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The Washington times., 1933-04-25
ADM|RALS
SHAKEN Up

Secretary of the Navy Swan
son has ordered a drastic shake
up in naval affairs, as a result
of which Vice Admiral William
Harrison Standley has been
named to succeed Admiral Will
liam v. Pratt, as chief of naval
operations. He is now COM
manding cruisers Of the scouting
force.
Admiral Pratt was scheduled
for retirement but has been
continued in his post at the
Presidents request and will re-
main on active duty until a
decision is reached at the Geneva
conference. p
Vice .Armiral David Foote Sci
lerS will become the new COM
mander in chief of the fleet,
succeeding Admiral Richard H.
Leigh. Rear Admiral Frank B.
Upham will take command Of
the Asiatic fleet, with the rank
Of admiral, succeeding Admiral
Montgomery Meigs Taylor.
Rear Admiral Joseph Mason
Reeves will command the battle
ships with the battle fleet, sue
ceeding Vice Admiral Sellers.
Rear Admirals Frank H. Brumby
and Harris Laning will be given
rank of vice admiral and as
signed to the scouting force.
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MINIMUM WAGE
ALSO ASKED BY
SECRETARY
Holds Black Bill Should BE
Made Flexible; Roosevelt
For 1t, She Says
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the industry or was against pub
lie welfare.
She was asked:
'Tf the bill is brOadened as
You suggest, would 1t meet the
approval Of the Administra-
tiOn?"
She replied:
81 think l am entirely cor
rect in saying that the Admin
istratiOn would be in sympathy
with the bill as modified by
my suggestions. I don't mean
with the wOrding-but with
the principle"
Secretary Perkins, who sub
mitted suggestions to the com.
mittee after the Senate passed
the Black bill, declared:
"I think there has been much
misunderstanding concerning
the bill. Z
"It is desirable to increase
purchasing power and to remove
the impediments to interstate
commerce so that commerce
will move more freely"
Seasonal Increase
The Black bill is not sufficient
because it does not meet the ques-
ton of reduced purchasing power,
she said. For this reason, she ex-
plained, she recommended q ma
tional minimum wage. This wage
minimum, she said would protect
the exploited classes of labor.
Meeting the argument that she
seeks to become a dictator OF Ia
Dor, she said the Black bill gave
her power to exempt industries
This, she added, was too much
power for one person. She added:
Nevertheless there should be
NexibiIity so suggested the 30
hOur-week with . provision that
industries could operate ON
AO.hOur-week basis for not over
10 weeks to meet seasonal de-
Tnands."
She reserved to the last her so
C41kCU 4AAAOoSVAO4A VA PASA~S@~
amendment which has aroused
widespread controversy.
Factories for 1t
Many manufacturers, she said
proposed the curtailment of tota
hours of production when shown
that, due to long hours Of opera
ton. there was being brough;
about a condition which caused
overproduction. Many Northern
textile manufacturers want this
provision, she testified.
The first question was asked by
Representative Mary T. Norton
CD of New Jersey. She asked
whether industries which have
made longtime contracts would
be affected.
"Under this bill they would.
The manufacturer must gamble
ON an increase in wages level
when he makes q contract"
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Roosevelt Seeks to Ease the Suspicious
Of France: Herriot Pleased

ate in a program for the reduc-
ton of trade distractions was re-
.garded as virtually assured, but
considerable concern was felt over
the French attitude regarding
monetary stabilization.
France as the only one of the
great powers remaining on the
gold standard, stands to suffer
in foreign markets as long as the
United States and Great Britain
permit their currencieS to remain
unstabilized.
The French want the Anglo
American currencies stabilized
without delay. President Roose-
velt \ and Premier Macdonald
wish to await the convening of
the economic conference.
The Washington times., 1933-04-25
TRUCE SOUGHT
by ROOSEVELT
ON BANK BILL
White House ParIey Bares Idea
for Deposit Guaranty,
Branch Restriction

The weight of the Administra-
ton was thrown today behind two
changes in the Glass-Steagan bill
for permanent banking reform.
One of these was a $4,000 in
dividual limit on the guaranty OF
bank deposits; the other, a hnlita-
ton of branch banking to a coun-
try-wide or city-wide basis.
The Administrators attitude
on these bitterly controversial
items was revealed to members OF
the Senate and House Banking
Committees at White House con-
ference.
Dispute Over Deposits
A fresh source Of legislative dis
pute loomed, meanwhile, IN the
growing demand for immediate
Government payment Of deposits
In closed banks, on the basis OF
80 cents to the dollar.
Such a settlement was urged by
Senator Borah (R) Of Idaho as q
means Of achieving "a consider
able initiation" He asserted:
"By paying depOsitOrs 80
cents on the dollar and taking
an assignment of their claims,
we could put that large amount
of money in circulation and out
among the people.
1--WE would ut the same time
be doing an act Of justice. Un-
der the circumstances which
have prevailed for the last two
or three years, the Government
is morally obligated to take
care Of these depOsitOrs."
The guaranty of bank deposits
was described by Borah as SOUND
and essential and far more ct.
fective than anything we could
do to restore confidence in the
people"
On Middle Ground
The Administration proposal
for a limit to $4,000 struck a
middle ground between Senator
Glass CD Of Virginia and Rep
resentative steagau CD Of Ala
bama. The Senator is strongly
opposing the Steagall plan for
an unlimited 100 per cent guar
anty.
In requesting that branch bank
ing be permitted only in a local
ized way, the Administration
lined up with Southern and West
ern members Of Congress-.
Glass fought stubbornly at the
last session to put through his
banking bill with its provision
for statewide branch banking.
AS the bill finally passed the
Senate, it authorized statewide
branch banking by national
banks in commonwealths which
have granted this privilege to in
stitutions chartered under their
own laws.
Even the compromise proved
unacceptable, however, to the
House. The bill was pigeonholed.
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Embargo in Effect
If RritOnS Not Freed

LONDON, April 25 Q.N.SO.
Great Britain's 80 per cent en-
barge against Russian products
will go into effect tomorrow un-
less the two imprisoned Metro
politan-VickerS engineers are re-
leased, Acting Premier Stanley
Baldwin told the House Of Com
mons today. In reply to a ques-
ton from George Lansbury,
laborite opposition leader, Bald
win said that as long as the two
men are wrongly imprisoned" he
could do nothing to delay the
embargo.
The Washington times., 1933-04-25
IN TEN 7.
At HEAR|NGON
30-HOUR BILL
Escorted BY Mrs. Roosevelt,
She Hears Miss Perkins
Views on Legislation
BY DOROTHY DUCAS

Ishbel Macdonald today visited
the House of Representatives
Labor Committee hearing on the
30-hour-week bill.
Escorted by that indefatigable
civics teachers, Mrs. Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Ishbel heard
the testimony Of Frances Perkins,
Secretary of Labor, who Is a close
friend of Ishbel's own intimate
friend, Lillian Wald.
Forms Own Opinion
Mrs. Roosevelt left her guest to
form her own impressions Of gov
ernment-in-action here. Although
Ishbel several times looked queS-
tioningly at her hostess, Mrs.
Roosevelt said no word Of interpre-
tation or explanation during the
testimony.
Miss Macdonald, sitting between
Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Mary W..
Dewson, director Of the women's
campaign work for Mr.. Roosevelt,
listened intently to all Of Miss
Perkins testimony, a grave ex-
preston on her face.
She kept her gaze on the Sec
retary Of Labor, save when the
speech was interrupted by the
movie men," Then Ishbel could
not control a faint revelation of
surprise at the privileges accorded
these recorders of events.
Views Coincide
Many of Miss Perkins senti-
mentS were Ishbel's own. She
too, believes in putting a bot
tom to the falling Of wages" Her
economic philosophy includes ap-
proval Of an increase in the pur-
chasing power of labor, which
Miss Perkins called "the key to
business recovery"
Miss Macdonald wore the tail
ored blue silk dress Il which she
disembarked last Friday, a severe
little blue straw sailor hat set
straight on her chestnut hair. 1t
was warm, and she removed her
coat and gloves.
Mrs. Roosevelt, in navy blue
with white pique collar and cuffs,
wore a brighter blue straw sailor.
At the end of Miss Perkins
testimony Mrs. Roosevelt and
Miss Macdonald were introduced
to the committee to the accom-
paniment of flashlights and ap-
plause.
Before the fall of the Labor
government in England MISS Mac
Donald was a constant speaker at
Labor meetings and one Of the
most trusted of organizers. She
has not done any work of that
kind since the formation Of the
new government although she re-
tainS her seat in the London
County Council as Labor member.
That is an elective position.
To Attend Hearing
The British prime minister's
daughter will leave at 6 p. IN. today
for New York, where she expects
to stay overnight with friends.
She will then visit Miss Lillian
Wald, head of the Henry Street
Settlement, who is i'll at her home
in Connecticut.
Following her return from Con-
necticut tomorrow, she will be the
guest Of the New York Newspaper
Women's Club at tea in her
honor at the Hotel IrOQuOiS.
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SERVICE
ASSA|LED

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furnished by application Of the
proceeds Of sales during 1927
and 1928 and up to the stock
market crash in 1929, the great
bulk of that demand for that
latter cOmpany'S common stock
that was expressed in purchases
on the New York Curb Ex-
change.
"That stock was purchased
continuously in large volume
over the counter and on the
New York Curb Exchange.
They were enabled to do this
by applying to these market
purchases a large proportion
the funds and orders that
were obtained through cash,
short time and instalment sales
to investors in every nook and
corner of the United States"
Mitchell testified that the mar
ket activities Of the securities
company not only induced In
vestment confidence in the Sc
curity, but also stimulated spec
ulative stupidity"
He said this buying activity had
been carried to such length that
in some cases it had driven prices
upward even at times when the
Cities Service Company was plac-
ing on the market huge new issues
of stock. Regarding the actlvi-
ties generally, Mitchell added:
"Inasmuch as the securities
company is wholly owned by
Cities Service Company, its per-
Torrance with reference to the
parent cOmpany's stock virtually
amounts to Cities Service Com
pany trading in its own stock.
"These tradin gactivitieS are
not Of mere minor and Incl
dental importance in modern
finance. They are Of major
importance because Of their
volume and of the effects pro-
duced through their volume"
Mitchell lsaid that during the
stock market crash of 1929 the
securities company, in a frantic
effort to peg prices Of the falling
common stock, spent $4,000, 900
This came after a Split-up in the
stock in the previous March
which resulted in the equivalent
Of o $40 par value share Of Stoch
selling for $272.50,
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Hull and Aides Consult
Experts From France

In an effort to bring France
into line with the Anglo-Ameri-
can view that international cur
rencies must be stabilized at q
relatively equal value and q pro-
gram simultaneously adopted for
the reduction of trade barriers,
Secretary of State Hull and his
assistants today opened discus
SionS with the French financial
experts.
Frances willingness to cooper
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b u t hopeful.
And he is
against a ny
more marches.
He declared
in a speech
to the Tri-
angle CT u b
here that not
one man in
20 expected
to get his
bonus by the
Washin g t on
march. What
they wanted,
he said, was
The Washington times., 1933-04-25

sail May 4. PRIMO cARNERA
He is on the outs with
Cupid because of that London
court victory of Miss Emilia
Tersini, a waitress, who won q
breach of promise suit from the
prizefighter and a paper profit
Of $4,000.
AS a result, Primo has de-
cided to boycott England and
save $4,000, but Italian news
papers have started reporting
his engagement to another
pretty young woman, this time
the daughter Of q rich Venetian
family. = -;
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h app ened? LENoRE ULRIo
Briefly, the influence of that
old Smoothie, Rudy Vallee. She
has been won to his arts and
graces, admits it. If a part can
be found for him in the new
show Miss Uric is to do for
Arch Selwyn, Rudy will be
cast.
It happened, this romance Of
art, at the Paramount recently
when Rudy played Henry Hull's
role in the death scene from
Lulu Belle" with Lenore.
The Washington times., 1933-04-25
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convinced his foreign visitors that
the debts, as such, constitute but
a relatively small part Of the
general economic picture, and
that once the troublesome prob
lens Of currency stabihzation,
trade restrictions, and tariffs are
disposed of, the debts will take
care Of themselves.
With the dollar nose-diVing in
the worlds exchanges, it was
pointed out that the debtors can
now make their June is pay
mentS at a discount Of some is
per cent, and a considerable part
of it can be paid in silver at that
under legislation pending and GER
tain to pass in Congress.
Officials Of all governments
were eloquently silent about
whether the June IS payments
will be made, but the belief pre-
vailed strongly that they will be,
and that, in addition, France will
"cure" her default of last Decem-
ber.
Debts in Background
Hence, for the time being at
least, it appeared the question
Of the debts is being kept in
the background.
With regard to other matters,
however, there are probably
shoals ahead. M. Herriot is ex-
pected to raise the perennial
question Of French security" I"
which has wrecked many inter-
national conferences.
To her demand for political
and military security there Is
now added a new kind Of Sc
curtty-financial. The American
dollar and the British pound
sterling are both deprecated,
leaving the French franc the
only major currency still on a
gold basis, and at the mercy Of
the cheaper dollar and pound
in international commerce.
No announcement was made
concerning the price at which
the pound and the dollar are
to be "pegged." The belief OBJ.
tainS, however, that until the
world conference convenes about
mid-June, the currencies will be
permitted to draft at their pres
ent levels, pending the establish.
ment Of new world monetary
standards by the conference.
Outlet for Silver
The expectation is that this new
standard will reduce the gold
backing of currency from it's pres.
ent figure Of 40 per cent to 35,
the difference to be taken up in
silver.
This would be calculated to ease
the strain on gold, and at the
same time furnish q larger outlet
for the now abused silver.
Today'S program found the
American and French experts
meeting at the State Department
and Mr.. Macdonald and M. Her
riot attending q luncheon confer
ence with Secretary Of State Hull
Tonight both the British prime
roinister and the French envoy
will dine informally with Presi'
dent Roosevelt at the White
House, later meeting the Foreign
Affairs Committee of Congress.
Mr.. Macdonald will leave to.
morrow to sail for home, and
simultaneously with his depar.
ture, Richard B. Bennett, the Can
adian premier. moves to the
The Washington times., 1933-04-25

w. W. WA1NNS JOBS and 20
demonstrate visibly the exist
ence of widespread poverty and
destitution. But he is cold to-
ward talk of any further such
demonstration. He said:
There's no need for it now.
The b. E. F., though it did not
get the bonus, served its deeper
purpose. We now have q gov
ernment back there that is
recognizing and attempting to
improve the unemployment
situation"
The Washington times., 1933-04-25

s e n C1MenCal
Softie. She's
through play
in G Lu u
B e ! les and
Kikis, S e n t
her gra s S
skirts to the
cleaners, put
away her lin
gerie. Here
after, take it
from Lenore,
you'll j u s t
have to know
she wears 'em.
What has
The Washington times., 1933-04-25

today.
A ] ! a n
Deutsch, at
torney for
Helen Coen,
owner Of a
fas hionatle
S p e ci a ! ty
shop, said his
C lie mt has
been complet-
ly CO m p en-
stated for $40
lace step-inS
and $50 pa
.iamaS pur-
chased by the
The Washington times., 1933-04-25

Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Betty Compton's Bill
All Square Now

NEW YORK, April 25.-Betty
Compton's $453 lingerie bill,
which became the subject Of
legal action last month, has
heen paid in full it was learned
The Washington times., 1933-04-25

BETTY COMPTON actress bride
of ex-Mayor James j. Walker in
June, 1882.
Deutsch, who sued Mrs.
Peggy Stanton, and her huS-
band, Edward L. Stanton,
Walkers former secretary, be-
cause it was Mrs. Stanton who
purchased the pretties for Miss
Compton, declared that coun-
sci for the Stantons had paid
the bill.
The Washington times., 1933-04-25
MAN Mountain" carnera
Thinks Love 1.-THE Bunk"

ROME, April 25.-Primo Car
nera is disillusioned about love.
Italy's man mountain Of the
fight ring said so himself. But
he didn't look very sad. In
fact, he looked glad. He thinks
The Washington times., 1933-04-25

t his diSillu-
Sionnent will
make him a
tougher GUS
t o m e r or
Jack Sharkey
W h e n they
meet in the
M a d / S o n
Square bowl
this June for
the W orld
h e avyweight
C h q m p / on
ship.
Prim Is
pl a nning to
sail Nav a.
The Washington times., 1933-04-25

White House for several days to
continue his conversations with
the President concerning Cana
an-American trade relations.
The Washington times., 1933-04-25
Waters, B. E. F. Chief,
Opposes New March

OMAHA, April 25.-Walter
w. Waters, organizer and COM
mander of the Bonus Expedi-
tionary Force, is still jobless
The Washington times., 1933-04-25
Lenore Uric, Rudy
In "Art Romance"

NEW YORK, April 25.-Le-
more Uric, Broadway'S one
time hottest ha cha, has turned
The Washington times., 1933-04-25
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance, 322,929,-
895.51;, expenditures, $9.088. .997 80;
customs receipts, 12.60S. .451.52.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-06-02
SCHOONER YACHT
ARRIVES in PORT
ONCE CAUSED STIR
IN MARITIME WORLD
DURING VOYAGE

The auxiliary schooner yacht
Sturdy" from New York. arriv-
ed i'm port last night and is berth
ed at the Porter dock to remain
for several days.
Owner and master of the vessel
is Overton Menger and with him
are J. B. McFadden and Stephen
Jennings. They will spend sew
eral days fishing in these waters
and afterwards sail for Spanish
Honduras and other Central and
South American ports after which
they will continue the voyage to
New Orleans.
The Sturdy" once caused a
stir i'm the maritime world when, in
1928, the then owner, Edward
Miles, of Memphis, Tenn, started
on a voyage from west to east to
circumnavigate the globe.
Captain Miles carried no COM
panion on the voyage. He was
satisfied that the adventure would
be successful and proved it's feast
bility by making the voyage and
returning to the point of departure
on June IL, 1882.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-06-02

and wood. This bars out insects
in the ground, kills those already
IN the wood by keeping them away
from ground moisture. Founda-
ton timbers, basement walls and
flooring should be kept dry. Hat
ing light, termites build mud-cov-
cred runways up concrete founda-
ton walls. Lately some builders,
believing the insects will not
cross them, have used glass bricks
to top their walls.
In the United States termites
are commonly called white
ants" But they are not ants
and are not always white. Termites
may be readily distinguished by
the absence of a "waist" or con-
striction where abdomen joins
thorax. They look more like tiny
cockroaches, but they have a social
organization ant-ike in its COM
plexity.
Most termite colonies are di-
vided into five castles. apparently
determined in the egg. Topping
the social scale are the king and
queen. They have wings and re-
produce. Next come two wingless
courtier castles, also fertile. which
may step into the reproductive
breach if king or queen should
die. To the tern1ite proletariat
belong the pin-headed, speck-brain-
ed workers which do all the dam
age, the soldiers big of head and
jaws. More potent is type with
retort-shaped. head from which it
squirts pungent secretion on it's
enemies, chiefly ants. These two
castles are sterile and of both
sexes, unlike ants whose females
do all the work and fighting.
Periodically a colony's young
kings and queens swarm out into
the open. she'd their wings. Those
which survive birds, lizards and
man pair off to start new colonies.
They care for offspring until
enough workers have grown up to
take care of the community. Then
the king and queen settle down to
steady reproduction capacity of
some $4,000 per day. The king
is tiny fellow whose main func-
tion is to be the queens husband.
They cohabit for life. which may
last ten years. Their offspring
feed them and each other with
food either regurgitated or exuded
through the skin. Some species
sprout an edible fungus garden in
which the young may Craze"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-06-02
'CAVALCADE' AT
PALACE THEATER
EXCELLENT SHOWING OF
DRAMA SCHEDULED FOR
TOMORROW

Fox Film Corporation brings
"Cavalcade' to the screen of the
Palace Theater on Saturday, June
8.
This drama, whose theme is the
effect of world events on the home
and family, has been hailed as the
greatest written in the English
language in a score of years. The
author, Noel Coward, known for
his successes, enjoyed the distinc-
ton of having his play run for q
solid year at the Drury Lane The
alter in London.
A staff of experts was sent
from Hollywood to see the play
and to photograph it for REFER
ence. Another large staff was put
to work on the research necessary
to bring a story that covers the
period from 1900 to 1888 to the
screen with absolute accuracy of
costumes, equipment and historical
backgrounds.
More than six months of pre-
paration by a staff that numbered
200 preceded the actual start of
production. Captain Reginald C.
Berkeley. distinguished English
playwright, was brought over from
London to adapt the play for the
screen. Frank Lloyd, twice win
ner of the Academy award for the
best production of. the year, was
chosen as director.
Hollywood, New York and Lon
don were secuted for the very
best actors and actresses fitted by
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-06-02
NEGRO SLAYER
OFF TO PRISON
JAMES ROBERTS LEFT THIS
MORNING ENROUTE TO
aaa
RAIFORD

James Roberts, colored, murder
err. who was sentenced to 20 years
in the penitentiary for killing his
father and 20 years for Staying
his wife, started this morning on
his journey to Raiford prison.
S. E. Ritch, guard from the
state prison, arrived over the high
way last night. This morning at
6 o'clock Roberts was taken from
his cell in the county Jail.
After being permitted to bid
farewell to his mother, other men,
bers of the family and few friends,
Roberts entered the awaiting
automobile, was firmly shackled
to prevent any attempt at escape
and the car started on it's trip to
the prison.