The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 15, 1934, Page 1

s # J y Kerrigan was quoted as saying North Dakota’s w Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather ee G fair tonight and enetedays warmer tonigh' ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1934 PRICE FIVE CENTS Two Kidnap Victims Rescued THREE MEN HELD AS CALIFORNIA POLICE DISCOVER OIL, MAN All Confess to Abducting Mil- lionaire and Effort to Collect Ransom ‘BRAINS’ OF GANG TALKS Says Plot Was His Idea But That Other Helped Him to Formulate Plans Los Angeles, May 15.—(?)—Three men, arrested in the kidnaping of William F. Gettle, who was released unransomed and unharmed Monday night, were reported by authorities Tuesday to have admitted participa- tion in the abduction of the Beverly Hills millionaire. Statements of the three, made in the presence of police detectives, ADMITS FAKE LETTER Los Angeles, May 15.—(#)—R. E. Vetterli, federal department of justice agent, disclosed Tuesday he was author of a letter mailed at San Bernardino and received by Mrs. Fleta Gettle Thursday de- manding $40,000 ransom for the return of her husband, I wrote the letter and posted it myself in the hope it would spur the real kidnapers to action by making them believe another gang was horning in on their game,” Vetterli said, “As it turned out, that’s exactly what they did, for within a short time after my fake letter was made public the kidnapers got in con- tact with Attorney Noon and gave instructions for the transfer of the ransom money.” ee | sheriff's deputies and postoffice in- spectors named J! lionaire at his summer home last week, Under questioning by Capt. Morris G. Stensland of the sheriff's office, he was to have received $18,000 for act- ing as Gettle’s guard, and that Kirk. had ordered Gettle to write the let- ters regarding arrangements for de- livery of the $60,000 ransom. Kirk, in his statement before the Officers, said the plot to kidnap Get- tle was his idea, but that Williams ane Kerrigan helped him make the plans. Asked if anyone else was involved in the plot, Kirk said: “That is all.” Doesn't Know Women He said he knew nothing about the two women, Loretta Woody and Joan Burke, now in custody. Williams, in his statement, said he and Kirk were the two men who kid- naped Gettle. Officers found the retired broker Monday night, bound to a bed and with his face covered with a court- plaster mask, in a little house in the foothills town of La Crescenta, only a few miles from here. They arrested five persons in con- nection with the kidnaping, which occurred five days ago. Gettle, haggard but smiling, said Tuesday that “it all seemed like a bad dream.” “My greatest worry while I bound hand and foot on that bed wes for the anxiety my absence would cause my wife and family.” “Thank God,” murmured Mrs. Get~ tle, an invalid, when word of the res- cue was given her. Police robbery detail by their activities in an apartment house at 600 North Harvard street. The officers were seeking a band of bank robbers. They placed devices in the apartment rented by the suspects. But results were lacking. Officers were ready to give up last Saturday when one of the records, rerun in‘ out this N. D. Gets $200,000 to Battle Drouth Arizona Girl Restored to Mother’s Arms Pictured above is little June Robles, Tucson, Ariz. schoolchild who was rescued late Monday from a living tomb in the desert near her home. Shown with her are her father and mother who had all but despaired of her safe return. KIWANIS PARK | SELECTED AS SITE OF CAMP JAMBORE Davis Ordered Back To Parley at Geneva Washington, May 15.—(?)—Presi- dent Roosevelt today ordered Norman H. Davis, American ambassador at large, to return to Geneva for the re- convening of the world disarmament conference on May 29. Davis, who conferred overnight with the president, said he had no new ition to present to the two- Committee Finds Spot Ideal for| year-old parley. Scout Fete Scheduled for May 25-27 Kiwanis Park has been selected as the site for the area-wide boy scout Jamboree and exposition of camping scheduled, to be held in Bismarck May 25-27, Worth Lumry, chairman of the committee in charge, announced ‘Tuesday. ‘The committee reported Kiwanis Park is an ideal site, pointing out numerous advantages over other spots which were considered. Located be- tween Riverside and the baseball park is a large clearing for the jamboree contests and the general group ac- tivities. The park is far enough from the river to eliminate hazards there and is close enough to the ctiy to make it possible for parents and friends to attend without inconveni- ence, Fire wood will be provided for the campers. A camp store will be established to make supplies easily available. At a meeting to be held at scout headquarters Thursday at 7 p. m., @ trip will be made to the camp grounds ames ge sites aie the various Committees Are Named Committees in charge of the jam- boree are: general chairman, Spencer Boise; Publicity and Invitations, W. H. Payne, George Bird and F. G. Orr, Program and Entertainment, Torolf Johansen, L. K. Thompson, Lloyd Lillestrand, Charles Liessman, Curt Dirlam; Awards, C. W. Leifur, ‘Sam Merritt, Robert Ritterbush, O. Lokken, H. O. Saxvik; Prizes, R. Neff, G. A. Dahlen, John Karasie- wics; Tours, H. P. Goddard; F. H. Waldo; Camp site, Worth Lumry, J. N. Roherty, A. C. Van Wyk, Lieuten- ant Moore; Decorations and Displays, LO. Saxvik, J. W. Calnan, O. O. Lok- ken and Alex Rosen; Judges, R. D. McLeod, M. H. Anderson, Milton Rue, C. W. Leifur, A. C. Non We Theme Cauthers; City Troop » W. F. McGraw, A. C. Van Wyk, M. H. An- derson, Wesley Sherwin; Receptioes Bowman, Attendance, Rev. Floyd Logee, Father Henry Holleman; Parade, Milton Rue. List Court Personnel Personnel of the area court of honor is made up as follows: Dr. G. district; G. N. Hendrickson, chairman court of honor, West River district; M. Tachida, chairman, court of honor, Christianson trict; J. .W. Calnan, George F. Shafer and F. H. Waldo, members, Black Hills Chosen For Balloon Flight Washington, May 15.—(?)—The gi- .|be in The administration has assumed the position that it is up to Europe to compose its political difficulties as a solution for the disarmament problem. ANTI - LANGERITES TO OPEN CAMPAIGN WITHBARNES RALLY Thoresen Will Be Principal Speaker at Valloy City Next Tuesday Night Candidates of the anti-Langer fac- tion of the Nonpartisan League will open their campaign at Valley City next Tuesday night with T. H. H. Thoresen, Grand Forks, candidate for | governor, giving the principal address, it was announced here Tuesday. Thoresen-for-governor headquar- ters will be opened here Wednesday to conduct the campaign for the full ticket. Oscar A. Olson, Bowman, will be in charge of the office, John Nys- tul, Fargo, campaign manager, an- nounced. All candidates on the Thoresen ticket are expected to participate in the speaking program at Valley City. On May 23 Thoresen will go to Gar- rison where @ special market day will Progress. Thoresen speaks at Bismarck May 24 and will give a ra- dio address at 10 p. m. Former Local Man Killed in Accident Litchfield, Minn® May 14.—@)—R. E. Finkle, salesman for J. Weber Implement company of Minneapolis, School Examination Schedule Announced Dates for the Burleigh county school examinations were announced Tues- ASK $1,322,000,000 | TO HELP RECOVERY PROGRAM FOR YEAR Presidnt Earmarks Some ‘of Money for Roads, CCC and Other Items Washington, May 15.—(#)—Presi- dent Roosevelt asked congress Tues- day for $1,322,000,000 to taper off the emergency recovery expenditures dur- ing the coming government year. The main portion of the fund— $940,905,000—was assigned by the President for general relief and pub- lic works purposes. He asked dis- cretionary power to use it as demands required. Out of this, however, he has tagged $100;000,000 for road construction; $40,000,000 for starting the navy ship- building program; $48,000,000 for the ‘Tennessee Valley authority; $35,000,- 000 for public building construction; and $5,000,000 for the Inter-American highway. |The appropriation would increase the government debt to the all-time Peak of $31,834,000,000 for June 30, 1935, as fixed in the two-year budget submitted to congress in January. Pointing to pay-as-you-go basis for the 1936 fiscal year, the president warned in his message: Wants Balance in '36 “In my judgment an appropriation in excess of the above amount would make more difficult if not impossible an actual balance of the budget in the fiscal year 1936, unless greatly increased taxes are provided. “The present estimates should be sufficient as a whole to take care of the emergencies of relief and of or- derly re-employment at least until the early part of the calendar year 1935. If at that time conditions have not improved as much as we hope to- day, the next congress will be in ses- sion and will have full opportunity to act.” Simultaneously strong intimations came from high government sources that the administration expects the banks to do a greater share of carry- ing the load and putting out credit to carry the recovery drive along. Principal items in the appropriation bill follows: General public works-relief, $940,- 000. Civilian conservation corps, $285,- ,000. 000,000. Federal land banks, $75,000,000. Internal revenue bureau for boot- Jegging war, $10,000,000. Miscellaneous, $11,095,000. Total, $1,322,000,000. Asks Discretionary Power ‘The president wants discretionary authority in spending the general public works-relief fund, but he would ear-mark the following items from it: Road construction, $100,000,000. Tennessee Valley authority, 000,000. Naval construction, $40,000,000. Public buildings c#istruction, $35,- 000,000. Inter-American Highway, $5,000,- 000. Executive office extension, $325,000. The $1,322,000,000 requested com- Pletes the general $3,166,000,000 re- covery fund suggested by the presi- GOVERNMENT MOVES TO HELP STRICKEN PARTS OF COUNTRY Growth of Quick Forage Crops Part of Six-Point Plan Urged by Roosevelt WILL REVISE ALLOTMENTS Restrictions in Wheat and Corn- Hog Programs Lowered by Emergency Moving to relieve the situation cre- ated by drouth in the middle west, the national administration Tuesday launched a six-point program, includ- ing the allotment of $200,000 to North Dakota for the purchase of seed to be used for growing quick forage crops. Wisconsin was allotted $200,000 and South Dakota $50,000 for the same purpose. Officials of the state relief admin- istration here said they had no knowl- edge of the details of the plan, an- nounced by President Roosevelt, but that E. A. Willson, deputy administra- tor, had left for Washington to attend @ conference there Wednesday. Direct word was issued from the White House that the program would be pushed “energetically and expand- ed as necessary.” Rain Falls In Some Areas The United States weather bureau also contributed a word of hope, re- Porting that the precipitation Monday over part of the heat-seared area would be followed by showers in many sections Tuesday. The administration’s relief plan, formulated at a meeting Monday be- tween Roosevelt and four of his agri- cultural and relief aids, calls for: Continuation and expansion of di- rect relief to farm families; financing of stock feed and seed for emergency forage crops; cash purchase of “a sub- stantial number” of cattle in the drought ares; relaxation of provisions of wheat and corn-hog reduction con- tracts to permit farmers to raise sum- mer forage; a request to railroads to reduce freight rates on cattle shipped out of the drought area and feed shipped in; and additional work by the relief administration to provide increased water supplies. First relief grants to the drought district were announced shortly aft- erwards by Harry L. Hopkins, emerg- ency relief administrator. Wisconsin was allotted $200,000; North Dakota $200,000, and South Dakota, $50,000 to buy and plant seed for quick forage| crops to feed livestock on which farm families rely. Governor W. I. Myer of the farm credit administration, one of the White House conferees, also announc- ed Tuesday a reduction from 2% to 2 Per cent in the discount rate of the 12 federal intermediate credit banks, the second such reduction within two months. No Danger of Food Shortage After being assured there was no danger of a food shortage in the af- flicted area, Roosevelt let it be known he felt it would “not be necessary to ask congress for additional powers or grants to enable the emergency agencies to cope with the situation.” A group of house members from the stricken states met and selected a delegation to ald’ governmental de- partments in working out immediate relief plans. Some of them spoke of seeking direct appropriations. The house members chose a com- mittee of nine, representing the states most affected, to cooperate with all administrative agencies now at work on the problem and to steer through congress whatever legislation was found essential. Rep. Sinclair (R., N. D.), chairman, baat said the committee probably would meet within 24 hours to draw up & definite program after reports from agriculture department officials were available. Rep. Kvale (F.-L., Minn.), told his interdepartmental brant (D, 8. D), Boileau (R. Wis.), Carpenter (D., Neb.), Weeks (D. Tll.), and Ayers (D. Mont.). Drouth Aids Chance Of Diversion Plan CAIN OPENS DRIVE TO. WIN REPUBLICAN POSITION IN JUNE Independent Gubernatorial Can-; didate Tears Into Claims of Langer Faction Dickinson, N. D., May 15.—()— Calling for a return to “constitutional government,” State Senator James P. Cain of Dickinson, independent Re- publican candidate for governor, Mon- day night opened the party's campaign with a detailed criticism of the record of the present state administration. C. 8. Buck, Jamestown, candidate for the Republican nomination for U. 8. senator, and Tom Hall, Bis- marck, candidate for congress, parti- cipated in the speaking program. Cain struck out at various acts of the administration of Governor Wil- Nam Langer, declaring that “within the past 12 or 18 months there are those in state offices who have at- tempted to destroy” constitutional government. He declared himself in favor of a moratorium law patterned after the Minnesota law, recently upheld by the U. 8. supreme court. He took issue with the claim of the Present administration that it had reduced expenditures by over $5,000,000 for the biennium. Legislature Cut Expenses “Appropriations were materially cut by the last session of the legislature,” he said, “but the cut made was not reflected in subsequent state expendi- tures. The expenditures for 1933 are approximately what they were in 1932 and former years.” General expenditures for the state in 1932 were $4,370,650.59, Cain said, while for 1933 for the same purpose the total was $3,404,180.34. The total decrease in all expendi- tures Cain continued, was approxi- mately “half a million and not four or five and one-half millions as has been suggested by supporters of the Present administration.” He declared that in 1932 payments from all funds amounted to $18,789,- 648.14, while in 1933 payments from all funds amounted to $18,272,674.25. “It might be argued,” he said, “that the reduction in salaries voted by the People at the spring election in 1932 brought about the difference in ex- Ppenditures rather than any act of the Present administration, Wants Workable Law Declaring for a moratorium law pat- terned after the Minnesota law. Cain said he favored such legislation in time of depression or during emergen- es. The law. to be effective, he said must be administered by the judicial branch of the government. The present moratorium, declared by proclamation of Gov. Langer, was said by Cain to prevent the fore- closure of mortgages held by individ- uals or corporations but does not pre- vent foreclosure of mortgages held by the Bank of North Dakota or the State Land department. “We find that within the last year, the state has foreclosed something like 800 mortgages that have been given either to the Bank of North Da- Rom kota or the state land department,” Cain said. He called for a moratorium to be enacted by the legislature to “apply to all citizens of the state and make its terms and provisions applicable to the Bank of North Dakota and the state land department to the same ex- tent that they apply to other indi- viduals and firms doing business in the state.” Lists Other Proposals Other proposals advocated by Cain included: Supervision of the state mill and elevator by a special board of direc- tors, consisting of persons not en- gaged in politics. Elimination of the office of beer commissioner and redistribution of revenue derived from the beer law to municipal subdivisions. Elimination of the “horde of in- spectors now going about the state inspecting oils, gasoline, roads, hotels, dance halls, beer parlors, the sale of cigarettes, weights, pool halls and what not and what have you,” and the Placing of these duties with local . sheriffs and police officers. gantic balloon that will shoot skyward ;day by Superintendent Marie Huber.;mainder has been appropriated for e from the Black Hills this summer |Seventh grade examinations in geo-|as follows: Co i tio! Bill pana tecs ee sometime between June 15 and July|graphy, physiology ture) Federal relief, (including cwa/ Communications necessary and essential to the welfare 16, will look like an exclamation mark | will be. held on May 29 while eighth | funds) $50,000,000. Slated for Passage] the sate. 300 feet tall, punctuating the most graders will take tests in English, so-| Extra appropriations by this con- ISAT te live Somer ot the gpvecnax awesome of all man’s attempts to|cial studies and arithmetic on June | gress: ‘Washington, “May 15—(AP)—The|to suspend local officials from office, solve the riddies of the stratosphere.|1. High school examinations will be| Crop loans, $40,000,000. communications bill, designed to put|pending determination of removal As the army air corps and national |held on May 25, 28, 29, 31 and June 1.| Farm mortgages, $40,000,000. the mammoth wire and wireless sys- } and transfer of such Beographic society laid their plans Reconstruction Finance "|tems under unified federal regula-|power of temporary suspension to the ‘Tuesday, the magnitude of this most] GANGLAND SOCIAL NOTE _| $50,000,000. tion, began = swift journey through | courts. ambitious of sky rides became appar-| Asheville, N. C., May 15.—(7)—A| Veterans benefits, $22,000,000, the senate Tuesday, Passage within| Restoration of control or supervision ent. The goal is a height of 15 miles.|daughter was born Tuesday to Mae Increased veterans and pay allow-/» dey or two was forecast. of the state regulatory department to| A pocket in the Black Hills, near| Blalock, sweetheart of Basil Bang-| ances, $28,000,000. Chairman Dill (Dem., Wash.) of|the administraion. Rapid City, South Dakota, was chosen |hart, as the Chicago Touhy ganster| Mississippi flood control, $29,000! the interstate commerce committee, Enactment of a law prohibiting ass- &s the starting point to save the vast/went on trial in U. 8. district court |000. in introducing the bill, unfolded ajessment of salaries of state officials balloon, which will have a carrying|with Ludwig (Dutch) Schmidt, for a/ Army-air corps, $5,000,000. formal report on it declaring, among|and employes, and prohiiting forced capacity three and as half times that /$105,000 mail truck robbery at Char- 1,000, other things, that regulation of the|contriutions by persons or firms doing Sor Dine ne baleen. Sap bene lotte last November. Total, $1,844,000,000, “telephone Li ccidll has been Wisoee. SEF the sate. eed by wind. “practically nil.” Repeal the veto power the FISHING SEASON OPENS STONE ‘NOT INTERESTED’ A bi-partisan five-man board,| governor in indumrial” commiacne INDICT MARINE ENGINEER St. Paul, May 15—()—Minnesota’s| Washington, 15.—()—Harlan | named by the ‘at salaries} acts, San Francisco, May 15.—(#)—Des-| vast fraternity pike, pickerel and|¥. Stone, associate justice of the su-|of $10,000, Tegulate the com- Enactment of a iaw placing employ- Pite his alibi claim, Millard Hickman, | muskellunge had their day of | preme court, let it be known Tuesday | mt systems, taking over|ment of highway patrol men on 45-year-old marine engineer, was un- | days Tuesday. that he is “out of politics” and “not/existing powers of the federal radio|civil service basis. der grand jury indictment here Tues-| From far northern border sections |interested” in published reports con-| commission over radio and the inter- Repeal of the one-man highway day on a charge of murdering Louise | to southern lakes thousands swarmed |necting his name with the 1933 Re-| state commerce commission Over |commissioner law and substijution of Jeppesen, pretty Ogden, Utah, girl, jover favorite fishing grounds, publican presi@intial nomination, telephone and telegraph. - - . [a three-man commission. Congressmen From Midwest! Rally to Support of North | Dakota Proposal | SINCLAIR IS MORE HOPEFUL Says Special Appropriation Of- fers Temporary Help But | Is Not a Cure Washington, May 15—(#)—Evidence of a crystalization of sentiment in favor of the Missouri river diversion Project was apparent Tuesday among members of congress from the drought afflicted great plains area. Friends of the project, which is still in the “investigation” stage by the public works administration, ad- vanced it Tuesday as the only perma- nent solution for a protracted dry spell which, they say, is gradually reducing the wheat belt to a desert. While public works engineers con- tinued to study the technical advis- abllity of peeling off $65,000,000 from the federal bank roll for construc- tion of a dam and reservoir at Gar- tison, N. D., Rep. Sinclair (Rep., N. D.) told newsmen he was “more firm- ly convinced than ever” the project offered the only permanent relief for the Dakotas. Sinclair was named Monday as chairman of a committee of house members, one from each of nine States in the drought area. to in- vestigate methods of alleviating the emergency and inquiring into the ne- cessity for a special congressional ap- Propriation. To Sinclair, however, an appropria- tion appeared to offer only temporary succor. “There will continue to be periodic dry cycles until the ground is again saturated with moisture and the lakes, streams and sloughs are filled with water,” he said. “This will not only raise the ground water plane and store sufficient subsoil moisture, bu: will have a marked and beneficial effect on the humidity of the air. “Native and planted groves will be thus restored to healthy growth and will tend to increase rainfall. Water storage and conservation, together with timber culture, are the only things that can prevent much of our great central plains area from be- coming a desert, now that forests have been denuded and marsh lands drained.” Sinclair said the federal govern- ment will soon have spent enough money for relief in South Dakota “to have built the Garrison dam and started rehabilitation of these states on @ permanent basis.” ROME-BOUND PLANE ee ee se ws eu ARIZONA CHILD IS TAKEN FROM “TOMB UNDER CACTUS BUSH Tale of 19-Day Imprisonment Is One of Unexampled Torture, Brutality LEGS WERE HELD BY CHAINS Dungeon Would Have Been Grave Had Not Strange Letter Brought Help Tucson, Ariz, May 15—()—Little June Robles is home again, rescued from the desert tomb where kidnap- ers had kept her prisoner for 19 ter- rifying days. Physicians watched over her Tues- day anxiously to ascertain how seri- ously she may have been affected by an ordeal which might easily have killed her; blazing days of a sun that burned her olive skin, and chilly. lonely nights in iron chains that gripped her slender ankles. An unsigned letter, postmarked Chicago, gave the directions that led to her rescue late Monday afternoon by her uncle, Carlos Robles and Clar- ence Houston, Pima county attorney. No ransom was paid. Fifteen thou- sand dollars had been demanded when the child was kidnaped April 25. The letter that saved the girl’s life —she could not have survived much longer in her desert dungeon—was received Monday at the office of Governor Moeur in Phoenix. It gave explicit instructions for finding the girl “buried under a cactus” near Tucson. The use of the word “buried” sent a chill down the backs of the hunters, for they feared it meant she was dead. The letter was sped to Houston and his deputy who called Robles. Driving out to a point indicated on Rincon Way, a desert road, they be- gan beating about the bushes and thorny cacti. Rescued from Grave Houston was separated from Robles when he stumbled onto the prisori. The child was literally rescued from the grave. Her prison was @ boxlike hole dug in the desert nine and a half miles from her home. It had virtually the same dimensions as a grave, except for depth, being six feet long, three feet deep and two and a half feet wide. Over the grave—it might indeed jhave been a grave had the rescue been much longer delayed—was » roof of cacti, tin and burlap, crudely put together. There were several holes in the roof, and the sun burn- ed down to make the pit, despite the covering of cacti, a sweltering inferno by day, a chill, horrifying tomb by night. “Only the fact that she was always a robust child permitted her to go through 19 days and nights of such imprisonment,” her uncle, Carlos jand too weak to walk. She appeared ences have written themselves upon Only after days of quiet and ‘medical care will it be determined how seriously those experiences may Pond and Sabelli Said to Have have affected her. Passed Worst Weather of Long Journey New York, May 15.—(4i\—Two men in a monoplane streaked over the At- lantic ocean Tuesday headed for e. With the worst part of their trans- Atlantic journey behind, Capt. George R. Pond, and Lieut. Cesare Sabelli were believed to be well on their way to Europe. The fliers, attempting a non-stop flight from New York to the Italian capital, glimpsed their last bit of North American soil when they passed | over Bell Island, off the southernmost coast of Newfoundland, at 5:30 p. m., ES.T., Monday, and headed for the open sea. Their journey up the Atlantic coast was marked by fog and murky weath- er, but once over the Atlantic they | were assured of good flying condi- tions. Their big orange and maroon mono- plane, “Leonardo da Vinci” was fueled for a 40-hour flight and Pond and Sabelli were confident of reaching their goal within that time. If they continue according to schedule, they will reach their objective between 10 Pp. m. and midnight, ES.T., Tuesday night. 3 Preparations were being made at Littorio Field, just outside Rome, for their arrival. Fodder Corn Acreage To Expand in State Fargo, N. D., “May 15—“P)—North- ern North Dakota will plant a tre- mendous acreage of fodder corn this lieved, Groom, from an ern half crops in tles were when he the err ia fie eisinte tase tg territory week and did considerable damage. Barbarity Without Parallel The barbarity of the girl’s kidnap- ers was without present day parallel. The prison itself could have been con- ceived by no one but a person insen- jsible to human suffering. The pit, with its covering, would not allow her to stand erect, and she could hardly sit. There was room only to turn over, but this was difficult, if not impossible, because of the chains that held her ankles. The chain war fastened to an iron stake. Seldom do records of crime show more callous treatment of a kidnap victim than that accorded June Rob- les. The kidnapers supplied enough food to keep the child alive, but the food was poor and not clean. (Continued on Page Two) Lindy to Testify at Hearing on Air Corps Washington, May 15.—(#)—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who turned down an invitation to serve on @ spe- cial committee now investigating the army air corps, may yet place his aerial knowledge at its disposal. The famous flyer made known his willingness to testify before the special request would be forwarded. Three Fliers Meet Death in Crashes ported dent pilot at Kelly Field, San io, Tex., and the drowning of two fliers at Barksdale, Is. een seen r een a