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PENSION CAM
50 Townsendites to Give
i 10,581,000 Signatures
T to Committee.
Planning to make a real display of
force before the House Committee in
vestigating old-age pension schemes
when it convenes tomorrow, nearly 50
militant supporters of the Townsend
#200-per-month program were resting
today after completing e, 3,000-mile
automobile trip here from Los Angeles.
Most effective evidence of the plan's
popularity, which they expect to submit
to the committee, are three truck-loads
of signatures of Townsend followers.
Leaders of the movement claim the
lignatures represent 10,581,000 persons.
The motor caravan arrived in Wash
ington yesterday morning and, escorted
by a Metropolitan Police detail, pro
ceeded at once to the Grant Memorial
at the foot of Capitol Hill. There they
were greeted by a congressional dele
gation of four, including Representa
• tive Tolan. Democrat, of California,
and a member of the investigating
committee. Others present were Rep
resentatives Smith of Washington,
White of Idaho and Kramer of Cali
fornia. all Democrats.
Later in the day, the party went
to Washington Airport to meet Dr.
Francis E. Townsend, leader of the
movement who was arriving by plane
from the West Coast. On his arrival,
the doctor took time to sign a lease
for office space for the new national
headquarters of the organization in
Chicago, expressed the hope that
there will be no more delays in the
House committee hearings and then
hurried to his hotel for some rest. '
“I'm ready lor the committee and
I hope they're ready for me,” he said.
*T don't want any further delays.”
At both the Grant statue and the
airport, photographers and news reel
men took pictures and interviewed
Dr. Townsend and caravan leaders.
Miss Lois Jean Johnson, leader of
the Townsend Youth Movement in
Ban Diego, and Ralph Lepine of Los
Angeles spoke lor the travelers. The
party stayed at a nearby tourist
camp.
Dr. Townsend is scheduled to take
the stand at 10 a m. tomorrow with
the understanding being that the
committee will continue its hearings
without further interruption until the
investigation is completed. Other
officials of the Townsend organiza
tion are scheduled for appearance
Immediately after the doctor.
_ •_
HILL IS APPOINTED
i TO U. S. TAX BOARD
Representative Was Head of
House Group Framing Re
form Measure.
President Roosevelt today appointed
Representative Samuel B. Hill of
Washington to be a member of the
Board of Tax Appeals for a term of
years, beginning June 2.
Representative Hill, who has been
in the House for
13 years and is
recognized as one
of the tax author
ities in that body,
was chairman of
the sucommittee
of the Ways and
- Means Commit
tee, which framed
the special tax re
« form bill calling
„ for a revolution
ary basis of cor-*
„ porate taxation,
which recently
passed Uae House.
; Representative Hill. M t^e game
time, the President sent to the Senate
the name of David E. Lilenthal of
Wisconsin for reappointment as a
member of the board of directors of
the Tennessee Valley Authority for a
term expiring nine years after May 18
next.
Hoeppei
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former Johns Hopkins University
Olympic athlete, in return for grant
ing him an appointment to the mili
tary academy.
The defendants’ attorneys raised
five points in their appeal. The first
was that no conspiracy was proved.
The appellate court found, however,
that the evidence, although largely
circumstantial, ‘‘disclosed conduct and
statements of the defendants co
operating together to an unlawful end,
Inconsistent with any reasonable
hypothesis of innocencp.”
hstent oi naw ueciaea.
As to the point that the statute
under which the father and son were
prosecuted referred only to appoint
ments to civil offices, the court de
cided the law clearly covered mili
tary posts as well.
The defense contention that a West
Point cadetshp was not an appointive
office within the meaning of the law
was turned down by the court, which
referred to several prior decisions
saving a cadet is such an officer.
Much was made by defense
counsel during and after the trial to
a statement to the jury by Pine in
which he called the elder Hoeppel "a
monumental liar and a perjurer of the
first order.” The Court of Appeals
decided that, although this statement
may have been unnecessary, any
prejudice it created in the minds of
the jurors was quickly corrected by
Justice O'Donoghue’s Instructions.
Holding against the defendants in
their last contention, the court said
that acts and declarations of either of
the defendants were rightly consid
ered by the jury as evidence against
the other defendant.
Hoeppel Plans New Appeal.
Shortly after receiving word that
the court had refused to reverse his
conviction, Representative Hoeppel is
sued tne following statement:
“Due to the failure of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Dis
trict of Columbia to decide upon the
questions raised in my appeal, it prob
ably will be necessary to file a motion
for a rehearing in an attempt to
secure definite rulings on my assign
ments of error.
“Under any circumstances I shall
appeal the case to the United States
'Supreme Court so that I may be able
- to secure rulings on all errors alleged
by my attorneys.
“I am a candidate for re-election
and will be proud to take my record
before the voters who have shown
their confidence in me in the past.”
, The Californian did not specify as
-to the points on which the court neg
#lectd to rule.
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
SALES LETTER.
AN INSURANCE salesman had
an idea that wasn't as work
able as it was clever the other
day. It took the form of a
letter addressed to a prominent pro
fessional man in Washington. The
letter, which is self-explanatory, fol
lows:
“Deer Daddy: Won't you pleeee
let Mr.-show you how the Blank
Co. will send us to skool if you don't
live to do it.
“It would take a big load from
mama's shoulders if you would take
a policy now while you can pass the
doctor.”
The names of the professional
man's daughters were signed to the
plea.
* * * *
THIRTEENTH CAR.
No. 13 elevator in the Depart
ment o) Commerce Building is re
ported to be acting like No. 13 ele
vator these days. Three times tn
the last few weeks, an operative re
ports. it has stopped between floors,
as if the jinx it carries simply be
came too much for it to bear.
* * * *
JUNGLE NOTE.
'T'HE next time a group of W&sh
1 ington students attend a so
called "jungle dance” they will wear
more clothes than Haile Selassie.
In order to provide a realistic jun
gle atmosphere lor the affair the
committee in charge of arrangements
scoured the woods and fields in nearby
Maryland and Virginia for tree limbs,
weeds, wild moss and anything else
that might be found that would pro
vide a proper setting. The commit
tee. however, gathered some things
that are not even found In a jungle.
In this particular classification were
poison ivy vines.
Anyhow, the collection of shrubs,
tree iimbs, wild mo6s and everything
else was used for decorative pur
poses in the dance hall. The thinly
clad "jungle dancers” failed to rec
ognize the poison ivy.
Now at least 50 of them are treating
the rash that results from close con
tact with the poisonous weed.
* * * *
LOVE LOCKED OUT.
VITHY did John Boles, romantic
’’ singing star of the stage and
screen leave out his middle name, for
| public purposes? Contrary to the
i practice of certain flamboyant movie
! celebrities in adopting fancy monikers,
modest Boles, who is on both the
screen and stage of a local picture
emporium, kept his own name but
I deliberately eliminated his middle
name,, a perfectly good old family
| name, too. In Greenville, Tex., where
j he came from, the name stands for
| the finest in gentlemanliness and
! gentle womanhood of the old South.
His complete name is really John
Love Boles.
* * * *
SIGN.
A BLOND driving a roadster around
^ town these gold and blue days
has taken a leaf rather literally from
the books of the traction companies,
perhaps as a protection or maybe
just as an expression of disdain.
At any rate, prominently attached
to the windshield of the car is one
i of those street car signs which reads
"Car Pull.”
Any one with half an eye can see
! however, that the sign Is a lie. The
j seat is pretty wide and the blond if
! petite and if the truth were told, the
! car is only about one-third full.
* * * *
EDUCATED.
A senior at a local college was
filling out information demanded
by the institution’s authorities in
connection with graduation. Shar
ing his room at the time was a
freshman friend.
The senior wrote down everything
with alacrity until he came to a
certain point. After studying a
moment, obviously puzzled, he
turned to the freshman.
"Howhe asked, "do you spell
‘diploma'?”
* * * *
ESSAY.
/"\NE of the secretaries on Capitol
Hill is convinced that brevity is
the soul of wit. The young niece of
a friend of his, whose schooling began
not so very long ago, was recently
assigned "Ants'’ as the subject foi
a theme.
The young lady went to work and
handed this in to the teacher:
"My subjek Is Ants. Ants is of 3
kinds: Insects and Lady Uncles
Sometimes they live in holes and
sometimes they crawl into the sugar
bowl and sometimes they live with
their married sisters. That Is all I
; know about ants."
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate:
Debates Philippine currency bill.
Finance Committee weighs revenue
bill.
Appropriations Committee gets evi
dence on $2,364,229,712 deficiency
bill.
House:
Considers minor legislation.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Is slated to take up omnibus flood
control bill. :i
Finance Committee, executive, on
tax Mil.
Appropriations Committee, execu
tive, on work relief and deficiency
bill.
House:
Considers private calendar.
Subcommittee on Labor meets 10:30
a.m.
Bell Committee resumes investiga
tion of old-age pension plan at 10
Eden Says Lopez Obtained
False Evidence—‘Budget
Leak’ Probe Pressed.
By tnr Associated Press.
LONDON, May 18.—Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden charged before
the House of Commons today that
forgery, deception and trickery were
used to obtain "fabricated evidence”
of Ethiopian dumdum bullets pur
portedly made in England.
He said the evidence was obtained
by Col. Pedro Lopez, whom the Brit
ish knew as a “notorious purveyor of
false Information.”
Stung by Italian allegations which
were hastily withdrawn from Geneva
last week, Eden took advantage of a
question in Commons to tell the story
of Lopez's activities.
He began the narrative after tell
ing Commons that he was unaware of
any practical steps which could be
taken to bring the United States into
the League of Nations.
Lopez, he said, was a British subject
of Polish origin and was well known
in England under a number of Rliases.
He posed in London as an Ethiopian
arms purchaser, the foreign secre
tary declared.
Charges Forgery.
Then he resorted to forged letters
and trickery to induce a munitions
firm to supply him with sample am
munition, Eden charged.
These samples, the foreign secre
tary went on, were used to persuade
Italian authorities that such ammunl- |
tion was being exported to Ethiopia
with the official connivance of the S
United Kingdom.
Eden's statement in regard to the i
United States was in reply to a ques- j
tion by Ellis Smith. Labor member j
of the House, who asked if anything j
was being done to induce the United
States to join the Geneva body.
Smith also asked Eden if he would i
ask the United States to open nego- I
tiations with a view to reaching an ]
agreement on economic co-operation.
Eden answered: "If Mr. Smith has ;
J in mind the removal of obstructions
to international trade, that is the con-!
slant aim of his majesty's government, j
"It will at all times welcome the co
operation of the United States Gov- j
! ernment as well as of other govern- j
ments in this sphere, but I am most j
| doubtful as to whether the opening of
j general negotiations would facilitate
the attainment of the object Mr. Smith
has in mind."
Baldwin Indicates Hope.
Prime Minister Baldwin frequently,
both in and out of the Commons, has
referred to the United States' absence
from Geneva and indicated a hope
the United States would join the
League.
Official and diplomatic circles, how
ever, roundly denied there had been
any official approach on the subject.
The foreign secretary said Italian
allegations that Ethiopians had used
j dumdum bullets supplied from Eng
land were baseless and were framed on
"what could only be described as a
fabrication of evidence."
Meanwhile, Sir Alfred Butt, mil
lionaire sportsman and Parliament
member, told the British "budget
leak" inquiry that Colonial Secretary
J. H. Thomas cleaned up 632 pounds,
9 shillings (around S3.160) in "insur
ance" against the 1935 general elec
tion.
Sir Alfred, who denied vehemently
that he and Thomas ever talked atjout
the recently announced budget, said
he had "induced” the cabinet member
to take out 1,000 pounds sterling in
surance against an election being held
| in 1935.
The transaction was arranged when
the two met at a race track, Sir Al
fred explained.
Following the general election, won
by the national government with
which Thomas was identified, the
Parliament member sent Thomas a
check for £632.9, he testified.
That was after he had deducted
the insurance premium from the
total face value of the policy, Sir
> _i_
(Prior to the 1935 general election,
Thomas was secretary for dominions
: in Prime Minister Baldwin’s national
: government.
(He became secretary for the colo
1 nies after Baldwin’s government had
beaten off spirited labor opposition to
| remain In office.)
Say* Secretary Was Upset.
Sir Alfred told the inquiry, which
is seeking to discover who disclosed
the 1836 budget secrets ahead of time,
that Secretary Thomas was "very up
set” when the name of his son, Leslie
Thomas, was mentioned In connec
tion with the "leak.”
He said the minister exclaimed:
" ’Our Les? What a damned stupid
rumor. He wouldn't do a thing like
that. God, almighty, he wouldn't.
What a damned silly thing.' ”
Sir Alfred flatly denied he knew
anything about the budget "leak.”
Before he testified Bernard Davis, a
stock broker, had testified Sir Alfred
placed “somewhat extensive” selling
orders in several stocks a few hours
before the budget, carrying plans for
higher income and tea taxes, was
read in the House of Commons.
Sir Alfred said he visited Thomas
in the secretary's office on budget
day, but asserted they discussed
merely the prospects of a horse which
had been running at Newmarket.
Secretary Thomas' name has fig
ured in the inquiry. He has denied
he told any budget secrets, however.
Defending Champion Also
Loses in Title Golf
Tournament.
B» iht Associated Press.
SOUTHPORT, England, May 18 —
Wanda Morgan, the defending cham
pion; Mrs. derma Collett Vare, the
American champion, and two other
United States players were elimi
nated in the first round of the British
women's golf championship today.
The second and third rounds will be
played tomorrow.
Mrs. Vare, who was among the
favorites, was defeated by another
American, Charlotte Glutting, South
Orange, N. J., 5 and 3. After being
two down at the turn, Mrs. Vare
blew up on the last nine while Miss
Glutting, drivjng far and well, never
gave her a chance to get even.
The defeat of Miss Morgan was not
so much of an upset. She was beaten
by Bridget Newell, the youthful Eng
lish barrister, who won the medal In
the qualifying round. The score in
this match was 3 and 1, and it was
featured by Miss Morgan's great
comeback on the last nine after be
ing four down at the turn.
Miss Morgan won the twelfth when
Miss Newell three-putted and she
holed a 45-foot putt at the fifteenth
for another win, but Miss Newell
played the sixteenth and seventeenth
in birdies to close the match out.
Other Americans Survive.
The other Americans who survived
were Mrs. Maureen Orcutt Crews,
Coral Gables, Fla., who defeated Mrs.
Grant White. Great Britain, 4 and 3;
rally nrlg. MUlllinpuiu, *nu nwm«.u
Marjorie Barron. Great Britain. 6 and
6: Marion Miley. Lexington. Ky.. who
defeated Doris Park; Great Britain,
4 and 3, and Mrs. Leona Cheney, Las
Angeles, who eliminated Mrs. Helen
Holm, Great Britain, 6 and 5.
In addition to Mrs. Vare, the other
two Americans who were eliminated
were Mrs. Frank Goldthwaite, Fort
Worth, Tex., who was beaten by Mrs.
H. W. Newton. 4 and 2. and Mrs.
O. S. Hill, Kansas City, who lost to
Molly Gourlay, veteran British player,
3 and 2.
This leaves five Americans to play
in the second round tomorrow morn
ing. The third round will be played
tomorrow afternoon. Reducing the
field to eight. Two other rounds will
be played on Wednesday, cutting the
field to the finalists, who meet at 36
holes for the title on Thursday.
Tomorrow's Draw Given.
The draw for tomorrow follows:
Mrs. Crews vs. Nell Forrest, who
beat the Scottish champion, Robertson
Durham, 2 and 1.
Miss Glutting vs. Dorothy Pearson.
Great Britain, who defeated Dons
Ferguson on the twenty-first hole.
Miss Berg vs. Elsie Corlett. runner
up in the English closed champion
ship last year, who defeated Peggy
Lloyd, 4 and 3.
Mrs. Cheney vs. Jean Hamilton,
Great Britain, who beat Miss G.
Craddock-Harpott, 3 and 2.
Miss Miley vs. Stella Franklin.
Great Britain, who defeated Mrs.
Ernest Swinscoe. 6 and 4.
Miss Glutting was 2 up at the turn,
and won the eleventh and twelfth
with pars when Mrs. Vare slipped 1
over on each. The American cham
pion. one of the favorites, went 5
down on the thirteenth, where she
took a 6 to Miss Glutting's par 4,
and though she rallied and won the
next hole with a par. she lost the
match at the short fifteenth by tak
ing a 5.
Twice Reached Finals.
Twice Mrs. Vare had reached the
finals in the British championship,
in 1929 and in 1930. The first time
she was beaten by her old nemesis,
Joyce Wethered. 3 and 1. and the
second time by the fair-haired Diana
Fishwick, 4 and 3. *
Mrs. vare was weu on ner game,
taking 42 strokes to cover the first
nine. Their cards out:
Mrs. Vare. 355 554 555—42
Miss Glutting_. 355 544 545—40
Their cards in:
Miss Glutting_ 544 453 xxx
Mrs. Vare_ 555 645 xxx
(Miss Glutting won, 5 and 3.)
Playing the last four holes of the
first nine in one under par. Patty
Berg. American youngster, was 6 up
on Mrs. Marjorie Barron at the turn.
She was out in 39. to Mrs. Barron's
; 48. Their scores out:
Miss Berg_ 355 553 535—39
Mrs. Barron........ 365 775 636—48
MOVEMENT OF GOLD
TO U. S. RESUMED
$150,000,000 Imported From Mid
April to May 8—Bulk
From France.
By the Associated Pres*.
A resumption of the gold move
ment toward American shores, with
imports from mid-April to May 8 to
taling $150,000,000, was disclosed to
day by the Federal Reserve Board.
Of the total. $125,000,000 came from
France, the board reported, adding
that the trend was the result mainly
of a reduction in the volume of Euro
pean short-term balances held In the
American market.
The National Scene
by Alice roosevelt longworth '
THE vote in favor of the Frazier-Lemke inflation measure by the
entire Republican delegation in the House from Kansas has
raised the Interesting question of where Gov. Landon stands
on tnis vuai matter, me aereat oi tne Din in
Congress by no means purges the country of In
flation sentiment. The success in the Ohio pri
maries of the House candidates indorsed by the
Union for Social Justice showed the power of
Father Coughlin, whose strength is based on
his demand to start the printing presses to
pay the debts,
Mr. Landon's policy of silence, broken only
by an occasional generalization, is beginning to
work against him. There Is already a good
deal of talk of who wants to buy a pig in the
poke. Right now the booms of other candidates
are looking up.
Alie« Lanrwarth. We are going into the home stretch before
the convention. Passing the three-quarter post, Mr. London's
form doesn't look as good as it did at the barrier.
iCopyrisht. 1936)
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Running wild, this auto jumped the curb at Ninty-siith street and West End avenue, in
Ne7a York, and rode down four men before it crashed into a building. One died and three were
seriously hurt. An amateur photographer, Joe Levy, snapped this vivid picture.
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Mrs. Gertrude Phelps looks pathetically at the crumpled
form of her mother, Mrs. Valeria Hering. lying against a tree
on the highway near Hempstead, Long Island, after both were
injured, in crash of their auto and a truck.
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos.
1). $. TOURISTS FLEE
STRIKE III MEXICO
_
Walkout of 48,000 Railroad
Employes Is Planned
Today.
By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. May 18—Hun
dreds of American tourists, fearful
of being stranded, crowded north
bound trains today as 48.000 employes
of the Great Mexican National Rail
ways made ready to strike tonight !
for wage increases.
The general exodus of visitors from ,
the north, making necessary extra j
cars on all outgoing trains, started j
over the week end. despite a general j
belief the projected strike would be
officially adjudged ‘ illegal" and work
ers given 24 hours to return to their
jobs.
This belief was strengthened after
the national revolutionary (govern
ment) party newspaper El Naclonal,
in its leading editorial today, declared
flatly the strike call was "entirely |
illegal." economically unjustified and
an outgrowth of "irresponsible" labor
leadership.
Although no government official
would acknowledge that the editorial
represented the administration’s views
on the strike threat, it was hinted
strongly such was the case.
If the strike, which would tie up
all except emergency traffic over some
9.300 miles of rails out of the capital,
started as scheduled at 6 pm.. Eastern
standard time, one well-informed
source predicted, the Administration
would follow' this procedure:
LATE FILM STAR’S CAR
GIVEN TO CHAUFFEUR
Marlene Dietrich Presents Auto
of Friend to Hia Former
Chauffeur.
By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. May 18 —A small
automobile owned by the late John
Gilbert, screen star, now is the prop
erty of his former chauffeur, A1
Roelof—the gift of Marlene Dietrich,
close friend of the actor.
Miss Dietrich was the highest bidder
when the car was offered for sale,
records in Probate Court disclosed
today. She bid $500 more than the
listed market value.
The chauffeur had expressed a
sentimental attachment to Gilbert's
car.
Before his death Gilbert was a fre
quent escort of the German actress.
Walkout
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66 pages also contains the testimony
of Vernon E. West, acting corporation
counsel and Judge Nathan Cayton:
of Municipal Court, who were called
before Blanton's subcommittee to
discus."! their "outside” employment.
Judge Cayton. the report discloses, was
the only District judge who declined
to answer a questionnaire sent out
by Blanton when he was seeking in
formation as to the law classes which
the judges taught at night.
The testimony of Judge Cayton
showed that he challenged the legality
of action taken by the House Appro
priations Subcommittee to limit the
outside employment at District officials
and employes making $3,400 a year or
more.
“Do you recognise the fact that Con
gress has the inherent right to tell you
that outside of your $8,000 salary ,as
Judge of Municipal Court you shall
not accept outside remunerations?”
Judge Cayton was asked,
"I think there la a serious legal
queatloD on^that,” ha replied.
»
Taxes
(Continued From First Page !_
than the bill which passed the House.
In addition the boost in the individual
income rate was considered sure to
meet fiery opposition in Congress,
where many members are looking
ahead to contests in the coming elec
tions.
Several members of the committee
are looking with increased favor on
an earlier suggestion for a com
promise. Under this program corpor
ations would pay a flat tax of 15 or
16 per cent on income, plus a surtax
ranging up to perhaps 40 per cent on
the percentage withheld from divi
dend distribution. No change would
be made in individual income taxes.
There was no apparent abatement
of the committee's hostility to the
tax bill as It passed the House. This
bill, representing modifications of
President Roosevelt's suggestion for a
graduated levy on undistributed prof
its. would have assessed graduated
rates ranging up to 42'i per cent on
corporation net income, depending
upon how much of the Income was
retained by the concerns.
Among some New Deal officials
there was discussion today of the idea
of giving preferred tax treatment to
such public utility holding companies
as would consent to register with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
The holding company act. which
aims to eliminate "unnecessary'' util
ity holding companies, split up some
others and regulate the concerns,
provides for registration as the first
step in administration of the law.
But few large holding companies have
registered; many of them are fighting
the act on the ground It la uncon
stitutional.
Fire Destroys Farm Homes.
MOSCOW May 18 C4*).—A group
of 116 houses of collective farmers
was destroyed yesterday by a fire
started when a samovar overturned
In the home of an aged farmer In
the Sarayevsky district of Moscow
Province.
The farmer. V. M. KusnetzofT, w'ho
was taking a nap, was burned to
t
Anns
(Continued From First, Page)
Committee that the organization would
not support an attempt to "bring lib
erty to our brothers in Germany and
Italy on the points of our bayonets."
Demands for a general amnesty to
political prisoners convicted of anti
militarist and anti-imperialist propa
ganda were agreed upon by the parlia
mentary section of the Communist
party at a meeting in the Chamber
of Deputies.
BRITISH AND SOVIET CONFER.
Naval Agreement* to Be Discussed in
London Soon,
LONDON. May 18 (AY—Representa
tives of Great Britain and Soviet Rus
sia will confer here this week on a
possible naval agreement.
The conferees for Great Britain will
be representatives of the foreign of
fice and the admiralty. Ambassador
Ivan M. Maisky and his naval attache,
Antipofl-Chikunsky will represent
Russia.
An authoritative source indicated
there were hopes for a special agree
ment limiting size of warships of the
two nations and that if the Anglo
Antipoff-Chikunsky. will represent
similar negotiations would open be
tween Great Britain and Germany.
The aim is eventually to make the
recent London naval treaty between
Britain, the United States and France
applicable to all the chief naval
powers.
The accomplishment of this, how
ever, i* admittedly difficult. Japan
and Italy, which participated in the
London five-power naval talks, did
not accept the treaty. Japan declined
to negotiate and Italy would not ac
cept anything while League of Na
tions' sanctions were Imposed.
Norway Celebrates.
08LOW, Norway, May 18 (A5).—
King Haakon stood on a balcony of
the palace for two hour* yesterday
to review a mammoth procession as
Norway celebrated Independence day
In brilliant Summer weather.
Crown Prince Olaf sent greetings
to all United States citizens of Nor
(ny r origin In a radio broadcast,
"ederal Agents in California
Hold Member of Gang
Which Set Record.
BY BEX COLLIER.
Avery Simons, member of the Bent*.
Doll gang of bank robbers which six
years ago perpetrated the biggest
bank robbery on record at Lincoln,
Nebr., is in custody of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation at Los Ange
les. Calif., it was disclosed today.
Simons was arrested last Thursday
night in a secret raid on an apartment
house in the California city. He was
to be arraigned there today, pending
removal to Vermont for prosecution
on Federal bank robbery charges, ac
cording to J. Edgar Hoover, director
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Bents in Prison Now. --
Eddie Bentz, one of the leader* of •
the gang, was captured recently in
Brooklyn. N. Y„ by Federal agents, who
found him hiding in a dumbwaiter
shaft. He is in Alcatraz Penitentiary.
Edward Doll, another ringleader,
was arrested in Florida more than a
year ago and also Is In the peniten
tiary.
Hoover said Simons has been hiding
part of the time in Bolivia, and that
the bureau's search for him had been
conducted in many parts of the world,
through co-operation of foreign police
agencies.
In the robbery of the Linroln Na
tional Bank on September 17, 1930
the Bentz-Doll gang es<$f£_
more than *1,000,000 in cash
bonds, much of which was recovered.
Hoover said Simons is reported to
have been a participant in this rob
bery. but since the crime occurred
prior to passage of the Federal bank
robbery statute, Simons will be tried
for the robberies in 1934 of the Cale
donia National Bank in Danville. Vt.,
in which more than S18.000 was stolen
and of the First National Bank of
Brandon, Vt., from which $2 400 was
taken.
Mutilated His Fingertips.
Hoover said Simons also has been
identified as one of five men who
committed the *25.000 robbery of the
First National Binlc of Morresville,
N. C., on November 28. 1934.
Simons was arrested by special
agents as he emerged from his apart
ment. He surrendered without re
sistance. It was found he had mu
tilated his fingertips In an effort to
forestall identification, but the prints
were readily identified, regardless.
Simons also had undergone an op
eration for removal of a tattooed cow
girl on his left forearm.
Notices bearing his picture and
fingerprints had been circulated
throughout North America and in 68
foreign countries.
Ickes
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funds with which to carry out some
3.000 approved projects might be
found in this manner.
F.xplains Limit Set.
Havden explained that present
statutes limit the revolving fund to
*250,000 000, with the Reconstruction
Corporation acting as selling agent of
P. W. A. securities.
The Arizonan, who advocated an
amendment to the bill to give Ickes I
*700.000.000. said this revolving fund
Is used for loans. The suggestion be
fore the subcommittee, he said, was
to permit its use for grants as well.
In addition, he said Ickes had about '
*150.000.000 worth of securities which
he is not precluded from giving to the
R. F. C. to sell.
Hayden said the law might be re
laxed to permit this being added to
i the revolving fund. He added that no
: conclusion had been reached as to
how much of the suggested *400.000 -
. 000 fund might be used for grants
! and how much for loans but said the
grant aspect of it would be tanta
mount to an appropriation,
i Ickes was closeted with the com
I mittee for an hour and a half.
Neither he nor committee members
would comment on the ruling of the
District of Columbia Court of Ap
peals.
The $700,000 000 suggestion was puf
forward at a time when it appeared
that Ickes’ P. W A. would get none
of the *1.425.000.000 and was headed
for oblivion next year.
Later, however. President Roosevelt
said P. W. A. and Rexford G. Tuc
w-ell’s Resettlement Administration
would be continued in curtailed form
with funds furnished by Hopkins
This brought the fire of Republicans
on the AnDroDriations Committee.
Steiwer Issues Challenge.
Senator Steiwer of Oregon con
tended the President would have no
authority to make P. w. A. allot
ments from this fund. He said that
if the Chief Executive had that au
thority he might also continue work
on the Passamaquoddy tidal power
project in Maine and the Florida
ship canal.
Steiwer and other Republicans dis
cussed the question of asking Con
troller General McCarl for an inter
pretation of the relief measure as it
passed the House.
A. F. of L. Hits Business.
Another development connected
with the problem of relief was a reit* <
eration from the American Federation
of Labor that re-employment is not
keeping up with recovery and an ex
pression of concern over "the exceed
ingly serious re-employment short
age”
The A. F. of L. said the increases
in the earnings of large corporations
far exceeded the gains in production
In its monthly survey the federation
asked:
"If we cannot count on business,
without control, to put the unem
ployed to work, how then can a placp
be found for them in America's work
shop, where they may produce wealth
and earn the Income necessary for a
j good life?”
"By March. 1936.” the survey said,
"business had traveled 72 per cent of
J the way back to normal, but only 4fi
per cent of the depression unemployed
had gone bark to work.”
Unemployed in March, the aurvey
said, totaled 12,184,000.
Repaid With Interest.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kans. iff).—Six
years ago Ray Seeley lent $2 to a
strange Mexican railway worker, who
6aid he had been robbed. The rail
road's pay day arrived, the Mexicsn
did not show up. Seeley charged it to
| experience.
! Recently a well-dressed Mexicsn
stopped at Seeley's store, peeled
, from a huge roll and would accept
| $o change. ,
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