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Evening star., 1935-01-12
LONG PENSION ACT
HA[TEDBY COURT
InterIocutory Injunction Is
sued Against Law in Suit
of Standard Oil.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, January l2.-Fed-
eral District Court officials announced
here today that an interloctuory in
junction had been issued by the court
restraining enforcement of the Huey
Long dictated legislative act which
authorizes State supervision of indus
trial pensions
The order was directed against the
State attorney general, CASTOR L. Por-
terie, on suit brought by the Standard
Oil Co. of Louisiana, which operates
an extensive refinery business in
Baton Rouge, and the Standard Pipe
line Co., an affiliate of Standard Oil
Hearing on the company's applica-
ton for a permanent injunction was
set for January 10 before a specia
three-judge Federal court to be COM
posed of two district Federal Judge:
and one circuit Judge.
The act, passed by the last specia
legislative session of 1884, provides fol
supervision Of the pension system by
State committee and was declared
by Long to be aimed at companies
who discharge employees short time
before they are eligible to receive pen
sions."
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Pilot Fights Off Insane Man
As Plane Hurtles Through Air

the Mortified passenges watched fear
fully.
Pilot de PinillOs tried to beat of
the attacker with one hand while he
guided the ship with the other. He
sent the big plane roaring through
the air ct top speed in an attempt to
reach a landing field in time to avert
disaster.
He finally succeeded in subduing
the deranged passenger and brought
the plane down safely at its destina-
ton.
Samane, who had boarded the plane
with his wife, had to be placed in
shackles when police took him from
the airliner ct the end Of the trip.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
u. S. Planting of Vast Tree Belt
In Midwest to Start in Spring
100000 Saplings Viii Be Used in
Launching Project to Conserve Mois-
ture and PrOuide Wmdbreaks.

tcopyrieht 1885 by the Associated Press
Four million trees will be planted
next Spring. 1t was announced today,
as a start on the Forest Service S
vast shelter belt designed to sweep
from Canada to the Texas Panhandle.
The American Tree Association de-
clared that % of 80 planting areas
had been selected tentatively. each
calling for planting of 10000 trees
in strips S miles long and 10 rods
wide They will be established in
the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Okla
homa and Texas.
Meanwhile, the Forest Service has
collected sufficient seed Of acclimated
species to provide about 100000, 900
seedlings for planting in 1886.
Designed to provide windbreaks for
cultivated land, the project was in
dorsed by President Roosevelt and
set in motion with an allotment of
81 900, 900 in 1884. When completed
it will provide a belt Of trees planted
in the 10-rod-wide strips over a 100
mile-wide area.
Trees are to be planted in 10 rows
with intervals of about 6 feet. The
outside rows will be such trees as
chokeberry, sumac and willow; the
next rows Russian olive or mulberry.
Usage orange or apricot; the next rows
Evening star., 1935-01-12

Of green ash, American or Chinese
elm, oak, blackberry, Texas walnut,
black locust or pecan, and the center
rows of cottonwood, willows and black
locust.
Paul H. Roberts, acting director Of
the project, said in an article in the
Forestry News Digest, publication Of
the tree association, that plans for
1885 provide for planting the favor
able places first, using past expert
ence and study as a guide"
Work next Spring, he added, will
be distributed so as to yield the best
possible results of a Unconstitutional
or an experimental nature"
The association estimated that 140
man-days Of work viii be required for
each mile, or a total of 81 900 man
days on the areas contemplated. Ad-
ditional employment is expected in
nursery cultivation of young trees and
in surveying other areas.
THE function of the project Is to
establish tree shelter belts in the rela-
lively treeless Middle West to reduce
the destructive effects of wind, thus
conserving moisture, Stabilizing the
productiveness of the land, developing
game and recreational resources and
making the countryside better place
in which to live" Roberts declared.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
$4,000 DEMANDED
in K|DNAP THREAT
Police Reveal Children of
Boston Banker Guarded
for Two Months.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWTON, Mass. January IA
threat to kidnap the 6-year-old son
Of Thomas P. Beal, president Of the
Second National Bank of Boston, was
revealed today.
Demands for $25, 1000 and warnings
that Thomas P. Beal. jr., would be
destroyed" unless immediate pay
ment was made. were first received by
the Beal family two months ago.
An unobstrusive but heavy guard
of State and Newton police have been
at the Beal home, Al Lawrence road,
in the exclusive Chestnut Hill Sec
ton, since receipt of the first threat
ening letter, and special guards have
protected the boy and his sister, Ju-
dith, z.
Work Secretly Two Months.
Federal agents and postal inspectors
have been working on the case sec
reilly for the last two months, during
which telephoned threats, repeating
the first written demand, have been
received.
All police agencies engaged in the
investigation were agreed today that
the letter and subsequent demands
were not the work Of cranks.
The first letter was said to explain
in detail the method by which Beal
was to pay the $4,000. The phone
calls were reminders Of the details
contained in the epistle.
State police, who revealed the kid
nap threat early today, would not dis
cuss the case further.
Both Children Guarded.
The 6-year-old son of the bank
president is being accompanied by a
special guard constantly and Is not
allowed to leave the family grounds
even for school. Similar precautions
are being taken for Judith.
Floodlights were placed on the roof
Of the Chestnut Hill home. Every
foot Of the estate Is reached by their
rays and any person, moving even In
the sheltered driveways, would be i'm
mediately thrown into relief.
Mrs. Beal is the former May l..
Morgan, New York and Boston social
registerite.
Beal is the third member of fam
ily which has become internationally
famous in the banking world. His
grandfather was assistant to Secretary
Chase of President Lncoln's cabinet
and his father was once president OF
the bank Beal now heads.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
DI0NNE INSURANCE
REFUSED BY LLOYDS
Guardians of Quintuplets Re.
ported to Have Sought Offer
After Refusing Others.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TORONTO, January 12.-Lloyds OF
London, which UNDERWRITERS everything
from ocean liners to the weather, has
refused to insure the Dionne quin-
tuplets, 1t was reported here today.
The guardians of the famous infants
were reported to have approached
Lloyds after turning down offers OF
several Canadian and United States
companies to insure them for S10O
each, the limit allowable under the
insurance laws.
Attorney General A. w. Roebuck
however. has expressed himself as
opposed to insurance for the children
If they live, Roebuck says. insurance
will be of no use to them and if they
die it will not be needed.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Move to Increase Supreme
Court Membership Consid-
cred Among Senators.
GOVERNMENT VICTORY
is HOPE OF OFFICIALS
Chaos Stressed Again in Final
Arguments if Ruling Upsets
Present Order.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Just in case the Supreme Court
should rule against the Government
in the momentous gold clause case,
some Senators are discussing legisla-
tive plans to avoid what one leading
advocate of cheaper dollar called
the "ruination of everything"
There has been discussion and un-
doubtedly a program will be ready"
said Senator Thomas, Democrat, of
Oklahoma. but he quickly added:
I'VE have every confidence the Su-
preme Court will sustain the admin
istration and the Congress. An ad-
verse decision would have such a
widespread effect it would ruin every
thing"
More Court Members Discussed.
Thomas told newspaper men that
one idea under tentative discussion, Of
which he was not the author, would
provide for increasing the member
ship of the Supreme Court by two or
three to make more certain the re-
covery program would get a new
deal"
A prominent member of the Bank
ing Committee, however added that
the committee had not discussed the
impending decision.
Upon the decision hang the fate Of
the New Deal monetary program and
the question whether there shall be
an increase of some 500 900, 900 900 in
private and public debts. After Chief
Justice Hughes had asked further
questions about the Government S
rights in relation to contracts. the
court heard final arguments yesterday
in the last of five gold cases.
The complainants challenge the
Governments power to abrogate
clauses calling for payment in gold or
its equivalent. In brief, the question
Is whether a $1,000 gold security
should be worth 81 $50 in the new, de-
valued currency. or just $1,000.
officials Silent.
President Roosevelt and Treasury
officials declined comment, though
fiscal officers were known to be watch
ing the case closely. Most officials
who would say anything predicted a
Government victory.
There was much unofficial specu-
lation as to what would be done if
the decision went the other way. Some
thought the Treasury would continue
to pay dollar for dollar, face value,
in the new currency until Congress
ordered it to make a change. Some
others suggested the President might
take control over the currency, as he
did shortly after assuming office, by
proclaiming another emergency.
The verdict cannot come before
February 4, according to those ia
miliar with the procedure of the high
est tribunal.
Attorney General Cummings closed
Arguments yesterday with suggestion
the court might want to order a re-
argument. He requested the case be
kept open for that purpose.
Explains Government Decision.
He has contended "chaos" would fol-
low an adverse decision and in sum-
ming up yesterday asserted:
Permit me to say that what was
done was not done thoughtlessly, but
after the most careful, painstaking
study and consideration and with con-
secrated devotion to deal rightfully
with all our people. . The course
CONTINUED on Page 4. Column 81
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Cat Pulls Wire in Pipe.

MONROE CITY, Mo-, January IL
R.-Dorothy Jones, IA, and her pet
cat solved q perplexing problem Of
how to lead an electric wire through
o 40-foot conduit.
The girl tied the wire to the leg of
the cat and called tabby from the
other end.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
MIAMI FIGHTS GAMBLERS
Bookmakers' Places Are Closed
After Staying.

MIAMI, Fla, January IL (P.-Only
"curbstone" handbooks operated here
today as bookmaking establishments
driven to cover last week by the heat
of an investigation into the Staying
of a gambler, gave up the struggle
as the authorities jammed down the
lid.
At the same time, State Attorney
N. Vernon Hawthorne and his three
special assistants went into the back
ground Of bookmakers' strife and its
connection with the "one-way" slay-
ing Of George "Skeets" Downs, pro-
fessional gambler.
Police forces bore down on estab-
Ishments who braved official ire by
remaining open and took into Gus
tody not only operators but customers
Evening star., 1935-01-12

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, January Ia
Half way to the Pacific Coast on her
hazardous flight from Honolulu,
Amelia Earhart Putnam raced with
o storm today to keep a rendezvous
with the California morning sunshine.
Over the last half of the 2,400-mile
stretch-one never flown alone before
by any fyer-the 36-year-old blond
who "soloed" over the Atlantic,
sought to outwit the storm gods. She
fought her way steadily along the
steamer lanes throughout the night,
seeking favorable winds at one alti-
tude and then another.
Miss Earhart may stretch her coast
ward dash to Salt Lake City, Utah. II
weather and fuel conditions are favor
able, her husband. George Palmer
Putnam, announced in Honolulu.
The New York publisher, who was
staying up all night to receive the
cryptic reports of his wife's progress,
explained that in this way Miss Ear
hart might break her own nonstop
distance record set in July, 1888, with
a dash from Los Angeles, Calf, to
Newark, N. j
Putnam added at once, however,
that the aviatrix intended to stop at
Oakland and would continue past
Oakland only If conditions were most
favorable"
Reassuring O. X. Flashed
At intervals she flashed a reassur-
ing %. K"
The storm gods flooded her take-off
field late yesterday and spattered her
shiny monoplane with the red mud
of Wheeler Field as she bumped and
swayed down the treacherous run
way. Unappeased, they gathered their
forces in the tempest cauldronS off
Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
and prepared to drench the coast
States with rain and snow
The weather report at oakland Air
port, her intended destination, was
for clear weather in the morning, but
probably rain in the afternoon as the
Vancouver Island storm rolled south
ward.
At Halfway Mark.
It was anticipated, however, that
Miss Earhart might reach the airport
by 8 am, Pacific standard time) or
shortly thereafter should she hold
the steady pace achieved in the early
hours of her flight. The aviatrix her
self, after hours of flight, estimated
she had come half way. This was in
line with the Oakland estimates.
She took off on the flight scarcely
q month after Capt. Charles T. P.
Ulm, George Littlejohn and j. L. Skill
ing were lost in an attempt to reach
Honolulu from California.
But the woman who set records not
only for women but for the world at
large by her transatlantic flights,
disdained all warnings of foolhardi-
ness and took off IN spite of the
storms.
The Winter season, with its unset
tied weather and unpredictable
storms; lack of pontoons to permit
the plane to sit down on the water;
the inacceSsibility of the planes radio
equipment and the unnecessary risks
attendant on so long solo flight, were
some Of the arguments advanced
against the blond air transport execu-
tive's project.
Frank A. Flynn of San Francisco,
. member of the National Aeronautic
TCor+;r,,oI AZ, pooo roi,,r,r SI
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Gen. Gales Is Ill.

LOS ANGELES, January IL Dr.
Gen. Plutarco Elias Gales, former
President Of Mexico, must undergo an
operation for a gall bladder ailment,
DR.. Verne c. Hunt said today.
Gen. Gales will be operated upon, -
said DR.. Hunt after q visit to the el-
derly political leaders beside late last
night. His condition is improved.
He had q fair day."
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Exchange Rates Not Affected BY

Purchase Price Change.
TOXIC, January 12 R.-The
finance ministry announced today an
increase in the governments gold pur-
chase price from 2.95 yen (about
$8.26) per gram to 500 yen (about
$3.50.
The new price, effective today, still
Is well below the world price, and will
not affect exchange rates or interna-
tional commerce.
The finance ministry action merely
means the government IS paying more
to the domestic producers who are
forbidden to export the metal.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
BY the Associated Press.

6y CIlt ASSUCIHIeU rIcScs
LIMA, Peru, January 12.-The story
Of how an air pilot fought of a mad
man who attacked him while a pas
senger airliner was speeding high in
the air was told today by passengers
who witnessed the struggle.
Just after Reserve Capt. Carlos
Martinez de Pinillos had taken on
from Chiclayo with q load Of passen-
gers for Picasmayo, one Of the occu-
pants, q man named Francisco Sam
ane, was seized with q fit Of insanity.
He rushed to the pilots compartment
and started belaborins the pilot while
Evening star., 1935-01-12
SOCIAL LAW DRAFT
LEFT TO CONGRESS.
President to Offer Only
Broad, General Plan
to Legislators.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Although President Roosevelt will
lay broad general program for social
security before Congress next week.
congressional leaders understood to-
day he would place on them the re-
sponsibility of drafting the detailed
legislation.
Under this procedure it will be left
to Congress to decide, for instance,
whether the pay roll tax to finance
unemployment insurance will be 8
or 5 per cent, and whether the fund
will be financed entirely by en-
ployers or partly by employees.
Generally, it is understood the re-
port of the Committee on Security,
which the President will lay before
Congress, will point toward a bill
of the kind introduced last session
by Senator Wagner. Democrat, Of
New York and Representative Lewis,
Democrat, OF Maryland on unemploy-
ment insurance.
Pension Plan Guarded.
Recommendations on old-age pen
sionS were being even more closely
guarded. Speculation has centered
on monthly pensions Of $40, but there
has been no reliable confirmation.
The report was said, however, to
leave the door open to a system under
which the Government would pay
either one-haf or one-third Of the
old-age pensions, with the States
paying the balance. Estimates Of
the cost for the first year vary from
SIS, ,000, 900 to 500, ,000,0 900.
With additional proposals for ma
ternity aid, health insurance and an
nuity system for workers, the program
was said to involve a long-range plan
which would not become fully effective
for generation.
Some Workers Excluded.
Out VI q Wultc f1OuSe conference
yesterday congressional leaders gained
these impressions:
That the unemployment insurance
system will cover only industrial work.
ers of the lower wage classes and that
agricultural workers, railroad en-
ployes, school teachers, domestic help,
municipal employees and higher paid
workers will be excluded.
That employers of 10 or less persons
will be excluded.
That the Federal Government should
be custodian for all funds, with ad-
ministration left to the States.
Levy on Workers Opposed.
Some conferees argued that employees
should contribute perhaps per cent
Of their salaries to unemployment in
surance, but Secretary Perkins, chair
man Of the Security Committee, op-
posed this.
The Wagner-Lewis bill provided for
per cent payroll tax from which
all contributions to State insurance
fund could be deducted If the State
law were approved by the Secretary Of
Labor. The bill provided q minimum
compensation to unemployed workers
Of 81 week. or their normal pay for
"a hours Of work.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Manufacturer Dies.

LIMA, Ohio, January IL P.-Frank
G. Wright, SO, retired vice president
Of the Ohio Steel Foundry Co., died
here yesterday. He formerly lived at
Oil City, Pa, where he was connected
with the American Steel Foundry Co.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Railroad Official Dies.

-PATCHOGUE, N. Y, January II
R.-Hal B. Fullerton, 70, retired ag-
ricultural director Of the Long Island
Railroad, died yesterday. He was q
native of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
PRESIDENT MOTORS

Roosevelt Leaves White House
for Short Auto Trip.
President Roosevelt left the White
House shortly before noon today for an
automobile ride into the nearby coun-
try with the intention of returning
to the White House in time for
dinner.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Brisk Business

Department store sales in
Washington for the month of
December were up 20.9% over
the same month of a year ago.
This increase was the largest
for any city in the Fifth Fed
eral- Reserve District, in which
Washington is located
Yesterdays Advertising
Gocal DisplayJ
Lines.
The Evening Star. 1880
End Newspaper -. 2O,O3o
3rd Newspaper =. 1890
4th Newspaper =. 15,4O7
5th Newspaper =. 11,537
Total I've (s:x:9sSsr. 1:ass 62,963
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Completes Hop
of 2,4OO Miles
Over Water.
RACED STORM
TO CALIFORNIA
Reaches Speed OF
$50 NJ. p. HI. in
Fast Flight.
BULLETIN.

SAN FRANCISCO, January
u P.-The Mackay Radio re-
ported at 10:49 am. (P. S. T)
today that Amelia Earhart
Putnam, flying from Honolulu
to Oakland, said she had
sighted Santa Cruz, IS miles
south of here.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Total N:w:DsDsr, %:asa 62,9'

The thorough coverage Of
it's circulation makes The
Star the first advertising
choice of Washington mer-
chants who are sharing In
this increased volume of re-
tail sales.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
WEATHER.

o. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast1
Fair with lowest temperature about 80
degrees tonight: tomorrow cloudy with
slowly rising temperature, followed by
rain. Temperatures-Highest, 46. at 4
pm. yesterday; lowest, "a, at tbs am.
today. Full report on page Ala.
Evening star., 1935-01-12

Continued on Page 4, Column
Evening star., 1935-01-12
GOLD HIGHER IN JAPAN

Continued on Page 4, Column 6.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-12
|FORESTERS SET
 FOR BIS NIGHT
Addresses of Speakers to Be Broadcast Over
 WATR Thursday

Past Grand Chief Ranger Thomas OToughlin of NaugatucK will be the principal speaker Thursday night when Court Welch and Court Champlain of the Foresters of America join in celebrating For esters' night. The gathering, which vii ltake place in Foresters' hall on Boyden street, Waterville, will be preceded by addresses over Station WATR from 5:30 to 6:3O o'clock in the evening by Past Grand Chief Ranger Walter S. McGowan of Wa tertown, Supreme Treasurer James J. Walsh of MerIden and Grand Chief Ranger Frank Odlum of Hartford.
 Next Saturday night, under the auspices of the Hartford courts of the Foresters of America, a sweep stake bowling match of all Fores- ters will take place at the Morgan alleys in Hartford. Special prizes will be awarded for each match at the bowling games. All money de- rived from the sweepstake bowling contest will be applied to the Camp Courant and Hartford Times sum- mer vacation funds.
 At Thursday nights gathering in Foresters' hall in Waterville 8 nationwide drive for membership will be announced and launched locally.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-12
TEN CITIES IN
 MASS. ARE BUSY
Either Holding Elections or Primaries Today;
 'BOssy' GiIIis in Again

Boston, Nov. l2-(UP)-Voters in 10 Massachusetts cities balloted to- day in elections or primaries, with two Boston suburbs. Woburn and Chelsea, promising to serve as polit- ical weathervanes.
 Woburn republicans, heartened by recent g. o. p. triumphs in other Bay State cities, hoped to unseat demo- cratic Mayor Edward w. Kenney by eicting Sherwood H. Van Tassel, Pennsylvania-born shoe merchant and insurance broker.
 Mayor Kenney has emphasized that Woburn's financial position is so strong the city has been able to borrow funds at as low as 1.85 per cent interest. Van Tassel has point ed to Woburn's tax rate of $41.90, highest in the state, as evidence of inefficient management.
 Chelsea May Vote Strong
 Although Chelsea's mayoral elec- tion is non-partisan it involves is- sues expected to produce heavy vote. Both candidates, State Repre- sentative William H. Melley and At torney Edward J. Yoke, are demo- crats. Melley has styled himself as Governor Curley's candidate"
 Last week it was revealed that Melley was distributing relief jobs in Chelsea. This brought from Gov- ernor Curley statement that this practice would not be tolerated in the future.
 Melley counter-charged that re- tiring Mayor Lawrence J. Quigley, through duress and promises of money and fuel, was forcing welfare recipients to vote for VokeS
 Holding Primaries
 Thes four cities are holding prim- aries:
 Brockton Mayor Horace D. Baker, elected two years ago by only 9l votes, opposed for republican re- nomination by Fred D. Rowe, form CT republican state committeeman, and Mrs. Florence M. Bartlett. City Solicitor Lawrence E. Crowley, AL derman Daniel L. Kelleher, Jr, AL derman Charles McCaffrey and Daniel Collins seek the democratic nomination.
 Newburyport Andrew J. (Bossy) Gillis, twice mayor, has three opponents in non-partiSan primary, City Councilmen John M. Kelleher and Clarence E. Fogg, and George G. Ladd, 28-year-old Har- yard graduate. Mayor Gayden w. Merrill has refused to seek third term.
 Westfield = Mayor Raymond H. COwi gn,seekin gre-nomination, op- posed by School Committeewoman Alice D. Burke and City Council man George E. Brady in non-parti- san battle.
 Taunton = City Solicitor John E Welch, City Councilman Arthur E. Poole, former state Representative Harold E. Cole, and Theodore L. Paul seeking non-partisan nomina- tion.
 In four other cities, Peabody, Quincy, Haverhill and Gardner, primaries are being held for the se- lection of minor officials.