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The Kusko times., 1933-08-19

. HAVANA.-The. new Cuban gov ernment is attempting to solve it's problems while the American war ships. are standing by. The destroyer Taylor is still in the harbor, but the Claxton has been recalled The crui- ser Richmond is still en route through the Ranama canal, where it will await further orders. The destroyer Ham ilton. is,expected to arrive at Manza- nillo today. President 7de Cespedes has gathered a young and inexperi- enced cabinet, with hopes of coopera- tion with the nation for industrial and political recovery.
 Soldiers and squads of Machado op- ponents continue to search out former secret polire and slay them. Eighteen have been put to death since Machado fled.
The Kusko times., 1933-08-19

sSEATTLE.-aEol.RC .RC.sL. Sturdevante United States district engineer, told members of the Washington Con- struction League he expected the Fed eral Government soon will authorize river and harbor improvements ein Washington State and Alaska costing approximately 6,080,O0Q.
 In connection with Alaska Colonea ;Sturdevant mentioned tdrehging at Wrangell, construction of a small boat harbor channel at Petersburg. at Dry. Pass, and improve ment of the channel at Wrangell Mar .fows
The Kusko times., 1933-08-19

WASHINGTON.-Upwards of 20,- 00Q4 men are expected to be given jobs on public works projects with the ap- prova lof 7$65 ,000, ,00e mere for the New York triaborough bridge, which already has cost ;S44,00a,000, while $12,000,00D is being asked for 29 pub lie buildings in :22 different States Ten million is projected for slum- erasing:,actiyities-
The Kusko times., 1933-08-19

WASHINGTON.--Secretar of La bor Perkins announces that approxi- mately 100000 factory workers re- turned to, their jobs early inssJuly. The purchasing power of all manu- featuring workers increased s5about $2O, 100000.
 It is estimated I, 100000 have been in manufacturing indus tries in the three months from March to July. It is said an addition of 3OO,000 workers have returned. to their jobs in non=manufacturing in dustries, excluding railroads and ag- riculture. It also is said manufactur- ing zpayrolls increased ST 1O0, ,000 weekly in July over June. If the in- crease is maintained it is said it will add $500, 100000 by the end of De- cemher for the4year.
The Kusko times., 1933-08-19

NEW YORK.-The belief that the garment industry strike will be set tied by nightfalls was expressed by Grover Whalen, MIRA, mediator. After an all-night conference of labor lead CTS, factory operators and owners agreed with the union. and compro- missed. on 35-hour week. No agree ment was reached regarding wages, but it is expected that issue will be settled soon.
 Meanwhile pear pickers in CaIifor- mia expect to be granted 35 cents ali hour, but representative of growers refuse to recognize industrial unions and said they will raises individually only, but not collectively.
The Kusko times., 1933-08-19

SPOKANEADr. James I. Gaines Al, drugless physician, was slain mys- teriously as he stepped from an auto mobae- The slayer apparently was hidden in the nearby shrubbery and fled in an automobile after firing thrice. Ones sllot went through the heart of the victim.
 The neighhQrs reported hearing a woman's voice and ga wa man speed away in "a ear without lights. The widow of the dead man says her hus- band had no eneraies so far as she knows.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
BUILDING CODE
PAY SCALE HIT
BY international News Service

by international news service
Public hearings on a master
code for the construction indus
try were continued today with
labor spokesmen still objecting
to hour and wage provisions sub
mitted by the Construction
League of the United States.
Every effort was being made
by, labor to convince the NRA
that higher wage scales and
more yearly work days should be
included in the master code.
From 100000 to 100000 per-
sons are employed in construction
during boom building periods,
many more indirectly derive live
lihoods from the industry.
Labor spokesmen contended
the previous boom and -depres-
sion cycle of building activity
should be abolished by code pro-
visions.
Under normal good times
skilled and unskilled laborers in
the industry average only about
200 days of employment each
year, labor argued.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
SHIPS
HELD READY.
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port, Conn, to disembark reserves
and thence to the Philadelphia
Navy Yard to fill up with regulars.
The Ellis, carrying reserves from
White Stone, L. l., will go to that
point and replace reserves with
regulars.
The Cole will take its jersey
City reserves to New York and
replace them with regulars.
The Bernadou will disembark
Ossining, IN. " reserves at
New York city and replace them
with regulars.
The Dupont will carry her Ros-
ton reserves to the Boston Navy
Yard and there full her compli-
ment of regular officers and men.
While the Navy was thus NOV
ing swiftly to be prepared for
any eventualities. it was strongly
reiterated at the State Depart
ment that the United States will
intervene in Cuba unless as
last resort to protect American
lives.
Official advices to the State
Department were that conditions
unchanged in the island
with n oreports of killings or
serious disorder anywhere.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
s LIFE.
THREATENED

LONDON, Sept. 7 IN.S0.-An
offer of 1000 pounds sterling has
been offered by a Nazi organiza-
ton to the man who will silence"
Prof. Albert Einstein. the Daily
Herald said in an undated story
today.
The price has been placed on
the noted scientists head, the
Herald said, by the "Fehme," no.
torious Nazi group led by Herr
Heines and having a long death
list"
The German physicist. pacifist,
and probably the best-known foe
of the Hitler movement, is living
with his family in Belgium, heav-
lily guarded in view of frequent
death threats.
The newspaper said:
"HiS wife is greatly distressed.
fearing her husband is in i'm.
mediate danger. The professor,
however, although refusing to
be alarmed. has thought it wise
to put his affairs in order"
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
Federal Clerks Stage Row
Over Retirement Funds

In view of the fact that J. P.
Thompson, of San Francisco,
fourth vice president, has been
i'll for some time, he may be
replaced. It is practically certain
that U1rey j. Biller, of Wash
ington. will be continued as
seventh vice president.
A plan for improvement of the
civil service system to "give it
greater dignity and facilitate enor-
mously it's extension" was pro-
posed last night by Col. D. w.
MacCormack. Commissioner Of
immigration and Naturalization,
principal speaker at a banquet.
Would Tighten Rules
Colonel MacCormack recon-
mended that measures be taken to
make it harder to get into the
civil service and to make it easy
to eliminate at any time those who
lack "the will or the ability to
measure up to their opportunt-
ties"
He also urged provisions Of a
contractual assurance that once
an employe has satisfactorily
passed the tests of three to five
years probation, he should be
given permanent employment.
If separated from the service
for any cause other than Wilful
misconduct, an employe, he said,
should be given a separation al
lowance graduated in accordance
with the period of his service.
After a bitter Indictment Of
the United States Governments
attitude on retirement, Vice
President Biller, who is chair
man of the committee on retire
ment. introduced resolution
advocating a dismissal wage for
all employees involuntarily Sepa-
rated from the service without
fault on their part who have
served for a period of five or
more years and are not eligible
for immediate benefits under the
retirement law. The resolution
was adopted.
Biller pointed to Great Britain,
Switzerland, Italy. Denmark, and
Canada, all of which have dis
missal wage laws, and declared
that the United States is the
only nation which fails to make
provision for this type Of en-
ploye.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
Franklin, Jr., Finds 1t Tough
To Be a Presidents Son

everything. And 1 had to pay
for it. 1 don't mean they over
charged me. But they did
make me spend more than 1
had intended.
Sometimes people would ask
me what 1 thought of this and
that. I always told them 1 was
only a 19-year-Old boy and my
jud m ent wasn't worth q
whoOp."
Asked about his bullfighting ex
periences in which he was photo
graphed in Spain making a ver-
onica with his cloak before q
young bull, he said:
ITS a marvellous sport. The
more you know of it, the more
you like it. When 1 watched it
1 tried to put myself in the
place of a matadOr but know
/ would have been scared to
death if I had actually been in
his place.
Bull fighting probably would
not do for America, but 1 GER
tainly liked it,"
Franklin will return to tht
White House today with his
mother and sister.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
1000 NRA Violations
Charged in Chicago

CHICAGO, Sept. 7 G.N.SD.
More than 1000 charges of viola
tions of MR. unemployment
agreement and trade codes were
on file at the local recovery
council today while officials here
awaited instructions from Admin
istrator Hugh S. johnson. Mem
bers of the recovery council here
were awaiting instructions for
organizing an enforcement organ,
ization to conduct hearings into
cases where violation of the codes
are charged.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
PURCHASED DRIVE
BRINGS SALES
INCREASE
Buy in September Campaign
Termed Successful BY
Leading Druggists

An indication that the Buy in
September" movement, sponsored
by The Washington Times and
other Hearst newspapers, is sue
cessfully speeding up the wheels
of commerce is to be found in the
reports from many Washington
druggists that business has in
creased during the past few weeks.
A substantial gain in sales In
drug outlets ranging from great
chains to the corner pharmacy is
shown in many instances, while
all druggists interviewed by The
Washington Times in a survey of
present buying power in the Dis
trict stated that some increase
was noticeable.
Staff Increased
DR.. Harry Hirsch,, proprietor of
the Riverside Pharmacy, added
one man to his staff in cooperat-
ing with the Blue Eagle drive,
but has had his sacrifice repaid
by rise in store receipts which
he says, has been growing during
the past three weeks. He states:
"If things keep on going as
they are, l will certainly be sat-
isfied."
AS for the larger operations,
the Peoples Drug Stores report
that in spite of the stormy wealth
er at the end of last month, an
increase in sales over the same
month in 1882 was achieved. In
stating that about 125 employees
have been added as a result of
cooperation with the NRA, T. N.
Beavers, vice president, said:
There is no doubt but that
buying power has been in
creased"
Small Gain Seen
Beavers pointed out. however,
that while the Peoples stores in
Washington, where Government
employees form the principal buy
Ing contingent, increased sales
only about 2 per cent, other Peo.
pies stores in such industrialized
centers as Ohio had increases of
from 10 to IL per cent.
The explanation is that wages
Of Government employees have
not been raised, while in other
parts of the country, where most
of the buying public is dependent
upon private industry for it's live.
lihood. the Blue Eagle has raised
employment and wages.
Mrs. Louis Rods, wife of the
proprietor of the Annapolis
Pharmacy, states that slight gains
in sales have been noticeable, and
that they will improve as the buy
ing program progresses through
out the country. Under the Blue
Eagle, the employees of this drug
store have been increased from
4 to 5.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
EDGERTON GETS
POST AS CHIEF

Appointment of Lieut.. Col. Glen
E. Edgerton. Corps of Engineers
as chief of the River and Harbor
section. Office of Chief of Engi-
neers, this city, was announced at
the War Department today.
Colonel Edgerton recently re-
turned from Rock Island. H.,
where since December, 1880, he
was district engineer of the Rock
Island district and had charge
of improvement work on the
Mississippi between the Illinois
and Wisconsin Rivers.
Between 1925 and 1929 he was
chief engineer of the Federal
Power Commission in this city.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
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CONTINUED from rage H.
a movement along this line made
in the last session of Congress.
The Sirovich bill. which failed
of passage in the last session.
would have provided for a liaison
officer whose duties would consist
of adjusting grievances of Federal
employees.
Held Inadequate
Although this is a movement in
the direction sought by the Fed
Grafton, the organization is op-
posed to the Sirovich measure on
the grounds that it does not go
far enough.
The Federation contends that
there is a great need for a court
of appeals to hear protests from
employees complaining of peremp-
tory dismissals and also those
whose efficiency ratings are fixed
discriminatory"
disqualification for all Federal
employees, in a similar manner as
employed by large industrial cor
porations, will also be demanded
by the convention today.
High Cost of Doctors
A resolution now before the
committee on legislation advocat-
ing such disqualification states:
For some civil service en-
plOyeS, the retention of their
health is often beyond their
means due to the meager sala-
ries and the exOrbitant prices
demanded by doctors and hos
pitals."
It contends further that there
are sufficient Government hos
pitalS throughout the country to
handle the few additional cases"
coming within the scope of the
provision.
Election of officers will be held
either late today or tomorrow.
To Reflect Steward
It Is a foregone conclusion that
the present officers, Luther C.
Steward, president. and Miss
Gertrude M. McNally, secretary
treasurer, and members of the
executive council, will be con-
tinued in office.
Steward has been president of
the federation since its inception
IS years ago and Miss McNally
has held her office since 1925.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
MARINES AT QUANT7CO WAIT. SAILING ORDERS FOR CUBA
Naval Forces
Listed For
Cuba Duty
BY international News Service

A score of naval and Coast
Guard vessels, carrying 5000 Of
ficers and men, plus 215 ma
rines, were either in Cuban
waters today or en- route there
to for duty.
The vessels and their compile
mentS follow:
Cruiser Richmond, 346 blue
jackets and go marines.
Destroyer Sturdevant, so blue
jackets, 35 marines.
Destroyer MacFarland, IS
bluejackets.
Destroyer Bainbridge, IS blue
jackets.
Cruiser Indianapolis, $50
bluejackets, 40 marines.
Battleship Mississippi, OFT
bluejackets, 80 marines.
Destroyer Talbot, IS blue
Jackets.
Destroyer Goff, IS bluejackets.
Four small Coast Guard cut
ters, which left Florida this
morning.
Eight Coast Guard destroyers
the Badger, Herndon, Hunt,
Wood, w air Wrig h t, Wilkes,
Semms, and Upshur-each with
a complement of IS men.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 G.N.SD.
It's tough to be the Presidents
son, Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr.,
told ship news reporters today,
when he returned to New York
aboard the S. S. Manhattan from
Europe.
Young Franklin. who is 10, men
toned the difficulties of bearing
such a name as he proudly told
that he had made the trip to
Spain, Italy, and other places for
less than $1,000. He said:
''In some spots they didn't
know / was the Presidents son.
Then 1 could live cheaply. But
wherever they knew it, they
would insist that l lake large
room at a hotel and have the
best service and the best Of
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
RAISE j. 8. PAY,
PLEA TODAY To
ROOSEVELT
Labor Unions Join in Appeal
For Clerks; Need Seen
For "Buy Now" Drive

Believing that the Buy in Sep
tember" movement will be more
successful in Washington if wages
of Government employees are
raised in the same manner that
private industry has increased
payrolls under the Blue Eagle, the
executive committee of the Gen.
tral Labor Union decided today to
ask President Roosevelt to abolish
the Is per cent pay cut through
out Federal ranks.
At meeting of the committee
today it was decided to request
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, to
head a delegation, which will in
clude three representatives Of
Government employees, to the
White House this afternoon.
Living Costs Up
Clyde M. Mills, president of the
local No. 101 Of the International
Typographical Union, will repre-
sent printing trades workers in the
Government Printing Office;
Frank j. Coleman, plate printers
in the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, and David r. Glass, the
American Federation of Federal
Employees.
The delegation will demand that
the Is per cent slash in salaries
instituted last April be rescinded,
on the basis that the cost of
living has risen 18 per cent since
the cut went into effect.
BUY Drive" Promised
Mills declared today:
"The Buy in September plan,
sponsored by The Washington
Times and other Hearst news
papers, should have behind it
every cent of buying power that
can be modified"
Other members of the execu-
tive committee of the Central
Labor Union who will form part
Of the group to visit the White
House are r. A. Dickson, presi-
dent of the Central Labor Union;
j. E. Toone, representing milk
wagon drivers: Robert E. Lester,
repre- senting bakery wagon
drivers, and John Goodman, rep
resenting street railway employees.
A plea for the $4,000 Washing
ton men and women in the Cen
tral Labor Union to cooperate
with the Buy in September"
movement has been broadcast by
Dickson. He asks that every
member, whether or not en-
ployed, spend at least one extra
dollar this month.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
Il ROOSEVELTS
MEET ON DECK
Of LINER
Widow OF "Teddy" and Teddy,
Jr., Chat AmiabIy With
Presidents Wife

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 G.N.s).
Members of the two Roosevelt
families-those of the late Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt and those
of the President, Franklin D.
Roosevelt-met today at the dock.
ing of the liner Manhattan, and
declined to pose together for pic
lures.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was
agreeable, but the suggestion,
made by newspaper photogra-
pliers, was vetoed by Mrs. Theo-
dore Roosevelt. sr.. widow of the
dead President. The Presidents
wife said
"I'll be glad to, but YOU had
better ask them about it,"
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, sr.,
said:
"Oh, we've posed enough al.
ready. Please don't ask us to
pose again."
Picture Not Taken
The request was not pressed,
and the group pictures were not
taken.
Members of the two families
did mingle together, however, and
their greetings did not appear to
be strained OF over-formal. II
any of them realized the implica-
tions in the dowager Mrs. Roose,
velt'S declination of group
photograph they did not show it.
The meeting Of the two families
was occasioned by the fact that
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, jr.,
son of the dead President, his
wife, and his daughter, Grace,
and Franklin D. Roosevelt. jr.. re-
turned from Europe on the Man.
haitian.
Colonel Roosevelt was met by
his mother. his two sisters, Mrs.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and
Mrs. Ethel Roosevelt Derby, and
by his two sons, Quentin and
Kermit, named for their uncles.
Son Greeted
The Presidents son was met by
his mother and his sister, Mrs.
Curtis Dali, the deck of the Man
haitian holding more members of
the two families than have gath
cred together in years.
The Presidents 19-year-old son
and Colonel Roosevelt spoke free
ly on how much they had en-
joyed each others company on
the voyage. They met for the
first time on the boat.
Franklin, jr.. said:
He certainly is a nice man.
We talked together and played
games and all that sort of thing.
LOT OF NONSENSE"
you know an elderly woman
came up to me on the ship and
said, 4 don't understand how it
is that you and Colonel ROOse.
welt are friendly. / always
thought that your family and
his family did not speak to each
other
That's a lot Of nonsense, I
said. It's the first time I've
met Colonel Roosevelt but that
doesn't mean anything. We
aren't that way at all. 1 think
the Colonel is a mighty nice
man."
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
Johnson Approves
Minimum Price Plan
by international News Service

The principle for which re-
tailers have been fighting in their
code of fair competition-a price
minimum-today had the ap-
proval of National Recovery Ad-
miniStrator Hugh S. johnson. A
proposal to allow a basic price Of
cost plus 10 per cent was made to
johnson by Deputy Administrator
A. D. WhiteSide, in charge of the
retail code.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
9 German Reds to Die
For KiLLing Trooper

DUSSELDORF, Germany, Sept.
7 Q.N.SD. - Nine Communists
were sentenced to death here to.
day for the killing of a Nazi storm
trooper. Another Communist was
sentenced to serve Is years IN
Jail, while two others were &C.
quilted. The entire IL were tried
for the murder of the trooper and
the serious wounding of another.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
BURGLAR HELD

William Oden. of Landover,
Md, was held for the Prince
Georges county grand jury yes
terday on a charge of house
breaking.
Oden is alleged to have broken
into the store of William B.
Clark, at Glen Arden. Bond was
set at $100,
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
Alexandria Calls
Special Grand JUrv

A special Grand Jury consist
ing Of E. F. Ticer, Joseph Hay.
man, w. J. Booth, j. o. Lynch,
T. C. Howard, o. H. Kirk and
Mauchlin Niven have been sum-
moned for Tuesday in the Alex
andria Corporation Court.
There are approximately a
score of felony cases to be heard.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
NRA POLICE DRIVE OPENS

Major Ernest w. Brown, super
intendent of police, will sign the
NRA consumers card today. The
major urges all members of the
police force to sign.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
ROUND TABLE RALLY

A rally day for members of the
Washington Round Table Club
will be held tomorrow at 1890
o'clock at the University Club.
One of the features will be an ini-
tiation ceremony.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07
NAVY OFFICER SHIFTED

Lieut.. Comdr. Henry r. De-
laney today received orders trans
ferring him to the Naval Medical
School from the Navy Depart.
ment's dispensary, September 20.
The Washington times., 1933-09-07

CONDITION OF TREASURY
Treasury balance. $1.1s7714,-
685.21.
Miscellaneous internal revenue,
$14,028,173.11.
Customs receipts. $4,195, ,299 .26.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-18
FIVE AMERICANS ARE BEING HELD
 AS PRISONERS
Fight in Cafe on MallOrca Island and Civil Guard Was Hit = Hearing on Thursday

Madrid. July 1S-UP)-Increas- ingly anxious regarding anti-Amer- ican feeling on Malloren Island. American Ambassador Claude c. Bowers awaited today an audience with Manuel Azana. premier and war minister, and a reply to an off, cial memorandum he handed yes terday to Fernando De Los Rios, foreign minister. concerning im- prisonment Of five Americans. one a woman,
 The interview with Azana. who. as war minister. is sole dictator Of inc fate of the five Americans held prisoners for more than a month. is ct for Thursday. Bow CTS however. was making every cf- fort to obtain their release par tictilarly Of Mrs CraoIine Lock- wood With Mrs Lockwood are i'm iirisoned her husbanl. Clinton T.. Lockwood. Rutherford Fullerton. Edmund w. Blodgctt and Roderick r. Mead. They are keld as the re- suit of n cafe fight during which Il member of the Spanish, or civil guard, was struck