davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1932-12-31
COMMITTEE ACTS
. ON FARM AID PLAN
Domestic Allotment Consid-
ered-Hope for Bill by
Next Week.
By the Associated Pre- s.

By the Associated Press.
With the intention Of laying a farm
relief bill before the House next week
thH Agriculture Committee held a Spe-
clal session today to work on the DO
mestic allotment plan.
Only half of the committees "a men,
berS were present when Chairman Jones
called the meeting to order, The alb
sence Of a quorum killed any hope of
formal action toSay. but Jones said he
expected to make some progress in pre-
pairing the bill.
Before the committee was a draft of
a domestic allotment bill recommended
by organized farm leaders as well as a
measure prepared by Jones earlier this
session
Both would pay producers of wheat
cotton hogs and tobacco a bounty on
their share Of domestic consumption,
raising the necessary funds through a
processing tax. The Jones bill would
fix the processing tax at the amount of
the tariff The farm group bill would
levy tax designed to lift the prices
Of the four commodities to their pre-
war purchasing power
Would Abolish Sterilization.
Both plans also would abolish the
Farm Boards sterilization powers.
Representative Rainey. the majority
leader, said the farm bill would be made
the business of the House as soon as
the committee concludes its work.
That probably will be late next
week" Rainey said Il believe the
House will pass a farm bill but am
not advised OF the attitude OF the
Senate"
Asked whether he thought President
Hoover would sign such a bill, Rainey
said ne was doubtful"
But We will put it up to him." he
added.
Action Soon as Possible"
Yesterday Speaker Garner advised
the membership that legislation TO aid
agriculture would be considered "as
soon as possible
Gamers statement was made in reply
TO questions of Representative Smell,
Republican leader, regarding next
weeks program. The Speaker put the
flrst deficiency appropriation bill at the
head of the list, then said
1T is hoped the Agriculture Com
mittee will report its bill for aericul-
tural relief If it does. it will be the
purpose to ask rule and take it up as
soon as possible"
Meanwhile a plea was made on the
foor yesterday by Representative Pat
man. Democrat, of Texas, in behalf of
currency expansion for the relief of
farm debtors
Thousands are facing bankruptcy,
repudiation of their deb unless we
expand the currency" p man said.
There are three ways TO do j.. Silver,
expansion on gold basis, or reyalu-
alton Of the dollar.
"Unless Congress does something in
stead of members worrying about not
being reelected two years from now,
they had better start worrying about
serving out the two years for which
they we're elected"
Evening star., 1932-12-31
DRAMA CRITIC TO SPEAK
E de S. Melcher Will Address
Pierce Hall Players.

Edward de Selding Melcher. dramatic
critic of The Star will speak on The
Theater, Yesterday and Today" at
general nesting of the Pierce Hall
Players in Pierce Hall. Fifteenth and
Harvard streets on Wednesday night,
January IL
Following Mr. Melcher's discourse
Mrs. Norma Simonson will sing. Mrs.
Dorothy Radde Emery will be the ac-
companist
Evening star., 1932-12-31
MRS. c. T. WILSON FINED
Wife of Temperance Leader Con.
victed of Speeding.

the temperance leader, was found
guilty on charge of speeding by Traf-
fic Judge John P. Mcmahon late yes
terday and fined S.
Mrs. Wilson was arrested by Traffic
Bureau Policeman E. C. Darby. who
testified she was driving 38 miles an
hour. Mrs. Wilson. who posted COL
lateral at the Traffic Bureau, pleaded
guilty and told the court: Maybe l
was going little too fast, judge"
Evening star., 1932-12-31
HUNDREDS FLEEING
FLOODS SWEEPING
SOUTHERN STATES
Continued From First Page. !

around North Montgomery, Ala, and
white residences were threatened The
Alabama stood IS feet above food stage
at Millers Ferry. Ala. where thousands
Of acres Of farm land have been sub
merged and the river was at 1913, or
3 feet above food stage at Selma, Ala
ILLINOIS LOWLANDS FLOODED.
Evening star., 1932-12-31
HOOVER OFF EARLY
FOR MORE FISHING
Plans DaWn-to- Trip as
Vacation in South
NearS End.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
THE SAILFISH CLUB, PALM
BEACH. Fla, December 3l-President
Hoover turned toward the open sea in
a dawn-to-dusk fishing expedition to-
day with hopes of duplicating or bet
tering his catch Of three sail fish yes
terday and planned a quiet New Year
eve aboard ship.
The Chief Executive set his sailing
time for half an hour before daybreak
and left word behind him that he
probably would be out until near dusk,
except for a brief return for lunch.
Senator Austin of Vermont, who lost
his sail fish to shark yesterday
headed another .1arty composed OF
Mark Sullivan, writer, and DR.. Joel T
Boone on a similar angling quest
Justice Stone Of the Supreme Court
and Lawrence Richey went along with
the President under the guidance OF
Capt Herman Gray, local fishing expert
Evening star., 1932-12-31
GARNER WILL BACK
NO CANDIDATE IN
SPEAKERSHIP FIGHT

Continued From First Page)
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-20
Minister Facing
Trial For Life

MUSKOGEE, Okla, Oct. 20. U.P)
Attorneys for a debonair 52-year-
old minister writer of fervid love
poems and church hymns, today
energetically plunged into a court
battle determined to prove their
client guiltless of a murder charge
The state, which charged Rev. S.
A. Berrie poisoned his wife SO he
could marry a 19-year-old Sunday
school teacher, closed its case late
yesterday, and today some 20 or
more defense witnesses were sched-
uled to testify
In it's first move to free the min
lister, the defense last night intro
duced a suicide note, assertedly
written by Mrs. Fannie Berrie and
found by her husband in a family
Bible while he was in jail.
Amanda Morrow, a bank clerk
who identified herself as a hand
writing expert, testified she be-
lieved the note, had been written
by the minister's wife.
Il am tired of life," the note
read.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-20
MILLS STRIKES
BACK AT GARNER
FOR STATEMENTS

BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 20. U.P)
Secretary of Treasury Ogden L.
Mills has struck back at Speaker
Garner, with denial that depart
mental estimates on government
finances have been inaccurate,
and an appraisal of the financial
record of the Democratic house of
representatives as "the worst in
history"
"a deficit has no more chance
of being concealed than a goldfish
in a bowl" said Mills in a Speach
here last night, in which he an
swered the Democratic vice pres
idential nominees criticism of
President Hoover's assertion of a
gold standard crisis, and of alleged
inaccurate treasury figures as to
the size of the deficit.
The deficit figures are published
DAY by day, said Mills, while treas
ury estimates, he said, must be
made months ahead, and are often
far from entirely accurate because
of the impossibility Of predicting
business conditions.
Garner in his New York speech
had charged that inaccurate fig
ureS led to panic abroad when
the real" figures as to the govern
ment deficit finally became known.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-20
POLICE DECLARE
KIDNAPPING PLOT
MERELY A HOAX

REDONDO BEACH, Oct. 20. UP)
"A statewide order for police to
hold Elliot B. Thomas for investi-
cation was broadcast by local au-
thorities today as they branded the
public school superintendents
mysterious disappearance a hoax.
Discarding the theory tn t
Thomas had been abducted by am
ateur robbers Monday night when
he surprised them looting his office,
officials said they had discovered
evidence indicating he had drop
ped from sight voluntarily. They
were unable to assign a motive for
his disappearance.
Capt. Norris Stensland of the
Sheriff's office said he had learned
that Thomas, using the name of
."E. T. Sherwood" had rented a
garage and received mail at the
home of Mrs. M. Witt in Los An
geles last month. He said that
Mrs. Witt partially identified
picture of Thomas as that of
Sherwood. Stensland believed
that Thomas sped north in the
same machine which he reputedly
stored in the Witt garage and
which he told his wife he had sold.
Mrs. Witt said most of the mail
Sherwood received at her address
was postmarked from Centralia,
Wash, and Eugene, Ore.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-20
HOOVER DENIES CHARGES OF
AVOIDING SILVER CONFERENCE

BUTTE, Mont, Oct. 2O-U.P)-
Vigorously defending the admin
istration's attitude toward an in
ternational silver conference, Pre-
sident Hoover today wired Butte
Republican headquarters he had
forced agreement to consideration
of silver problems at the forth
coming world economic conference.
81 made it a condition of our
acceptance" the President said
concerning American participation
in the conference, that the whole
silver question, should be put in the
agenda OF the conference, and real
ly dealt with. That has been agreed
to, and recently 1 stated 1 would
appoint a member of the delega-
tion to the conference representing
the silver interests of the United
States"
The telegram was received by
Paul Hudtloff, chairman of Butte
Republican counTS committee. 1t
was an answer to Hudtloff's re-
quest for the President to reply to
certain mislead:1; statements
made to the people Of Montana"
Hudtloff cited statements made
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-20
WAR SECRETARY
UNDER PRESIDENT
WILSON EXPIRES

SEABRIGHT, N. j., Oct. 20. U.R)
-Lindley M. Garrison, 68, secre-
tary of war in the Wilson admin
istration, died in his home here
last night following a three
months serious illness.
He was the second, member of
the original Wilson cabinet to die
in recent months, the other being
William c. Redfield, former Secre-
tary of commerce. Garrison had
been in poor health for five years.
His condition became grave only
recently.
Garrison became secretary of war
on March 5, 1913, after resigning
his post as vice chancellor of New
Jersey. He knew President Wilson
only slightly. He served until
February 10, 1916, when he re-
signed and re-entered the practice
of law. Since that date he was
associated with the New York law
firm of Hornblower, Miller and
Garrison.
The former secretary of war was
a native of Camden, N. j. He was
born there November %, 1864 and
attended the Camden public
schools. Later he entered Phillips
Exeter academy, Philadelphia, fol-
lowing up his studies there with a
special course at Harvard univer-
Sity
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-20

by Governor Franklin D. Roose-
yelt and Senator Thomas ]. Walsh
during the Democratic poeseden-
tial candidates.. visit in Butte Sept.
49,
Governor Roosevelt at that time
said he would call a silver confer
ence ION our own initiative SEN
ator Thomas j. Walsh declared the
President had remained obdur-
ate,' to senate resolutions and sill
yer producers petitions for some
action on the problem.
= Invitation Rejected
81 am glad your telegram enables
me to give this information and
record a statement not only as to
the action of the administration
but as to the G:Jerly misleading
statements to the people of Mon
tant,' the President wired.
Something over year ago /
had informal inquiries made as to
whether important governments
would be prepared to attend a sill
yer conference to be called by the
American government. They stated
they would not os interested" Mr..
Hoover said.
"At subsequent dates, on being
approached by minor governments
who were anxious to secure such
a conference, we suggested that
they endeavor to see whether they
could secure attendance of the
principal foreign governments at
conference which they would
call, and that we would be glad to
cooperate. We also suggested that
regional conferences might be held
at which we would attend.
Finally, upon proposal of the
British government that there
should be called a world economic
conference to take place late this
year, made it a condition of our
acceptance that the whole silver
question should be put in the agen-
da of the conference, and that it
should be fully dealt with. That
has been agreed TO, and recently
I stated that 1 should appoint a
member of the delegation to the
conference representing the silver
interests of the United States"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-20
HOOVER DENIES
HAVING FOREIGN
INTEREST In OIL

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20.-U.Pl-
President Hoover has no interest
in foreign oil business and did not
oppose a tariff on petroleum, he
declared in telegram sent to C.
G. league, former federal farm
board member, who is a leader of
the Republican party campaign in
California.
In Is years since he entered pub
lie service, President Hoover had
mot a dimes interest" outside of
the United States, the executive
declared.
Il have your telegram stating
that Democratic agents, despite all
proof to the contrary, are still cir
culating misleading statements
through their fields that I have
been opposed to relief of the oil
industry because CT my supposed
interest in foreign oil and that I
opposed the tariff on OIL" the
Presidents wire said.
This is usual type of politics. I
have not in Is years since I en-
tered public service had a dimes
interest outside of the United States
of any kind, including oil. I sup
ported the oil tariff in revenue
bill and signed that bill. Without
support 1 have I do not believe it
would have received sufficient vote
from non-oil sections to have been
carried.
Herbert Hoover"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-20
CHIEF OF POLICE
AT WASHINGTON
RESIGNS OFFICE
Friend Of Bonus Army
Issues Statement On
Cause OF His Action.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. U.P)-
Pelham d. Glassford, dashing for
mer army general whose policy
toward the bonus expeditionary
force brought him into conflict
with the administration, resigned
today as Washington's chief of po-
lice.
The immediate cause of his res
ignation was the refusal of the
District of Columbia commissioners
to authorize psrsonne1 changes he
had proposed as a means of in
creasing the efficiency of Wash
ington police.
In his letter of resignation, sub
mitted to the district commission
ers, Glassford criticized situation
which he said "has been one of
the chief reasons for difficulties
and failures in the police depart
ments of too many of our cities"
Il find myself" he wrote, Gin
the equivocal position of SO many
other police chiefs in the United
States, namely holding a position
of great responsibility but de-
prived of the essential authority to
discharge it without fear and with
out favor"
GlaSsford's difficulties with the
commissioners and the administra-
tion, however, went back to the
time of the bonus army encamp-
ment here last summer-a trying
period which saw him speeding
around the city by motorcycle day
and night, taking personal COM
mand in threatening situations,
and usually averting trouble by
plain and friendly talk to the vet
Grams.
President Hoover publicly criti-
cized GlaSSford for buying food for
the destitute veterans and permit
ting them to erect shelters on gov
ernment land. Glassford, who
himself had seen 80 years service
in the regular army, opposed the
action of the commissioners and
the President in using troops to
evict the bonus army from Wash
ington. Later he contradicted an
official report of Attorney General
that a large proportion of
the bonus marchers had criminal
records.
During these disputes there were
repeated reports that Glassford
would resign or be forced out as
police chief. He stayed on, how
ever, and turned his attention to
reorganization of the force, long
conceded to have been below par
in efficiency.
Glassford was appointed head
of the police force year ago, COM
ing here from his ranch in Arizona
to which he had retired after his
service in the regular army. He
was a graduate of West Point, and
saw service in France during the
World war.
The lanky soldier was a familiar
figure at every gathering of the
bonus marchers. He sought to
avoid disorders by persuasion. He
was popular among the rank and
file of the marchers. They called
him Chief"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-20
ACTOR HELD ON
SUSPICION OF
STABBING GIRL
Victim Of Hollywood Par
ty Expected To Recover
From Wound.

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 20. U.P)-
Charles Morton, finn actor, was
held as a material witness by police
today following the stabbing of
Rose Dona Wee-Lock, %, motion
pitcure actress, following a party
in her apartment.
Morton, whose true name is
Carl Nudge, "a, denied knowledge
of the stabbing, but police declared
he told conflicting stories of his
presence at the party.
The girl first told ambulance
surgeons she had stabbed herself,
but later refused to give any ex-
PLANTATION, according to detectives.
What's the use of talking" she
said. "Its all over now"
E. Friedman, a tenant in the
girls apartment house, told police
Morton awakened him early today
and told him to go to Miss Wee
Locks apartment, saying the girl
had been hurt.
Friendman found her clad in ne
gligee and with blood streaming
from severe wound in the abdo-
men.
Morton later appeared when po-
lice were investigating the case,
and told police that something
happened after the guests left"
officers said.
Later he claimed he had left the
apartment before the party end
ed, and that the actress tele-
phoned him to return long after
midnight.
Figured In Court
He said he found her wounded
when he arrived.
Surgeons said the girl would re-
cover.
Morton figured in superior court
proceedings last. Monday when he
was threatened with Jail because
he allegedly was overdue in ali
mony payments to his former
wife, Lya Lys, Russian dancer.
Miss Lys had hailed Morton into
court to secure custody of their
daughter, Joyce, nine months of
age. Judge Clement Shinn gave
the actor one month to make up
overdue alimony payments of $25
weekly, after Miss Lys pleaded
Dramatically with the court not to
send the actor to Jail.
Police said they would question
Morton further whie they sought
the knife with which the actress
was wounded.
Morton has been a featured
player in Hollywood for two years.
His chief film roles were in "Four
Sons" and Cameo Kirby.
Central casting records did not
reveal the name of Miss Wee-Lock,
nor Dona Rosa, as she is some-
times known.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-20
REELECTION OF
HOOVER URGED
BY HENRY FORD

DEARBORN. Mich, Oct. 20. -
U.P(-President Hoover is carrying
greater burdens than those of Alb
; raham Lincoln and should be elect
ed that his program of reconstruc-
ton can be achieved, Henry Ford
believes.
The industrialist urged Mr.. Hoo
ver'S election and criticized the ma
tion's present money system in a
radio address broadcast from his
laboratories here last night.
Ford said he was supporting the
President for the same reason he
supported Woodrow Wilson during
the World war.
Il supported Woodrow Wilson
because I expected that he would
devote himself to the improvement
of the economic machinery of this
country said Ford. HE under
stood what was wrong with our
money system. He wanted to
change it. But the sudden change
of events compelled him to switch
all his energies toward war and
international problems.
ut was the same with Mr.. Hoo
yer. When he was elected he ex-
pected to organize the machinery
of prosperity. But the sudden turn
of events laid upon his shoulders
the most terrible depression the
world has ever known"
Ford declares the President had
faced the enemy for three years
now. He knows all the tactics of
the forces of destruction. Why
bring in new recruit and retire
this seasoned leader, especially
since President Hoover has already
got the massive forces of defense
and recovery into action?"
II am not saying that Herbert
Hoover can work miracles" Ford
said. 81 have known a number of
presidents and 1 have never known
one who could, Mr.. Hoover is car
rying greater burden than Abra-
ham Lincoln carried-and he is
carrying it in a way that places
him beside Lincoln in sacrificial
service"
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-20
STAMP TAX APPROVED AS MEANS
FOR RAISING RELIEF WORK FUND

and for all purchases under 81 and
over 25 cents the tax will be one
cent. No tax is to exceed 81 on
any one purchase.
Execution of the plan will be
carried out on the following lines.
The relief committee will furnish
all cooperating merchants, dealers,
wholesale houses, industries, amuse-
ment houses, ETC., suitable stamps
or stickers free of charge.
No insistence or persuasion is to
be used by merchants or clerks in
an attempt to force the purchaser
TO pay the tax against his will.
Stickers or stamps will be dis
tinctive in design and will be at
tached to the outside of all wrap
ped packages as visible evidence to
the public that the purchaser has
paid the relief tax.
Collection of the tax, according
to members of the committee, up
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-20
State Undecided
In Reynolds Case

WINSTON SALEM, N. c., Oct.
20.-U.nG-Libby Holrs<n Reynolds
demand for complete vindication"
on the charge of numbering her
husband, Smith Reynolds, opened
the possibility today that the state
might present a skeleton case
against her and ask a directed ver-
dict of not guilty.
Solicitor Carlisle Higgins was ST.
lent on his next move, however,
saying he was entirely too busy to
think of the Reynolds case this
week.
Higgins last comment was on
the Reynolds family letter suggest
ing the state drop the case against
Mrs. Reynolds and Alb Walker,
Smiths closest friend. His COM
ment that he would be more
strongly guided by it (the letter.
than by any other source" led to
the belief the state would move to
Dolle PROSE- the indictments.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-20
REPUBLICANS TO
IGNORE PLAN FOR
BEER TAXATION
BY HENRY MISSELWITZ
United Press Staff Correspondent

ChitCu iOoS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20-Repub-
lican strategy, it was indicated to-
day. will be to hammer away at
economic issues" until November 8
despite the fact that Governor
Roosevelt at Pittsburgh raised the
Bingham "beer for revenue" issue,
and Senator Bingham (Rep), Con-
necticut, promised immediate ac-
tion to get that revenue.
The reeal and modification issue
has been somewhat dormant dur
ing the later phases of the cam
paign despite the fact that most of
the oratory in the party conven-
tions stressed it.
Roosevelt, in proposing beer for
revenue" to help balance the fed
eral budget, discussed a phase of
the prohibition question not men
toned as yet by President Hoover.
The President did not go SO far as
to favor repeal of the 18th amend
ment but he did urge revision" in
his acceptance speech.
Secretary of Treasury Ogden
Mills, the Presidents chief political
advisor, was asked "how about the
prohibition question:"
Prohibition? Why 1 haven't
anything to say on prohibition" he
replied.
Senator Bingham, leader of the
New England beer for revenue
forces in the upper house, however,
did not agree with Mills.
Il shall introduce a 4 per cent
bill as soon as congress meets" he
said before leaving on a campaign
tour of Missouri and Wisconsin.