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Evening star., 1933-05-07
HALLOCK TO FACE
TRIAL THURSDAY
Former Clerk to Arlington
School Board Accused of
$6,250 Shortage.
BY a Stan Correspondent of The Star.

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va,
May 6.-The trial Of F. J. Hallock, for
mer clerk Of the School Board, on q
charge Of grand larceny in connection
with an alleged shortage Of $6,250 In his
accounts will start next Thursday morn
ing.
Hallock will be the third county ON
cial to be tried for alleged shortages
that were developed last year, a short
time after the new form Of county gov
ernment became effective here. Both of
the others-former Treasurer E. Wade
Ball and former County Clerk William
H. Duncan-are under sentence, but
free on bond pending result Of their
appeals.
Commonwealth's Attorney Lawrence
w, Douglas will not have the assistance
of Assistant Attorney General Collins
Denny, jr.. in the prosecution of Hal
lock. He did have the assistance Of
that official in both trials of Ball and
in the Duncan trial Hallock Is repre-
sented by H. Bruce Green
On order of Judge Walter T. Nc
Carthy. a special venire of 40 men has
been summoned for 10 O'Clock Thursday
morning.
Evening star., 1933-05-07
STOLEN RINGS RECOVERED

SABETHA. Kans.. May R.-
Claude DoNer, Indiana State investiga-
tor, today dug from crack in the
plaster at the city Jail here two dia-
nlond rings he said were stolen in
March from Mr.. and Mrs. w. P Mont
gomery of Montezuma, Ind, by two
men
Montgomery, banker, valued the
rings at $500 each.
Two men. who gave their names as
., Clyde and B c. King Of Hammond,
Ind, were held in the jail April 8 for
investigation, but later were released
OoAer said he had information that
Clyde had placed the rings in the Jail
Tor safe keeping"
Evening star., 1933-05-07
ATTORNEYS RENEW FIGHT
FOR CAPONE'S RELEASE
Supplementary Brief Filed in Move
to Obtain Freedom on Habeas
Corpus Writ.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. May 6-Counsel
for AL Capone, former Chicago gangster,
filed a supplementary brief today in
their appeal before the United States
Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals in an
effort to obtain Capone's release from
the Atlanta penitentiary on writ Of
habeas corpus
The court heard oral arguments Of
counsel for Capone and Government
attorneys here 10 days ago. and at that
time granted the request to file the
additional brief The Government S
answer to this brief Is expected to be
filed next week.
The supplementary brief cites scores
Of cases in reference to claims that
Capone should be released because the
indictment charging him with evasion
Of income taxes in 1925 and 1927 was
returned more than three years after
the offenses for which he was con-
victed had occurred.
Evening star., 1933-05-07
GIRL CONFESSES THREATS

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8 R.-Po-
lice said 10-year- -old Geraldine Plan
chon confessed she and two other lit
tie girls" left $4,000 extortion note
on the home of Bernard Jensen, a
janitor, threatening kidnapping Of his
4-year-old son.
The girl was quoted as saying she
wrote the note because Bernie" the
Jensen child, had fight with my liz
tie brother"
Evening star., 1933-05-07
GRAF LEAVES GERMANY:
BRAZIL is DESTINATION
Eckener Plans to Make Trip Di
rect to Pernambuco From
Friedrichshafen.

BY the Associated Press
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN. Germany, May
6.-The dirigible Graf Zeppelin left
here tonight on a voyage direct to
Pernambuco, Brazil, from where she
will proceed to Rio de Janeiro.
DR.. Hugo Eckener was in command.
Eleven Nassengers were being taken to
Soutl' merica. including two women.
One Frances Alison of New York.
DR. Ickener plans to 90 to New York
and Akron from South America.
The dirigible will not make an in
teImediate landing in Spain, as was
contemplated earlier. but stop at
Seville is scheduled for the return trip
One hundred Kilograms of mail and
some freight was aboard
Evening star., 1933-05-07
rs PLANES QUIT DALLAS

DALLAS, Tex, May 6 Op.-Seventy-
ok Army planes, carrying All officers
and men, left Hensley Field for the
West Coast today after spending the
night here.
A tactical group Of ~ ships from
Maxwell Field. Ala. was the first to
take off, Next went q bombardment
group of % planes from Langley Field,
Va, and then 81 transport planes carry
ing mechanics All landed late yes
terdAy, en- route to California for aerial
Evening star., 1933-05-07
TWO WOMEN INJURED
WHEN 8 AUTOS CRASH
Drivers of Vehicles Held Follow
ing Triple Collision in
Berwyn.

By a Star Correspondent Of The Star.
BERWYN, Md, May Ga triple
collision here this afternoon sent two
women to hospitals with minor injuries
and resulted in the arrest Of the three
operators involved in the crash on
charges Of reckless driving.
One Of the motorists, F. ]. May, OF
Baltimore. was said by Justice of the
Evening star., 1933-05-07
STUDIES BANKHEAD SUIT
Judge Examines Testimony in Ac-
ton for $636 by Director.

ton for $636 by Director.
NEW YORK. May (P).-Municipal
Court Justice George L. Gemung today
studied testimony taken yesterday in
trial of a suit for S636 brought by
Arthur Beckhard one-time director Of
the play, "Forsaking All Others" against
the star. Tallulah Bankhead, and Arch
Selwyn. producer.
The court reserved its decision after
the trial yesterday, Beckhard having
testified that Miss Bankhead was tenn
peranental and difficult to work with.
He said she dismissed him by telephone
when the play was brought into New
York after short runs in Wilmington
and Baltimore. He asked $500 in sal
ary and for royalties he said were due
him.
Miss Bankhead replied that Beckhard
was an amateur and that he arranged
the stage settings 50 that actors found
themselves seated with their backs to
the audience.
Evening star., 1933-05-07
Bishop to Confirm Group.

OLNEY. Nd. May 8 Especially -
Bishop James =. freeman Of WASH
inston will visit st. Luke's Episcopal
Church. Brighton. and st. Johns
Church. here. on May Is and confirm
classes and preach.
Evening star., 1933-05-07
POWER RECEIVER ASKED
Suit Claims General Utilities Com.
pany Is Insolvent.

MIAMI, Fla, May LP-Appoint-
ment Of receiver for the General Pub
lie Utilities Co. was asked in a suit filed
in Circuit Court here by Edmond A.
Lee of Natchitoches, La, owner Of one
of the companv's 1000 bonds.
Lee charged the company IS insolvent,
that 1t failed to pay a balance Of $34.-
600 principal on its two-year secured
notes of $4.0000O0 on December 81,
1881. and has $3,375, 900 in notes ma
turing December /. 1888, which it will
be unable to pay.
Lee also asked for an injunction pre-
venting officers or agents Of the CON.
pAny from dispoeing Of assets.
Evening star., 1933-05-07
Aid Plans Festival.

POTOMAC. Md, May 8 (speciaD
Under auspices Of the Ladies' Aid 80
ciety Of the Methodist Church here, q
strawberry and ice cream festival viii
be held In the church basement Tues
day evening
Evening star., 1933-05-07

They were released on personal bond
for appearance in the Laurel Police
Court Monday when taken before
Magistrate Phillips.
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06

frustrated hoarder, and his wrath
showed signs of dissolving in tears.
tried to calm his fears by pointing
10 the fact that we still owned n
heHse, several tons of coal, and a
good supply of food. We probably
wouldn't starve for quite some time.
SO what are you afraid of?n I
cheerfully inquired, and he said: I'm
afraid Well get to looking like those
families who live on the other side
of the railroad"
We have enough soap to last six
montiis, | comforted, but Bob only
looked GUNNER. He hates soap and
has always believed that dirt would
wear off by itself if you only let it
alone long enough.
In spite of our supplies we suf-
fered an acute shortage of cash, and
| began to make list of things we
couldn't do without. At bottom.
suppose was as scared as anybody.
but | couldn't keep down a feeling
OF excitement and adventure. A GER
tain fift e. eSif eSiffiittr fiittrsftiior is invariably
the companion of danger. Times
may be narlous, but who can say
they aren't interesting? Il suppose
were going to have to eat slumgul-
lion for a while," | observed. and
burst into irresponsible giggles. Bob
bic was outraged, and said he didn't
see anything ludicrous in hitting
bottom. or that yeu can make a
game of being busted. SCHENECTADY
AL this time my younger son Da-
vId said little or nothing, as is his
custom. But his head was far from
4 total blank. When he went to bed
that night, / noticed a strange lump
under the covers beside him and
lung back the blanket TO investi-
GATE Dayy had gone to bed with 8
arse iron savings bank 1t was
heavy as lead with cents which he
iad been too negligent to deposit.
ION said everyone had better sit
IN their cash." he grinned sheepish-
r Our family has one hoarder. aft
r all &c. S. c. In the Indian
polls News.
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06

hands OF federal relief admins
trator.n
This official would be appointed by
the President, with the consent OF the
senate, and carry on his duties indie
pendent Of any other department.
The Reconstruction Finance cor
poration is given authority, under the
bill, to borrow the five hundred mill
lon dollars, but will have no powers
beyond turning the money over to the
relief administrator. Ten days after
the appointment OF the relief execu-
tive, the Reconstruction Finance cor
poration would cease to have any con-
troll over the granting OF loans to
states or municipalities for relief pur-
posez and thus all OF the govern
ment's relief financing would be under
the one Jurisdiction
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06
This Small Boy
Sitting" on Cash

-Nether,r said my tweIve-year-oI.
son Bobbie. do xou realize that
never have been alive in good times: :
The statement. of course. is exagser
atet. but | have no doubt that BoE
believed be was speaking the truth
lie cannot remember the bIissfuI time
when there was n0 such thing as rhe
depression Neither can /, for that
matter.
What is prosperity Iikez- lie went
on -Ilo all the kids have bTereies
and IL everybody rich. DO people
0wn i've or six radios and a bunch
Of carss7 He was puzzled and CON
fused when / tried to explain that
we did not own plethora of things
during prosperity. We had no more
To eat We lived in no better house.
for did we wear more elaborate
sfvffffftsssz the; ctr fSfIIfsfssfaf fsf-ex-
fsenses that took place deprived the
children OF very little that fhey had
before In orr family the most crush
Ing difference between depression
and prosperity lay chiefly in the size
OF the load Of fear which we had IN
carry In prosperous times we had
larger margin of security. Ii one
i9b WIS threatened, there was no
oYerT0wering terror that another
would not be forthcoming. Il was
hard TO explain this to B0bbie. who
has the American habit Of inter
preting prosperity in terms or the
number Of things that a person owns
The conversation came I'D ON the
day the banks declared partial hali-
day. and 1 came home to loot the
children's savings banks for ready
cash Bobbie had deposited his say-
sngs i'm neighborhoosd branch bank
the day before, and he WAS fmrfnns
when he learned that he couldn't
draw ir out again
They're not broke he howIatT
They're still paying their employees
and using my money TO do H. Ii they
can't pay me- they ought to fire their
employees" III anybody thinks it il
easy to explain an economic crisis
to d tveIveyear-ofd boy, lei him try |
I'm foggy enough myself. heaven |
knows. but ! made noble stab III |
exploiting what knowledge had
Where does the money go7s raved |
Bobbie, down In q deep. black hole.
somewhere With that | held forth |
5n the SUGAR bowl banks. the we'll /
known sock. the safety deposit box. |
and all the other hiding places or /
money used by the terror stricken.
i asasa he fFs4H#a his his hf4sfsr ufrFfT ami
cried Il hate people They're so
dumb They caused All this. Some
body ought to stop 'ein.'
Exactly said. Now goE IN
ferstard uiay you can't take your
money out of the bank. Eobbie
gave me the exaSperatei look OF
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06

hr Of the exchequer, when he said
fnAf Britain would not swap economic
concessions for revision OF The debt.
The British are now willing to dis
Guess economic concessions before the
debt question lis taken up By virtue
of this sudden change of front on fhe
part Of the Macdonald ministry. the
world economic conference is likely to
- heid In April or May Instead of
n&1f summer or autumn, as the Eu-
ropean powers were planning.
The British ambassador. Sir Ronald
Lindsay. has discussed with Secretary
OF Stste Corden Hull. the quest .ons
to come before the economic confer
ence before the debt question In rom
sdered-
Ihe French are also willing to dis
ru1 economic questions before con-
AaderlnE war debts Following =
white House conference between Pres
hent Roosevelt and NJ. Jacques Stern.
vics chairman OF the finance commit
fee al the French chamber of deputies
- Stern sMid that he had NOT dis
ennsed war debts with the President
thaf their conversation had been con-
mad to the economic conference which
TIE deputy thought 'if would be yerv
Important to hold Is soon as can be
made possible
Asked about the debt, he said sit
w0ah be very important for France to
pey The December fnstallment as =
ark cf respect to President Roose-
veaf- Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.. HUI have
taken the position from the start that
IL VIZ dehts arc secondary in impor-
fance to tn rennoval Of tariff. embar-
y. qssta. exeAanGe and other restric-
fisas = international trade.
A preparatory commission named
fG tt purpose of preparing IN axen-
q fE tt ccnnOmic conference has
f1faa IT, following subjects for con-
x1A01t1nn-
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06

sells milk and butter to both sides.
ana an occasional diamond when
things are prosperous Spain is 10 Ear
on to herself that she cant AFFORD to
pay transportation to any country she
could Hex Portugal discovered the
whole world, and when there was no
new worlds for a Portuguese to 1nd.
they just folded up and went ont OF
business So the old war win be on
again pretty soon. but this time with
different limo ups. and We will AL say
Amt It terrible thing," And here we
VIII kill more on nice Sunday after
noon on our roads than they will In tbs
nrst year OF war. Well II We get In tho
next one / will vote my first Republi-
can ticket.
= 1913. HeHs.xkf sv~as1sks. Fse-
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06

In a bill introduced In
the senate by Senators
Wagner OF New York,
Costigan OF Colorado,
and La Toilette of
Wisconsin.
The bill provides
that the huge sum
shall be given out
right to such states
as shall apply for aid,
and places the re-
sponsibility for see
Ing that the money
Ia given wisely In fho
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06

Lhey can take care
OF the ricll refugees
from both sides.
witzerland is Just
like one of this
board things they
have In a bull ring
here you can run
when thu bull get
after you Holland
is another one that
X eeps b er nose
clean when the Eu-
TO p can q h o oting
starts too. She Just
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06

Will De headed by
Henry Morgenthau, Jr.. with the title
OF governor. and an assistant, for the
present at least. Paul Bestor, with the
title of commissioner.
Governor Morgenthau said. after Is
suAnee of the order, that the activities
OF the government In granting loans
% farmers and farm organizations
viii be fully co-ordinated. In the past,
With the government making loans
through the Department OF Agricul-
lure. the r. r. G., the farm board and
ether agencies. varying rates OF inter-
est we're charged and different pur-
rose1 and conditions were set up. and
under the new regime, Governor Nor
genfh1n said. unity OF purpose and
Treatment viii be observed strictly.
He also declared that all employees
OF the new credit administration Will
bt placed under civil service, instead
OF under patronage system as ex-
Isis in many OF the bureaus at present.
The executive order issued by the
President directed the abolishment OF
the farm stabIlizatf0n activities OF the
farm board which have resulted In
losses OF three hundred million dol
lars except that he provided they
fnould be continued only to liquidate
the hff over holdings OF the board.
This consists OF thirty million bushels
of wheat and twenty eight thousand
b@les Of cotton
Ill o meSSage to congress accom-
panEIng the order President Roose-
relt said his purpose was to smafn-
tain and strengthen a sound and per
Eaanent system or cooperative agri-
cultural credit subject to federal
supervision and operated on the basis
Ct providing the maximum OF security |
20 present and prospective investors
In bonds and debentures resting on |
farm mortgages or other agricultural /
rerurifies-aH for the purpose OF |
meeting the credit needs OF agricul !
fnrn at minimum COST
The consolidation OF these varions
activities under one head is expected
To result In nm administrative saving
ct approximately two million dollars
n year
NHE efforts OF European nations to
cancel or greatly reduce the war
debts owed to the United States are
Gn- and IL Is said President RonsavaFt
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06

has won the first
skfrnsiSfa to the ex-
tent OF considering
world economic CON
sslfi0raS before any
discussion d or war
iae4stx-
As a result of MIR.
Kfsssevelt's ir1sfstence
1t is reported the
British government
hAS backed down
from the position an
n<sunred by Austen
Chamberlain. chanceI-
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06

orders TO Congress
why ii keeps you
pretty well inform
ed on " hat viii hap
pen before it hap
pens Congress Is
minding just Ike q
movie mob.
Say this guy Hit
Ter has grabbed OF
the spotlight from
all tine DictatOrs-
He Is a Dictator TO
end all Dictas0-s-
IL hen | was In Ea-
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06

t. n ~
When | was In En-
rope year ago this last January
made arrangements from London t
go to Munich to see this Hitler for al
interview. then some newspaper guy
talked me out OF it. saying Why be /
only flash in the pan. Before yon &c
your Interview published he will b.
through.
Dog gon 1t | wish now that I has
gone. | would like to see what kind o
q bird he Is. don't know but what
Will prance over yet and take look n
| him.
| There must be an awful lot doint
over In Europe now Things are stir
ring around. kinder smells like an
otner war. Can you imagine the Prime
Minister OF the Great England going
clear down just to see Mussolini7 WHY
any time in the past any one to nave
suggested such thing would have
been thought crazy. Mussoiini q few
years ago was one OF the untouchabIes.
as far as organized society was con
cerned- But the big boys are even fBy-
Ing TO see him now. Ramsey Mcdonald
going down there to see him dideut
nelp out Frances peace of mind anY.
and now with Hitler doing d Mugso-
iini, and Germany and italy becoming
kinder friendly. France don't look ON
that as being SO hot either.
You know those nations over fhera
are Just like lot OF SO called
society women In a small town. The
minute two OF em get their heads To-
geather, 1t starts all the others wonder
ing. Each one don't know which other
onh 70 hook mp with
France has been kinder lining mn
Tor the forthcoming festivities. sign
Ing up what Nations she could. she
has Poland under contract. Mr.. Wood
row Wilson fought hard to gel Poland
some freedom. but she In about sick
and tired OF il. and Is about ready To 20
TO war to end the whole thing. She Ii
about as big as the lower half OF the
King ranch In Texas. but has the biz
gest standing army In Europe Poland
don't hardly know who to jump on till
france makes up her mind for her.
Inens Roumania signed up with
france for the duration or the nexf
war and one or two or those little
nations that France loaned enough
money for the King to get him some
new uniforms guess we are about the
dumbest nation In the world In that
respect We have loaned more money
to foreign nations than anyone. hut
We never was smart enough to make
EN- sign that they would help ns ont I'm
case Mexico or Canada or some other
bully jumped on us.
But when those nations over there
loan money to each other. there il q
war clause in it. OF course the nations
like Poland and Roumania and those
don't ever figure on paying France
back, but neither do the ones we loan
ed to. think Australia too signed with
France No. believe they got better
'Her to go with England and made them
he loan. Your loan value as a nation
g In proportion to your war strength.
IND also to your geographical position
Now for instance Japan couldent get q
lime from France, she is too tar away |
rom Germany. IL Poland dident toIn
iermany she couldent get any. That's
Fny Mussolini Is sitting 80 pretty.
rhey Join France. so that gives them
mighty good loan value from any
iation that don't care SO much for /
rance II Germany had any money
taly could borrow all Of it,
Switzerland Just sits there In the
niddle OF ii all and hopes for a war so
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06

proyal, as is expected,
will become operative
May 27.
The farm credit
adm mini stration" re-
places the fe dera |
farm board. the fed
eraI farm loan board.
and the farm credit
activities that have
been scattered through
seven different gov
ernmentaI agencies.
The administration
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06

THE Presidents bill providing for
= the employment of 25O,OO0 men
for the purpose OF reforestation and
other work In government forest re-
serves and along the rivers, passed
congress with -Eeme- amendments made
Dy the senate. One of these amend
menfs removes the state quota re-
sfrictions on the sixty-eight million
dollars remaining of the relief funds
In the hands of the Reconstruction
Finance corporation. This makes 1t
possible for states that have borrowed
up to the quota previously provided
to continue to borrow until the sixty
eight million is exhausted.
In the house the bill was adopted
without roll call. but with the RE
publican members In opposition This
opposition was not directed at the bill
but at the methods OF ruling the house
by the Democratic majority. IT WAS
the first of the administration bills
that had not received non-partisan
support The bill was strongly op-
posed BY President Green of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor.
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
President Scraps Farm Board and Combines Several
Bureaus Into One Agency; Wins First Round
With British on Debts

WHAT the President terms the
farm credit administration"
xss created by executive order which,
III II meets with congressional ap-
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06
a NATIONWIDE boycott on All

a NATIONWIDE boycott on All
"a Jewish business and professional
men In Germany has been clamped
down by Chancellor Hitler's National
Socialist party. The announcement
states that 1t will last until Jewish
life In Germany Is paralyzed" Hit
ler's government, while not officially
eounfenancing the boycott, is not ex-
pected to intervene.
At Nail headquarters 1t was said
that the boycott is purely defensive
measure solely directed against Ger
man Jewry as retaliation for the anti
German campaign In foreign coun-
tries"
All over Germany Jewish owned
shops and department stores closed
their doors and were pIcketed by
storm troopers.
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06
NAH q
VIII ,I11
ROGERS

BEVERLY HILLS.-Well all know
IS Just what | read in the neEsprints.
II you just read Mr.. RooseTeits daily
Plentywood herald., 1933-04-06

Ihe original and present weight of
debt and interest obligations.
Price of primary commodities and
price OF manufactured goods, both
wholesale and retail.
The existing volume OF production
In different staple commodities enter
Ing In world trade.
The willingness of creditors to
make international loans and their un-
Willingness receive payment tn
goods and services.
THE distribution In different coun-
tries OF the available gold supplies of
the world.
Ihe disharmony between the stable
anu fiuctuating rates Of exchange"
Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald.
OF England, will preside at the eeono-
mic conference and will name the date
for its convening.