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A—4 #% PICCARD AND AIDE HAD CLOSE CALL Oxygen Supply Nearly Gone When Balloon Landed, Scientist Reveals. BY WHIT BURNETT. By Cable to The Star. OBER-GURGL, Austria, May 20.— Prof. August Piccard of Brussels Uni- versity rested in this village today and explained why his tremendous balloon is lying on one of the highest moun- tains of Europe. His explanation to this correspondent seems quite simple. After 16 hours in atmospheric heights which no man ever reached before, the great Gurgl Peak at the head of the Valley of Metz, thrust up its gigantic shoulder and the professor and his 27-year-old German ‘assistant were brought low. But their triumph lay in the fact that, even when they were cracked up in the ice and snow, they kept on taking notes and checking thelr instruments and today they can claim they have brought back from the skies technical knowledge of the earth's upper atmos- phere hitherto unknown and probably of incalculable value to science. “I am content with the flight,” Prof. Piccard told me today, .on arising, hale and sunburnt, after his first sleep since the take-off at Augsburg Wednesday morning. “If our gas vent hadn't jammed, making it impossible to d2- flate the balloon in order to descend, we would have landed in good time. Were Near End of Rope. “As it was we were very near the end of gur rope. Two hours more and the oxygen supply would have been ex- hausted and we would have been dead men. Our landing on the snow was lucky, however. We were unhurt. The instruments are almost all safe and the aluminum gondola is not irreparably damaged.” Landing at 9 o'clock at night the balloonists for the first time opened the hermetically sealed, round alumi- num black and white gondola. Before their rescue they had spent 14 hours in and out of the balloon. The natural question as to whe the voyagers had suffered from extreme cold in their 12 hours in the higher strata above 11,000 meters met a curious answer. “Our only discomfort,” said Prof. Piccard, “was too much warmth when the sun, at a great height, shone on the aluminum shell. Our temperature in- side reached 47 Celsius.” g This aft-rnoon the reporters will ac- company Prof. Piccard to the balloon, providing they don't smoke, for one of the professor's idiosyneracies is that he cen't tolerate cigarettes. He will super- vise the efforts of sturdy Austrizn sol- dicrs to pull the balloon off the glacier and get it down to a lower altitude. In Ober-Gurgl today, reporters and moun- tain goats are about equal in number. Prof. Piccard says he will remain here until Saturday or Sunday, and then return to Augsburg. He doesn't plan any further flights in the near future, he sald. Tests for Einstein Failed. Prof. Plccard's chief regrct is that he was unable to fulfill Prof. Einstein’s request for certain confirmative atmo- spheric information, not related to rel- ativity. Tests were made, but they were not successful. However, Prof. Piccard made more than 100 pages of notes dur- ing the flight, measured the cosmic rays discovered by Dr. Millikan, and tested radiation and atmospheric pressure, all for the first time at this altitude. Opposite the Gasthaus, in this high- est village in Europe, rises the cruel menace of the great Gurgl peaks, where lies the crumpled, gasiess hulk of the largest free balloon in the world, as big as a seven-story house. At sun up re- porters from Italy, Austria and Ger- many were literally swarming up the craggy canyon, after an all-night train ride and a four-hour automobile ride, to get an interview at the top of the world. Besides questioning the occupants of the balloon I talked with the’ ski in- structor, who first sighted the balloon in the snow at 11 o'clock Thursday morning. He was Hans Faulkner, 24. “I saw two men standing by the flattened bag,” he said. “When 1 skiet over the elder man said: ‘We have had a lucky landing, but where are we? Is this Italy, Switzerland or the Tyrol?” (Copyright, 1931.) TRIP PROVED UPPER AIR IS NAVIGABLE, PICCARD DECLARES o (Continued From First Page) cal problem of handling the balloon that only at a height of 6.936 miles were we able to begin taking the principal measurements. We found the outside air pressure at that altitude to be 76 millimeters, about one-tenth normal at- mospheric pressure.” Scenery Overwhelmingly Grand. Referring to a little notebook in which he had jotted down data as winds swept him over Southern Europe for a day and a night, he said he had noticed that the moon appeared much brighter than from the earth and that the Alpine scenery below him was “overwhelmingly grand.” The temperature within the hermeti- cally sealed aluminum ball rose to 106 degrees Fahrenheit at times, while on the outside it fell as low as 78 below zero Fahrenheit. He explained his delay in landing by the fact that it was impossible to open the safety valve or the porthole until the pressure inside conformed with that of the atmosphere.” “The flight is likely to revolutionize all previous theories concerning the stratosphere,” he said. Like Eloating at Sea. “The flight proved that the strato- sphere is navigable and that man with modern technical methods will be able to master its low pressure and its cold. “We sesmed to be in an endless in- finity of blue. The earth had com- Ppletely disappeared. ‘It was like floating at sea with blue water all around and blue shore in remote distancss. We felt an indescribable happiness. It was a glorious flight " The intrevid explorers were the guests of the hardy folk in this tiny village among towsring mountains of ice. It is 6,500 feet ubove sea level and the high- est inhabited place in Austria. The ex- plorers received congratulations from many points in Europe. ———— U. S. ORDERS CHANGE IN MALT SIRUP LABELS Trade Commission Holds Product of Jacob Ruppert, Base Ball Mag- nate, Not Made in Canada. Changes in advertising and labels for a malt sirup manufactured by Jacob Ruppert, owner of the New York Amer- ican League base ball club, were ordered by the Federal Trade Commission in a today. he continuing its ef- forts to eliminate alleged misleading advertising, has ordered Canada's Pride Products Co., Inc., of New York to cease labeling its extract as “Canada's Pride Malt Hop—Malt Sirup Hop Flavored.” This product, said by the commissio: to be manufactured by Ruppert’s brew= eries, is not made in Canada, but in New York; hence the labels and adver- tising are misleading, the order ctated. A map of Canada, used as a bac ound g for the labels, also must be ted |l Set New Flight Mark THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, I FLYERS BREAK WORLD NON-REFUELING RECORD. REDERIC BROSSY (left) and Walter Lees (right), Detroit aviators, set 2 new world non-refueling endurance flight record in their oil burning monoplane at Jacksonville Beach, Fla. 75 hours 23 minutes held by French fiyers. They exceeded the record of —A. P. Photo. PIGCARD RESEARCH WORK IS DESCRIBED Twin Brother of Swiss Scien- tist Tells of Experiments With Balloons. station of _the owder Co.. Wilmington, Del. twin _brother of Prof. Auguste the Swiss scientist. Wwho made venturous balloon fiight in Europe. Dr. Piccard once made an experimentel bal- loon flisht with bhis brother, in which they reached an altitude of 10,000 feet. BY DR. JEAN PICCARD. By the Assoclated Press. WILMINGTON, Del, May 20.—Dr. iAuguste Plccard, Swiss citizen, is pro- | fessor of physics at the University of Brussels, Belglum. He was graduated | from the Swiss Polytechnical School in | Zurich with the degree of doctor of | science. For many years he has been inter- ested in making various physical measurements of extreme accuracy. Before the war he made several balloon ascensions for the study of the gas con- ditions inside a balloon with tempera- ture, density and convection currents measured throughout the loon. When, in 1926, the Michelson-Morley experiment was attacked by Miller in this country the whole Einstein theory wes questioned. Miller had obtained his results on a high mountain. Pic- card repeated the experiments in a free balloon and from the top of the Mount Rigi in Switzerland and proved that Michelson was correct and that the “ether drift” observed by Miller did not exist. In his recent expedition Piccard put his skill at the service of the study of cosmic rays, rays of tremendous im- portance, far more penetrating than the “hardest” X-rays. For this study Piccard needed chbservations which could only be made at a spot where nine-tenths of the atmosphere would | be below the observer. Built Balloon Without Net. To avoid problems of weight of heavy ropes to ccntrol balloon gases Prof. Piccard built a balloon without ! any net, one which contained gas only in ‘its upper fraction. He constructed it so that at a height of abcut 50,000 feet the hydrogen would fill out the entire balloon and so that at this height the lifting power would be equal to that of the whole outfit. In such a case the balloon must contain | 500,000 cubic feet of hydrcgen. Prof. Piccard sought to avoid grave physical troubles at high altitudes by using a radically new device whereby the air was kept well filled with oxygen. He explored the high altitudes from inside an air-tight “room” or aerial laboratory with an inside pressure of 121, pounds per square inch. The en- tire Piccard Laboratory was within a sphere cf 7 feet diameter, bullt in a sphere to withstand the near vacuum outside. Used Lead Shot for Ballast. The air was kept in good condition by means of a cylinder of highly com- pressed oxygen (2,800 pounds per square inch), from which a constant amount of oxygen escaped through a mar- row nozzle. The stream of oxygen was mixed with the alr room and blown through an appara- tus containing soda lime, which sorbed ths carbon dig:ide produced by the inhabitants of sphere. Instead of sand ballast Piccard used lead shot. This is freer flowing. At the bottom of the sphere there is a double stopcock, which allows the lead | shot to Tun out without any of the val- | uable air escaping. A special device | was invented which would aliow the pilot to pull the rope commanding the upper valve (the gas outlet valve) from the inside of his laboratory and so en- able him to bring the balloon down. Dr. Auguste Piccard is the son of Dr. Jules Piccard, who was professor of chemistry at the University of Basle,' and a nephew of the late Paul Piccard of Geneva, who constructed the first turbine used at Niagara Falls. STORM AT OBER GURGL. | Fears Felt That Prof. Piccard’s Bal- loon Might Be Damaged. 'BERLIN, May 29 (#).—A Telegraphen Union dispatch from Innsbruck said that heavy thunderstorms were raging over Ober Gurgl and the vicinity of the Oetz Valley and that it was feared that Prof. Augusie Piccerd’s balloon and gondola, left upon the mountain glacier, might be damaged. BELGIUM HONORS PICCARD. King Albert Makes Scientist Com- mander of Order of Leopold. BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 29 (A).— King Albert of the Belglans has ap- pointed Prof. August Piccard a com- mander of the Order of Leopold in i recognition of his ascent into the stra- tosphere. He made Charles Kipper, his aide, a chevalier of the order. Mme. Piccard 3aid she was overjoyed |8t the distinction that had come to her companied him to the starting point if it had not been for her health. Mme. Piccard talked by telephone for some tlmedwn& her k;(usba:gd in at‘.lhe Em‘; sequestered village r Gurg] the Tyrol, last night. Prof. Piccard told her of his ex- periences she said, but appareatly he added nothing to the story already known to the world. ——— The speakers of English are first heard of not on the island of Britain, | difference. husband and that she would have ac- to but on the mainland of Europe, along the coast of Denmark or Germany, 8 T ‘Western | now un “Mike and Ike” Had Nothing on Piccard And Twin Brother Pranks Played on Friends Who Could Not Tell Them Apart. By the Associated Press. MUNICH, Bavaria, May 29.—Old- timers here are recalling pre-war anec- dotes about the student days of Auguste Piccard and his twin brother, Dr. Jean Piccard, now a resident of Wilmington, Del. Both are more than 6 feet tall and so extraordinarily alike in appearance that in their student days they were constantly being mistaken for each other. Once an artist friend of theirs made a bust for which the brothers sat aiter- nately without the sculptor noticing the Dinner invitations t> one often brought the other and sometimes both appeared to the amazement of | their host. Once, the story goes, Auguste bet & barber who had shaved off his beard that his whiskers grew faster than any others in the world. Half an hour later the barber went pale as Jean walked in with a three day's stubble on his chin. LOSS IN REVENUES FORCES RAILROADS TO SEEK REMEDIES (Continued From First Page.) siderable loss in net rating income as compared to April of last year. ‘The Baltimore & Ohio road, for example, has reported that its net operating in- come for April was $1,954,587 as com- pared with $3,132,732 for April a year ago, or a decrease of $1,178,145. In the face of these conditions it is up to the railroads and to the Govern- ment, which regulates the roads, to con- | sider what steps may be taken to re- leve thelsl'.ulflon for the roads as far as_possible. The whole country is interested in the fate of the railroads. As an in- dustry they are second only to agri- culture. What affects the railroads af- fects scores of other industries. They buy, for example, 25 per cent of the coal output of the country, and ap- proximately the same proportion of | steel and forest products. In round numbers the railroads employ directly 1,500,000 workers throughout the coun- try, though the number has been cut now because of the depression and the need for curtailment. There are about & million owners of railroad stocks and another million owners of railroad bonds. When it was reported that the rail- roads were about to ask for increases in fl’!iahgt rates all along the line as a step toward rehabilitation, there was immediate reaction, most of which was unfavorable. The argument was ad- vanced that the proposed increases in freight rates could only injure business and the farmers at such a time. It was argued, too, that the roads instead of increasing their business would lessen it and actually their returns might be lower than if the present rates were maintained. The railroad executives the country over have by no means been a unit in support of the proposed freight rate increases. Many of them have been cutting rates where they thought it ad- visable to meet the constantly increas- ing competition of other forms of trans- portation, including mojor trucks, pipe lines, air carriers and $iater transpor- tation. They felt that to reverse their policy of mal geam to meet this com- petition would be silly to say the least. Protection Is Sought. However, with greatly decreased reve- nues, the raflroad companies and their executive officers are fearful that rail- road securities may take a further tumble. In such event, not only would it be difficult for the rallroads to re- finance and to issue new securities when memb\lt there would be a question W] r the big insurance companies and trust companies could continue to hold or to buy railroad securities, In some quarters, it is said, the present demand for increases in freight rates has been urged upon the railroad executives, particularly by the holders of railroad securities, includ- the insurance companies. 1930, net operating income of the railroads showed & decline of 30.6 per cent from the net operating income for 1929. Big reductions in operating expenses prevented the reduction in net income from being far greater. The total operating revenues of the roads fell off in 1930 more than a billion dollars. The total operating revenues for 1929 were $6,360,303,775 and in 1930 they had shrunk to $5342,957,046. %lswungemcr:‘:u ottl‘gperunc. e Toads cul operating e: from $4,460,836,432 in 1929 to W 781,785, or $585,054,697, and the tol come net opera from $1,- 274,595,403 to $885,011,325. Decrease Is Large. ‘The figures for the first three months in 1931 show co ding decreases as compared to the t three months of 1930. In the first quarter of 1931, the total operating revenues were $1.- 078,680,914, as compared to $1,332,555,~ 118 in the same quarter of 1930. The tal operating expenses, however, dropped from $1,038,845,711 to $857,- 779,852, The net railway operating in- come for the first three months in 1931 was $107,098,448, as compared to $176,- 542,863 for the same period in 1930, & decrease of 39.3 cent. The rate of | . return on ital investments for the railroads of United States for the year 1920 was 4.95 per cent, in 1930, 3.36 per cent. parihg the rate of return to the first quarter in 1930 and 1931, it is found that in 1930 the rate was 348 and in 1931, 2.07. This tre- mendous reduction in earnings of the railroad explains clearly the -fluflon L] wm ROARS TO CAPITAL Fleet Flies Here to Engage “Foe” Over Potomac™ Tomorrow. (Continued From First Page.) first squadron to take off was the 11th Bombardment Squadron, Rockwell Field, Calif., operating nine huge Condor bombers, the largest planes in the air force. This squadron had orders to stop at Philadelphia and to participate in the combet demonstration there before continuing to Washington. The 13th Attack Squadron followed soon after- ward, also bound for Philadelphia, with the famous 95th Pursuit Squadron, third of the combat demonstration out- fits, clearing soon afterward. Before noon squadron after squadron of the main division column begen clearing, led by the second bombardment group, Langley Field, Va. By midafternoon all the squadrons were based on the Capital area. ‘The headquarters planes and first pursuit wing at Bolling Field, 250 planes strong; half the observation and the bombardment at Langley Fielc, at- tack at Baltimore, observation at Wil- mington, Del, and transport at Mid- dletown, Pa. Press transport planes landed at Washington-Hoover ‘port, including the mighty Fokker F-32, largest airplane in the United States. Stirring Fight Tomorrow. Orders for the divisional combat dem- onstraticn and review in Washington tomorrow were drawn up at Mitchel Field headquarters this morning. They call for a stirring combat demonstration by thres of the most famous squadrons in the Army, representing the pursuit, bombardment and attacks arms, over the Potomac River between Highway and Arlington Bridges, oeginning at 11:30 o'clock tomorrow morning and lasting for about an hour. More than 600 planes of the division, moving from their scattered airdromes, are to as- semble in the vicinity of Quantico, Va., at 11:35 o'clock. The complicated maneuvers necessary to bring the great forces into compact review column will take a bulk of the | squadrons as far as Leesburg, by way of Fairfax. They then will return to the vicinity of Quantico, falling in col- | umn in a manner which will bring the yarious squadrons into review forma- | on. |, Orders issued by the division staff |late yesterday afternoon covered in de- {tail movements of the squadrons from Long Island airports to the vicinity of the National Capital, indicating that the vanguard of 10 squadrons of fast single-seater pursuit planes would begin landing at Bolling Field at about 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon, preceded and followed by planes of the general and | special staffs of the division. | The movement of the division to the | National Capital area has proved an| exceedingly troublesome problem to the | division stafl because of a dearth of ad- | equate airports at Washington and the fact that the nearest adequate fields are many miles away. Because of the distances to be tra eled by the vast number of planes e: gaged it has been necessary to desig- nate emergency flelds at various points in the coastal belt in case the squadrons meet adverse weather which forces them down or run into headwinds | which necessitate refueling en route. ‘The famous 95th Pursuit Squadron, selected by ccmpetition from among all the Army pursuit squadrons as the | demonstration pursuit outfit, probably was the last of the squadrons to! land. It is to be detached from the ! pursuit wing for a demonstration over | Philadelphia and then is to land at Camden Airport, N. J., to await the,| cenclusion of the Philadelphia review. Veteran Squadrens to Come, The 95th is commanded by Capt. Frank O'D. “Monk” Hunter, leading war-time ace still in active service, and bears the famous “Kicking Mule” in- signia selected by Quentin Roosevelt as the squadron’s emblem before he was shot down in action in France. It is the squadron which has been making military air history at Rockwell Field, Calif.. by high-altitude operations, dur- ing which it has established world rec- ords for altitude formation flying and for altitudes reached by single-combat planes. . Among the squadrons which arrived at Bolling Field this afternoon were | the 17th, or “Striking Hawk” Squadron, commanded by Capt. Victor Strahm, another war ace, and the 93d and 94th, which, with the 95th, were the famous Lafayette Escadrille squadrons. These three fighting squadrons have written | a large place in American military his- | tory. The 94th was commanded during the war by Col. Edward V. Ricken- backer, America’s leading ace, and was the leldinf American fighting squadron in point of victories. The 93d and 94th Squadrons bear the famous insignia of the American Indian head, which be- came well known in France and fcared in Germany. Flying Cadets Perform Well. ‘Three of the squadrons are flown by flying cadets from the Air Corps Ad- vanced Flying School, Kelly Field, Tex., and their instructors. These are the 201st, 202d and 203d Squadrons, and they composed the 101st Pursuit Group. The cadets, who have not yet earned their wings and are only embryo mili- tary flyers, have been doing a splendid Job_throughout the maneuvers. The headquarters staff was led into the Capital by Brig] Gen. Benjamin D. Foulols, first military pilot in the country and commander of the division. He is expected to become the next chief of the Army Air Corps. The pursuit wing is commanded by Maj. G. H. Brett, ‘who has-as his group commanders Majs. G. E. Brower and C. L. Tinker and Capt. J. K. Cannon. BLACK FLEET DESTROYED. NORFOLK, Va., May 29 (#).—"“War,” raging for the last three days along the Virginia seaboard, came to an end today when the “black” fleet steamed peacefully into Hampton Roads after being theoretically destroyed in at- tempts to force its way past the Vir- ginla Capes to strike at Washington and Baltimore. Officers of the attacking forces, com- manded by Rear Admiral O. G. Mur- fin, and the defending forces, com- manded by Brig. Gen. Stanley D. Em- | gidq bick, planned to confer today regarding the annual Army and Navy maneuvers. Results of the war games have indi cated, officers said, that the defenses of the Chesapeake are capable of with- standing the attack of any | enemy fleet. ANNAPOLIS $1:25 - SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS SATURDAYS and SUNDAYS TO BALTIMORE $1-25 roo Good returning till Sunday Night Washington, Baltimore & 12th St. and New JUNE (GRADUATION) WEEK U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY (GRAND AIR ARMADA TAKE-OFF PROBLE 1S FAGED BY ASH}esuin vre can e seaten Pacific Flyer Concerned Over Getting Plane With Heavy Load in Air. By the Associated Press. SAMUSHIRO, Japan, May 29.—The problem of getting the monoplane Pacific into the air with a ton and a half of fuel aboard was the chief con- cern tonight of Thomas Ash., jr., American fiyer, on the eve of his projected 4,400-mile solo non-stop flight to the United States.. A section of the beach runway here was planked for about 200 yards to give him a smooth start. After the plane shoots off the planked section it will taxi along the bare beach for a mile or more. Ash planned to attain o speed of 70 miles an hour before attempting to take it into the air. “If I can cnly succeed in getting the plane off the ground with a ton and & half of fuel I will feel that half the battle will have been won,” said the fiyer. Girls Make Flag. Samushiro meanwhile went out of its way to provide a fitting farewell for the daring young American. Ten little Japanese Betsy Rosses sat up all night last night sewing together nu- merous strips of red and white muslin and a Ict of white stars on a blue field into something resembling an American flag. The emblem was used to decorate an evergreen arch erected by villagers over the roadway which Ash will take to board his plane. The arch bore a welcome in both JAp-I anese and English, Authorities searched the village for a Western style bed for Ash, but failed to find one, 50 the flyer went to sleep on an improvised couch consisting of 10 cotton-stuffed Japanese mattresses, one piled on top of the other. Was a guest n the home of Kejl Hohiru- make, headman of Misawa Village, 18 miles from here. Prepare American Food. A Japanese who once served as a cock in Seattle came here from Aomori and prepared Ash's dinner. He also will provide an American breakfast be- fore the scheduled take-off at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning (5 p.m. Friday, East- ern standard time). Upon arriving here, Ash was handed a letter of welcome from the Samu- shiro headman saying the village con- sidered it the greatest honor to assist the fiyer In any way possible. Peasants, fishermen and Boy Seouts laid the plank runway and refused to accept pay for their work. Kami Yo- shida, & youth of Saitama prefecture, | sent Ash a charm from a temple on Mount Takao and a_letter saying the outh of Japan would be praying for is success. “It appears I can't spend a penny,” said Ash. “Even at Tachikawa Air- drome, where the mechanics worke days and nights on my motor, T ex- pected a bill of at least $800, but they refused to take a cent. I never have experienced such courtesy. I wonder if I deserve all this attention and all this kindness.” MAY MISS $25,000 PRIZE. Ash Has Not Notified Committee He ‘Will Seek Award. SEATTLE, Wash, May 20 (@ .— Thomas Ash, jr., whose plane is poised for a proposed non-stop flight from Japan to the United States, has not| notified a committee here that he pro-/ poses to scek a $25,000 prize for the first Japanese-Seattle non-stop trip. Valentine Gephart, secretary of the National Aeronautic Association of the United States, said Ash therefore would not receive the prize unless he has filed an application with the Imperial Jap- anese Soclety. Gephart believes the Japanese society would notify the con- test committee here if the application had been made. Jobn A. Buffelen, Tacoma capitalist and owner of the plane which Ash will use, said his contract with the fiyer cal for a landing in the Puget Sound district. Buffelen said Ash was not bound to land in Tacoma. Under the terms of the Seattle offer the prize winner must land within 10 miles of Seattle. HAWKS OFF TO GIRD FRANCE IN TWO DAYS 1a golfer and a graduate of the. Univer- MAY 29, 1931, GLENNA COLLETT TO MARRY MAN SHE DEFEATS AT GOLF by Woman Title Holder, Five Times Champ. Nephew of G. 0. P. Leader Is Engineer in Philadelphia. Pair Long Engaged. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 29.—Miss Glenna Collett, five times women’s national golf champlon, is to marry Edwin H. Vare of hia. Announcement is made by her mother, Mrs. George H. Collett Greenwich, Conn, Mr. Vare is the son of Mrs. Edwin H. Vare and the late State Senator Vare of Pl . He is a _nephew of Wil- Republican leader of is & golfer, but his fiancee can beat him, Miss Collett, & native of New Haven, Conn., but a resident of Providence, R. I, until her father's death three years ago, yed golf first when 12 years old. father, George Collett, one-time amateur bicycle champion of the world, was her teacher. She won the golf title in 1922, when 19 years old, and repeated in 1925, 1928, 1929 and 1930—setting a record for the event. Trying to win the British cham- plonship, she has been beaten twice by Miss Joyce Wethered. Her conquests include & dozen or more sectional cham- plonghips. She was the first to break 80 in_the women’s nation championship. Mr. Vare is a ccnstruction engineer, sity of Pennsylvania. His father died in 1022, LIKES LOSING TO GLENNA. Vare's Caddy Declares Golfer Is Bested by Fiancee, PHILADELPHIA, May 29 (#).—Wilmer Stiles, a 17-year-old Philadelphia youth, who, for six years has caddled frequent- ly for Vare, said today that “Vare won a lot of matches, but there was one person he never could beat—Glenna Collett. She always defeated him, not mfl, nh.lt she beat him and made him | e 1t “I don’t imagine it would have made much difference how_ bad the score would have been, Mr. Vare would have | never kicked. He generally shot be-| tween 86 and 91 when I caddied for him | and frequently he'd drop below 86. | “Mr. Vare is best on his drives; he puts them far and straight. But he is also pretty good on his iron shots and is a fine putter. I haven't seen him in the rough very often.” Vare is a member of the Pine Valley Country Club, the Philadelphia Cricket Club and the Whitemarsh Valley Coun- try Club. He was graduated from the MISS GLENNA COLLETT. gaduaucn. He is a member of Psi psilon Fraternity. He sald that he could not remember when or where he met Miss Collett, but that it was 10 or 12 years ago. He said they had been eng2ged for a long time and that the marriage would take place £oon. FIGHT IS PRESSED FOR HALF HOLIDAY U. S. Employes Seek Reversal of Budget Bureau Order on Deficit. ‘The National Federation of Federal Employes is endeavoring to obtain a re- verzal by the Sudget Bureau of its order against any branch of the Federal serv- ice incurring a deficit in order to put into operation the Saturday half holi- day for Government employes autho- rized by act of Congress. Field employes have notified head- arters here that thcy are appealis t to their Senators and m!,:‘;“%f Luther C. Steward, president of the federation, is hurrying back to Washington from Cali- fornia to take charge of the situation and is expected to reach here tomorrow. In the meantime Miss Gertrude Mc- Nally, secretary-treasurer of the fed- eration, has made a formal appeal on behalf of the organized Government workers to Col. J. Clawson Roop, di- rector of the Budget Bureau. Certain e its of the Govern- ment workshop have formally request- ed authority to incur a deficit, so that they could grant Saturday half-holi- days, noticeably the Secretary of War. It was the Budget Bureau's reply to the Secretary of War’s request that has, caused the employes’ federation to make its appeal to the Budget Bureau. sl CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Dinner and reception, United States Naval Académy, class of 1905, May= flower Hotel, 7: m. Dinner meeting, Worshipful Masters® Association, Hamilton Hotel, 6:15 p.m. Dance, Delta Sigms National Prae ternity, Windsor Arms, 9 p.m. Meeting, National and International Community Bible Readers’ League, Inc., Wilson Teachers’ Normal College, 8 p.m., FUTURE. Memorial service, Jane A. Delano Post, No. 6, American Legion, tomb of Jane A. Delano, nurses section, Arling~ ;‘in:m National Cemetery, tomorrow, The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and prac- tical—it is not necessary to ! zation of the university polo team and American Speed Flyer Hops for Marseille, to Return to Le Bourget Tomorrow. By the Assoelated Press. LE BOURGET, France, May 29— Tireless as the bird whose name he bears, . Capt. Frank Hawks, American speed flyer, soared away this morning with the intention of girdling France by air in two days. He planned to spend the night in Marseilles, traveling by way of Rouen, Lemans, Mantes, Bordeaux and Tou- louse. Tomorrow he will return to Paris via Lyon, Dijon and Nancy, hop- ing to land here by 3 o'clock. Capt. Hawks last night was pre- sented with the 1931 trophy of the In- ternational Association of Aviation at a ceremony at Mount Vernon, American headquarters at the colonial exposition, but he declined to make a speech. “I'm an aviator, not a speaker,” he said when pressed to make an address. “I can only say you.” BORDEAUX, France, May 20 (P).— Capt. Frank Hawks, American speed fiyer now on a flight around France, arrived here at 12:10 p.m., and resumed his flight three hours later, taking off for Toulouse. R HOOVER GETS INVITATION Senator Bingham of Connecticut to- President day invited t Hoover to come to New Haven the Sunday before Labor to take part in a State-wide cele- day bration of the Battle of Groton Heights. The invitation was taken under con- eration. The Senator said the battle was the importance (mn in during the Revolution. Benedict Arnold was the leader of the British forces which attacked Groton, at that time the center of activity for the American Navy. DAY MAY 31 EVERY DAY ‘ 1 50 BouND Return 7-day Limit. Annapolis Electric R. R. York Ave. N. W. University of Pennsylvania in 1924. Played Polo st Penn. While at Penn he led in the organi- have had an account at this Bank to borrow. starred on it for a year, riding daringly and using a sensational stroke. His coach at that time said he was material for an international team. He was Penn’s undergraduate foot ball manager in 1920. During the 1920 presidential campaign he tried to win | University of Pennsylvania students for Gen. Leonard Wood. He has not played a prominent pert in politics since his | Loans are 13- ed within a day or two after filing application— with few excep- tions. For each 360 bor- || Easy to Pay rowed you agree to deposit 35 a month in an ac- count, the pro- ceeds 'of which may be used to cancel the note when due. Depos- its may be made onaweekly, semi- monthly or monthly basis as you prefer. MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made '{or 1 year, though they may be given for any period of from 3 to 12 months. MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W., Washington, D. C. “‘Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit"” GALLINGER CLINIC 0. K.'D| Commissioners Authorize Plan for Free Tumor Treatment. The District Ccmmissioners, on recom- | mendation of George S. Wilson, director of public welfare, today authorized the | establishment of a clinic at Gallinger | Municipal Hospital for the free ex-| amination and treatment of tumors. The clinic will be available only for | “free” patients. No additional person- nel will be employed and the only cost | involved will be the price of materials. ' M. L. BECKNER 3110 M St. N.W. announces his appointment as OAKLAND-PONTIAC DEALER It is a pleasure to announce our appointment as Oakland-Pontiac Dealer in this community, not only because it gives us the opportunity to sell and service these two fine cars, but because it reflects Oakland’s confidence in our organization. “MAKING NEW FRIENDS AND KEEPING THE OLD” ‘We look upon Oakland-Pontiac’s principle, “Making New Friends and Keeping the Old” as one of the most constructive steps in the motor car business. The guiding spirit of Oakland-Pontiac—to make every car so well that it will inevitably make a friend—will guide us in selling and servicing these two fine cars. TWO FINE CARS— Delivered Prices OAKLAND PONTIAC 51,00 IN WASHINGTON 3777 zN for the 2-door sedan, ped and delivered. ASHINGTON 2-door sedan, ed and delivered. w the v 4-door le Sinisaderen "tient, sad rear Fi heels b iFe’ wheels are siandard equipment. a k. s L i oy s, ‘We invite you to see the new Oakland and Pontiac cars now on display in our showroom. They are two fine cars—products of General Motors, with Body by Fisher. You will be impressed by the style, beauty and charm of their low, graceful lines. Please let us demonstrate to you how capably they can serve you. Both are priced far below the mark which their good looks, comfort and fine performance imply. It will be a pleasure to extend to you the benefits of G.M.A.C. financial services, which make the purchase of a new or used car an easy, eco- nomical transaction. M. L. BECKNER 3110 M St. N.W. ——_—, - »ngton, D. C.