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The Washington times., 1932-12-06
P. j. EMPLOYEES
. WAR ON CUTS

Representing many thousands
OF postal employees throughout the
country, the executive committee
OF two large organizations, in
session here, will launch a drive
Tor repeal of provisions in the
economy act which are regarded
as unjust to postal workers.
Secretary-Treasurer Thomas F.
Flaherty, of the National Fedora.
ton of Postoffice Clerks, and
Thomas Dolan, president of the
United National Association OF
Postoffice Clerks, have begun the
drive and the latter filed a pc
tition with Postmaster General
Brown and all members of Con
gress. 1t protested against the
continuation of the furlough plan
or any other form of wage re-
duction at expense of Govern.
ment employees until it becomes a
necessity and last resort"
Other reternchments may be
made, the document said. with,
out an impairment of the postal
service.
Mr.. Flaherty, in a statement, as
serted that the economy law had
tailed of its purpose and had not
a11ected the economies expected.
The Washington times., 1932-12-06

Celebration Of the opening Of
the Kellogg Building, headquar.
ters of the Women's National
Committee for Law Enforcement,
which includes representatives Of
various organizations of women,
will be held tomorrow afternoon
at 4 o'clock. A tea will be given
in the Spanish room of the Hotel
Washington and a notice today
said that all persons desiring to
attend the tea must send their
cards before Wednesday noon to
Mrs. Henry w. Peabody, execu-
tive committee chairman, Of the
hotel.
National officers, including Mrs.
Peabody will be on the reception
committee, and among them will
be Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson, Of
Chevy Chase, Md; Mrs. William
The Washington times., 1932-12-06
Reserve Officers
HGUe Ladies' Night

The George Washington Chap
ter of the Reserve Officers AS
ISOLATION will hold It's first
ladies night celebration at the
George Mason Hotel, Alexandria,
tonight. A dinner will be fol-
lowed by dancing
Col. Kemper williams, presi-
dent of the National Reserve
Officers Association, will be the
principal speaker.
The Washington times., 1932-12-06
Churches Must Unite,
C1dn1dn Declares

BALTIMORE, Dec. 6.-Protes-
tant churchs must unite or perish.
This prediction is made by the
Rev. DR.. S. Parkes Cadman, of
New York, former president Of the
Federal Council of Churches of
Christ of America, who is giving
series of nightly sermons here
this week.
The Washington times., 1932-12-06
DC. Radio Engineers
viii Meet ThUrSd0U

The monthly meeting Of the
District chapter of the American
Institute of Radio Engineers will
be held Thursday, at the Ken
nedy-Warren Apartments.
w. F.. Curtis, of the Naval Re.
search Laboratory, will speak on
Review of Ultra-Short Wave
Literature. Dinner will precede
the meeting.
The Washington times., 1932-12-06
FLOrid0n Gives Up
Speeding Collateral

Collateral amounting to $101 As
was forfeited yesterday by Edward
DeCamlllis, Of Lakeland, Fla,
wnen' he failed to appear in the
Laurel police court to answer a
charge of speeding on the Wash
lngton Boulevard He was
arrested November 80 by William
n. Conroy, investigator for the
commissioner of motor vehicles,
near Berwyn,
The Washington times., 1932-12-06
Arlington CiUic
GROUP to Elect

Officers of the Arlington County
Civic Federation for the coming
year will be elected at a meet.
ing Of the body, to be held in the
Lyon Park Community House,
Thursday night, it was announced
today by Robert N. Anderson,
president.
The federation is composed Of
SO delegates from various civic,
commercial and political groups
of the county.
The Washington times., 1932-12-06
10 CdpOne HOLSTERS
In Chicago MeSheS

CHICAGO, Dec. 6 G.N.SO.-Ten
reputed members of the AL Capone
gang were awaiting the "show-up"
at detective headquarters today,
following a spectacular raid on
the syndicate's alleged northwest
district headquarters. The raid
was carried out by a newly organ.
lied police contingent known as
the "hoodlum squad" whose pur.
pose is said to be the expulsion
of Chicago'S mobSters,
The Washington times., 1932-12-06
Waters, Bonus Vets
Leader, Coming Here

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 6 U.S0
Walter w. Waters, bonus com
mander, will leave tomorrow morn
ing for Chicago ard washington
Waters said tonight:
81 intend to continue my ef-
forts for full payment Of the
bonus, but have no intention
Of attempting to lead another
march on Washington"
The Washington times., 1932-12-06
WOMEN PLAN NEW HONE

Darby, Mrs. Frank D. Berrien
and Miss Vida Milholland, of
Washington, and Miss Margaret
Hamilton, Of New York. Other
Capital leaders of the organiza.
ton will be in the receiving lire
and at the tea tables.
Evening star., 1932-09-01
Washington Produce

Butter-Onepou prints, SO score,
%; 80 score, 81; standard, 20; tub, SO
score. 81; 80 score, 20; standards, 10.
Eggs-Hennery whites, 20a23; cur
rent receipts, candled, 16a18 sealed
Government grades, extras, 2712 stand
ards, 231a; mediums, 231h.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, hens, IL;
toms, 10; crooked breasts, TO- chickens,
Plymouth Rocks, 312 pounds and over,
15a19; 2l2 to pounds, 16; under 2l2
pounds, "A; Rhode Island Reds Is;
Leghcrns, 13a14; hens, 14al5; Leghorn
hens, 10all; roosters, 8; mixed colored
chickens, 13a14; keats, young, per pair,
100; old, So
Poultry dressed-Turkeys hens, Is;
toms, 10; crooked breasts, 13; chickens.
Plymouth Rocks, 312 pounds and over,
2la22; 21R to pounds, 10; under 21a
pounds. IT; Rhode Island Reds, 10;
1eghorns, l6a17; hens, 17a18; Leghorn
hens, l2a14; roosters, II; mixed colored
chickens, 16a17.
Meats-Beef, s; lamb, IS: veal, Il:
pork loins, 16; fresh hams, l3; smoked
hams. Is; strip bacon, Is; lard, Tx;
compound, 7.
Live stock-Hogs, light, 4.25a4 so;
medium. 4.3Oa4 co; heavy. 3.75a42 IS;
pigs, 4.00a4.50; roughs, 200a325; calves,
3.00a600; lambs, 3.00a5 .00a5.50.
-Watermelons, 15a50: canta-
loupes, two-peck baskets 35a60; honey
deWs. l.25al.5 so: pineapples, 3.75; Per-
sian melons. 200; apples. bushel bas-
kets, 35a1.25; box stock, 1.75a225:
peaches, 75al.75; bananas, 1O0a2 so;
grapes, Malagas, red, $50; Thompson
seedless, ITS; Ribiers, l.25; Concords,
two-peck baskets, 75a1 90; pears. 200:
alligator pears, $50; figs, 450; oranges,
35Oa4.50; lemons, 10.00a11 90; grape
fruit, 500a5.50; lines, per 100, 1.50a
200; huckleberries Canadian, 450;
plums, California fats, 125a1 so; near
by, two-peck baskets, $50; damsons
bushels. 200a225.
egetables-Potatoes, barrels, 1.50a
200; New Jersey, 100-pound sacks, ! 90
a115; sweets, bushels, 40a50; Idaho
bakers, 100 pounds. $50; tomatoes,
two-peck baskets. 25a50: lettuce, Ice
berg, 200a3.00; peas, 1.75a200; string
beans. 75al00; limas, 10oa1.25; egg
plant, so; cucumbers, 125a1.50; cauli-
flower, 125al so; onions, white, l.50;
yellow, rs; kale, 40a50; spinach, 1.50;
carrots, per 100 punches, 2.50a3 90;
beets, per 100 punches, 2.50a3.00; cab
bage. 80 pounds, LOCAL. bushel bas-
kets, so; squash, two-peck baskets, 40.
Evening star., 1932-09-01
STERLING CHARGES
UNLAWFUL VOTING
Believes He Is Winner Over
Mrs. Ferguson on legal
Ballots"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DALLAS. Tex, September 1.-The
Texas Election Bureau tabulation
shows Mrs Miriam A. MAJ Ferguson
leading Gov. Ross S. Sterling by 1898
votes for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination with virtually complete re-
turns, but the Governor declares he
has obtained a majority of 'all the
votes lawfully cast"
Coincident with an announcement
last night by the bureau it would tabu-
late no more returns until Saturday,
the Governor issued formal state
ment concerning the run-of primary
OF last Saturday and expressed con-
fldence he would be the party's
nominee.
Gov. Sterling charged thousands Of
illegal votes had been cast and gross
errors" had occurred in the count. He
linked his charge with a declaration
that he intended ito leave nothing
undone to secure an honest ballot
and to eliminate every unlawful vote
cast in Texas last Saturday"
Mrs. Ferguson and her husband,
James E. Ferguson, the one the States
first woman Governor and the other a
Governor who was impeached and re-
moved from Office in 1917, declined to
comment.
The unofficial tabulation by the
bureau gave Mrs Ferguson 476,750
votes and Gov. Sterling 474,352. At
that time 951,1o2 votes had been re-
Evening star., 1932-09-01

ported from 254 counties, 25l Of which
were complete.
On Saturday the bureau will gather
The county party officials will make
formal reports to the Texas State
Democratic Executive Committee. which
meets in Lubbock September IL. prior
to the State Democratic Convention
there the next day. The committee will
canvass the official returns and the
convention will declare the party
nominee
Under Texas laws, If the decision Of
the State convention should be ques-
toned, contest might be brought in a
District Court to restrain party officials
from certifying the name Of the
declared winner on the general election
ballot,
Evening star., 1932-09-01
STERLING CHARGES ANSWERED.

AUSTIN, Tex, September l R.-
James E. Ferguson. husband of Mrs.
Miriam A. Ferguson. said today he would
meet Gov. Sterlings challenge to de-
termine the regularity of the vote in
last Saturdays Democratic primary.
Everybody knows the Ferguson cam
paign was the campaign of the poor
people of this State, who had neither
money nor official patronage with which
to corrupt and influence the voters"
Ferguson said.
"If Sterling will just have his high
way commission furnish their affidavit
showing how many thousand extra
employees were put on the pay rolls in
the last six weeks before the election,
and the amount of money paid them,
the public won't hear any more talk
about contesting the election.
Sterling knows that for six weeks
before the election the highway de-
partment ceased to function so far as
doing an honest days work is con-
cerned. and TOO employees right here in
Austin under Sterling's nose closed up
their Offices and hit the political high
way to get votes for Sterling
Every other Sterling department in
the Capitol did the same thing, and
the pay of these employees who quit
their business, amounted to no less than
81 100000 in the last five weeks before
the election"
Evening star., 1932-09-01
OMAHAN is NAMED
FARM CREDIT HEAD
Ford Hovey, Stock Yards
Bank Official, Will Direct
- Unit of R. F. C..
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Ford Hovey of Omaha, Nebr., today
was appointed head of the agricultural
credit organization of the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation.
Hovey arrived in Washington today,
and announcement of his appointment
was made by Wilson Mccarthy, direc-
tor of the corporation, who has been
handling agricultural work.
The corporation also announced that
a branch Office of the Regional Agricul-
tural Corporation for the twelfth land
bank district will be established at
Boise, Idaho.
The twelfth land bank district is
composed Of Montana. Idaho, Oregon
and Washington. The corporation had
previously announced that the main
Office will be at Spokane, Wash, with
branches at Helena, Mont, and Port
land, Greg.
Hovey for many years has been con-
nected with the Stock Yards National
Bank of South Omaha, Nebr., and was
described by corporation officials as
particularly fitted to carry out the live
stock feeders loan program, which will
be the first work of the new Agricultural
Credit Corporation.
Mccarthy said that It was hoped the
personnel of the eight corporations
which have been announced would be
completed within the next few days
and an announcement would be made.
He added. however. no decision had
Evening star., 1932-09-01
GANGSTER HAND SEEN
IN HOTEL Staying
Business Agent for Italian Bakers
Association Is Shot Down
in Chicago.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September believed
by police to have been a gangster's VIC
tim, Charles Argento, about 35, business
agent for the Italian Master Bakers
Association, was shot to death in his
hotel room yesterday. Police said he
was reputed member of the Al Capone
gang.
Shortly after Argento fell. four bullet
holes in his body, Julius Anschell, 35,
association bookkeeper, voluntarily ap-
peared at police headquarters and said
he and James de George, field agent
for the association, were in the room
when the killing occurred.
AnSchell said Argento opened the
door and as they walked in four shots
sounded back of them. They turned.
he said, to see Argento dying on the
floor. He insisted neither of them saw
the killer or killers.
Police are looking for De George.
Anschelrs sister, Anne, divorced two
years ago from Argento, also appeared
at headquarters. She was held with
her brother for questioning.
Evening star., 1932-09-01
Grid Men Play Base Ball.

Stars of the Wresham Foot Ball Club
in Wales have become enthusiastic over
base ball. The foot ball team, which
has been among the leaders in Wales,
has become a nine, and the club grid
iron turned into a diamond. The trainer
believes that the base ball experience
will make his men better foot ball play
ers when the season opens.
Evening star., 1932-09-01

been made as to the location of the two
Southern corporations. He was unable
to say how soon the cities in which
they will be located win be selected
Mccarthy said the Kansas City Agri-
cultural Credit Corporation would in
clude part of the State of Kansas, but
the exact line had not yet been de-
termined.
Loans on feeder cattle from almost
all of the Western States probably will
be handled at Kansas City. he said
because Of the convenience of the city
to the men who buy cattle as feeders.
Evening star., 1932-09-01
$4,000 Veterans Retained.

England has completed arrangements
for the retention permanently in the
government employ Of more than $4,000
ex-service clerks, who had been given
temporary employment They will be
engaged on a pensionable basis. In ad-
dition more than 1000 temporary
woman clerks and stenographers are to
be given pensionable employment.
Evening star., 1932-09-01

EMT0RY SALE
-and ,Ue feel it our duty
to add these feu tUOrds:
We don't know enough about the COM
ing presidential election to venture even
guess as to the outcome.
We can't tell you what you're going to
have to pay for foods or flowers this COM
ing Fall.
But we DO know something about our
own business. And we feel you're entitled
to certain recently developed FACTS:
Woolen, silk and cotton prices have ad-
vanced considerably during the past few
weeks. The advances are based on sound
fundamental economics and have nothing
to do with stocks, bonds or elections.
We can tell you now, with authority,
that prices on fine quality clothing reached
their low levels several months ago.
And when you can buy S3l to S3S Hart
Schafner & Marx Suits for S21 . $40 to SIS
Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits for S3l SIS and
$40 Topcoats for Sl9 >. SIS to S45 Overcoats for
S2l =. SIS Tuxedos for S2l Raleigh "8" Shoes
for S4.85 and Mems Furnishings at proper
tionate savings-we say most emphatically-. !,
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY!
Evening star., 1932-09-01
BALTIMORE STOCKS.

Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, September l.
Evening star., 1932-09-01

o Incidentally, you are inrited to open
Charge account ,Uith us. You may
pay in 30 days or use our Extended
Payment Plan-taking four months
to pay, ,oithOut any interest charges.
Evening star., 1932-09-01

A fox terrier killed l30 chickens on
poultry farm in Fencehouses, Eng.
land, recently.
Evening star., 1932-09-01
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK, September ! P).-
Stocks firm; rails again in demand.
Bonds steady; rails improve. Curb
steady; utilities firm. Foreign exchanges
steady; gold currencies firm. Cotton
lower; increased hedge selling; easier
wheat market. Sugar steady; commits
sion house selling. Coffee higher; firmer
spot market.
CHICAGO, September 1 P).-Wheat
barely steady; heaviness winnipeg
bearish Canadian export estimate. Corn
barely steady; bearish estimate farm
reserve; forecast rains Southwest. Cattle
steady to lower. Hogs higher.
Evening star., 1932-01-31

become entangled in war in the Far
East.
The general feeling is that this coun-
try will not get into war, and that un-
less America should be attacked, Con-
gress would not declare war. On the
other hand, those familiar with cOndi-
tions at Shanghai realize that the sit
uation there. with American Marines
and seamen on hand. and American
life and property at stake, is like a
powder magazine which sparks may
strike at any time.
Congressional advocates OF strong
policy OF preparedness and vigorous ma
tionaliSm. while net making public
statements. are emphatic in criticism OF
American policy in the Pacific in re-
cent years and contend what is happen
ing now is the inevitable result Of that
policy. One eminent Republican SEN
ator said today one had to go back t.
tie Washington treaty and beyond tO
get a correct view CT what has occurred.
He pointed out that by that treaty, the
United States weakened its position in
the Far East; that it consented to re-
duce naval equipment there and agreed
not to fortify in that region, that from
that time to now, by one step and an
other. American naval and military
strength in the western Pacific has
been declining, while Japans has been
growing; that Japan may have secret
understanding with ether powers as to
a free hand in the Orient; and that in
any event, when the time comes for
the United States to take a strong
stand for the preservation OF the in
tegrity OF China, it finds itself handi-
capped by naval and diplomatic
policy going back to the days of Hard
ing and even Wilson.
Evening star., 1932-01-31
"MERCY SLAYER
ADJUDGED INSANE
Father, Who Claimed He Killed
Baby Because of Mental Def
cheney, Ordered Committed.

BY the Associated Press.
MILLERSBURG, Ohio January 80
A father who killed his baby because
it was mentally deficient today was
adjudged insane.
The mercy slayer" James Stenhouse
a stonecutter of Killbuck, near here
was ordered committed to the Massillon
State Hospital for Insane by Judge
r. B. Putnam after hearing the report
of two alieniSts.
Stenhouse recently confessed he
chloroformed his two-year-old son
David Oscar, two years ago because the
baby was incurably i'll of brain fever.
A grand jury refused to indict him on
murder charges and recommended a
sanity test
StenhouSe has testified he was sure
he did the right thing" and would
do it over again. His wife today told
the court she an her three other chill
dren lived in fear of their lives the
last two years because Stenhouse,
weighted by his secret, went on drink
ing SpreeS"
Evening star., 1932-01-31

broke their way into stores and dwell
ings hunting for hidden Chinese, nei-
ther bolts nor barricades stopped them,
and how many deaths occurred behind
the shuttered building fronts was i'm
possible to determine.
The refugees from Chapel, terror :
stricken from hours of dOdglng air
bombs and machine gun bullets and
from the confagration that had devaS-
tated their part of the city, thronged
into the refuge Of the International
Settlement. Many Of them were band
aged and blood-smeared.
These hapleSS ones flung themselves
on the ground or into whatever corners
they might find where there might be
a chance for a little undisturbed rest.
The exodus from Chapel was ter
rible thing to witness. Family groups OF
three and four clung together, clutch
ing the bundles in which they had
wrapped whatever valuableS they might
own Children walled, grandfathers and
grandmothers limped along mourning
for the members Of their families killed
by japanese bullets and bombs and by
the fire that swept away their homes
A message to the American people
urging them to advocate justice in the
Far East. was published by a group Of
the Chinese societies, including the
Universities Union, the China Institute
of Pacific Relations, the Pen Club, the
Y. M. c. A. the China Critic and the
Chinese Students Federation.
After the Chinese had accepted all
Japan's demands. the Japanese at
tackled Shanghai without provocation, y
the message said.
The International Settlement was
used as a base. Civilians were attacked.
Homes, hospitals and public buildings
were bombed from the air. The Com
mercial Press, China's foremost pub
fishing house, was completely destroyed.
We urge your advocacy of justice"
The Shanghai Chambers Of Commerce
and the Chinese Bankers Association
issued an appeal to the world for help
against japanese violence. They de-
clared that Japan aimed not only at
anneX:ng Manchuria, but at domi-
mating the whole of China in a vast
scheme of preparation for mastery Of
the Pacific.
Complete paralyzation of Shanghai's
international commercial activity was
theatened if Japan we're permitted to
continue her program.
Evening star., 1932-01-31
WAR RUMORS STIR
LEAGUE COUNCIL
Japanese Delegate Abandons
ConCiIiatory Attitude Over
Manchurian Issue.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
| GENEVA, Switzerland, January 30-
Rumors Of a formal declaration Of wal
| by China spread alarm among the
statesmen gathering here tonight fol
: the Disarmament Conference, while the
League Of Nations Council set afoot its
inquiry into the chaotic situation at
| Shanghai
The commission of inquiry, organized
under the authority of the League COW
enant, is composed of the diplomatic
representatives OF half dozen nations
already in China and Japan, and should
begin to function not later than to-
morrow.
The United States has been invited
| to participate, but WaShington's attl-
tude had not been disclosed here to-
night There was a general opinion
| that America would share in the work
and responsibility of this commission
which will report to the Council as
quickly as possible.
The Council, although it wound ur
its formal program today, remains In
session indefinitely and will sit con-
which begins on Tuesday
Japan DenOunces Move.
Application of Article XIV of the
League covenant, which made it pos
sible to create the Commission Of In
quiry over Japan's opposition, was
sharply contested by the japanese
SpOkeSmen. After show Of Cancellation
and a promise of cooperation, the
| japanese representative denounced the
/ Councils move as unprecedented anc
Illegal.
He spoke again of Japan's diSpleas-
ure that this vigorous method Of pro-
| cedure should be used against It.
Experienced international observers
! believe that the Council is not yet
| through with Japan'S opposition to this
| inquiry. They assert their belief Japan
is very much in earnest and prepared
| to brave the hostility Of the whole
world rather than tolerate interference
! with her Chinese policy.
! The report that China had decided
| to declare war reached the Council
| during the debate on the legality ol
| applying Article XIV.
Dr. w. w. Yen, the Chinese Spokes-
man, cast doub: on tne accuracy OF
| the report and insisted that his gov
ernment would continue its efforts tC
| settle the dispute through the League
Farley to Go On.
The Chinese delegation received in
formation tonight that Chang Kai,
Shek and r. " Soong had returned tc
the government, and this, they said
| convinced them that there would be
no declaration of war In theory. they
| explained, the Kuomintang may domi-
nate the government policy, but stu
| dents of Chinese affairs said that In
practice Chang and SoOng themselves
will be able to determine the govern
| mentS course in avoiding formal decla-
ration of war
While the developments at Shangha.
| increase the gravity of the trouble in
| the Far East and add a discouragin2
| factor to the already dark prospect fol
! disarmament, apparently nothing will
| be permitted to interfere with the open
| ing of the arms conference.
That conference will meet in the aft
ernoons and the League Council, il
| necessary, in the morning The seCre-
| tary general of the League, meantime
will gather all possible information or
the Sino-Japanese conflict for SubmiS-
| sion to the Council