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Evening star., 1934-02-23
PAY RESTORATION
ACTION DELAYED
House Is in Recess and
Senate Must Pass on
Veterans Allowances.

With advocates Of full pay restora-
ton in the Government service on
July hopeful that the Senate pro-
vision to that effect will remain in
the independent Offices bill when it
finally passes both Houses further
developments on the bill have been
postponed until next week.
The Senate, having voted to restore
per cent of the pay cut as of Febru-
airy l. and all of the remaining 10
per cent on July !. is through with
the pay section of the bill, but still
has before it proposed changes in war
veterans allowances to be voted on
Monday.
The Senate recessed last night for
the week end with several Of these
veteran amendments pending. The
House adjourned today out of respect
to Representative Hooper, who died
yesterday.
Some Of the leaders in the House
are predicting that the present out
look is favorable to concurrence by
the House in the full pay restoration
amendment.
No Action Before Tuesday.
The issue will not get before the
House before Tuesday at the earliest,
even if the Senate can finish the vet
erans' amendments Monday night
and pass the independent Offices bill.
Although no definite announcement
has been made thus far of any in
tention in the Senate to try to obtain
a reconsideration of the vote by
which full restoration was placed in
the bill. such a development is still
within the realm of possibility
Parliamentary experts explained to-
day that under Senate rules motion
to reconsider can be made on the day
the vote is taken. or on either one OF
the next two days the Senate is actu-
ally in session. The vote was taken
Wednesday, Although the Senate re-
cessed last night until Monday, under
this rule a motion to reconsider
could be entered Monday. which
would be only the second day OF
actual Senate sessions. A motion to
reconsider, however, will have to be
made either by one of the. Senators
who voted for full restoration, or by
a member who did not vote on the
original motion.
Administration Defeated.
In voting Al to 40 for full restora-
ton July l as we'll as for one-third
of the pay cut Immediately, the Sen
ate defeated administration forces
who were contending for the commit
tee recommendation of per cent now
(Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1934-02-23
HEARING IS SOUGHT
IN SHORE LYNCHING
Princess Anne Druggist Listed
as Member of Mob Would
Testify Here.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PRINCESS ANNE, February 23.-
William H. Thompson, Princess Anne
druggist, today telegraphed Senator
Frederick Van Nuys, chairman Of the
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee con-
Quoting hearings on the Wagner
Costigan anti-lynching bill, asking
that he be given opportunity to testify
before the committee.
Attorney General william Preston
Lane, jr., of Maryland, testifying
Wednesday, listed Thompson with six
others as alleged leaders of a mob
that lynched George Armwood at
Princess Anne last October
Thompson's telegram was:
AT any time 1t may suit the con.
venience of your committee, desire
to go to Washington at my own ex-
penSe and without summons to deny
the false and libelous statements given
you by Attorney General Lane. i'm
plicating ME in the lynching Of George
Armwood"
Recently Thompson revealed that
his attorney was considering filing
suit for 100000 against Lane, alleg-
ing libel and defamation Of character.
Evening star., 1934-02-23
NEW CRASH RAISES MAIL
TOLL AS AIR COST is CUT
IN HALF BY COMMITTEE
Crashes Since
Army Airmen
Began Service
List Includes Deaths,
accidents and Dam.
aged Planes.

Five Army pilots have been
killed in IL accidents. involving or
incident to carrying the mails, be-
tween February 16 and %, inclu-
sive-oEe week.
Figures compiled by the Depart
mcnt of Commerce show that air.
lines operating in carrying the
mails had 81 accidents during
1893. Of these eight were fatal
and seven pilots we're killed.
The toll of Army Air Corps
crashes during the period of prep
arations for the taking over of the
airmail service and the actual fly
ing of the mail follows:
February l6-Second Lieut.. Jean
D. Grenier Fort Crockett, Tex,
and Second Lieut. Edwin D. White.
March Field. Calf. killed in
crash in Weber Canyon, Unintah
Mountains, Utah.
February 16-First Lieut.. James
Y. Eastman, March Field, Calf,
crashed in flames at Jerome, Idaho.
CONTINUED On Page 6, Column 81
Evening star., 1934-02-23
POMP OF CORONATION EVOKES
MIRTH OF BABY GROWN PRINCE

of all was the demonstration which
followed his fathers speech with its
declaration: "The dynasty Is at the
service of the nation"
He may not have known what it
meant, but he was as excited as any
one when the ministers cheered and
waved their white hats. and other
dignitaries cheered and flourished
their white gloves.
At the conclusion of the enthrone-
ment, Queen Astrid stumbled and
almost fell as she started down the
great stairway when leaving parlia-
ment.
The queen, who Is expecting her
third child. suddenly turned pale and
almost dropped to her knees. An
aide-de-camp steadied her.
The Countess Des Lampsheere. a
lady-in-waiting, Immediately took
Prince Baudoin from his mothers
hand and carried him to an awaiting
horse-drawn carriage.
Queen Astrid recovered quickly and
walked to the carriage In which the
|pasty Was driven 10 Lasken Castle.
Evening star., 1934-02-23
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND" UBE
STARTS Law COURSE FOR WOMEN

age, like to say "incorporeal heridita-
ments" when referring to the right OF
way across neighbor's land. Then
they get irked when their wives don't
understand
Twenty years ago women wouldn't
have been interested in this at all"
said Frances Anne Ballard. who con-
ducts the course. Her explanation
was:
Women are more interested in
everything now They want to know
enough to talk to lawyers when they
need them
THE times have made women con-
scious of legal problems that affect
their personal lives. Even club pro-
grams have changed. They no longer
consist of little Shakespeare and
Browning"
Mrs. Ballard was the first woman
lawyer graduated from the University
of Pennsylvania Law School.
She made it clear that in her class
she is not practicing law. but pur-
poses merely to give women . legal
background for everyday problems.
Evening star., 1934-02-23
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 23.-That
masculine remark: Dear, you just
don't understand" has resulted in a
family law course "for married wom-
en- especially"
The adult education division OF the
University of the State Of New York
has launched it. Women for the Nrst
time afe invited to join class where
questions about law will be answered
without fear of being stumped."
1t is an evening class. held In
Brooklyn, and here are some OF the
fret questions asked:
How can I get a divorce easily, at
low ccst?"
What legal steps can a lady take
If her husband beats her?"
Others want to know just what is
meant by the phrase. With all my
worldly goods l thee endow." Light
also is being sought on the subject
of wills, tenant laws and alimony.
The prevailing belief seems to be
that men. enjoying technical yEbi.
Evening star., 1934-02-23
Fixed Price Set
in Ban on
Bidding.
PLAN WILL SAVE
ABOUT 100000
G. o. p. to Attempt
to Return Service
to Lines.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The House Post Office Committee
today voted to establish a fixed price
per pound for airmail. eliminating
competitive bidding.
The figure, chairman Mead said,
will be fixed probably at around 2
mills per pound-mile, as against the
AZ mills average for 1882.
Under competitive bidding" he
told newspaper men, I'VE are supposed
to have had a number Of companies
getting together and agreeing VINO
should make the lowest bid and what
his bid should be.
That brought us rates averaging
AZ per pound-mile.
Under the new system, the rate au-
tomatically would be around MIL:
per pound-mile with the best available
carrier selected"
S10,000,000 Cut.
Representative Kelly. Republican
CT Pennsylvania, author of the bill
now before the committee, said this
change would result in a reduction
from the Sl9,00OO0O spent for airmal
in 1882 to around 100000.
Mead added that the committee
probably will adopt an amendment
permitting these contractors whose
contracts have been Cancelled to CONS
back in the Government service under
very severe stipulations and restric'
ti0ns."
Consideration of the emergency
airmail bill was postponed, meanwhile
when the House adjourned out of re-
spect to Representative Hooper, Re.
publican, of Michigan, who died yes
terday.
Republican quarters hinted that
when the bill is called tomorrow
an amendment will be offered
II approved, the amendment would
take the Army off the mail-fying job
quickly.
Such an amendment, however, faces
plenty of trouble. The administra-
tion indicated it would oppose such
action.
The emergency bill itself provides
merely for a switching of funds and
equipment for temporary Army haul
ing of airmail Debate has peen Inn
tied to an hour and a half. The
bill however, is open to amendments
and there were expectations many
would be offered.
ingalls, Called.
The House Naval Committee, in its
search for heavy profits in the max.
ing of planes for sea forces, called
before it today David S. ingalls,. for.
mer Assistant Navy Secretary II
charge of aeronautics. Engine con.
tract awards from March. 1929, tc
May, 1882, were up for discussion.
Charles Francis Adams. ingalls,
chief, was called for tomorrow. De-
spite denials that he owned 500 share!
of an aircraft stock while in office
Chairman Delaney said he wanted Il
hear the denial personally.
Meanwhile testimony that the Wal
Department granted at least two air
plane contracts after its official lega
advisor, the judge advocate general
held them unlawful. is being studied
by a House Military Affairs Sub
committee.
To determine the truth the com
mittee has asked for all records in
volving airplane purchases since 1926
Evening star., 1934-02-23
Arnv Aviator
Is Injured
in Ohio.
FIVE KILLED
WITHIN WEEK
Mother OF Pilot
Blames i. S. for
Sons Death.
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press
The Army counted five dead three
injured, and nearly dozen cracked
planes today as the toll of its 5-day
long excursion into the Nations air
mail lanes.
All of the dead were either flying
the mail or had been assigned to that
task when they we're killed.
The latest in the series of mishaps
came in the midst of blizzard near
Fremont. Ohio, just before dawn to-
day. Pilot Norman Burnett became
lost and bailed out suffering a frac-
tured leg. .
Reluctant to speak until mvestlga-
tions had been completed, Army men
tentatively laid some OF the mlShapS
to equipment failures.
After Representative Hamilton tlsn
of New York had called the Govern
nent's assignment of service men TO
airmail duty form of "legalized muir
Ger" a program brewed in Washing
ton House circles to put the alrmall
pouches back into private planes.
Administration Silent.
The administration was silent, be-
yond Postmaster General Farley's
statement of last night that cancella-
tion of commercial airmail contracts
was a move that would eliminate
"abuses which grew out of unfair and
sitting competition"
The Government put the Army in
the saddle when the contracts were
Cancelled.
MAIL PILOT INJURED.
Evening star., 1934-02-23
VIRGINIA RACE BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
Senate at Richmond Expected
to Concur, Permitting
Pari-Mutuels.
By a STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY stan correspondent OF The star.
RICHMOND, Va. February 23-
The House of Delegates today passed
the twin bills legalizing pari-mutuel
betting in Virginia and setting up a
racing commission, following the bill S
defeat yesterday. when it failed by
one to receive the 81 votes needed for
revenue measures, the first bill was
taken up again today and passed by a
vote of 54 to 43. The companion
pari-mutuel bill was passed by vote
of So to %. There was no discussion
on either.
The bills provide for a three-mem-
Der commission to be appointed by the
Governor for as many as three tracks
in Virginia, for a total 100 racing
days, for a limit of 40 racing days
to a track and for tracks at least a
mile in length There would have
to be at least six races daily for purses
of not less than 5000.
Localities would be permitted to
vote to bar racing within their
borders.
Advocates contemplate the es.ab-
lishment of a track in the vicinity &
Alexandria If the Senate accepts the
bills.
Evening star., 1934-02-23
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS, February 23.-The
somewhat boisterious little Prince
Baudoin Albert Axel Marie Gustave,
31a-years-old, who Is destined to wear
the crown some day, enjoyed his
fathers enforcement in his own way.
His mother, the new Queen Astrid,
and his 6-year-old sister, Princess
Josephine Charlotte, sat with him on
the tribune at the left of Leopold's
throne.
But the baby crown prince did not
contribute to the solemnity OF the
occasion.
He laughed continually. pointing to
the splendid uniforms of the guests
and was especially interested In the
Archbishop of Malines and other
bishops in their scarlet robes.
He was a handful for his mother,
for there were no nursemaids at the
enforcement. The queen often had
to caution him to keep quiet and. sew
eral times, took him On her lap.
What Prince psudoin enjoyed @oSl
Evening star., 1934-02-23
WATER AND SEWER
LEVY CUT IS URGED
Engineer Commissioner
Proposes 0ns-HaIf Reduc.
ton to Senator King.

A recommendation that the assess
ment rates for water and sewer mains
be cut in half. from So to s150 per
front foot. was submitted to Charm. an
King of the Senate District Commit
tee today by Engineer Commissioner
John c. Gotwals.
His letter said a study Of recent
costs shows that l0-inch service sew
ers cost $374 per lineal foCt, and g.
inch water mains cost S3l1 per Iineal
foot. He further points out, however,
that in the ordinary case, such costs
are met by an assessment on both
sides of the street served. This means
that the property owners on o 'th sides
of the street are assessed total of
Sc. The letter of the Engineer Com
missioner was in reply to request
from Senator King for information
on the subject, after he had received
complaints that these special assess
ments were too high.
Declared Excessive.
Several weeks ago B. H. Gruver, a
builder, wrote to Senator King, de-
scribing the sewer and water main
assessment rates as excessive. He
stated that the rate of So each for
water and sewer mains made total
of Sc per foot, and that he understood
the actual cost lis something less
than half of that"
Engineer Commissioner Gotwals, in
his response to Senator King today
wrote as follows:
The present rates for water and
sewer mains of So per front foot, such
rates being established in 1927, were
met without embarrassment. ano
almost unnoticed, by private builders
during the period of buoyant con-
struction. However, during the pc
riod of the depression, these charges
are a serious bar to private buildings
As the resumption of normal private
IContirued on page Q Column 81
Evening star., 1934-02-23
FRANCE PLANS VAST
AVIATION PROGRAM
Will Spend Billion Francs a Year
for Three Years to Strengthen
Military Force.

PARIS, February 23 G70.-France
today announced plans for a vast
three-year aviation program, to cost
l,000,000,000 francs approximately
s65.000,000) year.
Gen. Victor Denain, minister Of air.
told the Finance Committee of the
Chamber of Deputies that French
military aviation was in an extreme
ly difficult" situation and promised
lost ground will be regained."
Through the adoption of new model
planes and improved morale. he as
serted. the country's air forces will
improve rapidly.
The program will be financed
through loan and is in addition tc
the 1854, 100000 francs approximate
ly s106,6l0,000) air budget
Some circles regarded the step as
another answer in Frances refusal to
continue "rearmament" talks with
Germany.
Evening star., 1934-02-23
TANKER is GROUNDED
SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES
Coast Guard Cutter Stands By
and Salvage Tug Is Expected
to Arrive Today.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, February 23.-Ap-
parently free from immediate danger
of breaking up. the oil tanker Swift
Eagle lay grounded on San Benito
Island, 450 miles south Of here, today,
with the Coast Guard cutter Shoshone
standing by.
The salvage tug Peacock was ex-
pected to reach the Swift Eagle about
noon today. With $4,000 barrels OF
fuel oil aboard. the tanker left here
February for New York and went
aground Wednesday night.
She lost her boilers and was pound
ed severely by heavy seas, but the
ocean became celr,e- yesterday and
the Shoshone reported the crew OF 81
decided to remain aboard.
Evening star., 1934-02-23
BROWN. TEST|F|ES
SECRETARY SORTED
DATAFOR BURNING
Gave Direction Only for Per.
SOnaI Correspondence,
He Tells Probers.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Walter F. Brown. Postmaster Gen
eral under President Hoover, told
Senate airmail investigators today he
left to the Judgment of his secretary
what Of his personal correspondence
should be burned when he left Office.
On the stand for the fifth consec-
utive day. Brown previously had ex-
panded details of the award of air.
mail contracts during his administra-
tion
Il told my secretary, Kenneth Nc
Pherson,'' Brown said, I'D like for
him to go over my personal corre-
spondence and use his own judgment
in sorting out papers that might be
of value to me and to dispose of the
part that had no value I had no
place to store it without a good deal
of expense"
Brown said emphatically. however,
he told Mcpherson to sort over only
his personal papers.
He said he never saw his Office files
while Postmaster General, leaving that
to subordinates.
Burning Rec0unted.
Department employees have told the
committee that official correspondence
was put into the furnace at the direc-
ton of Browns secretary at the end
of the Hoover administration.
A few days after that testimony
Brown turned over a sheaf of letters
to Postmaster General Farley, saying
he had found them Unexpectedly in
a chest of personal correspondence
and odds and ends left over from
his days in Office.
He said at the time the letters were
those which the department employees
had testified were burned.
Brown testified the first time he
gave a thought to the contents of the
box was on January II, 1884.
'Mr. Glover was in New York." he
said, "and my attention had been di-
rected to testimony in this investiga-
to fix the date when N. A. T. began
passenger operations-they being the
most stubborn about it.
Sends for Records.
1 SdlQ 10 MIN tlldL COIHplldllOll
of mail contracts we made about a
couple of years ago might show that. u
Brown then said he asked his wife
to have the hotel porter send the box
to their library,
That was on Friday" he said
adding that for one reason or anoth-
er, partly because of disturbance over
"the publicity" at the airmail hear
ing, he did not open the box until the
following Tuesday.
Then" he said. II said to Mrs
Brown, Let's open that box We die
and there, tied up near the top,
found two packages, one containing
letters labeled Merchant Marine the
other 'Airmail.'"
WAS there any other correspond
ence relating to either the ocean ol
-, nar, Hol,,,,,Y,
Evening star., 1934-02-23
.REICHSBISHOP TOLD
TO MIND BUSINESS
Protestant Leader Creates Sensa'
ton in Germany in Fighting
Dictatorial Powers.
BY the Associated Press.

BERLIN, February 23.-Rev. Martin
Neimoeller's parish church of the Bor-
ough of Dahlem told Reichsbishop
Ludwig Mueller today to mind his own
business-or words to that effect.
The fighting parson. who has led
Protestant leaders in opposing what
they term the dictatorial methods Of
the Reichsbishop, was requested to
continue 10 preach and officiate de-
spite his summary removal by Mueller
February IA
The request was made by the church
elders, who adopted resolution as
serting Niemoeller is responsible to
the congregation which called him
not to the Reichsbishop.
The parson promised to continue to
preach. This open defiance by the
Dahlem church was watched with keen
interest by Protestants all over Ger
many.
Hundreds of pastors who oppose the
Reichsbishop intend to announce the
action of the Dahlem congregation
from their pulpits.
Evening star., 1934-02-23
CHACO PEACE OFFERED
League of Nations Commission
Submits Formula.

BUENOS AIRES, February 20 (P).-
The League of Nations Commission
sent to South America to attempt a
settlement of the Chaco war submit
ted to Paraguay and Bolivia today its
own peace formula.
The commission set a time for the
answer. after which it will publish the
formula, if the answers are not re-
ceived, and consider its work finished.
Evening star., 1934-02-23
Tourists Saved From Ship,

CONSTITUTION, Chile. February
% R.-Numerous tourists were res
cued by fishing vessels today from
the excursion steamer Don Enrique,
which ran ashore In q fog.
Evening star., 1934-02-23
Breaks Leg as He Balls Out OF Plane
In Ohio.

FREMONT, Ohio. February % Up
Army Air Pilot Norman Burnet;
bailed out OF his ship 7 miles north
of Fremont early today and suffered
q broken left leg in his parachute
descent Burnett was out of Cleve-
land for Chicago He did not have
q load of mail with him.
He was found at 7 am. by Irwin
Bowersox, q farmer, three hours after
0Continued on PAGE s, Column So
Evening star., 1934-02-23
Two hurt by Bomb.

HAVANA, February % CP).-Two
men were gravely injured in the ex-
plosion Of a bomb in the Cuban
owned India Tires Agency early today,
Evening star., 1934-02-23
2O-b|LL|0N LOANS
TOBROKERS Barred
Survey Shows Corporations
ro,'.-ed Funds Into Market
During Boom.
BY the associated Press.

BY the associated Press.
Statistics showing group Of 20
large corporations poured more than
S2O. 900 900 900 into the speculative
boom market of 1929 were made pub
lie today by the Senate Stock Market
Investigating Committee
The committee gave out the results
Of survey showing the selected
group of corporations had almost a
billion dollars in the market at one
time near the peak Of the boom in
the Fall Of that frenzied speculative
year.
The $40 ,o0o, 900 900 figure was a
cumulative total of all moneys ad-
vanced, with the amounts in at any
one time varying greatly.
The largest total during the period
was s17.672 $40. 600 for the Standard
Oil Co. Of New Jersey.
Rapid Turnover.
This company apparently had a
rapid turnover of loans. however. be-
cause its biggest single days advance
was 97,824, 900, less than some OF
the others.
On the other side of the Capitol
the constitutionality of the Fletcher
Rayburn bill for regulating stock ex-
changes was challenged by Thomas
B. Gay, counsel for the New York
Stock Exchange, appearing before
the House Interstate Commerce Com
mittee
Gay contended that however nee
essary the control of the so-called
ABUSES and conduct of stock ex-
changes. Congress was without con-
stitutional power to do it. because
transactions were of an intra-State
and not interstate character and
hence should be controlled by the
States.
Before the same committee, for the
second time in two days. Richard
Whitney. president of the New York
Stock Exchange. again assailed provi-
sions of the Fletcher-Rayburn bill to
regulate the stock market. Whitney
had proposed yesterday that this bill
be scrapped in favor of a plan to be
submitted by the exchange. The re-
quest caused considerable surprise.
Saue0 IOT questioning.
The survey total was made public
by the Senate committee as it called
representatives of some Of the COM
panies for questioning about the
loans.
The survey covered 20 of the big
gest corporations in the country. but
the total included only II of them.
as the others did not give the aggre-
gate of their loans.
Bethlehem Steel and Electric Bond
g. Share were shown to have had the
greatest peak days on the loans, each
reaching high of $4,000 900.
Companies Listed.
The committee listed the following
companies in the survey:
American Founder Corporation ano
subsidiaries, American g. Foreign
Power Co. and subsidiaries, American
Can Co.. Anaconda Copper, Auburn
Automobile. Bethlehem Steel and sub
salaries, Chrysler Corporation, Cities
Service. Consolidated Oil Corporation
Electric Bond g. Share and sub
sidiaries, General Foods Corporation
General Motors Corporation. Interna-
tional Nickel, Pan-American Petro-
leum & Transport, Radio Corporation
of America and subsidiaries, Radio
Keith-O -Orpheum, Standard Oil OF New