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Evening star., 1933-12-22
OFFICIALS HERE SILENT.
United States Expected to Maintain
Policy Of NOn-Interyention.

Acting Secretary William Phillips Of
the State Department declined to make
any comment on news dispatches from
Madrid saying that the Spanish cabinet
had discussed the question of asking the
United States to intervene in Cuba to
protect Spaniards there.
This Government has maintained q
steadfast policy of non-intervention In
Cuba throughout the recent troubles
there and every indication has been
that 1t will adhere rigidly 10 this policy.
Some observers held the view last
night that a Spanish request for inter-
vention would place the United States
in an embarrassing position, inasmuch
as Secretary Hull this week at Monte
video virtually promised that the United
States would not intervene in her neigh
bors' affairs during the life Of the
Roosevelt administration.
Hull, speaking before the Amer
lean assemblage at Montevideo on De-
cember 19, declared:
Il feel safe in undertaking to say
that under our support Of the general
principle of non-intervention, as has
been suggested, no government need
fear any intervention on the part of the
United States under the Roosevelt ad-
miniStration."
Evening star., 1933-12-22

The truth is, Mr.. Roosevelt does not
have the legal authority to continue the
Blue Eagle as is. And he did not try
to do it.
That program rests on individual
contracts Mr.. Roosevelt signed with
each employer. Those contracts expire
January l. They cannot be renewed
unless each employer agrees.
II the President tried to get q
specific agreement from each EN-
ployer it t0ould be difficult and pos
Stbly embarrassing. Every one inside
and outside knot0s that phase of the
~. r. A. program has been least
successful. Some employers mould
not sign again, "a majority probably
pOah)
All Mr.. Roosevelt did in his new
executive order was to invite holders of
the Blue Eagle to continue under it by
merely keeping their Blue Eagle signs
up. Whether that constitutes legal re-
newel of the contract is a question for
lawyers to determine.
At any rate, all man has to do now
to get out of the Blue Eagle is to take
down his sign.
That makes it a lot different from
what 1t was before.
Faced Failure In Valley.
An even stronger proof OF his ability
lay behind his executive order authoriz-
ing Federal loans to Tennessee Valley
citizens for the purchase of electrical
equipment.
The way the announcement was
made, it sounded like q minor expert
ment designed solely to encourage pri-
vate- capital to follow suit.
The fact is that those i0ho inueSti-
gated inside the Muscle Shoals area
found the poper Development waS
encountering q serious problem. NetU
electrical current facilities mere being
provided NTH prospects that they
could not be tidely used because the
consumers had no money
The great masses of poor people have
no funds to buy electric washing ma
chimes, heaters, irons, refrigerators and
such. In that condition they were not
likely to become sales conscious on the
subject Of cheap electricity. The whole
experiment might fail on that unex-
pected point.
Wishes Uncoded Christmas.
The executive Of large corporation
inscribed his Christmas cards to friends
as follows:
AN old wish-not yet taxed. licensed
or stabilized; not N. r. A. manufac-
tured, A. A. A. production controlled or
A. F. L. organized; no gold content re-
duced, paper money value inflated, or
brain trust regulated, on which there
have been no hearings, investigations or
radio broadcasts-is to wish you q
Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year"
Evening star., 1933-12-22
DEATH PARTS TWINS
DURING TOOTH YEAR
Philadelphia Woman Will Cele.
brate Birthday Anniversary
Alone on January 16.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 22.-Death
yesterday parted twins in their Tooth
year
And the survivor will never be told
OF her sisters death.
Mrs. jeanette Lauchheimer-she
would have been 100 years old on
January 16-died at the home here of
her daughter. Mrs. Fannie Harris.
Her twin, Mrs. Henriette Dannen-
baum of Philadelphia, is an invalid
and Mrs. Harris said she will not be
informed of the tragedy. The shock
might kill her.
Always, until last year. the twins
celebrated their birthday anniversaries
together. Indictment weather defeated
last years plan for joint party.
Mrs Dannenbaum, the survivor, has
been Ill for many years. Mrs. LAUGH
heiner was never seriously Ill until
two days ago when she developed
pneumonia.
The sisters came to America 70
years ago from Germany.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
REVOCATION TO BE ASKED.
Fowler will Renew Efforts TO Have DR.
Streets License Revoked.

The District Commissioners will be
asked next week by Health Officer Will
liam G. Fowler to pass on a recommen-
Gation he made some months ago to the
old Board of Commissioners, to revoke
the private hospital license held by
DR.. Harry R. Street, since tried and
acquitted of a manslaughter charge as
an Outgrowth of a cancer treatment.
When charges first We're preferred
against DIR. Street and his associate,
Dr.. Sherwood Ferris, Dr., Fowler inyes-
tlgated the private hospital In the l4OO
block of Girard street northeast.
Fowler recommended that the license
be revoked, contending that the insti-
tuition did not have the hospital equip
ment normally regarded as of standard
requirement. The old Board of Com
missioners withheld decision, however,
to await the outcome OF the trial.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
SPAIN MAY ASK j. s.
!. TO ACT IN CUBA
Madrid Considering Request
for Intervention to Pro-
tect Spaniards.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID, December 22.-The Span
ish government, disturbed by recent
anti-Spanish outbursts in Havana, con-
sidered today a course Of possible action
to protect Spaniards in Cuba.
The cabinet met in lengthy session
today, but emerged from their con-
ference chamber to announce they
had decided nothing regarding the
Cuban situation.
One high government offlcial ex-
pressed the personal opinion that the
logical solution lay in conferring with
the United States Government. in re-
gard to enforcing the Platt amendment.
This amendment provides for Amer
ican Intervention in Cuba under certain
conditions.
Such a move, the oficial said, had
been discussed at several sessions of
the Spanish cabinet, but nothing ever
came Of it.
Many Spaniards have beer arrested
and some repeatedly slain and wounded
In outbreaks in Havana for and against
Cuba's new law requiring that so per
cent Of all employees be natives.
Havana's large Spanish population
has opposed the law vigorously.
OFFICIALS HERE SILENT.
Evening star., 1933-12-22

domestic liquor supply. This was made
urgent when it became known that the
import quotas from all countries had
virtually expired and that France act
ually had completed her imports under
the original 7S4 gallon allotment.
While these international negotiations
were proceeding 1t was learned that
members Of Congress already had be-
gun framing legislation to combat
charges Of high prices and low quality
for the new legal liquor.
One Representative has drafted a bill
for introduction which would limit
liquor retail prices to cost. plus tax
plus 10 per cent On the other side of
the Capitol Senator Barbour, Repub-
lican, Of New Jersey, has declared him.
self for high quality and low price,
coupling this with the added statement
that people want some assurance OF
safety to health and morals when they
buy"
The wine-fruit agreement with France
was reached after many conferences be-
| tween the French commercial attache
Maurice Garreau- -DombaSle. and COM
mittee headed by Dr. Frederick Livesey
of the State Department and Ray. Mil
Ter of the Federal Alcohol Control Ad-
miniStration.
Under the agreement a market in
France for about 1000, 900 bushels OF
American apples and pears, chiefly
apples, as the pear exporting season Is
! about over. was assured between now
and April 1. The French government
gave written assurances that this guam
tity OF American fruit would be sold
regardless Of the increase in cost pro-
duced by the imposition Of taxes on
| licenses to import
Other Countries Heard.
Representatives Of Portugal, Spain
Haiti and Hungary also were heard by
the committee yesterday. Spain sought
an increase of 395.000 gallons in its
wine quota. American officials expressed
willingness to consider such an in
crease If Spain would buy more tobacco
IN this country.
The final determination of how much
and in what manner the Federal Gov
ernment Will control liquor must be de-
clded by Congress The Federal Alco-
hol Control Administration, created by
President Roosevelt. is of a temporary
nature; Its life expires on December
81. although it is probable the Presi-
dent Will continue 1t until Congress de-
cldes what permanent agency it desires
TO administer all control except that re-
idGIlls 10 revenue, Wnlcn Is function
OF the Bureau Of Internal Revenue
1t Is expected that the bills relating
directly to control will be handled by
the Judiciary Committees of the Senate
and House
Chairman Ashurst OF the Senate
committee said he had not talked with
committee members, but that he per-
sonally believed the matter of control,
SO far as legislation was concerned, re-
yolVed around two points-keeping
liquor out of dry States and whipping
into shape any laws necessary for
strengthening the liquor tax system.
Two Courses Are Open.
Two general courses are open to
Congress in enacting legislation relating
purely to the control phase of the uues-
tion-to set up its own agency or to
continue by congressional enactment
the life of the Federal Alcohol Control
Administration.
In either case, 1t was pointed out,
the complaints of prices and quality
are more than likely to crop up in con-
sideration of the proposed legislation.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
YOUTH is KILLED
while HE AWAITS
TOYS FROM SANTA
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automobile was not exceeding the speed
limit at the. time of the mishap. Judge
Gus A. Echuldt, in Police Court yester-
day, ordered him held In $500 bond for
grand Jury action.
Childress, meanwhile, had been held
for the coroner's inquest, which was
begun today.
Accompanying Johns letter were
three other notes-from his sisters,
Lucy, S, and Pauline, 3, and his brother,
Angelo, 6. Their letters were much
the same as his.
'The Darcangelo children's Christ
mas needs will be taken care Of" said
Miss Mary Edith Coulson. welfare and
recreation secretary Of the council. "Ill
see to that personally"
Evening star., 1933-12-22
POST OFFICE HANDLES
IS PER CENT MORE
MAIL THIS CHRISTMAS
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The saving has been so trivial, it was
pointed out, that the majority of greet
ing card senders are paying the half
cent difference.
Merchants were prepared today for q
laSt-minute rush OF business tomorrow.
expected to be an unusually heavy
trading day; due to the GoveTnment mem,
works Administration pay checks.
Delivery trucks of retail establish
TntntS arc making the rounds until late
hours and it is expected that it will be
necessary to keep the delivery force at
work in most of the stores on Sunday.
The retail code provides that this may
be done, in cases Of emergency, but en-
ployes must be paid overtime wages
equivalent to one-third over their reg
ular pay.
A survey Of the retail trade situation
here today revealed a pronounced feel
:. of optimism among the Capitals
merchants. In almost every instance a
volume of business far in excess of 1882
is expected when tabulations are made
at the end of the month.
1t was pointed out that Christmas
business was largely crowded into De-
that Thanksgiving day was November
80. The customary effect of this holi-
day is to start yule gift buying. but
when 1t came the last day of the month,
merchants were deprived of an extra
week. Added to this, they point out, is
Christmas eve coming on Sunday. re-
ducing the shopping period by another
day.
The experience of some merchants
has been that the last two weeks have
exceeded their expectations. One store
manager optimistically reported sales in
excess of 1891, and "the best since
1890"
Merchandise carried into the District
by the railroad and trucking companies
this year, consigned to retail establish
ments, exceeded by several thousand
tons the volume Of last year, 1t Is re.
ported.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
SCHOOL PARTY TODAY
Mpmbpry NJ tha WO0duOrd Gnhnhl m

Boys were to hold their annual Christ
mas party this afternoon at the Y.
M. G. A.
There were to be as many Santa
Clauses as there were members Of the
school. each student being designated
to bring a gift.
The party marked the close Of school
for the holidays. John Call and David
Humphrey had charge of arrangements
for the party.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
Unlike Typical Woman Spy.

Unlike motion picture characterize
tions of female spies, Nine Stahl ,s
40 years old and with none of the
characteristics of the traditional screen
type. Nevertheless, the police indicated
that because of her Martin found his
monotonous middle-class life of a pro-
lessor OF languages was invaded by ad.
venture.
The police gave out the impression
that the cases Of Nine. Stahl and Mr..
and Mrs Switz were separate.
The American couple will be the first
Of the accused to be questioned on the
evidence obtained, the investigating
magistrate announced today.
The magistrate, M. Benon. said he
would examine the couple tomorrow in
the presence Of Switz's lawyer, Charles
Moyse, as French law requires. on the
basis of a deposition made by Chief of
Detectives MartZ.
M. Martz has directed the military
angles of the case, pointing. police
claim, to both Soviet Russia and Ger
many, from the very outset OF the
widespread but secret operations of
French authorities.
Search Goes Eastward.
From Paris. the French anti-espion-
age SeIElce spread lCS lnVeSQgatlOn
aboard-notably to warsaw, where
leaders believed important documents
relating to the innermost secrets OF
Frances far-hung defense system of
forts and trenches had been sent.
Il am innocent of connections with
the spy gang" Switz, 29-year-old East
Orange, N. j.. native, told his lawyer
in Sante Prison last night.
He said he was "the Virtir,o ~
ror" and protested voluably against the
detention Of his wife, who formerly was
Marjorie Tilley. %, of New York.
The Switzes and other foreigners
among those in custody might be de-
ported, authorities said, unless danger
Gus evidence should be disclosed against
them.
Names of the others held in the case
were listed as Mile Madeleine Mermit.
%. a French school teacher; Benjamin
Bercowitz and his wife, Clara, Ruma-
mans; Noise Salmon, 26, and his wife,
Chana, q, Polish medical students and
Doucham Narandison AZ. Serbian jour-
nalist.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
What's What
Behind News
if, Capital: II
Roosevelt Finesse s
:. Trouble, Making
I'D 1t Disappear.
~ PAUL MALLON.

KR. ROOSEVELT has a neat way
M OF making virtue out Of a
necessity, so that no one
/ i knows the difference.
All political leaders strive
to master that trick, but few have been
able to approximate the finesse which
appears to come natural to the Presi-
dent.
vantage in his Blue Eagle executive
order. The White House announced
firmly that he was issuing the order
continuing the campaign. The impli-
cation was clear that everything was
just perfect, that nothing was being
changed. that the program was to go
on as usual.
That is the way the story went out.
Evening star., 1933-12-22

the purposes OF the act; to purchase,
lease or acquire equipment for rectify-
ing, blending, etc.; to determine the
nature and form Of labels and seals; to
poenas requiring the attendance Of wit
nesses, and to do other things deemed
necessary or advisable by the board
for the purposes Of the act.
The regulations promulgated by the
board need not be uniform in their ap-
plication. It shall make detailed re-
ports to the Governor at stated periods
and annually.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
Provisions Retained.

oence, ana Inen reporting all the Facts
to the Judge.
Provisions Retained.
the original section and the revised pro-
posal are aimed at the commercial vio-
latOrs Of the proposed license law, since
the element Of sale Is written into the
phraseology of both provisions.
In its present form the draft retains
the essential features of the original
search warrant section, but amplified
to define and make positive detailed
requirements, most of which probably
would have been followed in the car
rying out Of the former provision.
Corporation Counsel Bride refrained
today from discussing the detailed
language OF the search warrant section
as 1t stands, since 1t still awaits action
by the Commissioners. The corporation
counsel did not hesitate, however, to
express his general belief that some
search warrant authority should be in
local law enforcement officials are to
be in position to prevent operation
OF unlicensed establishments.
We have got to have it." Mr.. Bride
said, referring to the general subject
of search warrant procedure. There
will be no trouble in getting into
licensed places, but we would never
be able to get into speakeasies with
out it,
Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superin-
tendent Of police, agreed today with
Mr.. Bride as to the necessity for some
type OF search warrant authority in the
new control law. Like the Corporation
Counsel. he also was not In a position
to discuss what the detailed provisions
are or should be, while the bill is still
in the process of being drafted and
acted on by the Commissioners.
At present the police still have the
warrant provisions of the national pro-
hibition act, which the Attorney Cen
eral ruled is still in operation in the
District. With the passage of a local
liquor control measure by Congress,
however, the Volstead law will cease to
operate here.
Buys" Usually Attempted.
Assistant District Attorney David
Hart, in charge of prohibition prose-
cutions at Police Court, explained that
under the national prohibition &C:
search warrants for dwellings can only
but that In the case of business prop
erty search warrants can be issued on
tiie OASIS OF conQltlonS observed py en-
lorcetnent officers as well as BY making
a purchase. He said that, as a gem
eral rule, however, they try to proceed
by making buy at a suspected place
because 1t results in q stronger case
Mr.. Hart said he had for some time
been opposed to the use of paid inform
ers except where their testimony could
be corr0borated by the enforcement
officer, and that in recent years the
practice here has been to detail young
policemen to make the purchase be-
cause they are not known or recognized
as enforcement officers. He said the
question of probable cause in connec-
tion with the legality of liquor arrests
is difficulty which arises mostly when
automobiles are stopped and the objec-
tion is raised that there was not prob
able cause for the search.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
STATE LIQUOR SALE
ASKED IN VIRGINIA
Commission Would Permit
= Sealed Packages for off,
Premises Consumption. &
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, December 22.-The
sale of distilled liquors exclusively
through State diSpensaries in sealed
packages only, for off-premises consump-
ton, and a private license system for
the sale of wine and beer, were recon-
mended last night in majority re-
port from the legislative commission
studying liquor control.
Complete control would lie in an
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Of
three full-time members, appointed by
the Governor, at salaries of $500 a
year each, vested with broad and
sweeping powers to enforce the law
and combat the bootlegger.
Beverages of less than 80 per cent
alcohol by weight were declared non-
Intoxicating and not subject to the pro-
visions Of the proposed act.
The State, under the suggested law,
would import or purchase from Virginia
distillers and manufacturers, all alco-
holic beverages other than beer, and
would dispense distilled liquor to the
public through State stores, whose To-
cations would be determined by the
board
The individual would not be required
TO obtain a permit to purchase liquor,
nor would he be required to give his
name. Not more than one gallon might
be purchased by one person at one
time.
Hotels, restaurants, clubs, dining cars
and boats would be permitted to sell
wine and beer by the glass for con-
sumption on the premises, with or
without meals, in designated rooms.
other private licenses would be re-
stricted to the sale of beer and wine
in sealed packages for off-premises con-
{ sumption.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
NAMED WORTHY MATRON

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SEAT PLEASANT, Md, December
22.-Mrs. Nettie Lamp has been elected
worthy rnatron of Seat Pleasant Chap
ter. Order of the Eastern Star.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
SW|TzS WILL DENY !
SPY CHARGE GUILT
American Issues Vigorous
Rejoinder, Charging False
Arrest In France.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 22.-Mr. and Mrs
Robert Switz Of East Orange, N. J..
held in two separate prison cells, pre-
pared today to face a French Judge
with the plea that they had been en-
meshed innocently in a French police
net cast to trap mysterious band of
dealers In international military secrets.
The defense Of innocence was out
lined at night conference between
the American couple and Charles
MoySe, their lawyer, while French In
vestigators dug into an immense ac-
emulation of documents.
The Investigators, operatives of the
Surete Centrale, sought a clue to the
invisible powers behind an organiza-
tion they claim to be directed against
the military power of France.
Leaders Escape Feared.
The secret service fears that the
trails to the hidden sources of the
alleged espionage have been cut by
overzealous police in premature arrest
of the mere tools Of master minds.
These trails, they said they believed,
led to Finland and the frontier of
Germany.
Secret service operatives said they
thought it would require additional
months of searching before they could
reach the bottom Of what appeared to
be two distinct plots.
The suspicion that the band might
have been commercially organized
espionage corporation buying secrets
wherever obtainable and peddling them
to the highest bidders, further confused
the efforts made by the police to put
their big puzzle together.
The black-haired, gypsy-featured
Russian woman, Lidia Tchekaloff Stahl
one of the police prisoners, was called
a superspy by the men who captured
They said she seemed to have had
access to French military secrets
through an infatuation by Louis Mar
tin, 43, a translator in the ministry
of marine.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
JOHNSON PROTESTS
c. W. A. PAY HIGHER
THAN IN INDUSTRIES

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words" and that he could not be dis
turbed by it.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
S2 TAX ON SPIRITS
MEETS APPROVAL
House Group Rejects Plan
for State AIIocationS Due
to Difficulties.
Government to continue increasing th'

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Evening star., 1933-12-22
FORD VIOLATIONS
OF CODE CHARGED
BY A. +. or |. HEAD

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Evening star., 1933-12-22
ADMITS BANK LOSS
WASNOT REPORTED
Lord DiscIoses in Senatorial
Probe Stockholders Were
Not Apprised.

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Evening star., 1933-12-22
RIGGS PROPOSES
CAPITAL EXPANSION
BY SALE OF STOCK

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issue search warrant. describing the
premises in question. 1t then described
the directions to be followed by the
police in serving the warrant. taking
possession Of any beverages and appur-
tenances found. holding these for evil
dence, and then reporting all the facts
to the Judge.
Evening star., 1933-12-22
REVISED RUM BILL
TIGHTENS USE OF
SEARCH WARRANT 7

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