U. S. 8. | Salt. Lake City; David I. Hedrick, | U. 8. 8. Chester; Preston B. Haines, | on.the staff of the commander of the | Battle Force; Frank T. Leighton, De- | stroyer Division 5 of the Battle Force: Benjamih V. McCandlish, U. 8. S. Portland; Joel W. Bunkley, now at- tached fo the Argentine Navy; Har- old C. -Train, former aide to the President, now on U. S. S. Mississippi; Lee P. Johnson, U. 8. S. California, until recently commanding the naval powder factory at Indian Head, Md., and Monroe Kelly, serving at ‘the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. “REDS” ABANDON RANCH Mexican Federalists Find Crops Destroyed—Two Men Held. MEXICO CITY, December 13 (#) — Two hundred Communistic agrarians who seized the Mantla ranch, in the States of Puebla, on Monday, aban- doned it yesterday as Federal troops | closed in. The agrarians offered no resistance, but fled as the Federals approached and escaped capture. An inspection of the property re- vealed they had destroyed all the | crops and sacked the buildings, over | which they had raised the red flag. Two Communist leaders were ar- rested in Atlixco, nearby textile center, accused of responsibility for the as- sault. Irvin S. Cobb Says: Taking Away Fruits of Industry Started by Passing of Hat. CULVER CITY, Calif., December 12. —I ran across it yesterday—this ancient one: Shipwrecked mariners in crisis. Sea craft in sight. Situation seems| to call for pro- we gotta somethin’ plous— let’s pass the hat.” I read that antique wheeze and in & flash the puzzle was solved, Now I know where they got the original idea —those economic wizards in and out of Congress, who, in times like these, bob up with various theories, but all aimed at the same purpose; namely, that financial security can be restored a chance to Tecuperate, taking away the i e 4 ARGENTINE STAND SENDS WHEAT UP World Market Leaps on An- nouncement of Fixed Minimum Price. By the Assoclated Fress. CHICAGO, December 13.—World wheat prices shot higher today fol- lowing announcement that Argentina had fixed a minimum price for its grain, 20 cents above the ruling mar- ket. Wheat futures in Chicago jumped the five cents per bushel limit per- mitted by trading rules. Trading at the opening. here was very excited and both December and May wheat contracts were lifted above the dollar-a-bushel level for the first time in recent weeks. Market Reflects News. Value. at all international markets rose swiftly with the opening. Liver- pool reflected the bullish Argentine news by jumping around five cents. Winnipeg was up the three cents daily limit allowable. The Buenos Aires market scored one of the sharpest wheat price ad- vances on record by opening 19 cents a bushel above the previous close. The opening price for Chicago De- cember wheat was $1.01%-%, trading boiled feverishly and prices clung to | the advance during the first half hour. All other American markets advanced with the Chicago price. Trading was the heaviest in many months. Falls Like Bombshell. The Argentine government an- nouncement fixing a minimum price of approximately 73 cents per bushel on the 1935 Argentine crop fell like a bombshell on the world markets. Early estimates placed the price at about 90 cents a bushel. The immediate effect was that Ar- gentine quotations were above those at Winnipeg and near the level in Chicago. Many traders said that as a result Canada’s huge exportable wheat surplus, the largest in the world, was expected to move into European ports more freely. The Canadian surplus long has been a weight on world markets. Only re- cently the new Dominjon government announced it would embark on a policy of liquidating in an orderly manner. Argentina, usually a competitor with Canada and the United States, suf- fered severely from drought this sea- son and as a result is not expected to have a normal supply of wheat. The United States has been on a wheat import basis most of the year. ARGENTINA ACTS, Authorizes Wheat Purchases at In- creased Prices. BUENOS AIRES, December 13 (#) —A government decree authorizing the Federal Grain Board to purchase new crop wheat coming up in Jan- uary at a rate of 10 pesos a quintal rallied the grain trade here today. The new price, more than 50 per cent over the 6.50 pesos quotation fixed a year ago, is equal to approximately 76 American cents per bushel at the offi- cial exchange rate, or 73 American cents per bushel at the open exchange | rate. By miscalculation, the American equivalent of the price previously was given as 90 cents a bushel. The order, which also fixed flax- seed at 14 pesos per quintal, was is- sued after officials declared & 25 per cent reduction in Argentine wheat acreage was in line with “world re- duction.” Kansas City Market Up. KANSAS CITY, December 13 (#).— | Wheat futures on the Kansas City grain market responded to & sen- sational hike in prices at Buenos Aires today and soared to the maximum 5- cent increase permitted before react- ing. December deliveries sold up to $1.01 | here early in the session but profit | taking caused some reaction later. | TWO CHILDREN TRAPPED IN FARM HOUSE FIRE Brother and Sister Burn to Death While Mother and Others Escape. By the Associated Press. MORGANTON, N. C., December 13. —Two children of Mrs. Ralph Spain- hour, a widow, were trapped and burned to death early today in a fire that destroyed their farm house near here. They were Barbara, 12, and Dan. 11. Mrs. Spainhour escaped with two other children as did Mrs. W. I. Spain- hour, daughter-in-law of Mrs. Ralph Spainhour, only other occupants of the two-story home. Barbara, Dan and Mrs. W. 1. Spain- hour were sleeping upstairs. The daughter-in-law said she was awaken- ed suddenly by an explosion and ran from her room to find the stajrway flame-swept. She said she was barely able to escape. Fire cut her off from the two children and trapped them. Preliminary investigation indicated that-an ol lamp exploded. FEW COMMUNICANTS DECLARED WORSHIPERS Bishop Henry W. Hobson Says Only One-Third Are Regu- lar Attendants. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 13.— Bishop Henry W. Hobson of the Southern Ohio diocese of the Protes- tant Episcopal Church said only onee third of its communicants today wore ship regularly. And- contributoss to work of the church outside their own parishes are limited to the same group, he told the Church Club of Philadelphis, s lay- men’s organization. “The church stands today like an army called upon to go over the top,” Bishop Hobson, chairman of the Epis~ copalian forward movement, said. “The attack has started. One-third of the men have gone ind two-thirds are shirking, back in the departure trench, afraid or unwilling to go.” Christmas Seals Why I Buy Them—A State- ment by Fire Chief Schrom. “Tuberculosis germs, like hidden sparks, smolder unheeded untlil, wit- out warning, they break out in a ter- rible eonflagration that consumes the victim. Christmas Seals, like firemen, fight to control this consuming fire.” FIRE CHIEF CHARLES E. SCHROM. ’