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Evening star., 1933-12-04
SWANSON TO PRESS
BIGGER NAVY FIGHT
Japan Reported to Be DisSat-
iSfied With Small End OF
5-5-3 Ratio.

B. the Associated Press
Secretary Swanson today sought op-
portunity for conversations Win freSl-
dent Roosevelt in furtherance of pleas
contained in his annual report Tor an
American navy second to none and an
abandonment by the United States OF its
"lead in disarmament"
The Navy Secretary also studied re-
action from abroad to his frank Sug-
gestions. First reports from London in
dicated little stir over his statement
while from Toxic came word that Japan
WQS dissatisfied With It's small fnd OF
the 5-5-3 ratio
In 1HBmlfMn5 niT nFHpTl naval "e''v-
tiles report to the President. Swanson
oHes Since ehi tie Worid war nad sap an
example for the rest OF the world. Dut
had impaired Americas relative naval
strength.
Hits Weakened Position.
THE time has come, however, when
We can no longer afford to lead in
disarmament by example" he said.
"Other powers have not followed our
example. " Our weakened position
Goes not serve the cause of peace.
1T leopardiZes it, because balanced
armament fortifies diplomacy and is an
important element in preserving peace
and Justice whereas undue weakness
invites aggressive, War-breeding viola
ti0n Of ones rights"
To maintain a navy at full treaty
strength, the Secretary urged ADOPTION
Of a progressive building program. pro-
Yiding construction of specified num-
Der of vessels each year and allow for
replacement of Over-age ships.
The Navy has not had such a pro-
gram in the past" he added Our
sporadic building programs not only
have proved very costly to the Nation,
but they have left US far under our
treaty strength in up-to-date ships"
Favors 5-5-3 Ratio.
AS an example, Swanson SD. by the
end of the present year all but four
OF the fleets deStroyers would be under
age. The Secretary expressed himself
as faVOring the 5-5-3 ratio of the WASH
ington naval treaty as between the
United States. Great Britain and Japan
for capital ships and aircraft carrier
tonnage and the approximate 5-5-35
ratio of the London naval treaty for
the three nations for other categorieS.
There are two methods" he said.
"by which these ratios may be attained
First, by reduction of naval strength on
the part OF other nations to our level
Or second by our building up to full
treaty strength. Inasmuch as the first
method has been tried and has falled
only the second remains open to
Il believe one OF the strongest guar
sntees for peace and Justice is an ade-
quate United States Maya treaty
navy second to none"
Evening star., 1933-12-04
FIVE CIVIL WORKS
PROJECTS APPROVED
Alexandria and Fairfax County
Among Virginia Sections to
Share S55,853 Fund.

: FREDERICKSBURG, Va. December
4.-Five civil works projects to cost
$55 ,85397 and to give employment to
$50 men were approved here today by
Ray c. Hopkins, deputy administrator
for Northern Virginia.
! Projects are: Cleaning
drainage bitches and ditching road
shoulders. S15,81722, to employ 60 men
until February l.
Fairfax County-Grading 1013 miles
of roads and streets in Herndon, SIS
l19,75, to employ 21O men until
February 1.
Culpeper County - Accomplishment
secretary and office. S243. to employ one
man until February IS.
Prince William COunty-EytenSiOn OF
Sidewalks, grading and draining alleys
lL QllLLNQ I.]l0H. 10 O[IlDlOJ Il M[l
Front Royal, sl4,736.l3, TO employ Sc
men
Evening star., 1933-12-04
WOULD REORGANIZE
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
N31ev Advocates Program Before
Attempts to Re3uvenate
World Trade.

b the Associated Press
BROOKLYN, N. Y. December "A
reorganization of economic conditions in
the United States before attempts are
made 10 rejuVenate world trade was ad-
vocated yesterday by Prof. Raymond
MOley. former Assistant Secretary OF
State. in an address before the Brook
Gn Institute of Arts and Sciences.
President Roosevelt he said. was seek
ing to form a currency which would
bear a direct relationship to the goods
i purchased for future generations as
we'll as for the present.
"A return to the gold standard" he
said, would be the most tragic shock
this country ever had You go down
to the lower end OF Manhattan and ask
10 bankers what they think of it. Nine
out of 10 of them would say no.
Il don't know where Mr. Smith got
his ideas on that score. I think that
silver ought very definitely to be re-
Established as a medium of exchange
through raising its price. AS to its re-
nlontization there is grave question
among economists
Evening star., 1933-12-04
MADAME X Ercites
Anti-Ly1,ch Meeting
By Voting Only NO
Young Woman FWs
I,4OO Gathered to De.
nOunce Coz. ROIph.
Cy the Associated Press.

Cy the Associated Press
NEW YORK, December 4-"Madame
X" retired into alphabetical anonymity
today after rolling an anti-lynch meet
ing almost to the point OF violence.
A woman, young and smartly dressed,
strode Yesterday into the great gothic
hall of City College where l,400 ProteS-
tants. Catholics Jews and Negroes were
passing resolutions condemning mob
violence in general and California re-
cent episode in particular.
Shaking clenched fist toward Chair
man Charles H. Tuttle, she shouted:
Call Me Madame X"
why wash the dirty linen of Call
fornia and other states when there is
~ mHGh fFW fhen IN NeW f0FkT
Asked for her name. she refused to
can me Madame *
She stood near the rOStrum, shouting
'NO-o-C' to the resolutions.
Throw her out! Throw her out!"
the crowd cried.
You dirty Red" a man yelled at
her. You can't break up this meeting"
Audience Excited.
A meracing rumble came from the
audience. A colored man cried:
shes a lyncher: She's in favor of
lynching; she ought to be stomped!"
Madame X' then walked calmly out,
followed by catcalls.
With shouts of aye" the meeting
passed resolutions which denounced
the recent lynchin9s and the laudation
thereof bv Gov Rolph of California" &"
urged Cows. Ritchie of Maryland, and
Park of Missouri, to continue efforts to
punish lynchers, and called for a fair
trial for the Scottsboro boys.
Evening star., 1933-12-04

Davenport high school pupils have
agreed to take care of German war
graves at Plymouth, England.
Evening star., 1933-12-04
STAR SAYS LYNCHINGS
RELIEVE KIDNAP FEAR
Jean Harlow Asserts Colony "Rests
More Easily Since Affair
at San Jose Jail.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. December A.
Jean Harlow, platinum blond screen
actress, said here yesterday that mem
bers of the Hollywood film colony rest
more easily" since the lynching in San
Jose. Calf. of the kidnap-slayers Of
Brooke l.. Hart.
Miss Harlow said she did not ap-
prove of lynchings, but added that "the
San Jose affair will undoubtedly make
those planning kidnapings think twice. "
Because of exaggerated reports of
the film stars salaries and fortunes,
many of us have lived in fear of kid
napings," she said.
The actress is in San Francisco with
her husband, Hal G. Rosson, Holly
wood cameraman. who is interviewing
Chinese characters here in connection
with contemplated film.
Evening star., 1933-12-04
ADVISORY BODY FORMED

NEW YORK, December 4 GF.-Com-
pletion of the Women's Advisory Com
mittee of the national Blue Eagle gar
ment label campaign. headed By Mrs
Franklin d. Roosevelt, was announced
yesterday.
Presidents of national women's or
ganizations are serving on the group.
Evening star., 1933-12-04
HOUSE COMMITTEE
TACKLES TAX PLAN
and Means Group Seeks
to Increase u. S. Income
s4oo, 600, 900.
BY the Associated Press.


The big job of revising the tax
structure to increase Federal income by
S400 900 900 annually was tackled today
by the House Ways and Means Com
mittee.
This congressional unit, which orig
mates all revenue measures. had before
it recommendations OF a subcommittee
which has conducted an exhaustive
gtudy Of MIlAOdg by which tAl Income
tax may be administered to bring in
extra revenue without increasing rates.
to follow repeal, in joint hearings later
with the Senate Finance Committee.
Treasury Not Ready.
AS the full House committee began
its study Of the subcommittee recon-
mendatiOnS it was informed by Acting
Secretary Morgenthau OF the Treasury
that the Treasury would not have its
proposals ready until about Deem
Der Is.
ton of the new tax bill, but Chairman
Doughton, Democrat, of North Caro-
lima, said he hoped the committee would
have the measure ready Tor Congress
when it convenes January 3. Hearings
are not to be held until l-te this week,
he said.
Meanwhile the Presidents Interde-
partmental Alcohol Committee is pre-
pairing recommendations for increases
IN levies on liquor. The present tax Is
Sl.l0 a gallon. With the administra-
ton expecting TO receive about $780,
900, 900 in the first full year after re
peal. and the Treasury estimating con-
sumption for that period viii be 1o5,-
100000 gallons, the levy would have to
be greatly increased to obtain that
amount.
Indications are that it will be doubled
to So. 20 a gallon The tariff on import
ed LIQUORS amounts to s. a gallon and
about 100000 gallons are expected
TO be brought in.
Would Strengthen Law.
Besides planning to make corpora
tions and individuals deduct their losses
from income in the years they are
sustained, the committee expects to
strengthen the capital gains and loss
provisions of the law. The subcommit-
tee recommended that allowances for
depreciation and depletion be reduced
and that holding companies set up by
individuals and corporations as means
of evading income levies be assessed 25
per cent of their net return.
Taxes imposed in the national re-
covery act, estimated to return s212,-
100000 to aid in returning the $780,
600 900 public works loan fund, will be
repealed along with prohibition repeal.
One of the first things Morgenthau
did On taking over the Treasury fort
night ago was to set departmental
committee to work studying the Gov
tltf..t.. |
ernment,s finances needs and expected
tax legislation to Congress. The group
is headed by Assistant Secretary HeweS
One of its principal problems has
Evening star., 1933-12-04
YOUTH HELD SUICIDE
Body of Son of Wealthy Manu-
facturer Found in Ditch.

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis, Decem-
sber LFD.-The body of Robert Pres
,cott, 81, Identified by officers from
papers and letters as the son Of a
wealthy New York manufacturer, was
found by farmers late yesterday in a
roadside ditch near her. William E.
Brauer, Columbia County coroner, said
1t was a case of suicide. pistol lay
beside the body. The coroner COM
lnunicated with New York authorities
In an effort to reach relatives. y
Evening star., 1933-12-04
HESS AND ROEHM TAKE
GERMAN CABINET OATHS
Director of Nazi Party and Hitler S
Leader of 100000 Soldiers
Assume Posts.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BERLIN, December 4,-Rudolf Hess,
director Of the Na1 party, and Capt,
Ernst Roehm. leader of Chancellor
Hitler'S 100000 uniformed party SOL
diers. took their oaths of Office in the
German cabinet today.
Hess wore the black Of the Schultz
staffel EARNED guard) and Roehm the
brown of the storm troopers.
Discussing the appointments to the
cabinet, Hess said:
b The President named the new min
listers because of their party positions.
one as chief Of staff of the storm
troopers and the other as a representa-
tive of the leaders,
Evening star., 1933-12-04
WASHINGTON MAN
INJURED IN SOUTH
Julian Gaines, 80, Is Found Un'
conscious in Front of Hotel
at Gaffney, S. G.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GAFFNEY. S. c., December A.
Julian Gaines, 80, of Washington. was
found unconscious and badly injured
early yesterday on the sidewalk in front
of the Majestic Hotel here. At a hos
pital to which he was taken 1t was
said he had only a slight chance for
recovery.
Investigating officers expressed the
belief Gaines fell from a third d-floor
window of the hotel, although he was
not registered as a guest.
Gaines arrived here late yesterday
en- route to Mobile, Ala.
Evening star., 1933-12-04

It's fun making some one else happy,
especially when you attend special party
in your honor. Every Warner Bros.
Theater has planned a special high type
program for Saturday morning, Dec l6.
Your admission is new toy or article of
clothing, which is to be given to some poor
child who otherwise would have giftless
Christmas.
Evening star., 1933-12-04
SUICIDE LEAPS TO DEATH
IN NIAGARA GREAT GORGE
Note Written by Unidentified Man
Found by Tourists Who Dis
cover Body on Rocks.
BY the Associated Press,
L.|II. "#IIVIIN llHNI

! U0I u0IttHlth
NIAGARA FALLS N Y December
was found n1d yesferdav 1afhns nn fpe rocks 1 IN
the gorge, below Horseshoe Falls. Search
had beerN begun after a note written
on cardboard had been found by
tourists
The note. which was unsigned. read;
"NOtice-Any person desiring body
will find one about $50 feet directly
below this point. My storms of life
are over" Another note on the body
read I am going to h by the
Great Gorge route followed by un-
intelligible words.
The victim was about 60 years old.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-16
Indiana Woman Tells
How She Conquered
Stomach Disorder

AFTER suffering with stomach dis
orders for IL years without re-
suits from doctors prescriptions.
diets, powders. and the like, Mrs. Ida
Lunsford, 707 S. l1th St. EoblesviIle.
Ind, reports she was finally healed
by simple homeitreatment. She saws
that the TERRIBLE pain attacks which
she had have disappeared since the
use OF The Udgat Treatment, and che
wants ali stOma ch sufferers to know
AboutAher experience.
MrsA Lunsford advises all sufferers
from stomach ulcers, gas pains, ex-
cess acad, belching. pains after eat
ing, constipation, sour stomach, poor
digestion, dyspepsia, gastritis, and
other stomach disorders due to hv-
peracidity or faulty diet, to try Udga
at once. Now wEeS offer the same
treatmentt which. ! produced such
splendid results for'Mrs. Lunsford 10
all stomach sufferers on Is days'
trial, with money back if not satfs-
fed. Also testimonials, a sworn afr
davit of gensIdnenezss and free book
explaining tine ca use and treatment
of various stomach disorders, includ-
ing stomach ulcers. II you suffer.
ask for the $500 trial treatment to-
day. Ifait fails 10 help. you, wen
give You your dollar back Haag $
Walcreen's, Hooks and other good
druggists.
-Advprtispment
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

of warning about this condition and
are prepared to battle all violations.
Many cities and towns have taken
advantage of the government offer
of liberal loans to built disposal
plants, while others have refused to
heed the warnings and intend to
carry on as in other years. Insur-
ance is carried by all against loss by
fire and other hazards and our
warning is for you to take advan-
tage of the offer of the federal gov
eminent and use the money for this
purpose if your city is guilty of pol
luting any stream as it will prove to
be the cheapest insurance you ever
have paid. The sportsmen of the
state now are organized and they
have the promise of land owners
along the streams affected by pol
luton to bring civil suits. Do not
delay, stop pollution now.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-16
SLASHING SELF,
J0BLESS CITY
MAN ENDS LIFE
Cuts Throat With Pocket
Knife; Dependency
Is Blamed.

Cutting his throat with a pocket
knife early today. George Hitch, so,
Of S35 North East street. died an
hour later at city hospital.
Mrs. Margaret Klitch. whose
screams awoke neighbors. who
called police. told officers her hus-
band arose about 3 a. m. to fix the
fire.
Hearing no noise, the wife arose,
she said. and discovered her hus-
band cutting his throat with the
knife. Unable to take the knife
away from him, her screams aWoke
their two children, Robert, Is, and
Louise. u, who obtained the knife.
Mrs. Klitch said her husband had
been respondent over unemploy-
ment
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-16
Let's Go Fishing
STATE PERSONS
READY TO WAR
ON POLLUTION
Need for Legal Action Is
Stressed in Clear
Streams Fight.
BY LEFTY LEE
BY LEFTY LEE
Times Fishing Editor

Mother Nature has taken care of
the pollution menace for the bal
ance of the winter, and the streams
of the state again are clean. This
situation should net stop the cities,
towns and manufacturers, guilty Of
polluting the streams, from correct
ing the cause, because with the arri-
val of warm weather next year the
same condition will be present and
the guilty ones who refuse to stop
polluting the waters will find them
selves defendants in costly suits.
The people of the state have tired
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-16

Al Ethridge, Joe Staub and Char
lie Wheat tried cheir luck in the
field the other day and had the fol-
lowing bags to show for their efforts.
Ethridge. ten shots. one rabbit and
one quail: Staub. fifteen shots, one
and onAhalf rabbits and Wheat,
twelve shots, two rabbits. These are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-16

wear? They are selling them here
again. After being closed for twen-
ty years, the store once operated by
j. M. Carter has been reopened and
the old stock offered the public.
Women's bustles, watch keys, hoop
skirts, buggy whips and coffee mills
are included
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-16

1t is small wonder that Bob
Reagan Sr, Bob Reagan Jr, Bill
Reagan and Lote Farmer secured
twenty-one rabbits on the opening
day as they had the edge on most
nimrodS. The hunters left Indian
apolis Friday night for the farm of
Rudy Volderaur at Fillmore and
were told to pull up chair to
table loaded with fried chicken,
dumplings, candied vans, mashed
potatoes, hot biscuits, honey, pump
kin pie and coffee. After this re-
past they we're bedded, called early
to do justice to a bacon and egg
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-16

c. c. Murphy believes in having
his rabbit free of all shot. Murphy
stepped out of his back door to go
hunting and there was Mr. Rabbit
sitting in the back yard. This nim-
rod tried to scare the bunny to get
running shot but Mr. Cottontail
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Nov. is. 1888

thought he liked it where he was
and refused to move. Drawing a
bead on him, Murphy dropped him
with shot that tore off his nose
and left choice meat for the skillet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-16

the types of hunters the sporting
goods store love to meet as they
leave the game for other hunters
and use up plenty ammunition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-16

breakfast that also included more
hot biscuits and honey and then
went hunting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-16
BRASS TIPS POPULAR
Stock of Shop Closed Twenty Years
Offered to Public.

bU . WFTTU FTFFs
SAN SABA, Tex, Nov. 16.-Re-
member the children's shoes with
brass tips to save the toes from
Evening star., 1933-06-05

FTER having been twice elected
n mayor of his native city, Meri-
II den, Conn, and serving in the
1 a Navy during the World war,
Evening star., 1933-06-05
FLAHERTY BURIAL
BEING HELD HERE
Official of Post Office Clerks
Federation Died at Shore
ham Saturday.

Funeral services for Thomas F. Flah-
erty, secretary-treasurer Of the Ma
tional Federation of Post ONCE Clerks,
who died Saturday at his home in the
Ehoreham Hotel were held this after
noon at the funeral home of Joseph
Gawlers' Sons, 1854 Pennsylvania
avenue. The body will be taken to
San Francisco for burial.
Mr. Flaherty, who was a native of
California came to washington in 1918
as secretary treasurer and legislative
representative of the postal organiza-
tion, and had become widely known in
his 20 years here. He was a member
and director of the Congressional Coun-
try Club, member of the National
Press Club, Washington Board of
Trade. Midcity Citizens Association and
Loyal Order of Moose.
He entered the postal service in
California before coming here and was
active in many West Coast organiza-
tions. He was a graduate of the Wash
ington College of Law and was ad-
mitted to practice before the Supreme
Court in 1925.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth
Theresa Flaherty, formerly of San
Francisco, he is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Anne Flaherty; two brothers,
James and John, and six sisters, Mrs.
Thomas Malloy, Mrs. Edward Ingram
and Miss Mary Flaherty, all Of Napa,
Calf. and Mrs. S. j. Cook. Belmont,
Calf; Mrs. Alvan Macdonald, Oak
land, Calf. and Mrs. Frank j. Booth,
San Francisco.
Evening star., 1933-06-05
New Faces in Congress
Connecticut Man Seeks Working Hour Regulation.
By WILL p. KENNEDY.

FTER having been twice elected
n mayor of his native city, Mer1-
II den, Conn, and serving in I'll the s
l y Navy during the World War,
Representative Francis T. Ma
loney came to Congress before he hao
reached his thirty-ninth birthday. his
greatest interest in legislation Is gov
ernmental regulation Of working hours;
He Is a member of the Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee.
Pathetic interludes In his life nave
been many and being mayor OF great
industrial city during the depression
has weaned him away from his native
love of sports. He used to think he
was a billiard champion, but he has
several colleagues in the House who are
willing to challenge any such claim.
He had a desire in his youthful days
to be circus rider. He was neigh
borhood athlete of some renown and a
one-time auctioneer. He worked 1or
several years on his home town news
paper. He has four children. For the
past IL years he has been q leader In
the insurance field.
AS an outstanding mayor in his home
State, Maloney, 'in a period of hard
times conducted an administration that
succeeded in wiping out deficit and
creating q surplus. at the same time
reducing taxes" He was especially
concerned with the development of rec
reational activities.
In Congress he succeeds the former
House leader, Representative Tilson.
He is considerable of "joiner." He
is a member of the American Legion,
the Sons of Union Veterans of the
Civil War. an honorary member of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled
American Veterans and the Spanish
American War Veterans, in the Benevo-
lent Protective Order of Elks, the Fra
ternal Aerie of Eagles. the Loyal Order
of the Moose, the Ancient Order of
Hibernians. the Turner Society. the
knights of Columbus and the Young
Mems Total Abstinence and Benevolent
Society,
The Washington times., 1933-06-12

and, in the morning, it is but
the work of a split second for
me to gather up the pocket
money have left on the bureau
the night before (possibly be-
cause there is so little of it,
but let me stand in front of a
ticket-window in a theatre-lobby
or a railroad station, with a line
of people behind me, and a boy
with a magnet could pick up a
mound of iron-filings one by one
quicker than it takes me to
garner twenty cents in change.
People in front of me seem
to have no trouble. Even women
with gloves on do a better job
of it than I do. I see my pre-
decessors sweep up their change
with one sWoop, and I say to
myself: "Come now, Benchley!
Be man! You can do it, tool"
And then u buy my ticket, pass
in my bill, and, when the rattle
of the change sounds on the
marble slab, everything goes
black in front of my eyes, my
fingers grow numb and I pick
and claw at each individual
coin like a canary. Sometimes
will get a dime almost up into
the air high enough to get a
grip on it, and then, crazed with
success, loose my hold and off
it rolls into the money-drawer
or onto the floor. I would some