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Evening star., 1933-04-03
AGRICULTURE INSTRUCTOR
TALKS AT r. F. A. BANQUET
Herndon School Teacher Gives
Main Talk at "Father-and-
Son" Dinner.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NOKESVILLE, Va, April 3.-Prof
Roy Crabill, head of the agricultural
department at Herndon School, deliv-
cred the principal address at the "fa-
Grandson" banquet held here Satur-
day night by the NokeSville Chapter OF
the Future Farmers of America.
Others participating in the program
were Ivan Fountain, president of the
local chapter of the Future Farmers
who delivered the address of welcome;
M. j. Shepherd, chairman of the ad-
visory board of the chapter, who re-
sponded to the welcome, and Robert
Cook, Raymond Showalter and Law
renee Wright, members Of the chapter
Harold Miller, local entraht in the
State oratorical contest for Future
Farmers of America, delivered the ad-
dress which he is to give in the district
contest at Fredericksburg on April %.
Concluding remarks were made by j,
Powers Pullen, the local agricultural in
structor, who outlined the work which
the chapter had done in the past year
in the way of project work and the like.
Evening star., 1933-04-03
BROKERS EXPLOIT
j. S. PENSIONERS
Profit on Checks Sent to Dis
abIed Veterans Now LiV-
ing in Italy.
BY the Associated Press.

ROME, April 3.-United States dol
lars from funds of the Veterans Bureau
in Washington have afforded a $780,
900 annual profit for a group of So
called brokers who trade in checks sent
to disabled ex-service men Of Italian
origin now living in Italy.
The total amount of the checks sent
to italy yearly is $2,000,000, and about
half these remittances 60 to Italo-
Americans living in country districts
to a large extent among the Apen-
nine mountains of Abruzzi, Campania
Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria.
Make Monthly Trips.
The brokers live in Rome and Naples
They make monthly trips through the
mountain regions in automobiles and
buy up the American Government
checks.
They offer the holders thereof 16 lire
to the dollar. If the holders argue, they
eventually go up to II, but never higher
They bring the checks back to Rome
and Naples and cash them at an aver
age of 1880 to the dollar. Their profit
Is ESQ to $50 lire on the dollar, or
12A cents to 18 cents. On cashing a
$100 check they make from STATS to
$1,000.
They explain their huge profit to
the former doughboys by citing their
expences in driving into the mountain
region.
Expenses One Per Cent.
But they have made up routes and
Clients" Of hundreds Of veterans,
which fact permits them to collect
dozens of checks in q day. Their ex-
penses are estimated as possibly /
Der cent leaving them a profit of from
IL to II per cent.
The Italo-American disabled veter-
ans have little choice. The small towns
in which they live have no banks. They
have no banking accounts. Their first
thought is to turn their American Gov
ernment checks intoulire.
To do this they must either travel
to the nearest city or accept the best
rate they can get from the travelling
broker. 1t is less expensive to accept
the brokers' terms.
Evening star., 1933-04-03
DELINQUENCY IN TAXES
CHARGED TO MERCHANTS
Several in Capitol Heights to Be
Summoned Before Justice
of Peace.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md, April 3.
Several business men of this munich
pality will be summoned before Justice
of the Peace Oscar T. Poore tomorrow
night at 7:30 O'Clock for failing to pay
the new business license tax assess
ment, Mayor Thomas j. Luckett an
nounced today. The majority of the
business men have paid the tax and a
few have indicated that they would In
a day or two, Mayor Luckett said.
A few of the delinquent declared they
would contest the legality Of the new
ordinance. The ordinance went into
effect Saturday after series of heated
debates in the council and a number
of protest meetings of business men
and citizens. 1t is understood that the
hearing scheduled for tomorrow night
will be continued until Thursday and
then transferred before Judge Chew
Sheriff.
Evening star., 1933-04-03
TAXPAYERS OF LOUDOUN
ORGANIZE AT LEESBURG
John D. Moore of Aldie Named
Chairman-Execut Com
mittee Is Chosen.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, April 3.-A Lou
doun taxpayers association was or
ganiZed here Saturday, with John D.
Moore of Aldie chairman and Heaton
Purcell of Round Hill secretary-treas-
urer. A nominating committee was
appointed, consisting of Harrison Will
liams of Leesburg, ]. v. Nichols of Pur-
cellville and Wilbur Cross of Sterling
This committee named three persons
from each magisterial district for the
Executive Committee and from these
the following were appointed with the
chairman Of the meeting, Mr. Moore, as
chairman of the Executive Committee:
Miss Elizabeth White, Leesburg dis
trict; Wilbur Cross, Broad Run district;
E. T. Grim, Jefferson district; John G..
Abel, Lovettsville; H. L. Keen, Mercer
and w. L. Simpson, Mount Gilead. This
committee will be called together to
study the county budget before its final
adoption at the meeting of the super
visors on April "a.
Evening star., 1933-04-03
REDS SHIFT QUARTERS
FROM MONTEvIDEO
Documents Seized in Chilean Raids
Indicate Valparaiso Is New
South American Seat.
BY the Associated Press.

0y the Associated freSS.
SANTIAGO, Chile, April 3.-A ma
tion-wide investigation of extremist
activities, together with testimony elicit
ed from scores Of arrested Communists,
indicates the South American head
quarters of the Communist party has
been moved from Montevideo, Uruguay,
to Valparaiso, seaport Of this capital
The investigation has not yet been
completed, but documents, kilograms
and papers already seized in various
raids, officials said today, point to q
change in the central Offices. With
Communist leaders here almost all ar
rested or under surveillance, police now
are concentrating activities in the VAL
paraiso, Antofagasta and Conception
areas.
Civil guards and the Chilean ''Nazis"
are aiding police in the cleanup and
promise Communists soon will be all ar
rested or chased over the border"
Evening star., 1933-04-03
TW0-CENT POWER RATE
REDUCTION is OFFERED
Moorefeld, Petersburg and Rom
ney Make Request for
Cut by Firm.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MOOREFIELD, w. Va, April 3.-A
2-cent-per- -kilowatt reduction in rates
on electric power has been offered by
the Potomac Valley Power Corpora.
ton, serving Moorefield, Petersburg and
Romney, as result Of appeals to the
company for relief. Chamber of Com
merce officials here met with officials of
the company here the past week and
1t was understood later that the 2-cent
concession had been offered. The rate
would start at 10 cents instead Of IL
and run down to 3la cents, according
to the kilowatts used.
Evening star., 1933-04-03
Court Session Postponed.

FAIRFAX, Va, April 3 Especially -
The session Of the Fairfax County Cir
cult Court scheduled for today was post
poned due to the fact that Judge Walter
T. Mccarthy of Arlington was hearing
motion for new trial in the Ball
case and Judge William p. Woolls of
Arrandria, was on the bench at
ManazahS. Va. :,
Evening star., 1933-04-03
WOMEN TO GIVE PLAY
Club Will Present Drama

Cheverly Club Will Present Drama
Tomorrow in School.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHEVERLY, Md, April 3.-"The
Old Maids Convention" play, will be
presented by the Cheverly Women's
Club tomorrow night in the school at 8
o'clock. In the cast will be Mrs. J..
Victor Feather, Mrs. Henry Naylor, Mrs.
Alma Stearns, Mrs. w. r. Gather,
Mrs. Fred Nickel, Mrs. L. Peterson, Mrs.
Glen Edgington, Mrs. Arthur p. Buck,
Mrs. Henry Taylor, Mrs. j. r. Taylor,
Mrs. John w. Davis, Mrs. K. Smith,
Mrs. G. w. Lambert, Mrs. May Hall,
Mrs. r. Augustine, Mrs. Jeannette Met
calf, Mrs. M. Wells, Mrs. R. Fogle, Mrs.
N. G. Tayman, Mrs. M. Stein, Miss
Gertrude Wilson, Mrs. w. P. Forbes,
Miss Roberta Gather and Miss Betty
Sue Metcalf.
Evening star., 1933-04-03
Road Committee to Meet.

BLADENSBURG, Md, April (Spe-
ciaD The newly appointed Bladens-
burg District Road Committee will meet
tonight at 8 o'clock in the fire house
here, when organization will be effected.
Members of the committee are John
B. Alsop, Mallon w. Rea, William E.
Gasson, George N. Wells and Frank
H. Fierstein.
Evening star., 1933-04-03
SENIOR PLAY WEDNESDAY
Occoquan High School Glass to
Give 3-Act Comedy.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OCCOQUAN, Va, April 3.-The an
nual senior class play Of the Occoquan
High School will be given at O'Clock
Wednesday night in the high school
auditorium The play is a three-act
comedy, Laugh Clown"
Included in the cast are Wilda
Bourne, Billy Sanford, Lorraine Allen,
Robert Bryant. Katherine Keys, Howard
Pelellat, Lucille Granger, Woodrow
Taylor, Maxine Rison, Jack Persons,
Doris Bubb, Alvin Austin, Ellen Selec-
man and Ralph Mcmahon.
Evening star., 1933-04-03
VOTE BOARD TO MEET
Petitions for Seat Pleasant Offices
to Be Sought.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DlSpatch 70 The Star
SEAT PLEASANT, Md, April s.
The Town Board of Election Supervisors
will meet tonight from 7:30 until 10
o'clock in Firemen's Hall to receive
nomination petitions for the ofices of
treasurer, council and mayor in the
municipal government. Each petition
must have the signatures of at least 40
Of the citizens of the town before the
name Of the candidate can be placed
upon the ballot.
Evening star., 1933-04-03
RAIL STATION ROBBED
$45.1O Is Taken in Purcellville
While Agent Is Absent.
pecial Dispatch to THE Sta,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PURCELLVILLE, Va, April s.
Yeggmen yesterday at noon broke into
the Washington g. Old Dominion sta
ton at Purcelleille while the agent
Harry Wiley, was at lunch and robbed
the cash drawer of $45.10. The rob-
bers are believed to have entered by
breaking the glass in a door leading
from the waiting room to the Office and
unlocking the door from the inside.
While all the cash in the drawer was
taken, q number of checks were left.
Evening star., 1933-04-03
Man Hit by Street Car Dies.

HYATTSVILLE, Nd, April (Spe-
ciaD Struck and knocked down a 20
foot embankment by a trolley car as he
walked along the tracks between Hyatts-
vile and Brentwood about midnight
Saturday, William Dorie, colored, 26, of
Berwyn. died yesterday in Casualty
Hospital.
Evening star., 1933-04-03
M | fNuI t Is
l'NXSTERy
Cap 6 you, ~
YOLWHe@E q

Dr. Fordney Is professor Of criminology
at famous university. His advice is often
sought by the police of many cities when
confronted with particularly banning cases.
cations.
Try your wits on 1t! It takes but ONE
MINUTE to readl Every fact and every
clue necessary to its solution are in the
story itself-and there is only one answer.
How good a detective are you?
Evening star., 1933-04-03
DOLLY GANN TELLS
OF HER MARRIAGE
Curtis Sister Says She Was
Glad to Have a Democrat
in the Family.

This is the second OF a series Of
daily articles in Which Mrs. Dolly
Gam, sister OF Charles Curtis, Vice
President in the HooUer administra-
tion, is giuing "reminiscences of her
interesting experiences in politics
and society in Wdshinoton.
Evening star., 1933-04-03
The Murderer's Mistake.
BY H. A. RIPLEY.

N ROF. FORDNEY watched the
L. deft fingers of the police
surgeons assistant as he un-
i buttoned the mans vest and
stripped him to the waist. In
another moment the body was ready
for DR.. Lyman's examination. The
man had been brought into the morgue
with his face battered beyond recogni-
Evening star., 1933-04-03
Girl Missing Since March q.

Search was instituted today for Elsie
Hale. Is, Of 1910 Twenty-second street,
whose mother, Mrs. Nellie Farver, said
she had been missing since March a..
Evening star., 1933-04-03


No weapon was found near the scene
Of the crime. The underbrush was
trampled and the dried leaves were
spattered with blood.
One stab through the left breast
pocket of the vest had cut business
card in two Though blood-stained,
the name Stanley Thorndale, attorney,
was plainly discer1f4ble. The other had
struck a button before entering the
body.
Robbery appeared to be the motive,
as Fordney discovered nothing else in
the pockets but cheap Ingersoll
watch and a railroad hat check.
We'll, Kelley" he remarked after the
clothing had been identified as that Of
Thorndale, who had recently taken out
$4,000 life insurance with double
indemnity clause, "looks as If some one
had tried to plant a body on U.s."
You're right" agreed Kelley, "the
murderer though made one bad mistake
probably more!''
KELLEY WAS RIGHT. WHY?
Perhaps you have story or problem
you would like to submit to Prof
Fordney. If SO send 1t to him, care of
this paper. He will be delighted to
receive it.
(For solution see page A-5.)
Evening star., 1933-04-03
Woodmen Camp to Meet.

BLADENSBURG, Md, April 8 (spe-
ciaD Colonial Camp, No. l3999
Modern Woodmen of America, will
meet tomorrow night In the fire house
here
Evening star., 1933-04-03

ClOIl. lueTe was q
deep knife wound
in the heart, below
1t, in the pit of the
stomach, through
the right shoulder
from the back and
still another direct
ly between the
shoulder blad e s.
The iron gray hair
was matted with
blood. The label
had been torn from
the brown suit, but
in spite Of the two
slashes In the back
Of the coat and
blood stains there
was no mistaking
the excellent quail
Evening star., 1933-04-03

(Tomorrow: Then and Now.)
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Evening star., 1933-04-03
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The Washington times., 1933-08-15
NEW AGENCIES
GET PAY GUT

Employees of the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration and
the Emergency Relief Administra'
ton will take a Is per cent cut
in pay today to equalize their
compensation with that paid in
existing agencies of the Govern
ment.
1t is expected that other emer-
gency agencies will take similar
cut on September /. The execu-
tive council, composed Of the
heads of these new organizations,
reached the decision.
Two classification experts Of
the Civil Service Commission are
working on the re-scaling of sala-
ries. Meanwhile, it was said that
about one-third of the Federal
workers let out no July l and
Is have been reemployed, and
that jobs for many more will
soon be available in the Public
Works outfit.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
\. !. DA|RYMEN
OFFICIALLY END
MILK STRIKE

ALBANY, Aug. Is UNSO-New
York States milk strike. called
August by farmers in an effort
to force the State Milk Control
Board to guarantee them IS per
cent of the retail price of milk,
officially was at an end today.
1t was called off after several
hundred dairymen from the CEN
trail part of the State staged a
peaceful demonstration on the
Capitol steps against present milk
prices.
When a committee of the strik-
erS appeared before the milk
board, DR.. Thoms Parran, jr.,
State health commissioner and a
member of that body, asked:
"Is this strike definitely off"
Eyes, it is" replied Stanley
Piseck,, who with his brother Fe-
lix, led the strike in central New
York.
Although tthe strike is over, a
meeting Of the dissatisfied farm
ers will be held at Utica Thurs
day afternoon. Felix Piseck said:
I'VE intend to form an Or
ganizatiOn in every county in
the State and possibly in other
States which ship milk here"
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Community House
Ends Season Tonight

The closing exercises and ex-
hibit of the activity school of the
Southwest Community House will
be held tonight at 8 o'clock at
the Bell School. A play, "The
Rose Dream" will be a feature
of the program.
Mrs. Alma ]. Scott, director of
the center, led the summer activi-
ties. She was assisted by Miss
Eva williams, Mrs. Elizabeth
Anderson, Mrs. Mabel Hammond,
Miss Gladys Booker, Miss Con-
suelo Jones, Miss Marjori e
Mitchell, Mis- Gladys Ward. Miss
Nora Drew, Clarence Brown and
o. F. Madden.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Checker Cabs Taken
OUer bH E. L. Cord

NEW YORK, Aug. Is dNSJ.
AS lanother step in his ambitious
program of expansion in virtually
all transportation industries, e.
L. Cord has bought control Of
the Checker Cab Corporation, one
Of the Oldest and largest taxicab
manufacturing companies. This
deal follows acquisition of the
New York Shipbullding Corpora
tion, one of the largest units in
the Shipbuildine industry, on
August 3. At the end of last
year Cord got control of Aviation
Corporation after a bitter proxy
fight.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
ARMED ROBBER
GETS $50 HAUL

A thin and shabby man early
today robbed the cash register at
the Cherry Blossom Restaurant,
900 block Fourteenth st. N. W., of
$50, after forcing the restaurant
night man. Clarence Panagiogou,
to go into a back room and lie on
the floor.
The robber came through the
front door brandishing his pistol.
After ordering the employe into
the rear he Scooped up the money
from the register and ran out,
leaving about $50 in the cash con-
tainer.
He escaped south on Fourteenth
Street in an old model touring car
In which another man had been
waiting.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
j. s. BOOM SEEN
IN TAX

The Government lets itself in
for something, according to rul-
ing by Comptroller General j..
R. McCarl, announced today, if
it makes an unqualified accep-
tance of a proposal to furnish
supplies at specified prices, with
stipulation that any subse-
quent taxes which apply to any
of the products must be added
to the price quoted and paid by
the buyer.
This cause, the ruling holds,
entities the vendor to add to the
bid price and processing tax
under the agricultural adjust.
ment act that he may be re-
quired to pay upon products sup
piled to the Government under
such a contract.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
MALLORCA CIVIL
GUARDS HOLD
ISLE IN AWE

FOLLOWING Is the first OF q
RerieS of three articles deScrib-
fnu conditions on the Island of
Nauorcd, Mediterranean "pdrG-
disc" Dhere tiUe Americans
recently uUere jailed in connec-
Etor Uith an attack upon q
member Of the ctvtl guard.
BY EDWARD HUNTER
PALMA, Mallorca, Aug. Is Q.N.
BO.-Ignorance of conditions in
Mallorca, and particularly Of the
high esteem in which the islands
"civil guards" are held, was re-
sponsible for the plight Of five
Americans recently freed after
nearly two months Of imprison-
ment for arguing with one Of the
police.
The civil guards" are unique
they cannot be justly compared to
any other police in the world,
Epaniards proudly tell strangers.
They rank so high, every private
is considered equal to a sergeant
In the regular army, and officers
Outrank their army counterparts
all the way up the line. =
The Americans received COM
paratively gentle treatment, &C
eording to the Spaniards-treat-
ment rendered as a courtesy to
foreigners.
otherwise they would have
been killed." was the comment Of
nearly all questioned.
The same advice was volun-
teered on all sides.
'Either don't argue with q
.xuardia civil, or kill him."
That is the maxim the natives
follow. There is no middle
ground.
AS soon as there is the slight
est suspicion Of an assault
against q member of the Guardia
Civil all concerned must be put
into Jail pending an inveStiga.
ton. This investigation may,
and usually does continue for
weeks and sometimes even for a
year or more. Even witnesses
may be held along with those
accused, and one of the Ameri-
cans came under this category.
The Guardia Civil always
travel in pairs, invariably on
horseback, so that in any diff
Guilty they can defend themselves
on both sides and against being
shot from behind. For this Gus
tom of travelling in couples they
have been named ''love-birds." !"
This nickname is heard every
where-except in the present OF
@ Guardia Civil.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
BURGLARS LOOT
Z SCHOOLS

Robberies of two schools which
have been closed for the Vaca-
ton period have been reported
to police.
A glass front door at the Ran
dali Junior High School, First
and I Streets S. W., was broken
and two new typewriters, valued
at $l4O, were taken, G. Smith
Wormley, principal, said.
Carpenters tools, valued at
about $25, were taken from the
Shaw Junior High School. Sew
enth Street and Rhode Island
Avenue N. w., by thieves who en-
tered through a Skylight, accord.
ing to a caretaker, Joseph G..
Logan.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
PROPAGAND|STS
DELAY SALES
To SOVIET
ny International News Service


A wave OF anti-recognition
propaganda" has seriously de-
layed efforts OF the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration to
bring about a big export move
mcnt OF jtton and wheat to
Russia. former Senator Smith w
Brookhart OF Iowa declared to
day.
Brookhart Is in the employ OF
tho A. A. A.. helping to develop
foreign markets for American
crop surpluses.
RECOGNITION WANTED
He said:
when the Reconstruction
F;,.:Ance Corporation recently
made a loan to finance q rela-
lively small, though important,
movement Of cotton to Russia,
the prOpagandists Immediately
got busy. They argued that
american trade with Russia
could be developed without our
Government recognizing the
Russian government.
This propaganda had q
highly unfaVOrable effect on
Soviet officials.
"They want recognition
they want to deal with the
United States through the
front door and not through
the back door.
"A situation that gave great
promise Of increased export
trade to the United States has
frozen up as a result of these
Developments"
Matter of Credit
Under the agricultural adjust
ment act, Brookhart pointed out
Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace
is empowered to use funds from
processing taxes to facilitate crol
export movements. Brookhar
said:
zone requirement for Ameri-
can export trade, with Russia
and Latin America, is the set
ting up of better credit facili-
ties.
Government agencies should
be supplemented by export
banking corporations empow-
cred to extend eOreign credits
on a three-year basis"
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
z WOMEN TAKE
POISON DOSES

Mrs. Marie Bennazzi, 73, last
night swallowed a poison tablet
in the kitchen of her home, 700
block Tenth st. N. E., according
to police.
Mrs. Bennazzi was taken to
Casualty Hospital, where it was
said she will probably recover
from effects of the poison.
An 18-year -old wife, Mrs. Cath
crime Camden, the 2100 block
Florida Ave. N. w., was taken
to Emergency Hospital last night
after she swallowed poison. Her
condition is not serious. Police
said an argument with her hus-
band was the reason for her act.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15

Another child was killed yester-
day beneath the wheels of a truck,
the second such death in month,
and it brought a plea from Will
liam A. Van Duzer, director Of
traffic, to parents to keep their
children off the streets and from
playing in parked automobiles.
Mr.. Van Duzer pointed out
there are laws on the subject"
and he also pointed out that all
the laws on the books are not
going to take the place of proper
parental instructions.
Drivers Slowing Up
Parents, he admitted, cannot
watch their children every minute
they are awake, but they can, as
the child's powers of comprehen-
sion increase, drive home the ter
rors of a traffic-filled street.
The police, American Automo.
bile Association and other or.
ganizations, have carried on
campaigns urging motorists to
drive slowly, school is out" ana
Mr.. Van Duzer said he is much
gratified at the motorists re,
sponse.
Police Give Warning
The District laws forbid coast.
ing, riding, skating and playing
Of games in streets not roped
off as play streets, Mr.. Van
Duzer said. The police try to
keep children out of the streets
and give parents friendly warn
ing as often as they can.
During the last fiscal year,
ended June 80, one child was