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Evening star., 1932-05-30
Anlusenents

Gayety,
Jimmy Lakes Show.
JIMMY LAKE, the maestro of bur-
lesque, has one of the best all
around shows of the Ninth street
season this week, with comedy, songs
and dances and pretty girls in abun-
dance.
The feminine attraction is the un-
usually talented Gladys Clark, who
sings and dances, besides playing a
mean clarinet. Fields and Callahan
put over some very good comedy
skits, aided by Harry Steppe and
Jimmie Dugan. with the clever Lew
Fields enacting the part of the
straight man. Jeanette Alabassi
and Ray Parsons and the little SOU
brette. Buddy Nichols, add to the
entertainment
Rae and Gertie Reed, who sing
and dance in their usual pleasing
manner, are seen to special advan-
tage in a we'll played Spanish scene.
Following the burlesQue there Is also
a good vaudeville performance in
the second half. with the Wong Long
Trio, Three Brown Buddies, John
Quigg. Mike Casey and some Of
Lakes proteges. The Chinese and
Quigg with his accordion are out
standing. The Brown Trio also ex-
GELS in songs, dances and little
comedy, with the help of their
stringed instruments, and Mike
Casey and "the proteges" round out
a very entertaining evening.
Evening star., 1932-05-30
SOVIET TO PROSECUTE
COOPERATIVE DIRECTOR
Under Fire as Egg Collection for
First Quarter Falls Far
Short of Goal.
6y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, May 30.-For having COM
pleted only IA per cent of the plan for
egg collections for the first quarter of
Cooperative Society has been ordered
prosecuted on criminal charges Several
managers of the Chicken Cooperative
Trust were reprimanded for ineficiency.
There has been an acute shortage Of
eggs in large centers since the first Of
the year.
State receipts of butter, which also is
very scarce, amounted to only 36.5 per
cent of the first quarter plan. Meat
supplies, another insufficient basic COM
modify, were only 17.9 per cent of the
annual plan in the same period.
Evening star., 1932-05-30
LOWER GOLD BACKING
is PROPOSED FOR PERU
Measure Would Substitute Market
able Paper aud Silver for Nearly
Half of Reserves.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LIMA, Peru, May 30-Bills to lower
the gold backing Of the sol, establish
national budget commission and reduce
the capital of the Central Reserve Bank
have been introduced in Congress by the
finance minister, Ignacio BrandariZ, to
ease the finalcial situation.
The budget commission. composed of
five Congressman and two financial eX-
perts, would control the national income
and expenditures
The gold backing of the sol would be
reduced from about SO per cent to Sc
per cent, with corresponding increase
in the silver and marketable paper
backing.
The Reserve Banks capital would be
reduced in an effort to aid industry
and farming.
Evening star., 1932-05-30
NEW-FOUND PLANET0ID
NOT so CLOSE TO EARTH
Scientists Find Fast-Moving Little
Neighbor to Be About
1000, 900 Miles Away.

BY the Associated Press. 8
LAKE GENEVA. Wis, May So
Science has started to pry into some
Of the secrets Of little 1882 H. A." !"
newly discovered planetoid. and has
found that 1t may not be as neigh
borly as had been expected.
DR.. Edwin B. Frost, director of
Yerkes Observatory, said computations
place the planetoids distance from the
earth at about 100000 miles. COM
pared with the estimate Of 1000, 900
made by its recent discoverer, DR.. Karl
Reinmuth Of Heidelberg, Germany.
But it remains the earth's nearest
known neighbor
The planetoid. estimated to be no
more than 10 miles in diameter, Is a
fast mover. The scientists have diff
Guilty in keeping their instruments
trained on 1t because 1t moves SO
rapidly.
Evening star., 1932-05-30
ATTACK VICTIM DIES;
POLICE SEEK MOTIVE
Confectionery Proprietor in Kan
sas City Beaten and Shot by Two
F.: Men Waiting at Traffic Light.

BY the Associated Press.
. KANSAS CITY. May 30.-Angelo
Iodice so, a confectionery proprietor,
died yesterday from bullet wound in
his abdomen. inflicted during a mys-
terious attack Saturday night.
Iodice before his death, told police
two men leaped on the running board
iof his motor car when he halted for
a traffic light. He said he disobeyed
their commands to drive into a side
street and was struck on the head
The confectioner professed no knowl-
edge of how he received his bullet
wound saying he became unconscious
after being struck.
Police were unable to ascribe mo-
tive for the assault.
Evening star., 1932-05-30
RENO "SLOWS DOWN. DIVORCES;
ONE-DAY DEGREES PROHIBITED
Sun Must Set Least Once Between Filing and Granting
E-SsSss.ssf of Petition, Judges Rule.

from one-day procedure which the
statement said frequently was "nui-
sance." 1t will be effective tomorrow.
Court attaches, especially those en-
ployed in the clerks Office, welcomed
the rule. They pointed out the grant,
ing OF DEGREES Immediately after suits
were filed often ran things ahead Of
clerical ability to keep up with the
procedure. And to add to the con-
fusion" the clerks Office was also the
place where marriage licenses were not
infrequently issued to parties VINO had
filed suit, obtained divorce and an
nounced intentions Of trying again with
a new mate ~ in the. course OF hall
an hour.
Evening star., 1932-05-30
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RENO, New, May 30.-Renos judges
have put the brakes on divorce seekers
who attempt to ship through court in
one day.
The SLOW down. order was issued
in joint statement by Judges B. F.
Curler and Thomas F. Moran which
announced the sun must set at least
once between filing of suit and granting
of decree The judges declared the rule
would not be waived under any con-
sideration,
/, IT WIS explained the rule vas decided
upon b eliminate confusion" resulting
Evening star., 1932-05-30
SUICIDE PACT SEEN
IN DEATH OF COUPLE
Woman Found Shot at Summer
Camp and Man Dead
of Poison.

BY the Associated Press.
ALTON, N. H, May 30.-A suicide
pact between a man and a woman was
believed revealed yesterday with the
finding of the bodies in a Summer
camp at Places Pond, near here.
The woman had been shot twice In
the head, police said, and the man evi-
IDENTIFY had died of poison. Failure to
find weapon at first had brought a
theory of double Staying. but the find
ing Of two notes led to belief of suicide.
The man was identified tentatively
as William Foster Of Andover, Mass. in
whose fathers camp the tragedy was
discovered. The only clue to the wom-
ans identity was the name Helen"
signed to one Of the notes.
Evening star., 1932-05-30
WOMAN DISAPPEARS
Chinese Fears White Wife Is Held
by Kidnapers.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 30-Kuo Yuan -Hsi,
architect in charge of Chinese govern
ment building plans for the Worlds Fair
here, yesterday reported to police his
white wife, formerly Miss Louise Flanter
of Jersey City. N. j., had disappeared.
Il am afraid that she has been kid
naped," Kuo said.
Kuo explained his wife had left him
note saying she was with a friend
Saturday night. When she did not
return, he reported her disappearance.
Evening star., 1932-05-30
CROPS SHOW INCREASE
Australia Expects to Have Surplus
for Export.

BY the Associated Press.
SYDNEY, New South Wales. May go
Australia, which 10 years ago grew
practically no tobacco or cotton, expects
to supply all her domestic requirements
this year and to have an exportable
surplus next year.
Formerly Australia imported the bulk
Of her cotton and tobacco from the
United States.
So rapidly have these crops increased
with the federal governments protection
that some Of the assistance given to
growers is being reduced. For instance.
the duty on tobacco has been lowered.
Evening star., 1932-05-08
Rep. Patman Guest at
Woman s Democratic Club

Representative Wright Patman will
be the guest of honor at the weekly
forum luncheon which the Woman's
National Democratic Club will give to-
morrow. Representative Patman will
talk after the luncheon about why
the Bonus?"
The club will give a dinner Friday
evening In honor of Representative
Hatton w. Summers of Texas. Mr..
Summers will discuss THE Greatest
Issue If the Coming Campaign"
A tour OF historic Fairfax gardens
has been arranged by the club for Fri
Gay and Saturday. Tickets for the
tour may be obtained at the club
house. Those desiring transportation
may obtain it by notifying the club
A heavy fall of snow recently extin-
guished forest fire In the Drome De-
partrnent Of France.
Evening star., 1932-05-08
Today Is Bargain Day
BY KATHLEEN NORRIS.

Now is the 1t be too late Tomorrow 1t may
late find the bargain that means your fortune your success
the rising tide the next few years
smart enough that when the d out and only when the
tide outca the beach
national prosperity Will come Dack as always mas
come back
Evening star., 1932-08-07
Sea Nettle Month.

This is the time of year when every
body who owns property on Chesapeake
Bay or its pleasant tributaries. and
everybody else who visits such property
for the alleged purposes Of swimming,
decides to do nothing about the sea
nettles. For the only thing TO DO
about the sea nettles is 10 do nothing.
The quicker that decision is reached
the better. and a happier place this
world will be TO live in.
This Is the time Of year to take the
firm stand above outlined on the sea
nettle problem because this is the time
Of the year that the sea nettles on
Chesapeake Bay really come into their
own. This, in other words, is Sea
Nettle Month. Every day in every way
they get bigger and better. Last year
there were more sea nettles in the bay
and its tributaries than the oldest in.
Evening star., 1932-08-07
Paw Cuts at Hollywood.

The depression has hit Hollywood,
but lust how hard is not disclosed. A
dispatch from that center of American
art states that one of the large studios
has lust ordered a salary cut for all
stars and feature players not hereto
fore affected BY reductions. These re-
duetions have ranged from fifteen to
5orty-five per cent. In this connection
certain names are mentioned of players
who are reputed TO receive $500 and
IS 900 a week. No report is made OF
the new scale. At $500 a week per-
former gets $500 year and at
$4,000 a week, $26O,OO0 a year. II
would seem that pay cuts could be ef-
fected without actually impoveriShins
these favorites Of the films.
Searchers for the causes Of the pres
ent rnancial troubles Of the movie pro-
eucers nave not had far to seek for on'
OF the principal reasons why some O.
them are in serious straits. The mo-
tion picture business is in fact In
mated far beyond the point of sounC
administration. Extravagant compen
sations prevail. not only among tn
performers, especially the stars, but Il
other branches Directors draw princel
stipends. Researchers and chief cam
c-amen are on pay scale beyond tnos
Evening star., 1932-08-07

habitants ever remembered seeing be-
fore, But this year the sea nettles have
scorned the record for numerical super
iority and gone In for size and general
cussedness. Sea nettle observers have
noted a distinct tendency among the
nettles this year toward arrogance and
fine disregard Of human rights. Here
tofore the average nettle has been will
ing to go his way. stinging only when
touched. This year the nettles. possi-
bly, because they think they are so big
and smart, are going In for offensive
tactics, actually seeking out swimmers
and attacking them at unexpected mo-
ments in unexpected places. Some net
ties have been caught in the act of
watching from a safe distance a diver
leave the springboard and then sub
merging to follow him and hound him
by underwater barrage
Last Summer there was same talk
in these columns, at least-of getting
the Maryland State Conservation Com
mission to declare war on the sea net
ties and thus to allow the paradise of
the Chesapeake Bay country really to
come into its own. But the Maryland
State Conservation Commission, while
aSsiduouSly studying the sea nettle, has
apparently discovered a strange part
nership between the nettle and the
oyster. The bigger the nettles, the bet
ter the oysters. And If it can be scien-
tifically determined that q sea nettle
helps an oyster, even a single, solitary
oyster-and goodness only knows why
a proud. self-respectng oyster would
accept such helpl-the Maryland State
Conservation Commission does not care
how many bathers get stung, so long
as the stung bathers do not sting back
and hurt the nettles. Maryland would
not let the bonus marchers establish
colony. but how about it II the crabs or
the oysters wanted to establish colony
in Maryland? How about 1t, Mary
land? How about that, huh?
There ought. however. to be the germ
of an idea in this suspicious liaison
between oysters and nettles. AS every
body knows, II Is unethical II not illegal
to eat an oyster during a month that
has not got an "R" in it. Why not
make the nettles abide by the same
sort of rule, and outlaw a nettle that
stings a bather during a month that
has not got an 'F9' in it? Is there not
some justice in this world? Are we
men or are we mice?
Evening star., 1932-08-07
Mavor Walkers "Date" at Albany

MAYOR Walker has been asked by
Gov Roosevelt to appear before him
at Albany at 80 pm, daylight saving
time. on Thursday, August IL, 1882.
The Governor appears to be quite ex-
plicit in his appointment, perhaps with
regard for the mayors well known trait
of tardiness. 1t may be expected, how
ever, that he will be there on time
But he may not be able to comply with
the Governors expectation that his re-
joinder to Judge Seabury's rebuttal VIII
be in hand tomorrow. So on Thursday
next. with his array of counsel, and
perhaps with many documents and law
books. the mayor will make his appear
ance to plead for his official life. He
will face the accusations not only OF
the Legislative Investigating Commit
tee, but of two groups of citizens who
have filed charges more or less OF the
same character as those presented
through Judge Seabury, the commit
tees counsel. One of these groups is
headed by James E. Finegan. In
public statement, Mr. Finegan notes the
fact that Mayor Walker twice excused
his delay in answering the Seabury
charges by claiming that he was an
swering those of this citizens commit
tee. whereas at the end he evaded them
BY calling them irrelevant and frivolous.
There is much meat in the Finegan
indictment against the mayor that does
not appear in the Seabury accusations.
relating to improper assessments. In
deed the F1negan charges alone, with
out those filed by the investigating
committee and the Schieffelin group OF
citizens, constitute a "case" which the
huthe mayor might well be disposed to
be indefinitely tardy about meeting.
Evening star., 1932-08-07
Is the Present Boom Another False Dawn
Or Real Rising of the Economic Sun ?

ments have fallen by 80 per cent
In the matter of our resources it is
not volume that we lack. 1t is We
locity.
The Federal Government has vastly
increased the volume without being
able to increase the velocity. The buy
ing Of Government bonds by the Fed
eral Reserve System has put money
or its equivalent-int the member
banks of the system in gigantic sums.
Those sums have found their way back
into the IL Federal Reserve banks
themselves in gigantic deposits or bal
ances. The Federal Reserve Board in
Washington in its last bulletin gives
the "excess reserves" of national banks
totaling almost three hundred million
dollars. That three hundred million
dollars is wholly unnecessary to the
legal solvency of the member banks.
1t could be loaned to customers. It
could legally be loaned to them Is
times over. 1t could constitute the
legal sound basis for loans to the ex-
tent of more than four billion dollars.
X x
Considered from the standpoint Of
the situation abroad, and considered
also from the standpoint of the sit
uation at home our monetary and
financial foundation for a superstruc-
ture of credit and of activity is today
both solid and ample. The unanswered
question remains: Will the super
structure appear?
Bits of it do seem now to begin to
appear Buyers for Government Sc
curities are profuse in their confidence
in the CnVnrOO1nnf Thou
Gently offered 1925, 100000 of Federal
Treasury notes. They came forward
with offered subscriptions Of almost
four billion dollars.
They begin to invest again also In
certain private securities They are
now buying several scores of millions
of dollars of new bonds of public utili-
ties. Purchases of securities in gen.
eral are perceptibly reviving. There
upon the Department of Commerce
now reports that in two weeks the av-
erage of bond prices has risen from
79 to 83 per cent of its level of 1924
and the average Of stock prices has
similarly risen from SO to 46 per cent
of that level.
simultaneously the Department of
Agriculture reports that the July
change in the prices of farm commodi-
ties showed the greatest gain achieved
in any month since the depression
strted.
Will these little new edifices on our
secure monetary foundation rise far
ther? Or will they be swept away by
a new wave of diStruSt and discourage
ment? That is what Washington does
not know. 1t has one chief sort OF
fear and one chief sort of hope.
Its fear is that some producers have
not adjusted their sales offerings to the
new economic price levels and that
many consumers will be encouraged in
their inertia, which leads them more
toward saving than toward spending.
It's hope is that producers in gen
eral may be able to follow the example
of many of their fellow-pro6ucers and
may be able to tempt the consumers
with offerings that cannot be resisted.
1t is thought here that possibly the
sales resistance" of the consumers Will
yield only to a terrific bargains
attack" by the producers.
copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-08-07
Precept and Practice
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D.. d, IL. D,
Bishop of Washington.

church than gymnasiumS and social
privileges. that are afforded him by
Institutions better equipped to meet his
varied needs. The great Master came TO
lift the whole vision of life to higher
levels. True, He dealt with bodies as
well as souls. He ministered to the
present needs Of men, and, giving them
a right understanding of hfe's trueSt
values and deepest satisfactions, he
sought to make them, through faith
and practice, happy here and Mt Tor the
larger life hereafter. Much OF that
which the church purveys today lacks
these essential elements of His teach
ings. There seems to be wide breach
between what men profess TO Delleve
and what they actually practice in
daily life. This more than all else has
brought upon the church the stern
criticism of those who cannot see its
essential place in the economy of life.
The fine, heroic elements that marked
the ministry of Jesus, where they have
been emulated, have effected salutary
changes in individuals and communi-
ties. Neither the eloquence Of preach
ing nor the richness of ceremonial can
serve as substitutes for rigid and con-
sistent adherence to those high ideals
of which He is the supreme exemplar.
1t is the part of folly to think that
because the present age seems to be
lacking in reverence for those things
that are designed for its largest spirit
ual development the Christian religion
is a spent force. We readily admit
that there are deficiencies in many Of
our Christian institutions. We ac-
knowledge with humility that the mes
sage of the pulpit is all too frequently
insipid and lacking in that intensity
that betrays a passion for souls. We
are bound to believe that the very
exigencies Of the present hour are COM
pelling the church to re-address itself
to those fundamental principles set
forth by Him who designed to give to
man a finer conception of the more
abundant life" In spite Of all that is
said to the contrary. we believe that
in this age In which materal values
have been shattered there is persistent,
If inarticulate, cry Of the soul for the
satisfaction of its deeper yearnings and
hopes. Gilbert Chesterton was right
when he affirmed: Christianity has not
been tried and found wanting; it has
been tried and found dificult" :.
Evening star., 1932-08-07
Who Will Pay the Bill?

One of the minor mysteries incident
70 the evacuation of the bonus march,
ers from Johnstown relates to the part
.he Baltimore g. Ohio has played In
furnishing them with free transporta-
zion to their homes. Is the Baltimore
g. Ohio paying for this constructive
bit of philanthropy, or is somebody
else paving for it. and, If so, who? A
report that the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration paid for the transportation Is
confused by later statements by rail-
road officials that nobody has paid Tor
Il and one of the officials of the road
has been quoted to the effect that later
a hill for the free rides will be presented
to somebody 'in washington"-after
the bill has been submitted Tor ap-
nroval to the Interstate Commerce
commission. But to whon-in WASH
sngton?
The Interstate Commerce act gives
the railroads full authority to transport
free. "indigent, destitute, and homeless
persons. and the bonus marchers GER
tainly belong in such groups. But such
TRANSPORTATION, although free to the
bonus narchers, is not furnished with
ont cost by the railroad. The bill Tor
the special trains furnished by the
p g. O. will run into many thousands
of dollars. But as the bonus marchers
did not comply with the regulations
laid down by the Veterans Bureau Tor
obtaining transportation, the charges
TO be assessed against their bonus GER
tificates, the authority of the Govern
ment to assume the obligation is at
this time, at least, unknown.
It is to be remembered that the
p g. o. played conspicuously prorni-
nent part in the original bonus march
on washington. It refused, and at con-
siderable risk to its property, to allow
the virtual seizure of its freight trains
by the marchers and did what 1t could
To discourage the march. If other rail-
roads had followed the same tactics IN
stead of adopting a negative policy OF
condoning freight-hopping, the bonus
march might not have attained It's
strength. 1t is to the credit of this rail-
road that it has been the principal
agency for peaceful dispersal of the
veterans from Johnstown and their
movement back to their homes. 1t Will
be interesting to learn who foots the
bill.
Evening star., 1932-08-07
Manufacturers Study
Government Expenses
RY HARDEN COLFAX.

Government now costs the people OF
the United States about $4,000, 600 600
a year. or one-fourth of the entire ma
tional income. OF this huge sum 10
per cent is spent by State and local
governments and 80 per cent by tne
Federal Government.
These are among the facts shown IN
a graphic chart Just compiled oy the
National Association of Manufacturers,
the first of a series based on official
figures and designed to acqualnt tne
public with facts concerning Govern
ment expenditures and income.
Federal costs, as indicated on It1e
chart. of course are topped by the $92S,-
0o0, 900 spent in the past year by the
Veterans Bureau. Other large items in
the $4,000, ,000,0 900 total include $l,l36,-
600 900 for the public debt and S713.-
900 900 for the military and naval estao-
lishments.
During the first few months Of the
session of Congress recently ended bills
were introduced calling for the spend
ing of $33 900, ,ooO, 900. Congress act
ually appropriated only about one-sev-
enth of this amount, but it is evident
that the business world believes even
that sum to be more than the country
can afford to spend for Government.
Federal costs have increased IA per cent
in the past 10 years, bit State and
local expenditures have gone up rs per
cent.
The study now made public tells the
relationship, during each of the past
IA years, between the total national in
come in the United States and the total
cost of Government, and analyses the
following: ID The total sums expended
by States and municipalities; CD the
expenditures of the Federal Govern
ment on military, war, veterans relief,
payment on the interest and principal
of the public debt, etc; (3) all other
expenditures of the Federal Govern
ment during each year-that is, what
are sometimes termed the non military