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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-26

Boyer. Brehob and Bill Wischmever bat
tied it out for top honors in the Mutual
MIX League, finishing in the order named
with totals Of 588 $50 and 563
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-26

MCGUIRE was on his way to big things
in the Eli Lilly series. opening with counts
Of 226 and 204, but he dropped to las in
the final to total SIS which led the league
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-26

The b & o. girls we're in form during
the Indiana Ladies' League series, rolling
2.375 to take three games from East End
Greenhouse Dawson and Nellie rolled 576
and sci for the winners as Crane pro-
duced 5ll for the Greenhouse team.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-26

Barbasol won the first two games from
Fall CITY Lager when GRAY and Mack de-
cided to change things and they won the
final despite a 1879 game by Schleimer. Don
Johnson and JOHNNY Fehr showed totals OF
676 and 638 for Barbasol.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-26

Larry Fox and Dan Glubka. rival anchor
men of the Marott and Fishback Grille
teams. finished in a dead heat with totals
of 662. Rasmussen topped Boerger 634
to 615, however. and the Marott team won
the odd game.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
PORTUGAL TO join
IN TRADE PkRLEY
Acceptance Completes List of Coun'
tries Invited Into Negotia-
tions by U. S.

BY the Associated Press.
Portugal today accepted the invita-
tion to enter into negotiations with the
United States for a trade agreement.
This completed the list of five powers
invited to open negotiations for reclpro-
cal trade betterment relations. The
others are Argentina, Sweden, Colombia
and Brazil.
None has fixed a definite date for
the opening of discussions. These will
probably begin within two or three
weeks.
These invitations extended by the
United States are in conformity with
President Rocsevelt's determination to
extend American trade through bl-
lateral agreements.
Members of the American delegation
at the London Conference, as we'll as
State Department officials here in
Washington, have been comforting with
representatives of various foreign
powers paving the way.
Ambassador Welles, at Havana, has
been working on a new trade agreement
with Cuba for some time and Warren
Delano Robbins, the new Minister to
Canada, who will leave for his post al
Ottawa late this week, will begin in
formal discussions there in an effort to
carry out the administrators desire to
extend trade relations throughout botn
North and South America, as well as in
the Orient.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
SENATOR KING TO DISCUSS
CALVERT STREET BRIDGE
Chairman of Senate District Com
mittee Plans Early Visit to
District Building.

Chairman King of the Senate Dis
trict Committee is arranging a visit to
the District Building probably this
afternoon, to confer with the Commis-
sioners regarding plans for the new
Calvert Street Bridge, construction of
which cannot be started unless the
budget director grants permission Tor
use of gasoline tax surplus funds for
this purpose.
Senator King wants to discuss par
ticularly the type of bridge that shoulo
be erected. During the appropriation
hearings in the last session there was
considerable discussion whether the
new Calvert street structure should be
of steel arch or masonry arch type, and
the appropriation act directed the Com
missioners to make restudy of vari-
GUS types before the project is carried
out. Senator King said he has not
been satisfied that the steel type would
be the best, because he has felt this
new bridge should be a sort of COM
panion for the bridge over Connecticut
avenue.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
BURGLAR ESCAPES
FROM 3 HOMES
Uses Fists to Evade Capture
at Hands OF Northeast
Residents.

A colored burglar narrowly escaped
captuze three times within an hour
early today in three homes in North
east Washington. Twice he got away
by lashing out with his fists.
The first home entered was that OF
Nathan Rubin, HOO Fourth street
northeast The man got in by climb
ing on the roof Of the front show win
dow Of the store below Rubin's sleeping
quarters.
Awakened by slight noise, Rubin
saw the intruder going through his
trousers pockets. He shouted and the
man ran, escaping the same way he
entered and taking $3.50.
Less than IS minutes later Mrs. Ce-
celia Blond, 400 Sixth street northeast,
awoke to find a colored man, thought
to be the same one, in her bed room.
She screamed and her 17-year-old son,
Bernard, jumped from his bed in time
to bar the burglars path. A blow from
the colored mans fist knocked the boy
out of the way and the burglar clam
bered through the second-fioor window
by which he had entered, dropped to a
shed roof and ran.
Thirty cents had disappeared from q
pocketbook on Mrs. Blond's dresser, Un-
daunted by his two narrow escapes,
the man entered the home of Morris
Akman, 1912 First street northeast. by
climbing up to a second-story window.
Before he could take anything, Akman
discovered him in his bed room, and
attempting to capture him, was struck
in the face. The burglar jumped
through the open window
Cigarettes valued at $50 and $143
in cash. which was hidden in a coffee
grinder beneath the counter, was stolen
from . grocery at 1895 Seventeenth
street yesterday or last night, John ].
Cahill Of Takoma Park, Nd, manager
of the store, reported to third pre-
cinct police. Entrance was obtained by
removing bars and boards from rear
window.
A man who came into a filling sta
tion at Sixth and K streets yesterday
and asked to look at telephone direc-
tory is sought for questioning in the
theft Of $74.92 from a safe In the sta
ton Office.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
Owners Trying to Save Home
Score in Foreclosure Fig Int
Court DELAYS Auction Scheduled Today and District
Loan Office, Although Not Yet Established,
Promises All Aid in its Power

space and setting up his organization,
assured Mrs. Michaels he would do
everything In his power to help the
Michaels save their home.
The Michaels case Is typical Of the
cases which the Home Owners Loan
Corporation was set up to assist. The
home was acquired In better times, and
the new owners spent $1,000 remodeling
and repairing 1t, including converting
of the upstairs into an apartment to
help carry the expense.
Payments Applied for Repairs.
The holder Of the first trust on the
property died last Fall, Mrs. Michaels
said today, and payments were con-
tinued through the administrator Of
the estate. Monthly payments were
made, but through some misunder-
standing they were applied only to the
repair note, and last March they discov-
cred they faced eviction for failing to
keep up required trust payments. The
case was dismissed In Municipal Court
at that time, In view Of extraordinary
circumstances, Mrs. Michaels said, but
new difnculties beset them when MI
Michaels' salary was reduced almost
so per cent.
Payments on the house became more
than they could manage, and then
when the home owners loan act was
passed, they saw In 1t their salvation.
The appointment Of the District man
ager last Friday. in the words Of Mrs:
Michaels, was made In the nick OF
time" ........ ..--.--.--
Evening star., 1933-07-17
FOUR ARE ARRESTED
IN LIQUOR SEIZURES
Robert E. Mahoney, Former Head
of Prince Georges Firemen,
One of Those Taken.
BY a Stan Correspondent of The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, July IL
Four men, including a former president
of the county Volunteer Firemen's As
sociation, were arrested over the week
end as Prince Georges County police
launched war on liquor law violators.
Robert E. Mahoney, who once headed
the f1remen's organization, was booked
on charges Of illegal possession Of liquor
and operating a road house without q
license. following raid on an inn at
Silver Hill. He was released on $1,000
bond
Another raid in the southern part of
the county resulted in the arrest Of
John Dorsey Of Bats Corner on possess
sion charges. Both raids were led by
Sergt. A. w. Hepburn, who was assisted
by Policemen Elon Turner, G. w. Gray
and Oscal Beall
A spectacular chase over dirt roads
from Collington to Muirkirk led to the
capture Of Frank W. Wilson, colored. Of
Washington, when his car finally over
turned. Sergt. Ralph Brown and
County Policeman William E. Clifton
said they extracted Wilson from a pile
of 20 five-gallon cans Of alcohol and
arrested him on charges of transporta-
ton and possession of liquor.
John Nichols Of Beltsville was booked
on charges Of sale and possession after
Sergt. Brown led q raiding party to an
inn at Beltsville.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
|SU|T DISMISSED
AGAINST MELLON
Former Secretary of Treas
ury and Other Officials
Acquitted of Fraud.

A suit against former Secretary Of the
Treasury Andrew w. Mellon and other
high Government officials, claiming
they had willfully permitted q group OF
foreign steamship companies to defraud
the United States Of $110, 900 900 in in
come taxes, was dismissed today by
Justice James M. Proctor Of the District
Supreme Court
The suit was filed by David A. Olson
on behalf of himself and the people of
the United States. He asked for $780,
600, ,0C0, double the amount Of the al
legged unpaid taxes.
Other defendants named were David
H. Blair, former commissioner OF in
ternal revenue; Alexander w. Gregg,
former chief counsel for the Bureau OF
Internal Revenue; Ogden L. Mills, for
mer Secretary Of the Treasury, and Ar
thur A. Ballantine, Undersecretary OF
the Treasury.
In sustaining demurrers to the suit
Justice Proctor said that in his opin-
ion the declaration did not state a good
present cause Of action. He said the
acts alleged In the declaration are not
such as are prohibited by the law
claimed to have been violated
Moreover" his opinion continued, "it
might be observed that as a pleading
the declaration Is defective by reason
Of the vagueness and uncertainty of its
allegations. AS to the defendants Mills
and Ballantine, 1t should also be noted
that even upon the plaintiffs own
theory Of the substantial suficiency Of
the declaration 1t is lacking In any allie
cation to show that these particular de-
fendants in any way participated in the
alleged fraudulent schemes. On the
contrary, the declaration reveals that
when these defendants took office the
alleged scheme was effected and that
result"
Evening star., 1933-07-17
THIEVES DROP CAR
WITH POLICE RADIO
Baltimore Reporters Machine Left
Like Hot Cake After Theft
Last Night.

Suppose the thieves who stole the au-
tomobile of Thomas H. Riley. reporter
for the Baltimore News. which was
parked at Union Station last night, hap
pened to turn on the radio in the ma
chine as they drove along and the first
thing they heard was a voice-"Au po-
lice cars look out for a stolen 1898
Chrysler sedan; tag number, Maryland
138-138"
That was the description Of Riley's
car broadcast shortly after its theft.
If they did happen to turn on the
radio at the right time, the lookout
surely struck their startled ears. since
1t was short wave radio set in Riley's
machine.
Something happened to cause the
thieves to drop the car like a hot cake
and it was found a short time later, de-
serted on L street between Tenth and
Eleventh streets.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
CARTER IS CONSIDERING
SUSPENSION OF PAIR
Public Printer Expects to Decide
in Several Days on Men He
Says Planned Campaign.

Public Printer Carter said today he
does not expect to reach q decision for
several days regarding the two suspend
ed Government Printing Once en-
ployes, Frank S. Lerch, assistant fore
man, and James e. Rennie, proof
reader, whom he charged with being
ringleaders In secretly raising fund to
fight for restoration Of 1920, 900 lost on
earned leave under the economy act.
On his return from typographical
conference in Chicago, the Public Print
er today read the replies in writing sub
mitted last week by the suspended en-
ployes. He said they require further
consideration. and he will not be In q
position to make any comment upon
them until they have been checked up
against the report made to him by the
Bureau Of Investigation Of the Depart
ment Of Justice.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
GRAYSON CONDITION
REPORTED CRITICAL
Man Indicted Here in Rank Case
Ill at Home at Charlottes-
vile, Va.

j. Cooke Grayson, former chief clerk
Of the chief bank examiners Office OF
the Treasury Department, who was in
dicted here recently in connection with
the Park Savings Bank conspiracy, is
in critical condition from heart
trouble and other complications at his
home In Charlottesville, Va. Attorney
General Cummings said today.
The statement was made in response
to a question as to when GraySon, q
brother Of Rear Admiral Cary T. Gray
son, will be brought to trail. Several
others who were indicted in the bank
case have been arraigned and have
posted bond, but the former Federal
officer failed to appear
The Attorney General said he had
been informed that j. Cooke Grayson
Is in a very precarious state and might
not live to face trial. In addition to
the heart ailment. he said Grayson is
suffering also from hardening Of the
arteries
Cooke Grayson was indicted on
evidence secured by special agents of
the United States Bureau Of Investiga-
ton, alleging that the former chief
clerk tipped of Robert S. Stunz. vice
president of the bank, when bank ex-
aminers were planning a visit to the
institution. Stunz committed suicide
on the eve of the bank holiday. leaving
a shortage in excess Of $1,700,000.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
AIRPORT IS SOLD
At PUBLIC AUCTION
FOR SUM OF A32,o]0
Edward BurIing, D. c. Attor-
ney, Acts for Unidentified
Purchaser.
DECLINES TO DISCUSS
new OWNERS INTENTION
Property Sold Includes Air Ter
minal, Buildings and Swim
ming Pool.

Washington Airport today was sold
at public auction to an unidentified
purchaser for s432,000. The successful
bidder was Edward Burling, local at
torney. with Offices in the Union Trust
Building.
Mr.. Burling, who deposited $4,000
and agreed to pay the balance within
10 days refused to name the man for
whom he acted, and officials at the air
port said they did not know the iden-
tity of the new owner.
Mr. Burl;ng refused to say whether
his client will continue to operate the
property as an airport or whether they
will bid for the Hoover Field half of
Washington Hoover Airport. which also
is to be sold at auction July 81.
Acting as Agent.
II am merely acting as an agent and
I'm not authorized to make any state
ments concerning the purchase OF this
property" Burling said. He said that
an announcement probably will be
made within the next few days by his
client He would not say whether they
are local interests.
The only bidders against Burling
were representatives of Townsend and
Nicholas Ludington Of Philadelphia,
brothers who formerly operated an air
line between washington and New
York
The Ludington Air Line, which was
sold last February to Eastern Air
Transport, held one Of two mortgages
on Washington Airport property and
were merely bidding to protect their in
terests, 1t was explained.
Sold to Satisfy Mortgages.
The airport property was sold to sat-
isfy mortgage of s275,0O0. Another
mortgage of $4,000 is said to be out
standing. The sale was arranged by
two Of the trustees. J. Rozier Dulaney.
jr., and C. S. Taylor Burke, Alexandria
banker. The autioneer was Vernon G.
Owen.
The property sold today includes ap-
proximately 80 acres used as the citys
air terminal, the administration and
passenger terminal building, two large
hangers, the airport swimming pool and
restaurant and the land on which Gov
ernment Weather Bureau and airways
control stations are located.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
AUTO HELD FOR DAMAGE
TO FEDERAL PROPERTY
Park Police Seek Owner of Car
Which Crashed Through Rail
on Boulevard.

An automobile which was abandoned
by its driver after the machine knocked
down seven sections of guard rail on the
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway early
States Park Police today. Police said
they would keep the machine until the
owner pays for the damage to Govern
ment property.
Several bloodstains on the running
board Of the partially demolished auto
mobile prompted police to inquire at
the hospitals to learn If any one hurt In
the accident had been taken there, but
none were found. Records show the au-
tomobile belongs to Melvin w. Davis.
400 block Of Tenth street northeast, but
a telephone call there elected the word
that Davis had been away since Satur-
day.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
|DR|VE ON ILLEGAL
| S|GNSPLANNEDBy
| OFFICIALS OF D. c.
Capt. Dram FormuIates New
Campaign to Enforce
Stringent Rules.
BEER SELLERS CALLED
FREQUENT OFFENDERS
Building Inspectors Asked to Pay
Special Attention to Present
Conditions.

Plans for a drive against violators OF
the Districts new and stringent sign
regulations were formulated today by
Capt. Hugh P. Dram, director of In
spection, who declares the regulation
is being ignored in hundreds of cases.
Display Of signs on business houses
without permits is depriving the Dis
trict Of considerable revenue from
license fees, he finds
Capt. Dram today called on the Office
inspector Of buildings to direct building
inspectors, while making trips about the
city during regular duties, to make note
Of all or any violations and to submit
reports to police for enforcement.
Asks Police Cooperation.
Capt. Dram also will request Maj.
Ernest w. Brown, superintendent OF
police, to direct his men to give special
effective enforcement of the sign code
is obtained
The official pointed out that all
signs visible from the public streets
which are greater in size than one
square foot require permits. Signs
advertising sale of beer are among
those most frequently noted as lacking
permits. Legal signs must carry the
permit number, as an aid to enforce
ment
Capt Dram declares that he finds as
many as 80 or 40 sign rule violations
in walk OF two blocks through the
business sections.
Sends Memorandum.
He sent memorandum to the
building inspector today, declaring:
AN inspection Of any block of our
business streets will show that the
enforcement Of the sign regulations is
exceedingly lax. New or freshly
painted signs without permit numbers,
posters In the windows of vacant stores
and business places, banner displays
and dangerous abandoned signs may
be seen.
The District is losing considerable
amount of revenue through signs erected
without permits. This applies particu-
larly to small signs. When several small
signs are placed on a small business
establishment, the same advertising
value as in single large sign is secured
Unless permits are obtained, the Dis
trict secures no revenue and generally q
very unattractive appearance is created"
Points Out New Signs.
Capt. Dram asked the building in
spectors to report violations, paying par
ticular attention to new signs without
the required permit numbers. and for
warding records of violations to the
police.
Owners Of Illegal signs are to be no
titled, and If permits are not sought
IN reasonable time the police will be
asked to prosecute, Capt Dram said.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
SPEED BOATS SWELL DESTROYS
RACING SHELL TRAINING ON RIVER
Motor Craft Continues Way After Crew of Boat Is
Dumped Into Water and Men Rescued y

parts. Thousands Of motorists looked
on from the Speedway as the crew chung
to their wrecked boat and were pulled
aboard q harbor police launch, which
arrived at the scene a few minutes
after the accident.
Police were told that the power craft
swung too close to the shell. The boat
did not stop, and the identity Of its
pilot Is unknown.
The accident will diminish the
chances Of the local boat club in the
race, as an older and heavier shell will
have to be used, Other members of the
well, Maurice Donohue, John Collins,
Scudder Darraugh. Bernie Phillips,
Norman Morgan and Terry McAdams.
All Of the oarsmen could swim.
Evening star., 1933-07-17

A racing shell, valued at more than
$500, was destroyed. and eight oarsmen
and their coxswain were tossed into
the Potomac River, OF Hams Point,
early last night when q heavy swell
from speedboat struck the frail craft
fished from the water uninjured.
members of the Potomac Boat Clubs
racing crew were practicing for the
Southern Rowing Association regatta
Saturday. They were moving down
Washington Channel when the speed
boat swept by suddenly In the opposite
direction, before Feigley could head
the racing craft into the swell.
The shell was broken into three
Evening star., 1933-07-17

she took his wife to Gallinger Hospital.
Oficials there explained they were not
equipped to treat malnutrition cases
and Mrs. Minnix had Mrs. Kincaid
transferred to Georgetown in an ambu-
lance.
Wants TO Sell Truck.
The Kincaids had established contact
with Mrs. Minnix about a month ago,
after hearing CT her relief activities in
the Southeast section, where she works
in cooperation with fourth precinct
police. What little food they had OBJ
tanned had come from her.
If can sell my truck" said Kin
caid, pouring himself second cup Of
coffee and scooping another helping Of
fried potatoes onto his plate as he sat
at an improvised table beside the We
hicle, I'm sure We'll get along all
right. And If I don't sell it, I guess
we'll get along somehow. I'm not giving
up hope, anyway"
Evening star., 1933-07-17
COMMON LAb0RERS
ASK 6|(CENT HOUR
AS MINIMUM WAGE
200 Workers Petition Assist.
ant Treasury Secretary Re-
garding Construction.
SECOND PLEA FOLLOWS
ONE MADE LAST MARCH
Standard of Living Held 70 Re-
duced as to Necessitate Probe
Of Facts.

Two hundred workers employed Is
common laborers by private contractors
on various Government construction
projects here today petitioned Law
renee Wood Robert. jr., Assistant Sec
retary Of the Treasury. tc establish so
cents per hour as the minimum wage
for common labor on Government
building construction.
The petition was first presented early
In March, but, since no action was
taken on it. second petition was
forwarded today.
Part Of Petition.
The petition says. in part: During
the past year a gradual lowering Of our
wage, without any explanation from
your department or our employers, has
SO reduced our standard Of living that
we feel it imperative, before our con-
dition becomes more acute, to request
OF you q thorough investigation Of the
facts.
In presenting this petition we are
fully convinced that our Government
never intended that the contractors 5
profit should be figured on the basis
OF depriving any laborer Of hvable
wage"
Larry Kelly, q laborer on the new
District Post Ofice Building, Is head of
a committee endeavoring to negotiate
e. wage scale for common labor similar
to those now existing for the skilled
trades.
He said contractors having Govern
ment contracts now pay their common
labor from IS cents to IS cents an
hour for eight hours work q day. This
statement is supported by afidavits
filed with the District Commissioners
to the effect that the contractor for
The colored vocational school at Twenty
fourth and H streets northeast IS pay
ing Is cents an hour.
Under the Bacon-Davis act, all con-
tractors are supposed to pay the pre-
vailing scale" of wages. but neither in
the District nor the Federal Govern
ment has there been any oficial de-
termination Of what the prevailing scale
IS for common labor.
There is one exception to this. The
Bureau Of Public Roads has decided
that the minimum wage for common
labor on roads to be constructed by
States under grants from the s400, ,OoO,-
600 Federal road funds shall be 40
cents per hour for common labor and
so cents per hour for skilled labor, ex-
cept where higher rates are specified
LUZ A1olViuuuI Cldo6cS O1 Okuicu ldOOl
Applies to Road Work.
This scale. however, applies only to
road work, and not to building or other
construction.
As to construction work, Corporation
Counsel Robert E. Lynch expects to be
able to show that the prevailing
scale" here should be not less than IS
cents at q public hearing called for to-
morrow on complaints of workers On the
vocational school job.
He will show the District pays its
own common labor As cents per hour,
less IS per cent economy act deduc-
ton, bringing the scale Of District la
borers down to 1925 cents per hour,
and that the same rate Is paid In most
Federal departments to their own COM
mon labor.
The hearing is set for 1:30 pm. in
the board room Of the District Building.