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LICENSING PROVISO
NOW LABOR’S GOAL
A. F. of L. Works for Bill to
Control Conditions Despite
N. R^A. Ruling.
I BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
iThe American Federation of Labor
Sat work on a bill which proposes
put all companies engaged In Inter
state commerce, or handling goods
tfestined for such commerce, under a
Ybderal license.
* All companies operating wilder such
a? license would be exempted from the
operations of the anti-trust laws, and
ajl companies which obtain such a
license must agree In advance to the
Hburs of labor and working conditions
set forth by a Federal licensing com
mission.
- As yet nobody has been selected to
^onsor the measure in Congress, but
when Its drafting is completed the
X F. of L. may be expected to give
the proposal its full support.
Aware of the constitutional diffi
culties. the A. F. of L. attorneys have
<frafted and re-drafted various sug
gestions looking toward Federal li
censing.
Draft Being Studied.
^One draft of such a bill wmcn is
being circulated for study gives an
lflea of the broad purposes sought by
those who believe In Federal licensing
to achieve labor standards. It pro
vides:
"On and after 90 days from the
date of the enactment of this act it
shall be unlawful for any person to
engage directly or Indirectly in inter
state commerce without first having
obtained a license therefor from the
Federal Licensing Commission, here
inafter created and established. • • •
“The commission, subject to the
provisions and limitations of this act,
ahall control and regulate Interstate
commerce through the issuance of a
Federal license to those engaged in
the production, processing, manufac
turing. handling or receiving of goods,
articles, or commodities entering Into
interstate commerce. * * *
, "No license shall be Issued under this
#ct to any person unless said person
shall agree as a condition precedent
tp the Issuance and receipt and con
tinuance it; force of such license that
Ech person will not transmit through
e mails, or transport, handle or re
ceive In Interstate commerce any goods,
articles or commodities in the actual
production of which any worker em
Iloyed directly In such production was
emitted to work more than five days
tn any one week or six hours In any
«ne day, except that upon submission
Of satisfactory proof of the existence
mf special conditions making it neces
Jary for such workers to work more
gime than herein provided, the com
mission. after investigation, may issue
tn exemption permit with respect to
Vuch workers for such periods of time
ts the commission may prescribe: pro
vided that the commission shall set
■forth its findings with respect to the
Necessity of issuing such permit, and
juch findings shall be open to public
inspection.
Wage Clauses.
■. "No license shall be Issued upder this
get to any person unless said person
shall agree as a condition precedent
to the issuance and receipt and con
tinuance in force of such a license
■hat such person will not transmit
through the malls, handle of receive
ii interstate commerce any goods,
Articles or commodities produced, pro
cessed or manufactured by workers
%ho did not receive for their labor a
|ust and reasonable weekly wage suf
ficient to permit such workers to main
tain standards of living of decency and
iomfort,
i "The commission is hereby au
thorized and directed to make such
foldings as to minimum weekly wages
Jn will enable workers to maintain
ecent standards of living, and such
findings shall be final and conclusive
In all holders of and applicants for a
pcense.”
* The foregoing bill would exempt ag
ricultural or farm products processed
for first sale by original producers,
banks, newspapers, magazines and
radio broadcasting stations. This Is
designed to cut down the opposition
to the measure in Congress.
It is not clear how the labor at
torneys Justify the constitutionality of
this or any similar bill. Clearly Con
gress cannot do by Indirection that
which the Supreme Court has ex
plicitly said Is forbidden under the
Constitution. To set up a Federal
commission and to empower It to
regulate interstate commence by the
device of Issuing licenses would be an
unwarranted delegation, of legislative
power, anyway, even If the line be
tween interstate and intrastate com
merce were not difficult to draw.
Decision Plainly Adverse.
The Supreme Court in the N. R. A.
decision said plainly there was no
Federal power to regulate wage* and
hours or employment conditions for
businesses not engaged in interstate
commerce and, as for those actually
engaged in such commerce, it also has
laid down the rule that mining or
production or processing is not Inter
state commerce just because goods so
handled ultimately find their way into
Interstate trade.
The rumors around Washington are
that the labor groups are planning
an omnibus bill which shall accom
plish for them all that is set forth in
<he Wagner bill and the collective
bargaining provisions of the N. R. A.,
And that the omnibus bill is to be
baaed wholly on the theory of Federal
licenses for business.
! It Is doubtful whether such a meas
ure would succeed in getting through
Congress without Mr. Roosevelt's
^elP- The licensing idea is one of a
number placed on the President's
£sk since the Supreme Court’s de
ion on the Schechter case. It is
^gnlflcant of the line of reasoning
being adopted toward the Supreme
<$ourt by the labor elements who are
determined to find some way to cir
tjimvent the decision. %
• (Coprrlcht. 1935.)
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: BANDIT TRIO JAILED
i -—
ft orris Gang In Kentucky Taken
Without Shooting.
I ASHLAND, Kjr, June 12 UP).—The
James C. Morris outlaw gang, which
for a week has terrorised Kentucky’s
Muegrass from the mountains to the
Ohio, was captured without a shot by
four Ashland policemen in a restaurant
here late yesterday.
Morris, 27-year-old bank robber, who
boasted “Well never be captured
alive,” was overpowered with two of
bis band—James Boyd Brown, 28. and
Eller Robinson, *4, murderers. They
and two other convicts bloke out of
the reformatory at Frankfort May 12.
After a scuffle, In which Brown was
knocked out by a pistol blow over
the bead and the others were thrown
to the floor, they were handcuffed and
hustled off to the city Jail to await
State officers. _ , *
What’s What
Behind News {
In Capital
Treasury Gains Cash on
Day When No Money
Comes In.
BY PAUL MALLON.
SOME fairly fancy bookkeeping
has been done on Treasury
ledgers in the past. The Repub
licans often were proud of the
neat ways In which they made
the Government accounts give the
best possible picture of their situation.
It is now evident they were
amateurt. There hat never before
been recorded tuch an exquisite
degree of perfection at hat been
exhibited lately.
Consider, for Instance, the fact that
the working balance of the Treasury
Increased by $300,000,000 over a holi
day recently, when no money was
coming in and nothing was going out.
You know a Treasury accountant has
to be good to show a profit of more
than a quarter of a billion dollars
while the Treasury is closed.
Reserve Funds Retransferred.
There appears to have been nothing
particularly wrong' about the trans
action. What happened on the in
side was that a bright Treasury lad
discovered that the books were carry
ing reserve funds of the Post Office,
T. V. A., H. O. L. C., P. C. A., and a
few others in special accounts as
money already spent. He found out
this money was being spent slowly.
Why not put it back in the Treasury
till as cash on hand until the other
bureaus drew on it?
A hoUday was selected for the re
transfer. As a result, the Treasury
closed May 39 with only $702,380,
045.50 In the Treasury cash box and
opened May 31 with $1,029,402,625.03
therein. A stroke of the pen. acting
like a fairy wand, had deposited
exactly $327,022,540.53 when no one
was looking.
Thu*, the Treasury was able to beat
It* breast proudly in the announce
ment made last Monday regarding a
i new offering of notes and conversion
' of an old one. In a technical tense,
1 the Treasury prospectus for Its note
issue made its cash position appear to
■ be about 25 per cent better than it
1 was.
The Securities end Exchange
Commission is supposed to get
after any private corporation that
fails to present facts accurately in
if* prospectus on bond issue, but
there is little likelihood that it will
proceed against its brother depart
ment in the New Deal.
For one thing, tly Treasury will con
tend that its hocus-pocus was legiti
mate, good business. For another
thing, it will say there was no con
nection between the ledger-de-main
! of May 30 and the June 15 flnanc
S These explanations may be
ued indefinitely, but business men
! Will agree that. Inasmuch as the
Treasury boy* got away with It, It was
"good," and even if they had failed to,
it was “smart.”
President Finds Seclusion.
Every time President Roosevelt goes
to Hyde Park, wiseacres here remark
how appropriate is the name of the
Roosevelt estate. Prom experience,
they have learned that the President
retire* to his Hudson River retreat oc
casionally for more purposes than re
laxation and rest.
Living in the White House here
is like being a movie actor in
Hollywood. Every time any one
is seen coming in or going out.
the world hears about it and
starts drawing deductions which
are usually erroneous. At Hyde
Park the President has real seclu
sion. Newsmen are quartered
miles away, in town. The world
cannot watch. This not only per
mits him to think without inter
ruptions, but also to summon into
private conference persons whose
appearance at the White House
would cause headlines.
The insiders have heard that on
this trip he has not only been can
vassing the N. R. A. situation, but has
spent considerable time on the political
situation. They expect a new trend
of White House activity in respect to
both subjects soon after his return.
Export Subsidies Talked.
The farm crowd outside the admin
istration has a tip that the A. A. A.
will certainly turn to the export sub
sidy theory of farm relief by Pall.
Cotton, wheat and lard are mentioned
as the first products with which the
experiment will be undertaken. These
are three in which the United States
has exportable surpluses.
Whether the A. A. A. will use the
McNary-Haugen plan or the export
debenture plan la uncertain. Both are
still Included In the amendments' to
the A. A. A. act now pending in
Congress.
A leading agitator behind the scenes
here for introduction of the export
subsidy method of farm relief is George
Peek, the foreign trade adviser of the
New Deal, whose advice in that matter
has not been followed lately. He has
been fighting for the export control
feature for 10 years. It is now being
ardently denied, but he may leave the
Government service to resume an
active position in farm organization
circles.
Kesignatiea Agreed m Long Age. j
The ftiehberg resignation was an
nounced a week ahead of time in Order
to have a beneficial effect an Senators
who were considering the new N. R. A.
resolution. The resignation was actu
ally agreed, on. privately months ago,
when Gen. Johnson left, and the N. ft
A. was being temporarily re-formed
under Rlchberg.
A warm scrap has been going on
inside about control of the new liquor
regulation authority. The Treasury
wanted it. So did the present control
administration, headed by Joseph
Choate. Apparently the Treasury is
losing.
Although the palatial new Labor
Department Building has office shower
baths for the -highest officials, they
are grumbling ■ because no .wall books
were installed on which to hang their
clothes. They cannot drive a nail into
such palatial walls and have settled
this major pn>Umq|tar using obatra.
Second • Degree Holding
Company Rule Defeats
Purpose, Tydings Says.
By the Associated Press.
The opinion that the Borah amend
ment, prescribing death to any public
utility holding company beyond the
second degree would serve to "defeat
the purposes” nf the legislation passed
yesterday by the Senate to regulate
utilities, was expressed today by
Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary
land.
Meanwhile, the measure which
would abolish holding companies
deemed “unnecessary,” was In the
hands of a sharply divided House
Commerce Committee. It passed the
8enate, 56 to 32, after President
Roosevelt hsd intervened to prevent
drastic alteration.
The Borah provision, Tydings told
the Senate, would prevent an operat
ing company from owning an appli
ance company if the operating com
pany happened at the same time to
be controlled by a holding company.
To do so, he said, would require per
mission for a holding company In the
second degree.
The result will be, he added, that
the one holding company allowed in
each regional set-up will have to take
direct control of the appliance com
i pany away from the operating com
i pany.
He said it would have been better to
permit holding companies in the “sec
ond degree,” so that such a condition
could have been averted.
The House committee has been
struggling with a companion measure
for four months. When the legisla
tion will reach the House floor for de
bate appeared highly uncertain.
Such words as 'fraud.” “chicanery,”
"blood suckers” and “thieves” sprin
kled the debate which raged In the
Senate right up to the moment of
yesterday's voting. Alter the decision,
friends and foes of the bill continued
to make clashing pronouncements.
Assailed by Gadsden.
A statement that the 8enate rote
was "an action to lengthen the Na
tion's breadlines" was made by Philip
H. Gadsden, chairman of the Com
mittee of Public Utility Executives.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of
Montana, who had asserted the bill
would restore public confidence shak
en by such events as the Insull col
lapse. said of the vote:
"I think thia means the end of the
holding company system generally.
Sentiment against holding companies
is building up. This serves notice
thst the people are not going to stand
for the practices.”
Wheeler, who is coauthor of the
legislation with Rayburn, joined with
other backers In expressing the belief
the Senate vote would give the bill a
smoother path in the House.
Amendment Beaten.
By the margin of one vote, the Sen
ate yesterday turned down an amend
ment by Senator Dieterich, Democrat,
of Illinois to eliminate provisions em
powering the Securities Commission
to dissolve or reorganise by 1942 all
utility bolding companies it found
; contrary to “public policy." This was
after Wheeler read a penciled memo
i randum from Preaident Roosevelt op
i posing such a change.
Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis
souri also succeeded In getting the
Senate to alter the definition of a gas
utility. He said the change would
bring the Standard Oil Co. of New
Jersey and Mellon gas interests under
the bill.
Pinal Roll Call.
The final roll call oh the bill follows:
FOR THE RILL, M.
DEMOCRATS. 41
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REPUBLICANS. 14.
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Rain announced were Bilbo (Dem
ocrat), Mississippi, with King (Demo
crat), Utah, and Logan (Democrat),
Kentucky, with Davis (Republican).
Pennsylvania. None of their positions
was announced except that of Davie,
who said he would have voted against
the bill. .'
It was announced that Robinson Of
Arkansas, the Democratic leader, ab
sent in his home 8tate, would have
voted for the bill had he been present.
Absentees whose position* were not
announced were Lewis (Dmocrat),
Illinois, and Truman (Democrat),
Montana.
Briefly, here are the chief provisions
of the Wheeler-Rayburn bill:
By 1942, utility holding companies
must be dissolved except that one only
may be permitted by the Securities
Commission where necessary to the
operation of each regionally inte
grated operating system.
Interstate marketing of securities Is
subject to regulation by the 8. & c. '
Holding companies confined wholly
or predominantly in one State are ex
empt «• - ; ; r
All utility holding companies doing
an interstate business must register by
September 1, tails year.
Bet-inning January 1, 1938, dissolu
tion of holding companies or reorgan
isation on a regional basis must begin.
No ho Mini company map control
properties outside its own region save
with minor exceptions.
Two or more regional systems may
co-operate in supporting a mutual
non-profit service and engineering
company.
All privately operated companies
whose principal business is serving or
supplying utility companies must reg
ister with the commission.
The S. X. O. may act as receiver for
any company in process of reorganisa
tion under court direction and must
be consulted tjy Federal courts it aS
receivership appointments.
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HENRY FORD,
The auto magnate, was unsuccessful In bis effort to step out of range of
the camera, with the resultant unusual study of him hurrying Into a door
way at Colgate University. He was awarded an honorary degree at the
commencement exercises. —A. P. Photo.
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Human Blood Injections Held
“Cure” for Infantile Paralysis
New Orleans Physician Announces He
Has Treated 15 Patients With
Complete Success Since 1932.
By th* Associated Bren.
NEW ORLEANS. La., June 12 —Dr.;
J. R. Stulb yesterday told of the pa
tients he had "cured" of infantile
paralysis through his simple treat
ment—the in lection of human blood
i into the muscular tissue.
Eva Lou Mounter of Ville Platte,
j La., prepared to leave Charity Hos
pital today, where she had been treated
since May 1« with the blood of a young
interne.
‘The blood was Injected Into the
fatty part of the back of the child
nearest the nlpbone with a needle."
explained Dr. Btulb. who Is in charge
of a ward at Charity Hospital.
"Approximately 100 CCi of blood
w as used.” he said. "Her reaction fol
lowed that same day. Within a few
weeks all symptoms of paralysis had
vanished.” , ■ ...
The doctor also told of "curing”
Malvin Ladner. 14. of Violet, La.
“Malvin wu badly paralysed In No
vember when he wu brought to my
ward at Charity Hospital" he said.
“Injections of his aunt's blood were
put Into the muscles of his back. It
wu fascinating to me to watch hla
gradual reactions. First he could move
one toe, then bis foot, finally his ankle.
Then he walked.
“The only other method used thereto
U to Inject a serum from a convales
cent person into the victim. This is
unsuccessful. The only successful
method is the one which I have been
using."
Dr. Btulb said he had used his treat
ment with complete success on IS
patients since 1932.
He said the treatment wu likely to
prove eflective in all caaea In which
the limbs of patients had not atro
phied, pr shrunk.
HO IN NAVY
New Projects at Yard, Ob
servatory and Labora
tory Included.
Approval of $750,000 in allotments
for new work by the Navy Department
here has been given by the Advisory
Committee on Allotments for the
works program, and the items for
warded to the White House for ap
proval of President Roosevelt.
Included In the projects are new
work at the Navy Yard, Naval Ob
servatory, the research laboratory at
Bellevue and at Anacostia.
A total of $50,000 was asked for
administrative expense.
The projects follow:
Repair and Improvement of paving,
roads, walks and ground, at the Navy
Yard, $148.000.
Foundation explorations and sub
surface surveys at the Navy Yard,
830.000.
Construction of new lunch room In
west yard of the Navy Yard, >60,000.
Repair and improvement of build
ings. structural Improvements and
painting, general repairs and exten
sion gf truck garage at Navy Yard,
$370,000.
Repair and improvement of rail
road tracks at Navy Yard, 860,000.
Repair and improvement of paving,
roads, walks and grounds at Naval
Observatory, 85,000.
Similar improvements at the Naval
Research Laboratory, Bellevue, 150,000.
8imilar Improvements at the Naval
Air Station at Anacostia, 896,000.
Foundation explorations and sub
surface surveys at the Naval Magazine,
Bellevue, 83,000.
HANNAH KEYSER DIES
Baltimore Woman Waa Aunt of
Oertrude Stein.
BALTIMORE, June 13 <*»>.—Miss
Hannah Keyser, aunt of Oertrude
Stein, the writer, and sister «f
Ephraim Keyser, a noted sculptor, was
dead today at the age of 87. An ill
ness of six months’ duration ended
yesterday in her death.
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Congress
m Brief
TODAY.
] Debates N. R, A., extension.
Takes up minor naval .bills. .. «»
TOMORROW.
Senate.
Will begin social security bill con
sideration as soon as N. R. A. reso
lution Is out of the way.
Banking and Currency Subcommit
tee. another executive session to draft
the. banking bill. •
Considers private calendar.
plans are subject to approval by
commission.
"Up-stream” loans—borrowings by
the holding company from subsidiary
operating companies—are prohibited.
The commission may examine any
bookt, papers or records of registered
holding companies.
Mrs. Roosevelt Uses
Bold Script to Curb
Soil's Possible Ego
■r the Associstsd Fliu.
EXCELSIOR 8PRINO8. Mo,
June 12.—June* Rooeevelt. ton of •
the President, told Young Demo
crats st a luncheon here his
mother doesn’t went her children
to develop "swelled heads" be
cause of their father’s position.
He related a letter from him
recently arrived at the White
House addressed to ‘Hon. James
Roosevelt.’’
"My good mother forwarded it
to me in New York after first
crossing out the ‘Honorable’ and
inserting ’Mister’ in bold tetters,”
he said.
MURDER OF FARMER
! CHARGED TO THREE
Mother, Son and Physician Ac
cused of Slaying to Col
lect Insurance.
■r the Asseelstsd Press.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo, June 12.—
Murder charges were on Ale here
today against Lloyd Robinson, 18; his
mother, and their family physician In
connection with the slaying June 2
of the youth's father. Robert Robinson,
Homer Chaffin. Webster County
prosecutor, said Lloyd had confessed
the slaying to collect *10,900 insurance
and named Mrs. Mary Robinson. 49,
and Dr. F. W. Schlicht, 65. Niangus,
Mo, as authors of the death plot
against the 50-year-old fanner.
The trio were held in the county Jail
at Marshfield pending arraignment
June 20.
Authorities said residents of Web
ster County had been "stirred" by the
slaying and that they were prepared
to remove the prisoners to another jail
in event of possible mob action.
Chaffin said the motive for the
l slaying apparently was to get money
to pay an S6.000 mortgage which was
to have been foreclosed June 6 or 6
on the Robinson farm.
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FAIRBANKS IN CHINA
Film Company Director Hopes to
Oust Schenk.
HONGKONG, June 12 (^.—Doug
las Fairbanks, sr, arriving today an the
steamship Carthage from Singapore,
said he was “making for America as
fast as possible in connection with
the change” in tbs organisation of
United Artists, the film company In
which he is interested.
He was accompanied by lady Ash
ley. divorced wife of Lord Ashley, and
other members of a South Seas yacht
ing party.
"Darryl Zanuek will be leaving us,
but there Ik another mac far better
than Zanuek,” the film actor said.
“We hope to buy Joseph Schenk’s
share and get him out of the com
pany.”
Fairbanks said he would spend
three months in the United States
and then go to Italy and London.
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Union Merger Is Voted.
NEW YORK, June 12 «V-The
unanimous decision by members of the
Union of Telephone end Telegraph
Employes of America to merge With the
Brotherhood of Utility Employes was
I475MOOO TAX
Second Measure Likely to
Follow—Extensions Of ’• *
Two Years Asked.
B» th« AlMelatsd Mar f *
At President Roosavelt’s request.
House Democratic leaden have start*
ed a $478,000,000 tax MU on Its way
through Congress and today said an*
other "probably” would follow in its
wake.
The first was requested In the
President's budget message at the
opening of the session. It is a resolu
tion extending for two years a number
of taxes, among them the I-cent
postage and the l-cent-a-gallon
federal gasoline charge.
The second, according to Chairman
Samuel B. Hill of the House Ways
and Means Tax Subcommittee, would
be drawn to plug loopholes In exist
ing tax laws and to adjust present
rates found to be unconscionable or
unproductive.
Deadlines Just Ahead.
All of the $475,000,000 In taxes
would go out of existence on or before
July 11 if Congress did not extend
them. Moet of them expire on June
30. and the plan is to rush through
the extension resolution before then.
"The committee seems to have the
idea that we will probably have to
take up some other things at a later
date,” Hill said after his subcommit
tee approved the simple extension
resolution.
He added, however, that he had as
yet heard no specific suggestion from
the President or the administration
for the imposition of new inheritance
and heavier gift taxes. Authoritative,
but private, word was that Mr. Roose
velt was ‘ still considering" that sug
gestion.
An informant remarked that there
was no rush about a decision because
the second tax bill was in the offing,
and because Democratic leaders pre
dicted an inheritance-gift tax meas
ure would sweep through the House.
Nntsanee Greup Included.
The taxes in the simple resolution—
which leaders hope to put through
the House early next week—fall into
three classes; Postage, "nuisance,”
and import duties. The 1-cent in
crease above normal 3-cent postage
would bring in around $75,000,000 for
the fiscal year ending June 30; the
nuisance taxes about $389,000,000 and
the Import duties about $11,000,000.
Speaker Byrns said yesterday he
believed any inheritance tax program
on a "reasonable” basis would meet
a “cordial reception” in the House.
He contended inheritances and gifts
must be taxed at virtually the same
rates to keep holders of huge fortunes
from giving away thetr money before
death.
Another who said House approval
would be “certain” was Representa
tive 8abath of Illinois, chairman of
the unofficial Democratic Steering
Committee.
“But,” Sabath added. “If such a MU
does come along. I hope it will not
only tax inheritances and gifts, but
also increase the taxes on bigger in
come brackets and tax chain stores.”
KIDNAPER CONFESSES,
NAMING 10 IN CUBA
House Where TB-Year-Old Multi
millionaire and Employes Were
Reported Held located.
By the Assoeieted Prase.
HAVANA, June 13.—Sources close
to the army intelligence service said
today at least one of the suspects ar
rested in the Antonio San Miguel kid
naping case had confessed, naming 10
other persons as associates In the
crime.
This information was mid to have
enabled police to find the houke in
Guanabacoa where the 71-year-old
multi-millionaire and four employes
were believed to have been held after
their abduction last Wednesday night.
Police also found Ban Miguel's miss
ing automobile parked in Vedado sub
urb. The machine was the one In
which the wealthy financier and his
companions were riding at the time
of the kidnaping.
Those under arrest for participation
in the crime Included a former police
man. his wife and her mother and
uncle. The former policeman, Ramon
Suares, was captured near Quivican
after authorities surrounded his farm.
Suares fled toward a cane field, firing
a revolver as he ran, but the police
overtook him.
Isolated for Two Tears.
Kashgar, China, has just received
its Christmas, 1933, mail, unsettled
condition in Chinese Turkestan hav
ing practically isolated the town for
two years. ,,
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Held That Line!
One rare way of collecting murder*
ous glances from pedestrians, frequent
ly accompanied by sinttng epithets, is
to come to a stop out over -tbs inter
section crosswalk.
Such action stamps tbs motorist as
either selfish, indifferent or incom
petent He blocks the pedestrian flow
and by his example invites other driv
ers *to creep up even with him.
To get by him pedestrians must
either pass in front or behind. If they
pass in front, they endanger them
selves by getting out Into the inter
secting traffic. If they go around bo
hind. the driver who has edged over
the line may suddenly deride to back
up.
When pressed for an alibi, the line
crowder usually claims he couldn’t
atop in time, which, of course, la no
excuse whatever. He waa either going
too fast or hit brakes wen defactlve—
or else he Just didn’t can.
The motorist who can’t estimate
raeed and distance Isn’t qualified to
drive. If his brake* are weak he should
ha^UMwarnlng and have UMmjd
Divorced-Re wed
RAH BUCK MABKIES
rKIEND'S EX-HUSBAND.
- Copyright, A. P. Wlrephotot.
Pearl Buck (above), author of
novels on China, divorced her
husband. John J. Buck, at Reno
yesterday. At the same time her
friend, Mrs. Ruth Abbott Walsh,
was receiving a divorce from
Richard J. Walsh (below). Soon
after the decrees were handed
down Walsh and Mrs. Buck were
married.
Mrs. Ruth A. Walsh, who di
vorced the publisher while Mrs.
Buck was obtaining legal severance
from John L. Buck, witnessed the
marriage and sped the newlyweds
on their way with best wishes.
Mrs. Walsh, who had lived at a
Lake Tahoe cottage with Mrs.
Buck for six weeks, while they
were establishing Nevada resi
dences, planned to leave for New
York by train today.
Both women charged their hus
bands with cruelty and appeared
Vo support their complaints st pri
vate court hearings which required
less than 10 minutes.
House Approves Bill Setting
Up Customs Areas 62
Miles at Sea.
By tbs Associated Prats.
A new defense against alcohol
smugglers who are robbing the Gov
ernment of seme $30,000,000 annually
In revenue was authorised yesterday
by the House with scarcely a ripple
ef debate. Equally quick passage by
the Senate is expected.
The bill authorises the President to
set up customs enforcement areas ex
tending Y00 miles along the coast and
n miles ar sea—50 miles beyond the
present 12-mile limit—whenever and
wherever known smugglers are sighted
off shore.
To protect it from assaults on
grounds of unconstitutional delegation
of power, specific directions for presi
dential creation of the customs zones
were written Into the measure on the
floor. Originally the bill merely au
thorised the President to establish the
areas.
One drastic provision would empow
er the Government to search and,
where justified, seise and forfeit ves
sels participating In the smuggling
trade and hovering off the 'American
coast.
Describing an increase in alcohol
smuggling to “alarming proportions”
in the last year and a quarter. Chair
man Doughton of the Ways and
Means Committee asserted 40 or 50
smuggling craft now are assembled
off American shares. When he re
ported the bill to the House May 11
only 19 ships were known to be en
gaged In the Illicit liquor business.
This trade, he said, is robbing the
Government annually of more than
$30,000,000 In revenue. But Repre
sentative Bacharach, Republican, of
New Jersey, estimated the “lass would
be up ms high as $100,000,000 a year.”
Doughton said the bill would meet
the test of International law, would
not stir up foreign animosity and
would not Injure legitimate commerce.
NEW RADIO STATION
SOUGHT IN RICHMOND
Application Seeks Ons Manned by
and Operated (or Members
of Colored Race.
By the Associated Press.
An application for a radio station
at Richmond, to be manned by col
ored persona and to serve the mem
ber* of that race in the community,
oas been filed With the Federal Com
munication* Commission in the name
of the Century Broadcasting Co„ a
Virginia corporation.
X. T. Baker is listed as president;
Don J. Alvarado, vice president, and
Xmmett X. Martin, secretary-treas
urtr. all of Richmond.
The company is capitalised at $10,
000. It proposs* tc use a transmitter
costing S3.500, to be operated entirely
in the daytime with 100 watts power
on 1 370 kilocycles, and to maintain a
studio at 305 Hast Leigh street In
Richmond.
The purpose of the station as stated
In the application to:
"To furnish broadcasting to a large
number of people of this community,
especially to colored artists and col
ored talent who are at present denied
the same, end to furnish Broadcast
facilities to Hegro business and pro
fessional men and women, teligious
and fraternal societies who are at
present denied the same.”
This application has not yet been
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Action, Delayed Five Years,
Follows Acceptance of
Barclay Plan.
B» the Associated Press.
Taking an action delayed for five
years because of objections to slavery
In the Negro republic of Liberia, Sec
retary Hull announced yesterday that
the United States has formally recog
nized the government of President
Edward Barclay.
Recognition after the long break In
diplomatic relations cazoe in the wake
of American approval of the plan for
social and fiscal reforms devised by
President Barclay to meet criticism by
the League of Netions and other neu
tral Investigators.
League Plan Followed.
The Barclay plan, It was learned,
follows the general outline of a pre
vious plan formulated by the league,
but rejected by Liberia on the ground
it was an Invasion of Its sovereign
rights.
To assist In the financial rehabili
tation of the country, a rubber com
pany (Firestone), which made a loan
of $2,000,000 to Liberia, has liberalized
"many provisions of the fiscal agree
ment and reduced the Interest rate
from 7 to 5 per cent. Liberia, in re
turn. has pledged itself to resume In
terest payments on the loan, which
were suspended In 1932.
Guards Against Slavery.
The Barclay plan seeks to proride
safeguards against the return of slav
ery or forced labor Into the African
republic—founded In 1821 by Ameri
can Negroes as a home for freed
slaves—and the institution of reme
dial legislation and measures to Im
prove sanitary and living conditions,
hitherto considered detrimental to ad
jacent countries.
Recognition of the African republic
restores normal diplomatic relations
between the United States and everv
country in the world except the Jap
anese-sponsored empire of Manchu
kuo. The United States refused to
recognize the forme; Manchurian
provinces of China as a sovereign na
tion because of its establishment by
force in violation of treat; obliga
tions between Japan, the United
SUtes and others powers, and China.
MUST FACE BOARD
Army Officer Accused of Marry
ing While at West Point.
NEW YORK, J me IS CP).—'The
Daily News says that Lieut. Harry
A. Sebastian, a former West Point
foot ball star, will face a militarv
inquiry board today at Fort Hamilton
to snswer charges he married a
former dancer while he still was a
student at th- Military Academy.
He Is charged, the story says, with
violation of Army regulations because
West Point cadets are forbidden to
have “a horse, dog, mustache or wife."
Mrs. Sebastian, the blond former
Harriet Hsgman. sued the Army man
for separation after a party at Fort
Jay and announced she had secretly
married Sebastian during his second
year at West Point
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PLAYS SAMPSON ROLE'
Michigan Man to Try to Carry
Half Barrel of Beer 3*4 Miles.
ISHPEMINO. June IS OP).—Joseph
Zopetti, 37, of North Lake, Mich., will
undertake to play the role of a mod
ern Sampson here Thursday and carry
a half a barrel of beer on his back, up
hill and down for 3^ miles, to win a
wager, •
The keg of beer will weigh 185
pounds, 30 pounds more than Zopetti
One of the conditions of the enter
prise is that he must cover a mile
and a half before setting the 'keg
down for a rest. From there m» he"
may select his own rest periods, hoist
ing the keg to his back after each
stop without any help. To win, h#
must make the journey in three hours.
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\New High-Water
Threat Menaces
Western States
Rain and Hail Swell
Streams—Bridges
Swept Auxty.
By the Associated Press.
DENVER. June 12—Residents in
areas swept by floods two weeks ago.
were apprehensive today m streams
ran bank-full and In some Instances
overflowed after hard rains near the
sources of the recent floods.
The new high waters originated in
scattered districts of Colorado. Wyo
ming. Western Nebraska and New
Mexico, where rain and hall pelted
down during the night.
A Colorado Sc Southern Railroad
bridge near Wheatland, Wyo., was
swept away, several highway bridges'
were torn out and roads were closed
at scattered spots throughout the
area due to the water.
A storm neqr Cripple Creek. Colo.,
caused direct traffle between there
and Colorado Springs to cease when
it tore out a section of road. Hail
stones five inches deep lay on the
ground at Cripple Creek.