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Evening star., 1933-01-24
CHALLENGE
ON 500 BEER BILL
Woman's Law Enforcement
Group Head Doubts Its
ConstitutionaIity.
BY the Associated Press.


Constitutionahty of the Collier Blaine
beer bill was challenged again today by
Mrs. Henry w. Peabody, general chair
man Of the Woman's National Commit
tee for Law Enforcement. in a letter to
members of the Senate Judiciary Com.
mittee.
Approval of 305 beer-3.s per cent
alcohol by volume-as non -intoxicat-
ing" would leave dry" States unpro-
tected from shipments of such beer.
Mrs Peabody said.
1T will have free access through the
interstate commerce act in States which
hold one-half of per cent safeguard. "
she contended, adding that to leave such
States unprotected would be '.in direct
opposition" to that part of the Consti-
tuition dealing with privileges Of citizens
of State.
States Rights Invasion.
In statement issued at the same
time Mrs. Peabody said legal authori-
ties had assured her organization that
the beer bill was "an invasion Of the
rights" of States.
For Congress to declare 3.8 per cent
alcoholic content by volume n-ir1toxi-
eating makes the beverage accessible to
the States under the interstate COM
nerce act and removes it from jurisdic-
tion of the Webb.Kenyon law, which
covers only intoxicating liquors. the
statement said
Women are organizing for political
action In many States of the Union to
oppose this bill and ratification Of re-
peal should 1t be submitted. The fact
that children, one-third Of the citizens
of the United States, have no voice or
vote ought to secure protest from the
States and the votes of fair minded
men in Congress against this BILL
Statement Last Night.
The following statement on the beer
bill report was given out last night by
Mrs. william Tilton, chairman OF the
Woman's National Committee for Edu-
cation Against Alcohol:
''As read the report of the judiciary
Committee on allowing return of 3.06
per cent beer on the ground that it was
to minors on the ground that it might
after oil be intoxicating, I ask myself,
are the problems confronting our world
today-farm relief. unemployment, war
debts and 80 forth-so stupendous that
Congress. unable to cope with them,
makes believe to do something by pother
about sos or. 3.02 per cent beer.
1T is enough to make angels laugh
or weep-for pother cannot solve one
single problem, even such perplexing
problem, to quote Mrs. H. w. Peabody,
as the cause and cure Of Congress- But
let Us not blame Congress too much; 1t
Is the people that need to come to
their senses"
Evening star., 1933-01-24
EXCHANGE TO BE OPEN

Telephone subscribers in the Silver
Spring Shepherd area will have an op-
portunity Of inspecting their telephone
central ONCE tonight and tomorrow
night from Z to 10 O'Clock at an open
house." which II being held by the
Chesapeake b Potomac Telephone Co.
at the telephone building, on Falkland
drive and Georgia avenue. Silver Spring,
Md. Guides will b on hand to explain
the operation Of the equipment and to
conduct the guests through the build
ing. The public is cordially invited to
attend
Evening star., 1933-01-24
MAN SLAIN IN QUARREL
Second Shot in Clash Over LIQUOR
Suspect Held.

MARION, KY, January 24-R.
Gus Bourdoures. As, of East St. Louis
ILL.,, was shot and killed last night on
path leading through a woods about
Is miles east Of Marion. Spears Fakes,
40, also Of East st. Louis, was wounded.
Sheriff Ray Malcolm Of Crittenden
who lives near the scene of the shoot
ing. Sheriff Malcolm said Bowen shot
both men during q quarrel over liquor.
Evening star., 1933-01-24
ZOO HEADS CATER
DOMINATES TASTE
Fastidious and voracious Ap.
petites Require Special
Attention.
RE BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN.

How the National Geological Park
caters to the appetites Of the voracious
bears and seals, the fastidious monkeys
and birds of paradise, or the tempera-
mental snakes and lizards was described
to a National Broadcasting Co. audi
ence yesterday afternoon bv Charles
Trevey, chef at the park, end his as
sistant. Frank Stopper. The broad
cast was arranged by the Greater Ma
tional Capital Committee, Washington
Beard of Trade, as an advertising fea-
ture for Washington
Mr.. Trevey spoke from 20 years ex-
perience as cook for the 2,400 guests
at the Zoo. He told how the bears
eat $50 pounds of special bear bread a
day which is baked from a recipe con-
sidered so tasty a Detroit millionaire
uses 1t in his own kitchen. This Is
perhaps the most important food item
at the Zoo and every step is carefully
carried out.
Sea Lions Most Expensive.
The active and playful sea lions. how
ever. are the most expensive animals
to feed. The elephant seal consumes
100 pounds of fresh fish a day and the
ohhoACl SGD AUAlo BSt away Will ~
pounds day each.
For fastidiousness, Mr. Trevey said,
the monkey has no equal. citing the
following menus to prove It: choice of
green grass, leaves or cod liver oil,
boiled rice. choice of meal worms, eggs,
raw and boiled; roast beef, vegetables,
bran, white or raisin bread, choice Of
lettuce or kale, choice of rice custard
or fruit, topped of with milk, nuts,
raiSins and sun flower seeds.
Likewise a valuable bird of paradise
had to be tempted with all manner of
foods when his bright feathers began
to shed and he walked off from his
usual fare. Every conceivable morsel
or tidbit was offered the ailing bird
to no avail until ant eggs were provided.
These. 1t seemed. hit the spot and the
bird thrived on them.
Chickens for Rare Snakes.
Mr.. Stopper told how chickens are
Matched for the rarer snakes, which
also enjoy the occasional delicacy of a
white mouse. Flies and worms are
cultivated for the lizards and frogs.
The elephant, of course, has the
most prodigious daily meals spread be-
fore hints pounds of hay eight or
10 loaves Of bread, bucket Of crushed
oats and occasional mixtures of apples,
green grass and leaves
The pelican is in the same class with
the sea lion, being the most expensive
member of the bird family, by virtue of
his enormous capacity for fish.
Evening star., 1933-01-24
Four Killed in Fight.

ATHENS, Greece, January "a tP.-
Four persons were reported killed and
five wounded last night in Niaoussa
Macedonia in a fight between municipal
authorities and 1000 textile workers
who protested against q supplementary
tax on the textile industry.
Evening star., 1933-01-24

During heavy fog in England re-
Gently q bus conductor had to walk in
front and guide his driver the entire
3 miles between Kettering and FL
linfboruueh.
Evening star., 1933-01-24
MANCHUKUO GAINS
UNDER NEW ORDER
Ten Months Progress De.
veIops Plan Including
Teacher Training.

Mr. Keen, who is stat correspondent
OF the Nety York Herald Tribune IN
China. ,rith headquarters at Shanghai,
begins today series OF str articles on
the nep State OF Manchukno, tUritten
at Hsinkine. formerly Changchun, the
nep capital
Evening star., 1933-01-24

When I questioned him on the sub
|ect, Mr., Cheng said: 1T is evident
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
ROOSEVELT DUE
To SEE MINERS

UNIONTOWN, Pa, Nov. 3
U.N.S.-Chauffeured by a Pitts
burgh newspaperman, a mine
union committee of eight left by
automobile for Washington early
today to lay their dissatisfaction
with the agreement effected by
President. Roosevelt between steel
company captive mine operators
and striking mine workers directly
before the Chief Executive.
The delegation was headed by
William Hynes, president Of union
district No. 4, and Martin Ryan,
inSurgent leader who has main
tanned his position that union rec
ignition is a necessary prelude to
any collective back-to-the-mine
movement by the strikers.
Before leaving, HyneS revealed
he had reiterated an order to the
strikers to return to their jobs
an order they promptly ignored.
Hynes was hopeful that Presi-
dent Roosevelt's personal assur-
ance the men would be given "a
square dear' would suffice to get
the men back to the pits.
Dissatisfaction with the presi-
Dental peace pact is based on
its failure to assure outright
union recognition for which the
men struck two months ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03

earth insofar as business and
social conditions are concerned.
ct has been said that sun
spot and business cycles almost
coincide, bu: 1 do not believe
it has ever been proved"
DR.. Abbot said the spots are
formed by whirlpools thrown out
ward from within the sun and as
they reach the surface the gas,
being under lower pressure, is ex-
banded and cooled just as gas in
a refrigerating machine is cooled
by expansion. This makes spots
dark as compared with the rest
of the suns surface, DR.. Abbot
said.
Illumination Affected
DR.. Abbot said the sun is $780,
900 miles in diameter and is
made up entirely of gas. 1t
weighs $4,000 times as much as
the earth. he said, however.
The biggest sun spot ever OBJ
served occupied only one-thou'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
HUSk|ES THRILL
FIRST LADY

One of the thrills Of the Cen
fury of Progress Exposition last
week for Mrs. Roosevelt was the
team of Alaskan huskies and
their driver.
She talked so long to "Slim, I"
she says, that one of the men with
her told him:
"Slim, they will hang you if
you don't let Mrs. Roosevelt CO."
Mrs. Roosevelt asked slim" if
she might speak politely" to the
dogs. He permitted her to pat
two of them and feel the coat Of
a third.
The second thrill of the expo
sition for the First Lady was the
loan art exhibit. She liked especi-
ally the French section. She says:
Il might never have seen it
if 1 hadn't gone to Chicago"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
Farm Strike Out of Hands of Leaders,
Hull Scored
For Stand
On Ndziis

NEW YORK, Nov. 8 QN.SD,
Secretary of State Hull's accept.
ance of the German ambassadors
statement that there is no Nazi
propaganda supported by Ger.
man money in the United States
was attacked today by Samuel
Untermyer, who repeated a de.
mand for a congressional investi.
cation. He said:
what right has Hull to give
credence to such a mOnstrOuS
falSehOOd. Almost every cor
ner of the United States is in.
tested with this propaganda.
The German govern ment
recently appropriated 10000
900 marks for foreign prOpa-
ganda. Where is it being spent?
Untermyer also charged that
German newspapers, smuggled
into this country are:
"NOt only filled with sour
rilOus Iibels against the Jews
but also contain attacks upon
the Roman Catholic church
and upon the President"
additional News on Page 1N
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Sun Spots May Affect Our Psychology and
Bring Vast Changes Says Abbot

Sandth part of the sun and this
resulted in a fall of three per cent
of the suns Illumination for a
day or two, DR.. Abbot said.
He added that it is possible tele-
graph communication and radio
will be greatly affected when the
spots reach their maximum, say
ing:
whenever large spot
forms on the sun, there is
almost invariably a magnetic
disturbance on earth. At times
telegraph service has been COM
pIetely paraIyzed."
Formation of the spots may
cause the aurora borealiS or
Northern Lights" to be visible
farther south, DR.. Abbot said, and
the temperature may fall about
one degree from normal.
The average sun spot cycle is
II years and those now under
observation will reach their max
imum in about two or three years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
PAPER
DEFENDSJOB
AGE LIMIT
Civil Service Order MiSrepre.
scented, Says Organ Of En-.
pIoyeS Federation

While a chorus of disapproval
has greeted the action of the
Civil Service Commission in set
ting a 4O-year age limit on
stenographer typist examina,
tions, one voice is lifted in sup.
port of the commission, for ii
became known today that the
Federal News, organ of the
National Federation of Federal
Employees, tomorrow will de.
clare editorially that the com
missions attitude has been
misinterpreted.
The editorial will say in part
/ Ringing public statements
have been issued denOuncing .
rule which, it il said, virtually
declares to persons &Of 40
years and over that they are
through that they have out
lived their usefulness, tn at
they have reached the mental
and physical jumping-Off place.
With COmmendable zeal, but
without full appreciation Of all
the facts involved, this move
to "OSlerize the Federal Serv-
ice, has been denounced in
many quarters.
PROMOTION UNAFFECTED
"In practice, that ruling will
have the effect of closing the
doors of the Federal service
to applicants, over 40, for
minor routine clerical positions.
However, it does not affect re-
inStatementS or promotions.
This follows a principle which
for many years has been part
of the splendid civil service
system of Great Britain, for ex-
ample, admittedly y model, and
as q matter of fact it is q
principle which has been recOg.
nized in our own civil service
system.
"This principle places the
welfare of the service, its
efficiency, its capacity for serv-
ice, and its consideration for
both employees and taxpayers,
above q simple handing out of
Jobs. This principle further
recognizes the manifest human
unfairneSs of placing, for ex-
ample, a 45-year-Old man or
woman in precisely the same
routine position As an 1S-year.
old girl or boy.
VIRTUALLY all progressive civil
service systems have definite
age limits The Commission is
endeavOring to eliminate, not
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
P|CKETS BUSY.
IN 4 STATES;
TRUCE OUT
Milk Dumped, Livestock Is
Seized; Dairy Bombed; Mob
Feared in Wisconsin

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Nov. 3
N.N.S.).-The farm strike,
amazing midwestern revolt Of
depression ridden farmer s,
went beyond control of its
leaders today, spreading in
scope and intensity with bomb
ings, clashes with police, and
general disorder in its wake.
Feeling ran high in four States
as the strikers, determined to para
1yze movement of produce to mar
ket, resumed picketing on high
ways into leading market centers.
The strike, leaders of the move
ment said, was entirely out of
hand.
Leaders Truce Ignored
A truce" decreed by strike
leaders until President Roosevelt
can act on strikers relief demands
as presented to him yesterday by
four midwestern governors, was
utterly ignored.
1--WE are on a powder keg out
here"
So said Milo Reno, national
president of the Farmers Holiday
Association, sponsors of the strike.
He added:
Frankly, we have lost control.
We have cOunSeled nOn-activity
until we know the outcome of
the Washington conference, but
all that counsel has done is hold
the movement slightly in check.
We can't stop it."
A growing wave Of violence
marked the strike in Wisconsin.
A Port Washington cheese fac
tory, one of a few to disregard
strikers orders to discontinue
operations, was bombed. A re-
sultant fire destroyed it. 1t was
the fourth bombing within a
week.
Diaries Invaded
Innumerable milk shipments
were intercepted on highways
and dumped in bitches. Mobs
of strikers invaded diaries and
destroyed milk which had slipped
through picket lines.
Near Racine, deputy sheriffs
used tear gas to rout $50 pickets
bent on dumping a truckload of
mill. The authorities were
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03

Spots now being observed on
the suns surface may cause bust
ness and social conditions on
earth to undergo m ark " d
change.
This statement was made to-
Gay by DR.. Charles Greeley Alb
bot. secretary of Smithsonian In
stitution and world-famed aStro-
physicist, when interviewed rela-
tive to a new cycle of sun spots
under observation at the Carnegie
Institutions Mt. Wilson ObServa-
tory.
Changes III Atmosphere
DR.. Abbot, who discovered va
Inability of the sun in his re-
search on solar and terrestrial
radiationS, said.
'Tt is possible there may be
some change in transparency
Of the earth'S atmosphere, ere.
atfng m 're ultra violet ray radi-
alton. whereby it would affect
the psychology of people on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
COUNTESS TO SPARE NO ONE IN BLACkMA|L
Priests Plea
Halls Mine
Mk-Out

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Nov. 3
G.N.S0.-A proposed general tie
up Of the Northern anthracite
field was temporarily forestalled
today when insurgent union dele
gates yielded to the plea of Mon
Signor J. j. Curran and adjoined
their convention until afternoon.
The priest appeared at the
meeting and announced he was
endeavoring to communicate with
Senator Robert Wagner, chair
man Of the Labor Arbitration
Board. He begged them to delay
until he received an answer.
Monsignor Curran said that #
Senator Wagner does not grant
his request for a conference with
Federal authorities he will seek
conference on Monday with
President Roosevelt himself.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
PROBERS To AIR
CRIME EVILS

A legislative program designed
to crush gangster and racketeer.
ing activities will be given public
hearings soon, Senator Copeland
Cd of New York, chairman of
the special Senate committee in
vestigating crime, declared today.
He said:
"The committee has obtained
a wealth of information show
ing how the big criminal gangs
operate. Some of this infOr-
nation is amazing. Conditions
in a number of big cities are
appalling from the standpoint
of organized crime-particular-
ly because the gangs are made
up for the most part of youths.
"We are completing our fact
finding inquiry and within
the next 30 days we plan to
hold hearings on several bills
that strike at the heart OF
these criminal activities"
One of the most interesting OF
the committees disclosures, Cope
land revealed, is the liaiSon be-
tween gangs and criminal lawyers
who defend the gang members
on a regular retainer fee basis.
He declared:
"UnIess the American bar
takes prompt and vigorous
steps to clean its own house,
Congress will be compelled to
do the job ITSELF"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
Buyers of Tobacco
To Hold Conference

By International News Service
A proposed marketing agree
ment for the Burley tobacco in
dustry will be discussed at an in
formal conference here next
Wednesday under arrangements
made today by Farm Administra-
tor George N. Peek. Invitations
we're sent to the six leading buy
ers of Burley tobacco: The P.
Lorrilard Company, P. j. Reyn-
olds, Brown Williamson, American
Tobacco, Liggett-MeyerS and AK
ton Fisher.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
j. s. BOOSTS
GOLD PRICE
q CENTS
R. F. C. Purchases of DomeS-
tic Metal Total $2,100,000;
Dollar Off in London

NY lnternduOHdl NEWS SeFt'ce
Newly mined gold prices
jumped again today to a new
high as the Treasury an
nounced the price of $32.57
per ounce, an increase of q
cents over yesterdays quota
ton.
The R. F. C. announced that
Government purchases of newly
mined domestic gold now total ST.
100000 since the beginning of the
Presidents plan to raise the price
of yellow metal.
Hoping to avoid excessive dis
turbance. of European financial
markets, the American Govern
ment intends to maintain silence
concerning the daily purchases Of
gold it may make abroad.
This was made known at the
RFC today. where it was stated
the New York Federal Reserve
Bank would have entire charge of
the purchasing of foreign gold for
the Government.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
WILL TELL
ALL SHE.
SAYS, ON
STAND
Madame de Benque Has Lost
IS Pounds, Money Since Her
Residence in D. c. Jail

Threats to "spare no one"
when she goes on the witness
stand in her own defense were
made today by the Countess"
Grace de Benque, whose trial
on charges of larceny of 5000
from Miss Louise Maret of
the Maret School for Girls is
scheduled to begin on Monday.
Nine. de Benque at the District
Jail today said that she intends
to make certain persons" pay
for her 20 weeks imprisonment
and disgrace.
Lost Weight and Money
She has, she says, lost IS
pounds since her confinement
and every dollar she possessed in
the world.
Speaking of her trial Mime. de
Benque said it had been orig
inally scheduled to go before
Justice Peyton Gordon, but had
been transferred to Justice Joseph
w. Cox because Gordon felt some
embarrassment" She said:
"It would have been
humiIiating experience for both
of us. Judge Gordon has been
my dinner partner at many a
fashionable fete in Washington
and quite often was guest in
my house"
The countess" declares she
could have secured bond some
weeks ago but was afraid to
leave the jail" She claims she
is the victim of a gigantic con-
spiracy and that her enemies
would "stoop at nothing" in re-
moving her.
Safe at Least
At the Jail she has worked
hard and received no favorS'' but
the Jail attendants, she says, have
been kind. Her loss of weight
has been due to decline in
health from confinement. But:
Jail walls are safe if they
are not happy"
Charges with the countess Is
George Gormley. They are accused
of Fleeing Miss Maret of the
money after the schoolmistress
and Gormley had been caught"
in a parked automobile by q
bogus policeman. Both denied
the charges. There was no hear
ing of the trial today on account
of the weekly hearing Of lunacy
cases.
A surprise witness, called by
the Government as the first wit
ness, testified yesterday that he
was hired by the pair to act as
an Officer" and to accoSt the
pair in an automobile in which
they allegedly parked on Brooke
vile Road, Md.
He was Charles A. May, OF
Takoma Park.
May testified that he was hired
by the pair in october, 1881, and
ordered to approach the parked
machine and ask:
els the car broken DOWN."
It was after the parked car
incident, the Government charges,
that the countess and Gormley
Swindled Miss Maret in frighten-
ing her to surrender an amount
of hush money"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
Massachusetts Man
Home Loan Chairman

BY International News Service
President Roosevelt has &C
copied the resignation of William
F. Stevenson, of South Carolina,
as chairman of the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board and has ap-
pointed John H. Fahey, of Massa-
chusetts, to succeed him. Steven
son will continue to serve as a
member of the board, but will
give up the Craftsmanship on NO
vember 10. T. D. Webb, of Ten
neSsee, a member of the board.
succeeded Fahey as vice chair
man,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
Freight LOGdings
For Week Reduced

(By International News Service)
Loading of revenue freight for
the week ended October % to-
tailed 636,674 cars, the American
Railway Association announced
today, a decrease of 13,808 cars
under the preceding week this
year. but an increase of 1880
cars over the corresponding week
in 1882.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
Dollar Continues
To Skid in London

LONDON, Nov. 5 Q.N.S0.
The American dollar continued to
fall on the London exchange to-
day, opening at $4.84 to the pound
sterling after closing yesterday at
$4.82A.
American banks bought gold
dollars at $4.86 to the pound
sterling. Expecting even further
depreciation, hotels bought them
at $3.50 to the pound.
The price of gold decreased one
penny, being set by the bullion
brokers at 1873 shillings 2 pence.
This price included a premium of
II pence half penny over the Of
ficial French rate.
Purchase of the Bank of Eng
land today of 10000 pounds sterl-
ing inspired rumors that the
transaction had been completed in
behalf of the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York in pursuance
of President Roosevelt's policy OF
buying gold in foreign markets.
u Bars Sold
Seventy-seven bars OF gold
valued at about 100000 pounds
were snapped up at today'S price
at the usual morning auction.
PARIS, Nov. 3 G,N.SO.-After
weak opening, the American
dollar gained on the bourse to-
day, buying 1854 francs at the
close, a gain of three points over
yesterdays final price. At one
time, the dollar dropped to 1888
francs.