Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1931, Page 4

" WEATHER DELAYS TAKE-OFF OF AKRON Admiral Day Orders Crew to Stand By to Await Fa- vorable Conditions. By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, September 23.—De- spite ifowering clouds that made the atmosphere murky around the dock of the U. 8. S. Akron, Rear AGmiral G. C. Day annotnced that “conditions fa- vorable for the first trial flight may materialize during the afternoon.” ‘The admiral, as president of the Board of Inspection and Survey, added that “the ship and personnel are being continued in a stand-by status, until conditions favor the flight or until un- satisfactory conditions are positively defined.” The Akron, second of America’s home- made dirigibles, had only to' prove on the maiden flight ‘that she can fly; later tests will take her measure as the world’s largest, fastest and strongest airship. 250 Men Take Posts. A landing crew of 250 was assembled at 9 oclock along the sleek silver- colored sides of the gigantic ship, each man taking his place along heavy rope lines to steady the bulk in the journey out of the dock. The officers and enlisted men of the w, casting aside the fatigue clothes have worn in the days of waiting v ordered on deck in unform &t 12:30 o’clock. A glittering cross-section of national notables—admirals in gold braid. states- men and men who have had an active part in constructing the airship—was on hand, many olh them with envied ces within the ship. Nile\fl. Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl. on whose shoulders as skipper rests the responsibility for the $5; 75,000 air queen, beamed approval that his charge was ready for her conquest. - Ready for Many Days. Bhe has been ready for many days, the lpading of food being the last de- tail before she would fiing her chsl- lenge to the skyways. Within her fabric envelope was a generous supply of gaso- line and ofl and 6,500,000 cubic feet of lifting gas, helium, more than con- tained in any mgmm man has built to ride the atmosphere. “The maiden flight was scheduled to last from two to three hours, depend- ing upon weather conditions, the ship starting from the ground as a free bal- loon to reach an_altitude of 500 or more feet before the idling motors be- gan to give thrust to eight wooden pro- Ppellors of more’ than 16-feet diameter. Extraordinary precautions were taken by the Navy to guard against stowaways secreting themselves ahsee” They Know G STAR. WASHINGTON, D. € Their Bridge WASHINGTON WOMEN WIN CUP. M 188 MAZIE BUIE and Mrs, Frank Guest, both of 1629 Columbia road, with the cup they won in a bridge contest held as a part of the teachers' convention in New York last week. Guest (the latter is shown with the trophy), matched their skill against about 450 teachers, bridge experts and Miss Bule and Mrs. writers. —Star Staff Photo. “Stand By to Up Ship” Series of Commands Necessary for Handling World’s Largest Dirigible Would Sound Strange to Old Sea Dogs of United States Navy. BY CARL C. CRANMER. By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, September 23.—“Stand by to y ship!” Handling modern lighter-than- air craft, Akron, world's largest, re- quires a series of commands that would sound strange to old seadogs of the United States Navy. “Stand by to up ship,” is one of the last in the process of getting the big dirigible afloat. “Up ship” is the next. At this com- mand the ship is released from the mooring mast, and members of the ground crew at the forward car use long poles with padded, Y-shaped ends called crutches to push st the hand rails, lifting the ship into the air. Men at the after car push upward with their hands as long as they can reach the rails. . In a free balloon take-off the motive power is not applied until a safe alti- tude of about feet is attained. Then the swiveling propellorld begin turning us! ;. Geiarts "were. tnrown around every | BeT entrance of the ship ard high cat walk, in the girders at ke *~n of the dock, more were stationed ¥ pre- vent any one from dropping to the thip from above. . The first duty of the flight crew when each man took his station was to gearch @ particular area within. Outside the dock; ;lcm' » o that had been thrown for a ot four ‘miles about , 250 extra guards took their stations to hold back specta- tors. Ship Belongs to Builders. Ready to go, the Akron reached the crowning milestone in a that reaches back to 1924 when the ill-fal Shenandoah' had been completed and prellmfnuy work airship ‘While the trial hands of a Navy crew, the ship will be- long to the builders, the Goodyear-Zep- pelin Corporation, until tests are com- pleted and the Navy has given its ac- ceptance. Ranking as the largest airship ever built, the Akron is 785 feet long, only 9 feet longer than the Graf , but having a'gas eapacity of 2,800,000 cubic of increased fest gri because the The maximum is than the l;d-plndi an other dirigibles. ual coristruction work on the ship began in 1929. iy ADAMS LEAVES FOR AKRON, Secretary of Navy Piloted Bj Ingalls To Watch Dirigible Test. Secretary of the Navy Adams took off from_the. Naval Air Station this morning for Akron, Ohip, plloted by Astistant Becretary Ingalls to witness the first trial flights of the new dirigi- ble Akrcn. Mr. Ingalls used his own plane for the trip. The Navy Department was advised in officiz] dispatches from Akron that the weather prospects appeared excellent for the trial flight today. The ground crew was ordered assembled about noon and ordered to “walk” the great dirigi- ble out cf its hangar. Seversl high ranking naval officials are scheduled to make the trip aboard the Akron. TALKS BY CANDIDATES GIVEN CLUB APPROVAL| Lyon Park Citizens’ Association | Will Hear Five Cffice- Seekers Tomorrow. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. LYON PARK, Va, September 23— The Lyon Park Citizens' Association meeting last night unanimously ratified the action of its officers in arranging a series of meetings in the community house for the purpose of hearing can~ didates and authorized the continuation of the meetings. The next of these meetings will be temorrow night. All of the five candi- dates for commonwealth attorney and , both candidates for the House of Dele- gates have reserved places on the pro- gram. . Arthur Orr yas last night re-elected president of the Lyon Park Citizens’ As- sociation for the fourth term. Other officers are DeWitt M. Evans, vice pres- ident; N. D. Medley, recording secre: tary; Mrs. Maybel A. 8. Felton, cor- nding sécretary, and J. G, Fol- , treasurer. Additional members of the Executive Committee are Mrs. John W. Dorsey, Mrs. N. D. Medley and John | A. Buchanan. on the | into the wind. The rear taxi wheel is removed and the aft bumper bag attached. The next command is “stand by to weigh off aft.” e captain boards the ship at this time, men at the after car release their hold and the spider lines and.tail drag line are slackened to permit the stern to rise for a short distance to deter- mine if there is proper buoyancy. ‘Water ballast is taken or discharged. Then there is & weigh-off forward, an electrical instrument recording the ten- sion or pressure on the mooring cone to determine the buoyancy. ‘The executive officer and his assist- ants board the ship, and the captain's next command is, “Drop the {ail drag.” Now the handling lines at all points are dropped and the captain sings out, “Stand by to up ship.” After attaining desired altitude the captain orders the ahead engines started and the officer of the deck transmits the . course selected by the captain to the navigator. “Pipe down -landing stations” is an order after the ship is running smoothly that permits members of the crew not assigned to definite duties to go to other portions of the ship or to their quarters. “Set the watch,” given on a regular members of the crew to definite stations for a four-hour period. CONTRAGT SIGNED FOR WAREHOUSE ind Agreement With B-W Con- struction Co.— Will Pay $1,015,100 for Structure. | A contract for $1,015,100 for the con- struction of & new Federal warehouse in the Southwest was signed yesterday by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public bulldings and public parks, with the B-W Construction Co. of 720 North Wabash street, Chicago, TIl. The warehouse will be located between Eighth and Ninth, C and D streets southwest, and construction is expected to start immediately. Subject to the approval of the Ar- unfun ‘Memorial Bridge - Commission, Col. ‘Grant signed a contract with the Union Paving Co. of Philadelphia for $40,827.96 for the paving of the bridge spanning the Potomac River, contract for $82468.81 with Corson & Gruman of Thirty-third and K streets here for the paving of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Plaza around the Lin- coln Memorizl, and the construction of | all sidewalks and curbs at the Wash- ington terminus of the project. e Union Paving Co. will be given 50 days to pave the Arl Memo- rial Bridge and the short bridge across Boundary Channel leading to the Vir- ginia shore with granite blocks. The laze paving s to be completed in 60 . FISH WOULD PEG PRICES Temporary Laws to Stabilize Cot- ton, Wheat and Oil Urged. MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 23 (#), —Temporary legislation to stabilize cot- ton at 15 cents a pound, wheat at 90 cents a bushel and oil at $1 a barrel was advocated last night by Hamilton Fish, jr., Rebublican, New York. He addressed the convention of the National Exchange Club, s - Elected Church Moderator. BUTLER, Pa, September 23 (#).— Rev. J. Alvin Hazlett, Hartstown, Pa., was elected moderator of the United Presbyterian Synod of the West, in session here yesterday. Dr. W. H. Hubbell, Cleveland, was named assist- ant clerk. —e. Industrial accidents in Britain in the last year totaled 144,758, as compared with 161,269 in the preceding 12 months. Special Swallow Fountain Pens Ideal for school Fully guaranteed .. GARRISON’S 1215 E St. N.W. HEADS AIR CONCERN R. C. Marshall of Cleveland Named by Thompson Board. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Se) ber 23 (). ichard C. Marshall of CUSTOM MADE WIGS AND TOUPEES Made tn our own astudios el workmanohin: World's B Sivitese of _examinatior inun ea” calaiogue. sent of vice president and general manager for four years,” He has been active in aviation since 1914. e N4 Poland has only 5,000 doctors, one for each Cfl of population. . . . Subseribe 1‘ 1t costs t 1 “flv-m uuu; ARMY TO PARTICIPATE IN YORKTOWN EVENT Officers and Organizations Ordered to Prepare for Celebration Next Month and Next Year. Officers and organizations of the Regular Army will take an active part in the Sesquicentennial Celebration at Yorktown, Va. next month and in the George Washington Bicentennial here next year, under orders issued by Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone, commanding the 3d Corps Ares. This embraces the Dis- trict ‘of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Brig. Gen. Stanley B. Embich, Fort ‘Hmroe. Va., has been placed in charge of arrangements_for participation of troops at the Yorktown celebration, while Brig. Gen. Edgar T Collins, com- |manding the 16th ° Infantry Brigade, | with headquarters here, will have charge of arrangements for participation in the | Bicentennial Celebration. | Maj. Hayes A. Kroner, War Depart- | ment general staff, has been detailed as military executive assistant to Repre- sentative 8. O. Bland of Virginia, sec- retary of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial | Commission. Niece of Root Granted Divorce. RENO Nev., September 23 (P).— INIMY Root Hanes, a niece of Elihu Root, former Secretary of State, was | granted a divorce at Carson City yes- | terday from Niebert Hanes, on grounds | of cruelty. They married at Riverside, | Conn., February 18, 1929, and have no | children. A pr:rerty settlement was made out of What to “put u until P promise. Plan borrower of paying back flight, results in petty officers assigning | certain What to' NATION-WIDE BANK CHAIN DREAM FAILS Control of Two-Billion-Dollar Transamerica Out of Giannini Hands. By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, September 23.—The death knell of an ambition for a Nation- wide chain of banks was sounded today. Control of the Transamerica Gorpo- | ration, a two-billion-dollar holding con- cern for financial houses, has passed out of the hands of the Glannini family of California to Lee, Higginson ‘& Co., New York and Boston bankers. Three partners of Lee, Higginson & Co. have replaced Amadeo P., Lawrence and Attilio H. Giannini on the Trans- america directorate. The Gianninis formed Transamerica in 1938, Will Relinquish Banks. ‘The announcement, made by Elisha \ Walker, chairman of Transamerica, in a letter to stockholders, showed that Transamerica would relinquish_control of all its banks, including the Bank of America (New York), the Bank of America, National Trust & Savings Assoclation _(California) and the First National Bank of Portland, "Oreg. Transamerica will hereafter invest in bank securities without acquiring con- trol. Amadeo Peter Giannini, the 60-year- old head of his family’s Interests, born in San Jose, Calif. He attende business school for three months, re- mained in his father's produce business for a time and then embarked on a remarkable financial career. The new controlling interests will divorce all affiliate corporations of Transamerica BahRs from the institu- | tions actually engaged in banking busi- {ness. The Bancamerica-Blair Corpora- |tion will be separated from the Bank {of America. The Gianninis merged the |Bank of America with Blair & Co., an investment house, in 1920, New Chairman Named. Lynn P. Talley, governor of the Fed- eral Reserve Bank of Dallas, Tex., be- comes chairman of the board of the Bank of America, National Trust and Savings Association, with headquarters in San Francisco. Mr. Walker's letter says as to the changes: b “Control of large commercial banks at opposite ends of the country, as well as of the security companies affiliated with two of them, and the control of companies engaged in various unre- lated activities, have, in the light of the |place in business conditions since 1928, and particularly the fact that there is |no apparent likelihood that Nation- wide branch banking will be authorized by law in the near future, developed questions as to the future activity of | Transamerica.” | _ Transamerica’s assets are shown by |Walker's letter to have decreased June |30, 1931, to $302,117,000 from $1,117.- /192,000 on December 31, 1930, by :ihflnklte of quoted values of securi- es. GIANNINI ATTACKS BOARD. Promises to Take “Lively Interest” in Development. SAN FRANCISCO, September 23 (#). —In a statement explaining his resig- nation from the directorat of Trans- america Corporation, A. P. Giannini, founder of the big holding company, criticized the policy of the new board of directors and announced he would take a “lively personal interest” in the development of the plan. Gianninl, who 'in molding Trans- that eventually would be closed that he had submitte nation from fhe directorate last June' because he “could not approve the pol- icies, plans and procedure” of his suc- cessor to the Transamerica chairman- ship, Elisha Wealker of New York. In = statement, Giannini said: | “The plan offered by Mr. Walker is | primarily objectionable in that it pro- poses to take out of the corporation the control of its princi) and most valu- 'lhlenl:m’;lmtlom ant doel"nm'.a give the stockholders - an o y to express ekl 4 SR L time of sale, merger or other disposal. “No assurance is given that they will together remain in control of these in- stitutions, as would be the case in the event of a free distribution, or that allowance will be made for normal time value, earning capacity, good will and control value.” Giannini said he was “astounded” that the dividend should be passed and pointed to a statement issued by Walk- er March 9 saying a part of the cor- poration's “large surplus” might be used “to a reasonable extent, if necessary,” for continuance of the dividend. Nation-wide | 'The United States now is the world's | greatest quicksilver producer. p" for borrowed money may be a troublesome problem You observe that you may borrow at The Morris Plan Bank “on a And the promise of The Morris is kept the easier because we have given him an orderly and organized method what he borrows. Come In Morris Plan Bank * Under Supervision U. S. Treasury Loaning Hundreds to Thousands VESD SEPTEMBER 23, 1931, Scene of Philadelphia Apartment Collapse TWO BURIED IN DEBRIS RESCUED SEVERAL HOURS LATER. NE man was crushed to death, another man and woman burled alive, and several other persons injured early yesterday at Philadelphia, Pa., when a two-story apartment house collapsed. Several hours after the crash the man and woman were rescued alive and taken to hospitals. No reason was given for the crash. The photograph shows the scene of the tragedy after Tescue apparatus was put to work. —A. P. Photo. THREATENS TEACHER FOR BROTHER’'S SAKE Youth, Who Flunked Geometry, Tells Court He Went to School So Kin Could Work. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 23.—From a geometric point of view Rocco wasn't Rocco at all. He was his brother, He studied diligently, but when ex- amination time came the theorems of geometry proved too much for him, and he flunked. It was then that he went ;mporum changes which have taken| to his teacher, Mrs. Anastasia Springer, she charged, and threatened to beat her up unless she gave him credit. for the Summer school course he had just finished. K She ined a warrant. Rocco, whose last name is Altier, was brought into court. The teacher looked at him and shook her head. He was not the Rocco she knew. His brother, Daniel, 17, was summoned. Then a story of brotherly love that went awry came to light. “My ‘brother, Rocco” said Daniel, “needed_credit in the course to enroll in the University of Illinois this Fall. He had a job and our folks needed the money he earned so he couldn't attend Summer school. I told him I would go under his name and he would get the credit.” Daniel got off with probation for a r. Judge J. Willlam Brooks told im he would give him a “drastic sentence” matics instructor any more. FROM ICY WASTES TO TROWP Associated / dyes Gypsy King Fears *Missing Princess Held by Kidnaper 15-Year-Old Girl Last Seen in June—Visitor to Camp Suspected. By the Assoclated Press. ALLENTOWN, Pa., September 23— An Indian mypey king, whose people specialize in fortune telling, is a wor- |ried and puzzled man over the dis- | appearance of his 15-year-old daughter, | & full-blooded gypsy cess, and has | asked 1ocal police to in locating her. | Samuel Evans of Muskogee, Okls, the | king, told police he fears the princess may have been kidnaped. She dropped out of sight on June 29 last at Harveys Lake, mear Wilkes-Barre, where the tribe spent the Summer peering into the future for the cred: . The {was accompanied here by his cousin, Thomas Evans. . ‘They told police that they believed a man known as Steve McGill, alias Walter McGill, who visited the Harveys Lake camp a number of times, is co& nected with the disappearance of i%e | princess, who Jooks several years cider |than she is. She has light hair, fair complexion, weighs 130 pounds and | 5 feet 6 inches in height. if he bothered the mathe- | in St. Augustine, Filorida, the oldest | city in the United States, has changed her nationality 13 times, having been | the hands of the Bpanish, French, British and under the Confederate fla; COLORADO GOVERNOR HITS GRAZING RATES Adams Declares Federal Govern- ment Is Ready to Help Foreign- ers, but Not U. 8. Citizens. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo, - September 23— Charging that the Federal Government stands ready to help foreign s out of any difficulties, but makes no effort to aid Americans, Gov. William H. Adams has criticized the Depart- ment of Agriculture for its refusal to lower National forest grazing rates. MR DAY RESIENS POST ATELLISLAND Commissioner Quits as Wixon Takes Over Duties at New York Station, Benjamin M. Day, commisisoner of immigration at Ellis Island, has ten- dered his resignation to President Hoo- ver and the White House announced to- day 1t had been accepted. Day’s resignation was submitted while the Labor Department was investigating affairs at Ellis Island in connection with its Nation-wide inquiry into alien smug- gling. The Star stated on Monday that Day had beén relieved of his duties at the hume immigration station and that Irvin P. Wixon, chief immigration in- spector with headquarters here, had been assigned temporarily to the office of commissioner. It was announced at the White House today that Day’s resignation had been in President Hoover's hands for two weeks, but its acceptance had been de- layed. Had Been on Leave. Mr. Hoover was informed that Day wished to undertake other engagements and must leave the service. It was sald mle Tesignation had been accepted with reluctance. e Nt sy iy explained had been unds esptiny lergoing treatment for eye to No announcement of & successor Day was forthcoming from the White House today and th‘n"xmr nt said Wixon would continue in command of the station until a new commissioner had been ap) ':g by Mr. Hoover. earned from authoritative sources Monday that Da; ot . o e rtment’s investigation having Ellis ections could be carried on without _interference. Officially, the Labor Department 'said Day had been granted an extended leave of absence. ok Sturgls Granted Leave, the same time The nounced that Morton A. St of the ):emm Na reau, been of absel “Here was a chance.” he said “for | wi the Government to make a concession to the livestock industry, which is in a demoralized condition’ through no fault of the growers. 1 “Instead of providing relief, it stated opinion that there is no unanimity of on the subject. “Of course there isn't when Sec- retary Arthur M. Hyde propounds the | a the questions to Governors and Con- gressmen of all States in the Only a few of the Western States have national forests or grazing lands on Federal domain so_ their opinion is all that should have been asked.” ‘The Governor's statement followed 1s | Teceipt of a letter from Secretary Hyde which said the department would not make the requested rate reduction of 30_per cent or more for grazing. e's answer said a canvass of Gov- ernors and Congressmen showed 27 in favor, 13 against, 18 wil to leave it to lthe department and 23 making no reply. THE WATCHWORD FS ACCURACY Union. | try ring that was to ve ht 100,000 aliens’ into this couns ly in the past 10 years. Ten Leaders Arrested. Secretary Doak sald 10 of the leaders legally selling Teturn permiis o aliens barred from entering the United States. ‘Three were employes of the tion Bureau in New York. . ‘Was "CAL L ANDS and ‘womief"are staiioned in"all partsTof the gloBeNinTrany varents of environment; engaged in reporting’ Hlppeflhj@rdi‘fl,fl_yfld\% N N b fl'j" of the organization. @ Foremosty of i thesefisyA tion @ These reporters and their tasks may be q{lifl'ér‘endfiom{g@ other u'ue'th'ei?sunoundihg;,‘fiut'th 7arevalikelinfone . allwere”selected because?of ! their-ability] toTcitry;onTeh ‘convey :o':he'miuians;whoAmdzmmbninmpigmr.fil;;:[dfibifidrmfim mportant happenings & Their unfailing” perseverance:iny maintainingfthis { paramouotiaiasl "has_won_public_confidence ini;he;mfigbfliy}ofimymmflpim Bhe Star THELASSOCIATED