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The Washington times., 1933-12-14

ment, and serves as an indication
Of the Importance of the work.
She's BuSinesslike
In fulfilling her duties, Miss
Boyd is courteous. but business
like. Captains of industry and
other types of men coming into
her office are at first startled to
find that they are to deal with a
pretty young girl, but their sur
prise is soon forgotten as they
get down to business" with a
person who talks their language.
Miss Boyd was born and bred
in New York city, and was
graduated from VasSar College
in 1928. She is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Boyd, Of
New York, her father being
prominent in the construction
business.
After leaving school, she was
employed by various advertising
agencies in various capacities,
notably the firms of j. Waiter
Thompson and Gatchel & Tarel-
ton.
Although married, she retains
her maiden name for business
purposes. She is the wife Of
Lawrence Duggan, of the Latin
American division of the State
Department.
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
|CKES, BETTER.
WORKS IN BED

Considerably rested and prac+
tically free from pain, Secretary
of the Interior Ickes. who is being
treated for a fractured rib at the
Naval Hospital, got out Of bed
today for the first time since he
was admitted as a patient last
Monday.
After staying up a short time
he returned to his bed, but con-
tinued to dictate to his secretary,
Theodore Mack. His injury, re-
ceived when he slipped and fell
on ice in front of his Spring
Valley home, has failed to in
terrupt his work as Federal
Administrator of Public Works.
Secretary of Commerce Roper
will preside at today'S board
meeting.
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
MISS HELEN BOYD

There's no question about It
this is a country in which young
women are playing an increas-
ingly important part.
Take Helen Boyd, for instance.
Here is a girl just five years out
Of college. who has held high posi-
tions with several national adver-
tising agencies, and is now the &C.
cupant of a strategic post with
the National Recovery Admins
tration.
Aids NRA Official
AS the assistant of Col. r. w.
Lea, assistant administrator for
industry with the NRA, Miss Boyd
is called upon to aid in the
handling Of many national af,
fairs.
AS an example, her section Of
the National Recovery Admins
tration is now working on the
difficult problem of either fitting
existing NRA codes to Uncle
Sans dominions and territories
beyond the seas, or else creating
new codes that will serve the pur-
pose better.
The setting up Of NRA admin
iStrative offices and personnel in
such territories as Puerto Rico
and Hawaii is a part Of this move
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
Gen. Hines Denies
Veterans NeqLect

Denial that veterans were being
refused disqualification because Of
lack of facilities in veterans hospi-
tails, was voiced yesterday by Brig.
Gen. Frank T. Hines, veterans ad-
miniStrator. He said:
I'm addition to veterans Of
wars, any soldier who served for
80 days or more and was honor
ably discharged from active
service in the Army, Navy or
Coast Guard. for a disability in
CURED in line of duty. and is
now suffering from a permanent
disability, or from tubercular or
neurOpsychiatric ailments, so
that he is unable to earn a liv-
ing, may also be cared for in our
facilities, and be furnished any
necessary clothing or appliances
which he, himself, is not able to
obtain"
The Washington times., 1933-12-14

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. IA q.
N.SD A. Reed, 72-year-old
former U. S. Senator from Mis-
souri,, today was speeding eastward
on a Today honeymoon with his
bride, the former Mrs. Nell @.
Donnelly, following their surprise
marriage here.
The ceremony last night cul-
minated a long friendship between
the 72-year-old Democratic leader
and Mrs. Donnelly, wealthy gar
ment manufacturer, who was kid
naped December is, 1881, and held
for $4,000 ransom. Mrs. Reed is
43 years old.
Acting as Mrs. Donnelly'S attor-
ney, former Senator Reed took q
leading part in the search for her
while she was being held captive
by the kidnaperS. His threat to
send the kidnapers Ito the GAL
lows" if their captive were harmed
was believed to have led to her
release without payment Of ran
som.
To-Day Honeymoon
Judge John c. Pollock, Of the
United States District Court Of
Kansas, performed the wedding
ceremony at the brides apartment
following a dinner party attended
by few intimate friends of the
couple.
Immediately after the cere-
mony Mr.. and Mrs. Reed left on
a Today wedding trip. Reed re-
fused to disclose the honeymoon
destination, but said their first
stop would be in Chicago.
They planned to return here by
New Year Day.
Reed obtained the marriage
license only shortly before the
dinner party at which the guests
dined on wild duck and venison
shot by the former Senator on a
recent hunting trip. Reed said:
"It's a surprise to all of the
guests except Judge Pollock"
Divorced Last Year
Mrs. Reed divorced her hus.
band. Paul Donnelly, last year
after 26 years Of married life.
Reeds wife, Mrs. Laura Almstead
Reed, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
|CKES At TACkS
LOBBY|STSFOR
PWA GRAN IS
"InfIuence BootIeggers" Find
Themselves Barred
From His Office
BY International News Service

Determined drive is being con-
Quoted by Public Works Admins.
traitor Harold L. 1ckes against So
called special representatives"
paid agents, and lobbyists who
have besieged his office in behalf
of pending projects.
Announcing some time ago that
no city or State need employ any.
one because of purported "influ-
ence" with public works authori-
ties 1ckes followed this up by
adopting a policy of barring from
his office those considered the
most flagrant offenders.
IckeS announced today that
hereafter a former representative
of a Chicago engineering firm is
persona non grata" at the Public
Works Administration. He was
charged with appearing before a
civic association in an Illinois city
and offering to obtain expedition
Of public works projects for 10 per
cent commission.
CLAWS Makes Probe
When reports of the Chicago
mans activities reached the Pub.
lie Works Administration, Ickes
ordered an investigation. This
was carried out by Louis r.
CLAWS, head of the PWA intel
ligence unit. AS result of his
investigation, today's order was
issued.
Ickes has been warning for
months against the lobbyists, the
special agents and the "chiselers"
who seek to influence, push and
expedite" projects in the PWA.
His favorite term for them is 'in-
fluence bootleggers."
There is no short cut to get.
ting public works projects ap-
proved. either through so-called
Influence" or personal friend
ships, Ickes warned.
Charges False PretenseS
A number of cases have been
investigated under Ickes orders,
but thus far no one has been
prosecuted, although Ickes said
if he got sufficient evidence. he
would seek to have the Influence
bootleggerS" indicted for obtain-
ing money under false pretenseS.
In some cases. the persons em-
ployers have simply been notified
quietly that they were pursuing
the wrong course, that the man
who represented them had no in
fluence and would be unable to
advance the particular project
in any respect.
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
j. s. AGAIN LEFT
HOLDING BAG
On DEBTS
France, Belgium, Poland and
EStonia Will Default on
Payments Due
BY International News Service

ALuS BOVcTHIUenL Will receive
only about S per cent of the
$153, 100000 due from the Euro
pean debtor nations tomorrow on
their December Is installments.
This was learned today as it
became evident the debtor nations
were succeeding in their efforts
to whittle down the small So
called token" payments that
some of them have been making
to avoid the stigma of default.
France Fails Again
France again will lead her sat.
elites. Belgium, Poland, and
Estonia, in defaulting for the
third time on the debt payments
due this country. Paris has an
nounced that the French cabinet
has decided to default.
Following quickly in the wake
of this announcement came Off
cial notification from Belgium and
Estonia that they too would not
make any payments. Similar word
from Poland was expected.
Austria and Hungary, both Of
which, although not French satel-
lites, are in dire financial straits,
also notified this government Of
intention to default. The general
excuse again was incapacity to
pay.
The total amount on which
these defaulting nations have
failed to make payments, includ-
ing past inStallmentS, is approx
mately $107, 100000. When added
to the unpaid balances of those
nations which have made small
token payments, this will make
the United States the loser by
approximately 100000, 900 on
the total amount due from the
debtor nations during the past
IL months.
Finland TO Pay
Finland once again will be the
only debtor to meet it's obligations
in full. That little republic al
ready has notified the State De-
partment of it's intention to pay
the 1929 ,623 inStallment due TO-
morrow.
Great Britain and Czechoslo-
vakia both have succeeded in
scaling down their token pay
ments. Britain win pay $780,
900 on $117,67O,765 due as COM
pared with $1O,00e,OOO on the
SIS, $50, 900 due last June. Czecho-
slovakia will pay $150,00O on ST.
865, ,624 as compared with $780,
600 on $1,5OO,O0O last June.
The largest percentage payment
will come from Italy. which in
tends to pay $1,O00,000 on $2.-
1873, ,905, or approximately so per
cent of the amount due.
LatYia intends to pay about
$500 on $18O,705 due, while
Lithuania is expected to pay
about $4,000 on $1O5. .473.
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
Mdn-WOmQn
Is Crawford
Witness

LEESBURG, Va, Dec. IA.
One of the strangest witnesses
ever to be turned UP in a Vir-
ginia murder case is to testify
for the commonwealth in the
trial of George Crawford,
colored, for the double murder
of Mrs. Agnes Boeing Ilsley
and her maid, Nina Buckner.
He is Harmon NokeS, Of
Herndon, a negro who for years
has dressed like a woman.
Crawford is alleged to have
spent the night in NokeS' home
at Herndon, "a hours before the
murder of Mrs. Ilsley and her
maid.
Nokes is a curiosity in the
neighborhood. He dresses like
a woman and prefers work as a
woman.
The appearance of Nokes
among the witnesses in court
created a considerable furry,
and the man seemed to enjoy
the excitement.
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
Daily Weather Report

5:SS p. NJ. Low tides, 13O a. m. and
IL midnight.
Tomorrow-High tides. s 100 a m. and
S:31 p. m. Low tides, 1913 a. IN. and
1923 p. m.
THE Sun AND MOON
The sun rises today at 1913 and sets
at 4:46 p. m.
The sun rises tomorrow at 1919 a. m
and sets at l:<7 .. m.
The moon rises today at 4:29 a. m
and sets at 2:2O o. m.
The moon rises tomorrow at 5:4S a. m
and sets at 3O6 p. M
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
MITCHELL PLEA
DENIED BY J.. s.
BY international News service

BY International News SeFviee
Proposals to compromise the
income tax case against Charles
E. Mitchell. former head of the
National City Bank of New York
were flatly rejected today by Act
ing Secretary Of the Treasury
Morgenthau.
Both civil and criminal COM
plants were filed against Mitchell
in connection with his income tax
returns, following revelations
made before the Senate Banking
and Currency Committee in its
stock market investigation. A New
York jury acquitted him on the
criminal charges. Morgenthau
said:
"It has been suggested that
settle the Mitchell case, but /
have decided 1t is In the public
interests to proceed with the
ordinary legal processes Of col L..
lecting taxes"
The Washington times., 1933-12-14

} lOctober IL, 1882, after a marriage
Of As years duration.
Donnelly retired from his part
nership in the women's dress
manufacturing business when the
divorce was conSummated, leav.
ing Mrs. Donnelly at the head of
the organization. which she had
been instrumental in founding
and developing. Mrs. Reed has
taken an active part in Democratic
politics in Missouri in recent
years.
The Reeds plan to make their
home here at the former Senator's
spacious residence.
While the wealthy business wo-
man was held by the kidnapers,
Reed showed a deep concern for
her safety.
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
EASY SUCCESS
Of ROOSEVELT
PLANS SEEN
Administration Program in
Coming Session Of Con-
gress Called 'Set-up'
BY GEORGE r. HOLES
international News Service

President Roosevelt will en-
counter more vocal opposition tc
his policies in the approaching
session Of Congress than he did
in the last, but it still looks like
a "set-up" for the Administration
program.
Democratic disaffection exists
in some quarters, but only to a
minor degree. The Republicans
numerically are so in the mi
nority that they will be unable to
furnish formidable opposition
The Progressive Republicans of the
Hiram johnson type are gener-
ally inclined to support the 'Ad-
ministration.
Has Little To Fear
The Roosevelt monetary policy
is going to be verbally hauled and
pulled about, ultra-conservatives
of the Carter Glass type de-
nouncing experimentation with
and devaluation of the dollar, and
the inflationiSts. headed by Sen
Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, com
planning because there has not
been real initiation.
But canvass among the rank
and file of the party, now arriv.
ing here by the score. revealed
today that the President has little
to fear.
The plan of the leaders is a
short session, driving through the
Administration program and then
adjournment by not later than
May /. Some of them are even
talking of April Is. That may
not be so easy of accomplishment,
especially If Congress gets into a
controversial tax fight, but May
l is the goal.
His Message Awaited
President Roosevelt has begun
to give consideration to his mes.
sage on the state of the nation.
No Presidential message in years
has been awaited with any wider
interest.
1t is believed Mr.. Roosevelt will
inform Congress that recovery
from the four years of depression
is now IAN accomplished fact"
that the country is on the up
grade, and that all that is needed
is a continuation of present poll
cies to complete the job. -
He is going to ask for appro-
priations to complete the job
that will run between five and six
billions of dollars. OF that
amount, about $2,600,00O,0O is
needed for ordinary expenses Of
Government operation, and as
much again or more for carrying
on the emergency projects.
ALLEGATION of Funds
The President already has an
nounced he will ask for $780,.
900 900 to carry on the Civil
Works Program. Approximately
81, 800, 100000 will be asked for
further public works, making
about $4,000, 100000 in all. An
other $5OO,OOO.OOO will be re-
quested for continuation of di-
rect relief.
The Republicans are going to
be highly vocal about these enor.
nous grants, for they are plan
ming to attack the whole Fed
eral relief set-up in the approach.
ing Congressional campaign. But
there is little they can do to stop
them.
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
u. S. to Keep Factor
Here for TOuhy Trial
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
Acting Secretary Of State Phil
lips today announced he will notify
Great Britain Of this Governent's
intention to hold up the extradi-
ton of John CJake the Barber'D
Factor pending the trial Of the
Touhy brothers, charged with kid
naping him. Factor recently was
committed for extradition in con-
nection with the alleged swindling
Of millions of dollars through
fraudulent sale Of stock in Eng
land,
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
q BANKS LICENSED

Twenty-one national banks
were licensed to open for busi-
ness In the first nine days Of
December, according to a report
by the Controller of the Cur
rencY,
The Washington times., 1933-12-14

You used to pick up a paper and
all you could see was what Mr..
"Got His" had to say about
money.
But now you don't hear a peep.
Everybody seems to be trying to
get hold of any kind Of money.
This would be fine time to pass
off some Confederate money.
They are holding a big peace
conference in South America, just
a drive and two niblick shots away
from the war. Every time there is
a big conference, they always have
war to go with it.
I was in Geneva a couple of
The Washington times., 1933-12-14

District of Columbia-Partly cloudy
tonight: minimum temperature about IS
degrees. Friday. cloudy, slowly rising
temperature. followed by rain in late
afternoon or at night; gentle to mod
crate north and northeast winds.
Maryland-Partly cloudy tonight
Friday, cloudy, not SO cold followed by
rain in late afternoon or at night.
Virginia-Partly cloudy tonight. Fri
day. cloudy. not so cold. probably fol-
lowed by rain in afternoon.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
, Yesterday ,o - Today >,
Z D. 3OI4 o. M. IN
8 D. m.......... 32IS a. m.......... IS
Midnight ...... 2Sl Noon .......... 30
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL
Accumulated excess Of temperature
since January I. 1898. 767 degrees,
Excess of temperature since Decem
ber /. 1898. degrees.
Accumulated excess of precipitation
since January 1. 1888, $40 inches
Deficiency Of precipitation since De-
cember i, 1898. 80 inch.
TIDE TABLES
Today-HiKh tides. SOS a. m. and
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
CONDITION OF TREASURY

By International News Service
Treasury balance $1,O12,412.-
$50 40; miscellaneous internal rev.
enue, $3,633,314.10; customs re-
ceipts, $40, O,860,017.74.
The Washington times., 1933-12-14

years ago at conference when Japanese recruiting
GERS came in and drafted their delegation to go help
Manchuria.
tconyriEAt iSsR- ~ AGs0auSAt syn4eataA
The Washington times., 1933-12-14
WILL ROGERS Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, CAL, Dec. 14-Say, these gold
dollar arguments are dying down.
Evening star., 1933-05-26

with resulting sensational prosecutions.
When the Senate Banking Committee
was casting about for some one qualified
to 90 after and get the facts behind
the impressive buttresses of the House
of Morgan it gravitated toward the
gimlet-eyed Pecora.
Invaded House Of Morgan.
Awed by this assignment? Not the
the indominatable Ferdinand.
Armed with credentials from the
committee as chief counsel" he took
a squad of picked investigators right
into the stronghold of the mightiest
private banking concern in the world
and set to work.
There were raised eyebrows and
panied expressions on the faces Of many
of the Morgan executives as these
"gadflies'' of the Senate Of the United
States dared to invade the privacy OF
secret files and to unearth sacred lists
of preferred customers" and other in
teresting documents-since made pub
lie in the committee hearings.
There was no stopping Pecora and
Evening star., 1933-05-26
Harris Ewing Photo.

his aides, however. Nothing was sacred
to these nosey individuals, it seemed.
But nothing could be done about it
even by the great j. p. Morgan and his
austere staff of partners, assistants, at
torneys and guards.
For weeks this sort Of prying went on,
and CONSERVATION of the house of Nor
gan increased.
Then came the revelations at the
Capitol that still are reverberating
around the globe.
The climax of it all arrived when the
time immigrant urchin faced the
great Morgan himself across the coun-
sci table and subjected him to his first
and only grilling at the bar of the
most deliberative body in the world"
Il am unaccustomed to this sort OF
questioning" Mr.. Morgan protested at
one stage of the proceedings.
Which is perfectly true, if he re-
ferred to the Pecora type of quizzing.
It's an Unsuitable kind of curiosity
admirers of Mr.. Pecora point out-often
devastating, but always fair.
Evening star., 1933-05-26
Pecora Impelled by Innate Curiosity
SENATE COUNSEL GAINED FAME AS FACT FINDER.
BY REX COLLIER.
DMONISHED as a boy about t

A DMONISHED as a boy about the
n ill fortune that befell a certain
~ curious cat. Ferdinand Pecora
4 \ always most mqulSiflve
personals lived to see his
doctrine of getting the facts" vindi-
Gated before the bar OF public opinion.
When young J. p. Morgan was grad
uating from Harvard University in 1889,
"Ferdy" Pecora was a tousle-haired,
bright-eyed italian immigrant boy OF
on the sidewalks Of West Side New
York
A few years later, as a hustler in a
cheap sweatshop which paid him pit
tance, used by the boy in the family
fight against poverty, the swarthy lad
from Sicily first heard of the awesome
House of Morgan-of its sacrosanct dig
nifty and power and wealth.
The Pecora youth was awed by the
majesty of the Morgans just as any other
underprivileged youth would be. But
to Ferdinand Pecora things mysterious
serve but to whet his innate curiosity.
Not that this curiosity was directed
specifically to the Morgans at that time.
His opportunity to pull aside the cloak
of mysticism surrounding this fabulous
name was to come long afterward-
Studied Law at Night.
Before that opportunity came to him
the irrepressible West Side Sicilian-
now thoroughly Americanized-Was
preparing himself by the study OF law
to "get the facts Still struggling 10
aid in the support OF his parents ana
six Younger brothers and sisters. young
Pecora worked long and hard by day
and, instead of seeking recreation with
his friends at Coney Island IN the
evening, poured over law books. Tne
law had appealed to him more than the
ministry-a profession his parents nao
in mind for him when, earlier. they
had induced him to attend st. Stephens
College. in New York City.
He graduated from the New York
Law School in 1909, was admitted to the
bar and shortly thereafter became an
assistant prosecutor in the district at
torney's onlce-wherein was to lie MS
path to fame as factflnder.
One of his earliest factflnding cases
of note was the New York State sinking
fund scandal of 1920, when he obtained
information leading to the indictment
OF the State controller in connection
with administration of the sinking fund:
BY an interesting coincidence. one OF
the first witesses to face Pecora at the
opening of the Senate Banking Com
mittees investigation was H. c. Syl,
yester. a vice president Of the National
City Co., who had been Pecoras CHIEF
informant in the sinking fund case 50
many years ago.
For a dozen years Pecora's verbal
darts and persistent inquisitiveness un-
covered carefully concealed facts for the
district attorneys pface-to the embar-
rassment and grief of many law evaders
and violators. In 1928 he conducted
sensational campaign to rid New York
City of bucket shops, ending in score
Of convictions and the closing OF l4o
other shops. In 1925 and 1927 he ex-
posed graft in the Health Department.
Evening star., 1933-05-26

to purchase stock at q certain figure.
which appeared to me attractive, and
I invested How goo6 that investment
is I have yet to learn.
The point I wish to make is that
did this as a private citizen before I
entered the service as Secretary of the
Navy"
Adams now is president of the Union
Trust Co. of Boston His name. with
many others. appeared as one of the
men given preference in buying Nor
gan-controlled stocks.
Evening star., 1933-05-26
REQUEST elimination
OF GRADE CROSSING
Appeal to State Highway Group
Is Voted by Colvin Run Citi-
zens' Association.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
COLvIN RUN, Va, May 26.-An
appeal to the State Highway Commis-
sion to eliminate the dangerous grade
and curve at Hunters Station on the
road between Oakton and Browns
Chapel was voted last night by the
Colvin Run Citizens Association.
In its resolution the association
brought to the attention of the COM
mission that there is l5-foot fall in
grade in the so feet south of the tracks
Of the Washington & Old Dominion
Railway which, with the curve in the
road, makes 1t impossible for slow
moving truck to see an approaching
train until too late to avoid a col
lision. Last week train and a truck
hauling stone for the State, which Is
now preparing to improve and hard
surface this road, were in collision at
this point, the truck being hurled into
a telephone pole and the driver thrown
80 feet, fortunately escaping without
serious injury.
The association adopted a second
Evening star., 1933-05-26
MORGAN UTILITIES
SERVE 55,OO0,000
PEOPLE OF NATION

Continued From First Page. }
Evening star., 1933-05-26
One Man Rejected
Morgan Offer of
Preferred Status

BY the Associated Press.
Ferdinand Pecora. counsel for
the committee investigating the
Morgan banking house, said to-
day he had the name OF "one
man" who turned down an offer
to get on Morgan's select Gus
toner list for an ethical rea-
son."
He said he would later make 1t
public. with the mans letter re-
f,lsing participation in a stock
issue.