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The Washington times., 1933-12-19
LOANS
To BANKS
Barred
Magnate Put Up II Millions
to Aid Crippled institutions,
ProberS Hear
BY International News Service

Edsel B. Ford and the Ford
--Iotor Company loaned the
Guc dian Detroit Union Group,
Inc, $12,00O,O00 from 1880 to
1882 in an effort to save its
chain of banks, Robert o. Lord,
its former president, testified to-
day at the Senate banking in
quiry.
The group collapsed finally,
tying up $70O,OO0,O0O of deposi-
tors funds. Lord said Ford
loaned $1,OO0,OO0 in cash and
$5,O00,OOO in personal securities
late in 1880 to the Guardian De-
troit company. He said Ford
loaned his credit to the group
on a loan OF $2.500,000" in De-
cenber, 1881. He added:
"The Ford Motor Company
in December, 1892, loaned the
group SS,5OO,OOO with which
the group lifted out of the
Union Guardian Trust Com
pany $S,5OO,OOO Of criticized
assets"
Stockholders Aided
The Ford aid was a part OF
$27, 100000 put up by stockhold-
ers in an effort to save the bank
ing group, said Lord.
Lord frankly told how the
Guardian Detroit Union Group,
Inc, was organized as a holding
corporation to purchase bank
stocks. The Group company, as
it was called, bought up a string
of banks throughout Michigan.
Lord admitted the bankers, who
ran the group, made "undoubt-
edly many errors in judgment"
He continued:
Broadly speaking, the great
est mistake of the group was
that it was organized at the
peak Of the nations prosperity
that we, along with others,
were unable to fOresee the con-
ditiOns which were to follow
that long period of prosperity
and expasiOn of business.
Fought Slump
During almost the entire his
tory Of the group, it was en-
gagged in a battle against a de-
preston, probably never before
equalled in its severity in the
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The Washington times., 1933-12-19
Lindberghs Near Home Port
On World Trips Last Leg

The Col. and Mrs. Anne Morrow
Lindbergh will be home in time
to spend Christmas with their 16-
month-old son, Jon.
The trim Lindbergh monoplane
has streaked through the icy cold
of the North Atlantic and the
burning heat of the Equator in per-
haps the greatest of all Lindbergh
sky adventures.
Air Data Gathered
The purpose of the flights was
to obtain specific data regarding
flying and communications condi-
tionS over sections of the Atlantic.
The Lindberghs, taking off July
9 from New York, flew up the
western coast of the Atlantic as
far as the Arctic Circle. They
crossed the North Atlantic and
worked down the eastern side of
the ocean along coastal Norway,
the European coast, and down to
the Equator.
Their most dangerous flight, in
point of distance, was from Bat
hurst, Bambia, to Natal, Brazil,
1884 miles.
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
FIRE THWARTS
BOWIE YEGGS

Bank robbers made an early
morning raid on the Bank OF
Bowie, at Bowie, Md, today, and
while boring into the main vault,
were suddenly forced to flee
when their acetylene torch ig-
nited a canvas screen. and at
tracted attentiotrii ~ " q night
watchman.
Before their forced flight, &C
cording to William Luers,
cashier, they wrecked two small
safes, but obtained only a few
watches and rings.
George T. Jones, watchman
for the Pennsylvania Railroad,
believed he heard a noise when
passing the bank at 4:30 a. m.
He went on his way when every
thing appeared to be all right
inside, but later saw the flaming
canvas screen in the street in
front Of the bank and notified
the police.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Tom
Garrison, of Prince Georges
county is studying fingerprints
for a clue to the robbers.
A clue to the bandits was
obtained from a serial number
on an air-pressure tank used in
connection with the torch. Con-
stable Kreitzer is seeking the
identity of the persons to whom
the tank was shipped by a Balti-
more firm.
The Washington times., 1933-12-19

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 G.N.SO.
Col. and, Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh were nearing home this
afternoon in their red and black
monoplane.
Testing the points of the COM
pass in his transatlantic survey
for the Pan-American Airways
System, Colonel Lindbergh, with
his wife for a working partner,
will have flown 29,O81 miles when
the journeys end is recorded.
Visit 81 Nations
The aerial team has visited
four continents and 81 nations
and colonies since they pointed
for the Arctic five months ago.
The LindberghS were scheduled
to land in Jamaica Bay, off Bar
rem Island, early this afternoon,
according to a message received
from the Department of Com
merce at Charleston, S. c., where
the colonel took off at $40 a. m.
A 23-mile-an-hour wind was aid
ing the plane on the last leg Of its
world tour.
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
REICH INSISTS
ON BIC ARMY

BERLIN, Dec. 10 Q.N.S0.-The
Hitler government has reaffirmed
its demand for an army Of 100000
regular conscript troops, with one
year of compulsory service, and
for the right to possess all weapons
recognized by the Geneva Disarma-
ment Conference as "defensiye"
without limitation.
Germany's attitude, in the face
Of French resistance, is disclosed
in a note delivered to the French
foreign office this afternoon by
counsellor Armal of the French
embassy, at Berlin.
Germany offers to submit all
semi-military organizations, such
as the Fascist storm troops or
black shirts to control and inSpec-
ton, provided all countries agree
TO the same program.
She likewise offers to enter into
q non-aggression pact with
France.
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
Christmas Business
Has Is Pct. Climb

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 Q.N.SO.
The large department stores all
over the country reported gains
in the Christmas trade this year,
large gains for the most part, in
answering a telegraph survey
made by the National Retail Dry
Goods Association and published
today. The association reported
that in practically every city in
the country Christmas buying is
going on at IAN accelerated and
highly encouraging pace" The
average increase was 18 per cent.
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
BOARD
BROADENS
POWER
Roosevelt Executive Order Is
Issued to Redefine Scope
of Arbitration Work
BY International News Service

Powers of the National Labor
Board, headed by Senator Robert
Wagner CD of New York, were
strengthened and redefined today
by President Roosevelt to embrace
authority to compose all con-
flicts threatening the industrial
peace of the country"
Mr.. Roosevelt has signed an Ex-
ecutive order which interprets the
powers of the Labor Board and
ratifies its actions to date.
Greatly Strengthened
The new Executive order appar-
emily strengthens considerably the
old powers of the body, which on
August; S, were defined as to pass
promptly on any case of hardship
or dispute that may arise from in
depreciation or application of the
Presidents unemployment agree.
ment."
After stating that all actions
heretofore taken by the labor
board were approved and ratified,
the Presidents executive order de-
fined the functions Of the board
as follows:
"TO settle by mediation, con-
ciliatiOn, or arbitration all con-
trOverSieS between employers
and employees which tend to
impede the purposes Of the
National Industrial Recovery
Act, provided, however, the board
may decline to take cOgniZance
of controversies between EN-
plOyers and employees in any
field of trade or industry where
a means of settlement provided
for by agreements, industrial
code, or Federal law has not
been invoked.
TO BACK UP BOARDS
"TO establish local or regional
boards upon which employers
and employees shall be equally
represented and to delegate
thereto such powers and terri
tOrial jurisdiction as the Ma.
tiOnal Labor Board may de-
termine.
"TO renew the determination
Of the local or regional boards
where the public interest SO re-
quires.
"TO make rules and regula-
tiOns governing its procedure
and the discharge of its func-
tons"
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
QU|ZZED
BY J. {. DUKE

Lashing into a severe cross
examination of Assistant United
States Attorney Harold w. Or
cutt, Jesse c. Duke, local attor-
ney on trial in disbarment pro-
ceedings TIA District Supreme
Court, attempted to prove today
that numerous exceptions taken
in a liquor conspiracy trial two
years ago were not made a part
of the Governments brief sent to
the Court of Appeals.
Duke was cited for disbarment
by the District Bar Association
grievance committee for charges
he made against Justice F. D.
Let's and United States Attorney
Leo A. Rover. The lawyer claimed
these officials falsified the bill
of exceptions sent to the appel
late court in the conspiracy case.
At the outset of his examina-
ton, Duke had Orcutt admit 13
defendants went on trial in the
case and there was an under
standing whenever an exception
was taken to one defendant, it
would be available to all.
He read a dozen or more excep-
tions taken on behalf of certain
defendants from the stenographic
transcript of the trial to Orcutt.
He then compared theSee with the
bill of exception prepared by Or
cutt and approved by Justice
Let's and Rover. In each in
stance in the bill of exceptions, it
was shown that the particular ex-
ception was saved merely for the
defendant upon whose behalf it
was made.
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
West Coast Rains
Cause 100000 Loss

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 10
UN.SO.-Two thousand homes
in Aberdeen and Hoquiam were
flooded today as winter rain
mounted past the 23-inch mark.
Damage was estimated at more
100000. Heavy gales continued
to sweep the coast towns, al
though in less velocity than the
raging 90-mile gale which caused
havoc in the North Pacific Sun
day.
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
Tramp Makes Port
With Cargo AbL0ze

LONDON, Dec. 10 Q.N.S0.
Laden with $500 tons of timber,
cotton, and wool from Florida,
the American cargo ship Topa
Topa steamed up the Thames
River today after a three-day
unsuccessful battle with a stub
born fire in her hold. Although
the crew failed in its battle to
subdue the flames. it was sue
cessful in confining the fire to
the hold, and managed to get
the ship into port without loss of
life after one of the most thrill
ing voyages of many a month.
FireboatS eYtinguished the blaze.
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
VITAL ORGANS
Of WOMAN
HOLD Z inc
Dr.. Hunter, of G. w., and DR..
Leon Gordon Also Testify in
Trial of Ferris and Street

"Cancer cure" salve used on
Mrs. Cora L. Britton, for whose
death two physicians are being
tried on manslaughter charges in
circuit court at Rockville, was so
strongly mixed with chloride OF
zinc that the salve ate its way
into wood.
That was the testimony Of DR..
W. B. D. Penniman, once OF the
East's outstanding chemists, IN
whose Baltimore laboratories the
salve was examined.
Lectures the Jury
The physicians on trial are DR..
N, Sherwood Ferris, Of Chevy
Chase, and DR.. Harry R. Street,
Of the 14OO block Girard st. N w.
The elderly chemist, lounging
IN the witness chair, acted the
part of professor lecturing to
the Jury. A large crowd packed
the courtroom.
He told the jury Of breaking
down samples Of the salve taken
from Mrs. Britton's breast when
she was admitted to the South
Baltimore General Hospital April
2 last. She died in agony on
May 4.
The samples he examined con.
tanned 1886 per cent cn!orioe o!
zinc. DR.. Penniman testified, and
he added this was not true per-
centage since the salVe hao
weakened through Tarious causes
G. w. Doctor Talks
Samples Of the salve were put
on pieces Of wood and they ate
their way into it, the chemist
said.
DR., Penniman told Of examing
the kidneys, liver, and bloodstream
of Mrs. Britton and finding guam
titles of zinc chloride in them.
DR.. Penniman followed DR.:
oscar B. Hunter, professor OF
pathology at the George WASH
ington University Medical School,
who told the jlay that zinc
chloride is like the soldering fluids
used now by plumbers. 1t is highly
destructive to both good and mallg'
nant tissue, he said.
Attorneys in Tilt
other medical testimony was
given by DR.. Leon Gordon, promi-
nent young Washington patholo-
gist, who performed an autopsy on
the body of another patient Of the
two physicians who are on trial.
The high spot of the day, from
q legal point, came when Stedman
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The Washington times., 1933-12-19

Following hours Of investigation
United States Park Police said
today they believed the shot which
shattered the windshield Of a
Navy Department mail truck was
fired by a hunter on Columbia
Island.
The truck was back of the
White House, on the Elipse, when
a bullet struck it and sent flying
glass into the face Of Pvt. Leo
w. Ensmier, Marine Corps, de-
tailed as a gu9 ID on the truck
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
IS
FOR FRAUD
ASKED BY
FAHEY
Justice, Post Office 0fficiak
Enlisted to Discover
Influence Claims
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
Nationwide investigation O
charges that individuals have al
tempted to obtain fees for FLINT
applications for loans from thF
Home Owners Loan Corporation.
will be conducted by the Depart
ment of Justice.
John H. Fahey, chairman of the
corporation, today announced ht
had requested the Bureau Of In
vestigation to examine the activ
tiles of these individuals.
Post Office Aid Asked
At the same time Fahey an
snounced the Postmaster General
had been requested to conduct q
similar investigation relative to
the possible use of the mails in
attempts to defraud mortgages
and mortgagors. He said:
eve are placing at the dis.
pOsal of the Justice, Depart
ment such information as we
have obtained concerning the
activities of persons who, claim
ing special influence with this
corporation, have attempted to
obtain commissions from either
mortgages or mOrtgagOrS.
"COmplaintS Of this sort are
not limited to the State Of Illi.
nOis. We have information con.
cerning similar attempts in
some of the other States. Sup
plementing our own inquiries,
which have been under way for
some weeks, we are asking the
Justice Department., through
the Bureau of Investigation, to
carry the matter through with
a view to prosecution if the evi.
dence appears to be sufficient
to warrant that course.
HAVE USED MAILS
"Because we have every rea-
son to believe that the mails
have been used in some Of the
cases of which we have learned,
we are also asking the POStOf-
flee Department to make an in
veStigatiOn."
In connection with the Illinois
situation, where irregularities were
discovered first, Fahey announced
that Philip w. Kniskern, Of New
York city, has been assigned to
Illinois to advise on the appraisal
conditions in that State. He has
been retained by the Home own
ers' Loan Corporation as consult
ing expert on appraisal problems.
Kniskern was described as a
foremost authority on appraisals
and related subjects. He is a
graduate of the University OF
Michigan. His experience has
covered years of work with the
Chicago Trust Company, the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany, and other organizations. He
is president of the American in
stitute of Real Estate Appraisers.
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
Tariff Board Probes
Cotton RUg Imports
By International News Service

BY International News Service
The United States Tariff Com
mission today began an investiga-
ton of NRA charges that impor-
tation of cotton rugs, chiefly from
Japan, was working hardship on
the American industry and juSti-
fled a tariff boost. President
Roosevelt ordered the investiga-
ton after receiving a report from
Recovery Administrator Hugh S.
johnson, based on studies made by
the imports division of the NRA.
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
Fourth Freighter
AgrOund on Coast

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. ~
GNSO.-Fourth freighter to be
disabled by heavy seas in the
North Pacific was aground today
on the mud flats in Elliott Bay.
The vessel is the Admiral Cole,
which ran aground with a cargo
of freight. She was in no danger.
The U. S. Coast Guard Cutter
Redwing stood by the S. S.
Charles L. Wheeler, Jr., aground
on a sand pit at the mouth Of
the Columbia River.
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
Hunters Wild Bullet Hits
Naval Mail Truck

The Marine guard at the Navy
Department was called out and,
with park police, secured the Mall
for the shooter.
Later they learned that some
one had been firing a high-pow-
cred rifle on Columbia Island
about the time the truck was hit.
No trace Of the person has been
found. Police said bullet from
such a rifle could easily carry
from the island to the Ellipse,
about a mile. II,
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
HOME LOAN FEES LEAD TO JAIL THREAT
d. S. Clerks
Giiuen3-Dqy
Holiday

Something new in the Roose-
vlt New Deal" will be handed
the thousands of Government
employees in Washington and
throughout the country. probably
today, by Mr.. Roosevelt.
It will be an executive order,
in appreciation Of the hard
work and loyal cooperation Of the
workers, granting them full Satur-
day holidays this week and next.
Thus, the thousands will have
a three-day holiday at Christmas
and again at New Year. The
order now is being prepared and
may be issued late today or to-
morrow, it was said at the White
House.
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
1000 Fdscists Enter
Prisons in RlLnl1H1i1

BUCHAREST, Dec. 10 U.N.SO.
Two thousand members of the
Fascist Iron Guard" who were
arrested in nation wide raids
last week were en- route today
to concentration camps to work
out their sentences.
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
9 MINERS DIE IN BLAST

VULPOI, Rumania, Dec. 19
QN.S0-This little Gown to-day
the death Of nine
miners. killed in a dynamite
explosion last night.
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
Nail in Lung PrOUes
Fatal to Child of 4

CHICAGO, Dec. 10 GN.S4
Jean Buckingham. 4, who lived
for two years with a nail in her
lung. was dead today from an
infection that had developed.
The Washington times., 1933-12-19
TIBET RULER DIES

CALCUTTA, Dec. 10 G.N.S).
The Dalai Lama, spiritual and
temporal ruler of Tibet, died to-
day at Lhasa at the age Of go.
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(Other Details on Page 81
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RELIEF NEEDED NOW

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Federal re- lief funds must now be made avail able to care for the tens of thou sands of unemployed in New York state. It was said that there are 1,750,OOO unemployed in the state, including 100000 families in des- titute circumstances.
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LABOR PREPARED

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6, - Labor is prepared to use it's "eco- homie force" if necessary to en- force the five-day, 30-hour week in industry, President Wm. Green of the American Federation of La bor told a Senate judiciary sub committee yesterday.
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BE YOUR AGE, PROF!

CHERBOURG, France, Jan. 6, - Professor A. Piccard, explorer of the stratosphere, prior to embark ing for the United States, said he did not fear his heavenly scientific studies but was afraid of the New York reporters
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DARROW LOST CASE

CHICAGO, Jan 6, Clarence Darrow lost his battle yesterday to save James "Iggy the bad one,' , flom the electric chair through setting aside the sentence. Chief Justice John Prystalski, of the
 criminal court, denied the petition.
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Provincial loan board with the elimination of interest for the year, as announced by Premier Anderson, a direct loss of $1,0OO,O00 will re- suit.
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NEW YORK HONEYMOON

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan 6, Joan Blondell, featured film player, and her husband, George Scott Barnes, camerman, left here yesterday for a honeymoon in New York
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BURIAL IN U. s. A.

PARIS, Jan. 6.-The body of Jack Pickford, movie star and brother of Mary Pickford, has been shipped to America on the SS. Europa. His secretary, Miss Grace Moore, is ac- companying the body. Fickford died three days ago after a long ill., ness.
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FAVOR RESOLUTION

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6, - The U. s. Senate judiciary sub committee charged with study of prohibition repeal, voted in fav- or of a resolution for repeal of the amendment.
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present session of the Legislature to investigate Gov. James ROlph, Jr.'s administration of state expen- ditures which have far exceeded revenues.
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BACK TO WORK

LOS ANGELES Jan. 6.-Marlene Dietrich, movie star known as the Blonde Venus" has made amends with Manuel Cohen, president of Paramount Studios, and has re- stunned work on the Song of Songs"
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EXPRESSES APPROVAL

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 6.-The newspaper Rationale expressed ap- proval of the United States action in withdrawing marines from Nica- ragua.
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AVALANCHE OF SNOW

MACE, Ida, Jan. 6, An ava lanche of snow slid into Mammoth Canyon burying four or five houses and killing three people.
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TELEGRAPH BREWNES
CIGARETTES REDUCED

NEW YORK, Jan. 6, The big four cigarettes of the American To- bacco Company have been cut in price from $6.85 per thousand to $6.
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FATALITIES DECREASED

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6, - Automobile fatalities in the United States decreased 13 per cent last year from the preceding year.
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REFUGEES POUR IN

PEIPING, Jan. 6, - Refugees are pouring in from Shanhaikwan; they brought reports that 5000 civ ilian Chinese were killed in the Japanese bombardment of the city.
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ACTOR-AUTHOR DIES

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 6, Berry Connors, one-time actor and au- thor, was asphyxiated in his apart ment. He was alive when removed to hospital, where he died within the hour. He was the author of "The Patsy" 'Hell's Bells" and Too Busy to Work"
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MEANS LARGE LOSS

REGINA, SaSk., Jan. 6, If S16,- 100000 is put out on loan by the
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INVENTORY SALE, J. L. Graef's'
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INVESTIGATE ROLPH

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. G. A bill has been introduced in the
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Soldiers and Sailors
Are Patrolling Havana

Havana. Dec. S.-(P)-Heayy de.
tachulents Of soldiers and sailors
moved into midtown Havana from,
nearby posts early Friday and govern
ment leaders, including President Ra-
mon 0rau San Martin, spent q sleep
less night.
There were long conferences but the
significance Of the parleying was not
made known.
Speculation was aroused by q meet
ing at the palace between DR.. Antonio
Guiteras, secretary Of interior and
war. who has been reported to be plan
ming a coup d'etat to overthrow the
government, and the Uruguayan min
lister, Fernandez De Medina, author OF
a political Cancellation plan.
Much Of the military preparation,
which included further moves toward
terrifying the palace, was due to the
governments desire to be ready for
any disorders in connection with the
inauguration at midnight Of the new
80 per cent law
This law provides that so per cent
Of the employees in all commerce and
industry must be native Cubans. Some
Spanish merchants have threatened
to close shop rather than comply.