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Evening star., 1934-03-04
BY GEORGE HOYT SMITH.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March g.
Although this is not a presidential
election year it Is likely to be lively.
with 1000 offices to fill in November.
The primary elections-there are two
practically always necessary in order
to nominate candidates Of the Demo-
cratic party-have been announced by
the State Executive Committee for
June S and 26.
The elections will include the Sc
lection of a Democratic candidate for
the United States Senate, S members
of Congress and local offices. There
are vacancies occurring In the State
Supreme Court, 2 on the Board Of
Railroad Commissioners, 95 members
of the State House Of Representatives,
81 senator's, members of the State Ex-
ecutive Committee, % circuit judges,
and hundreds of county officials in
the 81 counties Of Florida.
From Tallahassee 1t Is suggested
Evening star., 1934-03-04
BEER, BILB0 AND BONUS
TOPICS IN MISSISSIPPI
Legalizing Of Brew q Milestone
In States History-Pol-
itics Active.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
JACKSON, Miss, March S.-Beer.
Bnbo and the bonus are the chief
political topics In Mississippi this
week, disconnected as they are.
Signature Of Gov. Mike Conner
legalizing beer in Mississippi for the
first time in quarter Of Q century
was . milestone In State politics.
Now, with beer legally sold-it has
been sold openly In many Mississippi
towns before the legalization-the
State can benefit from the taxes, both
the sales tax and privilege license as
well as the excise.
Informal announcement Of Theo-
dore @. Bilbo. who has Just resigned
from the A. A. A. in Washington, as
o candidate for United States Senator
In the Democratic primaries Of this
year against Senator Hubert Stephens,
brought . little political ripple. It
has been expected that Bilbo, twice
Governor. would run, but delay Of
his actual entry in the campaign was
In keeping with the political trend -
The state-low expenditures.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
FLORIDA WILL NOMINATE 1000
At TWO DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES

that more than 10000 organized
school teachers and school officers
will be right at the front in the Sc
lection Of candidates for the State
Legislature, determined to secure in
creased pay to q minimum Of 81, 900
for first-year teachers, graduating up
to 50. 400 at the end Of IL years.
Naturally, a great deal of interest
will be shown in the election Of q
United States Senator. Park Tram
nell, who has been in the Senate sew
eral terms, is expected to have strong
opposition, with already several candi-
dates seeking his place. Prominently
mentioned in this connection is
Claude Pepper Of Tallahassee. we'll
known all over the State as leading
attorney. and formerly a member Of
the State Legislature, where he rep
resented Tayor County. He Is q
forcible speaker and declares himself
as "free from reactionary tendencies
and with . viewpoint boldly in SYM
pathy with the new deal.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
SOUTH WILL WAGE
DR|VEF0R PARITY
IN ALL INDUSTRIES
Is Expected
to Follow Organization
of Industrial Council.
BY J. r. ROTHERMEL.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 3.-A
campaign BY which the South hopes
to obtain wage and price difIerentials
that will give its industry parity with
the industry Of other sections is ex-
pected to follow the organization here
this week Of the Southern Industrial
Council.
The organization will be South
wide in scope and at the initial meet
ing in Birmingham tndustrialists
were present from Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, Tennessee. Texas and
Virginia. Preliminary organization
was effected at Chattanooga In De-
cember.
To Collect n. h A. Data.
Collection Of data for presentation
Of the National Recovery Administra-
ton in connection with discussions
Of codes affecting Southern industry
will be the first aim Of the council.
Differences between the South and
other sections Of the country In
wages, working conditions. labor sup
ply and characteristics, climatic con-
dttions, transportation cost from pro-
ducer to consumer and other matters
affecting industry will be studied.
This data, based on information of
actual operat'r -...s OF manufactur-
ing plants, freight rates and other
factors Of production and distribu-
ton will be furnished the N. r. A.
administrator prior to the general
conferences next week Of code author
tiles.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
GEORGES
EMPL0Y|NG3,1S9
ON c. v. A. Jobs
Ranks Second of Maryland
Counties With $29,012
Weekly Pay Roll.
BY J. C. DEPONAI.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dlspatcn TO Inc Star.
BALTIMORE, March With
3.189 men at work, Prince Georges
County ranks second in the number
of workers engaged on projects under
the @ w. A. last week, being ex-
ceeded only by Hartford County with
3,571.
Total pay roll in Prince Georges for
the week was $29,012 against $40, 1927
in Hartford.
Calvert County, on the other hand,
was next to lowest with only 179
workers and pay roll Of $1,742 Nine
hundred men are employed in Mont
gomery County at $7,l74 for the
week; Charles County, 403 workers,
$3,137. and st. Marys, 260 workers,
$1,935.
The total number OF workers In the
% counties and Baltimore City was
1888 with a total pay roll Of $5O1 ,224,
according to report Of Harry Green
stein, State administrator, which in
cluded 432 men engaged In Statewide
projects and 1853 men and women on
the administration staff, with total
pay roll of s14,982.
In Baltimore City 2O,875 men were
employed with pay roll Of $267,375.
The number Of men and pay rolls in
each of the other counties in the State
outside of Southern Maryland follows:
Allegany, 1,465, $12,4O5; Anne Arun-
del, 1895, $29,455; Baltimore County,
2,457, S25,987; Caroline, 68, $536; Car
roll, 537, $4,624; Cecil. 361, s2.618:
i4lr
942, $8,113; Garrett, 804, $8,496; Har-
ford, 3,571, $4O,327; Howard, 17S,
s1,163; Kent, 218, s1,204; Queen
Annes, 1877, $1,219; Somerset, 374,
S2,753; Talbot, 418, 1920; Washing
ton, 1,767, $15,997; Wicomico, TIL,
$8,277; Worcester, 1872, s4,920.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
BACK-T0-THE-FARM
MOVEMENT PLANNED
Delaware Project to Be Model
for Experiment by Roosevelt
Administration.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WILMINGTON. Del, March S.-A
modified "Back-to-the-Farm" pro-
gram will get under way in Delaware
this month fostered by the Roosevelt
administration.
The program here, which has been
declared an experiment upon which
adoption Of q similar Nation wide pro-
gram pivots, calls for the establish
ment Of 70 small farms on q 200-acre
tract within easy reach Of Whining
ton. These farms, ranging from one
half to five acres each, will be sold to
. selected list Of unemployed family
men, ordinarily engaged along indus
trial lines but who are now on public
relief rolls. The purpose Is to ascer-
tain II an industrial workman can to
advantage improve his standard Of
living by running q tract Of land for
his own family,s food demands.
A State commission has been in
corporated by the Federal Govern
ment to carry out the program In
Delaware. It has already taken out
options on at least two tracts south
Of this city and final selection Is ex-
pected next week. approximately
$200, 900 has been set aside by WASH
ington for the experiment.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
OHIO GRANTS APPOINTMENT
OF JUDGE FLORENCE E. ALLEN
Backing by Senator Bulkley Believed to Assure Circuit
Court of Appeals Seat

Senators Is but one-third that of the
House, but he has no power to veto
any portion Of an item in appropria-
ton bills.
Attorney General Bricker has point
ed out that the act of two weeks ago
intended to provide for the payment
Of compensation Of school teachers
long delinquent is meaningless and in
valid, for the reason that there Is no
money in the funds from which pay
ments are to be made. When the
Legislature meets again next week the
Governor will ask it to cure the de-
feet.
Gov. White has designated Mat
thew L. Brown Of Springfield secretary
Of the new old age pension fund, SAL
ary $4,000. Brown estimates that
100000 persons will qualify for the
pensions, and If so. the 100000
made available will be insufficient.
Friends Of former United States
Senator Roscoe c. McCulloch say, in
explanation of his recent criticism Of
Ogden L. Mills and Andrew Mellon,
that Mr.. McCulloch believes that
there is q large element in the Re
publican party In Ohio ready to leave
the old party leaders for the new
deal"
The special State Tax Commission
which went to Indiana to study the
new gross receipts tax measure Of
that State will offer such . measure
to the special session Of the Ohio
Legislature for consideration, but
since the body has already rejected
the sales tax as annoying, 1t is not
likely that it will give favorable con-
sideration to the gross receipts tax.
Decision Causes Comment.
The decision Of Judge John r.
King Of the local common pleas
bench, In the case Of The Equitable
Life Assurance Co. vs.. T. A. and
Edna Fredas, that q contract writ
ten payable in gold, must be car
ried out now under the devalued dol
lar, by paying as many additional
devalued dollars as the rate Of. de-
valuation would require to make the
dollar paid equal to that intended In
the contract, even though it Is not In
gold, has caused much comment In
legal circles here. Many lawyers in
sist that the court could not have
decided otherwise, and yet, It Is asked,
how about its application to our out
standing currency which It was
asreed should be redeemed IN gold7
Evening star., 1934-03-04
NEW CHARGE MADE
AGAINST TREASURY
Conduct of Kentucky Treas
urer'S Office Hit in Griffin.
hagen Report.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 3.-Just
two weeks after the House of Repre-
sentatives decided that newspaper ac-
cusations of improper conduct of the
State treasurer's Office lacked sufficient
substance to warrant investigation, the
General Assembly was staggered by a
double -barreled charge of Griffen-
hagen & Associates, auditors, de-
nouncing the general fund as "ab-
solutely bankrupt" and causticallly
criticising the treasurer. The report
was made in two sections, one deal
ing generally with the States anti
quated financial system that has per-
mitted a floating debt of $4,000, 900
to accumulate with no prospect of
eventual repayment; the other spe-
cial consideration of the method of
warrant issuance and the slipshod
practices of the treasury.
Report Non political.
The Griffenhagen report Is strictly
technical and non-political inasmuch
as the firm was employed by a spe-
cial advisory council, appointed by
Gov. Ruby Laffoon to put its finger
on the States troubles. The councils
first recommendation, an efficient re-
organization Of the State government
was repudiated by the Legislature,
which substituted a measure that
shifts control Of some departments but
does not reorganize. The councils s
second, recommendation, new meth
cd Of fiscal and budgetary control
is also in a fair way to be booted out
doors. Gov. Laffoon's friends have in
troduced and are pushing bill that
fails to meet the criticisms of the
auditors.
The States accounting records are
SO chaotic, the auditors found, that,
1t was necessary to accept certain
figures without verification and no
amount Of auditing could ever produce
statements that could be unqualified
1y certified as correct. If the general
accounts were to be believed the
Commonwealth has no current LA
bilities, except outstanding warrants
and has no accounts receivable" Yet,
as g matter Of fact, the States cash
position Is extremely unsatisfactory
Any private corporation, whose bal
nee sheet reflected such a cash posi-
On and whose chances of funding its
,ating liabilities were as remote as
lose Of the State, would be bank
.upt. Certainly it would not be en-
titled to any commercial credit. With
warrants selling at IS per cent dis
count the State pays $10O for $82
worth Of goods and undertakes to pay
interest on 500 at s per cent per
annum. Taking all Of the cur
rent assets Of the general fund at
book values, they would be sufficient
to pay but 6h cents on each dollar
Of floating liabilities"
Evening star., 1934-03-04
RHODE ISLAND LIQUOR
AMENDMENTS ASKED
Commission Recommends Sale of
Whisky in Saloons and
Restaurants.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BpeClal UlSpaLcn 10 Inc Stdr.
PROVIDENCE, R. l., March s.
Sale Of hard liquor in saloons and
restaurants is recommended by the
Alcoholic Beverage Commission which
sent about 80 amendments to the
State liquor law for consideration by
the legislature. The commission also
advocates repeal of the present pro-
vision restricting wholesalers to a 9
per cent profit; would raise the age
Of those to whom liquor may be sold
from 18 to 81; issue liquor licenses
only to such hotels and restaurants
as are open for business and ''regu-
larly patronized" between 9 am. and
II pm, thus eliminating the dine and
dance road house, and would prevent
retailers from buying stock from any
but Rhode Island licensed dealer.
The 19,5O0,000 metropolitan sewage
disposal proposition has been disap-
proved by the Federal Public Works
Advisory Board, but the end is not
yet.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, March 3.-The long arm
Of the Massachusetts, police reached
out last week and dealt organized
banditry one Of the most crushing
blows It has received in this section
Of the country In years. At the pres
ent writing three members, constitute
ing . band that has had few rivals in
history for brutality and cold-blooded
murder, are behind the bars, and will
no doubt soon 90 to trial for at least
four murders and several bank. thea
ter and pay roll hold-ups that have.
in addition to the lives, cost the VIC
Tins around 100000.
Solve KIDNAPPING Case.
The real story Of the State police's
great victory dates back to last Spring
and the Peggy McMath Kidnapping on
Cape Cod. The reorganized constabu-
laEy. working under II new chief,
Evening star., 1934-03-04
CONTINUE RELIEF
ON CREDIT BASIS
West Virginians Act After
Federal Assistance Is
withdrawn.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Disnatch to The star.
CHARLESTON. w. Va. March 3.
With Federal aid withdrawn since
last Thursday because the State had
failed to contribute its part, relief to
West Virginia's $4,000 destitute fam
lilies is proceeding on q credit basis,
while the Legislature, now preparing
to close its 210 days Of alternate ses-
sions, argues over who shall pay new
tax bills, and whether the bills shall
be designed for q total Of $l0,l00, 900
or s7,500,ooo.
Authority for continuing relief on
credit was assumed late in the week
by the State Unemployment Relief
Administration, after 1t was assured
by William N. Beehler, State C. W. A.
administrator, who had just returned
from Washington, that Harry L. Hop
kins, national c. w. A. head, posi-
lively would not send another cent Of
Federal money to West Virginia until
its Legislature acted. With this as
surance, and the further assurance
contained In joint legislative resolu-
tion pledging an appropriation for re-
lief as soon as means could be found
for raising the money, the State Un-
employment Relief Administration
took upon itself the responsibility for
arranging q credit Of 100000 enough
to last until March 10, and directed
local administrations in each Of the
SIS counties to go into debt for its pro-
portionate share.
Prepare for Battle.
Thus, the relief administration
challenged the Legislature to carry
out It's pledge before March 10 or, on
that date, all relief work will cease
Meanwhile, the Democrat-controlled
between the liberals and conserva-
tives over the question Of whether
the heaviest part of the new tax
burden shall fall upon the public
utility corporations or whether the
burden shall be spread over the shoul-
ders of the entire citizenship by pass
ing q consumers sales tax.
Gov. H. G. Kump Is the recognized
leader OF the conservatives. Address,
ing q Joint session, he outlined q need
for 100000, Of which, he said.
5,000,000 should be raised from q
sales tax for schools; 100000 should
be raised from o tax upon luxuries
for relief over q period Of 10 months
and $2,100,000 should be recaptured
from public utilities to make up 3
portion Of their savings under the
tax limitation constitutional amend
ment, to be used to pay State debts.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
BY ]. H. GALBRAITH.

0pcCAdl OlSpulCil W 4de Sto2s
~OLUMBUS, Ohio, March s.
1 Since Senator Bulkley in
" dorsed the candidacy Of Judge
Florence e. Allen Of the
Ohio Supreme Court for the
vacancy on the bench Of the Circuit
Court Of Appeals at Cincinnati, it is
accepted as so certain to mean her
appointment that Democrats are COM
ing out as candidates for appoint
ment to succeed her on the State
supreme bench. This week q move
ment was started here for the ap-
pointment Of Judge Robert Duncan
Of the Franklin County common pleas
bench to succeed Miss Allen.
A movement was started at Cincin-
natl this week, however, that threatens
opposition to Judge Aliens appoint
ment. AS q member Of the State
supreme bench she voted to sustain
a method Of segregating the colored
young woman students in the State
university dormitories, and q protest
against her on this account has been
sent to President Roosevelt by T. M.
Berry Of Cincinnati, the president OF
the National Association for the Pro-
motion of the Colored Race.
Cool on Moley.
Representative M. L. Sweeney's sug-
gestion of Prof. Raymond Moley as
the Democratic candidate for Cover
nor of Ohio has met with no favor
able response. Most Democrats doubt
that the professor could establish
citizenship in Ohio.
The Republican leaders Of the State,
remembering the jealousies that have
resulted from having many candidates
for their gubernatorial nomination.
are trying to restrict the number OF
entries this year. The leaders Will
meet here by call of State Chairman
Ed D. Schorr on March Is, but
he insists that the meeting will dis
cuss party doctrines and principles
rather than candidates..
Gov. White attached his omcial
signature to the bill passed by the
Legislature granting extra compensa-
ton to members Of the body for spe-
cial session services, but In 50 doing
criticized the appropriation Of practi-
cally the same sum for the Senate a.
for the House, though the number Of
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NOTED ARTISTS
GO TO new YORK
DURING STAY IN KEY WEST
THEY WE'RE GUESTS or
Mr.. AND MRS. KlRKE


After enjoying Z pleasant vaca-
ton il Key West as guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace Bryant Kirke,
Salvador De Maio and Arthur
Schmalz. noted artists, left on
the afternoon train yesterday for
New York.
Soine time ago they were as
signed By the navy department ID
execute mural decorations in one
Of the buildings at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, Md. and
were sent 70 Santiago. Cuba, 20
sketch scenes on the historic bat.
tie fields Of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war.
They left on the Destroyer Me-
Farland and after securing the
necessary data returned to Key
West on the vessel more than one
week ago and since that time
have been guests Of the Kirkes.
Both of these muralists the
department are graduates Of Fine
Arts Yale College and their stay
with Mr. and Mrs. Kirke was
made donbIy pleasant By the fact
that Mr.. Kirke Is also graduate
81 Old Eli
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-18
United States treasury Deficit
Now Over Three Billion Dollars
Amount Swn 10 Exceed
Eniire Deficit Cover
ing Expenditure During
Year 1888

WASHINGTON, April is.
The treasury deficit for
the fiscal year ending June
80, today reached sS,O72
100000, exceeding the en-
tire deficit for 1888.
Mid-April financing in
Volved retirement Of 81 ,225, !
oo0. 900 in securities and is
suanee Of new treasury
bonds operated to push up
deficit more than $3OO,OOO,-
900 IN one business day.
The principal factor in
the sudden jump was the
ssOO,oOO,OoO purchase Of
bonds for the sinking fund
which must total s4SS, O0O,-
600 for the fiscal year.
It stood today 1t 1852,
00o, 900.
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lifted the bodies from the cooling
steel 81 the demolished plane.
The bodies were placed in sogry
mud beside the plane II await a.
rival It ) truck. the only possible
means 81 traversinr the country
lane between the scene and crash
and Iewisville.
The dead are: Harry Fowler.
Sc. Dallas. pilot 81 the ship: lack
Poole. 10. Dallas Lillian Roze.
Is. Dallas. and IN unidentified
woman.
Airport officials said the party
left Love Yield Il Dallas far :
local spin"
Several minutes batter The plane
tore through murky weathes near
hers. and tWo farmers Watched Il.
noticing 4 was Is troable.
They had = stand ~ while ne
shin hnfned unable IL rat clos
enough Tor resene work bsxause
IoE - heat.
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seeking jobs, persons who want to
discuss important matters of leg
islation.
Speaking "for the record" is not
a Wagner indulgence. His few
senate speeches are meaty and on
subjects in which he is deeply in
terested.
White House Guest
His reading centers on econom.
ic and social subjects, and he tries
to keep up with new books OF
those subjects.
Brief walks are almost his only
Exercise. InfrequentIy his staff
succeeds in driving him away for
= weekend trip. Ii the trip is to
New York, the opera or theater
most likely will be his diversion,
and Wagnerian compositions are
among his fav0rites.
He frequently attends formal
dinners in the capital. but he pre-
fers informal. chatty affairs where
people drop in without fuss or
preparation. He is one of the most
regular guests at the informal
White House dinners.
A widower, Senator Wagner
has a son who is law student at
Yale.
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Social Reforms Planned By
Cuban Government Hopeful
For Improving Conditions
Plan Includes cOnfiscatiOn
OF Property OF Refugee
Leaders OF Machado
Regime

HAVANA. April 10
Social reforms. which viii
sweep aside ancient customs
and improve condition of
workers and farmers. were
promised the Cuban people
today by President Men
dieta.
The general outline Of the
governments program re-
veaIed by the president after
q long cabinet session at
which Carlos de la Tore
was named to the presidency
of the new state council,
calls for advanced laws" af-
fecting practically every
walk Of life.
The program includes a
plan to cOnfiscate the prop
erty of refugee leaders of the
regime of Former President
Machado, and a proposal
that each industry be re-
CURED to employ at least
three times as many Cuban
citizens Is foreigners.
Immediate measures to re-
lieve unemployment viii be
undertaken. the government
promised.
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of working mems troubles. because
sof his own experience. He has
made labor problems his speciality.
His office. usually is thronged
with callers, and his phone is
known to capitol switchboard OPP
orators as the busiest in the SEN
ate office building.
Has Full Days
A typical Wagner day begins at
Ia a. m. with a quick perusaI of
New York and Washington papers
at breakfast. His committee
meetings frequently number three
in one morning. At noon he Is
back in his office for 10 minutes
to answer telegrEms and letters.
A sandwich and d bottle Of milk
compose his lunch at 1870 in his
office. Labor board hearings are
held about three times week in
the afternoon. Besides that he
must squeeze in time for attention
to law-making in the senate.
Nights are given over to study of
legislation. preparation of adj
dresses, reading social engage
ments.
In between times he receives
callers delegations from home on
.postoffice matters, constituents