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Evening star., 1933-01-12
PAYNE DESCRIBES
WIDESPREAD NEED
Head of Red Cross Declines
to Commit Self on New
Relief Bill.

BY the Associated Press.
John Barton Payne. chairman Of the
American Red Cross, told Senate COM
mittee today that cotton voted by Con-
gress last session to provide clothing for
the needy is meeting only about 20 per
cent of the demand.
Testifying at hearings on the La Fol-
lette- -CoStigan bill, under which $780,
100000 would be raised by q Federal
bond issue and given outright to the
States for unemployment relief Payne
said the requests for clothing are con-
tinuing and that more cotton IS needed.
He did not commit himself on the La
Toilette Costigan bill, but described to
the committee the work of the Red
Cross in distributing -four and clothing
made from Government wheat and cot
ton.
Green Favors Bill.
President William Green Of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. who followed
him on the stand, urged immediate en-
actment of the half-billion relief meas
ure. saying:
Half our population is living below
the level needed to maintain health and
efficiency"
Payne told the committee that the
need for free clothing lis very gen.
eral.''
Congress last July ordered that 500.-
900 bales Of cotton and 5000. 600 BUSH
els Of wheat from the Farm Board
stocks be turned over to the Red Gross
for free clothing and -four.
As to flour, Payne said. 80 far as we
know, no request has failed to receive
the amount asked"
Wide Flour Distribution.
He testified that Also, 400 families
have been aided by Government -four
and that it has been requested and re-
ceived in 1853 of the 3,075 counties in
the country. He said that 20,000,O0U
bushels still remain to be distributed.
Green, in urging prompt action on
the bill, said he felt that II men In
public life fully realized the gravity oi
the situation Congress would be com.
PEELED to pass measure OF this KIND
quickly :
Unemployment has increased and Is
increasing" he said "The limited re-
sources Of more and more people are
becoming exhausted More and more
families are reaching the stage where
they must be helped
He added that private relief agencies
have almost broken down, partly pc
cause persons who are in position
to contribute have become accustomed
to the distress around them.
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the House faced votes on sections TO
which committee amendments Will De
offered to establish an initial market
ing period for wheat, cotton and hogs,
during which their values shall be 10
cents a bushel, 8 cents and 3 cents
pound, respectively.
Opposes Peanut Provision.
Changes also must be made at this
noint to take care of dairy products,
rice and peanuts. The dairy interests
want 5 cents a pound on butterfat up
to July /, when the bounty would De
calculated in a pre-war parity ratio.
Rice sponsors want the same bounty as
wheat and those backing peanuts seek
full parity bounty,
Jones planned to ask another vote on
peanuts in an effort to strike this aodl-
tional commodity from the bill.
IT don't believe Wen ask another vote
ON dairy products" he said. There is
no use striking your head against a
brick wall"
over in the Senate. meanwhile, SEN
ator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic
leader, offered bill to unity the Fed
eral land and joint stock land banks
and refinance existing mortgages at not
more than AZ per cent interest.
'sT'he plan will result in material re-
duction in payments to be made by bor-
rowers, depending on the age of the
loans refinanced and the rates of in
terest that they now bear" Robinson
explained.
ITO illustrate, payments ON a loan OF
$4,000 five years old bearing per cent
interest payable in 80 years will be re-
duced 27.I per cent, while as to 15-year-
old loans on the same terms the pay
ments will be reduced ALL per cent,
Meanwhile Congress was urged to
enact legislation declaring all farm
foreclosures, seizures and eVictions IL
legal in letter to the House Agricul-
ture Committee, by Lem Harris, execu-
tive secretary Of the National Com
mittee for Action" set up last Decem-
ber at the Farmers National Relief
Conference" here.
He attacked the pending farm relief
plan, asserting 1t would work burden
not only on the city consumers but on
the great majority Of farmers as well"
while Congressmen are dilly-dally-
ing over O complicated consumers sales
tax, the domestic allotment plan. the
farmers of PernsylvanIa, Wisconsin and
Iowa are beginning to put into eject
the emergency program drafted by
farmers at the conference" Harris said.
He asserted that Congress has
authority to declare that national
emergency exists and follow this with
legislation providing q moratorium on
farm debts.
Evening star., 1933-01-12
ARLINGTON BURIAL
GIVEN E. H. KELLOGG
Former Bureau Of Standards En-
ploye Served in France in
Chemical Section.

Edward H. Kellogg; 40, formerly
connected with the Agriculture Depart
ment and Bureau of Standards here,
who died Monday night at his Pitts
burgh home, was buried today in Airing
ton National Cemetery will full military
rites. Mr.. Kellogg served with the
Chemical Warfare Service in France.
and this branch of the service had
charge of the burial.
A native of Kansas, Mr.. Kellogg was
educated at Kansas State College and
came to Washington with the Govern
ment services as chemist after grad
uation. He served as a captain over
seas, and ON his return moved to Pitts
burgh. He had been with the Mine
Safety Appliances Co. there since 1919,
and had been general sales manager
since 1927.
At the time Of his death he held the
rank OF major in the Officers Reserve
Corps. He was a member of the Amer
can Legion, American Chemical Society
and American Society of Safety En-
gineers
Mr.. Kellogg Is survived by his widow,
Mrs, Isabelle Little kellogg. formerly
OF this city; q SON, Edward Kellogg, jr.
brother r. s. Kellogg. New York City
and a sister, Ruth M, Kellogg.
Evening star., 1933-01-12
Fiji" WIDENER. WEDS IN RENO;
A. C. P. WICHFELD THIRD HUSBAND
Former Attache of Danish
Legation Here Won Divorce
Few Hours Earlier.
Judge Who Granted Decree
Performs Ceremony at
Home of Attorney

RENO. New. January 12-Josephine
CFifD widener, Philadelphia heiress,
whose elopement at the age Of II
launched her first matrimonial venture,
was a bride today for the third time
Her new husband is Askel c. P. Wich-
field, former Washington, D. c., Danish
legation attache.
The marriage last night at the home
Of William Woodburn, Reno attorney
followed by few hours Wichfeld's di-
vorce from the former Mabelle Swift ON
the ground of cruelty. The ceremony
was performed by District Judge Clark
]. Guild, who granted the divorce.
The former legation attache was here
several months ago while Miss Widener
was establishing residence to divorce her
second husband, Milton w. Holden of
Philadelphia. Both denied, however
until the hour OF the ceremony they
planned marriage
Miss Wideners first husband was
Carter Randolph Leidy.
They were divorced. She is the
daughter of Joseph E. Widener, wealthy
Philadelphia sportsman.
Mr. and Mrs, Wichfeld said they
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the branch banking provisions by hold
ing a night session in an effort TO wear
down the opposition.
As he continued his filibuster against
the bill, Long turned his fire on Eugene
Meyer, governor OF the Federal Re-
serve Board. He asserted that Meyer
as chairman of the War Finance Cor
poration handled $50 900, 900 Of Gov
ernment bonds through the Eugene
Meyer bond house in New York in the
teeth of the law"
Lambasts Meyer.
"He confessed under oath-this man
Eugene Meyer, head of the Federal Re
serve Board, that we are about to turn
the country over to lock. stock and BAR
rel-that he sold through the Eugene
Meyer bond house $4,000, 900 worth of
bonds Of the United States Government
owned by the War Finance Corpora
ton" Long said.
"Yet We have been out here hunting
the boys with pint of whisky on their
hip.
1T reminds me of an advertisement
saw in the paper: The First National
side parties
Blaine Discusses Relief.
There was brief discussion of the
District relief item yesterday, when
Senator Blaine sought to show that
since the Federal Government pays
part of the general expenses of the
District. 1t is sharing either directly
or indirectly in taking care of en-
ployment relief in Washington. He
said he had no objection to the pend
ing relief fund and was making the
argument merely to contrast what is
done here with the failure of Congress
to make direct appropriations for re-
lief in other cities
Senator Bingham, replying to Blaine,
said the actual effect of the pending bill
Is that the $625 900 relief item would
come out OF District revenues, because
the United States now pays a fiat sum
annually toward the National Capital,
and there Is no provision in this bill
for any additional payment from the
Federal Treasury for the District.
Bingham said he understood this
particular relief item would be met at
this time out Of the cash working fund
which Congress requires the District to
maintain. Blaine then argued that
there is some mixture of Federal and
District money in this cash working
surplus, on the theory that this fund
would not exist II the Federal Gov
ernment took no part in maintenance
Of the District.
Stresses Lump Sum Plan.
The Connecticut Senator laid stress
on the fact however, that the Federal
Government does not at present share
on percentage basis In all District ex-
penses, as it formerly did, but has ap-
propriated lump sum which will re-
main the same whether this pending
relief item Is appropriated.
During the discussion, Senator King,
Democrat, Of Utah inquired II the COM
mittee had considered the question Of
whether the District government should
apply, as the States have, to the Re-
construction Finance Corporation for
relief loans.
Senator Bingham said he had not
heard the suggestion before. Senator
Couzens, Republican, Of Michigan said
he wanted to suggest that the District
of Columbia has no security of It's own
to pledge as municipalities have"
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to Piccard's lecture agents In New York
from American dog lovers who threat
ened not to attend the lectures II the
dog story was true.
One telegram from Franklin l..
Fisher OF the National Geographic So
ciety, Washington, where Picard de-
livers his first lecture, said two mem
bers of the society had threatened to
resign provided the dog story was true
as scheduled ON the Geographic So
ciety platform.
Picard explained that he had merely
bent or pulled thorns of some rose
bushes in his garden to protect his
children from being scratched. He said
this was probably the origin Of the
dog story. His biographer, Sylvester
Dorian, said that Picard had been wor-
ried some time ago by fears that his
children might be attacked by vicious
dog belonging to neighboT.
There were exclamations of wonder
aboard ship when Piccards identical
twin brother. Jean, scientist and chem
ist of Wilmington, Del, came aboard.
They were SO nearly alike in appear
ance that onlookers seemed unable to
tell which was which when they were
separated in the crowds. Even the
lines on their faces had formed with
the years in about the same places and
same contours.
Picard explained he had come to
lecture to paid audiences and also to
visit scientific laboratories and scien-
fists, and particularly to discuss his
plans for having some one make q bal
loon ascension to 10 miles altitude
in Northern Canada near the Magnetic
Pole, to further the study of the mys-
terry of the origin of cosmic rays.
His spokesman, Dorian, said that Pic
card has evolved some theories that
after man has used up all his coal, oil.
and ether power producing fuels, he
may be able to use the coSmic rays as
source of energy.
The energy from three drops of water,
for example, according to this Picard
theory, would be sufficient to light New
York City for about "a hours,
Picard also talked about rocket planes
flying through the stratosphere and
estimated that six hours would be q
reasonable length of time for trip
from Europe to America. He said that
80 years ago people who talked about
flying in airplanes we're considered
nuts"
To-day" he said, "the same thing ap-
plies to the rocket plane advocates, but
they are not nuts any more than were
the airplane advocates of previous
| generation"
Explaining his aversion 10 smoking
Prof. Picard said it made him Ill. His
official spokesman. Dorian, explained to
the newspapermen further. saying:
He considers smoking as not worthy
OF hygiene loving people. Long age
Prof. Picard said that. II he were head
Of the American Government, he would
have prohibited tobacco instead Of
alcohol"
Evening star., 1933-01-12
COAL OUTPUT DROPS

PHILADELPHIA, January IL @.-
The Anthracite Institute, In statement
yesterday, said that hard coal produc-
ton in 1882 is estimated at 1880 600
net tons by the United States Bureau
of Mines. This, the statement said, is
a decrease of 1926 900 tons compared
with tonnage actually produced in 1881,
Preliminary figures indicated that
December production of anthracite
amounted to 5,089 900 net tons, against
4,2Tl 900 In the preceding month and
4,e79 900 in December. 1881.
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other nations. This country stands lar
and away first, as far as naval air
strength is concerned.
when we combined the Army and
the Navy together we stand third In the
world today, whereas last year we stood
fourth
when we take simply the Army air
strength alone, as compared with the
land air strength of other powers alone,
we stand fourth this year as against
fifth last year"
Army Has 1,196 Plane Pilots.
Mai. Gen. B. d. Foulois. chief of the
Air Corps, told the committee the Army
had l,l96 pilots for heavier-than-air
planes and "a airship pilots, He said
there was direct ratio between flying
hours and fatalities.
"In the fiscal year 1892" he testified,
''the total flying hours Of the Regular
Army and organized Reserves were 6k2
per cent less than the fiscal year 1891,
and there was a 81 per cent increase in
the total number of fatal accidents"
Statistical data of both the Army
and Navy show decreasing rate OF
total accidents per flying hour with an
increase in the hours per pilot per
year"
The plane procurement program pre-
sented to the committee by Gen.
Foulois was intended TO reach a total of
1859 by the end of the 1884 fiscal year,
or shortage OF ISL under the 1900
total airplane program.
Evening star., 1933-01-12
ACT TO FoREsTALL FORAYs.
Troops at Chinchow Move Against Chi
nese in Jehol provinces.

@s~S~ s&A SNAoA
CHINCHOW, Manchuria, January II
P-Japanese military forces of un-
stated size commenced movements in
the eastern section of the ancient Chi
nese Province of Jehol today to FORE
stall what was described as anticipated
Chinese regulars forays."
japanese movements in the state,
which their leaders predict will be ulti-
mately annexed to Manchukuo, were
reported in the region of Kailu, in the
north, and headed in the direction Of
Tungliao.
Information reaching Japanese Army
headquarters here said several thou
sand loosely organized Chinese "volun-
teers" were recently concentrating in
the Kailu district, in Jehol, preparing
to raid and destroy the Tungliao-
Heishan, Tungliao-Liaoyuan and Lao
yuan-Taonan railways and overwhelm
If possible, small Japanese garrisons al
ready at Tungliao and Toanan-
1t was reported the Chinese appar-
emily hoped to take advantage OF
japanese absorption in the situation at
Shanhaikwan and Southeastern Jehol,
which today was APPARENTLY quiet.
4 The Japanese, as usual, assert that
Marshal Chang Hsiao-Lians, the COM
mander in North China, ordered the
raids, which the former were confident
would be easily repulsed.
Japanese military intelligence esti-
mated the Chinese forces in Jehol as
totaling 10000. including four OF
Marshal Chang's infantry brigades IN
the southeast, four infantry and three
cavalry brigades In the central and west
sections under Tang Yu-Lin, the Gov
ernor of Jehol. and 10000 volunteers in
the east and north.
Evening star., 1933-01-12
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Rand this evening at Stanley Hall, at
$50 O'Clock John q. NJ Zimmerman,
bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant.
March, "The Guiding Star. Stiebhtz
Overture, THE Force Of Destiny, Verdi
Entr' 'Acte-
''L'Amour-Toujours L'Amour". .Friml
"Franchetta" Jean
Foxtrot novelty, "Too Late. Lewis
Scenes from the grand opera,
''Tannhauser'. '..,.............W Wagner
Valse Petite, 'Valse Elaine. Baxter
Finale, II Love You in the Same
Old Way. "............. King
The Star 9pangled Banner"
Evening star., 1933-01-12
SEEKS TO DIRECT ESTATE

WORCESTER, Mass. January ~ Lp).
Col. John F. J. Herbert left no known
viii, and yesterday his widow, Mrs.
Rose Boyle Herbert. filed q petition
be appointed Administrative Of his estate
The value OF his property was not indi-
Gated. He died in Honolulu. where he.
was prohibition administrator.
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suffered by thousands without sub
stantial gain to their creditors, who in
sist upon liquidation and foreclosure in
the vain hope of collecting their claims.
Present Process Destructive.
"In the great majority Of cases, such
liquidation under present conditions is
so futile and destructive that voluntary
readJustments through the extension
or composition of individual debts and
the reorganization of corporations must
be desirable 10 a large majority Of the
creditors.
Under existing laws, even where ma
torities Of the creditors desire to ar
range fair and equitable readiustments
with their debtors, their plans may not
be eonsummated without prohibitive de-
lay and expense, usually attended by
the obstruction OF minority creditors,
hope that fear OF ruinous liquidation
win induce the immediate settlement of
their claims
THE proposals TO amend the bank
ruptey act by providing for the relief
Of debtors who seek the protection of
the court for the purpose of feadjust-
ing their affairs with their creditors
carry no stigma OF an adjudication In
bankruptcy and are designed to extend
the protection of the court TO the debtor
and his property, while an opportunity
is afforded the debtor and a majority
of his creditors to arrange an equitable
settlement of his affairs, which upon
approval OF the court will become bind
ing upon minority creditors.
Right to Reorganize.
Under such process it should be pos
Eihle TO avoid destructive liquidation
through the composition and extension
OF individual indebtedness and the re-
organization Of corporations, with the
fun protection of the court extended To
the rights and interests of creditors and
debtors alike The law should encour-
age and facilitate such readjustments
in proceedings which do not consume
The est \ long and waStetul receiver
ships.
in the case of individual and corpo-
rate debtors all creditors should bt
stayed from the enforcement Of theil
debts pending the judicial process o.
readiustment The provisions dealing
with corporate reorganizations should
be applicable to railroads, and in such
cases the plan of reorganization shoult
not become effective until it has beer
approved by the Interstate Commerc'
Commission.
II wish again to emphasize that tn
passage of legislation for this relief 0
individual and corporate debtors at thi
session of Congress Is matter Of tn
most vital Importance. 1t has msjo
bearing upon the Whole economic situ
alton In the adjustment Of the relation
of debtors and creditors. I therefor
recommend its immediate considerable
as an emergency action"
Evening star., 1933-01-12
RUSSELL TAKES OATH
AS MEMBER OF SENATE
Georgian Elected to Fill Unexpired
Term Following Death of
William ]. Harris.
BY the Associated Press.

6y thc AssuClateu FIeSs'
Richard B. Russell, r., was sworn
in today as Senator from Georgia.
The erect. youthful-appearing former
Governor Of Georgia walked to the ros-
trum accompanied by Senator George,
his colleague,
The oath was administered by Vice
President Curtis. The new Senator
then smilingly accepted congratulations
and signed the Senate register.
Russell was elected following the
death Of Senator William O. Harris to
fill tho unexp,sed term. He succeeds
John f~cohen, whom he appointed.
Evening star., 1933-01-12

With Legation Two Years.
Wichfeld was attached to the Danish
legation here for two years. serving frcm
1916 to 1918. Since that time he has
been engaged in private business, living
In New York and Europe.
Evening star., 1933-01-12
WEDS COMMANDER

Mrs. Dayton OF Meula, Fa., Bflde
of Canadian Naval 0fficer.
PHILADELPHIA, January IL R).--
Mrs. Samuel Grey Dayton of Media.
Pa, was married here yesterday to
Comdr George Sydney 0odolphin
Cavendish. r. NJ, retired, of Montreal,
Quebec.
Comdr. and Mrs. Cavendish, accom-
panied by the latter's son and daugh-
ter, left for Englane. where they viii
be guests Of thA Duke and Duchess of
Deyonshire.
Evening star., 1933-01-12

Because of the success of the first
Diesel oil-driven coach having q ca
pacity of % passengers, the Clogher
Valley Railway in Nfthern Ireland has
ordered another. pa
Evening star., 1933-01-12
Messages Are Confused.

SAN FRANCISCO. January IL UP.-
A confusion of radio messages early
today told Of the distress Of the Rus
sian steamship Sakhalin in the North
Pacific.
No details beyond the location of the
vessel, in the sea of Okhotsk, of the Is
land OF Sakhalin, were carried in the
messages.
The San Francisco Coast Guard sta
ton reported the N. Y. K. (Japanese)
tanker Maniu Maru, and the States
Line steamship General Pershing were
standing by. The government radio
station at Victoria. British Columbia,
named these two craft as rushing to
the assistance of the disabled vessel.
Mackay's Los Angeles radio station,
however, reported the steamship Golden
Dragon. 25 miles from Dairen, said
there was no marine trouble in the
vicinity aside from the japanese
freighter Shimu1 Maru, being relocated
from Taku Bar.
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reported to have dropped to about 90
degrees below zero.
Both Chinese and Japanese were
principally engaged in trying to preserve
life against the elements" Chinese dis
patches said. This lessened military
activities, Chinese report said, but
added Nevertheless, the Japanese are
now within few miles of the Chinese
defenses east of Lingyuan, where the
Chinese have dug in and will resist If
the Japanese attempt TO pass"
Peace Held Remote.
Sino-Japanese negotiations to set
tie the dispute over Shanhaikwan, the
northern railway terminal of China,
which was occupied by japanese last
week, appeared more remote TODAY
when Chinwangtao dispatches said both
Chinese and japanese declined to meet
on the British gunboat Folkestone in
the harbor. The gunboat, the report
said, was suggested as a scene for O
peace parley.
Mayor Wu Teh-Chen of Shanghai
returned here after a conference with
Chang Kai-Shek, military chief Of the
Chinese Nationalist Government at
Marking. The mayor said China win
never negotiate the Shanhaikwan Incl
dent as a local affair"
japanese authorities previously an
nounced they would seek to ''localize"
the Shanhaikwan incident.
ACT To F0RFSTATI EOPAvC
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FARM RELIEF VOTE
IN HOUSE DELAYED
BY MANY ADDITIONS

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Evening star., 1933-01-12
SOVIET STEAMER
SENDS SCALLFOR AID
Ship With 254 Aboard Re-
ported in Distress in Sea
of 0khotsk.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
TOXIC. January IA Rengo (Jap-
anese) News Agency dispatch said the
Ochiishi wireless station today received
distress calls from the Soviet steamer
Sakhalin. 3,649 tons, and with 254 Rus
slams aboard
1t gave its position as So degrees
north, l46 degrees east (In the sea of
Okhotsk and east Of the Island OF
Sakhalin. on the Northeast Siberian
Coast.)
The Japanese government station at
Ochiishi later tried to contact the
Sakhalin but failed. The-e were 200
passengers reported aboard, the rest
being the crew.
Evening star., 1933-01-12

Twice eie - - service between Bata-
81 aaf IS ''TSteaS been IN
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PEACE TALKS OPEN
IN NORTH CHINA AS
INVASION GOES ON

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DOGS TEETH SAFE,
PICARD ASSURES
GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

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CONGRESS EXPECTED
TO SPEED REVISION
OF BANKRUPTCY LAWS

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