Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1929, Page 2

FARM BILL SIGNED; HOOVER ASKS FUND President Will Request Con- gress to Appropriate $150,- 000,000 to Aid Agriculture. By, the Associated Press. President Hoover signed the farm re- Hef blll yésterday, thus making lew the major part of his program. intended to stabilize agriculture, "Pomorrow he will ask Congress for $150,000,000 of the $500,000,000 revelv- ng fund authorized for loans to assist the farmer owned and controlled sta- bilization corporations and co-opers atives. Simultaneously he will begin selec- tion of the eight men to compose the Federal Farm Board, which i to ad- minister the fund and have authority in agriculture comparable with that of the Federal Reserve Board and the In- terstate Commerce Commission in their apheres. Secretary Hyde will request farm or- ganizations and others interested to suggest men for board appointments. Mr. Hoover hopes that within two ‘weeks he can select a board from this personnel and that which already has ‘been proposed to him. Two Seriously Considered. Thus far Mr. Hoover has made no| definite selections, but it is known that two being considered seriously are James C. Stane of Lexington, Ky., president of the Burley Tobacco Grow- ers’ Co-operative Association, and Carl Wi , & farm paper publisher of Oklahoma, and formerly a member of the Federal Board of Mediation. Rather definite information is ayail- able that neither Jullus Basnes of New York, former president of the United States Grain Corporation, ner Frank O. Lmvden tnrmgr chemor of Tlinois and foremost among the advocates of the ‘qusunuon fee plan of farm reucl will be offered places on' the Both had been menunnad The it is understood to desire men who have had successful Axperhnu in the co-operative field, and especially in handling basic commodities, such as cotton, grain, live stock and tobacco. ‘The farm bill is the first important legislation signed by President Hoover, and its enactment ended one of the longest and most spectacular legislative gd political controversies in recent his- Consequently, far more than the usual foraality attended the . Grou around the Chief Executive were Vice President Curtis and Speaker Long- vonh who signed the bill yesterday after the House and Senate had adopt- Rej nna Smith, Democrat, South Insisted on Debenture. ‘These two Senators were insistent Chairman Haugen of the House agricul- tors ccpper Re- e Becenis: ocrat, ] presenta- Pumdl of Indiana and Willilams and Kincheloe The President used two pens in sign- ted to Sena- sentative Haugen. wrote his first name and with the other his Prend.em‘, Hoover described the farm constructd o B have at fi"‘n“’ m:d’fl eenm-uouve start 8¢ agricultural relief v with the most im- portant measure by Con- gress in aid of a -lnlle industry. “As it would have introduced many eross currents to have initiated any movement toward the selection of the firm board untll after the legislation was completed, no steps have been taken in this direction beyond the re- ceApb n( nvenl hundred recommenda- will require two or three weeks 15 mlke these selections. The choice of the board is not easy, rctmmem- bers must in a measure be distributed regionally over the country, it must at the same time be chosen 5o as to rep- resent so far &s possible each major branch of agriculture. Actual Experience Required. “Moreover, the board must be made up of men of actual farm 3 and tnumm:h a5 its work lies largely in marketing in conjunction with farm co-operatives its membership should be eomprlsod of men who have benn actu- ly engaged in farmers’ mar- kzunl orglmuuam It is desirable that the board should have in its con- stitution at least one man experienced in genenlbunnfl: and one with special nce. RAIL RATES DECISION AWAITED. Interstate Commerce Commission Hears Last of Arguments. By the Associated Prese. The Interstate Commerce Commission s Taced sauarely with aeciaing whether | potoe: can be granted the American umrmmetmnummmm Tates on grain and products. grain Arguments were completed late yes- | ging terday in the commission’s investigation rates instituted under the \};on- rates consistent with an adequate trans- portation During the arguments, which began three we:k.s ago. and which were said by members of the commission to have lasted longer than any prtvlmlsly held, nearly 700 pe persons told the commission what they thought it should do in re- gard to grain rates. The producers wumd lower rates and the railroads were opposed to reduction. No indica- tion was given 2s to when the decision | will be u:mmmed TOBACCO SLOGAN HIT. New TYork Representative Calls Practice “Silly and Outrageous.” Congressional wrath was heaped yes- ferday upon the tobacco concerns re- sponsible for the advertisements urging that one reach for a cigarette instead of & sweet. luldu bitterly attacking such Representative Emanuel Mumv York issued a state- ment ulll.nx the Pederal Trade Commission to mu.\nx a stop to what "n.lly and outrageous form of adver- 8" uxceuaretullmnuonwthaw that, “‘candy, mdusmmumolthl country and affords empl ‘dhousands of men .and women. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHI'NGTON. Rough Riders of the Air Mail BY TLAIRE On the first air mall tri) m“" to San Franeisco, el 1 ever wntby see that is o steeply. It ‘There wasn't any use trying to pull it out, because T didn't know which way was up and which down. The grayish white snowstorm was all around me and the air screamed through the wings and tore at my face, first one side and then the other, as I fell. After I had plunged 8,000 feet T fell out of the storm, about 3,000 feet above | the bottom of a valley. When I came out it seemed as though a great wall, with pine trees aticking out of it hori- zontally, was off at one side. I was really falling sidewise, and that wu only an illusion. What seemed off to my side was straight down. ‘Works Over Mump. 1 got the ship straightened out and | worked my way on through under the | f storm and over the “hump" of the Sierras. I brought my load of mail | down on Crissey Field. San Francisco, at 2:10 in the afternoon. 1f I had fallen inte the spin over a mountain umeu of over that valley, | Prancisco and ran into the storm short- ly after. 1 battled & 90-mile gale nearly three hours and a half. Then it was getting_ dark l.nfl my gas was nearly gone. I was still over the high, steep mountains. Prophetic Joke. was _ getting into _sure-enough troubu But my mind kept running on something which may sound funny when I write it. It was the day Iflcr ving. I had just had Thanks. giving dinner at my wife’s home, only then she was my fiancee. They had had plum pudding for des- sert, My fiancee’s father was joking and sald: “Don’t let Claire eat that plum pudding. !unohuvyhnwenz be able to fly over the ‘hump’ tomor- row with the mail!” When T was up there in the storm I kept thinking of this. 'rlu storm was getting worse. With gas running out, I knew I would luve to set the ship down. I remem- bered a small-level spot on top of one of the mountains. 1 had tted it lnn( before as & possible ing ylu:e in emergency. A 'small mining town called Last Chancess & few miles away. Had the Right Name. “1t's got the mt name. 1 thou 1 flew over Last Char em.fm low to let them know lwulnmuhle But it didn’'t mean anything. Then started for mo place I had picked. ‘There were several feet of snow on DISTRICT VOTE PLEA 5 GVEN SUPPORT Jones Receives Letter Ex- pressing Washington Wom- en’s Sympathy With Move. Purther indication that radis ad- dresses are causing persons outside the | District to become interested in the vote- less condition of residents o! the Na- another lethr from hu State. over t-hn‘ndm recretnfly, making mn: appeals for support of the proposal 1o give the District representation in Con- gress and in the electoral college. few days later both Senators roulved httfl':ry h‘:;\uvlflm'l;nlecflonl of the country, ting that the a was well received. o The latest” message received by Sena- tor Jones was from Mre. Thomas G. Hatheway of Seattle, Wash., who wrote that 2 number of women who heard the ‘were im plea. Eu letter follows: “Many of the women who are mem- bers of the Women's King County Re- publican Club heard the talk you gave oves s fain lv.‘h“et omedr "rm . vocating b and pi e o franchise for the residents of the Dis- of bis. The vunen ‘were impressed with what you said, and the subject was taken up at the ' business of the club on tional tation to the District. The reso- l been has ‘sponsored i’ the Houss | by lum-uenuuve Dyer of Missouri. ALLEGED KIDNAPERS HELD' ru.r Men Secvetly Arraigned Idahe Court. LEWISTON, Idaho, June 15 (#).— of Telns, N. D. and stopped "lfil " but with .8,000-foot Spin in Snowstorm Over Mountains Enlivened Claire Vance's First Flight on Reno to San Francisco Route—Te]ls of Other Perilons Trips. XK. VANCE, Mail Pliet for Boeing Air Transport on Reno-San Francisco Run. Written exclustvely for The Star and- the Nerth American Newspaper Alliance. made over the Sierra Mountains, from flew into a blinding snowstorm, went into & spin Tt was.Beforé the day of instruments for “‘blind" fiylnl mch as well equipped ships now have. been flying the mail on the New York- n route, and hnd been transferred ’Il! just from thz‘!ul T felt-that I should w them what n'u 11:20 in the morning.” tered heavy snow. I decided to fly into it and try had rothing t6 show my position except the Ammlm and air indicator. I éould do. So T started out. At 11350 T encoun- . I expected the abnormally fast or slow climbing. no instrumente and nothing to virtually impossible. Goes Into a Spin. ‘Witheut realizing it I climbed the plane too | :euanmm«m»m it. I tried to stall the plane in easy. but there was a lot of thick, heavy brush aix or aeven feet high. The brush caught the landing gear and flop- ped me over. " T was thrown out and M But T wan't badly | "D oy : .1t was bitter cold. T had anly four matches. T started toward Last ce, several miles awsy, But it was getting dark. | My flying clothes were heavy, but I didn't dere dxnud lnv of them for | fear of freezing. Snow was deep and the thick l!nllh hfld me back, Mateh Saves Life. T decided T would have to spend the | it there, T found two old dead trees, n, and a Dmmp 1 tried t6 make tflre After I had got dry weod by o oft the damp outer layers I found some letters in my pocket and crumpled them inside the hollow stump | with a little dry wood over them. The wind blew out three matches. | With thl fourth and last I started the fire. saved by life. I spent the rest of Lhe mlht burning on one side and on the other. The next morning 1. started down early toward the mining camp. As I g0t near, s miner coming up the trail met me, He didn’t seem a bit sur- prised. “I saw you circling around last night,” he said, “but I didn't know you were going t6 land. Go on down to the camp and get breakfast.” Glad He Was “Found”' After eating a few dnzn flapjacks, 2 pound or so of bacon, potatoes, & pot or two of coffee and ather trifies, I borrowed two pack mules and got the mail out and started for the near- est railrcad. This was nearly a day's trip over two mountains and across g thn mule along made me o wmudn't like to Tepeat that experience. I got the mail on to the train and A man was reading “I see they rnund thlt ‘mall fiyer they thought was lost,” he remarkes “T sure am glad.” “Me too!” I said. Neither of us said any more about it. (Copyrisht, 1220, ¥ No i pyrig) 0 ond Nerh American Ne (Next: “Smiling Jack” 5,200 foot. leap for life.) BIDS ON 5 smPs RECEIVED BY NAVY Administration Going Ahead With Cruiser Expansion Program. WW—‘\ By the Associated Press. terd: ith the n%“w pro- rday w e cruiser authorized by the Seventieth Con- . thg Navy Department receiving for the econstruction of 5 of the | 15 10,000-ton lhlm o be started during | the next three vea: While a llm\'—lflon on this butlding may come in for discussion at | program the eonumpluud visit of J. Ramsay MacDonald to President Hoover, the ?ot:_l:.ta mme:uge is without unhnorlny uv;: uilding of any cruisers unless a new limitation treaty 1is agreed u before their completion. Even with these craft in commission, the total Americi cruisers would be P umunmt at Gen ‘Tenders submitied on the craft were expected | & slightly higher than had been and they will be studied before any ef the contracts are let. Three private a. | 0 TWO MEN SOUGHT | INBORDER SLAYING CUStoms Patrol Uniforms Worn by Pair Carrying Body to Hospital.” By the Assoctited Press PLATTSBURG, N. Y., June 15.—T} unidentified men in\the uniform of ci | toms border patrolmen who brought th body of Arthur Gorden, 22, of this city, | to a local hospital last night and then disappeared, were sought tonight by the sheriff and district attorney of Clinton County for questioning. Gordon, an autopsy showed, was shot down from behind. District. Attorney B. Loyal O'Connell, who is inves the shooting, with | Sheriff Brunell, he loarned that' r | Gordon last night plled 37 cases of beer % | Into his car at & loading station about a mile north of the Canadian horder | and started for the New York side. | _ The nearest customs station is at Mooers, about 30 miles north of here The district. attorney called uu- astation | today and was told by one of the officers | there that no one at the station knew | about any shooting. Mr, O'Connell nld romm. that he intended to start “John Doe ed- | ings 1o subpoena all officers stationed at the Mooers office for questioning. HAVE RECEIVED NO REPORT. Customs Officials Here Without Knowl- | edge of Gordon Killing, By the Associated Press. Prank Dow, acting commissioner of customs, said last night that no report of | agents of his bureau participating in a | shooting affair on the Canadian border | above Plattsburg. N. Y., where Arthur Gordon was killed Pfldu night by un- | identified persons, been received. Dow douied s oustoms agents had | hed anything to do with Gordon's | | death and expressed the opinion it “locks like & hi-jacking 1op." { The cusmm Service hn three sta. tions above Plattsburg, in New York, md-nazmmnumnmmmeue‘ Seymour Ia'mn Assistant Secretary of the Tmuury charge of customs, prohibi and Coast Guard. was out of the city lut night, but his office said no Teports had been received on the Gor- don shooting. PETITION TRIAL RY STATE. Koolchiching County Residents Ask ‘That Agent Be Denied U. S. Courts. INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. June 15 (P),—Koochiching County resi- dents today joined the controversy be- tween State and Federal authorities over custody of Emmet J. White, border patrolman charged with murder, by oir- cula mflg‘( uz't‘tmm asking that White be ‘What weight the petmflnl might have theheonlnveuy was uncertain, but courts it indicted. L. L. Drill, United States district at- torney of 8t. Paul, said he had been au- thorized by Attorney General Mitchel n_for removal of the case to al courts. Drill sald the patrol- man may be taken to Bt. Paul for ques- 1o determine if he was acting faith in the pmamum a( his ‘lhtn he and killed l!; Falls, near here, a wuk | | | | | | pre- ua:five. ‘retained by relatives of Larson said that if the case were but we do insist that a grave crime has been mmumwd. and have plenty of evi- ce on which to hue our statements.” Meanwhile Mrs. Virkkula, widow of the slain man and mmhnr of two chil~ dren, informed that Assistant Secretary ting. 8 decision on the custody of ‘White, the uuohnm remained in the | county jall here in default of $5,000 | b&fl. Hl-l preliminary hearing is set for CANNON WOULD HAVE CHURCH BUILD DAILY NEWSPAPER SYSTEM (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) yards and five navy yards submitted [such bids as follows: Bethlehem Shipbuildin 'Qul.ney plant), 8]0 753,000, one ship only. New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. NJ HOLN;? , one Jlglm m e rt News (Va.) ding & Dry ggcok Co., $11,130,000, gn! ship. Pudget, Sound Navy erd, 38,1 ul.ooo one lrup Mare Island Navy Yard, $0,308,880, Corporation T | one ship. Philadelphia Navy Yl!d. $10,285,906, one, and lznoooooo Lwe New York Navy Ynd. 410,908,100, one, and $20,147,603, two. Boston vay Yard, 811,895,931 papers in_centers of population. Rel to President Hmver‘s recent talk on law enforcement and the preva- lence of erime in the United !lwes at the luncheon of the Associal Press in New York, Bishop Cannon nm “This message of the President was certainly delivered in the.right place to the right people even though it may have fallen on stony ground. It Fopulnlan and that many of the secu- lar weeklies and monthlies are not any |ald ta the moral betterment of our people.” Young Ladies, Beware There has been a decided increase in Tuber- culosis among girls between 14 and 22 years of age in recent yvears and experts are of the opinion that it is mainly due to underfeeding because young ladies go to extremes for the purpose of acquiring th e “boyish” figure. Ir{adequzte clothing is also a predisposing cause to “colds” ing may lead to the deve We therefore stron to avoid. underfeeding tion of the body. . * and together with underfeed- Ipoment of Consumption. gly advise young women and madequate protec- that | his |32 GET DIPLOMAS Ausdlation for thn Provastion of Tobusialesh Telephane Main 4883 1022 11th Street N.W. D. C,.JUNE 16, | | IAY Kl‘ CR. KEECH DIES IN CRASH ON ALTOONA SPEEDWAY NEAR END OF CLASSIC| ___(Continued Prom First Page.) _ and nurses dug him out. conscious. P Reeihs bod eech's ly wn- mangled. His skull was fractured. his chest crushed and his left leg severed at the knee. His machine was destroyed by fire. The other drivers on the track suc- ceeded in passing the barrier of wreck- -:e, fire and smoke. They reunded the fidies Sand. - Aimass wibout meia out_of flagging, the race had ended. event was the eleventh on the npwn track, which was ned in 1923, In the initial event ly” Wilcox lost | life. In the louowmx year Joe | Ves aoy:du:u killed. Keech J.ns the dcrnral career on ‘the speedwa luech’s death came n(l\: only when Vlgv | in today’s y just 50 miles ahead, but 1hnfl.|y after official an- nouncement had been made that he would attempt next year to regain the wetld'l tpeed record now held by Maj. H. Seagrave of England. Keech held I.hO {astest time ever set by an American. Race officials announced prizes would be awarded to the drivers in the order of their position at the time the race ended. This would give Keech first ;nuorl;" of :‘ 50\)d Mfiyfler. second; 1Wl:oel- , an ere’ fourth. The order of the otnen:' was Ernest Tripiett, Fred Winnai, Dave Evans, Bob Robinsan and Jimmy Gleason. Four drivers—Lou Moore, Bill Lindau, Speed Gardner and Chester Gardner— were forced out of the race. Native of Pennsyivania. Keech was born in Coatesville, Pa. He married Miss Sarah 8 , daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs, G. W. Stinger, who conduct a confectionery lwre in Pleas- antville, when he was 19 years old. His first race around a track was at ‘Wilmi , Del., about eight years ago, when he drove a machine in which two men had been killed in previous races. Pitted against some .of the best dirt track drivers of that dav, he placed first, in time trials and second in the feature' race. ‘Then he joined the National Racing | Association, ‘which included a group of | dirt track drivers. When the mile-and-a-half track at Langhorne, Pa., was opened, Keech was entered by a Philadelphia’ sportsman. He featured in several races at this track and on ene occasion drove a burn- ing machine into a rail so that the car :flwlu not imperil any of the other vers. DROVE J. M. WHITE'S TRIPLEX, Keech Rose From Obscurity to Become Fastest U. S. Racer. PHILADELPHIA, June 15 (#).—Ray Keech, killed at Altoona today, had ‘the distinction of having driven an auto- ml at greater speed than any other His record performance wes made with the 'Pnglex special, owned by J. M. White of Philadelphia. He drove the car at a speed of 207.55 miles an hour at Daytona Beach in 1928. This menr Was beaten this year by Maj. H. O. D. Segrave, the British race driver, who ad the mark up top 281 miles an Keech won Qhe Memofll.l day classic at Indianapol his year, covering ths 500 miles in a n'l 25, which brought him about $40,000 prize money. This con- com, tive o toumih piace | He was fully He was rushed to the hos- fer to guide the Triplex special to the world's record, Keech was known as a dirt track driver and did not attract much attention. He was I! vears old,l AT GONZAGA HIGH James B. Horigan Is Awarded Med- als and Scholarship for ' Highest Standings. Thirty-two graduates received diplo- mas at the eightieth commencement of Gonzaga College High School Priday evening in the college auditorium. Gold medals for the highest class standing and for Christian doctrine and a premium in mathematics went to James Bernard H , who also eap- bating society and the Georgets "ud'x' lety ane town Uni- versity achaunm . The Catholic Uni- versity scholars John Bradecam went to Ignatius " The processional at the commence- ‘Gonzaga Marching ‘arroll, a graduate, address on “Papal Sover- al(nly Repudiated,” while Horigan Parker, Daniel A. Pyne Albert Parrell, all of the class of 1930. Members of the graduating class are: Oreek. Robert Frane Bourne, Ignatius John Bradecamp, John Kenneth Col- ling, Vincent de P-ul Connoll; Berchmans - Censidine, Pursues | altercation’ with '.'0 "hlh men. The Today's | LS8N, 19- PUUGEMAN HURT IN FALL FROM GAR Colored Men Who Fled After Altercation | With Two Youths. | | | Policeman Avorna H. Cochran, 20 years old, Nving at 913 Nerth Carolina | Physit xw -llthlhlm policeman gl: fractured ribs m addition t0 nu- eAm ‘hody just left house and was of Seventh and u white nun laur nn their names as 19 years old, and Md. the men, the two colored men Jumped into a parked automobile and fled. ‘policeman Jumped on the running board of Dorsey’s machine and punuta them. The chase, which started at Seventh and M streets, continued south on Sev- enth to L and west on L to Eighth, and it was while the machine on which he was standing was swerved sharply to the right at the corner of Eighth and 1, streets that Cochran lost his bal- ance and was thrown foreefully to the d. Hewmu:ulakadupbybomy groun taken to A otice. ater found T et e eisting tn[ held at the second preeinet for in- vestigat Thrzllz ful time. Addvress Bey's or Girl's Name...... Invents Instrument To Hear Fly Larvae Eating Inside Fruit By the Associated Press. MIAMI. manners. e Board, United Bum m;-mmm :‘M '1'.!\ which it is pal sible to hear the larvae while m inside grapefruit and !ltlulm-muaupeflmd 1t will no longer be necessary to de- Fairchild tected even when comparatively stil. MUSIC CLUBS ELECT. | Memhers of National Federation Name Offieers at Boston. BOSTON, June 15 (#.—The board of directors of the National Federation of Music Clubs, holding its sixteenth biennial convention here, today elected the new national officials. They were: President. Mrs A . | Ottaway, Port Huren, Mich.; first g vicw del, Mre. J. A. Jardine, Fargo, Dak.; second vice president, Mrs. Grace W. Maybee, Los Angeles, Calif ; third vice president. Miss Julia Noyu, mh.nd Me.; . Donovan, Pittsbirgh, Pa. Bus of the convention will be held through Monday. 200 Seck Navy Places. ‘The Bureau ot Navigation of the t announced Navy Dej yesterday that approximately 200 awmunm 1‘REBEIPTS COVER - PROHIBIHON.COST | Commissioner Pllm Expen- | diture at $141,178,485 and Collections at $460,502,792. it By she Associated Press. amendment at $141,178,485, with cel- lec! from fines and revenues from | liquor put at $660,502,793. Doran said the caleulations had been | made after circulation of a pampniet by the Association Against the Projibi- tion Amendment fixing & decade of pro- ! hibition enforcement costs ¥ the Gov- ernment at nearly $1,000,000,000. The prohibition unit's calculations have been l:lm!lhhd State | trators with the ;mlonmunn i3 made available to you that the misinformation recently ap- in the public press can be cor- | rected when opportunity affords.” “It is apparent that the collections by far overbalance the expenditures,” said the Doran letter. “Even if $72,000.- 000 estimated as the cost to the De- nt of Junlne for the enforcement of prohibition should be added, there would be still a balance of $247,324 - Mrs.| 301176 over and sbove the iotal exped- tures accredited to the enforcement of the pmh!bmon Ilml | tion Bo! ‘were receivetl for the warrant examine- | from held July 8 and 161 have ‘These are distributed ”Y elerk, 18, Every Boy and Girl in the District of Columbm, near- by Maryland and Virginia can join with The Star Carriers on their Fun Festival. 32 mile Boa ride and QBzg Amusements at MARSHALL HALL .35 wortH OF FUN. FOR SECURING TWO 3.MONTH SUB. SCRIPTIONS OR ONE 6-MONTH. 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