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The Washington times., 1933-07-15
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3-CENT RISE

An increase OF three cents a
loaf in the price Of bread in
various sections Of the country
was revealed here today as the
Department of Justice delved
further in its investigation Of
Washington bread prices.
James Lawrence Fly, special
assistant to the Attorney Gen
eral who is investigating the
bread situation, said on the basis
of complaints received here, prices
have risen in some sections of
the country by three cents,
although prices here remained the
same.
Senator William H. King (D0
Of Utah, chairman Of the Senate
District Committee, last night
disagreed with the statement by
Secretary of Agriculture Henry
A. Wallace that a rise of 11a
cents a pound loaf would be war
ranted at this time.
King said he could see no Jus
tification for any increase in
price and asserted that he would
oppose any advance.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
Shoot to Kill" Kidnapers,
Order Issued in Chicago

revealed that his kidnapers kept
a book of prospective victims,
with names and data entered
daily.
Five public enemies" all in
famous underworld characters,
were being sought for question:
ing in connection with his alb
duction.
According to detectives, two
men who are almost legendary
figures of gangland are members
of a gang Of q indulging in the
kidnapping racket.
"cPretty Boy" Named
They are Charles ("Pretty
Boy") Floyd, Oklahoma hoodlum
wanted in connection with the
machine-gun Staying Of four Of
ficers and a prisoner in the
Kansas City railway station re-
Gently; and Terrible Tommy"
O'Connor.
O'Connor escaped from the
county Jail here the evening of
December II. 1921, just four days
before he was to hang for MUIR
der. He left a trail of death
throughout the Northwest as he
fled.
Authorities are certain the kid
naping ring is composed of the
gang of beer hustlers dominated
by Roger Touhy. operating in the
northwest section of Cook county.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15

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The Washington times., 1933-07-15
FEDERAL POLICE FORCE PROPOSED TO FIGHT GANGSTER$
CHICAGO s EYES
L|F TED EAST
FOR BALBO

CHICAGO. July Is GN,S).
The eyes of the city's millions,
fired with keen anticipation at
witnessing the end of one of his
tory'S most dramatic conqueStS
of the air, scanned the Eastern
horizon today for Gen. Italo Balbo
and his intrepid Orbetello- -to-Chi-
cago followers.
Long before Premier Musso-
lini's air minister and his 20 sea-
planes were scheduled to arrive
in the harbor, the shore Of Lake
Michigan bulged with a jostling
mass of humanity.
They awaited the thrill supreme
of a Century of Progress and the
fulfillment of dream that has
haunted the ambitious Italian air
minister of 10 years.
Balloon of 40 Years Ago
Forty years ago at Chicagor
first Worlds Fair-the ColumbiaL
ExpoSition-a balloon ascende@
1892 feet into the air to COM
memorate Columbus discovery Of
America; today Century Of
Progress opened wide its arms to
welcome his Space-anihilating com.
patriot, Balbo.
It was a royal welcome indeed
that awaited him. Prince and
Princess Rospigliosi. of Naples,
flew here to pay their respects.
Princess Rispigliosi is the former
Marion Snowden, American heir.
eSS.
Richard Washburn Child, for
mer American Ambassador to
Italy, headed a group of pronnt.
nent Chicagoans and Italian
Americans who will greet him
when he transfers from the flag
ship to a coast guard cutter in the
harbor to come ashore,
U. S. Plane Formation.
Fireboats will send mountainous
sprays of water into the air
against the imposing background
of the downtown skyline, and the
lusty barking of giant field pieces
will boom loud welcome out over
the lake as he slips into the har-
Dor.
But the official welcome will be-
gin even before that, Michigan's
Selfridge Field sent it's first pur-
suit group, headed by Lieut.. Col. F.
M. Andrews, to meet the visitors
and escort them to the end Of
their 7,000-mile journey.
AS the skyline comes into view,
the American fliers, at an alti-
tude of 1000 feet, will swing into
formation in which the letters
Italy will spell out an initial
salute. BY order of the Depart
ment of Commerce, no aircraft
may approach nearer than half
a mile of the Balbo planes.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
'GO-BETWEENS'
SHY At PERIL
|NK|DNAP|NG
Beer Man in Albany, However,
Willing to Act in 0'ConneII
Case If Gang Agrees

ALBANY, N. Y, July is Q.N.SO.
Word was awaited today from the
kidnapers of 24-year-old John j.
O'Connell, jr., held for $25O,0OO
ransom, to learn whether anyone
on the new list Of IL proposed
Intermediates is acceptable to
them.
So far "a names have been
suggested to the kidnapers. They
rejected the % men placed on the
first two lists submitted in news
paper advertisements by Daniel
P. O'Connell, politically powerful
uncle of the kidnap victim, who
is handling negotiations.
None of the men suggested as
go-betweens was consulted in ad-
vance. Most of them are willing
to accept the role, but some do
not relish the undertaking. It
might be dangerous.
Beer Man Willing
Jim O'Connor, one of the men
on the third and newest list Of
proposed go-betweens, told Inter
national News Service today he
would gladly undertake the task
if the kidnapers select him. He
is one of the four O'Connor
brothers-Jim, Tommy, Bill and
Frank-who run one of the big
gest beer parlors in Albany. He
said:
I'D 60 anywhere and do
most anything to get this boy
back. 1t isn't because of his
connections that I'd do this.
1 think he was one of the finest
young men / have ever met"
Virtually all of the "a so far
named are well-knoWn in Albany
sporting circles.
Friends of the O'COnnells
Most of them are recognized as
loyal friends of the powerful
O'Connell political organization
which dominates public affairs in
this city: But few are in a diff
ferent category.
One of the men on the new list,
Sylvester Hess, was known as a
friend of the late Jack CLegs")
Diamond, notorious gangster. An
other is Fred Roma, former box
ing promoter and now proprietor
of an Albany beer garden.
Several are reputed to have been
interested in beer distribution.
One, Joe Curro, also on the new
list, is known in Albany'S sport
ing fraternity as "Joe Blow" He
is a brother of Eddie Frisco,
middleweight boxing champion of
Panama.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
R|OT|NG F A 7 Al
At n, !, MEET

NEW YORK, July IS GN.S).
One man was held on a homicide
charge today following q riot at q
meeting of a branch of the Khaki
Shirts of America, in which ono
man was killed, three seriously
wounded and a dozen otherS
slightly hurt.
The dead man is Antonio Fierro,
%, Of the Bronx. who was shot in
the back. Michael Carbonarra, OF
Philadelphia, suffered a concus-
sion of the brain; Harry FruScio.
also of Philadelphia, was stabbed
several times, and Forte Vallono
received skull fracture.
Adhos Terzani, an unemployed
chauffeur, was held on the homi-
eide charge.
According to Art j. Smith,
commander of the Khaki Shirts,
a Fascist organization which grew
out of the veterans bonus march
on Washington, Terzani fired thu
shot which killed Fierro, aiming
it at Smith.
Smith, Carbonarra and FruS
clio came from Philadelphia ts
preside at a meeting of a loca
branch of the organization, hG
said. A group Of hecklers led
by Terzani and Fierro inter
rupted speakers and challenged
them.
Smith said he walked into the
audience and told Terzani, who
had heckled several speakers, to
be quiet or leave the hall. In
stead, he said, Fierro grappled
with him and Terzani fired at
Smith.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
AGENCIES
HAVE FAILED,
j. s. VIEW
Bureau of Investigation Pro-
posed As Nucleus for Ma
tionaI Organization
BY International News Service

Creation Of a super national
police force for the United States
may be tie answer of the United
States Co. ernment to gangland's
challenge to the security of the
nation.
Neither Attorney General Cum
mings nor his special assistant,
Joseph B. keenan,, of Cleveland,
named to map out the anti
racketeer campaign, would COM
ment on the possibility of the
Federal force today except to say
that it is among the approaches
to the crime problem being given
consideration by the Department
Of Justice.
Local Agencies Helpless
Cummings regards certain phases
Of local law enforcement as
having collapsed completely. These
agencies virtually appes led to be
helpless , protect the public
against kidnapers, racketeers, ex-
tortionistS, and other crime activ-
itieS of that type.
The Government already has a
nucleus for :. rational police
force in the bureau of investiga-
ton of the Department of JUS
fiRA This ic iTnNNrfo1Nf Ia ny
enforcement branch which re-
Gently has had the prohibition
law added to it's duties. The
personnel, however, is compare
lively small, although indications
pointed to an increaS+' due to the
amazing crime situation.
Other law enforcement branches
Of the Government have specific
duties. The Secret Service is
charged with the protection Of
the President and the country'S
currency; the special intelligence
unit of the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau directs its activities chiefly
toward enforcement of the income
tax laws; the postal inspection
service looks after enforcement of
the postal laws.
One Bureau Proposed
One suggestion coming to Cum
mingS was that all law enforce
ment agencies be consolidated in
one bureau under direction of the
Attorney General. 1t appeared,
however, that there was much
objection to such a move and
that rather a national force, if
created, would be built around
the Bureau of Investigation and
Bureau of Identification, whose
duties are more general.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
Presidents Party
On Potomac Cruise

The yacht Sequoia drifted
lazily down the broad Patomac to,
day with President Roosevelt de-
termined to bring back a fish
from his weekend cruise. In
cluded in the Presidential party
were Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. Wallace, Assistant Secretary
Tugwill, Louis M. Howe and Miss
Marguerite LIE Hand, of the White
House secretarial staff.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15

CHICAGO, July IS GN.SO.
Federal, State and city authori-
ties united today to thwart kid
napers, and the order was to
shoot to kill"
Under direction Of the United
States Bureau of Investigation,
State troopers and city police
guarded the persons and estates
of 40 wealthy Chicagoans con-
sidered likely prospects for the
kidnapping ring.
John CJake the Barber') Fac
tor, released on payment of a
ransom said to have been $50, 900,
The Washington times., 1933-07-15

MRS. FRANK NASH
WIDOW of a convict slain
with four policemen at the
Kansas City, Mo. Union Sta
ton who faces charges of OBJ
structing justice by plotting
with gunmen to seize her hus-
band from Federal agents.
Photo by International News
Photographic Service.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
Commission Prepares
Reen1pLOy111ent List

The Civil Service Commission
has received no instructions from
the President as to compilation
Of the preferred list" of en-
ployes, it was said today.
The Commission has prepared
a unemployment list which Is
available to any agency Of the
Government.
There are in the District ap-
proximately 5000 jobless Federal
employees, the Commission re-
ported. Those of that number
who received their status by COM
petitive examination will be grad
ually re-employed as the new
agencies expand.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
Plans Made to Bury
Suicide Professor

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, July Is
G.N.S0 Funeral plans were be-
ing made today for Prof. Ray
mond P. Dougherty, SIS, curator
of the Yale Sterling Memorial
Library and authority on ancient
civilizations, whose body was
found hanging last night on Mill
Rock. DR.. George H. Joslin, med
ical examiner of Hamden, said
Dougherty committed suicide.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
REACHES
CARTWRIGHT

CARTWRIGHT, Labrador, July
IS G.N.SO.-Col. and Mrs. Charles
A. Lindbergh today settled down
for a weeks stay in this North
ern outpost, which they will use
as a base for several survey flights
along the coast.
With Mrs. Lindbergh acting as
radio operator, the couple ar
rived here last night after a two
stage journey from st. Johns
Newfoundland. A luncheon stop
was made en- route at Botwood.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
Gas Fatal to Man
In ROOn1inn House

Charles Perkins, IS, a roomer,
100 block K st. N. w., was
found dead of Illuminating gas
poisoning today in the bathroom
Of the rooming house.
The Rescue Squad worked on
him In vain.
Evening star., 1933-08-30

All hardwood
construction
beveled panel
top-eXception-
ally fine, clean
finish .........
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-10
.ROLPH FACES
MANY CHARGES
CONTINUED From Page u

questioning of witnesses was by
Sheridan Downey, Sacramento at
torney.
Garrison said that he and the
highway commission were author
lied by the last legislature to rec
ommend secondary highways to be
added to the state system.
He said he has inspected the
road from Menlo Park to the Sky
line boulevard. crossing the Rolph
property, and had decided 1t was
not proper place to spend high
way money. The state highway en-
gineerS were of the same opinion
and recommended a road from San
Mateo to Half Mokl bae he said.
Garrison told of party
staged at the Rolph ranch in July
1881, for members of the commits
sion.
Who gave the party?" Garrison
was asked
Well, Governor Rolph. , guess
I was invited by Frank Ritchie.
the brother-in-law of James Rolph
III"
The question of the roads came
up at a state highway meeting in
July of 1882. Garrison said. Garri-
son and the state engineers rec
ommended against the Menlo Park
Skyline boulevard road, while Tim
othy Reardon of San Francisco
urged it be approved.
Relates Phone Call
Next morning I had a telephone
call from my chief deputy, James
I. Herr, in Los Angeles" he added.
"Herz told me Governor Rolph,
who was in Los Angeles at the time,
had telephoned Herr and said he
wanted that road recommended. >"
81 objected to the road because
it was a paper road and full Of
political dynamite There was prac-
tically no state traffic on it. If
it was built as originally planned
there would have been IA miles
paved, costing about 100000.
Later Garrison said he and Earl
Lee Kelly. now director of public
works, had laid the proposed high
ways before Governor Rolph and
that they were approved, includ-
ing the one through the governors
ranch.
Attorney Downey then called
Garrison's attention to a statement
by Kelly that he didn't know the
road was near the Rolph property.
"If he listened to the copversa-
ton in the commission meeting he
knew it," said Garrison. 1T last
ed for half an hour and he was
present all the time.t
The proposed road was included
among the projects to be built un-
der the 1933-35 highway budget,
now awaiting action by the legis-
lature.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-10
UNITED PRESS WRITER DISCUSSES
DISPOSAL OF TAXPAYERS DOLLAR

saving of 1886, 900 taking into &C
count the fact that most of them
would revert to compensation
status.
The largest number of these
retired officers live in California
where BIT are listed. New York
has 480, Illinois 344, Massachu-
setts 1886 and Pennsylvania 1892
Fifty.eight live outside of the
United States, % of them in
France. Many hold regular civil
ian positions.
The next day after this law be-
came effective. the general counsel
of the Veterans Bureau at the
time. William Wolff Smith. applied
for retirement pay of $187.50 per
month and got it though he was
holding a $4,000 government job
Until October 22 1918. he was
clerk in the war department at
$125 a month, according to data
placed in the congressional record
Thirteen days before the armistice
he obtained a commission but
never left Washington. In 1928
he went into the Veterans Bureau
and remained until protests in
congress forced him out last sum-
mer.
This was largely due to the
pounding of Representative Blan-
ton Dem), Texas, who dug out
evidence which he said indicated
that hundreds of doctors and law
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-10
DECREASE IN
STATE MINING

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. TO- UP)
The combined value of gold, Sill
yer, copper and lead produced in
California in 1882 was estimated to-
day at $11,91S,750, a decrease of
S469, 900 from 1881, by the u. S.
bureau of mines.
Gold represented 90 per cent of
the total value and was The only
metal to show an increase the re-
port said. Silver and lead decreased
40 per cent and copper about 80
per cent in output as compared to
1881.
Recovering $4,000 fine ounces,
worth Sl1, 1,648.580, the state main
tanned its lead as a gold producing
state. The 1882 production, stimu-
lated by activities of UNEMPLOYED
persons, exceeded that of tie pre-
vious year by 40,365 ounces, worth
SS34,416, or about per cent.
Indicative of the meager success
achieved by the army of individual
gold seekers, the report disclosed
that % established mines produced
so per cent of the gold recovered
during the year. The gold recoy-
cred by an estimated 5000 from pla-
Ger mining was reported as $450,-
00O-approximately $50 fer each
operator.
Silver production decreased from
867,8l8 ounces in 1881 to 100000
ounces in 1892, the smallest yearly
output since 1896, the report sail.
The silver production was valued
at Sal 900 as compared to $251 667
in 1881.
Likewise, copper production de-
creased to the 1896 level. The 1882
output of 1,1O5 900 pounds was val
ued at S67,400, as compared with
1881 ,995 pounds in 1881, worth
S1,176,812. All copper companies in
California have ceased operations,
it was reported.
Most of the years output of lead
was found in Inyo county. Pre-
duction slumped from 3,757,256
pounds in 1881 to 2,206,000 pounds
last year. The value fell from
S139,018 to $61,770.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-10
aM'W';!'''I7''[|',,E'|;SE M'''W'';!'''I7'[|,E us

Starring Joan Crawford, recog-
nized as one of the outstanding dra-
matte actresses on the screen,
RAIN" the play made famous by
the late Jeanne Eagels, which open
ed at United Artists theatre last
night, will be shown for the last
times tonight.
Walter Huston, equally famed for
his dramatic ability, is in the lead
ing male role.
Rain" is an intensely dramatic
story of a scarlet woman of the
South Seas, who rises above her
sordidness when faceo with the
sanctity of a great love and proves
that even a fallen woman can be
regenerated through this most hui
man emotion.
The usual ladies' matinee will DC
given tomorrow afternoon at 2:3o
with Loretta Young and George
Brent co-starring in They Call It
SIM"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-10
BY ELMER WALLER
limited Press Financial Editor
". y. Stocks

IndI1CldI LuIloT
NEW YORK, Jan. I0.-A soaring
market for wheat at Chicago set
of short covering in stocks today
and carried the list up l to more
than 4 points in a burst of activity
with ticlsers tagging several mill
utes.
Before the late squirt stocks had
resisted early selling and when the
u. S. Steel corporation reported
practically no change in its untitled
orders as Of December 81, shorts
became nervous. A strong bond
market also contributed to the beG-
ter feeling in the stock market.
j. 1. Case was a feature. That
issue always follows the grain mar
ket and when wheat shot up more
than 2 cents a bushel, it scared
more than points. International
Harvester moved up nearly points.
Steel common was bid up to 81.
up 2h points, while the preferred
stock rose more than points. 9th
er industrials followed the steel
shares. Allied Chemical, American
Can, Westinghouse Electric, Du-
Pont, National Biscuit and long
list of others gained to more than
2 points.
Railroad shares were in demand
nearly all day They fir1ned up i'll
the early trading when the general
market was lower Late in the day
they extended their gains.
American Telephone jumped 2
points and utilities otherwise were
up fractions to more than point.
According to preliminary calcula-
ton, the Dow, Jones and Company
industrial average stood at 64.35, up
204; railroads, 29.44, up 1.l2, mad
utility, 1900, up 0.65.
Sales were 1,l50,00o shares, COM
pared with $4,000 shares yester-
day.
Aggregate market value of 10
leading stocks was S5,75l ,019,4
against S5 ,596, ,479 ,e48 yesterday, an
advance of s154,539, ,523.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-10
By RAYMOND CLAPPER

United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright. 1888, BY United Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. = Re-
riuction of payments now averaging
100000 a month under the emer-
gency officers retirement act is
being advocated by those favor
ing sharp reductions in the 81 ,000,-
600 900 annual veteran expense as
an alternative to higher taxes.
Under this act, which was passed
over a Calvin Coolidge veto, World
war volunteer officers who are
rated not less than 80 per cent
permanently disabled resulting from
war service shall be paid for life
rs per cent of their wartime pay.
These payments amount to SILL
DAG 900 a year. Were this pay abol-
ished, the officers would revert to
their normal compensation status
which would leave charge esti-
mated by the National Economy
league at about $4,O00,00O year,
making a net saving of $1,000, 600
year and still leaving any VOL
unteer officer injured in war SER
vice receiving the same compen-
sation as enlisted men injured un-
der similar circumstances. The
veterans bureau estimates the saw
ing at about half this figure.
In criticizing these payments,
the National Economy league says
that many emergency officers 30
per cent disabled receive more pay
than enlisted men totally disabled.
"This legislation has resulted in
6,106 men receiving more, because
they served as officers, than they
would have if they had served as
enlisted men," the economy league
asserts. 1t says repeal of the legiS-
lation would remove from the rolls
1000 temporary wartime officers
receiving an average retirement
pay of $139 a month. Previously
under regular compensation bene-
fits they averaged $51 month.
This group includes "presumptive
disability" and also number of
men whose disability occurred af-
ter the armistice-the war legally
continued until the first summer
of the Harding administration,
when on July 2, 1921 the separate
treaty of peace. with Germany
was concluded.
Bill Provides Slash
Director Hines of the Veteran
Bureau recommends that no retire
ment pay be allowed for less than
six months service before the arm
istice, and only to those who ac-
tually suffered an injury or con-
tracted disease directly attribu-
table to war service. Such a bill
has passed the house and is pend
ing in the senate. General Hines
estimates this would effect approx
imately 5000 officers at net