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Evening star., 1933-11-13
SETTLES BALLOON
EN- ROUTE TO AKRON
Imitation in Big Hangar Likely to
Inaugurate Flight Long
Postponed.
Ry the AssocIated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, November 13.-The huge
balloon and gondola in which Lieut..
Comdr. T. G. w. Settle hoped to reach
the stratoSphere In an ascension from
the Worlds Fair grounds was Grated
today for shipment to Akron, Ohio.
The projected flight was called of
with the closing OF Century Of
Progress Exposition after one unsuc-
cessful attempt and several months of
waiting for favorable atmospheric con-
ditionS. Comdr. Settle indicated the
flight might be undertaken later from
Akron.
A conference between Settle and
financial hackers Of the flight was
scheduled for today and definite an
nouncement was expected soon.
If the flight were not started by De-
Cenher u, q contract provided that the
huge balloon and alright gondola be-
comes the property Of Auguste FaceaTd ARD
the stratoSphere.
Sponsors of the fight pointed out
that the balloon, 164 feet tall when in
flated, could be made ready inside the
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporations huge
hangar at Akron. The hangar Is I'll
feet high, 325 feet wide and 1,175 feet
long.
Inside the hangar, imitation could be
accomplished without the hazard OF
winds which have prevented Settle
from taking of for the past two months
at the Worlds Fair grounds. The bag
cannot be inflated In wind Of more
than miles an hour.
Settle attempted the fight alone last
August IA, but faulty valve cord ar
rangement forced the balloon to land
after a few minutes. Maj Chester l..
Fordney of the Marine Corps will &C
company Settle on any future attempt.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
ROOSEVELT SPEEDS
LIQUOR TAX ACTION
Subject Taken Up at White House
to Collect Revenues as Soon
as Possible.
sy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Bent on collecting liquor revenues as
early as possible. President Roosevelt
had the subject up at a White House
conference today with the House Com
mittee. already at work.
Representative Hill, Democrat, OF
washington, heading the Ways and
Means subcommittee that has the task
in hand, indicated the President wants
a separate bill for levies on whisky ana
gin and other distillates so the Treasury
may begin to collect revenue under new
rates as soon as possible IN January.
The bill to revise income and other
leyies, including possible repeal OF
nuisance taxes, is to be handled sepa-
rately. under a tentative plan agreed
upon by the subcommittee.
Meanwhile, Chairman Doughton an
nounced the full Ways and Means Com
rnittee would begin open hearings De-
cember on both liquor and general
revenue revision tax bills,
Members Of the subcommittee called
in by the President to discuss procedure,
include Hill, Doughton, Cooper, Demo
Crat Of Tennessee Crowther, Eepun-
l,can Of New York, and Treadway, Re-
pubIican of Massachusetts,
Evening star., 1933-11-13
TOXIC DENIES REPORT.

Brands Rumored Loss Of Planes as
Groundless and Absurd
TOXIC November Is Rs-The war
ONCE asserted yesterday that reports OK
japanese planes being shot down at the
siberian border were absurd anu
groundiesss
sunday afternoon newspapers here
used the headline Foolish Propaganda"
in discussing reports printed abroad
that planes were fred on and that
Japanese auxiliary warships were sunk
In Soviet territorial waters.
The war Office, navy ONCE, foreign
once and headquarters of Gen. Hishi-
Kari In Hsinching (Changchun) all
branded the reports as baseless ana
ridiculous.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
OHIO PROFESSORS USE HYPNOSIS
TO HELP GIRL RETAIN HER FIGURE

motto suggestion" In which q subject
carries out actions upon waking which
were suggested during the hypnotic
state
For example, girl subject wanted
to lose some weight; during hypnotic
trance it was suggested that she stop
eating starchy foods. Later, some fat
tening foods became extremely distaste-
full TO her, and she regained her slim
figure.
An amateur actor who was suffering
from stage fright, after receiving sug-
gestions under hypnosis, finds his acting
Is better. A boy who had trouble get
ting up early now rises at am, and
several persons who wanted to smoke
less have been helped.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
PUBLIC WORKS AIDE.
IS 0USTED BY |CKES.
Tennessee Engineer Hinted
Federal Loans Won't
Have to Be Paid.

Harry S. Berry, public works en-
gineer for Tennessee, has been dismiss
sed, it was revealed today by Admin
istrator Ickes. because he sent cir
cular letter to civic organizations in his
State expressing the opinion that non
Federal public works loans would not
have to be paid.
In telegram to Berry on November
9. Mr.. Ickes said:
'T have copy Of your circular Octo-
Der rs addressed ITO all Civic Organiza-
tions" expressing your belief that NUM-
cipalities asking for loans will not be
expected to carry out their obligations
and repay these loans. Your services
as State engineer are hereby termin-
ated."
Ickes Expects Payment.
y In supplemental statement Ickes
said:
Loans by the Federal Emergency Ad-
ministration Of Public Works are loans
the Government expects to be repaid.
These loans are made under the law
on legal security which Is examined
before contracts with the borrowing
body are signed. This security is taken
because repayment Is expected in ac-
cordance with the national recovery
act as written by Congress and valid
contracts with the borrowers"
George H. Wells, an assistant at Pub
lie Works Administration headquarters,
was appointed by Ickes today to replace
Berry.
Wells organized the Public Works Ad-
ministration in Mississippi, served as a
trouble shooter IN several States and
was an engineer on important public
works construction in Ohio before being
brought to Washington to assist Col
II. M. Waite, deputy public works ad-
ministrator
Ickes revealed tine circular letter,
written by Beery on a letter head of
the Tennessee State Public Works Ad-
visory Board. contained this para
graph:
Il wish to present a phase of this
matter which has heretofore been soft
pedaled: Under existing laws loans to
political subdivision will be made only
on contracts enforceable at law. 1t is
with the power of Congress to modify
this law at any time before pay day.
Cites Tennessee Loans.
Assuming that a number of these
lOdIS Will De mace III every congress
sional district, and they will be made.
I ask you to visualize in your own mind
what will be the possible future action
of Congress. We have seen what the
Tennessee Legislature did with refer
ence to relieving the counties of their
road bonds, and we may judge the
future by the past.
MY personal opinion Is that the
progressive community that is willing
to cooperate with President Roosevelt
will receive rich reward and that
buck pasSers and balky horses will get
what they deserve-nothing
Ickes said the grants of so per cent
of cost of labor and materials made on
some of The projects we're outright Ped.
eral grants and these were not ex-
pected to be repaid
Public works loans, however, are
loans to be repaid" he asserted.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
GIassford Report
Is Without Basis,
La GuGrdia Radios
Denies He Is Considering
General for Police
Commissioner.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 13.-Mayor-
elect F. H. La Guardia today sent a
radio message from the liner Pennsyl-
vania, on which he and Mrs. La Guardia
are en- route to Panama, denying pub
lished reports that he was considering
Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford for
police commissioner of New York.
mo justification for police commits
sioner story" the message from the
mayor-elect said. 81 gave no statement
Said nothing concerning subject. Ut
terly groundless.
The Sun, in a special dispatch from
the liner, said earlier today it was in
dicated that Gen. Glassford is under
consideration
Under consideration with him, the
Sun said, was Mai. Gen. James e.
Fechet, former chief of the Army Air
Corps. Gen. Glassford was in charge
of Washington police when the bonus
army was encamped in the National
Capital last year.
The mayor-elect and Mrs. La Guardia
are aboard the ship for a rest after the
campaign They are expected to leave
the vessel IN Panama and fly back to
the United States, landing In Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
LINDBERGHS LAND SAFELY,
QUIET CRASH RUM0RS
Report of Fall in Spain Belied
When Flyers Come to Earth
Near Caldelas de Tuy.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID, November 13.-Col and
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh landed safely
today near Caldelas de Tuy, Province
Of Pontevedera, on flight across Spain.
Original reports we're that the Amer
ican flyers, who took off from Santona.
Spain, for Portugal. had been forced
down near the little village at the
foot Of the mountains.
The Lindberghs descended to a land
ing because they lost their way in the
clouds and rain which enveloped the
Spanish coast.
The colonel landed the big seaplane
expertly ON the sheltered bay near the
fishing village and he and his wife said
they expected to spend the night there
before proceeding tomorrow morning to
Lisbon. provided the weather clears up
sufnciently to permit a flight at that
time. -
Evening star., 1933-11-13
JOCKEY GOES ON TRIAL
IN $4,000 THEFT CASE
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, November 13.-Robert
L. Wilson, former jockey, went on
trial here to-day in connection with the
robbery Of about $1,000 in money and
jewels from Mrs. Louise Palmer of BoS-
ton. who admittedly is known as Race
Track Lou"
A companion, Rudolph Dreyer, race
track follower, was convicted last week
by jury but Wilson's trial was held
separately because he demanded trial
before judge without jury.
Dreyer'S sentence was withheld until
Wilson's trial was completed.
The robbery occurred October % in
Mrs. Palmer's hotel room. She was
bound and gagged
Evening star., 1933-11-13
REDS MAMIE FESTO
WARNS JAPANESE
Of MILITARY PLANS
Charges Armed Base Being
Set Up in Manchukuo.
Threatens ReprisaI.
CATASTROPHE DECLARED
AWAITING AGGRESSION
Both Moscow and Toxic Issue De-
nial of Reported Shooting
Down of Aircraft.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, November 13-Japanese
imperialists are charged with creating
an armed base in Manchukuo in a
manifesto issued by the Far Eastern
section Of the Communist party.
Warning that Russia is prepared to
act quickly in the event of Japanese
attempts Of aggression in the Far East,
the manifesto said:
Our airfleet is prepared
10 deal decisive blows at enemy centers
of population. With such an
array of terrible armament. the Soviet
Union would readily kill any desire 70
compete against our program of peace
fuI labor
Issued November 1.-Two days before
Russia protested to Toxic against the
alleged fight of japanese Army planes
over Soviet territory-the manilesto
emphasized Russia's desire for peace. :.
But it added, Japan will lay herself
open to '.immeasurable catastrophe II
her imperialists put their policies INTO
effect.
As this manifesto, newest develop
nent in extended differences, was dis
cllssed. both Toxic and Moscow govern
ment authorities termed baseless re-
norts published abroad that japanese
planes had been shot down over Soviet
territory.
There have been no further reports
of Japanese flights into Soviet territory
since the government warned Toxic mo-
yenlber 6 to beware Of infringing the
Siberian border.
A Tass (Soviet Telegraph Agency
dispatch from VladivoStok. Siberia, mo-
yen,her 8 said a squadron of nine
.Tanar1ese military planes went across
the Siberian border November 8, pene-
tratinr Soviet territory is to 20 miles
along the west, bank Of the Gull OF
Anur.
Evening star., 1933-11-13

Large syndicate operations in stock
of the Washington Gas Light Co. by
New York banking interests were dis
closed today in evidence made public
by the Senate Stock Market Investigat-
ing Committee. Records of the COM
rnittee showed that over period of a
year, from May, 1923. to April, 1929.
IL loans totaling s3,339.8l2.50 were
made by the Chase National Bank to
Pynchon g.. Co., brokers. as managers
Of the syndicate account in the gas
company's stock.
The committee records showed all OF
the loans were made under a syndicate
agreement dated April IS, 1928 The
records listed the following as members
Evening star., 1933-11-13
RIG POOL OPERATIONS IN STOCK
OF GAS COMPANY HERE DISCLOSED

of the syndicate: Utilities Power 81
Light Securities Corporation, Pynchen
g. Co., D. A. Pearson and James ODon-
nell The loans were all made to Pyn-
chon g. Co as syndicate managers and
were listed in the committee records as
follows: May 20, 1928. $560,000; June
20, 1928. $3.50, 900: September S, 1928,
tober 10, 1928, 100000; October. II.
1923. sl5;4s2.5O; November z; 1929. sea
January 16. 1929. $1,000: January 20,
$4,000; February 6, $l.330,000, and
April 3, 1929. $235 900. In each case
the loans were secured by varying num-
bers Of shares of gas light company
stock.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
FOUR LIE SIX HOURS
IN PLANE WRECKAGE
Kansas City Doctor and Party, Re
turning From Operation,
Crash in Storm.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, November 13.-Four
Kansas Citians were injured, three
critically, when their private plane
crashed into tree in forced land
irg in a dust storm near Olathe, Kans.,
last night.
They were DIR. B. L. Sulzbacher.
prominent surgeon; his son, Louis Sulz-
bacher; Lee Lyon, wholesale fur dealer,
and Walter c. Taber, pilot.
The men lay in the wreckage six
hours before being found by four
searchers.
The plane was returning from Mus
kogee, Okla, where DR.. SulZbacher had
performed an operation.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
WooDlN REPEATS DENIAL

A revival of rumors of the resignation
OF William II. Woodin as Secretary of
tne treasury brought smile and a
snake OF the head today from him as
he left the White House.
Pointing to his throat. the Secretary
replied to inquiries:
MY vocal chords are all worn out
denying that"
Evening star., 1933-11-13
WOMAN ARRESTED
IN NASH S[AY|NGS
Alleged to Have Tipped Off
Gang, Leading to Kansas
City Massacre.
By the Associated Press.


MEMPHIS. Tenn, November 49,
A woman described by police as Mrs. E.
B. Connor, under indictment at Kansas
City In connection with the Kansas
City massacre, was captured here today.
Federal operatives said Mrs. Con-
ner is the woman VINO telephoned from
Hot Springs. Ark, TO Kansas City to
give the gangsters the information that
resulted in the massacre in which four
officers and Frank Nash we're killed in
front OF the union station on June II.
Police said they had hoped they
would arrest either Charles Pretty Boy
Floyd or Verne Miller, the Kansas City
machine gunner, but II either had been
hiding here. they were gone when off,
GERS staged their raid a dinner club
or the outskirts Of the city.
The arrest was made Al $50 am.
Fssn ,nt1 tsee AnohsP 9sS
Mrs. Conner, but police withheld her
name.
Will T. Griffin, inspector of police
detectives, said he had obtained infor-
nation some time ago that Mrs. Conner
was hiding here. and wrote ]. Edgar
Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau Of
Investigation. Griffin said he had
hoped either Miller or Floyd would
show up here. The house in which
Mrs. Conner was taken has been
watched several days.
George machine Gum Kelly was
captured here with his wife, Kathryn,
September 26.
Federal operatives said Mrs. Conner
was living at Hot Springs when Nash
was captured there and taken back to
Kansas City. They accuse her of tele-
phoning gangsters at Kansas City and
giving them the exact hour their train
was due in Kansas City, together with
the train number.
The gangsters met the train and
Nash and four others were slain in
rain of machine gun fire. She was in
dicted by a Federal grand jury at
Kansas City.
Federal operatives said she was also
known as Lou Conner, Geraldine
Conner. Mrs. Ed Conner and Louise
Conner.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
BY the Associated Press.

by EIlt ASSOCIdItu FTtbS.
OXFORD. Ohio. November 13.-And
now science is using hypnotisn,-in the
laboratory at least-to aid in regulating
the diet so that a girl may have a
figure slim enough to be fashionable.
Profs. z r. Patten and S. A Switzer,
Miami University psychologists, expert
menting on reaching the unglarded re-
cesses of the human mind during ,hyp-
nosis, are helping their laboratory SUBJ
jects not only to remove excess weight,
but also TO overcome self-consciousness
and to cut down on their smoking.
Their six years Of laboratory work.
based partly on that of DIR. Hull at
Yale, has dealt chiefly with "post-hyp-
Evening star., 1933-11-13
BERRY PLANS REPLY.
Ousted Engineer Declares He viii
Answer Ickes.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. November IS up.
Coz. Harry s Berry, whose removal
as Federal Public Works. engineer for
Tennessee was announced today by Sec
retary Icxes at Washington. withheld
immediate comment but said he would
have an appropriate reply" later.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
Virginia Woman Dies.

BALTIMORE, November 13.lR)-Miss
Mamie Byrd Northam who for some
years made her Winter residence In Bal
kimore with her brother, George r. Nor
than died suddenly here Yesterday.
she maintained home in westmore-
lane County, Va.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
GOLD MINERS LOSE PLEA
Wage Increase in johannesburg
Denied-Empire Reaps Profits.

vember l3 R)-The Rand Chamber Of
Mines has rejected gold miners claims
for a 40-hour week and 20 per cent
wage increase. The rejection was on
the ground that the government by
heavier taxation Is taking the lions
share q the Increased profits that have
been made in the last year since Eng
land went Of the gold standerd.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
BABY BORN TO BRUcES
Girl Is Granddaughter of Mellon
and Ex-senator.

BALTIMORE. November IS GP).-
Former Senator william Cabell Bruce
said today a daughter was born "sev-
eral days ago" to Mrs. David K. Este
Bruce and his son. Mr. Bruce, In New
York. Mrs, Bruce is the daughter Of
Andrew w. Mellon.
Evening star., 1933-11-13
From Press to Home
Within an Hour"

The Stars Carrier system covers every
city block and the regular edition Is
delivered to city and suburban homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1933-11-13

Saturdays Circulation, 114,327
Sundays Circulation, I25,8zs
Evening star., 1933-11-13

co. s. weather Bureau Forecastl
Fair and colder, with lowest temper
ature about 80 degrees tonight; tomor-
row fair in the morning
Temperatures-Highest, SO. at $3.50
pm. yesterday; lowest 40, at am.
today. Full report on page T.
The Washington times., 1933-10-24
Miss Barker Named
For Welfare Post

Appointment of Miss Adelaide
C. Barker as assistant supervisor
for the newly created Bureau of
Transients of the D. c. Board of
Public Welfare was announced
yesterday by the Commissioners.
Appointments to other positions
in the bureau were announced as
follows:
Francis st. Austell supervisor
of employment; Ruth Hudnut,
Margaret Whitaker and Adrian
Mayer, interviewers; Mrs. Martin
Tartel and Philip Akre, case
workers, and Bernice ManWaring,
stenographer.
The sum of 100000 for local
transient relief is expected to be
received by the Commissioners
from the Federal Relief Admin
istration within the next few
days.
The Washington times., 1933-10-24
VETS Foresee Delay
Here by Congress

Continued enforcement of the
Volstead act in the District after
December 7, when it is virtually
certain the Eighteenth Amend
ment will have been repealed, has
been definitely decided.
The District will remain dry un-
till after Congress convenes in
January, Attorney General Homer
S. Cummings has announced.
Many Capital wet leaders
have estimated that it will take
Congress 80 days to work out and
pass the law, which will mean
that the District will be two
months late in repeal.
Along with the District, Alaska,
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands and the Canal Zone are
affected by the ruling of the At
tornev General.
The Washington times., 1933-10-24
8 MORE REPLIES
. FAVOR REPEAL
Of PAY CUTS
"a Representatives Pledge
Support in Congress in
Answering Federation

Eight more replies favoring
restoration of salary cuts for Fed
eral employees were received today
from as many Congressman BY
the American Federation of Gov
ernment Employees. This brings
the total of those in sympathy
with the move to %, with "a def
nitely committed to work and vote
for elimination.
Excerpts from the replies re
ceived today follow:
STEPHEN w. GAMBRILL
(DO, Maryland: 81. will vote
to repeal that portion of the
Economy Act which reduced the
salaries of our deserving Gov
ernment employees"
&C. w. EDWARDS (R.), Penn
sylvania: 81 am in favor of a
return of salaries generally to
the Federal employees, and will
be pleased to assist them to OBJ
tain the same"
HAMILTON FISH, JR. (Ro,
New York: "Am sympathetic
to a partial if not a complete
restoration of the wage scale OF
Federal employees"
/. H. OUTRICH (RO, Penn
sylvania: 81 am very happy to
say, with the increased cost of
living, due to wage increases of
employees engaged in private in
dustries, there is no question
about the inconsistency of re-
ducing the salaries of Govern
ment employees"
BENJAMIN X. FOCHT (RO,
Pennsylvania: 81 have no hest
tation in assuring you that l
will heartily cooperate in assist
ing to restore the pay of Gov
ernment workers. The cut, l
understand, is only temporary,
and there need be no fear of its
permanent continuance"
S. o. BLAND d., Virginia.:
'My inclination is, to support it
elimination of pay cuts), but I
should not care to commit my
self at this time"
JOHN G. COOPER (RO,
Ohio: 81 shall be very happy to
assist them in every way l can,
in restoring to them the salaries
they received prior to the re-
duction that was made through
the Economy Act"
PARKER CORNING (R),
New York: "At the very first
moment possible, the cOmpensa-
ton of Government employees
should be returned to the for
mer status, especially in view
of the condition you men,
toned"
Most of the answers received
thus far are from nearby States
Representatives from more dlstan
ones not having had time to re
ply. Of those received, only on
"straddled" the issue, while an
other was opposed to restoration
of the cuts.
The Washington times., 1933-10-24
WHITE HOUSE
BACKS CHEST

Pointing out that as good
citizens all WashingtonianS now
on Government payrolls want to
assist in the relief of their less
fortunate neighborS, President
Roosevelt has asked all depart
ment heads in Federal offices here
to cooperate in procuring funds
for the 1888 Community Chest
campaign.
In letter to department heads,
the Chief Executive explains they
already must be aware of the i'm.
portance he attaches to relief
work engineered by privately con.
tributed funds, and that he does
not need, therefore, to emphasize
his special interest in the Wash
ington drive.
Approval of a governmental
unit for the collection of pledges
and donations from Federal EN-"
ployeS also is given by the Pres
ident.
The Washington times., 1933-10-24
Brief and Fresh.

hope by the time his next book of stories Is pub
hed George Mburn will have stopped writing about no.
tarans His good Stories with more life and more cut
than bureques of Rotaran speeches and deas but the
whole subject is stale and these stories haven't the OF
his other ones in No More Trumpets (Harcour Brace)
Out of Oklahoma Mlburn has brought dozens of new
people into story people haven't heard Of be-
for the reormaory boy who played the trumpet on the
radio the hobo whose chum heel crushed they rode
the bumpers; the boy who trying to work his way
through college (not the usual hlng) the man VINO won
sack of sugar with coupons he got with conhey are
all fresh and told with simplicity which not
Hemngways simplicity.
The writers of to be coming from anywhere
outside New York Erskne Caldwell lives in Georgia and
Maine and his stories Gin We Are the Living published by
the Viking Press chiefly laid in these two districts
Here too he finds people in the story books from herb
doctors wild Swedes the Canadian border and ne e
manv of his stories with the rich humor which made the
tragic Little Acre" such astonishing novel find
touch of the old Sherwood Anderson IN CALDWELL which
no dsgrace the part he entirely original and pro-
foundly interesting.