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eral building.
"Well-now-going back to the time
Mcdonald appeared In the Office
didn't you hear him say, relative to
the subscriptions, that the matter Was
voluntary"
mo I didn't was working" shs
replied.
She received three hooks Of sub
'scriptions, Miss Junge testified, we
were told we could sell subscriptions
for one dollar each"
Did you sell any?"
mo.
did you try?'
mo"
Two Of the subscription, Miss
Junge said, she gave to her brother.
Thorp endeavored to determine
whether the employees had discussed
newspaper articles regarding pay
ments Of two and five percent.
Il didn't hear any such discussion"
Miss Junge explained. They did talk
about the subscriptions among them
selves and decided it would be the
best policy to subscribe"
Payments OF cash to cover post
dated checks was made by Miss Junge
to Kinzer, she said, because she un-
derStood that was what we were
supposed TO do" She said she would
take the cash to Kinzer, give it to
him and receive In return check.
Paid For Overtime
WAS there any allowance made for
~ ~
in the pay checks?" Thorp asked.
YES" replied Miss Junge.
"Was there any overtime in the
summer"
MOL don't really think there was
any overtime paid in the summer
most Of it took place in the late fall
and winter"
Were salaries raised after Kinser
left?"
YES"
did you receive q raise7"
Eyes,"
Did Mrs. scott?"
EYES,"
"Why?"
swell, because Of the kind of work
We were doing-it wasn't explained
why We got the raise" Miss Junge
said. II don't remember the exact
date we got the raise. It was several
months after Mr.. Kinzer left"
On taking the stand. Mrs. Scott
testified she is supporting her mother
and her child.
She told Of obtaining her position
from the elder Kinzer and that short
" afterward Mcdonald came to her to
solicit five per cent Of her salary for
The Leader"
Mrs. Scott testified she informed
Mcdonald she could not contribute.
and then talked to Kinzer who told
her there would "be mo pressure from
this office" If she did not contribute.
She said at the time she was receiv-
ing 800 month, but that in August
her salary was reduced to as :
month.
did he Kinzer) make any state
ment to you II you did not sign the
| pledge?" Lanier asked.
FremiseA Raise TO Donate
HE said 1t may be necessary to
contribute to The Leader and 4
you do I'll raise your salary"
On cross examination by George
Thorp Of defense counsel, Mrs.. Scott
testified she Was absent from her
work for one afternoon and IS O. -
minutes On another day during thu
month for which her pay wai cut.
She testified that last january she
received raise 10 70 and later % -
q month. Kin1er Was no Angoe oon-
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NAV LIFr AGE LlllIT

Buffalo, n. r, June l.-tReIhe
Boy Scouts Of America in national
CONVENTION here considered Friday
whether q not 70 extend TIE scout
age limit 70 include youths 70 tho
|aeo q -.
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nRNHorR WOMAN DIES

OENBOeY WOMAN UIG0
Mr.. Rea \. McElvain Of Denho8f
died at . >. m. Thursday In . local
hospital. Mrs. McElva!n has been in|
the hospital Tor II days. 1nforme-
ton concerning the cause Of death
ana preparations for the funeral ser-I
vices wsrs not Ssailable Friday moen-
IN,
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NOTES BUSINESS TENSION
New York-Dun and Bradstreet's
business review noted q tension In
business, despite an upward trend. due
to poor crop prospects and labor
troubles.
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MINNESOTA HAS EMRARGO

st. Paul-Governor Floyd B. Olson
ordered an embargo on shipments Of
cattle into the state, except those con-
signed to markets, to conserve feed
for Minnesota cattle.
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NAV INSET IN LONDON

London Great Britain appeared to
be the likely site Of the 1885 naval
conference because Of her work In ar
ranging preliminary conversations.
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Late News
Bulletins
(By The Associated Press)

CLAIM HEAT RECORD
Grand Forks-A belated report from
Langdon said the official thermometer
there reached Ill Wednesday.
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Leader Squeeze Is Exposed
Relief Workers
Donated to Help
Hold Their Jobs

Woman Witness Says Her Salary Was Reduced Because She
Refused to Contribute to Political Newspaper;
Those Who Paid Were Given Increases
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ARMY OUT OF AIRMAIL

Chicago-The army quit carrying
the airmail when It turned over the
Chicago Fargo. N. D., route to COM
mercial fliers Friday.
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Hollywood, June 1.-(R)-Beneath
its grease paint, laughter, mock drama
and tragedy, Hollywood silently griev-
ed Friday at the passing Of Lew Cody,
its favorite master Of ceremonies,
man about-town and bon vivant.
Death, unlike the life he led, came
quietly in his sleep. He was found
DEAD in his bed late Thursday after
noon in his Beverly Hills home ap-
parently from q heart attack.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
CREATOR OF AMERICAN HOT DOG
SUCCUMBS AFTER LONG ILLNESS

hungry sports followers and quickly
developed into national institution
Almost as well known we're his
double -jointed peanuts. Harry Payne
Whitney once defined Stevens as the
man who parlayed a bag of peanuts
into million dollars" Stevens leased
many acres of ground in Virginia,
where he grew the COOLERS and had
them shipped to New York by carload
Born in London, Stevens came to
this country in 1882 and settled iii
Niles. where his wife had friends
After working as an iron puddler and
a book salesman for while, he hit
upon what turned out to be his life
career while watching a base ball
game. He noticed the scorecards were
amateurish and contained no adver-
tising Forthwith he obtained the
concession for selling scorecards.
quickly lined up advertising and soon
was realizing a neat income Grad
ually he extended his business to
other ball parks. The sale OF refresh
ments and cigars was the next step.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
Committee NAMED
ON SAAR PLEBISCITE
American Woman Among Three
Who Will Arrange Vote
on Valleys Future.
BY the Associated Press.

q
GENEVA, May A committee of
three. including an American woman.
was named today to make arrange
ents for the plebiscite which will de-
termine the future of the industrially
important Saar Valley
The League of Nations named Miss
Sarah Wambaugh of Cambridge
Mass, a native of Cincinnati. who is
recognized internationally as an au-
thority on plebiscites: Prof. Bindo
CALI, president of the Court of Appeal
at Genoa, Italy. and Justice L. A.
Nypel of the Holland Supreme Court.
The committee will prepare regu-
lations for the vote which will de-
termine whether the Saar Basin re-
turns to Germany, which owned it
before the war, remains League of
Nations protectorate or is annexed
to France. The plebiscite will be
held in 1885 and is regarded as Of
major Importance because of the pos
sible repercussions in international
politics.
Miss Wambaugh. who is So years
old. is a former teacher in Radcliffe
and Wellesley Colleges and has writ
ten and lectured on economics and
history. She was an expert advisor
to the Peruvian government in con-
nection with the Tacna-Arica Pile
biscite in 1925-26.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
c. 0. P. SEEKS CHIEF
AS SANDERS QUITS
Free.f .for.AII Race Is Seen
When Party Heads
Meet Soon.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Republican leaders the country over
will meet in Chicago a month from
tomorrow to select. if they can, new
chairman of the Republican National
Committee to succeed Everett Sanders
of Indiana, who has announced his
resignation to take effect upon the
election of my successor
In informed Republican quarters 1t
was said today that no man yet has
the requisite number of votes to be
elected chairman of the national COM
mittee Some of the candidates are
working like beavers to obtain these
votes or their proxies. The Republic
ans have month in which to get
together on the man whom they would
like TO have for chairman of their ma
tional organization. If they fail. or a
ma jority of them fail to center on one
man, then there is likely to be lively
scramble for the Office when the COM
mittee meets in Chicago.
Mr.. Sanders, who was elected
chairman of the national committee
in Chicago in June. 1882. to run the
11OONC1 Ildc
been in i'll health for some time. The
announcement of the call of the COM
mittee to choose his successor was
sent out by him from his home in
the Mayf1ower Hotel last night. after
his return from a hospital where he
has been convalescing.
A petition. it is said. had been
signed by IS members of the national
committee urging that a call of the
committee be made for the purpose
of reorganization. But whether il
had or not. the call sent out by
Chairman Sanders was on his OWL
initiative. Had he been forced to cal
a meeting of the committee by petit
ton. the meeting would have beer
held not sooner than 10 days mol
later than 20 days after the call was
issued and would have been held ir
Washington.
For more than a year some of the
Old Guard neutrality-suspicious.
the anti-Hoover Republicans-hav
been after the scalp of Mr.. Sanders
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1934-05-04
STREET CAR KILLS
86.YEAR-0LD MAN
Edward Mcclure. Former Grocer,
Dies En- Route to
Hospital.

Edward Mcclure, 86-year-old re-
tired hotel employe, was fatally in
jured shortly before noon today when
he was struck by street car in the
1900 block of F street. He died en-
route to Emergency Hospital.
Mr.. Mcclure, according to wit
nesses OF the accident, was crossing F
street toward the Fox Theater when
a taxicab driver blew his horn. He
stepped out of the way of the cab
and stepped directly into the path OF
an oncoming street car.
Mr.. MCGUIRE had been resident OF
the District for more than half CEN
tury and at one time was engaged
here in retail trade as a grocer.
He had not been actively engaged
in business for many years and had
made his home with a niece. Mrs.
Edward c. Shields, at 3410 Brown
street.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
GEORGE F. BAKER ESTATE
is VALUED AT S73,759,683
Son and Two Daughters Are Prin-
cipal Observation-Disclosures
Cathedral Given $25O,OOO.
sv the Associated Press


NEW YORK, May George F.
Baker, banker and philanthropist,
left a net estate of S73,759,683 when
he died. May 2. 1881, transfer tax
appraisal filed today showed. He was
head of the First National Bank of
New York.
The gross assets amounted to ST.
$50 652. The principal assets con-
sisted of securities which totaled $75.-
863. .3O2.
Four public bequests were provided
for in his will in the sum of s550.000.
The principal beneficiaries were his
son and two daughters.
Evelyn B. ST. George and Florenc
B. Loew. the daughters, each received
s5.00O,0OO The residue. plus personal
effects, valued at S656,011. went to the
son, George F. Baker. jr.
The New York Public Library and
the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral
Foundation of the District of Colum,.
bia each received s250.000. Bequests
of $4,000 each went to the New York
Exchange for Womens Work and the
Tuxedo Memorial Hospital, Tuxedo,
N. Y.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
Paris Ouertures on Var Debt
Forecast Within Short Time
Ne,o Cabinet Seeks to F0rtify Friend
ship in Face of Serious Threat
of Nasi Germany.

Obviously. such an aim hardly chimes
with perpetuation OF the refusal to
pay international debts to the limits
to which such payment is proper, de-
sirable and possible
On the political side. tie new
French decision represents another
step in what might be called the
French reaction to the double provo
cation of Hitlerism in Germany. Nazi
Germany is considered a danger to
France in two ways:
First, it is what the French believe
to be a barbaric challenge to the fun
damental principles of self-govern-
ment, LIBERAL science and personal
freedom.
Second by its all but avowed inten-
ton of following the japanese on an
Continued on Page 2. Column -
Evening star., 1934-05-04
r REPRESENTATIVE HITS RECORD
FOR FAKINC HOUSE APPLAUSE

THE reason I ask this question is
because have noticed two or three
times lately, and / am not going to
refer to any member of the House by
name. that in extension of remarks
the words laughter and applause or
applause have been sprinkled in the
remarks and ! have wondered if it is
correct for the public printer to in
sert any such language as that with
respect to applause that did not occur
on the floor of the House"
Minority Leader Smell also declared
he mad recently seen the words ''ap-
plause" and Laughter" at least six
times in one of the appendix speeches.
Speaker Rainey held that the off,
cial reporters could insert the words
laughter" and applause" where It
actually occurs on the floor.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
LOCAL ?. .W.A.LOAN
ACTION DELAYED.
Chairman Norton Blocked
by BIanton in Appeal for
Special Rule.

After a spirited hearing today, the
House Rules Committee postponed a
decision on the request of Chairman
Norton of the House District Commit
tee for a special rule to expedite con-
sideration in the House of her bill,
passed by the Senate and unanimously
favored by the House District Com
mittee. to authorize the District Com
missioners to apply for S20,000.000
loan from the Public Works Admins
tration.
Mrs Norton made a strong appeal
to the Rules Committee.
Representative Thomas L. Blanton,
Democrat. of Texas, opposed the ap-
phcation for the rule.
Mrs. Norton emphasized this Is
merely a permissive bill and insisted
the District should be allowed op-
portunity to get the 80 per cent grant
from P w. A funds, the same as
other localities.
Mrs. Norton particularly called at
tention to the deplorable condition at
the tuberculosis Hospital. and that
the District Commissioners are power
less to correct the situation
Representative OiConnor. Democrat
of New York, acting chairman. called
attention to the wording from funds
heretofore appropriated" suggesting
that might be a barrier to ALLEGATIONS
for the District.
Representative Mapes. Republican
of Michigan, former chairman of the
House District Committee, questioned
whether the proposal carries the sup
port of the Appropriations Committee.
Mrs. Norton replied the Approprla-
tions Committee has nothing to dc
with this proposition. Mr.. Mapes also
wanted to know if there was any as
surance the loan would ever be repaid,
and Mrs Norton pointed out the bill
provides for repayment.
Question of Objection
Representative Smith, Democrat,
Virginia. explained a closed rule is
not being sought, but that any item
in the bill could be stricken out on
the floor if objection was raised.
Representative Martin, Republican,
Massachusetts. asked why this bill
could not be brought up on regular
District day. Mrs. Norton said the
District has had but three days and
has much important legislation
pending.
Representative Lehlbach took ex-
ception to the proposal in the bill
(Continued IN Page Column 81
Evening star., 1934-05-04
SUGAR BILL CLAUSE HIT
BY PHILIPPINE SENATE
Urges Congress to Exempt Islands
From Retroactive Feature.
Grave Damage Seen.

BY the Associated Press.
MANILA. Philippine Islands, May
4.-The Philippine Senate today
joined the House in voting to urge
Congress to alter the Jones' -CoStigan
sugar limitation bill so it would not
be retroactive to January l in so far
as the philippines are concerned.
If Congress fails to do this the reSo-
luton urged President Roosevelt to
veto that part of the act or Secre-
tary Wallace to modify its application
to the islands
The retroactive clause, the reSolu-
tion said. would cripple the Philippine
sugar industry with grave conSe-
quences to millions OF inhabitants"
Both branches of the Legislature
approved an appropriation of $4,000
for the expenses of a congressional
commission expected to visit Manila
this Summer to consider possible
changes in 'he Tydings-McDuf1e in
dependence act.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
EXCHANGE CLAUSE
DEBATED IN HOUSE
Final Approval of Stock
Measure Depends Upon
Controversial Issue.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Only a single hurdle today remained
in the path of final House approval
of the stock market control bill
whether the Federal Trade Commits
sion or a separate agency will control
the exchanges
A strong Republican and Demo-
cratic coalition was massed as the
voting hour approached in favor of
altering the present bill to place con-
troll in the hands of an agency created
for that purpose This would bring
the measure closer in line with that
pending in the Senate.
The strength of administration
forces supporting the controversial
legislation was demonstrated yesterday
when the House adopted without
change the first troublesome provision
on margin requirements. retaining the
As per cent requirement. despite a
drive for a 40 per cent figure
AS the test approached on the Trade
Commission VS.. seperate agency issue,
Republican chieftains notified Demo-
Gratis that nearly 100 of their side
would support the amendment to be
offered by Representative Bulwinkle.
Democrat. of North Carolina. for the
new agency. Democrats appeared
ready to split on the issue.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
WO0D|N FUNERAL
RITES TOMORROW
Former Treasury Head Will
Be Buried at Old
Home.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 4.-William H
Woodin, the frail little Secretary of
the Treasury who helped pilot the
Nation through the 1888 banking
crisis, is dead.
He Succumbed last night to COM
plications which followed a throat
infection. He would have been Sc
years old May 81.
The fatal throat trouble developed
last Summer and forced him to leave
the Treasury post in November
Funeral services will be held at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, in
New York City. Burial will be in
Berwick. Pa, Mr.. Woodin's boyhood
home
An induStrialist at the expense of
boyhood ambition to be a doctor, Mr.
Woodln turned to music after his
60th birthday and achieved note as
a composer
Talked of President.
A Spring rain, reminiscent of one
of his best known musical compost
tions-"Spring Is in My Heart'-pat-
tered outside his hospital window as
death came A warm friend of Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, he talked affection
ately of the President shortly be-
fore the end.
Mr.. Woodin made a picturesque
cabinet officer. He liked to play the
guitar-and he did it we'll Postage
stamps, prints and objects of art, all
of which he collected, were other
hobbies of the mild-mannered man
who guided the Treasury through
grave times.
He had a boyish spirit that pre-
vailed no matter how solemn the
occasion and he smiled his way
through his enormous tasks in Wash
ington.
The national banking holiday pre-
vailed from the hour he took office
He worked at the job night and day.
After a few hours sleep he was back
at the White House each morning
always smiling and cheerful, talking
over the next move with the President.
Tried to Resign.
There came time when the name
of Woodin was mentioned on lists OBJ
tanned from J. P. Morgan and Co. as
among those offered stocks at pre-
ferred prices. A demand went up
for his resignation. He went to the
President and offered it.
Mr.. Roosevelt took him on cruise
down the Potomac River over that
week end and made clear his resigna-
ton was not desired. But the then
Treasury Secretary came back still in
sisting, lest he embarrass the Presi-
dent
When his health weakened, Mr.
Woodin tried again to resign. Presi-
dent Roosevelt wouldn't listen, saying
Mr.. Woodin had done "a grand job -
The President granted him an in
definite leave of absence, hoping Mr.
Woodin could return to the Office.
But Mr.. Woodins health did not i'm
prove sufficiently and he resigned
Continued on Page 2, Column A.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE
ADDS "a AIRPLAkES
Announcement Follows That of
Construction of Heavy
Cruiser.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, Australia, May A.
Purchase of "a Seagull amphibian
airplanes was announced today by the
minister of defense shortly after an
nouncement of construction of
heavy cruiser in Australia's program
of increasing her defenses in view of
the uncertain situation in the Far
East.
Sir George Pearce, the minister. de-
clared the commonwealth was REIN
forcing her defenses in the air as
well as on the sea and that con-
tract for the planes, totaling ST.
725.000 was being placed with
Southampton, England, firm.
Earlier this week he announced
placing of a contract for 7.500-ton
cruiser of the British Leander type,
armed with six-inch guns.
Evening star., 1934-05-04
MACDONALD HECKLED
FOR "DRIVELING ON"
Painter Interrupts Prime Minis
ter's Address to Get Views
on Art Exhibit.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 4.-Because the
premier was driveling on about all
sorts of things" Adrian Stokes, 30
year-old landscape painter, inter-
rupted Prime Minister Ramsay Mac
Donald during speech at the fash
ionable annual dinner of the Royal
Academy last night.
AS Macdonald neared the end of
an address in which he extolled the
accomplishments of the national gov
ernment, a voice interrupted with
why not say something about the
present exhibition"
Stokes admitted he interrupted be-
cause Macdonald was "driveling on"
like lot of other people who come
to the banquet each year and abso-
lutely ignore the great efforts repre-
sented in the works of art around
them
The Prince of Wales, who spoke
without interruption, attended the
affair,
Evening star., 1934-05-04

When the House laughs or applauds
a member during a discussion on the
floor, Representative Pettengill, DEM
ocrat. of Indiana, has no objection to
having the Congressional Record call
attention to it But he doesn't ap-
prove of a members speech, appear
ing in the appendix. which is not
made on the floor, being sprinklad
with the words applause" and
Laughter.
PettengilI made his views known
late yesterday just before adjournment
of the House.
"In the appendix of the Congress
sional Record" he said, when re-
marks that purport to be remarks by
a member of the House are included
as an extension of remarks. is it to
be assumed that the remarks were not
made on the floor of the House?
Evening star., 1934-05-04
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, May 4.-Harry Mozely
Stevens, who created the American
hot dog and built fortune on it, is
dead at 78.
The English-born caterer to the
hungry appetites of millions of this
country's sport fans succumbed to
arterio-sclerosis at his home near here
yesterday after a, long illness.
Starting in a small base ball park
at Niles, Ohio. Stevens lived to see his
business develop until the far-fiung
Stevens concessions covered every
major league ball park, many of the
largest race tracks, old Madison
Square Garden and the new Grand
Central Palace.
Stevens sold the first hot dog ESQ
named by the late Tad Dorgan. sports
cartoonisD at the Polo Grounds in
1900. Sausages had been sold in rolls
before that time, but the hot sausage
in the hot roll with mustard or pickle
was his own idea. The new delicacy
met with immediate acclaim from