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The Washington times., 1933-01-11
BLOC MPER|LS
HILL PROGRAM

The threat of a general fill
buster by Senate Progressives
confronted Congress today, i'm
periling the few important
measures scheduled for passage
at the waning short session.
Under leadership of Senator
Long CD of Louisiana, a dozen
Senators representing both parties
demanded Congress enact a
broad-gauged relief program with
out further delay.
Senator Thomas CD of Okla
homa said:
1--WE are on the verge Of a
revolution in this country. Yet
Congress is doing nothing to
. provide relief"
The program of the Insurgents
included passage of the $780,
100000 La Toilette Costigan relief
bill, still in committee; together
with a currency expansion
measure and a huge Federal bond
issue for public works.
Final enactment of the Glass
banking reform proposals was
jeopardized by the Insurgent de-
mands. The provision for state
wide branch banking, storm
center of the Glass bill, appeared
doomed . defeat.
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dered by the President or by
Congress"
A second section provided a
fine of $4,000 or two years i'm
prisonment for violation of the
embargo when it is in effect.
StimSOn Disappointed
Secretary Stimson is disap-
pointed with the Hoover message.
it was indicated in State Depart
ment circles today.
Stimson had suggested that the
President be given unilateral
power to impose, at his discretion,
an embargo on the shipment of
munitions to foreign nations en-
gagged in hostilitieS in violation
of the Kellogg Peace Pact.
The modified plan mentioned
in the Presidents message pro
poses this embargo be imposed
only in cooperation with other
arms producing countries.
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whose magic made the lavish
pageantry of the old Hippo
drome internationally famous,
would soon be added to the
production staff of R-K-O-Roxy.
Meanwhile a driving rain
beat down on roll top desks
and filing cases filled with mu-
sical scores and the mechanical
secrets of the ice ballet and
the even more spectacular div
ing chorus in which an entire
ballet disappeared into the
depths of an enormous tank
acts which lifted the Hippo
drome to it's pinnacle of fame.
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|NVESTORSLOST
49 MILLIONS
IN CRASH
Witness Says 3 Companies
Guaranteed Bond Sales
But Not Payment

A sweeping inquiry into the flo
tation of a $50,000,000 loan in
this country for Ivar Kreuger, the
Swedish match king, was
launched today by the Senate
banking and currency committee.
The American investing pubic
lost 100000 on the deal, Sena-
tor Norbeck (R0 of South Da-
kota charged at the outset of
the hearing.
He declared this loss occurred
when there was an exchange" of
bad securities for good collateral
as security for the Kreuger loan.
The issue, known as the "Kreuger
and Toll Securities" was under
written by Lee, Higginson and
Company, New York brokers.
Bonds Then Shrank
Norbeck said the value of the
bonds shrank from $50,000,000 to
$1,000,000 following the collapse
Of Kreuger's match empire.
John Mariner, chief inveSti-
gator for the committee, was the
first witness. He began with a
statement.
1--WE all know that Ivar
Kreuger was a great Swindler
and gambler. We will now
call upon Donald Durant, of
the firm of Lee HigginsOn and
Company, who know more
about the Kreuger and Toll
securities than any one eIse."
Durant said he was a director
Of the International Match Co.
and also a director of the firm
of KreUger and Toll, for which
the $50,000,000 debenture was
floated. He declared:
Eve bought the issue at SO
less 313 per cent gross; that is,
we bought S26,5OO,OOO for issu-
ance in this country"
"Is it a fact that this
security was a bond?"
81 htink sO."
Three In Transaction
He said Lee, Higginson, Brown
Brothers and Clark Dodge were
the three exchange companies
engaged in the transaction.
Lee Higginson made approx
tnately $4,000 for the under
writing and about 100000 for
compensation for asles, making
a total of $350,000, the witness
said. Durant said the concern
guaranteed sale of the bonds
when they underworld them but
did not guarantee payment of the
bonds. He was asked,
what would you say was
1.-THE aggregate par value of all
:. the securities of Kreuger and
9 Toll fl0ated in the United
: States by syndicateS headed by
Lee HigginSOn?"
- Figures supplied by the firm
gave this fight at $113,OOO,OOO
Durant said that some of the
$1,000 bonds in the issue were
now valued at $40, a drop of
Sc per cent.
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Secretary Castle and Assistant
Secretary White.
The latter has charge of Latin
American affairs and reports in
dicated the President had asked
for the embargo power to shut
off arms shipments to, Bolivia
and Paraguay. - ,-..,se ~.
The resolution follows:
Resolved: That whenever
the President finds that in any
part of the world conditions
exist such that the shipment of
arms or munitions of war from
countries which produce these
commodities may promote or
encourage the employment Of
force in the course of a dis
pute or conflict between ma
tiOns and, after securing the
cooperation of such govern
mentS as the President deems
necessary, he makes prOclama-
tiOn thereof, it shall be unlaw-
full to export, or sell for export,
except under such limitations
and exceptions as the President
preScribeS, any arms or NUM-
tiOns of war from any place in
the United States to such
country or countries as he may
designate, until otherwise or
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L|BBY'S INF ANT
.|NNCUBATOR

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walker, her husbands intimate
friend, for the Staying Of Rey'
noIds, and later freed when the
charges were nolle pressed, was
said to be contemplating a come
back" to the Broadway which ap-
plauded her moaning ballads.
Fed With DrOpper
Although the Pennsylvania Hos
pital follows the practice Of plac-
ing all babies in the incubator for
at least the first "a hours after
birth, Libby's child probably will
remain there for several weeks
because of it's tiny size.
The baby was fed with mouth
dropper and miniature spoon. It's
diet last night and today was only
warm water and milk, a few drops
at a time, at regular intervals.
The incubator, or "hot bed" as
hospital authorities call it, IS a
tiny crib, heated and protected.
The mattress is warmed with car
bon-resistance lamps, placed atop
the springs, just under the soft
down of the mattress. The crib
is enclosed on two sides and at
the top with sheet metal.
The mattress is maintained at
a constant heat of about SO de-
grees, a temperature designed to
stimulate circulation and other
body functions.
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HOOVER URGES
DEBTOR AID
DAA
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reorganization become effective
only upon approval of the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
The President asserted that if
Congress would take this action
it would stop the innumerable
forced liquidations through fore
closure and bankruptcy sale,
which he declared are utterly
destructive of the interests of
debtor and creditors alike" He
added:
"In the great majority of
cases such liquidation under
present conditions is so futile
and destructive that voluntary
readjuStmentS through the ex-
tension or composition of indi-
vidual debts and the reorganiz-
alton Of corporations must be
desirable to large majority of
the creditors.
~ wish again to emphasize
that the passage of legislation
for relief of individual and
corporate debtors is a matter
of the most vital Importance.
1t has a major bearing upon
the whole economic situation
in the adjustment of the reIa-
ton Of debtors and creditors.
], therefore, recommend its i'm
mediate consideration as an
emergency action"
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To EVADE
WAR BLAME
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the Jap@nese government Alneri-
can authorities we're investigating
a charge that japanese troops
had forced their way into an
American Methodist mission at
Shanhaikwan.
The charge, made by a Chinese
convert, said the Japanese troops
broke into the mission during
the fighting at Shanhaikwan,
mounting a machine gun on the
loof and converting the class
rooms into stables.
Japanese reports persistently
claimed the Japanese forces oc-
cupied Chiumenkuo Pass in yes.
terday's skirmishes, but this was
denied by Gen. Ho Chi-Kuo,
Chinese commander. who reported
his troops we're still holding the
gate in the Great Wall at Chiu-
menkou.
The mountainous nature of the
terrain, General Ho said, slowed
up the Japanese advance and
made it possible for the Chinese
to bring reinforcements to the
scene,
The Washington times., 1933-01-11
LACK
FOOD, SENATE
GROUP TOLD
Starvation and Misery Stalk
Pennsylvania Poor, Says
Welfare Worker

Appalling conditions of starva-
ton and physical suffering pre-
vailing in Pennsylvania were de-
scribed before the Senate Manu-
factureS Committee today by Mrs
Helen Glenn Tyson, an official Of
the State Welfare Department,
stationed in Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Tyson appeared in support
of the $500,0O0,000 La Toilette.
Costigan bill for direct Federal re.
lief to the unemployed.
Disputes r. F. C. Claims
Disputing assertions by Recon
struction Finance Corporation Of.
ficials that mo actual starvation
prevails in America, she declared
the percentage of school children
suffering from malnutrition has
risen steadily; and that thou
sands of adults have become so
weakened from starvation they
are unable to do a days work.
Last onth, Mrs. Tyson
stated, 397,279 Pennsylvania fam.
lilies received relief Of a pitifully
meager kind.
She added:
without doubt, in the near
future Pennsylvania will be
called upon to care for 100000
families or 100000 persons.
Examinations in the public
voran1 vnrn0rariun
triton among children, increaS-
ing from 10 per cent of all
pupils two years ago to % per
cent in 1882. The relief diet
unqueStiOnably is low Starchy
diet lacking the vitaminS essen
tial to child growth"
MEN TOO WEAK TO WORK
"Many men have offered to
work only to find they were
too weak to perform labor.
The head Of a large Pittsburgh
industrial concern told us con-
fidentially not long ago that
many persons returning to work
at his plant were unable to
carry on" %
Thousands of children in Penn.
sylvania are missing school for
lack of shoes, she asserted, con.
tinuing:
"The State relief board is un-
able to grant funds for shelter,
and unpaid rent runs into the
millions. The condition of over
crowding is indescribabIe. We
have hardly touched the prob
lem of transient families.
YOUNG BOYS A PROBLEM
"A growing number of young
boys, tired and hungry and
broken in spirit, presents the
most tragic problem.
Hospitals are burdened al
most to the breaking point.
State nurses report an accumu-
latiOn of uncOrrected physical
defects in children. Medical care
is sadly lacking. Many doctors
cannot buy gasoline to make
calls on charity patients.
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43 STATES GET
OPELAWPLEA

Harry j. Anslinger, Federal
narcotics commissioner, issued an
appeal yesterday to State legis-
latures to enact a uniform State
narcotic law.
Letters were dispatched from
his office to all Governors ask
ing their support in the move
ment to break up the illicit drug
traffic. This year 43 of the State
legislatures will meet and Com
missioner Anslinger hopes to OBJ
tain approval of all of them.
The uniform State narcotic
law plan was adopted at a recent
conference of commissioners on
State laws and has the approval
of the American Bar Association.
The Washington times., 1933-01-11
Barber Finds Tonic,
Clippers, Razor Gone

Adam Harris came to his barber
shop in the 6100 block of Georgia
Ave. N. w. today prepared to dis
penSe shaves, haircuts, shampoos
and what-not, but found the tools
of his trade were gone.
Harris told police a thief en-
tered the shop last night and stole
the electric clippers, three pairs
Of hand clippers, seven pairs of
shears and hand razor. Several
bottles of hair tonic were also
taken, as well as the shops radio.
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Jones, world
famous ar t
dir e C tor of
t he e Il t e r
prise, has re-
signed.
Among the
reports W a S
that the RKO
Roxy Thea
ter is to close,
coin CT d ent
W i t h IN e
adoption of a
new policy by
the huge CON-
panion house,
the TOterna..
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Pennies to Help Pay
Democratic Deficit

The Women'S Educational
Council has completed it's Demo
cratic Financial Independence
Unit" to aid in reducing the
party's deficit, and is inaugural
ing a national movement for
contributions of penny a day,
the campaign to continue until
July 4.
At a meeting of the council in
the Mayflower Hotel, Monday, at
8 p. M, Edward McGrady will
speak on Buying American" pre-
senting the point of view of a
member of organized labor.
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800 Rebels SIain;
Soviet Holds $500

HARDIN, Manchuria, Jan. II.
G.N.S0 - Three hundred rebels
battling the Manchukuo govern.
ment were killed today in fight
ing with Manchukuo troops near
Hulin.
A rebel army of $500, led by
the veteran commander, General
Litu, was trapped by Soviet Off
cials after it had crossed the
Manchurian border into Siberia.
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years ago, r.
H. Burnside
h a S b e e n
evicted from
his modest Of
fices on w.
Forty-seventh
S t re e t, for
non- payment
of rent.
But Broad
way, una ware
Of the eVic,
t ion. W a s
buzZing with
the ru m or
that B urn
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U. S. Helped Set Up French
Rule, Says Houghton

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Alan-
son B. Houghton, former ambas-
sador to Germany and to
Great Britain, speaking before
the Women'S National Republi-
can Club, summarized Americas
World War deeds thus:
eve helped break down Ger
man rule of Europe and set
up French rule"
He said Americans naively di-
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KIRK SUSPECT
IS CLOSELY
GUARDED
New Development duplicates
Unnamed Man; Change in
Will Seen Motive

LEONARDTOWN, Nd, Jan. IL.
AS q result of efforts by the To-
cal authorities and Baltimore de-
tectives cooperating with them, a
strong net of circumstantial evil
dence had been woven today, IN
the mysterious Staying Of Miss Ida
Kirk, aged spinster, by a dyna-
mite bomb, about a man whose
identity was closely guarded.
1t developed also that Miss
Kirk made a new will about a
year ago, and it is indicated
that a major change was thereby
effected in her plans for disposing
of her property.
The new will, however, will
probably not be probated for
some time, and meanwhile active
search is being made fer its pre-
deceSsor.
Woman Quizzed
In connection with this hunt,
the Baltimore detectives, Walter
Martin and William Feehley,
have questioned a Reistertown
(Md.) woman with whom Miss
Kirk spent the Christmas holi-
days, and to whom she confided
information about the change in
her will.
Two sticks of dynamite, found
about a mile and a half from
the Chaptico garage, may have
been left there by the assassin
who planted the bomb in Miss
Kinks car, local authorities be-
lieve, but there seems to be no
way Of tracing it.
Lawrence Gau, of Baltimore,
dynamite expert of the Maryland
State Police, arrived here today
to aid in the investigation.
Death Car Locked Up
The bombed car today was
taken from the Chaptico garage,
where it has been too readily
accessible to souvenir hunters, to
the garage of the LeonardtoWn
Implement Company, where it is
now locked up pending the ar
rival today of a ballistics expert
from Baltimore, believed to have
been recommended by Capt. Ed
ward johnson of the State police.
A new link with the mystery
car" seen standing in the drive
way of the home of the Rev.
and Mrs. Joseph T. Gibson, at
Chaptico, where Miss Kirk spent
the night before she was killed,
appeared today in the disclosure
that Constable Richard Long had
seen a man there, on that night,
whose actions aroused his Sus-
picionS.
Long stopped his car and went
toward the man, who took to his
heels. After leaping a fence and
a flight across fields, he eluded
Long, who returned to his ma
chine.
Long did not notice the "mys-
terry car" at the time, but pre-
sumably the man had arrived
in it and returned to it after the
constable had gone.
Used to Firearms
Reports today that Miss Kirk
commonly carried a gun were
not considered particularly sig
nificant, since she had all her
life been accustomed to the use
of firearms.
John Gross, the colored man
employed here at dynamiting
stumps, is still held at the county
jail.
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vide nations
into good"
a n d bad"
according to
cur views of
their policies,
but that a
nation is not
n e y e SSarily
bad" if it re-
fuses to &C.
cept diSarma-
rnent propoS-
ais we are
safe in max
ing because
We are pro-
t.nnta6 hv tyU0
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~ IAAAo SAGy
without having been reared on
the sidewalks of New York.
When he was budding into
a political career" 30-odd years
ago, the mayor said, he lived
in constant dread that the fact
Of his nativity" outside of
this city would be exposed, but
now he felt that the statute
of limitations had worked in
his favor and that he had be-
come "aS one who was native
born and is growing up with
the CITY,"
The mayor was born in Wor-
cester, Mass, he explained, and
came here by way of Wash.
ington, where I did postgradu-
ate work"
The Washington times., 1933-01-11
Large Scale Invasion
Denied by Japan

TOKYO, Jan. II Q.N.S0. j..
Japanese troops in the Chiumen-
kuo pass of the Great Wall of
China will refrain from extend
ing their operations south of the
wall, the war office announced
today.
It was denied Japanese officials
plan a large-scale invasion of
North China.
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in his first
a + t er-dinner
speech since
taking over
the reins of
the city gov.
e rn m e n t, "
told the Ohio
S oci ty of
New York he
used to be a
carpet-bagger
himself, one
of those per-
sons W h o
plunge in to
t h e politics
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Em1bezzIer
Jailed in Alexandria

Alexandria police are holding
for investigation a man giving his
name as Daniel Brown of Harris
burg, Pa. He was arrested on
complaint of a local bank in
connection with a draft he is
said to have attempted to cash.
According to Sergt. Edgar Sims
he is wanted in several Florida
and Georgia cities on embezzle-
ment. charges!
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oceans.
He said the American feel
ing that the European set-up,
with France paramount, is
likely to be permanent, must be
changed, adding:
81 fear no thing could be
further from the truth"
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Managing Board Takes
Over New Roxy Houses

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Amid
a welter of rumors regarding
the fate of the $250,000, 900
Radio City, Robert Edmond
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tional Music Hall. The closing
was officially denied by RKO
officials. But they also denied
there was any change in the
management of the theaters.
The Washington times., 1933-01-11
Burnside, Theater Man,
Broke, Loses Offices

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Hailed
as a genius of the theater and
rated as a millionaire a few
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PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Mayor O'5rien Admits
He's a "Carpet-Bagger"

NEW YORK, Jan. link.
ing a bit of poetry in with his
prose, Mayor John P. O'Brien
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CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance: $459, ,488,
1920; expenditures. $34, ,702,
666.22; customs receipts, $5,368,
1913.
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OLIVE HOSklNS
THIS IS the only woman
warrant officer in Uncle Sans
Army. She sails on the Army
transport Chateau Thierry, jan
uary 10, for the Philippines,
where she already has had two
terms of service.
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CLEARINGS

Richmond ..........$4,176,O77.15
The Washington times., 1933-09-12
No JOBS OPEN,
SAYS |CKES

It's offices filled to overflowing
with job seekers, the Public Works
Administration today announced
it is useless for more applicants
to seek jobs in Washington head
quarters.
More than 10000 persons have
already filed applications,
although but a fractional part Of
them can be given work.
In urging people not to waste
their own time and that of already
hard-pressed officials, Admins
traitor Harold L. Ickes said:
eve are swamped by those
seeking positions. 1 Sympathize
with their desires but regret
they cannot and will not be able
to find places in the Washington
Public Warks Administration.
Our funds must be preserved to
cut unemployment and not
spent on a headquarters staff in
the District"
Despite all past warnings in that
no positions are open, the ante
rooms set aside by E. K. Burlew,
personnel officer, are jammed
daily with job hunters, necessitat-
ing a separate staff to handle
their applications.
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Anyway, 1t Works

Public Works Administrator
Harold L. Ickes had just been
photographed handing a pay
check to a young chap en-
ployed on a street paving pro-
ject at Sixteenth and Irving
Streets.
When the ceremony was con-
eluded the youth remarked:
"I don't know what this NRA
business is all about but I sure
am glad to get a job again."
The thought that music
charms the wild beast appar-
emily has been taken seriously
by Roland Logan, trainer for
George Washington University's
football team.
When the players get obstrep-
erouS, "Shorty" croons some
little melody. Some of the boys,
however, contend it makes 'em
worse.
The Washington times., 1933-09-12
The Weather

District Of Columbia and Maryla and
Generally fair and continued cool to-
night and Wednesday.
Virginia-Generally fair tonight and
Wednesday, except probably showers in
extreme southwest portion; cooler in
west and south portions tonight.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Yesterday Today
p. m....... rs a. m...... So
8 p. m: m:.....' II a. m'....'.' S2
Al Higbest tor,nepSturs p 7s occurred at
3 p. M, September II.
Lowest temperature, 81, occurred at
a, m, September IL.
DEPARTURES
Accumulated excess of temperature
since January 1, 1923.
Excess of temperature since Septem-
ber 1, 1888. So.
Accumulated excess of precipitation
since January 1, 1888, 9.56.
Deficiency of precipitation since Sep
tember /, 1898. .56.
Temperature Same Date Last Year
Highest, so; lowest SIS.
THE TIDES
Today-High tides, 1897 a. m. and
s:It s:It p m. m Low tides S;4o a m. and
Tomorrow-High tides 2:Ss a. m.
and 3:14 p. m. Low tides 9:37 a. m.
THE Sun AND MOON
The sun rises today SAG a. m. and
sets 6:22 p. m.
The sun rises tomorrow 5:47 a. m.
and sets 6:21 p. m.
The moon rises today 11:1S p. m.
and sets 2:21 p. m.
The moon rises tomorrow
and sets 3:O7 p. m.
The Washington times., 1933-09-12
MARINES SORE
At j. 8. REDS

A number of Marines at Guam
tico, Va, would like to have pri-
vate interview" with the Com
munists who scattered pamphlets
around the power house and coal
dock and along one of the streets
at the Marine Base yesterday.
The Marines, it seems, are proud
of the appearance of their post
and having several small sections
of it Uttered with paper burns
them up" An auto bearing Com
munist literature was driven
through the streets of Quantico
late yesterday and at several
points the literature was tossed
out in the roadway.
The pamphlets advised the Ma
rines to mutiny and not go to
Cuba if ordered. All the post is
laughing over the message" with
the exception of the few who want
the interview"
The Washington times., 1933-09-12
Case Goes Higher

The charge was disorderly
conduct.
The case was to be called in
Judge Ralph Given's court. Pa
pers alleging the complaint had
been filed, and prosecutors were
ready to call the mans name.
It will not be in Judge Civ
ems Court that the man appears
for trial.
Between the time the COM
plant had been filed and the
day for trial, it was learned, he
had died.