Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1929, Page 24

FLYING OVER PARKS TOPIC FOR PARLEY {Conference Will Be Held in " Interior Secretary’s Office Next Month. Labor-Saving Funds Not Available for Putting in Elevator The Postmaster General cannot install an elevator from the base- ment to the subbasement floor of the Post Office Department Build- ing with funds now available for “labor-saving devices,” according to a decision by Acting Controller Gen-~ eral Lurtin R. Ginn. Such an elevator, which the Post- open up storage space in the sub- 3 master General wants in order to “ with their surroundings. basement to use, is not merely & labor-saving device, the acting con- troller said, but in the eyes of the law it is a public improvement which could not be paid for out of the ap- propriation for labor-saving devices. In his request to the controller general, Postmaster General New explained that it was necessary to provide additional storage space. A room in_ the subbasement contains several thousand feet of floor space, but at the present time can only be reached by means of a stairway. ‘Whether airplane sightseeing parties should be permitted to fly over the national parks of the country and the . proposal to establish airports within the larger parks for the benefit of air- plane touring parties will be discussed at a conference in the office of Roy O. West, Secretary of the Interior, February 20. Secretary West today invited to this conference presidents of railroads, park transportation concessionaires, heads of airplane companies and members of various outdoor and mountaineering ; organizations. | The admission of airplanes to parks, | Secretary West said, has been under| ATTITUDE OF ALLIANCE Sceretary West §%id, fus been under| ON NEW CALENDAR ASKED park officials for a number of years.| The conference is expected to result in | bservance Under e e L ke for the National Park Service. 13-Month Plan Sought by Blue Law Opponents. Discussion to Be Informal. “Tt is not the intention to have any definite or fixed program for this con-| Dr. Joseph A. Themper, president of ference,” Mr. West said, “but rather to | the National Association Opposed to afford an opportunity for a very in-| Blue Laws, Inc, has called upon Rev. formal but intimate discussion of the matter and to outline a policy which |Day Alliance, in New York City, in a should be established as to the use of | letter to inquire what will be the at- airplanes in the national parks.” titude of the alliance on the enforce- The problem of airplane sightseeing | ment of Sunday observance under the was discussed by Secretary West in his | new proposed 13-month calendar. recent annual report, in which he said: | “Would the Lord's Day Alliance want “Usually the wilderness character of |t0 put us all in a straitjacket on the the parks is one of their strongest ap- | Sunday of the revised calendar, as peals. The policy of the Park Service, | anxiously as it now wants to put us therefore, has been to preserve the |there on the present Sunday?” he asked. beauties of nature in their original form | ————————————— but at the same time to make the prin- cipal points of interest accessible to the | Teceiving the serious consideration of millions who make their pilgrimages | the department. each year. Roads and trails, for ex-| ‘It is urged that no encouragement ample, are built to fit the scenery and | should be given to the use of airplanes to mar the landscape as little as pos- |as sight-seeing conveyances, for the sible. Hotels and camps where required | reason that it is impossible to obtain for cafes and housing accommodations, | an accurate conception of the beauties generally can be made to harmonize |and wonders of national parks by flylng over them at safe altitudes, Others aver that only from the air can & view be obtained of generally inaccessible Presents New Problem. Harry L. Bowbly, secretary of the Lord’s | THE EVENING STAR, CONFESSION FALS 10 STIR NORTHCOTT Admission of Alleged Murder Accomplice Draws Reply “That’s Interesting.” By the Assoclated Press. RIVERSIDE, Calif., January 15.— Press reports from Greensboro, N. C., that Clarence Roberson, 19, had con- fessed to police there that he had helped Gordon Stewart Northcott to kill four children in a barn in California, today failed to impress Northcott, who is on trial here for the murder of three boys at his chicken ranch near River- side, and faces trial later for alleged murder of another youth. “That's interesting,” said Northcott after he had been awakened in his cell and told of Roberson’s confession. “I refuse to say anything,” was his only other comment. Roberson said North- cott offered him $3,000 to help kill the children. A continuation of the story of San- ford Clark, Northcatt's 15-year-old nephew and principal accuser, was ex- pected today. Clark says he was made an unwilling party to some of North- cott’s alleged crimes. Clark, who months ago told a blood- chilling tale which started a police in- vestigation of the Northcott ranch, be- gan the retelling of his story on the witness stand yesterday. Adjournment cut off his story just as he was about to detail the alleged killing of Lewis and Nelson Winslow. He previously told of an unsuccessful attempt to kill Lewis and of his laboring all day to dig a Erave to receive the bodies of the two 0ys. Northcott has indicated that he may take the reins from the hands of Nor- bert Savay, his counsel, and cross-ex- amine young Clark. POLICE ARE SKEPTICAL. Alleged Northcott Murder Accomplice’s Story Being Investigated. GREENSBORO, N. C, January 15 (#).—Police were today investigating the story of Clarence Roberson of Greensboro that he helped Gordon Stewart Northcott kill four children in a barn in California. Officials indi- cated that they gave little credence WASHINGTON, D. EX-PASTOR CONVICTED. Found Guilty of Circulating Spu- leave, went to the farm where North- cott was staying and that the latter offered him $3,000 to children, Northeott s now on trial in Call- fornia on t‘h murder charge in connec- rious K. of C. Oath. tion with the s!ayk:g of two boys. Tm Am% N. 'L' ‘L‘.‘“‘" uuw__ " e Rev. Elmo teman, deposed Stayman to Address Rotarians, pastor of the umm:d cnrm:n‘n &n&m‘:ll Joseph W. Stayman, president of the | JeSterday was convicted - Potomec. State Behoot "at Keyser, W.|Lbel in having circulated a spurlous Va., and_governor of the thirty-fourth | 28t Which Be ® o 051 b‘:l’. 7 district Rotary International, will be | Ders of the Knights of Columbys Fers the speaker af the Wednesday Rotary | imum penalty is three years in prison Tuncheon at the Hotel Willard, ~After|2nd & fine of $1,000. the luncheon the officers, directors and i chairmen of the committees will hold a| There are eight Christian Science meeting with Mr. Stayman. 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