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The Washington times., 1936-05-07
MOTOR OUTPUT
LEVEL HOLDS

Production Of automobiles and
trucks in the United States and
Canada is holding steady at its re-
cent high level.
The output for the week ending
Saturday, May 9, is estimated at
117,7O8, compared with 1855
units for the week ended May Q.
according to Automotive Daily
News. The output for May is ex-
pected to total 100000 as against
the $4,000 units produced in
April.
With the three volume pro
ducers, as well as various independ'
ents, continuing to manufacture
cars at an almost capacity rate.
the trend is still slightly upward
with a gain of 142 units for the
present week over the seven days
ended May 2. None Of the manu-
facturers have so far shown signs
of hauling in sail to reduce their
production total by any apprecla'
BILE amount.
on the sales side, with practi-
cally all plants reporting orders
in excess of output, May bids fair
to be one of the star months on
the 1886 calendar.
April estimates place sales at
about $4,000 units. May output
schedules call for about 100000
units, which would indicate a
registration figure of somewhere
around $4,000 cars and trucks.
A prolonged selling year is
pretty generally expected. June is
seen, from all reports, as having
a good chance of hitting the sale'
peak for the year.
The Washington times., 1936-05-07

No monetary standard be maintained in country
(which borrows and spends beyond its of paying
which continuously piles up public debt;
France like this country is not being forced off the gold
standard by economic necessity The pressure matter
politics Her political demagogues seek the votes OF the
.dsconented masses by government spending and make
work policies Selfish shorghted ndustriasts seek stmu
slans for their businesses.
More than that the threat of compes France
to protect chest and she cannot let gold flow out
freely response economic forces n this respect she is
in a more difficult position than were)
So with large discount on forward indicating that
short selling is active authorities considering action
defend the franc They reported to propose
exchange transactions that would check sales OF francs
They talking of embargoing gold exports
Such steps dfend steps toward abandon
ing the monetary standard They mean that the franc would
no longer freely exchangeabe for gold In view of
threats and with radical government in power France is
likely Ego off gold"
doubt that she will then proceed to "devalue-at least in
any definite way She would have strong motive for doing
So purpose encouraging her important tourist trade
but with England and the United States no definite stand
ard she will likely await the eventual general
turn Of the world to sound money
MEANWHILE London and Washington are supporting" the
franc They buy francs and get gold for them in France
This the currency warfare going and these
two nations really trying to keep the pound and the dollar
down. keep the franc when Mr. Morgenthau buys
francs he SELLS DOLLARS.) They also fear the world
monetary chaos that might result from having important
currency on gold Standard thus deprvng them Of
Of rehabilitation" which they have been using
country when here afraid for money?
C Roosevelt press conference has just haf jokngy
remarked that he forearmed" for currency "In
ocular ven he pointed that stop gold exports
at any moment that he has twobion-doar rehabilitation
fnd play WITH and that he further devaue the
dollar by Is per cent whenever he wants to-
The simply these: (1) Conditions WORSE
in than here largely account of future posi-
btes (2 stock market presents speculative possibilities
based on initiation (3 Administration is spending
borrowing than France and in order to float
it's afraid devaue the dollar again lest it destroy
its credit.
these indicate that the dollar is really and
fundamentally sounder than the franc3
The Washington times., 1936-05-07
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. May 7 G.N.s.).-Hogs-
10000; steady. Holdovers 1000. Top,
81O.Ss; bulk. S9.75@10.25: heavy, 800
@1O.3S; light lights, $9.5O@1O; packing
Sows, SS.5O@9: pigs, $s.5O@1O.
Cattle-S,5OO: steady. Calves 1000:
steady. Beef steers-Good and choice,
yearlinEs $709.75. Butcher cattle
Heifers. $5@8.75: cows, 1907; bulls,
S5.50@7: calves. &5@9.5e: feeder steers,
sos; stocker steers. $5@7.50; stocker
cows and heifers, S4@6.5O.
Sheep, 900; steady. Lambs. $11 q
Ills: common. &S@11: yearlings, SO
10; feeders, 5000; ewes. S4@6.2S.
The Washington times., 1936-05-07

Gold is also pouring out OF France IN con-
siderable volume, much being sent by air to
England, Holland, and Belgium. In the last
10 days about $S5,000,0OO worth of gold have
been transferred to the United States alone
:. So we find France fighting" to defend
the franc; but. as in our own case, continu-
ing policies of government spending which
-unbalance the budget and thus make the
flight" in vain.
So, too, we find radical government
coming into power, and it will tend to spend
more freely STILL If it follows that tendency,
it will clinch the abandonment Of the gold
,Standard nv France as in our case.
The Washington times., 1936-05-07
TT AYT0 France Is Likely to Go Off
RI "A ~ X Gold; Doubt That She Will
.4A4 ~ ~ n Devalue in Any Definite Way
By LEWIS HANEY
Professor of Economics, New York Universit

= Financially politically France in
position similar that of the United States in late 1882
early 1888
The French people boarding both gold and currency
The Washington times., 1936-05-07
Washington Stocks

Washington Stocks
Washington Railway and Elec-
trio preferred, 1000.
After Call
Capital Traction IS, 100000.
Potomac Electric 51as preferred.
10@111h.
Capital Transit Company, 81
0l3.
Public utility Bonds Bid ASKED
Amer Tel & Tel ...,..I11O ."..
Am Tel & Tel Col Tr So. -. 1O7 80.
Anacostis { Pot 5s......... 1871 II
C & Tel Of Va 5s....... 1O3 ....
Cap Traction r r SIS. .,.... s9% 81,
City & Suburban 5s......... 81 81
Georgetown Gas list SIS. l116 -.
Pot Elec Pow Cons SIS. 100 1904
Potomac Elec SIS .......". 10s 800.
Wash Gas IS 1888. !1oSl .....
Wash Gas IS l11S 900.
Wash Gas IS series B.. l100K zee.
Wash Rwy & Elec 49,. I1o5%l.....
miscellaneous Bonds
Chevy Chase Club 5hs......I106 I.....
Col Country Club 61as..... 104 .....
W M Cold Storage 5s...... 80 80.
Public utility Stocks I
4%sF Tel 4rsn. tel G e9:. 1i Is il
N & W Steamboat (6......l IS l.....
Pot Elec Power IS pfd (6) ITO iii
Pot Elec Pwr 5ks pfd $500 i'll 112
Wash Gas 1t Co (S.60).... 70 .....
Wash Ry & Ell Co (36)..... $50 .....
Wash Ry & Ell pfd 90 -. 1O9 Ill
National Bank stocks |
Capital a. ................I12 O 14O
Lincoln ts.e5) ............. 1sS ESQ
R Risss pfd Is .....:. 1 49, .'U
Washington (6) ...........I115 ~.
Trust Company stocks |
Am. Sec. Tr. Co. (1O) 1852 ....
F Prino. 'I Georges Blk & rr Is Is 20
Wash. Loan & Tr. (s) ....l223
SAVINGS Bank Stocks
Bank of Bethesda; u.5O... 81 go.
| Com. & Savings (S) ....... l1S5 -.
Fire Insurance Stocks
fAmerican 127 .......... Ils8 .....
Firemen's $50 .......... Sc ....'
National Union CsO) ......I IA L..
Title Insurance stocks
G Ss.! s:s. !;,o2 Is ,. $3.50: LIS "
Miscellaneous Stocks
Carpet Corp I:s07 ,,;,-.:--: ::5sN a4N
.Mergenthaler Line, 1880. g. Hh
Real Est NJ. & G. pfd (2O) AZ
Security Storage (5)....... los l....
Ter Ref. VIII. Corp (S) 81 49,.
wood. 10th. com. u.5o) So 81
| Wood. 4 10th. pfd Cl ,l12O I.....
Eek. Dividend. Books closed.
! tPlus extras. Is per cent extra.
The Washington times., 1936-05-07
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE las PRICES
Volume Yesterday
100000 Shares

hit Name Net
High Low Dividend Rate High Low 14S ch'Es
Evening star., 1936-05-07
Hoover Cuts His Supper Short
To Start West for Campbell

not only from Karpis' threats. which
Hoover considered a personal chal-
lenge, but from the gibes from few
critics over the failure Of his men to
capture Karpis and his companion.
Contrary to widely published re-
ports. these are not the only raids In
which Hoover has participated in per-
son. He has led in the arrest Of a
number of criminals at various times
in the past, but the captives were not
top-notch public enemies who rated
first-page publicity.
Hoover was in New York City when
word came that Karpis had been seen
entering an apartment house in New
Orleans. He chartered plane there
and flew to the Louisiana city, stop
ping off in Washington long enough
to take on a supply of guns and am
munition from the Washington field
office Of the F. B. I.
The G-men found KaIpis without
outside information, and, therefore,
the $1,000 reward offered for tip on
his whereabouts will not be paid. 1t
is understood q $2,500 reward for in
formation about Campbell also will
remain unpaid. fog similar reasons.
Evening star., 1936-05-07
TRADE PACT TALKS
W|TH|TALY NEAR
Now That Ethiopian War Is
Over, U. S. May Drop
Reluctance.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Now that Ethiopia has been con-
quered and is by way of becoming an
Italian colony, conversations between
the State Department and Italy for
the conclusion of a reciprocal trade
agreement are expected to start in the
course of the next few weeks.
Since the beginning of the East
African campaign last October the
State Department has been holding
off such conversations. Officially the
fact that Mussolini was considered by
the administration an aggressor had
nothing to do with the conclusion of a
reciprocal trade agreement. But the
repeated approaches of Ambassador
Augusta Rosso, who was trying to find
out when such discussions might
start, were received coolly. The Ital-
ian Ambassador was informed that
there was no particular hurry, since
agreements with other nations had
first to be completed.
The reason was that the President
and Secretary Hull had urged Ameri-
can exporters to refrain from selling
Italy products which might help her
conquest of Ethiopia. And since oil,
cotton, copper and other such raw ma
terials which Italy is lacking had to
(See TRADE, Page A.
Evening star., 1936-05-07

IN BOND FRAUD
Broker Pleads Guilty and
Gets From Two to
Seven Years.

Pleading guilty before Justice Pey-
ton Gordon of District Supreme Court
to three charges growing out of defal-
cations totaling alomst 100000, Carl
R. Kurtz, A, socially prominent head
of the investment house of Stroud,
Kurtz & Co., today was sentenced to
prison from two to seven years.
In imposing sentence. Justice Cor
don called attention to the large sums
of money numerous Washingtonians
had lost through Kurtz. but said he
also took into consideration the SYM
pathetic attitude taken by most of
Kurtz's victims.
BY far the greatest number of those
from whom the broker embezzled
funds refused to prosecute him.
Attorney Makes Appeal.
Milton King, attorney for the de-
fendant, made brief address to the
court in his behalf.
This man is A years DID," he said.
"He is a devoted husband and good
father. Will your honor show him
as much leniency as possible?"
Kurtz received the sentence with
out show of emotion, although he
(See KURT; Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1936-05-07
BY REX COLLIER,

Indicating the suddenness with
which Federal agents sprang their
raid on Harry Campbell in Toledo,
j. Edgar Hoover, director of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation, watched
an F. B. I. base ball game on the
Ellipse yesterday afternoon and ate
supper in a downtown restaurant be-
fore he flew by plane late last night
to lead the raid.
Hoover's supper was cut snort by
word from his men in Toledo that
Campbell had been spotted in an
apartment house there. After max
ing hasty arrangements from his office
he took off with several assistants
by chartered plane.
Alvin Karpis and Campbell were
known to have friends in Toledo and
certain houses there had been under
surveillance for some time. It was
from Toledo that Karpis mailed one
of his threats against Hoover's life
last year.
Hoover's decision to take personal
leadership of the Karpis and Camp
bell raids are believed to have arisen
Evening star., 1936-05-07
Smit1,s0nian's Feather Counter
Reveals Secrets of Birds Dress

When the season changed Dr.. Wet
more and his assistant began again.
THE results" he said, were amaz-
ing"
From these experiments the insti-
tuition learned that when the chicka-
dee Is battling the blasts of Winter
an average of 1,700 feathers stand
between him and the cold, but come
Summer his covering consists Of 1.400.
'The goldfinch," said DR.. Wetmore.
believes in getting rid of even more
of his clothing during the warm spells.
He loses 500 feathers between Febru-
ary and the last Of June"
The period during which the
plumage is scantiest, he explained, Is
known as the 'post-nuptial mott"
I'VE learned another significant
fact" he added. 1T concerns wood
peckers. Although there Is a con-
siderable difference in the size Of the
hairy woodpecker' and the 'downy
woodpecker.' they have exactly the
same number Qt feathers"
Evening star., 1936-05-07
LOCOMOTIVE BLAST
KILLS THREE men
D., L. & W. Engine Explodes.
Wrecking Freight Train.
Cattle Escape.
BY the Associated Press.

6y bkAC fAooOSAoVe1 ASoS'
BATAVIA, N. Y, May IA loco
motive exploded on the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad
south of here today and three men
were killed.
The accident occurred near North
Alexander. a Geresee County hamlet.
The division superlntendent's Office
of the road at Buffalo said: "All We
know is that there was an explosion
and we are not sure how many were
killed. The cause is not known"
The locomotive was hauling a
freight train with Elmira as the next
stop, the railroad reported.
The freight included cattle and the
first reports said several cars had been
derailed and that the cattle were run
ming all over the countryside"
Evening star., 1936-05-07
SUSPECTSIN Staying
ARE KEPT SEPARATED
James and Hope Indicted for Tor.
ture Murder of Formers
Fifth Wife.

BY INC ASSOclated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May Robert S
James and Charles H. Hope, accused
of plotting to kill James fifth wife
occupied separate cells today, because
authorities feared they might harm
each other
James, a barber, and Hope, former
sailor, were indicted by the county
grand jury yesterday on f1rst-degree
murder charges for the death last
August of Mary Bush James. As they
were taken, handcuffed together, te
court for arraignment, James said tc
his co-defendant:
IF you plead guilty I'll break youl
neck!"
Evening star., 1936-05-07
BY the Associated Press.

A young lady at the Smithsonian
Institution finished today one of the
strangest tasks in the world, enabling
scientists to announce with an air
of triumph that birds wear fewer
feathers in Summer than in Winter.
The young woman had counted the
feathers over a period OF months.
II have been interested for many
years." said DR.. Alexander Wetmore,
assistant secretary of the institution.
''in bird feathers and what happens
to them in hot weather"
He added that a talented young
woman. whose name was not given,
was hired with funds from a private
grant and under his supervision un-
dertook the laborious task of feather
counting.
She was given a fresh bird every
day" he said. land, after she had
enumerated every feather. she put
down the total In book. We kept
this up until we had q total for 7s
species"
Evening star., 1936-05-07
ITALY TO DECREE
FULL ANNEXATION
OF ETHIOPIA AREA
Informed Sources Say Grand
Council Will Act Satur-
day Night.
DECISION TO BE GIVEN
TO LEAGUE ON MONDAY
Prediction Comes on Heels OF
News Italians Have Seized
Adds Ababa Railroad.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Premier MuSSoliniS declaration
-"Ethiopia is Misunderstanding
Rome's celebration of Marshal b.
doqlio'S triumphal entry into Ad-
dis Ababa yesterday caused deep
CONSERVATION in government circles
OF Europe, especially in France and
England.
With future of League OF Ma
tions at stake, British cabinet
Deighed program OF action, ,Dhile
in Paris UdS heard rumblingS OF
opposition against Italian lnnerG-
tton OF Ethiopia.
Question will come before League
meeting at Genera merit Monday.
Copyright. 1896, by the Associated Press
ROME, May Total annexation
of Ethiopia, the best informed
sources said today, will be decreeo
Saturday night by Italy's Grand
Council of Fascism and by her cabinet
ministers.
II Duce thereby will present to the
League of Nations Council, meeting at
Geneva Monday, an accomplished fact
which Italians believe will permit OF
no League discussion.
This apparently authoritative pre-
diction came upon the heels OF re-
ports by the Stefani Qtalian News
Agency, that Italian troops in Ethlopls
had seized complete control OF the
French-owned Adds Ababa-Djibout
Railroad all the away to the French
Somaliland border.
Italy's Southern Army, still cam
paigning while Northern troops con-
trolled Adds Ababa, effected occupa-
ton of Jijiga, strategic town So miles
east of Harar, an official telegram an
nounced.
Soon after the troops entered Ji-
jiga, Gen. Rodolfo Graziani landed
there by airplane and formally took
possession.
The occupation of Harar, second city
of Ethiopia, was considered now
question of only day or two.
The seven-month warfare would
then be ended in the southeast. as
well as on the northern front.
No resistance was offered to the
Italian entrance into Jijiga.
King Victor Emmanuel today con-
ferred upon Premier MuSSolini the In
sigma of Cavalier of the Military Or
der of Savoy in recognition of Italian
occupation of Adds Ababa.
Premier Mussolini conferred last
night with Count Charles De Cham
brun, French Ambassador to Italy, and
rumors circulated that the envoy pre-
sented Frances supposed objections tc
complete annexation of Ethiopia by
Italy as colony.
OFFERS OLIVE BRANCH.
Evening star., 1936-05-07
GOMEZ TO BE HON0RED
Cuban Congress Called for Proc
lamation of Election.

HAVANA, May 7 tP.-A joint ses-
sion of the Cuban Congress was called
today for proclamation of Miguel
Mariana Gomez as President-elect and
DR.. Federico Laredo Bru as Vice Presi.
dent-elect of the island republic.
The ceremonies were scheduled for
late today in the capitol The new
president, elected January 10, will be
inaugurated May 20 to succeed Provi-
sional President Jose A. Barnet.
Evening star., 1936-05-07


today after being trapped in Toledo
by Government man-hunters about
dawn.
by the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, May Harry Camp
bell, SO. limping pal of Alvin Karpis.
erstwhile Public Enemy No. l." and
two others fell into a G-men's trap
at Toledo, Ohio, at dawn today and
was captured, like his gangland leader
a week ago in New Orleans, without
the firing Of shot.
The capture was personally made
by j. Edgar Hoover and a squad of
Bureau of Investigation agents.
Announcement of the capture was
made by Hoover here, who flew to
Cleveland after the trio had been
apprehended.
Hoover said Campbell already was
on his way to st. Paul by plane to face
kidnapping charges in the Edward
Bremen abduction case.
Taken with Campbell, Hoover said
was a 19-year-old girl who claimed
to be Campbell's wife.
Raid Another Apartment.
In a simultaneous raid on another
apartment. Federal agents appre-
hended Sam Cokar, described by
Hoover as a minor figure in the deci-
mated Karpis gang.
Hoover disclosed that he flew tc
Toledo from Washington last night
and directed Campbell's capture
The G-men's chief also led in the
capture of KarpiS He declined to say
how many agents participated
Hoover did not disclose the source
of information which led to Camp
BELLS apprehension.
Federal men denied that John Brock
Of Tulsa, Okla, in Jail here charged
with participating in a $4,000 Gar.
rettsville, Ohio, mail train robbery, fol
which Karpis and Campbell wert
wanted, provided the tip"
Federal men surrounded the Toledo
apartment building during the night
Hoover said.
Some were posted inside the lobby.
Planned to Leave Toledo.
The agents rushed Campbell shortly
after dawn as he and the girl emerged
from the building. presumably pre-.
pared to leave Toledo.
Campbell showed a little resist
ance," Hoover said. He intimated tn,
fugitive attempted to reach a AS
caliber revolver found on his person.
The gangster bad six clips of shell
in his possession.
This is the last of the ringleader
of the Karpis gang" Hoover asserted
He added that the Government woulG
continue its hunt for persons VIII
aided the fugitives.
Hoover said the girl claimed sh,
married Campbell under his alias o
Bob Miller at Bowling Green, Ohio
in May, 1885.
Cokar, he said, is wanted by Okla
homa authorities as a parole violator
(See CAMPBELL, Page A.
Evening star., 1936-05-07
Duce Promises Trade Privilege II
France and England.


France and England.
PARIS, May 7.-Premier Mussolini
Informed France he was determined
to make Ethiopia an Italian colony.
rather than a protectorate, Nine. Cen
evieve Tabouis reported today in
L'Oeuvre.
This well-known commentator on
assurances, however, that he would
not infringe or French and British
interests in East Africa.
Nine. Tabouis said II Duce told
Frances envoy there would be no sue
cessor to the self-exiled Emperor Halle
Selassie, but each Ethiopian tribe
would be given autonomy under an
Italian governor.
Respect for Interests Promised.
Full Italian respect for French in
terests in the Adds Ababa-D Djibouti
Railway and British interests in the
Lake Tana headwaters of the blue
Nile was reported to have been as
sured.
Official sources stated, however,
that France is not ready to relinquish
her rights to the railroad, sole modern
public carrier in the fallen Empire of
Ethiopia.
These sources denied reports that
italian troops already had "requisi-
toned" the rail line. Transfer of the
line could be brought about only by a
free convention negotiated between
See ETHI0pTA pace a.
Evening star., 1936-05-07
Quake Shocks Manila.

MANILA, May Z C4).-A sharp earth
quake of IS seconds duration was felt
here today at 5:13 am, but no damage
was reported. It was believed the quake
center was approximately IS miles
south of here, probably in the northern
part of Mindoro Island.
Evening star., 1936-05-07
SEEN
1,O7O MILES OUT
Zeppelin May Speed Up Ar.
rival at Lakehurst to
Set Record.
BULLETIN.

NEW YORK, May 7 (P).-The
Hindenburg reported through Mac
Kay Radio Co. that her position at
l pm, Eastern standard time, was
approximately 1910 miles out from
the English Channel.
At that time the Hindenburg was
at an altitude of 1900 feet. The
exact position was 48 degrees SO
minutes north latitude and "a de-
grees 25 minutes west longitude.
Evening star., 1936-05-07
SPY PLOT IN FORT
AT LIEGE REPORTED
Several Workmen in Underground
Defense System Held
by Belgium.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VERVIERS, Belgium, May DDS
covery of spy plot in an under
ground fort in the district of Llege
was reported by police today.
1t was stated that the leader OF
the alleged plot had been arrested,
that several workmen were involved
and that other arrests were imminent.
Police withheld further details.
Since the World War, Belgium has
engaged in the construction OF bor-
der Notifications as a preventative
against a recurrence of the German
invasion of 1914.
Among the more massive OF these
Notifications are those at Liege.
Evening star., 1936-05-07

ORANGEBURG, S. c., May R.-
Judge M. NJ Mann sentenced Oscar
Guingard, colored, yesterday to Is
years in prison, after his conviction of
an attempted attack upon a young
white girl.
Evening star., 1936-05-07

TINE red flag of Communist Rus
sia threw its lurid reflection
over Americas Capital this
u morning as the rosy fingered
dawn tinted the Eastern skies, but a
swift marshaling of all the orderly
processes of American Government
repulsed the threatened upheavel.
The unfurling, in explanation, oc-