Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1931, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ! SCANT HOPE HELD 'FOR PAGIFIC PILOTS Coast Guard Making Ssarch Despite Little Chance for Two Flyers. . | (Continued From First Page) | of the Army round-the-world fiyers of | 1924. i Maj. Martin was lost 11 days after | his plane crashed into a mountain | peak on the Alaska Peninsula, despite | organized efforts to find him. He finally | reached a cannery equipped with a radio station and sent out word of his safety. ey Thomas Ash, jr. World War aviator, who gave up an attempt to fly the) Moyle-Allen monoplane over the route this Summer, expressed the opinion the airmen were loss somewhere off the | Aleutians. Ash arrived here vesterday | from the Orient as a member of the| crew of the liner President Madison. Belicves Motor Exploded. “I believe the motor blew up before they reached Dutch Harbor, Alaska.” | sald Ash. “They had_equipped the | plane with a supercharger which stepped up the motor from 425 to 525 | horsepower and I believe the strain ‘was too much.” | Ash, who plans another gpan the Pacific in a ncw plane May, said the left wing of the Moy Allen ship was warped and *“you ha fight it all the time” He said ship used about 25 gallons of facl hour, instead of 22 as estimated Moyle. sl Ash said changes the two fiyers made on the ship before they started the flight cut down th several hundred mile the plane easier to I what faster. | One person refused to admit the men | were lost. Miss Frances Bresson, River- | side, Calif,, Moyle's fiancee, who came Tere to greet him when he completed the flight, insisted they would be found. As she sat in her hotel she fought back fears and boistered the hopes rac- ing through her mind, often half to herself, “I know th know they'll come in.” PREPARED FOR DEATH. attel n the o , althcugh it made ndle and some- Moyle and Allen Left Evidence Behind to Aid in Collecting Insurance. TOKIO, September 10 (4).—Confident as they were of safely reaching Seattle, | Don Moyle and Cecil A. Allen prepared | for death before taking off from Sa- mushiro, Japan, for America Tuesday morning. | They left with newspaper men and | friends’ certificates to prove they had taken off on a transpacific flight. These were made with a view to simplifying the liquidation of their life insurance poli- | cies in the event they should not be | heard from again. Stripped of Valuables. Cash, personal possessions and every | other article of value were disposed of. They stripped themselves of everything | «xcept hope, courage, the clothing they wore and a watch which Allen carried. Pasted in the crystal of the watch was a tiny photograph of Allen and Eileen Miller, Los Angeles aviatrix, who was killed in a plane crash some time | ago. Allen has a wife in Southern ifornia, but reports had mentioned him | as having been engaged to Miss Miller. | Subsequent to the take-off Mrs. Allen announced she and Allen had bcccme | reconciled. | Didn't Say Good-By. | Moyle Allen were without cash | beiore they left. A diamond ring, a | gold ring, tle pins, fountain pens, suit and clothing were distribated | o had helped them to | ag said Moyle to sev- eral 2n reporters as he climbed into the plane. A moment later the roar of the motor made furthcr con- versation impossible and they were off without actually saying good-by. | AIRMEN WERE SALESMEN, Missing Flyers Sold Washing Machines | and Motor Cycles Before Flight, LOS ANGELES, September 10 (). — Don Boyle and C. A. Allen, m transpacific flight, were sal they Allen, 27 chines. Moy men before 0ld washing ma- " rned a transpo pilot’s license while sclling motor cycles. Zddie Martin, Sante Anna, Calif., pilot who taught Allen to 11y, ex concarn at the time of ~off from Japan over the couple’s lack of experience. | yle used to compete in motor | ell, Folks: Our SATURDAY — to ligious holy day. Shop tomorrow. OPEN A KAUFMAN Pay Only V4 Cash Balance in 10 weekly or 5 - GREATER VALUE Fall Suits & Topcoats T NS 1005 PENNA. AVE. SOUTHEAST CORNER "Held in Insurance Plot 5 ~ COUPLE FACE SERIOUS CHARGE IN IOWA. Mrs. John M. Smith, wife of a former candidate for Governor of Iowa, was taken into custody after she confessed. police said, that she arranged with her husband to collect life insurance through a plot by which he disappeared, leaving | a charred bot in k burned automobile. Emith, an insecticide mupu(acmrcr of Perry, Towa, is shown below (left) with Deputy Art Nelson in jail at Adel, —A. P. Pliotos. | cycle races. Once he came home with i Wil | AS WIVES’ PLEAS FAI. tioned tLat yesterday when peared Y.th the father at a M A Calif., t rnacle to offer prayers for Spec! t)};l;“;;\‘frty of their son and his ccm-[ FREDERICKSBURG, Va., September | PP10s the only way we can help our | 10.—Julian Lee.and William Cator, two 0 d sh on men, who pleaded guilty to | y,” said Mrs. Moyle. “I've praye for him like this many times bei | indictments charging housebreaking | which were returned by the King George Moyle is unmarried. His fiance Breeson, said they had ned | e s Mome. . Briverside Galit .| County grand jurs, were each sentenced | years in the penitentiary by to wed at her home, in Riverside, Calif., as soon after the flight ended as possi- ble; cderick W. Coleman, Allen’s wife. from whom he was sep- = PR | arated recently, seid she was confident Nives of the b0 D Kl their differences would be settled upon e pFeh Ur"g:m]c | his return and that she would welccine ands were innocent. | were ignored. Lee b into J. B. Weedon's him home. ‘The mother of Allen, Mrs. Delphia ‘Weedo ille, last July and h and merchandise amounting df lives on a small ranci near more than $200. if. She said he had sold Their a and Cator and other belongings to obtain money for_the flight. Glenn “Slim” Hemmett, a friend of Moyle's, said one of the reasons Moyle had, undertaken the hop was to .t funds to finance treatment at a Roc ter, Minn., clinic of one leg broken in ‘an zirplane crash several months ago. FRIENDS OPPOSE RACE 1 BETTING IN MONTGOMERY Resolution Adopted and Cemmit- tee Named to Fight Grant- ing of Permit. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SANDY SPRING, Septzmber 10—A protest against granting of a permit allowing legalized g2mbling on horse races at the annual Rockville Fair was contained in a resolution adcpted by the Sandy Spring monthly | meeting of Friends held here. | A committee was appointed at the meeting to represent the group and use | its influence to prevent the granting of | sing on a | © ontgomery County Agricultural has epplied for a permit allowing pari-mutuel machines | to operate on their grounds at the next | derstands tha tal to the people of Mont- unty. closed re= be observe stores will " WW’ BUDGET ACCOUNT semi-monthly payments. For many years we have to-month bas For FOU! orders will be filled only in are received. having the enjoyment of Extra Pants Five Dollars i Name Address Lowest Price Since 1920 1744 PENNA. AVE. 14THH EYE |gins at 1 p.m, and will include saddle | v ItSDAY, SEI’TEMBEI.K 10, 1931, FAIR AT FAIRFAX GETS UNDER WAY Horsz Show Is Feature. Babies Will Compete To- mcrrow—Races Held. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., September 10.—Fair- fax County’s eighteenth annual County Fair and Horse Show opened this morn- ing. Under rules of the show all ex- hibits were required to be in place yes- terday, in order that judging may be completed today. Judges in the cattle, live stock, farm and garden, fruit and | women’s cCcpartments will be drawn from the State and Federal Depart- ments of agriculture. Today is Scout day. A service patrol of Fairfax County Boy Scouts is on duty at the gate to demonstrate various phases of scouting, particularly as ap- plicd to farm life. The patrol is in charge of Willlam Langhorne Leitch of ; Alexandria. Horse Show Opens. ‘The Horse Show, in charge of Presi- dent E. M. Palmer, opened at 11 o'clock this morning. New jumps have been erected and the race track has been ' graded for the occasion. Four classes were exhibited this morning, brood mares, yearlings, 2-year-olds and re- mount class. This afternoon the green hunters, hunter hacks, novice saddle horses, time class, Fairfax hunt class, ¢ handy hunters and middle and heavy weights are to be shown. This will be followed at 4:30 by two races, of 1 mile and !5 mile. ‘Tomorrow’s horse show program be- horses, lightweight hunters, King Jov class, touch and out, ladies’ hunters, open saddle class, triple bar and Corin- thian. The races tomorrow afternoon will include 1 mile on flat, % mile and consolation for non-winners this meet, half mile on the flat. Post entries will be received for all races. President Palmer statcs that a large number of exhibitors in the horse show are well known in Fairfax County through previous atteridance. He lists Ray H. Norton, H. L. Rust, jr.; Miss Mary Rust, Percy Neipold, E. M. Lacy, W. T. Burrows, John Massie, all of Washington: Mis. Nora Mellon and Erngst Woolf of Upperville; Mrs. Cath- arine Filene Dodd. Washington and Vienna; Miss Doris Cunningham, Wash- ington; Otto Furr, Dr. Frederick Reuter, E. L. Redman and Paul Adams of Mid- dleburg; H. M. Cromwell of Round Hill, A. Smith Bowman of Sunset Hills, Ed- win Vaughn, Richmond: Anthony and George Rives, Cobham; Mrs. Mae Ferneyhough, Warrenton; Mrs. Sidney Uhlfelder, McLean; E. C. Yantas. An- nandale; H. W. Herring and son, Nokes- ville; Chamblin Brothers, John Alexan- der, Edmund Miller and Stanley Green, Leesburg; Wilmer T. Ralston and Rob- | ert D. Graham, Fairfax, and Lieut. Hoge and Sergt. Talson, Fort Myer. Chamber of Commerce Day. ‘Tomorrow Wwill be Chamber of Com- merce day, with the Fairfax trade body as hosts to visitors from Alexandria, | ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR Jordan’s Rental Plan Many people have hesitated in the purchase ct Electric Refrigera- tion, thinking that the purchase couid be made at some later date and that the old ice box would do for a while longer. Now is the chance to actually have the pleasure and the enjoyment of sanitary refrigeration at an e pense no more than the daily i bill. Our new plan will give hor and apartment owners and renters this new and practical way of preserving their food in and ask sbout this NEW RENTAL PLAN. You will be more than defighted. = Just think—only 15 a day! NO RED TAPE No Inconveniences rented pianos on a month- R DOLLARS we rent an UPRIGHT PIANO and for TEN DOLLARS we rent a GRAND PIANO. Just why should we not apply a rental plan to the Refrigerator Department? Rental the manner in which they Do not delay if you are interested in an Electric Refrigerator without the obligation to purchase. Please send information regarding your Rental Plan By .o st simsiommiiamanessmessndesiaaissos Editor Has 17 Teeth Extracted, but Dies Short Time Later J. C. Scott, Legislator in ‘West Virginia, Falls Dead on Street. Soectal Difoatch to The star. BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. Va., Sep- tember 10.—Masonic services will be held here tomorrow afternoon at the home for James Clark Scott, 56-year- old merchant, State legislator and edi- tor of the News, a Democratic weeki who died suddenly in Haugerstown, M Wednesday, just after a dental overa- tion during which 17 teeth were ex- tracted. He left the chair and de- clared he felt all right. but within 20 minutes collapsed. Dezth was held due to mycarditis. He Lad been a cufferer for three months witn angina pectoris. ‘The deceased was a notive of Ma tir™urg, W. Va. but ceme her years ago. He enlisted for the {/nan- ish-American War in Company I, West Virginia Volunteers. He was active in community work, several times heading the Chamber of Commerce. He served one term, in 1931, as a member of the IHouse of Delegates from this county. Surviving are the widow, formerly Miss Stewart of Keyser, W. Va.; two daughters, Mrs. Grove Banks and Mrs, Earl T. Strite, home; a son, Charles, residing here: three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Paugh, school principal in the county; Mrs. E. O. Marcellus, Sleepy Creek, W. Va., and Mrs, Cecll R. Gates, Mor- gantown, W. Va. Arlington, Leesburg and other furisdic- tions. Will Cleveland of Seminay is in charge of the athletic program. Mrs. G. Ashley Money, secretary, will act as hostess at the Chamber of Commerce booth. The baby show in the morning. under the auspices of the chamber, will be in charge of the county’nurse, Mrs. Herbert Seamans, the judges to be doc- tors and baby speclalists. This will be no mete pretty baby contest, but an ef- fort to award prizes to the children from 6 months to 2 years old, who are in the best physical condition. Forty-two of the 100 points have been allotted for | hygienic care. stressing proper feeding, sleep and habits; 58 points for normal development of skin, frame, organs and teeth. GODDARD IS SILENT ON CAMPBELL SUIT Ballistic Expert Is Served in Rich=ond—Denies Making Personal Statement. RIVERDALE SEEKS TOBAN PALMISTRY {Ordinance Passes Council. Cash Payment Planned for Fire Apparatus. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va, September 10— | Dr. Calvin H. Goddard, Northwestern | University ballistic expert, was tagged | | by a process terver here while at the ! American Legion luncheon, service cf | the papers being preparatory to a suit in the Circuit Court of Richmond for | 1 $750,000 damages, filed }v Herbert M. | | Campbell, acquitted defendant in the | Mary Baker murder casz in Arlington | County. Motion for judgment was | | filed shortly after the papers were | served. Special Dispatch to The Star. RIVERDALE, Md., September 10.— | Palmistry or any other similar business | Will not be permitted to operate within the corporate limits of the town if pres- | ent plans of the Town Council are car- | ried out. | An ordinance prohibiting such was | assed at the monthly meeting. To save taxpayers $312.50 in the pur- | chasz of the new fire apparatus, an ef- fort will be made to finance this proj- ect locally, thereby paying cash to th» Fure Appliance Corporation, receiving a. | © per cent discount, making the ccst of the engine $5,937.50, not inciuding in. terest cn money borrowed. Delivery is | P |1t 15 claimed in the action that Prof. | cxpected within 45 days. |Goddard, in a newspaper interview | A bid for $575 to drain the secticn appearing in Washington, was quoied jabout Gerfield and Jackson avenu |as saying that Campbeli's gun fired | was accepted and the work was directed | the shots found in the body of Mary |done under the supervision of Town En- | Baker, and that he made the statement gincer J. Spence Howard. | that “If Campbell's gun was never out!| A concrete wall at the intersection of his possession, there can be no ques- | of Lincoln avenue and the boulevard | tion as to who committed the murder.” | also was directed, if same could b~ The further claim is made that Dr. | obtained at a certain cost as estimated ]Gaddnrd gave “false, untrue and ma- | by Mr. Howard. An iron rail along | licious report,” and that photr;raphs the sidewalk on the bouleverd next to | used in the evidence were not .soperly | the Bean property was ordered placed, | made. same to be dore under the supervision | It is thought probable th: it will of Councilman W. A. Carson. be asked that the case be tr sferred Justice of the Peace Harry K. Clare |to another State, as Godiarc is not | submitted report of fines collected for | a resident of Virginia, end th alleged violation of town ordinances and $45 | statements attributed to him ere not| in_fines. | made in this State. Under the chairmanship of Council- | Dr. Goddard, in commenting briefly man A. J. Kracke, jr., new signs have | on the motion for judgment by Camp- been ordered to replace those missing bell, said that his testimony at the|in various parts of the town. trial consisted of giving only the find-| Deeming the present wall around ings of his laboratory in Chicago. He Property on Maryland avenue near | declared that he made no personal|Lincoln as unsafe and unsightly, the | stotement. Further than this, Dr. God- | O%Ners of same were notified end dard declined to discuss the filing of | asked to correct this condition. . | the suit. The case cannot be reached | o= |for trial in the City Circuit Court un-| New Zealand will eliminate brick con- til November, and it is believed unlike- | struction in commercial bulldings of i1y that it will be taken up before th2' more than three stories in earthquake beginning of the new year. areas. i Tung * A5 CANDIDATE FORMS CLUB By a Btaff Correspondent of/The Star. CHERRYDALE, Va., Scptember 10.— Inzugurating a campaign to build up & strong organization in every section of the county, supportess of George D. Ricker, candidate for kl;‘l county board, formed a Ricker Club here last night with Reese O'Neil being elected chair- man and E. B. Chapnan, secreiary treacuggr. 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