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Evening star., 1933-12-31
Up. MORGAN FILES
CHECKED IN PROBE
Investigation Of Cleveland
Bank Failure Takes At
torney to New York.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, December 3o.-Prose-
cutor Frank T. Cullitan Of Cleveland
extended his investigation into the fall
ture of the Union Trust Co. to the Of
fees Of J. P. Morgan & Co. today.
Mr.. Cullitan, who has been directing
an investigation into the collapse of
the big Cleveland bank, together with
the Ohio State Senate and investigators
for the United States Senate Pecora
Committee. said he had no statement
to make concerning his findings nor
any Interpretation Of his New York
investigation.
The Cuyahoga County prosecutor said
ne had checked correspondence at the
Morgan Offices. His trip TO New York
was prompted by rumors that a 1881
report OF the Union Trust Co. has been
dressed up"
Studied Correspondence
my study Of correspondence in the
Offices Of j. P. Morgan & Co.." Cullitan
said, was based upon information OBJ
tanned from correspondence among the
Union Trust Co, j. P. Morgan Co.
and the Van Sweringen Corporation of
Cleveland. I have no statement 10
make concerning the facts or their III
depreciation or any implications 10 be
drawn from them
o. P. and NJ. j. Van Swerineen
have been shown in recent United
States Senate Committee disclosures TO
have been heavy borrowers from the
Union Trust Co. and the Guardisn n
Trust Co.--both of which failed to
open after the banking holiday--in con-
nection with the financing Of the Van
Sweringen operations in railroads. real
estate and the Cleveland 500 900 600
terminal development.
Mr.. Cullitan said he expected 10 re-
turn to Cleveland soon TO continue his
study Of the situation.
Difficulty Reported
Ferdinand Pecora, counsel for the
Senate Investigating Committee, con-
hrmed reports that there had been some
difficulty in obtaining access to the
records Of the Union Trust for the
committee.
Mr.. Pecora stated it was found neces-
L Cox Iquidator for % the banRS m e1o 1o
obtain permission.
There was a show Of diffCulty"
pecora said, "but IT has all been
We obtained access to the records
and documents-but not through Mr..
Cox We had to get permission else.
where. We wanted definite inforna.
ton
Evening star., 1933-12-31
1000 Feet" Clause IN Rum Bill
Opens Way for Protests
Pr0p0saI Giues Citizens associations q
Say as to the Location of Dispensories
Within Their Areas.

Henry I. Quinn. chairman Of the spe-
cial Committee on Liquor Legislation of
the Federation Of Citizens Associations
said yesterday that he was not prepared
to accept this as the final solution. that
he would prefer to leave the matter to
the zoning regulations, permitting the
establishment Of liquor selling places in
appropriate zones.
Quinn was the leader of the liberal
element Of the Federation who wanted
as few restrictions placed on the sale
Of liquor as possible.
Harry N. Stull, leader Of the opposite
school OF thought, said that he was
opposed to putting the power to object
into the hands Of property owners, and
would prefer to let residents have a
chance to vote, whether they own prop
erty or not
It is expected that the matter will be
thrashed out once more when the fed
Grafton meets Saturday night.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
HOPE TO UNRAVEL PLOT.
Finnish Officials Say Girl Confessed
Poisoning Officer.

HELSINGFORS, Finland, December
80 P)--On the purported confession
Of servant girl that she poisoned
Lieut. Col Walter Aspiund. Finnish
secret service operatives today based
hope Of unraVellng what they termed
an espionage conspiracy to kill high
officials of the army
Lieut.. Col. Asplund died last April
and his body was exhumed for an
autopsy. The servant. Jenny Anttila
was quoted by authorities as admitting
she placed poison given her by a Soviet
offlcer. Stenji. in a drink in Asplund S
kitchen.
Her sweetheart. Kaarlo Sirenius, po-
lice said the girl confessed, served it TO
the ofiicer,
The possibility that other deaths in
government technical groups. including
that Of a janitor in bullet factory
where important documents were re-
ported to have disappeared, were due TO
poison Is being investigated
In connection with another alleged
spy plot Mr.. and Mrs. Arvid Jacobson
of Michigan are being held in jail here
Evening star., 1933-12-31
RUMAN|A PREPARES
IRON GUARD FIGHT
Martial Law and Newspaper
Censorship Declared After
Premier's Staying.
By ths Associated Press.

BUCHAREST. Rumania. December
3o.-A decree invoking martial law and
rigid censorship was promulgated to-
night as the government prepared for
relentless action against any violent
aftermath of the assassination of
Premier Ion G. Duca and an attempt
on the slayer's life.
The entire country was made subject
to the martial law order, effective at
midnight, and military surveillance was
provided for newspapers so that provi-
Ducas successor, would have free
hand in quelnng the anti-Semetic Iron
Guard party,
The body of the slain Liberal leader
was killed yesterday by an Iron Guard
adherent, after an explosion in th5
royal pavilion at Sinaia threw nl0urner'
a. the railroad station into a panic and
injured one Child slightly.
Shortly afterwa-d, Radu Polizu. the
brother -in-law Of the late prime min
lister, entered the station guard room.
seized pistol and fired several shots at
the assassin, Nicholas Constantinescu,
but did not hit him.
The government demonstrated that {
means business in forestalling any fur
ther disorders by jailing Nicholas
Ionescu, editor in chief OF the inde-
pendent newspaper. the Cuvantul. and
a personal friend and adviser of King
Carol.
Ionescu was accused OF inspiring
Duca's assassination with a recent edi-
torial violently attacking the leader.
The bullet-riddled body Of an Iron
Guard member at first believed to be
that of the leader Corneliu 2. Codreanu
himself was found under bridge near
Bucharest 1t was later identified as
that of an obscure member Of the party.
King Carol gave the cath of office as
premier to Angelescu before dawn and
the first cabinet meeting under the new
prime minister took place here this
morning.
Duca's body will lie in state at the
Athenaeum. with a state funeral sched-
uled for Wednesday in which Caro-
plans to participate.
Meanwhile. hundreds of Iron Guard
men were jailed during roundup OF
known members throughout Rumania.
Police IL questioning Duca's assassin
learned he killed the premier because of
the latter's treatment Of the Iron Guard
which opposes Marxism "outworn par
ties government corruption and
Semitism.
Evening star., 1933-12-31

The 900 feet" provision in the Com"
missioners' proposed liquor control bill
is expected to be the one of most inter-
est to the various citizens associations
that have considered the liquor problem
since repeal
This represents on the part Of the
Commissioners an effort to reconcile the
many requests they received for some
sort of local option" within the District
on the matter Of liquor selling establish
ments. These ranged all the way from
barring all sales within specified areas
(for instance Mount Pleasant and Chevy
Chase to allowing citizens associations
a say as to the location Of dispensaries
within their boundaries.
Given Chance to Object.
As explained by Commissioner George
E. Allen, it gives to owners of residential
property lying within 600 feet OF the
nearest boundary a chance to object to
the establishment Of saloon df that
is the appropriate name). This sets up
a large area, any point on the boundary
of which is 1900 feet, plus the width OF
the property, from the opposite bound
ary.
Expressed in terms Of blocks, 900 feet
will be longer than the longest single
block and will make as much as two and
a half blocks of the shortest residential
blocks, so that in all cases there will
be several blocks involved in the deter
mination Of whether the license shall
issue.
The applicant may consider all prop
erty in this area. which is zoned for
other than residential use, as consent
ing. The right to object attaches only
to residential property. II the objec-
tions represent as much as 81 per cent
Of the area, then the license cannot be
issued.
Ruling Stated In Negative.
The rule throughout is stated in the
negative. In other words, even II only
a handful Of residents objected, the
board could still deny the application
for license. but II 81 per cent or more
object. then it is compelled to deny it.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
FARLEY PREDICTS
SUCCESS OF N. R. A.
Postmaster General Declares Pub
lie Is Supporting Recovery
Program.

BY the Associates Fress,
PHILADELPHIA, December go
Postmaster General James A. Farley
yesterday predicted that public sup
port would carry the national recovery
program to success
Farley, who is also chairman Of the
National Democratic Committee. ad-
dressed a meeting of the American Po-
litical Science Association and as he
concluded was informed that Prof. H
Parker Willis of Columbia urged Thurs
Cay that the N. R. A. be suspended
until the Nation could vote on it.
I am satisfied that the N. r. A. is
going through successfully, because the
people are with the President and are
going to stick with him." Farley COM
mented.
In an interview he predicted that
PENNSYLVANIA will elect Democrats to
the governorship and Senate next year
and that Philadelphia in 1885 will place
Democrat in the mayors Office.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
PURCHASE OF WEAPON
By SLAIN MAN PULLING
Police Report Attempt to oblit-
crate Numbers From Gun
Found Near Financier.
By the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press
MARTINEZ, Calf, December 30
Unexplained actions CT Julian c. Whit
man, former San Francisco Stock Ex-
change secretary. who a corcner's iury
held was murdered. puzzled police to-
day as they sought the supposed slayer.
The 50-year-old inancier, using an
assumed name, purchased the death
weapon, a .38-caliber revolver, several
months ago, Inspector George Engler
OF the San Francisco police reported.
Some one attempted to obliterate
serial numbers from the revolver with
a file, Engler said. a f,e and metal
filings were found in Whitmans auto
mobile, abandoned in Oakland, 40 miles
from jersey Island. where his body was
discovered Thursday. The weapon was
found near the body.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
SW|TzS' FATE MAY
|. HINGE ON BOOKS
French Find What May Be
New Evidence in Spy
Case.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 30.-The fate OF
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gordon Switz,
Americans who are accused. with eight
Others Of being members of an inter-
national spy syndicate, may depend
upon little gray notebooks seized by
French police today during search Of
their hotel room and baggage.
Investigating Magistrate Benon took
the books and many other papers and
documents for study. prior to deciding
whether the Americans will be released
or held for trial, which was expected to
take place within a week.
SwitZ, 29-year-old native of East
Orange, N. j., and his wife, the former
Margerie Tilley of New York, watched
the authorities rummaging through
their belongings.
Search Held Illegal
They won q point when the magis-
trate agreed to regard as illegal the
police search made at the time Of their
arrest. more than a week ago, when
officials said they found four hidden
documents. The Americans main
tanned these papers were planted
against them.
Il am sure everything will come out
all right" said Mrs. Switz, as she
calmly watched the search Switz ap-
pared nervous. At a hearing before
Benon previously, both asserted they
were innocent.
All their possessions were taken from
the hotel to the court house, except
articles Of clothing which were sent to
their cells In the Sante and La Petite
Roquette Prisons, which the Ameri-
Robert d. Murphy, the American
consul, and B. F. Conner, the American
counsel for Mr. and Mrs. SwitZ, assured
themselves that the rights Of the couple
were protected. Two French attorneys
were present during the search.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
SHIPS BATTLE GALES
ON PACIFIC COAST
Liner Yale Far Behind Schedule
Guard Cutters Are Held
in Readiness.
By the Associated Press.


SAN FRANCISCO. December 80. -
Ships battled turbulent seas off the
Pacific Coast today as sharp gales, ac-
companied by rains, lashed land and
sea
The coastwise liner Yale. outbound
from San Francisco for Los Angeles,
was reported more than 20 hours behind
schedule and proceeding at a reduced
speed of four knots an hour. Other
vessels were in similar difficulty and
Coast Guard cutters at San Pedro were
held in readiness for an emergency.
Though storm conditions, which have
caused severe floods in the Pacific
Northwest. were easing. California was
drenched by rain, changing to snow in
the high mountains.
The Washington State Legislature di-
rected the Emergency Relief Commits
sion to allocate s250,00 to food -har-
aSsed counties
Evening star., 1933-12-31
$4,000 is AWARDED
Judgment Entered Against w. c
Durant on Stock Account.

TRENTON, December 80 HP).-A final
award of $4,000 was made by Circuit
Judge Rulif v. Lawrence today to Ben
jamin Block & Co., New York brokers,
against w. C. Durant, automobile manu-
facturer, in the Supreme Court action
growing out Of the handling of Durant's
margin account in 1880.
In October, 1880, the brokers began
selling out Durant's account, which at
times had amounted to as much as
So, ,000,0 900 and when bad break oc-
Cured in the market, October 10, de-
manded additional margin.
Durant provided notes for $150,000
and some motor stock. but said he was
unable to produce cash requested. On
October IL the brokers demanded addi-
tional margin. and when Durant re-
fused proceeded to dispose of his en-
tire account, closing him out Novem.
ber G. 1890
Evening star., 1933-12-31
MRS. ROOSEVELTTO SPEAK
ON OLD AGE SECURITY
Senators Copeland and Capper and
Abraham Epstein Also Will
Address Meeting.
BY HENRY l. HARTMAN,

y Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Senators
Royal S. Copeland and Arthur Capper
and Abraham Epstein, secretary of the
| American Association of Social Security
!. will be the principal speakers Friday
might at Join: meeting on "old age
security for the District. The meet
Ing will be neld at the United States
Chamber Of Commerce Building.
The meeting will be under the aus
spices of the Council of Social Agencies,
the Monday Evening Club and the
Citizens Committee on Old Age Sc
curity for the District. This meeting
will take the place of the regular
smonthly meeting Of the Council of So
@cial Agencies.
A bill providing for old age pensions
in the District is now pending in Con-
sgress.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
K. of C. to Have Visitor.

GAITHERSBURG, December 81
Officers of Montgomery Council, No.
1928, Knights of Columbus will receive
visit from Col OLeary of Massachu-
setts in ST. Martins Hall here. on Tues
day evening, January 2, o'clock.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
ECONOMIST DIES

Carl Joseph Melchior Has Advised
German Delegations.
HAMBURG, Germany. December 80
CR.-Carl Joseph Melchior, a partner
in the NJ NJ Warburg Company Bank
and one of Germany's leading como
mists, died today at the age of s..
He had advised German delegates at
every conference from Versailles tc
Lausanne.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
WORLD BUSINESS
! HELD IMPROVED
I President of u. S. Chamber
i of Commerce Sees Defi-
n mite Recovery Ahead.

- Editors note. HoiC is 1884 to be
pieCed economically? Our people
are looking tOrmGrd to the future
nth confidence" is the conclusion
here in an article by one OF the
Nation's business leaders, turitten at
the request OF the Associated PreSSj
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-11-04
DRAMATIC FILM OF DEP ARTMENT
 STORE IS HERE
Employees Entrance" a Coliseum Theatre with
 An All-Star Cast

Employees Entrance" which op- ems at the Coliseum Theatre to- night, is the story of the lives and dramas of the many employ ees in a great city department store. In the all-star cast taking part in the picture are, Alice White, Loretta Young, Warren William, Wallace Ford, Allen Jen- kins and others.
 Warren William, who is owner of a great department store, is as ruthless in his romances as he is in his work, making love to women and tossing them aside or discharging life long employees without the least consideration.
 It is not a pretty character, but one that holds by the fascination of a dominating personality which never, for a moment weakens, or softenS.
 Central Settings
 The story has a central setting as in "Union Depot" Grand Ho- telo with almost the entire ac- ton taking place under the roof of the mammoth store employing thousands of people. It reveals the life behind the scenes of the great family that go to make up the employees, with their loves, their hates, their ambitions and disappointments, their joys and tragedies.
 Alice White Returns
 Loretta Young takes the leading role opposite MT. William as a young model who is the selected victim of the General Managers heartless treatment. Alice White the diminutive blonde star who has been out of pictures for two years makes her return to the screen as the department store vamp, who is the only employee not afraid of the boss. Her role affords her opportunity for get ting off some of the smartest lines in the picture and supplies the comedy touch.
 Selected short subjects and a late news reel conclude the enter taining week -end program at the Coliseum.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-11-04
LONDON WAS LISTENING

The British delegation in Wash ington to discuss war debts prob ably was more interested than any one else when President Roosevelt in his Sunday night address to the nation closed the door to inn mediate international currency sta- bilization. Such stabilizaJion is much desired by London, which sees no way to a debt agreement unless it knows in what kind of dollars payments are to be made.
 Incidentally, the Presidents
 decision to establish a gold
 market started some western
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-11-04
HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
 MAKES PERFECT
 SCHOLASTIC RECORD

Miss Grace Nelson, daughter of N. G. Nelson, senior in the Juneau High School, achieved record during the first six weeks of the school year when she made per- feet record in five subjects, citi- zenship and glee club.
 Subjects, in all of which Miss Nelson received an "A" are, chem istry, triginometry, American His tory, second year French, fourth year English and Glee Club.
 A record of this kind in subjects as difficult as those on Miss Nell sons program is most unusual, according to R. $. Raven, City Superintendent of Schools.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-11-04
GOOD CROWD ATTENDS FIRST MOOSE LODGE
 CARD PARTY FRIDAY

Beginning series of card par ties to be given by the Moose Lodge during the winter, the first party to be held by the organiza- tion this fall attracted large crowd to the Moose Hall last even ing. Whist, bridge and pinochle were played during the evening.
 Those winning in bridge were, Mrs. Della Dull, first; Mrs. Cecil Allen, consolation; Al. Lundstrom, first, and Grant Baldwin, conso- lation.
 Prizes for pinochle were won by Mrs. Bertha Foote and Stanley Norwicka, first; and Patricia Short and Cecil Allen, consolation
 Mrs. Ed Dull and L. K. Moe received first prizes in whist while
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-11-04

promoted the agreement which she still regards as guaranteeing the security of Frances eastern iron tier. But disarmament did not follow
 Now German statesmen feel they are left no solution except to withdraw from the whole compll- cated problem and do whatever they can within their own borders to rebuilt national spirit and self sufficiency
 That is a frankly German view point, which many refuse to ac- cept. It is reproduced here be- cause it throws new light on one side of a very interesting contro- versy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-11-04
''CAvALCADE" WILL OPEN AT
 CAPITOL SUN.
Fox Masterpiece from N. Coward Play Stars Give
 Brook, Diana Wynyard

Fox Film Corporation brings "Calvacade" to the screen of the Capitol Theatre on Sunday. s
 The drama, whose theme is the effect of world events on the home and family has been hailed as the greatest written in the English language in a score of years. The author, Noel Coward, known fDr his successes, enjoyed the distine- ton of having his play run for "a solid year at the Drury Lane The atre in London. M
 A staff of experts was sent from Hollywood to see the play and to photograph it for reference. An other large staff was put to work on the research necessary to bring story that covers the colorful period from 1900 to 1883 to the screen with absolute accuracy of costumes, equipment and historl- cal backgrounds.
 OUU A hSPAAsO%y
 More than six months of prep aration by a staff that numbered 200 preceded the actual start oi production Captain Reginald o. Berkeley, distinguished En g isl playwright, was brought over from London to adapt the play for the screen. Frank Lloyd, twice win ner of the Academy award for the best production of the year, was chosen as director.
 In addition to the large cast Of principals, thousand S of extras found employment in the colorful sequences which include a num- Der of dramatic and historic epi- sides and a graphic presentation of a cross-section of modern day life.
 The Story
 The story of "Calvacade" is the story of the Marryot family, Jane, Robert; their two sons, Joe and Edward, and their servants, FL len Bridges and their daughter, Fanny.
 While it is etched on a back ground of historical events of the last B years, the story itself is the principal feature of "Calva7 cade." The family-its joys, loves and tragedies-is always upper- most. It's theme is universal. [
 WeIl-Known Players Cast 4
 Diana Winyard and Give Brook have the roles of Jane and Rob@ ert Marryot; Ursula Jeans plays Fanny Bridges; Herbert Mundin plays Margaret Harris; Merle Tot7 tenham is seen as Annie; Frank Lawton as Joe Marryot and John Warburton as Edward Marryot, {
 Last Time Tonight
 Madison Square Garden" with Jack Oakie, Thomas Meighanf Marian Nixon, Za Su Pitts, Will liam Collier Sr., William Boyd and Lew Cody will be shown tonightF for the last time at the Capitol Theatre. z
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-11-04

CTS to think about doing the
 same thing for silver. A gov
 ernment regulated market for
 silver was discussed in some
 administration quarters even
 before the President made his
 speech, and action in due
 course is among the possibili
 ties.
 There was no indication MT thought his gold plan would stop the western farm strike which administration reports fore cast would not be really serious on national scale. What was hoped for was that the inference of dollar devaluation would keep conservative and border-line farm CTS in camp.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-11-04
AS GERMANS REASON

Speaking ot foreign viewpoints, an authoritative German view point of the long-term consider ations of the present European sit uation has just become available in Washington. It goes like this:
 Over a long period German statesmen found that whenever the subject of disarmament came up along with it came the French de- mand for security.
 Germany wanted to get that out of the way. At Locarno she
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-11-04
Choir Singer 67 Years
 and He's Still Singing

WINDSOR, N. C., Nov 4-Friends of Judge Francis D Winston be- lieve he has broken some sort of record by singing continuously in the choir of St. Thomas Episcopal Church for a period of CT years.
 He joined as a choir boy in'1869 and has sung every Sunday since then except for a few instances of sickness or unavoidable absence from home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-11-04

Mrs. E. Bender and F. F. Rodsn- berg were given the consolation awards. Mrs. Bender and Mrs. Hil- ja Peterson were tied for the prize and the former won it on draw ing.
 On November 15, the next Moose Lodge card party will be held at the Moose Hall, to which the public is invited.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-11-04
ASSOCIATION
 WILL MEET ON MONDAY

The Ministerial Association of Juneau and Douglas will meet at the Lutheran Parsonage with the Rev. Erling K. Olafson, Monday morning, November 6, at 10 o'clock.
 The Rev. Henry R. Cross will give a review of Rev. E. Stanley Jones's book, Christ and Human ity."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-11-04
GOAT GOLFINC HAZARD

KURUMAN, s. Africa, Nov. A. golfer here drove into a herd of goats. One of them swallowed the ball. No local rule covered the point, so the player began again.