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Evening star., 1934-12-07
M'CARRAN TO SEEK
EARLY PAY RETURN
Senator Maps Plans for Fight
to Restore Basic U. S. Salary
Scale January l.

Senator McCarran, Democrat. Of Ne,
vada, leading advocate Of restoration
Of basic salaries in the Government
service, is gathering charts and sta
tistics on living costs which he be-
lieves will justify action to do away
with the remaining per cent cut in
Government salaries in January.
Senator McCarran said today that
among the exhibits he has assembled
is Navy Department report showing
q substantial increase in the cost Of
clothing and certain other commodi-
ties used by the Navy
The budget estimates to be consid-
cred by the incoming Congress have
been prepared on the basis of restoring
the remaining S per cent July l, but
there has been a growing sentiment on
Capitol Hill to have Congress take ac-
ton to make the restoration effective
January l.
Although Congress does not meet
until January 3, this would not pre-
vent the House and Senate from re-
storing the last per cent as Of Janu-
ary l. The last session of Congress
took action restoring the first per
cent, retroactive to February, and the
second per cent was restored last
July.
Evening star., 1934-12-07
PAYNE TESTIFIES
IN ARMY INQUIRY
Former Aide to Secretary of War
Appears at Closed
Hearing.

Frederick H. Payne. former As
sistant Secretary of War. today testi-
fed at a closed hearing of the House
Military Affairs Committee investi-
eating Army contracts.
Frank E. Speicher, newly found
witness, an automobile tube company
representative. sat in the hearing
room as Payne and other important
witnesses were heard by committee
members, who recently reopened their
inquiry into War Department business
methods.
Others slated to testify today in
cluded Maj. Gen. Arthur w. Brown,
judge advocate general of the Army,
and Maj w, R. Gruber, attached to
the Office of Secretary of War Dern
and formerly in the Office of the As
sistant Secretary of War.
Chairman McSWain said Gen. Brown
was called to advise the committee on
certain questions of military law that
have arisen in the hearings.
Ralph T. ONeil. former national
commander of the American Legion,
has been asked to appear before the
committee tomorrow. O'Neil and
Payne were witnesses at the grand
Jury investigation Of Army purchases
some months ago.
Testimony given by Speicher and a
satchel full of documents which he
produced in substantiation of his al
legations have blown the lid off" the
long -smoldering House inquiry into
alleged lobbying at the War Depart
ment
The committee is expected to turn
It's findings over to the District grand
jury upon completion of the executive
hearings. Assistant United States At
torney Allen j. Krouse has been sitting
with the committee in its daily ses-
sions during the week.
A previous grand jury ignored
charges voiced against half dozen
persons alleged to have participated in
improper lobbying activities, but the
inquisitorial body assailed lobbying
conditions at the War Department.
Speicher was sought vainly as wit
ness at that time.
Norman K. Haig. vice president
OF General Motors Corp. and M. c.
Tulley. another official of the cor
poration, were among witnesses in
terrogated yesterday.
Evening star., 1934-12-07
Support Found Lacking.

That is the explanation behind his
announcement Wednesday proposing
to exempt the one and two bale cotton
farmers from the Bankhead curtail-
ment program. A referendum on that
program was scheduled for December
Is. Senator Bankhead discovered a
few days ago that the small farmers
were not going to support the pro-
gram. He dashed around A. A. A.
headquarters here for awhile. but the
A. A. A. boys found they could do
nothing until Congress changed the
law.
A long distance telephone call was
put in to Warm Springs and the situ-
alton placed before Mr.. Roosevelt. He
agreed to issue his announcement
promising to seek exemptions for
small farmers at the coming congress
sional session. 1t saved the refer
endum from disclosing a strong under
lying opposition.
About ne-fourth of the two million
cotton growers thus will be exempted,
but they raise only one-tenth of the
crop.
The best financial quarters have
received a tip from London that the
japanese have been trying to arrange
a loan there for money to pay Russia
for the Chinese Eastern Railroad. The
British do not care much for the idea.
Their policy is to float foreign loans
only when the empire gets some trade
or other advantage out of it.
The London naval conversations
lately have been directed mainly to-
ward finding a pillow for the confer
ence to fall on. Our people have come
around to the view that the only thing
to do is to let the naval issue ride for
10 or IL months and see what hap
pens.
tCopyright. 1e340
Evening star., 1934-12-07
WOMAN FLYERS PASS
WEEK MARK ON FLIGHT
Plane, With Hole In Roof, Drifts
200 Miles-Reported Over
Dallas, Tex.

BY the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, December T.
Jean La Rene and Henrietta Sumner,
woman endurance flyers who this aft
ernoon will have passed week In the
air, drifted more than 200 miles south
of here overnight, airport officials were
informed today.
The refueling plane was sent to Dali
las, Tex. in an effort to transfer more
gasoline to the ship to prevent its be-
ing forced down.
The cabin of the endurance ship, In
which the women have been aloft
since 4:42 pm. Central standard
time) November 30. had hole in the
roof, the result of a violent contact
with one wheel of the refueling plane
last night.
Evening star., 1934-12-07
EXECUTION OF 200
IN RUSSIA REPORTED
Wholesale Killings of Suspected
Enemies Laid to Soviet
Government.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. December IA Warsaw
dispatch to the London Daily Express
said today wholesale executions of
suspected enemies of the Soviet gov
ernment had taken place in Russia
within the past "a hours.
The lives of more than 200 persons.
including Leonid Nicolieff, accused as
sasSin of Sergei Kiroff, and many
women and children were snuffed out
by firing squads, the dispatch said.
Fourteen officials of the Moscow
Ogpu, the union state political admin
istration. the story said, also were
executed. Members of the Ogpu were
said to have been slain in Leningrad
following clash between Moscow
and Leningrad Ogpu detachments
The fighting, it was said. occurred
after Joseph Stain, convinced of dis
affection in the Leningrad group, dis
missed Chief Yagoda and sent a
squad from Moscow to arrest the COM
missars in Lening2ad.
Evening star., 1934-12-07
KING WILL SEEK
D. c. INCOME TAX
Head of Senate Committee
Also Favors Inheritance
Levy Here.

Senator King Of Utah. chairman Of
the Senate District Committee, said
at the White House today that at
the coming session Of Congress he
would insist on an income and in
heritance tax for the citizens Of
Washington as substitute for in
tangible tax.
The District Committee chairman
feels confident that there should be
more taxation here.
Senator King had talked with the
President for 80 minutes. He said
he did not want it assumed that he
vas rejecting the views of the Presi-
dent. In response to further ques-
tioning. he admitted that he discussed
local taxes with the President, along
with a number of other subjects. in
cluding the proposed Municipal Center.
Discussed Tax Survey.
He said that the Presidents pro-
posed survey Of taxes in number
of other cities with a view to deter
mining whether the people Of the
District are being taxed too high or
too low was discussed during his
interview
When asked for his opinion of the
Presidents proposal. King said that he
vey and that the answer was well
known
The proposed municipal center. he
said. should not have been delayed
SO long. He said he would insist
that it be taken up and disposed
Of without further delay. He said he
would urge action on the part Of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
Senator King pointed out that while
he is in favor Of the proposed
municipal center. he is inclined to
believe along with others that the
estimated cost Of the original plan.
which he said was somewhere between
$l5.000.00 and 10000 900 for land
and buildings was entirely too much
to spend for this purpose
Insists on Center.
Senator King is so insistent upon
this municipal center being carried
through that If the funds cannot be
obtained through the P. W. A. he
said that he will work for congress
sional appropriation.
Senator King. when asked If he dis
cussed with the President proposals
for reorganization of the District gov
ernment replied that this subject
did not come up. He readily expressed
his opposition to any proposed re-
organization which would change the
present commissioner form of govern
ment He added also with consider
able emphasis that he Is bitterly op-
posed to the extension of further
Federal authority in the management
of District affairs He said: Il have
always been in favor Of local self
government for the Capital city and
as long as I am in the Senate I will
continue to fight for that"
Evening star., 1934-12-07
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
A. A. A. to Revive Lost
Amendments in More
Sugary Guise.
EY PAUL MALLON.

EY PAUL MALLON.
..HE A. A. A. crowd has found
it can catch more Congress
men with Chester Davis mo-
lasscs than with Tugwell vim
egar
You remember those three amend
ments to the A. A. A. act which were
thrown into the ash can at the last
session by southern Democratic Sen
ators, who said the amendments would
make Prof Tugwell a rex or some
thing like that?
Well, Messrs. Davis and Wallace
have privately retrieved them, busted
them off, sugared them very, very eau
tiously and are going to try them
again this session.
The plan is clever. Instead of pro-
posing all three at once, MeSSrS. Da-
Wis and Wallace are going to put for
ward one at a time The two nom
controversial amendments will go
first. Last to be offered will be the
one extending the A. A. A. power
over small crops not In the basic
commodity group. Each probably will
be attached to some bill, so as not to
stand alone.
Evening star., 1934-12-07
BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
HELD GOOD BY j. S.
Pay Rolls Recover From
September Setback,
Survey Shows.

A generally favorable business out
look was pictured by the survey of
current business for December. pub
nshed today by the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce of the De-
partment of Commerce
The survey is digest Of more than
1900 tabulations of business statistics.
covering virtually every phase OF
American industry and finance, and
includes statistics for the month of Oc-
tober and from two to three weeks in
November Both Government and
private commercial figures are used.
After discounting the usual seasonal
changes. the October trend generally
was upward and for the few weeks in
November for which statistics are
available, that improvement con-
tinued.
Production Increases.
Industrial production increased
during October more than the usual
seasonal amount. the survey said,
mainly by reason of the sharp in
crease In output of the textile in
dustry. Both employment and pay
rolls recovered from the September
setback, retail sales reports were ia
vorable and new construction work
continued to expand.
The production index at IS per
cent of the 1923-1925 average was
3 points below October Of 1888. but
in November indications were that
the figure will move above the level
of a year ago. Declines were shown
in only six major industries: Food
products. lumber. automobiles, leather
and shoes, cement and tobacco manu-
featuring industries.
Factory pay rolls, which increased
48 per cent over September to the
level of last July. were somewhat
larger than a year ago, although fac
tory employment in October was not
enough to cancel the losses in The
preceding month.
Commodity Prices.
Wholesale commodity prices were
about the same in mid November as
in the first week of October. The in
dex showed them to be 1855 per cent
Of the 1926 level.
The cost of living Of wage earners
remained virtually unchanged.
Prices received by farmers also
stood at about the same level as in
September
Retail sales showed a substantial
increase in dollar value over a year
ago. and since there has been little
change in prices for the past year,
except in foods, the figures also indi-
cate an increase in volume of business.
Rural buying increased II per cent
and department store sales were up
7 per cent Variety store sales in
creased per cent. Sales of new pas
senger automobiles were 8 per cent
above year ago.
The survey pointed out that i'm
provement in the construction indus
try. especially private work, was one Of
the most hopeful signs of recovery.
In spite of public works expenditures
the construction industry has been
one of the real laggards in recover
ing, but October and November figures
show a distinct upturn in private
investments of this kind.
Contracts awarded in October were
% per cent higher than in Septem-
ber, although per cent lower than
a year ago. 1t was also pointed out
that just a year ago expenditures of
the public works administration we're
at their peak, and the improvement,
consequently. is the result of private
spending for new building
Evening star., 1934-12-07
Santa's Gifts for Poor Pile Up
In Store as Many Ans,cer Plea
Old Gait Building Opened by Council
of Social Agencies to Receive Toys.
Requests Outnumber Supply.

the matinees will be held with the
performances they will offer:
TIVOLI-Shirley Temple in Baby
Takes a Bow" a Laurel and Hardy
comedy, Busy Bodies; The Night
Before Christmas" and The Man on
the Flying Trapeze," a Popeye
comedy.
AMBASSADOR-J Cooper and
Wallace Beery in Treasure Island"
The Shanty Where Santa Claus
Lives" and Can You Take It." Pop
eye comedy.
sAVOY-Joe E. Brown in The Cir
Gus Clown" Bedtime Worries" an
Our Gang comedy; Touchdown
Mickey" a Mickey Mouse comedy.
and Let's You and Him Fight"
Popeye comedy.
tie Miss Marker" Wild Poses" an
Our Gang comedy, and The Night
Before Christmas" Silly Symphony.
YORK-Joe E. Brown in Son of a
Sailor" Dirty Work" Laurel and
Hardy comedy, and Touchdown
Mickey" Mickey Mouse comedy.
AVENUE GRAND Shirley Temple
in Little Miss Marker" Dirty
Work" Laurel and Hardy comedy.
and "Sockabye Baby" Popeye
comedy.
Shows Include Comedies.
APOLLO-Joe E. Brown in THE
Circus Clown" His Neighbor," an
Our Gang comedy. and ''Mickey's
Good Deed" Mickey Mouse comedy.
HOME-Bruce Cabot in "Midship-
man Jack" His Neighbor," an Our
Gang comedy. and The Three Little
Pigs"
Observation-Disclosures oBren
in The Last Trail" oliver the
Eighth" Laurel and Hardy comedy.
and The Big Bad Wolf" a Silly
Symphony.
EARLE-Charlotte Henry in Alice
in wonderland" and "Shanty Where
Santa Claus Lives"
AVALON-Jackie Cooper and Wal
lace Beery in Treasure Island"
-Santa's Worship" a Silly Sym
phony. and "Shoein' Horses" Pop
eye comedy.
Evening star., 1934-12-07
$50 IN PRIZES FOR WASHINGTON
BOYS AND GIRLS.

Now the time and girls write letter why know
there child Washington should
gifts this Christmas DON'T DELAY NOW
Santa Claus Editor Of The Star.
1t will be fine to that prize Of SIS offered by The Star for the
will
other awards
forget you not years old
letter
SIS second prize is $40 and
third
Of The Star later than mid
night Saturday December Is OF the winners with
their letters. will be made week later
Please paper only and letter
n
Evening star., 1934-12-07
INDUSTRY FAVORS
N.R.A. EXTENSION
Stand for Cooperation Is
Taken in Recovery
Program.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December Indus
try lined up with the Government to-
day in program of recovery marked
by strong stand for "co-operation."
1ndustrialists ended their meetings
last night by recommending:
l. Extension of a modified N r. A.
for one year.
2. Appointment by President Roose-
velt of commission to outline a pro-
gram for unemployment insurance.
old-age pensions and other social Sc
curity measures.
3. Development of program Of
cooperation with the Government by
committees from the National Asso-
citation Of Manufacturers and the
United States Chamber of Commerce.
Larger Committee Urged.
4. Formation of a larger committee
representing all business elements n
united front for cooperation.
S. A platform Of recovery urging
a balanced Federal budget. a return
to the gold standard. return Of busi-
ness to private enterprise as opposed
to governmental control and modified
regulations for relations between labor
and industry
This platform was presented earlier
in the week and was debated for sew
eral days before it was adopted last
night by the Manufacturers Associa-
tion and the American Congress Of
Industry, which met in joint session.
The added recommendation for eX-
tension of N. R. A. peutioned tne
Government to end its control over
industry except as necessary to per
nit fair, free and open competition
and to conserve natural resources.
The proposed new recovery act. ef.
fective for one year after the pres
ent act expires June l6, would be ad-
ministered by an independent court"
Of five with power TO approve or dis
approve codes voluntarily submitted
by industrial groups.
Thorough Study Urged.
The plank on social security recon.
mended that the President appoint a
committee with representatives from
industry, labor and agriculture, with
neutral chairman representing the
public. to make a thorough study of
the entire problem and reccpmend
comprehensive program
The final platform eliminated two
sections contained in the original docu-
ment drawn up by directors of the
n. A. M.
One section eliminated urged a
manufacturers sales tax in substitute
for the various sales excises levied
locally or by States. The other had
advocated the withdrawal of Federal
aid from States which failed to reduce
expenditures. excluding relief and
bond obligations
The ratified platform opposed any
plan Of Federal subsidies TO States
adopting their own plans of unemploy-
ment insurance or of discriminatory
Federal taxes against States failing to
adept such plans.
Evening star., 1934-12-07

What hedrtened Cooks Darts and
Wallace Dds an inside tip they re-
cetued a tetp days ago that Virginia
Senator Byrd has changed his
mind. Byrd led the successful re-
sistance to the amendments last
time.
Since then, Virginia farmers voted
in a referendum to continue the corn
hog program. Also, cooperation from
Virginia tobacco growers has been eX-
traordinary. Furthermore, there are
some Virginia potato growers who
| have been trying to get their COM
modify into the basic list.
Byrd Says He's Silent.
All Byrd will say is that he has
nothing to say, which tends to con-
firm A. A. A. hopes.
The A. A. A.-ers already have gone
to work on the farm crowd to get ap-
proval for revival of the amendments
Soon they intend to call in the mem
bers of Congress and attempt to get
an agreement before the amendments
formally are offered.
Great stress utU be laid by the
A. A. AerS on the fact that these
are not Tug1eu amendments. Prof.
Tugicel probably ,piu be hidden
Then the Congressmen call. That
tact may gtUe you hint as to HON
things are going Uithin the A. A. A.
nor.
Mister Hitler knows how to use
sugar also. The conciliatory gestures
he has been making lately to the Cath.
olics in Germany do not mean he has
changed his mind about religion.
The truth is that the Saar election
is going to be held about a month
hence, and 72 per cent of the SaaI
voters are Catholics. Hitler has fixed
everything with France so that the
Saar undoubtedly will go back tc
Germany. but he cannot afford to
have the Catholics pile up strong
opposition vote.
Headwork Effective.
Hitler really used his head for some
, thing besides the manufacture of bom-
| baStic words when he worked out the
lCNCllG Sodl CClllCllG WILL ullIC'
! The best minds in our State Depart
ment believe he avoided a certain Eu-
ropean war next Spring.
1t was not hard to do because
France was thoroughly frightened.
What happened on the Saar bust
ness was this: Hitler let it be known
indirectly in France some weeks ago
that he was going to get the Saar back
either by votes or putsch. France
thereupon moved up troop reinforce
mens to the Rhine as nervous
counter threat Hitler accepted the
dare and passed out word that prep
arations were ready to move up the
shock troops of the Austrian Nazi
Legion still on German soil.
This left France two choices:
(al An endless fight to hold the
Sadr, Which uould gain her moth
ing: fb) q peaceable effort to get
$4,000 900 promised by the treaty
for letting the Saar 90. There l1ds
no choice for Frenchmen. They
took the 5000 900.
Evening star., 1934-12-07
SHIP LAUNCHED BY RADIO

BARROW IN FURNESS, England,
December Z [PD.-The Duke of Giou-
cester, II 900 miles away in Brisbane,
Australia, launched the 24.000-ton
liner Orion from shipyard here to-
day.
An electrical impulse, transmitted
by wireless when King Georges third
son pulled a switch. sent the vessel
sliding down the ways.
Evening star., 1934-12-07
FILM FIRE TOLL AT is

27 More Remain in Hospitals
After French Tragedy.
PERPIGNAN, France. December Z
R.-The death toll of the fire and
panic in the improvised st. Gaudric
motion picture theater reached l6 to-
day.
Eight more injured, most of them
children, died last night and this
morning. Twenty-seven more re-
manned in hospitals suffering from
severe burns or injuries they received
when they were trampled in the rush
for safety.
Evening star., 1934-12-07
STRIKE FLARES AGAIN
Longshoremen Refuse to Move

Longshoremen Refuse to Move
Cargo in Texas.
BEAUMONT, Tex, December 7
P)-Labor trouble among long
shoremen which precipitated a strike
about five months ago was in evidence
again yesterday when a barge of the
Red River Barge Lines tied up at
Beaumont and the company was un-
able to obtain truckers to move the
cargo.
A score of International Longshore-
mems Association workers were picket
ing the barge.
Evening star., 1934-12-07
FRANCE

Village children, armed with
tapers which shine out in the dark
ness Of the night, carry about the
streets on their shoulders a little
creche, singing as they go the
Christmas carols which they make
the pretext for collecting pennies
from door to door. The creche is
Is a small box like a stage set. In
It are a manger about which tins
appropriate images are grouped.
Evening star., 1934-12-07
TIBET REPULSES TROOPS
Chinese Driven Over Border
Ancient War.

DARJEELING, India, December 7
R.-Dispatches from I4hasa. capital
of Tibet, yesterday said the Tibetans
had just completed notable series
Of victories in their long standing war
against China.
Chinese troops. the reports said, had
been driven well acro4 the border.
Evening star., 1934-12-07

President Roosevelt himself can re-
roll a pill with the best of them when
he wants to.
Evening star., 1934-12-07

The n,oping picture feature,
Search for Santa Claus a COM
plete film record Of The Epeninp
Stars expedition BY air TO the Far
North. shoring the first scenes eUer
taken ,rithir Santd's home and toy
rorkshops. uiA be Shoun tonight
at the Colony TheGter, and opens
tomorrow at the TiUoh and at the
Audlor. Thereafter ii uiH touo1U
this schedule: Arcnue Grand, Sum
day, Monday and Tuesday, Deem
Der 8, 10 and II: Apollo. Wednes-
day and Thursday. December ~
and 10; Home, Friday. December
IL, and York on the same date.
Smyrna times., 1934-02-07
ODESSA SCHOOL VOTE WINS
$4,000 Consolidated School For
Four School Districts

Odessa, Feb. -Four school dis
tricts in this section Saturday vot-
ed for a bond issue of $4,000 for
the construction of a consolidated
school. There were FOG votes cast
and 205 were in favor of the bond
issue and one against. The dis
tricts comprise Odessa, MacDon-
ough, Dale's Corner and Matthew's
Corner George Heldmyer, State
Senator Mailly Davis, Irving Raw
ley and Mrs. Mabel Whittock were
elected as a commission to meet
with the commission of four of the
State Board of Education to ar
range for the new school which
will be located here. The building
will be a three-room structure and
cost $4,000, the State and Federal
governments to furnish the, addi-
tional money needed.