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RAW GOLD! SPOKANU, 3Urrn Raw gold appeared here to pay for a nennpsper ulxcrlptlim. K. Gordon, of l.lk City, mailed It In a match box. An accompanying letter read, "I am (tending you today two penny weight utront; of (old. Thla Ig an aa-Hayer'a residue melted down with a blowpipe, about 1,000 fine, worth a ahade more than I want my aul-arriptlon continued for two months." Cloudy and warmer Monday, probably shower Monday night or Tueiday; colder Tuesday.

YF.STEBDAC'S TEVPF.BATCBES 6 a. nf. 33 12 Noon 86 ip.I.U IS Midnight 34 A VIGOROUS NEWSPAPER IN A PROGRESSIVE TERRITORY PHONE 8181 vontisuouslv Publiahed Since January 3, 1836 ALTOONA, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1933 il Only Aasoclated PRICE TWO CENTS UIUUIIB New.n.ner 11 IC THE WEATHER I 1111 mm Twelve Die In Flames As Plane Crashes Farm Credit Groups to Be Consolidated Von Neurath Warns Against 'Malicious Jews to Present World Demands Mass of Economy Plans Slated for Pa. Legislature HARRISBURG, Mar. 26.

(AP) Tackling a mass of economy proposals, the legislature this week gives its attention to recommended cuts in state salaries. Spurring on the general assembly in its drive to slash salaries is the announcement by Governor Pinchot that he will take a voluntary cut of $1,800 in his $18,000 salary, effective June 1. Still opposed in principle to reduction of state salaries, Governor Pinchot says he has yielded to the desire of the majority of the people for government pay cuts. Wike, Perry Oppose Cuts In School Funds 'eturn Of Saloon Predicted By County Representative, Outcome Of Control Remains Issue Two of Blair county's representatives to the state legislature last night voiced their opposition to any cut in appropriations to school districts, 24 hours before they were scheduled to cast their vote at 11 p. m.

today for the six school bills before the assembly. Jesse R. Wike, of Roaring Spring, said: (Copyright 1933, by The Associated Press) BERLIN, Mar. 26. Foreign Minister Konstantin von Neurath, otdi-narily the Hitler cabinet's silent man who virtually never receives journalists, broke his silence today to throw the entire weight of his internationally known personality against what he considers "the deliberate, sudden rebirth of the vilification conducted during the World war against the German government." Speaking quietly, but with an inner emotion that even his composed attitude of a man of the world could not hide, he declared: "It is my duty, both because I must defend the honor of my people, and because I 'am a responsible statesman to warn the world against permitting the baneful spirit of calumny in vogue during the war to flare up again." To a general question regarding the federal government's attitude toward news published in the foreign press of alleged acts of terror committed against different-minded persons, and especially Jews, Baron von Neurath, receiving the correspondent in his office' in the Wilhelm-strasse, replied in -German: "Even the organized administrative apparatus would not suffice to go to the bottom of each and every one of these malicious tendentious false reports and deny them.

nor took a reduction of $1,800, as against the $3,450 cut which the Sterling plan would make. The senate has adopted the Howell (Lackawanna) resolution urging all governmental employes voluntarily to accept the 20 per cent reduction. The resolution comes up in the house this week for concurrence. It would mean a cut ranging from 1.25 per cent on $800 incomes to 19.25 per cent on $20,000 salaries. Sterling has estimated that application of the 20 per cent reduction would save the state $8,000,000 during the two years beginning (Continued on page 2) RABBI WISE Rainstorms, Poor Visibility Blamed For West Coast Air Tragedy; Probe Is Started OAKLAND, March Rainstorms, causing poor visibility, were blamed today by Var-ney speed lines officials for the crash of their transport which took 12 lives, injured two persons and reduced two dwellings to smoking ruins.

A triple investigation of the crash was undertaken by federal, state and county authorities. The plane, piloted by Noel Evans, former war flier, and carrying as passengers Herman L. Brown, Hollywood builder, and Miss Lavelle Miller of Los Angeles, hurtled out of a rainstorm near here last night, carried away the tops of two houses and crashed into the dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Arisa, with an explosion that was heard for miles.

Traps Mother and Children The Arisa home and an adjoining dwelling, sprayed with burning gasoline, roared into flame, trapping Mrs. Arisa, her four children, and four friends, all of whom died swiftly. Joseph Arisa, the father, leape4 through a window so critically burned he was expected to die. Victims, besides occupants of the plane, were Mrs. Arisa, her children, Anna, 10; Joseph Michael, 4, and Juanita, one year, six monfhs, and four neighbors, Tony Serrano, 20, Joseph Serrano, 18, his brother; George Jeannott, 18.

and Flores Fuentes, 17. Franklin Rose, president of the Varney speed lines, issued the following statement today: "The cause of the accident was due to an unusual and unforeseen condition of the weather that developed its intensity in the immediate locality of the. accident weather reports having been favorable over the entire route. "The fire started after the plane struck the building. The line has been in operation nearly two years during which time approximately 2.000.000 miles have been flown and passengers 1 approximately 80,000 (Continued on page 2) LATE NEWS FLASHES FIRE UNDER CONTROL CHICAGO, Mar.

26. JP) Fire that broke out on two floors of the 16-story Ashland building In downtown Chicago tonight was brought under control after causing damage estimated by firemen at about $20,000. The blaze on the fifth and attic above the sixteenth floor followed a series of explosions In the main flue. Order Drafted By Jioose-velt As First Step In Plan For Wholesale Reorganization of Gov't WASHINGTON, March 26 (P) --President Roosevelt today drafted an executive order for the consolidation of the several government, agricultural credit agencies as the first step in his plan for a wholesale federal reorganization. This sudden move came as a preliminary to a program for refinancing the burdened holders of farm mortgages which will be submitted to congress this week, probably to be followed shortly by a program for reviving the national transportation Morgenthau Seen Head Henry Morgenthau, chairman of the farm board, is expected to head the unified agricultural credit agency which will encompass a wide range of activities now supervised by several departments.

The President reserved announcement of the details of his executive order until he puts it before congress tomorrow. There are now about eight separate credit agencies in the government including the farm board, the farm loan bureau with its intermediate credit, banks, the joint stock land banks, the Agricultural Credit corporations, the crop production seed loan agency in the department of agriculture, and another agriculture department agency for subscriptions to local Agricultural Credit corporations. $2,000,000 Saving A saving of $2,000,000 is "estimated by the President to result from the unification plan. Also, he expects increased efficiency and a strengthening of the present federal credit organizations. Through this new, gigantic credit: organization the President will negotiate the far reaching refinancing of farm wortgasres.

This latter- plati probably will-go to Capitol hill by midweek. Rail Revision Meanwhile, the President is leaving entirely in the hands of a special committee headed by Secretary Roper the formulation of a railroad plan. Several proposals are pending, and he wants a general agreement upon one program before going forward on this. (Continued on page 2) Kidnaped Lad Is Returned Peter Meyers, IS, Reunited With Family After Abduction 8 Days Ago WARREN, March 26 (vP) Fifteen-year-old Peter Meyers, kidnaped March 18 from his home in Masury, near here, was returned safely to his father early today. The boy's" father received a telephone call last night to meet a man in Youngstown, Sheriff Roy S.

Hardman said. Keeping the appointment, Meyers was driven in his own automobile outside the city. Then he was blindfolded. Other men joined Meyers and his companion later. They drove for hours, the blindfolded man uncertain of the directions.

Finally, another automobile met them, bringing the boy, who also was blindfolded. There was a halt in the darkness along a lonely road, and a moment later, the boy was safe in his arms again. Still unreleased, however, the father and son were driven several hours longer, while Mrs. Meyers, at home, worried for fear her husband also had become a victim of the kidnapers. Shortly before daybreak, Mrs.

Meyers with her brother and the sheriff started out in another automobile to find her husband. Within a short time, they met the returning father and son in their own neighborhood. After brief statements to the sheriff, the Meyers family retired to recover from their exhausting experience. The boy told Sheriff Hardman he never saw any of the kidnapers after the first moment when he was stolen, but believed there were six or seven of them. He said they treated him well but told him they would kill him if he tried to escape.

Three of the kidnapers stole the boy a week ago last night Two of the men carried revolvers and one had a sub-maohine gun-By the therat of these weapons, the men took the lad away from Mike Stevens, also known as Winkle, who was the Meyers' chauffeur. They thrust a note into Stevens' hand, ordering him to "keep his mouth shut" and wait for instructions. The motive of the kidnaping had not been made public lato today and whether any ransom was paid was undisclosed. The eldei Meyers several days ago said had no money for a ransom, but (Continued on pace 2) SEARCH FOR BODY KXOXVILLE, Mar. 26.

(JP) Mamie Rhea, 32, former University of Tennessee student, who had planned a career of aerial stunting, fell Into the Tennessee river late today on her first parachute jump and a search for her body was being conducted tonight. i ''I am positively against any cut in appropriations to the school districts. If anything, I am in favor raising those allotments." 'David R. Perry, representative from Altoona, said: "I am not in favor of cutting the appropriations to the local districts, unless as a las-, Percy. A Patterson, Altoona other representative said he was not in position last night to voice his opinion, until he has an opportunity to further study the legislation at Harrisburg today.

It was revealed by the representatives that much pressure has been brought to bear in many quarters since the announcement of intent to slash at least $5,000,000 from the state school fund to be allocated to the district. Mr. Wike was emphatic in his opposition to the proposed slash which would materially affect Altoona and Blair county schools and bring about the possibility of closing some schools and shortening the terms in others. "The state," he said, "is able to appropriate a million dollars for a granite building at Rockview penitentiary, and other huge sums for roads and various items, so I feel it should be able to take care of its education." Beer control was a questionable issue to Mr. Wike and Mr.

Peril'. While they reiterated that legislation was pwding" to their mind the final outcome remained an issue. In Mr. Wike's opinion, "everyone who wants, should be allowed to sell beer, since they've placed it in the soft drink class. Why make restrictions and build up another political octopus like the old 'beer vote'?" The county representative predicted the return of the saloon.

(Continued on page 2) Death Claims Fred Honsaker Prominent Altoonan Dies After Long Illness; Fun-I eral Tuesday 2 P. M. Fred H. Honsaker, 908 Twenty-first avenue, well known in business circles and long prominent in Masonic organizations, particularly Jaffa Shrine, died at his home, at 7 a. m.

Saturday of an acute dilation resulting from a coronary artery disease. He had been in ill health for more than a year, being forced to relinquish his membership on Jaffa Shrine board of trustees early this year because of poor health. Mr. Honsaker had served Jaffa Shrine as a trustee and in other capacities for more than 10 years. (Continued on page 2) NOGALES, March 26 Xogales, Arizona, it's what western towns used to be but it still is.

Had a fine visit with General Pershing at Tucson, and am mighty glad to relate to you that he is looking fine and feeling much better. It's an education to talk Wh ha.VecWei got that should know more? Sawj Mrs. Greenway, Arizona's mother superior, who will, perhaps, and should, be Arizona's new congress woman. Arizona has a fine old character for It's new governor. He Is a country doctor, brought 10,000 babies into the world and when Uiey got to voting age, he ran for office.

Arizona's legislature passed Its bills and adjourned, then somebody accidentally read 'em, and they was all unconstitutional and cockeyed, so they want another session, but the old doc says, "no, they are liable to get 'em worse than that next time" there Is a man that not only knows maternity, but knows state congressmen. Yours, CASAXAVE'S Opp. Post DOG GOODS Office) I In this change, however, Pinchot is adamant on one point he will not approve salary reductions for employes in departments under his jurisdiction unless the legislators and the judges accept similar cuts. Pinchot also is opposed to the Sterling plan for pay cuU favor ing only half of the drastic slashes recommended by the Philadelphia legislator. Sterling proposed that there be a reduction of 20 per cent in all i salaries over $750.

The governor believes the cut should be ten per cent on all salaries over $1.200.. In accepting a voluntary decrease of ten per cent, the gover Eagles Attend Meeting Here H. C. Mack, DuBois, Addresses Members; William Rudolph Is Speaker Several hundred members of 11 chapters in District 7, yesterday attended the monthly district meeting of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in the local Eagles home. Opening with at 2:30 p.

m. and closing with a dinner in the evening, the club members applauded the local program as one of the outstanding affairs in the section. The next district meeting will be held in Bellwood Sunday, April 30. Twenty-four members were accepted to the fraternity yesterday. Twenty-two entered the local lodge and the other two were af-I Continued on page 2) Teachers Hear Dr.

F.H. Gaige Addresses Blair Substitute Institute at Hollidavs- burg; Discussions Held The Blair Coimty Teachers' Substitute institute at the courthouse on Saturday was featured by two able addresses by Dr. F. H. Gaige, department of social studies, State Teachers' college, Millersville, Pa.

There was a large attendance of teachers of the district, who assembled at 9 a. m. in court room No. 1. There was music and devo tional exercises in charge of the Bellwood schools.

Dr. Gaige delivered an address on "Practical History." The elementary group adjourned to court room No. 2, and the hieh school group to the third floor of the building, where various discussions were held. The topics for the elementary group were, "Upon What Should Promotions from One Grade to Another be Based, Examination Grades or Results of the lears Work, or Both?" The discussion was opened by J. Butts.

A diagnostic test in arith metic ior graaes, tour, five, six, seven and eight, was distributed to the teachers in the elementary group and an explanation made of the same. The question presented to the high schooI group was AI1 pupiis Receive the Same Award for ComDletinir the. PrescHhiH Course of Study in the High School?" The teachers' attitude was given by D. L. Shaffer and F.

A. Hamilton. "The Supervising Principals Attitude," by S. P. Koelle and the "Principal's Attitude," by J.

A. Garber. The following program was carried out by the rural school group: First, distribution of preliminary tests on arithmetic and English and explanation of how they are to' be used. Second, the importance of reading in the curriculum. The discussion was opened by Helen Carson, followed by Edith Shaw, Marian Stone, Katherine Burket Detwiler, Mrs.

Helen G. Toung, Dollie Haffley, and others. A recess was then taken for dinner. The afternoon session was opened with a pleasing musical program by the institute, a number of popular songs being sung. The closing address was made by Dr.

Gaige, who took as his subject, "Our Changing Civilization." RILLS WELLSVTLLE, X. Mar. 26. 38-year-old caretaker on the farm was found today In a woods near the body. The man apparently had BAROX VOX NEURATH Tom Mooney to Get Re-Trial Wins Right To Be Tried April 26 On Unused Murder Indictment SAN FRANCISCO, March 26 S.

Webb, state's attorney general, today awaited official notification of the granting of a -new trial to Thomas J. Mooney before beginning the mapping of plans for prosecution of the convicted Preparedness day bomber. Mooney, who was convicted of murder following the 1915 b6mb-ing which killed ten and injured 40 persons, won yesterday the right to be tried April 26 on an unused murder indictment. A decision by Superior Judge Louis H. Ward gave him the trial.

Mooney has been in San Quentin (Continued on page 3) SELF (JP) The body of George Susnick, of Irving Clancey at Genesee rue farm. A shotgun lay beside been dead about a week. H. S. Student SHELDON EHRINGER Robinson is a son of Mr.

and Mrs. George L. Robinson, 3202 Walnut avenue. Student participation in schoo' government was introduced at Altoona High school four years ago an experiment It has worked so successfully that it now a large share in the organization of all school activities, the general handling of school affairs vj I Japan Will Leave League Votes to Resign After 13 Months Dispute Over Activities In Manchuria TOKYO, March 27 (TP) (Monday) The privy council unanimously approved today a communication to the League of Nations announcing Japan's formal resignation from the League. The document will be telegraphed to Geneva this afternoon.

The action Is the climax of an 18. months' dispute regarding Japanese activities in Manchuria, for which Japan was condemned by the League in February. The announcement of the withdrawal, drawn up at, a meeting this morning in the imperial palace, said "the Japanese government has come to the conclusion that it can no longer cooperate with the League." Notice of the resignation was in (Continued on page 2) Await Defends Bank Examiner Delay In Showing Harri-man Keport Declared In 'Public Interest' WASHINGTON, March 26) F. G. Await, acting comptroller of the currency, tonight issued a statement defending the action of L.

K. Roberts, chief national bank examiner in New York, for withholding "temporarily" the original of a report showing "irregularities" in the affairs of the Harriman Nation bank and Trust company in New York. Await asserted that the delay, resulting in retarded action to prosecute J. W. Harriman, former president of the bank, was "obviously in the public interest and for the protection of the creditors of the bank." Roberts was reported by Await to have submitted last July carbon copies of a report from a bank examiner, showing the Harriman bank "irregularities," but to have stated at that time that the original was being withheld "in order to adjust any and all of the problenfs with which the bank was confronted." Aalt said that the original of the report was submitted in December and first came to his attention at that time.

He said he immediately transmitted it to the department of justice, but added that had his "department" felt the original should have come in sooner "unquestionably it could have ordered the report sent in at once." Four Charged With Bobbing Portage Widow EBENSBURG, Mar. 26. (IP) Sergeant James Butler of the state police announced tonight the arrest of four persons charged with stealing $7,500 from a Portage, widow. Mrs. Helen Baker, 40, the widow, claimed her purse, containing the money, was snatched while she was in a Johnstown dentist's chair last Wednesday.

She told police she had been accompanied to the dentist by Mike Soroka, 35, a friend; his brother, Joe Soroka, 42, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kosko, 50, of Johnstown. "The dentist started to pull my tooth and forgot my purse," Ser-geanst Butler quoted Mrs. Baker as saying.

"I had carried it with the money since my husband died. "The others ran away and I discovered my Relief Leaders Hold Parley 200 Attend Unemployment Conference in Huntingdon Dr. Hetzel Presides More than 200 representatives of county emergency relief boards and committee representatives attended a get-to-gether meeting held at Huntingdon yesterday in the Abbey Reformed church. The discussions were centered upon the matter of treating the unemployment situation and to educate members of the county boards in handling the divers phases of unemployment which arise throughout the districts. Representatives were in attendance from Blair, Bedford, Centre, Cambria and Clearfield counties and included members of the county relief boards, the Red Cross and associated organizations.

Dr. Ralph Hetzel, president of the Pennsylvania State college, pre sided over the meeting which included many round table discussions. Dr. Hetzel spoke on the purpose and plan of the conference, as did W. B.

Rogers, executive director of state employment. Mrs. Helen Glenn Tyson, executive secretary of the Pennsylvania welfare board, discussed the Pennsylvania program for emergency relief. Relations of the county boards to the local agencies were discussed by Thomas Devine whose subject of address also included family welfare associations. Surveys of the county organizations were given by Charles L.

Reed, of Huntingdon, while further views on the situation were voiced by Richard Stilwell, state unemployment field director, and Mrs. Pauline Gardescu, representing the (Continued on page 8) School LOUISE CRAMER Sheldon Ehringer, president; Robert Hite, vice president; Mary Louise Cramer, secretary, and Carl Robinson, student member of the athletic council, are the four students of Altoona High school holding executive positions in the student senate, the upper house of student participation in school government, who been serving this year. These officers served during the first semester, being miif ASSAILS PIXCHOT HARRISBURG, Mar. 26. (JP) Rep.

Elwood J. Turner, Delaware, tonight charged Governor Pinchot with desiring to defeat house bill 22, which effects economies In state government "I find no other explanation for the present propaganda unloosed against the German government than to consider it a deliberate, sud den rebirth of the vilification campaign conducted during the World war. "Just as Belgian atrocity stories then mentioned chopped-off chil-i dren's arms, so there is talk today of allegedly gouged eyes and cut-' off ears. "One would really think that the foreign public, which meanwhile realized the untruth of the World war atrocity stories, would not so easily again be deceived by a new dishing-up of similar fairy tales." "How absurd such propaganda is," the minister continued, "you yourself could experience Tuesday. "That very morning you read of unbelievable atrocities com- but in the afternoon you had the opportunity with your own eyes to see these two gentlemen participate in the reichstag session." "It would seem to me," the foreign minister said, "that' this one reference renders unnecessary my dwelling on other details.

"If at the beginning of the national revolution certain excesses may have been committed by isolated individuals, then that is certainly regrettable. At the same time it must be said that never in history did a revolutionary occur like that which now i3 completed in Germany without an accompaniment of certain hardships. "According to my opinion, the German people gave proof of their tremendous innate discipline by the fact that such arbitrary individual acts took place only in a few cases, and even then only in (Continued on page Activities ROBERT HITE and in the executive functioning of school problems. There are many important results being obtained from the organization as it now exists. The students have a direct relationship with the administration through their house of representatives which consists, qf all home room presidents.

The in turn, works through the senate, which (Continued on Dare 21 Senate Guides A. CARL ROBIXSOX re-elected at a recent meeting of the group, because of their efficient work in guiding the student governing body. Sheldon Ehringer is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.

S. Ehringer, 124 East Fifth Robert Hite is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Park S. Hite, 2713 Furnace avenue; Mary Louise Cramer is a daughter of Mr.

ami Mrs. Matthew R. Cramer, 2700 Seventh avenue, and 'Carl as out has II 1.