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The Washington times., 1934-03-29
DISTRICT SEES
SURPLUS MELT

Washington's expected $5.000,-
900 budget surplus partially melt
ed away today as personsfat the
Capitol interested in District mat
ters computed the effect of Gov
ernment salary increases upon the
Districts bank roll.
On next June 80 District Off
cials had expected a surplus Of
SIS, 100000. Supplemental budget
estimates now before the Budget
Bureau provide for several school
and bridge construction items
and additional relief funds. to-
falling $4,00O,O00
Congress refusal to accept
President RooseHelt's veto of the
! Indepencar: Offices Supply bill,
however. means that the District
par roll will be inc ased by $500,
600 between February / and June
I 30, and by $1,0OO,00G during the
fiscal year of 1885.
Officials can only conjecture
what effect this will have upon
the supplemental items.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
7 CANDIDATES
OUTLINE PLANS

Public schools and need of
economies in the Alexandria city
government were the principal
topics of seven candidates for the
city council in next Tuesdays
primary who addressed mass
meeting in the v. P. S. Audi
torium last night.
The at-large candidates who
appeared were E. c. Dawson, w. j.
Greenan, A. S. Lamond, Paul l..
Delaney, Mrs. C. M. Shepperson
and DR.. ]. T. Ashton. George K.
Bender. Fourth Ward aspirant,
was the only ward candidate.
The at-large and Fifth Ward
candidates will address g meeting
of the Northwest Citizens Associa-
ton in Maury School tonight
while all of the candidates have
been asked to speak to colored
citizens in the colored Elks' Hall
tomorrow night.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
AnthrOpOIOgy PGrley
Slated at Catholic u.

The Catholic Anthropological
Conference will hold it's ninth
annual meeting Tuesday at
Catholic University.
Speakers at the morning Ses-
sion will include the Rev. John
LaFarge, S. j., Miss Regina
Flannery, the Rev. John M.
Cooper, and DR.. George N. Shu-
ster. The afternoon session will
be turned over to a discussion of
the concept Of peace and war"
in both Chinese and Hindu cul-
lures.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
WELFARE CHIEF
CHOICE NEAR

Selection of a director of public
welfare to succeed George S. Will
son appeared neared today as a
special committee of the Board Of
Public Welfare met to review the
qualifications of several persons
suggested for the post.
The committee consists of Sid
ney F. Taliaferro, w. w. MILAN
and F. w. McReynolds, who were
appointed some time ago by the,
District Commissioners to review
applications,
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
STREET
WORK BEGINS

Alexandria's 100000 street and
sewer program, made possible by
a PWA loan and grant, was
started today, affording 81 men
work. They were drawn through
the reemployment office. Two
shifts are being used.
While work for the present will
be confined to streets, the sewer
projects will be started shortly
and a larger number of men put
to work. The peak is expected
to be reached this summer when
over 200 will be employed.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
District LO&
dealing SOLELY ith the District of Columbia and all
action by the House and Senate District Committees
and Board of District Commissioners.
Senate

The Senate district committee scheduled to this
afternoon consider any reports which subcommittee
have ready
Legislation designed to prevent small loan operators from
collecting fees urged before Senate district
subcommittee today Members Of the subcommittee present
were Senators Robert R. Reynolds D), North Carolina
chairman and Arthur Capper (R), Kansas Absent none
Time of meeting, two hours. (story this page)
Col Edward A. Halsey secretary Of the Senate affixed
thereby making it law. (Story Page 1)
Senator William Borah R) Of Idaho today introduced
resolution in the Senate providing that the full Is per
pay cut be continued during the fiscal year all Gov
ernment salaries of $4,000. (Story Page ~
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
S793,000 ASKED
FOR RELIEF
IN APRIL
Emergency Works Division to
Function Next Monday;
Job Tickets Provided

District officials today forward
ed to Federal Emergency Relief
Administrator Harry L. Hopkins a
request for $793, 900 to defray the
Districts relief expenses for the
month Of April.
The request asks $4,000 for
transient relief, $4,000 for admin
istrative expenses of social service
work, SIS, 900 for salaries of relief
helpers, $225, 900 for direct relief,
$375, 900 for relief work for $4,000
families, $4,000 for administra-
tive costs Of the relief work and
$40, 1000 for materials to be used on
relief work.
The fund is to take care of the
newly established Emergency
Works Division, which, Monday,
will supplant the Civil Works pro-
gram. Some $500 persons now on
CWA rolls will be transferred to
the new unit at once and others
will be added as rapidly as they
are certified by the relief head
quarters.
The $500 transferred Monday
were on relief rolls before inaugu-
ration of the CWA. These will be
put back on relief rolls without
red tape. Others seeking jobs will
register at relief headquarters and
their cases will be investigated by
case workers.
AS soon as a case worker has
reported favorably on an appli-
cant, he will be given a work
ticket emitting him to a job under
the Emergency Works program.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
EGG DYE
CONF|SCATED

DR.. William c. Fowler, District
Health Officer, today issued an
order prohibiting sale in the Dis
trict of three brands Of Easter
egg dye, which he ruled were in
furious to health.
The health officer explained
that analysis of the dyes showed
they contained lead chromate,
which is harmful to the body,
both internally and externally.
Pointing out that two lots Of
the dye were seized in Washing
ton yesterday by the Federal Pure
Food and Drug Administration,
he stated that Washington deal
ers selling the dye will be pros
ecuted.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
BILL QUIZ
BAREST STACT|CS
Of USURERS
Senate Inquiry Is Told Money
Lenders Get as Much as
so Per Cent by Fees

More than 100000 Washing.
tonianS are victims Of usurious
practices while loan sharks here
thrive in evasion of money lend
ing laws.
This charge was made today in
a District Senate subcommittee
hearing on a bill designed to pre-
vent District money lenders from
charging excessive rates on small
loans.
AS High AS 50 Per Cent
william Roberts, special as
sistant corporation counsel for
the District, pointed out to the
committee, Of which Senator Rob
ert R. Reynolds (D0 Of North
Carolina is chairman, pointed out
that in addition to receiving q
legitimate 6 per cent on loans,
lenders here, through commits
sions" and sundry nebulous" fees"
are known to have collected as
high as so per cent interest on
loan.
Senator Reynolds proposed a
license fee to check this practice.
urging legislation which would
make the extra charges for loans
impossible.
It was pointed out that the
loan sharks easily circumvent the
present law which imposes a $500
fee on operators who lend at more
than 6 per cent.
Rate Limit Asked
Mr.. Roberts also proposed that
legislation be enacted to fix q
definite limit to the maximum
rate for which charges could be
made. He suggested an arbitrary
limit of 10 per cent on a $10O
loan, and proposed further that
to charge in excess of this rate
be made a criminal offense.
Roy M. Coffman, connected
with the Cancellation Bureau Of
the District, urged approval of the
bill, saying estimates show more
than 10O,000 persons in Washing
ton are victimized by inadequate
money-lending legislation.
Senator Arthur Capper (R.) Of
Kansas urged that the license fee
clause and the usury bill be kept
separate issues.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
Loan Sharks Hdruss 100, 600 Here, Is Charge
Moran W7oday
ButStqysmU.S
Secret Seruice

q. s. Secret Service Chief W.
H. Moran, white-haired veteran
Of criminal investig alton,
marked his SEVENTEEN birthday
anniversary today.
He has spent more than so
years in the Secret Service,
entering the service as a clerk
December l, 1882. He has
guarded the lives of Presidents
Wilson, Harding, Coolidge,
Hoover and Roosevelt.
Chief Moran was due for re-
tirement today, but a sweep Of
President Roosevelt's pen yes
terday granted him two more
years Of service.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
INDICTED
IN ATTEMPT TED
BANK HOLDUP
Grand Jury Holds Suspects in
Alleged EmbezzIements,
Shootings, Assaults

Aftermath of a futile attempt
to hold up the Washington Me
chanics Savings Band branch in
the 340O block Connecticut Ave
N. W., an indictment charging
Louis Levin, alias Lou Callahan
with housebreaking and assault
with intent to commit robbery was
reported today by the District
Grand Jury.
The indictment alleged that
Levin and another man entered
the bank october 81, 1882. With
drawn guns, it is charged, they
confronted William T. Matthews
a teller. He stepped on tear gas
bomb release. The men are
charged with firing one shot IN
their escape.
Levin was identified, it is said
by witnesses who saw him rush
from the institution.
Held in Shooting
William Foster, colored, who
interrupted the services at the
East Calvary Church, 140O block
B st, S. E., last Sunday, by firing
at his wife, Viola E. Foster, as she
sang in the choir, was charged
with assault with intent to XIII
and assault with a dangerous
weapon. The shot missed the
wife. ,,
Embezzlement from the Federal
Government was charged against
Stewart Mason KeySer, u, VINO
was accused of short-weightlng
persons who presented emergency
relief orders at his grocery store
1900 block Nichols Ave. S. E.
Keyser is alleged to have given
four haf-pound packages OF
cheese when filling requisitions
for four pounds Of cheese, and to
have converted So packages
through such operations.
Three men, Victor Juliano, Al
bert H. Smith and John Schley,
were indicted on a charge Of as
saulting United States Deputy
Marshal Herbert Akers, colored,
with a dangerous weapon. The
alleged attack was last January
IL, when the marshal is said to
have been attempting to seize a
car belonging to Juliano's father
Accused AS Slayer
First degree murder was
charged against Robert Jefferies,
colored, who is alleged to have
shot and killed William Mont
gomery, also colored, in a dice
game at 600 book M st. S. E.,
January IL.
Charged with beating to death
Clementine Crew and Lulu John
son, both colored. with an ak
February in the 1900 block
Wylie Court N. E., Robert Fran
els Middleton ,colored, was in
dicted for first degree murder.
Edward A. Baker and Clarence
s. Baker were charged with EN-
bezzlement, grand larceny and
defacing public records in con
nection with alleged defalcations
of approximately $1,000 at the
Prudential Savings Bank, where
they were employed.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
Citizens IndOrSe
McC1rrUn Taxi Bill

The McCarran bill requiring
taXicab operators to assume finan.
cial responsibility for damages
was indorSed today by the North
Capitol Citizens Association.
The association Endorsed the
measure in a letter to Represents
tive Mary T. Norton CD Of New
Jersey, chairman of the House
District Committee, and further
advocated legislation to make own
ers of private automobiles liable
in the same way.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
j, 8. MUST.FUND
g BILLIONS
BY international News Service

by INTERNATIONAL N0WB SeENACo
An all-time record in Federal
public debt transactions will be
shattered this fiscal year when
new issues and retirements will
exceed $4,000 million dollars, it
was learned at the Treasury
today.
Under budget estimates new
issues would total 1889 millions
and reti1ements about $3.50 mil
lions.
Owing to a slowing up Of
Government expenditures, due
partly to recent unreasonable
weather for outdoor work, it
was expected, however, the spend
ing program might fall from
1000 millions to 1000 millions
behind anticipated figures.
The total turnover of the debt
will be even higher than during
the wartime years of 1918 and
1919. However, the increase In
the debt, estimated at from 5000
millions to 7,400 millions was ex
ceeded in 1918, when the increase
wass 9,479 millions and in 1918
with a boost of 13,029 millions
In these years the retirementss
were relatively small.
Faced by the staggering In
crease, the Treasury experts were
laying plans for April IS financing
when about 1000 million dollars
in called fourth Liberty 4A per
cent bonds will be retired. They
were prepared to lay their de-
cision before Secretary Morgen
thau, who is now in Georgia on
short vacation, so that announce
ment of the financing plans may
be made early next week.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
JOB INSURANCE
BILL FOUGHT
by International News Service


The Wagner-LewiS unemploy-
ment insurance bill, which has
the backing of President Roose-
velt, would injure American
manufacturers, John C. Gall, as
societe counsel of the National
Association of Manufacturers,
told a House Ways and Means
subcommittee today.
The bill, which provides for a
5 per cent pay roll tax, "has all
the vices and none Of the virtues
Of a sales tax" he said.
American manufacturers would
be placed in a still weaker posi-
ton to cope with foreign compe-
tition, Mr.. Gall added.
He also asserted the bill would
cause manufacturers to adopt
new labor-Saving devices to avoid
the added pay roll expense.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
Commerce Chamber
OU. s. to Meet Here

The United States Chamber Of
Commerce will hold its twenty
second annual meeting in Wash.
ington on the four days begin
ming May /, it was announced
today.
The SUBJECT for the conference
will be "The Permanent Basis Of
Business Recovery" and New
Deal" policies will be scrutinlzed
and discussed.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
Man Found Dead
In Gas Filled Room

James c. Perrie, rs, of the 300
block of Eighth st. S. E., was
found dead from gas today in the
kitchen Of his home.
All windows in the kitchen had
been closed, and the nan had COW
cred his head wit a coat, police
said. Two jets in gas stove were
Open,
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
LOANS 400 MILLION

Loans totaling almost 00,000,-
900 have been granted on 1S8,175
urban homes to date, the Home
Owners Loan Corporation an.
nounced.
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
Board of Commissioners

The Commissioners did not meet board.
Federal funds requested to pay District relief
penditures during April. (Story this page)
Creation of another job requested by the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board (StorY this pagel
The Washington times., 1934-03-29
House

The House District Committee did not meet.
Increase of District employees salaries will entail added
expenditures of $7OOOOO it is estimated at the Capital
(Story on this page)
Evening star., 1934-04-04
BONDS CONTINUE
TO HIGHER LEVELS
U. S. Governmentsand Many
Corporate Issues Rise
Further at End.
BY BERNARD S. O'HARA,

NEW YORK, April 4.-Bond prices
continued to point higher in the late
trading, with widened gains in U. S.
Governments and a considerable num-
ber of corporate issues.
In the Federal list advances ranged
from 2-32s to l6-32s of a point. Treas
ury IS. 314s and 33ss. along with
Liberty 312s and first 41as, scored the
maximum improvement.
Volume increased as various sec
ondary rails, utilities and industrials
added to the forenoon rise. Advances
of around point occurred in Erie
SIS, Allegheny Corporation S. Amer
ican Smelling SIS, North American
5s, Southern Railway As and Youngs-
town Sheet & Tube 5s.
German loans continued under pres
sure in the late trading, but the rest
Of the foreign list showed values hold
ing close to yesterdays finals under
light trading
Evening star., 1934-04-04
FEDERAL LAND BANKS.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Department OF Assil Rsriculture7 HOES 5000.
Including 5000 direct; slow. about steady
9Th TUESDAY; 1sQ;2so nppde pon1des a99s4
eeSnds sounds @ssa RSSrSS g; pigs; sSoss 90; pack
shose se~s pouhds Fht $500 lsha
weight. 10000 pounds. 3.75a4 ID; me-
dium weight. 200-250 pounds. 4.00a4 20;
heavy weight. 250-350 pounds. 3.75a4 20; !
packing sows. medium and good 215-5So
PS6ondso PSoo JoUna poSnas psss s90d and eh0'e
Cattle. 5000; calves. 1000; fed steers
and yeaIlings strong inst, instances shade ;,
hsI saa7 SPasF sRan sss
steers, !;s5: ,s9i pounds; 800; g. buit isd
steers steers. ssi' sood and nd Choice. s59-6oo pounds
s.o9a7 75; eoo.l 100 pounds. e:ooaa7i io5;
800 pounds. Ss6a7 SIS: common End I'D
heifers. good and choice. 550-550 pounds.
b25:1 b.25: cows. GOOD. a56a4 SO; comm Common and
medium. .65a3, IS; low cutter and cutter.
1.50a2 .65: bulls tyearlings excluded. GOOD
(beeD, 3:loa3:!5 cutter, common and me
5.0Oa6.75; medium 4.00a500: Gull and
common. 3.00a4 90. stocker and feeder
cattle. steers. good and choice. 50o-1 $50
pounds. .5oa575; common and medium
Sheep, 5000; fat lambs opening slow.
indications around steady; asking ,9;l0
upward but larger buyers interests talking
nes sse Few Sa s00a a@os
Btu go9Hs:o common nSSa ana So medium: ocas ss'
ewes 9O-15O pounds. good and choice.
S7a. 3.00a4.5o.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

Dy tIIt FASSOCIdItU FItSS.
NEW YORK, April 4.-Cotton was
steadier today following slight early
declines on moderate trade, local and
New Orleans buying influenced by
steadiness of stocks and grains.
Early liquidation and Liverpool SELL
ing caused prices to ease 4 to
points, but the market recovered, with
July selling up from 1907 to 1915
and the general list making net gains
Of to points.
At the beginning of the last hour
prices were holding within a point or
so OF these levels. Reports of a bet
ter inquiry for cotton goods aided the
tone.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. April 4 R.-Egss. 43.075;
frmer Mixed colors. special packs or
selections from fresh receipts. 1sha20;
lsN; f1rsts. 1917; seconds. 1bha16; me
diums, 40 pounds. l5Na15%; dirties No.
!: ~ pounds. 15haI6E; average checks
15a16N; storage packed frsts!' 17ka17h.
score). 23h: first fs7 to. 81 scores):
go scoreS. SsaasN.
Cheese, 226,3sa; steady. Prices un.
ehanged.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

NEW YORK. April 4 LN.-Foreisn ex-
change easy; Great Britain in dollars,
others in cents:
Great Britain demand 5.17ia; cables.
5.17ia; 60-day bills, 516h; France de-
mand, $50; cables, $50; Italy demand,
pemands88eisium. 1888; Germany.
3e:75: Holland. $50; Norway. .-5e .03; !;
2.29; Switzerland, 32.39: Spain, 1887;
Portugal, 4.73; Greece, .95; Poland. 1901;
Czechoslovakia.- All; Yueoslavia, 2.27:
tina. "a 53N: Brazil. a79N: Toxic. so. SO;
shanEhai, 35 90: Honekons: 5000; Mexico
York 800. .O3Ts New York in Montreal,
99.96T. N-Nominal
Evening star., 1934-04-04
COTTON EXPORTS HIGHER.

NEW ORLEANS, April R.-sec-
retary Emeritus H. G. Hester Of the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange said
yesterday that United States exports
to foreign countries exclusive Of Can
ada totaled 531,l07 bales during
March, against 6ll,350 bales tn 1883.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
INVESTMENT TRUSTS

NEW YORK, April GP.-Over-the-
Counter market:
Moon quotat tionsD
Evening star., 1934-04-04
Del Il Hud ref - ~ .
Del Il Hud b ~

DCI 0 - w " ~
Del Pw d 1t 4hs'7
Denmark ANS o2...
Denmark : rs 66...
Denmark IS +3.....
Denver CASA X 6s6l
Den Il Rio q en- - 3S
Den Il X CIR +hsSS.
ben Il X Or w % 'bb .
Den Il X Or w 6s IL
Det Ed 4hsD 81.
Detroit Ed RI IS -.
Detroit Ed W 81.
Det Edison s. '66....
Dodge Bros 81 90.
DuQuesne 4hs A 81.
Duoussne $As b 81. .
D e l6hs's3 Nov.
Dutch Est Ind - ~.
Evening star., 1934-04-04

Washington Stock Exchange.
SALES.
Capital Traction SSH 900 at 80,
$1,000 at 80. $1,000 at 80, ST 900 at
80, $1,000 at 80, $1,000 at 80. $1,000
at 80.
Bid and Asked Prices.
BONDS.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. April 4 lP.-Call money
steady: ! per cent all day. Time Joans
steady: go days-6 months. 24-1 per cent.
Prime commercial paper. !. Bankers ac-
New York Reserve Bank. ~ per cent.
Evening star., 1934-04-04
CottOESeed Oil.

Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
closed firm; spot unquoted; April,
$50 bid; May, 5.32 bid; June, 5.35
bid; July. $50 bid; August, $50 bid;
September, 582; October, 590a5 SO.
Sales. 20 contracts, including l8
switches
The Washington times., 1934-11-17

The margin was too narrow,
however, and she wrote:
I'm bed with H. w. B."
The Veterans Bureau doctor
to whom the slip" was sent re-
turned it with the notation:
GIVE full name. Initials will
not do"
In the new Executive offices
at the White House there is q
niche.
1t is directly behind the chair
occupied by Pat McKenna. the
reserved but well-liked gentle.
man who for years has been a
familiar figure at the White
House and to whom all must go
before entering the inner
Sanctum.
Everyone has been searching
for a bust to fit the niche.
First, there tD1S placed in the
space a bust of Aristotle. 1t
disappeared. The theory is
that Aristotle wdS too much of
q "brGin truSter."
The second bust to be placed
was one of Aristophanes. That
too has disappeared. Reason Is
that Aristophanes wrote a
comedy of THE Frogs" and In
the chorus is the line:
"Brek-ek-ek-ek cO-a3 coax"
Now that same line is t..N
Yale yell and President Roose.
velt is a Harvard grad.
Representative Sol Blooms
favorite, Houdon's bust of
George Washington, was con-
Sidered. There we're too many
around the town already.
In one section of the White
House there is a bust, the
identity of tDhich none knowS.
1t apparently has been in the
White House since its construc.
ton.
Some folks believe it Is q bust
Of that national figure, The For
gotten Man.
And they say that, after all,
that is the bust that should &C.
cupy the niche.
In Washington there is one
of those information bureaus.
1t has the answers to all the
questions.
Recently, as a matter of fact,
just after election, it received
the following demand from q
man down in old Mississippi:
81 have just been elected road
commissioner. / want you to
send me all information you
have on road construction.
"Can you advise me where I
could get correspondence
course that would tell me how
roads should be buiIt?"
Copyright, 1884, The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
Let the Navy Do 1t
Train Merchant Marine

The report of Dckerson N Hoover Assistant Director OF
the Steamboat Inspection Service the MORO Castle disaster
is valuable document far goes but it does not 60 far
enough.
It makes expected recommendations The need Of fire.
resisting materials in ships efficient fire and boat drills
changes in the salvage laws, etc.
And in confidential report is understood Mr. Hoover
charges that the morale the Moro Castle damaged
bv undepay overwo poor quarters and unsatisfactory food
He also finds that the responsible ships officers failed to
meet the emergency when conclusion which has
been fairly obvious the entire world since the disaster
occurred.
What public hoped to in the report however and
ddn se was recommendation that the entire merchant
rine be hooked up closely with the Navy
Supervision competent naval officers training merchant
officers and by naval instructors and the placing such
officers and the naval would certainly improve
discipline morale aboard merchant ships 100 1000 per
cent
It would also provide work for AMERICAN seaen since
such system only Americans could be employeda
least on deck or in engine rooms.
This might require higher subsidies to the lines.
If So the expense would well justified by the returns
Our marine has suffered very black eye because
Moro Castle tragedy and its imperfecons both for
peace or for become matter of public knowledge
We ought take leaf out of the book of other maritime
nations and link the Navy and The commercial fleet together in
q practical relationship
We the only great nation that nand the MORO
Castle disaster the result.