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Evening star., 1934-08-12
BRANCH BANK CURB
URGED BY STEAGALL
Alabama Democrat Predicts Move
to Amend Law in Next
Congress.
By the Associated Press.


ST. PAUL. August 11.-Representa-
tive Henry B. Steagall. in an inter-
view here today, said legislation
amending the Glass-Steagall act to
curb branch banking would be sought
at the next session of Congress.
The Alabama Democrat, chairman
OF the House Banking Committee.
came here to address the Minnesota
Independent B nix ers' Association
convention.
The Glass -Steagall act widened
the basis for branch banking" he
said, limiting always, however, to
States where State laws permit. Some
of us in Congress were bitterly op-
posed to this. was against it. The
bill represented a compromise.
Efforts will be made at the first
opportunity to amend the bill. /
have in mind the elimination of the
branch banking provision of the bill
! also am in favor of eliminating the
provision requiring membership in
the Federal Reserve System after
July I, 1887, which is one of the con-
ditlons Of continued membership in
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp"
Steagall indorsed President Roose-
velt's new silver program as an aid
to prosperity.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
DARKNESS SHIELDS
FLIGHT OF BANDITS
Four Escape After Taking So, 900
Car of italian Vice Consul
Used by Band.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, August 11.-Dark-
ness tonight ended a hunt for four
bandits who held up the Manor, Pa,
Bank today and escaped with approx
imately $4,000. An airplane was used
by State highway patrolmen in the
search.
Several hours after the robbery the
auto used by the bandits, stolen from
the Italian vice consulate in Pitts
burgh, was found wrecked. A coat
with about $500 in silver was picked
up near the scene. Officers believe
this may be some of the loot
Disguised as laborers, the bandits
drove in front of the bank, three 60
ing inside and the other remaining
at the wheel. Brandishing pistols,
they forced Frank r. Rankin, cashier
Charles C. Whitehead, assistant
cashier, and the Misses Katherine
Ayers and Jane Bollinger, clerks. to
lie on the floor. Joseph Dawson, a
customer, was showed into the cage
and forced to the floor.
They scooped up all the money in
sight, and after discovering they
could not gain entrance to the vault
they fed.
The license on the car used by the
bandits was issued to Leone Sircone,
italian vice consul, police said. The
car was stolen August 10 from a
garage near the consulate by two
armed bandits.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
PROFESSOR DIES

Illness Following Eating of Fruit
Results in Death.
HAVRE, Mont, August II (P.-
Prof. william A. P. Graham of Ohio
State University. conducting geological
surveys in the oil fields near Chester,
Mont, during the Summer. was found
dead in his bed at a ranch home today.
The Ohioan was taken i'll several
nights ago after eating fresh fruit
Again last night when Graham com-
planned Of feeling Ill, members Of the
family with whom he was living
offered TO call doctor from Shelby,
but Graham suggested they wait until
morning.
He was found dead at am
Other members Of the household
partook Of the fruit without III effects.
Evening star., 1934-08-12

planned that the Office space for the
division was so crowded that it would
be impossible to add to the staff.
Trained Men Required.
Burlew said an increase in the staffs
would not really solve the problem
During slack" times, he said, the di-
visions would then be overstaffed. The
work of these divisions calls for es-
pecially trained men and women and
hiring of temporary clerks to meet
emergency periods, he said, would not
work out satisfactorily.
The P w. A. accountants have been
working during the past month on a
whale of a big job" one official ex-
planned. There has Just been rendered
to Secretary Ickes an official account
ing Of every dollar expended or allo-
Gated under the P. w. A. program dur
ing the IS months of its existence. The
magnitude of this specific job may be
appreciated, officials said, when 1t is
known that virtually every dollar Of
the So. zoe, coo, 900 work-creating pro-
gram has been checked expended or
accounted for"
P. w. A maintains a field force of
some 800 accountants in addition to
its Washington force. These are sta
toned in the large cities or directly
at many Of the big projects. Their re-
ports have to be checked and approved
in Washington before being sent TO
Secretary Ickes.
There are certain periods during
construction work when everything is
being speeded up and, with it, the
work of the accountants.
No Relief in Sight.
The pressure in the Geological Sur
vey is partially due at this time to the
work of the Summer field forces,
whose accounts must be checked. The
Interior Department proper has been
awarded approximately $220. 900, 900
in P. w. A. allotments during the Is
months period. This work is being
expended on far-fiung projects taking
in every section of the country. It
has meant tremendous extra job for
the auditing and accounting forces to
check all these expenditures.
With no present relief in sight. it is
probable that the auditing and ac-
counting divisions, as well as many
other clerks in the department, will
face similar conditions Of overtime
work" during the coming year.
Only about 81 500, ,000, 900 in P. w.
A has been actually expended to date.
leaving some 81 ,2oo, ,o00, 900 allotments
from which actually payments must
yet be made and checked. This
would seem to insure. at best, another
year Of high pressure within the P.
w. A. even. If no further allotments
we're made.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
Hundreds in Ickes' Departments
Forced to Work Orertime Daily
aides Blame Seasonal Squirt and Lack
of Space for Failing to Obey
''SPreod the York; Slogan.

Hundreds Of clerks in the Interior
Department and the Public Works
Administration, fountain head of the
Governments drive to spread work
and relieve unemployment, are work
ing from two to four hours overtime
daily and frequently far into the
night.
The overtime. described by officials
as seasonal" applies particularly to
the auditing and accounting divisions.
Of1cialS said that in at least one ac-
counting division overcrowded quar-
ters make it impossible to increase
the staff, even if it we're deemed ad-
visable.
Inquiry developed yesterday that
these auditors and accountants have
been working under high pressure for
a month or more. According to off,
cials. the P. w. A. accounting forces
work every day as late as or z pm.
With rare exceptions, however, they
are excused from working after pm.
The accounting division of the
United States Geological Survey and
the auditing division of the Interior
Department, it was said. have been
working nights for the past month.
Theoretical Closing at $3.50.
At the beginning of Summer. Sec
retary Ickes rearranged the working
schedule Of the department so that
clerks could get off at $50 pm. for
greater recreational freedom, by re-
porting to work an hour earlier or
am. AT no time, however, has the
$50 pm. closing hour applied general
ly to the nearly 5000 clerks housed
in the Interior Building. Only those
whose routine duties were unaffected
by the tremendous amount of emer-
gency work during the Summer. were
able TO benefit daily by the order. In
recent weeks, and especially since Sec
retary IckeS mildly reprimanded his
force of workers for watching the
clock" there has been a diminished
exodus at $50 pm.
According to Ebert K. Burlew, ad-
miniStrative assistant to Secretary
Ickes in charge Of personnel, the over
time conditions affecting the auditing
and accounting divisions, cannot be
avoided.
In all my experience" he said yes
terday, Il have never known times
when such employees were not re-
quired to work late at different pc
RODS
He pointed across the court to the
windows of the accounting division
Of the Geological Survey. where clerks
were to be seen bending over their
desks with a diligence that would have
brought wide smile of approval from
the hard-working Mr.. Ickes. He ex-
Evening star., 1934-08-12
TWO MORE TO DIE
IN PRISON BREAK
Wooden Guns Fail ConVictS
in Plot to Flee From
Louisiana Prison.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, La, August Ii
A desperate break by Louisiana Peni-
tentiary convicts, who tried John Dill
fingers wooden gun trick. collapsed
today when Angola Prison guards met
the bluff with a withering blast OF
gunflre that left two prisoners dead
and six wounded
Three others who were Gin" on
the attempted escape Immediately
surrendered as the quick-triggered
guards quelled the near riot.
Those slain were Bill Bryant, 20
year-old bandit and coleader of a
break a year ago, and Raymond Can
dler, 3S, serving q 20-year term for
robbery.
Two More May Die.
OF the half dozen other convicts
shot down, Michael Antakly, serving
a larceny term, and Gerald Kramer,
0 burglar, we're expected to die.
Other casualties were less serious,
although Dave Lee. New Orleans rob-
Der. was described as badly wounded.
Is convicts was working in field
picking okra.
Bryant and Lucas Badeaux, charged
several days ago with the knife mur-
der of a fellow prisoner. led the
break. Penitentiary Manager r. l..
Hines said.
Armed with wooden pistols painted
black. the two rushed on two guards
Henry Clark and Riley Strother.
Clark commanded them to stop and
throw down their guns. They ignored
the command and closed in. Clark
promptly pumped seven slugs from
an automatic rife into Bryant, killing
him instantly.
Two More Guards Join.
Strother fired on Badeaux. He
felled him but did not kill him. Two
other guards rushed to the scene and
opened fire. Gambler dropped to the
ground, dead. Nine other prisoners
attempted to flee across the open field
and all but three were brought down
Bobby Cass, New Orleans "fence, 4"
and Ashton Tapie, New Orleans rob-
Der, held up their hands when the
shooting started, walked few steps
away and sat down. They were not
hurt.
Besides Antakly, Kramer, Badeaux
and Lee, Andrew Sanchez and En-
NETT Wattigny, New Orleans bandits,
were wounded, but not seriously.
Among those captured was Joseph
Schiro, New Orleans, cocharged with
Badeaux with the knife Staying of
Fred England in the camp a week
ago. England was said to have given
prison officials information about a
break planned by Schiro and Badeaux
some time ago.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
Sales Tax Nets 81, 800, 900.

OKLAHOMA CITY, August IL Up.
-Oklahoma's l per cent general sales
tax law netted approximately s4,-
100000 in its first year of operation,
officials announced today. OF the
total, $3,347, ,599 has been apportioned
back to counties for school purposes
so per cent for reduction of ad
valorem taxes and 80 per cent for
payment of outstanding Indebtedness.
Seventeen per cent went to the school
fund.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
GUARDS HOLD ON
TOCONT|NUE WAR
Long and WaImSIey Deaf to
Pleas of Citizens as Reg
iStering Ends.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, August 11-Sena-
tor Huey P. Longs National Guard
today appeared to have dug in at the
city voting registration office for an
indefinite stay-perhaps until the
September III congressional primary.
The deadline for primary registra-
tions came and went and the warning
Long and Walmsley factions spurned
citizens pleas TO stop their armed
hostilities.
Hundreds showed their way into the
ONCE to register under the muzzles
of the militia's machine guns during
the morning, but there was no dis
order. Promptly at noon r. j. Greg
ory, Long appointed registrar of vot-
ers, ordered the doors and the books
closed as required by law.
Only on one point did the factions
Of Senator Long and Mayor Walmsley
arbitrate. Gregory announced that
agreement had been reached under
which two representatives of the
Walmsley group would remain inside
the closed registration Office, along
with the militia, as watchers" over
the week end.
Final Registration Tab.
On Monday morning, he said, the
final tab of the primary registrations
would be made and the last registra-
ton number in each precinct fur
nished each side, so that each might
be assured Of no additions between
now and election day.
Senator Long recently announced
that during the period of the militia s
occupancy Of the registration office,
more than "a 500 illegal Walmsley
registrations had been scratched by
his faction.
The Walmsley forces charged that
the militia was placed in the registra-
ton Office "for the purpose of steal
ing the election" and that hundreds
Of WalmSley followers had been re-
fused registration
AS the registration ONCE closed the
militiamen who seized it l3 days ago
remained encamped inside, giving no
indication of early withdrawal.
Adjt. Gen. Raymond H. Fleming
continued to eyade a Week-old court
summons citing him for contempt for
failure to withdraw his soldiers from
the city hall area.
A Citizens Committee represent
ing leading civic business groups vis-
tied both camps in the interest of
mediation. but without success.
Not to Compromise.
Long has repeatedly announced
over the radio that he never would
compromise with that city hall gang -
and today was quoted as having told
the mediators that he would with
draw the troops only if Walmsley
would pledge not to seize the registra-
ton books.
WalmSley commented that the Sen
atOr's "insinuation is silly" and said
he would disband his augmented
police force, massed in city hall, only
when the militia is demobilized.
The placing of the militia in the
registration Office" he said, was
done solely to intimidate the people
Of the city Of New Orleans and in
an effort TO steal the coming election.
Il further desire to make 1t clear
and plain that the municipal govern
ment and as its mayor do not pro-
pose TO enter into any conference,
discussion or agreements. directly or
indirectly. with Huey P Long or his
tool and servant, Oscar K. Allen (the
Governor, because there is nothing
TO confer about"
Evening star., 1934-08-12
2 DIE FROM DYSENTERY
Bacilli Disease Attributed to
Death of s So Far.

RED BANK, N. J.. August II Up.
The deaths of two Monmouth
County children we're blamed today
on bacilli dysentery. the disease which
has taken six lives in Hudson County
Edward Hutton, % months old,
died in Riverview Hospital. His
mother, Mrs. Lila Hutton, said her
physician attributed death to bacilli
dysentery.
Bart Parker, 3 years old, residing
in Keansburg for the Summer with
his parents, died yesterday in an am
bulanee near Railway while en- route
TO Bellevue Hospital, New York City
DR.. F. w. Holman, who attended the
boy, said he had contracted the dys-
entery week ago In New York City,
where he lived.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
NEW RIOTS FEARED

PARIS, August 1l.-(Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency French authorities
at Bone, Algeria, today cancelled the
weekly fair in the city, fearing an
anti-Jewish outbreak, it was reported
today.
All Jewish shops were ordered to
close. Moslem troops who form part
of the local garrison, we're disarmed
and locked in their barracks. Euro
pean troops, including marines from
the French battleships MateIot and
Ledlang, are patrolling the streets.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
Plane Dives Into River.

NEW YORK, August II (P).-James
c. WEIGH of Cincinnati fell into the
Hudson River with his seaplane to-
day during the first seaplane race
to be held here. He was not injured
and his plane, owned by the Aeronca
Aeronautical Corp. of Cincinnati, was
towed to shore
Evening star., 1934-08-12
DECEN TRAILING OUTPUT
OF SOVIET uaDERTAKEN
Central Executive Committee Is
sues Decree Aimed to Spur Lo-
cal Industries in Union.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, August 1.-THE Central
Executive Committee today promul-
gated a decree designed to spur local
industries throughout the Soviet
Union and to force all constituent
republics and autonomous states to
utilize their own raw materials more,
depending less upon initiative in
Moscow.
The decree created new commits
sariat of local industries with subor-
dinate commissariats in all states.
The objective is to decentralize pro-
duction and by making localities self
sustaining relieve the burden on trans
portation.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
RACKETEERS ORDERED
TO SURRENDER ARMS
Pittsburgh Police Head Recalls
Licenses Issued to 1 500 Un-
der Penalty of Arrest.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, August 11.-Revo-
cation of firearms permits issued to
more than l 800 known racketeers and
persons in bad repute with authori-
ties was ordered today by Acting Supt
of Police Jacob Dorsey. The permits
were issued during 1892 and 1888,
Dorsey said.
Dorsey condemned the practice Of
issuing permits followed by previous
Superintendents He said that unless
those summoned to his office surren-
der their 1888 permits do so, they
will be picked up and charged with
violating the State firearms act.
To allow a criminal to be armed
Is nothing more than giving him a
license 10 commit q crime" Dorsey
said.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
FAMILY OF FIVE FREED
OF MURDER CHARGE
North Carolina Judge Grants De-
fense Motion for Directed
Verdict.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
wILKESBORO N. C, August IL
Judge John NJ OgleSby today granted
a defense motion for a directed verdict
of acquittal in the case of five members
Of the T1lley family. charged with
Staying Leoda ChildreSs. Is, foster
daughter Of the household.
The defendants-Wsrwich Tilley, so,
the slain girls foster father: his S.
year-old wife; his son Luther, 80:
Luther'S wife Minerva. and Clyde. 1S-
year-old son-took the judges order
Stoically, even as they had sat since
the trial opened Tuesday.
The State, after seeking TO build up
chain of circumStantial evidence
designed to show the girl was killed
either through jealousy Of Minerva or
the fear that she would connect Luther
with a seven-year -old unsolved murder
mystery, rested its case suddenly this
afternoon.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
RABIES MENACES II
Children Sought to Aid Dog They
Thought Had Bone in Throat.

LOUISVILLE, KY, August II (P).-
Twelve children who thought they
would do good turn by removing a
bone they thought was lodged in a
dogs throat will be given rabies vac
cine, Director of Health Hugh r.
LeaVell announced today after post
mortem examination of the animal re-
vealed the nature of its trouble. The
treatment will cost the city $50, DR..
LeaNell said.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
SIX WORDS ON TOME

TANNENBERG. Germany. August
IL UP.-In accordance with g. wish
expressed in his will only six words
will appear on the tomb Of President
Won Hindenburg. They ere:
Paul Won Hindenburg-ls47 20
1884"
Evening star., 1934-08-12


other dive. Every dive convinces me
of the futility of trying to get the
true idea of deep sea life through
dragging nets. Many deep sea crea-
lures are such rapid swimmers that
they can easily get away from nets.
One of the most amazing finds of
the day was flesh colored fish which
observed near the 2,500-foot level.
We have never caught any fish from
this depth. We also observed schools
Of rare Lampanyctus. hatchet fish
and thousands Of tiny squid."
Deeper Dive Is Planned.
He said he planned to make a
deeper dive, perhaps early next week.
The expedition sailed from st.
Georges at 7:30 am, the bathysphere
loaded on the deck Of the barge,
which was hauled by powerful tug.
A spot was selected eight miles from
st. Georges.
A boom swung the sphere oversize
at 9:31, after the two men had been
sealed In. Oxygen tanks supplied the
air.
DR.. Beebe began telephoning i'm
mediately after the bathysphere had
disappeared beneath the surface. Miss
Hollister entered his remarks in a log
book.
The cable was paid out at the rate
OF so feet minute. At 500 feet
DIR. Beebe reported sighting a school
OF silvery squids. At 900 feet he said
the water had turned to a deep tur-
quoise blue, and reported seeing a
strange fish six feet long.
Water Black at 1900 Feet.
At 1900 feet the water had turned
black, being totally without light
from the surface. The sides Of the
sphere became very cold.
On deck, where Miss Hollister sat,
Beebe's voice could be heard in a
faint squeak by persons near the re-
ceiver. At 11:03 am. the 1888 record
depth Of 1900 feet was passed.
There was a cheer on deck and the
tug let out three blasts on its whistle
At $500 feet DR.. Beebe reported:
Along the whole beam Of my light
the water is the loveliest shade OF
turquoise blue I ever saw"
All around, however, it was perfect
ly black.
2,500-FOot Mark Reached.
At 11;15 am. the 2,500-foot mark
was reached Ten additional feet of
cable was laid out, and the order
was given to halt while 80 minutes
was spent observing and reporting
the condition of the ocean at that
depth.
The ascent was uneventful. The
sphere was hoisted onto the deck of
the barge again at 1874. The men
were little cramped from their close
quarters but in high spirits.
One oxygen tank had become ex-
hausted so feet from the surface. On
the way up the reserve tank had been
turned on.
Another contour dive was made
during the afternoon to study glacial
shelves of the ocean floor, the expe-
dition returning to st. Georges at
$50 pm.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
George S. Mandell Dead.

HAMuT Mass. August II (Pl.-
George Smell Mandell, 81 years old,
chairman Of the Board of Directors of
the Boston Transcript Co. died sud-
ienly tonight Of 0 hsart attack.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
July Circulation
Daily. 11O,2O9
Sunday

D1strlct OF Columbia, ss.
FLEMING NEWBoLD. Business Man.
ager OF THE EVENING AND SUNDAY
STAR does solemnly swear that the ac-
tual number Of copies OF the paper named
sold and distributed during the month OF
July. AD. 1884. was as follows:
Evening star., 1934-08-12
MOFFETT TO TELL
Of HOUSING PLAN
Administrator Will Discuss
Intricate Program in
Radio Forum.

Federal Housing Administrator James
A. Moffett. who resigned a $100 900
a-year job with the Standard Oil Co.
to serve the Roosevelt administration
will speak in the National Radio
Forum Wednesday at 1890 pm. The
forum is arranged by The Evening
Star and broadcast over a coast-to-
coast network of the National Broad
casting Co.
Mr.. Meffett, whose task for the
Government now is the direction Of
the program which contemplates the
expenditure of billions for construc-
ton and property repair through CO.
operation between Government and
private industry, will be making pub
lie for the first time the intricate de-
tails of this broad programs opera
ton.
Works Night and Day.
For weeks the indefatigable head of
the F. H. A. has been working night
and day on the task of perfecting
machine to operate the national hous-
ing act. Unwilling to launch headiong
into program that calls for such i'm
portant activity without adequate
preparation, Moffett has insisted upon
thoroughness in laying the foundation
for administering the bill. The tune
of his talk will coincide with the
actual launching of the first phase of
the housing program modernization.
President Confident.
The selection of Moffett to direct
the plan is an evidence of the extreme
confidence President Roosevelt has in
his ability. The housing act is de-
pended upon by the administration to
stimulate the heavy goods and con-
Struction industries, whose feeble re-
sponSe to recovery has been one of the
chief worries Of the President for
many months.
A New Yorker. Moffett it 4s. He is
recognized as one OF the country's
foremost business leaders. He served
the Standard OH Co. of New Jersey
for % years
Mr.. Moffett will be introduced to
the National Radio Forum audience
by Oliver Owen Kuhn. managing
editor of the Star. under whose
personal direction the forum programs
are arranged.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
TWO SCIENTISTS PROBE
HALF-MILE SEA DEPTH
IN TWO.TON IRON BALL

Continued From First Page.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-07

OF briefs and letters, were directed a.
Hull q Finishing touches were placed
on the recently promulgated treaty
with Cuba.
The grimmest lobbying came from
domestic sugar refiners, who sought
. more favorable differential on I'M
ported raw sugar, and the most yoca,
attacks from fruit and veeetahla
growers In Florida and Californis
who objected to . seasonal tariff on
more or less competitive Cuban prod
ucts. Neither effort was successful
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