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Evening star., 1935-01-30
Congress in Brief
BY the Associated Press.
TODAY.

IODA1.
Senate.
Takes up Frank r. McNinch nomi-
nation to Communications Commis-
sion.
Considers "baby bond" and farm
financing legislation.
Social security bill before Finance
Committee.
Appropriations Committee continues
closed hearing on relief bill.
Munitions Committee probes story
about ship contract "fxer."
House.
Military Committee hears more
about war profits.
Ways and Means Committee con.
tinues social security study.
YESTERDAY.
Senate.
Defeated World Court adherence
Finance Committee reported out
''baby bond" bill.
Banking Committee reported out
Farm Finance amendment.
House.
Passed bill extending Life Of r. r. c..
for two years. ....
Six members took patronage COM
plants to President Roosevelt.
SABBATH CDemocrat) Of Illinois
branded some so-called bondholders'
reorganization committees vicious
rackets."
War n1ongers" attacked before
Military Committee:
Evening star., 1935-01-30

With this advance warning. you may
feast your eyes on the following
monthly business chart. through
which the New Dealers customarily
keep track of business. The figures
are theirs. except for the last month.
which is privately estimated. All fig-
ures except pay rolls and prices are
adjusted for seasonal variations Each
index except prices is based on 100 as
represented by the averages for the
years 1923. 1924 and 1925. inclusive.
The rosiest part about 1t is the way
tins January stacks up with the last
three Januarys. no matter what caused
it. Look yourself:
Evening star., 1935-01-30
NEW DEAL YIELDS
ON WORK-REL|EF
Administration Agrees to
Reveal How Fund Will
Be Spent.
BY tie Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
The administration agreed today.
at the request of opponents Of certain
phases Of the s4,880 900, 900 work.
relief bill, to furnish the Senate Ap-
preparations Committee information
showing how much and for what pur-
pose the huge fund could be spent
on various classes Of projects.
Rear Admiral Christian j. Peoples.
procurement officer for the Treasury
who Is slated for an important post
in the new relief set-up, promised
to supply the data tomorrow after
Republican Senators questioned him
and Daniel w. Bell, acting budget
director. regarding possible break
down Of the lump sum figure.
Glass Wants Data.
Chairman Glass, who is opposed to
many parts of the bill, said he asked
Peoples TO supply the data in order
to save time"
He also predicted the committee
could report the bill ''in some form
in few days, but could not say
whether passage would be obtained
before February 10, when relief ON
cials say present funds will be ex-
hauSted.
Glass said the question Of separat-
ing the $3.50, 100000 emergency au-
thorization for direct relief from the
work phase of the measure would
not be considered until the commit
tee began writing the bill"
Source Of Bill Sought.
Senator Townsend, Republican, of
Delaware said Peoples figured $780,
100000 of the work fund could be
spent right away to give employment
on rivers and harbors projects. No
other groups Of projects were mem
toned today, he said.
Several Senators tried to flnd out
who wrote the bill, remembering the
recent remark of Senator Couzens,
Republican, of Michigan, that the
author should be Hung, not in efisy.
but physically"
Townsend said Bell had told the
committee the bill was written under
ibis supervision.
Evening star., 1935-01-30

You can also verify the influence
of automobiles on the employment and
payroll figures by looking at the De-
trolt employment figures. They show
so per cent employment in Detroit
october IS, about "a per cent Decem-
ber IS and 1914 January IS In other
words. factory employment doubled
in Detroit in three months.
The question is, how long this will
! last, and the answer is probably until
Spring. The latest sharp increase in
steel brought its operations up to 50
| per cent of capacity incidentally.
that Is about the level at which they
/ find operations prof1table) Automo-
bile output also is continuing strong.
Insiders in that trade believe they
will have the largest January since
1929. certainly since 1890. This ac-
celeration will undoubtedly continue
through February. although possibly
at declining speed.
Code Up for Renewal.
There is some reason to suspect
that the automobile manufacturers are
stepping everything along as fast as
possible, because there has been some
talk about the possibility of strikes
later. At any rate. the code arrange
ment comes up for renewal shortly,
| and Just as a precaution they may
! as well have as many cars on hand as
possible.
The reason the price index is going
up is because the effects Of last Sum-
mer's drought are now being more
fully experienced. Housewives, irate
about the increase in meat prices,
| should be advised that trustworthy ex-
perts inside that industry believe their
prices will advance further by de-
grees as the inadequate supply dim
inShes. As matter Of fact, the
drought effect on food prices may be
felt right up until this coming June,
when the new canning season begins.
The general price level, aside from
foodstuffs, is unchanged.
tCopyright. 1935)
Evening star., 1935-01-30
U. S. LABOR is SEATED

GENEVA, January 80 R.-Labor
paid tribute to the United States yes
terday in welcoming American dele
gates to official seats in the Interna-
tional Labor Organization.
Lewis ]. Lorwin Of Washington. o
Russian-born economist, was ap-
pointed economic adviser to the labor
ONCE at the opening Of the sessions.
This was a result Of United States ad-
herence to the organization.
Evening star., 1935-01-30
CREEPING DEATH"
TOLL RISES TO D
Poison Liquor Kills Another.
Frightened Citizens Hurry
to Hospitals.
BY the Associated Press.

~ sA0 hScVeAoeSo ACoos
GLOvERSVILLE, N. Y, January
30.-The creeping death" today
claimed another poison alcohol VIC
time. the sixteenth here and the thir-
ty-third in three Central New York
industrial cities. John Poyfair was
the latest. He was discharged from
the hospital yesterday, but rushed
back early today and died soon after
Numerous white-faced citizens, one
by one, applied for hospital treat
ment today. fearful of having drunk of
the poison white mule"
With the death toll at 80, Glovers-
vile residents who swallowed alco-
holic drinks of uncertain manufacture
in the last few days looked anxiously
for symptoms of the creeping death"
which has struck down 16 persons
here.
Is in Hospital.
Six persons are in the hospital at
Utica. and eight men and two women
in hospitals here. Twenty others are
under observation.
No one known to have consumed
the poison liquor has recovered. The
victims were stricken blind and died
in agony
Meanwhile. with the help of those
who were able to talk. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Willard L. Best con-
Quoted an all-night series of raids
Federal agents and State police, work
ing with Best, analyzed contents OF
bottles and wine casks taken at various
establishments in the search for
sources of the poisonous liquor.
Two Held After Raid.
Utica officials expressed the belief
they had located one Of the sources
Of the lethal beverage in a raid last
night on q warehouse. A large guam
tity Of denatured alcohol was seized,
and two men, Frank Fanelli, az, and
John Mole. SO, were arrested. They
were charged with possessing de-
natured alcohol with intent to redistill
1t for beverage purposes.
Mole. arrested several weeks ago
in Syracuse in connection with an
illicit still raid, was released in $4,000
bail. while Fanelli was held under
$4,000 bond.
Three other men, Angelo Didominick,
Salvatore Ferrino and John Di Pedro,
were arrested in Little Falls last
night and were taken to Gloversville
where an effort was to be made to
have victims identify them as vendors
OF poison liquor.
Evening star., 1935-01-30
EL0PERS ARE SILENT

Parents Receive No Word From
Daughter Believed in Florida.
No word has been received today
by Mr.. and Mrs. Howard de Walden
their daughters. Jane and Anna. who
are believed to be in Florida follow
ing James elopement and marriage
Friday to the family chauffeur. George
Scarlette, 81.
Webster Ballinger, attorney for the
Cookies, said the family had no idea
today where the girls were. Mrs.
Cooke has obtained q warrant charg-
ing young Scarlette with making on
with IS, 900 worth OF her jewels.
Evening star., 1935-01-30

groups "to keep America American" +"
Other speakers at the meeting in
cluded Thomas F. Cadwalader, Bal
timore attorney, who opposed State
ratification of the child labor amend
ment. declaring State laws since 1925
had eliminated the evils Of the sweat
shop and exploitation Of children in
industry, and Richard H. Sanger,
Chevy Chase, Md, who described his
travels in Soviet Russia and told how
the communietic state worked.
Evening star., 1935-01-30
FEDERAL PROBE LOOMS.
Alcohol Tax Unit Believed Ready TO
Study Liquor Deaths.

The Treasury Departments Alcohol
Tax Unit, enforcer of Federal liquor
statutes, today evidenced intention Of
stepping into the investigation Of the
poison liquor deaths in New York
State.
An official Of the unit was reported
last night to have wired officials in
some Of the Mohawk Valley towns for
details on the case.
Ofacials expressed the belief that
bootleggers had secured denatured
alcohol, but had failed to remove all
the denaturant before making sales
which resulted in the fatalities.
The Federal Alcohol Control Ad-
ministration said 1t was making no
investigation, as early information
was that the case did not fall within
its jurisdiction.
Evening star., 1935-01-30

Works Of art being disposed Of
by j. P. Morgan, banker.
Left: St Lawrence Enthroned-
part of triptych, by Filippo Lippi
Q440)-an altar piece 1t is one Of
the six outstanding pictures. with
total estimated market valUe of
$500, 900. -Wide-World Photo.
Right: The painting of Anne of
Austria. by Peter Paul Rubens, one
of the two works of art sold to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
"A. P. Photo.
Below: De Heer Bodolphe. a
painting by Frans Hals-depicting
an elderly man seated in high
backed chair. It was bought by
Morgan from Count Andre
Miniszech before 1907.
Wide World Photo.
Evening star., 1935-01-30
D. A. SALMON HONORED
seth Birthday Brings Pause fol
Party at State Department.

About $50 State Department off,
cials gathered today on the fourth
floor of the old building to celebrate
with ice cream and light refreshments
the 56th birthday anniversary Of one
Of their most popular colleagues, David
Alden Salmon. chief of the Division
of Communications and Records.
Salmon has been connected with
the department since 1906 and pos
sesses In his well-guarded confiden-
tial files documents and confidential
cablegrams which, If they ever saw the
light, would make one of the most
sensational stories ever written. But
there is no chance of any one ever
getting even o glimpse at them.
Evening star., 1935-01-30
January Figures Not Ready.

The official figures for January will
not be ready for month yet. but you
can officially break down the Deem
Der industrial production figure and
get the exact situation. Automobile
production jumped from "a in No.
vember to So in December. Automo-
biles use steel, so this forced steel ac-
tivity up from As to IS. Tire, glass
and similar automobile subsidiaries
also we're drawn up commensurately.
The other large industries to show
improvement were coal. tobacco and
textiles. Leather and shoe remained
the same. Food was off S points from
108 to 103 and so were cement and
zinc. Only these three declined.
Evening star., 1935-01-30

17HE New Dealers are holding a
statistical jubilee over the De-
cember-January business fig
Il ures. Some larger chests here
have expanded full six inches
at the surprising Jump in manufac-
turing activity. employment and wages.
A few optimists are now predicting
sotto voce that it means the beginning
Of baby boom In the Spring.
These optimists may be right. Ger
tainly there is some basis for their
jubilation. Yet the calmer ones among
them recognize that some Of the fig
ures may be slightly too encouraging
You can see 1t If you look into the
causes for the big boost in industrial
production. That is the key index on
which most of the elation is based. It
jumped II points in December and
probably four more in January. This
increase is at least twice as much as
expected.
Auto Production Factor.
Analyizing it, you will find the unex-
pected part of the boost was largely
caused by automobile production. All
other production increased q little
during the turn of the year, but auto
mobile production more than doubled.
This forced an abnormal bulge in
all seasonally adjusted statistics, be-
cause the automobile industry has
changed its season this year and is
grinding out cars fast now, at a time
when ordinarily it would just be getting
started.
Evening star., 1935-01-30
2S3 Houses for Poor.

County Mayo. Irish Free State, will
build 2e3 houses, each with acres
\ of land. for the poor.
Evening star., 1935-01-30
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Business Figures Cause
High Glee Among
New Dealers.
BY PAUL MALLON.

T7HE New Dealers are holding
statistical jubilee over the De-
cember-January business fig
Evening star., 1935-02-14
WRITER Who KNEW
PRESIDENTS DIES
Former Newspaper Man
Saw Service in Civil War;
Advised Harrison.

William Henry Harrison Smith, 96,
former reporter and editor, who had
met and talked to every President
of the United States from Zachary
Taylor to Herbert Hoover, with
Franklin Pierce excepted, died Tues
day at Walter Reed Hospital after
O short illness.
An intimate friend of Benjamin
Harrison, whom he supported in his
Logansport, Ind, paper Mr.. Smith
was called to Washington when Har-
rison became President as confiden-
tial adviser on matters of patronage:
He was the son of a Methodist
circuit preacher. a friend of Francis
Asbury. and was born in Noblesport,.
Ind. His father apprenticed him to
a printer at an early age, his career,
beginning on the Indianapolis Citizen.
During the Civil War Mr.. Smith
served in Gen. Lew Wallace's regi-
ment, serving with him at Fort DON
elSon and Shiloh. Two weeks after
the end of the war he was in Wash
ington as crier for the United States
Supreme Court. Not long after he
went back to Logansport to edit a
daily paper, and since then had not
stopped writing until his last years.
His permanent residence in Wash
ington began in 1905.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Minnie
Frybarger Smith. he is survived by
q son, Maj. William Wolff Smith,
Evening star., 1935-02-14

woman and added she was not wor-
ried about holding lawyers in check
during the heat Of debate.
"I've taught school," she pointed
out.
Some opponents Of Mrs. Hughes
confirmation as Judge Of the Civil
Court at Dallas argued that q mar
ried woman's place was at home rear
ing a family.
81 do not believe women should
receive any favors In business or
polite, neither do 7 think they
sh- Disseminated against" Mrs.
Hugi. said. II feel women should
be permitted to choose their careers,
the same as men. Most married won-
en- prefer home life"
Charmingly feminine, Mrs. Hughes
is a good dancer and swimmer and
says she Is mot considered a bad
cook"
Evening star., 1935-02-14
WOMAN JUDGE, 38,
SHORT IN STATURE
But Has Proved Ability in Texas
Legislative Halls and
School Rooms.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex, February 14.-Law
books may serve double purpose for
Mrs. Sarah T. Hughes, Texas first
woman District Court Judge.
The Judge, who has served three
terms as State Representative from
Dallas County, is only feet " inch
tall. She has some doubt about being
able to see over the bench, but sug-
gested she might remedy that by put
ting some law books in her chair.
The 38-year-old judge said she was
asking no favors because she Is
Evening star., 1935-02-14
JAPAN TO BE TOPIC
Rev. Coleman Nevils, 8. j., to
Talk Saturday Evening.

Rev. Coleman Nevils, 8. j., president
Of Georgetown University. will give q
address on "Dai Nippon-Personal
Recollections Of Japan" before the Phi
Beta Kappa Association Saturday at
$3.50 pm. in the University Club.
japanese Ambassador Hirosi Saito
will be guest Of honor.
Evening star., 1935-02-14

tracks, over q curb and onto q side
walk. Joseph Florian, 43, of Downers
Grove, driver Of the auto. was serious
ly injured. The street car passengers
alighted unhurt.
Evening star., 1935-02-14
Auto Derails Street Car.

CHICAGO. February IA R.-An
automobile Tuesday skidded into a
Chicago avenue street car with 80
passengers aboard, knocked 1t of the
Evening star., 1935-02-14
STORE is BURNED
$50, 900 Damage Done in Blaze in
Suburban Chicago.

CHICAGO, February IA (R.-Fire
causing a loss estimated by officials
at $4,000, gutted a department store
in the center OF the business district
of suburban Harvey yesterday. Fire.
men from three suburbs fought the
blaze.
Evening star., 1935-02-14

former general counsel for the Vet
eranS' Bureau. Funeral services will
be held at the home, 14l8 Perry
place. today at 2 pm, followed by
burial in Arlington National Gene
terry, with military honors.
Evening star., 1935-02-14

January Like Spring.
Spring wild flowers and gamboling
lambs were seen in Scotland in jan
uary.
Evening star., 1935-02-14
Price Increases Fought.

Germany's new price commissioner
is trying to check price increases
caused by the threat Of drought.
The Washington times., 1935-08-09
400 ATTEND All MEET

COLLEGE PARK. Md, Aug. 9.
Members of the All Club from
over Maryland, 400 strong, gath
cred on the campus Of the Univer-
sity of Maryland here today for a
five-day convention.
Registered and assigned to
rooms yesterday, the group was
officially welcomed to the univer-
sity by Acting President H. C.
Byrd and DR.. T. B. Symons, direc-
tor of the extension service. Lee
The Washington times., 1935-08-09
BILL PROHIBITS
u. 5. WORKERS
TAXI DUTY

Reports Of the introduction In
the House of a bill to prohibit
Government employees from driV'
ing District taxicabs in their spare
time failed to cause consterna-
ton to any >sizeable number OF
Federal workers.. it was revealed
today.
The measure, introduced in the
House yesterday, was designed to
prevent Federal employees from
driving cabs to add to their Gov
eminent salaries on the theory
that they should not be permitted
to take jobs away from regular
drivers.
Three of the major taxi com.
panies, the Diamond, the City
and the Bell, reported, however,
that they had few Government
employees in their employ.
Refuse Them Jobs
The Bell Company announced
they would not permit Govern
ment employees to drive part time.
the City Cab Company said it
employed only about 10 Federal
workers and the Diamond cab said
that it did not believe more than
a few were on its rolls.
According to the officials of the
Bell Company, they refused to
hire Federal workers because they
did not want persons already re-
ceiving salaries to deprive regular
drivers of employment.
1t was reported that there were
some Government workers who
drove their own cars as taxicabs
after regular working hours for
Federal employees.
Fewer College Boys
In the search for information
concerning Government employees
it was disclosed that the num-
Der of college boys driving taxi
cabs has also been decreased.
The Sell company feels the same
way about these youths as it does
about Federal workers.
Diamond Cab Company Of
ficials, however, said that they
would be only too pleased to
have college boys drive their taxi
cabs. The reason was that they
believed they would get drivers
with better educations and of a
more courteous type.
The Washington times., 1935-08-09
B0YSCASUALLY
DESCRIBE
Staying

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 UN.S0.
Their three.hour career of crime"
ended, two Peekskill youths today
sat behind bars facing murder
charges in connection with the
killing of Raymond Pearce, %, of
Oscanwana Lake Corners-the in.
nocent victim Of their first "job."
Exactly three hours elapsed
between the upstate killing and
arrest of the boys, Peter MohlSick,
20, and Howard Eichler, 81, in
front of Bowery restaurant. The
arrest came when three detectives
noticed them fumbling with the
rear trunk of an ancient touring
car. A check of the license re-
vealed it was Mr.. Pearce's.
Carelerrly and with assumed
bravado, the boys told detectives
how they thumbed a ride from
Mr.. Pearce as he drove to keep a
date with a girl, stuck gun in his
ribs and shot him when he resisted.
Mohlsick said casually:
I'VE figured we'd stage a
couple of stickups on some of
some of the back roads and then
light out for the big time"
Asked if they originally intended
to hit New York on their career,
they replied:
NAV, New York'S dead. It's
q jerkwr ter town. We were go
ing to Chicago"
The Washington times., 1935-08-09
STAGES COMEBACK AT 80

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-Some
men say life is over at 10. Not
so James M. WaShburne. He
took new lease on life at 30.
Mr.. Washburne is now 80 years
old and we'll on the way to
retrieving the fortune he lost in
the depression.
He started out selling candy on
the street. Soon he became the
president of a chain of candy
shops and then came the depres-
sion. Once more he sold candy
on the street corner until he
invented a candy made from
The Washington times., 1935-08-09

Warfield, of Howard county, re.
sponded for the visitors.
All stars, older members who
become leaders in the organiza.
ton, were to hold their meeting
today and name the Is new men,
bers to be initiated into their
group Sunday. Exhibits were
opened and athletic games held.
Tomorrow will be replete with
lectures, and a style review is
slated for Monday.
The Washington times., 1935-08-09
Pay
81 MiIIioni in Taxes

A new record in income tax col
lections from delinquents and per-
sons who filed inaccurate returns
was reported for the fiscal year
1885 today by Internal Rev
enue Commissioner Guy T. Hell.
vering. A field force of 2,205 col
lected $81, 001 ,961, compared with
$57 ,491, 799 in 1884.
The Washington times., 1935-08-09
PROJECTS
ARE STUDIED

Louis R. Barrett, local recrea-
tional coordinator, today began a
study of works projects affecting
District Fairgrounds and recrea-
tional centers.
The Presidents District recrea-
ton committee, of which the To-
cal works-progresS administrator,
George E. Allen, is a member,
yesterday empowered Mr.. Barrett
to pass on the various playground
projects before they are submit
ted to Federal authorities.
The Washington times., 1935-08-09
New U. S. Bills
international News Service

III u '14 t1t'1I's' y wv . WI VIOO
Secretary of the Treasury
Morganthau today announced a
new offering of Treasury bills for
so million dollars for sale on dis
count to the highest bidder. The
bills are payable in 273 days, and
are part of the weekly borrowing
by the Government.
The Washington times., 1935-08-09
Trusty Is Blamed
In KiIIer's Escape

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 9 (Spe-
ciaD james Johnson, colored
trusty at Henrico county Jail, was
charged today by a special grand
jury with smuggling into prison
the saw which Harry L. Sprouse,
convicted murderer, used to cut
his way to freedom early Tuesday
morning. SprouSe was still at lib
erty today.
The Washington times., 1935-08-09

vegetables. The idea went over
big and he has just signed a
contract to be head of a million
dollar candy concern.
Evening star., 1935-05-07
Maharajah Favors Aviation.

Enthusiastically embracing aviation,
the Maharajah Of Jodphur. one Of
India's richest princes, has built an
airplane. learned to fly is backing a
flying club, and Is training pilots for
airlines in his state. He has spent
more than $250,000 on flying, and
owns machines Of all types. One Of
his greatest ambitions is to establish
an all-Indtan air force, and has
plans made for this. Its pilots and
officers would be drawn from Indians
of noble blood, members Of the fight
ing tribes. The Maharajah, : keen
and efficient pilot, takes his Aahara-
nee on flights round the state in one
Of his machines.