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Evening star., 1933-02-20
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated freSS.
CHICAGO, February 20.-Philip K.
Wrigley says he believes a return TO
prosperous conditions in this country
can be quickened by the payment of
larger salaries to the workers.
Mr.. Wrigley, who is president of the
William Wrigley, Jr., Co. and owner of
the Chicago base ball club of the Ma
tional League. expressed the belief in
discussing his recent announcement
that employees of his Chicago firm, as
well as the Wrigley Canadian subsid-
iary. are to receive more money. He
qualified it by saying the increased pay
Tolls should be confined to such COM
panies as are able to grant raises in
pay without imposing strains upon their
financial status.
Needs and Consumption.
"If improvement is to be felt in a
host of lines" he said, the workers
must have more than enough to cover
the bare necessities of life. They are
the great consumers Of products. If
we pay simply enough for them to live
on we cannot halt the downward trend
in general business conditions
ut is the workers who put money
into circulation, but unfortunately they
are the first to feel it when a price
cutting panic hits any industry. In
some cases wages are slashed when
there Is no pressing, immediate need
for it, and that should not be. I be-
lieve there are enough concerns, even
in times such as these, which might be
able to increase their workers pay and
continue to operate at a profit We
are going to try it."
Nearly every employed person is
taking care of some unemployed rela-
tive, and If the income of many of
Evening star., 1933-02-20
PAY AK THREATENS
MANY MOVIE STARS
: "Big Money" Names Involved
Include Garbo, Chevalier,
Dietrich and Swanson.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD, February 2o.-Thc
drive against the big salaries of Holly
wood movie stars is under way and, with
many of the boom" days contracts ex-
piring in rapid-fire order, an unusual
tactical situation exists in the industry.
Greta Garbo, Maurice Chevalier, Mar
lenc Dietrich, Gloria Swanson, Ronald
Colman, the four Marx brothers, Ann
Harding william Powell and George
Arliss are among the film folk involved
in the producers program to bring SAL
aries into line with the times. Con-
tracts of these big money names
range from $4,000 week to $3.50, 900 a
picture.
Uncertainty in Outcome.
What will come of the negotiations in
new contracts is somewhat problemati-
cal, for some of the performers who
have gained marked success on the stage
are known to be casting glances toward
offers in other centers.
Ann Harding may take a stage en-
gagement in England, Chevalier intends
to make one picture in California and
one in France each Autumn. His con-
tract is said to call for four more pic
lures at the rate of two a year and
9atA uAiSSCo o6dAlloI illll lulScItEILs uDOIl
his salary, reported to be 81 900 a day.
Prior to the receivership actions in the
motion picture industry Chevalier was
reported about to leave the Paramount
studio.
Garbo's plans are unknown. ArIiss
may rusticatc for time in England or
go back on the stage. Colman is con-
sioering bachelor rest in the British
countryside, but his contract specifies
he must return within a year or give
notice Of his intention to do so. else it
may be terminated Gloria Swanson
may make pictures independently or
sign up with one of the large organi-
cations.
Cuts Steadfastly Refused.
Ruth Chatterton and Powell are still
holdouts. They have steadfastly re-
fused to take cuts that would leave Miss
Chatterton with $500 a week and
Powell with $4,000.
All the stars seem to be interested
right now in an ARRANGEMENT that
would enable them to share in the
prohts OF pictures, provided they are
not charged up with excess overhead.
Tney point out that in the past every-
thing has been charged up to pictures.
not excepting the time out for HOLIDAYS
granted the Office boy and the execu-
tiVes' polo playing lessons.
Evening star., 1933-02-20
WRIGLEY SAYS HIGHER WAGES
WOULD QUICKEN PROSPERITY
Firms Able to Grant Increases Without
Strain Are In Position to Relieve
Nations Trouble, He Declares.

these workers is increased the need for
public charity might be diminished
considerably"
Details Being Prepared.
That there has been widespread in
terest in Mr. Wrigley's announcement
was indicated, he. said. by the receipt
of hundreds of letters of inquiry.
Complete details of his salary increase
plan have not been publicly announced,
but company executives are working on
them, with instructions to put them
into effect as quickly as possible.
We feel" said Mr.. Wrigley, that
any company which can make a fair
profit should not bear down on labor. "
The company's Chicago plant recently
added to its force and some of its de-
partments are operating "a hours a
DAY.
Evening star., 1933-02-20
OPERA SINGER ROBBED
OF $81,5OO IN GEMS
Miss Grace Moore Reports Disap-
pearance From Miami Beach
Hotel Room.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
MIAMI BEACH. Fla, February 2o.-
Grace Moore, opera singer, notified
police yesterday that jewelry she esti-
mated to be worth $81 500 had been
stolen from her hotel room.
Miss Moore, who in private life is
Mrs. Valentine Parera, said she left
the jewelry in small trunk when She
and her husband went for a swim
today. She had placed the KEY to the
trunk In bureau drawer, she said.
Police said two purses containing
sum OF money, and jewelry belonging
to Parera. were not taken.
Evening star., 1933-02-20
BENEFIT is PLANNED
Dance Tomorrow Night Will Aid
Church Building Fund.

The combined societies of the Church
of Our Lady of the Assumption will
hold a card party and dance tomorrow
evening in the New Amsterdam Hotel
for benefit Of the church building fund
In arranging for the affair, Rev
Francis x. Cavanaugh, pastor, is being
assisted by the following: Margaret
Cox, Mona Cox, Mildred Cusick, Anna
Blaine, Mary Kennedy. Ada Kennedy,
Hester Cox, Doris Mentges, Catherine
Mullikin, Mary Dean, Mary Bernard,
Lauretta Quinn, Carrie Schneider Mrs.
Marjorie Butt, Mrs Margaret Soper and
Mrs Catherine Redmond.
Evening star., 1933-02-20
Minute Mysteries
Solution to
THE COUNTERFEIT TICKETS.

The COUNTERFEIT TICKETS.
(See Page A-3.)
The conductor did not turn in
the top ticket of the counterfeit
strips. AS most of the conduc-
tors were daily receiving coun-
terfeit tickets and none was
turning in counterfeit TOP
tickets, Sergt. Brown realized the
swindler was destroying these.
After intensive surveillance he
caught the guilty conductor
putting counterfeit top tickets in
a different pocket from all others
received. The bogus tickets were
being printed in England. He
was convicted.
ROGUES ARE ALWAYS FOUND
OUT IN SOME WAY.
La Fontaine.
Evening star., 1933-02-20
Indoor Golf.

For the purpoce Of indoor golf prac-
tice, a rubber mat is supplied with 2
PERM nent tee and a soft rubber bal
tetlered to the mat. II does not seem
possible to make a score by this device
but it is possible to obtain considerable
practice in the use CT the club.
Nearly 25.ooo,ooo sacks of letters were
Evening star., 1933-02-20

lLLUSIoN:
The all for target practice The magician lifts his bow
and arrow bull His lovely steps
target the apparently through
and fixes itself the of the bull s-eye And she
smiles through it all while the audience gaspsi
EXPLANATIONS:
The which marksman shoots through his assistant
simply folds up the crobowi The which actually
embedded the target shot by the girl herself from belt
ceed under her dress She releases little spring and the
shoots straight the bull seye 1t all done fash So
quickly the eye detect the girls movements To heighen
the impression that the has gone right through, the girl
leases ribbon from the front of her desshe continuation,
paenty of the ribbon attached to the in the target
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
REP. STEAGALL
DOOMED

Representative Henry Steagan
CD of Alabama, chairman OF
the House Banking Committee,
today was doomed for Secretary
of the Treasury by Representative
Henry Rainey CD, of Illinois,
majority House leader.
Assuming that reports are true
that Senator Glass CD of Vlr-
ginia will not take the post be.
cause of his health, Rainey said
Steagall is "the outstanding can
didate."
SteagalPs champion ship of
guarantee of bank deposits,
Rainey declared, makes him the
logical choice if Mr.. Roosevelt
comes to Congress for a Treasury
Secretary.
Rainey outlined a financial
program which he may support
both in this and the next session.
He said he understood Senator
Glass is willing to drop the
branch banking provision Of the
Glass banking bill and that the
House Banking Committee may
report it for passage at this seS-
sion. .
Rainey urged guarantee OF
bank deposits, reconciliation OF
silver, and said he favored one
national banking system.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
FIGURES
IN GUY. AL|B|

LONG BEACH, Cal, Feb. II
dN.so-A blonde widow and
the portrait of a brunei held the
center of the legal stage today in
the trial: Of William j. CCurley")
Guy, young soldier Of fortune
charged with the murder Of Capt
Walter Wanderwell December s.
the eve Of the latter's scheduled
departure for Tahiti on the "death
ship" Carma with a crew OF
eight women and seven men.
Edward DelaT1n, Indian aviator
testified that Guy, on the fatal
evening, was at the Delarm home
in Glendale, 30 miles from the
scene of the killing, displaying a
picture of his dark-haired wife
now in England. The picture was
taken from an English newspaper
in which Mrs. Guy was portrayed
by the artist, Alexander Christie
as "Solveig, the Young Amazon.
The widow, MRS. Aloha Wander
well, was, recalled to the witness
stand and denied that a search OF
the Carma had been made pre-
Ceding the murder.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
GUEST PUPILS
HIT IN BILL

Acting on a question which has
been pending for several years,
the District subcommittee of the
House Appropriations Committee,
in reporting the District supply
bill today, specified that mo part
of the appropriation shall be
used for the free instruction of
pupils who reside outside the Dis
trict of Columbia.
1t was specified. however, that
this regulation will not apply to
students who are enrolled prior
to approval of the bill.
The recommendation was made
following testimony by DR.. Frank
w. Ballou, superintendent of
schools, that exemptions from the
payment of tuition affected all
but 66 of the 1887 nonresident
school children. Under the pres
ent exemptions, only $4,602 is be-
ing collected for tuition, whereas
the expenditure for instructing
them is $244,865.
Restriction of nonresident chill
dren has been before the commit
tee for several years. At the
present time, children are exempt
from tuition payment whose par
ents are employed in the District
or whose parents are Army, Navy
or Marine officers.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
KELLOGGPACT
C|TED|N JAP
REPORT
Geneva Committee of 9 Severe
In Attack on Tokyo; Seeks
to Link U. S. Pressure

GENEVA, Feb. II (I.N.S.).
The subcommitte of nine, ap-
pointed to draw up a report
on the Manchuria dispute un-
der paragraph 4, article Is,
Of the League of Nations Cove
name, has completed a text
condemning Japan to a far
greater extent than the Lyt-
ton commission.
The report, however, has yet
to be adopted by the full Sino-
Japanese Committee of Nineteen
and by the League Assembly. If
both bodies accept it in full,
there appears little chance of
Japan continuing as a member OF
the League of Nations.
The report is so worded as to
invoke the kellogg pact and the
Nine,PoEer Treaty, making Amer
ican backing Of the docLimeElt ap.
parently inevitable.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
BLAST KILLS
I75, MANY
INJURED
Disastrous German Explosion
Leaves City in Ruins;
Sabotage Suspected

NEUNKIRCHEN, Saar Val
ley, Feb. II I.N.S.).-A re-
port that sabotage may have
been responsible for the dis
astrous gas tank explosion
here was investigated today
as the death toll mounted to
IT'S, with the injured at more
than $500.
The night watchman. who mi
raculously escaped, stated that the
first explosion occurred in a small
benzol tank. Flames quickly spread
across the tar-soaked ground and
ignited the huge gas tank before
the plants fire department could
be modified.
The power house, coking plant
machine shop and three blast fur
naceS were destroyed Total dam
age was estimated at 81 ,000, 900.
Hardly a family in this city OF
10000 inhabitants was without q
casualty today,
The latest checkup showed 525
seriously injured victims were in
hospitals in Neunkirchen and In
the neighboring towns of Land
sweiler, Suelzbach and Suedweiler
At least 1000 others were
treated and bandaged at hastily
erected first-aid stations, authori'
ties said.
so Bodies Found
It was announced so bodies had
been recovered by searchers and
rescue workers.
President Won Hindenburg and
Vice Chancellor Won Papen sent
messages of condolences to the
Saar government, and $4,000 was
appropriated to speed relief work
among the injured and destitute
many of whom lost their homes
when the explosion virtually
turned the city into an inferno.
The explosion ocurred in a gas
tank in the Neunkirchen iron
works. Three hundred men were
working there at the time, many
of them being either killed out
right or seriously manned.
The stricken town presented a
gruesome scene as many residents
who fled in terror when the explo
sion took place, returned to watch
hastily recruited rescue workers
dig among the ruins of their
homes in search of dead and in
jured.
With regular hospital facilities
taxed far beyond their limits
first-aid stations were set up
Stretcher bearers moved quickly
through the town with their bur
dens of dead, dying, and Suf'
fering.
Although a fire still burned at
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. p
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
Governors PAY
Garnisheed
For Debt

LANSING, Mich, Feb. II
Q.N.SO. Garnishment Of the
salary of Gov. William A. Com
stock sent a wave Of amazement
and indignation over Michigan
today.
The governor, who is said to
have no financial resources ex.
cept his salary, admitted it had
been attached by the Lincoln Ma
tional Life Insurance Company to
satisfy a $1,000 leasehold judg-
ment.
A bill has already been pre-
sented in the State legislature to
prevent garnishment of State en-
ployes' salaries. The governor
said:
"A few years ago I would
have stayed awake nights over
this. But adversely has taught
me better. Everybody knows 1
was wiped out by the depreS-
sion. 1 always paid my bills
when I could"
ComStOck is Michigan'S first
Democratic governor in 80 years.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
FLAMING PLANE
LANDS S5AVED

LOS ANGELES, Feb. II (I.N.S0 g.
How nine persons in burning
air liner won a thrilling race
from flaming death was described
today by eyewitness.
The drama of the air was en-
acted early today near Bakers
field when the San Francisco-to-
Los Angeles giant air mail and
passenger plane caught on fire as
it scared through the skies.
Quick -witted pilots, after a fu-
tile 3O-minute battle to subdue
the flames, flew swiftly and un-
erringly tc the Bakersfield Air
port and landed safely.
AS the last passenger stepped
from the ship the gasoline tank
exploded. flames enveloped the
entire plane, and within a few
minutes had almost destroyed it.
The mail cargo was saved.
Miss Adaloid Helwig, %, of
Berkeley, suffered serious burns.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
GARNER SEES
lame DUCK.
H|NDRANCE
Cencedes "FuIl Authority"
Beaten This Session; Cites
"TriaI Balloon"

Speaker Garner today con-
eeded the current lame duck"
Congress will deny Franklin D.
Roosevelt, as President, un-
limited. power to slash Federal
expenditures.
AT the same time he intimated
that Mr.. Roosevelt may ask this
power Of the Congress which
eomes into office March 4.
The Speaker reiterated his
declaration that Congress will not
cat the expenses Of the Govern
ment IS they should be cut and
expressed. the hope Congress viii
give Mr.. Roosevelt broad powers
pf Reorganization.
"a Trial Balloon"
He admitted his proposal was q
'trial balloon" DESIGNED to- test
che sentiment Of Congress and
the nation. He said:
Il doubt Il C0ngreSs waM gtye
the authority. It's pretty hard
10 overcome obstacles.
& 'IsWanted to get the Akita-
ton started, 80 that when the
Governor comes, into office. ]
can give him an idea Of how
sCOnxress feels" -. =.
Garner: said Mr.. Roosevelt
knows he must assume the re-
sponsihility If expenses Of gov
er1linent are cut materially. He
Said:: ss.:.i -~-.~ So
.:AEr. Roosevelt has been told
and knows from observation,
that Congress IL not gOinED to
reduce the cost Of government
and 'tAe only way IL can. be
done II. to give some -Sne. au-
therity who Is courageous
enpugIe to put people off the
,pSHTOE.". .-...
He denied he advocated a "dic.
tatoEzhip" but admitted he IA
(censirued on Page 2, Col. g.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
SSO,OOO,OO Steel
Order Is Expected

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 11.-There
has been a persistent report in
steel circles in the last 10 days
that an immense order for steel
will come to mills in the Pitts
burgh district within the next so
days from Great Britain, Suffi-
cient to give employment to be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 mill work.
ers.
The outlay entailed will amount
to $50, 100000.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
5|;HAAF SUFFERS
..HENORRHAGE

NEW YORK, Feb. II G.N.SJ.
Ernie schaaf, heavyweight fight
er, knocked out by Primo Camera
last night under circumstances
that precipitated a storm Of con-
nicting opinions, and in some
bases the flat charge Of ''fake," /"
Is, suffering from an intra-cranial
hemorrhage mad his condition is
serious. -, /.
This was the diagnosis made
bUblic at Polytechnic Hospital to-
lay, following examination by
Dr., William ". Healey, resident
physician at the institution,
where Schaff has lain in q semi
soi1fa since the knockout in the
thirteenth round last night.
The knockout came from q
beemingly trivial left jab under
which Schaaf, badly beaten at
this point, crumbled and fell in
G.stupor. -
Traditional News on SDOrts PaRe).
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
Special Grand Jury
To Hear Seven Cases

A special grand jury has been
summoned for Corporation Court
of Alexandria, Va, Monday morn,
ing to hear seven criminal cases
including one of murder. Judge
William P. Woolls will preside.
Among the cases to be heard Is
that of Warren Jones, colored
held for the fatal shooting OF
George Christian on December 16
1882. There are two assault and
robbery cases to be heard as well
as two Of felonious assault and
two of perjury.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
TOTAL gu 7
AMOUNTS
To ABOVE
6N|LL.ION
$6, 100000 Contribution From
U. S. Is Anticipated in
Committees Action

The District appropriation
bill, submitted to the House
today by Clarence Cannon
(D.) of Missouri, carries only
$34,451, ,565, reduction Of
6,794,O57 of the 1888 appro-
priaton and a curtailment Of
$685. under the Budget
Bureau estimates.
The estimates as submitted to
the District Commissioners by the
department heads totalled $48,-
100000. The Commissioners then
pared these estimates to $44,-
915,230.
A Federal contribution of &c.
500, 900 is recommended in the
bill. This alone is a curtailment
of $1.275,000 under the 1888 ap.
preparation.
Predict 1884 Surplus
In making this recommends
ton, the District subcommittee Of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee specified it was acting in
accordance with the report Of
the special Mapes committee,
which made a thorough investi-
cation two years ago into District
affairs.
Under the bill, the COMMITTEES
estimates that there will be q
surplus in the general fund at
the end of the fiscal year OF
$4,329, ,2O5.
The measure carries the pro-
vision that funds for relief must
be limited to what is realized on
a 81 increase in taxes on in.
tangible property. The District
Commissioner asked for 1925, 900,
but the report on the bill sub
mitted by Representative Cannon
points out that based on intangl'
BILE property assessments, the rev.
enue from the new tax should
amount to only $509,000.
In this connection, the COM
mittee said:
"The committee realizes that
an unlimited sum could be ex.
pended for relief purposes in
any large community at any
time. However, the employ.
ment situation in Washington
is better than in any other
city of comparable size in the
country, as it is not an indus
trial city and there has been
no wholesale discharge of EN-.
plOyes from industrial plants
such as have swelled the ranks
of the unemployed and in
creased the need for relief in
other cities. The committee
therefore is of the opinion that
unless the taxpayers of the
District are to be burdened
with a huge annual expendi-
ture for relief purposes from
which it will be difficult to
free itself in years to come,
this item should be retained
at a minimum at the present
time."
No Metered Cabs
Provision is made prohibiting
use of any funds to pay any
increase in salary to any Dis
trict employe due to reallocaJion
of his position since June 80,
1882. The committee specifically
(Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
COTTON BUYING
BILL D, KID

The Smith bill, authorizing the
Federal Government to purchase
all cotton held by official and
semiofficial Federal agencies, to
an estimated total of, more than
5000, 900 bales, was reported IA
vorably today by the Senate
Agriculture Committee.
The bill provides for alloca-
ton of this cotton to farmers
under agreements to curtail
their 1888 acreage so per cent.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
Youth, is, Sentenced
To IS Years for Theft

Austen RickS, 16, Bull Run,
Va, was sentenced to S years in
Iine, State reform school late yes
terday by Judge Paul Z. Brown
Gt Fairfax, Va, for robbery.
The boy confessed, Sheriff
Eppa P. Kirby said, to robbing
Eyice the store of j. r.. Wells
pn the Lee Highway near Bull
RUN. Part Of the loot was found
n an attic of the lads home.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
MOLLisOn Delayed,
Finally Reaches Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. II
GN.S0.-Capt. James A. Molli-
son, Scottish flier, arrived here
today from Caravellas, where he
was forced to descend for the
night on account Of bad weather
after a flight across the South
Atlantic,
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
HAVANA. SUBSTITUTE

Substitute Seventh race at Hav.
ana today: $500: claiming; four.
year.olds and upward; 6 furlongs.
Broken Stone, 109; Popcorn, 1O6;
Sun Dance, 109; Doctor Wilson
lO4: Sandals, 104; Shirley Grey
1Ol; Melva Rose, 90; Princess
Virginia, 90; Brown Mole, SO.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
Riot Tank Parked
Near White House

The Governments most modern
tank has been parked in the
court yard of the War Depart
ment, just across from the White
House. It is capable of high
speed and is especially adapted
for use in riots.
Officials explained the tank was
brought there for inspection.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11

stead OF just a man tnaC sendS
plans up to Congress for the
fun of having them vetoed.
Now you will hear the wall go
up:
"We are not ready in this
free country for a Mussolini."
Say, Mussolini could run this
country with his eyes shut. In
fact, that's the way our Con-
gress has been running it. Mus
solini, with no money, no nat
ural resources, nothing, has
kept his country going, while
we, with a surplus of every
thing under the sun, are NANCY
J and liberty, but can't digest
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
FRANK. BACCIOCCo DIES

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. II q.
E!SO Frank Bacciocco. 68, inter
nationally known sportsman Of
bt. Petersburg, Fla, died in a
hospital here today. He had been
Iisitine relatives when hs became
n. .........
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
POUND UP A BIT

LONDON, Feb. II G.N.SO.
The pound sterling closed at
$3.42B on the London exchange
today, up 1s of cent.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
CoRBETT'S NIGHT RESTFUL

NEW YORK, Feb. II 0.N.S0. .
DR.. G. willard Dickie physician
attending James j. Corbett, said
today the former heavyweight
champions condition was un-
|tchanged. He passed a restful day
!, Yesterday and was quite cheerful.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11

The Washington Times
and other Hearst newcpa.
pers have no connection
whatever with any group or
association which iS collect
ing money or asking money
for membership In Q 'Buy
American organization.
The Washington times., 1933-02-11
WILL ROGERS Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, CAL. Feb. Ill see in all the
papers about making Mr.. Roosevelt President in