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Evening star., 1933-12-31
PROBES
IN 1888 NUMEROUS
Better Business Bureau Head
Cites Federal Act as Aid =.
in Campaign. =,

Reviewing operations Of the Better
Business Bureau during 1893, Louis
Rothschild, director, said yesterday the
stirring change in our economic and
national life" has reflected materially
on the activities Of his organization
Functioning in its two fields Of specialized
activity, truth in advertising and sup
pressing questionable securities promo
tion, the bureau has handled an un-
usually heavy number Of investigations
in the past II months.
In the securities field, Rothschild re-
ported the passage Of the securities act
has done much to assist the bureau and
to protect the people Of Washington.
Developments of Act.
This law" he said. meets the de-
mand the bureau has had for some
years for protection similar TO the Sc
curities laws in the various States. De-
velopments Of the act IN 50 far as the
bureau is concerned are:
Many stock promotions which would
have difficulty in registering under the
law. began their activities shortly before
the act became effective. and these pro-
motions are operating in Washington al
present
Many former stock promoters find
into real estate schemes particularly the
so-called luncheon lecture scheme
oil royalties which are construed
now as securities under the law by some
attorneys, are being promoted in many
instances by promoters of questionable
regulations.
Primarily, the bureaus service in
helping the public to investigate first,
has met with a continued demand as is
indicated by the fact that in 1893 to
date 1,742 inquiries have been handled
at the bureau office. The fundamental
securities law is that II has made ID
much easier for the bureau and the
public to investigate first the facts be-
ing available
Federal Support Given.
In the truth in advertising field,
support has also come from the Federal
Government in that many Of the codes
attached under the National Recovery
Administration have the policing of in
dustry, the promotion of fair compe-
tltlon, including clauses directly oppos-
ing untruthful advertising and other
improper trade practices which had
been subject of bureau opposition for
many years. In the retail code. particu-
larly the fair practice section were
drafted in councilship with the Better
Business Bureau movement the princi-
pies for which the bureau has striven.
The retail code became effective No
vember !. Already there has been a
material improvement in business prac-
tices and an elimination Of many un-
truthful and questionable advertise
ments. Not only have retailers vel
coined this improvement. but advertis-
ing mediums and npWSOa 0ere arc CO-
operating to police these advertising
standards which are now more
Evening star., 1933-12-31
GERMANY IS SILENT
ON DEBT TO BRITAIN
Berlin Has Not Answered Two Pro-
tests on Attitude Regard
ing Payment.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. December 30.-The British
governments dissatisfaction with Ger
nlany's attitude on the question OF pay
ment of interest on German medium
and long term debts has not thus lar
been alleviated by any communications
from Berlin. it was made clear in au-
thoritative quarters today.
Two protests have been sent to Ger
many. it was learned. one December %
against the announcement by DR.. HAL
mar Schacht, president of the Reichs-
bank, of a reduction in the percentage
OF German payments. This followed
protest November against what was
described as less favorable treatment
of debt payments to British creditors
than accorded some other creditor ma
tions.
No satisfactory reply has been re-
ceived to either communication, it was
stated today.
The British government is in further
communication with Berlin on the sub
iect it was understood. and if no salts
factory answer is received the govern
ment, we'll informed circles say, will not
let the matter rest.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
BANKHEAD SEES BRIEF,
HARMONIOUS SESSION
Senator Says Critics of Roosevelt
Will Meet With Small Sup
port From Masses.

BY the Associated Press.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, December 30
A short session of Congress, with Presi-
dent Roosevelt having substantial ma
jority, yesterday was predicted by Sen
ator John H. Bankhead. Democrat. of
Alabama as the outlook in Washington
during the coming year.
There will be some 'sniping' by par
tisan Republicans, who are looking Tor
vulnerable spot" said the Senator.
Some of them probably will send up
balloons from time to time. to test the
wind of public opinion. The reaction
will not be favorable.
THE masses of the people are more
interested in financial betterment than
in party politics They are pleased with
the progress being made by the Demo-
cratic administration.
"Harping critics and die-hard parti-
sans will receive little public support.
The people are ahead of obstructive
politicians"
Senator Bankhead said he believed
Congress would adjourn by May /.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
BY the Associated Press.

Nineteen thirty-four promises to be
year of world experimentation in
economics and government as states
men seek to speed the end of one of
history's longest and stiffest hard-time
spells.
A lot of 1885 international head
aches are prominent on the sheet of
unfinished business
First of all, leaders face the problem
of dislocated media Of exchange with
two major and many minor theories at
clash. Happy days, they all agree,
won't come again until commerce can
move in undisturbed and unimpeded
channels.
velt proposes to raise basic purchasing
ability. and commodity prices, by the
use of managed" currency
In Italy, Premier MuSSolini will low
er wages and prices in one sweeping
operation in the hope that thereby
Italy may compete in the worlds marts
Tariff Barriers Attacked.
France sticks to the gold standard
and calls for monetary stabilization
throughout the world.
In the Americas tariff barriers are
being attacked by bi-lateral bargain
ing as proposed by Cordell Hull United
States Secretary of State, at the Pan
American Conference in Montevideo.
| The nations of the Western CONT
nents will seek solution Of the trou-
blesome debts question in an economic
gathering at Santiago, Chile
Europe, anxious to sell its products
abroad and thus fill the domestic dinner
pail, clings TO its tariffs and quotas as
bargaining points. Mr.. Roosevelt has
indicated disposition to do some bar
tering himself-with wines and liquors
as the first bait.
Most statesmen feel that the closing
months Of 1893 marked at least slight
upturn from the business Stagnation Of
last Winter and Spring. World unem-
Hloyment has decreased. if cnly slightly
| many basic commodities have risen
some world surpluses have been re-
duced
Politically there are many of the old
1889 snags in the 1884 channel. The
conference system didn't work so well
in the IL months lust ended-witness
adjournment of the London economic
sessions of last Spring and Summer and
the later disarmament ting at Ge-
neva, the former with underlined re-
suits and the latter a failure.
League Facing Test
The world will try it again. however
with another attempt to make disarma-
ment, or rather arms limitation, some
thing Of reality.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
Government and Economics
Experiments Loom in 1884
Problem of DisIOcated Media of EXCHANGE
ence System, to Be Giuen Ne,U Trials.

The League of Nations faces its most
crucial test. Already weakened by the
withdrawal of two-Germany and
Japan-of its five great power mem
bers, it views with alarm Italy's warn
ing that radical changes are necessary
or she, too, will step out.
Diplomatic discussions of the pro-
posed reform. which Italy would have
include a separation of the Versailles
treaty from the League covenant, al
ready are under way
Some statesmen profess to see a ray
of hope in the dying down of the Eu-
ropean war-scare talk and the preoccu-
patton Of governmental leaders in the
business Of establishing peace.
Three dominant figures of the year
Roosevelt. Chancellor Hitler of Ger
many and Maxim Litvinoff, astute for
eign conmissar of the Soviet Union
have lifted their voices in testimony of
their desire for international co-opera-
tion rather than war
Hitler, in almost the same breath
that he told of Germany's withdrawal
from the League and the disarmament
conference, held out an olive branch to
France in the form of a bi-lateral set
at gingerly, but the diplomatic talks
have begun.
Pacific Peace More Likely.
Litvinof, his year crowned with sue
cess by American recognition and the
negotiation Of pactS Of friendship and
commerce with neighboring European
states. plans further aggressive partici-
patton in world affairs. Under Rome's
plan Of changes. Russia would join
the other great powers at the League
green table
With Japan's position in Manchuria
consolidated. If not regulariZed and
with an apparent lessening Of tension
between Japan and Russia, there ap-
pears hope for better days in the Pa
cihc. Some Toxic trial balloons have
ln51cated the possibility of direct con-
versations between Japan and the
United States to iron out causes OF
irritation
One possible trouble spot on the
horizon is Austria, whose little chan
chellor. Engelbert Dollfuss. has chosen
the dictator's path between the bland
ishments of NaZiism and Fascism and
the demands of the Socialists. His
final choice has not yet been made,
but he has made It clear that Aus
tria's independence-and by that he
meant no domination from Berlin
must be assured.
Should he fail, and Germany and
Austria combine in the much discussed
"anschluss," chancelleries must work
fast to avoid European explosion.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
POPULAR OPERA ENJOYS REVIVAL
As METROPOLITAN TAKES SLUMP
New York Hippodrome Company Cires 2OOh
Performance and Goes Road-Chicago
Also Viii Haze Season, Talley Starring
NEW YORK LP).-America has clurg
tenaciouslY TO her music throughout

NEW YORK (P).-America has clurg
tenaciously to her music throughout
year Of struggle toward recovery.
As a counterbalance to a drastic cur
tailment of the Metropolitan Opera s
season there has been a great revival
Of interest in popular opera.
At the New York Hippodrome Alfredo
Salmaggi's popular price company has
just given its 200th performance and
departed for a road tour.
The year brought also the announce
ment of an opera season in Chicago,
directed by Paul Longone. and offering
as one of its stars, Marion Talley. who
returns to opera after a four-year re-
tirement.
At least one new American opera is
announced for performance by the
tropolitan-Howard Hanson's Merry
Mount" to libretto by Richard Stokes.
Deems Taylor is at work on another.
With his wife, Mary Kennedy, as
librettist, and George Gershwin, he is
setting Duboise Heyward's "Porgy v
Virgil Thomson's -Four Saints in Three
Evening star., 1933-12-31

Acts" librette by Gertrude Stein, also
is announced for production.
There has been no major curtailment
OF major symphonic endeavor; actually,
there have been advances in some quar-
ters. Generally there has been a move
ment toward a reduction in seat prices
The orchestral situation has been en-
livened by the debut Of Jose Iturbi. the
pianist, as conductor, and by the Sc
lection of Hans Lange as one of the
three major conductors of the New
York Philharmonic Symphony for this
season.
The most interesting new personality
added to music in the year is Ruth
Slenczynski, the 8-year-old California
pianist, who plays mature programs like
an artist. And a curious musical de-
velopment has been the introduction of
Harry Partch's 37-tone scale.
The trend Of composition in Amer
lea, If the years production may be
used as base for prophecy, seems to
be toward greater simplicity and less
ropoy,bn,,u
Evening star., 1933-12-31
BY A. w. GILLIAN,
Staff Correspondent of The Star.

STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
HELVETIA, w. Va, December 30
Nestled, warm and comfortable, amid
the Snow-covered West Virginia noun
tains, forgotten. almost even by their
nearest neighbors, live the second and
third generations of a people who pro-
vided the answer to one of the Roose-
velt administrations great sociological
experiments subsistence farming -
long before it became governmental
policy.
They are happy. well-fed folk, with
Well-Stocked larders, bank accounts, and
command the respect Of all who might
happen into their isolated country.
They are the descendants of a brave
band from the "Gruetl Verein." Swiss
and German society formed in New
York Just after the Civil War, and for
nearly a century they and their for
bears have cleaned prosperous living
from mountain sides where most farm
erS would starve to death, until now
the little farming community around
Helvetia, their town, is truly a garden
spot.
Hemmed in on every side by people
living in unbelievable squalor and
poverty, ma county where, according
to the Federal Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration. II per cent Of the popu-
lation has been on relief, these people
have gone on their way. tilling and
producing mainly for their own con-
sumption-and adding a little to their
bank accounts with occasional sales Of
cattle. or Of the Swiss cheese they
make. as did their ancestors in Switzer-
land, from the milk of Swiss cows
Fixed Salves on Land.
Not a single member Of the COM
munity has had to ask for Federal re-
lief. and none expects to, so long as
their rocky land that it titled some
times as much as As degrees, will raise
nubbin of corn.
The story of the Helvetia community
is a bright page in American history
1t is a tale of loyal. cooperative set
tiers who hewed their homes from the
virgin wilderness. who suffered un-
believable hardship to establish them
selves, and who, pursuing lofty prin-
cipleS of cooperation and community
spirit. have established themselves
firmly on the land, and have sent men
and women out into the world who
have make a mark for themselves In
other lines than farming.
1t was in 1868 that the idea for the
Helvetia community was born. Dur
ing the Civil War many Germans ano
swiss came to this country. Most OF
them either enlisted or were drafted
on both the Northern and Southern
sides, and actually fought in the war
After the war a group of them met In
New York and formed the "Gruet
Verein," a sort of lodge, and 1t was
this society that formed the nucleus
of the Helvetia community. One OF
the Swiss members, Frank Isler OF
wa ashington, had done some surveying
in the West Virginia mountains and he
suggested that they establish COM
munity in West Virginia. Other men,
bers agreed, and early in 1869 six mem
bers. with their families, travelled to
Clarksburg, w. Va. and after dlckerlng
with land owners set out for the land
they had bought. 3hey walked rs
miles through what then was wilder
ness to the little mountain valley alona
Evening star., 1933-12-31
'CR|ME SPLOTCHES
WORLD IN 1888
Attempted Assassination of
Roosevelt Tops List in
u. S.
BY FRANCIS A. JAMESON,
Associated Press STAFF Writer.

NEW YORK, December 30.-Crime
splotched the world in l933-influ-
encing the activities of governments,
shaping the destinies of the obscure.
From the attempted assassination of
President Roosevelt to the burning Of
Germanys Reichstag, the Staying OF
Peru's colorful President, Rumania's
premier and the King of Afghanistan
it spread.
Nations struck back at criminals
severe penalties we're inflicted
Giuseppe Zangara startled the United
States in February. He attempted to
Rssassinate President-elect Roosevelt in
Miami. Fla One Of his bullets fatally
wounded Mayor Anton j. Cermak of
Chicago. who stood by. Zangara was
executed
Evening star., 1933-12-31
BEER BARON SUED

Government Moves to Collect In
come Taxes From Convict.
ATLANTA, December 80 CP.-Terry
Druggan, one of ChicagoS pre-repeal
beer barons, today was sued by the
Government for S267. .7O2 54 and interest
for alleged unpaid income taxes
The suit, filed in Federal Court for
the Northern District of Georgia. is
similar to one filed yesterday in Chi
cago.
1t represented taxes claimed to be
due from the years of 1922, 1928 and
1924. Credit was given for $4,000 the
Government obtained from the sale of
a house Druggan owned in Miami
Druggan now is serving a sentence
of two and a half years in the Federal
penitentiary here for income tax eva
sion.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
CHICAGO GROWS IN 1888

CHICAGO, December 80 tp).-Chi-
cago is beginning 1884 with an estimat-
ed urban population of 3575, 5,O0O-ai
increase of nearly 81 900 during 1888
figures by the Chicago Association OF
Commerce showed today
Analyzing the metropolitan district,
embracing Cook County and five other
counties that fall within a 30-mile
radius Of the Loop. the association found
a combined population of 4955 900, or
just about $4,000 more than 12 months
ago. There are ITS towns and cities
located in the metropolitan district.
The population in Chicago alone has
jumped 215000 in the last four years,
the report stated.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
ACCIDENT IS FATAL
Driver Tries to Avoid Hitting Dog,
Car Skids.

LAWRENCEBURG. Ind. December
80 R).-One man was killed and an
other seriously injured near here to-
night when the automobile in which
they were riding skidded down an en-
bankment as the driver attempted TO
avoid hitting a cog
Gerald Nocks. 35 Of Aurora, a c. W. A
worker, was killed instantly. and Ira
Cross, 49, also of Aurora. was injured
seriously. He was taken to a hospital
in Cincinnati.
The men were en- route from Aurora
to LaWrenceburg when the accident oc-
CURED. A dog was said to have started
to run across the highway and Gross
swerved the car in an effort to miss it.
1t skidded down an embankment.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
Warrants Charge Staying.

SAN FRANCISCO. December 80 (P).
Warrants charging two Los Angeles
men with the Staying of Samuel Daugh-
erty, reputed former Philadelphia and
New York gangster whose body was
found near a highway here November
% were sworn to yesterday by Capt.
of Police inspectors Charles Dullea.
The men ramed in the warrants are
Jack Kirschner and Benjamin Green
RiaSS.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
TWO j. S. SAILORS SHOT
Manila Policemen Are Beaten !

Manila Policemen Are Beaten in
, Fight Following Arrest.
MANILA, December 80 R).-TWo
American sailors were shot, one of them
severely, and two Filipino policemen
were battered in a melee tonight which
was the result of the earlier arrest of
third sailor for disorderly conduct.
Patrolman Eugenio Sagmit fired when
four sailors who were attacking Pa
trolman Genaro Donate. One sailor,
shot in the chest, may die. Another
was wounded in the leg. The two
others fed. Names of the sailors were
withheld
Evening star., 1933-12-31

The Presidents subsistence farm
ing project in West Virginia is pat
termed after the colony at Helvetid.
phere for 81 years there has been
no unemployment and no poverty.
The Star sent q reporter to the COM
nlnnity, isolated in a remote part of
the mountains. to inquire into the
mode of Huing Which permitted them
to snatch HUtng from rocky hill
sides uhile II per cent of the resi-
dents OF their county pere on the
Teliet rolls.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
BANKER PREDICTS
'M0MENTOUS' YEAR
VanderIip Declares 1884 May
See Beginning of End of
U. S. Capitalism.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec ember 3o-The
coming year will be le in which mo
mentously important" history will be
made. Frank A. Vanderlip, former
president of the National City Bank,
said today in statement setting forth
his expectations of what the new year
has in store.
Nineteen thirty-four will be year
in which fresh chapters of political
economy will be recorded" he said.
1T will be a year in which there will
be a testing of novel experiments in
the social. economic and business
worlds; a year when business men will
need, as never before, to cut loose
from the deeply plowed channels OF
traditional thought. We must clearly
and realistically evaluate new eco
nomic factors in the light of present
conditions.
Predicts Greater Business.
II believe that We are probably be-
ginning a year in which the total vol
ume of business will exceed that in the
year just closed. Whether or not it
| is to be profitable business is largely
lin the hands OF the Government. II
the objective of Government should
prove to be a redistribution of wealth
might well turn out to be year which
marked the beginning Of the end OF
the capitalistic system in this country.
Possible profits are the foundation
stones of the capitalistic system. Re
move business profits and the system
perishes. I am hopeful that we are
not facing such a Government obJec-
tive.
There will be clarifcation of the
In r. AS definition of the relationship
between labor and Industry. l tnlnk
there will be need for some relaxation
in the security act SO as to permit
cannot be a substantial revival of the
heavy industries without some market
for new securities.
Government in Banking.
"There will need to be a realization
that the gold standard cannot bear the
burden of responding to irresponsible
movements of capital across interna-
tional boundaries, when that movement
has no relation to foreign trade bal
ances.
There should be some clarlflcatlon
as to whether or not We are heading
| toward a larger participation in and
! control of banking by Government.
The business world will need a
clearer insight into the extent to
which the country is to be reglmented
toward a managed economy and an
education as to the evils and advan-
tages of a managed economy.
Notwithstanding the tremendous
import and the uncertainty OF these
factors. I am still hopeful that the
coming year will be better than the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-15

Road building in German Ia
Dor camp.
MONEY in Germany today is
NA as tricky and difficult to
handle as hydrogen gas, so that
even the tourist knows it.
AS recently as May, a dollar
brought more than four marks.
On July Is, after Aemrican in
f1ation talk, 1 got price OF 2.93
at the North German Lloyd Of
flee in Berlin, and that was a good
price.
On the same day one block up
Inter den Linden at the Amerl-
can Express the price was FIT,
which allowed the express COM
pany profit of about S. per 500.
The law says no one may take
away from Germany more than
200 marks, although foreigners
may take out as much as they
had brought in.
This and its detailed elabora-
tons, a petty annoyance for tour
lists, is battling handicap to in
ternational business.
Although not aimed solely at
Jews, the law hits the Jews Sc
verely. If one of the rejected race
desires to emigrate, it is almost
impossible to take along any
property.
However, I did meet one Jew,
a disbarred lawyer now going to
Palestine with the forlorn hope
of living by photography, who had
obtained a permission.
He could reprieve his household
goods and also 1000 English
pounds. He had obtained this
favor by showing deliberately that
he had paid all his taxes and all
his private debts, that he was
neither a Socialist, Communist, or
pacifst.
Novf-Tho man or0urd Hitler
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-15
Buy a Suit of Clothes,
Plea of Dinner Speaker

Purchase the things needed or
the things you always wanted" he
urged.
He forecast that equitable dis
tribution of incomes was one of the
objects of the national recovery
move and that extravagant salaries
and large bonuses will pass under
the new deal.
One of the things that brought
hard times was that too many fell
lows were collecting the eggs that
were laid by somebody else's chick
ems" he said.
Guests at the dinner included DR..
Clarence E. Manion. professor at
Notre Dame: Governor Paul v Nc
Mutt, r. Earl Peters and Postmaster
Leslie D. Clancy. Robert R. Kirby
presided.
O'Connell arrived in Indianapolis
late Thursday, after his plane had
been forced down east of here.