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i 3 ‘WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast), Fair ‘tonight and tomorrow; warmer tomorrow. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 88, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 67, at 5 am. today. Full report on page Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 Entered as post _offl | No. 31,830. cond class matter ington, D. C. B. U. S. TO STAND FIRMLY ON HOOVER DEBT PLAN DESPITE FRENCH VIEWS Will Not Depart| From Outlines, Says Stimson. QUICK ACTION S HELD VITAL Secretary Does Not Mention Answer From Paris. Becretary Stimson in a formal statement today said that the broad outlines of President Hoo- ver’s debt moratorium proposal would not be departed from. The Secretary said that sub- stantial headway was being made in diplomatic negotiations to work out the many details which must necessarily be adjusted in so large a subject. “The President’s proposal was drawn on broad and simple out- lines,” his statement said. “The object is very clear, namely, the securing of a postponement for one year from the burden of these payments. Those outlines will not be departed from. “We are making substantial headway, but on such a subject involving so many different debts and nations, there are necessarily many details which must be filled in after careful study and con- versations with those nations. “These conversations must neces- sarily be carried on through diplo- matic channels and not through the press.” The Secretary's statement was made | at his regular press conference. In re-| sponse to questions, he said his state- ment Monday that speed was necessary to carry out the purpose of the plan applied mainly to acceptance by the nations of the broad outlines. In making his statement the Secre- tary apparently recognized the French mfl»mz that an adjustment of certain details should be considered, but he was emphatic in saying that the broad out- lines of the President's policy would not be deviated from. Italy Accepts Principles. The acceptance in principle by Italy of President Hoover's suggestion for & one-year suspension in the payment of intergovernmental debts was delivered to the State Department today. while the reply of France was moving through the routine diplomatic channels. Ambassador de Martino transmitted to Secretary Stimson the note of Premier Mussolini to “the American | Rhin “cordial accept- Government, givin, . ance” to the principle of the plan. The note, previously made public in Italy, added that the premier intended later to send this Government some ' “ob- servations” of his own. Text of Reply. It was as follows: “I beg your excellency to bring to the knowledge of the United States Government that I have examined Pres- ident Hoover's proposal for total suspen- sion during one year of the payment of intergovernmental debts. Such pro- posal implies notable sacrifices = for Traly, but I, after mature considera- tion, have decided to give to it my cordial acceptance in principle. It is my intention to send later on to the American Government some observa- tions of mine aiming at an operation at the same time equitable and practi- cal—such as certainly is in the pur- of President Hoover—of the happy intitiative taken by the United States Government. I express my wish that the initiative of President Hoover, the high moral significance of which has Jbeen perfectly understood by the Italian people, may start a period of more ef- | ficacious co-operation among the na- tions, although the more necessary in this moment of general difficulties and on the eve of the disarmament con- ference.” Comment is Refused. ‘With reply of the French government to the Hoover plan for suspension of intergovernmental debts on its way to ‘Washington, the administration today declined flatly to comment on published reports of the probable content of the answer. The administration, however, is de- cidedly optimistic that the general plan, as advanced by President Hoover, de- signed particularly to stave off the col- lapse of Germany financially and gov- ernmentally will in the end be adopted. ‘This Government is not considering | modifications at this time, especially since it has not before it the actual re plies of France and other nations ‘in- volved. Negotiations m3y be necessary before | the final adjustment is made, particu- | larly in view of the fact that in scme of | the nations involved, just as in the case | DEFICIT INCREASES AFTER BRIEF DROP Rapid Decline in Income Tax and Rise in Outlay Reflected in Report. B the Assoclated Press. The Federal deficit again turned up- - ward today after dropping more than $100,000,000 since second-quarter in- come tax payments started pouring in. On the close of business June 22 the Treasury reported a deficit of $867,646,- 781, an increase of nearly $3,000,000 over the preceding day. A rapidly declining flow of income tax payments, which drop] to ,339,270, were more than set by departmental expenditures and & gfi‘b& Britain to Offer Dominions Delay Under Hoover Plan By the Associated Press. v LONDON, June 24.—The Brit- ish government intends to offer its dominions the same conces- slons regarding suspension of war debt payments as is proposed in the case of foreign countries under the Hoover proposal. Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer, informed the House of Commons to this effect this efternoon, seying that it might nvoive the loss of £11,000,000 to Great Britain, GERMANY 1S TOLD 10 DROP TREATY REVISION POLICY Briand Informs Envoy France Can’t Make Sacrifices Un- less Plan Is Abandoned. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable o The Star. PARIS, France, June 24.—Even over- shadowing the French government's action on the Hoover debt proposal in some respects is a new development whose trend seems to be toward what the French already call the “Franco- German Chequers.” Yesterday after- noon Foreign Minister Aristide Briand Hoesch and informed him that France would be unable to make any sacrifices treaty Gustav Stresemann. Dr. Von Hoesch seems to have given M. Briand reassurances, and late last night German Chancellor Heinrich Bruening made a radio talk, heard throughout Europe, in which he indi- cated that he would be willing to come to Paris to consider “‘comprehensive a practical co-operation” with France. Deadiock About Broken. The deadlock which for just a year has kept France and Germany apart seems, therefore, now is in a fair way to be broken. If this should occur, it would be a big step toward Yuiflutloni of Europe and a remarrxable example of the constructive effect of the Hoover plan. It is more and more evident that the French preoccupation has been less with the =actual loss in money! which France would have to agree to| this year, with the fear that Germany, | thus aided, would slmgly be strength- ened in its anti-French policies. In order to understand this French apprehension, it must be recalled that the French were taught by M. Briand to believe that if they evacuated the eland. Zriendship with Germany would promptly follow. The Rhineland was evacuated just a year ago, but what followed, far from Franco-German friendship, was & vigorous policy on Germany's part of a demand for treaty revision and a challenge to France culminating in the recent proj 1 of an Austro-German customs union. Consider They Were Duped. ‘The French consider that they were | duped in the Rhineland exacuation and are cetermined not to be duped again if they can possibly avoid it. ‘This is why they are so insistent on litical guarantees. Diplomatic sound- made yesterday indicate that Bel- gium and Italy share the French view- nt. French feelings regarding the sudden wav in which President Hoover launched his plan without consulting them somewhat assuaged by the visit paid by Ambassador Walter E. to Premier Plerre Laval last night. Mr. Edge explained that there was no in- tention to slight France or force its hand by confronting it with an ac- complished _fact. President Hoover's (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) TWO DIE, FOUR HURT AS FIRE RAZES HOTEL Druggist and Boy, 12, Are Vie- tims—Injured Taken to Hospital. ‘were pa BY the Associated Press. NORTH RIVER, N' Y., June 34— ‘Two persons were burned to death and four injured in a fire which destroyed the thirteenth lake house there today. The dead are: E. O. Weiss, 50, & New York City druggist, and Paul Owen, 12, ! Rotterdam, N. Y. Four of the the burni Glens Fall cven who escoped from hotel were taken to a pital. TP s IRIEY Britain's Unemployment Grows. LONDON, June 24 (#).—Great Brit- ain's unemployed in the week ending June 25 totaled 2,620,930, which was 18,032 more than the week before and 734,629 more than the same week & year ago. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, June. 24—Lord Mayer Heinrich Sakm today proposcd Presi- dent Hoover as the “whole cnolneM for '.heg:bel Peace Prize. “:x;o,m interest payment on the pub- | can received German Ambassador Von| to help Germany unless Germany defi-| nitely agreed to abandon its policy of | Tevision and antagonism to| France inaugurated after the death of entered the stage of discussion, world's | tha Paris, Replying, Still Upholds Young Plan. OFFICIAL TEXT NOT REVEALED \Presented to Edge; Laval to ‘Make Terms Known. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 24.—The Associated Press was informed today that in accepting the principle of Presi- dent Hoover’s moratorlum pro- posal France has advanced a counter suggestion with reference to Germany’s unconditional repa- | rations annuities. France thinks these annuities should be deposited with the Bank for International Settlements and | made available for the financial rehabilitation of Germany and perhaps of other countries. France believes that this is a splendid opportunity for con- structive co-operation between herself and the United States for the economic and financial resto- ration of Europe. | The French mote is couched lin more conciliatory terms than French newspapers predicted, but, as it suggests the necessity of compromise, it is believed in inter- national circles in Paris that the question is not settled, but has which, League of Nations circles here trust, will result in agree- ment. . The French clearly regard the Young plan as a citadel which should not be damaged in any way, lest it might be totally de. stroyed. . The French reply contains four typewritten pages and is marked France’s intense desire to co- operate with the United States. Reply Handed to Edge. ‘The French reply was handed to Am- bassador Edge by Premier Laval this afternoon. Accompanied by J. Theodore Mar- riner, counselor of the embassy, Am- bassador Edge discussed the document for half an hour with the premier. The French government transmitted the reply this afternoon to Ambassador Claudel, at Washington, who is ex- pected to turn it over to the State De- partment late today. Premier Laval was understood to have given' Ambassador Edge detailed ex- ations of the contents, which will given out Friday. Ususlly well informed quarters this afternoon stated that the nch reply agrees with President Hoover that something must be done to aid Ger- many, and thus Europe, but disagrees with the President’s plan of carrying out the proposal. Ask Unconditional Payments. l ‘The reply, it is understood, makes an effort to maintain the.integrity of the Young plan and the unconditional rep- arations payments which France con- siders inviolable. The method suggested in order to ar- rive at this end is that Germany pay her unconditional payments to the bank for International Settlements at Basel, which would turn back part of them in the form of short-term loans to Germany and for the other creditors of Olermlny guaranteed under the Young plan. The French reply was said to have expressed readiness to collaborate with the United States in elaboration of the Hoover principle and further to suggest & workable understanding between France and the United States on mat- ters untouched by President Hoover. ‘The French government considers that its reply fulfills the of Presi- dent Hoover. The question is raised here whether, in view of the French suggestions as to the method of carry- wii ‘Washington. ‘There was immense interest when the | French cabinet met today as to | whether 4t would adhere to its counter- | planfor alding Germany, which was | elaborated yesterday and communicated to Ambassador last night. ‘This_conditional acceptance is based France's belief that, the Youn is sa to her financial structus and that it should not be interfered with, She holds ‘that the Bank for International Settlement should be the intermediary for the reception of Ger. many’s al tha used by the (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) {HOOVER PROPOSED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AT LABOR SESSION 'Lord Mayor of Berlin Praises Moratosium Plea as Trades Delegates Cheer. > 1, “His action (for a war debts mora- terium) means more for the reconeilia-~ tion of the world aud for real peace done in the last- dec- -nyu_fifllm. throughout by expressions of|g, {flying at national air meets. The ser- 4 today destroyed a small section of the Fyoni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION LITARY FLYERS OUT OF AIR RACES Army, Navy, Marine Heads Decide Against Competi- tion at Cleveland. For the first time in the history of the national air races, annual Ameri- can aviation classic, the Army, Navy and Marine Corps this year will not participate in competitive flying events, although the three services will be rep- resented by their most famous squad- rons during the 1931 races at Cleve- land late in August. Decision of the Navy Department to withdraw from competitive fiying at | the races follows two fatal crashes at the races in Chicago last Summer. Both Army and Navy will demonstrate reg- ular service maneuvers daily during the 10 days of the annual flying show. National Guard to Fly. ‘Through the Army, Navy and Marine Corps have been withdrawn the s , the National Guard will be rep- resented by planes from a number of States in & race for the annual National uard Trophy. It is the opinion of ranking officers of the military flying services that com- m aviation has progressed to a point which makes it unnecessary for military planes to curry a bulk of the viers during the past few years have | geadually reduced the numbers of! plenes and the amount of flying at the national races. U. 8. 8. Akron, world’s largest aizship, now under construction at Akron, Ohio, for the Navy, probably will go to Cleveland for its first public 8 ce if trial flights can be com- pleted in time, it was lea today at the Navy Department. The Navy Department announced to- day that it will be represented at Cleve- land by the famous “Striking Eagle” squadron from the U. S. 8. Langley, by two patrol planes of the largest type used in the service and by a 12-plane combat squadron from the Marine East Coast Expeditionary Force at Quan- tico, Va. Squadron Won Trophy. | The “Striking Eagle” squadron is| holder of the Schiff Trophy, won last| year by its performance as the most efficient Navy squadron. The outfit will be commanded aut Cleveland by Lieut. Comdr. J. E. Ostrander. His executive officer will be Lient. E. W. Litch, for- merly atationed at the Anacostia Naval Air_Station. ‘The commander of the Marine Corps squadron probably will be chosen from among the heroes of the Nicaraguan expedition, it was indicated. ‘The Army Air Corps will be rcpre- sented throughout the races by two squadrons of 13 planes each from the ;‘sg r:’umm Group at Selfridge Field, ich. FIRE ON LOS ANGELES DOES SLIGHT DAMAGE Blaze Believed Due to Short Cir- | sidiaries of Man Cuts Off Nose Of Mother-in-Law; Held for Maiming By the Associated Press. TULSA, Okla, June 24— Accused of cutting off the nose of his mother-in-law, Jack Van Zandt, of Redfork, was held today for a preliminary hearing under bond of $2,500. He pleaded not gullty on arraignment to a charge of maiming. Mrs. Ella Williams, the mother- in-law, said Van Zandt cut off her nose in a quarrel Saturday. Van Zandt's estranged wife lives with her mother. R.C. A. WINS RULING FOR NEW LIGENSES Two of Five Radio Commis- sioners Dissent—1,400 Stations Continue. By the Associaied Press. The Federal Radio Commission voted, 3 to 2, today to renew the licenses of four subsidiaries of the Radio Corpora- tion of America. b “It is the opinion of a majority of the commission,” said a statement made public after the commission meeting, “that the judgment of the District Court of Delaware in the case of Arthur D. Lord, receiver, against the Radlo Corporation of America is not such judgment as is designed in section 13 of the radio act, and it is hereby de- cided that renewal licenses should not be denied the applicants heard by the commission on June 15, 1931." Saltsman and Sykes Dissent. Chairman Saltzman and Commis- sloner Sykes dissented from the ma- Jority decision. The commission, shortly after the decision was announced, granted reg- ular licenses on 39 applications of sub- the Radio Corporation which had been held up pending dis- position of the entire license-renewal question. zction 13 of the radio act prohibits issuance of licenses to any firm “finally adjudged guilty” of creating or attempt- ing to create a monopoly in the radio industry. In the Delaware tase, tube sale con- tracts between the Radio Corporation and other companies were held to be in violation of anti-trust laws. ‘The Supreme Court refused to review the lower court’s decision, and the commission was called upon to deter- mine whether the 1,409 licenses held by the subsidiaries of the Radio Cor- poration should be revoked. Section Seen Applicable. In his dissenting opinion, Commis- sioner Sykes sald a study of section 13 led him definitely “to the conclusion that this section is .applicable, and that the commission should deny these enses.” He: “Under this section,” he asserted. “there is no discretion whatsdever vested in the commission.” Sykes said the technicalities involved cuit—Helium Prevents Se- Tious Results. By the Associated Press. " LAKEHURST, N. J., June 24—Fire fabric covering of the naval dirigible Los Angeles while she was in her hangar. The dirigible is inflated with helium, & non-inflimmable gas. ‘The fire was started from a short- circuit from electrical apparatus being | installed on the dirigible. The fire was extinguished in a few minutes. It burned about 275 square feet of the aluminum-painted silk covering on m&m-mummo{mmmom 5 e irigi dirigible has made several train- Erbomed for & 41D Tomortow 5 8 vek: * reunion at Wilkes-: a vet- erans’ -Barre, Pa. :&nl uufl'\u‘lflm‘u m:;:d the fire would prevent ! 3 Comdr. A. H. Dresel said the damage was “slight.” “It had us a little ex- cited for a few minutes,” the com- mander said, “but it was soon all over.” 1f weather eonditions t, he said, tomor- Barre, returning MEXT( pommocge e 1s 1d in the State of are said to average 12 daily. Several and families in the settlement. The gold Deld te reputed to be one of | were “not a auuuoh of grammar, but of intent and in eitker instance the intent is. perfectly apparent.” He ided Congress had a definite vmxou in including the phrase “or to have been using unfair methods of competition,” which he asserted ap- g.n. to, the Radio Corporation in this Immedia after the decision was announced, d_F. Schuette, exec- utive sécretary. of the Radio Protective Associal issued a statement de- clariog “the decision of the Federal Radio Commission in favor of the radio (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) GEORGIAN, 73, TO TEACH JOHNS HOPKINS DEAF Brother of Senator Harris Says Hand Signals Have Been Dis- carded for Lips. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., June 24.—J. t of the Harrls, Radio Programs on Page B-12 g Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1931—FORTY-TWO - PAGES, SHAPIRO- PRISON SENTENCE ASKED Jury Expected to Get Case of | Redlty Dealer Today or Tomorrow. Assistant ana States Attorney | Court today asked a jury of eight men ‘nnd four women to send Jacob B. Sha- piro to prison so his brief realty ca- | could be brought to a close. The jury was not expected to start |its deliberation until late today or early | tomorrow. Early this afternoon Alvin L. Newmyer of defense counsel had not completed his argument, and indica- tions were that Mr. Fihelly's closing argument would be lengthy. Shapiro is on trial on a 12-count in- dittment charging mail fraud. The maximum prison penalty is five years on each count. ! This is Shapiro's second trial. The first ended with a directed verdict, the court sustaining a defense motion that the Sn&l:tnl;ent cl l!’flu 'Keten:’e s 5 afterward. on the mail 80 U. S. Witnesses. The Government has used approxi- mately 80 witnesses in_introducing evi- | dence tending to show Shapiro had used | the mails to defraud in sending letters | to home purchasers assuring them that | their property was encumbered only by first and second trusts, whereas the sec- ond trust was a third trust because of | the ground trust, according to the Gov- | ernment. | The tion used 20 home buyers | involved in the case as witnesses, to e that in concealing this ground | rust from them, Shapiro had devised a fraudulent scheme. The witnesses testi- fled that had they known of the exist- ence of the ground trust mli would not have consummated the deals. It was brought out that none of the home purchasers exaniined the title to their property after they said they had recelved assurances from Shapiro’s salesmen that their homes were cleared of incumbrances except the first and second trusts. Question of Intent. ‘The defense's main contention is that the prosecution has failed to produce evidence showing fraudulent intent be- cause from each of the Government's witnesses an admission was gained, on cross-examination, that the defendant eventually paid off all of the ground trusts without expense to the home buyers. Shapiro, after he had testified as to his meteoric rise in realty circles here from a penniless college boy to a y.0s- sessor of a fortune in excess of $2,000,- 000 within seven years, admitted on cross-examination that he was aware that none of the home purchasers had knowledge of the ground trusts, and that he did not voluntarily intorm them of such an encumbrance. ‘The defendant testified he conducted hi§ businass along the highest ethical plane; that he had nothing to conteal, and that the reason he did not inform the purchasers of the ground trusts was because he alone was obligated to pay them, and which he did eventually, after having sustained temporary finan- clal reverses due to the collapse of the stock market. / DIPLOMAT IN HOSPITAL Ussaki Bulent, second sccretary of the Turkish embassy here, was sald to be “very {ll” at Garfleld Hospital today, ac- cording to report from the embassy. Mr. Bulent was removed to the hospital Monday night when he became sudden- ly ill ‘at his apartment, in the Hay-Ad- ams House. The hospital stated that no operation had been performed and added that Mr. Bulent was well,” but would not affirm the report that the diplomat’s condition s serious. ““doing very e S Gel i “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes 38 John W. Fihelly in District Supreme | Teer of “robbing Peter to pay Paul”|tod (UP) Means Associated Press. as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s. Circulation, 112,186 TWO CENTS. FLYERS CROSS OCEAN AND LAND IN GERMANY | AS OTHERS TAKE OFF Post and Gatty May Continue to Moscow on World Trip After Stop at Berlin. HILLIG AND HOIRIIS OUT TO SEA 5 ON FLIGHT TO DANISH CAPITAL Fwo Others Prepare in New York for Plane Journey Around World—An- other Pair to Go to Mexico City. BERLIN, June 24 (#).—Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, Ameri- can round-the-world flyers, completed the first lap of their world-girdling flight at 8:30 p.m. (2:30 pm. E. 8. T.), landed at Tempelhof air field after making stops at Chester, England, and Hanover, Germany. The airmen circled the field in a “round of honor” descending on the fleld where Clarence A. Chambe‘;linbdaonr; Charles Levine completed their New York-to-Germany flight in 1927, e Wiley Post and Harold Gatty completed the tenth non-stop West- East airplane crossing of the North Atlantic today, hour and 20 minutes at Chester, toward Berlin. stopping for an England, and then continuing As they completed the crossing which has meant death to so g:ln!ns.r.d ::::her p(l)ntnuf ;'al?i just geg.ixl:g well under way on the hazard- ure. illig and olger Hoiriis left S:ZAPtE:stfl:in standard time) this rgnommg. et ost and Gatty are on their way around the world in quest of a new speed record. Hillig and Hoiriis are making a mcu';l leisurely and shorter vacation trip to Denmark and Germany. Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, another American flying team, preparing for a record flight around the world, remained at Roosevelt Field, N. Y., and there were no indications of an immedi- ate take-off. Post and Gatty had expected to make Berlin their first had fuel enough so that they thought they could stay in th:t:?r' ::xdl midafternoon if necessary. ‘While the two ocean flights were still under way, {ton and Edward Maloney began final preparations 1{1 a non-stop flight to Mexico City as a “shakedown flight” to a flight across the Atlantic. STOCKS PUSHED UP 0512 A SHARE Market Surges Forward on Commodity Advances and Cigarette Price Increase. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 24.—Share prices came back with a rush on the New York Stock Exchange today, climbing $2 to $12 in a broad and active buying move- ment that pushed quotations generally above the high levels of Monday. Although Wall Street heard reports that the French cabinet’s reply to President Hoover's moratorium pro- posal contained various conditions of acceptance, the strength of foreign mar- kets indicated that the spirit of opti- mism had not been dulled and bullishly inclined traders here went to work en- thusiastically. Cigarette Prices Advanced. News of an increase in cigarette prices to jobbers, in which the leading manufacturers participated; stronger markets for copper and lead. declaration of the regular dividend by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. and re- ports that the oil situation in the Southwest, especially East Texas, was likely to work cut favorably, contriouted constructively to sentiment. A further decrease in steel ingot production to level virtually equal to last Decembe: was ignored, nor was the market dis- pesed to pay particular attention to the cut in Pennsylvania Railroed's dividend, although rails reacted a little when the news came out. Although the tobacco and oil stocks displayed marked buoyance—the Amer- ican Tobacco issues jumped $12 and Standard Oil of New Jersey more than $3—floor traders had a chance to cheer when the old stalwart, United States Steel common, touched $100 a share. At that price it was up $3.75. Prominent stocks up $4 to $7 in- cluded Baltimore & Ohio, Lackawanna, Eastman Kodak, Liggett & Myers B and A, United Stores, National Lead, Rey- nolds and Lorillard tobaccos, Case, Seafs Roebuck and Western Union. Westinghouse rallied nearly $5, for a reduction in its dividend rate had been freely predicted in financial circles. American Can, Bethlehem Steel, Amer- ican Telephone, Corn Products, Houston Ofl and American Smelting rose about $3. Atchison up nearly $7 and Schulte prefa soared $15. Olis Join Upswing. Pennsylvania Raflroad lost half of & rise of more than $2, but the reaction in. other carriers issues was of minor nce. e were no surface developments to account for the spurt in the oils, which enjoyed their best workout in some time. Crude production increased this week, but there is a growing opin- ipl:l’ol‘thlt the difffculties attending over- juction and price cutting are ap- proaching a turning point. ~ Virtually every stock in group was up at least $1 & share. WHITE HOUSE WEDDING PLANS OF COLORED COUPLE GO AWRY c|Arm in Arm, Pair, With Prospective Bride’s' Mother, Request License and Marriage by President. f & White nnw.zm:mm;l- day to see wheth- “spare the 1iations, ored cou- | street. | | Seth Yerring- New York for preparatory They thought théy might get away SLOWER THAN EXPECTED. Post and Gatty's Schedule Not Affected by Delay, Howerer. NEW YORK, June 24 (®).—Wiley Post and Harold Gatty fell behind their scheduled time on the flight across the ocean, but their round-the-world sched- ule was affected. They had planned to fly from New- foundland to Berlin in 19 hours, but 16 hours and 37 minutes had passed when :hbgp lookp l:e’: :‘mm their unscheduled they - e 3 hl.o. o 700 miles to As Berlin was scheduled as an over- night stop, however, the loss of time made no difference in their assault on the world-girdling record of the Graf Zeppelin. The flyers' representatives here ex- pected they would reach Berlin about 1 pm. (E. 8. T), which would give them a couple of hours daylight for checking over their plane before turning in for a long sleep in preparation for tomorraw’s flight to Moscow. On their jump over the Atlantic Post and Gatty made just about the same time as John Alcock and Arthur W. Brown, who in 1919 made the first non- stop flight acrcss the ocean. Alcock and Brown flew from wmu. Johns, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Ire- land, in 16 hours and 12 minutes. Post and Gatty flew a slightly longer dis- tance, from Harbor Grace, Newfound- land, to Chester, England, in 16 hours and 17 mirutes. Comparisons Difficult. Most of the ocean fiyers in the years between Alcock and Brown and Post and Gatty took considerably longer, though, as most of them started from New York or Maine, comparisons for just the water jump are difficult. Amelia Earhart. however, wh) flew as & passenger with Wilmer Stultz, started from Newfoundland. She got to South ‘Wales in 20 hours and 40 minutes. Other flyers—Lindbergh, Chamberlin, Byrd, Willlams, Boyd, the French trio in the Yellow Bird—all traveled at about 100 miles an hour or less and took considerably longer to get from shore to shore than either the first or the latest Atlantic non-stoppers. DENMARK PREPARES WELCOME. Mother of Hoiriis Invited to Attend Official Greeting. COPENHAGEN, June 24 (#).—Den- mark’s officialdom excitedly prepared a welcome today for Holger Hofriis and Otto Hillig, Copenhagen-bound avi- ators, coming from America. Prime Minister Stauning and Lord Mayor Peder Hedebor will make official speeches in honor of the aviators who :nr:rl:uu called the Lindberghs of Dene The mother of Hoirils has been in- vited to come to Copenhagen to receive her son. Leading Americans and Danes have been organized.into a Reception S e sl e town and a l'.:‘%le :]l:;flcln Club. SRy e it was the big topic of dis- cussion today, topping even President Hoover's moratorium prcposal. OCEAN WEATHER BAD. British Air Ministry Reports Rain, Fog and Low Clouds. LONDON, June 24 (P).—Weather conrlll::sr Scbo m‘ Atll;fi: were none avorable » air minist officials reported. ¥ e Alr officials kept a keen lookout for reports of the fiyers' progress. are very " an al official said. “Over the mid-Atlantic it (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) FLYERS HOP TOMCRROW TO JOIN MACMILLAX i | By the Associated Press.