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Evening star., 1934-09-30
Press Head in U. S.

SOUTHAMPTON England, Septem-
ber 20 LP-Henry Martin, editor-in-
chief of the Press Association, British
news gathering agency, sailed today
on the S. S. Berengaria en- route to
Chicago to attend meeting Of Asso-
ciated Press managing editors.
Evening star., 1934-09-30
JAPANESE ARE ACCUSED
American Who Aided Filipinos
Charges Many Crimes.

MANILA, P l., September % CP.-
Thomas F. Lowden, an American
lumoerman, who figured in the rescue
OF three Philippine peace officers
thrown into the sea by the crew of
the fishing boat Kaium Maru, said
today the incident followed q series
OF depredations by japanese fishermen
on the Island Of Palawan.
Natives of the island. off which the
kaium Maru attack occurred, often
complained of thefts by raiders, he
said
He said the crew of the fishing
launch appeared to be at least 80 per
cent japanese. instead of Formosan
as suggested Atsushi Kimura, japanese
consul general at Manila.
Evening star., 1934-09-30
Deaths Reported.

Annie R. Henderson 81. 40 9TH st. sc.
Nettie Katz. 30. Gallinger Hospital.
Bella C. Leach. "A. ST. Elizabeth's Hospital.
Joseph w. France 81 4116 Hayes St ne.
Paul E. s. Lucas. 65. BIB 10Th St ne.
MARGARET ]. Phelps. 30. 1921 Belmont I'd.
Mary McAllister, 81 14O7 w. Va ave n e.
Elmer A. Schultz 40. Gallinger Hospital.
John S Parrott. 80. 2411 st.
Earl Paxson. 81. 55th and Eads SITS. ne.
Henrietta Reed. 81. 336l2 NJ pl. sw.
Martha Holland "A. 1917 Riggs pl
Harriet Hicks Beason, 50. 1899 S st.
Lucy Smith. 65 621 Acker st. ne
John Henry Jones, 81 213 H st. s.w.
Ella Wieginton, So. 1918 35th st.
John johnson. 80, Gallinger Hospital.
Percy Brown. 10. Freedmen's Hospital.
Evening star., 1934-09-30

One of his most
noteworthy jobs
was the capture
of a safe cracks
man in the 1900
block of G street
about six years
ago, when an ar
terry in his leg
was cut when he
kicked out a plate
glass door to get
to the man. The
man subsequently
was given a long
prison sentence.
About a year
Evening star., 1934-09-30
POLICEMAN RESIGNS
TO PRACTICE LAW
S. Preston Smith Commended for
Single-Handed Capture
of Burglar. =

Policeman s. Preston Smith, station
clerk at the Headquarters Detective
Bureau. has resigned to take up law
practice, after a career in which he
was commended officially several times
for his capture of criminals.
Smith graduated from the National
University Law School in 1881 and was
admitted to the District bar soon
afterward.
He joined the police force December
Evening star., 1934-09-30
Ex-Soldiers Get Work.

In the first six months Of this year
work was found for 996 ex-soldiers
who had completed courses Of In
struction at army vocational centers
in England. L
Evening star., 1934-09-30
CREDIT CURBPLAN
MAY Be DROPPED
Federal Reserve Held
Swinging Toward Admin.
istration Policies.
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A further swing of the Federal Re
serve Board toward administration
financial policies was seen yesterday
In an indication by Acting Gov.
Thomas that the boa:d might suspend
efforts to obtain an automatic check
on excessive credit imitation.
At the last session of Congress, Eu-
gene r. Black. then governor OF the
board, and now governor Of the
Atlanta Reserve Bank, strongly urged
such an automatic check by making
the size of the reserve balances OF
member banks depend upon the veloc-
ity of deposit turnover. Reserve bal
ances are now based on fiat percent.
age of deposits.
Could Control Expansion.
Unusual business activity brings a
rapid turnover of deposits. Thus
Blacks theory is that by hoisting the
amount of required reserve balances
in proportion to the turnover, the
credit expansion could be at least par
tally controlled.
Although the volume of outstanding
credit has been far below normal lev
els during the depression, Black be-
lieves huge excess reserves of nearly
$4,000. 900 900 might later form basis
for an unhealthy expansion that could
not be checked by laSt-minute meas
ures.
Thomas indicated to newspaper
men, however. that study of the sub
ject by a standing committee had not
as yet developed facts sufficient to
warrant the board pushing such a
measure before the next Congress.
Viner Plans Legislation.
A similar attitude is held by DR..
Jacob Viner, special assistant to Sec
retary of the Treasury Morgenthau,
who has been in charge of banking
and currency investigation and will
recommend legislation later in the
Fall.
While board members feel there is
little likelihood of business activity
developing any time soon to a point
where an automatic check would be
brought into play. some Treasury Of
ficials do not look with favor on any
proposal that would limit discretion
ary control of credit expansion.
The Reserve Board, in rebuking the
Federal Advisory Council last Thurs
day for its demand for a return to
the gold standard and the ending of
monetary experiments. said only that
these things were outside the sphere
of either body.
Policies Satisfactory.
Some board members who talked
to newspaper men left the plain i'm
plication, however, that they were not
overly sympathetic with the councils
proposals and that they consider the
administrators policies generally sat-
iSfactory.
There has been much speculation
in financial circles about the posi-
bility of amending the Federal Reserve
act so as to place the system more
directly under Government control.
The necessity of cooperation be-
tween the banking system and the
Government has grown as Govern
ment expenditures and borrowing
have progressed and will loom even
larger before the close of the cur
rent year.
Whether a movement to alter the
system, which has been studied by
Treasury economists, will have i'm
portant support in the next Congress
is believed in some quarters to de-
pend largely on the state of the Ma
tion's finances at that time.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
DROP
OF FRANC HALTED
New York Stocks Turn Irregu-
lar as Dollar Moves
Lower.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The headlong drop in the French
franc was checked today, and bonds
OF the gold bloc countries rallied in
principal securities markets
The active American gold buying
in London appeared to be taking ef-
feet, and the dollar came down
nearer its new gold parity.
American securities markets turned
somewhat irregular but heavy buying
of corporate bonds continued In
stocks. number of leading rails and
industrials declined ST a share or so.
Several utilities and silver issues how
ever, recorded gains of like amount.
New York cotton was firm. rising
about SO cents bale, but wheat at
Chicago lost more than Z cent
bushel
The dollar c,osed in London at
4.96i2 to the pound, as American gold
buying continued, and the pound was
later quoted close to $4.97 in New
York, up nearly cents
Dollars reacted against the French
franc in Paris, and later in New York,
the franc was quoted as high as 6.32
cents, having recovered 13 of a cent
from yesterdays close. At this rate,
the franc was still at a discount of
about 4 per cent.
The franc met strong support in
London. leading to the suggestion in
Wall Street that the Bank of France
may have arranged with the British
equalization fund to buy francs and
earmark gold In Paris.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
LIST OF WEIRTON
employees SOUGHT
Representatives Of Labor Board
Move for Poll on Com
pany Union
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PITTSBURGH. February GA re-
quest for list of the Weirton Steel
Co S 10000 employees was scheduled
today as the first major step in the
National Labor Boards proposed poll
to determine the employees attitude
toward their present collective bar
gaining representatives.
Milton Handler, counsel for the
board, said that he and James F.
Dewey. Labor Department representa-
tive. planned to confer late in the day
with officials of the National Steel
Corporation, parent company of Weir
ton Steel
They expected to ask for the roster
of workers. Company officials made
no statement, but previously they in
dicated they did not think that "un-
der the circumstances" the list should
be supplied.
Handler and Dewey left Washing
ton last night to make preparations
for the poll.
Threats of Weirton officials to seek
an injunction to prevent a house-to-
house canvass of their 10000 workers
in Weirton and Clarksburg, w. Va,
and Steubenville, Ohio, failed to alter
the boards determination to make the
poll.
Labor Board officials maintain the
company's recent election nf collective
bargaining representatives through its
company union" Is in violation OF tbs
national recovery act.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
j. 5. MAKESPR0bE
OF SPECULATION
Purpose of Investigation
Into Silver Holdings Is
Revealed.
BY tho Associated Press

BY tho Associated Press.
The Treasury's investigation Of sill
YER holdings on the Silver Exchange
was revealed today as special study
into speculative operations.
With this report from an authori-
tative source. likelihood of Immediate
moves in the monetary program rela-
tive to silver was discounted
Just what is behind the inquiry into
speculation was not revealed. How
ever. such step is regarded as pre-
hminary to any new silver action by
the Government. and there is per-
sistent speculation that new develop
ments to aid the white metal are in
contemplation.
Treasury gold supplies today in
creased Ss,555,ll4 to a new record
figure of s7,029, ,569225.
simultaneously. the profit on deval-
uation of the gold dollar increased
from s2,805,5l2O60 to S2,8O5, 73O, ,439.
The Treasury's daily statement con-
tained no indication of any expendi-
lures from the S2.000,OO0,0 900 stabil-
iZation fund.
Cloak room discussions of the mon
etary situation were many. Repeated
was Secretary Morgenthau's state
ment that he considered reaction to
the dollar devaluation move very
favorable
AS to silver. scme Democratic
spokesmen felt there was good posi-
bility of an expansion of Govern
ment white metal purchases-now
limited to neWly-mined metal-to
foreign silver imported in payment
for American agricultural sulpluses.
This would give such foreign silver
value of GAL cents an ounce, which
is what domestic miners now receive
Those who looked for larger silver
PURCHASES than provided in President
Roosevelt's order opening the mints
to at least 24000,000 ounces contended
that a check on existing stocks was a
natural forerunner to such a step.
When Morgenthau said the world
silver price had advanced 20 per cent
while the Roosevelt gold program drove
gold up 81 per cent. observers were
interested to note the Secretary had
these figures ready on his desk Some
Treasury experts attributed this almost
parallel silver price advance to large
speculative holdings
The silver group showed its strength
in the Senate when the recent Roose-
velt monetary bill was passed. A pro-
poSal by Senator Wheeler, Democrat,
of Montana that the Treasury be in
structed to buy s750,0O00O worth of
silver and to issue silver certificates
against the purchases was defeated
by the narrow margin of two votes.
Speaker Rainey has said that a free
silver coinage proposal, if approved
by the administration, would go
through the House as though it were
CREASED
Evening star., 1934-02-06
VO|D|NG Of MAIL
CONTRACTS SEEN
Mcclellan Says Scandal Rev.
elationS Will Force Roose-
Veit to Act.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Mcclellan CT the Senate
Pest Office Committee told the Senate
today that the Black Ocean and Air
mail Investigating Committee had
shown ''scandalous operations" in
connection with Government sub.
sides and predicted President Roose-
welt in due time would act under his
existing authority to nullify some OF
the mail contracts.
McKellar mace his statement when
his bill authorizing the President to
reduce the subsidies and giving him
more power tc abrogate contracts
came up for consideration.
The Tennesseean suggested the bill
be postponed indefinitely. at least
until the Black Committee had con-
cluded its inquiry.
Since this bill was introduced" "
he said, the Black Committee has
shown that some of us who last year
we're informing the country of the
scandalous operations in connection
with these subsidies were exactly
right"
Now Has Authority.
Senator King. Democrat, of Utah,
held the President already had the
power to abrogate contracts let to the
ocean and airmail carriers. Nickel
lar agreed.
Before the Senate met today more
United Aircraft millions rolled by the
Airmail Investigating Committee as
it turned from contempt citations to
its inquiry into mail contracts.
w. E. Boeing. chairman of the
United board, told Of receiving 318,086
Boeing Aircraft and Transport
shares, which had value of S5l, ,528,-
3l2 at the 1929 high in exchange for
United Aircraft stock
He said the property for which
these shares were received was car
ried at S487,119, but was worth much
more. representing the accumulation
Of 10 years of business operations.
Chairman Black Questioned the wit
ness as to profits of United subsidi-
Continued on Page 3. Column -
Evening star., 1934-02-06
THIEF SCATTERS GOLD IN SNOW
DOWNTOWN AS POLICE APPEAR

5000 in his possession, according to
the policeman. Later G. C. Pauls,
proprietor of the store. estimated that
jewelry valued at more than S400 still
was missing and search through the
snow along the route of the pursuit
was begun. A few of the pieces were
found. but it looked as though the
searchers would have to wait until
the snow has melted before they'll
be able to find the smaller articles.
Smiths prisoner, meanwhile. was
taken to the first precinct station.
where he identified himself as Wesley
E. Smith. "A, Brooklyn, N. Y. He was
booked for investigation.
Another police chase. about three
hours earlier. resulted in the arrest
of John Kelly, 35, who said he is an
employe CT Georgetown University, for
investigation in connection with the
robbery of an Army and Navy store at
Eighth and D streets.
Kelly. according to Capt. Holmes,
was caught by Policemen H. w. Estes
and j. L. Reynolds after he had
broken a window CT the establishment
and helped himself to an assortment
Of shirts and other merchandise. All
the articles were recovered.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
LICENSE REQUESTS
HERE EXCEED 1,4OO
Machinery for Issuance of
Liquor Forms Begins
FunCtIOning.

Machinery for the issuance of IL
censes to liquor dealers began func-
tioning promptly at 9 o'clock this
morning at the District Building and
by noon more than 140o application
forms had been distributed to pro-
spective dealers. At the same time
more than 200 who had obtained IL
cense applications had gone to the
Office of the collector of taxes to pay
required license fees. 1t was eSti-
mated roughly that the collector had
tak5n in something more than $780,
600
Temporary arrangements set up for
the ISSUANCE CT application blanks
were apparently adequate today 10
meet the demands and the machinery
functIoned without a hitch. Officials
were surprised to find that the rush
for applications was not as great as
had been expected when work was
started with the opening of the Dis
trict Building. but by neon a check
showed that representatives of more
than l.40O establishments had taken
tbs first step toward applying for
licenses.
Board Staff Absent.
The Alcoholic Beverage Board still
was functioning today without the
benefit of its own staff. George w
Ofutt. chairman of the A. B. c.
BE- no handicap for the time being
Of To-, t,-,o
employees and civil works employees
have been assigned to assist in the
distribution of application forms and
receipt of payment of license fees.
Commissioner George E. Allen, who
had been away from the District
Building for several days because of
illness, returned to his desk today, but
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen was
absent today 1t was reported he had
had recurrence of an attack of cold
which last week caused him to be
absent for several days.
The absence of Hazen today served
to postpone decision by the Board of
Commissioners on the appointment
OF the three new assistants to the
corporation counsel. who will handle
prosecutions under the liquor law and
the liquor regulations. and the eight
inspectors of the A. B. c. Board, and
the group of stenographers and other
clerical assistants. 1t was expected
the boards staff would not be decided
upon before tomorrow at least. since
the Commissioners have the difficult
problem of selecting comparatively
small number of employees out of
list of applicants now said to total
approximately 1000.
Political Support Seen.
Many of the applicants have in
fluential and determined political sup
porters Commissioner Allen said
today he had been unable as yet to
consult with the other Commissioners
Continued on Page ?. Column g.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
Planes, Carrying
Gold, Start Rush
From, Continent
Fleet OF Aircrott Amaiied
at Croydon From
Paris Field.
By tho Associated Press.

By tho Associated Press
LONDON. February Ga big Ditch
airliner arrived at Croydon Airdrome
from Rotterdam today initiating the
gold rush from the continent to Lon
don by air
The Dutch plane brought "a boxes
of gold consigned to a London bank,
a feet Of ether planes from Paris was
awaited at the airport.
Croydon was notified that eight ma
chimes had been chartered in Paris to
carry gold cargoes here. Three of
these are Imperial Always planes
placed on the route especially for gold
delivery The remainder were char
tered from other companies
While the total weight Of the gold
was not stated, flying officials said
they expected the conSignments to
create record for gold carried by air
in one day.
The German steamship Adler un-
loaded s2,5O0,000 worth of gold bullion
which it had carried from Bremen
consigned to the Bank of England. on
the London docks.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
MILK MARKETING
AGREEMENT IS HIT.
Independent New York Dairy
Farmers Rally to Oppose
Code Adoption.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February 6-Inde-
pendent New York State dairy farm
ers. in revolt against the proposed
Federal milk marketing agreement,
were rallying their forces today to
forestall adoption of the present pro-
posed code.
Felix Piseck of Newport N. Y. who
with his brother Stanley led the Au-
gust milk strike. issued the call today
when hearings were resumed on the
code before an Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration official here.
If this agreement goes through in
its present form. there will be the
biggest revolt in New York State there
has ever BEEN" Piseck said.
Independent producers and oppo-
nentS of the proposed Federal agree
ment have decided to withhold their
fire until next Friday when the milk
hearings are to be transferred to
Syracuse
Milk Producers Federation. Incorpo-
idtSu- WiOSe membership Is SCdIleIcu
over &c counties, said efforts were being
made to stack the meeting" and
railroad" the agreement through in
its present form.
The independent group represented
by Piseck feels the proposed code is
unworkable 1t also is opposed to its
classification plan and is against the
proposed s2.10 basic price. The pres
ent price OF $3.50, Piseck said. should
be the minimum
The Secretary of Agriculture, as the
agreement now provides. would be
given complete authority over the New
York milk shed under a plan which
sets basic price for producers, pro-
vldes interstate regulation, creates a
milk pool and price classification.
and leaves the retailer to fix retail
prices through the natural forces of
competition.
Evening star., 1934-02-06

There's gold in the snow along G
and Eleventh Streets-gold watches.
rings. brooches and other pieces of
jewelry, thrown right and left by
thief during chase by police shortly
after 6 am. today.
Policeman Elmer G. Smith, first
precinct. was patrolling his beat, near
Pauls' Watch Shop, 1112 G street,
when he heard q brick crash through
a plate-glass window.
He ran to the store just in time to
catch glimpse of man dashing
down the street. He took out after
him. yelling to him to halt.
Although the sidewalk was just as
slippery for Smith as it was Tor his
quarry. and both did more sliding
than running, the officer soon began
to have all the better of the chase.
Whor the man saw he was being
overtaken. according to the report
made later to Capt. William E.
Holmes, first precinct commander, he
began tossing watches, rings and
other pieces of jewelry in all direc-
tions
When Smith overlook him at
Eleventh and F streets, however, he
still had jewelry worth more than
Evening star., 1934-02-06
American Embassy Guarded as
Police Push Mob Against
it's Walls.
RJJSSES BURNED AND SMASHED
In SCENES OF GREAT VIOLENC.-
Wild Scenes Mark Government Victory
in Chamber of Deputies
Battle of Words.


PARIS, February 6TroopS called today reinforce
the police battling with mob in the Place de Concord
from the Chamber Of Deputies
riot the bridge the Seine which divides the
from the Chamber Building.
They howled Resign! Resgn!" and their
into the Chamber
caught jam place. was destroyed
by fire.
The crowd set fire to the bus loaded with passengers
passengers escaped, but the burned tiercey-
repeatedly and pelted by stones broken glass
The police then called for troops
The United States embassy, the opposite of the Place
de Ia Concode from the bridge hastily shut
she'd up hare
Evening star., 1934-02-06
FOUR Department
MONEY BILL O. KID
ATTEMPTS to Add Two Millions
for New Employment Serv-
ice Lose in House.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Downing attempts to add S2,l10,00O
for the new employment service, the
House today passed and sent to the
Senate the 1885 money bill for the
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor
Departments, carrying S84.170,577.
The House added S417,673 to State
Department funds for added compen-
sations in its foreign service, includ-
ing s17,5OO for the salary of Ambas-
sador William c. Bullitt, soon return
ing to Moscow. Fifteen thousand
dollars also was added to the Justice
Department section for the Alcatraz
Island, Calf, Prison.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
INGALLS, WILL TESTIFY.
Says He Knows of No Irregularities in
Plane Contracts,

CLEVELAND. Ohio. February up.
David S. ingalls,, former Assistant
Secretary for Aeronautics in the Navy
Department, said today that he knew
of no irregularities in the awarding of
Government airplane contracts.
Informed that the Naval Affairs
Subcommittee of the House intended
to call him to Washington to testify.
ingalls, said he would be glad to COM
ply and tell everything he knew about
contracts during the time he held
Office. ingalls, is now serving as city
welfare director here.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
WRIGHT WILL SECLUDE HIMSELF
LIKE "SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS''

and a couple of cows. He explains
he will raise nothing for market, but
just enough for himself and family
to live away from the eyes of the
world
His writing career began in 1908,
when then obscure publisher
brought out That Printer of Udell's." +"
which sold to 100000 copies; then
shepherd of the Hills" which
reached 100000 He followed with
THE Calling of Dan Matthews"
which passed the million mark, and
later produced his most popular work,
THE Winning of Barbara WORTH" of
which more than 100000 copies
we're sold.
Evening star., 1934-02-06
U. S. BUILDING DOUBLES

MIAMI Fla. February tP1.-
Building contracts awarded IN jan
uary throughout the Nation showed
an increase of more than 100 per cent
over January, 1888. Chauncey L. Will
liams, vice president of the F. w
Dodge Corporation. national publish
ers of construction news and statis-
tics. said today.
Williams predicted that publicly
financed work in 1884 would be more
than double that of last year and
that private work should continue on
the upgrade. with a moderate but
substantial increase.
Evening star., 1934-02-06

BY the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf. February g.
Harold Bell Wright, the author whose
book sales have reached the remark
able total of 100000 copies. plans
to live the secluded life of "a shep-
herd of the hills"
Believing the book market some
what uncertain and land the safe
thing for a man to tie to-" the 62-
year-old writer has bought Sc acres
at the edge of Lake Hodges, near
San Diego.
There he will play shepherd" to
few goats, raise variety of fruits,
few vegetables, chickens, rabbits