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Evening star., 1933-10-31
CONTRACTS DELAY
CORN-HOG PROGRAM
Administrators Are Puzzled
Over Legal Phases of
$500,00O, 900 Plan.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
New delays faced the Farm Adjust
ment Administrations $500, ,00o, 900 corn
hog program today as legal difficulties
over the contracts which farmers will
be asked to sign arose to puzzle admin
itrators.
Efforts are being made to devise a
single contract for corn and hog pro-
ducers so farmers who combine both
operations will have to sign only one
document to become eligible for Gov
eminent cash benefits.
Producers will be asked to cut corn
production 20 per cent. hog production
rs per cent. Legal difficulties center
about a dozen aspects of the contracts,
including cases of tenants, absentee
landlords and instances where produc-
tion statistics from past years are lack
ing.
Contracts Delay Program.
Drafting of these contracts is the i'm
mediate reason for delays in the pro-
gram through which Secretary Wallace
VIII distribute a maximum of $3.50 OOO.-
600 in cash benefits to farmers during
the next 16 months in several INSTALL
ments.
There Is also a disposition to delay
the program for study of reactions to
the processing taxes on hogs and corn
which go into effect November 5.
The groundwork for the campaign
to obtain signatures to the contracts
will be built at four regional meetings
starting Thursday and Friday at In
dianapolis The second will be at Kan
sas City November and 7; the third
at ST. Paul, November and g. and the
last at Chicago. November 10 and IL.
Extension service representatives from
the corn producing States will attend
the meetings.
Bulk Of Checks DELAYED.
Administrators have hoped that the
first cash payments can be distributed
late in December, but this is expected
only in few instances. The bulk of
the checks will not go out until the
first three months of next year unless
new efforts are successfully made to
speed up the program
Ralph Meyer, Fairfield, Iowa, farmer,
who served as secretary of the National
Corn-Hog Producers Committee of 25,
selected by farmers to work out the
program with the administration, yes
terday went on the Government pay roll
with the title regional consultant."
Meyer will serve as co-ordinating
omcer between various State committees
and extension service units and the ad-
ministration in carrying out the pro-
gram"
Evening star., 1933-10-31
trio BEAT AND ROB.
OWNER Of FACTORY
Wealthy Marshall, Mich,
Man, Reported Kidnapped, Is
Found at Farm Home.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MARSHALL. Mich October 31.-His
face bruised and showing evidence of
q beating. Louis E. Brooks, millionaire
manufacturer reported kidnapped early
today by two men and q woman, was
found at his farm home near Battle
Creek. He told officials his captors
had released him after escaping from
his factory where they looted the safe.
Brooks. officials said. told them he
had been forced by the trio to open q
safe in his Office. then had been forced
to accompany the robbers in his car
along q side road toward Battle Greek,
20 miles east Of here
There. he said, his captors stopped,
locked the ignition to the automobile,
and hid the key under culvert. Re-
turning to the car, he said, they in
formed him where he could find the
key. and fed.
the key after a lengthy search, and,
discove' .ng that his captors had
escaped. drove to his farm home q few
miles away.
Onic::'s said that Brooks informed
them he would make no further state
ment until he consulted his attorney,
James w. Mackey. who drove at once
to the Brooks farm. The attorney said
he would prepare q statement later.
Of6cials said Brooks did not reveal
the amount Of money taken from the
safe. but said they had been informed
that only a small amount was kept
there. Brooks. 46. Is member OF one
Of the city's wealthieSt and most prom.
inent families.
Evening star., 1933-10-31
BRITISH PRESS STUMPED.
Financial Authorities Are Wary o
Speaking for Public alton.

LONDON, October 81 CP.-The Brit
1sh press is frankly "stumped" in efforts
to determine the exact implications OF
President Roosevelt's move to buy gold
abroad.
The London Times, crystallizing what
has been expressed by many commenta-
tors. said today:
What is really intended and there
fore what effect the new move will be
can only be guessed until some plain
indication is given from Washington"
In this vein financial and editorial
writer's are speculating as to what is
likely to result II any Of the various
possible methods are adopted regarding
gold buying.
None of the London financial authori-
ties have given any opinion for quota
ton, their attitude evidently being one
of watchful waiting.
The topic is a burning one, neverthe-
less. All papers are prominently dis
playing long dispatches from New York
and Washington.
Evening star., 1933-10-31

The board was entirely correct In as
serting that production fell of IN In
dustries after adoption of their code,
and processing taxes.
There is a very logical and accu-
rate explanation OF it. The industries
kne,D that codes and tares Uere
coming. They speeded up produc-
ton to the limit beforehand in order
to stock up at cheap production
cost. Naturally this high-speed pro-
duction tell of after the codes tUere
signed. 1t does not mean that the
N. r. A. hurt business in that re-
spect. 1t means only that the manu-
tacturers took advantage OF the
N. r. A. and the A. A. A. to sell
pre-code goods at post-c0de prices.
johnson emitted a bloou-curdling
within the facts.
Dared to Prosecute.
Johnson's simultaneous set-to with
Henry Ford was not his fault, but
rather the result Of clever publicity
on the part of Ford.
The general would like to bite
Henrys ear of II the administration
would permit it. But the only thing
he said was that he would cite Ford
to Attorney General Cummings when
and if' Ford violates the code.
The Ford people misinterpreted the
statement in q blasting reply annOunc-
ing Ford had not violated the code and
daring johnson to prosecute.
1t made good reading, but it did not
mean anything.
The man on the inside 1Dho Is
blocking Cuban recognition is
Sumner Welles, the Ambassador to
Hauana. The inner counselors at
the State Department haze all
reached the conclusion that recog-
milton is probably advisable. State
Secretary Hull is included in this
group. They think sloitt recognition
mould help stabilize the existing
Cuban government and help to settle
things dOtun.
Apparently Welles is not as conf
dent as they are that the present gov
eminent will last. His confidential
reports to the department recently
have indicated that trouble Is brewing
out in the sugar districts of the island
Serious rioting has been predicted.
Evening star., 1933-10-31
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Band this evening at Stanley Hall. at
$50 O'Clock, John 8. Zimmerman,
bandmaster: Anton Pointner, assistant.
March, ''Folie Bergere". .Lincke
Overture, "As You Like II" English
songs ............T To5ani
Suite, "A Love Episode In Birdland,"
"The Gentle Dove" THE Magpie
and the Parrot" "The Broken
hearted Sparrow" "The Merry
Lark bcuSllA
Excerpts from musical comedy, "The
Boys and Betty. ".............., Helm
Transcription, BLACK Eyes. ;. .Horlick
Waltz Hawaiian, "Kilama Wailani."
Kaili
Finale. THE Guiding Star" Stieberlitx
THE Star 6pangled Banner"
Evening star., 1933-10-31
BALL Players Wife
DIES MYSTERIOUSLY
Body Found With Clothes Line
Attached to Flat Iron Around
Her Neck.
BY the Associated Press.

by tne Associated PreSS.
PORTSMOUTH. Ohio. October 81
Mrs. Elma Valodin, 80. wife OF q local
base ball player. was found dead in her
home yesterday and the mysterious cir
cumStances that surrounded the finding
of her body caused police and Coroner
Ross Moore Gault to order an imme-
diate investigation.
A visitor to the Valodin home dis
covered the body lying against the
door between the living room and a
bed room, police said. The radio was
turned on full force and q clothes line
was around the woman's neck. A fiat
iron, weighing about five pounds, was
attached to the other end of the rope,
which had been hung over the transom
above the door.
The position of the body and the
fact the iron was no heavier led
police to express the opinion the woman
might not have committed suicide.
Friends said however, she had been in
poor health. Her husband, Ernest
Valodin, was not at home when the
body was found.
Evening star., 1933-10-31
PARIS SEES THREAT
/! OF CURRENCY WAR.
Suggestion to Put Embargo
|. on Gold Products at Once
! Rejected.
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.

By Radio to The Star.
PARIS, France, October 31.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's new policy OF purchas-
ing gold abroad with paper dollars con-
tinues to be viewed here with anxiety
ard resentment.
One widespread Interpretation is that
1t is equivalent TO the declaration Of
a currency war, In which the aim of
the United States will be to force the
remaining gold countries off the gold
standard. However, the suggestion
that France should Immediately put an
embargo on gold exports has been re-
jected.
There is no doubt here that the new
American policy will succeed least ef-
fectively in fastening the depreciation
of the dollar, which is assumed to be
what President Roosevelt wants.
Flight of Capital Seen
But it is thought this depreciation.
as soon as the American people begin
to understand what it really means, will
provoke further fight of American
capital abroad and that this flight OF
capital, that part of it to Paris. will
more than compensate the gold lost by
American purchases in the Paris market.
An editorial today by the Radio
Agency thinks that, II the American
purchases are slow and moderate, no
harm will result 1t adds.
But if the American Government
acts precipitately. it will provoke a
counter thrust. Every country has the
right to defend its monetary equilibrl-
UNI and the United States Is playing
dirty game in seeking to spread dis
order abroad to try to cure its own dis
order"
Situation Grave, Says Blum.
Leon Blum. French Socialist leader
hitherto enthusiastic over President
Roosevelts experiments. because they
helped organized labor. calls the
American effort to bear down the dol
lar extremely grave.
at follows" Blum says. that Presl-
dent Roosevelt is going to make the
gold standard undergo methodlcal at
tacks The real question is whether
two different monetary systems can In
definitely coeXiSt in the world.
(CopyriEht. 1e33D
BRITISH PRESS STUMPED.
Evening star., 1933-10-31
$100, 900 DAMAGES
AWARDED BY POLAND
W. Averell Hartman Given Sum
for Electrical Concession
Turned Down.

By the Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland, October 31.-By
presidential decree, 100000 has been
awarded w. Averill Hartman of New
York as indemnification for Poland's
failure to accept his plans for the elec-
trif1cation of Western Poland.
Hartman started the plans in 1927
on the promise Of the ministry of public
works to award him the concession, but
IN 1890 the government turned the
project down.
In view of money invested in pre-
pairing for the project, the government
now has paid $780, 900 for the plans in
the form Of per cent bonds Of a Dill
Read loan at nominal value.
Evening star., 1933-10-31
TORC[ER ACCUSED
Of PLOTTING FIRE
Witness Says Communist
Leader Sought His Aid to
Burn Reichstag.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, October 31.-Ernst Torgler,
Communist leader. was accused from
the witness stand in the Reichstag
Building fire trial today OF having
plotted the arson
As courtroom spectators sat agape,
Gustav Lebermann, now serving a two
and one-half year term in Hamburg
prison for robbery, testified Torgler
sought his aid in firing the Reichstag
several times in 1881 and 1892.
Further, the witness asserted, the
former Communist whip in the Reich
stag also plotted string Of other acts
of sabotage
The court room heard President Judge
Wilhelm Buenger Solemnly introduce
the witness by saying. Il call your at
tention to the fact that the greatest
significance attaches to your testi-
mOny."
Lebermann. quite as solemnly, then
said:
I came here to tell the truth and
only the truth"
Tells Of Meeting Torgler.
Lebermann, q window repairer by
trade said he first met Torgler at Ham
burg October 81. 1881, In the company
of Communist.
''Torgler promised to use me-" Leber-
mann said He said we would have
to do something that would start a
great propaganda against the Nazis.
He said one thing ought to be to
fire public buildings, including the
Reichstag.
He said because I was not well
known no one would dream that the
Communist party was involved
Torgler came to him. Lebermann went
on, because he enjoyed the confidence
Of Communists.
Torgler Indignant.
Torgler rose Indignantly to declare,
II never saw this man in my life and
I am astonished that the highest Ger
man court should listen to such un-
speakable lies
But Lebermann continued his un-
usual narrative, frequently accompanied
by court room filters.
Il was to be the person to attract
attention to myself" Lebermann said.
Il was to make a commotion SO l would
be arrested while the others could
escape"
He added that Torgler threatened to
"puncture me with bullets when I de-
clined to carry out the plot"
Lebermann said he fed to police to
escape Torgler's persecution.
Evening star., 1933-10-31
ACCUSED OF SAVING
FUR STORE WINDOWS
Two Men Arrested at Ackerman's
on Connecticut Avenue Face
Questioning.

Surprised in the act of saving iron
bars from a rear window Of Connecti-
cut avenue fur store early today, two
men are held for investigation in con-
nection with several robberies here.
The pair-Ernest Ross, "a, and Bruno
Nordio, 28-were caught shortly before
2 am by Policeman w. F. Rector, third
precinct. The officer reported he found
them saving at the bars on window
of Ackerman's, 1880 Connecticut avenue
Offering no resistance. the men were
taken to the third precinct.
Ross, according to Capt Edward ].
completed a 10-year sentence in the
Federal penitentiary In Atlanta, while
Nordio served time recently In New
York for burglary.
Evening star., 1933-10-31
ULT|MATUM GIVEN
GRAU BY STUDENTS
Warns Government Policies
in Cuba Must Be Changed
by November 4.
BY the Associated Press

| BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, October 31-The long
threatened split between President Grau
| and the student directory, one of his
strongest arms Of support, was believed
definitely nearer today.
In an ultimatum announced at an
uproarious meeting of Havana Univer-
sity students last night. the govern
ment was given until November 4 to
'rectify its present course.
Just what was implied In the move
the ultimatum were not revealed.
Fist Fights Staged.
But 1t was brought out at the stormy
student session, frequently interrupted
by fist fighting and loud outcries. that
there is growing dissatisfaction.
Adding to the general undergraduate
confusion Is the fact many Of the stu
dents desire to withdraw from politics
altogether, while others wish to con-
tinue active
As this new development brought fur
ther cause for concern, the government
gave q sigh Of relief at the apparent
collapse OF another movement to call
q general strike.
-Four Bombs Exploded.
Leaders OF the cOmmuniStic Fedora
tiOn of Labor were nowhere to be found
today to explain why the threatened
island-wide walkout failed to material
ize during the night.
Four bombs exploded in the suburbs
last night and early today, marked BY
neither extensive damage nor casualties
Meanwhile decreased labor tension
in the interior was believed indicated
in word that c. M. Jervis, American
manager Of the Alto Cedro Sugar mill
at Antilla, Oriente Province, who had
been held prisoner by strikers, was
freed.
Evening star., 1933-10-31

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in 1881. because they were no longer
advantageous
Had they proved advantageous In
the past?" Pecora asked.
Il don't know" the banker replied.
The plan followed by Wiggin wa:
similar to the one employed by JAIME.
V. Forrestal Of Dillon, Read g. Co., ac-
cording to previous testimony.
The Internal Revenue Bureau is now
reviewing Forrestals returns and hi
already has paid $4,000 ON his 1929 in.
come which was not paid at the time.
The committee counsel asked Wiggir
to describe the process by which stocl
was transferred to the Canadian com.
panies and sold by them.
Wiggin conferred at some length with
attorneys who sat on each side of hin
at the committee table.
When the Canadian companies were
formed. he said, they issued their capi-
tai stock to the American corporations
in return for stocks held by the latter
The securities were taken over by the
Canadian company at the market value
Tax Avoidance Secured.
Wiggin testified they were usually
SOlQ TO UnlCeQ states 0rmS.
The only reason for having the
transactions take place in Canada was
to avoid taxes on the prOfits?" Pecors
asked.
That is true as to the securities
sold" Wiggin agreed readily.
When the companies were dissolved
in 1881. the banker told the committee
the securities were transferred to the
nf l.
companies
1T was a non-taxable operation under
the reorganization section of the income
tax law" Wiggin said.
In return for these securities, he
added. the Murlyn Corporation issued
capital stock to the owners Of the Cana
dian corporations. which were the same
as the owners of the three domestic
ones.
The names of the three Canadian
companies We're Medfield. Selcott and
Greenwich Corporations. Ltd. They had
offices in the same place in Montreal,
with James B. Taylor in charge of all.
Transactions Few.
The transactions Of the companies
were few. Wiggin said. and their books
of account were kept in his New Yorl
Ofice.
Pecora said he was advised that com.
mittee investigators requested these
books Of accounts and were refused
You have not been correctly ad-
vised,' Martin Conboy, Virgins coun-
sci, replied.
After a conference with his staff, Pc
cora said, his aides had asked for the
books of accounts of one of the COM
panies and were not given them.
We furnished whatever they asked
for" Conboy replied. They never re-
quested the books of Medfield Corpo-
ration"
Conboy agreed to furnish the COM
pany books when Pecora specifically
asked If he would.
Evening star., 1933-10-31
PARK SAVINGS ASKS
$16,726 TAX REFUND
Receiver for Bank Files Claim
Based on Shortages in Ac-
counts Of r. S. Stunz.

tFrom the $50 Edition of Yesterdays star)
The receiver for the Park Savings
Bank filed with the District govern
ment late today claim for a refund
Of $l6,726.53 in gross earnings bank
taxes paid since 1924.
The action was based on the dis
covery of shortages In the accounts Of
Robert S. Stunz, bank cashier, who
killed himself The claim is made
that, by reason Of the errors in such
accounts, the bank was assessed more
taxes than should have been levied.
The claim was filed for the receiver
by Col. Edward Clifford, counsel to
the receiverShip. The claim has been
placed in the hands of William P
Richards, tax assessor, who will con-
suit with the corporation counsel and
District Commissioners before taking
any action
Evening star., 1933-10-31
BANDIT HOLDS UP O'DONNELL'S
RESTAURANT AND OBTAINS 5000

An armed bandit with q face 50 ugly
1t would scare guy to death" obtained
almost $500 In cash early this morning
when he held up James H. Scott, night
manager of O'Donnell's restaurant, at
1907 E street, and forced Scott and
three other employees Of the place to lie
on the floor while he made his escape.
Scott told police he had seen the man
loafing in front of the, all-night eating
place Q few minutes before the robbery
occurred, and because he didn't like
his looks" was Just considering calling
police when the man walked in, pulled
revolver and said: Nov, none of you
mugs move"
The robber commanded q colored
porter and waiter to drop to the floor
and told Scott to open q cash box kept
behind the counter. Meanwhile Q sec
ond colored waiter stood petrified with
fear in a doorway in the rear OF the
restaurant. . tray stu poised In his
Evening star., 1933-10-31
GERMAN.AMERICAN BODY
PROTESTS BOYCOTT PLAN
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. october 31.-A resolu-
ton protesting against any efforts to
boycott German goods was adopted yes
terday by the board of trade for Ger
an-American Commerce, Inc.
Copies Of the resolution were sent to
President Roosevelt, Secretary of State
Corden Hull. Secretary of Commerce
Daniel Roper and. General Hugh s.
johnson, administrator Of the recovery
act.
The board, saying 1t spoke as an
American organization, asserted in the
resolution that. the boycott movement
was dangerous as well as decidedly
detrimental to American business In
terests."
Evening star., 1933-10-31
Beauty Wins Alimony.

PAWHUSKA. Okla, October 81 R.-
Mrs. Norma Smallwood Gilcrease, who
was Miss America in 1926, was grant
ed 500 a month temporary alimony
at the preliminary hearing in District
Court here yesterday on her cross
petition to the divorce action Of her
husband, Tom Gilcrease, oil man. She
had asked $500.
In addition, Mrs. Gilcrease was given
$500 expenses for the trial, set for No
vember 10. and $3.50 temporary attor-
neyS' fees.
Evening star., 1933-10-31

hand. Little attention was paid him
by the bandit, who merely took glance
at him and said: you stay where
you are" but the waiter was too fright
ened to attempt escape.
Scott at first fumbled around and
pretended to be unable to find the cash
box key, but when the gun was stuck
in his ribs and the robber said, with
the accent on the second word, you
better find that key" he produced 1t
from the pocket. When he had cleaned
out the strong box and cash register,
the man ordered Scott to lie down be-
hind the counter. Then he ran out. A
few seconds later his victims hurried
into the street after him, but he had
disappeared.
Scott told police the man appeared to
be about 30 years old, wore brown suit,
light felt hat and had o two or three
days growth Of reddish beard on his
face, n
Evening star., 1933-10-31
TWO ADMIT H0LD.UP

Face Prison for -, 900 Robbery in
Front of Bank.
Maurice Shelton and Murray w.
ziegler, charged with the daylight hold
up Of Morris j. Morrison, assistant
manager of G. c. Murphy Co.. pleaded
guilty before Justice Peyton Gordon in
District Supreme Court yesterday. They
face prison sentences of from 3 to Is
years.
The men took $4,000 from Morrison
after stopping him on a crowded street
in front Of the American Security &
Trust Co. One of the robbers was cap
tured at the scene and the other taken
into custody several hours later.
Evening star., 1933-10-31
GRAF is REPORTED
OFF PORTUGAL COAST
Zeppelin, Homeward Bound From
Chicago, Radioes Weather
Good.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. Ocober 31.-The Radio
Marine Corporation today picked up q
message from the Graf Zeppelin. home
ward bound from Chicago. reporting it
was of the Portuguese coast and en-
joying excellent weather.
The wireless message stated:
Now nearing Portuguese coast. 10
o'clock. Eastern standard time. Posi-
tion, latitude, 1904 north. longitude.
lO:l5 west. Fine weather and 9 good
run"
At its present rate Of progress. it will
be nearing Seville by nightfall where
it Is scheduled to make a landing.
Evening star., 1933-10-31
Fire Breaks Up Act.

SAN DIEGO. Calf. October 81 (R.-
Two comedians, Duke Attenbury and
Kenneth Gillum, broke up their act in
q downtown theater yesterday when q
short circuit caused fire in the drop
curtains and scenery backstage and.
while the orchestra played, directed the
crowd to the exits There was no con-
fusion. Damage was estimated at
$4,000.
Evening star., 1933-10-31
HERNANDEZ SURROUNDED.

CAMAGUEY. Cuba, October 81 Up.
Jose Hernandez and his rebel fol-
lowers were surrounded by Cuban army
forces on La Raya Ranch, near the
town Of Florida. today.
MediatorS went to the Hernandez
forces asking them to surrender. but
they refused. saying they preferred to
die fighting.
The union strike called for today In
Camaguey failed to materialize.
Evening star., 1933-10-31

The story is current in higher diplo-
matte circles that our Government has
data showing Communist activity In
Cuba Is being directed from Moscow.
The story has not been printed be-
cause no one believes it. They remem-
Der what happened some years ago
when q State Department odicial in
spired story of Bolshevist hegemony
in Mexico that failed to come true. 1t
looks now as If some one was trying
to embarrass Mr.. Roosevelt's negotia-
tions with Litvino6 on Russian recog-
milton.