Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1931, Page 5

SHPPINGHITHARD BY NEW YORK FOE Steamer Rams Car Float; Freighter Sends S 0 S Call; Air Traffic Crippled. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 6.—A Long Island Sound steamship rammed a ear float, a freighter sent out a distress call and maritime traffic from liners to fer-| ries in New York harbor inched its way along today in a heavy fog which fol- lowed a January drizzle. The passenger ship George Washing- ton, bound in from Boston, struck the car float in the East River, pitching three box cars into {he water, making the float helpless, and punching a hole in the steamer’s bow. Tugs took the float in tow and the George Washing- ton crept on toward her pier. Several other New England steamers anchored Just below Hell Gate until the weather | cleared. Bcat Sends Out S O S. The William N. Page, bound from Norfolk to Boston with Coal, sent out | an S O S, saying she was aground off Southampton, Long Island, with 25 men aboard. Coast Guards went to help her. Ferries were far behind schedule, several ships postponed their departure until the skies cleared and even land traffic in the metropolitan area felt its way over wet pavements in the murk, A street car hit a city truck in Brook- Iyn in the mist and 11 trolley passen- gors needed medical attention. The freighter City of Neis York, which plcked up the crew of the fishing smack off Scotland Light Ship last night, went on toward Fhiladeiphia. The smaci was sinking fast when it was abandoned. Air Traffic Crippled. The fog crippled air transport from the New York Airport, and of 62 planes scheduled to arrive or leave within 24 hours only five had been on schedule. A number did not move at all, but a mail plane equipped with a radio beam as a _direction finder made a round trip to_Cleveland. ¢ The S O S call put & temporary balt to broadcasting from the National and Columbis stations in this region. District of Columbia—Mostly cloudy and somewhat colder tonight, with Jowest temperature about 34 dcgrees; tomorrow fair; fresh northwest winds diminishing by tomorrow. Maryland—Mostly cloudy and some- what colder, with local snows in west portion tonight; tomorrow fair; strong morthwest winds diminishing by to- morrow. Virginia—Generally fair and some- what colder tonight; tomorrow fair, strong northwest winds, on the coast diminishing lats tonight. West Virginia—Generally fair and somewhat colder, except snow flurries in northwest portion tonight; tomorrow fair, with slewly rising temperature in extreme west portion. Recerd for 24 Hours, Th:rmometer—4 p.m., 44; 8 p.m., 45; 12 midnight, 41; 4 am,, 40; 8 am., 40; e m. noon, 42. 29.38; 8 . 4 am., 29.04 Barometer—4 p.m., 29.20; 12 midnight, 29. 8 am, 29.06; noon, 29.28. ., Highest temperature, 45, occurred at 7:40 p.m. yesterday; lowest tempera- lon the top of ¢ Never a Dull Moment! Co-Pilot of Plane Seeking Woman’s Endurance Record Tells Experiences—Dangling Rope ! Almost Necessitated Descent. BY EDNA MAY COOPER, Co-pilot of the Lady Rolph. Special Dispatch to The Star. LOS ANGELES, Calif., January 6.—Cheerio! Never a dull moment! On our first contact after taking off our plane hit ia down draft. The gas hose was forced out of my hands, and our ground wire ! 3 lip was carried away. Thanks to Mr. Cruze, our ground mechenic, who gave us two extra clips before we started, we could continue in our attempt to set a new endurance record. The force of breaking contact bent the top of our gasoline tank, and I was unable to fasten the cap back 6n. So I wired a rag in place to serve as a gas eap for the night. The jesl: also pulled my parachute ring and dislocated the small finger on my right hand. In addition, ¥ was given a bath in gasoline, which covered my face and ran down my arms. Gaso- line in the can is worth 10 in the eyes. Being absolutely blinded, I crawled back into the cabin to wipe my eyes. In the meantime the rope used to guide the refueling hose to me became entangled in the § ta aces of the plane Being inside the cabin, eyes still smarting from gasoline, I was not aware of the rope that was waving in_ the vind and itself securely in the tail. While I was still wiping my eyes another plane came up alongside and two men inside motior}yed to the tail 1 coul tinguish them as Josep! SRS man SyobaR. Martin, sponsor of our flight, and Maj. C. Mosley, who had seen the rope from the ground trailing behind us. Rope Might Have Stopped Flight. I opened the hatchway in the top of the cabin, &s I do when refueling, and, seeing the situation, realized it to be one that might cause us trouble if the rope was not untangled and removea = - - from the tail suricces. Fastening my-| celf as securely e, I lecnod If we run much less we can't our altitude. We have kept an age altitude of about 2,500 feet and ave stayed within gliding distance of the airport. Motor Drone Deadens Hearing. We had another refueling 1selaz could get, and with palience ful manipulation managed to un c the rope and pull it into the cakin be- hind me. Had the rope been & while it nught have surfaces, and v.¢c Wit zve lost con- trol of our rudder and elevators. Not ooly {his. but the snapping of the rope in tAe W leit there for imed our tail as perienced since we started. So far we have had five refuelings, and this last one was the hardest of all to complete. The air was so rough that it was a fabric covering, and it would have been most an impossibility to keep the ships a matter of only & short time until we|in close formation and flying together would have been forced down on this | to complete the refueling. We took on account. 75 gallons of gasoline and 3 gallons of 1 have pulled my little finger until I|oil, Our lunch was also lowered to think it is now back in place. But the | ys, which was almost as welcome as side of my right hand is still swollen | the fuel. and pains a little. Bobbie had some| What a lunch. salve, which I applied to my gasoline | certainly feasting this noon. Wiid would have soon torn the Bobble and I are ‘We have burns. | two steak sandwiches, a_quart of but- We had three refuelings Sunday—one | termilk, some beef broth and some shortly after we took off, another at|apples. Also there was some chewing 4:20 in the afternoon and a third at| gum in the bag. We chew gum most of 5 pm. We took on 170 gallons of gas | the time to keep our ears free and open during the three contacts. Monday at | to sound. When I don't have gum, I 7 a.m. we were refyeled again. We took | have to hold my nose and blow. This on 60 gallons of gasoline and 5 gallons | blows my ear drums out to normal and of oil. In addition, we had our first| I can hear thifigs much more clearly. breakfast in the plane this morning.| The continuous drone of the engine Our breakfast was lowered to us in one | causes the cars to lose a certain amount bag. A new parachute in another to| of their sensitiveness, and it is only by replace the one that came unpacked in chewing gum or blowing the ear drums the turmoil yesterday, 5 gallons of oil | out that we are able to keep a clear in another bag, and on the fourth con- | sense of hearing all the time. tact we took on 60 gallons of gas. (Copyright, 1931, by North American News- separate contacts, one for each of the now and hope to do a record refueling| Most Sales Made at $1 Each. took us only 15 minutes. Algernate at Controls. paper Alliance.) bags lowered us and the fuel hose.| hortly. Yesterday we made one re- Rl e Tk b Total Receipts at Close of Busi- process Bobble and I have flown about the C. | slashed away a message parachute that noon, and it was the most difficult ex- | sl O ref! this morning took us 40 Teinutes bostse we nad i tnake four | 48,000 PAIRS AUTO TAGS Averaging 10 minutes each, we feel as Fon 193] SOLD 'N D' c- though we are getting the swing of this | fueling contact, took on 70 gallon_.& ?K: gas and waved good-by. The whole ness Yesterday, $48,477, same amount of time. We are alternat- ing at the controls at four-hour shifts. stayed at the controls while I opened the food bag and prepared our break- fast. We each had an orange—Bobbie had, toast and I had a ham sandwich. I made tea for both of us, and then we Up to close of business yesterday the District had sold about 48,000 pairs of After we refueled this morning Bobbie | 1931 automobile tags. The amount of money realized from the tag sale was $48,477. Most of the tags sell ‘for $1 aplece, but there are a few cases, in- cluding electric cars, where a higher TAR, WASHINGTON, LADY ROLPH NEARS ENDURANCERECORD Bobbie Trout and Edna May Cooper Will Seek to Beat Men’s Mark. | By the Assoctated Press. | LOS ANGELES, January 6.—Their mettle tested by adverse weather con- ditions, Bobbie Trout and Edna May ]Cooper. girl endurance flyers seeking | @ new women's refueling flight record, | neared their initial goal today. ‘They had only to remain aloft until 8:46 am. (P. C. T.) to equal the 42- hour, 16-minute record for women, | made by Miss Trout and Elinor Smith. The feminine endurance grinders who took off Sunday have indicated, however, they will continue in an | effort to at least approach the 645-hour | record for men flyers, held by Dale | | Jackson and Forest O’'Brine of St. | | Louis. High winds and a heavy rainstorm | late yesterday buffeted the Lady Rolph, | the endurance ship. | For the second time in two days Miss Cooper yesterday proved equal to | the task of cutting away an_impedi- | ment to the plane's progress when she caught on the elevator in the ship’s | il PIERCE RITES HELD Pioneer Advertising Man Buried in | Oak Hill Cemetery. Funeral scrvices for Frank Huiches | Pierce, sr., ploncer advertising man here | and former advertising manager of the | Washington Post, who died at his home in the El-Caser Apartments Sunday, were conducted in Hysong's funeral home, 1300 N street, this afternoon. In- terment was in Oak Hill Cemetery. i Mr. Plerce, who was 66 years old, | was widely known in this city and was | active in the Masonic fraternity here. o Feminine Absent-Mindedness, LONDON, (#).—Women may be the| fairer sex but they're absent-minded as | well. Driung a spell of wet weather | |ladies’ umbrelias accumulated at the | lost property office here at the rate of | 400 a day. | More than 10,000 boys and girls aged !l‘ now attend schools in London. NUARY . 6, 1931 LIBERAL VETERANS" BILL IS PROPOSED Certificate Payment Advo- cates in House Renew De- mand for Hearing. D. C, The greatest liberalization asked by the American Legion since the existing | | provisions were enacted seven years ago is proposed in a bill which Ghairman | Johnson of the House Veterans' Com- | | mittee was prepared to.introduce yes- | terday. As drafted by the Legion, the bill | | would amend the World War veterans | lact in 34 particulars. Among other things, it would increase pension rates, | provide hespitalization for all veterans | regardless of service connection with thelr ills, extend present temporary de- pendency allowances to dependents of permanently disabled veterans and sup ; pensions to additional widows and REV. FATHER CHARLES E. COUGHLIN | | crphans. Of Detroit, Mich,, whose remarks in a [TTRRERS. 0 avocates of regilar broadcast over the radio in| criticizing methods ef meeting the un- cmployment situation has involved him in a controversy with officials of the radio chain. He was asked to “temper and restrain” his remarks because of protests from listeners. Rev. Father Coughlin arranges, pays for and makes his own addresses and officials of the radio company said it was “up to him” whether he would continue his talks from Detroit. Father Coughlin an- | nounced that he would. —A. P. Photo. | PETER J. BENNETT DIES ' AT HIS RESIDENCE HERE| Tinning and Iron Wosk Contractor, 57, Had Been Lifelong Citi- zen of Capital. Peter J. Bennett, 57 years old, wn" | tractor for tinning and iron work, died [ at his home, 4408'; Georgia avenue, yesterday after a short illness. Mr. Bennett was a lifelong resident of | the National Capital and was educated in schools here. He was the son of the | late James Bennett. | He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary A. Bennett; a daughter, Miss Dorothy Bennett, and a sister, Mrs. ranklin Howe, all of this city. | Funeral services will be conducted in | St. Gabriel's Catholic Church tomor- | row morning at 9 o'clock, following brief | services at the residence. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. | A Gain Unexcelled Location S o ° S=—Exceprionally Spacions Offices a A A In (gmtion@ In Rentalws. {mands for a hearing on a number of | certificate | A. Smith has a woman's home. IGHT now, there is a choice range of sclection in office space at The Woodward Buildind; offices that will appeal to all certificate payments renewed their de- imilar_proposals, but Chairman Haw- ley of the Ways and Means Committee declined to take them up. Representative Garner of Texas, Democratic_leader, introduced a bill to provide cash payment of the surrender ! value of the certificates, at the cption | of the veteran. | Representative Ludiow, _Democrat, Indiena, also introduced a bill yester- day to authorize the director of the Veterans' Bureau to pay the veterans an amount equal to the value of his increased by 25 per cent, plus 4 per cent interest. Home Built by Women. MEMPHIS, Tenn., (#).—Miss Donna She designed the colonial structure herself and then employed Mrs. Laura Schulte, designer and builder, as the contractor to build the house. The home has 10 rooms. Regular Delivery Over 100,000 families read The Star every day. The great ma- jority have the paper delivered regularly every evening and Sun- day morning at a cost of 1% cents daily and 5 cents Sunday. If you are not taking advan- tage of this regular service at this low rate, telephone National 5000 now and service will start tcmorrow. R The unusually. Jow . rental additional values to be gained by moving to T Washington business men who appreciate that there is much o be gained by having their offices so accessibly located in the heart f Washingtan’s fidancial district. 3 too, for this outstanding location, are Woodward Building. WEDNESDAY, 8:30 A.M. SEMI-ANNUAL SALE! RALEIGH SHOES $ 645 Styles of 1931. Calf, Holland grain and Scotch grain in black or brown, brogue, wing tip or plain tip, street, sport and golf types.(Only evening shoes excluded.) _ All shapes, narrow, medium or wide toes. Sizes 514 to 11—A to D, Use Your Charge Account or Open One During This Sale RALEIGH HABERDASHER 1319 F Street It is most unusual to find. rooms of such spafiofs size renting at the ture, 39, occurred at 6:00 a.m. today. |had some tomato juice. Temperature seme date last year— Highest, 41; lowest, 26. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 3:57 a.m. and 3:56 Ppam.; high tide, 9:24 a.m. - ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 4:49 pm.; high tide, 10:38 p.m. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 7:27 am.; sun sets $:00 pm. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 7:27 a.m.; sun @ets 5:01 pm. Moon rises 7:35 pm.; sets 9:28 a.m. Automobile Tamps t5 be ligated one- half hour after sunset. Condition of Water. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy this a.m. Weather in Various Cities. 10:15 am. and Stations. El Paso, Ti Galveston. . Pt.cloudy . Pt.eloudy Raining Cloudy Snowing Raining Raining Ptcloudy | dy | CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Young Women's Christian Association, business and professional department, Seventeenth and K streets, 6:30 pm. Meeting, Dental Hygienists' Associa- ticn, 703 Hill Building, 8 p.m. Meeting, Botanical Society of Wash- ington, new Agricultural Building, 8 pm. Card party, T and S Bridge Club, Winston Hetel, 116 Pirst street, 8:30 pm 1~:ture, Dr. George Johnson, District of Cclumbia Wezien's studio, 1706 L street, 8 pn. Installztion of officers, Capitcl Lodge, No. 3, Shepherds of Bethlehem, 808 1 street, 8 p.m. Card party, Bell Club, St. James' Catholic Church, Thirty-seventh street 2nd.. Rhode Island avenue, Mount Rainjer, FUTURE. Installation of officers, Kit Woman's Relief . Soldiers, uce, 1015 L str Luncheon, University of M chigan ; :F"m Club, tomorzow, 1220 League of American Pen | fee is charged. When our tanks are full and we are loaded, we have to run’ our engine at| At the same time, the payments of about 1,500 revolution per minute. In|personal property tax on the automo- a few hours, after our gas supply is|biles and trucks for which tags were lighter, we are able to cut the engine | bought amounted to $193,034.43, or a back to about 1,400 revolutions per min- | total of both items of $241,511.43. \ Hear "Bugs Baer Get new radio tubes Tuge in “Bugs” Baer, RCA Radiotron Varieties Wednesday and Saturday nights! But don’t let worn out tubes spoil your pleasure. 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S5—Hot, Cold and Chilled Water . 6—Teventy-four Hour Service . 7—Five High-Speed Elevators . 8—~Tuo Street Entrances FIFTEENTH Did you ever go to the theater or a bridge game and find yourself sitting next to a member of the “Coughing and Sniffling Brigade?” Rath- er annoying, wasn't it...and what’s more; quite an unnec- essary menace to public health, The next time you are an- noyed, lean over and whisper this sound advice into the of- find them, though, if you telephone today for-a personal appointment with— The Woodward Buildin casonable figures set for space in The Woodward Building. You’ll CARL G. ROSINSKI Reaitor LEASING REPRESENTATIVE ’Phone NAt. 8040 AT H STREET, NORTHWEST When You Are Coughing and Sniffling YOU CAN’T BLAME, THEM, EITHER You are not very pleas- ant company when you have to take “time out” for a cough and a sniffle every few minutes. fender’s ear: “Go to the near- est drug store and get a bot- tle of Hall’s Expectorant.” At the First Sign of a COUGH This time-tried remedy has successfully and safely lieved coughs due to colds for more than a quarter of a cem tury. Hall's Expectorant gen- tly soothes the irritated mem- branes of the bronchial tract and quickly stops dangerous coughs. re- Halliexpectorant i Promptly and Safely Stops COUGHS due to QOLDS - . mily Size, $1—At Al %u; Stores MILLIONS IN SPECIAL TAXES Buyers of fire insurance indirectly but actually contribute & vast sum—approximately 30 million dollars annually—in taxes, most of which are of aspecial nature and in addition to the regular taxes borne by insurance com= panies. Such taxes are a len upon the premium of the policyholder, notwithstanding they are collected from the companies: The original purpose of taxes on the premiums peaid by policyholders was to maintain state supervision of the business. However, such supervision now uses but a few cents of each dollar so collected. The balance goes into the general funds of the states. Add to the Cost of Inssrance These special and regular. state taxes are factors in the cost of insurance. The opinion of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States hes been expressed as follows: : : : Special state taxes now levied on policyholders through insurance com- panies should not be considered as a saurce of general revenue, but should be reduced to the total in each state which will adequately support such state’s departmental supervision 3 3 ¢ ** STOCK FIRE INSURANCE companies transact by far the greater portion of the fire insurance business of the country: They want you to realize this tax situation and its effect upon the cost of your insursnce. Stock Fire Insu Companies are Represented by Capable Agents in Your Community THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS 85 John Street, New York |éhicAGO . SAN FRANCISCO, 922 West Adams Street » A National Organization of §ock Fire Ins