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Montana labor news., 1933-12-28

the quack and shyster who is now de-
frauding them.
Not long ago a woma 30 years
old went to the Mayo Clinic in Mime
sofa complaining of bad eyesight. She
had been very well up to this time,
but in April she complained of ach-
ing, general soreness of all the mus
Giles of her body along with a general
debilitated condition. As autumn came
along she had to go to bed with this
general weakness. Her feet began to
ache and to grow numb, and this
creeping numbness soon involved her
lower limbs. Physicians examined her
and it was found this illness and this
general weakened state resulted from
use of a depilatory containing thai
lium acetate.
A wealthy Pittsburgh manufacturer
an athlete, grew sick. In his search
for health he was persuaded by a
friend to try a medicine with the
trade name certified radium water
The medicine killed him. He died a
terrible death.
A mother goes to the grocery to
buy some jam for her young son. She
reads the inscription, strawberry
flavor, guaranteed free from artificial
coloring, flavor or preventative" She
holds the jam up to the light. 1t is
a tasty-looking connection sprinkled
with sure enough strawberry seeds.
1t looks like the genuine fresh fruit
and sugar preserves such as she would
have liked to have made herself. Ac-
tually she is putting down her money
and paying a high price for sugar and
water with a little pectin and some
added acid to pep up the flavor. 1t
is not real jam but an imitation.
Beauty Is Manned.
A young girl ambitious to look like
Greta Carlo seeks a cosmetic that
will remove freckles. She purchases
an ointment that makes sweeping
claims for itself. 1t contains mer-
curry. Her skin absorbs this poison.
1t becomes irritated. Her mouth and
jaws become liberated and her teeth
drop out. She suffers general body
debility from this beautifier.
An Iowa physician performed sew
eral appendix operations and discov-
cred that in each case the organ was
ruptured. This rupture was undoubt-
eddy caused by the use of a widely ad-
vertised crystal compound ballyhooed
over the radio as a cure-all for all
types of disease before which the
physicians patients had fallen.
Down in Louisiana in the federal
court for the eastern district a case
was tried last year that involved a
contested government seizure of sew
eral hundred cases of a tomato paste.
The government contended that a gen.
uine tomato paste contains not less
than % per cent tomato solids. The
mixture on trial could boast not more
than ~ per cent. The government
sought to protect the consumer from
this misbranded article but lost the
case, for the court ruled that the de-
cision must be determined by consum-
er's reaction to the product.
So the pageant of tragedy, farce,
Montana labor news., 1933-12-28

of the present license. Our state leg
islature now in special session should
forward a memorial to the secretary
and the commission covering the same
ground. The Governor might also
urge this development as a means of
unemployment relief in the state.
Montana labor news., 1933-12-28

ALBANY, N. Y.-(FP)-More than
100 workers died of injuries received
in industrial accidents in New York
state during November, according to
figures issued by the New York de-
partment of labor. New York City
led with 70 dead.
Montana labor news., 1933-12-28

PHILADELPHIA - (FP) - The
Philadelphia Union Labor Record, FTP
member paper, has devoted all prof
its from the sale of its paper to food
relief for the taxicab strikers.
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
FARMERS CLAIM MILLION BACK STRIKE
Johnson Defends
NRA Against
Farm Attack
BY International News Service


Stating that he must be aboring under some misappre
hension Recovery Administrator Hugh Johnson today
asked Keith Neville reconsider his resignation chairman
Of the Nebraska State NRA.
Johnson declined to accept Neve resignation and in
lengthy letter outlined circumstances to show that the NRA
unit under the recovery program way responsible
for the predament in which farmers find themselves in
rard To nrices of nrndncts
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
LOSES
APPENDIX

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 G.N.s).
Gov. Herbert H. Lehman was
operated on for appendicitis at
8:15 a. m. today in Mount Sinai
Hospital.
The Governor came out Of the
ether at $50 a. m. and his condi-
tion was reported as "satisfac-
tory"
Joseph j. Canavan, his secre-
tary, further announced:
"The Governor is resting
comfortably"
The decision to submit to an
immediate operation was made by
Governor Lehman following his
return from Albany yesterday
afternoon.
He had suffered an attack Sep
tember % and remained in bed
in his New York home until last
Monday when he returned to
Albany to be present during the
special session of the legislature.
The Governor is 81.
The Washington times., 1933-10-21

In addition, Johnson made g
spirited defense of his friend
George N. Peek, Agricultural Ad
justment Administrator. John
son wrote:
81 received today with pro-
found regret your letter Of res
ignatiOn dated October 13. No
one can quarrel with any man
for quitting a post in a pro-
gram with which he is not in
sympathy. No other course is
compatible with the responsible
ties Of public servant.
ONLY PART OF PLAN
"NRA is only one part of the
Presidents great balanced re-
cOvery program. That COM
prehensive plan came at a
time when agriculture was at
almost its lowest ebb. Between
100000 and 100000 peO-
pie were out of work.
"Thrs, between town and
country, q large proportion of
the nations breadwinnerS were
iaassudesperation. Not only was
their earning power cut off, but
no small part of their lifetime
savings were frozen in closed
banks and the debts of millions
were an intOlerable burden.
"The Presidents plan ad.
dressed each of these problems.
The AAA was given to farmers.
1t provides almost plenary pow
ers. Banking and financial leg
islatiOn addressed other aspects
of this problem.
EXPLAINS RECOVERY ACT
"Title 1 of the national recOv-
cry act attempted to erase waste
and other destructive processes
in industry, and title 2 apprO-
priated more than $4,000, 100000
for public works to provide en-
plOyment by use of Federal
funds. This was the Govern
ment'S contribution to the ur-
ban part of our people, just as
AAA was Governments cOntri-
button to agriculture.
upon careful reading of your
letter 1 find not one word of
criticism of NRA, which is the
proper designation of the ad-
ministratiOn of title l of the
recovery act and which is the
only part of the recovery pro-
gram of which you and 1 have
either responsibility or au-
thOrity.
SOME MISAPPREHENSION
"You seem to be under some
misapprehensiOn about this.
You say lin agricultural States
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
DECREE AWAITS
ROOSEVELT

CHESTERTOWN, Md, Oct. 81.
G.N.SO -Gaily decorated and
crowded with Washington College
alumni, this small Eastern Shore
city today was in holiday mood
for a visit from President Roose-
velt.
The President was to receive
an honorary degree of doctor Of
laws from the college, and a
photostat copy of the same de-
gree conferred by the same in
Stitution upon George Washing
ton.
The occasion also marked the
Inauguration Of DR.. Gilbert Will
cox Mead, formerly OF Birming-
ham Southern College, Birming-
ham, Ala, as president OF the
college here.
Mr.. Roosevelt will arrive aboard
the yacht Sequoia. which he
DOdIu uCu dU Ak1110POAAo AeSoO AA1cA~N'
Aboard the yacht also were Mrs.
Roosevelt, Miss Marguerite Le-
hand, the Presidents private sec
retary, and Federal Emergency
Relief Administrato Harry L.
Hopkins and Mrs. Hopkins.
Arrangements have been made
for the Sequoia to dock at pier
on the estate of Col. Hiram S.
Brown, president of the Board of
Visitors and Governors of Wash
ington College. At Godlington
Manor, Colonel Browns estate,
the Executive will be greeted by
Governor Albert C. Ritchie. and
will motor to the college campus
for the days ceremonies.
After the program is concluded,
the President will lunch with
Colonel Brown before again
boarding the Sequoia for the re-
turn trim.
The Washington times., 1933-10-21

the NRA has failed to increase
the cost of things he (the
farmer) SELLS And then you
criticize the Public Works Ad-
ministratiOn for not putting
into effect more public works
in Nebraska and complain
about lack of coordination be-
tween NRA and the Public
Works Administration.
"It is easy enough to criticize
the work of other men and the
less we know about their prob
lens the easier it is to criticize.
1 know nothing about the merits
of your remarks on these other
administrations.
81 only know they are in the
hands of able, honest, vigorous
and devoted men-cruSaderS in
a common cause, and if I had
the task of picking better men
to do their jobs, I would not
know where to look. / know
that they are giving everything
they have to the success of
their endeavOrs. ,.4s.1s,sap
HAS RIGHT TO DEFEND
"But do have a right to
(Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
Nv International News Service

A mysterious letter, found in the
files of the Chase National Bank,
today appeared likely to draw Har-
vey C. Couch, director of the Re-
construction Finance Corporation,
into the Senate's sensational in
quiry into the banks affairs.
The letter was written on the
stationery of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation and signed
with Couch's name. 1t was ad-
dressed to C. S. Mccain, chairman
of the board of directors OF the
Chase bank.
1t referred to telephone conver-
sations by the writer with Mccain
and mentioned transactions IN
Seaboard Air Line bonds. These
bonds have been defaulted.
Couch Won't Talk
Members of the Senate Banking
and Currency committee, conduct
ing the banking inquiry, declined
to discuss the letter. They would
not say whether Couch would be
summoned as a witness.
Couch was asked by newSpa-
perman whether he had written
the letter or asked to appear be-
fore the committee. He replied:
81 haven't written a letter
and I haven't anything to say.
Il don't know anything about it."
Couch, an Arkansas banker be-
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
RECOGNITION
Of SOV|ETS
SEEN HERE
Step by byRooseveIt Draws Eager
Reply From Moscow; R. F. c.
May Finance Trade
BY international News Service

Early recognition Of Soviet
Russia today was seen as a vir-
tual certainty as the result Of
President Roosevelt s action in
extending a hand Of friendship
to the Red government and re-
ceiving in return a gesture of
reciprocity from the titular
head of that regime.
The cordial nature of the So
Wet governments reply to Presi-
dent Roosevelt'S invitation to COM
mence discussions for a reswnp-
tion of normal relations between
the two countries led officials to
believe there would be little diff
Guilty in the way of reaching an
understanding. '~ ~
Trade Body Likely a.
One 81 the first steps toward
improving trade relations may be
the establishment of a trading
corporation to finance loans to
American exporters and otherwise
facilitate the development of COM
merce with the Soviet union.
The establishment of this cor
poration probably would be fl
nanced by a loan from the Re-
construction Finance Corporation
and it would receive further loans
from that body for the purpose Of
financing, in turn, the expansion
of American markets in Russia.
The corporation probably would
be semi official in character, with
a Government representative serv-
ing as a member of the directing
board. Henry Morganthau, jr.,
governor of the farm credit ad-
ministration, has been mentioned
for this post.
LitvinOff Coming
Creation of the corporation will
CONTINUED on Page 2. Col. 81
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
Letter Links R. F. Official
In Chase Bank Inquiry

fore he joined the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation, has
been revealed as close friend Of
Wall Street by the Senate inquiry
He was shown to be on the j. P.
Morgan g. Co. "preferred client"
list and a borrower from Dillon,
Read & Co.
Borrowed 100000
Couch was one of the promi-
nent citizens given a chance to
buy a Morgan stock issue at
prices below the quoted market
values. He got his chance in
Niagara Hudson Power Company
stock. He was offered 500 shares
at $25 a share when the stock was
selling on the market, plus at
tached rights, at $36.25 a share.
BY a quick sale, he could have
realized $5,625 within an hour.
While an Arkansas bank Off
cial in January, 1928, Couch bor-
rowed 100000 from Dillon, Read
g. Co. He repaid 100000 of this
on March 16, 1929; $4,000 more on
January 16, 1880, and another
5000 on July Is, 1881. On
December 81, 1881, the firm re-
ported, Couch still owed $15O,00O.
Couch protected his loan by put
ting up a considerable amount OF
stock, his participatory rights in
a Louisiana and Arkansas railway
syndicate and his life insurance
policy.
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
STOCKS
LEAD DECLINE
By TIMES FINANCIAL EDITOR

BY TIMES FINANCIAL EDITOR
The alcohol shares led a wide
open break on the New York
Stock Exchange today, National
Distillers dropping points in jig
time and the entire list joining
the rout. American Smelling lost
S points, with United States Steel,
American Telephone, Case Thresh-
ing and other trading favorites
shedding So to 81 each.
Bonds closed highly irregular,
with the second grade carriers
down.
The Curb Market was hard hit
all along the line, also by the
collapse of liquor issues.
Wheat and corn in late trad
ing of the Chicago Board of
Trade gave up practically all
early gains, which in some po-
sitions had mounted above 2
cents a bushel. Other grains
weakened with the leaders. Cot
ton Jared a bit better.
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
IS ON
To TIE Up
EN- TIRE
WEST
Local Committees Formed;
Force to Be Used to Prevent
Farm Foreclosures

DES MONIES, Iowa, Oct.
q (I.N.S.).-"S ave Your
Homes" was the battlecry to-
day as the Farmers Holiday
Association launched a nation
al farm strike.
One million farmers, strike
leaders claimed, are leaving their
plows, embarrassing their teams
in the fields, and refusing to sell
or produce for market another
penny's worth Of food until the
nation is starved into paying bet
ter prices for agricultural prod
ucts.
Foreclosures Fought
They will, in addition, band
themselves together to save from
foreclosure the home or farm Of
any striker threatened with ex.
pulsion by creditors.
More experienced than they
were when they failed in q
similar holiday movement one
year ago, strike leaders said they
were prepared for a strike Of
unlimited duration.
The general strike plan, as
outlined at holiday headquarters
here, includes two principal
points:
First, to inaugurate the strike
among the 100000 members
of the Farmers Holiday Asso-
citation.
Second, to send the idle far.
mers on a gospel-spreading mis-
sion to their neighbors to en-.
list several million non.mem-
bers of the association.
Instructions Given for Drive
Letters of detailed instructions
went out from associations ma.
tional headquarters to State and
county units all over the agricul.
tural sections of the nation.
Highlights of these instruc.
tions are:
l. That the strike will last
until the country is starved into
paying the cost of production
plus profit prices for farm prod.
ucts or until the Federal Gov.
ernment agrees to guarantee
higher prices.
2. That strikers will be ex-
pected to form into local COM
mittees all over the country to
persuade their neighbors to join
the strike.
8. That an important point in
the plan is to save from loss by
foreclosure the farm Of any
striker threatened with losing
CONTINUED on Page 2. Col. ~
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
EXTRACTION
DEMAND IS
RENEWED
couhtering Charges, Defense
Denies Former Magnate's
Acts Were Dishonest

ATHENS, Oct. 81 (I.N.S.)
Samuel insult, white haired
former utilities magnate whose
empire once dominated half the
United States, was branded as
a "swindler" today when the
American Government launched
it's second attempt to extradite
him to Chicago to face charges
Of fraudulent bankruptcy.
The epithet was hurled BY
Anthony Reghanacos, Greeb
prosecutor, who is handling the
United States Governments case
before the Court Of Appeals.
Demands His ExtraditiOn
The court must order his ex
tradition, the prosecutor said
$50 that justice Inag gBaUe3 dune" !"
In countering the charges, M.
Lazarimos, leading member of
insults defense staff, maintained
that regardless of the technical
character of the former mag
mates acts, they were not due to
dishonesty.
Three special court reporters
supplied by the American legation
made verbatim notes of the pro-
ceedings, since they constitute the
first test of the new Greco,
America extradition treaty.
When court was adjourned for
luncheon, insult and Forrest
Harness, of the United States
Attorney Generals office, who
came here to launch the present
proceedings. met for the first
time.
They shook hands cordially and
expressed mutual sympathy over
the fact that neither was able to
understs nd the proceedings be-
cause they are being carried on
In the Greek language.
Five Charges Hurled
Immediately after a prelimi'
nary examination of the aged
Chicagoan, Reghanacos declared
there were five charges against
insult which, under the new Amer
lean Federal bankruptcy law,
were sufficient to justify extradi'
ton.
Then he outlined what he
termed his most important charge
an accusation that insult paid
out more than $1,000,000 in
dividends of his corporation secur,
itiNs company while the organ
iZation was bankrupt and that he
cashed in on his own $4,000
dividend.
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
Aimee Nets Profit
Of S1,358 in Week

BOSTON, Oct. 81 Q.N.S0.-A
survey of the collections at Aimee
Semple McPherson-H -Hutton's one
week revival at Boston Arena to-
day showed that the evangelist
had made a profit of $1,358.06.
Before leaving for Detroit to
dedicate a church there and later
open a revival at Des Moines, Ia,
Aimee said she was we'll satisfied
with the results. She also re-
vealed that Andrew Fyfe, jr,
brother of SISTER" Jessie B. Cos
tello, Aimee's Boston assistant, had
''hit the trail" at a private service.
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
Reich JaiLs u. S. Men
For Violating LGlUS

STUTTGART, Germany, Oct.
81 0.N.S0.-Two residents of
Reading, Pa, one naturalized
American and the other a Ger
man citizen, were. under prison
sentence today and were ordered
to pay fines for violating the Ger
man exchange control laws. Gott-
lieb Bittler, German-born, natu-
rallied American, was sentenced
by a summary court to nine
months in Jail and 5000 marks
(about $1,7O0 at current rate)
The men, both engineers. were
convicted of bringing German Sc
curities obtained in the United
States and Switzerland to Ger
many and selling them at profit.
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
Railroad Asks I. C.. C.
Refunding Authority

The Western Maryland rail
road today asked the Interstate
Commerce Commission for au-
thority nominally to issue ST.
776,00O of per cent first and
refunding gold bonds. The issue
will not be sold at present but
will be held in the roads treas
ury for future use.
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
G. Y. AUBURN
TILT BEST
Of YEAR
PIainsmen's Strong Football
Squad to Face CoIoniaIs
For Severe Test
By HARRY COSTELLO
George Washington Uni

George Washington Un1-
versity VS.. Auburn!
1t is one of the years out
standing football games.s 1t
will be staged this afternoon
in Griffith Stadium. Close to
$4,000 people are expected to
see the game, anticipated as
one of the most colorful Of the
present season.
A close, hard game is forecast,
with spectacular and sensational
play promised.
Georgetown VS.. western Mary
land! A traditional It will be
stag4dk this afternoon in Baltir1o orc
Stadium. When Hoya tackles
Green Terror, fur flies. Fur will
fly this afternoon. Another color
full game.
Maryland vs.. V. M. /.
Maryland VS.. V. M. l.! Another
traditional. This one will be
staged on v. M. rs field in Lexing-
ton, Va. A regular cavalcade Of
motor cars from College Park al
ready has started the invasion Of
v. M. I. territory. Another color
full game.
The days schedule is filled to
overflowing with colorful grid
battles. Just to name a few:
Navy VS.. Virginia, Yale VS.
Brown, Carnegie Tech VS.. Notre
Dame, Michigan VS.. Ohio State,
Tennessee VS.. Alabama, Harvard
VS.. Holy Cross, Penn VS.. Dart
mouth, Georgia Tech VS.. Tulane,
Louisiana VS.. Arkansas, Kansas
State VS.. Nebraska, Kansas VS.,
Tulsa. Chicago VS.. Purdue, Mime
ntinued on Page Is, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
Dollar Recedes
SLiqhtLu in London

LONDON, Oct. 81 G.N.S0 The
American dollar dropped slightly
during today'S short session on
the London exchange, closing at
$4.53 to the pound sterling, down
" from the opening and 1A be-
low yesterdays close. Stocks closed
with a good tone,
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
Federal Education
Department UrQed

Establishment of Federal De-
partment of Education, with a
Secretary in President Roosevelt'S
Cabinet, was urged yesterday by
the Supreme Council of Scottish
Rite Masonry.
The Washington times., 1933-10-21
H. J. DGUies to Talk
At Citizens Meet

Harry j. Davies, Red Cross field
director, will be the principal
speaker at the regular monthly
meeting of the North Capitol Citi.
zens Association in the Mckinley
High School building, Monday
evening.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1933-10-18
School Building and Huge
Waterworks Projects To
Be Built With Gov
ernment Money
10 MILLIONS GIVEN
FOR 67 PROPOSALS
Nom ederaI Projects To
Share In Distribution and
Many Thousands of Jobs
Will Be Furnished In Ex-
penditure of Sums; Longest
Yet Announced

Washington Oct. 18-(AP)-
Durham and Wake Forest, N. c.,
today received grants from the
public works fund.
The Durham allotment was
loan and grant of $4,000, while
Wake Forest received grant of
$4,000.
The funds received by Durham
are for the relocation and eXten-
sion of sewers and construction
of an activated sludge treatment
plant for present use, and pro-
visions for future extension.
Thirty percent of the cost Of
labor and materials, approximate
ly $533, 600, was an outright grant
and balanced loan secured by
four percent general obligation
bonds. Work can start within
one month and is expected to give
275 men employment for year.
Wake FOrests allotment rep
presents 80 percent of the cost OF
labor and materials in the con-
struction of a school building, the
total cost of which is expected to
be $59,442. No loan was requested.
Work will begin within one month
and is expected to give SO men
work for six months.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1933-10-18
GARDNER QUIT JOB
THROUGH DISGUST
Squabble and Bickering In
Party Ranks In State Dis
pleased Him
Daily Dispatch BurenR.
In the Str Waiter Hotel
nv Il a. feA SKERVVTT

Raleigh, Oct. 18lThere are two
main reasons why former Governor
O.. Max Gardner resigned as mem.
Der of the Democratic National Com
mittee, according to opinion in poll
tical circles here, aside fro mthe rea-
son given in his letter of resignation,
to the effect that he desired to de
vote his entire time to his law prac-
tjce in Washington. These two rea-
sons are as follows:
/. He grew tired of the factional.
ism and chickering's within the Demo
cratic party here in North Carolina
and between its representatives in
Congress.
2. He resented the talk that has
been prevalent for some time that
he was capitalizing on his position as
a national commit eeman and his
former prestige as governor in his
law practice in Washington.
Ut is also agreed that Gardner was
becoming tired of being used by sen.
ators and congressman as an alibi tt
lob hunters and of being represented
as the power behind the throne" il
THE distribution of Federal patronage
in North Carolina. Those who really
know the facts are convinced that
CONTINUED on Page Six.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1933-10-18
Bond Issue
:"
Over-Taken
OUR Times
Subscriptions Still
Pouring In for Gov
ernment Half Bill
lion Offering

Washington, Oct. 1s-(AP)-Presi-
dent Roosevelt announced today that
the Treasury's offer of S500,000 in
new bond issue had been over-sub-
scrbed four times, with subscriptions
SUI noucing in by mail.
With books closed on the cash issue
last night, he said subscriptions
amounted to nearly two billion dol
lars
The bonds mature in IL years and
are callable in ten.
They bear interest at 4 IA percent
tae first Year and IA percent there
sfte.
M cash issue was in connection
"A an offer to exchange Identical
roHqS for Fourth Liberty bonds. ap-
p.vAimately one-third of which were
"A gratifying response to the ex-
'AdAge offer was also reported.