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Long-Delayed Adult Tuber
culosis Hospital Provided
P. W. A. Check.
With sufficient funds on hand to de
fray initial expenses, work is expected
to start this week at Glenn Dale on
the long-delayed adult tuberculosis
hospital for the District.
Secretary Ickes paved the way yes
terday by sending the Commissioners
a $100,000 check from P. W. A. He
gave assurances that the remainder
of the $1,500,000 loan and grant would
be advanced as needed.
Well Test First Move.
The first thing to be done at Glenn
Dale Is to sink a deep test well to
determine the adequacy of the water
supply for the hospital. Lieut. Col.
Daniel I. Sultan, Engineer Commis
sioner, was absent yesterday when
the P. W. A. check was received, but
he will return to the city tomorrow.
He will begin planning at once for the
test well, as Mr. Ickes has called the
attention of the Commissioners to the
Jact that the contract calls for a sat
isfactory and adequate supply of
water.
The cost of drilling an 800 or 900
foot well has been estimated at up
ward of S35.000. The Commissioners
had to wait until Secretary Ickes made
an initial advance of funds. If test,
wells fail to produce a satisfactory J
supply, Ickes «ill demand that the j
suburban or city water mains be ex-1
tended. This expense, ranging from
S100.000 to $150,000, would be de
ducted from the total cost of the hos
pital project, leaving fewer hospital
beds for patients.
Delay Not Expected.
The Commissioners do not expect
tiny delay in getting work started at
the Glenn Dale site. Some of the
preliminary plans are ready for execu
tion. and it was fully expected the hos
pital would be ready for occupancy on
scheduled time. The date stipulated
in the contract was September 1. 1937.
Meanwhile, Ickes has reserved the
right to approve all contracts and in
making only an initial advance he
has preserved the means of enforcing
whatever changes P. W. A. engineers
may desire. Officials say, however,
he has no Intention of interfering in
any reasonable plans.
EXPLOITATION LAID
TOTOWNSENDPLAN
Bochester Better Business Unit
Accuses Supporters of Old·
Age Pension.
By the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER. Ν. Y.. January 12.—
The charge that a large number of cit
izens are being exploited through the
activities of the Townsend old-age re
volving pension plan organizations
toere brought today against Rochester
supporters of the plan by the Roches
ter Better Business Bureau on the eve
of the arrival of the movement's
founder, Dr. Frank E. Townsend, to
speak here tomorrow afternoon.
The charge was made two days
after a split had developed in the
Townsend plan ranks over the report
that Glenn W. Simpson, local presi
dent. had "seized" petitions bearing
the names of 135,000 supporters.
The Better Business Bureau charges
the Townsend plan is being made the
vehicle for "promotions which will re
sult in considerable loss to those who
can least afford it," and that "thou
sands of dollars have been collected for
the plan which is considered unsound
and unworkable."
SULLIVAN LEAVES
>; CASH TO CHARITIES
AND HIS MOTHER
(Continued From First Paçe )
valued the personal property at $57,
238, and appraised the home at
CIO.OOO.
Mr. Hofstetter, who died December
15, in addition to his widow, is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs. Millie Green
of St. Louis, and two brothers. Harry
and Walter Hofstetter, whose present
addresses are unknown.
In another case, the court was
asked to give R. B. Spindle, jr., of
• Norfolk, Va., end the National Metro-1
politan Bank authority to administer
personal property in the District
Which belonged to John P. Downing,
who died last August 10 at his home
in Norfolk. The property, it was
Btated, consists of notes and cash
worth $37,582. The petition was sub
! Riitted through Attorney R. P. Hol
lingsworth of the local banking insti
' tution.
Albert C. Thompson of me Army
and Navy Club was named as sole
beneficiary in the will of his wife.
Mrs. Gladys F. Thompson, who died
December 13 at Williamsburg. Va. A
petition for probate, filed through At
torney James C. Rogers, disclosed the
estate is composed of $13,750 in per
sonal property.
Seibert L. Sefton, 1736 Columbia
toad, asked the court for authority to
administer $40.000 in stocks, bonds
and cash belonging to the late Seibert
D. Boak. who died in San Fran
cisco November 22. It was stated
the property is being held at the Amer
ican Security & Trust Co. Mr. Boak's
Will is filed in San Francisco.
C. C. C. CAMP IS MOVED
HERE FROM SALEM, VA.
J200 Workers Are Established on
Memorial Avenue—Start
Island Clean-Up.
Washington's new Civilian Conser
vation Corps camp was established
yesterday on Memorial avenue, near
the east gate of Arlington National
•Cemetery, and the recruits immediate
ly started preliminary work on clean
ing up Theodore Roosevelt Island.
The camp was brought here from
Salem, Va., and comprises 200 young
men. Guy B. Arthur is superintend
ent. with Army officers taking charge
of discipline. The quarters have just
been completed on Memorial avenue
under supervision of the Army, and
the young men have moved in.
Shortly, officials of the National
Capital Parks declared yesterday, an
other Civilian Conservation Corps
camp will be located at Jones Point
at Alexandria, Va. This group will
be engaged in cleaning up the area
there for park purposes. This com
V pany, also numbering 200 men, ii
now at Fort Humphreys, Va.
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Famous Medical Family Visits U. S.
Dr. Adolph Lorenz (right), famous Viennese "bloodless surrgon." photographed as he arrived in New
York on the S. S. Bremen for his twenty-sixth visit to the United States. He was accompanied by his son.
Dr. Albert Lorenz (left), and his daughter-in-law. Dr. Greta Lorenz. Dr. Lorenz, now 81, will remain in
the United States for about three months at the call of his American patients. —A. P. Photo.
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INFLATION IN U. S.
DIED BY HID
I
Former German Economics
Minister Addresses Acad
emy Here.
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The United States has no inflation, j
nor will it in the near future. Prof. |
Julius Hirsch, internationally famous
monetary expert and former German
minister of economics, last night told
the Academy of World Economics.
"What will happen in the remote
future depends upon the confidence
of the Nation in the Government's
ability to pay," he said.
Prof. Hirsch was heard by an audi
ence that filled one of the assembly
rooms at the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States. After the con
clusion of his address, it was dis
cussed from various aspects by Sena
tor Gore. Oklahoma Democrat: Msgr.
John A. Ryan of Catholic University;
David Friday, consulting economist,
and Albert Atwood, financial writer.
In German Cabinet.
Prof. Hirsch was in the German
cabinet when that country went
through the period of inflation, which
he declared a "terrible thing, that was
not intended by the German people "
He also acted as adviser to the
French government when the franc
was stabilized, and has served on a
number of expert commissions for
the League of Nations. He is now a
guest lecturer in Copenhagen, and
came to this country on a private
mission, observing trends.
In amplifying his view that there
is no indication of inflation in Amer
ica, he said he found no sign of van
ishing confidence in the country's cur
rency.
"The rapidity of turnover in bank
deposits has even decreased in recent
months," he said.
Hirsch is convinced that a final
and definite settlement of interna
tional debts would bring about a strohg
revival of international trade, which
he holds is necessary to improve world
conditions, would improve the labor
markets and contribute to much closer
international co-operation.
«Money Question Secondary.
Dr. Ryan expresed the view "that
production and distribution are fun
damental, and that the monetary ques
tion is secondary.
"As to war debts," he continued,
"'we've kissed them good-bye, although
a great many don't know it."
Friday predicted a "long decline"
in interest rates, and also that even
tually, outstanding credit would reach
the same level as in 1929.
Senator Gore, an ardent anti-infla
tionist, said, "I don't think you can
end or mend the depression by manip
ulating currency."
Dr. Charles C. Tansill, dean of the
Graduate School of American Univer
sity. presided at the meeting.
The Academy of World Economics,
now in its third year, is affiliated with
the American Academy of Political
and Social Sciences. It is headed by
Dr. William F. Notz, dean of the
School of Foreign Service of George
I town Universit.v
TOWNSEND PLAN HIT
Rufus S. Lusk Says Cost Here
Would Be $106,000,000 a Year.
The Townsend old-age pension plan,
calling for payment of $200 a month
to every person over 60 years of age,
would cost taxpayers of the District
of Columbia more than $106,000,000
a year, according to a statement made
public last night by Rufus S. Lusk,
secretary of the Washington Taxpay
ers' Protective Association.
The pension outlay, he said, would
be three times the present total cost
of the District government and would
represent 35 per cent of all the money
received as income by every man,
woman and child in Washington.
MISSING AIRMAN SAFE
Jack Frye, Head of Transconti
nental Western, Found in Arizona
PHOENIX, Ariz., January 12 (IP).—
Missing 16 hours after his plane was
forced down. Jack Frye, 33-year-old
president of Transcontinental West
ern Air, Inc., was reported by T. W. A.
employes at Winslow to have been
found uninjured today.
A plane from Albuquerque and an
automobile from Winslow reached
him near the Deep Lake emergency
landing field, said E. A. Russell, T.
W. A. Winslow manager.
Frye's plane was reported in good
shape, but without room to take oO.
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FIRST CHANGE MADE IN
18 YEARS.
urn,-! iiium
«ILLARD Ε. GIYEN'S,
Who became secretary of the Na
tional Education Association dur
ing the past week. Givens succeeds
J. W. Crabtree, who retired after
18 years' continuous service. Givens
was formerly superintendent of
schools at Oakland. Calif.
—Underwood & Underwood.
JUNE ROBLES KIDNAPING
CASE HELD NOT ENDED
TJ. S. District Attorney Says Two
New Suspects Are Being·
Investigated.
By the Associated Press.
PHOENIX. Ariz., January 12 —
Clifton Mathews, United States dis
trict attorney, said today he be
lieved a Federal grand jury in Tucson
postponed action in the June Rcbles
kidnaping because two men sus
pects are being investigated.
The Government presented sev
eral witnesses at the grand jury hear
ing. seeking an indictment against
Oscar H. Robson, former Tucson
dance hall operator, accused of writ
ing ransom notes in connection with
the kidnaping of June last April.
Mathews said he would not oppose
reduction of Robson's bail, now set
at $50,000, but emphatically stated
the Government will not permit him
to be freed on his own recognizance,
if it can be prevented.
SOCIETY TO HEAR DEAN
Prof. Charles Upson Clark Will
Describe Kesearch in Europe.
Prof. Charles Upson Clark, noted
archeologist and dean of the Sum
mer school of the College of the City
of New York, will speak before the
Washington Archaeological Society at
8 p.m. Friday. The former Ambassa
dor to Spain and Mrs. Irwin B.
Laughlln will be hosts to the society
at their home, at 1628 Crescent place.
Speaking on "Adventures in Ar
chives," Prof. Clark will tell of his
research of more than 25 years in
European archives. He will describe
the almost unknown "History of
the New World," written in 1629 by
a monk.
STRIKE SPREAD SEEN
Taxi Drivers and Waterworks
Staff in Havana Threaten.
HAVANA, January 12 (/?).—Taxi
cab drivers and municipal waterworks
employes threatened to strike today as
the harassed government sought vain
ly to end the walkout of physicians
and hospital employes.
Although officials insisted there was
no likelihood the strike would become
general, the taxicab union voted to
strike Monday and the waterworks
personnel maintained its decision to
strike within 48 hours.
A "folded arms" strike of employes
of the labor department, who are re
porting to work, but remaining idle
at their desks, will be settled shortly,
Secretary of Labor Rogelion Pina as
serted.
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WHEELER TQ PUSH
U. S. RAIL CONTROL
Senator Will Fight for Fed
eral Ownership of
Lines.
Government ownership of the rail
! roads will be forced to the front as
one of the major issues in the present
i session of Congress. This became ap
i parent yesterday when it was an
nounced that Senator Burton K.
Wheeler, new chairman of the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee, plans
to introduce a Government ownership
bill in the next two weeks. Senator
Whet 1er intends to press the bill.
While it Is not expected Congress
will declare for Government owner
ship at this session, the advocacy of
Government ownership and the con
test waged in its behalf may interfere
with the· enactment of the adminis
tration or Eastman plan for handling
the transportation problem.
Joseph B. Eastman, Federal co
ordinator of transportation, who has
been working for months on a plan
for transportation legislation, cover
ing all forms of transportation, is ex
pected to have his report in the hands
ci Congress before the end of this
month. The House and Senate Inter
state Commerce Committees will delay
any extended consideration of the
transportation question until the East
man report is submitted.
It is well known that the Eastman
report will recommend an enlarged
commission to take charge of trans
portation facilities, including railroads,
interstate truck and bus lines, inland
waterway barge lines, coastal shipping,
and pipe lines. Airlines may be in
cluded, though these may be left to
the Department of Commerce until
they are further developed.
Senator Wheeler, it is understood,
would have a Government corporation
take over the roads, purchasing them
with bonds guaranteed by the Gov
ernment. The Montana Senator, how
ever. would not take over the roads
at the face value of their securities,
but on something like the basis of
their market value.
MRS. D. A. WHITE KILLED
Former Miss May Henry of Brook
land Dies in New York.
Word was received here last night
of the death of Mrs. David A. White
of Medina, Ν. Y. She was the former
May Henry of Brookland.
She was killed in an automobile ac
cident in a car her husband was driv
\ ing. He is a well known judge of New
York. While he was severely injured,
he is expected to recover.
Mrs. White was the daughter of the
late Samuel J. Henry, one? well known
In Washington, where for many years
he occupied an executive position in
the District of Columbia Fire Depart
ment.
Mrs. White is survived by three chil
dren. She will be buried in Medina
on Thursday
MEXICAN RIOTING
IS FATAL TO TWO
newspaper Claims Five
Killed and Says Clergy
Incited Outbreak.
)y the Associated Press.
MEXICO. D. F., January 12.—Two
;ownspeople wounded In the religious
:lash at Tacubaya, said by a newspaper
Ά have been Incited by the Catholic
:lergy, died late today In a hoepital
ind two others of seven Injured were
reported in a critical condition.
Reports of other deaths were widely
:irculated but unconfirmed.
The newspaper El Nacional, which
supports the government, charged that
Catholic clergy, "deliberately inciting
the people to acts of sedition," planned
last night's outbreak In the suburb.
The newspaper said five persons were
killed in the fighting, that three bodies
were In a hospital and two others car
ried off secretly.
Police and hospitals denied the re
ports prior to the announcement of
the deaths of two of the wounded.
Five of the injured suffered from bul
let wounds and four were hit by stones,
Crowds continued to mill about in
front of the Suburban Catholic
Church, where the trouble started, but
i strong detachment of police main
tained order all day.
A number of women who were ar
rested last night were set free on
orders from President Cardenas, but
55 men, held as the instigators, were
consigned to the federal authorities.
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Demagogues to Go Bipartisan
To Admit Fish as a Member
Citadel of Cynics Opens Doors to 25
Newcomers to House—Makes Byrns
Chairman for Life—Plans Big Year.
Β y the Aisoetated Près·.
A bunch of self-styled "demagogues"
held forth on Capitol Hill yesterday
■ and were proud of it.
That select but unofficial House ad
junct, the "Demogogues" Club," which
holds forth in the -democratic cloak
room Justoff the floor In less serious
moments, has resumed Its sessions and
Initiated 25 new members.
Speaker Byrns has been elected
chairman emeritus for life. And, of
all things, the "demagogues" prepared
to become bipartisan.
Until now only Democrats have
been elected to the "club." Its pur
poses have been to kid demagoguery
and while away the time when things
of no particular moment were being
considered on the House floor.
In its first ceremony this session
Representative Huddleston of Alabama
acted as master of ceremonies. Twenty
five new House members were escorted
into the cloak room, told by Implica
tion that the "club's" influence would
help them get choice committee as
signments and then put through a sol
emn catechism.
The first question Huddleston asked
was this:
"Do you consider the bonus an hon
est debt due the veterans which should
be paid in lull with interest from
I 1918?"
I The 25 newcomers solemnly replied,
"I do."
"Are you in favor of all appropri
ations and against all taxation?"
"I am."
Favor Pension Plan.
"Do you think the Townsend pen
sion plan represents another honest I
debt this Nation owes to the old peo
ple who have served their country all
their lives?"
"I do."
There were other questions of like
character, and then this obligation of
membership was taken by the new
members:
"I solemnly promise not to do any
thing knowingly that would tend to
prevent my re-election."
Whereupon each man was presented
with a badge—a brass safety pin—and
told the password—"safety first."
With that over, the "club" called in
Speaker Byrns and told him that since,
through following the precepts of the
organization, he had won the "highest
position the House could bestow" upon
him, he was entitled to the position of
chairman emeritus for the remainder
ι of his life without having to pay any
dues.
Ramsay Daring Rewarded.
Next. Representative Ramsay of
! Wes% Virginia was summoned. He
was reminded that he charged "coal
barons" with trying to defeat him for
I re-election. He was praised for his
"courage" since the "coal barons, their
secretaries and familles constitute 45
out of the 60,000 voters" In his district.
And he was made secretary.
All present "club" members are
Democrats. But next week, a4 mem
ber said, Representative Fish, a New
York Republican, will be called In.
catechized and designated to repre
sent the "club" as a committee of one
to "ferret out the 61 Communists in
the United States."
INFLUENZA INCREASE
IS NOTED BY CUMMING
Health Service Head Saye Ill
ness More Prevalent Than in
Past 5 or 6 Years.
By the Associated Près».
"Quite an increase" in the num
ber of influenza cases during the past
two weeks was reported last night by
Dr. Hugh S. Cumming, head of the
United States Public Health Service.
Cumming said he hesitated to call
it an epidemic, but that the malady
"probably is more prevalent than at
any time during the last five or six
years."
Repeating his warning that any
one suffering from a cold should go
to bed to ward off an attack, Cum
ming said most cases were of a mild
type. He said he thought it unlikely
that there would be as serious a situa
tion as that during the epidemic of
1918.
Influenza also is prevalent in South
America, he said.
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