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The Washington times., 1933-06-20

PARIS, June 20 G.N.SD The
heiress to one of Americas most
colossal fortunes became princess
of a non-existent kingdom today
when Barbara Hutton of New
York was married to Prince
Alexis Mdivani of Russia.
The girl who will inherit the
combined Woolworth and Post for
tunes estimated at $50,000,0 900 at
par-became the bride of Prince
Alexis in brief. routine civil
ceremoney performed by the
mayor of the Sixteenth district of
Paris late this afternoon.
Church Rite Follows
The civil ceremony will be fol-
lowed by colorful nuptial rites in
the Orthodox Russian Church
here later in the week.
Accompanied by her father,
Franklin l.. Hutton, the bride
arrived at the city hall in a
huge gray limousine. She wore
a pearl gray one-piece dress with
a large picture hat of matching
organdie. An emerald necklace
and tiny mink scarf completed
her outfit.
The bride appeared self-con-
scious and failed to favor the
waiting crowd with smile.
Prince Alexis, however, was jovial,
and joked with friends while wait
ing for the mayor to finish mar
rying a prior couple.
The interior Of the city hall
The Washington times., 1933-06-20
FAIR WAGES
URGED BY
JOHNSON
Recovery Act Administrator
Calls Upon Basic Industries
to Frame Codes

The major industrial groups
Of the country were urged to-
day to take the initiative and
submit a "basic code" as early
as possible under the industrial
recovery act.
Hugh S. Johnson, national ad-
ministrator, invited the immediate
submission of a model code by the
10 largest industries, which will
meet at once these three purposes
of the Presidents program:
l. Maximum hours of labor.
2. Minimum wage rates.
3. Such means as each indus
try may find necessary to elin1i-:
nate waSteful and unfair COM
petition.
To Spread Jobs
The basic codes, johnson sug-
gested, should propose "an aver
ave work week designed as far as
possible to provide for such a
spread of employment as will pro-
vide work for employees normally
attached to that particular indus
try. He added:
Likewise codes should pro-
pose a minimum wage scale
sufficient in fact to provide a
decent standard of living in the
locality where the workers re-
side"
His invitation promised broad
protection for the interest of the
public as consumers through their
representation at all hearings
here. Johnson wishes to guard
against increased money wages
being offset by too rapidly
mounting prices.
The cotton textile industry will
have the first public hearing on
an application for approval of its
new code. The date is June 27,
when representatives of two-thirds
of the Spindles and looms of the
country will be heard.
Textile Industry Code
The textile induStry's code pro-
poses:
Minimum wages of $40 weekly
for southern mills and $11
weekly for northern mills.
Maximum of 40 hours labor
per week.
This represents an approximate
increase Of 80 per cent in wages
for an important proportion of
the textile industry and a reduc-
tion Of 20 per cent in weekly
working hours.
Apprentices, cleaners, and out
side employees would be excepted
from the minimum wage and
maximum hours provision.
johnson and his advisers have
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Barbara Hutton, Woolworth
Heiress, Weds Her Prince

resembled a schoolroom, with
some 100 spectators, mostly
French, lined up on benches. A
battery of 40 camera men, who
took shots during the ceremony,
occupied one whole side of the
small room.
IN. Y. Resident"
Alexis, who wore traditional
formal attire, was described by
the mayor as Secretary of the
Georgian legation" The bride
was characterized as resident of
New York city. No occupation.
There was some surprise when
Alexis and his bride failed to
exchange kisses after the cere-
mony, but the witnesses made up
for this lapse. Her relatives
showered Barbara with tokens of
affection while members of
Alexis Georgian diplomatic staff
signalized the event by kissing
his cheek, in traditional Gallo
fashion.
Although he has become the
husband of one of the worlds
wealthiest girls, Prince Mdivani
will have no claim upon her for
tune.
Gets No Fortune
Prior to the marriage, he
signed a contract waving all
rights to her personal possessions.
and was reported to have re-
ceived only a comparatively small
marriage settlement from his
brides father.
The Washington times., 1933-06-20
WAS FAMED
! AS GHETTO
ANGEL.
Married Wealth and Social
Position But Never Forgot
SIumS of Her Birth
picture on Page q

FRANKFORT AM MAIN,
Germany, June 20 (LN.S.( J.
Rose Pastor Stokes, one of
Americas most noted labor
leaders, known the world over
as "Rose of the Ghetto" died
in a hospital here today after
an illness of several months.
She was 81 years Of age.
Mrs. Stokes, who rose from the
slums to become the wife of J. G.
Phelps-Stokes, American million
aire p phila n t h pist, came to
Frankfort-Am-Main early this year
from her home in .Westport,
Conn, and underwent a delicate
operation. =
Had Suffered Long
She had been N failing health
for some time.
The direct cause of death was
q heart attack, which ended a
long illness, during which she had
undergone constant treatment.
The body will be cremated and
the ashes sent to America.
The life of Rose Pastor Stokes,
child Of the Russian ghetto and
the London slums, was a Cinder'
ella tale with an unhappy end
ing. Rose of the Ghetto" she
was called a decade ago when
she emerged as militant leader
of the radical colonies of New
'York's Union Square.
Nearly 80 years ago she was
married to j. G.. Phelps Stokes,
millionaire Observation-Disclosures,
whom she had been sent to inter-
view some time before by the
radical newspaper by which she
was employed. She found him
sympathetic, and in July, 1905,
they were married.
Returns to Old Life
Twenty years later Stokes di-
Vorced her, and the chatelaine of
millions, who had come to New
York from Russia by way of a
cigar factory in Cleveland, found
herself back on the East Side.
Her self-appointed career as de-
fender of the rights Of her
"Ghetto children" was not inter-
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
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RED CLARA IS,
DIES IN RUSSIA

MOSCOW, June 20 G.N.S).
Clara zetkin, mother Of Ger
man Communism" died peaceful
ly in her sleep last night in the
Santtarium at Archangel Skoye,
near Moscow, where she had lived
for the past year, it was learned
today. She was 76.
The end was in sharp contrast
with her stormy life of campaign
ing for the Communist ideal
through the years in which she
won the Sobriquet of RED Clara"
The Washington times., 1933-06-20
Death of 3 in Plane
Declared Accident

SAN BERNARDINO, Calf E,
June 20 G.N.SO Accident" was
the coroner's jury verdict today
of the airplane crash that claimed
the lives of three persons promi-
nent in the Hollywood motion pic
ture colony: Harry Sweet, 80, di-
rector and actor; Vera Williams,
%. a striking brunette known
on the screen as Claudette Ford,
and Hal Davitt, IS. screen and
magazine writer, met death when
Sweets plane crashed so feet
into Big Bear Lake.
The Washington times., 1933-06-20
Pennsylvania in Van
Of Business Recovery

PITTSBURGH, June 20 G.N.
S.).-Facts and figures fell into
step with whirling spindles, smok-
ing stacks and the roar of blast
furnaces in Pennsylvania's pros
periSy parade today. Philadelphia
was a bright spot, with decrease
of as per cent in the number Of
families receiving relief aid
aScribed directly to increased en-
ployment. Steel, coal, oil. re-
fractorieS, and textiles are in the
recovery vanguard throughout the
State.
The Washington times., 1933-06-20
W|FE DENIES
HIRING 4 TO
KILL MATE
Mrs. Bessie 0paS Repudiates
Earlier Confession; Youths
Held As ACCompIiCes

CHICAGO, June 20 I.N.S)D
Completely repudiating her
original story in which AS
sistant States Attorney John
Murphy said she admitted hir-
ing four youths to kill her hus-
band, who carried a 100000
life insurance policy, Mrs. Bes-
sic Opas, 36, today substituted
a radically different explana-
tion.
Marion Opas. a car dealer,
caused the arrest of the youths,
who said they had been promised
$1,000 to kill him, when he be-
came suspicious of their too fire.
quent visits to his office. The
blonde mother of two children
said: stl.vl ...-
II am not to blame for thiss
I didn't hire those boys to kill
my husband. Two months ago
they came to me and demanded
money, saying they were going
to kill him.
THREATENED HER
81 couldn't give them any.
thing as have no money. Then
they threatened to kill me If
told him about it, and / was
afraid-s0 I didn't tell"
She then launched into TRADE
against her husbands behavior
accusing him of beating her and
claiming that now for the first
time in 18 years she was not EN-
ployed. She was asked:
Does he still beat yOu?"
"NO-he chOkeS me now. Oh,
I've had chances enough to kill
him if 1 cared to. There were
always guns around the house."
The four youths, who have been
involved in about so holdups, are
Dominick zullo, 10; John De
Salvo, II; Angelo Masso, 81; and
Jerry Leahman, 18.
Mrs. OpaS in earlier questioning
admitted to Prosecutor Murphy
that she determined to have her
husband taken for a ride after do
mestic trouble took them to court
on several occasions. She planned
the murder, according to the con-
fession, to get possession Of the
$4,000 life insurance he carries
and his $4,000 bank account.
Hunt for SuitOr
The pretty blonde widow also
admitted that she wished to be
free to marry a suitor whom she
would only identify as tom"
Police began a search for the
man after Mrs. Opas said he had
helped work out the plan to re-
move Opas.
According to her statement it
was this sixth figure in the
bizarre plot who engaged the
youthful holdup men.
Mrs. OpaS said she paid each
boy $50 on account and promised
them a lump sum Of $4,000 and
an automobile apiece out Of her
husbands stock.
The Washington times., 1933-06-20
Wet Group Spends
SI34,624 for ReDe0L

The association against the
prohibition amendment, leading
the fight of wet organizations for
repeal, spent $134.624.50 between
January l and May 81, according
to a report filed with the clerk
Of the House today. During this
period the receipts of the organi-
zation were slightly higher, total
ing $135.542.
The Washington times., 1933-03-08
DOLLAR RISES IN Vienna

VIENNA, March 8 Q.N.S0.-
Although official quotations re-
manned unchanged, the American
dollar rose two per cent in private
trading today.
The Washington times., 1933-03-08
JAPS TAKE WAR
SOUTHOF WALL

PEIPING, March 8 QN.SO
Japan carried the conflict against
China south of the Great Wall
for the first time today when
japanese airplanes dropped bombs
along the road to Peiping, Is
miles south of Kupei Pass. The
bombs were aimed at a Chinese
military supply dump.
TOKYO, March 8 U.N.SO.-1n
swift reprisal for the loss OF
Jehol province to the Japanese,
Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang to-
day shot and killed former Gov.
Tang Yu-Lin, vanquished by the
invaders who captured JehOl City
Marshal Chang, according to
advices here, killed Tang as pun
ishment for what Chinese leaders
consider was the former COVER
nor's treachery.
It was also reported that Mar
shall Chang resigned as military
commander of North China and
that he contemplated flight to
France.
The Washington times., 1933-03-08
Latest Developments
In Banking Situation

Government drops plan to sanction scrip national basis
in favor of expansion of present currency.
Undersecretary Baanne of the Treasury explains that
although national scrip is not sanctioned in communities
where it necessary scrip may be issued by the clearing
house associations banks without interference from the
Federal Government
Meantime Governor Lehman Of New York sets up STATE
scrip board and Alfred E. Smith is made CHAIRMAN
Governor Rtche of Maryland says his State will follow
President Roosevelt plans to ask Congress for broad
powers to COPE with the stchangng situation. Favors
recesng special session this week and then work out
program before recalling Congress.
Congress ready invoke rule to push through
Roosevelt legislation.
Banks in New York. Chicago and other centers reopen
to meet payrols and to relieve distress.
Reserve banks discount commercial paper making avail
able 100 millions additional cash.
Foodstuffs move more rapidly Pork prices increase
other commodities up slightly.
American dollar strong in foreign markets
The Washington Clearing House Association Will meet
again late today to discuss further the regulations promu
gated by Secretary Woodn in relation to withdrawal OF
funds.
All banks in the District again opened today for limited
business
Local banks refrain from cashng checks meeting pay
roll requests until the order from the Secretary providing
for this is clarified
Local bankers expressed belief there will be need for
local scrip issue they allowed to draw on the Federal
Reserve Bank for currency.
President Roosevelt and his Cabinet met again today to
continue work bank program to be sent to Congress
when the special session meets tomorrow.
The District food supply is ample wholesalers report
with the Treasury action approved for withdrawal OF funds
for further shipments as they arrive.
The Washington times., 1933-03-08
KING GETS D. c,
SENATEPOST

Senator William H. King CD
of Utah, was named by the Senate
Democratic steering committee to-
day as chairman of the Senate
District Committee. He succeeds
Senator Arthur Capper (RO Of
Kansas.
Senator M. M. Logan (D0 of
Kentucky, was appointed chair
man of the Committee on Civil
Service. In his comparatively
short term in the Senate, Logan
has exhibited a decided interest
in the welfare of Federal en-
ployeS and has been an opponent
of salary reduction proposals.
The Committee on Public Build
ings and Public Grounds will be
headed by Senator Tom Connally
CD of Texas, while Senator Al
ven w. Barkley CD of Kentucky,
will head. the Committee on
Libraries.
Senator Ashurst of Arizona was
named chairman of the Judiciary
Committee.
Senator Glass of Virginia was
chosen to head the Appropriations
Committee.
Senator Harrison of Mississippi,
the Finance Committee, and Sen
ator Pittman of Nevada, the Com
Rnittee on Foreign Relations.
The Washington times., 1933-03-08

Appointment of Claude G. Bow
ers, editorial writer for The Wash
ington Times and other Hearst
papers, as ambassador to Spain,
and of Judge Robert w. Bingham,
of Louisville, as ambassador to
London, awaits only the sanction
of Madrid and London, it was ap-
parent today, following the State
Departments inquiry at the two
European courts.
Their nominations will be the
first of a series of diplomatic as
signments of the new administra-
ton.
Judge Bingham is publisher Of
the Courier-Journal, long presided
over by the late Henry Waiter
son.
Bowers is a former resident Of
Indiana. He was the keynoter of
the 1928 Democratic convention
which nominated Alfred E. Smith.
He now resides in New York.
LONDON, March 8 QN.S0.-
Judge Robert w. Bingham, Louis
vile publisher and reported choice
of President Roosevelt for the
ambassadorship to Great Britain,
is persona grata at the Court Of
st. James, international News
Service learned today.
The Washington times., 1933-03-08
BANKS
KEEP FOOD
MOVING
Payroll Withdrawals Barred;
Books Also Kept Closed
To New Deposits

The Washington Clearin g
House Association will meet
again late today to further
study the regulations of Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Woodin
in extending the scope of bank
ing activities during the re-
mainder of the bank holiday
ordered by President Roosevelt.
The meeting will continue a
study Of Regulation No. 10,
issued yesterday by the Secre-
tary. in which the banks were
authorized to cash checks for the
purchase of food, medicine, and
other necessities of life and to
permit payroll Withdrawals.
Regulation Called Vague
At a meeting held last night,
the Clearing Hous Association
recommended against local'banks
doing this on the ground that
the regulation is too vague.
At his daily press conference
Secretary Woodin said he had
received notification of this
action, but had been too pressed
to look it over and determine If
the Qualification asked can be
given at this time.
Bank officials voiced further
objection to the regulation on the
ground it would defeat the pur-
pose of the four-day bank holiday
if carried out by taking currency
out while none is being deposited.
New York Halts Activities
Banks in New York and other
parts of the country started max
ing payments yesterday under the
regulation, but discontinued them
today because of confusion aris-
ing, according to information re-
ceived in local banking circles.
One of the Secretary's regula-
tions, concerning Withdrawals for
the movement of food supplies, is
being acted upon by the local
banks, drafts being honored for
such shipment.
Washington bankers also said
that they will not accept new
deposits, although this is spe-
officially permitted under Secre-
tary Woodin'S orders.
The bankers pointed out that
if deposits are accepted, it would
be necessary to keep two sets of
books under the restrictions i'm
posed, and that this would cause
great confusion.
If merchants feel that they
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ROOSEVELT 7
WILL ASK
FORW|DE
POWER
Special Message Tomorrow
Will Lay Before Congress
~, Plans to Meet Crisis

The projected policy of using
scrip on a national scale in
the banking emergency was
dropped today, and it ap-
peared that, instead, the Fed
eral Government would au-
thorize expansion Of currency
under existing statutory au-
thority.
The decision against issuing
scrip on a national scale was an
nounced by Secretary of the
Treasury Woodin at time when
many clearing house associations
were prepared to embark upon
that type of circulating medium
Undersecretary of the Treasury,
A. A. Ballantine, in explaining the
Woodin statement that there would
be no scrip, said this meant the
Treasury would not give sanction
to the use of scrip on nation
wide scale.
NO teUeral interference
However, in communities where
it is necessary, scrip may be issued
by the clearing house associations
or bank without interference from
the Federal Government.
No decision has yet been
reached, however, Treasury Of
ficialS said, on whether national
banks that are members of the
Federal Reserve System will be
permitted to issue scrip on their
own.
Under the Presidents proclama-
ton of a four-day bank holiday,
all banks are prohibited from is
suance of scrip prior to Friday.
Unless the holiday is extended
and Secretary of the Treasury
Woodin said he saw no reason for
that-it will be up to. the Treas
ury to make a decision with re"
gard to member national banks
issuing it on their own response
bility. Such decision probably
will be made before tomorrow mid.
night.
For Local Use Only
Such scrip, when and if issued,
would have only local uses, for it
would not be national in char
acter. State banks not members
of the Federal Reserve System
cannot be prevented from issuing
their own scrip, of course, except
by State authority.
Under existing law, Federal
reserve and national bank cur
rency may be expanded by $2,-
$40, 900 900.
Under the Glass amendment
to the home loan bill, national
bank note circulation can be in
creased by $40, 900, 900.
Under the Glass-Steagall bill,
Federal Reserve note circulation
may be increased by $2,000,000,-
600, if the minimum requirement
of 40 per cent gold is used as
collateral, and the remainder
backed by go per cent Govern
ment security and commercial
paper.
Federal Reserve notes have ex-
panded $1,145, ,000,0 since the
Glass amendment was passed.
Continued on Page 2, Column -
The Washington times., 1933-03-08
POLICE ETOF|RE
: |NFORMERS
!. At ONCE
i bndue Activity Is Deemed Un-
warranted in View of
Congress Attitude

Washington's speakeasies
may run wide open now as
far as the Bureau Of Prohibi-
tion is concerned.
Prohibition Director Amos w
w. Woodcock has ordered al
Federal agents to cease attempt
ang to enforce the dry law against
the Speakeasies and from now
on to concentrate on the manu-
facturerS and transporters OF
liquor.
In a prepared statement issued
today, the director explained the
appropriation bill for the fiscal
year beginning July /, prohibits
use of funds to procure evidence
by wire tapping, purchase OF
intoxicants by investigators and
the use of paid informers.
Will of Congress
He stated:
"WhiIe these provisions do
not become effective until
July i, it seemed desirable to
make the Bureaus operations
conform Immediately to. the
wishes of Congress. not only
for the principle involved but
for the practical reason that.
cases made now will likely be
tried after July l."
Although District Officials
seemed in a quandary as the re
suit of the stunning announce
,anent by the prohibition director
the statement regarding the Situa
tion in the Capital read:
"In the District of Columbia,
the bureau has paid for inform
ers for the Metropolitan Police,
{ without having any control in
their selection or over their Op-
eratiOns. Some change in this
method must be found here"
For years, the only method
under which local police operated
J against speakeasies was through
! The use Of paid informers. Nine
t such informers are now under
contract for the next three
months with salaries of S. pei
day. Woodcock's statement indi
Gated that these men will now be
dropped.
;. The prohibition director stated
that from now on the work OF
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GREEN SUBMITS
CRISIS CURE

NEW YORK, March 8 U.N.SO
Declaring the situation "calls for
direct, immediate action" Will
liam Green, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, to
day outlined a three-point pro
gram sponsored by organized labor
for leading the country out Of the
economic depression.
The program, he said, calls for:
l. Restoration of the buying
power of the country through
establishment and maintenance
of high wage standards.
2. Establishment of the five
day week and six-hour work day.
8. Creation of credit facilities
to enable both large and small
employers to finance produc-
ton.
Green, speaking at a luncheon
of the New York Board of Trade,
said:
Suggestions for initiation Of
currency, for revaluatiOn Of our
monetary standards, and for
the settlement of international
debts and international prob
lens, as remedies for unemplOy-
ment, fall far short Of the mark.
"The clear call Of the moment
is to industrial management to
make such adjustments and to
initiate sOch policies as may be
necessary to provide employ
ment for idle people and to re-
turn them to the wage-earning
class, where they may exercise
their maximum buying power
and thus create a demand for
marketable goods"
The Washington times., 1933-03-08

of those who die that makes those who live realize
what constitutes useful life.
Copyright MeNaught syndieats)
The Washington times., 1933-03-08
WILL ROGERS Savs:
BEVERLY HILLS, CAL, March ST am glad it
was me instead of VOL Mr.. President"

Ihope they use that quotation
on Cermak's tomb. No tomb
stone in America could carry a
finer tribute. His courage, his
fighting spirit were great. But,
most of all, his devotion to his
family during his battle for life
endeared Mayor Cermak to his
adopted country.
On another train, returning
home forever, goes Tom, Walsh
to Montana, whose epitaph
might read:
"Fairness lost a friend;
crookedness lost an enemy"
Rut it's Onlv the inSDiratiOn
The Washington times., 1933-03-08
German City Closes
AU Chain Stores

ESSEN, Germany, March 8
G.NSO .-Acceding to demands
from Nazi leaders, the Essen Re
tailerS' Association today closed
down department and chain
stores, including Woolworth'S S
and 10 Cent Stores. The Nazi
creed vigorously condemns the
chain store system.
The Washington times., 1933-03-08
COnferS
With Roosevelt

Senator McAdoo CD of Cali
fornia discussed the financial
situation generally with President
Roosevelt today. He spent a half
hour with the President. but re-
fused to discuss the conferences.
The Washington times., 1933-03-08
POLAND BUYS DOLLARS

WARSAW. March 8 1.N.SO -
In an effort to stabilize the Amer
ican dollar, the Bank of Poland
bought United States currency
today at the rate of $50 zloty to
the dollar.