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grains, today aad -Wednee-dayj
Max. . Temp., Monday1
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EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Horning, Blay 23, 1933
No. 43
Plans Nearly Ready
i i Culture Just Must Conform! . .
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Shoria(in3;CntyrFunds
Basis of. Action; State
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DALLAS,; May ' 1 2. Teh jden
and two -women were selected on
the Jury to try Hugh G. Black,
former county clerk, on a charge
ot larceny of public 'money ln
; TolTlng the sum of $2211.21, dur
1 ing the first day of the trial which
opened this morning before Judge
George R. Bagley ot Hlllsboro.
Selection of the Jury consumed
the entire morning., sesslpn and
lasted until about 3 p. m. .
Prosecuting attorneys , are El
mer Barnhart, district attorney of
Polk county, and E. B. Tongue.
Black Is represented by Oscar
Hayter of Dallas. f;,i(k-"
Barnhart following election of
the Jury, outlined the state's case
and stated that the crime charged
occurred on December 31, 1932,
when Black allegedly appropriat
ed this sum ot money for his own
use. Barnhart also outlined the
story of the discovering of tha I
shortage in the audit conducted I
Dy Fioyu A. Koweu rwuno.
and the events which followed,
Including Black's alleged confes-
Ion
Settlement Made,
Hayter's Contention
In his opening statement, Hay
ter stated that hard feelings had
existed In the courthouse be
tween various officers, for some
time and that this had caused in-
Testigations by the . grand Jury.'
and YarlOUS audit to DO maae or
the county books. He said the in- I
Testiration cameo on ny me
grand Jury In 132 had not been
(copleta as some pf Jhe records
were not avaiianie-ana xmii-wit i uam on Tincup ereek; Brelten
Jury had suggested that the mat-j tush springs; Mary creek near
ter be' settled following a more
complete audit ot the clerk's
books. No further audit had been
made until this year and that fol
lowlnr the discovery of the short
age Black, in conference with the
" . ... M.
auditor and tne county couri, naa
"admitted a shortage of S2111.27
which he had agreed to pay.
This agreement on the actual
shortage and the agreement to
pay was supposed to have occur
red before the Indicting ot Black
by the grand Jury, Hayter said
Black had made good his agree-
ment when the bonding company
naa paia ine couniy uu i.ui. icomply strictly with the 1933 leg-Black-and
the bonding company l .,., rttAnPinr th aiariM
had been released from further!
liability. When Hayter sUted that
the circumstances in in raw
were . not those of a criminality
or those or an omcer converung
county funds to his own use. At-
torney Tongue oDjectea xo nw nunty commissioner; Max Geni
statements on the grounds that he I har. director of aKriculture: Linn
was drawing conclusions Deiore
argument and Judge Bagley sus -
tained the objection.
Evidence Offered
On Bank Accounts
The first witness called by the
state was F. J. Craven, cashier ot
the Dallas City . bank. He estao- the salary of Herbert Hauser, sec
lished the fact that Black .had J retary of the commission, be re-
carried an account in- nis own
name In the bank during the
years of 1931-32 and produced
thm, rcorda or tma account
vlHAnrA. -
rit r nnr Anntv countrtwitn tne law.
clerk was called to identify rec-
ords from the clerk's office which
itiAnrt AvidPna.
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: Twenty Jurors were called oe-I montn. wnue preTiouBiy uaa i
nr sn ro. tuipi with 1 ommended that Rllea's salary be
Seven being challenged and one
dlsquaiuylng Bimseii. ine jury
which will hear tne ease is .as
follows: ; Belle M. ; MCKnignt,
Monmouth: Abel Cruse. Indepen
dence; James Lewis. Monmouth; I A car belonging to Greta Hy
O. Claude Skinner, Independence; J att of 130 North 18th street, Sa-
A. V. Oliver, KiCEreau; v.
Blanchard. Sheridan: Bird Rob-
inson. Dallas: Carl F. Gregg, Ball -
ston; Harley Prather, Buena Vis-
ta; Nola Mattlson, Independence;
Carl M. Johnston, Dallas, Roy R.
Brown, Independence.
Business Men to
Play Hookey and
Fish Three Days
SILVERTON, May 22 (Spe-
cial) A deep, dark ' quiet . will
men will f or one1 day return to
boyhood and play hookey.; HOOK,
Hn and sinker have been dang -
. ; ling before their eyes, stories.
the "big catch" have oeen coming
-in with the result that a group
men sneaked out during business
hours and presented petitions
Ing arguments, petitions brought
.smiles and very nearly, me enure
town has signed up in favor - of
taklng Monday off. That there
wUl be business houses open
at 8Ilverton Sunday, Monday ana
Tuesday of next week Is tte pres-
nt indication
Kowitz' to Gjrxfer With jE-ngmeenr Today;
; Bond Legality Decision may ; not Cause
Delay; Other Public Works Viewed
A CONFERENCE with , Baar & Cunningham, engineers,
-is planned today in Portland by City Attorney Kowitz
who, will consult them regarding jthe $2,000,000 water project
Salem councilmen are hopeful can be undertaken with the
aid of Reconstruction Finance corporation advances,
, ; -Kowitz said yesterdiy, the engineers, wha heretofore have
l - , , - " ' ..done ' extensive water system tn-
BIITEIKUGETS
ITS FOREST GREWS
Groups Also Going to Bear
Springs, Detroit and
Mary Creek Area
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 12.
- (AP) Some 450 men, most
of them from Illinois, arrived at
Vancouver barracks in two spec
ial trains today, ready and eager
to go to work in the forests of
Oregon and Washington. They
comprised thefirst contingent of
the" several thousand men to be
sent here from the east as re
cruits in the civilian conservation
corps, organized to carry out
president Roosevelt's
ast re
forestation program.
i Tna group wjl8 dlTlded !nto 18
dotAchmfnitn. ftmr if the Hetaoh-
ment8 left by truck, as soon as
they had breakfast, for the Col
umbia national forest The other
men will be detailed this week to
forests in Oregon, the first going
to the Willamette, Mt. Hood and
Siuslaw forests. Major Eugene
Slappey of Chicago, was 1b charge
of the detachments.
Remaining companies which ar-
rived tod a v will all rn tn Or p iron
forests; some to Grass mountain.
n miles west of fTorvallis; Bon
ney crossing, north of- Bear
gpringl; north fork of the San-
cof tin mountain, north of De-
troit; Portsville; in the same area.
1 8-3 CUT BASIS
P.rtvflrnnp Motor xctll tint flnnrnvn
he payrollB 8tate departments
i A'
Vila 4iiifQr1itimi TtnlMtt thtv
t rirtaii ait tat
I offlc ana employes from 5 to
1 30 per cent
l TnIs waB indicated Monday here
iwhen Governor Meier held confer
l enceg, -itb C. A. Thomas, state
j cronemiller, state foresjer; George
JA white, adjutant general; Char-
lea P. Pray, supermtenaent or
state police, and members of the
state industrial accident commis
Bion
Thomas had recommended that
talned at iz&o a montn, ana mac
exemptions be made in the case of
two engineers. Thomas yesterday
I voluntarily agreed iu kuuhium
I in tnese salaries ui cumpuauwi
m . . .
The salary of General Riiea or
the state military department was
I reduced from $375 to $290 a
. . m. , , V.J
fixed at $333 a month, but Mon-
igr ouu..
AUTO STOLEN, REPORT
l lem. was reported to city po-
ro iast nleht to have been stol
1 n from its narklnc nlace on
perry street between Church and
High some time after 8 and be
fore 10 p.m. Its return had not
been effected early this morning.
Canalization
Attentive
"Nothing can be said at this
time except that the board gave
ag tne mott attentive consider-
to ascertain the true facts and to
aeiernune me i . v-
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Washington, additional news of
to wnicnwaa
I resentative for the -valley at the
. . Jl-tiTU"! mi;-i
- Ellto ' -Ja is communlca-
uon: ;i am incunea io my
through the effort of all concern-
l ea - me case w, ,;u"' u'
eareiuny preseuiea v -
(sonably possible to'present it. We
MEIER WILL INSIST
resugauon work for the city, were
nearly ready to submit the propos
ed application tor funds to the
federal authorities.
Broadly, the proposal will be
that - Salem general obligation
bonds be held by the federal cor
poration to secure a long-time,
self-liquidating loan with which
(1) the present Oregon-Washington
Water Service plant here can
be purchased and (2) the system
can be connected with mountain
water from the Little North Fork
ot the Santlam.
Kowita said the fact that the
legality ot the bond Issue author
ized December 15, 1931, by Salem
voters had not beep determined
In the state supreme court would
not hold up the application. He
feels that the water bond charter
amendment can be passed upon
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Dollar Day's
Offers Here
Are Unusual
The first dollar day Salem mer
chants have held in 1933 and the
one where the beet bargains in
many years will be offered the
public, is announced for Wednes
day, 32 local firms participating.
While price advances are com
ing in daily to Salem retailers,
stores offering the specials to
morrow have uniformly ' stated
that merchandise on sale will not
be affected by.tbe upswing in
commodity., prices. .Rather, spec
ial reductions will be made from
prices of the pro-inflation period
and as a result the customer will
receive the biggest dollar's worth
since long before the war.
The Oregon Stage lines. In a
desire to help purchasers secure
these bargains, have arranged for
free transportation downtown
Wednesday between the hours ot
9 and 11:30 a. m. Any prospec
tive purchaser needs only to tell
the driver to bring him or her to
the downtown district and the bus
service will be rendered without
charge.
Announcements of the offerings
in the various stores are being
made in today's and tomorrow's
local newspapers.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22
(AP) The state supreme court
today denied the petition ot John
O'Gara, attorney and law profes
sor, for a writ of mandate to
compel Superior Judge Louis
Ward to dismiss the remaining
indictment against Thomas " J.
Mooney, convicted 18 years ago
ot participation in the prepared
ness day parade bombing.
In a brief order denying the
petition, the court declared that
O'Gara. a private citizen, was
"nnaualified to commence the
action on behalf of the people
ot the state of California without
the consent of the. state attor
ney- general."
The high court's denial of the
petition means that Mooney will
go on trial tomorrow morning
before Judge Ward on the one
remaining and unused Indictment
left of the - number returned
against him after the bombing
on July 22, 1S1 in which 10
persons were killed and 40
wounded.
Data Given
Consideration
can only hope the board of army
engineers will see the picture as
we have attempted -to paint It.1
The board gave three full
hours' consideration to the canal
ization project, Ellis states. Sena
tors McNary and Steiwer and all
three members of the house from
Oregon attended the hearing and
made brief statements.
, Ellis spoke for one and one
half - hours, giving data to the
board on the-.technkal matters et
tonnage, freight rates and freight
savings.- . - --':
While at Washington, Ellis is
to present in person the applica
tion to the R. P. C. for the ter
minal project here which calls tor
an expenditure of $15,000. "I am
anxious to obtain the best advice
possible on the most -effective
manner
manner of approach, Ellis writes.
MODNEY TRIAL TO
BE STARTED TODAY
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Japanese 1 3 Miles Away as
Peace Terms Talked but
No Agreement Near-'; -
Evacuation Order Rumored
But no Exodus; Troops -".
Arein Ugly Mood -
PEiriNQ, China, May 13
(AP) (Tuesday) Chin
troops were making preparations
today to battle for the defense of
this city of nearly two millions
In Pelping's outskirts.
The belief continued that truce
negotiations were not proceed
ing smoothly and that hostilities
were likely unless an agreement
is Quickly reached.
It was rumored General Ho
Ting-Ching, nationalist govern
ment war minister who now is
in charge of Pelping'a defense,
ordered the Chinese to evacuate
this ancient capital bat there was
no evidence that this was taking
place.
The Peiplng area was Jammed
today with Chinese troops in an
The Japanese troops, because
ot ineir nearness to peiping
were reported to have stiffened
thtir demands to such an extent
the Chinese were not inclined to
accept such peace terms.
A ' Japanese bombing plane
made a half hour reconnaissance
over the city this morning. It
flew low. but drew no fire from
Chinese kinti-aircraft guns along
the eitv'a walls I
Foreign military observers
. l
predicted mat reipmg nseiri'" " "
would be a battleground. Jap-
anese residents were preparing
to evacuate into their legation I
quarters.
The vanguard of the ad vane-
ing Japanese armies was still
in the vicinity of Tungchow, 13
miles east of here. Many Teports
sald that Japanese air bombers
resumed attacks further north-1
ward.
-Thirty American Missionaries
were reported still at their posts!
at Tungchow.
SEVERAL KILLED III
OMAHA, Neb., May 23 (AP)
-(Tuesday) A report received
here early thia morning said seren
nav-nn- wa.a. Villa, l.a l,l I
when a tornado swept across the
f.-rr, TT.m ti.o- ,mii,
Bawu9 w a v n,tHU m.ii
aaa us vi liai aw aava t4 va i
Tryon, Neb. The dead, the report
said, are Mrs. Piter and her two
daughters, Viola, 3, and Mary
Evelyn, S; Mrs. Edna Nelson, Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Bender, and their
young daughter,
HUTCHINSON, Kas., May 22
(AP) Jim Clumsky, a merchant
at Liberal, Kas., telephoned the
Hutchinson News-Herald from
Plains, Kas., tonight that at least
in persons wets Kiueu sou ax
were Injured by the tornado at
Liberal late today.
At the height of the storm,
IvllDWEST TORNADO
lightning struck a gasoline filling nag kept them of f taa coiumbla United SUtes of three treaties de
statlon. he said, causing it to ex-l. ,nCe tnt commerclal fish- lnd to facilitate her entry into
plode and badly burning two em
ployes.
Prankster Gets
Own Jolt; Bomb
Blows Too Soon
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal.,
May 22. (AP) A college
prankster was hoisted by his own
petard here tonight when a chemi-
cal bomb made by Henry Som
mers, registered from St. Paul.
blew up while he was planting It
In the room of Charles Llppmaa,
Whlttler. Cal., a class mate.
Sommers suiferea cuts on nis
face and hands when the oheml-
cals. contained in a milk bottle,
exnloded. blowing: out the win-
dows.
The bomb. Sommers said, was
Intended to cause only a minor
and harmless pop when Llppman
opened the door of his room in
Encina hall, college dormitory.
Channel Project
For Columbia is
Talked, Capital
WASHINGTON, May xl. (AP)
Representatives of the gover- l
nora ot Idaho, Oregon and Wash
ington arrived here today to work
for a rivers and harbors appropri
ation or Inclusion la the public
works bin- of - provision ' for a
channel deepening .project on the
upper Columbia and lower Snake
rivers in the. northwest..", ; ''. 1
George C Baer of Portland, a
member of the delegation, said the I
project included the deepening of
channel on the -Columbia from
The Dalles, Ore., to the mouth ot
the Snake and on down that river
to 'Asotin, Wash.
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It is difficult to follow the strange
once called the home of culture.
up books and manuscripts, which they considered inimical to the new Germany, for destruction. Many
of the books were by world-famous masters of lite ratxtre, but-all were pot to the torch, and destroyed.
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AFTER COURT LOSS
l0nVICll0n. beCOna Uegree
Murder to Mean Life;
Sentence Delayed
EUGENE, Ore., May 22
(AP) Llewellyn A. Banks, 2.
was ordered today to be confined
in a Eugene hospital for several
'? whe? Dr' P11 Wa)ler
said the former Medford editor
. . . im ii II
orcnarouw was Kenerai.j
Banks was convicted by a cir
cult court Jury here yesterday of
second degree murder for tne
death of George Prescott, Med-
ford constable. Mrs. Edith Ro-
bertlna Banks, Jointly tried with
her husband on a charge of first
degree murder in connection
with the of fleer's, death, was ac-
quitted.-The -Jary f seven men
land five women- returned the
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Teriict shortly, alter noon Sun-land
day, 22 hours after they were
given the case.
Circuit Judge O. P. Skipwortb.
I who heard the murder trial that
i lasted three weeks, ordered
Banks removal to the hospital
at the request of the convicted
man's attorneys. Two guards
were assigned to watch him at
all times.
At the same time Judge Skip-
worth today formally gave the
defense 20 days in which to file
a motion for a new trial. Sen-
w" ej B,D4 pndtInf Jha
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" "TJI .r.tl itmiiirv
onment in the state penitentiary
m . .
md&t7 on cart.
Ridehalgh May
Try Mediation
f s - a f
(Jf t lSll Otflke
ismniA nra v 25 fAPi
Thft orgaiied f.abernien here
remained firm today In their de-
mand for a prJcft of eil,ht centg a
nonnd for ehinook .almon and
-Antiini, hm. tnv that
ing season opened May 1.
Packers declined to comment
on the report that they were ac
tively seeking some' method of
ending the strike.
Word that Governor Julius L.
Meier was contemplating sending
W. Rldehalgh. former cannery
man, from Saleln to act as medi-
ator apparently aroused little in-
'
terest here.
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Human Jawbone
NELSCOTT, Ore., May 22.
(AP) What was said to be the
I lower jaw-bone ot a human being
was found near Shag Rock yester-
day by A. S. Campbell of baiem.
Two of the teetb naa surer iin-
ings. The bone is in possession of
I Charles Nelson, postmaster, and
an attempt to identify it will be
made, it was announced.
Late Sports
SAX FRANCISCO, .May
King Tut. of . Mlnnepoils was;
knocked oat la the fourth,
round of a ten-round : fight
hem tonight by Babe Mariao,
Baa -' Francisco welterweigbt;
aad was taken immediately to.
aa emergency hospital, where
physicians said ho suffered
possible internal ia juries.
PORTLAND. Ore.. . May 22
(AP) Otis Clingman of Okla
noma City defeated Bulldog Jack-
son of Klamath Falls. Ore- tak
Ing two falls out of three la thai young women who are Its per-
maln event of tonight's wrestling
matches here. CUb groan weighed
111 -five pounds more than his
opponent. . -
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process of reaaow lag that led to a scene like this tn Berlin. Germany,
Storm Troopers of Chancellor Adolf Hitler are pictured rounding
Baptists Hit
Out at F. R.
And His Beer
WASHINGTON, May 22. (AP)
Overriding efforts to avert
adoption, the Southern Baptist
convention tonight approved a
resolution deploring the prohibi
tion attitude of President Roose
velt and declaring the White
House had been used to "adver
tise the beer business."
A loud chorus of "No." "No,"
"No," came from the convention
floor when Dr. Walter P. Blnns.
Roanoke v.. moved to strike out
tuui w ucu xjg . ivcri A . uuiui
er of his office" tor repeal of the
M 8th amendment.
The resolution had been pre-
sented by Dr. A. J. Barton, Wil
mington, N. C, chairman of the
social service committee of the
convention, and he arose to de-
fend It.
He contended loads of beer had
been taken to the White House.
that even if these loads had
been of razor blades or chewing
gum he would have been against
it.
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RULE OVER ROTARY
VICTORIA, B. C, May
22
west section of Rotary Interna
(AP) District one. the
north
l 1 1
tlonal, today elected as governor
William J. Dinsmore of Tacoma,
Wash.
The election followed reports of
District Governor William Mc
Gilchrist, jr., Salem, Ore., show
ing a slight decrease In member
ship because of business condi
tions, but he said a return to nor-
, . I A . . At- .. - A
i (Bai waa inaicaiea oj ia prospect
of InsUUlng clubs during the com
ing year in money, a. u., Fair
banks, Alaska, Renton, Wash.,
ana erriii, ore.
One of the resolutions present-
e ousmess reports naa
of Dr. E. J. Anderson, president
or Llnfleld college. McMInnville,
Ore., asking ratifications by the
the world court.
Relief Trouble
Seen, Roseburg
ROSEBURO. Ore., May 22.
(AP) A delegation of nnem-
ployed was led to the offices of
I A. n n tf lit.. A
County Judge W. S. Hamilton to
day to demand that relief workers
be furnished three days of work
each week, be employed six hours
a day and be Paid SO cents an
hour. Police said Fred Walker.
Portland organiser, urged the
workers to camp on the Douglas
county courthouse lawn until
their demands were met.
M GILCHRIST
Capacity Crowd Acclaims
Ph il harmonists ' Concert
Sponsors ot the Salem Philhar
monic Symphony orchestra's fin
al concert ot 1932-1933 had fears
before Monday night that the
third appearance, ot the orches
tra after a long season of musi
cal treats might find the public
satiated with musical entertain
ment. They were happily wrong
last night. Salem townspeople
were out la larger numbers than
ever to appreciate and to applaud
the i organization at its closing
concert. .The first floor, and . the
balconies of the armory were ca
pacity ' filled and ' the event fit
tingly culminated a second suc-
Icessfal year for the orchestra er-
xantxatlon. Jacques GershkoTltch.
its present director and . the tal-
- 1 anted Salem young men : aad
1 sonneL
- Sharing with the orchestra n
Its presenting of a delightfal
program was Jha .Willamette Ual
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ISOLATION POLICY
DROPPEB BY U. S.
In Interest of Peace; Word
Given at Geneva Meet
By Norman Davis
(By The Associated Press)
The world'a progress toward
nntlawlnr war hrnneht an official
statement today that the United
States would In the interests of
peace, under certain circumstan
ces, abandon its policy ot interna
tional isolation.
The message was taken before
the disarmament conference at
Geneva by Norman H. Davis,
American ambassador-at-large.
Declaring an International race
In armaments building eventually
would throw the world Into war.
Davis said the United States was
willlng to go as far as any other I
nation In disarming.
He said America would confer
with other nations in the event
peace were menaced. If America
agreed with the other countries
concerning tne laenmy or me
agressor nation, ne continuea,
then It would refrain from any
action to hinder collective efforta
to restore peace.
Members of the league of na
tions believed Davis meant the
United States would respect a
blockade against a nation guilty
of military aggression.
In Washington it was consider
ed generally that the Davis speech
respected the policy ot American
freedom from foreign entangle
ments but also paid heed to the
demands of foreign nations that
America give them some sssur-
ance against attack in return for
sacrificing armaments.
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1 nice milllUlla
j-, r m J
p Of tSriClgeS in
LJieSLOn OUUKUl
Construction of bridges aggre
gating a cost of $3,000,000. In
addition to other projects pre
viously contemplated under the
federal public works legislation,
was Included In a program be
Inr prepared yesterday by R. H.
Baldock. state highway engineer,
Baldock will ask the state high
way commission to approve the
program, which would be carried
on wim reconsiruciioa iwauiw
corporation funds
School's Budget
Voted at Dallas
DALLAS, May 22 By a vote
of 324 to 1C2 votes of the
school district here today In
special election voted a school
budget levy to exceed the six per
cent limit to the amount of $12,
229.90. The totsl budget with the
Increase called for $C8,S95.
versity Philharmonic choir, ably
directed by Cameron Marshall, a I
vocal group which has been pre
sented throughout the northwest
in a series of radio concerts and j launching of an extensive pro
one which plans ttf represent this I gram ot community service.
city at the world'a fair in Chlca
go this summer.
The orchestra demonstrated In
creased anility in its presents-
tion ot difficult, classical music.
wnoosing ocauoeri a uaiinianeqi aaopiea CO DXing oacx ibis actl
Symphony! as . Its major nam-J vlty the - many members, who
her. It presented a careful, spir-1 have ' dropped from aetlve 'partl-
ited Interpretation of ' this long
time favorite ot orchestra lovers.
For ktho eoneludiag . number the
orchestra gave.Rakocxy Msrehe" I aal temple.- and all those' pre
by . Bertlox, - a stirring, - martial I ent last night pledged themeefres.
piece viustauea ny uirector
oersskovitch and his players an
tll the final notes of the tumil -
sous ending. - "?
Between the major orchestral
numbers the choir alone present
(Tura io rsge x. cou xi
Such is Program Approved
By Committee; Income
Tax to be Raised
Stock: Dividends Also to be
Assessed; Budget Chief
" Recommends Action - :
WASHINGTON. May 12.
(AP) After deciding to boost
income tax rates, place a tax ov
stock dividends and raise gaso
line levies, the house ways and
means committee tonight decided
suddenly that in order to aid fin
anclng of the administration's
huge pubic works-industrial con
trol bill there should be continua
tion for another year of all the
excise taxes levied In last year's
billion dollar tax bUL
Shortly after agreeing behind
closed doors to recommend these
far-reaching steps, the committee
unanimously ordered the gigantic
measure reported to the house.
Recommendation for continua
tion of the levies under the bil
lion dollar tax bill until June 30,
1935, came directly from the ad
ministration through Lewis Doug
las, director of the budget.
Will Make Bale of v "
Bonds Earier, Belief
Meeting with the committee la
executive session, Douglas sug
gested the additions to make easi
er the sale of bonds for the pro-
Jetted 13.200.000.000 public
works sections of the MIL
The committee's action came as
a surprise.
Douglas told the committee the
move should be taken to stabilise
the government's credit as well as
to assure ready sale for the pro
posed $3,300,000,000 bond issue.
One explanation given for the un
expected move was the difficulty
democratic leaders have been hav
ing with the proposed coutlaua-
tion of the one cent gasoline tax
which expires on June SO ot this
year.
An amendment was included fa
the bill as finally reported em-
powering President Roosevelt to
mspend the $220,000,000 reve-
nne prorram noon the repeal ot
the lsth amendment or when the
treasurr. throneh InereaMkt rave-
nues. should -be adjudged la con
dition to meet its current expen
ditures and the interest and am
ortization charges on the bond is
sue. OF
AFFAIRS TO SIT
WASHINGTON, May 22 (AP)
I A senate Investigating eommlt-
I was ready tonight to throw
open the business secrets of J, P.
most famous banking house.
in months of scrutiny ot Morgan
records, the committee planned te
climax its long investigation ci'
Wall street with the Inquiry lato
tpe house of Morgan.
The starting witness tomorrow,
committee officials announced to-,
night, will be J. P. Morgan, head
of the firm. He has been chief
of the Morgan house for a gener-
I atton
Ferdlnald Pecora. committee
counBel ,pellt aU day tty will
associates completing plans for
the opening of the hearing, but
he would not disclose the nature
of the evidence to be offered.
Income tax statements filed by
the Morgan partners have been.
used by committee lnvestlgatert
as a basis for their inquiry Into
operations ot the bankers.
A group of World war veter
ans formerly active In the work;
ot Capital Post. American Lo
tion, gathered last night at the
Elks temple to consider plans
for reviving Interest among those
1 similarly situated, through
tta
- i It was declared at this -meet-
I lag that although the ex-service
- 1 man's welfare would continue to
have the post's attention. - a
I broader . viewpoint must
- 1 clpation la the poet's affairs.
I . Another meeting will be held
I next Monday night at the Frater-
I to bring two more to mat gather-.
- 1 ing; also to invito all the ex-
1 service men hr meet to the
I next post meeting. the .? first
Monday In June, at -which time
- 1 special entertainment fs proml?-
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