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Evening star., 1934-01-05
ROOSEVELT OPENS
BUDGET .PARLEYS
Appropriations Chairmen viii
Discuss Expenditures at
White House Today.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
President Roosevelt today called In
House leaders in charge of appropria-
tions in the first Of the promised
executive congressional cooperation
conferences.
Mr.. Roosevelt arranged to talk with
Chairman Buchanan Of the House APP
propriations Committee and the chair
men of the subcommittee on appro-
priations with a view to keeping ex-
penditures within a $4,000 900 900
budget for this year and the s6,0oo,-
100000 budget announced for next
year
Meanwhile, Representative Clifford OF
Massachusetts, ranking Republican
member of the House Committee on EX-
penditures, said at the Capitol he would
insist that administration officials give
a full explanation" of the expendi-
lures in connection with the Govern
ments recovery agencies.
Severe Criticism"
In view OF the severe crltlclsm on all
sides of the Civil Works Administration,
the Public Works Administration and
other extraordinary agencies set up by
the Government" he said, Il believe
the administrators should appear before
the committee at public hearings to
Justify their expenditures. 1t is the
business of the committee to know how
this money has been spent and II full
value has been received for it,
Representative Byrns, the Democratic
leader. said at his press conference that
sentiment was developing on Capitol
Hill against the use Of funds appro-
priated for public works for other pur-
poses.
There is considerable sentiment de-
velOping among the members to restrict
the use of Public Works funds to public
works" said Byrnes. There IS some
opposition to the diversion of these
funds for other Government uses, par
ticularly for specific projects previous
ly rejected By Congress"
Secretary Ickes yesterday defended
the diversion of funds from the So
300 100000 Public Works allotment
under the recovery act. Large sums
Continued on page S, column l.)
Evening star., 1934-01-05
LOCAL AIRPORT BILL
WILL BE INTRODUCED
Representative McSwain Describe:
Municipal Facilities Here as
National Disgrace.
Rv the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
Representative McSwain, Democrat,
of South Carolina, chairman of the
House Military Affairs Committee, said
he would introduce today a bill de-
signed to provide a municipal airport
for Washington.
McSwain. an aviation enthusiast, de-
scribed local municipal airport facilities
as a national disgrace"
His bill. already drafted, would Gre
ate a commission of three, to be ap-
pointed by the President, to decide
whether to develop present municipal
airport facilities or to acquire a new
site.
Members of the commission would
have to live within 10 miles of the Cap
ital City. McSwain said it was his in
tent to have one member from the Dis
trict. one from Virginia and one from
Maryland.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
FENWAY BLEACHERS
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Boom Holding Derrick in Recon
struction Work Crashes
on Stands.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, January 5.-Centerf1eld
bleachers of Fenway Park, home of the
Boston Red SoX, in the process of re-
construction, we're badly damaged by
fire today Damage was estimated at
thousands of dollars.
A 1lO-foot boom holding a huge der
rick, crashed down on the bleachers
during the fire. More than $50 of the
TOO engaged in the construction work
at the park were on the centerfield
bleachers job. None was known to
have been injured.
The fire spread rapidly through the
wooden staging and the wooden parts
of the bleachers. The flames leaped
across a street to several garages and
a tire warehouse, causing fire depart
ment officials to sound a general alarm.
The blaze was caused by spark
from a cement mixing machine, fire
officials said.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
LOST IN NIGHT STORM 4 HOURS,
NEWARK AIRMAIL PILOT LANDS

fearing Burford veteran pilot. might
have lost his way in the black, fog
choked skies.
Several New Jersey communities re-
ported hearing a planes motor, and
efforts were made to resume communi-
cation with Burford to guide him to a
landing field
Communication was restored at 3:45
am, at which time Burford said he
had sufficient gas to remain aloft seven
hours and that he would remain in
the vicinity of the field until an op-
portunity to attempt landing pre-
sented itself.
He landed at 4:40 am.
Burford, whose home is at Columbus,
Ohio, was one of two pilots who took
to their parachutes the morning OF
December IL when their planes were
caught in an Allegheny snowstorm. He
landed unhurt, floating down gently
while the $4,000 plane crashed and
was wrecked A cargo which included
a shipment Of diamonds valued at $751;
600 was salvaged. -.--
Evening star., 1934-01-05
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. j., January 5.-Dean
". Burford wrote another thriller OF
the night skies early today when ne
brought his mail plane safely down at
the Newark airport after being storm
bound more than four hours.
1t was his second air adventure
within a month. Last December II he
bailed out of mail plane over Cambria
County, Pennsylvania. when his plane
was caught in a terrific SnowStorm.
Burford took off from the airport at
1903 O'Clock this morning with a val
liable mail cargo bound for Pittsburgh.
Forty-five linutes later he advised the
field by radiophone that his wings were
coating with ice and that he was ex-
periencing great difficulty"
Heavy fog had settled over Newark
and sleet and rain fall began.
The radiophone went suddenly silent
and ground officials expressed alarm,
Evening star., 1934-01-05
SWITZ COUPLE DENIED
LIBERTY IN SPY CASE

Plea of East Orange, N. j., Pair
Refused by French Judge, Who
Holds Them Pending Inquiry
By the Associated Press
PARIS, January 5.-A formal plea
for liberty of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cor
don Switz of East Orange, N. j., held
in connection with investigation of an
alleged spy ring, was denied today by
a magistrate. who asked they be held
in jail pending completion of the in
quiry.
Questioned as to documents police
said they seized in the Switzes' hotel
room, the Americans replied that they
were victims of a ''frame-up.' Eight
others the police charged are spies
appeared witt the SWitzeS.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
HITLER'S RAGE DIVERTS BISHOPS
FROM FIGHT ON NAZI CHURCH

mating he would never stand for the
disruption. The bishops had threat
ened to secede unless Mueller gave up
his insistence that German Christian
be a member of the new church cabi-
net.
Representatives of the Pastors
Emergency Federation. composed chiefly
of the younger element among the
clergy, tried to hold the bishops, who
represent older generations, TO their
promise TO fight but the bishops de-
cided to adjourn without acting.
Emergency Federation delegates TO
the conference returned to Berlin. ex-
pressing great disappointment but de-
termination to carry on the fight alone.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
Germany Is Warned
Of Retaliation BY.
Britain on Debts
London Aicaits Replies
to Protests Charging
Discrimination.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 5.-The British
government has intimated to Germany
that it may have to consider retalia-
tory measures If a satisfactory answer
is not received concerning German
debt payments. it was learned in in
formed quarters today.
Great Britain is still awaiting re-
plies to protests sent to Berlin No
vember Z and December %.
Announcement of reduction in the
percentage Of interest payments on
long and medium term debts brought
the second protest. The first was di-
rected against what was described as
discrimination against English cred
itors
The nature of the possible retalia-
ton was undisclosed.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
NANKING OPENS OFFENSIVE.
Government Uses Artillery and Planes
in New Drive.

BY Cable to The Star.
SHANGHAI, China, January 5.-Fol-
lowing weeks of inactivity the Nanklng
government forces operating along the
F'ukien and Chekiang borders claim
that major fighting has broken out
against the Fukien secesSionists near
Yenping This town is approximately
SO miles northwest of F'oochow and is
the key to this capital of the so-called
independent peoples government.
Using bombing planes. machine guns
and artillery, the National government
claims successes over the insurgents,
though details of the conflict are lack
ing both here and at the nation s
capital, Marking.
(Copyright, 1934)
Evening star., 1934-01-05
FIRST LADY RETURNING

RICHMOND, Va, January S (P.-
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt stopped
in Richmond a few hours today She
made no public appearance. but the
Governors mansion was informed an
automobile trip was being abandoned
because of the weather. and the First
Lady was returning to Washington
by train.
She stopped at local hotel while
in the city.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HALLE, Germany, January 5.-Ad-
vised that it would mean open con-
fiict with Chancellor Hitler, Lutheran
bishops today adjourned a long meet
ing without their announced intention
of seeding from the German Evan
gelical Church.
Reichbishop Ludwig Mueller during
the night informed Hitler that one
pillar of his scheme for unihcation
of Germany, unified Protestant
church. was In danger of tlmbling
through the action of the bishops.
At this, Rev. Mueller said, the chan
cellor became greatly enrsged, inti-
Evening star., 1934-01-05
BANDITS SLAY CASHIER

Switzerland Bank @obbers Wound
Another in Ho1d-up.
BASEL, Switzerland, January 5 IP)
Two robbers killed one cashier,
wounded another, and shot up the in
terror of the Weber & Co. Bank, near
the Bank for International Settlements
today.
They escaped with an undetermined
number of bundles of bank notes and
3,4Oo Swiss francs in silver ($1 ,O5o)
Both gunner we're unmaSked. They
fired eight shots inside the bank. ter
rorizing the employees, snatched the
money and strolled out the door past a
policeman who apparently suspected
nothing
Evening star., 1934-01-05
Air France Plane Hops.

NATAL, Brazil, January CP).-The
Air France mail plane Southern Cross
took of at f0:05 am, Eastern standard
time, today on its return flight to Sem
egal, Africa. 1t arrived here yesterday
from Africa after q night flight across
the Atlantic,
Evening star., 1934-01-05
LAKE OVERFLOW KILLS 9
Forces Inhabitants of Valley IL
France to Leave Homes.

COLMAR, France. January 5 (P).-
Inhabitants of the Orbey Valley, 10
miles west of Colmar, were forced to
fee from their homes last night and
early today to escape a sheet of water
which tufnbled down from mountain
lake after trapping and drowning all
nine employees of an electric plant.
The waters of Lake Blanc, spilled
into Lake Noir by sudden break in a
pipe supplying turbines of an electric
power project poured through the roof
of the Lake Noir plant and threatened
to sweep the valley.
Rescuers said however, the dam was
holding
Evening star., 1934-01-05
COLLISION SINKS SHIP

German Boat Goes Down With Loss
of One in Fog Crash.
AMSTERDAM, January 5 (P).-One
man was drowned today when the Ger
man steamer Ceres, a 660-ton vessel,
sank off the Hook o Holland after a
collision in the fog with the British
ship ChagreS.
The Chagres. apparently unaware of
the seriousness of the collision, pro-
ceeded toward England. The remainder
of the Ceres crew were rescued In
lifebOatS,
Evening star., 1934-01-05
Increase in Proposed So Rate
Refused as Ch0ate Seeks
to Cut Whisky Cost.
WAR ALSO IS OPENED
ON ADULTERATED RUM
F. A. C. A. Soon to Announce Pro.
gram to Cut Prices-Bill
to Pass Today.
BULLETIN.

The House today approved a tax
of $500 a gallon on distilled spirits,
estimated to produce 100000 900 in
revenue during the first full post
repeal year.
Evening star., 1934-01-05
WEATHER.

60. g. weather Bureau Forecast)
Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow;
rain tomorrow night or Sunday; not
much change in temperature; lowest to-
night about 40 degrees. Temperature
highest Al, at noon today; lowest. 81,
at 4:30 am. today Full report on page 9.
Evening star., 1934-01-05

Continued on Page 2, Column g.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
AID FOR ADD|CTS
URGED ON j. 8. .

Urging that inebriates and drug
addicts in the District should be
given the same care now offered
insane persons, the Federation Of
Citizens Associations. today ap-
pealed to Representative Mary T.
Norton CD, of New Jersey.
On behalf of the association
H. c. Phillips, corresponding sec
retary, asked Mrs. Norton to intro
duce legislation offering institu-
tional care for such afflicted per-
sons equal to that given insane
persons at st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital
Other legislation favored by the
association, he told Mrs. Norton,
includes:
Separation of District finances
from control by Budget Bureau;
reduction in assessed value of real
estate; change of name of B
Street, South to independence Az
enue, and passage of the Black
old age security bill with certain
minor amendments.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
FAY |. BENTLEY
HEARING SET

Hearings on the nomination Of
Miss Fay L. Bentley as judge of
the local Juvenile Court will be
held next Monday at 2 p. M, ac-
cording to an announcement
today by Senator William H.
King CD of Utah, chairman of
the Senate Judiciary subcommit-
tee to which the nomination has
been referred.
No list of witnesses were avail
able today, it being stated at
Senator Kings office that any
who desire to be heard will be
given opportunity.
There has been some objection
brought against the confirmation
of Miss Bentley, and it is ex-
pected the subcommittee will
take action on the matter fol
lowing the hearing.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
DEBATE SNACS
D, {, AIRPORT

Finding no solution to Washing.
tons airport problem after an
hour and a half consideration Of
the McSwain bill, the House Mill.
tary Affairs Committee adjourned
at noon today with instructions to
meet again tomorrow morning.
Today's meeting, which was at
tended by the full committee. was
held in executive session, as will
be it's meeting tomorrow.
Considerable controversy main.
tanned, it was understood, with
members widely divided as to the
solution to the local airport
problem.
Some members continued to
favor the Gravelly Point site de-
spite opposition of Army and
Navy officials, while others IA
vored purchase of Washington.
Hoover Airport or development Of
site farther out of Washington.
The committee is expected to visit
three more proposed sites within
the next week.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
King Tut Curse
JuStNOnSenSe,
Says Pastor

How much truth is there in
the superstition that persons
associated with the finding of
the tomb of King Tut-Ankh-
Amen are under a curse of
death?
It's nonsense, says DR.. j. o.
Knott, Congregational minis
ter of Washington, who points
out that he himself saw the
sarcophagus OF the ancient
Pharaoh opened, and that most
of those supposed to have died
from the curse had only a re-
mote connection with the event.
He said:
eff the curse Of Tut-Ankh-
Amen wanted a shining mark,
it would certainly have hit upon
DR.. Howard Carter, who gave
orders, as / recall, to lift the
lid, and who was the first to
remove the wrappingS to re-
veal the mummy"
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
Auto Death PrOUOkes
$4,000 Damage Suit

Suit for $4,000 damages was
filed against the Independent
Taxi Owners Association, Inc,
and Leroy Beall in District
Supreme Court today by Louis
E. Stern, executor for the estate
of his mother, Mrs. Eva B. Stern,
of the HOO block New Hampshire
Ave. N. w.
The suit charged Mrs. Stern
was fatally injured by a cab of
the defendants at Four-and-a-Half
and F Streets Southwest, last
September 20, while she was
crossing the street. The suit was
filed through Attorney Alvin L..
Newmyer and stated it was insti-
tuted for the benefit of Mrs.
Stern'S seven children.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
BOUNDARY BILL
IS APPROVED

Solution of the controversial
question of where the District ends
and Virginia begins took a step
nearer realization today when the
House Judiciary Committee agreed
to report favorably upon the
Smith bill.
That measure, introduced by
Representative Howard w. Smith
CD of Virginia, provides for ap.
pointment of a commission of
three members to study the boun-
Diary problem and report back to
Congress before March /, 1885.
In deciding to report the bill the
committee agreed to amendments
propose by a subcommittee
headed by Representative Eman,
uel I. Celler CD of New York fol.
lowing a public hearing last week.
The principal amendment re-
duced expenditure of the commits
sion from $4,000 to $4,000
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
DISTRICT HEADS
ADD RULE To
L|QUORB BILL
Bride Claims 1t Is In Line With
Roosevelt Policy; House
to Discuss Changes

Beer bars such as are now be-
ing operated in the District will
not be allowed to sell the high
powered beer to flow following
legalization of liquor here.
The District Commissioners to-
day passed an amendment to the
District liquor control bill includ-
ing beer as beverage which may
not be sold or served over bar.
This amendment will not affect
the sale of 80, Corporation Coun.
sci William W. Bride explained.
It was adopted, he said, in line
with the Presidents policy that
there be no bars in the District.
To Discuss Changes
Changes in the control act, as
suggested by President Roosevelt,
will be discussed at meeting OF
the House District Committee to-
morrow.
The House is expected to give
unanimous consent to taking UP
the joint resolution appropriating
$26,667 to administer the law for
the balance of this fiscal year.
Goes to Senate
The measure will then be
rushed to the Senate, where the
way is being cleared to push it
through. Until the money is ap-
propriated the District Alcohol
Beverage Control Board cannot
begin to function.
Board Meets Informally
The members of the ABC board,
George w. Offutt, chairman, Mrs.
William Beverly Mason, and
Isaac Cans, met Informally with
Commissioner George E. Allen
yesterday to discuss problems
confronting them.
Forms of license application
blanks has been approved, and
these will be ready by Thursday
when the liquor regulations go
into effect.
However, until such time as the
ABC board has been formally in
Quoted into office, no applications
for licenses can sbe received.
A survey of hotels, restaurants
and clubs shows that mixed
drinks, using bonded liquor, will
cost from SO to rs cents, depend
ing on the kind of drink ordered.
Bonded whisky sold by the
drink will cost about IS cents,
dealers said, with the blended
whisky selling for about IS cents
an ounce.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
GAS VALUATION
IS REDUCED

Shaving nearly $2,50O,00O from
company estimates of the original
costs Of the Washington and
Georgetown Gas Light companies,
B. M. Bachman, chief acccs.ntant
of the Public Utilities Commits
sion, resumed his testimony at
evaluation hearings before the
commission today.
Bachman's estimate of the
original cost of the gas plants,
exclusive of land, working capi-
tai, cost of financing and going
concern value totals $16,641,523.
Company experts had previously
placed the figure at $19,137,733.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
LUNCHES NOW
PLANNED FOR
ALL PUPILS
Only Officials to Know Ones
Unable to Pay Under First
Lady'S Scheme

While plans were being pushed
/ today to reorganiZe the present
system Of supplying free lunches
to more than 1000 needy school
children, it was learned that the
final objective of the plan is to
provide noon meals for all STU
dents.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
whose surprise visit to several
schools resulted in protests over
the inadequacy of the lunches.
has announced that efforts will
be made to extend the privilege
of nutritious monday meals to
students whose parents can af-
ford to pay for them, as well as
for those whose parents are in
straitened circumstances.
Names Secret
In order to avoid the semblance
of charity. she said, no one but
school authorities would know
which students are getting the
food without charge.
Under a new system worked out
by authorities of the school de-
partment, the U. S. Army, the
District government and the Bu-
reau of Home Economics, the en-
tire project will be placed in
charge of one expert, experienced
in dieteticS. Mrs. Sarah Sumner,
dietitician at American University,
is being mentioned for the post.
The food will be prepared in an
abandoned Schoolhouse, with cook
ing equipment borrowed from the
Army quartermaster corps. Women
workers from the CWA will handle
the actual work.
Milk Donated
The children yesterday received
milk and fruit with their lunches
for the first time during this
school year.
In charge of a special commit
tee that is at present working on
the problem is DR.. Louise Stan
ley, chief of the Bureau of Home
Economics, Department of Agri-
culture. Associated with her are
Capt. Louis Webster, Quartermas-
ter Corps, U. S. Army, and Mrs
Mary Lindsey, manager of the
Dodge Hotel.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
MRS. HENRIETTA STEIN KLOTZ

her 41a-year-old daughter, Elinor.
Little Elinor's activities are just
as absorbing to her as the mo-
mentouS progress of the New
Deal.
And about Secretary Morgen-
thau, his secretary has this to
say:
"My work with Mr.. MOrgen-
thau has been interesting and
fascinating these IL years. He
never sits by waiting for things
to happen; he is always think
ing about something new"
Mrs. Klotz is blond and fair, all
of five feet tall, and weighs 105
pounds, which is just about tanta-
mount to saying she is the "tini-
est secretary in Washington"
The Washington times., 1934-01-30

MES so important a title. She
claims she is merely" the Sec
retary's private secretary.
For IL Years
And so she has been for IL
years, ever since she first gave up
dreams of going to Vassar. Then
she was Mr.. Morgenthau's private
secretary, when he was publish
ing the American Agriculturist
For II years she worked with
him in that capacity. And then
within the comparatively brief
space of IL months, she arose
from private secretary to pub
Usher, to private secretary to the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Within IL months, she had five
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
Alexandria Hopes
For $500 Ball Profit

Over $500 is expected to be
raised in Alexandria by the COM
mittee in charge of the Presidents
Ball, which will be held in Ar
mory Hall tonight. The hall has
been decorated in the national
colors and with pictures of Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Representative Howard w.
Smith, chairman of the, commit
tee in charge held a final meet
ing of the committee last night.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
PrObUS Club Backs
Restoration of Pay

Restoration of Federal pay and
adoption of the Old Age Pension
Law for the District were recon-
I mended at a meeting of the Pro,
bus Club yesterday.
The club also named commit,
tee consisting of DR.. Bernard A,
Baer, DR.. P. j. Clifford and John
D. L. johnson to further activity
an these two measures.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
Virginia Democrats
To Hear FQrIey Aide

Ambrose O'Connell, executive
assistant to the Postmaster Gen
eral, will speak at the meeting of
the Alexandria Young Democrats,
February 7. Collas G.. Harris is
chairman of the committee in
charge of the meeting. O'Con-
nell's address will follow the reg
ular business session of the club,
which will be held at 1880.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
u. S. Heating Plant
= Is Put in Operation

The Governments new giant
central heating plant for the first
time yesterday heated all the scat
tered buildings of the Department
of Agriculture with the exception
of the greenhouse, which will be
taken over soon.
Heat from the plant is pumped
through seven miles of pipe. The
Department of Commerce may TO-
day shut down it's own heating
plant and receive heat from the
new plant,
The Washington times., 1934-01-30
Amendment Tightens
u. S. Naval BuiLdinq

Support of Congress for an
amendment to the VinSon bill by
Representative Chester Thompson
! CD of Iillinios, was asked today
by N. P. Alias, president District
of Columbia Lodge, No. A, In
ternational Association of Ma
chiniSts.
The amendments, AlifaS ex-
planned, will require the first and
each succeeding alternate naval
vessel to be built under the pro
posed Navy building program, be
built in Navy yards and arsenals.
Passage of this amendment would
materially aid the Washington
Navy yard.