Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1932, Page 22

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 8 1932. SAYS MAIL BY AR | Wed 50 Years WOULD SAVE COSTS Former U. S. Official Declares Al First-Class Matter Could Be Moved Cheaper. The entire 345,000,000 pounds of first- €lass non-locel mail handled annually in the United States could be moved | by airmail at ordinary postage rates at | an actual saving of $3,000,000 & year, | according to Ernest Jones, former offi- | clal of the Aeronautics Branch, Depart- ment of Commerce, in a statement for Alrports and Afrlines, & technical avia- tion publication. The increased amount of airmail, 115 times the present quantity, would en- able the airlines to settle down to effl- clent operation, do away with the spe- cial airmail postage rate and still show & profit on the straight first-class post- age rate, Jones said Now Costs $39,000,000. Official records, he said, show that the Government now pays $24,000,000 & year for the movement of first-class mail by railroad and $15,000,000 for movemen* of airmall, or a total of $39,000,000. He estimates that the en- tire volume of first-class non-local mail can be handled by air for $36,000,000. On the basis of present airmail op- erations, he said, some 57,500 new air- planes would be required to transport the entire volume of first-class mail. ‘These planes would be worth approxi- mately $1,115,000,000. ‘Would Increase Personnel. Personnel of the operators would be increased some 11,000 per cent, he said, and the ranks of manufacturing and airport employes would be tremendously increased. The investment in airports would be vastly enlarged and their in- comes greatly augmented. There would e 115 times as many pilots employed. Economic_ recovery of the Nation would be further expedited, he said, due to the fact that fuel and oil con- sumption would be vastly increased, as would production of accessories, manu- facturing of hangars and machinery, employment of mechanics and help of all kinds. Inventive and engineering genius would be stimulated farine Corps Orders Maj. Leon W. Hoyt, Detached Head- | quarters, Marine Corps, Washington, | D. C., ordered to his home and retired as of April 1, 1932, Capt. Jacob Lienhard, detached MB, NOB, Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Va., to 2d Brigade, Nicaragua, via the U. 8. 8. Sirius, scheduled to sail from Hamp- ton Roads, Va., on or about January 20. Capt. Merwin H. Silverthorn and| Capt. Eugene L. Mullaly, detached MB, | NS, Guam, to Department of the Pa- | cific, via first available Government | GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED HERE. MR. AND MRS. EDWARD S. BERGH, ‘Who were married in Denmark January 6, 1882, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Wednesday at the home of their son, Paul J. Bergh, 5424 Nevada avenue. They have lived in the United States about 42 years, 30 of which have been nt in Washington. They have two other sons, Fred S, who is general manager of the General Electric Co. in Orlando, Fla., and August C., illumina- tion engineer, in Miami. —Harris-Ewing Photos. HAMMER SLAYINGS ARE BLAMED ON DEBTS Farmer Commits Suicide After Killing Five Children, Wound- ing Wife and Another Child. By the Associated Press CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., January 8. —TUnable to continue payments on his 200-acre farm, Oliver A. Davenport, 38- year-old farmer, killed five of his seven childern with a hammer, wounded his wife and another child critically, and then shot himself to death with a shot- gun, at his home near Patton, Mo, yesterday. Mrs. Clara Davenport, and a daugh- ter Vergle, 10, are fighting for life in a hospital here. the farm,” and then struck her with the { hammer. The bodies of the five children, Verda, 10; Clara Fay, 7; Raymond, 5; Louise, 3 and Vanita, 10 months old, lay in a rural funeral home near the body of the father. The only other child in the family, Wooster, 12, was unharmed. He fled when he saw his father strike down " ohee. sata olice believed Davenport went mdden]yt?”mmc. o WOMAN STRUCK BY CAR, conveyance. Capt. George E. Monson, detached | ‘MB, Parris Island, 8. C., to Nicaraguan ‘I National Guard Detachment, via the | 8. 8. Santa Cecilia, scheduled to sail | from New York, N. Y, on or about | Janusry 22. : Capt. Harry Paul, detached MB, | NOB, Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Va., to! AS, 2d Brigade, Nicaragua, via the U. 8. S. Sirius’ scheduled to sail from ‘Hampton Roads, Va., on or about Janu- 20. % Lieut. Terrell J, Crawford, de- tached AS, 2d Brigade, Nicaragua, to Department of the Pacific, via first svallable Government conveyance. Second Lieut. Lloyd H. Reilly, de- tached MB, Norfolk Navy Lard, Ports- mouth, Va., to 2d Brigade, Nicaragua, via the U. S. 8. Sirius, scheduled to sail from Hampton Roads, Va., on or about January 20. Second Lieut. Frank H. Schwable, de- tached AS, ECEF, MB, Quantico, Va., to AS, 2d Brigade, Nicaragua, via the U. 8. 8. Sirius, scheduled to sail from Hampton Roads, Va., on or about Jan- uary 20. First Lieut. Herbert P. Becker, de- tached 2d Brigade, Nicaragua, to Quan- tico, Va., via the U. 8. 8. Nitre sched- Becond Lieut. James M. Daly, de- tached New London, Conn., to Hamp- ton Roads, Va. (Norfolk); to report not later than February 1. Second Lieut. John M. Davis, de- tachd Newport, R. I, to Hampton Roads, Va. (Norfolk); to report not later than February 1. Second Lieut. Paul Moret, detached Quantico, Va., to Hampton Roads, Va. (Norfolk); to report not later than February 1 Second Lieut. Ronald D. Salmon, de- tached Boston, Mass, to Hampton Roads, Va. (Norfolk); to report not later than February 1. Second Lieut. John Wehle, detached New York, N. Y., to Hampton Roads, Va. (Norfolk); to report not later than February 1. Q. M. Clerk George Lents, detached Marine Corps headquafters, Washing- ton, D. C.; ordered to his home and re- tired as of March 1, 1932, Chief Pay Clerk Oscar E. Gutmann, detached Marine Corps headquarters, ‘Washington, D. C.; ordered to his home and retired as of April 1, 1932, Msaj. Norman C. Bates, detached V. 8. S. Texas to U. S. S. New York, on | transfer of flag of the commander, Bat- tleship Division 1, Battle Force, United States Fleet. Pirst Lieut. James E. Jones, detached U. 5. S. Helena to New York, via first available Government conveyance. Pirst Lieut. William W. Paca, de- tached Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. DOHERTY’S WIFE SUED Daughter Also Accused by Artist in $500,000 Action. NEW YORK, January 8 (P).—Mrs. Henry L. Doherty, wife of the finan- cler, and her adopted daughter, Helen Lee Doherty, were charged in a $500,- 000 suit filed yesterday with conspiring to misappropriate a secret process of painting landscapes and other designs on_automobile bodies Mrs. Natalle MacDonald Hall, an artist, who brought the suit, asserted she originated the process’and ac- sed the defendsnts of violating an agreement to have it patented for her. The defendants denied the charges. U. S. FLYER FINED $500 Seattle Aviator, Arrested in Can- ada, Must Pay or Go to Jail. ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia, January 8 (#).—Alvin E. Paulson, Beattle aviator, arrested two weeks ago when his plane crashed in taking off st Sumas, was given the alternative of & $500 fine or three months' imprison- ment here today for illegal entry into Oenade. Two white men and three Chinese | arrested with him were released. Paul- son was returned to_custody pending payment of the fine. His five-passenger plane was confiscated Smoke did $600,000 damage to Eng- Hsh government buildings in 1931 Subscribe Today It costs only about 1% cents r day and 5 cents Sundays to ave Washington’s best newspa- per delivered to you regularly every evening and Sunday morn- ‘Telephone National 5000 and the delivery will start immediate- ly. The Route Agent will collect u" the end of each month. JOBLESS MARCHER HELD Pittsburgh Man, Who Hit Mrs. Gil- more, Lodged in Jail, With Com- panions Refusing to Leave Him. Frank L. Klaeser, 32 years of Pittsburgh, Pa., one of the '}lgfilm marchers who petitioned Congress for depression relief yesterday, is being held at the eighth precinct station in con- nection with an automobile accident in which Mrs. Elizabeth Gilmore, 68, of szgtwuwmm avenue, was injured last night, Klaeser and five other members of Father Cox’s army were en route home when the former’s machine struck Mrs, Gilmore at Wisconsin avenue .and Macomb street. She suffered bruises about the head and legs and was taken to her home and placed under the carc of a private physician. Although free to continue on their homeward journey, Klaeser's com- panions insisted upon remaining with him until he is freed and were placed in cells for the night after police had furnished them with a hearty meal. SPEAKER WILL DISCUSS GRAVITY EXPERIMENTS Dr. Meinesz of Utrecht University Will Address Meeting of Scientists Tuesday. Dr. P. A. 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