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TRANSIT COMPANY
AND TRAFFIC HIT
FOR POOR SERVICE
Both Held Equally to Blame
by Utilities Commission
Engineer.
PUBLIC HEARING OPENS
ON REROUTING OF CARS
Enforcement of Parking Laws
and Courtesy on Part of
Motorists Is Urged.
Washington's "abominable” traffic
conditions and the Capital Transit
Co. are about equally to blame for the
poor street car service in the Dis
trict, Fred A. Sager, chief engineer
of the Public Utilities Commission,
charged today at a pubUc hearing on
street car rerouting.
Sager’s remarks were introductory
to three plans of rerouting the street
cars which he is to offer later.
He first discussed the question of
parking automobiles on the streets,
pointing out that the invest
ment of the public in the space
occupied by a single automobile runs
from $100 to $600. If some merchant
were to pitch a tent on an equivalent
apace on the street, the police would
toon put him out of business, he said.
Asks Courtesy from Motorists.
He pleaded for strict enforcement
of rules prohibiting parking and also
for a little common courtesy on the
part of all motorists, especially dur
ing the morning and evening rush
hours.
Sager introduced detailed statistics
resulting from observation of nu
merous street-car runs. These showed
frequent breaks in headway of from
S to 11 minutes on lines having
headways supposedly of three or four
minutes.
The company, he said, blamed these
breaks on traffic conditions. He ad
mitted that this complaint was prob
ably justified during rush hours but
said that the breaks occurred with the
same destressing frequency at the
non-rush period when automobile
traffic is very light.
Blame Is Divided.
A fair statement, he said, was that
half of the blame belonged to the
company and the other half to traffic.
He said that the “abominable”
traffic conditions had ajfcarently
"taken the life out of’ some of the
company's operators. Otherwise, there
was no explanation for the poor serv
ice now being rendered.
The spirit of the operators now, he
said, is to get the cars over their 400
runs per day and back into the bams
and disregard the duty of keeping
them always on schedule.
16 Per Cent Use Busses.
Sager’s report showed that out of
a total of $7,258,557 of the company’s
revenue. $6,113,251 Is taken In by
street car lines and the rest by bus
lines, or 84 per cent by street cars
and 16 per cent by busses.
The revenue per bus passenger Is
greater, Sager found, but the earnings
per railway pasenger is materially
greater.
He estimated that the revenue from
the taxicab business exceeds the total
revenue from the massed transporta
tion business, although the number of
passengers carried in taxicabs is only
about 41 Vi per cent of the number
carried by street cars and busses.
The reason offered is that the fare
for the taxicab pasenger is about
three times that paid by a street
car or bus rider.
Sager estimated the average rides
per capita on street car lines at 160
and on the bus lines at 25.
‘‘This 185 per capita on massed
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AMERICAN VICTOR
IN ‘WAR’ WITH NAZIS
Charges Marchers to Capture
Trooper Who Slapped
Him in Berlin.
8r the Associated Press.
BERLIN. August 16.—The one-man
war of Albert Lapawskl of Chicago,
who does not like to get slapped,
ended today when the police notified
the United States consulate that the
Chicagoan’s Nazi storm troop adver
sary had been arrested, jailed and was
scheduled for speedy punishment.
It all began Monday night when
Paul Joseph Goebbels. minister of
propaganda, staged a pre-election
rally. A storm trooper slapped La
pawski for failing to salute a flag.
Lapawskl. special agent of the Cen
tos Bureau of the United States De
partment of Commerce, wasn’t in
jured himself, but a whole battalion of
brown shirts almost was. for Lapawski
smashed his way single-handed into
the thick of them in an effort to
get at his assailant, who had jumped
back into the marching ranks.
He got his man. aU right, and
officers of the Nazi detachment
dragged the slapper out into the open.
Lapawskl filed a police complaint.
V. S. Workers Allowed to Vote
But Not Campaign in Takoma
Civil Service Officials Ban All Political
Activity in Wet-Dry Fight to
Classified Employes.
Although they may vote, classified
Government employes in Takoma,
D. C., cannot take any “political
activity” in the liquor referendum to
be held there next month.
The Civil Service Commission offi
cials said today that Federal wtykers
in the classified service may vote as
they please in the referendum on
liquor licenses September 12 and ex
press privately their own opinions on
the issue, but are prohibited under
civil service rules from taking an
active part in the wet-dry campaign.
This explanation followed the cus
tomary campaign year broadside which
the commission posted conspicuously
in all post offices and other Govern
ment buildings yesterday notifying
Government workers of the long
standing rules against political activ
ity on their part.
W. C. Magathan. one of the leaders
of the "dry” forces in Takoma, said
a number of Federal workers who are
members of the citizens’ association
there had attended meetings at which
the liquor license question was dis
cussed, but that none of them in his
knowledge had taken part in the cam
paign. In fact, he said, the associa
tion had sought a ruling from the
Civil Service Commission before the
actual start of the campaign, to pro
tect the Government workers.
Aside from the general rule relating
to political activity of competitive
employes, particular attention was
called at the Civil Service Commission
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THREATEN STRIKE
Collective Bargaining Is De
manded as Leaders At
tack N. R. A. Policies.
BULLETIN.
NEW YORK, August 16 (JP).—
The United Textile Workers of
America today gave mandatory in
structions to its Executive Coun
cil to call a general strike in the
cotton textile industry on or be
fore September 1.
By the Associated Press.
Threats of a general strike in the
vast textile industry presented a fresh
problem to Government mediators
today as negotiations for ending sev
eral strikes approached a climax.
Attacking the N. R. A., delegates
to the New York convention of the
United Textile Workers of America
said they would consider calling a
general strike in the Industry unless
collective bargaining were assured.
The strike would affect 500,000
employes.
Cotton, silk and rayon mills would
be affected by such action.
Appeal to Be Made to Board.
Striking employes of the Gulf
Refining Co. in Philadelphia decided
to appeal to the National Labor
Board to force the company to accede
to their demands.
The men struck in protest against
the discharge of a number of work
ers, later adding a demand for wage
increases. »
In Pittsburgh, Fred Keightly, Gov
ernment conciliate r, sought confer
ences with officials of the Aluminum
Co. of America. He already has
listened to the striking aluminum
workers' complaints and has heard
their demands for a collective bar
gaining contract with the company.
A heavy police guard was under
call in Chicago to prevent possible
disorders resulting from the strike of
union drivers of the Chicago Motor
Coach Co. The strike, ordered for
today, climaxed four months of argu
ments between the company and
members of the Amalgamated Coach
Drivers’ Union, beginning when 24
union drivers were fired.
Action Is Awaited.
Disputants in Minneapolis’ pro
tracted truck drivers’ strike awaited
action of the National Labor Board
on a request for immediate elections
to determine which organization the
drivers want to represent them in col
lective bargaining.
With about 4,000 fishermen and
cannery employes deadlocked in a
wage controversy, salmon swam safely
up the Columbia River in Oregon.
The York Motor Express Co. of
York, Pa., announced discontinuance
of its service because of its dispute
with drivers who, counsel for the com
pany said, demanded a “closed shop.”
Labor difficulties struck far-off Ma
nila, in the Philippine Islands. Sol
diers and police were called out to
preserve order in the strike of cigar
workers who demand restoration of
a pay slash.
APPEAL TO WORKERS.
2,000 Textile Workers Go on Strike
in Georgia.
COLUMBUS, Ga.. August 16 (A*).—
Approximately 2,000 union workers
failed to report at their machines in
the Eagle and Phenix textile mills
here today and Gov. Talmadge was
called on to use his influence to keep
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HAIL LASHES BULGARIA
Several Villages Reported Devas
tated by Severe Storm.
60FIA, Bulgaria, August 16 (A5).—
Several villages In the Choumen re
gion were devastated today by a vio
lent storm accompanied by huge hall
stones. Houses were unroofed, crops
and vineyards destroyed, many persons
injured and scores of cattle killed.
Sofia Itself was inundated, crip
pling trains, street cars and telegraph
services.
GIRL, 18, PREPARES FOR 32-MILE,
36-HOUR SWIM OVER LAKE ERIE
Br the Associated Press.
SANDUSKY, Ohio, August lfi.—A
comely young miss just out of high
school, Florence Brushaber, 18, raised
a challenge today to the waters o!
Lake Erie.
Accompanied by her coach, Ottc
Schell; her sister. Mrs. E. O. Faulk
ner, and a party of assistants, Flor
ence set out early today for the south
east shoal, off Point Pelee on the Ca
nadian shore, for a 32-mile swim back
to Cedar Point.
She was light-hearted, calm and
composed as she left the pier of her
home town, despite the fact she never
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before has stroked more than seven
miles in one try.
A slight drizzle was falling and the
lake was foggy as the patrol boat set
out. 8chell planned to make the start
from the tip of Po.Jt Pelee after the
girl has been prepared for the swim
aboard the Coast Guard vessel.
Florence will be given a heavy coat
ing of grease to protect her from the
chill of the water. A rowboat will
take her ashore from the shoal, and
there she will start the long pull to
the American side, expecting to be
in the water from 30 to 36 hours.
She has been training for this test
of her skill all Summer.
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District Real Estate Owners
to Get Benefits of New
Tax Compilation.
Assessment on real estate In the
District will be reduced between $38,
000,000 and $43,000,000 fcr the fiscal
year of 1935, as compared with the
total for the past fiscal year. William
P. Richards, assessor, announced to
day.
During consideration of the 1935
District budget last Winter the Com
missioners stated it was estimated the
reduction in the assessment would run
probably as high as $50,000,000 for
this fiscal year.
Richards estimated today the as
sessment on real estate lor this fiscal
year would total between $1,125,000,
000 and $1,130,000,000. The real es
tate assessment for the past fiscal
year totaled $1,168,252,220, after there I
had been a cut of some $60,000,000 in
assessments.
The assessor now is preparing to
wind up the work of setting assess
ments which will be in effect on tax
levies this fiscal year. Last year there
were some 5,000 appeals from assess
ments made by members of the Board
of Assessors. This year the appeals
numbered only 2.000, Richards said.
The first Monday in June was the
last day for filing of appeals, but a
number of weeks is required each year
for hearing cases. This work now is
practically finished.
GOTWALS TO RETIRE
ON SEPTEMBER 30
New Engineer Commissioner Not
Revealed—Somervell
Favored.
Engineer Commissioner John C.
Gotwals will be retired from the Army
September 30, it was announced today
at the War Department.
President Roosevelt some days ago
let it be known he was about to name
a new Engineer Commissioner to suc
ceed Maj. Gotwals, whose four-year
tour of duty here ended July 20. Maj.
Gotwals recently was called before the
retiring board of the Army and his
retirement was recommended for
physical disability.
Army orders published yesterday
stated Maj. Gotwals had been granted
a month and 18 days of leave, which
must be ended on or before Septem
ber 30 if the leave is taken. Under an
act of Congress 300 Army officers must
be retired by September 30. Maj.
Gotwals’ retirement will bring to a
close 21 years’ service in the Army,
during which he set an enviable
record and held many Important
assignments.
While the President has not an
nounced the name of the officer of
the Engineer Corps who will take over
the duties of Engineer Commissioner,
it has been indicated Maj. Brehon B.
Somervell is first choice. Maj. Somer
vell is a local man, a graduate of West
Point, and served here some years
ago as district engineer of the War
Department.
Maj. Gotwals said today he would
continue at his work until his suc
cessor assumes office, even though the
War Department yesterday granted
him the leave. He didn’t ask for the
leave and prefers to continue at work.
First in America
The Star’s volume of ad
vertising is the greatest of all
the newspapers in the United
States.
This is largely due to the
dominance of The Star in cir
culation—confidence of its
readers—results produced for
its advertisers, and the fact
that Washington is one of the
best markets in the country
for the sale of merchandise.
Yesterday’s Advertising
Local Display.
Lines.
The Evening Star. 40,932
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2d newspaper..., 17,457
3d newspaper.. 10,887
4th newspaper... _. 10,648
5th newspaper...... 5,674
Total Newspapers 44,666
The Star will be used today
as a guide to Friday’s bar
gains, most of which may be
found in no other newspaper.
LIVE STOCK FEED
SHORTAGE IS HELD
CRUX OF DROUGHT
Secretary Wallace Says
Shift in Diet Will Solve
Human Problem.
ASSERTS MEAT SUPPLY
WILL BE LESS IN YEAR
Administration to Set Up Com
mittee to Direct Feeding
of Animals.
By the Associated Press.
A shortage of live stock feed, rather
than human food, was described to
day by Secretary Wallace as the crux
of the drought problem.
He suggested that any shortage In
food could be taken care of by shift
ing diets to more abundant products.
“Supplies are sufficient for the
larger part of the usual American
food requirements,” the Secretary said
at a press conference.
“There is no shortage at all for two
thirds of the products and the pro
spective shortage does not exceed 5 to
10 per cent for the larger part of the
remaining items.
“What shortages do exist can be
compensated for by shifts in the diet
to use more of the foods which are
available in abundance. As a whole,
these shifts can be accomplished
without any severe burden on con
sumers as to cost, or any material de
crease in the nutritional value of the
diet."
Abundance of Food.
With some slight modifications in
diet, Wallace added, there is “a great
abundance of food for human beings
despite the worst drought the Nation
has ever had.” He said he viewed
this situation as an excellent demon
stration of the adaptability of the
country's agricultural resources.
These conclusions, Wallace said,
were based on estimates of probable
production plus stocks on hand of
various commodities correlated with
diet studies worked out by the Bureau
of Home Economics.
"We have a prospective supply large
enough to meet average domestic de
mand for grain products, fluid milk
and cream, citrus fruits and vege
tables—except potatoes and dried
legumes—and sugar,” he said. “Ordi
narily these foods constitute a large
share of the diet, furnishing some 62
per cent of the calories and about 57
per cent of the protein.”
Meat Supply Affected.
The supply of potatoes, fruits,
poultry, eggs, lard, and probably
butter, cheese and evaporated and
condensed milk will be about 90 to 95
per cent of the average domestic sup
ply, according to department esti
mates. Ordinarily these products
furnish 23 per cent of the calories
and 18 per cent of the protein in the
American diet, Wallace said.
The Secretary said the most marked
effect of the drought would show in
meat supplies, with ample stocks of
beef, veal and mutton for the re
mainder of this year but declining
stocks next year.
He added that next year’s supply
would depend to some extent on how
much meat is preserved by both Gov
ernment and home processing. Meat
products ordinarily supply about 15
per cent of the calories and 25 per
cent of the protein in the average
American diet.
Wallace expressed a belief that esti
mates of drought damage in terms of
dollars had been exaggerated. His
own rough calculation of the dam
age placed it at several times less
than the $5,000,000,000 given by some
estimators, he said.
The administration is setting up
A Live Stock Feed Committee, which
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LINDBERGHS’ SON
IS TWO YEARS OLD
Parents Are Away as Jon Mor
row Celebrates Quietly
at Maine Home.
By the Associated Press.
NORTH HAVEN, Me., August 10.—
Jon Morrow Lindbergh celebrated his
second birthday anniversary here to
day in the seclusion of the Summer
estate of his grandmother, Mrs.
Dwight W. Morrow.
Maybe Jon had a party, but if he
did his most important guest, and
perhaps his only one was his nurse,
Betty Gow.
He had to celebrate without the
assistance of his parents. Col. and
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, who left
the Island several days ago. A
parentless birthday anniversary, how
ever, is not a novel experience for the
Lindberghs’ second son. A year ago,
when he celebrated his first, his
mother and father were in distant
lands on their aerial survey expedition.
DOUBLE-HEADER OFF
Rain Postpones Games Between
Washington and Cleveland.
Today’s scheduled double-header
between Washington and Cleveland
was called off at noon because of rain.
Tomorrow, starting at 1:15, the
Griffmen will play two games with
Cleveland, and on Saturday at 1:15
will meet the Chicago White Sox in
a double-header.
Allen Benson, Washington bewhis
kered pitcher, will fling Sunday
against the White Sox, It was an
nounced at the ball park.
Guide for Readers
Amusements .B-16
Comics .C-7
Features .C-5-6
Financial.A-17-18-19
Lost and Found.A-9
Radio .C-8
Serial Story.C-8
Service Orders.C-12
Society .B-2
Sports .-C-l-2-3-4
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Bureau of Engraving to Add
Employes in “New DeaV’ Rush
200 More to Be Hired as Work Ap
proaches Enormous Production
of World War Days.
Turning out “new deal” work In a
rush of business near the enormous
production of World War days, the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing is
adding about 100 printers’ assistants
and 100 operatives.
Alvin W. Hall, director of the bu
reau, explained that the personnel
changes Include reduction of admin
istrative furlough of plate printers,
transfer of printers' assistants to
operative positions and appointing
both permanent and temporary print
ers’ assistants and operatives.
The new employes are being added,
he explained, to print Farm Mortgage
Corp. and Home Owners' Loan Corp.
Bonds and liquor stamps.
No additional plate printers will be
needed to speed up production, he
said. At the present time plate print
ers are required to take four fur
lough days a month. This may
shortly be reduced.
Asked what classes of printing orders
made it necessary to appoint new
employes, and the quantity of these
orders. Director Hall stated they in
cluded Home Owners’ Loan Corp.
bonds in the number of approximately
4.000. 000 sheets. Federal Farm Mort
gage Corp. bonds in the number of
1,560,000 sheets, cheeks totaling about
2.000. 000 a month, and postal savings
certificates amounting to about 600,
000 a month.
It is not the new silver program of
the Government which is bringing
about extra activity at the bureau, he
said, but the orders for securities for
the special agencies of the Govern
ment As a matter of fact, the bureau,
it was said, has had to order no extra
currency papd? to meet the silver
printing program, nor was It necessary
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POUEETD DELIVER
TITLESFORAUTOS
Brown Takes Step to Pre
vent Misrepresentation
or Fraud.
To minimize the chance of a per
son obtaining an automobile title by
fraud or misrepresentation, the titles,
under an order issued today by Supt.
of Police Ernest W. Brown, are to
be delivered by a policeman on the
heat in which the car owner lives.
This, it is pointed out, is a departure
from the old system of delivering the
titles to the owners at the Traffic
Department, where they apply, or
sending them by mail.
The change in the system was or
dered after a conference between
Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer
and Maj. Brown, in which they dis
cussed possible methods to be de
vised in doing away with fraud or
misrepresentation in obtaining auto
mobile titles or drivers' permits. Pos
sible change in the method of issuing
the latter still is under consideration.
Maj. Brown said, however, he favors
a system whereby a person not thor
oughly known would be able to obtain
only a 10-day permit until police
authorities had sufficient time to
properly check on his address, etc.
BOARD ASKS DATA
ON “FREE” PHONES
Federal Communications Unit
Also Seeks Data on Owner
ship Agreements.
By th* Associated Press.
The Communications Commission
today ordered major telephone com
panies to report all services furnished
free of charge to “any person or cor
poration” from July 1, 1933, to June
30. 1934.
The order also required the com
panies to disclose any services ren
dered at other than regular rates in
the same period.
Another order called on interstate
phone companies with gross annual
operating incomes In excess of $50,000
to report all agreements under which
they have acquired other companies
or merged with them.
The companies in the $50,000 gross
income class were asked to report their
complete corporate histories, including
their original capitalization, the
amount and price of initial stock is
sues, and the price of any stock or
bonds involved in consolidation.
The companies in the same group
required to report every change they
had made in telephone rates since the
beginning of their services up to today.
Otto It Guest of King.
STOCKHOLM, August 16 UP).—
Archduke Otto, claimant to a throne
in Austria, was the guest of King
Gustav today at Soliden Castle. The
archduke, with his royal host as guide,
visited the ruins of Bor^iolm Castle.
BORDER TROOPS
Order Cited as Proof She
Believes Austrian Situa-7
tion Has Cleared Up.
By the Associated Press.
ROME, August 16.—Italy today or
dered the withdrawal of the 48,000
troops she concentrated on the Aus
trian border at the time of the Aus
trian Nazi putsch late last month.
Several regiments started south
from the frontier this morning Im
mediately after their receipt of the
order. They were bound for their
regular camps, 25 to 50 miles away.
Only the normal border garrisons
will be retained near the frontier.
Proof Situation Is Cleared.
The withdrawal order was cited In
official quarters as proof that Italy
believes the situation in Austria has
been cleared up.
Prince Ernst von Starhemberg, vice
chancellor of Austria, conferred with
Premier Mussolini two days ago. He
went from Rome to Venice yesterday
and is expected to return to Vienna
shortly.
The order withdrawing the troops
was believed to have resulted irom
the conference between the Austrian
vice chancellor and II Duce, for Von
Starhemberg gave a full report of the
Austrian Internal situation to the
Italian leader.
VON PAPEN GREETED
IN QUIET CEREMONY
Austria Displays Desire to Mini
mize Importance of Hit
ler Envoy.
By the Associated Press.
VIENNA, August 16.—In a perfunc
tory and colorless ceremony lasting
only four minutes, Franz von Papea,
special envoy of Germany, today pre
sented his credentials to President
Miklas in the presence of Chancellor
Kurt Schuschnlgg and the staff of
the German legation.
It was apparent that the Austrian
government wished to minimize the
importance of Hitler’s representative
in making the ceremony as unpre
tentious as possible.
The police kept the public away
from the foreign office, thus forestall
ing any possible demonstration. Von
Papen and the German legation staff
were conveyed to the foreign office in
several Austrian government auto
mobiles flying the Austrian flag, but
they passed through the streets of
the capital almost unnoticed.
When the special envoy arrived at
the chancellery one company of a
Vienna infantry regiment rendered
military honors.
The presentation of the credentials
was preceded earlier in the day by
an informal call by Von Papea upon
Chancellor Schuschnlgg at the foreign
office in which greetings were ex
changed.
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BLACK WILL SEEK
TO LOOT CREDIT
Named “Liaison Man” Be
tween Government
and Bankers.
By the Associated Press.
Eugene R. Black's appointment as
"liaison man” between the Govern
ment and the Nation's bank is re
garded as a new effort to stimulate
the private capital market.
Black resigned yesterday as gov
ernor of the Federal Reserve B&ard to
resume his old post as head of the
Atlanta Reserve Bank and take up
the "liaison” work.
He will seek to give the administra
tion a clear view of the banks’ view
points and problems. Also, he will
try to put the full force of the bank
ing community behind the Roosevelt
recovery program by interpreting the
administration’s aims ana policies.
Black has been known as a con
servative. In some quarters, there
was a tendency to interpret the move
as meaning be had received assur
ances that no radical monetary ex
periments were in sight. Black said
he had suggested the liaison idea to
Mr. Roosevelt a year ago.
May Maintain Office Here.
The problem of increasing the flow
of private capital is considered para
mount. There has been some criti
cism that bankers were hampering
recovery by reluctance to lend. On
the other hand, there have been sug
gestions that the administration
could best stimulate loans by bolster
ing confidence.
Although Black returned to his
Atlanta post today, he may maintain
an office In Washington. When he
resigned yesterday after a brief con
ference at the White House, the
President said he could "do much
good” in his “new and important
task.”
Among those mentioned as possible
successors are B. A. McKinney, gov
ernor of the Dallas Reserve Bank;
Marriner 8. Eccles, special assistant
to Secretary Morgen thau; former Gov.
James M. Cox of Ohio, and Tom K.
Smith, St Louis banker.
Not An Official Post.
Black's new liaison post Is not an
official one, he told reporters, and he
will draw no salary. He will visit
banks and financial Institutions
throughout the country.
The President's letter to Black said:
"Dear Governor:
“I have accepted, with great re
luctance, your resignation as governor
of the Federal Reserve Board, effec
tive today as requested by you.
“And now that you are leaving
Washington and returning to Atlanta,
where you will reessume the post of
governor of the Federal Reserve Bank
there. 1 am glad you are undertaking
a new and important additional task.
"You can do much good by pre
senting the recovery program to the
country’s reserve banks, commercial
banks and other financial institutions;
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QUAKE SHAKES TOWN
Furniture Trembles in 10-Second
Tremor in Scotland.
DINGWALL, Scotland, August 16
OP).—A 10-second earthquake shook
Dingwall early this morning.
Bedsteads and other furniture
trembled, plaster cracked and fell and
woodwork began to creak, arousing
the startled residents. There was no
serious damage.
KIDNAPERS CONFER
WITH LABATT KIN;
MAY MEET TODAY
Brother Talks Three Times
With Captors of Cana
dian Brewer.
ALL BORDER POINTS
ARE WATCHED CLOSELY
$150,000 Ransom Reported Ready
in Hotel—Police Present as
Calls Come In.
BULLETIN.
LONDON, Ontario, August 16 (VP).
—A meeting of newspaper men
working on the case of John
Labatt, kidnaped brewer, was
called for this afternoon by Rich
ard Ivy, London attorney and
spokesman for the Labatt family.
Ivy asked the newspaper men to
see him at 3 pm., E. S. T„ but he
would not give a reason for the
conference.
By the Associated Press.
TORONTO. August 16.—As the
forty-eighth hour after the kidnaping
of John S. Labatt. wealthy London
brewer, passed today, tenseness en
veloped the hotel room here where
Hugh Labatt waited for word of his
missing brother.
It appeared certain that no per
sonal contact had been made between
Hugh, supposed to have $150,000 with
him. and the kidnapers who de
manded that for ransom.
The brother, believed named as go
between, slept this morning after an
all-night vigil. In early morning
telephone conversations, over a period
of two hours, he talked three times
to the kidnapers.
After the third phone call the cor
ridors of the hotel were cleared. It
was indicated Hugh Labatt had made
a rendezvous with the kidnapers for
this morning.
Calls Are Checked.
In the second conversation Labatt
said “I can’t get out alone this morn
ing. The corridor outside my room
is full of people."
Soon there came the third in
sistent ring. "Should I answer it?”
Labatt asked Chief Inspector Millet
of Ontario police.
"Yes,” Miller replied. The naturt
of this conversation was not revealed
Miller and Inspector Ournett of the
provincial police left the hotel,
saying they were going to get some
t-eye.” Ournett carried a note
containing a list of telephone
exchanges. It was believed a check
on the calls was underway.
The term "New York racketeers"
was used by Miller in a telephone
conversation with another police offi
cial in which he reported on Labatt's
calls. He also referred to a man
named "Massey” from "Detroit.”
Worn out from two sleepless days,
Labatt received the first call at 1 am.
It brought a renewed display of ac
tivity from officers.
Sounds "Very Fishy.”
After the second call at 1:35 o’clock
Miller was heard to say it sounded
“very fishy" to him. A conference
was held and apparently it was de
cided Labatt should not “go."
“Can I see my brother?” was one
of the questions he had asked.
In the first call he said: "I can’t
get there till 2:30” and referred to
some place “20 miles” away. Later
the time “5:45” was mentioned.
John Labatt, who suffers from heart
disease, was kidnaped Tuesday morn
ing while driving between Sarnia and
London.
Authorities were silent today, and
Hugh Labatt refused to confirm or
deny that the kidnapers had made
direct negotiations.
Activity in the case centers also
about the shores of Lake Huron, near
La bat’s Summer home at Sarnia.
Ontario. Two provincial police left
Sarnia last night for the lake shore
after receiving a phone call.
There are other indications a search
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170 dieTnindia
IN BOAT ACCIDENT
Stampede of Bolloeks Said to Be
Responsible for Ferry
Disaster.
By the Associated Press.
PATNA. India, August 16.—Drown
ing of 170 men and women when a
ferry boat overturned in midstream
was reported today from Darihara.
About 200 persons were on the boat,
and they were hurled into the river.
The terror of a number of bullocks
being carried on the boat was said to
have been responsible for the disaster.
When the boat rocked the animals be
came frightened and jumped into the
water.
The movement caused the boat to
rock more, and the terrified passen
gers crowded to one side. Their
weight caused the craft to capsize.
FURTHER CUT IN GAS PRICE
HINTED BY LARGE DEALERS
Further reductions In the retail
price of gasoline were hinted at today
by one of the largest distributors after
it was learned that a small group of
Independent dealers had announced
the second cut In two days.
Yesterday the price was dropped
throughout the District an average
of 4.S cents per gallon to a minimum
of 12 cents, including 3 cents District
and Federal tax. Today the minimum
was reduced to 10 cents by the small
group. This figure also Included the
3-cent tax.
The renewed price war was the first
since last Spring when Independent
dealers launched a campaign to un
dersell the large companies. The bat
tle raged for a brief period and
finally was ended with an agreement
that permitted all companies to sell
at the same mice, although It was
below the price that prevailed when
the cutting began.
Since that time, the price gradually
increased to the former level until
yesterday, when the independents cut
to 12 eents.
The larger companies described the
reduced price as applying only to
“third-grade” gasoline. The better
grades, it was explained, were main
tained 3 cents above the 12-cent
minimum.
When the larger companies learned
of the new reduction, they declined
to say definitely whether they would
meet It. but Indicated they would
make an announcement this after
noon. After once posting a new price,
the dealers and distributors are re
quired by the gjl code to maintain
the new price for at least 24 hours
before making any additional change.