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McNary Sees Fight
To Turn Relief
Over to States
Future of W.P.A. Program
Expected to Be Taken Up
Early in Session
By 3. A. O’LEARY.
A fight to turn administration of
relief back to the States was pre
dicted yesterday by Senate Minority
Leader McNary as all signs pointed
to this as one of the first major
battles in the new Congress.
The feature of the W. P. A. pro
gram is almost certain to take the
spotlight on Capitol Hill within a
few' weeks after the session starts,
In view of the fact the Work-Relief
Appropriation Act of last June was
not intended to carry the relief
load beyond February 28.
Senator McNary emphasized that
the change in the basic form of
handling relief, which he expects to
emanate from the Republican side,
would not mean withdrawal of Fed
eral aid to the unemployed, but
merely decentralizing control by
vesting administration of the prob
lem in State agencies.
Plan to Be Studied.
Representative Wood rum, Demo
crat of Virginia, who had charge
of relief appropriations in the House
in the last Congress, was not pre
pared yesterday to comment on the
proposal for State administration
beyond saying "we will go into it
and give it careful scrutiny.”
What plans administration leaders
have for taking up the relief prob
lem and how much money *they will
seek in order to meet W. P. A. rolls
for the last four months of the
current fiscal year are not expected
to be known until Congress con
venes. Representative Woodrum said
that while he has no information
on the subject yet, he was sure the
-question w'ould have to be taken
up early in view of the February
■JP date in the last relief act.
«• Vandenberg Offered Plan.
T Just before the last relief act
•passed in June, Senator Vandenberg,
Republican, of Michigan, offered a
plan to accomplish the change sug
gested yesterday by Senator Mc
i Nary. It was rejected at that time,
%>1 to 21.
*■» A revival of the issue this winter,
However, probably would find the
lines for and against it more tightly
drawn. In the first place, the Re
publicans await the new Congress
with their ranks materially strength
ened by the November elections.
. Secondly, consideration of the next
relief bill is almost certain to be
marked by debate over the charges
"of relief in politics raised in a num
ber of States during the recent cam
paign. and those allegations prob
ably would be Injected into any
discussion of administering relief
. through State agencies.
This was indicated by Senator Mc
Nary yesterday when, in discussing
;decentralization of control, he said
he wanted to "do as much as pos
sible to take it out of politics.”
* Senate Group to Meet.
• The Senate Campaign Expendi
tures Committee investigated the
charges of relief in politics during
the election campaign and will be
gin holding executive sessions about
December 22 to draft its report.
Until the report is ready for the Sen
ate, the committee is giving no in
•J timation of what conclusions it will
^contain either on those complaints
tor on other subjects. The filing of
ithe report may precipitate debate
over relief policies, however, even
before the next relief supply bill is
ready.
Senator Vandenberg's proposal of
last June for State administration
retained a Federal relief board, but
the funds appropriated by Congress
J would have been allotted by this
< board as grants to the State gov
ernments to assist them in meeting
the relief burden. The board would
have been empowered to base its
allocations on a consideration of
^Unemployment, living costs, popula
tion and the financial resources of
•each State.
\ To obtain the Federal allotment
,for his State, the Governor would
.have been required to certify that
-the State was prepared to spend the
equivalent of 25 per cent of the
-Federal grant, and that the State
-had a board of relief trustees, the
^members of which were not all from
-the same political party,
i The Federal board could have pre
jteribed the kind of reports to be
4nade by the State agencies regard
ing the administration of the relief
jfunds. The board also was given
4»wer to make special allocations
to meet extraordinary 'emergencies.
Would Not Have Cut Fund.
. The State control plan of last
session would not have reduced the
.Federal relief fund, but, on the
Contrary, proposed enough for the
entire fiscal year—$2.250.000,000—in
stead of the $1,425,000,000 carried in
the current Appropriation Act for
W. P. A. for the eight months ending
February 28.
The Federal Government started
out In the early days of the unem
ployment emergency advancing funds
to State authorities through the
3t. F. C. in 1932. And when the
Federal Emergency Relief Admin
istration was established in 1933 it
also, for the first six months, allotted
funds to the States in a definite ratio
to the amounts the States had spent
for relief in the preceding quarter of
the year. Later the present system
of direct Federal administration of
work projects was adopted.
One of the first acts of Congress
annually is to pass a deficiency bill
to meet urgent requirements for the
remainder of the current fiscal year.
The relief funds for the immediate
future could be considered either in
that measure or as a separate reso
lution. The problem of providing
for the next fiscal year usually is
taken up near the end of the session.
German Consul Called
Home Unexpectedly
By th« Associated Press,
f SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3 —Baron
manfred von Killinger. German
Consul General here, was en route
to Germany today, having been re
called to his country unexpectedly,
ft The Consul’s wife, who said he
left for New York last night, de
clared he merely had been sum
moned to Germany to “report.” She
said she expected him to return
next month.
" He was expected to report to
Chancellor Adolf Hitler on the mys
terious explosion which damaged
the German steamer Vancouver in
the Oakland Estuary last November
*
Van Killinger boarded the ship
hfter the blast and conducted a
'thorough investigation.
Readers' Guide
and
News Summary
The Sunday Star, Dec.* 4, 193S.
PART ONE.
Main News Section.
Foreign.
Britain backs France against Italy
on Tunisia. Page A-l
French lay up Normandie, fire 3,000
workers. Page A-J.
French tighten hold on Tunisia as
Italy clamors. Page A-4
Germans revive ghetto conditions
for Jews. Page A-4
Japans advance slowed by storms.
guerrillas. * Page A-4
Carol believed turning Rumania to
democracy. Page B-5
Nazi chiefs collect aid funds on
streets. Page B-S
National.
Landon escapes ducking in Nep
tune’s initiation. Page A-l
Ousted chairman says T. V. A. is
"giving power away.” Page A-l
General Motors •‘demands’’ end of
Fisher body strike. Page A-l
Power company in Memphis cuts rate
to meet that of T. V. A. Page A-l
McNary predicts light to turn relief
over to States. Page A-2
Arms outlays held ill-adapted to
pump-priming. Page A-3
Chief Justice Russell of Georgia
Supreme Court dies. Page A-3
Roosevelt to speak in Chapel Hill on
way to Capital. Page A-4
Six radio stations accused of barring
Dies' speech. Page A-5
Sally Clark wed to McLanahan in
| Boston. Page A-7
Washington and Nearby.
Warring jury to seek to break dead
lock today. Page A-2
Chest card stickers add $10,120 to
deficit. Page A-l
Pedestrian control conference plan
ned tomorrow. Page B-l
Development of Anacostia Valley en
tering final stages. Page B-l
Cummings finds Government-bar
chasm closing. Page B-2
Legislator’s widow sues hotel for
$10,000. Page B-2
Nichols says Congress would reject
D. C. income tax. Page B-3
Laboratory here to seek substitute
j for quinine. Page B-3
Miscellany.
Obituary. Page A-16
; Vital statistics. Page A-21
; Educational. Page E-4
Spprts.
So. California ends Notre Dame
streak with 13-0 win. Page B-10
! Redskin-Giant battle for title due
to be aerial duel. Page B-ll
Treasury bowlers flock into Star's
j Yuletide tourney. Page B-12
i Georgetown has five men on all-D. C.
football team. PageB-13
Government golfers will boom Star’s
tourney next spring. Page B-14
Time is seen as only real adversary
to Armstrong in ring. Page B-15
PART TWO.
Editorial.
Editorial articles. Pages C-l-3
Editorials and comment. Page C-2
News features. Pages C-4-5
John Clagett Proctor. Page C-4
Civic news. Page C-6
Military and veterans’
news. Page C-7
Fratamal news. Page C-8
Crow-word puzzle. Page C-8
In bridge circles. Page C-9
Stamps. Page C-9
Automobiles. Page C-9
Dick Mansfield. Page C-9
PART THREE.
: Society.
I Society news. Pages D-l-16
Well-known folk. Page D-2
Debutantes. Page D-6
i Fashion page. Page D-14
i Women’s clubs. Page D-15
Travel and resorts. PageD-17
PART FOUR.
! Financial, Classified.
| Cold spurs D. C. sales. Page E-l
I Retail volume up. Page E-l
I Stocks selling lighter. Page E-l
' Dow-Jones stock averages. Page E-l
| Week’s stock summary. Page E-2
i Lost and Found. Page E-4
Classified advertising. Pages E-4-14
PART FIVE.
Features.
Amusements. Pages F-l-2-3
Radio programs. Page F-3
i Books. Page F-4
| Art notes. Page F-5
j Music. Page F-6
I Children’s page. Page F-7
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Ex-Convict Seized
in Narcotics Raid
Bs the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—An ex
convict, known to police variously as
Moss Liss, Tommy Cooper and “the
Spider King,” was arrested with his
wife today in a raid on an ocean
front Brooklyn apartment, which
yielded a loaded pistol, 50 tubes of
narcotics, six syringe needles and
$850 in cash.
' Lieut. Neil C. Winberry. who led
the raiding party, described the ar
rest of Liss as "important.” and
turned over to Federal officers three
address books found in the apart
ment containing the names of per
sons in the West, Southwest and
Canada..
Lt. Winberry said Liss. when the
officers entered, released two pigeons
from a window.
Liss, 37, was released from Leaven
worth Prison last August after serv
ing a four-year term on a narcotic
charge. His wife, Beatrice, 29,
claimed ownership of the narcotics
and needles when raiding officers
found them under a loose board in
the apartment bedroom.
Police said Liss was a one-time
member of the Waxey Gordon mob
and that he reorganised the mob
after Gordon was sent to prison on
an income tax charge. They said
Liss would be questioned concerning
three unsolved slayings.
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Catholic Sisters College
Tea This Afternoon
This afternoon from 4 to 6 o’clock
the dean, Right Rev. Edward B.
Jordan, and the Sisters of the Cath
olic Sisters College will entertain
at a tea in Brady Hall on the campus
of the college. Among those pres
ent will be Right Rev. Joseph Cor
rigan, rector of the Catholic Uni
versity; the Right Rev. Patrick J.
McCormick, vice rector; the variods
deans and members of the faculty
of both the Catholic University and
the Sisters College.
A
Several Accidents
c .
Are Caused by Rain
And Poor Visibility
Two Carriers for Star
Among Those Hurt in
Traffic Mishaps
\ Rain and poor visibility last night
and late yesterday afternoon was
given as the cause of several acci
dents on Washington streets.
Two carriers for The Star were
injured in traffic accidents early last
night.
Logan Jeffries, 15. 2115 H street
N.W., was struck while pulling his
paper wagon in the 2300 block of
M street N.W. by a machine police
said was driven by James N. Britt,
1222 8 street N.W. The youth was
taken to Casualty Hospital, where he
was admitted with a fractured left
leg. His condition was reported as
not being serious. Britt was arrested
by third precinct police and was
charged with leaving after colliding.
Boy, 13, Knocked Down.
The other Star carrier, LeRoy
Heller, 13, of 5239 Kansas avenue
N.W. was hit and knocked down on
Arkansas avenue between Farragut
street and Georgia avenue by a ma
chine police said was driven by
Henry E. Duer«, 40. of the 600 block
of Ingraham street N.W. Mr. Duerst
took the youth to a private physician,
who treated him for bruises of the
left leg, after which he was taken
home by Mr. Duerst.
Leaving his street car standing
on a westbound track at Fourth
street and Michigan avenue N.E.,
Bond Ellison, 35, 151 Rhode Island
avenue N.E., a motorman for the
Capital Transit Co., was struck last
night by an automobile as he
walked to the curb. He was taken
to Garfield Hospital by Ralph Meu
shaw, 30, 2523 Fourteenth street
N.W.. driver of the car. and treated
for bruises of the left hip and a
i cut on the right thumb. His con
dition was reported as not serious.
The driver was not held.
Suffers Leg Fracture.
Hit by an automobile in front of
! his home. S. T. Matthews, 73, of
310 South Patrick street, Alexan
dria. Va., was treated for compound
; leg fracture and shock at the Alex
| andria Hospital last night,
j The driver of the machine, who
I gave his name as Eugene Shipp, 32,
and his address as on No. 1 High
| way south of Alexandria, told police
j that Mr. Matthews walked from
between two parked cars during the
rain. The driver was not held by
! the police. The victim's condition
i was reported satisfactory.
Fletcher H. Rawls, jr., 17, of Silver
Spring, Md.. was charged with reck
less driving by Twelfth Precinct po
lice, following an accident in which
Julian W. Cooksey, 47, 2214 Chan
ning street N.E., was struck by Rawls’
machine in the 2700 block of Blad
ensburg road. Mr. Cooksey was taken
| to Casualty Hospital, where police
i described him as being "pretty seri
| ously huit.” The hospital reported
' Mr. Cooksey as suffering from head
injuries and also described his con
dition as serious.
Carvallis M. Lipp, 79, of 527 Ran
i dolph street N.W., was taken to Gar
! field Hospital late yesterday suffer
i ing deep lacerations of the left
cheek, shock and a possible frac
ture of the skull, after he was struck
by a taxicab operated by Floyd G.
i Anderson, 31, 4837 Third street N.W.
, Anderson was not held. Mr. Lipp
i was reported In serious condition.
Taken to George Washington Hos
pital last night by the unidentified
driver of the automobile which
struck her, Alice Schaffner, 44, 1332
' I street N.W., was later treated at
the office of a private physician for
possible fracture of the right wrist.
; The shabbily dressed white man
whose old black sedan struck her
as she was crossing the street at
Ninth street and New York ave
nue was not apprehended.
Others suffering injuries in acci
dents last night included Louise
Shanberg, 75, 1125 Spring road N.W.,
who was treated at Garfield Hos
pital for cuts over the left eye, on
j both knees and right ankle: James
Byrd. 23, colored, 123 F street N.W.,
who was treated at Emergency Hos
pital for bruises on the left hip, and
Sophie Harris, 22, 1332 Twenty-first
street N.W., who was also treated
at Emergency Hospital and returned
to her home.
The victim of an accident after
which the driver of a machine bear
ing D. C. tags which hit him failed
to stop, Zebedee Hawkins, 52, col
ored, 2155 H street N.E., was taken
from Twenty-first street and Ban
ning road N. E. to Casualty Hospital
where he was treated for a lacerated
forehead,, cuts on the right arm and
possible fractures of the right ribs.
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Tuberculosis Deaths
Fell to Record Low in 37
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—A record low
in the nation’s annual tuberculosis
death rate - has been indicated for
1937, Dr. Kendall Emerson, manag
ing director of the National Tuber
culosis Association, announced to
day.
Data submitted by State health
departments shdwed 89,151 persons
died from tuberculosis last year, as
compared with 71,239 In 1936, Dr.
Emerson said. Their figures showed
the national death rate per 100,000
population decreased from 55.5 in
1936 to 53.5 in 1937.
The association reported tubercu
losis continued to take its greatest
toll between the ages of 15 and 45
and was the leading cause of death
in that age group.
The death rates per 100.000 popu
lation in the States which show a
decrease Included:
1937 1936
District of Columbia -- 94.9 106.9
Maryland.. 82.4 84.7
Storm Grounds Planes
In San Francisco Area
Bj the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3.—The
Eureka area, with nearly 5 inches
of rain in 72 hours, bore the heaviest
portion of a downpour in the storm
which still was hovering over the
Far West tonight.
Plane schedules northward and
eastward from San Francisco' were
canceled because of storm condi
tions. Snow was general over the
Northern Sierra.
Although gales subsided from the
Washington and Oregon coasts, con
tinued rain and snow was forecast.
The heavy wind brought shipping
nearly to a stop in some coastal
areas.
Threats of floods in tha Eureka
district brought Coast Guardsmen
Into action.
'Kidnaped' Dummy Is Returned
To Its Ventriloquist Owner
Officer C. P. Apfelbeck of the United States Park Police re
stored Winnie May, red-haired ventriloquist’s dummy, to its
master’s voice’s wife, Mrs. Earline King last night after it had
been “kidnaped.” —Star Staff Photo.
Reunion in park police headquar
ters was the drama enacted last
night by Joseph King, commercial
artist by day and ventriloquist by
night, and his red-haired dummy,
Winnie May.
Mr. King, who lives at 707 South
Twenty-second street, Arlington,
Va.. scouted the kidnaping theory
on the ground that when last seen
Winnie May was securely packed in
its trundle bed, namely a black suit
case. which he left in his car parked
at Eighth and H streets N.W. Who
ever pilfered the suitcase could
hardly have known that red-haired
Winnie was inside, he reasoned, be
cause it has a heart of wood and
never cries.
When he returned to his car at
8 p.m., he found the rear window of
his convertible coupe broken and
the suitcase-trundle bed gone. He
notified Metropolitan police, also,
and perhaps as an afterthought, the
newspapers.
"I am afraid whoever stole her
will throw her away, and her new
evening dress will be ruined,” Mr.
King explained. ‘Could you put
in something about not harming
her?”
Nothing could be simpler, he was
advised, and how about a little ad
vice on broadcasting its diet, too?
‘‘Well, that won't be necessary, but
I am worried about that dress. And
the red hair, too. She cost me $60.”
Mr. King concluded his appeal by
mentioning casually that he had
appeared as an entertainer at a
club dinner in the Mayflower Hotel
last week at which Traffic Director
William A. Van Duzer was present.
‘‘I guess I'll call him up and see
II he can help me,” he said.
Officer C. P. Apfelbeck of the
park police found Winnie May in
making his rounds of the Public
Library. After several men, hud
dled in a rear doorway to escape
the rain, had moved on at his ap
proach, he saw it sitting impassively
in a corner and took it to park
police headquarters,. where it was
retrieved by Mr. King and his wife,
Mrs. Earline King.
Woman Held on Charge
Of Housebreaking
Charged with housebreaking,
Mary Ellis. 50. is in custody follow
ing her arrest by Detective Sergt.
Eugene Lambert, who reported find
ing more than $1,000 worth of jew
elry in her handbag, pieces of
which were identified by three
women.
The woman works at the home
of Adolph Kahn. 3143 Ellicott street
N.W. Jewelry and silver valued at
$1,500 have been stolen from more
than a dozen homes in the eighth
precinct.
Part of the jewelry found in her
possession was reported identified
as belonging to Mrs. Annie Lang of
the 2400 block of Eighteenth street
N.W. Others identifying jewelry
were Mrs. Florence Dawson. 3909
Winthrop place N.W.; Alice Rich
ardson, 2852 Connecticut avenue
N.W., and Helen W. Finney, 5406
Thirty-ninth street N.W.
The woman will be placed in a
headquarters line-up this week.
Report on Fugitives
Held Unfounded
By the Aseocitted Press.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 3— B. E.
Sackett, special agent in charge of
the Milwaukee P. B. I. office, said
tonight that reports Benny and
Estelle Dickson, fugitives, had been
seen at Sullivan, Wis., late in the
day were unfounded. He was ad
vising police their highway vigils
could be relaxed.
The people who stopped at Sulli
van for gas, Sackett said, turned
out to be an innocent Illinois trio
in their own coupe, instead of the
fleeing Kansan wanted for a South
Dakota bank robbery, his young
wife and a "slumped Over” man in
the seat.
Dr. Swope Is Named
Health Program Conferee
Appointment of Dr. Chester D.
Swope of Washington as a commit
tee member of the American Osteo
pathic Association to confer with
Government officials on the billion
dollar national health program was
announced today in Chicago.
Dr. Swope, chairman of the Asso
ciation's committee on public rela
tions. and his groyp will meet with
the Government's Technical Com
mittee on Medical Care here Wed
nesday.
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Stone Throwers Break
Windows at 3 Stores
Police early today were on tly;
lookout for persons who threw stones
through the plate glass windows
of three Giant Pood Stores about
midnight, one at Neal street and
Bladensburg road N.E.. another at
3509 Georgia avenue N.W. and a
third at 4555 Wisconsin avenue N.W.
One window was broken at each
store. The chain groceries have
been picketed for some months past
following labor disputes. Police said
they could locate no one who had
seen the acts of vandalism.
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Parked Auto Looted;
$1,485 Haul Made
Theft of jewelry and clothing val
ued at $1,485 from her automobile
parked at Sixteenth and Church
streets N.W. was reported to police
last night by Mrs. Ruth M. Davis,
1585 Connecticut avenue N.W.
Mrs. Davis, preparing for a trip
to New York, had placed suitcases
containing the articles in her car.
She said the thieves had gained
entrance by forcing open a venti
lator window.
Herring to Talk on Forum
Iowa Senator to Discuss Profit-Sharing
Over WMAL Tomorrow
SENATOR HERRING.
Profit-sharing in industry and
business and its possibilities will
be discussed by Senator Clyde L.
Herring of Iowa in the National
Radio Forum tomorrow at 10:30
p.m. The National Radio Forum is
arranged by The Star and broad
cast over a Nation-wide network of
the National Broadcasting Co.
Senator Herring is chairman of a
subcommittee of the Senate Com
mittee on Finance, which is investi
gating profit-sharing systems and
their extent in the United States.
The purpose of the investigation is
twofold—to determine whether such
systems can properly be encouraged
by the Federal Government, perhaps
through compensatory remission of
taxes, and bring together com
plete data on profit-sharing systems
so that employers and labor will be
able to determine the wise course.
Senator Herring is convinced that
general adoption of sound profit
sharing systems would improve
vastly the relations between capital
and labor and that the result would
be a great reduction in the number
of strikes in this country. In addi
tion, he considers that profit-shar
ing systems can do much to in
crease the general purchasing power
of the people and to Increase effi
ciency in industry and business.
M
Warring Tax Jury
To Seek to Break
Deadlock Today
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36-Hour Deliberation
Fails to Result in
Fraud Verdict
By CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Nearly 30 hours of deliberation
failed last night to bring a verdict
in the Warring. Income tax fraud
case, and the 11 men and 1 woman
composing the District Court jury
were sent to a hotel for the second
night since they took the case at
noon Friday.
While the long scrutiny of the
evidence without result indicated a
hopeless deadlock. Justice Bolitna
J. Laws did not question the Jury
yesterday, and it was expected that
he would leave the 12 to weigh their
problem until tomorrow, at least,
before bringing them into court for
a report.
They will be brought back to their
Jury room to spend Sunday wres
tling anew with the conflicts that
evidently have beset them. If a
verdict is reached today, it is ex
pected that Justice Laws will .sum
mon the defendants and attorneys
and receive it. The case was given
to the Jury at 11:58 am. Friday.
Judge at Hogan Dinner.
Justice Laws remained within
telephone call all yesterday, and
last night went to the Mayflower
Hotel to act as toastmaster at the
annual dinner of the District Bar
Association. The dinner was in
honor of Frank J. Hogan, Washing
ton lawyer, whofls the current presi
dent of the American Bar Associa
tion.
■Justice Laws, the most recent ap
pointee to the District Supreme
Court, also was honored with a
testimonial. Those attending the
dinner included United States At
torney David A. Pine, who headed
the prosecution in the Warring
trial, and two of the defense coun
sel, Leo A. Rover, a former United
States attorney, representing Gor
don L. R. Sadur, the Warrings' tax
adviser, and Harry T. Whelan, at
torney for the three Warring
brothers.
The presiding justice had ar
ranged to receive the verdict at
the close of the dinner, in case the
jury agreed, with the attorney ready
i to hurry back to court in their
! evening clothes in case they were
j needed, but no word came from
j the closely guarded jury room back
i to Justice Laws’ temporary court
room on the third floor of the new
Police Court Building. Shortly be
fore 11 o’clock the Jurors were
taken back to their hotel for an
| other night's sleep. There was no
indication of how they stood.
Defendants Return Home.
The defendants, all under bond,
were allowed to return to their
homes during the evening, sub
j ject to telephone call. They and
their attorneys will be within reach
today in case the prolonged de
liberation should bring a verdict.
There was the possibility that a
compromise verdict would end the
13-day trial. Under the court's in
structions. any two of the defend
ants could be convicted of the al
leged conspiracy to defraud the
Government, with the other two
acquitted. Justice Laws pointed out.
however, that it took at least two
persons to plot a conspiracy, and a
single defendant could not be found
guilty.
The Government charged that
Sadur, whom the three brothers re
tained to audit their books and
prepare their tax returns, and Em
mitt Warring, who ran the numbers
| business, conspired to withhold por
I tlons of the income tax. and that
1 Leo and Charles iRags> Warring.
' as equal partners in the concern,
! were implicated in the alleged con
! spiracy.
It was possible, under the court's
charge, for the jury to acquit Sadur
and convict the three brothers, or
convict Sadur and Emmitt and find
his brothers not guilty. These poten
tial split verdicts were, of course,
aside from the Jury's privilege of
! convicting or acquitting all four of
the defendants.
Took in 91,356,000.
S&dur's alleged connection with
the case was wrapped up largely
in the charge that he concealed
913,000 in police protection money
which Emmitt, according to Federal
agents, said he paid in 1935. This
was the year the three brothers re
turned for taxation $1,868.84 apiece
when their books showed they took
in about $1,350,000 from the num
bers business.
Sadur, who testified at length,
contended he wrote "Pro” beside
$13,000 on the tax work sheet he
prepared and directed the attention
of revenue officials to this, claiming
it as a deduction. The Government
said bribe money was not deductible
and that Sadur admitted as much.
The Warrings were charged with
depriving the Government of some
$28,000 in taxes over a period of
three years by concealing their true
income from the numbers business.
The Government, maintaining that
the books which the defense brought
into court did not reflect the income
accurately, set forth expenditures
in excess of reported income as evi
dence of the alleged tax fraud.
The defense contended that Em
mitt borrowed money with which to
start his numbers business and the
expenditures did not prove his in
come. Voluminous exhibits, includ
ing books and records and receipts
of purchases-, were submitted in the
course of the trial.
Church School Head
Asks Small Gifts
I> th* Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 3.—Dr.
T. J. Lance of Young Harris, Ga„
declared today “the day of big gifts
seems to be over” and asked that
Methodists contribute small sums
for the upkeep of the church’s 63
colleges and universities.
Appearing before the college sec
tion of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South Educational Council
the president of Young-Harris Col
’lege said, “We in our college have
never had any big gifts.”
The Educational Council, conven
ing here December 1 to 6, has at
tracted more than 300 church edu
cators In a wide discussion of edu
cational problems.
60 Casualties in Raid
BARCELONA, Dec. 3. (AV-Reports
from Cervera, Important town mld
.way between how and Fraga. said
today M persona had been killed
and wounded In an Insurgent air
raid.
Oyster Law
Violations Laid
To 10 Skippers
By th« Auoclktad Preu.
ANNAPOLIS. Dec. 3.—Arrest of 10
oyster boat captains for dredging
on closed beds was ordered today
by Magistrate Joseph M. Armstrong.
Mr. Armstrong said he issued the
warrants for the bivalve fleet skip
pers at the request of Capt. John
Smith of the Maryland Conserva
tion Department.
The warrants charged repeated
violations of the law forbidding tak
ing oysters in closed areas. Mr.
Armstrong said Capt. Smith report
ed the accused dredgers had been
warned numerous times against the
practice.
The dredgers recently were or
dered to cease taking oysters under
3 inches long after Albert Goodman,
attorney for the Anne Arundel
County Oystermen's Association, ap
peared before the Conservation
Commission. Mr. Goodman said
tongers were observing the size re
strictions but charged dredgers had
depressed the oyster market by sell
ing undersized shellfish.
Mr. Armstrong said the boats of
oystermen convicted of violations
are subject to confiscation.
——-9 ....
Murphy Is Favored
By Many to Take
Cummings' Post
Senators Express View
He Might Suit Better
There Than on Bench
By the Associated Press.
Some Senators, discussing the po
litical future of Gov. Prank Murphy
of Michigan, indicated yesterday
they would rather see him nomi
nated for Attorney General than to
the Supreme Court, if either nomi
nation is to be made.
Nearly all of those interviewed
/said they had heard discussion of
the possibility that Gov. Murphy,
recently defeated for re-election,
might be offered one of the posts.
Senator Logan. Democrat, of Ken
tucky. a member of the Judiciary
Committee, said he had heard some
Senators say they “wouldn’t vote
for Murphy for any job.” He himself
had made no decision, the Kentuck
ian said.
Senator Norris, independent, of
Nebraska, proved a Murphy sup
porter.
“I would be glad to vote for his
confirmation to any job,” Senator'
Norris said. “He's a good man and
a liberal. I d be glad to see him on
the Supreme bench or as Attorney
General.”
Burke for Consideration.
Senator Burke, Democrat, of Ne
braska, who fought the President's
court reorganization bill, said nom
ination of Gov. Murphy to the
| bench would "merit most careful
consideration by the Senate.” He
added he had a high regard for Mr.
Murphy's executive abilities and
added he would like to see him in
; “a high executive post.”
Senator O’Mahony, Democrat, of I
Wyoming, another opponent of the 1
court bill, said he considered Gov. i
Murphy “very competent, a man of
broad sympathies.”
Senator King. Democrat, of Utah,
commented: “I would regret to see
Gov. Murphy nominated for a seat
on the supreme bench.”
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
of Michigan, said he considered Gov.
Murphy “had demonstrated his abil
ity for certain positions.
“If he were to return as high
commissioner to the Philippines. I
would heartily approve.” he added.
“I have a high personal regard for
him.
“But for the highest position of
I judicial service in the land or the
| highest legal administrative posi
i tion—I do not care to discuss that
! now.”
Cummings to Go in January.
The Supreme Court vacancy was
created by the death of Associate
Justice Cardozo. Attorney General
Cummings' resignation is to become
effective in January, Mr. Murphy’s
Job as Michigan's Governor expires
January 1.
In speculation concerning the pos
sible appointment, political students
recalled that when there was a
vacancy on the court in 1937, Gov.
Murphy, a close personal friend of
President Roosevelt, was warmly
supported by the Michigan delega
tion in Congress for the seat. He
declined to be a candidate, however,
and instead recommended appoint
ment of the late Senator Robinson
of Arkansas.
Industrial Leaders
Favor Co-operation
And Labor Peace
Canvass Taken to Sound
Out Sentiment for
N. A. M. Platform
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3—A poll of
American' industrial leaders shows
that an overwhelming majority
wishes to adopt a program of peace
with Government and labor to end
unemployment and bring back pros
perity, several prominently connect
ed with the National Association of
Manufacturers said today.
The association, biggest organiza
tion representing American indus
try, has its annual convention here
next week and the canvass was
taken to sound out sentiment for
its annual platform.
They said there is no evidence of
any widespread desire to take ad
vantage of the recent election re
sults—which industry generally in
terprets as favorable—in a political
campaign against Government or
labor.
The keynote of the convention,
they said, will be "co-operation—to
make America click."
No Tory Disposition.
While the convention will prob
ably ask some modifications of
Government policy, they declared
there has been no disposition "to
go backward” from the "liberal so
cial gains” of the New Deal.
Leading speeches and officially
indorsed resolutions will probably,
they explained, urge co-operation as
the keynote of American business
for the coming year.
National progress demands, they
said, co-operation of Government,
industry, commerce, labor and agri
culture.
While none would predict the ex
act form of resolutions, it was fore- *
cast that industry, as a group, would
confess its past "mistakes” and
would urge that other groups do
likewise as a start toward better
living conditions for all in the United
States.
Probable Platform.
Industry as a group, they said,
will probably express its desire in
formal terms to: N
1. Reach amicable industry-wide
relations with labor achieved through
collective bargaining.
2. Accept social responsibilities.
3. Approve the general theory of
regulation for mutual good. i
4. Achieve better living conditions *
for all workers.
5. End unemployment.
6. Aim to be a “good citizen” of
the community at large.
7. Please the consumer by raising
quality and lowering costa as pos
sible.
8. Inaugurate a general policy of
"taking the public into industry s
confidence.”
“Platform” for Government
On the other hand, they said, in
dustry will urge the Government
and the public to:
1. Recognise the profit Incentive
as an underlying basis of American
economy.
2. Limit Government competition
with private business.
3. Practice economy in Govern
ment without abandoning or cur
tailing vital services.
Policy Changes bought
The convention will also probablv
recommend several broader changes
of national policy, they declared.
Among leading ones:
1. Modification of the Wagner Act
to "remove present causes for in
dustrial strife” without sacrificing
its major intent to encourage collec
tive bargaining.
2. Better standards of living bv
increasing production and means of
distribution, instead of by a "policy
of scarcity.”
3. Encouragement of industry and
investment to plan ahead to make »
all the jobs needed to end unemploy
ment by building new tools, new
factories.
4. Maintaining peace through ade
quate national defense without un
necessary diversion of funds from
productive to destructive machine
construction.
5. No encouragement of foreign
trade at the cost of domestic
industry.
Borah Sees Moore
Senator Borah of Idaho, ranking
Republican member of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, talked
yesterday with R. Walton Moore,
counselor of the State Department
but declined afterward to disclose
the nature of their conversation.
Weather Report
District of Columbia—Pair, with moderate temperature today; tomor
row increasing cloudiness, probably followed by rain, colder at night
moderate winds, mostly southwest. 8 ’
Maryland and Virginia—Generally fair, with moderate temperature
today; tomorrow cloudy, probably followed by rain.
West Virginia—Pair, with moderate temperature today; tomorrow
probably rain, followed by colder.
Weather Cenditlens Last 24 Haura.
A disturbance Is moving rapidly north
eastward over the northern portion of the
Lake region. Alpena. Mich.. 29.48 Inches,
while another disturbance is moving
southeastward over the Plains States.
Sioux Falls. 8. Dak.. 29.54 inches. Pressure
is low southeast of Greenland. Jullane
haab. 28.80 Inches. Pressure Is high be
tween Bermuda and Newfoundland. Hali
fax. Nova Scotia. 30.52 inches, and over
the Pacific States. Redding. Calif.. 30.36
Inches. Pressure is falling over South
western Alaska. Dutch Harbor. 28 80
Inches During th« last 24 hours there
have been rather general rains In the Cen
tral valleys the Lake region, the Middle
Atlantic States an«T portions of the South
ern Ststes. Precipitation occurred also
over the North Pacific States and the
Northern Plateau and Northern Rocky
Mountain regions. Temperatures have
risen considerably In the Middle and North
Atlantic States.
Elver Bepert.
Potomac and Shenandoah dear at Har
pers Ferry lste yesterday.
Report VatU 16 P.M. Satarday.
Midnight _32 12 noon_ 46
2 a.m. _ 32 2 o.m. _ 49
4 a.m. _ 32 4 p.m. _46
6 a.m. ___ 33 6 d m. __ 46
8 a.m. _ 35 8 p.m. _ 61
10 p.m. _38 10 p.m. _43
Record Temperatares This Tear.
Highest. 96. on August 15.
Lowest. 18. on January 28.
Tide Table.
Oeodetic Survey.)
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Today Tomorrow.
High __.. 5:02 a.m. 6:56 a.m.
U*w -11:41 a.m. 12:31am.
High - 6:36 P.m. 6:23 p.m.
Low--- -12:31 pjn.
The Baa and Mean.
, „ . „*!*•*• Sets.
Sun. today _7:10 4:46
3un. tomorrow_7:11 4:46
Moon, today _ 2:46p.m. 3:64 a.m.
Automobile lights must bo turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Free Iplta Man.
Monthly precipitstion in Inches In the
Capital icurrent month to date.)
Month. 1838 Art. Record
January _ 2.64 3.65 7.83 '37
February _ 2.37 3.27 6.84 ’84
March_ 2.23 3.76 8.84 '91
April _ 1.67 3.27 9.13 ’88
May _ 3.51 3.70 10 68 ’88
June _ 2.26 4.13 10.94 ’00
July __ 8.06 4.71 10.63 ’86
tffibtr-1# 181 J«i '.if
SSSSS! i ll ?:St $!
r —-—
Record Cntll 10 P.M. Saturday.
Highest. 40. 3 o.m. yesterday. Yesi
ago, 47. ,
Lowest. 32. 5 am. yesterday. Yeai
I tfO< 25.
Weather In Variotu Citiee.
^-Tempera tura-> W
Max. Min. Sat. p.m.te
Sat- FM. 7:80 7:30
urday.nlxht. p.m. p.m.
Asheville. N. C._ 4* 34 40
Atlanta. Oa. 58 40 62 O.li
Atlantic City. N. J.. 52 28 62
Baltimore. Md. __ 48 30 48 0.2) •
Birmingham. Ala. . 68 48 64 O.nJ
Bismarck. N Dak. 40 24 38 _
Boston. Mast_38 18 38
Buffalo N. Y_ 44 32 44 O.li
Cheyenne. Wyo._ 44 30 22 0.01
Chicago. 111. 48 48 38 ' 0.71
Cincinnati Ohio_ 50 48 60 0.21
Cleveland. Ohio_ 50 32 60 0.21
Dallas. Tex. _ 70 48 84
Davennort Iowa_ 38 38 38 0.21
Denver. Colo. ._ 52 30 SO _
,Des Moines. Iowa.. H t 31 46
Detroit. Mich_ 48 36 46 0 M
Duluth Minn_ 34 30 SO
R1 Paso. Tex.- 62 30 86
Galveston. Tax- 70 66 80 a 0.8|
Helena. Mont. 34 32 34 f O.Oi
Huron. 8. Dak. ... 50 20 42
Indianapolis. Ind... 48 48 44 0.5)
Jacksonville. Fla... 72 56 64
i Kansas City, Mo. - 82 36 58
Uttle P.ock Ark. _ 88 54 80 1.14
Los Angeles. Calif.. <2 64 68
Louisville. Kv. ... 52 48 80 O.li
Marapette. Mich... 36 .32 34 0.31
Memphis Tenn- 84 50 80 0.3l
Miami. Fla.. 78 <2 74
Mpls.-8t P.. Minn.. 44 32 .38
Mobile. Ala. - -- 70 $0 60 0 4
New Orleans. La... 68 56 64 0.0)
New York. N. Y. .. 48 26 48
North Platte Nebr.. 56 22 50
Omaha. Nabr. ... 66 10 50
Philadelphia. Pa... 48 26 46 0.01
Phoenix. Aril_ 70 40 62
PltUburgh Ps- 46 34 44 0.2!
Port and. Me. .-- 36 10 32
Oreg . 46 46 44 0.11
RgPld City S. Dak. 48 -6 36
*»•. IfUls Mo. 54 48 52 0.8!
8alt Lake City. Utah 40 26 38 0.61
8gn Antonio. Tex. 74 56 68
fan Diego Calif. 68 48 60
fan Francisco Calif. 58 64 58 0.71
fanta Fe. N. Mex. 46 24 40
Savannah. Oa. 72 48 So
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