Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1936, Page 4

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STENOTYPY The Machine-Way in Shorthand 150 to 250 Words Per Minute Come 1 tratic ity about! Srafning o ‘Shens or wiite r information. THE STENOTYPE COMPANY 604 Albee Blds. Phone NAtional 8330 National University Law School Winter Term Begins January 4, 1937, at 6:30 P.M. Standard three-year course lead- ing to degrees of LL. B. and J.D. Graduate courses leading to de- grees of LL. M, M. P. L. and 8.J.D. All classes held at hours con- - venient for employed students. School of Economies and Government Address Secre at’t 6617. 818 13th St. N.W. BORAH SAYS TRADE BARS NEUTRALITY Effective Policy Must Cur- tail or Surrender Profits, Idahoan Asserts. BY the Associated Press. In the wake of President Roomielu announced intention to seek new neutrality legislation, Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, said today the Nation must “curtail, if not surren- der” profits and trade to make any neutrality policy effective. “That requires something more than a law, it requires the will and purpose of the people,” said the vet- eran member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “If the people want their profits and trade, and we undertake to give it to them under any policy of neu- trality, then the policy becomes a fraud.” Borah declared he would favor a mandatory embargo on the shipment of arms or loaning of money to war- ring nations, and travel by American citizens on ships of warring nations. “Other things, such as general trade,” he added, “probably could better be left to the discretion of the President.” Embargo Already Required. ‘The present neutrality act, which expires May 1, requires the President to proclaim an embargo on “instru- ments of war” whenever he finds a state of war existing. Various changes of the act aie be- ing considered. President Roosevelt said at his press conference late yes- terday new legislation would be of- fered, but he did not indicate the form it would take, He spoke after conferring witn Chairman McReynolds of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the question of bringing civil wars—such as the one in Spain—under the neu- trality law. In cases where such conflicts might involve other nations, McReynoids said, he believed the President should have discretionary authority to in- voke the act. The Tennessean said the Supreme Court decision upholding the Presi- dent’s right under the 193¢ Chago embargo act to ban arms shipments to warring nations was mentioned in his talk with the President. Will Seek Immediate Trials. The court’s action brought notice { from the Government today that it | would seek immediate trial of com- | panies indicted in New York under the measure. | to sell 15 machine guns to Bolivia in violation of the President’s embarg,, had sought to have the act declared unconstitutional. The Supreme Court upheld the Government 7 to 1. Among the defendant companies are the Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.. Curtiss Airplane & Motor Co. and the Barr Shipping Corp. Brian McMahon, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the criminal division, said he planned to get in touch at once with Special Prosecutor Martin Conboy to arrange for the trial, . Postal (Continued From First Page.) In many parts of the country the stream of Yuletide greetings estab- lished all-time records. There were millions more packages | and letters in the mail this year than there were in 1935, carrying the spirit | compass. The Government's cash registers worked overtime, jingling the tune of a boom business in stamps. An Associated Press survey of the mailing points showed these indica- tions of a merrier and more pros- perous Christmas: Chicago—More than 191,000,000 cancellations of first-class mail and circulars in the first 21 days of De- cember, an increase of 5.52 per cent over the same period last year. Re- ceipts stood at $4.224,408 for the 21 days, compared with $3,771,831 in 1935. Cancellation Over Million. St. Paul —Letter cancellations passed the million mark for the first time in history Monday, with a new record of 1,032,020 set. The corre- sponding day last year saw® only 943,170 letters go through the ma- chines. Cleveland—Mailing figures were up 7.13 per cent over last year, with can= cellations for the first 21 days of the month totaling 48,960,571, compared with 52,956,534 for the same period in 1929. Los An.elu—clmltmu mail broke their sleeves for a peak business of 3,000,000 pieces today. Indianapolis—A total of 1,262,283 pieces of mail handled Monday, more than 127,000 more than the same day last year. Stamps brought $26,000 Monday, compared with $14,000 for the same day in 1935. Pittsburgh Up 11.04 Per Cent. Pittsburgh—Receipts totaled $748,- 934 for the first 22 days of Decem- ber, an increase of 11.04 per cent over the 1935 corresponding figure. Postmaster Goldman of New York hired 11,300 extra clerks and carriers to handle the biggest volume since ’28 and '20. Ip the seven postal dis- tricts in the five boroughs receipts from parcel post and first-class mail averaged from 20 to 25 per cent over & year ago. At Cincinnat{ 2,260,000 pieces of mail had passed through cancelling machines in 24 hours ending last night for an all-time high. THREE-DAY PARLEY SET Southern Woman’s Educational Alliance Plans Meeting. The Southern Woman’s Educationgl Alliance will hold a three-day con- ference in W yesterday after a luncheon of the organisation at the University Women’s Club. The meeting was called for the| purpose of promoting fuller public consciousness of the need of rural Yule Mail Reaches Alaska. ANCHORAGE, Alasks, December 33 | These firms, charged with conspiring | of the season to all points of the | all previous records. Clerks rolled up | THE EVEN Where Mrs. PEACE GONFERENGE |[Ends With Plea to Bolivia and Paraguay to Settle Territorial Row. By the Associated Press. The Inter-American Peace Conference, which in three weeks has set up ma- the American continents, drew to its close today with a plea for settlement | of the Bolivian-Paraguayan territorial | | dispute. Other than a resolution that Bolivia | and Paraguay definitely finish their| | border dispute, the chief business of | | the formal closing ceremony late in the afternoon consisted of speeches by United States Secretary of State | Cordeil Hull, Argentine Foreign Min- | ister Carlos Saavedra Lamas and the Concha. The speakers were expected to re- view the peace achievements of the conference and to urge their con- tinuance in the next Pan-American Conference scheduled to be held in Lima, Peru, in 1938. Another resolution expressing hope for quick peace in Spain—the mother country of 18 of the 21 participating American republics—was expected to be adopted before Seavedra Lamas signaled the close of the sessions. The dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay has been hanging fire since the two nations ended their three- year Chaco War by an armistice last June ‘The Bolivian-Paraguayan peace ef- forts—conducted by a separate Chaco peace conference in operation 18 months—was intensified by the pro- spective arrival today of Paraguayan Foreign Minister Juan Stefanich. He accepted the urgent invitation of Argentine President Agustin Justo and other delegates after Chaco neu- trals decided to try to use the atmos- phere of the I. A. C. peace sessions to instill & spirit of compromise in the two disputant natfns. After hearing the Hull, Saavedra Lamas and Concha speeches, the dele- gates will sign the 69 accords approved during the sessions opened by Presi- dent Roosevelt December 1. This task is expected to occupy several days. Salt Basis of Meat Curing. R. E. Nance, professor of animal husbandry at North Carolina State College, says common salt is the basis of all meat curin; DELICIOUS, LINGERI DRAWS 0 CLOSE =z BUENOS AIRES, December 23.—) chinery to discuss all war threats to | head of the Peruvian delegation, Carlos | Plane (Continued From First Page.) Northwest Airlines plane which crashed Friday on Cemetery Ridge with Pilots Joe Livermore and Arthur A. Haid aboard. As they plodded slowly to within 5 miles of the wreckage, sighted Mon- day from the air, the Kiwanis Club at Kellogg, Idaho, censured the Fed- eral Department of Commerce for dis- mantling an airport radio station there which might have aided in the search. The civic group said the transfer »{of equipment to Couer d'Alene was ! made at a time when “flying condi- tions are at their worst.” In the first short-wave radio mes- | sage from any of the searching par- ties which plunged into the mgledl | wilderness Monday and yesterday, an expedition from Herrick and Calder, | Idaho, reported it had reached a ranger station about 5 miles from where the transport crashed. The expedition asked the North- | west Airlines to send a plane to circle | ex- | i the wreck. Airlines officials pressed fear the message meant new snow had obliterated landmarks. One group in the Idaho search has been unreported since it left Kellogg, Idaho, over the longest and most hazardous route. Cliff Hunter of the United States Forest Service said the searchers had the hardest possible type of steep traveling ahead of them. “It is an old abandoned forest serv- ice trail,” he explained, “with a maze of windfalls along it. Skis and snow- shoes probably would get*so tangled they would be worse than nothing.” He did not expect any official re- port until tonight. SEARCH PRESSED. SALT LAKE CITY, December 23 (P)—A new lead, considered one of the most promising yet discovered, sent searchers for a wrecked airliner and its seven occupants into a new region —the extreme southwestern tip of Utah—for the first time today. Angeles to Salt Lake, carried Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wolfe, newlyweds of Chi- cago; Henry W. Edwards, Minneapolis; Carl Christopher, Dwight, IIl.; Pilots 8. J. Samson and William Bogen and Stewardess Gladys Witt. Planes at the Milford base impa- tiently awaited daylight for the take- off over the rough, volcanic country- side. Two Army bombers ‘joined the fleet of 12 searching planes—seven at Milford and five here—pursuing the relentless, day-by-day aerial search. The Army, too, is ground-checking the region between Salt Lake and Milford, almost mile by mile, drawing from a source of 7,000 C. C. C. enrollees and 1,200 soldiers. NG TASTE-FULLNESS GUNZAI.EZ You will detect a rich, fu!l measute of true Sherry flavor in these mative Spanish sher- ties deftly blended by Gon- mlez,according totheancient secrets of Old Spain’s far- famed sherry family, Gonzalez. A fime Gonales Shorry for every saste. Gonzalex “Royal The plane, lost while flying from Los | MILTON DEFENDS STOCK DEALINGS Denies Any Impropriety In- volved in Purchase of Firm Subsidiaries. | B the Associated Press. A lawyer for the Securities Com- | mission contended yesterday that David Milton, son-in-law of John D. Rockefellow, jr., bought subsidiaries for his Equity Corp. with the subsid- iaries’ own money. Milton, a witness in the commis- | sion’s investigation of investment | trusts, objected to this interpretation of his activities, though agreeing as | to the processes followed. David Schenker, commission coun- | sel, showed that in several instances bank loans were used to buy a controll- ing stock interest and then repaid NEW YORK \ Resebud Mints 1-2-3 and 5 Ib. boxes Fancy Gift Boxes. 1-2-3-5 pounds, per per pound PARCEL POST 1309 F Nat. 2300 NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1936. Roosevelt Will Aid in Christmas Celebration Three scenes in Navy place, impoverished alley in South- east Washington, where Mrs. Roosevelt will help under- privileged children celebrate Christmas eve. She will de- liver her personal Christmas message at 6 pm. A Christ- mas tree will [flaced in the center of the alley and cere- monies there will be broad- m'ttn to 200 other alleys in the city. The program, enthusicsti- cally supported by the Presi- dent’s wife, is part of the yecr-round activities of the Woman’s Council of the Wash- ington Federation of Churches. —A. P. Photo. with assets of the company thus ac- quired. Milton declared Equity Corp. was “a continuing corporation,” and in- sisted no impropriety was involved. In December, 1934, the testimony re- vealed, Equity borrowed $2,280,000, and by March 25 had increased this borrowing to $3,300.000. With the money, Equity bought stock of Inter- state, Equities, Chain & Oentnl Corp | and Reliance Corp. In March, Interstate Equities and Chain and General were merged with Equity Corp., and $2,000,000 of Equity’s indebtedness at the bank was paid off with assets of these companies, leav- ! ing a balance due of $1,300,000. ‘This was increased with passing weeks to $2,000000, with Equity, meanwhile, buying more and more stock British and Continental. Finally, in September, both Reliance and Amer- ican British and Continental were merged with Equty and the bank loan paid in full from their assets. It was expected that Schenker, at the close of today’s hearing, would an- nounce some recommendations for legislation to control investment trust practices. Man Still on Big Hike. Ex-Sergt. James Scott, who left Westminster, England, on October 1, 1933, vowing he would walk to Cape- town. South Africa, 13,000 miles away, in three years, has arrived at Tanganyika, at the Equator, only 8,500 miles from the starting point and 3,500 miles from Capetown. of his being late in his schedule Scoté was reported to be still cheerful, and | “looking as well as any man can look.” now RESERVED SEATS in COACHES at no extra cost You pay only the low cme.‘.-v; Coachofferingunusual con Lv. Washington. . . trict 3300 3 Candies Chrisi'n;as Candies, Nui’s. Fresh Fruit Baskets, Figs, Dates, Raisins Our Finest Chocolates and Bonbons (packed in ) Chocolate-covered Fruit and Nut Selected Salted Nuts (Mixed) - Real Homemade Fruit Coke, pound Gift Baskets of Fresh Fruits _ 2 Pure Hard Candies, both soft and hard centers, EXPRESS SERVICE FREE LOCAL DELIVERY Street Nat. 2301 Eat Your Lunch and Dinners at éfléfi in Reliance. Reliance at the | same time was investing in- American | In spite | BID OF MTGLOSKEY |CUMMINGS PLANS FOR BUILDING LOW JAIL CONFERENCE Sets $3,277,000 as Cost for| Attorney General Will Dis- Apex Structure in Fed- eral Triangle. McCloskey & Co., a contracting firm, ‘which has erected a number of Federal buildings in Washington, was the low bidder for construction of the new Apex Building, at the eastern tip of the Federal Triangle, it was announced yesterday after bids for the project were opened. The offer was $3,277,000. George A. Fuller Co. submitted a bid of $3,343,000 and John McShain a bid of $3,372,585. The building, located between Sixth and Seventh streets, Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues, is to be erected in 560 calendar days from the date of official “notice to proceed.” The project will be constructed with P. W. A. funds out of an authoriza- tion for $3,665,000, under jurisdiction of the Procurement Division, Treasury Department. The building was de- signed by Bennett, Parsons & Frost, Chicago, who have a contract with the | Procurement Division for architectural services, The structure will be of modified classic design, and will consist of & basement, seven stories and an attic, the whole harmonizing with present buildings in the Federal triangle. It will have a granite base, limestone su- perstructure and a tile roof. The cor= ner on Seventh street and Pennsyl- vania avenue will be cut back to pro- vide a formal park for a monument to | Gen. Winfleld Scott Hancock. The facade facing Sixth street will be semicircular in plan, with a monu- mental colonnade, or portico, extend- ing from the third-floor level to the cornice line. Approach to this en- trance will be by means of a triangular terrace leading from Sixth street. Ad- ditional entrances will be provided on Pennsylvania and Constitution ave- nues. Automobile and service entrance will be from Seventh street into a base- ment, parking and utility space. The building will house the Federal | Trade Commission. e Buys Shipbuilding Yard. SOLOMONS, Md., December 23 (#). —George H. Townsend, Greenwich, Conn., yachtsman, announced he has purchased the yacht and shipbuilding yard of M. M. Davis & Son, which was | established here in 1859. \Farley Is Willing l G.0.P.Be Strong, If Not Too Strong | By the Associated Press. Saying any administration needed a | vigorous opposition to keep it from be- coming lax. James A. Farley expressed | the hope yesterday that “the Repub- lican party will be strong—but not too strong.” The Democratic chairman, address- | ing & luncheon given in his honor | by the National Press Club, predicted | the second Roosevelt administration | would go down in history as a con- tributor to valuable reform in govern- ment. He did not go into detail, say- ing policy was up to the President. Asked his opinion of suggestions that the presidential term be changed to six years, instead of four, he was in- | clined to favor the four-year system. Farley paid tribute to Gov. Landon as & man who exhibited “the finset kind of sportsmanship throughout the | political campaign.” cuss Recent Tour With City Officials. Attorney General Cummings said today he plans to confer this week with the District Commissioners re« garding congestion at the District Jail, Cummings said he and his aides have reached “a tentative conclusion™ as to possible remedial measures, and the purpose of the conference will be to discuss with the Commissioners this conclusion. He declined to reveal the nature of his findings. The Attorney General and his di- rector of prisons, Sanford Bates, re- cently made a tour of inspection at the jail, and were impressed by the antiquated and inadequate facilities at the detention establishment, The Attorney General has explained that the Department of Justice does not have administrative jurisdiction over the jail, but he readily accepted the invitation of District officials to lend advice. Bulb culture is being tried in North- ern Ireland. LOW CASH PRICES "BIG CASH SAVINGS ON JEWELRY Tribby's 615 15th St. N.W. 617 7th St. N.W. 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