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The Washington times., 1934-01-27
Racketeering Probe
Continues; 3 Held

With three men under arrest,
officials today continued their in
vestigation of ALLEGED racketeering
in Government work here.
Two of those arrested are
charged with larceny by trick in
accepting bribes from CWA
workers, while the third is held
in $1,000 bail pending Grand Jury
action on a charge of accepting
money for soliciting loans from
the Home Owners Loan Corpora.
ton.
The men arrested in the CWA
caSe-ThomaS E. Archer and
George McAlwee-will be tried
February 6 before Judge Gus A.
Schuldt in Police Court.
Judge Schuldt refused to grant
the men separate trials when they
were arraigned before him yester.
day. McAlwee is out on $500
bond, while Archer is still in Jail
in default of $1,000.
Three CWA workers told police
they gave each Of the defendants,
who were supervisors Of the Dis
trict rent survey, S. each to have
their efficiency ratings increased,
while another workman said he
paid the supervisors 50 each.
Thomas E. Peddicord was
charged with taking fees from two
women on the representation that
he would secure loans for them
from the Hole. He was arraigned
before United States Commits
Sioner Needham c. Turnage and
held pending Grand Jury action.
action.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

MANILA, P. l., Jan. 81 GN.SO.
Justice Of the Peace Cavitell to-
day set February as the date
for the trial of Fortunate Torres,
charged with criminally attack.
ing pretty Mrs. Walter Awe, "a,
Of Los Angeles, wife of second.
class quartermaster attached to
the U. S. S. Whipple. now sta
toned at Olongopo.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
BY international News Service


Amazing manipulation involving
blanket distribution of jobs by
Boston politicians was revealed to-
day as Federal Relief Admins;
traitor Harry L. Hopkins vigor-
ously pressed his campaign to
drive graft and political favoritism
from the Civil Works Administra-
tion.
While Department Of the IN
terror secret agents sought to find
the "higher-ups" in the Boston
scandal, Hopkins announced the
Army had been enlisted in the
war on graft.
Army engineers will take over
administration of CWA and FERA
funds in those large cities where
relief job requires men who will
resist graft and political pressure,
Hopkins said.
Major Is First Named
The first appointment an
nounced was that Of Major Don
aid H. Connolly. U. S. Engineers,
attached to Fort Leavenworth,
Kan, who will take charge in Los
Angeles.
other appointments Of Army
engineers and the cities in which
they will replace civilian directors
were expected later today.
Some of the officers, Hopkins
said, will be sent to cities where
conditions have been such that
grand jury Investigations are i'm
pending. Others will take charge
merely because local authorities
have sought Army administration
because the size Of the relief job
requires efficient men who will re-
siSt political pressure.
Nationwide Probe Pressed
Meanwhile, a nationwide in
quiry into charges involving local
and in some instances State CWA
officials was pressed by Louis r.
CLAWS, head of the Interior De-
partment's investigation bureau.
These charges are being investi-
gated in As States.
A determined effort will be
made to secure convictions and
heavy prison sentences for CWA
grafters. In this work, the CWA
is cooperating with CLAWS and
the Department Of Justice.
The Boston scandal centered
mainly around the mysterious FL
tration Of CWA notification slips
into the hands Of political bosses
and ward heelerS.
An official connected with the
CWA graft inquiry told Interna-
tional News Service:
Somebody on the inside dis
tributed these slips in large
numbers to a few politicians.
"The politicians filled out the
names, to favor their friends.
TN some wards the slips
were distributed around in the
evening, like newspapers.
1--WE found . little girl that
saw a boy delivering them from
door to door. We haven't found
out yet who was responsible for
this condition"
Racketeering Charged
This official revealed that
among other charges for which
SubStantiation has been found in
several cities, there has been
racketeering by labor organiEa-
tionS. He added: g.: e.:
"The scheme was to force
CWA workers to join unions
and pay dues ranging from 81
to 81 per month"
Among the irregularities under
investigation were: Padding Of
payrolls, distribution of supplies
to political favorites. sale Of CWA
Jobs and the placing of salaried
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
INQUEST TODAY
IN CLAPP DEATH.

Holding up a verdict Of suicide
pending further developments,
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
has ordered an inquest today into
the death of Policeman Harry L.
Clapp, found two days ago shot
to death in a police scout car.
While the coroner leans toward
the suicide theory, detectives have
brought to light discrepancies
which have led them to discard
this idea. Checking on statements
made by the policeman'S widow
that her husband carried large
sums Of money, detectives found
only small change in his clothes.
No fingerprints were found on
the service pistol, from which one
bullet had been discharged, detec-
tiveS said.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
DEFEAT CERTAIN
FOR S|LVER|TE
PROPOSALS
Gold Bill Will Pass Senate
Unchanged Today; House
o. K. Due Next Week
By international News Service

Desperate losing drive by West
ern ProgreSSiveS for remonetiza-
ton Of silver today served only to
delay final passage by the Senate
Of President Roosevelt's momen-
tous new gold monetary program.
The silverites faced certain de-
feat, as Administration leaders
have demonstrated their power to
enact the measure in the form
desired by the President. All ef-
forts to modify his requested
powers were defeated by such
overwhelming majorities that the
opposition collapsed, although re-
tanning its vocal effort.
Vote Due at 2. PM.
The Senate met at II am,
under a gag rule which limits de-
bate at 4 pm. A vote will be
taken on the silver issue at 2
pm.
Final enactment Of the bill was
postponed until next week when
the House adjourned until Mon
day. Under parliamentary pro
cedure, all Senate amendments
must be approved by the House
before the bill is finally enacted.
It probably cannot be sent to the
White House for the Presidents
signature before next Tuesday.
The silverites in the Senate
rallied behind an amendment, pro-
posed by Senator Wheeler CD :,
Of Montana, to authorize the
governmental purchase Of 1.OOO,-
900, 900 ounces of silver.
Beaten, Says Robinson
Senator Robinson Of Arkansas,
Democratic floor leader, said:
"We have the silver amend
ment defeated. We will pass
the bill late today"
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
AID
6. .O.P. BO[TERS
By International News Service

BY International News service
On the theory that one good
turn deserves another, the Admin
istration is preparing to bestow
it's political blessings upon the
Republican progressives who bolt
er Herbert Hoover in 1882 and
supported Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Three of them come up for re-
election to the Senate this year
Senator Hiram johnson of Cali
fornia, Senator Robert M. La
Toilette of wisconsin, and Sena"
tor Bronson Cutting of New Mex
leo. All campaigned for the
Roosevelt Garner ticket. and all
are confronted with trouble at
home because Of it. The regular
Republican organizations in their
States are cunning for them.
Under plans now in the max
ing the Democratic Administra-
ton is going to give them more
than merely moral support in
their forthcoming battles. The
support is to be actual.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
JAPAN

TOKYO, Jan. 81 GN.S).
Admiral Mineo Osumi, minister
Of the navy, today confirmed
previous intimations Japan will
demand naval parity at the 1885
naval conference scheduled to be
held in Washington. Answer
ing interpellatorS in the diet,
Osumi declared Japan had until
the end of 1884 to notify sig
natories of the previous Wash.
ington Treaty of any intention
to nullify its terms in future
negotiations.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
ROOseUeLt's Valet
Aids Birthd1u Ball

Edwin McDuffy, colored valet
Of President Roosevelt, and his
wife, Mrs. Elizabeth McDuffy,
Mrs. Roosevelt's maid, have been
named members Of the commit
tee arranging for the birthday
ball to be held by Washington
Negroes next Tuesday night at
the Masonic Temple, Tenth and
U Streets Northwest.
Duke Ellington, orchestra lead.
er, has promised to bring his
musicians to the ball and play
for a time.
Mack Rowe is general chair.
man Of the colored ball.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
POLAND

WARSAW, Poland, Jan .27.
In a surprise move, the Pilsudsh
majority in the Sejm (Parlia-
ment) voted drastic changes in
the constitution yesterday. Un-
der the changes, the President
will name the premier, president
Of the supreme court and COM
mander-in-chief Of the army
without consulting the Cabinet
or Parliament, and these Of
ficials will be solely responsible
to him for their official acts.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
Marriage of Minors
Is Ordered Revoked

Because the contracting par
ties were minors, marriage IL
cense issued at Leonardtown, Nd,
to Miss Kathryn Courtright Cal
houn, Of Clarendon, Va and Ber-
nard Joseph Pearson has been re-
turned to the clerk of the court
and ordered revoked, it was an
nounced today by Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry w. Calhoun, parents Of
Miss Calhoun.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
ANTARCTICA

ON BOARD SHIP WYATT
EARP, Jan ~ (By Wireless) l..
Lashed by waves 30 feet high,
the wyatt carp, returning the
Lincoln Ellsworth Transantarctic
Expedition from the Bay Of
Whale, was brought to a stand
still by a storm today. A 10
mile gale has held the ship in
the same position for the past
"a hours.
s. s. JACOB RUPERT, Bay
Of Whales, Antarctica, Jan. 81.
Caught in the fury Of a storm
and moving ice, the flagship Of
the Byrd Antarctic Expedition,
drifted in the Bay Of Whales to-
day while Al members Of the
crew are marooned ashore.
(StOry on Page 81
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
Convention
Obtained for Capital

Convention Of the National
Uaint, Varnish and Lacquer Asso-
citation the latter part Of october
has been obtained for Washington
by the Greater National Capital
Committee. In addition to five
others obtained this week, the
committee has persuaded more
than ITO other organizations to
meet in Washington in 1884.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
CANADA

MONTREAL, Jan. 27.-Adop-
tion Of codes for Canadian in
dustries, similar to those Of the
MIRA was urged by Harold Crab
tree, president of the Canadian
Pulp and Paper Association, at
the annual meeting Of that or
ganization here yesterday. Busi-
ness conditions in Canada are i'm
proving, he pointed out.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
Foundation Expected
To Net $500 at Ball

Final meeting of the committee
in charge of the Presidents ball
in Alexandria, headed by Judge
Howard w. Smith, will be held
Monday night for a final report
on the progress Of the ticket sale.
The committee expects to sell
over 800 tickets, which will net
$500 for the Warm Springs
Foundation.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
DECISION
DEMANDED BY .
LEADERS
Senate Subcommittee Is Ex.
pected to Resume Hear
Ing Monday
CONTINUED from, Page y

Il continued rom rage ~
that there is not sufficient
strength in the Senate to invoke
the cloture on this proposition.
Such action takes . two-thirds
vote.
. Other than expressions Of views
along this line, the Government
salary issue marked time as far
as Senate activity is concerned,
since the subcommittee, which Is
TO vote first on the issue, is con-
.cerning itself with veterans pro-
visions of the bill, and the Sem
ate itself is involved in considera-
ton of the Administration gold
sbill, which is expected to be
finally approved by that body to-
day.
Monday has been tentatively set
as the possible date when the sub
committee will begin taking up the
pay cut question.
Some idea of what effect the
passage of the gold bill will have
on the salaries Of Government
workers was revealed yesterday in
. speech on the Senate floor by
Senator James Reed (R0 Of Penn
Bylvania, who contended enact
ment of that measure will mean
q 40 per cent reduction in wages
to every wage-earning man and
woman"
Others Share View
Similar statements have been
made by other Senators as well as
by witnesses who appeared before
the subcommittee urging restora-
tion of Government salaries.
. It is claimed that after enact
sment of the gold bill commodity
prices will rise Immediately. ana
that although salaries eventually
will rise accordingly, the increase
will be some time off.
Restoration advocates argue
that the Government workers al
ready are under a handicap In
=the matter of salaries, and that
2in anticipation of the effect OF
1.-The gold bill the Government sala-
ries should be brought up to a
100 per cent basis Immediately.
Propaganda Cited
e. Claude Babcock, president OF
the American Federation Of Gov
ernment Employees, today an
nounced that he has written all
members of the Senate Appropri-
ations Committee, calling atten-
ton to the fact that much misin-
formation is being spread about
the cost of the pay cut.
He called attention to the state
ment that so million dollars would
be needed through a special de-
ficiency bill to make possible i'm
mediate per cent restoration for
the remainder of the fiscal year.
The Times yesterday showed that
this was not the case, and that
what money was necessary, about
$26, 900, would be available
from impounded funds.
!. Babcock, by closer computa-
Non, gives this figure as $26, ,340,-
625. This, he believes, will cover
some, at least, Of the salaries in
the emergency establishments, and,
since the statutory reduction does
not apply to the emergency estab-
Ishments, this figure, he con.
tends, is probably too high.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
BRAZIL,

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 81.
All important points in the ques-
ton Of settlement Of Brazil's for
eign debts have been settled, it
was learned today, following a
series Of conferences between j.
Reuben Clark, representing Ameri-
can bondholderS, and Valentine
F. Boucas, Brazilian foreign debt
expert,
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
MEXICO

MEXICO, D. F., Jan. 81
Grant of a concession of $4,000
acres in the State of Vera Cruz
to the Mexican Eagle Company,
a British oil concern, was an
nounced by a governmental de-
cree Yesterday.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
28 Legion Posts
In Child Contest

Twenty eight American Legion
posts have entered the Better
Child" contest conducted by the
Stuart Walcott Post. Winners
will be announced at a dance at
the Arlington Hotel February 3.
w. E. Mitchell is chairman Of
the contest committee.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
MONACO

MONTE CARLO, Jan. q.
American automobiles triumped
over foreign cars in the annual
road tests held here. OF the
first ten cars in the contest,
eight were of American manu-
facture.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
ARGENTINA

BUENOS AIRES, Jan. II (U.SJ
The Argentine government Is
planning to fine the Bank Of Lon
don and South America here ten
million pesos as result Of par
ticipation Of two executives in al
legged exchange manipulations.
the semiofficial newspaper Critica
stated today. Both executives
and several other persons were
arrested.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
SWEDEN

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 27.-EIiS
parachute becoming tangled in
the plane when he attempted to
leap from the spinning craft,
Count Eric Spare, chief engineer
of a Swedish airplane factory,
fell 1000 feet with the plane
which crashed into the sea. De-
spite the height, he escaped with
only minor injuries.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
SPAIN

MADRID, Jan. 27.-Under an
odd technicality of the Spanish
law, the four Americans found
guilty of assaulting a civil guard
at Palma, Marjorca, must remain
in Jail one week before the gov.
ernment can pardon them. Amer.
ican Ambassador Claude G.. Bow.
ers has been negotiating for
pardon for the prisoners.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
NUMBERS CAME.
HOLDS THREE
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against further invasiOnS by
hOodIumS."
It is exceedingly difficult to
make an arrest in the numbers"
racket, Little explained. He said
they were not authorized to pick
a man up on the street, as they
can do in most other forms Of
gambling. To make single ar
rest, therefore, the vice squad
chief said, requires weeks Of pa
tient work.
Officials of the Board Of Edu-
cationa said recently they were
not aware Of any gambling in
the schools.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27

"How will get there?" where WIN
we 60 over the week-endS These are
questions hundreds Of people are asking
every day they can be answered.
and economically. too. by the purchase
Of one Of the good used cars advertised
today in the WANT AD SECTION or
this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
JAMAICA

KINGSTON, Jamaica. Jan. 81.
With the labor market over
crowded because Of the return Of
many workers from Panama and
Cuba, the legislature will be
asked to grant the governor aH-
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
RUSSIA

MOSCOW, Jan. 27.-Joseph
Stain, leader of the Communist
party, inaugurated the seven
teenth all-union congress of the
party here late yesterday.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
RETURN ADVOCATES GRID FOR FIGHT UNTIL SUMMER
News OftheWOrId

thority to open negotiations with
British Guiana and British Hon.
duras for settlement Of jamaican
laborers in these colonies, it was
announced today.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
ICELAND

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Jan. q.
Twelve British seamen were
drowned in a collision Of the Brit
ish trawlerS Sabik and Euthania,
near Dyrafjord. The Sabik sank
almost Immediately, but the
Euthania, badly damaged, sue
ceeded in reaching Dyrafjord har-
Dor.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
Army Called in Graft War;
Boston Scandal Barred

municipal officials on the emer-
gency relief local staffS at an
additional salary.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
The Weather
FORECASTS UNTIL P. M. SUNDA

FURECASTb UNTIL r. M. SUNDAY
District of Columbia-Fair and some
what warmer with lowest temperature
about ~ degrees tonight; Sunday
mostly cloudy with mild temperature,
colder Sunday night: much colder Mon
day; moderate southwest and west
winds. shifting to northwest by Sun
day night.
Maryland-Fair and somewhat warm
er tonight; Sunday cloudy, possibly
light rain in afternoon in north por-
tion, colder Sunday night and in west
day.
Virginia-Fair slightly warmer in ex-
treme north portion to night; Sunday
mostly cloudy with mild temperature,
colder Sunday night; much colder Mon
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
GERMANY

BERLIN, Jan. 27-Abollt1on OF
all German trade unions and en-
ployers associations was decreed
in the new German labor code
issued by DR.. Robert Ley, leader
Of the German Labor Front, de-
signed to do away with "clasS
warfare"
BERLIN, Jan. q G.N.SO.-An
abortive attempt by former i'm
perial army officers to celebrate
the seventy-fifth birthday of
former Kaiser Wilhelm with a
full-dress party in a salon of the
Zoologican Gardens aroused the
ire of the Nazi government to-
day. Gen. Hermann Wilhelm
Goering, premier of Russia, who
was one of the former Kaiser'S
ace aviatorS during the World
War, ordered a thorough investi-
gation to determine the response
bility.
BERLIN, Jan. 27.-Renouncing
war as an instrument of ma.
tional policy in the settlement Of
issues, Germany and Poland
signed a ten-year pact here.
Baron KonStantin von Neurath,
German foreign minister, and
Josef Lipski, the Polish minister,
signed the document.
BERLIN, Jan. q Q.N.S)-A-
though they do not smoke, drink,
"or indulge in Lucullan pleas
ures," Chancellor Hitler and his
aides do not wish to spoil the
JOY in life for the rank and file
Of Germans, according to DR.. Paul
Joseph Goebbels, minister Of
propaganda. Goebbels went on
record with this assertion in a
manifesto inveighing against
purity snoopers" and wofeS-
sional reformers.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27
ENGLAND

LONDON, Jan. 81 U.N.S0
Viacheslav Molotov, Soviet pre-
mier, warned of the imminence
of q Russo-Japanese war in an
address before the seventeenth
annual meeting of the Commun-
ist party in Moscow last night,
according to an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch reaching London
today. Molotov last month &C
cused Japanese militarists of
dirty attempts to provoke the So
Wet government into war because
they feared a rapprochement be-
tween the United States and Rus
Sia."
The Washington times., 1934-01-27

LONDON, Jan. q G.N.S0.
The international gold price was
lowered pence (about 10 cents)
today to 1872 shillings 3 pence per
ounce. with a premium of 8 pence
over the French rate. This was
equal to about 1924 in American
currency at today's opening ex-
change rate of $496
LONDON, Jan. q G.NSJ.
Four Italian fliers making an
attempted three-day flight to
Buenos Aires arrived at Casa.
blanca. Morocco, this afternoon,
according to an Exchange Tele.
graph dispatch from Rome.
The Washington times., 1934-01-27

DIET ANEU1EEs FhOM NOhMAL
Accomplished excess of temperature
since January 1 1884, 1914.
1, 1884, 1874.
Accumula ted deficiency of precipita-
tion since January /, 1884. 1.O5.
Deficiency of precipitation since Jam
uary !, 1894, 1.05.
THE TIDES
Today-High tides. SAT a. m. and
6:07 p. m. Low tides 0:12 a. m. and
6:25 p. m. Low tides, 1901 a. m. and
and 1:11 p. m.
SUN AND MOON
The sun rose today, 1870 a. m. and
sets s:23 p. m.
The sun rises tomorrow. 7:1s a. m.
and sets 5:24 p. m.
The moon rises today, S:S2 ,. m.
and sets 5:29 a. m.
The moon rises tomorrow. 1871 p. m.
and sets 6:12 nj.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-20
DEBTOR NATIONS
 AGAIN NOTIFIED
Notes Sent Them Stating They Owe United States
 $l54,729,976

Washington, Nov 20 - (U.P.) - The treasury dunned the war deb- tors to-day, pointing out that on December 15 they will owe $154,- 729,976 on account.
 The 12 nations to which the not ices were sent and the total amount due December 15 follow:
 Belgium. $3,109,454; Czecho-Slo- vakia, $1,682,S13; Esthonia, $531,- $50; Finland, $22S,53S; France $22,30S,312; Great Britain, $117.- 670,765; Hungary, $50,211; Italy, $2,141,593; Latvia, $220,6SS; Lith- uania, $121,467; Poland $6,616.040; and Rumania $4S,75O.
 These amounts due are exclusive of amount defaulted previously by most of the nations. The default amounted to several hundred mill lion dollars. Slight hope that any but small amount of the Decem- Der 15 payments would be made were expressed in some quarters as the treasury and the state depart ments dispatched the messages to the foreign nations. calling atten- tion to the amounts falling due.
 Tn previous years, government statisticians have looked for pay ments on these accounts. already representing concessions of $6,2O0,- 900, ,O0O to the foreign governments. as a substantial source of federal revenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-11-20
CORPORATIONS BY SPENDING CAN
 HELP BUSINESS
Plants Can Be Improved and Thus Stimulate the
 Recovery of Trade
BY LYLE c. WILSON United Press Stan Correspondent)

Washington, Nov 20- (U.P) - Spending by big corporations for plant modernizations is a factor in predictions here that business will pull upward. There is, also, the im- petus of cooperation between the White House and the U. s. Cham Der of Commerce.
 Corporate spending is sought as a shot-in-the-arm measure. It would serve to maintain the mod crate business upturn expected now to develop around a good Christ mas retail business.
 The advantages of the corporate spending plan are explained as in- cluding:
 l. Quick large-scale re-employ- ment.
 9. Creation of an outlet for durable goods.
 The next new deal step planned in development of the cooperative movement launched by the cham Der is to find among tn first 20 American corporations an execu- tive and board of directors willing to spend $25,000,000.
 New deal contact men believe two or three such spenders can be found. Prospects among corpora ton executives will be canvassed. Administration advisers believe two or three big men could start na- tional spending movement among corporations for plant renovation and replacement of obsolete equip ment.
 It is estimated that $2,00O,000,-
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