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A—4 = LANCASTER DIARY | AIRS LOVE TANGLE Private Affairs of Alleged Slayer, Aviatrix and Clarke | Read to Jury. Bv the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla. August 5—The jury trying Capt. W. N. fancaster on & charge of murdering Haden Clarke | heard -much about their private affairs as well as those of Mrs. J. M. Keith- Miller, with whom each was in love, through personal letters and Lancas- ter's diary read in court today. State Attorney N. Vernon Haw- thorne- did the reading and the crowd in the court rcom hung on every word. The c'ary, written by Lancaster from January 1, 1932, to Sunday, April 16, told of his financial and domesiic troubl>s in Miami and during his tour | of the West in search of employment. Excerpts From Diary. Parts of the diary .ollow: Friday, January 1, 1932, Miami, Fla. =—Chubble (Mrs. Keith-Miller) and I have moted into a house with Maj. J. C. French, 2953 8. W. Sixte-nth terrace. It is & small bungalow, but quite con- venient. We have with us our gallant | old Lincoln car, which we drove from Los Angeles to Miami Taking the house in Chubbie’s name for 12 months | at $45 per month. J. C. Aliers to share this with us. We also hope Gent Shelton will join us in the uckeep. N word from the blighter, thoug { | Tuesday, January 5, 1932—Miamli, | Fla. Some of the crowd arrived for the ailr races. * * * They are here for| & good time and get v tight: so, too, | does Chubble. They come out to the house. No news from Chubbie’s and my | partner. He has failed to bring down | the ship for air race: Wednescay, January 6. 1932—Miami, Fla. Spent an hour in the city jail. It happened thus—Chubbie was driving | the Lincoln from the house to the Co- lumbus Hotel to return Bob Barber of Birmingham, Ala. to his hotel. She was pretty fight; so, too, was Barber. The car was being driven by Chubble, | with myself in the back seat. At the| corner of Fifth avenue and Seventh | street southwest bumped into a Buick belonging to a Leonard Brown. He is | nasty. To save Chubbie's face, 1 de- clare I was driving the car, and as a result the police, ecting on complaint from Brown, say 1 was drunk. As a| Tomer ot iact I had mot had a drink. | AT el "Bamage aome. Thursday, January 7, 1932, Miami, Fla—Pined $50 with a suspended sen- tence on complaint filed by Leonard Brown. American justice is all wet. The evidence given was insufficlent to convict me, but, like all matters the inefficiency of the court, of officials and the police. Thursday, Janual It's a sort of helpless feeling. t lack of cash. No sign of work either. | Chubbie still the best little sport over, matters, but she is blue, too. Still no news from Gentry. Chubble raises hell about our agreement with the landlad: as tomorrow is the 15th. J. F. and 1| come to the conclusion that a desper-| ate situation calls for desperate meas-| urss. I prepare my application for citizenship in the U. S. A | New York, February 3, 1932, A. and N. Club, New York, midnight—Am in a cold sweat. Return to Aberdeen Hotel | to find two tel ms from Chubble | saying that 1 m tant. - What can it be? everything up in New York an leave in the morning for Miam! y 14, 1932, Miami—‘ Have just fixed d can i—but | this urgent request to telephone Chub- | Louls, bringing the pistol with which |ang < kite ¥ a1t any- | Clacke Iater was ‘shot, ahe said, they |ooa s the ouly station where kite and Phing has happencd to her I shall suf- | agreed to posipone her proposed mar- | bie has knocked me flat. fer &5 1 have never suffered in my whole | life. It cannot be bad, otherwise she| would not be out until 1. Will com-| plete this day's entry after my call. 1 a.m.—Just talked to Chubble. G it was wonderful to hear her voice. I} Jove her more than my very life. I think she needs me; if I did not think this I would give my life to make her happy. | Sunday, February 7, 1932, Miami—|{ Capt. Tancrel and Mrs. Russell met me. A bit dazed at their conversation. ‘They $peak of leaving for Mexico right away, Chubbie comes in later and we dine with Tancrel and his gang. Chub- bie sweet, but fear I expected too much. Monday, February 8, Miami—Heavy meeting with_Latin-American Airways in office of a Mr. Houston, &n attorney. Chubble and I sign an agreement in which we throw in_our lot with the Mexican venture. Running cash be- longing to Chinamen in Mexico is what they tell me we have to do. Doubtful of Tancrel, a terrible story teller (all lies). Chubbie better. Tuesday, Pebruary 9, Miami—Meet Haden Clarke, a writer. First impres- sion of him very good. He is going to “ghost” & book for Chubbie. ‘Thutsda: February 11, Chubbie and Haden get cockeyed, but not unpleasantly so. Priday, February 12, Miami—Haden Clarke has moved in to 2321 Southwest Twenty-first Terrace. Chubbie running ee, | in | American courts, they are subject lo, |® {a San Francisco hotel. Miami— | Capt. W. N. La e Carson. He 1s charged with murdes Miller, Australian aviatrix Hotel—Russell_shows me two of Mrs R.’s letters. One says: “Chubbie :nd Clarke came around tonight. They were all ginned up. I really think now that Clarke has gained Chubbie's afTections and Bill lost them.” The other letter said: “Was around at Chubbic’s to- night. She and Clarke got all ginned up together. * * Tuesday, April Cara Ana Maria, Nogales, Ariz.—Letters from Chubbie. Hard to analyze tham. Much d.sturbed. Il with worry. * * * Saturday, April 9, El Presidio, Tucson—Wired Chubbie. The reply worries me. If omly she would send something nice, such as “Don't worry; I still lave you Thank goodness for | one thing—1 have made a firm resolu- tion to end all this mental strain—have it out. Then work for our common good. * * * Testifies of Death Threat. Testimony _that angered at hearing reports Keith-Miller was infatuated with Clarke, muttered |an intent to “get rid” of him, was Lancaster. M "given yestarday by J. F. Russell. Rus- | | sell, former associate of Lancaster in | a proposed Western flying venture, is serving a prison sentence for conspir- ing to smuggle aliens. Russell testified that while he and | Lancaster were in Los Angeles the flyer sought to borrow $25 to send to Mrs. Keith-Milier. He and about failing to hear from her, Russell said. “I told him, ‘You had better stay with us, Bil', and make some money,’ " ussell went on. “I told him he had lost out with her and that since I left I had heard from my wife in Miami that Haden had the inside track. “Bill asked if I thought that Haiden | had double-crossed him and I told him | come here August 23 for a three-day | ¥ | eccnomic policy. I thought he had. “Bill turned on his heel tered: ‘Tl get rid of him The story of the aviatrix about the and mut- of the despondency of Clarke and her- self the night before the shooting. Upon Lancaster's return from St. riage with Clarke for a month. She and her new flance were re- morseful over Lancaster's appavent atti- tude of good will toward them, she said, as they sat alone in her home before retiring. “I can't stand it any longer, going crazy,” she quoted Clarke. “Then I made a foll suggestion™ she went on. “I said I wished we could end it all. He said he wished we could, too." CLARKE DIVORCED JAN. I'm 13, Decree Granted on Ground of Non- Support. | Court records Clarke, for whose alleged murder Cant. ‘William N. Lancaster, British aviator is on triel in Miami, Fla., was divorced here last January 13 by Mrs. Kathryn | Clarke, 26 | on the ground of non-support. At the time, Mrs. Clarke gave her address as The attorney who represented her said he did not know her present whereabouts | | | | DISPUTE JOHN G. WENDEL WAS “SLOPPY DRESSER” Statement of Thomas Morris, Chief Claimant to Millionaire’s house and doing most of work. God bless her. Haden Clarke is now living | at the house: hope for some Tesults from Chubbie’s book. Sunday, February 14, Miami—My birthday, 34 vears old. Chubble, Haden Clarke, Tancrel and I spend the day over on Miami Beach We went to fish, but Chubbie =nd Haden drank in- stead. There was no good fishing there anyway. Friday, February 19, Miami—Old Man Gentry Shelton arrives. Fridsy, March 4, Miami—I cause & hold-up in the departure for Mexico, as I refuse to lcave unless Chubble is fixed up a bit. Electric lights have been paid and funds left to take care of things for a few days. Tancrel an- noyed, but I stand firm. Thursday, March 10, Hilton Hotel, El Paso, Tex God. God bless her, how dear she is to me. Tuesday, March 15, Hilton Hotel, El Paso. Tex.—Hurrah, Chubbie telephones from Miami. The conversation all too brief. She evidently writing everything. She says little about Haden Clarke, Has completed a chapter in the book. Friday, March 18, Hotel Hushman, El Paso—Tonight I am more than just worried. 1 am plumb crazv. All' be- cause of no news of Chubble. Chub, my darling. how are you? And what are you doing? Saturday. March 19. Hushman Ho- tel, El Paso—A wire comes from Rus- sell who says he is etranded in Phoenix. Also & wire from Chubble which dis- turbs me very much. 1 go out and borrow on the gun lent me by Huston ‘This 1 wire Chubble. Were it not for the Miami news being on my mind I might have spent an amusing evening Ince comes along and sleeps on the floor of our room to save expense. ‘Thursday. I arch 24, Hushman, El does not write, this is my greatest Wire from Chubble, thank | Fortune, Is Refuted. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, August 5.—The claim of Thomas Patrick Morris that he is the principal heir of the huge Wendel es- tate was attacked yesterday just before | the Surrogate’s Court hearing was ad- | 9. | journed until October 19. | * Morris' testimony that the man he | clatms as father, the late John G | Wendel, as a “sioppy dresser.” was dis- | puted by George Stanley Shirk, legatece | and executor of Miss Ella V. and Von E. Wendel's will. = Shirk said Mendel, far from being a careless dresser, bought such expensive and durable clothing that Shirk still wears one of his overcoats. Wendel died in 1914. The only similarity he saw between Morris and Wendel, Shirk sald, was that both were bald headed. MINERS TAKE PAY CUT 400 in Wyoming to Return at 20 Per Cent Reduction. TENSLEEP, Wyo.. August 5 ().—A strike of Northern Wyoming union coal miners was partially settled yesterday with the agreement of 400 men at a conference Wwith operators to accept a reduction of 20 per cent in wages in the Hudson and Sheridan fields. The new scale is $542 a day. The mines will reopen soon Six hundred miners in tbe Gebo and Crosby fields declined to sign the new contract, | MOVIE LioN ESCAPES Jumps Through Cage, Knocking Down Camera in Taking Scene. HOLLYWOOD, August 5 (#)—-Jackie. & 500-pound lion, Mack Sennctt studio yesterday. was ¢ frantic | N Utter | With worry about her financial troubles.| | SAN FRANCISCO, August 5 (#).— reveal Charles Haden | An interlocutory decree was granted | THE EVENIN (right), former British Army fiyer, shown in court in Miami ring Haden Clarke, a young writer, in a Mrs. Keith-Miller (shown lefl), in ccurt &s the star wiiness for the defense, expressed con- lov 1V fidence in the innccence of Lancaster and sald Clarke had often threatened sulcide. | | B. & 0. Adds Train To New York in Fight With Busses The beginning of a rate war between the railroads and busses was seen today, when Baltimore & Ohlo officials announced their intention of placing a new train in service next Wednesday which will run between Washington and New York on & flat rate of $5.65. The present rate is $8.14. “We're out to get back some of the business lost to the busses,” one official said. It was said the train will be made up of new coaches featur- | ing & men’s lounge, a smoker, a || buffet Junch for 5 and 10 cents I'| with a chef in charge and a porter. The coaches will have | reclining seets and wil sccom- | | modate 40 people instead of the | usual 80. E The train will be made up daily i at 10 pm. here, leaving at | 12:35 am. It will leave New York 1 | | on the return trip at 1 a.m. - |PHYSICIST TO STUDY | STRATOSPHERE IN WEST Dr. Robert Millikan at Ellendale. | N. Dak., for Three-Day Co- { operative Observation. By the Assoclated Press. | ELLENDALE, N. Dak.. August 5—Dr. | Robert Millikan, noted physicist, will study of the stratosphere, He will make a study of currents, | temperatures and other air phenomena call her—impor- | suicide discussion gave a vivid picture | g¢ the United States areological points | at_Ellendale. ‘The station is one of three aerological | points of study in the United States carried on. Dr. Millikan will co-operate with Thomas Lawlor, director of the station. Dr. Millikan's coming to Ellendale will | formally usher in the international polar yeer, a project world-wide in | scope, which has as its object the | determining of polar air currents, with | the view of laying the basis for future | | Arctic exploration fiights. | MAJL. HERWIG SAYS OFFER | | OF B. E. F. SITE STANDS | | Forl | Believes Fauquier County Resi- dents Are Unduly Alarmed as | Protests Are Filed. | RICHMOND, Va. August 5 (Spe-| cia)) —Maj. L. J. H. Herwig, speaking from his apartment in Washington, de- clares that his-offer of a 450-acre tract in Fauquier County as a base for the | bonus army still holds good “But the people in that | unduly alarmed,” he said, “as my latest | information is that the offer will not | be_accepted.” Gen. Willlam T. Mitchell of Middle- | burg. about eight miles from the pro- posed camp. filed with the Governor a protest sgainet establishing the camp in Fauquier County. sayng that it would | not only tend to disorganize conditions | as thev exist today. but would almost | | certainly lead to bloodshed. | section are | | NAVY ORDERS | Lieut. Robert E. Robinson, Jr. orders March 23 further modified. To Naval Gun Factor, Navy Yard, here, | Medical Corps. Lieut. (Junior Grade) Prederick W. Farrar, detached Destroyer Division, Scouting Force: to temporary duty Na- | val Hospital, League Island, Philadel-| phia. | Deaths. | Chief Carpenter Willlam English, re- | tired, died July 17, at National Military | It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow. Moath.y jumped into the Paso—Cannot understand why Chubble camera a little too realistically at the G STAR, WASHINGT Fla., with his attorney, J. M. e ngle involving Mrs. J. M. Keith- A, P, Photos, LANONT MAY AD IN RAIL PR[)BLEMl Retiring Secretary of Com- merce to Be in Position of Advantage. Resignation of Robert P. Lamont as Secretary of Commerce means the re- turn to the steel industry of & man who may be able to bring about in private life what he has endeavored in recent months to accomplish—name- 1y. & better understanding between the | railroads and the Government, with the consequent improvement of buying power on the part of transportation companies for equipment and mainten- | ance. Mr. Lamont has been one of the quiet, hard-working types of public men who do their jobs without osten- taticn. He has brought to the Com- merce Department a business ability | and administrative capacity which en- deared him to President Hoover, never has lost his interest in the functioning of the department over | which he presided for nearly a decade. Part in Administration. Mr. Lamont has been playing a preminent but incenspicuous part in who | s v Gy, FRIDAY, LIBBY HOLMAN, ILL, ELUDES SEARCHERS Father Speeds to North Carolina to Seek Bond for Her on Murder Charge. (Continued From First Page.) attorney, said he wasn't surprised by the indictment. “I knew they would fix up some kind of a case,” he said BAIL MAY BE GRANTED | Officials Say Actress Must Be Present in Court. o WINSTON-SALEM. N. C.. August 5 ().—Sclicitor _Carlisle Higgins, chief prosecuting officer of this di . Te- fused today to say whether he will con- sent to bail for Libby Holman Rey- nolds, former Broadway theatrical fa- vorite, indicted with Ab Walker yes- terday for the murder of her hus- band, Smith Reynolds. Higgins said Mrs. Reynolds can ob- tain her freedom pending trial only by | habeas corpus proceedings before a Su- perior Court judge. Ordinarily, first de- gree murder is not & bailable offense in North Carolina. | Both Higgins and his assistant. J. Erle McMichael, were non-communica- tive about the cace, but the latter said arranged 3 | whose husband was fatally shot July | 6 after a birthday party at Reynold | the family estate, without her presenc | in court here. Walker Will Not Seek Relea: Balley Lipfert, attorney for young Walker. who was jailed soon after the grand jury returned the indictment yes- terday, said today he will not seek the relcase of his client, 19-year-old chum of young Reynolds, at the present time. Solicitor Higgins, under the law, is empowered to decide whether first- | degree murder charges or a lesser offense | will be pressed when the case comes to trial, but on this also he declined to comment, saying he is not sufficiently acquainted with the evidence. Asked if he would recommend a spe- cial term of court to try the case, Hig- gins replied such was not his function, | but is an action to be taken by the county bar association. H The next regular term of ccurt is set for October 3, but members of the bar | association, because of a congested docket, had Informally discussed se:kKing a special term for September before the grand jury took up the Reynolds case. Officials here continue silent upon Alfrcd Holman's reported assertion that the indictment of his daughter is a | “frame-up and a terrible injustice to an innocent young woman.” Under the North Carolina law, Mrs. Reynolds has today and tomoirow to make application to the clerk of court here for appointment as administrator of her husband's estate. It was an- nounced several days ago, however, she has requested W. N. Reynolds, uncie and co-guardian of the youth, to act as_administrator. So far, no application has been filed with the clerk. Reynolds’ share of his father's tobacco fortune is estimated at from $15.000,000 to $20,000,000, but he would not have come into poeséssion for eight years, under the terms of the cider Reynolds® will. the councils of the administration in | ways to bring about economic recovery v:as to bolster up the railroad situation He as been with the railroad presidents and has hejped in reconciling differences lead- ing to the consolidation agreement. He has declared again and again that it | the railroads spend in maintenance and repairs in the ratio that they spent after the 1921 depression, it would mean the re-employment of a vast number of men. He used to exhibit the figures of increased expenditure for maintenance, showing that after the 1921 depression, the railroads for several years svent just double what they had spent before 1921, and he has stated that the railroads today are in need of exactly the same proportion of cx- penditure on maintenance as they were a decade 2go. Credit Base Sought. Conferences recently have been held to determine if some credit base could be erected on which the roads could be- gin thelr maintenance and eouipment program. The plans are in the mak- ing. and Mr. Lamont, who has always been & leading figure In the steel In- dustry, may be able to serve in the Midwestern Federal Reserve district alor.g with the other business men who have been appointed to find ways and | | means of ing in business recovery. Mr. Lamont's departure brings in a new figure—Roy D. Chapin—whose service as chairman of the board of the Hudson-Essex Co. and as president He has held stead- | | fastly to the iden that one of the first | in constant conference | Couple Secretly Wed. The two witnesss who testifled be: fore the grand jury yesterday W manager of the Reynolds estate. The grand jury which was discharged | self. He expressed a fear cf losing her | Bridgeport. Plans call for 22 passengars | cording to opinion expressed in the she said, and was worried by a to make the trip in addition to a crew | trade today, give especial attention to July 14, it was learned, returned secret presentment. On this Solicitor Higgins drew up bills of indictment. Reynolds and Libby were married, | after an ardent courtship, at Monroe, Mich., but it was not immediately an- nounced. Their marriage took place but six days after Smith's first wife, Anne Cannon Reynolds, member of the wealthy North Carolina towel manu- facturing family, secured a divorce. Smith settled $1.000.000 on his first wife and their baby daughter. Libby and Walker, who was | Reynolda, the Revnolds estate, at the night of the shooting, were p:mcipal‘ | witnesses at the inquest. | " The young widow testified her hus- band had often threatened suicide. Walker said & few minutss before Smith went to an upstairs sleeping porch, he | tossed him his pocketbook with the re- mark, “I'm going to end it all.” On the pigiit of July 5 the Reynoldses entertained at & birthday dinner in honor of a friend. A few friends were | there, including several socially prom- inent Winston-Salem young people. Reynolds was shot shortly after am., it was testified. Ruched to a hos- pital, he died there at 5:25 am ions of Walker and Libby at the hospital, where Mrs. Reynolds was AUGUST 5, 19 | the Washington Alr Derby Association, organization for the promotion of aviation in the District, was { formed yesterday at the first meeting of its incorporators. Officers and directors were chosen. The association takes over the mem- hip and funetions of the Washing- ton Alr Derby Committee, & temporary hody snonsoring the hop-off and at- tendant ceremonies of the Eastern wing of the Transcontinental Handicap Alr Derby August 21. | Chester H. Warrington, chairman of the old committee, was elected presi- dent of the new association, and Robert J. Cottrell, executive secretary of the Washington Board of Trade, secretary of the committee, was chosen for the | same post with the new body. Other | officers are Lieut. Col. C. B. Amorous, United States Army Reserve, first vice president; Curtis Hodges, executive di-| {E Washington Alr Derby Asso- | ciation, Inc., a permanent civic Cammittee, second vice president, and A C Case, treasurer. | The five officers are the incorpora- tors and also compose the board cof directors. The board later may be enlarged to 15, It was decided that the association will serve as a branch cf the Greater National Capital Committee and that 4 bcby?” she sald was Mrs. Reynolds® reply. In pointing out what he said was in- | consistent testimony, Sheriff Scott sald | Walker and other witnesses testifled | | they found no pistol on the sleeping potch where Reynolds was shot. Other witnesses said the pistol was found on | the flocr in plain view four hours later. | The bullet that killed the heir has never been found. Its course was dow ward through his head. from right to left. A hole was located in a screen 6 feet from the floor. Scott said it would {have been impossible for Reynolds to have fired the bullet which ranged downward. | | Walker admitted having said, “What- | ever happens, there's some secret about {this matter that I'm going to take to {my grave,” but then testified he knew 10 such seeret. Smith had expressed a fear to him. h2 | said, that he was going insane. | despondent and threatened to kill him- oV | lapse of virility. | The husky-voiced blues singer sob- bed to & jury that she had no recolle:- |tion of ¢vents preceding the tragecy. but that just before the shooting she | | saw her husband of a few months | standing by her bed, calling her name, a pistol in his hand. | “Then ceme the crash of the uni- | verse.” she said. | Walker said he was waiting in the reception hall downstairs for Smith, { who had gone to the sleeping porch. | | When Blanche Yurka, New York actress and guest of the Reynclds, called ! ; him, he said, he went upstars to find Reynolds lving in a pool of blood, his | bride bending over him. | WOMEN PLAN EXCURSION Special Dispatch to The S | | ARLINGTON, Va., August 5—The Woman's Auxiliary of the Arlington | | Volunteer Fire Department will give an . ynidentified youth was killed and an-!of excursion to Chesapeake Beach, Md., | cther young man was injured fatally in | 30, and Margaret Carson, 26, of Geneseo: | | tomarrow. held at The next mecting will the home of Mrs. b Edwin Testimony_of two nurses concerned | Chaney, 130 Alcova avenue, Tuesday | hart late yosterday. evening. of the Natlonal Automobile Chamber |placed in a room while hLer husband | of Commerce has frequently brought him to Washington. He will add a view- | point to the cabinet table which will| reflect to no small extent the belief of in the unemployment figures will have | been made. This 1s the first cabinet appointment from Detroit since the Harding admin- istrallon and s especially interesting to official Washington because Mr Chapin has a world-wide viewpoint and a national perspective, and that's the type which the Commerce Department has had from the beginning. D.1 was dying. Ethel Shore, night supervisor of the hospital. and Ruby Jenkins, & nurse, | said Walker entered the room and they | many business men that once the motor | left | industry can be revived, a large dent | Hearing “a commotion,” they sald | they entered and found Libby and | Walker on the floor together. strug- gling to get up. Miss Jones sald she heard Ab tell Libby to say nothing of the shooting. | Libby cried, she testified, “Oh, my baby. my baby." “What do you mean?" the nurse said | Walker asked. “Don’t you know I'm going to have The HAMILTON HOTEL Cor. 14th&K ®r USSELL A. CONN, Manages ANNOUNCING Our Regular $1.50 Severn-Course Table D'Hote Dinncr «+.And the QUALITY remain unchanged .", . It Until Sept. 30th $1.00 DAILY, 6 to 9 P.M. SUNDAYS, 12 to 9 P.M. d QUANTITY of Foods s the same delicious, pop- ular Seven-Course Dinner that we have served heretofore, at 51:50—prepnred under the eagle eye of our chef, Louis Meloni, formerly of the Wash- ington Mayflower, the N ew York Manhattan Club and the London Hyde Park Hotel. A VARIETY of del —from which to select, FIRST-CLASS SERVICE. seasonable dishes well-cooked COOL DINING ROOM, in hottest weather. TERRAPLANE Form Civic Air Body WILL PROMOTE TRANSCONTINENTAL HANDICAP AIR DERBY. ! Those who attended the first meeting yesterday of the incorporators of Inc.. are pictured above. Seated, left to right, ere: Robert J. Cottrell, Chester H. Warrington and Clintcn B. Amorous. | Standing: John S. Wynne, Curtis Hodges, A. C. Case and H. A. L. Barker. | —Star Staff Photo. | its function will be to encourage avi tion generally and not be limited to the coming air derby. Others who attended the first meet- ing, which was held in the Racquet Club, were John 8. Wynne, operations manager of the Washington-Hoover Airport, and H. A. L. Barker, who act- ed as counsel to the association. The only business transacted at the session was that of organization, with the adoption of by-laws and resolutions needed for operation. The directors formally took into membership all members of the old Air Derby Committee and decided that they .:,hould continue in their present fune- ons. The derby is to be held in conjunc- tion with the National Air Races in Cleveland. The Eastern and Western wings will hop-off on Sunday, August | 21, and will merge at Bartlesville, Okla. From there they will preceed to Clev rector of the Greater National Capital | land for the races. The total purse is |building designers equij $10.000. The local Air Derby Association is planning an elaborate program during the convention of the National Aero- nautic Assoctation, which will precede the lake-nfl and on the day when the derby begins. Tentative arrangements were outlined yesterday by Mr. War- rington. EUROPEAN HOP PLANNED | TO CARRY PASSENGERS | Flying Boat to Take Off for Lon- don With 20 Persons Aboard. By the Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS, August 5.—Another | transatlantic flight was in the cffing to- | day with assurances a large flying boat | will be ready to leave Lake Minnetonka, | near here, August 24, for London by way of Labrador. | Capt. P J. McCarty, one of the spon- cors of the {rip. was cn route East (o- | day to mest Capt. Bernt Balchen and | accompany him to Bridgeport, Conn. | Capt. Balchen piloted Rear Admiral | Libby Byrd on a flicht to the South Pole in | way to Sher!ft Scott and Stewart Warnken, | testified the young sportaman was often November, 1929, | Balchen will pilot the ship here from | of 5 and 2 officers. | Passengers will return to America by | boat. BEAT PULLMAN TRIALS | Engushmen» finve Vlre_cip! for Dis- robing in Berth. OTTAWA. Augu:t 5 (#).—Those who have battled the blankets in railway berths for years will applaud the origi- ality and forethought of two middle- aged Engli-hmen who came to their train at Union Station last night wear- ing only top coats over their pajamas. They had conned sleeping sttire at | their hotel. Both wore bedroom slippers and a sleepy lock. Wreck Kills Youth. | FAIRFIELD, Towa, August 5 (4).—An | the wreck of the fast Burlington freight No. 62. 5 miles west of here near Burn- Ten other men | were hurt seriousiy. YOU'VE TRIED NOW TRY | CHAPIN O ENTER - CABINET MONDAY New Commerce Secretary Expected Here Tomorrow for Talk With Hoover. Roy D. Chapin, Detroit automebile manufacturer, will on Monday take over the supervision of the activity of 172 000 Commerce Department employes scattered throughout the world in their quest of aiding Amerian business. It was announced at the Commerce Department Building today that Rob- ert P. Lamont, the retiring Secretary of Commerce, was expected to return | here from New York on Monday, at which time he would turn over the helm to Mr. Chapin, who on Wednesday was named by President Hoover to suc- cead Mr. Lamont. Mr. Lamont resigned from Mr. Hoo- ver's cabinet, of which he had been a member for more than three years, to accept the presidency of the American Iron and Steel Institute. He is ex- pectzd to leave Washington for New | York prior to August 18, when he will { be formally elected to that pest. Chapin Due Tomerrow. Mr. Chapin is now in Detroit, but was expected to arrive here probably | tomorrow for a final conference with | President Hoover before taking over the | cabinet portfolio. Mr. Chapin con=- | ferred with President Hoover Wednes- day and lefi immediately for Detroit before the White House announced Mr. Lamont's resignation and his successor. Only in the Secretary's suite of the building was there any activity today in connection with the coming of the new executive and the preparation for the departure of Mr. Lamont. The retiring official's desk was being clerred by one of his secretaries. Mr. Lamont is known to have avoided lavisness in equipping his suite, because, as he was quoted as saying “my suce | cessor may not like it.” He ordered & |large pirt of the furniture fund be | used for other purposes. including the purchase of new printing presses. at a | cost of $50.000, for the Coast and Geo- | detic Survey. Makes Elevator Public. When criticism was raised over the . d ing his suite i""h a private elevator he ordered the lift open to the public. It is in oper- ation todiy to all those who desire to pass by three fast-moving public lifts - and open a heavy bronsed door just for | & semi-exclusive ride. Not many of the {5,000 employes in the building take ad« | vantage of this opportunity, it was said. Mr. Lamont’s decision to leave public life to return to the field in which he figured prominently for 20 years before entering politics was reached early lasg month, it became known today. Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the board of the Bethlehem Steel Corpor: tion, is to retire as president of the institute to make room for the former Secretary of Commerce. He will, how=- ever, continue as chairman of the insti- tute’s board. Institute to Be Vitalized. In steel trade circles Mr. Lamon’t ac- ceptance of the organization presideney wes regarded as a move toward ful- fillment of a long-planned reorganiza tion designed to make the institute & more eggressive and vital element in the steel industry. . At the semj-annual meeting of institute members in May Mr. Schwab outlined some general p ans for widening the scope of its activities, and since that time reports have been heard that definite steps were under ieve the new eims, Mr. Lamont will devote all his time to the new past. He will prodably, a el the development of new markets f-r American steel products and the pres- ervation of harmony among producers on questions relating to steel prices and wage policies. ‘This will mark a considerable devia- tion from the old activities of the Insti- tute, which had to do largely with a perfunctory gathering and dissemination of statistics relating to the steel in- dustry. THREE DIE IN CRASH Plane Catches Fire After Falling in Clump of Trees. GENESEO, N. Y., August 5 () —A death list of three persons and a char- red mass of wreckage remained today after an airplane cralh at the edge of the Geneseo Airport last night. The dead were Howard A. McKay, 37, Caledonia, pilot; his brother, Donald, MecKay's airplane crashed in a of trees when he attempted to land. The plane burst into flames and its oc- cupants were burned to death. AIRPLANING or HYDROPLANING or AQUAPLANING TERRAPLANI newest physical sensation in motoring —“power set free” —suave six-cylindered pneumounted power— an engineering triumph that’ll be on the drawing boards of the industry for months yet, but is offered you now at a price that’s actually down among and DER the former lowest-priced Three, in the new What a Car! — and the lowest- priced Six In Americal hardship, the lack of news from her. Sent Chub night letter. 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