Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow tair, Temperature—Highest, 87, at noon today; lowest, 63, at 5:15 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. i G e Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Entered as seco! post office, No. 30,374 Washington, nd class matter D. C. ah WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1927—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. L WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes % s Associated Press. as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 100,678 TWO CENTS. ARMY FLYERS ARRIVE SAFELY AT HAWAII MAITLAND AND HEGENBERGER MAKE HOP OVER PACIFIC IN 25 HOURS, 50 MINUTES; BYRD LEAVES COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA Greeted on Tri;lmphant Lan'ding‘ by Thousands Who Wait Al Night REPORTED SEEN ON FIRST 2, in Storm. ONLY ONCE 400-MILE FLIGHT | Met by Squadron of Planes Sent to Patrol Air After Giant Tr i-Motored Fokker Is Believed Overdue. By the Associated Press WHEELER FIELD, ISLAND OF OAHU, Hawaii, June 29.— First to make the 2,400-mile flight between San Francisco and Honolulu, the Army flyers, Lieut Hegenberger, arrived here at 6:29 a.m. today (11:52 Washington time). The Army flyers, who leit Oakland, Calif., at 7:09 a.m. yester- | day, finished their transpacific flight in 25 hours and 50 minutes. Throughout their long flight they had been reported seen only once—by the steamer Sonoma, when 750 miles from the California coast. Arrive in Bright Sunshine, The Army flyers came in th cleared away the rain and gloom landing place. Thousands who had waited through the long night had begun to disperse when Maitland and. Hegenberger came through the haze to a triumphant landing. It fell to the lot of the Army to bring the Hawaiian Islands, one of America's defenses, within one day of the country’s main- s. Lester J. Maitland and Albert rough bright sunshine that had of the night that shrouded their land, The fastest sieamer traverses the broad waters ot the Pacific, in which no land intervenes, in from five and one-half to six days Overseas Flight Leaders Lieut. Lester J. Maitland (Upper). Comdr. Richard E. Byrd (Lower). GRACE PREPARES T0 LEAVE HAWAI Lone “Stunt” Flyer Reported Ready to Start Hop to San Francisco. . Maitland ana Hegehberger by thelr successful flight supplemented the pioneer work begun August 31, 1925, by their brothers of the Navy. On that date three giant planes of the Navy made the first attempt to cross the Pacific from San Francisco Bay to Hawaiil. One plane failed to rise, another fell into the sea 300 miles off shore and the third, containing the heroic Comdr. John Rodgers and three other men, came down 300 miles short of Its destination. For nine days| they drifted with their seaplane and | were picked up when hope had been almost abandoned. The flight ended today exemplified the advance which aviation had taken. ‘Whereas the Navy had found it essen- tial to.place a line of warships reach- ing from California's shore to the Hawaifan Islands, at 200-mile inter- ,vals, the Army flyers flew without such support and in a land plane that 1 would have floated two to three hours. They had, however, a pneumatic life Fatt. In their flight of approximately 2,400 miles, Maitland and Hegenberger completed the longest —transoceanic airplane flight ever accomplished. The landing was made on a rain- soaked field. The huge plane taxied the entire lggth of the field. Then, circling, it came back to the front of the review stand, where the highest Army, Navy and civil authorities in the island were waiting to extend congratulations to the fiyers. Crowd Wild With Joy. The crowd, augmented by hundreds hurriedly returning to the field, went wild with joy and enthusiasm. Guns of fortresses thundred in salute as the plane stopped before the reviewing atand. From the time they passed through the Golden Gate and began their tra- verse of the miles of landless Pacific, the Army flyers had been definitely reported seen only once before they reached Hawaii. A report came that they had been seen 300 miles off the California coast, but the steamship sending the radio could mnot be identified. The passengers and crew of the steamer Sonoma, 740 miles from the Golden Gate, were electrified when Maitland brought his plane out of mist and dropped to within 200 feet of the water as he passed by. He had been more than nine hours on his way. The next report from the flyers came from the steamship President Pierce, 1,100 miles from California, which reported hearing their radio asking for a bearing to be sent to establish location. At 3 a.m. the plane radioed that the fiyers were about 700 miles off Honolulu. Could Not Find Food. Col. Howard, department air officer, rushed to the plane, grasped Mait- Jand’'s hand and shouted “You did it, and I congratulate you.” Maj. Gen. Edward M. Lewis, com- mander of the Hawaiian Department of the Army, clasped hands with Mait- ,Jand and Hegenberger. The eyes of both aviators filled with tears es he waid: “My boys, 1 congratulate you.” Maitland said that the radio beacon on the lsland of Mauai failed to func- tion “Qur compass,” he said, “is what got us here, If we hadn’t had that, we should have been out of luck.” ‘When asked whether they were tired and hungry, both fiyers admitted that a cold chicken sandwich would appeal 10 them. They told those who crowded about to congratulate them that they were somewhat tired. “We had some coffee and sand- wiches, but we could not find them$ although we looked all over the plane while traveling,” said Maitland. Then, first congratulations over, he demanded: FLIGHT DEDIGATED SOLELY T0 SCIENCE Knowledge of Flying Condi- tions Over Atlantic Is Purpose of Trip. ° By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 29.—Scientific knowledge of transatlantic flying con- ditions. is the prize sought by Comdr. Richard E. Byrd. Unlike the two previous flights, that of Col. Lindbergh for the Orteig prize of $25,000, and that of Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine, who set out to establish a long-distance flying record, Comdr. Byrd’s flight will be solely for the pur- poze of studying weather conditions, air lanes and other scientific matter relative to transatlantic flights, with a stressing of a search for the fastest fying lane between the United States and Europe, In describing hiis flight as one dedi- cated solely to science, Comdr. Byrd said: “One of the things we are trying to prove is that by obtaining weather re- ports from ships at sea, it will be pos- sible to tell at any time what the weather conditions are on the Atlantic. This will be an invaluable aid to aviators, Certainty Now Impossible. “The Radio Corporation of Ameri- ca has been sending valuable reports based on messages radioed by ships at sea. That is the only method by which we can get weather predictions. This is the first time it ever has been (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) Byrd and Crew Radio Best Wishes To Lieut. Maitland By the Associated Press. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, June 29.—The following messages signed by Comdr. Byrd were intercepted this afternoon: “We wire our best wishes to Maitland and his crew. We are keeping a sharp lookout for Nun- gesser. Wind does not help us at surface. Good at half mile. We think we are getting some scientific data.” The second message read: “A message for good old Flovd Bennett. Tell him we miss him like the dickens and are thinking of him.” 1 Her supreme confidence in her hus- band’s success in his flight to Hawail justified, Mrs. Lester Maitland, the intrepid aviator's young wife, was overwhelmed with delight when she recelved official word of the landing of his plane from the War Depart- ment shortly after 11 o'clock this “How about & clgarette?” Hegenberger sai ? mean umn 7.) morning. “I never had the slightest doubt of his eccomplishment of his goal,” the young girl exulted today, while By the Associated Prese. 5 KEKAHA, Island of Kaual, June 29. ~—The tentative hour of the hop-off of Richard Grace, civilian fiyer, for San Francisco was set for 7 am. Honolulu time (9:30 a.m. Pacific time) today, but indications that there would be a strong and unfavorable wind at that hour caused the pilot ‘to declare he might wait longer. Radio Report Received. PORTLAND, Oreg., June 29 (#).— The Federal Telegraph Co. today an- nounced receipt of a message from radio station 6BUC, Amageur Club of Honolulu, saying Grace would leave the Island of Kauai this morning at daylight for San Francisco. Has Crashed 24 Times. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 29 (#).— The motion picture colony expects Richard Grace, one of its numbers, to wing his way over the 2,000-odd-mile expanse of the Pacific between Hon- olulu and the mainland in as ular a fashion as he performed “thrill- ers” for the films. ectac- Flirting with death is his profession. The 29-year-old “stunt man” of the skies has crashed 24 times; 16 of the planes were deliberately wrecked for film and other purposes, the re- mainder “cracked up” as a result of accidents. He escaped without se- rious or permanent injury. Grace started his flying career in 1914 when he was 16 years old. He has spent approximately 5,000 hours in the air. Aside from his skill at “cracking up” airplanes he has developed a number of stunts, such as changing from plane to plane in mid-air, chang- ing from plans to speeding automo- bile, speed boat and train. RAIN DELAYS AIR TOUR. Fourteen Planes on Reliability Cruise Are at Schenectady. SCHENECTADY. N. Y., June 29 (®). Rainstorms over a large part of Massachusetts along the course to be taken by the national air tour neces- sitated a delay in the take-off of the 14 planes for the hop from Schenec- tady to Boston today. Reports from Boston received at the airport here said that although rain was falling in that city. he out- look was for clearing weather later. PLAYWRIGHT ARRESTED. C. F. Oursler Held to Insure Pay- ment of Alimony. NEW YORK, June 29 (#).—Charles Fulton Oursler, playwright and nov- elist, was arrested today and taken to the sherift’s office, where he was be- ir.g held, to file a bond of $20,000 to in- sure the payment of $10,000 annual alimony awarded to Mrs. Rose K Oursler, for the support of herself and two children. Mrs. Oursler, who was formerly Rose Keller Karger of Savannah, Ga., complained that the editor was leav- ing for Furope Friday. News of Safe Landing Overwhelms Young Wife of Maitland Here her 3%;-year-old daughter, Patricia, chimed in with childish glee over her father's new-born fame. Dr. Willlam A. White, superintend- ent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and fa- ther of Mrs. Maitland, admitted that there was no_sleep in their household last night. Both he and his daugh- ter sat up and received bulleting from the War Department and the press associations. Tentative plans of Mrs. Maitland are that she will go to the Coast and meet her hushand. Extra Gaé —Tanks i‘lir?;wn Over- | board at Sea When They Interfere With Compass. MAKES PERFECT TAKE-OFF DESPITE WIND AND WET FIELD Fear of Losing Prestige Believed to Have Prompted Commander to Go at First Opportunit){. By the Canadian Press ‘and 5 minutes i The America arrived off the ;at 1:30. | headed for Newfoundland in bril sight. They flew very low over Louisburg. apparently making certain of their ]polnt of departure over the Gulf of | St. Lawrence to Newfoundland. FLIES THROUGH FOG. Makes First 400 Miles in Four Hours, 34 Minutes. NEW YORK, June 29 (@) Through scréénitig fogs and she ers, the giant monoplane America roared its way today along the Nova Scotia shore headed away for Paris after a_hop-off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, at 5:24 am., Eastern daylight time. With Comdr. Richard Byrd in the plane were George Noville, Bert Acosta and Bernt Balchen. Comdr. Byrd, flying with three com- panions in his three-motored Fokker, had compass trouble over the sea mid- way from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia, due to the extra gas tanks. The trou- ble was adjusted, and the America shortly after 10 o'clock was reported above Meteghan, Nova Scotia. It was at Meteghan that Lindbergh reached Nova Scotia on his flight to Paris. LINDBERGH HPS OF FOR . LOUS Goes After Famous Trans- oceanic Plane for Flight to Ottawa July 2. By the Associated Py MITCHEL FIELD, N. Y., June 29. —Col. Charles A. Lindbergh hopped oft for St. Louis at 10:45 a.m. day- light time today in a single-seated Army pursuit plane. Accompanying him in a similar plane was Maj. Thomas Lanphier. It was announced that a stop was to be made at Colum- bus, Ohio, for refueling. purpose of obtaining gfis famous “Spirit of St. Louis,’ which he plans to make a non-stop flight to Ottawa July 2, where he will be a guest at the jubilee celebration of the confederation of Canada. Guest of Guggenheim. The young colonel arrived at the field this morning from the home of Harry F. Guggenheim, president of the Daniel Guggenheim fund for the promotion of aeronautics, whose guest he had been during the last of his visit to New York. Col. Lindbergh arrived here from ‘Washington Friday and has had sev- eral conferences with promoters of commercial aviation, but has an- nounced no plans, other than a tour of the country under auspices of the Guggenheim fund. He remained in seclusion during most of this visit, and, in contrast to his tumultuous welcome here recently, his very whereabouts were unknown much of the time. To Land Late Today. Col. Lindbergh and Maj. Lanphier expect to reach St. Louis between 5 and 6 o'clock this afternoon, Eastern daylight time. Lindbergh said he planned to take off for Ottawa Thursday night or Friday morning. Less than 50 persons were present for his take-off. At the request of Casey Jones, Curtiss test pilot, he took up a Curtiss pursuit plane, 15-minute test flight, before getting into the plane he is flying to St. Louis. During those few minutes he put the Curtiss plane through its tricks, cutting loops and spirals over the field, to the admiration of the Army flyers. He declined to discuss his business plans, referring all ques- tions to Harry Knight, one of the St. Louis backers of his flight to Paris. Mr. Knight sald there was nothing to say for the present. Radio Programs—Page 30 Col. Lindbergh's flight was for the | equipped with a.radial motor, for a || HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, June 29.—Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, in his monoplane America, covered the length of Nova Scotia to- day on his non-stop flight to Paris in 3 hours and 30 minutes, bet- 1(eriug Col. Charles Lindbergh's time of a month earlier by 1 hour coast of Nova Scotia at 10 a.m., | Eastern daylight time, and left the northeastern tip of the province Weather Improving. Chamberlin's time in the Columbia was much slower than that of either the Spirit of St. Louis or the America. Improving weather conditions favored the flyers as they iant sunshine and with no fog in ‘The Byrd plane reeled off the 400 miles from Roosevelt Field in 4 hours arl|d l:“ mlng!e!, taking just one min- ute longer time for the dista Lindbergh. e The America had indifferent weather for the flight and continually bucked into showers and fogs along the first leg of the trip. Stormy weather was reported off the Irish coast today, but Paris said conditions in France were improving. James H. Scarr, New York focecaster, said conditions geénerally were favorable, Hops Off at Dawn. Comdr. R. E. Byrd and his three- man crew took off at dawn. The great three-motored Fokker took the air at § o'clock, Eastern daylight time, just 48 seconds after being released from the top of the runway, where it had been tied for the past six days while unfavorable weather forbade a flight. The storms that have blocked a flight during the more than a month and a half that the Byrd plane hanl been waiting at the fleld seemed last night to be as great an obstacle as ever, but in the early hours of the morning Comdr. Byrd suddenly an- nounced that despite the weather man’s report he had decided to leave. Small Crowd Present. Immediately there was a great bustle of preparation around the hangar and runway and last prepara- tions were made for the third time in a week. But this time the prepara- tions seemed somehow to be more con- clusive than before and the small crowd felt sure as dawn approached that they were to be more tortunate than thousands who have flocked to the field on other nights and been disappointed. Everything went forward in a busi- nesslike manner and shortly before 5 o'clock Comdr. Byrd with his crew, Bert Acosta, George Noville and Bernt Balchen, drove out to the plane. T. Harold Kinkade, Wright motor ex- pert, climbed aboard and tuned up the motors. The crew waved farewell, climbed to their places and signaled to ‘“‘give her the gun.” A mechanic standing behind the plane slashed at the re- straining rope as the engines roared, and the great ship shot down the in- cline and whirred across the field in the misty light of a rainy dawn. Tea Eliminates Kinkade. Six-tenths of a mile it drove across the field, and then slowly, as though the men inside were lifting her up- ward by main strength, it floated up- ward and soared into the air. The take-off was the occasion for a rumor that Kinkade had stowed him- self away as a fifth man in the plane. Yesterday afternoon Byrd had told him that he would like to have the motor expert along and Kinkade re- plied: “Well you may find me there (Continued on Page 4, Column 3. NORTHERN GATEWAY WORK TO GO FORWARD Plans for carrying forward pre- liminary work on the proposed im- pressive northern gateway of the city through Sixteenth street were discussed yesterday by the co-ordi- nating committe of the National Clapital Park and Planning Commis- sion. The next step will be the grading of Sixteenth street from its present terminus, Kalmia road to the Dis- trict line, shortly after July 1. For the purpose of grading this part of the northern entrance to the city, there will be available July 1 about $22,000. What Business Has | Done in Six Months | of 1927 . Semi-annual review of busi ness and finance will be found today on | Page 12. s indieate iq ‘mdoption despite the delay’ BRITAINTO ACGEDE 100.5. OPPOSITION ON REVISING PACT |May Present Views Without Conference Taking Any Action on Proposal. GIBSON TO REAFFIRM CAPITAL SHIPS STAND | Technical Committee Reports Prog- | ress on Destroyer Limitation. Cruiser Consideration Postponed. By tha Associated Press GENEVA, June 29.—Great Britain, according to information in authorita- | | tive circles, has tacitly recognized the impossibility of revising the Washing- ton maval treaty at the present tri- partite conference here without the consent of the United States as one of the Washington signatories. This reported British acceptance of the American viewpoint does not mean, however, that the question of the size of battleships will not be dis- cussed here, as the British delegation seems keenly desirous of an opportu nity to present its views before a plei ary session of lhe conference. It is possible that the American delegation will .not deny the British their opportunity, on the clear under- standing, however, that mere pres- entation of the British standpoint will not involve the formal reopening of the Washington decisions, to which the American delegation remains fix- edly opposed. Gibson Statement Expected. Hugh S. Gibson, head of the Ameri- can delegation, may issue a stat ment setting forth the. objections of the United States to discussion of the capital ship question prior to the sec- ond Washington conference in 1931. The problem of fixing a maximum tonnage for cruisers and the method of limitation now looms as a delicate question, since the British wish to talk in terms of numbers of cruisers rather than in total tonnage, and pre sumably desire a larger number than they now possess. The Japanese today admitted the re- ceipt .of instructiows-fram. Tokio, hut declined to say whether these com- mitted them to actual reopening of the question of capital ships. The British Dominion delegation has been strengthened by the arrival of Kevin O'Higgins, foreign minister and minister of justice in the new cabint of the Irish Free State; John Costello, attorney general of the Free State, and Ernest Lapointe, Canadian minister of justice. Mr. O'Higgins enjoys the distinction of being the only foreign minister attending the present conference or now in Geneva in.any capacity. Experts Report Progress. The technical committee of the naval limitation conference, following an hour-and-half discussion of the destroyer class this morning, issued a communique saying that “a consider- able measure of agreement between the three delegat»ns” had been re- vealed in the course of the meeting. Upon leaving the meeting, the va- rious members registered satisfaction over the results of their discussion. They planned to devote the af in expounding to their respective dele- gations the progress made during the morning. They will reconvene for fur- | ther discussion of the cruiser class to- | morrow morning. A new danger is seen by close ob- servers of the “Coolidge conference, as the tripartite naval limitation par- ley has become known colloquially and in the headlines, in the fact that political animosities may be engen- dered by Japan's support of the Brit- ish demand for re-examining the ‘Washington naval accord. | American Delegates Adamant. The Americans are adamant in their decision not to resurrect decisions reached at Washington at the 1 conterence as regards capital ships, for they look upon the Washington treaty as not merely an arrangement to limit capital warships, but as an instrument whereby a new era of peace on the Pacific Ocean was in- augurated. In American circles it is recalled _that at the conference the United States consented to the main- tenance of the status quo of Ameri- can fortifications at Guam and in the | Philippines, while Japan agreed to a! ratio in battleships considerably be- low that of the United States. One of the reasons why the Ameri- | cans are opposed to rediscussing | things that were settled at Washing- | ton is the fear that such a step might arouse a new and undesirable | examination of the international po-| litical situation, in the course of| which the question might be raised about the wisdom of increasing the strength of the American bases at Guam and in the Philippines. Just what prompted Japan's sud- den shift to the British proposal was still the subject of conjecture today. ‘Some observers hold the opinion that the Japanese are flirting with both the British and American delegations. Others maintain_that the Japanese really see in the British plan a means of curtailing _expenses, while still others contend that Japan, .sincerely desirous of preventing a rupture of Reprieves Slaye SACCO-VANZETT RESPITE GRANTED Gov. Fuller of Massachusetts Stays Execution for 30 Days. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, June 29.—Gov. Alvan T. Fuller today granted a 30-day respite to Niccola Sacco and Bartolomeo ‘Vanzetti, whose conviction for mur- der has attracted-international atten- tion. Their execution had been set for the week of July 10. The governor also granted a 30- day reprieve to Celestino Madeiros, sentenced to death for another mur- der, the last of whose respites would have expired on July 10. Convicted in 1921. Madeiros has asserted that he was a member of a gang which commit- ted the murders of which Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted and that they ‘were not involved. Sacco and Vanzetti .were convicted on July 14, 1921, of the murder of Frederick A. Parmenter, paymaster of a South Braintree shoe factory, and his guard, Alexander Befardelli, in_a hold-up in front of the factory on” April 15, 1920. ings followed in an effort to obtain a new trial. The Sacco-Vanzetti defense commit- tee was organized and raised several hundred thousand dollars for the de. fense of the two men. Its appeals were sent all over the world. The com- mittee’s main contention was that Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted not on the evidence, but because they had admitted that they were radicals. Radicals Demand Leniency. Radicals in many countries in Eu- rope and South America made numer- ous violent demonstrations in their be- half, including the explosion of bombs at some of the American embassies. After Judge Webster Thayer of the Superior Court, who presided at the trial, had denied motions for a new trial based on a long list of excep- tions, the case went to the Massachu- setts Supreme Court. On April 5 last the Supreme Court upheld Judge Thayer’s refusal, and on April 9 the two men were sentenced to die in the week of July 10. MINE WAGE 60NFEREES FAIL TO ADJUST SCALE Bituminous Parley Adjourns With- out Agreement Toward Ending Suspension of Work. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, June 29.— The wage scale conference between Illinois bitu- minous coal miners and mine opera- tors looking toward ending the sus- pension of mining effective since April 1, when the old contract expired, was adjourned today without an agree ment having been reached. The miners presented a proposal for renewal of the contract under the Jacksonville agreement. The opera- tors rejected it and presented a reso- lution saying they could not operate under the Jacksonville wage scale, and that as long as the miners would not recede it would be useless to continue the conference. U. S. FLYERS AT BERN. Chamberlin and Levine Greeted by American Legation. BERN, Switzerland, June 29 (#).— Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine, New York-to-Germany avia- tors, who have been on a tour of Cen- tral Europe, arrived here from Zurich today and were greeted by representa- tives of the American legation. They 1 fly to Paris tomorrow. . Civitans Select Detroit. NASHVILE, Tenn., June 29 (#).— Detroit, Mich., was selected for the b convention of ’International Civitan at the final session of the convention here today. _Portland, Cleveland, Ohio, and Atlantic the negotiations, is trying to force a (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) City, N. J., also sought next year's convention. The dafe will be set later. By the Associated Press. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, June 29.— Return to power for five years more of the Progressive government of Premier John Bracken .and approval of sale of beer by the glass in licensed establishments were indicated today in virtually complete returns from yesterday’s provincial elections. Proposed sale of beer by the glass instead of bottle sales under the “cashand-carry system” received ma- Jorities in the ecitles large enough to 2 [Sale of Beer by Glass Wins in Manitoba il Election Over “Cash-Carry” System in returns from the rural districts. ‘Winnipeg gave a majority of ap- proximately 15,000 for the plan, while St. Boniface and other cities support- ed it by a vote of approximately two to _one. Indication that the electors want the government to continue its con- trol of the distribution of intoxicants was shown in the defeat of the pro- posal to permit brewers to deliver beer direct to permit holders. Returns indicated a government vic- tory in 29 of the 55 seats in the Legislature, or & gain of 1 over its representation at dissplution. Lengthy proceed- PLAN FOR HANGAR AND EQUIPMENT FOR ARPORT LAID | Committees Representing Business Bodies Named to Clinch Bolling Field. MEETING TOMORROW TO PERFECT PROGRAM War Department Officials Say Site Is Offered on Condition D. C. Acts Immediately. | Committees representing the three principal business men’s organizations |of the city were appointed today to clinch the War Department’s offer of Bolling Field as a temporary airport by working out an arrangement to maintain a hangar and equipment at the fleld without expense to the Gov- ernment. . Organization will be perfected at a meeting tomorrow afterncon at 4 o'clock in the offices of the Washing- ton Chamber of Commerce, when Maj. W. E. R. Covell, assistant Dis- trict engineer commissioner, will im- press on the business men the need of demonstrating to the War Depart. ment that Washington is united be- hind the airport movement. Aside from the financing of the temporary port of call for air mail, the joint committee faces the neces- sity of working closely with the.Dis- trict Commissioners in obtaining the early passage by Congress of desirable legislation to secure a permanent air. port as speedily as possible. For Immediate Action. ‘War Department officials made it plain today that the use of Bolling Field is not for an indefinite period, but is offered on the sole condition that the District takes immediate steps to provide a fleld of its own. Whether that field shall be munici. pally or privately owned is a matter with which the department is not concerned officially, but is one. which must b'e ddetermined in advance of any concerted program, it was poi) lM}r«th: 8! pointed out e personnel of the committees des. ignated to work out these arrange. ments were announced as follows: Chamber of Commerce, Jerome Fanciulli, chairman; A. Leftwich Sin- ¢clair, Merritt O. Chance, John J., Walker, Thomas P. Littlepage, Maj. ;}lex:_.t ‘Al::nn L;tephun. Rudolph Jose, artin A. se, Ivan C,'W Charles W. Darr. Yoer ol Merchants and Manufacturers’ Asso- clation—Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, chairman; Frank P. Harbin, C. H. Frame, Gus Forsberg and Edward D, Shaw. Board of Trade_Edwin C. Graham, chairman; Jesse C. Adkips, C. Hill, Joshua Evans, jr.; Francis R. Wellen, Frank P, Leetch, Ben T. Web- ;t(er. st(e}phan E. Kramer, Howard oran, George W. Offy J.I\Jottrel]. '8 utt and Robert t will be necessary for Washington to raise $35,000, the estimated coa‘tto! erecting a hangar, machine shop and other necessary equipment at Bolling Field, before the War Department will permit a single air mail plane to land there. Lieut. Donald Duke, who se- cured the War Department’s tentative offer, meanwhile will get in touch with Pitcairn Aviation, Inc., of Philadelphia, which has the contract for carrying mail over the New York-to-Atlanta route. From that concern he will as. certain how many men will be maine tained at Bolling Field and whether more than one relief plane will be held in readiness at the field. Congress Action Needed. Should Washington' determine upon a municipal airport, it will be neces- sary to go to Congress for legislation, In this connection, Lieut. Duke stressed today the imperative need of getting administration support for in- clusion of an appropriation estimate in the budget. It is expected that out of tomorrow's meeting will come a definitely worked out plan of action that will not only take care of the emergency needs in- volved but will look to the establish- ment of a permanent fleld com- mensurate with the requirements of the future growth of commercial and passenger air travel. With the sup- port of the Government the proposal is to establish an airport here second to none in the country. Maj. Covell and Lieut. Duke are at work on_their report to the District: Commissioners, which will pot be completed for probably 10 days. Recommendation of Gravelly Point, on the Potomac across from Hains Point, undoubtedly will be made for a per- manent site. The fact that the site is’ in the District of Columbia and not Virginia has been definitely determin- ed. This removes one of the pringipal o.r;jec!!ons to establishing an airport there. DREW EXTREMELY WEAK. Veteran Actor’s Condition Still Re~ garded as Critical. SAN FRANCISCO, June 29 (#).— Although he spent a “fairly comfort- able night.” John Drew, 73-year-old actor, was still in an extremely weak condition today, said reports from the local hospital where he has been ill since arriving here from Portland, early this month. Mr. Drew has suffered several re. lapses and his physicians declare that only his courageous spirit has kept him alive. ® TWO EXECUTED AS SPIES. Man and Woman Before Firing Squad in Moscow. MOSCOW, June 29 (#).—The execu- tion by a firing squad of a woman and a man, Mme. Samotia and M. Tarasovitch, described as Polish spies, was announced here today. They were charged with having lunpllx' military information to the Polish general staff. - 3