Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Showers and thunderstorms and cooler tomorrow fair with moderate temperature. ‘Temperatures—Highest, today: lowest, 67, at 6 a. Full report on page 3. Forecast.) 92, at 5 pm. m. today. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star's exclusive carrier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediste delivery. The Swnd ‘WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION d_Press. |TEN CENT! ELSEWHERE (#) Means Associ FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS Entered as seécond class matte N post office, Washington, c 1,367—No. 31,806. MUSSOLINI- CLOSES CATHOLIC SOCIETIES THROUGHOUT [TALY Order Not Offici Refers to It as “Saddest Day of My Life.” VATICAN PLACES CLUBS IN CHARGE OF BISHOPS @Government's Action Held Based on Belief of Objectionable Political Activity. Br the Associated Press ROME, May 30.—Premier Mussolini tonight extended his order disbanding the Catholic Action Society to all of Italy, and Pope Pius XI, after a con- ference with the societ officials. placed the organization directly in charge of the bishops of the Catholic dioceses throughout the nation. The order was not officially announced by the gevernment, but it was said it would be promulgated tomorrow or Monday. Vatican, however, and Pope Pius re- ferred to it this evening in his address ! to the Salesian graduates, declaring that today was “one of the saddest days of my life.” Premier Mussolini tonight called # meeting of the directors of the Fascist arty to discuss the situation with the enllc-n. The meeting will be held June 3 of the secretary, Giovanni Giatti, two undersecretaries and four inspectors. Decree Came as Surprise. “The premier's dissolution decree came as a surprise. It had been rumor=d that he had a decree on his desk covering the entire country, but even when the Catholic clubs were closed earlier today in Rome. neither government circles nor the Vatican appeared to believe that country-wide action would be taken. Until tonight it was assumcd that th> eontroversy would be settlcd in some menner. In closing the clubs in Rome this morning police told the club of- ficials it wes mercl v ur> designsd for their protection It was assumed the instruction of th Pepe to the bisiops to take porsonai! crzrge of all the branches of the C-tho- lic action in their dioctze was probablv zent out after the Pontiff had lcarned iha 12al i-port of the closing of the ¢l in Pome. I"'s reference to the Late and (he Conzc in his spesch the Salestan gr was3 taken to indieate legality of the dissolution of the ran treaty to sozini “Saddest Hours in Our.Life.” In his addrcss to the Salesian grad- nates Pope Pius said that he wslcomed them “in the sad hours, the saddest among many sad ones in our life. “We tell you as your father and as bishop of Rome, you come to console | us at the dusk of a day that has seen | brutal violence visited upon that which | is dear to us—the Catholic actlon. “Naturally we have the right and duty to have recourse to the treaty and concordat and steps are alrcady being taken. But nothing can prevent, the bishop of Rome from raising his voice. | “‘One may demand one's life, but not one's sllence. We tell you to induce vou to pray for the plens of th> Pop: and especially for those of these da Relations Become Critical. tions between the: church and| e ained by anti-Cathollc _dis- | orders of the past few days. became ven more critical when ‘the policc closed all the Catholic clubs of Rome; and Pope Pius canceled the Eucharistic Congress which was to have been held next week. The government also closed threc ounds financed by the American, mu of Columbus and the Pontiff yevoked the appointment of a papal delegate to the centenary celebrations of St. Anthony of Padua. The government's actions were be- Jieved to have been based on a belief, that the Gathelic Action organization was participating in_politics to an ob- jectionable extent. The Pcpe's actions were explained on the ground that «since there can be no assurance that the Pontiff is free frem insult in Rome {tself, there iz none that his per: onal representative will be immune from in- su't outside Rome.” This sudden tension came after what was belicved to have been a lull which} enabled the two governments to conduct | diplomatic nesotiations looking to af gettlement. The papal nuncio visited Foreign Minister Dino Grandi only ves-: and it was a--umed he filed the ! Pope’s proiest asainct anti-Catholic demonstrations by Fascist students | earlier in the week. Vatican City Guarded. The Pontiff contends his invo! 1s guaranteed by the Lateran tre the conference yesterday was e: to result in an exchange of views o more peaceable nature. i The situation assumed such propor-! tions today, however, that the Vatican ! City was guarded at all entrances and those who sought to enter were sub- mitted to close questioning. The government. it is said. takes the, position that the Catholic Action! Soclety bas bzccme a sort of politi~al party, which c-uld make itself the nucleus of unitad opposition. It is be- ~ (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) ability | a! Auto Race Classic H Features Holiday Of Varied Sports Sports events of a varied nature marked the first holiday of ihe outdoor season for fans of the Nation yester-| day. At Indlanapolis Lou Schneider won the annual 500-mile auto grind in an event marked by spills; the Nationals held their runner-up position in thes base ball race by splitting even with the Yankees, while the Athletics were dividing a twin bill with Bcston; South- ern California’s record-breaking ath- letes nosed out Stanford in the inter- collegiate track meet at Philadelphia; | Harry Pitt_of Washington won the Baltimore Country Club golf tourna- ment; Maryland defeated Navy, 8-1, at ' Lacrosse; Jamestown anncied the hi: toric Withers stake at Belm:@nt Park; al, but Pope 1t was made known to the| The directorate of the party consists | Maryland Student’s Prank Causes Death In 60-Foot Plunge Water Bucket Tells Story Intended Joke—Skull Is Fractured. i A playful prank cost the life of Alfred | Bernheim, 30 years of age, a freshman | At the University of Maryland, who fell 60 fect from a cornice on the bovs' dormitory to a cement pavement be- neath last night. He died at Emer- gency Hospital shortly after 9 o'clock of a fractured skull. Students in the dormitory sald they sometimes went up to the roof of the dormitory and threw wet toweis at pedestrians beneath. It is believed Bernheim was engaged in a prank for he had a bucket of water on the roof with him. He was on a cornice three stories from the ground when he ap- parently lost his balance and fell. Residents of Calvert Hall, the dormi- tory, first heard the bucket hit the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) PLANTO MLTAREZE INDLSTRY I DENED IN HURLEY SPEECH i Secretary, in Radio Forum Address, Defends War Policies Commission. Although the War Department con- | tends 1t is “unjust and unpatriotic to | require one man to die in d-fense of ! FOUR ARE DROWNED SEEKING RELIEF AT NEARBY BEACHES Youhg Woman Disappears From Boat as Companion Swims in Vicinity. ' THREE MEN ARE VICTIMS IN HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS | More Than 100 Lives Are Lost Throughout Country—Middle ‘West Tops List. Four persons, including a young wom- an clerk at the Census Bureau. were drowned vesterday as holiday throngs sought escape from the heat at bath- ing places in the Capital, Maryland and nearby Virginia. The dead are: Almea Adkins, east. Ethelbert Milburn, Shawmut Apart- ments, Nineteenth street and Colum- bia_road. George Foster, colored, 200 block Sec- ond street. | Robert Browning, New Baltimore, Va | At a Jate hour last night volunteer; | were dragging the Patuxent River f: | the bodv of 23-year-old Almea Adki of 198 F street southeast. suvposed to have slipped overboard while her escort 198 F street south- whoat, | _The latter, Robert Moore. 25 years old, of Berwyn, Md., was so shocked by | the accident he was unable to give an account, of what happened hours after | he had been rescued from the water. Despite 1alient, efforts of a girl com- ranion_and him, 20-year-old Robert Browning of New Baltimore, Va., perished yester- ro! was swimming in the water near lhelri vounger brocher to save | | 1 his country while anoth-r is profiting by | day afiernoon beneath the waters of on-i | 1 | war,” Sccretary Hurley last night Occoquan Creck, near Occoquan, Va. | branced as “absurd” the charge that I his department is attempting to “mili- tariz> industry.” Speaking in the National Radio Forum. | arranged by Tie Star and broadcast Lover the coast-to-coest network of the Columb'a Broadcasting System. Secre- v Hurcy asserted the proposed “mcbilizaticn of Industry” in event of ancthcr war is to be effected by civillans, not by military perscnnel “ihere is no d sire on the part of th: gencral staff or the War Depart- ! ment,” he caid, “to militarizz ingusiry j or to control industry to any estent by lit>ry personnel. 1t is consider d e:- s-ntial, however, that ciriain memb: iof the personnel of the Army under- | stend industry and know its capacity as vell as its limitations. fo 2s to pr-veni World War. Answers Opposition. The cabinet officer’s rcmarks were 2imed at certain opgosiudon which has | | arisen to plans of the Wer Policies | Commission for wartime industrial mo- | bilization. The commission, created by | Congress, is composed of five cabinet officers, four Scnators and four Rep- resentatives. “The chicf purpose of this commis- sion.” S:cratary Hurley pointed out, the promotion of peace, elimiration of war_ profits. equalizition of tke bur- dens of war end formulation of general policies periaining to the armed forces of the Nation. “It is quite generally conceded fhat the climination of profits in time of | war will be a long step toward the as- surance of peace. Nearly all are agreed that it is unjust and unpatriotic to re- quire one man to die in defens= of his Nation wkile another is profiting by wer.” Secretary Hurls who is chairman of the War Policics Commission, said | the report on the long series of hearings recently held here will be presented to the next Congress. Denies War Is Imminent. Studies of the commission at this time are not to be taken as an indica- | tion that war is imminent, Secretary Hurley stated. Nor is there basis for the suggestion that the commission’s activity points to a lack of confidence in future peace. The work of the com- mission, on the other hand, is “a step in ths direction of peace,” for it in- surcs “that in any future emergoncy the burdens of war will be equaiized £o far as it is possible to equalize them and that the burdens will fall with equal weight upon all elements of our citizenship. Secretary Hurley declarsd the Army, under this administration. “he. hieved its greatest peacctime efficiency.” The Army is “better organized. beiter trained. better equipped, better housed and beit~r officered than ever before in peace,” he asseried. ‘The Secretary outlined many of the eacetime activities of the War Depart- ment as proof the department is not an ag-ncy dedicated to war alone. He de- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3) EXPLOSION KILLS ONE Tulsa Oil Refinery. TULSA, Okla, May 30 (%).—One workman waes killed and four were brrned, (wo critically, in an exolosion at the Midcontinent Pcizoleum Corpo- 1aiion’s refinery heve todey. Ren Armstrong of Redfork, Okla., working 85 A gouger on tcp of the Hls. was kil'~d instantiy. The injured wer: Rucscll Rector, Richard Bean, James Oxford and Charlcs Norton, all of Tulsa. Rescuers Endangered. Miss Alice Wilson and Browning's 13-year-old brother, both of New Bal- timore, almost lost their own lives at- tempting to hold up the struggling youth until a rescue boat could reach their side Witnesses sa'd Miss Wilson strove for some time to fight off the drowning man’'s grip and obiain a hold so sh2 could keon him abote the suriace, but her sircngth falied just as the rescue boat came up. Ethelbert Milburn, 18 years old, of the Shawmut Apar.ments, Nineteenth street and Columbia Toad, was drowned in the Potomac yesterday afternoon when he sank unnoticed while swim- ming with five youthful compaions near | ©ycamore Island above Little Falls, Md. John Shaw of 423 Jefferson street when he swam to rejoin the others they noliced that young Milburn was missing. Shaw cailed the others and they all began to dive for Milbuin in the water Jjust off shorc. He had bzen under tic suriace, however, for almost 20 min- utes wnen they located the body and l&l;oughltlu ’ls::,m'eb First aid efforts on e part of e boys and Montgomery Counly ofucers were futile. i Went for Row on River. Adkins, daughter of R. E. Ad- kins, rennsylvania - Rairoad enginecr, and Mcore sct out for a row on the Patuxcnt in - Calvert County | Broom s Island, clad in bathing suits. They had bien gone for some time, when about 5 o'clock, Moore's brother, Devey, also of Berwyn, noticed their boat adilit about 500 yards off shore 2nd apparently unoccupied. Lewcy Moore and several others hur- | ried to the riscue in another boat. As | they approached, they noticed Robert Moure swimming abcut in the water | some distance irom the boat. There Wwas no trace of Miss Adkins, either on the surface of the water or in the boat. | Other boats came out and the vicinity | | was searched to no avail. Robert Moore could not enlighten his question- IS as to how the accident occurred and last night was under trtatment for shock and exhaustion. His broth:r said planation. It was presumed, however, that Miss | Adkins, said to be an indifferent swim- mer. slinped into the water and w:nt (Cantinued on Page e THREE HELD IN PLOT ON WALTER CHRYSLER Attempt to Extort $10,000 From Financier Charged in Kan- #as Complaint. By (ne Associated Press, TOPEKA, May charged with blackmail were arrested here today on a complaint alleging an attempt to extort $40,000 from Walter P. Chrysler, president of the Chrysler Mctors Corporation. The men arrcsied were Richard A. | Swallow, member of the editorial staff of a Topeka morning newspaper; Fred §. Clark, Meriden, Kans., and Ralph | Ulrich. alias Ralph Chrysler, Topeka. Gordon Ross, a representative of the motor magnate, said the three men hreatencd to circulate libelous stories scribing an alleged relationship of to the late Henry Chrysler, ther of the automobile manufacturer. 30. — Three i | g0. Ross declincd to elaborate upon | | detatls surrcunding the alleged black- | mail attempt. 36 HURT AS 300 “REDS” RIOT | WHEN POLICE CHARGE PARADE)| near ! Moore could not utter a word of ex-! men | 'Admiral Cites Compensation Bill and Failure of Funds \ for Navy. By the Associated Press. PASSAIC, N. J.. May 30.—Rear Ad- miral William A. Moffett, chief of the | Navy Bureau of Asronautics, sald today | he believed the activities of the Ameri- can Legion had reached a point “where the public is wondering whether they are being imposed upon.” ‘ “The Legion is being eriticized,” he | !said in & Memorial day address, “for | | i this evcning. | a recurrence of the chaotic ccnditions | Went slightly h gher up the river bank | dois for its mi and ' e would contest | that provaild after our entry into the | With a companion to change clothes and i B sl inot enough for pational defense. Ad- | | justed compensation passed the last| Congress, but the Navy's flst-year' " FORGE! MOFFETT SAYS LEGION DOES LITTLE FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE Declares Organization De- votes Too Much Atte: to Its Members. | ful of bent but proud wearers of the | Blue, RFAR ADMIRAL MOFFETT. | London trealy bullding program did | “Admiiz] Moff“tt prefaced his remark (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) ‘SCHNEIDER VIGTOR N MOTOR GLASSIC \Wins $40,000 When Mis- haps Force Out Leaders. Bystander Killed. By the Associated Press. SPEEDWAY, Indianapolis. May 30.— Pate catapulted Loule Schneider, one- man, into a stunning upset victory of i the 500-mile automobile race over the! Indianapolis motor speedway today. By the same stroke of fate Billy Ar-, nold, 29-year-old Chicagoan, 1930 win- ner of the event, was robbed of almost certain victory when he met with a tragic accident which resulted in the burning of his car while he was speed- ing to apparent victory in the last 100 miles of the race, and the death ton'ght of Billy Brink, 11, who was struck by a wheel from his car. Arnold, seeking to repeat his triumph lof a year ago, had Jed from the start, i except for six laps, when his car, rac- ing around the treacherous north turn | lof the track, at terrific speed, threw a ! left front wheel and sent him crashing into the car driven by Luther Johnson of South Bend, Ind. The car imme- diately caught fire and burned. but} Arnold escaped death along with his| mechanic. Spider Matlock of Los An-| geles. Johnson's car was wrecked but | did not burn. Right Hip Broken. Arncld sufiered a fracture of the right hip. severe burns about the back and possible internal injuries. His riding mechanic, Matlock, suffered & dislocated shoulder and painful burns and bruises. Johnson, with whose car Arnold’s racer collided after throwing the whecl, sustained possible internal injurles, cuts and bruises. Johnson’s mechanic, Wil- liam H. Richards, suffered a wrenched back. sprains and bruise: Within a few seconds after A " (Continued on Page 5, { | Attractive |D. A Man Near Death and 55 Under Arrest After Ohio Com- munists March Despite Ban. ' | By the Associnted Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May 30.—At |, | least 11_policem:n, including Traffic | ner Carl Olson, and 25 dem- were injured and 55 demon- Among those arrested were four wom- n and one 8-year-old boy. Many of the women wore red ban- e dannas. Men and children wore red strat-rs were arre:| ere ton'gl as & | pa, " . Sesu't of a pitched battle betwéen potice | orets and cthers who had participated ?nd members of the {Young Comunist | In base ball games here this afternoon gt e T e 'h red w 1 ki 1 Ve ies and red_ribbons. o e ! demoncira fon un | Folice snatched the colored headgear downiown Youngst:wn. from hads end threw it to the ground. the dem Led by Police Chief Paul E. Lyden a |and Commissioner Olson, the police ators is near Merchandise The stores just now are full of especially attrac- tive merchandise. Every family in Washington necessarily buys some- thing every day. Today's Star contains the news of all that is newest and bo=g in the stores. Not for years have lovely things and house- !d necessilic’s neen neiced so low. It will pay I 19. i | Those Were the Happy Days—Page 20. | | PICK BICENTENNIAL DREGTOR TUESDAY didates for Fisher Vacancy. | With the names of half a dcsen local | and oui-of-town men up for considera- | iuon, the District of Columbla Bicen- time Indianapolis motor cycle police- | tennial Commission is expected to meet | ¢ Tuesday to select a successor to George V. Fisher as director. H Whi'e four local men are said to be prominent on ‘the list of voscidle ap- pointees, two from other cities are un- derstood also to be receiving serlous considers tion. ‘The leading candidate, it ported, is Arnold Kruckman, journalist,’ organizer and traveler, of Los Angeles. | A New Yorker also is sald to have! 0 a good chance of selection. i Among Washington men who are re- | " (Continued on Pags 5, Column 4. TODAY'S STAR PART ONE—?1 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page B-4. PART TWO—3 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. District of Coiumbia Naval Reserve— Prge 5. R. Activities—Page 5. Disabled Veterans—Page 5. District National Guard—Page 7. PART THIEE—“ PAGES. Society Section. PART FOUR—10 PAGES. Amusement Secticn—Theater, and Radio. In the Motor World—Page 4. Aviation—Page 5. American Legion—Page 5. Marine Corps News—Pagé 5. W. C. T. U. News—Page 5. Veterans of Foreign Wars—Page 6. Army and Navy News—Page 6. Spanish War Veterans—Page 6. Fraternities—Page 7. News of the Clubs—Page 8. Organized Reserves—Page 8. Y. W. C. A. News—Fage 8. At the Community Centers—Page 8. Radio—Page 9. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. . PART SIX—! Financial News and tising. ‘The Home Gardener—Page 10. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 10. Serial , “Robbers’ Roost"—Page 10. PART SEVEN—20 PAGES. Magazine Sectioh. ‘The Bridgz Forum—Page 14. Reviews of the New Books—Page 15. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 16. News of the Music World—Page 17. Cross-word "Puzzle—Page 18. ‘The Boys' and Girls’ Page—Page and Screen | | | Columbia won the Child’s Cup regatta, | death in a Youngstown hospital with and Yale's varsity 150-pound crew kept - bullet in his zbdomen. Two policcmean its season’s record clean by capturing alzo are in a hospital with serious in- the feature of the American Henley re- juries, and at least 8 or ‘ mita. fered bruised hands or 10 police M'l swung their clubs and drove their horses through the crowd and fired shots into the air, while the demonstrators threw vou to read tcday's adver- tisements. L (Continued om, Page 2, Column 1.) ! GRAPHIC SECTION—$ PAGES. ! Warld Events in Pictures, COLORED SECTION—3 PAGES. T Afullins: Mr. and M Reg'lar Fellers: Lit- hlights of {in the flig-bedecked amphitheater at|the esiimate of $500,000 a vear as the | centered upon national shrines and |matters still in the speculative field. JE00000 PER YEAR SEEN FOR DISTRICT N WHERTANE TAX B0 PLANES FLGHT 0F 2500000 MLES CONPLETED SHFELY 'Local Government Could Col- Air Armada;s I‘aneuvers Un- lect 80 Per Cent of Federal Levy. 'STUDY OF SUBJECT SEEN IN FORTHCOMING INQUIRY Bingham Suggests That Civic Or- ganizations Prepare to Present | | Definite Views. BY J. A. O'LEARY. The District government would collect 2bout $500.000 a year of revenue vhich Uncle Sam now gets in Washington through the Federal estate tax, if the city had a local inhsritance tax, it was | estimated vesterday by municipal offi- cials, discussing recent indications that ' this i one of the new forms of local | revenue likely to be considered in the | forthcoming Congressional fiscal rela- tions inguiry. The District assessor's office, it was learned, has already transmitted to the | tion tentative outlines of bills dealing | both with inheritance and incom: taxes for the District. This step was taken. {it was explained, at the request of the congressional group and local officials JEMORIAL THRONG PAYS TRIBUTE T0 bmitted. Tday was a natur> of the informati Another development |man of th: S2nate Subzommittee on | hood and city-wide civic organizations | <hould give caré¢ful study and thought to the question of how they would prefer to be taxed. so as to be prepared to rive the n-xt Congress an <xpress.on of th views of s many of the local tax- payers as possible. States Use Present Law. Veterans, Planes, Flowers and Sneaking Feature Va- ried Annual Programs. ‘The prospect that with a local inher- | itanc® tax the District would got in the ncighborhood of half a million dollars ear. which now goes to the United tates through the Federal inheritance (ax. grows out of the provision of law which says that the tax imposed on an “state by the Federal Government shall be credited with 2nv similar tax paid to a State or the District of Columbia, but not to exceed 80 per cent of ‘the Fe ‘eral levy. According to officials of th® Internal Revenue Bureau. most of the larger States have arranged their State stat- | utes so that they get the full eredit of 80 per cent of the Federal tax, and As countless young World War veterans rubbed shoulders with a hand- the Naticnal Capital yesterday paid homage fo its war dead. Martial effects were given to the Mcmorial day ceremonies by the roar of a glant fleet of airplanes above and the blare of drum corps and bands be- lew. -More than a score of patriotic or- ganizations sponsored colorful services Atlington National Cemetery, while megprcb';bl; amflmn.t_w which thfl District occasion wes observed by various other | WOuld ben°fit ir revenue collected is | based cred egencles with exercises throughout the | pieg- O SYRE the full credit here Distriet. Of course, the amount’ of local tax. | now 1t would be levied, the exemptions All day processions and pllgrimages ;"\, " yoved and similar details are alf | | House group conducting the investiga- | have not disclosed or commented on the | called out two weeks ago will be back suggestion adiunced by Senator Bing-| | District_appropriations, that neighbor- | | they entered the ; review in close formatiom. | the White House: | of PAGES. | Classified Adver- ccmeteifes where the soldiers are buried. | Arlington Cemctery became a virtual field of poppies and roses.’ The weather was so suliry that four persons were prostrated at the cemetery. All were revived by Red Cross nurses. | The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier attracted pilgrims of every age and a constant stream of wreaths, though only that from President Hoover was permitted to remain on the marble slab. Around anothr tomb to unknown | soldiers, where rest 2.111 dead, gathered from the battleground of Bull Run, flags were draped by a procession of | women marching from the Lee Mansion. Spanish Veterans' Tribute. Spanich War Veterans stood in Ibute about the tall mast of the battle- Maine. Earlier. they joined Indian War survivors and World War veterans in a parade up Pennsylvania avenue. Union soldiers and the Marine Band | also were prominent in the procession. | Ths tomb of Woodrow Wilson, war- | time President, under the vaulted roof | the Washington Cathedral, was | is re-| deckad with florel tributes, including |adoptea locally those from President Hoover and :he | | Woodrow Wilson Foundation. Opposite. | now operates n the north wall of Bethlehem Chapel of the Cathedral, the tomb of Admiral | George Dewey was similarly honored by Sponish War veterans. ‘Bishop James E. Freeman urged obed- fence to law at special Cathedral services. James A. Drein. past national com- mander of the American Legion. and Represcntative NRoyal Johnson of South Dakota were the principal speakers at the Arlington exercises. Drain advocated aid for disabled vet- erans. while Johnson defended the ad- | ministration’s forsign policy. “We can never do too much to brighten their dark roads of life or lighten their heavy burdens,” Drain de- clared “We cwe them everything. ‘Their miseries are for.us. They suffer that we may enjoy. If we forget them or fail in our duty toward them, ours is that basest of sins, ingratitude. “I say this with the more earnestness | because just lately some, lacking knowl- edge, have said that our country spends tco much public money in aid of our disabled. We must not waste, for that is wrong, but it would be immeasurably worse to want in justice to our dis- abled.” Drain said war could not be “wished or resolved away, or gotten rid of in any fashion until the majority of men in ‘every principal nation have friendly and understanding hearts.” ‘Without this, he added, limitations of | somewhat by this prospect. since the congressional inquiry has not yet reached the stage of conclusions or recommendations. In view. however, of the indications that this is one of the new sources being looked to in the event it should be decided to'r:adjust y's tax burden as between real te and other forms of taxaticn. sn ht into the provisions of the Fed- eral estate law furnizhes interesting | food for thought. - Attracted by Prospect. That the: District govern: it would benefit thrcugh a local inheritance tax | by receiving 80 per cent of the Federal inheritance taxes already being collect- ed in Washington, is certain and fome local officials who have been studying taxation questions do not conceal the fact that they have bcen attracted How much more individual taxpay- ers in the District would have to pay on inheritances, however, is a less cer- tain factor and would depend to a large extent on the amount of exemption that might be decided on in writing a local statute, as well as on the rates marred by Injury to Personnel. SHIPS PERFORM MASS FORMATION FOR CHIEFS Observation, Pursuit and Bomber Squadrons Participate in Capital Defense. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. When the dust had settled on a hslf dozen airports over an area of 250 milea | following the return of more than 600 Army planes from the magnifizent re- view ab-ve Arlington Memorial Bridge yesterday noon, officers of the 1st Air Division made a final check-up, which showed that the division has won ons of the great victorles it set out to achleve—the completion of two weeks of massed maneuvers by 672 planes { with-ut a single serious accident. Since the fighting squadrons of the Army left their home fields throughout the Nation early this month. the planes a5 a whole have completed 2.500,000 miles of fiying without a serious acci- dent. Virtually all of the 672 planes at their home stations during the week, though many of the sjuacrons have nearly 3.000 miles of travel ahead of them. Only one or two planes require major repairs to put them back in fiying shape. Review Most Impressive. The review over the National Capital yesterday ranks easily as the most ime pressive event during the two weeks' life of the division. The results of the training of the past few dars showed in the perfect timing of the units as cclumn to pass in The reviewing stand was located on the uncompleted Arlington Memorial Bridge. It was the first time the span ross the Potomac had been used offi- Hurley. accompanied - by and their children., was Secretary Mrs. Hurle { among the first to arrive at the stand. In the party were Secretary Adams, Gen. MacArthur, Walter Newton, sec- retary to the President, representing Senatcr Reed of Pennsylvania, Senator Bingham. of Con- necticut artd other Government officials d military attaches of foreigr’ emi- bassies. The teview was flown in a blazing i sun. beneatn suitry skies which held & tareat of thundershowers. Combat Flying First. The demonstration opened with nearly an hour of combat flying by three crack squadréns. the 95th Pursuit from Rock- well Field, Calif.: the 11th Bombard- ment. also from Rockwell, and the 13th Attack, from Fort Crockett, Galveston, Tex All three squadrons demonstrated combat fcrmalions and the pursuit. then launched a series of diving attacks on both the slower squadrons. The dem- onstration ended with a two-plane dog fight beiween Lieut. Irwin A. Woodring and Lisut. George E. Price of the 95th. Two minutes after the combat demon= stration had bcen concluded the head of the mignty aerial column was sighted tirough the ground haze over the low Virginia bi As the van, led by the 24 Bombardment Group. Langley Field. Va.. epproached the reviewing tand, group after group came into #ight until there was a veritable wall of planes stretched across the s The pl2nes were massed in groups of three and four squadrons each—bomb- ers, attazk and obscrvation below, pur- suit 2bove. There was scarcely a break of three souadrons’ lengih in the whole To begin with, the Federal law, which | and will continue oper FLEEING BANDITS SHOOT POLICEMAN Baltimore Officer Is Near Death After Attempt to Stop Hold-up Car. By the Associated Pre.. BALTIMORE. May 30.—A policeman | was shot and probably fatally wounded | tonight when he sought to stop an au- tzmobile in which three hold-up men were fleeing from their second robbery inside half an hour. His assallants escaped. The policeman, Ernest Oliphant, spotted the bandit machine at the corner of Charles and Thirty-first streets in the residential section as it was caught by a traffic light. As he approached the car its occupan‘s opened fire, three bullets taking efect. | | The ~machine | shooting. Oliph#nt was taken to s hospital, where physicians said he had little | chance to live. He was shct through sped away after 'the the threat and once over the heart. “ (Centinued on Page 4, Column 1.) i | | By the Assosiated Press. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., May 30.— William “Red” Hill for the third time rode Niagara River's white water safely today, only to mill around for almost three hours in the treacherous whirl- pool, from which he was rescued by his 17-year-old son, William Hill, jr. Four times his big red, white and blue oak barrel went around the huge circle of the whirlpool, and ssven times 11t was carried around a minor eddy far out in the stream. On the last two | swings around the whirlpool “Red” opened the manhole, stuck an arm ou t and yelled: * 'w me & rope, the bar- with water. rel is flu‘l up NIAGARA VOYAGER Ig RESCUED. BY SON AFTER BARREL LEAKS Hill Buffeted in Whirlpool Four Hours Until Boy Swims Out to Save Father. No boat was handy and it was im- possible_for any one to go to his aid for an hour and a half after his cries for help were heard. The barrel bobbed | formation and column. The plancs, moving at cruising speed of nboat 100 miles per hour, re- quircd sbout 10 minutes to pass the ! reviewing stand. Broke at Mount Vernon. Con'inuing down the Potcmac to the vicinity of Mount Vernon. they broke headed for temporary airports essigned them in the Capital district e-tending from Langley Pleld . to Neweastle, Del.. and Middletovn, Pa. The pursuit tquadrons ecircled to the west over nearby Virginia and then swung back over the bridge about 10 minuies after the last of the column had cleared Landing by elements of three planes, | and later by flights of nine planes each. | the pursuit wing required nearly an hour to get down again at Bolling Field. Torty-five transport planes. including' the famous Question Mark. first refuel- ing endurance record holder, remaired st Middletown, Pa.. during the review. They have nol participated in any but have been used merely ving mechanics and cargoes | which could not be accommodaied in the combat planes. Motor Trouble Small. Since the maneuvers began a ftotal of 18 planes have been forced out temgporarily by motor trouble. far be- Jow the ncrm21 for the amount of fiy- ing done, despite the fact that none of the planes have been under cover since leaving home. A majority of the motor f2ilures occurred on the ground during | the warming-up periods. or manifested themselves in failure of the mctors to start A half dozen resulted in forced landings, most of them made without | damege to the planes. 2nd all of them | (Continued on Page 5, Column | B {PRESIDENT CANCELS RAPIDAN WEEK EX3 | Decision to Remain Here, Fire§ Time in Weeks, Follows Re- turn From Valley Forge. By the Associated Press. For the first time in several weeks, up and down in the rush of white water, every now and then sinking from sight in the swirl. Finally the huge barrel struck the outer eddy of the whirlpool and was |cm-1¢d to within 50 Young Hill. with & rops around his mid- |dle, swam oui - into the whiripool grabbed a ring in one end of the bar- | el and pulled his father to salcty. “I'm .l‘:g to get out” he sn:dmn he stepped ore ; kid has more nerve than I have. E [ feet of shore. . President Hoover decided yesterday to spend a week end in the Capital. The decision was reached after the {Cnlef Executive returned to Washing- ton yesterdsy efternoon from Valley jForge. where he delivered a Memorial day address earlicr in the day. President Hoover had planned to go to his Rapidan camp fo ecscape the Capital heat, but decided after rsach- ing the White House he would not make the trip. »