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Evening star., 1934-06-10
BILL WOULD BAN ACTORS
GUILTY OF immortality
Cannon Introduces Measure to
Stop Showing of "sugges-
tive" Movies.

By the Associated Press.
Asserting 80 per cent Of motion pic
lures were "unfit" for children. Rep
resentative Cannon (DemocraD Of
Wisconsin introduced in the House
yesterday a bill which would prohibit
interstate transportation of films en-
ploying In their casts any person
convicted of moral turpitude.
The bill also would place a ban on
pictures which are suggestive and
morally Objectionable" Either Of
fense would be punishable by a fine
of 5000 or five years imprisonment
or both.
Parents blush with shame whsn-
ever they attend theaters in company
with their children" Cannon said.
The whole atmosphere of Hollywood
seeps with immortality and the lives
Of actors and actresses become hard
ened to immoral and suggestive con-
duct.
There Is no question in my mind,
and I am sure in the minds of millions
Of parents, that the films have all
immoral influence on the morality of
our children and young people of to-
day. Such immoral education must
be stopped"
Evening star., 1934-06-10
RITES TOMORROW
FOR SON OF GRANT
Last Surviving Member of Union
Generals Family Dies in
California.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Calf, June 9.-Fu-
neral services for Jesse Root Grant,
mining engineer and last surviving
son of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who
died at his Los Altos home last night,
will be held Monday at the hamlet
of Mountain View.
He died with his son, Maj. Chap
man Grant, attached to the 1lth
United States Infantry at Indianap-
oils. at his bedside. The son had ar
rived by airplane only the day be-
fore. A daughter, Mrs. William Peter
Cronin, was unable to get here from
Paris.
The youngest of Gen. Grants chill
dren, Jesse Root Grant, spent much
Of the four years Of the Civil War in
company with his father during va
rious campaigns. From these child
hood associations he retained deep
impressions of the general. which he
Evening star., 1934-06-10
INSULTS LAWYER FILES
PLEA IN ABATEMENT
Contends Grand Jury Which
Found Indictments Was
Illegally Chosen.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June ga plea in
abatement was filed in behalf of
Samuel insult today in the United
States District Court by Attorney Floy
E. Thompson. The plea contends that
the grand jury, which indicted insult
on charges arising out of the collapse
of his utilities empire, was illegally
chosen
Fifteen separate allegations are
made in the plea, chief Of which is
the charge that the court order
authorizing the drawing of "a names
of prospective grand jurors was illegal,
inaSmuch as the law provides for the
drawing of a maximum of % names.
This same point was successfully
raised in the State courts, but is now
pending for rehearing before the
State Supreme Court.
The document asserted that the plea
was not filed for delay, but to call
attention to an alleged violation Of
the rights of the defendant.
Evening star., 1934-06-10
Per Capita Money
In Circulation Drops
ll-Cents to $42.35
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Americans are rattling IL cents
less in their pockets than q
month ago.
That is the Treasury's compu-
tation of money In circulation.
Per capita 1t Is reported at
$42.35, as compared with 1926
at the end of April.
Total money outside the Treas
ury and Federal Reserve Banks Is
placed by the Treasury at $685.
055,593. This compares with a
total monetary stock OF $13,559,-
861. .304.
Most Of the money reported as
circulating Is accounted for by
$685., ,498. $50 of Federal reserve
notes. Also included Is $153,-
452. $50 of the old-style gold GER
tificates which no longer are law
full money. The Treasury says
most Of these gold certificates
are abroad or lost.
Evening star., 1934-06-10
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CULPEPER, Va, June 9.-For the
first time since the War Between the
States, Confederate Memorial day ex-
ercises we're held here without the
presence of a single Confederate vet
eran, for although there are six or
seven of these men still living in the
county, none was well enough to at
tend the services Three of this num-
ber have celebrated their ninetieth
birthdays during the past year, and
the youngest of them is 81. Capt.
John Cunningham, one of the num-
Der, is more than 80 and is believed
to be the only Confederate soldier now
living in Northern Virginia who served
as an officer through the war, the
others having entered the service
when very young and during the last
year of hostilities.
Evening star., 1934-06-10
BRIDGE LEAGUE TO HOLD
FINAL TOURNAMENT
Members Who Have Played in
Four or More Monthly Games
May Take Part.

The final tournament events of its
annual season will be sponsored by
the Washington Bridge League on
June 81 and 81 at the Shoreham
Hotel. Members who have participated
in four or more of the monthly games
during the past season will take part
in the competition. They will be
graded In three classes according to
past scores.
Winners of the game last week
were Mrs. V. A. Clarke and Will
liam Mcintyre, Mrs. H. S. Given and
Mrs. Katherine Priest, Lieut.. Comdr.
w. A. Corley and F.. j. Hallauer.
Gen. Booth and Col. Perkins, E.
Mowery and S. S. Surrock, Miss
M. Buie and I. H. York, Mrs. C.
K. Stidham and r. Franchot,
Capt. and Mrs. c. w. Dietz, Mrs. Pat
Nolan and H. l. Shepard, w.
G. Brombacher and E w. Rounds, F.
Munchmeyer and DR.. c. c. Mcdonnell
and Mr.. and Mrs E. G. Hardebeck.
Evening star., 1934-06-10
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY
EXERCISES LACK SURVIVORS

An address by Superintendent OF
Schools Thomas w. Hendrick on the
public career of Jefferson Davis be-
fore he became President of the Con-
federacy, recalled the great services
of Davis to the Nation.
Mrs. Severn M. Nottingham, presi-
dent of the Virginia Division. United
Daughters of the Confederacy, also
made an address, and an original
poem was recited by Miss Nancy Ball
Green, which, the young writer said.
had been written as tribute to all
Confederate soldiers and to her grand
father. the late Judd Armstrong, in
particular. The soldiers monument
in Fairview Cemetery was decorated
with flowers. and a detachment from
the Culpeper Post of the American
Legion fired a salute over tse graves.
the exercises ending when their bugler
sounded taps.
Evening star., 1934-06-10
CAMP LETS ADDS
MORE COUNSELORS
Y. M. c. A. Boys Vacation
: Resort Increases Staff
by 10.

Ten camp counselors, most OF them
college men, have been added to the
staff of trained leaders appointed to
direct the varied activities at Camp
Let's. Y. NJ. C. A. vacation resort for
boys. which opens June %.
Conrad P. Helms, jr., we'll known in
amateur dramatic circles here, has
been chosen to direct the dramatlcS
and feature programs at the 200-acre
camp on the Rhodes River. Helms Is
an honor graduate of George Wash
ington University and now is a stu
dent at Drew Theological Seminary,
Madison, N j. Formerly he was vice
president of the Westminster Young
Peoples Conference.
DR.. Henry Vedder of George Wash
ington University will be medical di-
rector of the camp, in charge of the
health clinic.
Raphael H. Miller. jr of American
University. son of DR.. R. H. Miller,
pastor of the National City Christian
Church, will major" in crafts and
athletic features at the camp.
Assists in Athletics.
Marion Richmond of the University
of Maryland will assist in the nature
study program. dramatics and in ten
mis- instruction. swimming and other
athletics. Guy Appel of the Wash
ington Y M C. A. also will be asso-
ciated with the nature study work.
J Austin Mccullough of the Uni
versity of Delaware will promote
aquatics, life-saving classes and other
outdoor activities. He has been a
member of the University of Delaware
varsity swimming team for the past
two years and is veteran camper.
James Morton Allen of George
Washington University will aid in
camp supervision and will superin-
tend the camp store.
William E. Moore. University OF
Delaware, will take part in directing
sports. He has been a counselor at
Camp Let's for the past three years.
Claflin Athletic Coach.
Robert Clafin. who for the past
two years was in charge of tennis
and other athletic instruction, will
return for that program.
Earl T Hawkins, principal of the
Bel Air, Md. High School, will de-
vote his attention chiefly to older
campers and will lead in dramatic
and musical programs
The appointments were announced
yesterday by James c. Ingram, camp
director. Ingram previously had an
nounced selection of an associate di-
rector. Palmer S. Rutherford. and a
dozen other counselors.
Boys 9 to 18 years. inclusive. are
eligible to attend the camp. which is
conducted by the Washington Y M.
c. A. Boys Department on a nom
profit basis.
Evening star., 1934-06-10
ROOSEVELT APPROVES
WHEAT MILLING CODE
Flour Sales Contracts Regulated.
Stop-Loss Suspended-Pact
Effective Wednesday.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt yesterday ap-
proved a code for the wheat flour
milling industry, which will become
effective Wednesday.
1t prohibits unfair competition, sets
forth provisions regulating -four sales
contracts and sets a minimum con-
version charge for -four sales.
The stoploss provision was sus-
pended by executive order of the
President, however, and cannot be
used unless the Secretary OF .Agri-
culture declares an emergency exists
making use of the stop-loss necessary.
Two other sections of the code. one
prohibiting advertising allowances and
the other prohibiting premiums, were
also stayed by the President.
Evening star., 1934-06-10

published in q volume. ''1n the
Days of Ny Father, General Grant,"
after he moved to Los Altos.
He studied mining engineering at
Cornell University after the war, and
then became o free-lance mining en-
gineer, covering much OF the United
States and Mexico He had lived at
Los Altos since 1924.
Following the rites at Mountain
View, burial will be made at the
Preside at San Francisco, with full
military honors.
Evening star., 1934-06-10
PAY DEMAND DRAF TED
Rubber Workers Ask Guarantee
nf "A WaakS' Work Per Year

Rubber w orkerS ASK guarantee
of a. Weeks Work Per Year.
AKRON, Ohio, June 9 (P)-Prepa-
ratory steps were completed today by
union rubber workers for impending
negotiations with manufacturers.
A proposed blanket agreement call
ing for a 75-cent hourly minimum
wage and a guarantee of A weeks
work year, was approved by the
convention of the United Rubber
Workers Council in its final session
here. The meetings lasted a week.
The workers demands will be pre-
sented to the manufacturers as soon
as possible" John House, president
Of Goodyear local, said today.
Evening star., 1934-06-10
AMENDS COMPLAINT

Mrs. Angela Bennett Seeks $3,-
600 Monthly From Actor.
LOS ANGELES, June R.-An
amended complaint by Mrs. Angela
Bennett against Richard Bennett,
actor. for separate maintenance, was
on file here today.
Mrs. Bennett said she had been ac-
customed to receive about $1,000 q
month for her support, which her
husband was well able to pay. She
asked a reasonable" allowance, all
the community property, which she
valued at $4,000. and sought 5000
attorneys fee.
The amended complaint reiterated
Mrs. Bennett's original charges Of sew
eral weeks ago that the actor beat her
frequently.
Evening star., 1934-06-10
NUDIST BEGINS TERM
Camp Proprietor Weighs Appeal
to U. S. Supreme Court.

ALLEGAN. Mich. June R.-
Fred c. Ring, Kalamazoo dancing
master and proprietor of a nudist
came near here, surrendered today to
begin a 60-day sentence for indecent
exposure.
He said. however that he would
continue his fight for a retrial and
to establish the legality of nudism.
The State Supreme Court recently
upheld his conviction. An appeal to
the United States Supreme Court is
remote possibility" it was said
Rings wife is to go on trial in
Circuit Court Tuesday.
Evening star., 1934-06-10
DIES AT AGE OF 81

Philadelphian Collected Contri-
buttons for Betsy Ross Shrine.
PHILADELPHIA, June 9 @-
Charles w. Smith, 81, who collected
l,040,270 10 cent subscriptions from
school children to purchase the Betsy
Ross flag house and preserve it as a
national shrine, died today. Smith
was a member of a wholesale coal firm
for many years.
Evening star., 1934-06-10
NOMINATIONS MADE
Senate Gets Maryland and Vir.
ginia Names for Postmasters.

President Roosevelt yesterday sent
to the Senate the following postmaster
nominations for Maryland and Vir-
einia:
Maryland-Forest Hill. Charles H
Wilson; Fort Meade, Charles A. Bech-
told: Oakland. Francis Hamill
Virginia - Strasburg. Richard S.
Wright; South Hill, Rufus w. Garris;
Sharps, Clementine M. Wright; Rural
Retreat, c. w. Kyle.
Evening star., 1934-06-10
AIR PROBE BILL 0. KID

House Group Approves Measure
to Investigate Crashes.
The Rayburn bill to give additional
authority to the Aeronautics Branch
of the Commerce Department to in
vestigate airplane crashes was ap-
proved yesterday by the House Inter-
state Commerce Committee.
The Secretary of Commerce is
given power to announce the cause
of crashes-something he cannot do
under present law.
Obscene Magazines Fought.
England has a campaign against
obscene magazines. and news dealers
selling them are fined.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-07

Sa''ue' 'nsu that insult and his
aides had an intent to defraud. There
are other charges standing against In
sull, but whether or not there will be
further prosecution is undecided.
There were rumors that the former
magnate, If cleared of all charges,
planned to re-enter La Sale street and
the utilities field.
THERE is bound to be another hot
A fight in the senate over the re-
vamped st. Lawrence waterway treaty,
but it looks now as If President Roose-
welt were justified in his expectation
that the treaty will be ratified. Sena-
tor James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois,
leader of the opposition that defeated
the pact in the last session, said In
Washington that he had heard rumors
that some major provisions involved in
the controversy had been eliminated in
a new treaty with Canada that is be-
ing negotiated. The omitted provisions.
he understood, have to do with the
American share of the cost of the sea-
way and limitations on the diversion
of water from Lake Michigan for the
Chicago drainage canal He added ru-
NOR also had 1t that the new pact would
acknowledge complete American SOW
ereignty over Lake Michigan.
The st. Lawrence treaty was one Of
the live topics discussed in the annual
convention of the Mississippi Valley
association In St Louis.
The association voted to continue its
opposition to the treaty unless its OBJ
jectionable features are removed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-07

house committee on naval affairs, has
made plain the policy he will insist
upon.
* sincerely hope it will not be nee
essary to scrap the treaty." he said,
''but it seems now we cannot hope very
strongly for anything else. We cannot
grant naval equality to Japan at any
price. If the Tokyo government does
insist upon wrecking the treaty will
insist that the house naval affairs COM
mittee and congress make enough
money available to build five ships for
each three laid down by Japan"
Japan, he said, had once agreed to
be satisfied with three warships for
each five built by the United States
or Great Britain. Officially and for
mally 1t said that was all it needed"
Vinson said, yet now it wants more"
"A GAIN it may be said that If or
when another European war
breaks out, 1t will start among the
southern nations. The blaze lighted
by the assassinations Of King Alexan-
der and Louis Barthou in Marseilles is
still smoldering. Jugoslavia's dele
gates in the League of Nations formal
" charged Hungary with completely in
the murder of the king, asserting she
had harbored Balkan terrorists. Hun
gary demanded immediate action by
the leagues council on this accusation,
declaring '.the peace of the world"
might be affected. The Hungarian
note asked that the matter be placed
on the agenda Of the councils session
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-07

D EPORTS of various business groups
N indicate that "luxury spending" is
becoming more noticeable and is aiding
industry considerably. This includes
everything from the baby's doll to the
palatial yacht-and some place in be-
tween is fine furs-and all trade organ
izations report an increase. Reports
to Secretary of Commerce Daniel G. Ro
per by business leaders indicated that
sales in some gift lines this year would
be 40 per cent greater than year ago.
Charity is not forgotten in this re-
vival of spending. Community chests
and councils reported that contribu-
lions to community chest drives this
year already are within 10 per cent
of the 1929 total, and national income
has dropped about so per cent in that
time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-07
Magellan Straits

The Straits of Magellan are more
than 300 miles long, measured by the
ship channel. which must be followed.
Penguins are seen in great numbers
along the route; seals and whales are
plentiful and the albatross is some
times encountered. Mt. Sarmiento.
1880 feet high, covered for 5000 feet
with snow and glaciers. is one of its
greatest sights. The straits are at the
tip Of South America.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-07

and Great Britain will
agree to give her naval
parity. But just in case,
she has now invited
France and Italy to-
join her in depouncing
the pact. Those nations
may consent, but the
two great Anglo-Saxon
nations are as one in
demanding that the s.
SO ratio be maintained.
Representative Carl
Vinson of Georgia, who
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-07


JOHANNESBURG day in America
L was wedding day in London for the
duke of Kent. fourth son Of the king
and queen of England, and Princess
Marina of Greece. The metropolis
swarmed with royalty and nobility
from many lands, and vast throngs of
ordinary persons watched the parade
to Westminster Abbey, where the mar
rage ceremony was performed. The
ancient church was filled with the for
tunate ones who had been invited and
the scene was glittering. The only
Americans present were United States
Ambassador and Mrs. Robert w. Bling
ham.
The ceremony in the abbey was cele-
brated at II o'clock in the morning,
and it was followed Immediately by an
other, the Greek Orthodox. The latter
took place in the private chapel of
Buckingham palace and was celebrated
by Archbishop Germanos, archimand-
rite of the Greek church in London.
Only select company Of royal wit
nesses was present.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-07

exists between France
and Russia, and that
the Soviet government
had offered armed aid
to France in case of a
conflict with Germany.
This caused great ex-
CT t e m e mt a d the
French office content
ed itself with a denial
that there was any
military accord. The
Russian offer was gen.
pral1v believed f0 have
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-07

w e | com e assurance
that the New Deal
program to be pre-
scented to congress in
January does not
contemplate the i'm
position of new taxes
or the substantial in
crease of exis n g
taxes. he added that
he believed expendi-
lures for normal gov
eminent purpos e $
would be kept well
within thp national
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-07

ern ment officials In
preparing and present
ing the case at an esti-
mated cost of 100000.
T h e verdict W a s
reached on the third
ballot, and the attor-,
neys for the prosecu-
ton could say only
that they had done
their best. It was ap-
parent that the jurors
we're not convinced
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-07
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Robinson Says President Plans No New Taxes-Franco-
German Agreement Concerning the Saar Reported
Wilson'S Warning to Japan
By EDWARD w. PIcKARD
). western Newspaper Union

called to meet on December to dis
cuss the forthcoming plebiscite in the
Saar, so that Hungary might defend
it's honor against proceedings which
have no other purpose than to compro-
mise the good name of the whole Hun
garian nation"
The document then pointed out that
the council, under Article Nv of the
covenant of the league, may deal with
any question affecting the peace of
the world.
It is, therefore, the duty of the coun-
Gil to face this question as soon as
possible, it asserted, land thus guard
against the grave dangers which might
arise from the situation that Hungary
is still bound to bring to the attention
Of the council"
The Jugoslavian charges were sup
ported by the other two states of the
little entente, Czechoslovakia and
Rumania.
Italy, which has stood by Hungary,
was expected to refuse to grant extra
dition to France of Dr. Ante Pavelich,
alleged leader of the gang that planned
and carried out the assassination of
King Alexander. The court of appeals
at Turin denied the application of
France, and it was believed the min
lister of justice would confirm this rul-
ing.
EON ARCHIMBAUD, French re-
IL porter of the budget, declared be-
fore the chamber of deputies that it
was undeniable that an understanding
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-07

TOE ROBINSON Of Arkansas, senate
~ floor leader, spent four hours in
conference with President Roosevelt at
Warm Springs, and emerged with the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-12-07

TAKE it from the Department of
l. Agriculture that American farmers
have these reasons to be thankful this
year:
Cash farm income from sales of
crops and live stock, AAA benefit pay
ments, and emergency drouth sales Of
cattle to the government totaled $780,
100000 in October, compared with
$3.50 100000 in September and $620,000,-
600 in October, 1888.
Total farm cash income for ten
months this year was $5,O45, 100000 COM
pared to $4.O99,O0O,O00 for the CORE
spending period last year, Of which
$4,614,OOO,000 was derived from mar
ketings and $433 100000 from benefit
payments and emergency cattle sales.
compared to 100000 and $780,
100000, respectively, in 1888.
CAMUEL INSULT and his sixteen CO.
~ defendants in the great mail fraud
trial in Chicago were acquitted by the
jury, despite the long work of the gov