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Evening star., 1933-02-12
BOARD WILL SPEED
REPORT ON SUGAR
New Cost Data viii Be Taken
Up in Last of Hearings
This Week.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Sugar, veteran Of numerous tariff
| controversies, will resume its old role
| Tuesday before the Tariff Commission
| which plans to speed up its investiga-
| ton in hope Of presenting a report to
President Hoover before the close Of
his Administration.
| Agents Of the commission have re-
| turned from Cuba, Puerto Rico and
Hawaii, and have visited many centers
Of domestic production, bringing to-
gether new data on the costs of grow
ing cane and sugar beets and costs of
| refining in the light Of changes re-
sulting from the depression.
On Tuesday the commission will be-
| gin its final series Of hearings, after
which the members will then prepare
their recommendations for action by
the President. II, as appears likely,
| the commission is unable to complete
its report by March 4, Franklin D.
Roosevelt will pass Judgment on it in
what may be his first opportunity to
| outline his tariff policy on a major
American import.
All Phases Investigated.
The commissions investigation of
sugar has included every phase of the
industry. It was begun early in 1882
and the commission conducted hear
ings dealing with the refined product
last Spring, with Tuesdays testimony
to center mainly about the raw product,
which Is the most important In volume
OF imports. Beet sugar producers Of
Western States and cane producers of
the Southern States, both have sought
increased protection.
The commissions investigation also
has involved intensive study of the
tariff differential between the raw and
refined product, with some refineries
along the Atlantic Seaboard complain
ing that reduced labor costs In foreign
countries had made 1t possible for
foreign ref1neries to hurdle the tariff
wall.
Average Rate az Cents.
Since 1908, under tariff reciprocity
treaty with Cuba, sugar from that
country has entered 20 per cent under
the rates applying to other countries.
The general rate is now 1.7125 cents
per pound for sugar testing below rs
! degrees and fraction of cent for each
additional degree, making the average
| duty for raw sugar about 2.5 cents per
pound with the average for refined
sugar 2.65 cents.
The United States consumes nearly
one-fourth Of the worlds sugar produc-
ton, but overproduction has marked
recent years, with large volumes of i'm
ported sugar selling last year at cent
pound exclusive Of the duty, and some
as low as six-tenths Of q cent. Some Of
these sales represented distress selling
by Cuban growers who are credited
with importing about 100000, 900
pounds Of sugar to this country in 1882.
Government import figures for the
product are incomplete.
Evening star., 1933-02-12
De PRIEST WILL SPEAK
ON C0LORED PROGRAM
Representative to Address First
Meeting Commemorating Negro
History Week Here.

Representative Oscar De Priest of Il
linois will be the principal speaker to-
morrow evening at the Birney Com
munity Center in the first of four pro-
grams to be presented at colored cen
ters here to commemorate Negro his
tory week.
Others scheduled to speak include
Garnet c. Wilkinson, assistant superin-
tendent of schools: H. G.. Brown, presi-
dent of the Industrial Savings Bank
and Mrs. Martha E. Ellis, community
secretary at the Birney center.
Other programs listed are at the
BurrWlle center Tuesday evening anc
OH Wednesday evening at the Garfield
and West Washington centers.
Evening star., 1933-02-12

"IFTEEN hundred Boy Scouts and
- Sea Scouts last night participated
In the 1888 roundup held in
L the Mckinley High School audi
torium by the scouting organi-
zation in observance of the twenty
third birthday of the Boy Scout move
ment.
Silver Beaver awards for outstanding
service to boyhood were given to DR..
Paul Bartsch, Maj. j. S. Hawley and
DR.. Walter H. Merrill. Capt. Chester
Wells, assisted by Linn c. Drake, made
the awards.
Sixty-one troops from all Scout
divisions were given the President
Hoover award for increased enrolment
for 1882. The scoutmaster's key was
awarded to George Skirm, troop No. 13.
Badges for 20-year services were granted
Evening star., 1933-02-12
WILL TALK ON RUSSIA
Attorney and Authors Will Deliver
Lecture Next Sunday.

Maurice Sugar. attorney and author.
will deliver a lecture on IAN Ameri-
can Looks at Russia" in the auditorium
of the Arlington Hotel next Sunday at
8 pm. The lecture Is the fourth Of a
series sponsored by the local branch Of
the Friends Of the Soviet Union.
Mr.. Sugar represents several local
labor unions and international unions
aff1liated with the American Federation
of Labor. He spent last Summer in
Russia studying conditions under the
Soviet government
Evening star., 1933-02-12
56 SPEEDERS ARRESTED
Charge Heads List in January, Ac
cording to Park Police Head.

Fifty-six charges of automobile
speeding in the parks led the list of ar
rests for January, Capt. P. ]. Carroll
of the United States Park Police yes
terday reported to the superintendent,
Capt. Doyle o. Hickey, U. s. Army, with
the notation that of the 203 arrested
for various offenses. SO were fined 1891
and 36 forfeited STAT. There were IS
cases of drunkenness. In all, Al per-
sonal bonds were taken and five were
placed on probation, but Jail sentences
ranged all the way from 10 days to
$50 days.
On the Mount Vernon Memorial High
way II were arrested, practically all
traffic cases, and l6 were fined $3.50
during January.
Evening star., 1933-02-12
Rosicrucian Chief to Speak.

Ralph Lewis, supreme secretary of
the Rosicrucian Order of North
America, will deliver a lecture on The
Universe and You" tonight at the
Washington Auditorium at o'clock
After his address, talking motion pic
ture, The Crticible Of Humanity" will
be exhibited.
Evening star., 1933-02-12
ROUNDUP AT TECH HIGH.

Commodore w. E. Longfellow and Mr..
Drake.
Following the awards, exhibitions Of
Scout activities were given before q
crowd of 1000 persons. The perform
ances included signaling, rope tying,
wood chopping, singing. bull whip ma
nipulation and contest Of bed roll
opening and repacking. :
A playlet, Jungle Missing From
Home" by Commodore Longfellow, was
a feature OF the evening. In 1t wander
ing youths were advised by Scouts to
desert the highways and return home
Commodore Longfellow was the direc-
tor Of the committee that planned the
evenings program. He was assisted by
the active District Scout commissioners,
Col. E. L. Mattice, Robert Myers and
Curtis Cooper.
Evening star., 1933-02-12
ENLISTMENTS ACCEPTED
Vacancies Being Filled in Walter
Reed Hospital Corps.

Due to vacancies, enlistments are
being accepted In the Hospital Corps
ut Walter Reed Hospital. it was an
nounced yesterday. Men between the
ages of Is and IS, in good health and
able to furnish character references,
are eligible. Applicants will be received
at the main barracks of the hospital
for examination. Enlistments are for
t..-ee years.
Evening star., 1933-02-12
more FUNDS VOTED
FOR POWER PROBE
Increase to $4,000 Is Ap.
proved by Senate Com
mittee.
By the Associated Press.

Senate liberals, firm in their convic-
ton that the far-sweeping power
utility inquiry Of the Federal Trade
Commission should be continued, yes
terday won the Senate Appropriations
Committees approval Of more money
for carrying on the investigation.
Without q record vote, the commit
tee increased to $7s0, 900 the s510, 200
which the House voted the commission
for the coming fiscal year In the BILL
lion dollar independent offices supply
bill, and stipulated the $3.50, 900 should
be available for completing its utili-
ties probe. The commission was given
81 ,400, 900 In this fiscal year.
The action was recommended to the
full committee by subcommittee
after Senators Walsh, Democrat, OF
Montana; Norris, Republican, Of Ne
braska, and Nye. Republican, of North
Dakota, along with commission spokes-
men, had said that If the commission
the utilities inquiry would be halted
Committee Approves Bill.
After disposing of this question, the
committee then reported favorably on
the independent Offices supply bill,
which aggregates 81 ,003, ,149,779, net
Increase of $279,000 over the total
voted by the House.
The largest item Is 1886, ,000, 900 Ton
the Veterans Administration, OF which
$945, ,000, ,00e Is for military and vet
erans' pensions and benefit payments
with the balance for the civil service
pension system.
other agencies which receive their
funds from this bill are the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Power Comn1iS-
sion, Radio Commission, the White
House and a number of small commits
sions and boards.
Walsh Backs Increase.
Senator Walsh, who appeared before
the subcommittee to urge that the
Trade Commission be given the In
creased fund. said that to reduce Its
appropriation would ruin the work II
has done toward investigating the utn-
ity companies. He presented a letter
from Robert E. Healy, chief counsel OF
the commission, In which Healy said q
lack Of funds now lin my judgment
WOulQ mean QdltlllS Tile WVIh dI O
crucial stage" and would hamper the
commissions work under the antitrust
laws.
Practices inimical both to the public
and the investors have been so wide
spread as to warrant making the in
vestigation as complete as possible,
Healy said of the utility inquiry.
He said the results had been SO far
reaching. that the electrical utility in
dustry was making reforms and had
announced a program which, "if 1t Is
carried out in good faith, will save the
people of the United States hundreds
of millions of dollars"
Evening star., 1933-02-12
URGE ASSEMBLY HALL
Pleasant Plain Citizens Seek Aid
Of Representative Norton.

A resolution asking Representative
Norton, chairman of the House Dis
trict Committee, to use her influence to
restore to the District appropriation bill
the item for an assembly hall in the
Monroe School was adopted by the
Pleasant Plain Citizens Association at
ts meeting Friday night.
Evening star., 1933-02-12
COLORED ARTISTS PLAN
EXHIBIT WITH STUDENTS
Display of Work at Phyllis Wheat
ley Y. w. C. A. From February
Is to 10 Is Announced.

The Art Students Club, composed OF
about Is colored artists or students OF
art In this city, will hold its first an
nual exhibition of work done by its
members at the Phyllis Wheatley Y.
w. C. A., 90l Rhode Island avenue,
from February is to 10, 1t was an
nounced yesterday.
The club was organized recently un-
der the direction of Trek Fields of New
York, who was elected president. A
similar club has been formed in New
York City. The purpose of the organ
ization, according to its president, is TO
promote the study Of art among mem
bers of the colored race. A number Of
Howard University students are mem
bers of the club
large number Of invitations have
been issued for the exhibition.
Evening star., 1933-02-12
Church Play to Be Repeated.

"a Family Affair" the three-act COM
edy presented by the Grace Church Play
ere last Friday, will be repeated by
popular request at the Grace Parish
Hall, Ninth and D streets southwest
Friday at $40 pm. The play was writ
ten by Charles Townsends.
Evening star., 1933-02-12
WANDERING YOUTHS
HELPED AT Y. N. C. A.
Organization Aroused by Grave
Plight When 103 Seek Refuge
In Three Day Period.

The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton has been aroused to "the serious
plight of wandering youth" as o result
Of q recent count which disclosed that
103 Of these wanderers visited the Cen
trail Y. M. G. A. Building within three
days, It was announced last night by
Evening star., 1933-02-12
LEAVES $1,000 TO CITY
Farmer Recognizes Lifelong Debt
to Minneapolis.

YAKIMA, Wash, February II CP.-
Recognizing lifelong debt" to the
city of Minneapolis, Gus Sipp, prosper
Gus East Selah farmer. left 81 900 be-
quest to the city. His will, filed for
probate today. explained the munich
pality cared for him back in 1898 when
he was a poor immigrant boy suffering
to a hospital If the city is unable to ac-
cept it.
Evening star., 1933-02-12
NOTED UNIONIST DIES
Samuel Calderwood Founded ebay
Rule for Stereotypers.

Rule for Stereotypers.
YOUNGSTOWN Ohio, February II
P).-Samuel Calderwood, 70, known
as the father of the six-day union rule
for stereotypers and electrotypers of
the United States, died in a hospital
here today. He had been in failing
health two years.
Born in Liverpool, England, Calder
wood, after coming to this country,
worked first in Cincinnati, then in
Youngstown. Later he went to Chi
cago and st. Louis. where his work
as union organizer and promoter of
the six-day rule was done. While in
st. Louis Calderwood studied law and
Evening star., 1933-02-12
Mexican to Enter Air School.

Pilot Lieut.. Arnaldo Gonzales Cara,
Mexican army, has been authorized to
enter the Army Air Corps Training Gen.
ter, Randolph Field, Tex, for the class
beginning March !. All expenses of
his training are to be met by the Mex
tcan government.
Evening star., 1933-02-12
BENEFIT DINNER PLANNED

Holy Comforter Church Arranges
Fete for Altar Boys Society.
The annual turkey dinner for the
benefit of the Altar Boys Society of
Holy Comforter Catholic Church will
be held Wednesday and Thursday eve
nings in the parish school hall, Fiji
teenth and East Capitol streets. The
proceeds of the dinner, which is spon-
sored by the Holy Comforter Altar Boys
Mothers Club, will be used to purchase
new vestments for the altar boys and
the maintenance of the Altar Boys
Society.
Rev. Edward j. A. Nestor, assistant
pastor Of the church, Is in charge of
the dinner
Evening star., 1933-02-12

o helping hand. some kindly counsel
and cheering fellowship. We are en-
deavoring to supply all these needs"
Evening star., 1933-02-12
GLAZIER WILL SPEAK
Specialist ON Comparative Religion

Specialist ON Comparative Religion
to Address ForuEa. -.
HARLEM z. Glazier, q specialist In the
field Of comparative religion. WIN ad-
dress the Sunday Evening Forum Gt
its regular meeting tonight at s o'clock
in its club rooms at 2l2 II street.
The lecture will be the second In q
series on The History Of Social
Thought" The subject tonight win be
Social Messages from Oriental Teach
ers." Mr.. Glazier is q graduate Of the
Harvard School Of Theology
The Washington times., 1933-07-28
BY MARIE MANNING,
International News Service

In the three latest appoint
ments of women to Government
positions-Marion Glass Banister,
Assistant Treasurer of the United
States; Stella Akin, special
assistant to the Attorney General,
and Antoinette Funk, assistant
land commiSSioner-it is recalled
by old line politicians in Wash
ington that the immediate bosses
of two of these appointees are
not conspicuous for feministic
sympathies.
Secretary of the Treasury
Woodin, w. A. Julian, Treasurer
of the United States, and Homer
S. Cummings, Attorney General,
have never been heard to utter
such archaic sentiments as
"woman'S place is home"
But neither is it recalled that
any of them ever carried ban
ners marked "votes for women. !"
On the other hand, it is under
stood that President Roosevelt
and Postmaster General Farley
believe in giving women an oppor-
tunity to prove their ability in
public life.
Was Editor Here
Marion Glass Banister adds
one more southern name to the
The Washington times., 1933-07-28
TOO HIGH,
NAVY THINKS
BY Universal Service

Strong probability the Navy
may reject all bids received Wed
nesday for construction of three
cruisers included in the new
naval building program, devel-
oped today.
The vessels may be built in
Government navy yards unless
the private yards pare down their
prices to a reasonable level.
The lowest bid for construction
Of one 8-inch-gun cruiser was
$11,720,000, by the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding Corporation. T h e
lowest for construction of one of
the two 6-inch-gun cruisers was
$12,251 900, by the New York
Shipbuilding Corporation. Both
are 10,000-ton vessels, identical
except for armament and minor
structural details.
The last contract for such YES
sells was awarded December 6,
when the Bethlehem Corporation
contracted to build an 8-inch-gun
cruiser for $8,196,000. The keel
has just been laid.
Naval officials were frank in
declaring the difference between
these two figures is far more than
is justified by the slight increase
in steel and labor prices since
December.
The Washington times., 1933-07-28
Choice Plums Given Women
Under New Deal"

roster of women in the Govern
ment. She is sister of Senator
Carter Glass, and the wife of
Blair Banister, an insurance man
of New York. She has had a
good deal of experience as writer
and publisher.
She launched and edited '"The
Washingtonian," a periodical de-
voted to the doings of the great
and the near-great. She is also
the author of a series of pamph-
lets which ran into millions of
copies and were distributed to
Democratic women'S clubs. all
over the United States.
Her Home a Salon
Stella Akin is also from the
South, native of Georgia. She
was admitted to the bar at 19
years of age. She is an ardent
feminist, and has taken an ag-
gresSive part in the fight against
child labor and low wages. Miss
Akin admits to being IS, but
looks ten years younger.
Antoinette Funk was one of
the great spell-binders of the
women's suffrage campaign. She
is humorous, an excellent story
teller, and her home in George
town, which she occupied several
years ago. came close to being
a salon.
The Washington times., 1933-07-28
MEXICO BACKS
TRADE PLAN
BY International News Service


Assurance that Mexico will sup
port Fundamentally the Ameri-
can movement for development of
closer trade relations among the
nations of the Western Hemi-
sphere was given President Roose-
welt by Alberto PAM, Mexican
finance minister, it became known
today.
PAM, who today was en- route
to Mexico City an his return from
the World Economic Conference,
said he believed the failure of the
London meeting paved the way
for development of closer eco
nomic unity among the nations
of the American continent.
He said Mexico welcomed the
American movement toward this
end and added that he agreed the
nations of the American conti-
nent should concentrate on prep
arations for the seventh Pan
American conference at Monte
video in December.
The Washington times., 1933-07-28
BANKERS FALL
LAID To SHOCK

NEW YORK, July % G.N.sJ.
Mrs. Miriam Hartman Wright,
daughter of Joseph w. Hartman,
took the witness stand today as
inquiry was resumed into the
mental condition of the banker
accused of miSappropriating funds.
Hartman sat directly in front
OF his wife, showing virtually no
interest in the proceedings which
will determine his mental fitness
to stand trial on the charges
against him.
Mrs. Wright said:
'T have to go back to 1928,
when my brother Alan died
after an automobile accident.
The news was brought to my
father in a most abrupt way.
He has never recovered from
that blow"
After her brothers death, she
said, her mothers health failed.
AS early as the spring :. 1882,
Ghe declared, the banker was ION
the verge of a physical and mental
breakdown"
The Washington times., 1933-07-28
KILL LLK|DNAPERS,
SAY GOVERNORS
HARDING

ON BOARD GOVERNORS
SPECIAL TRAIN EN- ROUTE TO
LOS ANGELES, July % Q.N.SD.
It was Governor c. Ben Ross of
Idaho today against the field" of
gubernatorial leaders en- route to
Los Angeles to close the annual
governors conference.
The difference is over imposi-
ton of the death penalty in Kan
sas City on Walter MCGEE for the
kidnapping of Mary McElroy.
Except for Governor Ross, the
tall, smiling lariat tossing execu-
tive of the Potato State" all
members of the governors group
praised the speedy conviction and
extreme penalty. Governor Ross
said:
what right has the State of
Missouri, or any other State, to
take a human life, murderer,
kidnaper, or any criminal. I'll
grant kidnapping is horrible and
must be stamped out. But put
ting this one man to death will
not prevent kidnapping. Execu-
tiOn of murdererS does not pre-
vent murder.
81 believe that we should put
our efforts into perfection of
police organization that can
prevent kidnapping. The revenge
theory is no deterrent"
Surprisingly, James Rolph, jr.,
governor of California and an
other pronounced opponent Of
capital punishment, took issue
with Ross. He said:
"If that Kansas City case had
occurred in California, 1 would
say let him have the rope. There
is no worse crime than kidnap-
ing. And / don't except MUIR
der"
The Washington times., 1933-07-28
Sea Scout Leaders
To Hold Conference

More than so men are expected
to attend a conference on Sea
Scouting and older boy leadership
to be conducted Saturday and
Sunday by Thomas j. Keane, ma
tional Sea Scout director and the
author of 'Lubbers Afloat," at
Camp Roosevelt, Boy Scout camp
on Chesapeake Bay. No fee is
charged for the course.
The Sea Scout branch Of the
Boy Scouts of America has grown
rapidly during the past year. gain
ing 40 per cent in membership, it
was also announced today.
The Washington times., 1933-07-28
Death for Kidnapers Urged
By Sen. Copeland

NEW YORK, July % G.N.SO.
A national law imposing the
death penalty for kidnapping was
advocated today by Senator Royal
S. Copeland of 1TeW. York, chair
man of the Senate subcommittee
investigating racketeering.
Senator Copeland, physician, So
ciologist and humanitarian, ad-
mitted this viewpoint was a right
aboutface for him. He said:
Heretofore I have been
against capital punishment, but
the motherhood of the nation
is terrified over the epidemic Of
kidnapping. Letters from moth
erS throughout the nation have
been pouring into my office
asking if something cannot be
done about it.
PRAISES MISSOURI
'T am glad Missouri set an
example in sentencing Walter
MCGEE to death for the kidnap-
ing of Mary McElrOy.
'Tf Congress were voting on
a bill, at the present time, pro-
viding death for kidnaperS, it
would be passed"
Col. Franklin S. Hutchinson, of
Rochester, director of investiga-
ton for the senatorial racketeer
ing inquiry committee, agreed with
his chief. He said:
"The death penalty for kid
napers might not stop the big
shots of the abhOrrent racket,
But, at least, it would make
amateurs think twice before
taking part in abductiOns."
The Senator pointed out that
the Senate, after the Lindbergh
baby kidnapping, passed a national
kidnapping law, with death
penalty. The latter provision was
stricken out by the Lower House
The Washington times., 1933-07-28
M'GEE BROTHER
FACES THREAT
Of GALLOWS
With Another, Convicted Mans
Kin Awaits Trial in Girl
kidnapping Case

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. July %
1N.SO.-With Walter H. MCGEE,
the first defendant, sentenced to
hang for the kidnapping of Is
year-old Mary McElroy. the State
moved swiftly today to bring a
similar fate to George MCGEE, a
brother.
Likewise implicated in the ran
som abduction of the daughter
of City Manager H. F. McElroy,
trial of the second defendant
awaits only the selection Of a
jury.
Two More Face Trial
The death penalty will be de-
manded in the trial of George
MCGEE and Clarence Click, prose-
cutor T. A. j. Mastin said today,
as witnesses were being sum-
moned.
Joseph B. keenan,, special AS
sistant United States Attorney
General sent here to assist in the
prosecution. said:
"The Government will con-
tinue to work shoulder to shOul-
der with local authorities to
halt the wave of kidnapping.
think that is the best way to
halt the crime. This verdict Of
death will serve notice on other
kidnaperS."
MCGEE, the first to be given the
death penalty in America for kid
naping, was being held under
close guard today in the county
Jail here while awaiting formal
sentence.
Appeal Expected
An appeal must be disposed of
before Judge Allen C. Southern
can pass sentence on the gangster
Miss McElroy, who was kid
naped from the bathtub in her
home here May % and held fo1
80 hours until her family paid a
ransom of 100000, made this
comment:
81 hope this sentence of death
will help to prevent future kid
napingS."