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The Washington times., 1933-08-04
SLASH IN HOURS
To GUT WAGES
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facturers of the embarrassment Of
submitting their own ideas and
having them rejected. Each manu-
facturer would be given a leeway,
however, in qualifying his accept
ance of the Presidents code.
Since hundreds of thousands Of
workers are employed on a 48 to
54-hour basis, the ruling is re-
garded as highly important by the
manufacturers,
johnson Voices Optimism.
The recovery program is way
ahead of expectations" General
johnson said today.
He stated he did not care to an
nounce any premature figures, as
he desired to wait a reasonable
time for all firms who want to
comply with the agreement to do
so.
Efforts to bring in mass en-
ployers of labor were seen today
in the attempt now being made
by aides of General johnson to
reach utility groups nd other
major interests not yet under
code or temporary agreements on
wages or hours of labor.
Liberalization of the terms OF
the So-called blanket agreement,
which is intended primarily to
take the place of a more pern1a-
nent code while the latter is un-
der negotiation, was one gesture
aimed at the big employers.
'Big Ten" Codes Pending
johnson has codes pending for
the so-called Big Ten," which
includes the fundamental employ
ing industries, such as electrical
manufacturers, radio, automobile
makers, and others. He also has
what he termed a lot of enthu-
siastic promises from lesser en-
ployers, but he is waiting to see
actual results in greater employ
ment.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
FIRE MENACES
QUAKE CITY

ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 4
U.N.SO.-The City of Corinth,
ruined by an earthquake in 1929,
was threatened with destruction
again today when a raging fire
broke out at 2 a. m.
More than 400 houses and shops
in the market center were de-
stroyed before the fire finally was
under control. For a time it had
appeared the entire city would be
reduced to ashes.
With a strong wind rapidly
spreading the flames, the popula-
tion, in panic, sought refuge on
the seashore while their homes
burned. Early estimates said
damage exceeded $1,OOO,00O.
The entire fire-fighting force
of Athens was rushed to the scene.
The premier and several cabinet
ministers supervised efforts of the
fire brigade.
Eight thousand persons were
left homeless by the blaze.
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while he was sick the morning he
died. She said:
"BiIl Costello was not a per-
son you could force to do any
thing If he didn't want to-"
"When you went down stairs
with the children that morn
ing, you left a glass Of ginger
ale on the bureau, didn't yOu?"
CAN'T EXPLAIN 1T
81 wouldn't say did and
wouldn't say I didn't.
"YOu asked Bill to have q
drink Of ginger ale?"
eyes, I did"
Jessie said she could not re-
member whether she took the
glass down stairs with her. She
said she did not know why the
ginger ale glass was not found by
John Purcell later,
From 9 a. M, when her father
in-law left the house, until OILS
a. M, when the maid arrived, she
was alone in the house with her
husband and their little son.
Bobby.
Jessie said she screamed and
ran downstairs when she saw
Costello lying in the hallway.
She said she never went up to the
second floor afterWard.
"But you had seen him ly-
ing on the floor before, hadn't
yOu?"
"He didn't look the same"
McMAHON'S ARRIVAL
"YOu didn't go near him that
mOrning?"
"NO."
"But you went near him
when he tainted on other morn
ings?"
eyes"
Jessie did not remember wheth-
er she telephoned Mcmahon the
morning her husband died before,
or after DR.. John F. Walsh came
and pronounced Bill dead.
Gregg touched on McMahon'S
arrival at the Costello home that
morning.
"He was your good friend?
II wouldn't say"
She denied she ever told Nc
Mahon that Bill had one foot in
the grave" or that "ln one way
1t was a good thing"
She again denied Mcmahon was
the most familiar man in her life
outside of her husband.
WEREN'T SPEAKING
"When your husband died,
you and your father were not
speaking, were yOu?"
81 wouldn't say SO; I hadn't
seen my father since the first of
the year."
But you hadn't spoken, you
and he?"
mo, 1 hadn't"
Jessie maintained it was not un-
usual for her to sleep In CoStello's
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
Price Fixing Fight Snags Oil Code

A sensational dispute between
the Standard Oil companies of
California and New Jersey today
handicapped the efforts of Hugh
s. johnson, national recovery ad-
miniStrator, to formulate an oil
code which the industry would
accept.
The dispute ragged about the
proposal championed by K. R.
Kingsbury, head of the Standard
Oil Company of California, to in
clude a price-fixing provision.
Opposed by Teagle
This proposal was StrenuouSly
opposed by Walter c. Teagle,
president of the Standard Oil
Company Of New Jersey.
Kingsbury was backed by oscar
sutro, vice president Of his COM
The Washington times., 1933-08-04

Union Corporation. and C. E.
Arnott, of Socony-Vacuum. Ohio
Standard apparently is on the
fence.
Fight to Finish Slated
johnson and other industrial
recovery officials SHE'D from price
fixing, but KingSbury threatened
to take the issue directly to
President Roosevelt.
Oscar Sutro, vice president Of
Kingsbury's company. bitterly
attacked the conservatives" at a
dramatic public hearing which
brought into bold relief the
strange cleavage among the COM
panies controlled by the Rookie
feller interests.
He declared that price fixing Is
necessary to save the oil COM
panies from ruin.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
MORE RAILWAY
JOBS URGED
BY International News Service

By International News SefVIC6
Urging railroads of the country
to spend more money upon re-
Mobilization, Joseph B. Eastman,
Federal Coordinator of Railroads,
today dispatched identical tele-
grams to the presidents of all
Glass 1 lines, declaring the recov-
cry drive had restored jobs to
more than 10000 railroad en-
ployes since June /.
In addition, he said, the hours
Of employment had been in
creased for many who formerly
worked on a restricted schedule.
Eastman also took occasion to
cast a gentle hint at the highly
paid railroad officials. whom he
had warned some time ago.
He said four of his assistants
were receiving $4,000 per year,
announcing the figure as the
basis for comparison with the sal
aries paid to railroad presidents
and their assistants. Eastman
said:
81 strongly urge that the rail-
roads spend every available dol
lar in putting men back to
work, and, in so doing their
part in the drive, they will, I
believe, serve their own interest
as well as those of the country"
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
.|CKES To FACE
FIGHT On OIL

Secretary of Interior Harold L.
Ickes has been given until August
IS to show cause why he should
not be restrained from enforcing
an order banning interstate COM
merce of oil produced in the face
of conservation orders of States.
Justice Joseph w. Cox in Dis
trict Supreme Court signed such
an order after the Southport Pc
troleum Company, of Longview,
Tex, and 48 others filed suit for
an Injunction to restrain enforce
ment of the order.
The suit attacks the order, re-
Gently issued by President Roose-
velt, as unconstitutional on the
ground that legislative powers
cannot be vested in the executive
branch of the Government by Con-
greSs.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
GANDH| JAILED
FOR A YEAR

POONA, India, Aug. 4 UN.SO.
Mahatma Gandhi formally OBJ
tanned his freedom today and lost
it. He was sentenced to a year in
prison for persisting in his disobe-
dience campaign.
The much-jailed spiritual leader,
waging a continual fight against
untouchability, was released from
the Yeravda jail here in accord
ance with the decision of the gov
ernment following his arrest sew
eral days ago when he announced
he would march through the
countryside spreading the doctrine
of individual disobedience.
But no sooner were the prison
gates thrown open and the Ma
hatma released than the heavy
hand Of the law fell on him again,
because he flatly refused to abide
by the terms dictated by the gov
ernment.
These terms had stipulated that
Gandhi remain in Poona and par
ticipate in no further disobedience
campaigns.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04

'pany; Harry F.. Sinclair; Wirth
Franklin, of Oklahoma, a power
full figure among the independent
producers; Ralph T. zook, of
Quaker State" fame, and many
smaller operators.
His group held numerical con-
troll of the COMMITTEE of 54,"
which agreed on tentative code,
with price fixing and several
other controversial issues held IN
abeyance.
Supporting Teagle were such
powerful figures as E. G. Seubert,
of Indiana Standard Oil; w. E.
Smith, of Kentucky Standard; C.
B. Ames, of the Texas Corpora
tion; william F. Humphrey. of
Tidewater Associated Oil; J.
Howard Pew, of the Sun Com
pany; j. C. Van Eek, of Shell
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
WI HERE WAS ESSES SON WHEN AND IF SHE KILLED MATE!
Johnson to Be
Only General
In NRA Drive

Brig. Gen. Hugh S. johnson
said today at his press confer
ence that he had never heard Of
the recovery drive proposal to
have citizens addressed as gen
erals" and colonel" except as
a local measure in Richmond,
promoted by some imaginative
person"
When informed that his Or
ganization had some weeks ago
issued a three-page handout on
it, he said:
"WelI, the boys sem to be
getting ahead of me a Bit"
There has apparently been a
disposition of late to soft-pedal
the proposal, and this has led
to reports that it has practically
been discarded.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
ExiIes in U. S. Expect
EarIY Fall of MaChado

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 G.N.SO.
Cuba's revolutionary exiles in
this country expect the downfall
of the Machado government ANY
hour now" it was announced to-
day by DR.. Carlos De La Tore,
spokesman for the six reVolu-
tionary groups.
Most of them. including DR..
Miguel M. Gomez. former mayor
of Havana, are now in Miami.
prepared to return to Cuba at a
moments notice.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
CO. FLIES
NRA BANNER

Impressive ceremonies marked
today the raising of the NRA flag
over the Hecht Company.
Former Gov. William Sweet, Of
Colorado, now with the National
Recovery Administration, pre-
sided. The flag, bearing the Off
cial NRA insignia, will, according
to C. B. Dulcan, vice president of
the company, fly over the store
building until "the war for recov-
cry is won"
The Hecht Company is operat-
ing 100 per cent under the Presi-
dents code.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
Further Recovery
Sta0ed bV Dollar

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 Q.N.SO.
The dollar made a further recov-
cry against European currencies
on the local foreign exchange
market today, moving up to 1872
cents gold against less than 7S
cents yesterday. British sterling
declined to $3.50 off 21a cents
from yesterdays close and 13
cents from Wednesdays high,
when the rate ran up on rumorS
that Washington was contem-
plating active initiation shortly.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
Utility Companies
Back RecOUerU FiUht

The gas and electric utility in
terests of the country have prom
ised full cooperation to Brig.
Gen. Hugh S. johnson in the ma
tional recovery program, it was
announced today.
The committee making the Of
fer was composed Of George B.
Cortelyou, Floyd L. Carlisle and
Herman Russell.
Since the utilities operate day
and night some notifications of
the Presidents employment
agreement were discussed, and
in the code for the industry as
the committee was asked to bring
soon a. possible. -I.A
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
British Scientist, SO,
Weds Young Singer

LONDON, Aug. 4 G.N.SO-Sir
John Ambrose Fleming, 83-year-
old electrical engineer renowned
as one of Britain's famous sclen-
lists. was married secretly last
week to Miss Olive May Franks,
"a, concert singer, it was learned
today. Sir John, among many
other scientific achievements, is
the inventor of the thermionlc
valve, which revolutionized radio
telegraphy and made modern
radio possible. .I,--,l-.AA
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
Alexandria Police
Hunt Missing Girl

The family of Grace Simpson,
10, of the 400 block S. Lee ST., has
asked Alexandria police to search
for the girl, who has been missing
since 7 o'clock Wednesday night.
She was last seen when she left a
neighbor's, two blocks away, tell
ing them she was going home. She
is S feet inches tall. with brown
eyes and black bobbed hair, dark
complexioned and stockily built.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
MACHADO RULE
IS MENACED
BY STRIKE
General WaIkOut Ties Up Ha-
vana Business; Revolution
aries Predict Presidents Fall

HAVANA, Aug. 4 UN.SO.-Pre-
saying a victory for passive re-
sistance" where clashes at arms
failed in the past, Cuba's general
strike reached the proportions Of
a major political crisis today.
Observers predicted the early
downfall of President Gerardo
Machado as a result.
Havana was virtually paralyzed
as laborers of all classes joined
Transportation workers in what
started as bus strike week ago
and swiftly developed into an un-
precedented mass demonstration
against the Machado regime.
Printers, stevedores, and vendors
quit their posts, joining taxi drlv-
ers, street car workers, and truck
men, virtually paralyZing Havana's
industry and transportation. The
railway union were expected to
join the walkout tomorrow.
With a nationwide strike immi-
nent, Federal troops and police
were mobilized to prevent disor-
ders.
Cabinet Confers
The Machado cabinet met In
extraordinary session at the pres
idential palace, discussing meas
ures to combat the fast-spreading
strike. Federal troops and police
were modified to prevent dis
orders.
Printers, stevedores and ven
dors quit their posts today, join
ing taxi drivers, street car work
ers and truckmen.
Reliable information indicated
railway workers would join the
strike tomorrow, along with ice
men and milkmen, threatening
complete paralysis Of Havana's
industry.
Provisions Run Out
Market houses and trsdesmen
sold out the last of their supplies
this morning, with no hope OF
obtaining new provision unless
transportation workers return to
their jobs. Most of the city's
stores closed.
The eight-year regime Of Pres
ident Gerardo Machado Y MOI
ales has been marked by revolu-
tions, bombings, shootings, assas-
sinations, and a reign of terror
unprecedented in modern times.
Machado kept himself in pow
er, however, with a well-paid and
loyal army. and institution OF
reforms" in CubaS constitution
which continually postponed the
election of a successor.
Up until the present strike,
American Ambassador Sumner
Welles had been making progress
in his arbitration attempts. Early
this week, however, it became
apparent that the crisis was far
from ended. President Roose-
welt, as revealed exclusively by
international News Service IN
Washington, served emphatic no
tice that he would conclude no
new trade agreements with Cuba
until the differences between
Machado and his foes were
settled,
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
Equipment Stolen
AtSuLUdn Thedter

Tools and electrical equipment
valued at about $50 have been
stolen from the Sylvan Theater
in the Monument grounds. Har-
old Snyder, 3400 block Ealey st.
S. E., today reported to park po'
lice.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
Costello Widow Proves Hazy
On knowledge of Poison

bed, as she had on the night Of
her husbands death.
She did not remember whether
she made the bed" that morning.
Costello may have Strengthened
it," she averred. She said she
wouldn't say" she fixed the bed
clothes" while Costello was in the
bed.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
ARGENTINE OFFICIAL HURT

ENOS AIRES, Aug. 4
Q.N.S0.-Leopoldo Melo. Argen-
tine minister of the interior, was
in a hospital today, suffering
from injuries received in an air
plane crash.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance, $S12,699''
$685. miscellaneous internal rev.
enue, $7,452,471.99; customs re-
ceipts, $1,945, 1926.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
By ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS
Copyright, 1888, by International News service)

COURTHOUSE SALEM Mass, Aug 4.-What did she do
with little Bobby, the sturdy little blond of Bill Costello,
when she upstairs to give her husband the Bora potion
Of which we have heard so much?
That's what it down to today in the Costello case
with incredible difficulty District Attorney Gregg hammered
against the cool and calculating Jessie Costello.
That's what to know That's the question want to
ask Jessie
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
DISTRICT ATTORNEY BRINGS
BL|STER|NG ATTACK DOWN
To THIS VITAL POINT

The oo,cing article wrtten for International Nes
Service by AdeG Rogers St. Johns famous novelst and
motion picture aUriter
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
CLEARlNGS

CINCINNATI, Aug. 4.-Today'S
clearings, $5,778,919.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04

SITUATIONS WANT.
ED ADVERTISERS"
TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE SPECIAL
Low RATE AND
FREE SERVICE
OFFERED BY TIL
w A S HIN TON
TIMES AND HERALD
TO PERSONS SEEK
ING POSITIONS.
CALL MISS GRAY
DISTRICT $3.50
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
l,&99,OOO New
Jobs in 3
Months

The current bulletin of the
Alexander Hamilton Institute es-
Inmates that the number of per-
sons employed in the United
States rose from 33,824,0OO in May
to 34,605,000 in June, a gain of
781,000.
In the two previous months,
1,118,000 persons obtained work,
so that the total increases during
the past three months of business
recovery amounted to 100000
persons. The number of persons
employed in March, when employ
ment reached the lowest level of
the depression, was 32,706,000.
The institute points out, how
ever, that due to the increase in
population, the number of unem-
ployed persons showed a some
what smaller decrease than that
indicated by the expansion of en-
ployment. The number of unem-
ployed persons was reduced by
$4,000 from May to June, and by
1,812,000 from March to June.
Persons employed in June
totaled 15,357,00O, as compared
with 100000 in May and with
17,l69 900 in March. Of the total
number of persons available for
employment, 30.7 per cent we're
idle in June, as compared with
1928 per cent in May and with
"a a Der rent in March
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
COTTON PRICES
SINK, DESPITE
BRIEF RALLY

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 G.NSO.
Further liquidation sent the cot
ton market lower again today in
moderately active trading.
Opening losses were extended
as heavy selling more than offset
Q fair trade demand.
Some Commission Buying.
Some commission house buy
eng later in the session brought
q fair-Sized rally and the list
recovered to slightly above open
ing levels.
Liquidation on the first call
apparently came from more re-
cent buyers. It was partly of
the pre-bureau variety, to pre-.
pare for Tuesdays crop report,
and partly on corp forecast by
a local trade publication putting
the indicated crop at 11,542,000
bales, considerably higher than
the other three private forecasts
SO far issued.
Spot Houses Sell.
Spot houses, brokers who do
business for Japanese interests
and New Orleans were sellers.
Buying by the trade included
purchases by the continent in
near months.
Traders viewed with interest
the Weather Bureaus announce
ment that the tropical disturb
ance In the gulf was expected to
reach the South Texas coast
between Brownsville and Corpus
Christ early today, attended by
strong, shifting winds, possibly
reaching gale force near the
center.
Dallas News Report.
The Dallas News Friday cotton
report stated that due to the
rapid new growth of the cotton
plant stimulated by two weeks
Of intermittent rains and humid
ity, much of the Texas cotton
crop has entered an extremely
speculative phase.
Early in the forenoon futures
were off S to points. October
was off at 1887; December
off 8 at 1886; January off at
1904, and March off at 1890.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
GRAIN FUTURES
HIT BY LACK
Of BUYERS

CHICAGO, Aug. 4. UNSO.
Grains were easy in dull early
trading here today. scattered
selling depressing values in the
absence of buyers.
Weakness in stocks and cotton
were unsettling influences.
Wheat Holds Level.
Wheat opened Ia to 2Hc
lower and showed little variation
from that level as scattered SELL
ing in the market found support
light.
Near noon wheat was 23s to
234c lower, corn 11s to 13sc off,
oats % to 7sc down, and rye 22s
to 27sc lower.
Liverpool wheat was % to ed
higher, Winnipeg 1l2 to 17sc de-
pressed.
Crop News Featureless.
Crop news was featureleSs.
Cooler weather was reported
throughout the spring wheat ter
ritory and scattered rains fell in
other sections of the grain belt. :
Estimated carlot receipts were3
Wheat 76. corn 38 and oats IS. (,
The Washington times., 1933-08-04

July building in Washington
totaled $525, 800, according to-
John w. Oehman, District build
ing inspector. This compares
with $581,770 in June and $648,-
$40 in July. 1882.
New construction accounted for
$294,250 and repairs for $24l ,O70
of this years July total. 1t
was distributed $45,490 in the
Northeast; $39,56O in the South
east; $438,395 in the Northwest
and $1,875.
Family Dwellings Prevail
Erection of 81 one-family
dwellings having a total value OF
$225,10 was started last month.
Of this group, 81 were homes
of detached type, Is row houses
and four Semidetached.
Permits to erect 80 brick, two
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
j, s. CLEAR|NGS
OFF IN WEEK

Bank clearings for the week
ended August 2, fell off about
$500 100000 from the preceding
weeks total. but continued to
make a better showing than for
the same period of 1882.
The aggregate for leading cities
in the United States, as reported
to Dun and Bradstreet, Inc, was
$4, ,897 ,601 900, showing an increase
of 0.9 per cent over last year.
At New York city, clearings were
$3,437,315,O 1000, a decline of 0.3
per cent, while the aggregate for
cities outside of New York of
$1,460, ,286,000 was 39 per cent
higher.
The total included only two
days of the heavy first of the
month settlements, whereas last
year the same week included
three,
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
BUSINESS GAINS
IN CALIFORNIA

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 G.NSD.
Directly contrary to seasonal
trends, business continued to i'm
prove in Los Angeles during the
past week as more than 5000
employers of 225,0OO workers Of
ficially signed the NRA code.
Ten per cent wage boosts were
announced by the Goodyear Tire
Company and Cleyburgh Brothers,
silk importers. The Goodyear m
crease was the second by that
firm in IS days.
The Security-First National
Bank monthly survey showed that
bank debts amounted to $685.
764,951 in July against $518,777,-
327 for June, and $530,677,387 in
July of last year. This indicated
a considerable increase in retail
trade.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
Cuban Refunding
Contract Signed

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 G.N.SO .
The Cuban government has signed
a contract with the First National
Bank of Boston. fiscal agent, to
refund its $2O,OO0,0O0 of 512 per
cent notes due June 80, 1885, Of
which Warren Brothers Company
owns $9,773,00 officials of the
latter company announced.
The government will issue new
5R per cent notes maturing 1850
to be exchanged par for par for
the 1885 issue. Interest on the
outstanding bonds will be paid
in cash.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
RdlU Silk Imports
And Stocks HIGHER

Raw silk imports in July to-
tailed 62,348 bales. a gain of 1928
per cent over the 36,055 bales
imported in July last year. I'm
ports in June this year amount
ed to 47,435 bales.
July deliveries to mills last
month amounted to 44,597 bales,
1862 per cent above the July,
1882, deliveries which amounted
to 1882 bales. Stocks at ware
houses on July 81 last were
51,684 bales, comparing with
50,720 bales q year ago.
The Washington times., 1933-08-04
Silk Sales in June
BeLOU MUu Total

Yardage sales of broad silks in
June were 4.8 per cent less than
for May, but 87.8 per cent above
the corresponding month last
year, the Silk Association of Amer
ica reports.
Stocks in the hands of manu-.
facturerS on June 80 were 26.6
per cent lower than on June 80,
1882, and 13 per cent lower than
on May 81, 1888.