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AKRON USED LESS THAN TWO YEARS Giant Ship Entered Service of Navy August 8, 1931. Praised by Moffett. By the Associated Prees. LAKEHURST, N. J, April 4-—The Akron had not yet reached her second birthday in the service of the Navy. Last Summer, two of her ground crew lost their lives at San Diego, Calif., when they were lifted into the air at the end of tow ropes. They fell off in midair. The power plant comprises eight gaso- line engines, each carrying a sea-level rating of 560 horsepower. The engines are mounted athwartships and each drives its own propeller. ‘The normal gasoline supply of about 124,000 pounds is stored in a total of 110 aluminum tanks, located alongside the two-side corridors convenient to the engine rooms. Electrically Equipped. An electrical plant and syst=n_which 1s substantially a miniature : cproduction of similar systems used on destroyers, submarines and other vessels also is in- cluded in the Akron equipment. Power is used for radio, lighting, telephones, a portion of the cooking and for certain pumps and the like, The control car is located near the forward part of the ship and the for- ward third of the control room is the location for rudder and elevator con- trols, gas and ballast controls, instru- ments and other apparatus. An emergency control station is lo- | cated in the lower fin. Above the con- trol room are the radio and aerological rooms, quarters for the captain and a part of the officers and an office space and photographic laboratory. For several months before the Pacific Coast journey, the Akron——to be sup- planted as “queen of the skies” by the U. 8. 8. Macon—underwent extensive repairs and a complete overhauling in its hangar here. The sirworthiness of the ship had been under attack in Congress and a committee of Congressmen came to the station to board her for a trial cruise. As the ship was being taken from its hangar a gust of wind bounced the tail 40 feet in the air. No one wn:d injured, but the dirigible was dam- aged. The Akron took its first trial flight on September 23, 1931. She was construct- ed on the multi-layer principles. The basic hull structure is a wire-braced system, composed of transverse frames connected by longitudinal girders. The engine pooms are located along the lower corridors and the gas cells, 12 in number, are placed inside of this hull structure. Living accommodations are concen- trated nearer amidships, abreast the airplane hangar compartment. ‘Writing of the Akron in the Natione Aeronautic Magazine in January, 1922, Rear Admiral Willlam A. MofTett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, who was aboard the dirigible last night, said, “The Navy has built the Akron not only to demonstrate her usefulness for naval purposes, but for a new and more rapid means of international com- munication and commerce.” Launched August 8, 1931. “I firmly believe,” he said, “that the Akron will so fully demonstrate th ip, the ZRS-5, is completed, the first commercial airship, probably of some nine million cubic feet, will be begun, the forerunner of a fleet of airships flying the American flag, that will indeed make us first in this mer- chant marine of the air.” The Akron was launched by Mrs. Herbert Hoover August 8, 1931, at Akron, Ohio, before more than 100,000 persons who gathered to witness the ceremony. An idea of the dimensions of the dirigible is given by the fact that it is city blocks and as buil . Its ca- pacity is almost three times that of the Los Angeles and nearly twice that of the Graf Zeppelin. The Akron was built by the Good- year-Zeppelin Corporation for the Navy. It was the product of years of accumulation of knowledge of Zeppelin construction and at the time of its launching was said to exceed greatly the fondest dreams of Count Fe: d Zeppelin, inventor of the big floating ‘mammoths. The Akron carried $25,000 sending and receiving radio sets of virtually un- limited range. U. S.-JAPAN BUSINESS IS HELD BAR TO WAR Matsuoka Declares Open Door of China Cannot Be Closed to American Trade. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, April 4—Business rela- tionships will keep the United States and Japan friendly, Yosuke Matsuoka, Japanese statesman, said here yesterday. “The United States does more busi- ness with us annually than with any other country except the British Em- pire” he said, addressing the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.” “And, you, in turn, are our best customer on the Pacific—in fact, the | best customer we have in any part of the world. “That is one reason why we won't go | to war with you. It is also a reason why we cannot close the open door of China to your trade.” Matsuoka, en route to his homeland from Geneva, where he participated in the League of Nations sessions on the Manchurian question and finally with- drew from the council table, will be in Detroit Tuesday where he will visit | the various automobile manufacturing | concerns. He will travel west later and will| gail for Japan from San Francisco the | middle of the month. | 1 i MRS. JUDD REQUESTS | REPRIEVE TO JUNE 2 Application to Board of Pardons Is Filed With Gov. B. B. Moeur. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz, April 4—A re- prieve for Winnie Ruth Judd, senten- ced to die April 21 for the murder of Agnes Anne Leroi, that her counsel might have further time to prosecute | A the fight to save her from the gallows, was asked of the State Board of Par- dons and Paroles today. The application, filed with the board and with Gov. B. B. Moeur, asked that the condemned woman be given until June 2. A Meanwhile, a letter postmarked March 31 at Los Angeles, which carried & threat to bomb “the whole capitol or the whole prison” if Mrs. Judd were not released to her mother, Mrs. H. J. Mc- Kinnell, was made public here. It was signed “The Gangster from Germany.” Visiting Pastor to Preach. HYATTSVILLE, Md, April 4 (Spe-| elal). —Rev. Don Frank Fenn, rector of St. Michael and All Angels' Prot- estant Episcopal Church of Baltimore, will preach in Pinkney Memorial Epis- copal Church here tomorrow at 7:30 e'alack. N. Y. | _ Lieut, = Cyrus Clendenning, Toms | | Akron Enlisted Men. Akron Personnel By the Associated Press. T, N. J., April 4. —The list of officers aboard the Akron as given out by Naval air station officials follows: Guest Officers. Rear Admiral Willlam A. Moffett. Comdr. Fred T. Berry, Lakehurst, Lieut. Joseph Severyns, Lakehurst. Comdr. Harry B. Cecil, Washington. Lieut. Robert Sayre, Lakehurst. Lieut. Charles H. Calloway, Lake- hurst, Col. A. F. Mesury, U. 8. A. Reserve, New York City. Officers in Charge. Comdr. Frank C. McCord, Lakehurst. Lieut, Comdr. Herbert V. Wiley, Lake- wood. Lieut. Comdr. Harold E. McClelland, Westerly, R. L. Licut. George Calman, Toms River. Lieut. Richard F. Cross, jr., Lakewood, | Lieut. Herbert M. Westcoat, Lakehurst. Herman J. Dugan, Lakehurst. | Charles F. Miller, Toms River. | . Morgan Redfield, Lakewood. Wilfred Bushnell, Malone, | River. | Chief Machinist George C. Walsh, | Lakewood. The cfficial list of the crew aboard the naval dirigible Akron, as given out by the Naval Air Station here, follows: Dean, Carl C., 1009 Monmouth avenue, Lakewood. Carlson, Arthur E., 118 South Hayes street, Moscow, Idaho. Barnhart, Benny, 423 Central avenue, | Lakehurst. Stine, Ralph C., River road, Delmar. | Deal, Richard E., 307 Fourth street, | Lakewood. | | Engler, Ralph F, Box 115, Man- heim, Pa. Lamkin, Harold B, 141 Philadelphia | avenue, Egg Harbor City. | Austin, Wilton G., 2332 South Clin- | ton avenue, Trenton. | Erwin, Moody E., 2077 Vinton, Mem- phis, Tenn. | Starr, Fred W. 946 Constance ave- nue, Peckskill, N. Y. Fennessy, Edward, 1226 Eleventh | street, Pensacola, Fla. Boswell, Henry L. Wacaprague, Va. Ulrich,” Oliver E., 9401 Alexander | avenue, South Gate, Calif. | Hulting, Lewis O., 512 River avenue, | Lakehurst, Weeks. John L., 175 Somerset street. | North Piainfield. | _ Zinkus, Joseph J., 696 East Elm street, | | Stamford, Conn. |~ Ballard, Henry A, Route 2, Gordo, | la. Rader, Leonard G., Clintonville, Wis. | Lapham, Wilbur R., Toms River, N. J. | Johnson, Rufus B., Lilock street, | Lakehurst Swidersky, Toney F., 238 Sobul ave- | nue, Akron, Ohio. I’ Russell, Willlam A., Beachwood, N. J. Fink, Elmer E. Lakehurst. McClellan, Benjamin C., 613'z Ridge | avenue, Asbury Park, N. J. Fahey, Lawrence E., 34 Waters ave- nue, Laurel Hill, Long Island. Duncan, Lester G., 107 Belmont street, Blackwell, Okla. Cooper, Fred, Lakehurst. | ‘Tomes, Gerald L., Route 2, | roy, Ind. Rutan, Lucius W., Lakehurst. | Thigpen, Benjamin J, Greensboro, N. C. Arthur, Wellington K., 14 Park street, Waltham, Mass. Mil- -] | nue. Brooklyn, N. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Recent Photographs of the Ill-Fated Dirigible Akron TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1933. :3 o | | At top, left to right: The world’s largest lighter-than-air craft, the United States dirigible Akron, starting on her maiden flight from©® the hangar at Akron, Ohio. (Associated Press Photo). Rear Admiral Moffett, lost in the crash of the Akron, in the control room of theE giant dirigible during a flight over Washington. (Wide World Photo). Second row, left to right: Helmsman at the wheel of the Akron. (As- sociated Press Photo). Flight of the dirigible over Washington. One of the rooms of the sleeping quarters of the Akron. (Associated Press Photo). ECKENER SHOCKED BY NEWS OF AKRON Graf Pilot Expresses Deepest Sympathy—Unable to Ven- ture Opinion on Cause. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 4—Dr. Hugo Eckener, who piloted the Graf Zeppelin around the world and on many other long- distance flights and who delivered an- other German-made airship, Angrles, to the United States Navy, was deeply moved today by news of the Akron disaster. “I am unspeakably sorry. The news of the Akron stuns me,” he said. “Please express my deepest sympathy | to the American people,” said the fa- mous navigator. “The news strikes me the harder as so many of my warm personal friends, such as Rear Admiral Willlam A. Moffett, participated in the cruise.” Asked for an expert opinion on the Akron accident, Dr. Eckener, who had several narrow escapes over the At- lantic himself, declared “I am absolutely unable, on the basis of news which has reached Germany, to venture even the slightest opinjon on the cause of the accident. Above all, I | would need an authoritative report on the weather situation.” —_— Baughman, Harold R, 1722 State st., Erie, Pa Jandick, Paul A., 345 Leslie street, Newark, N. J. Rytell, John J, 5 Mission street, Glens Falls, N. Y. Cridlin, Stanley L., Parkersburg, W. Va. Walck, Lewis T. Church, Lakehurst. Zanetti, Joseph, Route 2, Ballston Lake, N. Y. Shevlowitz, Joseph, 319 Sumner ave- v Boelsen, Peter, 70 Main street, South Toms River. Graves, Hilbert M., Trenton, N. J Anderson, Victor C. L., Chapel street, Norwood, Mass Querinhein, August C., Kane, Pa. Magnuson, Pridolf R. Wind, Nobart, 715 Thirtieth street, Union Hill, N. J. Copeland, Robert W. Lakehurst. Moreen, Herschel L., 2110 Shelby street, New Albany, Ind. Slayton, Douglas C., 201 Mine street, Searcy, Ark. Carr, Stewart S, 2516 South Ban- croft street, Philadelphia. Eschette, Howard P., Shauvin, La. Hoover, Paul 8., Beackwood, N. J. Hill, William T, Jefferson, Ga. Liles, Leon D., 34 Goulding avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. Ordonez, Mariano, Cavite, Philippines. Angeles, Maximino, 1931 Manugit Tondo, Manila, Philippines. hauger, Paul R., River avenue, 1728 Park strept, 202 Reservoir, i 2326 R?ulc Lipke, Donald H., 510 Eleventh ave- nue, Wi Bapids, Jis. S| Lakewood, N. J. Hackett, Earl P., Montgomery, Ala. the Los | BY CAPT. DALLDORF, Master of German Tanker Phoebus. (Copyright, 1933. by the Associated Press.) 5. 5. PHOEBUS AT SEA, 20 miles off Barnegat Light, April 4—About 12:30 o'clock this morning, during a thunder- storm and heavy rains, I saw aircraft lights flashing as my ship ploughed its way toward Tampico from New York. Shortly afterward I saw lights flash- ing on the water. I changed my course to approach the -] Message From Rescuer Master of German Tanker Phoebus Tells of Chang- ing Course After Seeing Lights Flash on Water. lights and soon heard men hafling from the water. I stopped the ship, turned on all lights, lowered boats ana put lifeboats over the side. I saw mattresses and wreckage, and pulled one man over the side of the boat. We got three men. (Other reports said four). I saw some men sink before we could get them. After this, no more men were found. I am still searching and will continue until after daylight, or when relieved by Coast Guard. SCENE OF DISASTER 1S IN STORM AREA | Spot Where Akron Fell Swept by Heavy Wind Twice in Recent Months. | By the Associated Press. BARNEGAT CITY, N. J., April 4— Twelve to 15 miles qut in the Atlantic Ocean, where the naval dirigible Akron | met with disaster, 15 a well travelled occasionally whipped to fury by storms. Then, when the waters rage, ships stand further out to sea away from the long, low-lying strip of sand dune land that, stretches down the coast. ‘Twice in recent months heavy storms have lashed this part of the South Jersey sea area, battering bulkheads along the land and driving small ships ashore. One of the recent storms was | 50 severe that it partially destroyed a | Coast Guard station in the territory | and forced its evacuation. 35 Miles From Lakehurst, As closely as could be estimated the £pot of the Akron disaster was 35 miles | southeast of the ship’s hcme port, | Lakehurst, and 65 miles south, south- east of Trenton. The spot is also 80 miles east, southeast of Philadelphia, and 75 miles due south of New York. A few hardy fishermen make their livelihood in this stretch of waters. In the Summer time the stretch of coast has several resorts of moderate pop- ularity. Route Often Used. On previous training flights of the ly out to sea from Lakehurst. The con- sistency of air currents over the ocean makes for smoother and easier handling of an eirship then on land where the | mingling of earth and streams sets up | different_air currents, causing bumpy riding and occasional dives. ‘The Akron on most of her trips has also returned to her hangar by the same route, cruising up or down the coast line until % neared the Barnegat ship line, usually of calm waters, but | | Akron, the ship has been headed direct- | Disaster Scene ) BannecsT Crry 3 \ Poceanciry WILL TELL OF PROBE Accountant to Give Inside Story of Insull Collapse. Edward M. Tyler, who supervised the investigaticn by the Senate Banking and Currency Committee into the col- lapse of the Insull security companies and Halsey, Stuart & Co., will tell the “inside story” of the investigation at a meeting of the Phi Gamma Alpha Fra- ternity of Strayer Ccllege at the Hay- Adams House tonight. Mr. Tyler is a former president of the District of Columbia Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is a member of the accounting firm of Ty- | ler, Stovall & Co. e T ) region, then swinging inland over the | desolate stretches of woods. The territory between Barnegat and the Naval Air Station is sparsely set- tled, with a few small towns huddled together along main roads, and a soli- tery farm or two interspersing the pinciands, pine-covered | policy loans and surrender values were FLIGHTS OF MACON 10 BE CARRIED 0UT | Navy Air Bureau Indicates Test Cruises Will Start | Next Week. ‘ ‘Trial flights of the U. S. S. Macon, | | twin of the ill-fated Akron, now sched- | uled to begin about April 10, will go ahead unaffected by last night's CB!&S-i | trophe, it was indicated today at the | | office of Lieut. Comdr. Garland Fulton, | Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, in charge | of the airship construction program. The only factors which may delay commencement of the trials will be un- expected obstacles in the installation of final equipment or the calling of offi- cers of the Macon's crew for duty in connection with the Akron investiga- tion, it was said. There will be no interference from | Congress in plans for the trials of the |Macon, in the opinion of Chairman Vinson of the House Naval Affairs Com- mittee. Asked whether the committee would recommend tponement of the Macon trials or a change of policy with regard | to her operation, Representative Vinson said: “I don't expect any action on the part of Congress; that is a matter for the Navy Department to handle.” The Macon has been completed and was christened and “air rne” at | Akron, Ohio, March 11. Since that date the installation of final fittings has been in_progress. Except for some relatively minor changes suggested by experience with the Akron, the Macon is a sister ship of the |great craft destroyed last night off the New Jersey coast. Because of these changes she is expected to have better performance than the Akron. Her di- mensions are similar to those of the Akron: Gas volume, 6,500,000 cubic feet; length, 785 feet; maximum diameter, 1329 feet: height overall, 146.5 feet. Chief changes in the Macon are thd | use of streamline cowling on the pro- | peller outriggers, use of louvre instead of hood ventilators along the top, removal of engine radiators from propeller out- riggers into the skin of the hull to cut down resistance and the lessening of | weight in many respects. There were 100 or more minor altera- tions made in the Macon, as a result of which she is expected to be faster and | to weight about 8,000 pounds less than the Akron. There have been a number of improvements in the water ballast recovery system, the radio, electrical generating system and other features. MODIFIES RESTRICTIONS NEW YORK, April 4 (#).—Restric-| tions on the payment of insurance | Mmodified further yesterday by George S. Van Schaick, State superintendent of insurance. The restrictions were lifted in cases in which companies are satisfied “the applicant has no other reasonable means of vtml the necessity.” Past Disasters Dixmude and R-101 Largest Air Accidents Prior to Akron. By the Associated Press. October 4, 1930—British dirigible R-101 explodes over France while en route from England to India; 46 dead. May 25, 1928—Italian dirigible Italia crashes in Arctic on flight to North Pole, 8 dead. September 4, 1925—United States dirigible Shenandoah (formerly ZR-1), wrecked in storm.in Ohio; 14 killed. December 21, 1923—French dirigible Dixmude, presumably struck by light- ning over Mediterranean; 52 killed. February 21, 1922—United States dirigible Roma, bought by United States from Ttaly, crashes to earth in flames near Hampton Roads Army base; 34 killed. August 24, 1921—Dirigible ZR-2, bought in England for the United States, frame buckles over Humber River; 42 killed. January 29, 1921—British dirigible R-34, wrecked in gale at Howden, Eng- land, no lives lost. July 21, 1919—Dirigible burns over Chicago; 10 killed. July 15, 1919—British airship NS-11, struck by lightning over North Sea; 12 killed. June 20, 1914—Airship and airplane collided at Vienna; 9 killed. L1 September 9, 1913—Zeppelin destroyed off Heligoland; 15 killed. October 17, 1913—Zeppelin L-2, ex- ploded over Johannisthal Aerodrome; 28 killed. July 2, 1912—Balloon Akron exploded at_Atlantic City; 5 killed. Besides the Zeppelins L-1 and L-2, Count Zeppelin lost™ four other great peace-time dirigibles in accidents—the Zeppelins 3 and 6 and the Deutsch- lands 1 and 2. 91-DAY TREASURY BILLS ARE OVERSUBSCRIBED $383,656,000 Offered in Sale of $100,000,000 Issue to Be Launched Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. The Treasury Department announced last night that subscriptions totalling $383,656,000 have been received for the $100,000,000 of 91-day Treasury bills, which will be sold tomorrow. Secretary Woodin said the average price for the bills was 99.659, equivalent to a bank discount basis of about 1.35 per cent. He said the total smount of bids accepted was $100,096,000. ‘The highest bid was 99.750, equivalent to an interest rate of about 0.99 per cent on an annual basis, while the lowest bid accepted was 99.630, equiva- lent to an interest rate of about 146 per cent. BOLIVIA DENIES LOSS - »¥2 A S SERIES OF MISHAPS MET BY DIRIGIBLE Akron Classed as Experi- mental Type Craft Due to Tremendous Size. Because of its tremendous size—near- ly double that of any previous airship— the Akron was classed as an experi- mental type. Because of the uncertain factors involved, it is recalled, the Akron came out of its construction hangar weighing 19,000 pounds more than the contract specifications and 14,000 pounds in excess of the pemalty limit. Despite its great excess of weight, the Akron was accepted by the Navy De- partment, the contractors paying a pen- alty for their failure to comply with specifications. The Navy Department at the time declared that the excess weight would not seriously hamper the usefulness of the Akron and that she would be ac- cepted on the basis of her ability to measure up to other qualifications as to flight characteristics. The contract specifications for the dead weight- of the airship with all parts permanently bullt into the struc- ture, including engines, with cooling water, water-recovery system, fuel, oil and water tanks, handling lines and all anently installed parts, was set at g;:,ooo pounds. The Akron was scaled 8t 240,000 pounds in this condition, Total Weight 200 Tons. The total weight of the airship with crew and full military load aboard was approximately 200 tons, making her by {ar the mightiest craft in which man ever undertook to conquer the air. To lift this giant weight the Akro; Ras cells, the largest of which contained 1,000,000 cubic feet, were designed to hold 6,500,000 cubic feet of helium. Another factor which alarmed and distressed the Navy Department and the public was the report of attempts to wreck the Akron through criminal syndicalism. Paul F. Kassay, former Hungarian naval officer, was arrested March 20, 1931, while employed as a mechanic on the Akron framework. He x‘l: ch::écted two dfis"l‘::er, but when came up Ohio courts charges of uyndiu‘l::m were di t on the Winter and Spring of 1931, put water on the rivets he drove and froze them in place, im- ly heading them so they would appear tight to the inspector but would come out after the ice melted. Hun- dreds of rivets were rigl:ced before inspectors were satisfied that the faults had been corrected. 3 Given Thorough Tests. Because of the excess weight and the Kassay scare, the Akron was subjected * to the most thorough inspection and lormance tests. The trial fliflfil September 23, 1931, and prelim- inary acceptance was not approved by Secretary of the Navy Adams until Oc- tober 20, nearly a month later. Throughout the construction and trials of the Akron the contractors and the Navy felt their way with the great- est care. Every part was tested dur-- ing construction and the whole struc- ture was tested step by step. Hun- dreds of tests were made on golnu. fittings, fins, She was subjected to more than 75 hours of trial flights under the terms of her contract, inclu deceleration c pressure equalization, flection and strains within the structure, speed and other factors. “The design of the Akron,” the Navy reported at the time, “represemts a special effort to stress safety from every standpoint. Structural integrity, accessibility for repairs, insurance against breakdown of any essential operating feature, protection against fire and means for extin are some of the major safety of the airship’s design.” Met Accidents Twice. Twice during her operations from Lakehurst the Akron was damaged while being handled on the ground,’ her lower fin suffering both times. On one occasion the entire lower fin was demolished and the fin and part of the hull structure were replaced. This accident occurred February 22, 1932, in the mnce of members of a Con- gress! committee waiting to take an inspection flight in the Akron, The Akron was lald up for many weeks for repairs, after which the con-' gressional committee made the delayed flight. The accident resulted in exten- sive congressional hearings, during which the matters of excess weight and the Kassay charges were aired. After { the hearings the committee gave the Akron a clean bill of health. The second accident, of similar na- ture, resulted in comparatively minor damage. Neither accident was held to be the fault of the airship but to the difficulty of handling so huge a craft on the ground during gusty, unsteady winds. It was the opinion of naval in~ spectors that the repairs were entirely adequate and that the strength of the Akron was not impaired. Pounded During Storms. During the congressional investiga- tion of the Akron accident, it was re- called that the Shenandoah also was damaged in the same way and the be- llef was expressed that structural weak- ening resulting from the accident may have been a contributing factor to her breaking in two in a line squall over Northern Ohio a few months later. For this reason the committee went thoroughly into the question of whether the Akron’s frame could have been strained and weakened by the shock of the blow which demolished the huge lower fin. Many naval experts and construction engineers were consulted on this point, but succeeded in convincing the com- mittee that the damage had been fully repaired and that the Akron had not been weakened in any particular by the accident. The Akron also was subjected to a terrible pounding when she was caught in thunderstorms over Texas on May 10 and 11, 1932, while making her cele- brated flight to the Pacific Coast. The Akron weathered in splendid shape what later was declared to be the heav- iest storm ever successfully fought by a large airship, arriving at her destina- tion, Sunnyvale, Calif., 24 hours behind schedule. "In landing her there three sailors were dragged into the air on her nnndnnfillnes and two of them dropped to death, the third being ralsed into the airship. For weeks thereafter the Akron was engaged in maneuvers with the Pacific Fleet, a cruise up the length of the Pacific Coast, and her return to Lake- hurst, all without untoward incident. MARXES INCORPORATE Four Brothers Plan to Become In- dependent Movie Producers. LOS ANGELES, April 4 (#).—The four Marx Brothers, screen and stage comedians, received an incorporation g fire features Report That Paraguayan Troops Had Wiped Out Unit Termed False. LA PAZ, Bolivia, April 4 (#).—The Bolivian t.t':ntr l’Mflce last night denhl:g reports that Paraguayan troops wiped out a Bolivian unit at Fort Gondra, in the Gran Chaco area. All sectors were quiet, the communi- que said. permit yesterday. “The Marx Brothers, Inc.” is au- thorized to issue 100 shares of its 1,000- share capitalization, the stock having no_par value. Recently the brothers severed con. nections with Paramount Studio in difTe an duu u:\mced they lerences and apn beeom‘; lndependggnt producers. ,