Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1928, Page 6

6 {WILKINS AND AIDE | FETEDIN BERUIN = Arctic Flyers -‘Make Trium- . phant Entry Into Germany in Junkers Plane. which a dozen other ascended as an aerial Thousands of spectators in the bril- liant sunshine waved and cheered the men. Wilkins and Eielson were still of honor. greeted by the American Ambassador, Jacob Gould Schurman; the British | Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, and | German government and municipal authorities Numerous entertainments have been planned in their honor and they will | be received today by Presidenf von Hindenburg. SHIP HITS ROCK AND SINKS = |[TILTY CHAIRMAN THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1928 by the public utilities and that profes- sors have been paid to write utilities proj da Into books on economics and civics. Such conclusions were said to be “un- waj by the evidence so far in- trod and are basically untrue.” Fight Government Ownership. Gadsden said he did not feel any clination to apologize for the anti-Gov- ernment ownership and operation m: rial and added that the propaganda on the other side of the question had been “enormous and most energeticaly dis- tributed.” He explained that representatives of gas, electric, street railway and tele- phone companies had from time to time examined text books used in some of the public schools and occasionally had DEFENDS PUBLICITY P. H. Gadsden Says Some Re- ports of Trade Body Probe Are “Basically Untrue.” operating gas and electric plants, oar- rylng on telephone communication sad operating electric railways. ‘To prevent ‘“‘erroneous inferences” by individuals who s;z]ccud to obtain complete informatidn, Gadsden sald his committee had requested Dr. John A. H. Kelth, superintendent of public in- struction of Pennsylvania, to appoint a committee to review coples of booklets sent out by the public service informa- tion committee of that State in response to requests from county school superiu- tendents. A total of 120,000 of these booklets were distributed. BUS AND TRUCK CRASH. Seven Ellicott City Students Hurt, KILLERS OF AMERICAN GIRL ARE SENTENCED !dlri, Respectively, for Czecho- slovakian Crime. By P-;{m;;mm Press. , Czechoslovakia, May 31— John Michalko, journalist Andy poli- ticlan, was sentenced to death by hi here yesterday by a court | h convicted him of murdering a | convicted also and sentenced to life imprisonment, Sikorsky, her brother-in-law, on the | $&id basis of whose story the others were fArst arrested, was given 15 years' im- t. One t6 Die, Others Get Life and 15| | Miargc Vosrdesmart vanibed in Jul, while a third man, Sgpa, el mar) between her and Mi —d i e ot ‘the walk ned 5 4 i had tal subsequent to & m:g Michalko and ‘walking, had her her in a hole while he looked on. ‘halko has held various high po- discov- burled in a sand hole in the ! litical posts. 1219 F ST. BOOT SHO! found “Incorrect statements relating to the utilities, obsolete material and omis- sions of essentials.” It was further declared that public utility companies had been requested by university, college and school au- thorities to assist in “associating the theories taught in educational institu- tions with the actualities of the busi- ness world,” that the companies had thrown open their plants to inspection by teachers and students, and had given vacation employment to hundreds of young men who plan to enter business after completing their educa- tion. The companies also had furnished teachers, not students, Gadsden sald, the business of naturalized American irl, Hargit Voerdesmart of New York'." i | Dr._Klepetar, tried with him. was | Sy the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 31.—Capt. George H Wilkins and Lieut. Carl B. Eielson made a triumphant entry into Berlin Ih a three-motor Junkers plane yes-| ay. They covered 250 miles from gpdenhnsen in 22 hours in the plane which had been sent from Berlin with f. Arthur Berson and Capt. Walter ns representing the Aero-Arctic Bociety. A squadron of Danish Army planes ‘Dp:dqin salute when the big Junkers took off and headed across the Baltic. | At the German port of Warnemuende fve German planes went up to wel- By the Associated P. H. Gadsden, utive committee of the Joint Commit- tee of National Utility As lations, is- sued a statement here today character- izing as ‘“basically umt printed in some newspapers dealing with’ evidence uncovered in the Federal ‘Trade Commission’s public power utility inquiry. Gadsden sald it had been published y public 38 Escape on Way to Game. Special Dispatch to The Star, FREDERICK, Md., May 3].—Thirty- eight students of Ellicott City High School escaped serious injury ter- day when a large bus, in which they were en route here to witness a base- ball game, collided with an ofl truck. Seven of the students were cut and bruised and received medical atten- ! tion, The remainder were shaken. Willlam H. Zahner, Baltimore, driver of the ofl truck, escaped unhurt. Rob- ert Mercer, Ellicott City, who escaped mjury, and Zahner will face charges at Ellicott City next week to deter- mine the cause of the accident. British Steamer Goes Down Near rman of the exec- 8t. Thomas, Virgin Islands. ST. 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