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Evening star., 1935-04-27

New York and came to Washington
with her father when he accepted the
post Of housing administrator. 1t was
after q whirlwind of entertainments
here that she went to Florida to sing
in the night club.
Young GibbinS went to school in
Honolulu, where his father was sta
toned for several years. He came to
Washington with his father In 1892
and entered Central High School,
where he was captain of the foot ball
team in 1888, all-high tackle in 1882
and all-high fullback in 1893. He
spent a short time in Walter Reed
Hospital in 1888 with a slight con-
cussiOn Of the brain after being kicked
In the head after scoring the winning
touchdown In the game with Wash
ington-Lee High School. He Is a
member of the Lambda Sigma Fra
ternity at Central High. From Gen.
tral High he went to the Roxbury
School In Connecticut.
The party at which the engagement
was announced was given as a fare
well gesture to Mr.. Moffett, who Is
leaving his post for q trip to the
Orient.
Evening star., 1935-04-27
"TlMMlE" UNREPORTED
DESPITE $25 REWARD
Family of Secretary Morgenthau
Without Trace of Red
Cocker Spaniel.

As vet. no one has stepped forward
TO accept the s25 reward offered for
the return Of "Timmie,' red cocker
spaniel with white spot on his chest,
who strayed from the home of Sec
retary Of the Treasury Morgenthau,
2447 Kalorama road, soon after lunch
yesterday.
Well known for the interest with
which he listens to his masters most
technical radio speeches and the nom
chalance with which he reclines on
his mistress knee, for the society sec
tions. "Timmie" was the uncondi-
tiOnal favorite Of the family. He
walked to work with the Secretary
nearly every morning and he and
Joan, u, the youngest Morgenthau,
were inseparabe.
The Police Department and Secret
Service, the latter proteges of the Sec
retary, are keeping weather eyes peeled
for the dogs whereabouts. "Timmie's"
license tag, his one ornament, is num-
ber 22662.
Evening star., 1935-04-27
Boy, 3, Takes Ride
On Trolley Alone
BY Freeing Brake
Wanders From, Mother,
Chambers in, Finally
Wrecks Car.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, April 27.-The next
time 3-year-old Donald Harding
wants to take a street car ride, he'll
let the notorman do the driving.
Donald went shopping yesterday
with his mother. He wandered out
of store and. spying an empty street
car, clambered in.
Grasping the air brake handle. he
released the brake and the car start
ed down q hill. His mother. Mrs.
e. @. Harding, walked out Of the store
just Is the car moved by. In futile
attempt to pull him cut. she broke q
window, suffering severe cuts on her
arm.
The ride ended o moment after the
car had jumped the track when .
17-year-old boy, George Jelinek.
jumped onto the "cowcatcher,'" broke
a window and applied the brakes.
The car, with doors open, had been
left standing by the motorman while
he went into 4 nearby business estab-
lishment
Donald was unhurt.
Evening star., 1935-04-27
MISS PERKINS SEES
LASTING BENEFITS
New Deal Has Improved Work
ing Conditions. Labor Sec.
retary Says.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GREENVILLE, N. C.. April 81
Secretary Of Labor Frances Perkins
told students of the East Carolina
Teachers College here last night that
the Nation should gain many last
ing benefits from the program Of
planned recovery"
Shorter hours in industry, fair liv-
ing wages: sound, fair and honorable
relations between employers and work.
ers for the common good are a few OF
the gains in sight" the Secretary said
Miss Perkins contended the economic
condition of the average man and
woman has improved under the new
deal. She cited an estimated increase
since March, 1888. Of 2,S7l 900 in en-
ployment and a rise of $4,000 900 in
weekly pay rolls in the 90 manufactur-
ing industries and is non n-manufactur-
ing industries surveyed regularly by
the Labor Department.
Working conditions have been great
ly improved in the last two years. -
Miss Perkins said.
Evening star., 1935-04-27
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Capital Silverites Have
Way Of Getting What
They Want'Now.
BY PAUL MALLON.


a ZEN who moiled for gold In
M Robert w. Services Alaska
wv were sissies compared with
4 L the boys who are moiling for
silver here now. These lads
really get what they 60 after.
As an illustration, the Treasury
passed around the word as late as
pm. last Wednesday that 1t was
not going to bow to the silver specu-
lators and hike It's domestic price
again. The word was not of1cial
but 1t was sufficiently authentic to
cause the press services to write
stories to that effect.
One financial journal wired its
New York ONCE that the Treasury
would not do anything about silver
for at least week.
Exactly three hours later tat 8
p.mD the Treasury acted. 1t an
nounced the proclamation boosting
the price another 6 cents plus.
Key" to Mystery.
reason why the Treasury changed its
mind. An official explanation has
been handed out off-the e-record that
it was because one press service car
ried an erroneous story, which forced
the Government to act. This excuse
does not sound very convincing un-
less you can stretch your Imagination
to the point of believing that the
Treasury policy is at the whim of
erroneous news dispatches. As a
matter of fact. the obviously made
qrate explanation has only heightened
speculation as to what the real reason
was,
Evening star., 1935-04-27
Moffett's Daughter to Wed
High School Grid Star IN Fall
Fiance, Henry Cibbins,
Jr., Former e. C.. C..
Worker.
ENGAGEMENT Announced
at Fnre,UeH Party for
Housing Head.

'Some time in September or Octo-
ber" Miss Adelaide Moffett, Is, heir
ess to oil millions and daughter OF
James A. MofYett, Federal Housing
Administrator, will marry Henry Glib
bins, jr., 81, former gravedigger with
a Civilian Conservation Corps camp
Central High School foot ball star
and son of Brig Gen and Mrs. Henry
Gibbins, Miss Moffett said this morn
ing after the announcement of her
engagement at a brilliant party at
the MayhOwer Hotel last night.
Miss Moffett has made several ven-
lures into the field Of radio, and last
year obtained an engagement as
hostess in q night club In Florida
This was q bit too much for her
father, however, and he soon put a
stop to 1t. She has not given up her
ambition to sing on the radio, she
says.
While Miss Moffett was trying to
scale the heights in radio, young Glib
bins, whose father Is assistant quarter
master general of the Army. enrolled
in the c. C. C. and was assigned as a
gravedigger in Arlington NatiOna
Cemetery. He served his enrolment
and was mustered out to accept q
minor administrative Job in the head
quarters Of the Emergency Conserva-
tion Work. a place he still fills. He
said this morning he intends to leave
the Government service and accept q
business position.
Miss Moffett began her radio career
on Kate Smiths program, after being
coached by Miss Smith
Miss Moffett is graduate Of the
Todhunter School In NeV York. She
also studied at the Fermata School al
Aiken 8. C. She made her debut In
Evening star., 1935-04-27
NYE WILL RESUME
NAVY BILL FIGHT
Says New Information
Shows Conniving and
Schemes for Contracts.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senator Nye, Republican, Of North
Dakota, squared away today for a
fight on the s460oOo,0o0 Navy bill,
which swept through the House of
Representatives yesterday. The meas
ure, a record for regular Navy appro-
priation bills in peacetime, aims to
build the feet to treaty strength.
When it comes up in the Senate.
Nye said, he will produce new informa-
ton in an attempt to convince his COL
leagues that shipbuilding interests are
"conniving and scheming" for Navy
contracts.
Despite the stand of Nye who is
chairman of the Senate committee in
vestigating the munitions trade,
friends Of the bill freely predicted it
would 60 through the Senate as easily
as 1t passed the House.
Bloc to Fight Measure.
Nye asserted he was most as
suredly" against the idea that the
United States should build a Navy Of
treaty strength by 1912
He said a bloc of about 20 of his
colleagues. most of them classed as
Western ProgreSsives. had been or
ganized to fight the bill which author
ICES the construction Of "a warships,
SIS airplanes and an 1000 increase
in Navy manpower.
He made these assertions as Chair
man Trammell, Democrat, of Florida
of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee
and Senator Hale of Maine, ranking
Republican of the committee. eX-
pressed approval of the bill and pre-
dicted its passage without substantial
opposition.
Trammell said: "Of course. I am in
favor of building our Navy up to
treaty strength. don't think therell
be any substantial opposition either in
the committee or on the floor"
Hale said: "Other countries are
building up their fleets and 1t is up
to us to build All we are doing is
replacing obsolete ships"
There is no doubt" said Nye. but
that they are scheming and conniv-
ing. having understandings on prices
with each other right now so that
each may have his own piece of cake.
r. w. A. Money ''Plunder."
'Why We have one letter in which
ship builder referred to P. w. A,
money used for construction as
'plunder.'
We hope to cut down the amount
of money to be expended. II we
didn't think there was a reasonable
basis for such a hope We wouldn't
be preparing to fight.
Why, do you realize this year the
United States is going to spend more
for its Army and Navy than 1t did
IN 1914 for all the departments COM
bined?
And in the next war the Navy
won't amount TO damn. It'll prob
ably be a matter for aircraft. Most of
our opposition will be directed against
the construction of ships l don't
know what our exact attitude toward
aircraft building will be-"
Evening star., 1935-04-27
MARYLAND HUNT CUP
FIELD CUT TO EIGHT
T. W. Durant's Diony and Git
tings Boyce's Walter X. Are
Withdrawn From Classic.

The field in the Maryland Hunt Cup
timber classic in Worthington Valley,
Nd. was cut to eight starters early
today with the withdrawal Of 7. w.
Durant's Diony and Cuttings Boyce's S
Walter K. Previously, Benjamin Les
lie Behr had declared AS Fair and
Brose Hover and Paul MELONS Drin-
more Lad and Chatterplay had been
scratched.
The starters are Mrs. T. H. Somer-
ville's Troublemaker. Alexander Cas-
salts Vaudeville, Charles Cheston's s
Capt. Kettle. Mrs. Vadim Makaroff' 5
Gigolo. John X. Shaw. jr.s Cockey
Captain, Mr.. Behr's Mullah and Out
law and Mrs. w. Austin Wadsworth's 5
Hotspur I'd.
Evening star., 1935-04-27


to the House in compliance with the
resolution authorizing the inquiry.
Public reaction to certain recon-
mendations contained in the FitZ-
patrick draft Of the report already has
been widespread. Mrs. Norton, how
ever, suggested that civic organiza-
tions and others interested wait for
the release of the report before COM
menting.
One of the first organizations to
take action was the Anacostia Citi-
zens' Association. which last night
adopted resolution opposing the re-
tirement Of Maj. Brown. The asso-
citation also indorsed q letter George
c. Havenner. president, sent to the
Commissioners urging the retention
of Maj. Brown.
Repercussions of the Crime Com
mittee's investigation also were heard
last night at the Northeast Citizens
Association. There Senator King.
Democrat. of Utah. chairman of the
Senate District Committee. declared
Washington Is "freer from graft and
scandal and is the most progressive
city in the country"
Evening star., 1935-04-27
MOFFETT TO STAY;
GIVEN FURL0UGH
Housing Head Will Return to
Post After Three.Months'
Trip.

James A. Moffett, housing admin
istrator, and former Standard Oil
official, today announced definitely
that he will not retire for the present
He said he had accepted President
Roosevelt's offer of a three-montf
furlough. during which he may 60 or
a semi-business and pleasure trip
through the Orient.
In announcing this today at the
White House after q call on the
President with Mrs. Moffett, the
housing administrator said he would
sail next week from New York. and
on his return trip to the United
States next August would stop Oh
at London to attend the international
Housing Conference.
Evening star., 1935-04-27
SOVIET PACT SEEN
NEXT WITH CzECHS
France and Reds Ready to
Complete Treaty on
Non.Aggression.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 27.-A quickly effected
psct between Russia and Csechoslo-
vakia. 1t was learned today. is likely
to follow the signing Of the Franco
Russian accord already agreed upon.
A safer Europe was viewed by diplo-
mats as experts put finishing touches
on the agreement between Paris and
Moscow for mutual assistance In event
OF aggression.
Foreign Minister Pierre Laval and
Soviet Ambassador Vladimir Potemkine
were in general agreement yesterday
and are studying the text with group
Of experts in the light Of fresh sug-
gestions the Russians may make. The
completed text Is expected to be ready
for initiating by Laval and Potemkine
before the cabinet meets Tuesday, II
not today.
The pact was seen generally here as
a model for network OF such agree
nents throughout Europe. 1t was
part OF the agerda for the nine pow
clS WHICH, Will Inccl at LtUiilc 4OI TIC
Danubian Conference.
Authoritative French quarters said
the FrancoRussian agreement was
well within the framework of the
League OF Nations, as desired by
France, and avoids automatic" func-
tioning of the nations in time of
threats This was one of the original
Soviet desires
The pact is designed to function in
cases where the League is unable to
define aggression" under article Is,
paragraph 7 of the League Covenant.
There was good authority for q
statement that Russia had agreed to
stop revolutionary propaganda in
France.
The desire Of Laval to keep away
from an accord which would bind
France and Russia too closely to-
gether in military way was revealed
in an electoral proclamation he made
at Aubervilleiers, where he Is a candi-
date for the municipal elections.
Rejecting the French Communists
demands for an outright military al
lance directed against Germany, he
said:
The pact have in mind, in ac-
cord with the government of Moscow,
aims to prevent war. not to provoke it..
1t Is a pact which must be part of q
necessary organization of the collec-
tive security of Europe. but which
must not be directed against any
country"
Evening star., 1935-04-27
HIGH PRICES OF MEAT
SPUR EATING OF FISH
Packer Reveals Carloads of Sea
Foods Are Being Shipped
as Far as Iowa.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 27.-The high
price of meat. said Thomas E. Wilson,
chairman of the board of Wilson &
Co.. packers, as he sailed on the liner
Europa last night, has made Iowa
largest producer of hogs In the United
States-flsh- conscious.
With Wilson was George A. Martin,
president Of the Sherwin- Williams
Paint Co. of Cleveland. They expect
to return in about a month
Carloads of fish are being shipped
to cities in Iowa which never thought
Of buying fish before, because prices Of
meat are so high" Wilson said.
Wilson said he did not expect to
see lower meat prices until 1895 at the
earliest,
Evening star., 1935-04-27
MEXICO PROTECTS
SILVER CURRENCY
Banks Closed Until Monday
Following Embargo on
Silver Exports.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO. d. r., April 27-All
banks in Mexico were closed today
following the governments embargo
of all exports on silver coins in order,
1t was explained. to give them time to
adjust themselves to the new none
tary regulations.
The banks will be open again on
Monday as usual, it was announced.
President Lazaro Cardenas yester-
day decreed a transformed monetary
system to prevent mexican silver cur
rency from being sold abroad for COM
mercial uses In view of the sharp
rise in world silver prices following
the action Of the United States
Treasury.
Acts to Prevent Speculation.
The decree also limited the emission
Of new bank notes in Mexico to a
maximum of double the amount OF
monetary reserve. To avoid specula-
ton with the metal content Of coins,
1t also prohibited the melting OF coin
silver
The whole purpose Of the monetary
shake-up was TO maintain favorable
international exchange rate.
The price rise caused by the action
in Washington carried the value OF
the Mexican peso to the point where
it would have been profitable to melt
silver coins and market them COM
mercially.
Paper TO Be Issued.
Faced with the possibility Of large
scale exports which would have left
the country without circulating me-
dia, Cardenes ordered the surrender
of all silver coins to the Bank OF
Mexico In exchange for paper GER
tificates, which will be issued against
the reserve thus formed.
One-pesO notes will be put into
circulation to replace the silver peso
while the S. 10. 20 and so cent coins
will be substituted by coins with Q
smaller metal content
BY the measure the government
again placed itself IN . position to
regulate the exchange rate of the
peso. Since silver passed u cents an
ounce Thursday. the rate had gone
from $50 pesos to the dollar to $50
and was apparently headed higher
with every succeeding rise in bar sill
yer quotations.
The exchange rate of $50 has been
found most favorable to Mexico both
in increasing imports and stimulating
tourist trade. and bankers believed
that that rate or one near 1t would
be restored as soon as possible.
Evening star., 1935-04-27
Suggestions Of Third Party or Long
or Reno Hook up Refuted.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, April 27.-Father
Chargles E. Coughlin's National Union
for Social Justice mapped out an in
dependent course across the field Of
American political affairs today, dis
avowing suggestions of a third-party
movement or a hook-up with Senator
Huey P. Long and Milo Renos Farm
ers' Holiday Association.
The likelihood that the Detroit
priest might mold his organization
into a third party movement was in
jected in Washington by Senator Ger
aid P Nye, Republican, North Dakota,
co-sponSor Of Father Coughlin's CEN
tral bank bill.
Nye said he believed Father Cough
lin would throw his strength into q
third party If major parties did not
lend their support to his program,
which cafis for monetary. agricultural
and social reforms.
Right now / should be unable to
say that he favored either party
Democratic or Republican" said Nye.
In no sense will the National Union
become a political party" said Father
Coughlin earlier. Those who are
prophesying that its destiny is to be
political are stultifying themselves >
Previously he had publicly announced
his belief that it was only q question
of time until both major parties. as
they are known now, would disappear,
to be replaced by definitely labeled
liberals and conservatives.
On the eve of todays convention Of
Renos National Farmers Holiday As
sociation in Des Moines. Father
Coughlin definitely announced that
he was not associated with either
Long or the Reno group.
Evening star., 1935-04-27
TWO MEN BATTLE
POLICE IN CROWD
One Wounded and Captured as
Companion Escapes After
Seed Store Hold.up.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. April 27.-Hundreds of
homeward bound Loop workers late
Yesterday witnessed pistol battle
in which police shot one of two al
legged robbers as they fled from .
seed store
The wounded man. shot near the
heart. identified himself as Douglas
Kidwell Of Detroit. Mich. His COM
panion escaped.
Excited onlookers escaped the fly
ing bullets which shattered windows
IN a restaurant at Dearborn and Ran
dolph streets. The loot was recovered
A taxi-driver, noticing weapons as
the two men ran from the seed store.
summoned Traffic Policeman Thomas
G. Naughton. who called to two other
policemen and pursued the men,
More than a dozen shots were ex-
changed in full view of the crowds
before Kidwell slumped to the pave
ment.
In an automobile parked nearby
police found an arsenal including re.
Volvers, rifle and three shotguns
Evening star., 1935-04-27
FIGHT IS REOPENED
F0RBRANCH BANKS
House Member Will Offer
Amendment to Omnibus
Measure.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
A reOpening Of the old branch
banking fight was at least a possibility
today despite warnings that it might
delay the omnibus banking bill
Representative Brown, Democrat, of
Michigan proposes to often an amend
ment to the omnibus bill. An aim of
this amendment would be to permit
more national banks to set up
branches.
The Federal Reserve act provides
in general that national banks must
have $5000O0 capital to have
branches. 1t does. however say that
banks with S250,0O0 capital in cities
OF 100000 population, or with $780,
900 capital in cities Of $4,000 popula-
ton, also may have branches.
Banks Penalized.
Speaking of the situation in his
own State. Brown said:
1T seems ridiculous to let a big
bank in Detroit, because it has $780,
900 capital. have branch in a
county 400 miles away when a sound
bank in that same county cannot
have branch in another town only
40 miles away"
In many places of 800 to 5000
population" he said, banks have dis
appeared and the national county
seat banks are ready and willing TO
establish Offices where deposits may
be made and checks cashed. They
cannot do so under present law.
Service Denied Towns.
People in these towns, too small
to establish banks. want this service
II their county seat bank Is a State
bank they may get the service, but
II it is a national bank they cannot
"One of three results will follow
Either under-capitalized, weak banks
will be established In these places:
branches of large national banks will
go in, or the town will have no
service"
Chairman Steagall, Democrat, OF
Alabama OF the House Banking Com
mittee has said that "if we open up
the subject of branch banking 1t will
be several months before we can hope
TO pass" the omnibus bill.
Evening star., 1935-04-27

Justice Department lawyers will
not admit 1t but they are q bit
dubious about the Schecter test of
the N. r. A. chosen by Mr.. Richberg.
They have noted the way the Supreme
Court has lodged opportunities to
pass on the full recovery act.
In the oil case the court confined
itself to specific section 70 c. al
though 1t could have reviewed the
whole N. r. A. 1t did the same thing
in the Spielman case. involving the
New York State recovery act, which
is a copy of the Federal law. A third
instance Is the Wiltshire oil case from
California. The Schechter case Is
somewhat broader than these, but
there Is an inside fear that the court
may narrow its. ruling.
Entire Board to Do Hiring.
The Communications Commission
has privately voted that the entire
commission shall act on the hiring
Of each employe. even the Office boys.
Apparently they want to keep all the
patronage In the family.
An N. r. A. section chief called
in his workers the other day and
told them: There is no use in
trying to do anything betDeen now
and June is. so take it easy, boys"
As il they needed to be ordered.
Things are so dull at the N. r. A.
no,D that one board members de-
cided to take the opportunity to get
married.
An old law forbids the hanging of
advertisements in any Government
building. In the Post ONCE press room
four advertising posters adorn the
walls. more or less.
The T. v. A. has retained for
mer Asststant attorney GeNsrol