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DEBTS DEADLOCK
BREAK EXPECTED
IN NEW OVERTURE
President Declared to Have
Opened Door for British
Negotiations.
HOPES ALSO ARE RAISED
BY FRANCE AND BELGIUM
Ambassadors Laboulaye and May
Make Queries at State
Department.
By the Associated Press.
An expected early reopening of con
versations with Great Britain gave ,
promise today of a possible break in
the war debts deadlock.
Now that President Roosevelt has
opened the door for negotiations. State
Department officials frankly antici
pated an early call from Si. Ronald
Lindsay, the British Ambassador.
Signs appeared both here and in
London of a willingness to talk debts,
and there were definite indications
that officials of both nations are feel
ing about for some formula that can
be placed on the table.
Another sign of ieavening the debt
mass was seen in calls yesterday by
Andre de Laboulaye, French Ambas
sador, and Paul May. Belgian Ambas
sador. on Undersecretary of State
Phillips.
Barthou Explains Call.
Foreign Minister Barthou in Paris
explained that Laboulaye had sought
an explanation of the Johnson act
which prohibits nations in default to j
the United States from selling securi
ties in this country. The Ambassador.
Bartho" said, wished to "keep posted
to see if there is any possibility of a
token payment.”
France, openly in default, has never
made a token payment and news that
the Quai d'Orsay was even thinking
of one was received by administra
tion officials with high interest.
LabouJaye's visit was marked by the
first State Department acknowledg
ment in many months that France's
envoy had directly discussed the debt
question.
Diplomatic chiefs here displayed
considerable Interest in the reported
reconsideration by the British cabinet
of the previously intimated plan to
tender another token in partial pay
ment on the $85,670,765 due next
month.
Effect May Reach Far.
C7echoslovakia. Italy, Lithuania. I
and Latvia followed Great Britain’s !
token lead last December and the
belief was expressed in official circles i
here that an accord with Britain
would go far toward insuring an
agreement with those four nations.
In a restatement of the American
attitude toward war debts. President
Roosevelt yesterday called for an |
insistence upon payment by the
debtor nations, but a willingness to
talk over their individual pioblems
separately and give consideration,
either to proposals for token payments
or for new terms of settlement.
It was said in official quarters later
•that further clarification of the Presi
dent’s position on debts must await
his debt message to Congress He has
not yet set a definite date lor sending
the message and it is understood sev
eral vital developments were expected j
before the message is dispatched.
Definite Plan Expected.
Authoritative'sources insisted the
President's message would contain
definite suggestions for debts settle
ment and not merely catalogue the
twelve-bllllon-dollar debt owed this
country.
Pre»ident Roosevelt emphasized yes
terday that the traditional American
attitude on the collection of war debts
remains unchanged and that this
country expected to be repaid.
He made it clear he did not con
sider the Johnson act made any vital
change in the administration’s attitude
toward token payments. At the time
token payments were made by five
nations last December, it was ex
plained. he did not, in view of the
circumstances, consider such token
paying nations w-ere in default.
PRESS SEES LITTLE HOPE.
Declares Europe Will Refuse to Pay
War Debts.
LONDON. May 10 —The British
Press, commenting widely on President
Roosevelt s declaration on the war
debts, saw little likelihood today of
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EX-OFFICIAL INDICTED
Former Mexican State Governor
Accused in Prison Break.
AMECAMECA, Mexico. May 10 WPV
—Aurelio Manreque. former governor
of San Luis Potosi and leader of the
opposition party, was indicted today
charged with aiding the escape of
several prisoners. Manrique. it is1
charged, went to the jail following a
meeting in support of the candidacy
of Gen. Antonio Villarreal, test Sun
day, and aided several prisoners to
escape.
Puerto Rico Troops
Find Four Asiatics
Hiding Near Airport
By the Associated Press
PONCE, Puerto Rico, May 10
—Puerto Rican soldiers today ar
rested four men described as be
ing "of the yellow race." found
lying in a jungle near the big
island airport where the United
States Navy air squadron of 22
planes landed yesterday.
The men were believed to have
come from Hongkong. A Fed
eral prosecutor will take action
State Upheld in Plea That
$200,000 Bond Is Fully
Justified.
By the Associated Press
CHICAGO. May 10.—Samuel Insull
today was refused a reduction ot the
$200,000 bond under which he is held ;
prisoner in the Cook County jail
Judge Will M Sparks ol the United j
States Circuit Court of Appeals said
he felt the evidence did not entitle J
the 74-year-old defendant to any i
lowering ot the bond which Insult's I
attorney. Floyd E. Thompson, asserted '
was the highest ever demanded ot j
a defendant in any United States;
Court
Insull in Jail Hospital.
Thompson had brought his plea
belore Judge Sparks in a petition
for a habeas corpus writ. Insull re- j
mained in the county jail nospital,
where he has rested since Judge John
P. Barnes Tuesday fixed the bond on
his charges of using the mails fraud
ulently and violating the bankruptcy
act.
Forest A. Harness, special assistant
attorney general, told Judge Sparks :
the Government would show that,
frauds involving $100,000,000 were j
committed in the mail fraud case and
that $2,000,000 was Involved in the !
alleged mishandling ot assets in
anticipation of bankruptcy.
"The importance ci these sums," j
Harness said, "entitles the Govern- j
raent to assurance that Insull will be i
on hand for his trials.”
Judge Sparks concluded the hear
ing with the remark:
“I do not see how any one could
refuse you a hearing, but I am going
to deny your application.”
Says Insull Is Broke.
Thompson a former chief justice
of the Illinois Supreme Court, had
told Judge Sparks that the erstwhile
multimillionaire was wholly without
property or funds and that to fix so
great a sum for his bond was tanta
mount to denying him the right to
bail.
Insull's son. Samuel, jr.. and his |
attorney had prepared to supply '
$100,000 bond if necessary, and said !
today they could raise the extra |
$50,000 the State demands on its in- j
dictments of embezzlement, but $200.- !
000. they insisted, was beyond their
power.
Ne\ ertheless, refused any aid from ,
Judge Sparks, Thompson said that l
two courses remained open. He may j
appeal the habeas corpus proceedings i
to the Circuit Court of Appeals, since
Judge Sparks was sitting today as a
judge of the District Court, or he
may seek to raise more funds.
Samuel, jr., left the court at the
close of the hearing to tell his father
of the adverse decision.
Previous Record $113,000.
In his argument Thompson said he
had searched the records of Federal '
courts throughout the land and found ;
that $113,000 was the highest bond)
ever asked. In Chicago the record j
bond of $50,000 has been applied to ]
several defendants, among them A1 (
Capone, now imprisoned for dodging
his income taxes.
“The second highest bond on record |
in all Federal courts,” Thompson ln-'|
formed Judge Sparks, “was $100,0u0 j
required of a State treasurer of
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RECEIPTS TAX PLAN
CARRIES IN GOTHAM
La Guardia Scheme Given Ap
proval of Board of Estimate
Branch of Assembly.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 10—Mayor La
Guardia's measure to take $8,000,000
a year in taxes from New York busi
ness had the approval today of the
Board of Estimate branch of the mu
nicipal assembly.
The bill would tax the 1933 gross
teceipts of business in excess of
(15.000—a levy ol l-10th of 1 per
cent would be placed on commission
business income and 1-20 of 1 per
cent on other business.
La Guardia announced that a com
panion bill, imposing a tax of 1 per
cent on the gross receipts of public
utilities, will be introduced.
The first measuie, carried yester
day by 12 to 2. was sent immediately
to the Board ol Aldermen, with the
administration confident it will be
approved.
PUBLIC FUNDS FOR CHILDBIRTH
URGED TO CURB LIFE WASTE
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 10.—Use of
public funds to pay the cost of child
bearing to end a "reckless waste of
lives” was advocated today by Dr.
Thomas Parran, jr, New York State
commissioner of health.
He told the Maternity Center As
sociation that there occur in New
York State each year more than
17,000 deaths as a result of "our mis
management of the child-bearing
function."
His plan would provide State
money to pay the entire medical, hos
pital and nursing costs of child bear
ing for every woman unable to pro
vide "the best of care, for herself.
There would be no pauper’s oath or
f imilar humiliating conditions, he
said.
7 “The need o' s"-h » plan of
maternity care is indicated,” he said,
“by the reckless waste of lives ot
mothers and babies now going on in
the State.
"Last year there were 1,168 deaths
of mothers in the State from child
birth, two out of three of which could
have been prevented. There were
3.000 babies who died within 24 hours
after birth, another 3.000 who died
within the first month and about
8.000 still births. ’
He said the problem was one for
the community and should not be left
entirely to the individual woman who
might be uneducated or Indifferent to
the social consequence.
Such a plan, he asserted, would
“substitute good care under strict
professional standards for the hap
hazard and criminally poor care now
'being received by so many wornem*
OIL MAN KIDNAPED!
IN MIDST OF GAY
PARTY ON ESTATE
California Millionaire Ab
ducted While Friend Is
Tied to Tree.
MASKED GUNMEN SPURN
ALL OFFERS OF MONEY
Scale High Wall Topped With
Barbed Wire—Plans Believed
Carefully Laid.
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May 10 —William
P. Gettle. 47. millionaire oil operator,
was kidnaped by two masked gunmen
early today on his newly-acquired
country estate at Arcadia at the base
oi the Sierra Madre Mountains.
The kidnaping interrupted a gay
party Gettle was giving in celebration
oi the completion of a swimming pool
and recreation hall.
Apparently the plot had been
planned tor a week or more, police
said, and they expressed belief that
more than the two men who effected
it were involved.
Scale High Wall.
i
The kidnapers sealed a 7-foot stone !
wall, topped with barbed wire. A |
stepladdcr and automobile tire tracks j
were among clues left.
James P. Wolf, furniture dealer ot i
Westwood. Calif., one of the guests. '
witnessed the kidnaping.
He told officers that he and Gettle I
were in the recreation hall, chatting j
and drinking, a hundred feet from the |
residence where the women guests j
were at the time.
“Put ’em up, gentlemen," a soft |
voice said.
Gettle and Wolf turned and taced
two young men. masked with hand
kerchiefs and armed with pistols.
The gunmen motioned for the two |
to start walking. They were marched
to the rear past the new swimming I
pool, toward the east wall. 100 yards •
from the residence.
Throws Wallet Away.
Wolf thinking it a hold-up. tossed 1
his wallet into the bushes. |
Nothing was said until the four ;
neared the wall.
Then, said Wolf, one of the men
announced:
”Thia is not a heist—It's a snatch.
Gettle began to plead w ith the men
“I’ll give you all the money I have
on me. and go Into the house for more
if you won't take me away."
The gunmen laughed, replying:
"That won't be enough. This is a
kidnaping, fellow."
Near the wall Wolf was tied to a !
tree and Gettle. who weighs 200 :
pounds, was carried up a step-ladder i
and shoved over the wall. He groaned
as he fell on the outside.
One of the kidnapers jumped over
and said'
"Don't be so soft.’’
The other turned to Wolf, saying:
“Stay where you are for an hour or i
we’ll kill you. This is no stick-up. j
This is a kidnaping."
Speed Away in Auto.
He then went over the wall, and
Wolf heard an automobile start and
speed away. Desperately he tried to
free himself, but it was nearly half
an hour befote he succeeded in get
ting to the house and scunding the 1
alarm.
Arcadia. Los Angeles and Beverly j
Hills police began a search.
The four children of the Gettles
were in tne Beverly Hills home, and
Mrs. Gettle. who is In delicate health, j
was returned there from the Arcadia
Summer place.
( Investigation disclosed that the
I stepladder had been seen on the estate
j a week ago. caretakers thinking it
belonged there. Indications were that
the Kidnapers had concealed them
selves on the estate several hours
before the kidnaping.
Gettle was clad in gray flannel
trousers, a buff shirt and tennis shoes.
Hp wore no hat. and his necktie had
bern used to tie his hands. He is
slightly bald and wore gold-rimmed
glasses.
For several years he had been
manager of the J. C. Penney store at
Bakersfield. Calif. An investment in
oil built up a fortune for him. He
then moved to Beverly Hills.
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MINERS GO ON STRIKE;
CLAIM CODE VIOLATION
Workers Charge Kentucky Oper
ators Are Selling Coal Un
der Agreed Price.
By the Associated Press.
HAZARD, Ky„ May JO—Charging
that mine operators violated the N.
R. A. code agreement by selling coal
to the Louisville & Nashville Rail
road at 15 to 20 cents a ton below the
published code price of $1 80 a ton,
2.000 United Mine Workers of America
went on strike today in the Hazard
coal fields.
Nine mines, eight in Perry and one
in an adjoining Letcher County, were
closed by the strike. The striking
miners, who have been receiving the
N R. A. scale of $4.60 a day, contend
that their working agreement with the
companies provides that the published
code prices shall be maintained in the
sale of coal, and that a cut in price
is a violation of the contract.
i Soviet Police Head Dies.
MOSCOW. May 10 (/P).—Vyacheslav
RudolpMenzhinsky. chief of Soviet
Russia’s Secret Police Ogpu, died to
day at the age of 60 years.
Guide for Readers
Page.
Amusements .C-6
Army and Navy Orders C-ll
Comics t. D-8
Features .D-5-6-7
Financial .A-13-14-15
Lost and Found .A-9
Radio .D-9
Serial Story. C-10
Society .£-2-3
Sports .D-l*2-3-4
URGE CROP LOSS
BY DROUGHT SEEN;
WHEATBADLY HIT
Prospects Drop Millions of
Bushels, Report Will
Declare.
SITUATION IS COMPARED
TO THAT IN 1894, 1930
•
Scattered Rains Give Slight Re
lief in Midwest, but Dry
Spell Is Unbroken.
By the Associated Press.
A drought-shrunken crop report, I
forecasting the year’i wheat crop at
many million bushels below the 491,- 1
7n",ooo estimated a month ago. will
be made public this afternoon by the
Department of Agriculture.
Although the report itself was sur- j
rounded with great secrecy, farm of
ficials predicted openly that continued
unfavorable weather in many parts
of the country indicated severe crop
damage.
Some went so far as to predict the
report would rival those of such low'
years as 1930 ant 1894 Others pointed
out that it will show crop condition
only as of .May 1 and that damage
apparently na.s become more severe
within the past 10 days.
Only 1894 Comparable.
Secretary Wallace, a student of the
relationship between weather and crop
pioduction. said present weather con
ditions have been accumulating in
high temperatures and deficient pre
cipitation for at least six months. Only
[ 1894 provides comparable conditions.
; he said.
i Such May weather as the present.
I he declared, "is almost unheard of”
! and could be likened only to the ex
I eeption.il record of .894 When such
a trend begins, he added, "it seems
to breed on itself."
i The Weather Bureau in a crop
and weather bulletin yesterday, gave
official confirmation of crop damages
Lark of Moisture Serious.
It said Winter wheat has been de
teriorating Irom lack of moisture, late
Spring wheat has tailed to germinate,
corn planting has been retarded be
I cause of dry soil and that pastures
: and meadows have been drying up
i in some sections.
Wallace said the effect of the pres
ent drought "cannot be sized up at
! all < ccurately yet ”
Wallace said he believed It was one
i of the primary lunctions of the farm
administration to meet such conditions
as the present witn necessary adjust
ments. but that the chances for a
| wheat shortage in this country were
\ about "one in 20" in view of the pros
, pective carry-over of 270.000.000
| bushels, more than twice the normal
i figure.
WINTER WHEAT BADLY HIT.
; Experts Frar Only 25 Per Cent Crop
in Week If Rain Fails.
i By the Associated Press.
I CHICAGO. May 10—Threatened
j by light rains last night, but not dis- j
| pelled. the Spring drought of the Mid
! die Western grain belt was viewed to
day with grave concern by crop ex- j
perts in many States.
Winter wheat, they agreed, was se- j
riously affected by the absence of
moisture already, and some experts
predicted that unless substantial rain
I fell within a week the crop would
produce as little as 25 per cent,
i Oats were regarded by the experts
| as sharing the same fate as Winter j
j wheat, while most of them agreed j
j chances for a good corn crop were
(Continued on Page 2. Column 6)
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POLICE WATCH STRIKE
OF RELIEF WORKERS
Several Are Injured In Demon
strations for Increased
Wages in Kansas.
By the Associated Press.
WICHITA. Kans., May 10—Police
were under orders today to prevent
reorganization of 500 striking relief |
workers who were dispersed late yes- j
terdav following a clash in which
several policemen were injured
The demonstrators, demanding in
creased wages on Federal relict work
projects, assembled and marched to
one project where they stampeded
police and forced workers to lay down
their tools.
Moving to another project, they re
pulsed police after a clash in which
C. D. Murrell, a patrolman, was stab
bed in the back and another knocked
unconscious.
Police then took a position on a
bridge, and aided by firemen using
streams of water, forced the workers
to disperse.
JUST A PHASE OE THE G. O. P. RECOVERY PROGRAM!
Dickinson May Resign Post9
As Thorp Confirmation Fails
1
Assistant Commerce
Head Had Threatened
to Quit Place.
John Dickinson Assistant Secretary
of Commerce, determined to make
good his word, to submit his resigna
tion as a member ol the Junior cabinet
toda\ because Dr Willard L. Thorp
was reiected by the Senate Committee
as director of the Bureau ol Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, it was re
liably reported today.
Dickinson, a ''brain truster.'' was
one of the original supportets of Thorp
for the Commerce post. When it de
veloped there was some opposition to
the Thorp appointment. Dickinson
announced that if Thorp was not con
firmed. he Dickinson would resign.
At noon today Dickinson made It
known he had a statement tor the
press, which he will release tomorrow
morning. Friends of the Assistant
Secretary expected his statement
would be the announcement of his
resignation
As soon as Thorp's rejection was
made known yesterday afternoon.
Dickinson was among the first to say
that the Senate's action was merely
JOHN DICKINSON.
lowering the status of the position
from efficiency to partisan politics.
Yesteraay President Roosevelt with
drew the nomination of Dr. Thorp.
Dr. Thorp had been serving as di
rector on a recess appointment an
t Continued on Page 2. Column 3.)
DELAYS OF COURTS
SCORED BY HUGHES
_
Appeals for Public Insist
ence on Oiminal Law
Enforcement.
Appealing to the public to insist
upon law enforcement. Chief Justice
Hughes took American justice severely
to task for delays in criminal pro
cedure, which "bring the processes of
the courts into public contempt.” in
an address this morning before the
twelfth annual meeting of the Ameri
can Law Institute
The complexity of rules governing
appeals was the particular object of
his condemnation. Delays, so caused,
should be greatly reduced, however, he
said, by rules recently promulgated by
the Supreme Court to govern criminal
appeals in Federal courts.
Cites Primary Need.
"The primary need,” the chief
justice declared, “is a robust civic
sentiment, dominated by a sense of
justice, which demands intelligence in
the making of laws and impartiality
in their execution, which is the de
termined foe of graft and every form
of official delinquency as well as out
standing breaches of the criminal
lftW ”
He said “the roots of the evils which
beset detection and punishment of
crime strike deep into the social soil.”
All social agencies were called upon
to cultivate and support the needed
(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.)
Dickens’ Letters to His Wife
A Tragic Record of Love, Disillusionment and Farewell.
On Sunday The Star begins publication of a series of
articles presenting for the first time the letters of Charles
Dickens to his wife, from whom in later life he was separated.
These letters were placed in the hands of her daughter
by Catherine Dickens shortly before the latter’s death in 1879,
with the stipulation that "at some future date they should be
made public.” The wife of Charles Dickens and the mother
of his 10 children wished to show the world that her husband
once loved her; that the parting was not her fault.
The recent death of Sir Henry F. Dickens, K. C., the
last surviving child of the novelist, released for publication
the mass of correspondence deposited in the British Museum.
The letters group themselves naturally into three classi
fications—those from the suitor, the young and unknown
journalist; those from the husband and father and widely
acclaimed novelist, some written on his travels, and those
from the lost husband.
The first article will They will continue
appear in daily in
The Sunday Star The Evening Star
N. R. A. TO RETREAT
ON SMALL TRADES
Petty Code Differences May
Cause Little Men to Be
Let Alone.
By the Associated Press.
An early abandonment of attempts
to supervise every little business in
the land was definitely indicated today
at N R. A.
Badgered and burdened with petty
code differences, Hugh S. Johnsons
chief aides are studying the ground for
retreat along this line. In guarded
utterances, officials admit a definite
reaction against wholesale code writing
and policing. They foresee some dif
ficulty, however, in extricating them
selves.
Want Simplified System.
Almost unanimously, they want to
quit supervising strictly local service
trades, such as pressing shops, barbers
and bootblacks. An increasing num
ber of officials want to junk compli
cated price maintenance and cost
finding provisions w;hich are giving
trouble in many codes.
Two things, however, stand in the
way:
First, trade association groups which
demanded and obtained codes so as to
extend their influence over unorgan
ized competition, are fighting hard to
hold this ground.
Second, labor in miscellaneous trades
almost unable to organize and act in
concert, is ready to object mightily
at being left to fend for itself.
Would Be Made Voluntary.
Officials believe the two obstacles
may prevent doing what many would
prefer, which is to tear up what some
call the "nuisance” codes and forget
them. They are. therefore, promoting
the idea of letting all service estab
lishments which want to comply with
wage and hour terms so as to display
the Blue Eagle, do so. Then, if the
bulk of service establishments in any
one city insist on a local code, they
may have one. But the N. R. A. will
not urge it on them.
The retreat probably will not ex
tend to retail trade proper. Despite
the great number of small units in
volved. the retail codes are consid
ered valuable to recovery purposes.
Officials point out they cover rela
tively well organized trade employing
a few million people; that they reg
ulate the outlet which can police
coded manufacturers, and that they
check In considerable measure undue
competition of chain stores and mail
order houses with little business.
CHANGES ARE FORESEEN.
Darrow Report Said to Suggest
Radical Revision.
NEW YORK, May 10 A special
dispatch from Washington to the
Herald-Tribune says the majority re
port of the Darrow Board, which
President Roosevelt yesterday referred
to three Government agencies for pre
liminary digesting, recommended a
drastic reorganization of_the N. R. A.
(Continued on Pa^T 2, Column 7.) I
MORGENTHAU PLAN
ON SILVERRAPPED
Thomas Says It Is Mean
ingless and Doubts Ac
cord Is Possible.
I
By the Associated Press.
Dissatisfaction with what he ex
plained to be the position of Secre
tary Morgenthau on silver legislation
was expressed today by Senator
Thomas (Democrat) of Oklahoma,
while further conferences were await
ed between administration officials
and members of ttye Senate silver
bloc.
Morgenthau has reported to Presi
dent Roosevelt on the results of his
meeting yesterday with Senators. An
other parley w(as planned for late to
day or tomorrow.
Meanwhile some excitement devel
oped for abandoning the proposal for
nationalizing silver. This, together
with raising the silver backing of
currency to 25 per cent of the total,
constitutes the basis of the pending
discussions.
Thomas Pessimistic.
I
Thomas was frankly pessimistic
over the silver situation today, and
said that "even if a silver bill is
passed. I don't think it will amount
to anything."
He explained that he drew his con
clusion from the conference with
Morgenthau yesterday, and said "I
1 think it will take a crash to bring
them to their senses.”
The Oklahoma Senator took an en
j tirely different attitude after the sil
| ver bloc talked with the President
Tuesday, and said then that he ex
i pected action which would bring re
I suits.
Thomas said the proposal the Sec
retary of the Treasury advanced to
Senate silverites did not contain the
plan to nationalize silver.
Holds Plan Meaningless.
"It merely stated that it was the
sense of Congress that silver stocks
; should be added to the reserve," he
said, "and did not declare that silver
should be regarded as money. I don't
think it amounted to anything.”
Like Borah, Republican, of Idaho,
Thomas said the issue "probably will
have to be carried to the country."
Some members of the silver group
hinted that unless Morgenthau
changed his attitude he might be the
subject of excoriation by Senators
who have been insisting upon com
prehensive silver legislation.
Morgenthau talked by telephone
this morning with Senator King,
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PARISIAN MOTORISTS
REPULSE COMMUNISTS
One “Red” Dead and Several
Wounded as Drivers Hake
Counter Attacks.
By the Associated Presa.
PARIS. May 10—The motorists of
! Paris, victims of repeated attacks in
; connection with Communist outbreaks,
finally have retaliated.
One Communist is dead and sev
eral lie wounded and Injured as a
result of rioting last night in which
motorists repulsed a Communist at
tack.
Police said before they could reach
a section where Communists had
reared barricades and attacked pass
ing drivers, one motorist fired point
blank into the ranks of the rioters.
In sharp fighting, which ensued be
tween police and Communists later.
many more Communists were injured
and three policemen were hurt.
The disorders took place at Livry
Gargan, a suburb.
S4JJKB ADDED
TO DISTRICT BIEL
IN SENATE REPORT
Lump Sum Raised to $5,
700,000—Measure Now
Carries $37,224,884.
NUMEROUS OMITTED
ITEMS ARE RESTORED
Addition of $1,700,000 for Relief
Raises Total for That Purpose
to $3,000,000.
Carrying a total of $37,224,884 94,
an increase of approximately $4 -
500.000 over the House total, and
with the F»deral contribution re
stored to the current year's figure of
$5,700,000. the 1935 District appro
priation bill was reported to the Sen
ate today by the Appropriations
Committee.
As it passed the House a month
ago it totaled only $32,650,657 94. to
ward which the Federal share would
have been only $4,364,295.
Numerous items omitted by the
House were restored throughout the
bill, the largest increases being: $1
700.000 additional for emergency re
lief. making the total for that’pur
pose *3.000,000; for public schools, an
increase of $1,272,221. most of which
is for buildings and sites: for vari
ous institutions under the Board of
Public Welfare, a dozen or more in
creases amounting to approximately
$760,000. Many small maintenance
funds were put back in the bill.
Exceeds Budget Estimates.
As reported to the Senate the bill
exceeds appropriations for the current
year by $6,849,050 and is greater than
the budget estimates by $2,070,041.
Senator Thomas. Democrat, of Okla
homa. in charge of the bill, filed the
report as soon as the Senate met and
probably will call the measure up
within a few days.
In addition to adding greatly to the
total appropriated, the Senate com
mittee made a number of important
changes in the language of the House
bill.
The first was striking out of a
House limitation which would have
continued the ban on operation of
the District's highway testing labora
tory. The city has been required this
year to have its testing done at the
Bureau of Standards, but under the
Senate bill the testing laboratory
i could be reopened.
Free Text Books Kept.
i The Senate committee also struck
out the House proviso which would
have deprived non-resident school
pupils of free text books.
Another House restriction, which
has been carried for several years
preventing children under 5 years of
age from entering school, was knocked
out
The limitation in existing law al
lowing only 8 per cent of the emer
gency relief fund to be spent for ad
ministrative expenses also was re
moved from the bill.
The Senate committee also knocked
out a section prohibiting the trans
fer of funds from one activity or sub
head to another. The general econ
omy law permits such transfer.
Most Important Changes.
Among the most important changes
made were the increases allowed ior
the treatment of tuberculosis and for
general hospital care at Gallinger
Hospital.
Recognizing the recent agitation for
I better facilities to bring down Wash
j ington's tuberculosis aeath rate, the
! Senate Committee added $500,000 to
1 the bill to construct additions to the
children's unit and the preparation of
plans for the District of Columbia
! Tuberculosis Sanitoria at Glenn Dale,
i Md. The committee gave the Tuber
culosis Hospital, in the District. $3,744
more for personnel and gave the Chil
dren's Tuberculosis Sanitorium $11,500
more for maintenance.
Gallinger Hospital was given $28,000
for an additional ward building and
an increase of $48,600 for personal
services to shorten the long hours of
duty for nurses and attendants.
Cash Balance Large.
Allowing for the recommended in
crease of $1,335,000 in the Federal
share, the bill will use up more than
the estimated surplus of District reve
nues which, it was anticipated, would
have existed under the House bill.
It was brought out during the Sen
ate hearings, however, that the Dis
trict in recent years has been operat
ing from day to day with a larger
cash balance than is needed to meet
current expenses, and for that reason
District officials believe it would be
safe to appropriate some of that
money.
On the basis of a $5,700,000 contri
bution, it was estimated that the total
of the House bill would have left a
j surplus next year of about $3,000,000.
j Although the Senate committee has
added more than that to the bill Dis
I trict officials indicated it could be
! taken care of in view of the size of
! the District’s cash balance. It was
j shown during the hearings that this
daily balance has been running
steadily between $8,000,000 and $9.
000.000 and District officials testified
a $4,000,000 balance from day to day
would represent an ample working
capital allowance to have on hand.
This daily balance does not repre
sent a surplus of that amount, but
| merely that the District collects its
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HOME ECONOMICS GRADS GAIN,
AGRICULTURE OFF IN CANADA
By th* Associated Pres*.
TORONTO, May JO.—Canada Is In
for a greater number of scientific
housewives and fewer scientific farm
ers, If graduation figures of her col
leges are a guide.
Degrees in household science or eco
nomics will be granted this year to
116 co-eds in six representative uni
versities. an Increase of 24 over 1933.
At the same time, graduates in agri
culture of five Institutions, including
four in the West, will drop from 76
to ««. _
These figures |()ply only to pros
pective graduates of universities, not
to the great number of girls learning
how to cook in seminaries, or the
boys watching the crops rotate at
strictly agricultural Institutions.
Arts, science and engineering will
turn out practically the same number
of graduates this year as last. Arts
and science still remain the mainstay
of the 16 representative institutions
included in a survey at exam time.
Books score a little victory all their
own. One well-known university has
16 candidates for the degree of
bachelor of library science. Last year
It had 10. 1