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Evening star., 1933-05-15
HERRIDGE IMPROVING

OTTAWA, Ont, May IS R.-Con-
tinued improvement was noted in the
condition of w. D. Herridge, Canadian
Minister to the United States, over the
week end. He is recovering from an
operation for appendicitis performed
last Monday and suffered a relapse
Thursday.
DR.. George Hooper, the Minister'S
physician, said the patient now was
practically out of danger.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
president works
ON INDUSTRY BILL
ReIaxes on Potomac Cruise,
Returning From Sail
After NightfaI.

Refreshed as q result Of his rest
and relaxation yesterday afternoon
while sailing on the Potomac aboard
the presidential yacht Sequoia, Presi-
dent Roosevelt today resumed the task
Of whipping into shape the admins
trial control legislation.
The President, with a small party Of
Evening star., 1933-05-15
GAS STATION MANAGER ,s
ROBBED BY LONE BANDIT
Robert L. Barham of Bladensburg
Road Station Loses $22 to
Colored Intruder.

Robert L. Barham, manager of q fill-
ing station in the 1900 block of Bladens-
burg road northeast, reported to police
today that colored man attacked him
as he was opening the place about Z
am. and robbed him Of approximately
$22.
Barham, who lives at 1918 B street
southeast. said the robber broke into the
station before he arrived. When he
opened the door and stepped inside. he
said, the man struck him on the head
with the butt of q revolver.
The place was broken into q few
nights ago, but nothing was taken.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
CABS TO SHOW RATES
Distinction Between Meters and
Zones to Be Displayed.

In a move to establish clear dis
tinction between fiat rate and meter
rate taxicabs, the Public Utilities Com
mission today directed that cabs op-
Grating with meters be equipped with
large permanent signs inscribed me
ter rates"
The metal signs are to be fixed on
both rear doors of the cabs. so they
can be read easily, either when the
door is open or closed. The lettering
will be about is inches wide.
The form of the sign was suggested
by Richmond B. Keech, peoples coun-
sci, defender Of the fiat rate zone sys-
| tenn of cab fares The Utilities Com
mission favors use of meters exclu-
sively.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
ARCHBISHOP TO SPEAK
Baltimore Prelate Will Address
Catholic Charities Meeting.

Archbishop Michael J. Curley Of
Baltimore will speak tonight at the
annual meeting Of Catholic Charities
at the headquarters, COL I street. The
meeting. to open at 8 pm. will hear
reports by Dr. John O'Grady, director,
and Rev. Laurance j. Shehan, assist
ant director. as well as George j.
Cleary president Of the st. Vincent De
Paul Society, and Mrs. D. j. Callahan,
vice president of the Ladies of Charity.
Evening star., 1933-05-15
TWO MACEDONIANSs SLAIN
Auto Waylaid by Members of Mi
Hailovist Faction in Bulgaria.

HaiIovist Faction in Bulgaria.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, May IS R)-Two
members Of the Photogerovist Mace
donian faction, who were motoring last
night to Varna, were waylaid and killed
by members Of the Mihailovist faction.
The killings are the latest incidents
in a series of acts Of political violence
involving the two groups dedicated to
obtaining Macedonian independence.
Evening star., 1933-11-07
Fails to Cross Atlantic.

A Swedish woman found In q l5-foot
motorboat. without gasoline. near oodt-
haab. Greenland. said she had started
from the Faroes for America, but ice
on Labrador forced her to return 70
Greenland.
Evening star., 1933-11-07
Two sons Compete.

When @. 4. Nield, register Of the
County Court In Liverpool, England.
was about to deal with case he found
that one Of his sons represented the
plaintiff and another the defendant.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-28

states gathered. Their proceedings
were not made public, but it was
learned that they are banking on the
mistakes" made by the Democratic
administration and are expecting more
of them to be made in the future. La
ter there will be similar meetings in
western cities.
Mr.. Sanders said in Chicago that
three conferences in the East had CIV
en- assurance of better times ahead
for the party, provided enough hard
work was done. He said the attitude
of national headquarters is one of
looking forward and not backward.
Nonpartisan observers are inclined to
think that ut present no Roadway can
be made on the basis Of opposition
to the Roosevelt policies-at least not
before they have been given a fair
chance to succeed or fail.
NNE THOUSAND veterans of the
~ Rainbow division celebrated the
fifteenth anniversary of the battle of
Champagne-sur-Mer with a three-days
reunion in Chicago including a fete
at A Century of Progress exposition.
In the list of those who addressed
the former soldiers were Maj. Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, chief of staff of
the United States army; Gen. Charles
P. Summerall. former chief of staff;
Maj. Gen. George e. Leach. former
mayor of Minneapolis: Col. William
P. Screws of Alabama; Maj Gen.
Matthew A. FINLEY of Iowa. and Col.
William J. Donovan of New York.
Q. 1888. Western Newspaper Union
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-28

SuUCOIuIHlIISGS. h0-
stricting the conference program was
a complete victory for the gold bloc
nations.
In addressing the house of commons
on the governments policy, Neville
Chamberlain, chancellor of the ex-
chequer said: "There is no doubt that
the avowed policies of this country
and the United States are closely par
allel to one another" whereupon the
house cheered enthusiastically. Mr..
Chamberlain continued:
1T is the declared intention of the
government to pursue by all means
in their power any measures which
they think will tend toward raising
price levels, which we believe to be
the first essential step toward recov-
cry.
Il also agree that this country
should not depend wholly upon what
is done in conjunction with other
countries, but that we should do
what we can to help ourselves. That
Is what we have been doing and we
have met with considerable meas
ure of success, sterling figures of COM
modities having risen from the first
of the year no less than s per cent.
9"We have really at last begun to
see signs that show Enthusiastically that
Improvement is not fleeting one.
that 1t has a solid foundation and
may be expected to continue"
CHICAGoANS, especially those of
~ Italian birth or descent. were
eagerly awaiting the arrival at A Cen.
tury of Progress of Gen. Italo Balbo
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-28

fourth and probably most perilous
stage Of the 400 mile flight to Chi
cago. The route thence as laid out
in advance was, to Shediac, New
Brunswick, 800 miles; Montreal, Que
bee, $40 miles, and Chicago, 1000
miles.
Preparations were made by the ex-
position officials in Chicago and the
city authorities to give the Italian fly
ers great reception and to entertain
them lavishly during their stay. A
landing place for the planes was ar
ranged near the municipal pier, and
another on Lake Geneva in case the
lake was too rough.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-28
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Johnson Huyng Industrial Groups Into Federal Controls
President Forms an Executive Council; London
Economic Conference Nears Recess.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD

100, Ohio s15,4S4,592. and Utah 81.
194,708.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-28

and his feet Of "a
Italian royal force
seaplanes. The air
armada was delayed
several days at Reyk-
javik, Iceland, by un-
favorable weather con-
ditions. and then. de-
spite continuing calm
that made it difficult
to get the huge planes
in the air. 1t took Off
for Cartwright. Labra-
dor, this being the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-28

profess the belief that
they can regain much
of the ground lost in
1882. Under the per-
S al direction of
Everett S a n d e r S.
chairman of the ma
tional committee, a
series of re G 10 n a !
meetings is b Ell n g
held, the latest being
in Chicago where ma
tional committeeman
and a few others
from niUht n IN Z ra1
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-28

The steering commit
tee wore d this
course. It also decided
that one monetary
subcommission should
discuss international
commercial indebted
ness (war debts ex-
cluded), and that an
other should deal with
the questions of GEN.
trail banking and sill
yer. Nearly all the
work is being done by
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-28

mapping flight he is
making over t h e
northern air course to
Europe. Mrs. Lind
bergh. her husbands
rival in popularity. is
with him not as a pas
senger but as radio
operator and assistant
pilot of their big
monoplane. T h e ir
plans were to fly
across La bra d or,
Greenland and Ice
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-28

FINDING of Jimmy Mattern, Amer
lean aviator. alive but injured in
Siberia, was cause for rejoicing. For
sixteen days after he crashed in the
northern wilds he was barely able to
keep alive. and then he was picked
up by Eskimos and taken to the village
of Anadyr. The Soviet government
was active in the efforts to rescue the
flyer. and reports from Khabaroysk
said Russian aviator expected to
take him from Anadyr to Nome.
THAT Col. Charles A.. Lindbergh is
still one of the country's most
popular figures is made evident by the
general interest taken in the route
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-28

hours for the recalcitrant trades.
These enforced regulations will apply
until the industries present their own
codes.
If it is necessary to adopt arbitrary
codes. these will be based on data
gathered by the administrators sta
tistical expert, DR.. Alexander Sachs,
who has already prepared setup
codifying various leading industries
according to number of conditions.
They have been rated according to
wage scales existing in various years,
chiefly the boom year of 1929, and
charts have been prepared showing
how far cuts in working hours must
be made to restore mass of employ
ment equal to predepression days.
With these data Doctor Sachs has
shown conclusions as to how much
each industry ought to pay in mini
mum wages, how many employees 1t
ought to absorb from the army of
idle. and how many hours those en-
ployees ought to work every week.
Two important codes received were
those for the lumber and steel indus
tries. The former pegged wages so
low, and working hours so long that
General Johnson said: ''They are
wholly unacceptable and will. in no
case, be approved" A public hearing
on this code was set for July 20. In
submitting the code, John D. Tenant.
representing the lumber men. declared
it would result in "a substantial in
crease" in the number of employees.
and that it would increase pay rolls
by more than s1O,OO0,OO0 in the month
Of August alone.
The most extraordinary thing about
the lumber code is that it would set
up "an emergency national commit
tee" to be appointed by the 81 asso-
Citations applying for the code. which
would have the strongest of autocrat-
ic power, to the point of exerting abb
solute control over the entire indus
try.
The cotton textile code was ap-
proved by the President and went into
effect.
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traitor, let it be known
that he intended to
get the principal in
dustrial groups under
federal control as
speedily as possible.
He and the President
desire that the indus
tries come in volnn.
tarily, but if they do
not, the general is
ready to hold arbi-
trary hearings and
then fix the wage
rofac ond NJ, n - II | n ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-28

ILLINOIS and Iowa, by their dele.
gates in state conventions, ratified
the repeal of the Eighteenth amend
ment, the votes being unanimous in
both cases. They were the tenth and
eleventh states to take this action to
wipe out prohibition.
Citizens of Oklahoma went to the
polls and enthusiastically voted for
the Equalization of 80 beer by ma
jority of about to /. In Oklahoma
City the people made a rush for sixty
carloads of beer that were waiting ir
the railroad yards for distribution, but
Gov. Alfalfa Bill" Murray called out
the National Guard and kept the cars
closed until next day, after which Okla
homa, dry for 20 years, slaked it's
thirst.
p ACKETEERING is to be wiped out
~ if the federal government can do
it and Its agencies throughout the
country are uniting in drive to bring
about this end. Such was the state
ment made by Senator Copeland of
New York, chairman of the senate
committee'on crime, after he had called
on President Roosevelt and Attorney
General Cummings. The first phase
of the campaign, he added, will be re-
search and the mapping of lines of CO.
operation. For the present the work
centers in three leading cities. New
York, Chicago and Detroit. where it is
directed. respectively. by Senators
Copeland, Murphy of Iowa and Van
denberg Of Michigan.
Manufacture and transportation of
guns will be one of the first tasks
tackled by the committee, it was in
dicated. Copeland urged a program
which would require all manufacture
ers of guns to be licensed. all guns
numbered, all dealers licensed, and all
purchasers examined for permits.
INDICATIONS in London were that
the economic conference might con-
tinue until the end of July and then
recess until September or October.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-28

CPURRED on by President Roose-
- velt--though the stimulus was
scarcely necessary-Gen. Hugh S.
Johnson, industrial recovery admins
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-28

land, and perhaps on to Denmark.
They had no fixed route or stopping
places and did not know when they
would return.
The Lindberghs' trip started from
New York and the first stop was near
Rockland. Me-. where they were forced
down by fog. When the air cleared
they went on to Halifax. and after an
overnight stop. proceeded northward
on the way to Greenland, stopping en-
route at st. Johns. New Brunswick.
The plane was provided with new pom
toons and instruments and the motor
had been speeded up considerably.
CECRETARY SWANSON is deter
~ mined to build the navy up to
treaty limits. and his department has
been allotted $23SOO0,O00 of the pub
lie works money. The navy's con-
struction program. it is estimated, will
create more than 100000 imam
weeks" of work. and will result in the
modernization of the fleet. Bids on
seventeen of the authorized vessels
will be opened in few days. The re-
naming fifteen vessels will be cop
structed speedily in government navy
yards.
nURING the fiscal year 1888, end
~ ing July /, the people of the Unit
ed States paid an additional $4,000
600 in federal taxes, this being because
the new levies more than offset the de-
cline in wealth due to the depression.
Internal revenue collections for the
year were about $1,616,0O0,O00. The
yield increased in 81 states and
dropped in the other 10.
Most of the drop in income taxes
had been in corporation returns which
showed decline of 35 per cent last
year. Corporations income yielded
only 1895, 100000 of federal taxes last
year. compared with $3.50, 100000 the
year before. Returns from individ-
uals, where the rate increases were
heaviest. dropped from $427 100000
year ago to 1851 100000 last year.
DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has
granted a full pardon to Francis
H. Shoemaker, congressman from Min
nesota, who served year in Leaven-
worth penitentiary before his election
to congress. He was convicted in 1880
of sending lbelous and defamatory
matter through the mails, to po-
litical enemy. The President also
pardoned Owen Lamb. whom Shoe
maker met in prison and took to
Washington as his secretary. Lamb
was convicted of abstracting money
from a national bank.
r EADERS of the Republican party,
-. determined that the G. o. P. shall
not die or even sleep, are actively
planning for the elections of 1884 and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-28

EOR the purpose Of co-ordinating the
L many new functions and new bu-
reaus created since March 4. the Presi-
dent has created a super cabinet, called
the Executive council" similar to the
supreme war council of World war
days. Besides the President and his
cabinet, the members are: The direc-
tor of the budget, Lewis w. Douglas;
the federal relief administrator, Harry
L. Hopkins; the chairman of the Re-
construction Finance corporation, j.
III. Jones; the governor of the farm
credit administration, Henry Morgen-
than, Jr. the chairman of the board
of the Home Owners Farm corpora
ton, William F. Stevenson the adj
ministrator of the Industrial recovery
act, Gen. Hugh s. Johnson; the admin
istrator of agricultural adjustment,
George Peek; the chairman Of the
board of the Tennessee valley authority,
Arthur e. Morgan; the federal rail-
road co-ordinator, Joseph B. Eastman,
and the director of the civilian con-
servation corps, Robert Fechner.
Frank G. Walker, treasurer Of the
National Democratic committee. was
appointed secretary of the council.
During the summer and perhaps long
er the regular Tuesday cabinet meet
ing is to be superseded by meeting
Of the council.
CECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
~ ICKES, in his capacity as public
works administrator, and his assist
ants are mighty busy these days, for
government departments. states and
municipalities are scrambling for
shares Of the $780, 100000 which is
to be spent under the public works
program of the administration. The
proposed federal projects were given
first consideration, and long list Of
them was approved by Mr.. Ickes and
submitted to the President. Applica-
ton from states and municipalities
came next, many of them having pre-
viously been approved by the Recon
struction Finance corporation and
passed on to Mr.. Ickes.
An additional $26,276, 400 Of the
$500, 100000 allocated for public road
gifts to the states was approved when
the allotments for Ohio. Massachusetts,
and Utah received the final indorse-
ments of Secretary Ickes and Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wallace. With the
SOC, 330,10 already assigned to New
York state. this action means total
of S4S,6c6.50l already donated as an
outright grant from the federal treas
ury for road building. Under the al
lotments Massachusetts gets S6,597,-
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
Senate Economy Order
Do0mS Jobs of Many

Following the Senate order that
Federal offices must slash eX'
penditures 5 per cent for the
next fiscal year, department
heads today we're trying to figure
how to reduce expenditures with
a minimum loss of personnel.
That thousands of Federal en-
ployes here and in the field will
lose their jobs if the bill is finally
passed was considered inevitable
and with additional furloughs
banned as g. means of meeting
the necessary economies, Govern
ment offices hummed with anx-
iouS discussion.
The office hardest hit in a
personnel way probably will be
the Veterans Administration, the
bulk of whose billion-dollar ap-
preparation represents pensions,
compensation and retirement
funds which cannot be curtailed.
Since per cent of this total is
$50,000,000 it means that sum
must be taken from the relatively
small $11O,OOO,OOO administrative
fund.
This latter sum includes, also,
indirect benefits such as domi-
ciliary care and hospitals, and
these expenses, as we'll as the en-
tire Veterans Administration per
sonnet, must be Slashed in half
it was indicated today at the
administration Headquarters.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
SEA WAR GAME
THRILLS COAST

LOS ANGELES HARBOR, Cal,
Feb. 8 U.N.S0 Naval bases
along the Pacific Coast were
ablaze with activity today.
Apprised of the approach of
a "black" fleet from the West
bent on staging a surprise
attack" at some point along the
1,160-mile coast line stretching
from Canada to Mexico, the
blue" fleet, responsible for the
coast defense, prepared for
action.
Two cruisers, 40 destroyers,
and numerous tenders, mine
sWeepers and supply vessels had
already moved out of their base
at San Diego as part of the de-
fensive Gordon of the blue"
fleet. Ten battleships, nine light
cruisers and scores of other
vessels were preparing here and
at other northern bases to join
in the inter war game"
Admiral Luke McNamee mar
shalled his forces with view to
locating the "black" fleet of 81
speedy cruisers, destroyers and
airplane carriers and engaging it
before it could reach the Pacific
Coast,
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
ARRESTED,
SEEKL|BERTY
UNDER WRIT
Pair Held Prisoner in Noun
tain Town; Extradition
Is Delayed Anew

JAMESTOWN, Tenn, Feb. 8
U.N.SO Luke Lea and his
son, Luke Lea, jr., who are fight
ing extradition to North Carolina,
where they face prison terms for
bank violation convictions, were
prisoners in this little mountain
village today.
The former United States Sen.
ator and his son were arrested
shortly before midnight by Sheriff
j. N. Peavyhouse on a fugitive
warrant issued by Gov. Hill
McAlister. long-Standing political
foeman of the colonel, who signed
extradition papers late yesterday.
Seek Liberty on Writ
Guarded by the sheriff's son, a
deputy, in their hotel room, the
Leas appeared unperturbed over
their arrest. The colonel had an
other ace in the hole with which
he hoped to obtain his freedom.
Immediately after their arrest,
the Leas filed petition for a writ
of habeas corpus before Judge H.
B. Brown. Hearing on the writ
was set for February 13 before
Judge j. S. H. Morrison.
Their extradition will be de-
layed until disposal of the petition
and should their freedom be
granted on the habeaS corpus writ
their case would be thrown back
into the courts and extradition in
definitely delayed.
Meanwhile. the Leas sought to
obtain their release on bond.
Their attorneys left early to
motor over 100 miles of snow
covered mountain roads to seek
bonds before Judge Morrison.
ExtraditiOn Signed
McAlister, after a second hear
ing, late yesterday signed the
extradition papers, ruling that
the "requisition in all respects
complies with the statutes Of
Tennessee and the acts of Con-
gress on this subject.
The Leas were convicted at
Asheville, N. c., in 1881 Of con-
Spiracy to defraud the closed
Central Bank and Trust Com
pany, a $17,000,000 institution,
of $1,30O,0OO.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
Shannon Report to the House Demands
u. S. Quit Business Competition

son for discontinuing the manu-
facture of paste, mucilage and
blank books at the Government
Printing Office. Testimony pre-
sented at hearings convinced mem
bers of the committee that those
articles could be purchased cheaper
than they could be made.
Would Curb Bands
Further economy would also
follow establishment of uni
form accounting system for all
Government departments, the COM
mittee held. 1t urged congress
sional action in making such a
system mandatory.
One of the bitterest attacks
made was directed at Army,
Navy and Marine Corps bands.
The report said:
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
JAPANESE STRIVE TO AVOID BREAK WITH LEAGUE
HOOUers Send
Their 4 Cars
TOPdhAHO

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 8
UN.S) ).-Between so and 70
crates of the personal effects
of President and Mrs. Hoover.
ranging from small parcels to
automobiles, were aboard the
Navy transport Henderson
when she sailed today for the
West Coast and China.
The shipment, weighing
several tons, included four
automobiles, one, the property
of Allan Hoover.
The articles, addressed to
MRS. Herbert Hoover, Palo
Alto, California" we're loaded
aboard the transport last night
during a storm that one time
blew the vessel 20 feet from
the dock.
The shipment will be dis
charged at San Francisco.
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
WOMAN FLEES
K|DNAP HUNT

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8 G.N.SO
A man who masqueraded as a
woman is one of four kidnaperS
sought today as police attempted
to explain the mystery of the
kidnapping of Mrs. Mary Skeele,
65-year-old wife of DR.. Walter B.
Skeele, dean of the college of
music at the University of South
ern California. She was held "a
hours. A $4,000 ransom was
asked.
Mrs. Skeele, lured from her
home by a hoax telephone call,
and as mysteriously returned un-
harmed, was questioned by de-
tectives but she was unable to
give an adequate description OF
her abductorS.
However, from Miss Isobel
Smith, Pasadena school teacher,
detectives obtained descriptions
of a gang that plotted to kidnap
her nine days ago. The gang
tried to lure Miss Smith into an
automobile to attend surprise
party for her father"