Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight: tome cloudiness probabl, and cooler in the yuu tures—Highest, 82, at day; lowest, 59, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page Closing N.Y. Markets, followed by showers orrow _increasing rnoon. ‘Tempera- 5:30 p.m. yester- 16. Pages13,14& 15 @b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star, The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. l Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,097 Entered as seco: post office, No. 31,791, ‘Washington, nd class matte: D, C. WASHINGTON, I SATURDA)Y *EQUPDSE TAKEN FROM DERBY DUE TOINURED HOOF Actual Scratching Awaits Ar- rival of C. V. Whitney at Kentucky Track. REMAINING 14 SET TO GO IN $60,000 CLASSIC Fast Track Awaits Start of Fa- mous Turf Contest at Louisville. CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville McCARL ORDERED TO PAY $30.000 AWARD TO MRS. R. W. IMBRIE Justice Bailey Directs Man- damus—Controller Gen- eral Notes Appeal. Action Is Outgrowth of Mur- der of Former Vice Con- sul in Persia. | Justice Jennings Bailey, in the Dis- | trict Supreme Court, today -directed a | mandamus against J. Raymond McCarl, controller general, ordering him to pay in full the $30,000 award made by Con- gress to Mrs. Katherine Imbrie, 1016. Sixteenth strcet, widow of Robert W. Imbrie, former vice consul of the United States, who, while acting as consul gen- eral at Teheran, Persia, was murdercd by a mob. Mr. McCarl noted an appeal to the Court_of Appeals 5 McCarl had declined to pay the full amount of the congressional gratuity | | | GERMAN DECLARES PLAN STEP TO UNIFICATION | Failures to Reach Trade Agree- | ment in Europe During Last Five Years Cited. [ MRS. KATHERINE IMBRIE. McGuire appeared for the controller general Following the murder of Maj. Imbrie the United States made strong repre- [ EVA, May 16.—Julius By the ated Press Curtius. MAY 16, 1931—THIRTY TWO CENTS. (#) Means Associated Press. I'WO PAGES. BRIAND CLASHES WITH CORTIUS ON CUSTONS ACCORD Declares Pact Austria and Germany Propose Means “Trouble for People.” sy, ) I 1Y) STRONG FoR OFF MY DisTRICT? POLIGE ROUT MoB TRYING 70 BURN CHURCH IN SPAIN Seventeen Arrests Made and Several Rioters Injured in Trebujena. | GOVERNMENT COUNTERS PROTESTS OF VATICAN | Zamora Objects to “Inspired” At- titude of Roman Press Assail- ing Republie. By the Associated Press. SEVILLE, May 16—Police today May 16 (#).—Equipolse was declared out of the fifty-seventh running of the Kentucky Derby today by his | because the estate of Imbrie owed the | United States $1.325.86, and since she { had been appointed executrix and had tations to Persia. It was charged | German foreign ministe that members of the Persian police par- e - ticipated in the attack on the American. | Briand clashed today Mrs. Imbrie in the suit for mandamus | posed Austro-German bral off a mob which attacked and | tried to burn the Catholic Church in the town of Trebujena, near here. and Aristide over the pro- customs accord trainer, Freddie Hopkins. The ac- tual scratching was delayed until the arrival of the colt's owner, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, Ky., May 16.—Equipoise, champion money | winner as a 2-year-old in 1930 and= ‘Winter book favorite for the Kentucky | Derby, was declared a doubtful starter today as perspiring thousands of turf fans moved on the historic Downs for the $60.000 Blue Grass racing classic. No official scratches were reported be- | fore noon in the field of 15 3-)‘enr-olds,; but well founded reports were quickly circulated that the star of the Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Stable was not in condition to race. ‘Trainer Freddie Hopkins indicated Equipoise would be withdrawn and dis- closed that a quarter crack had de- veloped in one of the colt's fore feet. Only the slightest hope was held out! that the horse could be prepared to run. | DERBY TRACK 1S FAST. Wwenty Grand and Mate Favored | Among 15 Entries. ®pecial Dispatch to The Star. H CHURCHILL DOWNS, Ky., May 16.— | ‘This is the day for the running of the! Bfty-seventh renewal of the Kentucky Derby and the world’s tribute to the most_ aristocratic of America's 3-year- old thoroughbreds. The Kentucky | Derby assumes increased importance in | the turf world from year to year and now has a luster possessed by no other race in America and very fcw in the ‘world. Louisville and the historic Blue «Grass | Land presented their best Spring finery for the great throng of race followers, which comfortably filled th> picturesque city on the barks of the Ohio. Several <days of rare Spring weather have made the track of the rustic and flower- decked Churchill Downs lightning fast, and a bright sun this morning indi- | cated that for the first time in many| years the Derby would be run under| { ment to support their the: ] given a special bond to be liable for all | debts { ment of the cstate, held the Govern- w2s entitled to withhold the amount duc before paying off the award. Justice Bailey ruled against the con- tention of McCarl and in ordering the mandamus directed that the costs of the case be assessed against him. Mrs. Imbrie was represented by At- torneys Sherley. Faust and Wilson, while Attorneys R. L. Golze and O. R. declared th: Pcrsian police killed her husband in a hospital where he was re- moved after being attacked by a Per- sian armv officer. As a result of the protest the Persian government paid a reparations claim to the United States and the co sending a_cruiser_to bring back Ma). Imbrie’s body. The reparations payment was assigned by the Government LEAGUF EXISTENGE 5 SEEN AT ST Prestige Held Dependent on Amicable Settlement of Customs Fight. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, France, May 16.—The meet- | ing of the Council of the League of Na- { tions, which op=ns Monday at Geneva, will probably be the most important session ever held by the League. What is at stake, it is declared in many quar- ters, is nothing less than the existence of the League itself. the Auslro-cermandscusma“ :mon project. Germany insists as & | per;:gt right to make this union. Prance insists not. Both invoke the | peace treaties and international agree- ses. What they differ on is interpretation of the texts. Here obviously is an in- ternational dispute of exactly the tvpe the League was framed to deal with, and before the case is settled it is pos- sible that the whole peace machinery of the Lcague, including reference to the International Court, may be tried ideal condiions. Fifteen possible start- ers have been nominated for the $50,000 | purse. Twenty Grand Favorite. Derby eve found the race crowd di- vided in its allegiance to Twenty Grand 2nd Mate as the favorites. It is likely that Mrs. Helen Hay Whitney's Green- | ec Stable entry, consisting of Twent Grand, Anchors Aweigh and Sur! Board will be the ruling favorites in the post betting and that the odds will be about 8 t0 5, but Mate will be the selection of thousands »nd either Equipoise or Pitts- burgher, depending on the track, will occupy third position at odds of some- where from 5 to 1 to 10 to 1. | Twenty Grand seems to favor Church- 1l above all other tracks, recalling the | old adage cf the English turf of “horses | for courses and courses for horses.” It was here that Twenty Grand set the American record for & mile by 2-year- ©olds. when he won the Kentucky Jockey | b Stakes in 1:36 last year. Twent nd has worked well in his training is in grand condition. ut such a keen judge of horses as Sande, who ‘has ridden three Y wi leans toward Mate wir he Bostwick horse could have won the Preakness by a much wider margin bad he been given a loose rein and I figure him to win rather easily here,” declared Sande before the race Twenty Grand will be helped in the race by cither Anchors Aweigh or Surf Board, who will be sent out to xilling pace until such time as Tw Grand takes the lead, if ever scheme in the Preakness v Linus McAtee rode to win tead of riding to kill off Mate Equipoise Loses Backing. uipoise, who won $158,835 as a old and has been out of the | in only 4 of 19 races, has lost supporters. But Equipoise was inter book favorite and a lot of money will g0 on him in the pari- mutuels in order to protect early bets Equipoise is conceded a fair chance only in case of a heavy track, and should he win on fast footing it will be & tremendous upset Col. Matt Winn, executive manager of Churchill Downs, expects one of the greatest Taces in the history of the Derby. The colonel, who now is 70 vears old, goes back to the days when Aristides—the little red horse—won the rst Derby in 1875. Col. Winn is proud | the development of the Derb ch he has had a great recall the days wh less than $5,000 e entries ranged Those v 2 Kentuck and patronized only by State Curtis to Present Trophy. In those old days Kentuckians came from the blue grass, the penny roll | the limestone districts by buggs boat and on horseback, but now the Derby i5 a world event The notables here for this year Derby are headed by Charles Curtis, | Vice President of the United States, and his sister-inostess, Mrs. Dolly Gann. | ‘The Vice President is an ardent lover | of horses and will present the winner of the Derby with a trophy. Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago is the second ranking politicai figure to be seen at the Downs, although there are numer- us Governors in attendance, including | Gov. Sampson of Kentucky, Gov. Harry Woodring of Kansas, Gov. W. G. Con- ley of West Virginia, Gov. Albert Ritchie of Maryland and Gov. Morgan W. Larson of New Jersey. (Copyright, 1931) Plane for Governor Blocked. | SACRAMENTO. May 16 (®.—The | Renate last night killed an assembly | Wil appropriating $75.000 to buyy and maintain an airplane for Goyv. James | The 296 | guards of out. On the League's ability o settle the quarrel to general satisfaction so that no national pride will be wounded an all will be convinced of the essenti cquity of the settlement, it is likely canwhile important elements of lon in Germany, France and even Great Britain are seizing the occasion | to suggest that the League is useless and { to urge their several countries’ wit drawal-—France and Germany lest ea fail to get its own way and Great Bri ain lest it become too deeply involved a continental dispute. The test appears vital for the League because this is the first time it has zlled on to tackle a disagreeme een two major powers. All its pre- vious successes have involved eith w0 minor. or one major and one min Do The list of these successes is dispute between Sweden and Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) TREASURE SEARCH BELIEVED STARTED Rumored on Hunt for Sunk- en $5,000.000 Gold E Associated P SUNDERLAND, England, May 16.— camship Reclaimer sailed at dawn today on a mission known only to her owners, but generally believed to be a treasure hu The customary hail from harbor “Whereahoy?” brought only the reply, “To sea.” She sailed under sealed orders deliv- erable to the captain after reaching the North Sea, bearing a picked crew, pro- visions for five months and four expert divers with modern apparatus. General opinion was that the Re- claimer planned to seek the liner Tubantia, which was sunk in the North Sea, presumably by a German sub- marine, unaware that she was carrying 5,000,000 to Buenos Aires to bolster Germany's _credit South America Rumor said b Dutch cheeses. Big Opium Catch. LS. May 16 (/P Four big taining 1.600 pounds of opium ent_from Istanbul by way of Holland to Belgium. destined for Paris, - were eized by the police of Antwerp today It was the largest quantity of the drug ever discovered here. The boxes were lobeled as containing dried fruit. BR boxes Huge New Planet Reported Found By Two in Canada By the Associated Press VICTORIA, British May 16.—The Columbia, Victoria Times director of the Dominjon Astro- physical Observatory, and Dr. J. A. Pearce, an associate. A report of the descovery has been made to the Department of thc Interfor, the Times says, and official announcement must be made to Ottawa or by Dr. Plas- kett or Dr. Pearce. The two are on their way ‘Toronto to attend meetings the Royal Society. to of Hourly Bolstering Of Sleeping Mate’s Mind Wins Divorce Wife Tires of Having Phonographic Device Playing at Bedside. | B the Associated Press | LOS ANGELES, May 16.—Jesse A. ! Smith invented a machine that would sound off every hour during his sleep with affirmative psychological sugges- tions to his beonscious mind. Before lot ¢ Mrs. Smith began to get a subconsci s idra that she wanted a divorce. “I don't phonograph it was supposed to work on my hus band’s subconscious mind,” Mrs. Smith now what the automatic “He would wind it up before he went to sleep and it would go ofl.every hour right by his bed. The divorce was granted. MRS, NIRDLINGER'S TRIAL WEDNESDAY [-i Defense Plans Believed Up-! set by Verdict to Be Asked by Prosecution. B the Associated Press. NICE, France, May 16.—A verdict of “murder with excuse of provocation will be asked by the prosccution when Charlotte Nixon Nirdlinger, formerly cf St. Louis, Mo., goes on 1 next Wed- for shooting her husband in ir villa here last March, it was re- ported today. ction would carry of five ars. a maximum sentence years and { the prosecution’s in- ! eved to have upset the considerably, for ihe neys had expected tho i demand at least ary confinemeni, in W tpected an acquital would m which the jury will be osed mostly of business exceptionally high-class 1ger killed Pred G adelphia theatri- rch 11. There were his sons by & former to prosecute defense has not dis- is plans, it is generally enter a plea of self- no witnesse marriage re Although closed det expected it defense Mrs. t her husband quarrel, a tentive to ar her and the the prelim | magistrate. iger has said_that climax of a bitter being too at- He threatened her, she said, in nation before a T shot him. The defends years old. Her husband was 54. They were married after she had participated in a beauty contest @s the representative of St Louis. There are two young children. RUMORS OF SNOWDEN on was packed in | PEERAGE DENIED BY WIFE | British Will Ch Not Re Exchequer ign, She Says, Re- porting Him Recovering. | LONDON. May 16 —Reports that Philip Snowden. chancellor of the ex- ‘rheq\x;r. would be given a peerage were |termed ' “pure fabrication” today by | Mrs. Snowden e “He {5 not contemplating resigning, elther,” the chancellor's wife said, - "Th chancellor has practically recovered all of his lost ground, and T am giad o tell you that he has got back the use of his leg.” Mr. Snowden, however, is still taking |it easy, and it is not likely he will re- |sume his full activity for some time yet, it was indicated at his Downing | Street residence today. | ACTS FOR PEACE IN CUBA SANTIAGO, Cuba, May 16 (#).—In the face of persistent rumors of im- pending disturbances, Gov. Jose R, Bar- celo of Oriente Province today issued an appeal for the preservation of peace It is necessary in the interests of the republic,” he said, “that all of us <hould put our fajth.in the solutions of {problems now being studicd by the Congress and e governmenty' nvention was, except that {as the Commission on European Fed- | eration resumed its sessions. | The German minister, in & general discussion of the economic situation in Europe, praised bilateral and regional | customs agreements as the best reme- dy for the prevailing economic distress. Germany “trouble for the peoples” be avoided { The customs issue is not the wholc of the economic problem, sald Briand. and it is & result not a cause of the ’prmnc economic distress. and Austria propose means and should irm Against Austrian Plan. “Let us not abandon our efforts for general tariff agreement.” he said | “Perhaps our efforts thus far have been 100 ambitious, 1o wide in scope. The | French_government’s new proposals on | this subject will be presented for full | discussion in due course. At any rate | we must not attempt what it is for- bidden to attempt.” Briand concluded with the assertion that he could not agree to the Austro- German proposal Herr Curtius retorted that he had not mentioned the Austro-German | proposals specifically and that it was | his understanding ‘that that sabject was reserved for discussion before the | League of Nations Council on Monday | Adjournment Halts Dispute. | “Monsieur Briand has declared this lan for a customs union forbidden,” he said. “Tt is not the business of this ; commission to decide that. Thac is a la The main point of discussion will be ' told Supericr Judge Henry M. Willls. | point for the League Council to con- | sider.” In the last five years every effort 'tn conclude a general com- { mercial agreement has failed, Curtius | I told the commission, and now Germany | |is ady to arrange customs agree- h | is re: rrange a i ment with any country or group of | countries. ! Called Step to Unification. | In the first speech at today's session he declared the smaller nations, in this | age of competition. require special re- organization of their economic systems, jand it has become imperative to at- tempt. regional or bilateral agreements {10 check increasing tariffs and en- | courage International trade. Such a development, he asserted, would be a step toward unificavion of | Europe. The agrarian countries of the southeast, he said. have Germany's | sympathy’ in their demand for special | | treatment enabling them to dispose | of surplus grain. The dispute was ended hy an ad- ournment until later in the afternoon {and it was not thought likely that it | would be resumed before thi: commis- sion tius and Briand were eakers today 390,000 NECKLACE LOST BY CALIFORNIA WOMAN ksv‘avfh BflRH_n in New York and on Liner She Visited Just Be- fore Sailing Time. the only | By the Associate . NEW YORK, May 16.—Mrs S a Barbara, C pearl necklace A nt valued at $90,000. ! was immediately begun | throughout the city and on the liner | Roma, which Mrs.” Strong visited last ght just before sailing time Mrs Strong. who before her mar- ! riage was Katherine P. Converse, ac- | companied “her sister-in-law, Mrs, E | C. Converse, who sailed for Europe, to | the Roma. When the ship left, Mrs Strong returned to her uptown hotel in Mrs. Converse's automobile. On reaching her hotel, she suddenly discovered her loss. Police searehed the pier and examined the automobile and radioed the captain of the Roma to search the passageways and staterooms | where Mrs. Strong might have visited ! "The jewels are insured, police were | | told. SIX PRIESTS DEPORTED Mexico Reveals Forced Sailing Back to Spain April 30. MEXICO CITY, May 16 (#).—De- portaticn of six Spanish Catholic pricsts under a constitutional provision prohib- iting effective operatisn of foreign priests in Mexico was announced by the In- terior Department today. The Governor of Jalisco notified the | department that he was taking steps ! to limit the number of priests officiating in Jalisco to that permitted by law, or- dering those in excess of that number to | ccase their activities at once The deported priests were arrested in Pucbla and sent back to Spain April 30 | aboard the Dutch steamer Volendam. | | \ | i ! | here were rescued today. FOR RAPIDAN CAMP Will Confer With Interior Department Executives to Cut Expenses. President Hoover left the White House shortly after 8 o'clock this morning for his fishing camp on the Rapidan River in Virginia to spend the week end. The greater part of his time will be employed in conferring with exeéutives of the Interior Department with a view to reducing expenses for the next year. This will be the second of & series of departmental conferences of that na- ver were some of her L4l the week end party. Herbert Hoover, jr., and his wife and Peggy Ann, their 5-year-old daughter, Went to the eamp yesterday afternoon In the President's car when he left the White House were Senator Hast- ings of Delaware and Mr. and Mrs Edward H. Butler, Buffalo, N. Y. Officials Among Guests, Lawrence Richey ‘and Joslin, secretaries to the President. and Mrs. Joslin, and Capt. Joel T. Boone White House physician, followed the presidential car. Others_who are in_the camp party are Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of Interior, and Mrs. Wilbur: Joseph M. Dixon, first assistant secretary, and Mrs. Dixon: John H. Edwards, second assistant secretary; Horace M. Albright, director of national parks, and Mrs Albright: Charles J. Rhoads, commis- sioner of Indian affairs, and Mrs Rhoads; Charles C. Moore, sioner of the Land Office. and Mrs Moore; W. C. Lindenhall, head of the Geslogical Survey; William J. Cooper, commissioner of education, and Mrs Cooper: Dr. Elwood Mead, commissioner of reclamation, and Mrs. Mead, and Mrs. Stark McMullin of California, inti- mate of Mrs. Hoover. Hopes to Go' Fishing. Although Mr. Hoover will be busil engaged most of the time with these heads of the Department of Interior. ne left Washington with the hope o finding some little time during the af ernoon for trout fishing. It is his intention to return to Washington t morrow night This will be little Peggy Ann's first experience as a_member of a week end party at the mountain home of her grandparents. IMPRISONED 10 HOURS IN MINE, 7 ARE SAVED Rescuers Dig Down Through Hill to Reach Men Trapped by Cave-in. By the Associated Press CLEARFIELD, Pa, young men and bo; oned for 10 hours May 16.—Seven who were impris- in a coal mine None of them was injured. The youths were caught behind a fall of slate in the mine late yesterday, and rescuers worked through the night to free them. The youths were George Duckett, 17, and Jesse Duckett, 26, one of the owners of the mine; Terence O'Donnell, 20 Baily Anderson, 14; John Duckett, 26 nephew of the mine owner; Ed Bairy and Orville Aughenbaugh, 16. They were leaving the mine in a coal car when the car left the track and struck a support, causing the cave-in. The rescuers went to the top of a hill, some distance back from the mine entrance, where there had been a cave- in, and dug through the debris tn the mine passage. The youths were re- moved through the hole FROM DRINKING | Three Officers Discharged By the Associated Press. A warning to dry agents against mis- appropriating seized liquor to their own use was contained today in the weekly bulletin of the Prohibition Burcau. | " “Liquor held under seizure is con- | traband and no more of it than is re- quired for evidence In court may be re- moved from the original containers” said tbe bulletin, ] EDRY AGENTS FORBIDDEN BY ORDEli SEIZED LIQUOR for Treating Friends With Beer Taken in Raids. “Recently as a result of disclosures made by the special inspection di- vision it was found that certain agents not only had misappropriated seized beer to their own use, but also had per- | mitted others to do likewise, and to drink the contraband. As a conse- quence three agents have bsen sep- arated from the service. “Such distinct violations of trust will not b=~ tolerated.” et The sgenis dismisseqd were not names | bim of $4,000, Theodore G. | HOOVER DEPARTS oot sie Swearing, Says Wife Br the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 16.—Silence may be golden, but it does not appeal to Mrs. Valentine Weber. She filed suit for separate maintenance yesterday, alleging that her husband hasn't spoken to her during the past four years except on one occasion. ‘The exception, she charged, was when they went on a fis ing trip and he used strong lan- guage because she allowed a fish to wriggle off her hook. Cruelty was alleged. She sald his lack of words made her nervous. ADAMS SEES NEED OF MORE CRUISERS |Secretary Says U. S. Vessels Should Be Modernized | to Attain Parity. | By the Assoclated Prass. SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.—Secre- tary Francls Adams of the Navy says that modernization of American vessels and more cruisers and destroyers are needed to place the United States on parity with the world's leading fleets. The destroyer need, he explained, was being cared for by the bullding of 11 such vessels at a cost somewhat less than $5,000,000 each. The Secretary is making his first inspection tour of the Navy's California facilities. He visited the Naval Train- ing Station on Yerba Buena Island yes- terday, “took a look” at the bay and left later to visit the Navy dirigible base at Sunnyvale. ' COURTAULD, TIRED OF ICE, GOING HOME Young Explorer to Take First Boat From Greenland—Ahren- berg Delayed. <ociated Press. MAGSALIK, Greenland. May 16, ne Courtauld, youthful British explorer, who recently was rescued after a Wint, spent. on the ice-cap, declared today ihat he was cred of Greenland expaditions and was rcturning home on the first Danish s He will prokably sail aboard the Ger- trud Rach, which Ieaves for Copentiagen in a few woek Capt. Albin Ahrenberg. Swedish avia- tor. who participated in one of the res- cue expeditions, expected to start his return for Sweden today, but could not got the pontocns to his plane fixed time. Working conditions and assistanc at Angmagsalik are of the most prim tive character, and it is difficult to handle an airplane in the far northern | climate. The plane must be hauled from its shed by dogs and the intense cold makes necessary advance heating with | a blow Jamp. Formation of ice on the | wings of the airplane also constitutes | a grave danger and lanaing on the ice | is & serious matter. Heavy fogs, which hang over the water between Greenland and Icelan: the next stop on his route home, may delay him further. ROOMONOFF .CHARGED ON 33 THEFT COUNTS Olga Baclanova and Husband Tell! of Intrusting $3,700 to Him i [ | as Hollywood Financier. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 16.—Michael | Roomonof!, recently known as a finan-| | cial advisor for Hollywood film folk, was | hold today for trial in Superior Court | (on_33 counts of grand theft. | The reputed financial *‘wizard” began | a preliminary hearing with only one | count against him. After testimony | the State entered a successful motion to increase the number. His bond was | fixed at $25,000, which he was unable | to furnish, at the close of the hearing | yesterday. | One of the new charges was based on statements by Olga Baclanova, Rus- sian actress, and her husband, Nicholas Soussanin, that they had entrusted $3.- | 700 to Roomonoff. but got nothing h’\’ return. The orizinal charge was brought | by Meyer Levin, suburban contractor, | who accused Roomonoff of defrauding ‘ | Arm M NICHT RAID HALTED 10 PROTECT PILOTS Protests Denied as Cause of Abandonment of New York Air Maneuvers. Assistant Secretary of War F. Trubee ! Davison denied today that cancellation of the Army Air Corps’ night maneuvers over New York City May 22 was ordered 25 a Tesult of protests by pacifist and Communist organizations. Elimination of the mock bombard- ment, in which 36 giant bombers were to have taken part, was ordered un- expectedly late vesterday by the War Department, following Davison’s return from Dayton. Ohio, where the aerial armada of 672 planes is assembling. Move o Protect Flyers. Both Davison, who is in charge of aeronautics, and Gen. Douglas ur, chiefl of staff, explained ‘wasx ordered out of con- sideration for the physical well-being of the pilots, not because of protests or “pressure.” ’ They view the aerial maneuvers as of great military importance and, despite orotests of pacifists and Communists cancel | and a few citizens in Boston, New York | What attitude the Vatican takes.” and Baltimore, intend to proceed with all other phases of the maneuvers. MacArthur expressed belief these are necessary in order that the Air Co may become apprised of the difficulties of defending Eastern and Midwestern cities in time of war. Davison Backs MacArthur. ‘The chief of staff is supported in his stand by Davison, who explained that another factor in the cancellation was ihat no night flying was scheduled over other cities during the maneuvers. Now concentrated at Dayton, the planes first will work out important military problems involving Midwestern cities, later flying East to solve similar problems over East coast cities. TRAIN RAMS HOUSE; WOMAN LOSES LIFE Engine Leaves Track .Alfer Strik- ing Faulty Joint—Five, None of Them Passengers, Injured. By the Associated Press CINCINNATI. Ohio, May 16—The locomotive of Big Four passenger train No. 124, en route from Cincinnati to Columbus, struck a faulty joint in a rail at Lockland late vesterday. over- turned and crashed into a track-side house, killing a woman and causing the injury of five other persons, nonc of them passengers Mrs. Rosc Earhart, 71, was killed, and her husband, Frank Earhart, 77, suf- fered a broken leg. The other injured were Clarence Lee, 61, engineer, Columbus: Fred Heard, 36. fireman. Locklan: 27, Newport, Ky. news vender, and James Salrey, 39, Galion, Ohio, baggage man. All of the injured were taken to St.| Mary Hospital. ~ All were conscious, but it was not known how seriously they were hurt. SEES ROCKET PLANE NEW YORK, March 16 (#).—Harold A Danne, aeronautic engineer, has it all fgured out for a 3,000-mile-an-hour Plane. He told members of the Ameri- can Interplanetary Society, at the Mu- seum of Natural History, that the rooket plane is almost here. “We have most of the plans already developed.” he said, “to build such a plane. The liquid 'oxygen industry is ready to furnish the fuel Engineers and experimenters are willing to co- ordinate their efforts toward developing such a craft. We cannot, therefore, do otherwiss than succeed.” / rocket plane would mean ‘an fiying to get to Paris. His hour’s Village Doorsteps ToBe Moved Because Cars Whiz Too Near By the Assoclated Press. ATWOOD, Mich, May 15— ‘Things got so bad here that resi- dent’s couldn't step off their front porches without dodging automobiles. So they're going to move the whole village back from the highway. Last vear a 20-foot concrete highway was laid and automo- biles n to whiz right past the doorsteps, # Buildings off"Bgth sides of the ‘highway, includi a churkh, two stores, a garage d a doren or zo residences, are t be moved back 50 feet. Leon Leonard, ! Several of the rioters were injured, but there was no gunfire. Seventeen were arrested. The rest of the province is quiet. SPAIN COUNTERS PROTEST. | Zamora Objects to “Inspired” AttHude of Roman Press. | MADRID. May 16 ().—Vigorous papal | representations protesting the past | week's destruction of Roman Catholic | church property in Spain were under | consideration today by the republican | government. Perhaps by coincidence there was published also a statement by the min- ister of justice, Fernando de los Rios. {that the provisional government in- tended to bring about a separation of church and state, an attachment which | has been maintained for centuries. “Immediate steps will be taken by the newly appointed juridical advisory | board to draw up a basis for separa- | tion of church and state,” he declared, ! explaining that the basis would be pre- ‘sented the forthcoming constituent | cortes, or constitutional convention, for ! a decision. Zamora and Nuncio Confer. The papal nuncio, Mgr. Federico Te- deschino, conferred for more than an hour yesterday with the Provisional { President, Don Niceto Alcala Zamora Torres, and while no announcement was made of the nature of their con- versation, it was understood that the nuncio made a strong protest. De los Rios revealed, however, that the interview may have been give and take. “I have been informed that zome Rome newspapers, said to have been inspired by the Vatican, bitterly assail and President Alcala.” De Los Rios said that pending action of the constituent Cortes, the church question would retain its status quo in Spain, although “this depends upon He said that he did not believe the cardi- nal primate, Pedro Segura Y Ssenz, Archbishop of Toledo, whose letter urging Catholics to elect parlia- mentary deputies who would defend the church, blamed for the recent turbances, would return to Spain. The cardinal is en route to Rome. Four Killed Near Granada. ! Dispatches from Granada said four persons were killed and 10 injured dur- {ing the night at nearby Atarfe, when {residents of the little town attempted |to defend their church against in- { cendiarism. | Word was spread about Atarfe that a band of anti-church demonstrators | were coming to burn their church, (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ING MOVIES INQUIRY IS SOUGHT | New Yorker Claims Disguised Pub- | licity Given Public by Big | | }ADVERTIS | Companies. By the Associated Pre, NEW YORK. May 16.—Eugene W Castle, New York film producer, ha | asked a Government inquiry into what I he calls the practice of several larg- | motion picture companies of producir ponsored advertising films disguised a° ntertainment 3 | _ He based his petition to the Federa! | Trade Commission on the contention | that the disguise _constitutes deception { The application for an inquiry name: pecifically the Paramount-Publix Cor- poration and Warner Bros., Inc Mr. Castle allegas the practice mak | unfair competition with his compan { Castle Films, producers of short in- dustrial films. | he whole thing is bascd on trick- | ery.” he said. “and hundreds of other producers agree with me that these companies should be compelled to makr | a frank disclosure of what the patrons { are getting.” Already more than $3,000,000 has [ been derived from the new form of ad- | vertisement, he declared, and in som: | cases the companies have carried on | merchandising campaigns for their ad- vertisers, with consequent advertising loss to local publishers. [SWEDISH TROOPS QUIT GENERAL STRIKE AREA { Soldiers Removed When Leaders of Unions Give Pledge Order Will Be Maintained. By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, May 16. — Swedish (troops have been withdrawn from the Aadalen district, where a general strike, in sympathy with striking wood pulp workers, is in progress, upon the unjon leaders’ assurance that order will be maintained. ‘The unions of the Sundsvall area have proclaimed a general strike, 12.- 000 workers pledging themselves not to return to work until the dispute in the Aadalen and Solefteaa. The meeting A Socialist mass meeting in Stock- holm last night passed a resolution of complete solidarity with the workers of AAdalen and Solefteaa. The meeting demanded resignation of the govern- 'ment for siding with the owners and declared the administration to be re- sponsible for the lives of six persons killed in rioting incident to the strikes. Radio -Progn;u on Page B-6