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: SENATORS MOURN
DEATH OF HOWELL
Committee Named to Attend
Funeral of Nebraskan in
Omaha Tuesday.
Senator Robert B. Howell, Republican,
faf Nebraska, died at Walter Reed Hos
pital yesterday afternoon from a heart
attack which followed a battle against
pneumonia during the past two weeks.
His vitality was weakened by compli
cations after it had appeared he might
recover.
Word of his death was received with
deep sorrow by his associates In the
Senate, who paid high tribute last night
to his ability as a legislator. The Ne
braskan was 69 years old and was serv
ing his second term In the Senate.
His passing was announced to the
Benate by his colleague. Senator Norrls,
Resolutions of regret were adopted, a
committee was authorized to attend the
funeral and as a further mark of re
spect the Senate adjourned.
Senator Howell is survived by his
kridow, the former Mrs. Alice Chase Cul
lingham of Omaha, and a stepson, Sid
ney J. Culllngham, who arranged last
night to have the body sent back to
Omaha on a train leaving this morning.
Funeral services will be held there Tues
day.
Praised by Colleagues.
Senator Borah, Republican, or Idano,
feaid Howell was a most "conscientious,
Industrious and able Senator," and his
death "is a distinct loss to the Senate
and the country."
"X do not believe there was a more
(conscientious, courageous and able man
In the Senate," said Senator Norrls.
Senator Norris recalled the thorough
ness with which Senator Howell studied
legislative problems. -
Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New
York, also paid tribute to Senator
Howell's career, pointing out that he
had known the Nebraakan for many
years before coming to the Senate.
"The careful attention he gave to
Committee work and to the details of
government as they relate to finances
(fcas remarkable," said Senator Copeland.
The committee named by Vice Presi
dent Garner to attend the funeral is
composed of Senators Norris, Dickin
son, Republican of Iowa; Nye, Republi
can of North Dakota; Vandenberg, Re
publican of Michigan; Robinson, Re
publican of Indiana; Johnson, Re
publican of California; Murphy, Demo
crat of Iowa; King, Democrat of Utah;
Bulow, Democrat of South Dakota;
Pittman, Democrat of Nevada; Tram
mell, Democrat of Florida; Ke&n, Re
publican of New Jersey; Carey, Re
publican of Wyoming: La Follette, Re
publican of Wisconsin, and Shipstead,
Farmer-Laborite of Minnesota.
Bratton May Head Committee.
Senator Sam G. Bratton, Democrat,
Hew Mexico, probably will suceed Howell
6s chairman of the Senate's Special
Campaign Funds Committee, which ex
pects to continue its work.
Bratton is the ranking Democrat on
the committee, which will be headed by
d Democrat now that this party has
taken over control of the Government.
Another Democrat probably will be
•*" appointed to fill the vacancy, while
i Senators Carey, Republican, Wyoming,
" and Townsend, Republican, Delaware,
will remain as the two minority mem
bers.
No action Is expected for some days,
however, nor will the committee at
tempt to function soon.
Members have been awaiting for sev
eral days printed copies of the lengthy
hearings In New Orleans In their in
vestigation Into the 1932 Louisiana
penatorial Democratic primary before
attempting to meet to discuss a report.
One of the first actions of the com
tnittee will be formulating this report.
Two vacancies in Senate.
Senator Howell's death leaves two
Vacancies In the Senate. Gov. Charles
1N. Bryan of Nebraska, a Democrat, un
doubtedly will appoint a Democrat to
Howell's seat, while another Democrat
will be named by Gov. John E. Erick
pon of Montana to take the place of
the late Senator Thomas J. Walsh.
This will give the Democrats 60 mem
bers as against 35 Republicans and 1
Farmer-Labor.
Senator Howell, who seldom If ever
deliberately sought the spotlight, re
cently occupied a conspicuous place in
the days of the news as chairman of the
(pecial Senate committee investigating
flection expenditures and contests.
In the course of the investigations
he took his committee to New Orleans
to inquire into the election charges in
volving Representative John H. Over
ton, who defeated the veteran Senator
Broussard of Louisiana. Overton was
Senator Huey P. Long's candidate and
the investigation at New Orleans cen
tered largely on the political activities
Of Senator Long, with subsequent
charges and counter-charges. Senator
Howell returned to Washington after
the investigation, a short while ago.
Elected in 1922.
Elected to the Senate in 1922, Senator
Howell had Identified himself with the
Progressive Republican group under the
leadership of Senator Norris, his friend
and colleague. He remained a "regu
lar," however, in the Hoover-Smith
campaign as well as in the recent cam
paign, when many of the Progressives,
In and out of Congress, threw their sup
port to Roosevelt. He was also one of
the Progressives under the leadership of
Theodore Roosevelt, but did not bolt
ITaft.
It was as author of the District of
Columbia prohibition enforcement bill
that Howell was probably best known
to residents of Washington. His ac
tivities in District legislation also ex
tended to efforts to bring about certain
changes in the bill for a merger of the
gas light companies. In neither of
these two efforts, however, was he suc
cessful.
The flare-up on prohibition enforce
ment in Washington in 1929 probably
surprised no one so much as the man
trho provoked It—Senator Howell. He
■was not the kind of man to attract so
much attention. He was rather be
\rtldered to find that he had caused so
tnuch attention. Slow and deliberate in
his movements and thoughts, he seldom
found himself in the public limelight.
His speeches were usually logical and
deliberative.
And that was what he was doing In
the Senate on the occasion of remarks
on prohibition enforcement that sud
denly focused the national spotlight on
conditions in Washington. A consistent
•'dry," Senator Howell made a sug
gestion that President Hoover take a
hand in enforcement in the District of
Columbia. He declared very bluntly
that the President could call the Com
prissloners before him and give such
orders as would stop the liquor traffic
In Washington.
Failed to Get Vote.
Howell's enforcement bill for the Dis
trict, designed to correspond In Wash
ington to various enforcement acts In
the States, was reported from the Dis
trict Committee once, but he could never
get It to a vote In the Senate. He re
Introduced It In modified form In the
last Congress, but It was not acted upon.
For almost as long a time. Senator
Howell had tried to amend the gas com
pany merger bill. This amendment
provided that if the Washington and
Georgetown Gas Light Companies ac
cepted the merger proposal, they would
have to agree to eliminate "going con
cern" value as a factor in future valua
tions. This amendment never was
adopted and the merger bill failed of
action In the last Congress.
Senator Howell had years of pro
gressive politics to his credit before he
came into the Senate. But for ill
health, he might have been a naval
officer. From a rural Michigan home,
he entered the United States Naval
Academy, being graduated in JM5. But
prjfciua advised him to mCT stronger
Dies at Hospital
SENATOR ROBERT B. HOWELL.
ROOSEVELT LEADS
RELIEF IN QUAKE
Navy, Treasury and Red
Cross Heads Mobilize Aid
for Death Area.
Br the Associated Press.
Under alert leadership from President
Roosevelt, Navy, Treasury and Red
Cross heads yesterday mobilized aid for
earthquake-devastated Southern Cali
fornia.
Because of quick work by relief forces
on the spot their task was largely one
of backs topping and organizing to as
sure the damaged communities and
their inhabitants of adequate funds and
supplies.
But to launch these efforts President
Roosevelt was out of bed and busy on
the telephone in the early hours, Mrs.
Roosevelt helping to relay messages, to
gether with his secretaries. After the
orders the President gave, telegrams
went out from the relief heads.
Cash Is Author!red.
By midmorning the Treasury an
nounced. it had authorized California
banks to advance cash needed by vic
tims, called attention to the authority
of Federal Reserve banks to make di
rect loans to individuals, and promised
that If more was needed it would be
forthcoming.
The Red Cross withheld financial
policy plans after assuring Itself the
California branches were on the Job for
the immediate steps. Later a decision
is to be made on what money to send
In. William De Kleine, director of dis
aster relief, sped West by airplane.
The earthquake had an echo in Con
gress, where the House directed a reso
lution of condolence to the people of
the stricken area. Another reaction
was at the State Department, where
Ambassador Debuchl of Japan pre
sented in person the sympathy of his
government, recalling Japan's great
debt to the United States for the mil
lions poured into that country by
Americans in 1923 when earthquakes
devastated the principal Japanese cities.
After the naval radio carried orders
westward. Admiral Richard Leigh, com
mander in chief of the fleet, reported
back that the situation was under con
trol, with landing forces ashore pa
troling areas where they were needed
to prevent looting.
Praise* Co-Operation.
Concluding his message, he said:
"Food serious problem, but organisation
ready. Wonderful spirit co-operation
and volunteer help everywhere."
Senator McAdoo, Democrat, of Cali
fornia, wired offers of assistance to the
mayors of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The Red Cross expressed quantities
of ready-made cotton clothing and bed
ding to earthquake sufferers in the Los
Angeles area and awaited the outcome
of a survey by Gov. Rolph before taking
further relief action.
Several National Red Cro6s workers
were to be on their way West by air
plane last night, Dr. William Deklelne
and Verne Moore of this city, Robert
Shepard, St. Louis, and E. S. Transue,
Denver.
The cotton clothing was sent froip
factories In Pennsylvania, Georgia, Ten
nessee, Texas, Michigan, Virginia and
San Francisco.
The shipments to Los Angers In
cluded 108,984 ready-made garmeits; to
Long Beach, 4,176 garments.
From Chicago, 11,040 comforters and
blankets were going to Los Angeles, and
660 to Long Beach.
FATE OF STOCK PROBE
TO BE DECIDED SOON
Senate Banking Committee Ex
pected to Determine Future Course
Early This Week.
Br the Associated Press.
The Senate Banking Committee will
be called upon to determine within the
next few days whether to continue Its
investigation of the New York Stock
Market.
Chairman Fletcher announced yes
terday he would call a meeting of the
committee early this week to decide
upon the future of the inquiry.
Senator Norbeck, Republican, of
South Dakota, who was chairman bf the
committee during the year-long investi
gation, is preparing a report on the In
quiry and the status of the various
cases under scrutiny of committee
agents.
Ferdinand Pecora, committee coun
sel, also will be asked to report cm the
[status of his investigations.
health In the drier climate of the Middle
West. He returned to the service as a
lieutenant In the Spanish-American
War, although he bad been forced by
Ul health to give up the study of law In
the Detroit School of Law. He became
an engineer instead.
Stopping temporarily in Omaha—en
route farther West—Howell remained to
make use of the knowledge of civil and
hydraulic engineering he had obtained
at the Naval Academy. He received
(SO a month as a laborer at the start,
but In 10 years was manager of the
Omaha water works at a salary of
$10,000 a year.
Served Daring War.
His management of the Omaha water
works and gas works was interrupted
by the World War. for which he re
enlisted In the Navy. He was commis
sioned a lieutenant and was stationed
at the submarine base at New London,
Conn., for work on anti-submarine ex
periments.
He had been a member of the Ne
braska State Senate and was defeated
for Governor. Defeated for nomination
as member of the Omaha Water Board,
he filed as an Independent and de
feated his Republican opponent.
His career hobby was public owner
ship; his pastime hobby was golf. He
was probably one of the best grounded
men in Congress on the subject of
public ownership of utilities.
He was born at Adrian, Mich., on
January 31, 1864, the son of Andrew
Howell, Jurist and author of legal text
bodes, and Mary Adelia Beecher Tower.
In 1905 he married Mrs. Alice Chase
Culllngham of Omaha. He was a Pres
byterian and a Maaoo.
NEWS IS FLASHED
AS QUAKE STARTS
Associated Press Pair Had
Waited Eight Years for
Disaster.
BY WALTER B. CLAUSEN,
LOB ANGELES, March 11.—A jolt
and rocking jar that marked an earth
wave of death and destruction lor
Southern California pulled a trigger
that sent the news flashing to the world
while the 20-seconds shock was pulling
down the debris from torn buildings.
It so happened that a team of two
men who had been organized for this
event for eight years were In the As
sociated Press office at the Times bidd
ing here. These were Jack C. Mooney,
veteran telegraph operator, and myself.
I was writing the results of an Inter
view with Prof. Albert Einstein when
the jolt came. As the chair swayed, I
clutched the desk to make certain It
was an earthquake, planting both feet
solidly against the chair legs. But there
waa no uncertainty. This was the mo
ment I had been expecting snce 1936.
A shout to Mooney and he sprang the
10-foot interval between an automatic
printer and a telegraph key, and the
flash of a major earthquake in Loa
Angeles was on the Nationwide net
work of the Associated Press five sec
onds after the jolt started, and the
bulletin telling of It as a violent major
shock was cleared before the remaining
15 seconds of this first treat shock.
Expected It Five Weeks.
Ever since the 1925 Santa Barbara
earthquake, which I covered, having
also gone through the San Francisco
dlstaster of 1006, I had been preparing
for this moment. It was a thrill to be
on the job.
Five weeks ago I had been advised
by those who study seismology that a
restlessness of the great block under
lying Southern California promised a
major movement soon.
With the first news cleared, and
knowledge that communications were
still opened, it was possible for the ataff
to peek out the window and see the
debris-strewn street. The visible bricks,
half a block away, were from the old
Chamber of Commerce Building.
A second jolt, five minutes after the
first, seemed almost as heavy. The
building rocked and swayed as staff
members were checking all lin.>s of
communication.
The sports editor was first to hit
upon the phone contacts that revealed
Long Beach was cut off from communi
cation. While death and destruction
reports were coming in from all points,
it soon was apparent that the main
area of havoc rested In a triangle, the
apex of which was in Los Angeles, and
the sides extending toward San Pedro
and Santa Ana.
This meant Long Beach was In the
center, and that the epicenter of the
convulsion was In the Pacific off Long
Beach.
Then rumor reared Its head, with
sensational radio reports from quaver
ing announcers and amateurs, that
"Catallna hit by tidal wave," "500 dead
at Long Beach," "great tidal wave
coming in on all beach towns," "200
dead at Terminal Island."
Shocks atfp looming.
All the time the staff was finding
Itself jarred each 5 or 10 minutes by
another great shock. Expert knowledge
suggested the possibility of an even
greater and annihilating shock to oome,
but the one thought on all minds of the
A. P. staff was to clean up the news,
find out what happened.
A bulletin went to the wire with each
great shock, so should the wire fall,
the latest word would be out The
sensation was much like being on a
boats, rocking north to south, but later
shocks changed to an unusual twisting
circular movement.
The shocks continued at the rate of
more than one a second, although only
the major ones at 6 to 10, then 20
minute intervals were felt sufficiently
to give one pause to look up to see
if the celling and walls were coming
down.
It was all of Southern California
that was getting this rocking, every
portion of which was well known to
the writer, who Is a native. The pic
ture flashed as additional reports came
In, providing a panorama of the vast
scene for the mind's eye.
The homes of the wealthy, magnifi
cent estates of Beverly Hills, the can
yons and knells back of Hollywood,
Ptsadeno, San Marino, Altadena, were
getting the thrill of a good shaking
without much damage.
So to the movies of Hollywood and
Culver City and Universal City It waa
just a big movement for them, with
such attendant fears and thrills as It
might engender.
In the vast groves from which $100,
000,000 of citrus annually goes to the
world, the orange, lemon and grape
fruit trees and the avocadoes and wal
nuts, fruit was shaken down.
OU Wells In Death Area.
These all were on the fringe. The
great oil well districts were in the re
gion of havoc, the Signal Hills and
Huntington Beach. Torrance and Comp
ton areas, were the scenes of death.
The homes of the mass of the two
millions of peoples, the hundreds of
thousands of bungalows In the south
western area extending down to the
seashore city of Long Beach, found
furniture turned topsyturvy, dishes and
prized possessions destroyed.
Perhaps a thousand motor cars were
smashed to bits at the point of great
est danger, at the sidewalks of the
business districts, where store fronts
fell
All through the night the staff
worked unceasingly as the picture
clarified itself, with rumor separated
from fact, duplicate reports of death
weeded out and some more adequate
picture of the damage coming to view.
With the daylight the scene of re
lief work was presented, but there was
no cessation of the recurrent shocks,
merely a larger time Interval between
them.
Then came the survey of the districts.
Speeding through police. Marine,
Legion, naval cordons, a rapid pano
rama unfolded. The actual picture re
placed the mind's eye view. With It
came the sensation of a job well done
by the scores of Associated Press field
sources in the accuracy with which
they helped to build up the true scene.
Masses Walking Streets.
Beyond all the scene of death and
destruction, the tragic ruins, the piti
able cries In hospitals, the effective area
etrol, one picture loomed uppermost in
impression. *
It was the masses, men, women and
children, mostly without hats and many
coatless, that walked slowly up and
down the main business section streets,
not so much looking at the ruins, but
just walking. That took their minds
off the strange, quivering, jolting, twist
ing earth movements that to so many
were fearsome. They could not feel the
shocks while walking.
And so unto the night, and the rock
ing still goes on.
REOPENING ORDERED
Limited Business Expected to Be
Transacted in Kansas.
TOPEKA, Kans., March 11 VP).—
Effective at the time to be fixed by
President Roosevelt, all banks and trust
companies in Kansas were authorised
today by Gov. Alf M. Landon and H.
W. Koeneke, State bank commissioner,
to reopen for limited business. They
expected the cider to go in force Mon
day.
The banks were five^luQ authority
to limit withdrawals.
THE PROFESSORS DIFFER!
1 1 *. ,
California V. Scientist
Pictures Tremblort a*
of Great Magnitude.
By the AuocltUd Pretf.
BERKELEY, Calif., March 11.—Prof.
P. Byerly of the University of Cali
fornia here said today the earthquakes
which shcok Southern California last
night and today were the most severe
recorded since that region has become
densely populated.
His records disclosed only ooe of as
great magnitude, that being in 1857,
with Its epicenter at Tejon Pass, which
was felt as far north as 8an Francisco.
"Last night's temblors, however se
vere and however much damage they
caused to life and property, were not
as severe as the recent quakes In Japan,"
he said. "Southern California's latest
quakes did not carry the magnitude of
the Japanese quake of a few weeks ago.
nor was there nearly the energy In
volved In the great Toklo quake of 10
years ago.
"Previous quakes have not stricken
the Long Beach area. Calexlco on
January 1, 1927, suffered a severe quake,
probably as sharp u last night's, but
the area Involved was much less. In
1930 there was a sharp quake in Santa
Monica Bay. Inglewood was damaged
on June 21,1920, by a moat severe quake
of limited area, and in 1911 there were
sharp temblors causing damage at San
Jacinto, Calexlco and Elcentro, but none
was of the magnitude nor sharpness of
last night's.
"Yesterday's disaster was not a quake
which we term a 'world shaker,' and al
though it was severe in Southern Cali
fornia. I doubt if any but the most
sensitive seismographs In Europe re
corded It."
Santa Clara Savant Fail*
to Clastify Shocks a*
"Severe**
Br the Associated Press.
SANTA CLARA, Ci!lf., March 11.—
Dr. Albert J. Newlln, director of Richard
Memorial Observatory at Santa Clara
University, declared today the Southern
California earthquake waa "surprisingly
local In eflect, •moderate In Intensity,
moat revere under the ocean and at
tended by an excepticnally low death
rate."
The quake, he said, waa comparable
to the Santa Barbara earthquake of
eight yeara ago, but "not quite as se
vere."
"Classifying all quakes into four divi
sions—very light, light, moderate and
severe, this would be classified as
Slightly above moderate,' but In no
sense se~#sre," Dr. Newlln said. "It In no
manner approximated the r?cent up
heaval In Japan, which was whclly of
the severe type."
Dr. Newlln said the quake was not
along the San Andreas fault, which
passes to the east of Los Angeles, but
waa along a tmall fault which dips Into
the ocean west of Los Angeles.
"Buildings and structures built on or
near these faulta should be constructed
with this In mind," he said; "there was
surprisingly low lots of life In the Fri
day shake. This waa probably due to
the better building precautions which
are being taken. Many people ran from
buildings In front of automobiles, or
jumped from windows and were hurt.
Here and there some one wes Injured
by flying bricks. But very few werei
hurt by the direct action of the earth
quake—the collapse of buildings. This
would not have been true many years
ago."
Third Term Ends
BEAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM A.
MOFFETT.
Quake Sidelights
By the Associated Press.
Tales of tragedy and terror, and of I
heroism and humor, came from the
California earthquake area.
Forest Brinkerhoff, young switch hoard
operator at the Domingues substation
of the Pacific Electric Railway, (tuck
to hi* port when the first shock owe
to throw a switch that would save the
lives of many at the cost of his own.
Searchers found his body In the ruins
of the building.
Three men were killed when their
airplane crashed as they were en route 1
to render aid to quake victims at LongI
Beach. 1
Dr. A. M. Firkins, a Compton dentist,
was operating on a patient. The build
ing collapsed. He was pulled from the
debris dead. The patient, a woman,
walked unhurt from the wreckage, the
dental towel still across her shoulders.
Mrs. Naomi EUera, bookkeeper for a
Long Beach laundry, fled from tnc office
of the building. She was killed when
struck by an avalanche of brick. Had
she remained In the office she would
have lived. It was the only room which
remained Intact.
The bank holiday prevented death
or injury to scores of others at the
same laundry. Business had slowed
down almost to a standstill. Hie 20
women who did work during the day
had gone home early—Just halt an
hour before the quake.
The quakes failed to stop motion
picture start from discussing a, pros
pective 50 pes cent cut in salary at
Hollywood. The players headed for a
door of the conference room, when the
first quake came. Their chairman re
minded them "the safest place is where
you are." The meeting went on.
Surgeons were handicaped In the'r
emergency work by shocks which
swayed their operating tables.
During the series of quakes, "Speedy"
Dado defeated "Baby" Palmore in a
bantamweight fight at Hollywood.
Several hundred Japanese residents!
of Terminal Island camped all night
in San Pedro Hills, fearing a tidal
wave.
Hundreds at Long Beacn c&mpea,
amid the ruins of scores of buildings,
under blankets on lawns, In parks and
on vacant lots In the glare of many
fires. -
A food shortage threatened at Long
Beach and Compton, but Immediate
steps were taken to prevent It.
Telephone and telegraph lines wee*
jammed with calls from anxious East
erners, who sought to learn the fate of
relatives or friends.
Throughout the area men and women
kept up a steady march through hos
pitals and morgues searching for the
missing, and mostly not finding them.
The glare of scattered fires over the
stricken area added to the night's
terror.
While her home was being destroyed,
Mrs. Eugene Van Winkle gave birth to
a |irl at a Compton hospital. She was
moved from her home at the first pro
nounced tremor.
Gail Diane Dlckerson, a daughter of
Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. F. D. Dicker
son of Inglewood, was bom just as the
first earthquake occurred. The lights
went out at the hospital and a flashlight
was used by the attending doctor.
If it hadn't been for her black cat,
Mrs. Blanche Morris, 42, of Hollywood,
would not be on the casualty list.
Frightened by the shock, she rushed
through her kitchen door, stumbled over
the cat and broke her knee cap.
The feminine earthquake mode fea
tured trousers. Hundreds of women
dashed from their homes scantily dad
in pajamas, while a few donned the new
fashioned trousers.
Rve young men dashed from a Spring
street gymnasium in Los Angeles clad
only In bath towels.
J
Tammany Leader Diet.
NEW YORK, March 11 Judge
Robert L Luce, a former justice of the
New York Supreme Court and a sachem
of Tammany Hall Society, died here
today after several years' illness follow
ing upon a stroke of paralysis. He
was 70.
ADMIRAL MOFFETT
SERVKJ^TERMS
Question of Reappointment of
Aeronautics Chief, Soon
to Retire, Raised.
The Navy"# first and only aeronautics
chief tomorrow comes to the end of his
third four-year appointment to that
post. Rear Admiral William A. Mof
fett has held the honor now under four
Presidents—Harding, Coolldge, Hoover
and Roosevelt—and is slated to retire
on November 1. His friends are won
dering if he Is to be reappointed by
President Roosevelt until the age limit
of 64 years forces his retirement a little
over seven months hence.
President Harding named Admiral
MofTett to the aeronautics assignment
in July, 1021, and when the Bureau of
Aeronautics was actively organised. In
September of that year, the admiral
became Its head. He has been at the
helm continuously since and the wide
spread organisation of naval aviation
has grown up under his hand. He was
reappointed in March, 1925, by Presi
dent Coolldge and In 1929 by President
Hoover.
Moat Experienced Admiral.
Admiral Moffett, a qualified naval
aviation observer, has "had more ex
perience In all types of airplanes, sea
planes and big airships than any ad
miral In any navy in the world,"
according to his friends. Yesterday, at
Akron, Ohio, he saw his wife christen
the Navy's newest airship, the Macon,
for which he fought for many years.
The fatal crash of the Shenandoah and
foreign airships failed to daunt him,
the admiral insisting that lighter-than
air craft in this country must go on.
One of the old-time line officers of the
Navy, Admiral Moffett, took to aviation
—a departure In the national defense
set-up—with a will. He has had an un
usual career In the service. He fought
with Dewey at Manila Bay back In the
Spanish War. During the occupation of
Vera Crus In April, 1911 he won the
Congressional Medal of Honor for his
fearless handling of the situation when
in command or the cruiser U. S. S.
Chester.
serrice uunni war.
During the World War he served u
commandant of the Great Lakes, 111.,
Naval Training Station, at the same
time acting as commandant of the ninth,
tenth and eleventh naval districts. He
personally saw to it that John Philip
Sousa, the famous bandmaster, was In
ducted into the naval service, as a lieu
tenant, although the March King was
far above the age limit.
At art at Lakes the admiral's keen in
terest in aviation was given Impetus,
but he had watched Its beginnings afloat
for a number of years. His World War
service brought him the Distinguished
Service Medal. After the war he com
manded the battleship U. S. S. Mlssis
sippl.
A native of Charleston, 8. C., Admiral
Moffett graduated from the Naval Acad
emy in 1890. His career has embraced
service on every type of naval vessel and
on practically every naval station. His
friends say his vision and determination
are responsible for the development of
llghter-than-alr in this country. He
makes his home here at 2019 Massachu
setts avenue.
Admiral Moffett was technical advisor
at both the Washington and London
naval arms conferences.
35 PUT TO DEATH
IN RUSSIAN SABOTAGE
Moscow Communique Says 40 Were
Given 8 or 10 Tears for Fart
In Plot.
By the Associated Fret*.
MOSCOW, March 11.—The chairman
of the state political department an
nounced today that 35 persons had been
executed and that 40 others had been
sentenced to 8 or 10 years In prison for
participating In "counter-revolutionary
activity and sabotage In connection
with farming: In the Ukraine, North
Caucasus and White Russia."
Those convicted, the communique
said. Included persons of the bourgeois
and landowner classes and state em
ployes In the commissariat of agricul
ture and the commissariat of state
farms.
LOUDERBACK IS IDLE
PENDING SENATE TRIAL
Federal Judge Will Not Try Any
More Cases While Facing
Charges.
Br Um AssoclsUd Pnu.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 11 OP).—
Federal Judge Harold Louderback,
against whom impeachment charges
have been brought by the National
House of Representatives, announced
today he would not hear any more
cases pending his trial by the Senate.
"My present Information is that there
is a reasonable probability that the pro
ceedings pending against me in Wash
ington will be tried and disposed of
within the near future," the jurist said.
Signa Moratorium Bill.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 11 <*»
—Gov. James Rolph, jr., yesterday
signed an urgency bill providing for a
60-day moratorium on foreclosures of
mortgages and trust deeds oo Cali
fornia homes and fans. The provisions
of the bill become Vw ImmwIHtely,
PRESIDENT RUSHES
FUN FOR MESS
Talks With Costigan, Wag
ner and La Follette About
Huge Program.
President Roosevelt yesterday rushed
ahead with the third measure ot his
emergency program—a $500,000,000 bond
Issue for widespread unemployment
relief.
The bill to make Jobs by reforesta
tion and otlwr Island Improvement
projects for an estimated 500,000 work
ers neared completion at a White House
meeting, In which Senators Wagner of
New York and Costigan of Colorado.
Democrats, and La Follette, Republican,
of Wisconsin, participated.
The message calling upon Congress
for this legislation on an urgent basis
will go forward early this week, but
probably not until the legislators have
disposed of the pending economy bill.
Held Conflicting Views.
The Senators at the White House yes
terday were all leaders In the unemploy
ment problem, hut represent conflicting
schools of thought. La Follette and
Costigan have fostered the unsuccessful
attempts for direct Government aid.
Senator Wagner has fathered the pub
lic works program now In effect. Prog
ress was reported ny the group as H
left the President after a discussion
lasting almost an hour.
"We had a very satisfactory discus
sion of the questions involved in un
employment relief," Senator La Follette
told newspaper men. "No definite con
clusions were reached and further con
ferences will be held."
"But there Is every indication," inter
posed Senator Wagner, "of satisfactory
conclusions. The prospect for agree
ment is very encouraging."
The broad scale Roosevelt plan which
contemplates jobs and not "doles" car
ries provision for a vast recruiting of
the idle in the unemployed camps by
the Amy with provision for keeping
the men now roaming the streets avail
able for work as it develops.
All Sections Included.
The reforestation scheme would be
put into effect probably in every section
of the country. Immediate development
of the idle war-time Muscle Shoals,
Ala., power and nitrate plant with con
struction of the proposed reservoir dam
at Cove Creek in the Clinch River in
Tennessee will be a part of the program.
Liberalisation of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation act to permit ex
tension of funds for distress and for
self-liquidating projects also is con
templated.
The President has gone over the plan
thoroughly with the Government of
ficers involved in administering it. He
is ready to put It immediately into ac
tion once Congress gives him authority.
A separate set-up for the administra
tion of it may be arranged by a re
grouping of involved agencies now in
the Departments of War, Labor, Agri
culture and Interior.
Another conference between the
President and congressional leaders on
the proposal is in prospect for today.
AVIATION BOARD
GROUP MAY RETIRE
Corporation Meeting Wednesday to
Act on Harrimui-Leliman
Betign&tioni.
By the AuoelaUd Preas.
NKW YORK, March 11.—'The New
York Times says resignation of some
of the Harrlman-Lehm&n representa
tives from the board of directors of
Aviation Corporation will be considered
at a meeting of the board on Wednes
day.
The proposed retirement of the Har
riman-Lehman group was regarded as
an aftermath of the struggle for con
trol of the company last November
waged between X. L. Cord and a group
headed by Lamotte T. Cohu and ending
in a compromise with the retirement of
Cohu as president.
The special meeting for next Wed
nesday was called by L. R. Young, a
Cord affiliate, who said In a letter that
the meeting would consider a reduction
in the sixes of the board aad would
consider such resignations of officers
and directors as might be received.
Resignations of some of the Harrlman
Lehman group, it Is understood, have
been received unofficially.
It was also understood the board
might consider transfer of the offices
of the corporation to Chicago, where
the offices of Its principal operating
subsidiary, American Airways, were re
cently moved from 8t. Louis. The ex
ecutive offices of the Cord Corporation
are in Chicago.
The Harrlman-Lehman directors In
clude W. A. Harrlman of Brown Bros..
Harriman & Co., and Robert Lehman
of Lehman Bras.
150 ALABAMA BANKS
APPLY FOR REOPENING
State Superintendent Besieged
With Queries as to Operation
of President's Order.
Br the AMoelktcd Press.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 11.—
Virtually all of Alabama's 190-odd
State banks have applied to H. H. Mont
gomery, State superintendent of banks,
for permission to reopen under the pro
visions of President Roosevelt's order
permitting such action.
No applications have been acted upon
and no licenses will be Issued until the
national situation Is clarified, Mr. Mont
gomery said.
As news of the President's order,
which permits State banks to reopen
with permission of State banking au
thorities, spread over the State, the su
perintendent's office here was bombard
ed with telegrams and telephone calls
from all parts of the State from bank
ers anxious to resume normal operation.
OIL FIELDS TO OPEN
Modified Operation to Be Allowed
in Oklahoma.
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 11 UP).—
A modified evening of the Oklahoma
City oil field will be allowed beginning
Tuesday, Col. Cicero I. Murray, head
of the oil field military forces, aald to
day after » conference with Got. Wil
liam H. Murray.
Operator* will be permitted to take
their remaining March allowable, en
a ratable dally flow that will permit
gasoline plants to absorb the natural
gas without waste. National Ouardi
men will remain in control of the field.
The reopening will mean the return
to pay roll of about 500 men who were
released a week ago when the field wu
closed under military order by Oct.
Murray pending enactment of a new
proration law.
Theaters Aid Egf Producer*
PARIS, Ma, March 11-(*>).—Rural egg
producers have found a way to Increase
the prices of their eggs. A theater has
offered SO-cent theater tickets for two
dozen eggs each, or an Increase of nearly
100 per cent over the price paid in cash
tor buyers.
_
Forum Speaker
SPEAKER RAINEY.
SPEAKER RAINEY
TO TALK IN FORUM
Problems Which Confront
President and Congress
Subject Tomorrow Night.
Speaker Henry T. Rtiney of the
House of Representatives will discuss
the problems which confront the
President and the Congress In the Na
tional Radio Forum tomorrow night at
10:30 o'clock Eastern standard time.
The National Radio Forum Is arranged
by The Washington Star and broadcast,
over the network of the National
Broadcasting Co.
8peaker Ralney, elected as the pre
siding officer of the House at the open
ing of the special session on Thurs
day, occupies a position cf vast impor
tance in the Government. His co-op
eration with the President and with
the Democratic leaders of the Senate
will aid greatly in putting through the
Democratic program of legislation.
ARMS CONFEREES
ARE PESSIMISTIC
ON FATE OF PARLEY
(Continued Prom First Page )
would determine whether any concrete
arms reductions could be effected.
At his conferences today Mr. Mac
Donald heard discussions not only of
the disarmament crisis, but also of the
War Eastern arms embargo.
POLISH CORRIDOR WATCHED.
American Statesmen Note Tension With
Apprehension.
<>y the Associated Press.
An Increasingly tense situation In one
of Europe's chief danger spots—the
Polish Corridor—held the attention of
American statesmen yesterday while
they carefully refrained from any ac
tion which might add to the delicacy
of the matter.
Officials here noted with some appre
hension that apparent tension has
arisen between Germany on one hand
and France and Poland on the other
since the stormy and dynamic Fascist
leader, Adolf Hitler, rose to supreme
power In the German elections.
While officials were careful not to
speak for publication, it was clear they
regarded the situation as fraught with
considerable danger.
Discussed by Statesmen.
That the American Government views
the recent developments as having a
definite bearing on the whole movement
for limitation and reduction of arma
ments was plainly indicated. Disarma
ment with particular reference to the
occurrences in Europe occupied the at
tention of President Roosevelt. Secre
tary of State Hull and Norman H. Davis,
American disarmament conference dele
gate, In their discussion at the White
House Friday night. French fears, ac
cording to information reaching here,
have apparently been aroused by the
alleged militarizing of a post on the
Rhine which under the Versailles treaty
France contends could not be so em
ployed.
Uneasiness on the part of the Poles
was Indicated although reports of con
siderable military activity in the Polish
Corridor were defiled.
The French also are said to be
alarmed at measures for making Hitler's
brown-uniformed storm troopers an of
ficial German police force.
The developments have brought to
the front the most potentially danger
ous situation In all European politics,
In the opinion of many observers here.
The Polish Corridor, created by the
treaty of Versailles, Is a narrow strip
of territory cutting East Prussia from
Germany proper in order to give Poland
an outlet to the Baltic Sea at Danzig,
which was made a free city under
League of Nations jurisdiction.
League to Meet.
A special meeting of the League has
been called for tomorrow to consider a
protest made by some of the residents
of Danzig on tho ground the Poles are
closing a part of the harbor to com
mercial activity so they can concentrate
munitions.
It was made clear at the State De
partment yesterday that the American
Government has not abandoned hope
that In spite of the disturbing develop
ments a definite agreement upon dis
armament measures may be reached.
Officials feel events may serve to
bring the matter to a head and produce
definite action where none has been
possible before.
The French fear that Germany. Irked
by failure of the powers to agree upon
reduced armaments, will contend that
In spite of the Versailles treaty It can
Itself proceed to rearm.
The British premier and foreign min
isters are bard at work In the Euro
pean capitals upon efforts to save the
cause of disarmament, and the Roose
velt administration Is keeping in close
touch with all developments.
Diamonds Found
In Gum Stubbornly
Sticking to Shoe
Br the Amoc1»U4 Ptcm.
PORTKRVTLLE, Calif., March
11.—It *u a gold find, by gum.
Aa Game Warden Ray Bullard
walked along Porterville's main
itraet, come thing (tuck to his
shoe sole. It was a wad of gum.
Disgustedly he removed the gum
with his knife at his office after
falling to dislodge it by scrapping
his foot on the sidewalk. Inside
the gum he found a gold ring,
set with two diamonds and two
small
RITCHIE Ann
BANK PROGRAM
Declares Emergency Meas
ure Imperils State Banks
of Nation.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md.. March 11.—Got.
Ritchie tonight attacked the President'!
emergency bank act as imperiling the
savings and resources of millions of de
positors in the 7,000 State banks In
the United States.
In a 500-word statement, Issued
shortly before midnight, and person
ally dispatched by him to metropolitan
newspapers throughout th* country, tie
aaseited that the $3,000,000,1/00 In new
Federal currency provided by the Fed
eral law la "solely for the benefit of the
national banks and the Federal Reserve
member banks."
Pointing out that there t; : r. ;arly
300 State banks in Maryland, he said:
"To their hundreds of thousand* of
city and county depositors I owe the
duty of speaking plUTily In what 1 be
lieve Is a critical emergency for them."
Withheld Criticism.
The Governor, who had made a per
sonal call on President Roosevelt before
passage of the Federal emergency bank
act to ask that it place State banks on
equal footing with National and Fed
erl Reserve member banks, appealed
yesterday to members of the State Leg
islature to bring pressure to bear at
Washington for a change in the act.
He himself, however, refrained from
pointed criticism of the bill until after
Roosevelt's proclamation for the re
opening of banks, beginning Monday,
had been read to him tonight.
Under that proclamation no bank In
Maryland may open Monday, but Bal
timore banks may reopen Tuesday and
county banks Wednesday. The re
openings on a 100 per cent basis in
all cases are subject either to the con
sent of the Treasury, In the case of
national and Federal Reserve member
banks, or to the consent on the State
bank commissioner in the case of
State banks and trust companies. Fur
thermore, In ail cases banks asking per
mission to reopen in full must satisfy
the Federal or State authorities of
their ability to do so.
Gov. Ritchie's criticism of the Presi
dent's emergency bank act Included
statement that:
It excludes State banks from get
ting use of the new emergency cur
rency except on 90-day loans from Fed
eral Reserve Banks, secured by Govern
ment bonds. With that exception, their
only chance of access to the relief af
forded by the new currency Is member
ship in the Federal Reserve system,
and that, he said, would "take time,
running into months."
Other Delays Feared.
The alternative form of relief offered
State banks—the sale of preferred stock
to the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion—also would take time, and in any
event would not help many of the town
or rural banks of the country.
Under those circumstances it will be
"difficult" for the State banks that are
not members of the Federal Reserve Sys
tem to "survive in the face of the
great Federal aid alloted among their
competitors," the Governor asserted.
• He sdded that he was in "hearty ac
cord" with President Roosevelt's effort*
to relieve the banking crisis and that
he was not opposing aid to the national
and the Federal Reserve member banks.
He said he could not believe, however,
that "an administration whose brains
and heart have conceived this relief for
the depositors in our national and Re
serve member banks will not extend it
to the depositors of the State banks,
too."
Earlier in the evening the Governor
had been informed that representatives
of a Maryland State bank had asked
officials at the Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond for permission to Join the
Federal Reserve System and had been
told that they would have to wait their
turn, that all Reserve examiners would
bt occupied for some time to come with
the affairs of the system's long-time
members.
HENCHMAN OF MACHADO
IS KILLED BY GUNMEN
Ken in Auto Fire Volley at Alleged
Leader of Cuban "Strong
By the Auoclattd Preu.
HAVANA, March 11.—Terrorists
.truck at the Machado government again
today by killing Leopoldo Fernandes
Ros, 45, Machado henchman, director
of censorship when the Interior de
partment exercised that function and
leader of the government's alleged
"strong-arm squad," the Liga Patrlotica.
Ros was assassinated as he stood at a
street corner talking to Roberto Nleto, a
lawyer. Nleto said three men drove by
in a green automobile and fired twice
with a shotgun.
The lawyer, who was not hurt, started
with Ros to an emergency hospital, but
the wounded man died before they ar
rived there. Physicians found eight
buckshot wounds In the neck and face.
$2,000 "DISAPPEARS"
McCOMB, Miss., March 11 VP).—'Two
thousand dollars withdrawn recently
from banks by J. H. Boone, 50, "dis
appeared" during a seance today with
two women fortune tellers, he reported
to police.
Boone, a railroad shonman ««Jri th«
consultation to ward
Arm Squad."
women gave him a
February Circulation
Dafly. 118,218
Sunday, 127,272
District of Columbia. ss.:
FLEMINO NBWBOLD. Business UtMler
of THE EVENINQ AND SUNDAY STAR,
does solemnly swear that the actual number
of yiples of the paper named sold and dis
tributed during the month of February. A.D.
1933, was as follows:
DAILY.
Days. Copies. Days. Copies.
1 130.f>5.-> 15 130.281
3 121.045 16 135.141
3 180.131 17 1*0.472
4 110,401 18 118,01*
8 130,708 20 124,000
7 118.331 . 21 1X0.040
8 130.143 22 111.333
0 130.030 23 131.044
10 131.330 24 130.003
11 117.010 26 118.715
18 130.7.V1 27 131.738
14 130.043 28 ....... 133.150
3.881.584
Less adjustments 44.350
Total net dally circulation 3.837.336
Average dally net paid circulation.
Dally average number of copies
for scrrlce. etc
Dally average net circulation 118.318
SUNDAY.
Days. Copies. Days. Copies.
6 138.081 10 ltMIS
13 130,310 28 130.703
... . . 017,700
Less adjustments 8,670
Total Sunday net circulation..... 500.000
Average net paid Sunday circula
tion 130.014
Average number of copies for serv
loe. etc 058
Average Sundsy net circulation.... 1*7,973
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