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Evening star., 1933-10-06
LEGION AUXILIARY
/. ELECTS PRESIDENT
Mrs. Bolster of Pennsylvania
Honored Among Others
as Session Closes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 6.-The unani-
nous election Of Mrs. William H.
Bolster, jr., of Philadelphia, as presi-
dent, and ratification of report urg-
ing increases in the strength Of the
Army and Navy closed the annual Ma
tional Convention OF the American
Legion Auxiliary today.
Mrs. Bolster was escorted to the rns-
trum for induction into Office by her
husband, marking 're first time that
a president-elect hs- -~oeen accompanied
by the Legionnaire who made her eligi-
BILE to membership. She succeeded Mrs.
S. Afford Blackburn of Versailles, KY.
The National Defense Committee Re-
port. which was adopted, urged regu-
lar Army strength of $4,000 officers and
165, 900 enlisted men, in addition to
100000 National Guardsmen and 120.-
900 Reserve officers. The report recon-
mended establishment of a Reserve
Oflcers' Training Corps in every school
which will install one. Building Of
naval ships to treaty strength and an
increase in Navy personnel from 79,9o0
to 81 1000
The Auxiliary Executive Committee
chose Mrs. Gwendolyn Wiggin Mac
Dowel of Story City, Iowa. national sec
cretary; Mrs Cecilia Wenz of In
dianapolis. treasurer; Mrs. j. j. Doyle
Of Toledo. chaplain, and Mrs. Clement
D. Johnston of Roanoke. Va, historian.
Other officers installed we're: Mrs
Pat Allen Of Portland, Greg. American
vice president of Fidac; Mrs Alma Duff
fendack of Kansas City, Mo- vice presi-
dent, Central division; Mrs. Charles
Miller of Little Rock Ark, Southern
division Mrs. o. w. Hahn of Fremont,
Nebr., Northwestern division; Mrs. Eliza
Drendell of San Francisco, Western di-
vision and Miss Anna Manion Of Wall
than, Mass, Eastern division.
Evening star., 1933-10-06
LEAGUE AID URGED
FOR JEW REFUGEES
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Is
Mentioned as Commissioner
in Charge.
BY the Associated Press.

.
GENEVA. october GA plan for the
practical relief of Jewish refugees from
Germany was advanced today when the
Economic Commission of the League
Of Nations Assembly received a report
and resolution from a subcommittee
recommending a broad project for as
sistancc
This would be administered by a high
commissioner to be appointed by the
Council of the League. He would be
allowed the fullest freedom of action. "
A Geneva newspaper said Theodore
Roosevelt. jr. former governor general
of the Philippines, was being mentioned
for the position
U. S. Cooperation Asked.
The United States was asked to COL
laborate under a provision of the reso-
luton asking countries not members of
the League which have received few
or no German refugees to extend all
possible facilities to provide the exiles
with employment.
The resolution provides that ex-
penses of the high commissioner
Office should be betrayed by funds con-
tributed through private and other
sources, but asked the council to ad-
vance $4,000 francs of the Leagues
working capital with the understanding
that the sum would be refunded from
contributions which are expected to be
placed at the disposal Of the commits
sion through international subscriptions
Action on the resolution was post
poned until tomorrow.
Repudiates Thesis.
During a general discussion on the
problem Of minorities at a meeting of
the League Political Commission, Prof
Rappard Of Switzerland, who once
taught in Harvard University, repu-
dated q German thesis that Jews do
not form a minority.
Referring to the fact that Switzer-
land is composed Of people of German,
French and Italian origin with three
official languages, he said Switzerland
is united by spiritual ties
They love their country and want
to be free men," the speaker said con-
corning Swiss citizens.
Evening star., 1933-10-06
BAILEY AND AIDES
DENIED NEW TRIAL
"InfIamed PopuIace and
Popular Prejudice" Cited
in Motions.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, October g.
Additional pleas by the seven persons
convicted In the Charles F. Urschel
kidnapping case were denied today by
Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught.
Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates. ex-
convicts, and Clifford Skelly and Barney
Berman, Minneapolis men accused as
money changers" asked new trials.
The three Shannons-R. G.. his wife
and his 22-year-old son. Armon-on
whose Paradise, Tex. farm Urschel was
held prisoner, sought an arrest OF
judgment
Judge vaught's action cleared the
way for sentencing of the seven to.
morrow. Life imprisonment Is the
maximum penalty they can receive.
The Shannons, through their attor-
neys, gave notice of appeal and sait
they would fight their convictions "te
the highest courts in the land"
The appeal notice asserted the new
"Lindbergh" kidnapping law under which
they were convicted Is unconstitutional
Skelly and Berman alleged theil
conviction was based purely on con-
lecture and suspicion"
Bailey and Bates cited an "infamet
populace and popular prejudice" ir
their new trial motions.
Evening star., 1933-10-06
HAYS DEFENSE SILENCED.
American Attorney Not Permitted to
Answer Attack.

answer httack.
LEIPZIG. Germany, october 8 CR.-
Arthur Garfield Hays, American attor-
ney, was refused permission yesterday
to defend himself after broadsides had
been leveled against him and the other
members Of what was termed the scan
dal mongering" inquiry at London into
the Reichstag fire, for which five men
are on trial here.
The Hays incident hinged upon a re-
puted interview with the Paris cores
pondent of the Russian newspaper
Pravda, in which he was quoted as
SAYING:
The defense counsel in the Leipzig
trial ought to seek to establish who
the really guilty are and not only to
unburden their defendants
The interview was cited by Alfons
Sack, defense attorney. who remarked
soon after Hays entered the court
room following a trip to Paris that II
regard 1t my duty to clear up the mat
ter"
The court held a brief conference
which resulted in the announcement
that there was mo reason to hear
Hays"
Hays was ready. however, Sack add
ed. to deny the truth of the interview
The court did not reply, but Attorney
Seiffert, appointed to defend Marinus
van der Lubbe. one of the five ac-
cused, broke in with: 1T is my opinion
that the committee was designed for
political Vaccinations against Ger
many"
(The findings of the unoficial Lon
don group said there we're grave
grounds for suspecting the Reichstag
blaze was set by, or on behalf Of, lead
ing personalities in the NaI party. A
speaker early in the hearings mentioned
the charges the National Socialis;
themselves had fired the building to
provide charges for the ousting Of the
Communist party.)
Evening star., 1933-10-06

Of bank credit. Actually, IL is far more
serious than this, for the effect on the
credit situation would be precisely the
same as II the Federal Reserve INDUCED
In open market operations" in that
amount, that Is, went into the open
market and purchased $4,000 o00. 900 in
securities.
Huge Credit Increase Seen,
What happens on such occasions was
pointed out in the fifth article of this
series. When the central bank buys
81 900 bond it pays for 1t with a draft
on itself IN that amount. That draft,
when deposited by the member bank
into whose possession it comes. adds
$1,000 to the latter's reserve with the
central bank, forming the basis for a
credit expansion Of 10 times that
amount. In other words, the potential
eject OF $4,000, 900, 900 security pur-
chaSes by the Reserve System, whether
made IN the open market or direct from
the Treasury, would be a credit expan-
sion of $4,000, 600, 900, or as much
again as is now outstanding for the
whole country.
Some idea of the explosive possibil:-
ties OF such program may be gath
cred from glance over the monetary
history of the United States from 1929
to 1929. when the great credit expan .
sion OF the new era took place-aa
imitation whose results the country has
been reaping these last three years.
The major factor behind this boom was
Governmentesecurity purchases by the
Federal Reserve. banks. This was not
the only factor. Incoming gold also
helped to build up member bank re-
serves in this period, and low redis-
count rates served to encourage meni-
Der banks to build up their reserves by
borrowing at the central institutions.
But the periods of greatest credit ex-
pansion, notably 1924 and 1927, were
periods shortly following great pur-
chases OF Government securities by the
Federal Reserve System.
Deposit Expansion Vast.
From the end of June, 1922. to the
middle Of April, 1928. the deposits of
the commercial banks of the country
expanded S1S,500, ,000 900 and their
loans and investments expanded Sl4,-
00,000,000. Accompanying this, and
chiefly responsible for it. was an in
crease in the reserves Of the member
banks from $1,000. 100000 to $2,400,-
100000, or $600,O00,0 900.
The most important single factor in
this credit expansion was, as noted
above, the purchase Of Government Sc
curities. Yet, at no time during this
period. period which provided a series
Of spectacular real estate booms and
which eliminated in the greatest in
flation Of stocks the world has ever
known. did the Federal Reserve ever
hold more than s700,000,0 900 in Gov
eminent securities-less than one
fourth the total authorized under the
Thomas amendment.
CThe thirteenth article In this
series will appear in The Star
tomorrow
Evening star., 1933-10-06
TWO COMMUNISTS
= SLAIN IN Havana
Shot Down in Cafe by Gun.
men-ArticIe Demands,
WeIIes Leave Country.
By the Associated Press.

HAVANA, October 6-Two young
Communists, Felix VIII. 20, and Luis
Melian, 10, were killed and two COM
panions were wounded early today when
three unknown gunner fired on cafe
in which they were assembled.
As scattered looting continued in
some sections of the city hit by this
weeks storms, robbers broke into the
Offices Of the Singer Sewing Machine
Co., an American concern. However
the capital generally remained quiet.
Declaring that the American Ambas-
sador, Summer Welles, lis the only con-
spirator left in Cuba" an article which
appeared in the student newspaper,
Alma Mater, proposed today that ne be
returned to the United States.
Humberto de Cardenas, physician
author of the article, suggested that
public contributions be made to fund
which would be used Ito embark Welles
who ought not and can not remain
in Cuba"
WelIes Attends Farley.
A resumption of negotiations for po-
litical peace became possibility today
after an important conference of Cuban
leaders which Ambassador Welles is
reliably reported to have attended.
The parley took place at the home
of Dr. Cosme de la Torriente, who pre-
viously participated in Mr.. Welles
mediation attempts, and followed a
Col Fulgencio Batista, leader Of the
Cuban Army.
Among those present was Gen
Carlos Mendieta, Nationalist chieftain
Earlier attempts to effect reconcilia-
ton between the Ramon Grau San
Martin administration and its oppo-
nents, including the Nationalists and
the o. C. r. r. and A. B. G. secret
societies, apparently ended in failure
a week ago when Graus supporters
spurned the opposition's demands for
Grau's resignation and a coalition
government.
Farley First of Series.
Reliable political observers said the
conference last night was the first OF
a series designed to reopen actual
negotiations between the government
and tha opposition factions.
The Capital meanwhile was quiet,
though police guards patrolled all for
eign banks after the manager OF the
Havana branch of the Bank of Nova
Scotia told authorities plot was afoot
to bomb his institution to bring about
American Intervention.
The army continued efforts to estab-
lish the exact number killed in battle
between former army officers and SOL
diers at the National Hotel Monday.
Reliable sources, however, put the
death toll at 60.
American Groups to Meet.
Two meetings of American groups
we're scheduled for today, one of Span
ish War Veterans and the other Of
the American Legion.
Both were to consider requests Of
the imprisoned officers wives that the
Americans intervene on behalf of the
officers, whom the wives claim are
guilty of nothing except refusing to
join an enlisted mems mutiny against
former Provisional President De Ces-
pedes' administration.
Mr. Welles had the assurance of Col.
Batista that the men would have fair
trials.
Panama and Uruguay recognized the
Grau administration.
Evening star., 1933-10-06
FISHERMEN SEEKING
STORM DAMAGE RELIEF
Senators From Virginia, Maryland
and North Carolina
Will Confer.

A conference of Senators from Vir-
gtnia, Maryland and North Carolina has
been called for Monday to consider
means Of rehabilitating fishermen in
the three States whose property was
damaged or destroyed in recent storms.
Senator Byrd of Virginia called the
meeting at the request of Representa-
tive Bland Of the same State, whose
district is the center of the fishing in
dustry in Virginia Many of the fisher
men lost nets. boats and other gear
when storms struck the Middle Atlantic
coast in August and September
Federal relief is to be considered and
Bland said he would suggest an ap-
plication to the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation to enable the fishermen to
carry on their operations.
Evening star., 1933-10-06
LegiOn's Greatest COnclave
!, Emphasizes Loyalty to U. S.
Con'dr. Hayes Reviews Work at Chicago,
Including Reneved Pledge to Sup
port of Government in Recovery.

courage the proper exercise Of citizen
ship duty In the election of public
officials who will enforce the law.
First and last, as we 60 into the new
Legion year, the members, the units OF
the organization from post, district and
departments on to the national struc-
ture. are loyal soldiers Of peace time
and as such, will uphold the construc-
tive efforts of our Government with nc
thought of partisan politics.
(Copyright. 1893. by North American News.
paper Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1933-10-06
FRAME-UP CHARGED
IN: RE|cHSTAG fire.
Bulgarian Defendant Thrown
. Out of Court for Saying
Evidence Manufactured.
BY Radio to The Star.

BY Radio to The Star.
BERLIN. Germany October 6.-The
Bulgarian defendant in the Reichstag
trial. Georgi Dimitrov. who vigorously
denies he Is an arsonist, today in the
Leipzig court openly charged the Ger
man police with framing evidence
against him, according to advices re-
ceived here. Judge William Buenger
Dimitrov at first said that he had
never seen the protocol of preliminary
evidence which is the basis Of the in
dictment against him, but which he Is
supposed to have signed.
The Judge said: Are you imputing
that the police have falsified the docu-
ments?"
Dimitrov said: Zone of your police
men, Commissioner Heissig, already has
been proved to have lied on his oath"
An envelope was then produced In
court which the prosecution said was
found among Dimitrov's papers, which
apparently connected him with Com
munist terrorists Dimitrov denied the
envelope ever belonged to him and &C C.
cused the police of having planted 1t In
his fiat.
A map of Berlin was then shown
which was marked with several crosses
one at the Reichstag and one next
to the imperial palace, with the name
of the Dutch legation checked in the
index. Dimitrov said that the map
may have been his, but that he never
made the marks and, by inference.
charged the police with having inserted
them.
The main trend of the examination
of Dimitrov was to show that he was
intimately connected with the genera!
Communist party and not involved
merely in Bulgarian affairs. as ne
claims.
Previously the prosecution made an
attempt to show that Ernst Torgler.
former Communist member OF the
Reichstag, had tried to hide or flee on
the day OF the fire. Torgler stuck to
his story. which seems to be amply
proved by London witnesses that he
voluntarily had given himself up.
Copyright, 1880
Evening star., 1933-10-06
RACE SPEED FORESEEN
AS NORM FOR '43 AUTO
Steel Official Tells Convention
Metallurgists Are Ready With
New Formulas.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT. October 6.-The American
Society for Steel Treating was told last
night that metallurgy is making pos
sible an era of high speed beyond the
conception Of the average person.
The speaker was r. E. Zimmerman,
New York, vice president of the United
States Steel Corporation, who addressed
the society's annual banquet. He said
the normal speed of an automobile
within the next 10 years will reach the
ing lighter and stronger metals to COM
pete with air and automobile travel.
Metallurgists, he declared. are ready
with hundreds of formulas awaiting
until the public Is ready to spend the
money necessary for development of
new metals.
Evening star., 1933-10-06
APPLE QUOTA REDUCED
France Limits q. S. Product to
4,168 Tons, Against 1O,75S.

PARIS, October 6 (R-Despite an
increase in the French apple crop for
1888. the import quota on apples and
pears for the last quarter of the year
yesterday was ordered cut approx
mately go per cent.
The American quota, cut proportion
ately. was set at 4,168 tons, compared
to 10,758 tons for the previous three
months. Other foodstuffs hit in the
ministry of agriculture quota reduc-
tions were meat, grain and butter.
Evening star., 1933-10-06
BRANDY IMPORT NEEDED
Doran Permit Explains Admission
of Shipment From England

James M. Doran, commissioner of
industrial alcohol, several weeks ago
issued permits for the Importation of
500 cases of Three Star Hennessy to
meet what he described a shortage of
brandy needed for medicinal purposes
in the hospitals.
The shortage was occasioned. he said.
by the virtual refusal of holders Of old
brandy to release it from the bonded
warehouses, preferring to hold 1t until
prohibition Is repealed
Evening star., 1933-10-06
Initiation Po,uers of President
Contain Seeds of Credit Orgy
Proposal to Haze Reserve Buy Three
Billions in Securities Makes Possible
Repetition of Over.Expa,sion Factor.

An Increasing number Of peopie
in the United StItes are apprehen.
size OF currency imitation and tear
tul Of its results.
Eight distinguished men, repre.
senting both major political parties,
hdpe approved and sponsored a series
OF articles presenting their piewpoint
on the money problems of the day
as their contribution totDdrd promot-
ing q clear understanding OF the
monetary system in the present con-
troperSy.
The series 1DiH appear In this neus-
paper IN is consecutive daily chap
ters. The t,celtth Is presented today.
Copyright. 1888 BY North American News.
paper Alliance. Incl
Article No. IL.
"The Thomas Amendment
In the preceding five articles we dis
cuSsed imitation from the theoretical
and historical standpoint. In this and
the following article We shall deal with
the specific imitation powers placed in
the hands Of President Roosevelt
under the so-called Thomas amend
ment to the agricultural relief bill.
These great powers bestowed upon
the President are permissive, not man
datory. 1t is quite possible that none
of them ever will be used. Neverthe-
less, so long as the possibility remains
that any or all of them may be in
voked on any considerable scale. there
stability of the United States cur
rency. For any one of these measures,
II fully used, could generate an in
f1ation wilder and more uncomfortable
than any the United States has yet
known.
Four Courses Are Open.
Under the Thomas amendment the
President Is authorized to do any one,
or all, OF four things, as follows:
1. To compel the Federal Reserve
System to buy $3,000,000 900 in
Government securities directly from
the Treasury.
2. To issue up to $4,000, 900, 900 in
irredeemable paper money (green-
backs.
8. To substitute bimetalism for
the gold standard through the re-
monetization of silver.
T. To reduce the gold content OF
the dollar by as much as so per
cent
The act contemplates that the Is
suance of greenbacks shall be resorted
to only If the President Is unable tc
make arrangements for the direct pur-
chase of Government securities by the
Federal Reserve System. In all likeli-
hood, therefore, If the act Is availed
of at all, the first step will be that OF
imitation under section /.
The proposal to have the Federal
Reserve purchase $4,000. .00o, 900 in Gov
eminent securities directly from the
Treasury does not appear at first glance
to be dangerously inflationary. But
that is because the average person un-
informed in monetary matters thinks
of it as simply adding $4,000, ,000, ,000
to the country's outstanding volume
Evening star., 1933-10-06
WILL RE-ENACT BATTLE
England and Scotland to Review
Beatty's War Engagements.

LONDON, October R.-For "a
hours next week England and Scot
land will play at war In the North
Sea, re-enacting the situation which
faced the admiralty and Earl Beatty
IN 1917 and 1918 when merchantmen
were conveyed regularly between Brit
ain and Scandinavia.
Scotland, with Cromarty as its naval
base, will occupy the same position as
all Britain did during the war. Eng
land, with base on the Humber. will
constitute the enemy whose forces are
determined to hinder the flow Of Scot
tish munitions.
Evening star., 1933-10-06
RELIEF GRANTS MADE

Four States Are Reimbursed for
Expenditures.
The Federal Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration has granted total
OF $6.321 $50 to Pennsylvania. Okla
homa. washington and Georgia to re-
mburse them for expenditures on un-
employment relief during July and
August and to help provide relief in
October
The four grants we're:
Georgia, 100000 from the relief ad-
ministration's discretionary fund, which
does not have to match with State
funds; Pennsylvania, $4,746, ,367; WASH
ington, $568,539, and Oklahoma, $685.
$50, all reimbursements for relief ex-
penditures in July and August.
The last three grants were on the
basis Of matching of one Federal dol
lar with three Of State expenditures.
Evening star., 1933-10-06
Texas Oil Workers Killed.

BEAUMONT, Tex, October P)-
Three workmen were killed and five
others injured when a tube blew out
in a cross-still at the Magnolia Oil
Refinery yesterday. The dead are Ed
P. Cooke, Al: E. D. Jones, 81, and
H p RandOlph 81
Evening star., 1933-10-06
u. S. FUNDS ALLOTTED
Money Will Be Used to Combat
Illiteracy in South Carolina.

COLUMBIA, s. c.. October CR.-
The program to combat adult illiteracy
and give needy" teachers jobs in South
Carolina with Federal relief money ad-
vanced a step yesterday with announce
ment of tentative county allotments.
The temporary appointment of 488
teaching jobs, made public by Miss
vii Lou Gray. supervisor of adult ed
ucation took in every county.
Miss Gray explained the distribution
was made on basis Of one teacher for
each 400 adult nhterates, white and
colored.
Evening star., 1933-10-06
"She Said Yes" Wins Prize.

AMSTERDAM, Holland Cp).-Three
little words-"she said yes"-won the
prize Of so guilders (about 500 offered
by a newspaper here for the best ac-
count of a holiday adventure. The
word limit for manuscripts was 200
words
Evening star., 1933-10-06
$4,000, O,0OOTH SEES FAIR
Legionnaire Surprised by Attention
Received at Gates.

CHICAGO, October 6 (P)-D. Walter
ponnell, legionnaire from Milton, Mass.
was astounded no end when he walked
through the World Fair gates yesterday
and was pounced upon by crowd Of
photographers, officials and common
people.
They told him he was visitor No. 49,
$1,000 to the Century of Progress Ex-
position. Donnell was willing, as it
meant a free lunch for himself and
three buddies. free tickets to conces-
sions, Worlds Fair medal and all that
sort of thing
Evening star., 1933-10-06
RAYMOND SPARKS WEDS
Assistant Corporation Counsel Mar
ries in Chicago.

Raymond Sparks, assistant corpora
ton counsel assigned to Police Court,
was married yesterday in Chicago to
Miss Mildred Hall, secretary to DR. Sid
ney Cousins, 1921 Ingomar street, his
friends announced. Sparks, who is %,
was appointed to his post in 1880.