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Medford Mail Tfibune WINNER Pulitzer Award V FOR 1931 Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1934. No 57. WW V7IAn WWW U UUJ the Weather , Forecast: Fair tonight and Tuesdaj. No chance In temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterday . SI Lowest this morning 59 ft mm ninlROSSIANDCODOS IrT, CUBANS ATTEMPT j By PAUL MALLON. WASHINGTON. D. O., May S The altruists did not wast their time trying to Influence the congressional conference com mittee working oa the stock mar ket blU and se ourltles act changes. They Just mov ed Into the pri vate conference room and helped to superln tend the Job. so they would be sure It was done right. Altruists Nos. 2 and 3 (Tom Paul Malion Corcoran and Ben Cohen), never missed a conference committee meet Inc. Altruist No. 1 (Jim Landls). came In only when the securities act amendments were under consiu eratlon. He was so busy adminis tering the act downtown he could not spare more time. It Is customary for a congressman to explain the results of each con' fldentlal meeting afterward to the nress. That lob was performed esch day for the stock market conferees by the No. 8 altruist. Ben Cohen, who explained everything Setter than most congressmen do. Thus. Mr. Roosevelt's Little Bed Riding Hoods have been putting it over on the wolves of Wall street again. In fact, they tied the wolves up outside. The congressmen were glad enough to have them do It. Indeed, they Invited the hoodsmen In. There is nothing particularly wrong about that, If the advice given Is good. Experts of the government usually consult in private with congressional committees and sit on executive sessions. All these three are govern' ment employes. Messrs. Corcoran and Cohen wrote the stock regulation bill and Mr Landls wrote most of the securities act. No one knows more about them The Wp'.i streeters charge they are prejudic e, but they Insist, they are working for the people. At any rate, there Is a moral In that for all aspiring young altruists If you wsnt the right kind of legis lation, write It yourself, guide it through congress yourself and then administer it. The best phase of the hoodsmen's work was on modification of the se eurltles act. The original changes Included one whereby a man who loses his money In stocks cannot sue for damages unless he proves that he relied on an untruthful statement of a corpor ation official in buying the stock. Lawyers can see what that would do to securities regulation. Pew stock buyers would ever be able to estab lish such proof. The punitive features of the act would not be very sharp, The altruists changed that around coyly so the burden of proof la re moved from the loser. All he has to do Is to say he relied on an untruth ful statement of a corporation of. flclal, and he can sue. That puts the teeth back in. It permits almost any- one to sue. The result Is that, unless the law yers find some new hidden loopholes, the original claws of the act will not be dulled materially by the current changes. The altruists could have done little without excellent congressional lead ershlp. Their mslnstsvs have been Representative Rsyburn. Senstors Fletcher and Byrnes. Messrs. Ray- burn end Byrnes contributed the shrewd congressional strategy, while Fletcher acted as mouthpiece. Nearly all democratic and some re publlcsn congressmen placed entire faith In the hoodsmen. Even Presi dent Roosevelt went to their assist ance at times when they got Into a particularly tight plsce. The result Is that the conservstlves were completely out. for probably the first time In the history of such reg ulatory legislation. The administration has also been at work actively, but quietly, in an other quarter for the Wsgner labor board bill, another llbcrsi measure. Some people have had their doubts as to whether Mr. Roosevelt sup ported the measure, but, on the In side, he has been working hand in hand with senator Wagner and Xllas Perkins for It, all the time. The current wave of strikes over the country enables them to push a reluctsnt aenste committee Into re porting the bill. The same thing Is hsppening in rocard to this leglslstlon as on the stock bill. In the end. It will go through despite the objections of manufacturers' organizations. The Waaner bill opposition was mlsicd to Mr. Roosevelt's announce ment that ho was going to send con gress a special mewscc on social legislation. He to'.d Democratic Floor leader Byrnes he would recommend that such legislation be submitted to a colurCMlona! committee for Invest lat'.on dnrina ths summer, with -j-ll(t ti?w to action next session would delay It. ( Continued on Pae E.stUj HALT FLIGHT FOR REPAIRT01T0R Hop From Le Bourget Field Is Accomplished in 38.5 Hours Crowd On Hand to Welcome Pair to U. S. NATAL, Brazil, May 28. (AP) The French tri-motored mall plane, Arc-En-Clel, landed here at 3:05 p.m.. today after a flight across the south Atlantic simultaneous with the north Atlantic flight of the Joseph Lebrlx. BROOKLYN, N. Y., May 28. (AP) The French fliers, Rossi and Codos, brought their trans-Atlantlb plane Joseph Le Brlx to safe landing at Floyd Bennett field at 1:38 p. m Eastern Standard Time, today. They appeared over the field from the northeast at 1:32 p. m.. and cir cled the airport three times, dumping gasoline in preparation for their land lng. They came down in a long grace ful glide and rolled their big plane for a considerable dlstanoe before bringing It to a stop. Took 38 Hours Their elapsed time since taking of! from LeBourget field, Paris, was 3814 hours. A crowd of several hundred per sons had gathered at the field In preparation for the landing whlcn tne filer had said they would make In messages on their trip down the New England coast. In these wireless reports they asked that field officials be advised of their Intention to tann to make repairs of some "minor trouble" to their ship. A large detail of police was or hand to cope with the orowds. Dep uty Chief Inspector Edward A. Bracken was in charge, with fifty foot patrolmen, twenty mounted pol icemen and twenty motorcycle ponce. Deputy Commissioner of Docks John MoKenzle was there representing the mayor's office, and Lieut, commander Robert Hlckey, in command of the navall air base at the field, also was on hand. Crowd Greets Pair Rossi and Codos no sooner stopped their motor snd Its propeller than a crowd of officials and meohanlcs arid others numbering about 1,000 sur rounded the plane. Immediately a motorcycle escort was rushed to the plane to pick the fliers up as soon as they alighted and escort them to a hangar for a little rest while the repalra were being made. When they brought their plane to land, Rossi and Codos had been In the air 38 hours and 28 minutes since their takeoff from LeBourget field. Paris, and had covered a dis tance of approximately 3,700 miles of their projected flight to the west coast. , Rossi, who was at the controls when the Joseph LcBrlx landed on (Continued on Page rwo) BOYlDEME MT. IDA, Ark., May 28. (UP) Telling a strange tale of kidnaping and of being forced Into "virtual slavery, by a gang of botleggers, Jsbo Fox, 19-yesr-old farm youth, missing since May 8, returned today. The object of a wide search since he was kidnaped from his oressy Cove. Ark., home the youth was found working on a Nashville, Ark farm, unaware of the disturbance his disappearance had caused. Sheriff Frank Hale brought him here. 13 BURNED TO DEATH WHEN BUS OVERTURNS PARIS. May 28. (UP) Thirteen persons were burned to death today, trspped In an overturned motorbua near Llposthey. Six others escaped with bd burns. Ties fire spresd to the surrounding forest. The victims were believed all Spaniards on a tour to Paris. Code Suspensions Held Beginning of NRA End WASHINQTON. May 38. (AP) Hugh 8. Johnson today suspended fair trade practice provisions of seven service trade codes under NRA In compliance with the executive order issued yesterday by President Roose velt. Tho president's order brought from Representative Britten (ft., III.) a statement that suspension of service trades from codes mas "the expected cracking up of the NRA." Britten also said he would call for a congressional investigation of the recovery administration "unless prlce- fixing monopolists are halted In their ; manipulation oi prices ana commis 5 .ions in restraint of trade." The suspension was ordered lor; lfi ASSASSINATION OF i .HI I I I Millard Hickman shown behind the bars In San Francisco where he Is held on a grand Jury Indictment :harge he attacked and killed Louisa Jeppesen of Ogden, Utah. (Associ ated Press Photo ,F. KLAMATH FALLS, May 28. (AP) The city council tonight will be asked to take measures to -rid the city of an infestation of "black wid ow" spiders. Thousands of spiders, regarded as the most dangerous in the United States, have been discovered here, The growth has been attributed to the mild season. Authorities declare the spider la almost instantaneously poisonous and often its bite results in long illness or death. BOISE, Idaho, May 28. (AP) Dr. William Erkenbeck of Grand View began today his fifth day of uncon sciousness from the bite of a "black widow" spider. With his throat paralyzed by the poison, the elderly physician had to be fed artificially and has shown little Improvement since he was brought to a hospital here, - PHYSlCiANLEAVES PORTLAND, May 28 (AP) Several educational, religious and philanthro pic institutions In Oregon were named beneficiaries of the $200,000 estate left by Dr. Angele It. Ford Warren, physician, who died at her home here May 21 at the age of 70 years. Mrs. Warren left 95000 each to Wil lamette university, Albany college, the Salvation Army of Portland, the Portland YWCA, the church extension club of first Presbyterian church here, and to the board of trustees, as well as to the Women's Missionary society of that church. A 110,000 fund was set aside, to be known as the Ford Warren scholar ship fund, 'the trustees to turn over the Income to the trustees of First Presbyterian church and society tor aid of young men and women who are unable wholly to meet the ex penses of their education. HOLLYWOOD, May 28. (UP) Mnureen O'Sulllvan, Irish film actress, telephoned to police last night that she had been warned of a kidnaping plot against her. Miss O'Sulllvan said a man called at her home to Inform her of the alleged plot. He was a young man, neatly dressed, and told her to "be careful," she said. Offer of police aid and protection were refused by the actress. "I donSt mant to see any detec tives," she said. "I'm afraid It might worry my family in Ireland." Motor vehicle storage and parking trade. Bowling and billiard trade. Barber shop trade. Cleaning and dyeing trade. Shoe rebuilding trade. Advertising and display Installation trade, and advertising distributing trade. These Industries will continue to be bound by the maximum hour and minimum wage terms of their na tional code and also are under obliga tion not to employ child labor and to respect the collective bargaining I Mahta of their employes a- -v.iwtnM u ith ti.au lrm 1 member of the trades will be en- j ford co-ed, aa announced her to-I with the senate to settle ths dlf tltled to display the NRA Blue Esgle. day. fereneea, U.S. Havana Raked by Police in Search for Four Who Fired On Home of Jeffer son Caffery From Auto HAVANA, Cuba, May 28. (AP) Unidentified persons, armed with ma chine guns, today stopped the auto mobile of H. Freeman Matthews, first secretsry of the United States em bassy, and broke the windshield with a pistol butt. Matthews was not In the car at the time. As ths group smashed the wind shield, one of the men declared: "This for Matthews!" By Edmund A. Chester Associated Press Foreign Staff. HAVANA. May 28. (AP) The en tire strength of the Cuban national police was thrown into a search to day for four men who made a daring attempt yesterday to assassinate Jef ferson Caffery, United States ambas sador to Cuba. The cabinet, shaken by the affair, met In a special session to discuss the plot against Caffery'a life. The ex plosion of two bombs in a residential section shortly after midnight, added to the excitement which gripped Ha vana. Search City for Four Authorities expressed a determina tion to put an end to terrorism which haa harrassed Havana for months. Police raked the city and Its environs for the assailants. All automobiles were searched in the vicinity of the diplomat's home. Caffery spent the night there. A heavy guard surrounded the resi dence. The attempt, made In gangster laanion, mo. not narm uanery out may cost the life of Francisco Ortega, a soldier on guard at the Caffery home. Four unidentified men rode slowly by In an automobile and blazed away with aawed-off shotguns Into .he en trance of the home. It was the hour Caffery usually left for the yacht club. Guard's Leg Shot Off The ambassador was some distance away at the time. One of the sev eral shots tore off Ortega's leg. He was reported better today, although gravely wounded.. Police blamed "communists other radicals" for the attempt. Thirty radio equipped cars were em ployed to run down elues which authorities said were "very good." Communists leaders denied any connection with the Incident. We knew communists would be blamed," said one of the leaders, "but we had absolutely no knowledge of the Caffery plot." President Carlos Mendleta and nearly every cabinet member visited the ambassador's home before the special meeting and expressed regrets at the Incident. It Is on a hill over looking Havana, six miles from the embassy. 4 POLITICAL RACE SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 28.- (UP) Sheridan Downey, Sacramento attorney who withdrew from the gu bernatorial race In favor of Upton Sinclair, announced last night he would seek the Democratic nomina tion for lieutenant governor, as Sin clair's running mate. Hta Joining with Sinclair marks the first "north and south" ticket entered in the political contest. Downey said he withheld announce ment for lieutenant governor until hit close friend. State Senator J. M. Inman had assured him he (Inman) would not be a candidate for the of fice. Downey will campaign through out the state for Sinclair and himself, 1 ITi DEL MONTE. Calif , May 38 (UP E. V. Mills, San Francisco, carded 73-73148 to win the 38 hole golf tournament of Islam Temple Shrln ers here Saturday and Sunday. Jack Camp and Arthur William tied for second, with net 147c. Wl-1 Ham Parker. Del Monte, was Satur day's blind bogey winner with 77 and O. F. Wall won Sunday bogey honors with 75. 4- STOCKTON. Cal, May 28 (UP) The engagement of William C. Cor bus, all-American football guard at Stanford university for two yaers, and Miss Msry Louise plainer, daughter : nt m l.tf Rtrv-lrtstn h.nlrrr an1 Stan- Postoffice Will Celebrate Its Golden Jubilee While Oregon Is celebrating its Diamond Jubilee In Medford next week, the city of Medford and tho local postoffice Is observing their Golden Jubilee. The first Medford postoffice was established In 1884. The first office consisted only of a large cigar box In which all In coming mall was received and from whlch patrons sorted their own mall. A Jubilee postoffice will be et tab Hailed in the Medford Chamber of Commerce, using the old equipment and operated as It was back In 1884. Postmaster Frank DeSouza has made all arrange ments for the pioneer office, which promises to be one of the most novel attractions of Jubilee Week, Tentative plans have been made for the sale of souvenir postcards to be mailed from the temporary office, with each one carrying a special Jubilee cachet, a fact which will be of widespread in terest to stamp collectors. BASEBALL National First game: R. H. 6 6 Pittsburgh . a New York 3 (13 innings). French and Padden; Schumacher, Luque and Mancuso, Richards. R. H. E. Cincinnati 8 16 1 Brooklyn 16 3 Frey snd Lombardl; Herring and Lopea, Berrea. R. H. E. Chicago .... . - 3 6 3 Boston ...... 6 11 3 W. Lee, Tinning and Hartnett; El. llott, Smith and Spohrer. R. H. E St. Louis 10 16 t Philadelphia 0 7 S Hallahan and V. Davis, Delsncey; O. Davis, Pearce, Qrabowskl and Todd. (Second game) R. H. E Pittsburg - 0 ft ( New York 1 ft - Batteriesi Berkofet and Grace; Hub bell and Richards. ' American. R. H. E. Washington - 7 12 3 Chicago .. '. ....11 17 4 Batteries: Thomas, Russell, Mc Coll, Prim and Phillips, Berg; Lyons and Madjeskl, R. 0 ..12 Boston Detroit Batteries: Grove, H. Johnson and Ferrell; Frasler, Marberry and Hay- ward. The score:: R. H. E. Philadelphia - ft 7 1 Cleveland 6 14 0 Marcum and Berry, Hayes, Moss; Hll do brand, Pearson and Pytlak, (10 Innings). HUGE HAILSTONES HOLLI6TER, Calif., May 28. (UP) Hall stones an Inch and one-quar ter In diameter raised havoc Sunday with the (2,000,000 apricot crop of San Benito county. The hall storm, unparalleled in county annals, lasted for 15 minutes. A United Press correspondent on a tour of a 75 mile region around Hoi lister was told by orchardmen that the damage would at least be 000.000. Orcharda were In apparent ruin. The immature fruit waa slsshed from the trees and scattered on the ground. The San Benito apricot crop was figured to be of normal volume end tine quality this season, estimates of destruction rsnged from 50 to 00 per cent. The storm struck at a p. m. a QUALIFYING PLAY PORTLAND, Msy 28. (AP) Bill Stanley of the Astoria Country club took the lead In the qualifying round of the Oregon State Oolf tournament today with a 18. five over par 13 on the Lake Oswego course, Stanley had a bad 41 on the first nine, but cut It down to 37 coming home. He was low msn of the early finishers of the slim field of 58 men who teed off, although none of the locsl favorites hd checked In at 1 p m. Other scores Included: Laddie Martin of Roseburg, 84; M. Clark of Orsnts Pass, 86; Bob Crove of Bend. 88; M. Eastman of fillverton, 88; O. C. Beechler of Woodburn. 88. 4 WASHINGTON. May 28 (AP) The house today Insisted upon Its amend ment! to the 8440.OOO.O0O industry loan bill snd agrwrt lo a conference QUIET PREVAILS IN SHE AREAS AFTERMENCE Toledo Mediators Working to Avert Threatened General Strike Unions to Vote On Vital Question Today (By the Associated Press) Calm prevailed today in the riot area of strike-torn Toledo, but New Orleans longshoremen and textile mill workers In Laurlnburg, N. C. were counting the Injured after yes terday's riots. Eight were reported wounded v one possibly fatally, in Laurlnburg. In a night riot. Guns and brickbats were brought Into play, after a parade by scores of strikers through the mill section. The Prince mill last of the four units of waverly Mills, Inc., to be affected by strikes was "temporarily closed." In an atmosphere of tension, fed eral mediators In Toledo worked to avert a threatened general strike. State mlllta men patrolled the strike area, where five days of violence re sulted in a Hat of two dead and nearly 200 injured. Hope for a settlement by nightfall was expressed by mediators, led by Chsrles P. Taft, in the electric Auto Lite company strike. To become effect Ice, the peace pro. posal must meet the approval of tho union majority. Union members have been called to assemble at 7:30 p. m. With more than half of the Toledo labor unions on record as approving s, general strike In protest of labor conditions, mediators reauaea tnei work was barely begun. The Toledo electrical workers union has voted to strike Thursday. Striking longshoremen fought with policemen yesterday on ths New Or leans river front, after rushing tho dock where a steamship was prepar ing to depart. ;.t. . - A negro suffered a bullet wound In the arm. and an officer's hand was broken. NEW YORK, May 28 (AP) The clamor of conflict between radicals and police swelled In an ominous crescendo toward the arraignment today of a group of demonstrators, Twenty patrolmen were posted about the dingy Tombs court today In an attempt to check the bitter strife of the laat two days. One thousand men and women rioted Saturday outside, the depart ment of welfare offices. Two hundred of them Jeered and hooted In court yesterday, then fought the police In the streets aa ten of their number were arraigned. Today the same ten came to court for another hearing, with two others (Continued on Page Two) TEACHERS 10 GET Announcement was made this morning by O. O. Smith, high school prlnclpsl, of the results of a thorough study of the finances of school dis trict No. 40, which has been made In view of opening the schools next fell. At the special board meeting held Thursday, May 94, It waa reported that teachers In this district will be offered contracts tor 4! months, but that any raise In teachers' salary Is undetermined. The school year will open about September 17, It was an nounced. Mr. Smith's statement la as fol lows: 'A thorough study of the finances of school district 40 wss made at i special meeting Thursday, May 24 Teacher will be offered contracts for 4(4 months with school opening about September IT. It was found Impossible at this time to authorlte any raise In teachers' salaries." 5 and 1 0 Heiress Ready To Quit Prince Is Hint By ADELAIDE KERR Aaaorlated Press Foreign Btaff. PARIS, May 28 (AP) Reports that Barbara Hutton Mdlvanl wss consid ering a separation from her Georgian Prince today were met with silence by her friends here. Questioned aa to reports that the heiress to Woolworlh millions waa now In London, awaiting her father's counsel, a friend aald: "It la Impoaalble to say snythlng about this now. The wrong move might wreak havoc. There msy be something to say later." At the hotel where Princess Mdlvanl and her huabsnd were atejlng, it was admitted that she had gone to i London. Killed Officer 1 jeV' . According to officers Leo Hud gins (above) confessed he killed Lt. Comdr. S. J. Trowbridge, attached to the San Diego, Ca1.t naval hospi tal, at they were riding across Kan as. (Associated Press Pnotol ROGUE, UMPQUA GRANTS PASS, Ore., May 38. (AP) Gerald F. Hlslop, about 34, was drowned at the Wetherbee riffle 30 miles below Grants Pass In the Rogue river while fiahlng Sunday afternoon. Attempts begun last night to locate the body were still unsuccessful this morning. Hlslop, employe of a Safeway store here, was married. He had no chil dren. , ROSEBURG, , Ore.; May 28. (AP) tr. I. Hunnlcutt, 88, shop superin tendent for ths Roseburg News-Re view, was drowned Sunday when he fell off a gravel bar while fishing In the North Umpqua river at Idelyld park, 24 miles east of here. Hunnlcutt attempted to swim across the river but was csught by the undertow when he was about four feet from the opposite shore, witnesses said. - s SIGNED BY F R. WASHINGTON, May 38. (AP) President Roosevelt today signed the resolution to prohibit sale of arms for use by Bolivia and Paraguay In their Chaco war. The resolution was signed Imme diately upon Its receipts from the cspltol. State department officials were ready with a proclamation to put the embargo into effect. An early conference at the White House on this proposal was In pros pect. BAKER, Ore., May 28. (AP) Rob ert Davis, who came to Baker a few days ego from Spokane, and Chaun cey Chadsey of Baker were arrested Ssturday night by city police officers on a chsrge of "break and enter" In connection with the tiieft of four quarts and two pints of whisky from the state liquor store. One of Chadsey's thumbs was cut when he Is alleged to have broken the glass In a rear window and offi cers traced him to a house on the east side by a trail ot blood. A phy slctsn sewed up the wound. The blond American girl has been married less than a year to Prince Alexis, the youngest of the three Mdlvanl brothers. They returned only recently from an around-the-world honeymoon tour. Franklin L. Hutton, father of Prin cess Mdlvanl, sailed from New York Saturday night for London. The New York American said ne was making the Journey In an effort to help his daughter solve marital troubles. "But a series of tearful letters from Barbara to her rather complained that her dashing Georgian prince has been lavishing more attention on the Polo nnHlu aliA HV him A . WrHfilnB present than on hll lovely young wife." E VERGE COLLAPSE FEAR SPOKESMEN Heroic Action by Some Na tion Needed to Save Situa tion, Is Word in Geneva Confusion Holds Sway OENBVA. May 28. (AP) A last minute plea not to let the disarma ment conference fall was delivered to the conference steering committee to day by Louis B&rthou, French foreign minister. "There can be no question of clos ing the conference." declared Barthou at a committee session which ap proved the action of the chairman, Arthur Henderson, In calling the parley for tomorrow. Henderson warned the committee members that the conference has reached a critical stage and demanded that the spirit of defeatism be sup pressed. Representatives of the United States and Great Britain earlier had conferred and had indicated that there Is grave danger of a complete col lapse. The Anglo-American conferees were Norman Davis, ambassador-at-large, and Hugh Wilson, minister to Switz erland, for the United States and Sir John Simon, foreign secretary, and Capt. Anthony Eden, lord privy seal, for Great Britain. It was understood that Sir John gave no inkling that Great Britain would propose concrete steps to save the conference. Never haa an international conclave been accompanied by such tenseness and such confusion. Premier Mussolini's speech in Rome, referring to the possibility of war, served to Increase the pessi mism. It was rumored that Italy might bolt from the conference. . The economic rivalries which Mus solini mentioned are also regarded here as Increasing . the difficulties of . leaders who seek to push on to A disarmament agreement. Prance wants a public showdown in the conference itself and la ready to disc um a European pact of mut ual assistance which Maxim Lltvtnoff, Russian foreign commissar, probably will recommend. A French spokesman said: "A pact of guarantees will depend for 1U suc cess largely on the attitude of Russia and the United States who are the great producers of raw material." PARTNER'S DEATH DALLAS, Tex, May 28. (AP) A letter written a month ago by Clyde Barrow, slain bandit, telling ot hll determination to "wipe out" Ray mond Hamilton, his former pal, was dlscloeed here today by R. A, Schmld, Dallas county sheriff, who Intercept ed It. The letter, whloh referred to Ham ilton as a "yellow rat," was mailed from Memphis April 27 to Hamilton in Jail here. It accused Hamilton of steeling "the money from us on the Lancaster 'Job'", and added "I should have killed you then." The Lancaster "Job" waa the robbing of a private bank in that town, 20 miles . south of Dallas. 10 START JUNE 2ND PENDLETON, Ore, May 28. (API Announcement was received here to day from postal officials at Washing ton thst tho first air mall flight from Pendleton wilt be made June i la United Air Lines planes. Work on the new airport here was being rushed today so that dedica tion ceremonies msv be held Satur day afternoon. STORES, BANKS CLOSE Instructions have been received by the state liquor store to remain closed all day Wednesday (Memorial Day) but to keep open until 10 o'clock Tuesday night, for the accommoda tion of patrons. Stores, public offices and banks will also be closed In observance of the day. Soviet Rejects Debt Pay Plan MOSCOW. May 28. (AP) A pro posed basl for negotiation of th settlement of Russia's pre-revolutlon- ary debt to the United Statea has been made by the American govern- ment, and rejected by th soviet. It I was revealed toaay.