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FOOD SENT SPAIN
Loyalist Shortage of Meat
and Milk Serious, Says
Dr. Spence.
Special IDispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, April 9 (N.A.N.A.).—
The meat and milk shortage in Loyalist
Spain has become so severe, according
to Rev. Dr. B. H. Spence of the Ca
nadian Committee to aid Spanish De
mocracy, that regular shipments from
here nave been requested to maintain
the health of a corps of 1,500 blood
donors used by Dr. Norman Bethune’s
Canadian transfusion unit.
Dr. Spence, minister in the United
Church in Toronto, arrived here yes
terday for a conference with the North
American Committee to Aid Spanish
Democracy.
The first shipment, valued at $4,000
and consisting of 12,000 gallons of
condensed milk and several thousand
cans of beef, peas and corn, will leave
Monday from St. John’s, New Bruns
wick. said Dr. Spence, bound for
Havre, from where it will be sent over
land to Spain. Similar shipments will
be made from the same port, he said,
“every two or three weeks after that ”
The request for the food supplies
came via urgent cable from Dr. Beth
une, explained Dr. Spence.
Depots In Two Cities.
“Dr. Bethune," he said, "has been in
Spain since last October. With five
other Canadians and 29 Spaniards, he
established a transfusion depot in
Barcelona and another in Madrid and
organized this corps of 1,500 blood
donors. The donors call periodically
at the depots and offer their blood,
w hich is then treated chemically and
kept on ice until needed. There are
13 hospitals at present in Spain with
blood refrigerating facilities and the
Canadian unit also uses six light
trucks, partially refrigerated, to trans
port blood for transfusions on the
battle line.
"Since October, we have been send
ing Dr. Bethune money to buy the
special meat and milk died required by
the blood donors to keep their red
corpuscle content high Now he cables
the money is useless to him, that the
foods simply are not to be got for
money or love in Spain.”
American medical activity in loyalist
Spain is growing slowly and another
unit of 12 doctors, nurses and techni
cians wall leave for the war sector on
the Normandie Wednesday, bringing
the total number engaged there now
to 61. Of these, 15 are doctors, 35
nurses and 11 are classed as “techni
cians"—ambulance drivers, mechanics,
electricians. The unit will be headed
by Dr. A. Ettleson, Chicago brain sur
geon, who is assistant professor of
neurology at the Loyola University
Medical School and is on the staff of \
the Cook County Hospital, Among:
their number will be Leigh White of
St. Louis, author of a book about
Mexico, “Miracles and Maize.” Mr.
White resigned as publicity director of
Doubleday, Doran to drive an ambu
lance for the unit.
American Unit Location.
The American unit is at present in
a hospital near Albacete. a region
which has seen heavy fighting since
the center of activities shifted south
ward from the Guadalajara front,
letter* received this week from nurses
on duty there offered a picture of the
grueling experiences they are under
going.
One, Lini Fuhr, writes: "One morn- i
lng from 4 a.m. till 5 a m. I stood
with a Dutchman while he was going
out He asked me to sing to him and
I did. I had been up at 6 o'clock the
day before. One doctor accused me
of being sentimental, staying with him
instead of sleeping." After describing
the exhausting nature of her tasks, she
adds plaintively: "But darn it, I don’t
pet thinner—a little firmer perhaps—
that's all”
Mildred Racklev reports that, after
an attack, "the doctors and nurses
were working 40 hours without stop
ping, going from one major operation
to the next. One night at 2 o’clock,
in the middle of an operation, the
battery went dead. All of us ran for
our flashlights, and, with the feeble
glimmer of eight flashlights, Dr.
Barsky (Edward Barsky of Beth Israel
Hospital, New York) finished remov
ing a shattered kidney.”
Frederika Martin, the head nurse,
writes: "I had a small fruit cake, and.
one day. we had such a strain and a
patient we all loved died. I made tea
and called them (the other nurses)
Into my room and fed each one a table
spoon of fruit cake. The result was
dynamic. Anne stopped shivering.
Sally's lips got a bit of color in them,
etc.”
Another paragraph of her long let
ter reads: "Anna Taft and Helen
Freeman work in the operating room—
night and day, for there are tremen
dous technical preparations between
periods of continuous operating. Poor
Taft stands for 10 to 12 hours in her
gown and gloves, assisting first one
doctor operating and then another and
Helen runs back and forth. Real per
petual motion at last.”
(Copyright, 1937. by the North Amancau
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Indian Faces Trial.
SPOKANE, Wash., April 9 (JP).—
Against a bizarre background of moc
casined Indians and native tongue
testimony, the Government sought to
convict Baptiste Andrew, 64, today of
flaying the "other man" in a reserva
tion triangle case.
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate:
Routine business.
Judiciary Committee hears oppo
nents of Roosevelt court bill.
Labor Committee studies proposal
to make C. C. C. permanent.
House:
General debate.
Military Committee continues study
of legislation to take profits out of
war.
Rivers and Harbors Committee con
tinues hearings on proposed Florida
ship canal.
Post Office Subcommittee resumes
consideration of airmail legislation.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Is not expected to be in session.
Interstate Commerce Committee,
10:30 a.m., on air transportation bill.
Judiciary Committee, executive, at
10 a.m., to consider nominations.
Commerce Committee, 10:30 a.m.,
hearing on appointments to maritime
Commission.
House:
Will not be in sessioij^
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
FOX AND HOUNDS.
AN ELDERLY woman who
always is appalled by the size
of the Department of Com
merce Building played a game
of fox and hounds with the janitorial
staff over there the other day. The
janitors won.
On previous visits to the building,
the woman discovered it held a jinx
over her. She could get into it but
she never could emerge again without
coming dangerously close to claustro
phobia.
Unable to endure much more of the
same thing, she figured out a system
for frustrating the jinx. On her last
visit, she carried a handful of small
paper chips. As she walked along the
corridor, she dropped them behind her,
marking, she imagined, a perfect trail
over which she might return.
She reckoned without the janitors.
By the time she had completed her
business, they had completed theirs of
sweeping up her scores of little
markers.
She had the same old difficulty,
finally escaping the place at late
twilight.
* * * *
POLITESSE.
During one of the Police De
partment’s recent gambling raids,
a zealous officer chased a fleeing
suspect straight into a women’s
turkish bath and emerged again
with his prisoner in hand. Re
porters, impressed by this bland
performance, crowded around the
cop and asked him, “What did you
do when you had to break into the
steam room?”
“Listen, dopes,” said the sleuth
angrily. “I know how to behave
when there are ladies in the room.
I took off my hat."
* * * *
REGULATIONS.
TP YOU should happen to be at an
Army flying field when planes are
about to take off. don't "imagine the
pilots are practicing up to be stage
villains because they go around hiss
ing between their teeth—or rather
between the places where their teeth
ought to be.
The Army flight surgeons have
issued an order forbidding pilots to
wear their dentures while in flight.
Afraid the boys might get in an ac
cident. swallow the teeth and choke
to death.
It's not such a far-fetched rule,
either. You seldom find a chap who
has been flying for many years with
; out making a rough landing at some
time or another and losing a few
i molars in a collision with the instru
ment boards.
* * * *
LIFT LEFT.
gEING sensitive ourselves, we never
relish embarrassing moment anec
dotes, but it seems there was quite
a worthwhile one over at Emergency
Hospital not so many hours ago.
Two women got on an elevator at
the fifth floor. It was a pretty crowded
elevator, headed downward. After the
operator had tucked them in, so to
speak, he closed the door and turned
on the power. Nothing happened, not
even a clicking noise. Nothing went
on happening for several moments.
Then, to break the impasse, a small
woman offered to get off. She did,
but still the elevator would not budge.
By that time, the other passengers
were looking pretty mean at the two
women who had brought the eleva
tor to such a pass. There was but
one thing to do and they did it.
As soon as they stepped out, the
lift left.
♦ * * *
PRECAUTION.
Our candidate for the title of
"Most Cautious Citizen" of the Dis
trict is the fellow who pays a pre
mium of $62 per annum for the
protection of his property against
damage by earthquake. Must be
from California.
* * * *
TRUISMS.
WE HEAR now of a charwoman in
one of the Government labora
tories who is thoroughly familiar with
that old axiom about valor and dis
cretion. Few nights ago while clean
ing up after a scientist she poured
a flacon of sulphuric acid down a
drain pipe. There was a roar. A
geyser of acid and vapor swirled to
ward the ceiling.
By that time, however, the char
woman was far down the hallway,
leaving a broken glass door behind
her.
Called upon for an official alibi, she
explained, "I wouldn’t mind ’em say
ing ‘There goes Josephine,’ but I just
can’t stand the idea of having 'em
say ‘Don't she look sweet.’ ”
Jr Jr W
DRAMA PATHETIQUE.
'J'HE bedraggled old man was on his
hands and knees over a sidewalk
grating near Fourteenth and E streets.
He peered down between the bars, a
look of purest misery on his face.
Occasionally he made futill gestures
with his hands, as if thwarted in
reaching for something valuable down
below.
Passers-by stopped to inquire.
“I lost my nickle down there. My
last nickle. mister,” he sobbed. "I
was going to buy a cup of coffee.”
The play was good for at least a
dime a head, sometimes a quarter.
One cynic, who had contributed in a
moment of weakness, loitered to see if
he had been taken in.
He had, all right. The act played
to a new audience about every 15 min
utes. It was a hit every time.
Pope to Resume Auto Rides.
VATICAN CITY, April 9 (IP).—Pope
Pius XI announced today his inten
tion of resuming automobile rides in
the Vatican gardens. A special plat
form will be built enabling the pontiff
to walk directly into his'Vutomobilt
r
WILL CONTINUE
France Decides on Cheap
est Currency to Attract
Tourist Trade.
By tb« Associated Press.
PARIS, April 9.—Prance allowed
the Iranc to sag today to attract tour
ists this Summer.
The treasury has decided upon a
cheaper Iranc, financial circles re
ported, with the possibility the rate
may go to the low of 22.96 francs to
the dollar agreed upon in the tri
partite monetary agreement.
The dollar closed officially at 22.40
francs for a net decline of 2.8 per cent
since the drop started yesterday. The
rate was equivalent to 4.464 cents, as
compared to 4.593 yesterday and 4.539
at the market opening today. The
pound sterling closed at 109.90 francs,
against 106.53 yesterday.
Gold Price Change Seen.
The Financial Commission charged
with guarding the franc rate, finan
cial circles reported, allowed the cur
rency to sag to take advantage of a
situation created by reports of a pos
sible change in the United States
gold price.
Tnis group, after a conference with
Finance Minister Vincent Auriol and
Emile Labeyrie, governor of the Bank
of France, issued a statement attrib
uting the franc’s weakness to:
’’Intentions attributed to President
Roosevelt to modify the United States
gold policy by certain revaluation
of the dollar.”
The statement called attention to
the fact these reports had been denied
in Washington.
“There is nothing in the fluctuations
about which to become nervous,” Au
riol said.
(A rate of 22.96 to the United States
dollar is the equivalent of 4.277 cents
to the franc.)
Big Season Expected.
“The biggest tourist season since
the Golden Twenties’ is expected,”
financial sources predicted.
With this expectation, the commis
sion charged with guarding the franc's
rate has decided to offer the cheapest
franc in four years, it was said. This
three-man body, backed by unrestrict
ed authority to regulate the currency
under the new monetary laws, may not
choose to let the franc hit the 4 277
cent low, but experts predicted it
might remain near that figure.
DECLINE HALTED IN NEW YORK.
Assurance Given Gold Price Will Not
x Be Changed.
NEW YORK, April 9 (A3).—Presi
dent Roosevelt's renewed denial today
the Government had any intention to
alter the price of gold halted an
abrupt decline in stocks, commodities
and foreign exchange rates.
Shares which had dropped from $1 j
to $3 early in the session halved or ;
cancelled their losses, and grains at
Chicago moved over to the plus side.
Heavy declines in rubber, copper,
hides and silk futures were largely
erased and cotton futures, which had
been down as much as $2 a bale, re
covered strongly.
Foreign currency values, which had
declined along with the franc in terms
of the dollar, came back to better fig- j
ures and the franc itself improved, j
both in late London trading and at
New York.
In early dealings the French Unit
was lower by nearly .10 of a cent, but
the rally wiped out a portion of the
loss. The break followed a sharp
downward movement in Paris, where
the dollar closed at the equivalent of
4.464 cents to the franc, compared
with 4.593 yesterday.
JOHANNESBURG PANICKY.
Gold Shares Tumble, but Again Re
turn to Normal.
JOHANNESBURG, Union of South
Africa, April 9 (A3).—Panicky crowds
thronged the Johannesburg Stock Ex
change today as gold shares tumbled
in some cases as much as 45 points as
a result of fears the United States
would lower the price of gold.
(A break in the French franc in
Paris was partially attributed to the
same rumors, which have been de
nied.)
The slump in some shares was due
chiefly to an overbought position in
the market which led brokers to sell
out weak clients.
Traders found a reassuring note,
however, in the fact big mining and
financial houses abstained from sell
ing shares. Prices rallied near noon
on support from London.
Among stocks to drop sharply in
the morning were Anglo-American
Mining Corp., which dropped from
yesterday’s 94 shillings to 83; Western
Reefs Exploration Ac Development,
down to 60 shillings from 73; West
rand Investment Trust, at 20 from
28, and West Witwatersrand, 280
from 325.
The panic subsided during the after
noon with shaves rapidly returning
to normal. Many increases were reg
istered as big operators snapped up
"bargains.”
BANDIT BEGINS SERVING
200-YEAR SENTENCE
Br the Associated Press.
DECATUR, HI., April 9.—Elmer Lee
Walling, 32, started serving a 200-year
sentence in the Southern Illinois Peni
tentiary at Menard today for the slay
ing last October 24 of Alva Beall in a
Decatur tavern hold-up.
Walling pleaded guilty to murder
charges yesterday and was sentenced
by Circuit Judge C. Y. Miller.
He was captured in Bowling Green,
Ky„ in January after a gun fight with
police in which his companion in the
hold-up, Lee (Red) Antle of Spring
field, I1L, was slain.
Walling, who denied firing the shot
that killed Beall, was extradited to
Illinois for trial. At the time of his
arraignment he placed the blame on
Antle.
BURNED IN BOAT FIRE
W. y. Barnes Slightly Hurt in
Cabin Cruiser Blaze.
W. P. Barnes, 31, of 25 L street
southwest, was slightly burned yes
terday in a fire that started in some
oily rags on the deck of the cabin
cruiser Martha, in dry dock at Four
tenth and Water streets southwest.
Damage to the boat was estimated at
about $50.
Barnes was cleaning the vessel when
the rags caught fire. He was burned
as he threw them from the deck. Fire
men from No. 13 Engine Company ex
tinguished the blaze. The cruiser is
owned by T. T. Keane of the South
ern Hotel Supply Co. *:
♦
Exterior Completed on Library of Congress Annex
This air view, taken from the Goodyear blimp, shows the
annex to the Library of Congress (lower right), the newest
structure on Capitol Hill. On left is the library; center, the
Supreme Court, and upper, the Senate Office Building. The
annex is to be finished some time next year.
—Star Staff Photo, by F. C. Wilkinson.
A. F. L UNIT USES
METHOD OE RIVAL
Tactics of Lewis’ Group Are
Adopted in Drive to Organ
ize Westinghouse.
B» the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, April 9.—A union
affiliated with the American Federa
tion of Labor adopted the methods
of John L. Lewis' Committee for In
dustrial Organization today in a com
petitive drive to organize the workers
in Westinghouse Electric <fc Manufac
turing Co.
A. R. Johnson of Washington, as
sistant business manager of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, directed the drive in the
Pittsburgh area, one of the largest
electrical centers in the country. Im
mediate objectives, Johnson said, in
' eluded the Allis-Chambers Manufac
turing Co. and Duquesne Light Co.
He explained:
"We aim to organize everybody—
phone operators, truck drivers, every
one in the electrical industry in these
plants. They will all be in the one
union.''
Refusal of the federation to adopt
the industrial union plan of organi
zation led to the break between its
president, William Green, and Lewis,
who formed his independent commit
tee to organize mass industries Into
all-inclusive unions.
The United Electrical and Radio
Workers of America, the Lewis union
in the Industry, recently participated
in collective bargaining negotiations
with Westinghouse officials which re
sulted in a general wage increase.
Johnson asserted 1,600 of the 10,000
workers at the East Pittsburgh district
plants of Westinghouse had applied
for membership in his union and said
10,000 circulars were handed out to
day at the company gates.
The circulars stated, in part:
“Our brotherhood is now putting
on an active campaign for the proper
organization of all employes of the
electrical manufacturing industry into
one organization—no matter what
class of work the employe may be en
gaged in, including clerical workers.
“ * * * Don't be misled by the
preachings of ‘wildcat-fly-by-night’
organizations whose policies and
teachings will eventually end in misery
and destruction for employes and in
dustry alike.’’
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Sit-Down
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to organize machine shop workers at
the soft coal mines.
The federation this week supported
a proposed amendment to the new
Guffey bill that would have con
demned sit-down strikes—the tech
nique employed by Lewis’ United Auto
mobile Workers in both the Chrysler
and General Motors strikes.
The Senate turned down the amend
ment, but a day later adopted the res
olution assailing both sit-down strikes
and unfair labor practices by em
ployers.
House Approval Held Lacking.
Defeat of the Dies resolution for a
sit-down investigation, Majority Lead
er Rayburn said, should not be taken
as meaning the House condoned the
strikes.
The measure called for no immedi
ate action, he pointed out, and the in
quiry might have dragged on for some
time. The defeat surprised House
leaders, who had predicted it would
be adopted.
The conflict between Green and
Lewis intensified today with their
organizers confronting each other in
the oil fields and elsewhere. Green
is president of the A. F. of L., while
Lewis heads the Committee for In
dustrial Organization, whose affiliates
have been suspended from the federa
tion for "insurrection,”
Lewis was expected by associates
soon to start issuing “certificates of
affiliation” to unions associated with
the C. I. O.
Green said he would call a special
meeting of his Executive Council soon
to consider expulsion of the I/Arls
unions from the federation.
John P. Frey, president of the A.
F. of L. metal trades department, said
he personally would start the federa
tion's East Texas organization cam
paign in Houston next Thursday night
despite receipt of a letter threatening
bis life. |
Italy's Bachelors Fear New Tax
In “More Babies" Legislation
Cabinet Meets Tomorrow to Consider
Program to Increase Population
17,000,000 by 1950.
07 the Associated Press.
ROME, April 9—Throughout the
Italian empire today bachelors and
male members of childless marriages
pondered what may be a more
troublesome future unless they help
boost the declining birth rate.
With wonder and anxiety, they
awaited the results of the cabinet
session Premier Mussolini has called
fo’- tomorrow- to consider ways and
means of increasing the present
population of 43.000.000 white Italians
to 60.000,000 in 1950.
The session was ordered by the
Fascist Grand Council March 3. The
Grand Council laid down a seven
point program which, in broad terms,
called for:
Priority in occupation and promo
tion for fathers of big families.
Adjudication of salaries on a fam
ily basis so that preferential salaries
may go to fathers of numerous chll
dren.
Revision of existing measures for the
protection of large families
Institution of loans for matrimony
and dowry insurance for young work
I men;
Establishment of a national big
; families association;
Revision of provincial and municipal
: boundaries on the basis of fecundity
so that unprocreative sectional popu
lations would receive fewer benefits in
the way of public institutions;
Constitution of a central control
agency to stimulate propaganda.
Bachelors already taxed for being
single, and childless husbands feared
the result of tomorrow's deliberation
would be further taxes, fading hope of
job promotion, and a complete dis
appearance of the high pay positions
hitherto available only to unattached
men.
Tradition
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band repeatedly told me that he did
not love me, that he did not want to
live with me. that he wanted me to
leave him and take our child with me
and that he preferred newer to see our
child again rather than to have to live
with me.”
Alimony Is Asked.
She asked alimony and custody of
their 6-year-old son and charged her
husband once refused her money to
buy a postage stamp to write to her
parents.
Boardman explained th# historical
background of the phraseology where
by lawyers cause a plalntifT to speak
of himself as “the plaintiff” instead
of “I.”
“In ancient times in England.” he
said, “when few people knew how to
read or write, litigants appeared in
court personally and orally stated to
the judge what their grievances or de
fenses were. The court clerk, who
knew how to write, listened to what
they said and, as they said it, wrote
it down in a summarized form on a
roll of parchment, which constituted
the record of the case.
“The clerk, as was perfectly natural
and logical, wrote his records in the
third person. While the plaintiff was
talking, he would write: 'The plaintiff
sues the defendant for that the de
fendant hit the plaintiff on the head
with a club.’ When the defendant got
up to tell his side of the story, the
clerk would write: ‘Comes now the de
fendant and says that he did not hit
the plaintiff in the manner and form
alleged.’
Later, Lawyers Wrote It Out.
"At a later date, after lawyers, some
of whom could read and write, had
come into existence, they would write
beforehand what they intended to say,
and after reading it to the judge they
would hand it to the clerk, so he could
copy it on a parchment roll at his
leisure. For this reason they always
wrote it in the third person, just as
the clerk would have done had he
taken it down himself.
"As nearly as can be ascertained, the
time when lawyers stopped reading
their pleadings to the court and
started merely leaving them with the
clerk was during the reign of Ed
ward III, approximately 600 years
ago. But from that day until this
lawyers have clung to writing every
thing in the third person.
“In this day there is no sense
whatsoever in writing pleadings in
this form. It is really amazing how
complicated a very simple statement
can be made by writing it in this old
fashioned way. Lawyers frequently
get the plaintiff and the defendant
tangled up, and even when the law
yer does his best the poor client has to
sign and swear to something which
he probably only half understands.”
Headaches Forecast.
SALT LAKE CITY, April 9 (JP).—
Two million dollars and a headache
was predicted for Utah from tourists
this Summer.
“The $2,000,000 will be spent by the
travelers,” explained W. D. Rishel,
Utah Automobile Association presi
dent.
"The headache will come from try
ing to find rpxn for the trailers.”
Tries New Style
m
JEAN BOARDMAN.
Juliana’s Error
Drives Parisian
Shops Frantic
Starts for Home With
6 Costly Coronation
Model Creations.
Ey the Associated Press.
PARIS. April 8.—Crown Princess
Juliana of the Netherlands drove Paris
dressmakers frantic for a few hours
when she “ran away” with six of their
most exclusive creations for the Brit
ish coronation, it was learned today.
Completely unknown to the princess,
the models were packed into the royal
roadster when she and her husband
Prince Bernhard, left Paris Tuesday
for The Hague at the end of their pro
longed wedding trip.
The designers had sent the models
for the princess’ inspection to the hotel
where the royal couple was staying.
In the mix-up of packing for the hur
ried departure Juliana's maid placed
the coronation gowns with the prin
cess’ other clothes and the bags were
carried out to the car.
When the dressmakers discovered
that the princess—and their models—
were speeding toward the French
frontier, alarms were sent by telephone
to all points along the route to ask
the princess to check over her clothes
and please send back the coronation
gowns.
Finally, Just as she reached the bor
der, the alarm reached Juliana. She
sorted out the creations and started
them back to Paris.
They will be the patterns for scores
of coronation gowns.
Hugh Herbert Tinder Knife.
HOLLYWOOD, April 0 UP).—Hugh
Herbert, film comedian, underwent an
abdominal operation yesterday.
Dr. Stanley Immerman said Herbert
was resting comfortably.
Americans Invited to Dis
cuss Settlement for $84,
000,000 in Default.
Cuban Ambassador Peter Martinez
Fraga today invited "duly accredited"
representatives of American holders
of $34,000,000 of defaulted Machado
administration public works bonds to
meet this month in Havana to discuss
settlement of the debt.
The Ambassador said he had been
instructed by his government to in
vite affected bondholders to send one
authorized representative, each, with
a view to beginning the conference by
April 20. The bonds have been in de
fault since 1933.
Embassy officials described the move
as an ‘‘enormous sacrifice” under
taken with a view to wiping Cuba's
slate clean of debt accusations.
A spokesman said the Cuban gov
ernment wants to “get its house in
order” so that Cuba cannot justly be
charged with failing to pay its debts.
Text of Formal Statement.
A formal statement issued by the
Ambassador last night said:
“The Cuban government recently
appointed a commission to study the
so-called public work's debt.
“The commission is made up of Dr
Manuel Gimenez Lanier, secretary of
the treasury, who heads it: Dr. Juan
J. Remos. secretary of state: Gen
Rafael Montalvo, secretary of defense,
and the former secretaries of the treas
ury, Messers Eduardo I. Montoulieu,
German Wolter del Rio and Col.
Manuel Despaigne,
"The Cuban Embassy at Washington
has received instructions to invite the
various public work's bondholder
grpups to send one representative lor
each group to Havana in order to start
the study of this matter after the
20th of this month.
“According to a statement made by
the Debt Commission on meeting for
the first time it will not accept nor
will the Cuban government accept
other representatives than those duly
accredited by the above mentioned
groups, thus avoiding the undesirable
intervention of private agents or
speculators.”
Used for Expansion Program.
The debt was incurred between 1925
and 1933 by the Machado regime for
construction of a new Cuban capitol,
completion of a central highway, ex
pansion of the national university and
for various schools and hospitals.
The public works bond issues, not
including interest, involved in the
forthcoming discussion were listed un
officially by the embassy as follows:
6,2ri certificates 1928-9 $8B7.00(>
Public Works bonds. 1930-45
<5 40.000.000
Chase National Bank. 1930
_ l5Vi%) 20.000.000
Treasury Issue. 1930 (5l2'7> 20.ooo.ooo
Contractors Cuban Co 1933. 499 507
Warren Brothers Co. 1932 1.096.734
National Canltol and other
works. 1925 1.472.209
Total _S83.935.460
When the Machado government was
overthrown the debts were held by the
new government to have been in
curred illegally. A decision last June
by the Cuban Supreme Court, how
ever, upheld the constitutionality of
the bonds and the right of the bond
holders to collect the debt.
President Frederico Laredo Bru re
cently appointed a Public Works Debt
Commission to study the problem in
an effort to work out a solution.
FLYERS RETURN
21 Kelly Field Students Grounded
by Dust Storm.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 9 <>P).
—Twenty-one students of the pur
suit section at Kelly Field returned
to Army headquarters yesterday after
a hectic battle with a sudden dust
storm that grounded 19 and caused 2
to crash Wednesday night.
Cadet F. J. Back, jr„ 23, Talla
hassee, Fla., suffered a fractured arm
when his plane nosed over in land
ing in a pasture near Caldwell.
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BALL GAME POSTPONED
Due to the weather and the muddy
condition of the Roosevelt High School
diamond, the opening game of the
public high school base ball series,
slated for today between Tech and
Woodrow Wilson, has been postponed
ind^pitely.
House Conferees Approve
Senate Changes to
Measure.
BULLETIN.
The Senate today approved rec
ommendations of a Senate-House
conference on the Guffey-Vinson
coal-control bill. It now goes to
the House for final congressional
action.
tss tne Associated Press.
Legislation to permit price-fixing
in the bituminous coal industry moved
a step nearer the statute books today
after Senate and House conferees ap
proved Senate changes in the Guffey
Vinson coal control bill.
Both Senate and House must ac
cept the conferees’ recommendations,
however, before the measure can go
to the White House.
The bill is a substitute for the origi
nal Guffey coal-control act. which
was invalidated by the Supreme Court.
The principal Senate amendment
to which the House conferees agreed
was the substitution of a tax of I
cent a ton on all bituminous coal to
provide funds for administration of
the law. As passed by the House the
bill would have levied an administra
tive tax of V/* per cent on the sale
price of coal at the mine.
A penalty tax of 19'4 per cent
against producers who violate the law
was not disturbed.
The conferees accepted a Senate
amendment which would exempt coal
purchases of farm co-operatives from
price regulation.
Under provisions of the bill, it would
be illegal to sell coal below the fixed
minimum price except under contracts
in effect January 16, 1933.
CORCORAN EXHIBIT
TO BE OPEN TONIGHT
Special Concession Granted to Per
mit Inspection of Contempo
rary Oil Paintings.
As a special accommodation to Gov
ernment and other employes whose
working hours prevent them from
visiting the show during the day, the
Corcoran Gallery of Art will be' open
tonight from 7.30 to 10 o’clock to
persons wishing to visit the Fifteenth
Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary
American Oil Paintings.
The exhibition was visited by more
than 500 persons last Friday night,
gallery officials said today. No admis
sion fee will be charged tonight or on
succeeding Friday nights.
The exhibition, largest in the his
tory of the Corcoran biennial show .
includes 461 paintings by 405 artist
in 28 States, the District of Columb; ■.
and the Virgin Islands.
It will be open to the public throug •
May 9.
PLANE HITS STORMS
KINGMAN REEF. April 9 UP) r
Pan-American Airways Radioi.—.
American Clipper gently rocked c
the water at Kingman Reef ted
after a 1,546-mile flight from Pag •
Pago. American Samoa, during wh.c
the big Sikorsky flying boat passed
through a snowstorm and thunde; -
storm.
This was the second stage of a
return survey flight from Australasia
! to the United States. Plans call for
1 a dawn take-off for Honolulu.
Bowie Entries
for Tomorrow
FIRST RACE—Purse *] 000: 3-year
olds and up. claiming, 6 furlongs.
Gay Jack (Lindberg* in-,
Monroe <Root< n
xSylvia G <Schm>dl* _ 11.
Advocate Junior (O'Malley) _ n>;
Happy Host * De Camillis* 1* •
xQueen Govans (Le Blanc) _ lc;
xGentleman (Johnson) _ 11 1
Thatch < Richards > _ 11-1
xFair Time (Barba) _ _ 11;,
SECOND RACE—Purse «i 000- claim
ing: ‘J-year-old maidens 4 furlongs.
Schley Nurse 'De Camillis) 105
xMasuta (Le Blanc' _ l*"i
Parlor Trick (Wagner) ins
xHappy Chase 'Barba' . 1(H)
xMiss McKay (Sarno* ____ loo
Legal Dance E Smith) _ 111
xHybrangea (Le Blanc) __ _ 100
THIRD RACE—Purse $1,000; claiming;
3-year-olds and up. 0 furlongs.
xSea Gull (Barba* _ _ 110
xChilly Ebbie 'Eccard) _106
Brief 'De Camillis* _. 104
xEudes (Gordon* _ _ 115
xCredulous (Jaekle* _ 11 :*
xClean Sport >Le Blanc* _ 115
xStipulate (Schmidl* __ 111
xLove Potion 'Sarno* _ _ 95
FOURTH RACE—Purse $1.00* claim
ing 4-year-olds and up 1mi]£&
xReal Jam (Jaekle* . _ 1 r:
Ilchester (Westrope* __ _ 11 ~
Building Trades 'Hanford*_ _1 1 :
Hit and Run 'De Camillis*_ 114
xChurch Call (Shelhamer)_ _ m~
xHeadin Home (Duffy) _106
I -
FIFTH RACE—Southern Maryland Han
dicap purse. $5,000 added. 3-year-olds
and up. 1 >'■ miles.
Weston (Wagner* _ 107
Kenty (Hanford* _ 07
aMucho Gusto (Westrope*_115
Calumet Dick (Richards) _1 •? *
a Jackie D 'Barba* _ 05
aNew Deal 'E Smith)_ 114
Quincy 'Parke* _ _ ps
a—Araho Stable entry.
SIXTH RACE—Purse. *1 000; 5-year
olds and up: claiming: 1miles.
Queen Elizabeth » Fallon *_. 100
xTrapedian (Barba. __ in:*
xSallandry (Jaekle* l<*4
Say Do (Portpr* __ _ IIP
xDian (Eccard)_ jin
Fair Scout (Le Blanc) __ _ 00
xChirf Mourner (Sarno* _ 110
xSwceperman (Le Blanc) _.... 10<»
Canpra (Johnson* _ _ --ill
Relativity (Madeley) 110
SEVENTH RACE—Purse. *1.00**: 3-veur
olds and up: claiming; 1»8 miles.
xDeparted (Duffey* __ 110
Tnfllee (Rosencarten*__ _ _ ill
Happy Flag (O'Malley*_ 111
xMaddening (Barba* __ 100
Naval Cad“t (Parke) _ ... Ill
Dormido <E. Smith* _ 111
3ome Bull (Gilbert) _ __ 110
Scratches for Today—
(Cloudy and muddy.)
First race—Grey Heels.
Second race—Low Cuts, Royal Rhap
sody.
Third race—More Pep, Brief, Zeb
ulo. Bill Bleiweiss, Gentleman, Sea
Gull, Grainger and Eudes.
Bowie Workouts
FRIDAY. APRIL 9.
Cloudy and Sloppy.
THREE-EIGHTHS MILE.
Chilly Ebbie, :37% Low Outs :39%
Instep .... :39 Royal Rhap'y :38%
ONE-HALF MILE
Trak _ :S4 Stage Whisper :53
Tall Oak .53% Happy Flag :534a
Enthusiasm - :52 Eudes :54
Quincy :51% More Pep :54%
Build g Trades :51 Sea Gull .. :54%
Brav'g Danger :51 El Puma _ ;52
Frederick :54 Relativity :54
Last Lay _ :51% Smoke Signal :51%
Spey Crest :51% Abbots Hour :53%
FIVE-EIGHTHS MILE.
Fight Talk 1:04% Chief Mourner 1:23
Chance Kingl:f)o% Weston 1:19%
THREE-FOURTHS MILE.
Gay Dog . 1:22% Taku* . . 1:19%
Gray Heel 1:23
ONE MILE
Cooper Tube. 1:50%
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