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Evening star., 1933-04-19
PROBE
WILL OPEN MONDAY
House Labor Committee to
Hold Hearings on Perkins
Proposals.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The House Labor Committee voted
today to begin consideration on Mon
day Of the five-day-week bill with the
minimum wage and production control
amendments suggested by Secretary
Perkins.
1T Is our intention to make the hear
ings as short as possible so we can re-
port the bill to the House for action"
Chairman Connery said.
He announced that the opening hear
ings would be deyoted to testimony by
administration representatives. to be
followed by leaders for organized labor
and then by manufacturers. --..----
Prospective Witnesses.
Among those who will be asked to
appear, Connery said, are HerTy Ford,
Gerard Swope of General Electric. Al
fred p. Sloan, jr.. OF General Motors,
Franklin Hobbs of the Textile Founda-
tion, Henry I. Hartman Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce of the United States,
william Green and Matthew Vol,
representing the American Federation
Of Labor, and Michael McDonough and
Charles Howard, representing, respec-
lively, the Building Trades and the
typographical Unions.
Realizing" said Connery, that
these proposals for production control
and a minimum wagel have never
been passed upon by either branch Of
Congress or by the public, the COM
mittee voted to have hearings to study
them.
Great Interest Shown.
"At no time in my 10 years as a men,
Der OF Congress have known the
persons concerned to show greater in
terest in pending proposition. Econ
omists and manufacturers have swamped
me, and other committee members, with
requests for time to discuss the pro-
poSalS.
"The chief interest seems to enter in
the proposals to establish minimum
wages and to prevent interstate trans
portation of goods made in violation of
the minimum wage or maximum hours
stipulations."
Evening star., 1933-04-19

A warrant for the arrest Of Repre-
sentative F.. H. Shoemaker, Farmer
Labor member of the House from
Minnesota and ex-convict, on a charge
of assault, was asked of the Assistant
United States District Attorneys office
at Police Court today as the result of
an alleged attack made by the Repre-
sentative last night on the occupant Of
an adjoining apartment in the
Chastleton.
The warrant was requested by
Theodore Cohen, who said he was
punched in the eye by the Representa-
tive with such effect that several
stitches were required to close the
wound
Representative Shoemaker explained
today that he went to the Cohen apart
ment because his nerves were frayed
by too much singing Of Sweet Ade-
line"
II stood 1t three nights" he said.
Evening star., 1933-04-19
|MP0UNDED FUNDS
HALT PARK WORK
$840, 900 Is Withheld Ten
Employees Discharged.
Fairgrounds Hit.

A far-reaching order, impounding
S84O. 900 Of funds used by the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission
for land purchases and salaries was is
sued late yesterday by the Budget Bu-
reau and is considered tantamount to
"junking" the park and playground
development program in the District
and the nearby Maryland valleys. as
well as the George Washington Memo
rial Parkway.
Ten employees Of the commission
mostly surveyors,-were notified, with
out any previous warning, that they
would be placed Immediately on fur
Tough without pay.
Lieut.. Col. q. s. Grant. Sd, director
of Public Buildings and Public Parks,
and executive officer of the commission,
declined to issue any statement on the
effect of the order, but conceded that
10 employees had been summarily noti-
fed of the loss of their jobs.
Purchasing Officer Notified.
H Tudor Morsell, land purchasing
officer of the commission, one OF the 10
notified, will be retained little while
longer, Col. Grant said, because OF the
necessity of his closing out Of pending
negotiations.
The survey party Of nine men has
been working recently on the George
Washington Memorial Parkway, which
is mapped out to run southwark from
Great Falls, along both banks OF the
Potomac to Fort Washington, Md, and
Mount Vernon, Va; doing survey work
in the District. finding out what owner
ship boundaries are in land which the
Federal Government has been assisting
in purchasing or is about to buy. and
in looking up land titles and marking
out the boundaries OF various projects.
Impounding Of the $840 600 brings to
halt-for the present, at least-the
further development OF park lands IN
the nearby Maryland valleys. It affects
particularly section Of Sligo Valley
and unit No. in Cabin John Valley.
The commission. as agent for the Fed
eral Government. was planning on ad-
vancing a large share of the S840, 900 to
the Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission so that de-
velopment of those park areas might
proceed. The Maryland authorities have
been utilizing unemployed in the
park areas and officials here today saw
in the withholding of the Federal
money, which would have been loaned
to Maryland under the Capper- -Cramton
park purchase act, an impairment Of
unemployment relief there.
Unexpended Balance.
The $4,000 represent the unex-
pended balance of an appropriation of
$3,000,O00 made in 1882, to remain
available until spent.
Oficials of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission said
that land purchases have been going
forward in the city so as to form a
skeleton Fort Drive, pretentious mo-
tor highway designed to link up the
old Civil War forts encircling Wash
ington. Impounding of the money,
which was to have been used for pur-
chasing land to fill in the gaps in this
fCork{~roJ ~, Doro Co1,,yor
Evening star., 1933-04-19
Government RetaIiates for
Prosecuting Subjects, Bar
ring 5000 of Imports From
Soviet After April 26.
APPEAL TO BE MADE
AGAINST SENTENCES
Thornton Given Three and Mac
Donald Two Year Terms-One
Is Acquitted and Three Are Or
dered to Leave Country-Rus-
slams Sent to Jail.

LONDON, April 10 CR.-Great
Britain clamped down an 80
per cent embargo against Soviet
goods to"ay, but a few hours
after the drastic action had
been taken it was authorita-
lively said that it might be
Withdrawn If the Russian au-
thoritieS commuted the prison
sentences of two British en-
gineerS convicted of sabotage.
MOSCOW, April 10 R.-The
Central Executive Committee of
Soviet Russia was petitioned
today to commute to exile for
life" the prison sentences i'm
posed early this morning on
L. c. Thornton and William l..
Macdonald, British engineers
who were convicted of espio-
mage, sabotage and bribery.
b. the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 19-Great Britain
answered the conviction of British en-.
gineers in Moscow by declaring today ,
partial embargo against Soviet good,
which will shut out approximately &C
per cent of Russia's imports into the
United Kingdom.
On the basis Of current trade figure,
the embargo. which becomes effective
April 26, will bar imports aggregatina
fs,6oo,ooo currently. s33.eo0, ,oOo) an
nually.
The proclamation was signed by Kina
George at Windsor Castle and was pub
Ished in the London Gazette.
1t prevents all importations of Soviet
butter, wheat, barley, oats and maize in
grain; poultry and game, raw cotton,
petroleum oils; wood and timber, hewn,
sawn. planed or dressed, and articles
manufactured wholly or partly of wood
and timber.
Authorized by Parliament.
Parliament authorized. this action last
week as a measure of retaliation against
the prosecution of six British subjects
in the Moscow sabotage and espionage
trial.
The King held a privy council meet
ing at the castle this morning to ap-
prove the proclamation under the Rus
sian goods import prohibition act passed
by Parliament.
The councillors travelled in motor cars
from London to the meeting. which
lasted only Is minutes. Stanley Bald
win, president of the council in the
cabinet, and Sir John Simon, foreign
secretary, remained for some time with
the King while other councillors re-
turned to London.
Baldwin is acting prime minister dur
ing the absence of Ramsay Macdonald,
now en- route to the United States.
Hope was held in London that the
(Continued IN paCo 0 Col,,nor ~
Evening star., 1933-04-19
R00SEVE[TFORCES
IN NHOUSE ABANDON
TIGHTENING RULES
Advocates of Currency In
fIation Win Skirmish After
Rump Caucus.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The House Democratic leadership
today abandoned the ambitious plan to
clamp down tight rules on the House,
surrendering to strong opposing senti-
ment without skirmish in the open.
Speaker Rainey and Representative
Byrns Of Tennessee. the Democratic
leader. passed the word that they had
abandoned the attamnt-. ipczease
from 145 to 218 the number of petit
tioners necessary to force a bill out
Of committee and onto the floor for a
vote.
Against Tighter Rule.
The capitulation occurred after SO
insurgents, led by Representatives How
ard and Carpenter of Nebraska, Pat
man and Dies of Texas, in a rump
caucus yesterday went on record
against the tighter rule, which would
have prevented action On any legisla-
ton except that recommended by
President Roosevelt's leaders.
Only last week Rainey and Byrns
were defeated in a move to bind the
membership IN q secret caucus W sup
port their plan. The chiefs had ex-
pressed fear that few radical" DEM
ocrats and the Republicans might
seize control Of the legislative pro-
gram" from the big 3l3 Democratic
majority. .
The present liberal rule was supported
in the last Congress by Rainey. when
the Democrats had but 220 members,
against the 214 Republicans and one
Farmer-Laborite. The Speaker said
this time that he wanted the tight rule,
which was in effect under the late
Speaker Nicholas Longworth (Repub-
lican, Ohio to keep the control with
the majority, which has the response
bility."
Advocates Of Imitation.
Opponents to the 21S discharge rule
include the advocates Of currency in
flation and cash bonus payment legis-
lation. Patman said the leaders In the
group had not planned to file petitions
to force out such legislation until after
the Roosevelt program was enacted.
I'VE licked them," he said after to-
days development.
The Rules Committee which had ap-
proved the change yesterday had
planned to bring the issue to the floor
tomorrow, when it was notified to lay on.
Evening star., 1933-04-19
SUFFERS SLIGHT COLD
AND CONFINES SELF TO STUDY
No Concern Expressed Over Illness Considering Only
Most Pressing Business.

during the past "a hours, the President
insisted upon seeing the newspaper cor
respondents rather than cancel the reg
ular bi-weekly press conference. To do
this it was necessary to receive the
nearly 100 man and woman press rep
resentatives in his study rather than
in his Office in the executive office.
The President appeared in his Gus
tomary happy and exuberant spirits,
and joked about his slight ailment. He
said he hadn't the slightest idea how
he caught the cold, but suspected he
had been talking too much"
President Roosevelt contracted SIM
liar cold during the closing days Of the
presidential campaign which resulted in
his being confined to his bed at the
Governors mansion in Albany for 10
days. At that time the Governor had
kept several speaking engagements In
heavy rain which was responsible for
his catching cold. Since then he has
had no reoccurence of his ailment until
late yesterday when he commenced
feeling an irritation In his throat.
Evening star., 1933-04-19
SUGARS INCLUDED
IN FARM AID BILL
Added to Basic Commodities
Over Democratic Lead
ers' Protest.
BY the Associated Press.


Sugar beets and sugar cane were
administration farm bill by the Sem
ate today over the opposition Of Demo
cratic leaders. The vote for was A
to 81.
The proposition was related closely
to the tariff as compensating duty
on imported sugar would be provided
to equalize the processing tax on do
mestic sugar, but the lineup varied
from former tariff votes, with many
high-tariff Republicans voting against"
and many low-tarit Democrats vot-
ing for"
Nineteen Republicans, twenty four
Democrats and the Farmer-Laborite,
ShipStead of Minnesota, answered aye
and II Republicans and 26 Democrats
voted mo-
Senator Robinson of Arkansas. the
Democratic leader, moved reconsider
alton shortly after the vote was an
nounced, but a point Of order that
Robinson had voted mo" and, there
fore, was ineligible to make such q
motion, was sustained by the chair.
With monetary imitation proposals
put aside at least temporarily, leaders
hoped the remaining sections of the
farm measure could be disposed of
today and the way cleared tor other
parts Of President Roosevelt.s domestic
emergency program now piling up in
committee. They predicted the farm
bill would be approved by the Senate.
The administration is said to be study
ing sugar quota allotment plan to i'm
prove and stabilize prices in this coun-
try with the economic rehabilitation of
Cuba as corollary. The plan would
be worked out under the farm relief
legislation, with Cuban imports to this
country set at 1000, 900 tons annually.
The farm program has been approved
by the House, but after the expected
passage by the Senate it must go back
to the House for concurrence In amend
mentS.
Evening star., 1933-04-19
MEMBER OF HOUSE BLAMES
.SWEET ADELINE" FOR ATTACK
Warrant Sought for Shoemaker, Former Convict, on
Charge of Punching Apartment Neighbor in the Eye

"and that was enough. Last night they
were dancing in there and there was
noise from the radio, from a ukelele
and from the gang singing Sweet
Adeline.'
II called up three times for them to
put q stop to the noise and finally I
had to come down to stop it myself. I
did hit Cohen. That was because he
came at me In a threatening manner.
arranged to have . doctor visit him
afterward"
Shoemaker said he had the names Of
five women who were present In the
apartment at the time. He said he did
not expect the case to be prosecuted.
According to the story told court
officials, the complainant and his three
roommates, Arthur Hausman, Milton
Morris and Albert Lozitt, were enter
tanning Mr. and Mrs. william Miller,
friends Of Cohen, last night in their
apartment. The radio was turned on.
About 1915 pm. the telephone rang
and Cohen answered. A voice In
formed him that the owner Of the
voice would break their necks" II they
did not "cut of that RADIO" according
CONTINUED On Page 2, Column a.
Evening star., 1933-04-19
HOUSE committee
0. KS. RELIEF BILL
Republicans to File Minority Re-
port on $500,000 900 Gift
Measure.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The House Banking Committee today
approved the $5O0,OOO,00O Wagner
Lewis bill with its provisions for direct
relief grants to the States.
Chairman Steagall said the vote was
IS to 6.
Representative Luce of Massachu-
sets. ranking Republican. announced
he would file a minority report on the
measure in behalf of the members Of
his party.
The Senate has passed the bill and
a House vote soon is due, that chamber
being in recess today.
Meanwhile, legislation to speed loans
from the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration to States and subdivisions for
construction purposes-part of the ad-
ministration program for relieving un-
employment-wasc considered by Sem
ate committee.
Harvey Couch, director, testified that
the Wagner bill to lberalize the law
under which such loans can be made
would open field for employment in
sound and needed projects" and stimu-
late trade "all along the line
The bill would remove the restriction
that loans must be self -liquidating and
would only require that they be need
full and in the public interest"
Couch testified that only $l97,000,0 900
Of loans have been authorized by the
corporation under the law enacted by
Congress last year. More than $780,
100000 Is available.
In the House committee the only
creasing from 5000. .000, 900 to $250, 0,000,-
600 the amount that Is to be given to
the States on the basis Of the Federal
dollar for each three local dollars.
Under this change $3.50 ,000, 900. the bal
Ance Of the total, may be an outright
gift.
Evening star., 1933-04-19
Withdraws Support of U. S.
Dollar in Foreign Exchanges
to Aid Domestic Markets.
CONTROLLED PRICES AND CREDIT
I AS WELL AS CURRENCY PROJECTED
Congress Inflationists Checked by White
House Move-Woodin in Conference
With Reserve Bank Governors.
BY the Associated Press.


President today the international and do
,nestic fronts American levels
wages and credit.
attention the forthcoming world economic
strengthen his hand these negotiations
position with the foreign which have
standards of he withdrew support
remposng the gold
embargo.
He evinced bringing all
nations gold sandardperhapS than
existing per gold for
bringing restoration Of the world monetary situation
mmeasuraby improving position
Evening star., 1933-04-19
AkrOn's Hulk Still
Missing as Search
At Sea Continues
Wreckage Found Yester.
day Proves to Be Side
of Control Car.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ABOARD U. S. S. PORTLAND. April
l9.-The Navy still had not found the
hulk of the dirigible Akron today but
a group of expert divers and 20 search
ing vessels continued combing the area
in which one side of the control room
and much fabric were picked up.
The search was restricted to an area
If about two square miles approximately
80 miles due east of Atlantic City and
IL miles from the scene of the crash
Of the Akron two weeks ago.
Several craft reported striking heavy
objects with drags repeatedly. Divers
floor from the salvage ship Falcon,
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1933-04-19
Prices Leap UP.
in Grain and
Cotton.
SILVER FUTURES.
SHOW BIG GAIN
Slump in Dollar
Abroad Spurts
Buying Here.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 19.-Stocks
and commodities swept upward
under heavy buying today.
Word that the Government was
seeking to put more dollars to
work in the drive against defla-
ton sent waves of speculative en-
thusiasm rolling over the New
York Stock Exchange, the Chicago
Board of Trade and other markets
which trade in the basic staples.
The same news, however, had
a reverse effect on dollar exchange
and on highest grade bonds.
European currencies scared spec
tacularly in terms of Uncle Sans
money while gi1t-edged fixed in
come securities, interpreting the
results Of the Governments pro-
gram as infiationary, reacted.
President Roosevelt's restora-
ton of the gold embargo meant
that the dollar was to be put
on it's own" in world markets.,
while its expanded use at home
was apparently to be pushed
through means provided by the
recent emergency banking legisla-
ton.
Commodity Shares Soar.
On the stock exchange, the so-called
commodity shares raised up merrily as
it became known that the administra-
ton aimed at improvement IN prices
Of staples.
Gains ranged from 81 to more than
IS share IN many active stocks and
trading was brisk, especially at the
opening. United States Steel commcn
jumped about 81 to new 1888 high
at Just under $36, while the preferred
rose 50 to $50. Shares Of United States
Smelling, Refining & Mining, silver
producer, jumped more than IS to S38,
while Kennecott and Anaconda Cop
pers advanced dollar or SO each. Al
lied Chemical improved $1.50 to $S3.75,
Liggett & Myers "B" about $3.50 to
s7O37, National Steel $3.25 to $26.25.
Sears, Roebuck, $150 to SPOTS; st.
Joseph Lead, 81 to $14.87, and Stand
ard Oil of New Jersey, $1.25 to $30.12.
Utilities were heavy, apparently because
of a current move for lower rates in
New York City.
Silver Futures Strong.
Wheat at Chicago opened buoyantly
at advances of about ~ to nearly 3
cents bushel, New York cotton jumped
around SIPS bale, while sugar, rub
Der, coffee, hides, flour and many other
staples were strong. Most markets
were subject to occasional reactions as
ripples of proflt-taking appeared, but
the general tone was strong except in
bonds. Silver was very strong.
Stocks traded so actively in the first
hour that the ticker ran several minutes
behind actual transactions on the ex-
change floor. Blocks of 1000 shares
or more were numerous. One 10000
share block of National Steel changed
hands at $2525, while similar trans
action In General Motors was made
at SIS.
Sales to noon reached the large VOL
ume of 2,02o,00 shares compared with
100000 in the same period yesterday.
Advances in foreign exchanges
reached large proportions. BY noon
sterling cables were quoted at $3.62h;
up 101a cents. French francs had risen
one-f1fth Of cent to 4.21 cents, Swiss
francs six-tenths cent to 2025 cents
Dutch guilders more than a cent to
1925 cents, and the italian lira four
teen hundredths Of a cent to 5.32 cents
Evening star., 1933-04-19
WOMAN Is KILLED
IN 14-STORY PLUNGE
Philadelphia Hotel Victim Identi-
fed as Mrs. o. G. Hunting
ton of Baltimore.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, April ia woman
who registered as Mrs. o. G. Huntington
Of Baltimore, Nd, plunged to her death
from the fifteenth floor of a mid-city
hotel early today. Her body landed on
the street at the rear.
The victim, of middle age and appar-
emily Of some means, registered at the
hotel yesterday afternoon.
Evening star., 1933-04-19
Recently Moved to New York.

''y Nove" 20 NC" 1ofK'
BALTIMORE, April 10 CR).-Mrs. o.
G. Huntington, who plunged to her
death from the fifteenth floor of Phil
adelphia Hotel, was the wife of Warner
Dare Huntington, a vice president of the
Dawson Chemical Co., now in receiver
ship.
Mr.. and Mrs. Huntington moved from
Baltimore to New York about six months
ago. They were married in Knoxville,
Tenn, June 4, 1902. There are two
children, Mrs. Robert p. Bradford of
New York and William Henry Hunting
ton Of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1933-04-19
BALL GAME OFF

Nationals and Red Sox to Play
on Ladies' Day, June 2.
in calling of the Nationals-Red Sox
game today because of bad weather,
the Washington club announced the
game will be played of on an open
date, Friday, June 2, which will be
ladies day."
Evening star., 1933-04-19
Yesterdays Advertising.

The Star is read in $4,000
more homes than in the boom
times, five years ago. People
want to know what is going
on and are keenly interested
in the news and advertising Of
the day.
Evening star., 1933-04-19
PRISONERS AND POLICE
BATTLE IN JAIL BREAK
Colored Men Disarm Lookup
Keeper in Chicago Police
Court.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 19.-Colored pris-
oners engaged in pistol battle with
police in the bullpen of the Wabash
Avenue Police Court today. Two or
three Of the prisoners were reported
wounded In the attempted break for
freedom.
Fifteen prisoners were in the lookup
awaiting the opening Of the police
court at the time. One colored man
disarmed the lookup keeper and had
succeeded in opening the door. when q
squad Of police arrived and started
firing.
Evening star., 1933-04-19
Dollar Loses at London.

LONDON, April 10 (R.-The United
States dollar lost value today, the quo
tation being $355 to the pound. against
a close yesterday of $3.47A. The move
ment was attributed to gold embargo
reports from Washington.
Recent weakness Of the dollar was
attributed to American initiation talk
and offerings from America and the
continent by bears taking advantage
of uncertainty of the United States
monetary policy. Pending the meeting
of Prime Minister Macdonald and
President Roosevelt it is believed ex-
change rates will be subjected to erratic
movements.
Evening star., 1933-04-19
PRESIDENT HALTS GOLD EXPORTS
AS COUNTER R-DEFLATIONARY MOVE:
STOCKS AND COMMODITIES SOAR
Dollars Value Hits
Nelv Lou at Paris;
Declines at London

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 19.-The United States
dollar today hit new of1icial low since
November, 1925. closing at 24.60 francs.
The Bank of France supported the
dollar through the ofilcial Bourse ses-
sion, but later unofficial trading took
it to between 24.50 and 24.55 francs.
Banking circles said the movement
was due chiefly to uncertainty concern
ing the embago on gold in the United
States, causing fear that dollars would
not be convertible
Evening star., 1933-04-19
English Silver Coins Barred.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, April
10 CP.-Banks were notified from Lon
don today that the Bank Of England
will not accept English silver coins
from New Zealand or Australia.