VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 111.
PRICE TEN CENTS
KWSSUflVHRY
WILL BE ABLE TO PAY
Tea, coffee and other commodit
ies will advance, but more citizens
will be able to pay for them if an
omnibus bill for industrial plan
ning, shorter work week and a
three billion dollar public works
program, approved yesterday by
the President is passed.
REVIEWS REDUCTIONS
President Roosevelt also was re
viewing reductions in compensa
tion of World War veterans in the
belief that the cuts were deeper
than was ordinarily intended. He
held up closing of regional offices
and hospitals of the Veterans
bureau pending final decision.
BONUS ENCAMPMENT
Bonus marchers, encamped near
the Capitol, voluntarily moved to
another site when threatened by
a police roundup.
THOUSANDS TO WORK
Federal reports recorded gains
in trade and manufacturing and
told of thousands of men being
put to work.
SAYS HE KNEW THEM
Gaston Means told a packed
courtroom that he knows the kid
nappers of the Lindbergh baby
and wrho got the $50,000 ransom
money.
SACRAMENTO HIGHLIGHTS
The fight over the State budget
ended when Governor Rolph sign
ed the $247,000,000 measure.
“YELLOW DOG”
Labor won a struggle of 20 years
when the Senate passed a bill
prohibiting “yellow dog” contracts.
UP TO THE PEOPLE
A proposal to let the people
vote on pari mutual betting legal
ization was approved by the Sen
ate committee.
GOVERNOR REPLIES
The harrassed Governor was
ready with a 10,000 word reply to
the Senatorial investigating com
mittee charges of incompetency
and hints of graft.
MITCHEL ON TRIAL
Charles E. Mitchell, formerly a
world figure in finance, went on
trial in New York on charges of
dodging payment of taxes on $3,
500,000 income for 1929 and 1930.
ACTRESS DIVORCED
Jeanne Aubert, the actress, was
divorced in Versailles, France, by
Packer Nelson Morris of Chicago
because she “wouldn’t mind him”.
RAINED BULLETS
A Japanese plane rained ma
chine gun bullets on Peiping a
forerunner of the heralded Nip- j
ponese attack on the Chinese city.;
SAN FRANCISCO, May 11,—Con
struction of the San Francisco
Oakland Bay bridge will start on
Jone 15. That was the prediction
of C. H. Purcell, chief engineer
upon his return from Washington.
Purcell, who has been negotiat
ing with the Reconstruction Corp.,
in connection with the $62,500,000
bridge loan, declared that all ne
gotiations were satisfactorily con
cluded.
REFUSE TO CONCEDE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.—
Congressional leaders refused to
concede that foreign nations will
default their war debt payments
due the United States on June 15.
Senator Pittman, Democrat of Ne
vada, chairman ofthe Senate For
eign Relations committee, and a.
close adviser to President Roose
velt, recalled that prior to last De
cember payments there were many
reports that debtor nations would
not pay.
VIRTUAL CERTALNTY
LONDON, May 12.—Acceotance
of the American tariff truce pro
posal, as modified by Great Bri
tain, by all nations attending 4he
world economic conference became
a virtual certainty as formal ap
provals of the project were ex
changed here by the leading na
tions of the conference.
“JUST A FLEA”
LONDON, May 12.—Being termed
“a flea on the back of civiliaztion”
Is just a little too much form Geo.
Bernard Shaw to swallow. The
Irish playwright made this clear
today, when he hit back at his
critics.
jusTicnEfmiT
BITE CHS
AGAINST A. MELLON
WASHINGTON. D. C„ May 12,—
The Department of Justice Ls in
vestigating various charges of in
{ come tax evasion against former
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew
W. Mellon, in line with its general
study of such accusations, Attor
ney General Cummings said.
In answer to inquiries regarding
accusations made recently by Rep
resentative McFadden, Republican
of Pennsylvania, the Attorney
General said the Department was
investigating not only those accu
[ sations but quite a number of sug
i gestions from various sources, most
of them voluntary, expressing the
view that the Department might
look into the matter.
GOES TO COAST AFTER
FOUR TEST FLIGHTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12,—
The dirigible Macon “undoubtedly
will go to the west coast” shortly
after she has been accepted by the
Navy, officials said.
They explained however, that
weather conditions might cause
some delay in her schedule flight
to the Sunnyvale, Calif., Naval
air base. In this connection it is
said the fact that the Macon has
completed only two of the required
six test flights due to recent poor
flight conditions.
The airship is scheduled to be
assigned to Sunnyvale June 1. Re
ports that the dirigible might re
main on the Atlantic coast were
discouraged by instructions issued
by Secretary of the Navy Swan
son.
These directed that activities of
the Lakehurst, N. J., Naval air sta
tion be reduced to “bare mainten
ance status” after transfer of the
Macon to the West coast.
SELECTS ATTACHE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12,—
President Roosevelt, it was learm
ed has selected Warren Delano
Robbins, his first cousin and U. S.
Minister designate to Canada, to
attend the World Economic confer
ence either as a member or at
tache of the American delegation. *
GOVERNOR CANDIDATE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 12,—1
Sources close to the White House |
indicated that John H. Wilson,
Democratic National Committee
man from Hawaii, was being con
sidered the strongest candidate for
Governorship of Hawaii.
FRIENDLY VIST
SAN FRANCISCO, May 12,— j
Bringing 700 officers, cadets and
seamen, the French training cruis
er Jeanne d’Arc steamed thru the
Golden Gate for a one-week stay.
Mayor Rossi and French Consul
General de Bellefente assembled
with leaders of the French colony,
in expressing the city’s best
wishes. I
“FER GOODNESS SAKE!”
POMEROY, Ohio, May 12.—Mrs.
Violet Turner was ordered to turn
over to her husband, Thomas, a
150-acre farm as alimony payment.
PRACTICAL SCIENTIST
GERBER, Calif., May 12—W. W.
Ackerman will have apples for ev
ery table requirement. He has suc
cessfully grafted six varieties of
apples on one tree. Each variety
blooms at a different time.
PBBET SOU Nffl
to be imn
| SAN FRANCISCO. May 12.—De
1 spite the economy program inau
i gurated by the Navy Department,
; the Mare Island Navy Yard will be
j maintained for service to the fleet.
! Secretary Swanson also announc
I ed in Washington that the navy
I yards at New York, Norfolk, Puget
j Sound and Cavite, P. I„ would be
l continued in operation. .
i Activities of the Naval Air sta
| tion at Lakehurst, N. J., will be
| reduced to the minimum for the
. airship Macon until her transfer to
| the Sunnyside air base. The Lake
i hurst air station then will be re
j duced to a bare maintenance stat
us.
MUST PAY FIRST
j EL PASO, Texas, May 12 —Jua
rez customs officials refused to al
low’ American race horses to cross
to El Paso until owmers pay their
feed bills.
ROLLS UP SLEEVES
LOS ANGELES May 12.—An
other Roosevelt rolled up his
sleeves and went to work today.
Tackling the task of earning a
■ living, Elliott Roosevelt, 22, son of
I the President, assumed his duties
! as general manager of the Gilpin
I Airlines. Earlier in the day, his
appointment to the post had been
announced by H. C, Caffery, sec
retary-treasurer.
Flashing the famous Roosevelt
smile, the husky youth outlined
his plans for a career as an avia
tion executive.
NOTED ARTIST, ERNEST
NEW YORK, May 12.—Ernest
Torrence last night appeared to
be nearing the end of a career
which won him acclaim as a con
cert pianist, operatic baritone,
character actor on the stage and
villain on the screen.
His son, Ernest Torrence, Jr.,
disclosed the Scotch actor had
failed to respond to treatment fol
lowing an operation for gall stones
pril 25, and that physicians gave
him only a few days to live.
MILLS PURCHASE
SHORT-LINE ROAD
RENO, Nev., May 11,—Ogden
Mills, former secretary of the
Treasury, has purchased controll
ing interest in the Virginia &
Truckee Railroad, in anticipation
of a Nevada mining boom, it was
reported here.
The historic short line brought
millions in gold and silver to Reno
from Virginia City in the Com
stock Lode bonanza days- Mills and
former President Herbert Hoover
recently inspected the road.
BOTH CLAIM VICTORY
BUENOS AIRES, May 12,—Both
Paraguay and Bolivia claimed vic
tory in an engagement of infantry
and an artillery duel in Gopdra
sector of the Gran Chaco yester
day. The Argentine government
announced it would maintain neu
trality and it is believed Brazil
and Chile also will remain aloof.
CAT COMMUNISM
LOS ANGELES, May 12, —Three
cats belonging to Mrs. Bill Moon,
gave birth to kittens about the
same time. Mrs. Moon kept two of
the kittens and disposed of the
others. Now the two kittens have
three mothers, and communism
has proved its worth.
The stock and commodity mar
kets of the Nation continued up
ward into new high ground for the
year as more optimistic news was
released from the business world.
Gains in leading issues ranged
to more than five points. Trading
was the heaviest so far this week
with a 6,000,000 share day indicat
ed. The business world throughout
the Nation reported a general up
trend in orders.
Announcements of salary and
wage increases gave hope to a
speedy revival of purchasing pow
er. Reports of pay boosts came
from all sections of the country.
Hundreds of individual companies
! reported signs of a definite im
provement in business. The Ply
mouth Motor Car Co., said its
unfilled orders totaled $10,000,000.
Russia concentrTtes
TROOPS ON BORDER
HARBIN, Manchuria, May 12,—
Soviet Russia is concentrating
troops on the frontier of Maritime
Province, Siberia, which borders
Manchuria on the east, an official
Manchukuo statement declared.
Five thousand Soviet reinforce
ments have been sent to a village
near Toorayrog for the announced
purpose of. dispersing white guards,
anti-Communist Russian forces,
mobilized in that area, the state
ment adds.
STEAM SCHOONER
PORTLAND, Ore., May 12,—The
steam schooner Eureka, operating
between Portland, San Francisco
and Los Angeles, struck the Bum
side bridge here breaking off the
main aftermast.
When the bridge opened to al
low the lumber ship to pass thru,
one leaf failed to raise. The ship
crashed as it attempted to shear
in the opened side of the bridge.
No one was hurt in the accident,
according to reports.
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ASKED TO MAKE IT A NICE WAR
GENEVA, May 12.—The League
of Nations convoked a special ses
sion of the Council to consider
Paraguay’s declaration of war
against Bolivia, the first formal
declare tion of war since the birth
of the League. The action was
taken when Bolivia informed the
League and asked action. Pending
action the League is addressing
appeals to both countries to exer
cise moderation and refrain from
war acts.
BILLIONS OF BUYING
SURGE OVER MARKET
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NEW YGRK, May 12—Bullows of
buying surged over the financial
marked With several commodi
ties, including cotton and wheat,
making new high prices, stocks
swept up $1.00 to more than $6.00
a share in a tumultous market
that easily absorbed occasional
waves of profit-taking.
Sales approximated 6,000,000.
one of the larges tturnovers of the
las tthree years.
MRS. OWEN SAILED
NEW YORK, May 12,—The first
woman envoy ever to represent the
United States, Mrs. Ruth Bryan
Owen, sailed for Denmark.
RED TAPE ON MEDICINE
BUDAPEST, May 12,- Wishing to
import a medical preparation, a
local woman found that to over
come Hungarian trade restriction
she would have to produce a doc
tor’s certificate, one from a lord
mayor, her birth certificate and a
bill for the remedy itself.
THE FIFTH DAY
I
j POONA, India, May 12,—Gandhi
I began his fifth day of fast and is
j too weak to move without being
carried; he is too weak even to
raise his arms to operate his spin
' ning wheel.
ASSERTED GASTON
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12,—
That kidnappers of the first Lind
! bergh child attempted twice to re
: turn the baby alive to its parents,
was startling testimony yesterday
1 afternoon of Gaston B. Means.
The former Department of Jus
' tice investigator and ex-convict,
I who now is under a 15-year sen
tence for defrauding Mrs. Evelyn
Walsh McLean, Washington socie
| ty leader, of $100,000 “ransom
j money” for the return of the Lind
: bergh infant, made this statement
from the witness stand in District
of Columbia Supreme Court.
It was part of his defense to
the charge of conspiracy to de
fraud Mrs. McLean of an addition
' al $35,000 for which he is on trial
with Norman T. Whitaker, disbar
red Washington attorney.
New sensations are promised as
Gaston Means prepared to contin
us his story in court, how he saw
the baby, or represented as such,
alive, three weeks after the child
was kidnapped.
He said he was shown the baby
by one of the kidnappers at Aiken,
South Carolina on March 22, 1932,
being taken there for delivery to
Mrs. McLean upon payment of a
$100,000 ransom.
- CHICAGO PAY SOFF >
...CHICAGO, May 12.—Chicago
paid its employees $1,900,000 in
salaries for the last two weeks on
January. It is expected there will
be another payday shortly for the
first two weeks in February.
CAR MINGS IN THE
EAST, HHEES, INCREASE
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NEW YORK, May 12.—The New
York Central, Missouri Pacific,
Great Northern, Gulf Coast lines,
Missouri, Kansas & Texas, and the
St. Louis & San Francisco reported i
carloadings on the rise.
Concerns in Cleveland, Akron,:
Lima, Ohio, Los Angeles, Lebanon,
Pa., and Martinsville, Va., are;
among those added to a growing!
list which granted wage increases.
The raises were mostly 5 or 10 per
cent.
GUNS BLAZED
PEIPING, May 12,—Chinese guns
on Peiping’s walls fired on a Jap
anese airplane that dipped over
the city at 6 a. m. It was the sec
ond Japanese craft to appear over
the city in two days.
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NOT IN THE MONEY
STANFORD RACE TRACK, Calif.,
May 12.—A small crowd saw the
favorites in three out of four races j
run out of the money here yester- j
day afternoon. . |
INCOMING PASSENGERS
THE STEAMER ALEUTIAN
FROM ALASKAN PORTS
Incoming arrivals on the SS
Aleutian, other than the list of
Seattle reservations previously
published, included J. S. Hofman,
Luther Hess, Mrs. L. Hess, H. H.
McCutcheon, Steve McCutcheon,
A. E. Karnes, Andrew Nerland, R. j
S. Bragaw, Mrs. R. S. Bragaw, T.
A McCloud, J. R. Campbell, G. A.
Lingo, C. E. Bunnell, T. J. Devane,
Mrs. T. J. Devane, T. W. Sprake,
Tom Hall, Lyman S. Brewster,
Mrs. L. S. Brewster, M. W. Jones,
Mrs. M. W. Jones, George Powell,
M. W. Helge, Mrs. M. W. Helge, W.
E. Ludy, Sadie Putman, J. W[.
Gucker, Mrs. Roy Dohs, Charine
Dohs, A. G. Stowe, R. J. McMath,
F. C. Congdon.
AE-EMPWEIU BIEL
MllilOlfS IWTIOITS IDLE,
REDDY NEXT WEEK
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 13, —
In Washington re-employment of
, millions of men now jobless is en
visioned. by the administration as
it pushed ahead in drafting the
encompassing bill for tying indus
try and government together since
the beginning of the national leg
islation which President Roosevelt
is now directing and which he
hopes to send to Congress early
next week at the latest. It con
tains two major points, one for
industry and one for government.
But each is is aimed directly at
unemployment. They are the pub
lic works program undertaken by
the government, fixed tentatively
at more than $3,000,000,000, part
of which will be expended thru
loans from the R. F. C., and relax
ation of the anti-trust laws to per
mit of voluntary working agree
ments by various industries to im
prove the price levels, adjust work
ing hours and maintain wages, in
return for which industry would be
asked to show its proposals to the
effect that it would absorb the
number of persons now idle. The
bill also contains the work week,
plan now before the House.
US OF SILK
OF WINE HUE '■
FDR THIOSTY PUBLIC
SAN FRANCISCO, May 11,—The
130 bonded wineries of California,
are holding 23,438:472 gallons oi
wine in storage according to a re
port made public by the Bureau of
Industrial Alcohol.
Even with the heavy sales of
wine anticipated as a result of
new regulations, liberalizing pre
scriptions for wine and spirits,
druggists and winery representa
tives declared California’s supplies
will be adequate to meet the de
mand.
The regulations which go into
effect Monday will permit physi
cians to prescribe wine virtually
without limit and it will be sold
by druggists in case lots.
second snrar clash
IWHIIIMS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 11—
The most drastic Naval reorganiza
tion in history, contemplating
abolition of the Marine Corps and
Naval Staff Corps, was proposed
by Secretary of the Navy Swanson
as a possible economy move.
It was made in the appointment
by Swanson of a special board of
three Rear Admirals, six Captains,
a Commander and a Marine Corps
Colonel ,to be headed by Assistant
Secretary of the Navy. Henry L.
Roosevelt.
BUSINESS IMPROVING
WASHINGTON. D. C„ May 12—
The upward swing in business ac
tivity broadened during the past
week. Secretary of Commerce Ro
per announced. Several basic in
dustries, including steel, authomo
biles and bituminous coal were
operating ahead of last year’s
schedules, and advances in other
lines narrowed the spread between
present levels and those of 1932,
he said.
MILLONS OF NEW JOBS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12—
The draft of the administration’s
new economic recovery bill, con
ferring on President Roosevelt a
new array of powers to regulate
industry, furnish employment and
construct public works, was com
pleted late yesterday by a special
commission and sent to the chief
executive for his approval. New.
jobs for millions are indicated.
Senior-Junior “What Not” Tomorrow Nite