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Evening star., 1934-12-27
DEPUTY KILLED, WIFE
BEATEN IN QUARREL
Two Others Are Wounded in
Fight in Dead Mans
Home.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. CHARLES, Va, December a.
Deputy Sheriff Fred Arnold of Wood
way was killed, his wife beaten and
two others wounded in a fight oc-
curing at the Arnold home yesterday.
Miss Grace Ely received a wound in
the hand and Clabe Myes was shot
through the leg.
Sheriff R. F. Giles of Lee County
said he learned the fight started after
a quarrel concerning the serving of q
warrant.
The sheriff said j. S. Myes, State
highway patrolman; Miss Grace Ely,
her brother, c. E. ely. and Clabe Myes,
son of the patrolman, were charged
with murder.
Evening star., 1934-12-27
POWER PROPOSAL
REACTION VARIED
Praise and Criticism Direct
ed at Mississippi Valley
Program.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Praise, warning and criticism mixed
in Capitol Hills reaction today to .
vast program suggested to President
Roosevelt as q means of developing
Mississippi Valley resources
Fundamentally sound and essen
tial" was the blessing given by Sena-
tor Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana,
to the report of the Mississippi Valley
Committee.
Interesting and encouraging" said
Chairman Wilson of the House Flood
Control Committee.
Lies Sounds Warning.
The warning came from Represent
ative Dies, Democrat, of Texas, men,
ber of the Rivers and Harbors Com
mittee. Commenting on a suggestion
that $1,000, ,0O0, 900 be spent over 20
years on river work, the Texan said
he believed in economically justified
river projects" but that the Govern
ment was fast approaching the limit
of expenditures 1t can properly make"
Some Democrats and Republicans,
who preferred not to be quoted until
they had time for more study, called
the proposal too far-reaching" and
experimental"
Among the reports suggestions
we're: Uniflcation Of the national
electricity supply; Government super
vision over power distribution lines;
sl0O ,OOO. 900 for rural e1ectrifcation;
flood control financed In part by
local communities when they received
the main benefits; construction of
perhaps 500 dams, and unification of
transportation.
May Expand Appliance Sales.
Wilson said he thought there was
a good chance some of the recon-
mendations might be pushed through
Congress, perhaps in a modified form.
Meanwhile, legislators heard with
interest that the President was look
ing into the possibilities Of expanding
the sales Of electrical appliances to
consumers by Federal assistance in
financing.
Word from the White House was
that a plan to help private interests
in working out a program along lines
VI VIC IlCbtN iAOilC aiiu al hA hu
thority of the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority was under consideration.
In this connection, Representative
Rankin, Democrat, of Mississippi.
came out strongly for authorities for
the Columbia, Colorado. st. Lawrence
and Missouri. Rivers and possibly for
developments in Pennsylvania and
West Virginia
With each of these authorities"
he said. should be provided an cleo
trio home and farm authority, to as
sist the domestic consumers of elec-
tricity. especially in the rural districts,
to obtain the necessary equipment for
their homes"
Both Senators Norris, Republican,
Of Nebraska, and Bankhead, Demo-
crat, of Alabama, liked the idea of
extending power lines into farm areas.
Evening star., 1934-12-27
BURNS PROVE FATAL
TO 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Dress Ignited While Watching
Sister Put Fuel on
Furnace Fire.

Four-year- Helen T. Harding,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T.
Harding. 3605 o street, who was Sc
verely burned Monday afternoon, died
in Georgetown University Hospital
about 7:30 am. today. The child's
dress ignited while she was watching
her 16-year- old sister Doris putting
fuel on the furnace fire.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
issued a certificate of accidental death.
Evening star., 1934-12-27
3O-CENT DOLLAR
CUT THOMAS GOAL
Senator Says InfIationists
Conference Will Seek
1926 Parity.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Shaving 80 cents more off the value
of the dollar Is the goal set by Sena-
tor Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma,
as he prepares for the January Id
conference designed to align various
inflationist groups behind a common
program.
The aim of the meeting he said,
will be agreement on proposal to
Congress ito finish what the P1esi-
dent started to do" 1t wes generally
understood" he said, that the Presi-
dent intended to bring the dollar
down to the 1926 level. Then he
quoted Labor Department statistics to
show the present value. figuring the
1926 dollar at 100 cents, is 130 cents.
Opposes Gold Basis.
He expressed the belief the dollar
must be divorced from gold to bring
about the desired parity.
There are several means OF get
ting the necessary currency into cir
culation to bring about imitation" he
said, mentioning the re-financing of
farm mortgages and payment of the
bonus as possibilities.
He said there were no sound ar
guments' against his contention that
initiation would spell an immediate
rise in commodity prices. The cur
rency, he argued, had been expanded
from about 500,OO0,009 IN 1912 to
more than $4,000 100000 in 1920, at
the end of the administration of
President Wilson, period during
which wheat and cotton reached rec
ord high levels.
Says G. o. P. Debated Prices.
The Republican platform in 1920
promised def1ation," the Senator went
on, with the aim of reducing the cost
OF living"
The Republican administration, he
said withdrew the currency in cir
culation at the rate of about $780,
600, 900 month for 18 months, bring
ing it down to S4,393, ,506,000 by Sep
tember l, 1888. BY then. he said
wheat was down to 81 bushel and
cotton at 20 cents.
we are not contending for SO
wheat or Accent cotton he asserted
but we insist that the debts con-
tracted in the postwar period be
made payable in dollar equal in
value to the one at the time the debt
was incurred"
Evening star., 1934-12-27
BREWERY Is SUED
Anheuser Busch, ms, Made De-
fendant in S5OO,OOO Suit.

ItHudHC III DJOO,OOO oUII.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 27
(P).-Anheuser Busch, Inc, st. Louis
brewing concern, was named defend
ant in a s500,0000 suit filed in Com
mon Pleas Court yesterday by H. H.
Stoner.
Stoner alleges in his petition that
the brewer has entered into a con-
spiracy to violate provisions of con-
tract in which he was to act as dis
tributor of the company's products in
this territory.
Evening star., 1934-12-27
BOY ADMITS KILLING
BROTHER WITH GUN
Argued Since Last Christmas
About Which Would Be
Boss of the House.
By the Associated Press.


LOS ANGELES, December 81
Death yesterday ended what police re-
ports described as a quarrel between
two young brothers over which was
to be boss" of their house
The victim, fatally wounded with a
charge from a shotgun, was Edgar
Apple, 19.
Police said his brother. Ivan. IT,
walked into the Huntington Beach
police station and said
What do you do with people who
murder somebody? I just shot my
brother.
Since Christmas a year ago we
argued about who was going to be
boss in the house. Finally I couldn t
stand it any longer, so I just went
and cot my fathers shotgun"
Evening star., 1934-12-27
MORTGAGE MORATORIUM
EXTENSION is FAVORED
Minnesota Attorney General Ad
vises Two Years More Time
of Application.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, December 27-Exten-
sion for another two years of the
Minnesota mortgage moratorium law
was recommended yesterday by Harry
H. Peterson, State attorney general,
in his biennial report.
The moratorium act, passed as a
two-year emergency measure by the
Legislature in session during the 1882
bank holiday, granted a temporary
extension of the time of redemption
of property threatened by mortgage
foreclosure. It's constitutionality was
upheld by the United States Supreme
Court.
Evening star., 1934-12-27
Aristocrat Weds Filipino Girl.

MADRID, December 81 R.-A
Filipino girl. Trinidad Zobel Tremona,
daughter of widely known Philippine
family, was married yesterday to a
young aristocrat, Angel Losada Drake.
The couple will spend honeymoon in
Paris and Berlin.
Evening star., 1934-12-27
STAR VETERAN HURT
BY FALL INTO OIL PIT

at Walter Reed-Condition
Reported Much Improved.
Michael J. Maher, IS, veteran en-
ploye Of the composing room Of The
Star, received severe head injuries
last night when he accidentally fell
into an oil pit at the Brightwood
Garage, 5s17 Georgia avenue, while
waiting for his car to be creased.
He was treated at Walter Reed Hos
pital, where arrays have been taken
to determine whether his skull is
fractured. His condition was said
to be much improved" since last
night.
Maher, who lives at 6104 Fourth
street, has been employed in the COM
posing room for 81 years. In receEt
years he has been q proofreader.
Evening star., 1934-12-27
Business Men Will Meet.

The Northeast Business Mems As
ISOLATION will meet tonight at o'clock
in the board room Of the Hamilton
National Bank branch at Eighth and
H streets northeast. The election OF
officers will be held January II.
Evening star., 1934-12-27
Winnipeg Surgeon Is Dead.

WINNIPEG, December 27 R.-Dr.
Gerhard Hiebert, 66. prominent Win
nipeg surgeon, is dead. Born in Rus
STA in 1868, he migrated to Minne-
sofa when boy. later coming to VIM
nipeg. He studied for a time at Nc
Gill University, Montreal, specializing
in surgery.
Evening star., 1934-12-27
CHANG GETS PLANE
Chinese Military Chief Buys
Transport Craft.


SEATTLE, December 27 CR.-The
Boeing Airplane Co. announced yes
terday it has delivered to Marshal
Chang Hsueh Liang, military chief of
the Chinese Province of Hupeh, a
Seattle-made high-speed twin-en-
gined transport plane.
The plane is of the type used on a
transcontinental airline save that it
has club car facilities and de luxe
Couches.
Montana labor news., 1934-11-15
Chamber Of Commerce Takes Vote on Mod-
fled NRA With New AntiLabor Clauses

WASHINGTON. OPP Business
approval for a modified NRA is asked
by a special committee Of the Chamber
of Commerce Of the United States,
whose recommendation are being sub
mitted to a nationwide vote of its mem
bership.
The committee recommends that the
present National Industrial Recovery
Act be allowed to expire, but that be-
fore it does a new law should be en-
acted to create permanent government
machinery along the lines of the NRA,
but limiting government supervision to
approval or veto Of codes drawn up by
business itself and making a number
of changes in the clauses affecting
labor.
The anti-labor bias Of this employers
group is shown most openly in its pro-
posals affecting union organization. 1t
would insert clauses forbidding a closed
union shop; permitting employers to
pay off minority company unions
against genuine unions chosen by a
majority Of their workers; and pro-
viding against coercion" in such a
manner that picketing and other regu-
lar union activities might be forbidden.
Montana labor news., 1934-11-15
Prices Remain
At a High Level

WASHINGTON. - (FP) ~ Little
change in the level of retail food prices
in the two weeks ending Oct. q is re-
ported by Commissioner Lubin of the
u. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in IN
%nouncing the latest figures November
g. A fall of meat prices by 10 per
cent was the biggest factor in the gen
eral decrease of two-tenths Of | per
cent at a time when many food prices
were going up.
Retail food prices are now 8 per cent
higher than for October "a, 1888, and
about % per cent higher than the low
point of April Is, 1888. They are on a
parity with prices for November, 1881.
Besides the decline in meat prices,
there was a slight decline of one-tenth
of l per cent in the cereal and dairy
products groups. Prices for other
foods, however, including fruits and
vegetables, eggs, beverages and sugar,
moved upward seven-tenths Of | per
cent.
In the past three months food prices
prices have risen 5 per cent, in the past
six months nearly 8 per cent, and since
January about 10 per cent.
Montana labor news., 1934-11-15
Cincinnati Regional
Labor Board Appointed

WASHINGTON. OPP Appoint
ment Of Phil E. Ziegler, Jack Knoll and
James A. Wilson as labor members Of
the Cincinnati Regional Labor Board,
was announced by the National Labor
Relations Board October q. The re-
gional boards jurisdiction covers Ken
lucky West Virginia and the southern
parts of Ohio and Indiana.
Ziegler is secretary-treasurer of the
Brotherhood Of Railway Clerks, Freight
Handlers and Sation Employees, and edi-
tor of the Railway Clerk. He is also ac-
tive in Cincinnati civic affairs, being
vice chairman of the Public Recreation
Commission and member Of a Stun
clearance committee. Kroll is a vice
president Of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers and manager of its Cincinnati
Joint Board. Wilson retired recently
after 81 years service as president OF
the Patternmakers League. He is a
councilman OF Cincinnati and was for
10 years a vice president of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor.
In addition to the three labor MEM
bers, Hudson Biery, Karl T. Finn and
Wilbur S. La Rue were appointed to
the Cincinnati board as representing
industry, and Virginius c. Hall, Ike
Lanior and Miss H. Dora Stocker as
representing the public.
Montana labor news., 1934-11-15
Wage inequalities
For Women Revealed
In a Recent Survey

WASHINGTON. OPP Glaring
wage discrimination against women
under NRA industrial codes is re-
vealed in a survey made by the Wo-
mems Bureau of the U. S. Department
of Labor. Minimum wage rates Of 80
per cent to 63 per cent below those
provided for men are fixed in 1876 NRA
les of the 533 that have been ap-
- ed up to September l, 1884, re
g. ing in part the weaker bargaining
> yer Of unorganized ome workers.
" Is of these codes the difference in
ties is 20 per cent or and only
n IS is it less than 10 per cent.
The minimum rate for women in the
shoe industry is IA per cent below that
of men, although most of the women
are machine stitchers and perform
many skilled operations. This indus
try employed $4,000 women in 1929, or
Al per cent of the total number of
wage earners in the industry.
In the 80 codes for the manufacture
Of paper and paper products the min
imum rates for women are rs per cent
to 6 per cent below those set for men.
I'm all but one code" it is pointed out
in the survey, "the rates are lower
regardless of occupation or product"
It is estimated that those rates apply to
about 10000 women in this industry.
Candy factories, which employ about
10000 women, also pay them a lower
minimum rate than men regardless Of
the work they do" In this industry
also the women do much of the skilled
work, but their minimum rate is 5
cents an hour lower than that pro-
vided for men.
The barber shop trade code classifies
such skilled workers as mancurists with
brush boys under a minimum rate of
$3.50 to $3.50 a week, although the rate
for BARRIERS and other employees is SIS
to $17 a week.
In the canning industry Cong in
famous 70 rits low wage rates. mini
mum earnings OF women are from ~
cents to 10 cents below those Of men.
In IS codes which do not fix wage
rates by sex there are provisions which
actually result in a lower rate for wo-
men. In 20 of these it is specified that
workers whose rates in July 1929 were
below the present minimum may be
paid the lower rate. 1t is indicated in
the survey that such provisions will
affect women more than men since
their wage rates were lower. Ninety
thousand women in the electrical in
dustry and $4,000 in the rubber tire
producing industry are among those
that fall under such provisions.
Montana labor news., 1934-11-15
OPPOSE SCAB
TEXTBOOKS in
PUBLIC SCHOOLS

To the Editor:
Do the citizens of Montana desire
scab textbooks in public schools?
No right-thinking citizen would ap-
prove any scab product in any public
institution.
But already we have scab textbooks
in u schools and at the present time
the John c. Winston Company Of
Philadelphia is trying to secure a con-
tract from the state textbook commits
sion and unless the public-spirited
citizens of Montana protest immedi-
ately the notorious scab concern of
John c. Winston Company may secure
this contract from our state commits
sion.
We do not think it fair to force our
children to handle a scab product and
be forced to study therefrom.
Scab products are even worse than
~prison-made merchandise and should
be barred from use in any civilized
state.
We do not think it good public pol
icy to approve of scab products secur-
ing recognition by any intelligent
board.
The Arizona state textbook commits
sion refused to give the John c. Win
ston Company a contract because Of its
unfair attitude to organized labor.
Montana textbook commission must
make a decision on this company's ap-
plication and the citizens of Montana
hope that the humanitarianism that
guided the Arizona commission will
prompt II state commissioners to re-
ject the scab product.
The Winston Company has been IN
fair to the International Pressmen's
union for IS years and has also locked
out the members of the international
Typographical union.
In addition to its unfairness to or
gained labor this scab outfit has re-
fused to cooperate in the recovery
program when Governor Pinchot Of
Pennsylvania urged the Winston Com
pany to re-employ locked out union
men and cooperate in the great pro
gram OF recovery sponsored by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The Winston Com
pany refused to listen to every appeal
for union conditions and now it is our
turn as citizens of Montana to tell
this reactionary company that we
heartily condemn scab labor and their
%antiquated attitude regarding rights of
labor. Every union man and those
who believe in social progress should
Immediately register a protest against
awarding any state contract to the
John c. Winston Company. Address
all protests to Elizabeth ireland, sec
rotary of textbook commission, state
capitol, Helena, Mont.
FRANK ]. FINNEGAN,
Secretary Of Montana Confer
ence of Typographical Unions.
SO Cherry ST.,
Anaconda, Montana.
Montana labor news., 1934-11-15

The decision OF the National Labor
Relations Board in the case Of the
Houde Engineering Corporation pro-
vided for recognition of the majority
organization chosen by employees as the
exclusive agency for collective bargain
ing. In opposition to this, the c. of c.
committee would provide that "the col
lective bargaining which is contem-
plated is bargaining with representa-
tives Of all groups Of employees that
desire to act through spokesman, and
that neither the right of a minority
group to deal collectively nor the direct
right Of individual bargaining is pre-
Guided"
So far as provisions are concerned
for minimum wages, for maximum
hours of work and against child labor,
the Chamber Of Commerce committee
considers these an essential part of the
rules of fair competition"
Only n member Of the committee
of nine representative employers regis
tered general opposition to the NRA
Fred II. Clausen, president Of the Van
Brunt Manufacturing Co., Horizon,
Wis.
Montana labor news., 1934-11-15
Warns Against Dangers
OF Naval Race With
Japan

WASHINGTON. OPP Warning
of the ~imminence of a dangerous and
naval race" in the Pacific,
Pres. Raymond L. Buell. of the Foreign
Association, issued a state
November 9 calling for the
United States to abandon the con-
ception of parity" and Superiority"
and adopt a naval policy based on
Territorial defense"
In order to make possible a COM
promise naval agreement with Great
Britain and Japan, the F. P. A. advo-
that the United States Should
aim at maintaining a fleet and naval
bases adequate to defend only the At
lantic and Pacific coasts, including the
Caribbean area"
Montana labor news., 1934-11-15
ORGANIZED LABOR WELL PLEASED
WITH CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION
Total of Senators "Out" Who Opposed Labor In
Famous Judge Parker Case Grows to "a.

ests of labor in the famous yellow
Dog" Judge Parker case. Of the total
number of Senators who voted for on
firmation of Judge Parker for Judge
of the U. S. Supreme Court, in 1880, a
case regarded as extremely important
by labor, thirty-four are now out
thirty-four enemies of labor's interests
out in only four years.
Five candidates for the United States
Senate, whom the American Federation
of Labor opposed, we're defeated, in
Guiding Fess, of Ohio; Hatfield, Of
West Virginia; Hebert, of Rhode Is
land; Walcott, Of Connecticut, and
Reed, of Pennsylvania. The defeat Of
Senator Reed, Of Pennsylvania, was
one Of the most remarkable features Of
the election. 1t is stated that the
treatment Of wage earners in that
state became so oppressive, and had
been for many years, that they simply
rose up and voted in an entirely new
administration.
Montana labor news., 1934-11-15
N. T. F. E. Stresses
Merit System and
Classification

WASHINGTON. OPP Center
ing its attention on the merit system
and classification of jobs, the National
Federation Of Federal Employees urges
its members not to be "lulled into a
sense Of security" by the favorable
outlook for restoration of the federal
pay cut by the next Congress.
Until the merit system is strength
ened, until it is safe from the kind Of
marauding attacks it has maintained
recently, until the theory that to tn
victors belong the spoils no longer s
put into practice on a wholesale SCI
in the federal government, no progrS.
can be soundly and solidly based" 8
Gertrude M. McNally, secretary-tT
urer.
Stating that members of the l.
fled civil service never have bee ed
with a greater crisis than nc On
fronts them," the N. F. F. J der
calls for "a thoroughgoing and stien-
tific classification plan including all en-
ployes Of the government"