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PUBLIC IMPATIENT FOR BANK RELIEF Pressure to Reopen Closed Institutions Creating Hard Problems. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Pressure upon the Federal Govern- ment to reopen by license the banks that remained closed after the bank holiday is so intense that it is about the most difficult problem the authori- ties here face nowadays. Plan after plan for reorganization is submitted. Examiners are hard at work classifying assets and depositors are growing more and more restive espe- cially in areas where there are virtu- ally no banking facilities. The task is overwhelming because the staff and personnel for the emer- gency is many times smaller than the number of institutions that must be examined. Also a lack of detailed in- formation in the field prevents bank officials and their stockholders from knowing exactly how reorganization can be brought about. Likewise it is diffi- cult for the banks to find the capital with which to match the dollars of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Proves Heavy Strain. While the total sums tied up in elosed banks are relatively small, being ehly 10 per cent of the total of de- ts in the Nation's banks, still it is item of between $3,000,000,000 and ,000,000,000. Any such sequestration of funds constituies a heavy strain on the working capital of business and on the resources of the individual. The officers of the Reconstruction nance Corporation Where much of the relief is sought are working day #nd night but judging by the slow rogress being made it is doubtful ghelher some institutions will be re- opened for 90 days or even six months. In several instances, additional loans pre being re%uesbed from the R. F. C. B0 as to enable banks to increase the amount they can pay depositors at once. Varying comments are heard ¥rom bankers who visit here as to the ctness of the R. F. C., in measur- the councerz:’,e utl}ée ‘gp:ni&n z:}oom- expressed al e V- on\yun is insisting u considerable of protection for the funds it This ultimately will mean that the k officials will have to present plans Jor the scaling down of deposits as well for the introduction of new capital that it will be a laborous process On the other banks i if 50 per cent of the deposits vailable for distribution can be ob- within six months, the progress above the average. The hope here that all the closed banks will either ed or a definite plan of liqui- ertaken within Three Agencies at Work. ‘There are three uendfi at work otn josed banks, namely, represent- otves t the Gontroller ot the. Cur- | Castor Oil Among Fish Remedies, but The Fish Succumb Epsom Saltsand Ammonia Also Tried for Diseases, Says Baltimorean. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, April 5—Epsom salts, a swim in an antiseptic mouth wash, ammonia, a salt bath and painting with potassium permanganate are rec- | ommended by Edwin H. Perkins, a fish fancier, as medicines for fishes. | “A devout fish fancier told me that he got his fish to take castor oil by pouring it on top of the aquarium and when the fish came up for air it got a mouthful of oil.” Perkins told the fish culturists of Maryland last night But he added he had cause to doubt the efficacy of the castor oil treatment, because whenever he tried it on his fish they died. He warned against cur- curing a disease and killing the patient. Fish diseases are caused by over- crowding in the tank and injury, but he said, contrary to most beliefs, fish cannot be overfed. “However,” he added, “a fish may eat so much of the wrong food that its stomach is distended by it. But that is not overfeeding. That is bad man- agement.” WISCONSIN VOTES REPEALBY 4101 Overwhelming Wet Victory Bars All Drys From State Convention. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 5.—Wis- consin went overwhelmingly “wet” in passing judgment on the eighteenth amendment. Returns from yesterday's election THE EVENING STAR, CANNON CRITICIZES /D.C. CHEST DONORS Says Drop in Contributions Was Not Justified by Eco- nomic Conditions. The declining contributions to the nomic conditions in the District, Repre- sentative Cannon. Democrat, of Missour] told the House Subcommittee on Defi- clencies during recent hearings on the revised 1934 budget estimates for the District. The transcript of the hearings on the estimates released for pub- lication yesterday quotes Mr. Can- non as saying that every time the Federal Government steps in and provides relief for the needy of the Dis- trict, contributions to the Community Chest drop off, although incomes in the District were unimpaired. “There is no reason why here in the District ot Columbia, with economic conditions as they have been,” said Mr. Cannon, “there should have been this percentage of decline in contributions to the Community Chest. The Govern- ment should contribute, but that does not absolve the local government from the obligations devolving on every com- munity.” Mr. Cannon made his statement when Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer of the District, declared that after July 1 the Community Chest with its relief agencies would be up against a serious situation. “The decline in the contributions is in a far greater percentage than would be justified by economic conditions in the District,” said Mr. Cannon. “The major decline has been in contributions of those who recelve Government sal- aries, and at the time of the Community Chest campaign there had been no re- duction in salaries. Even now the re- duction is only 8 and a fraction per cent while the decline in the contributions is nearly 40 per cent.” The 1934 bill carries an appropria- tion of $1,250,000 for emergency welfare relief for the coming fiscal year begin- ning July 1. It was this item in the es- showed the voters had disapproved of the amendment by a vote of 4 to 1. At its constitutional convention at the State capital three weeks hence Wiscon- sin will cast a unanimous vote for the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. With the vote from 1462 of the State’s 2,899 precincts tabulated, more than half the State, the vote on the proposal to repeal the prohibition amendment_stood: For repeal, 325,702; against, 74551 Wets See Good Effect. Drys conceded that repealists had elected every one of the 15 wet candi- dates to the convention to be held April 25. Not a dry will be present when the convention assembles to give formal ef- fect to the mandate of the people yesterday. fency who supervise national banks, examiners of the Federal Reserve Sys-| tem who check up member banks, and agents of the Reconstruction Finance ration who consult the other two with reference to possible loans on col- Jateral or purchases of preferred stock. Tt is necessary for all three, as a rule, o render a report or, in the case of & State bank, data from the State bank- ing authorities also is required before final decision is made here as to the and extent of the aid fur- nished by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. This accounts for the nec- essarily slow procedure. and consolidations of banks are expected to be worked out in the reorganization of capital structures, but it is evident from Teceived by members of Congress that the people who have money in closed banks are exhibiting lerable im- tience about it, and are insisting that e machinery be enlarged, if not ac- e (Copyright, 1933.) LOANS ARE PROPOSED | FOR FEDERAL WORKERS Bliss Jessie Dell, in Address, Sug- | gests Use of Retirement ' Fund Surplus. 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To the Depositors and Stockholders OP THE Departmental Bank Tf you are interested in the reopen- g of the Bank and in the recovery of bne hundred per cent of your deposit, You are urgently requested to attend the eeting which take place April 11, 1933, at eight o'clock, evening, at ALL Da- H Opponents as well as proponents of prohibition expected a wet tide in Wis- consin, but wet leaders said they were elated by the proportions of their vic- tory. The drys were not dismayed, for they had conceded that they entered the test without hope. Anti-prohibi- | tionists declared they were particularly jubilant because they believed that a great show of strength in the opposi- tion to constitutional prohibition will energize the wet cause in other States soon to act on the proposal referred to the several States by ress. “We are off to a good start,” said Dr. J. J. Seelman, Milwaukee, chairman of the Wisconsin division of the Associa- tion Against the Prohibition Amend- ment. One Village Voted Dry. “The vote in Wisconsin, coupled with the splendid victory in Michigan, marks the beginning of the end of prohibition. ‘The tremendous majorities for repeal in these two States indicate that States which have been in the doubtful column can now be placed in the repeal column.” Milwaukee did about as expected— voting 12 to 1 for repeal. In 233 of the city’s 483 precincts the totals were: For repeal, 59,398; against, 5041. But other cities were on Milwaukee's heels. Green Bay went wet by a ratio of 11 to 1, while Kenosha swung to re- peal 7 to 1. In . the deluge Rockland village in Western LaCrosse County stood out in dry contrast. It voted to retain the eighteen amendment by a count of 44 HITS FUND CUT FOR TUBERCULOSIS Curtailment of appropriations in the pending District supply bill for hos- pitalization of tuberculosis sufferers is only inviting more “trouble and ex- pense” to the Government, Dr. Harry Fowler, president of the District Medi- cal Society, said today. In his warning to the legislators Dr.I Fowler said “this is a matter of the utmost concern to every member of the medical profession in Washington and vital to the welfare and health of our people. More important at this time of widespread unemployment and malnutrition for large numbers of our people than at any period of the past, Dr. Fowler said, “it is essential to the prevention of further gains of this com- municable disease that every active case of the disease shall be segregated and hospitalized in order that the number of contacts may be decre: L “That our existing hospital facilities for the care of these patients is utterly inadequate is known to every physician and should be understood by Congress and all in authority. To reduce the appropriations for this purpose at such a moment is utter folly.” District’s Heroes in the ’ World War iled by Serst. L. E. Jaeckel S recorded in the official cita- tion, Augustin M. Prentiss, major, Chemical Warfare Service, U. S. Army, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meri- torious and distinguished services in a position of great | responsibility. As officer in charge of the Ordnance Sec- tion, Chemical War fare Service, he displayed great energy, untiring devotion to duty, and high technical skill. As a result of his thorough knowledge of ord- nance supplies and material, especially shells and guns, he rendered inval- uable assistance in the proper choice of gases, gas shells and other mate- rials used by both the gas troops and the Suite 1114 National Press Building, offices of Costello, Schow, McLean and Landreay imgmw artillery throughout the war, thereby contributing materially to the successes timates that provoked Mr. Cannon’s re- mark. EXPLAINS CHEST DRIVE. Newbold Noyes Shows All Units, Except Government, Increased Gifts. Newbold Noyes, chairman of the Community Chest for 1933 were in a far | greater percentage than justified by eco- | 3 INUTE YSTERY e Solvelt - Dr. Fordney {s professor of criminology at a famous university. His advice is often sought by the police of many citles when confronted ‘with particularly badi This problem has been taken from. his book covering hundreds of criminal inv Try w ' INGTE U5 readt CBrery Thet Seet every Ty to its solution are in the story here is only "one answer. How detective are you? The Professor Reminisces, BY H. A. RIPLEY. N the insistence of several mem- bers of his club, Prof. Fordney had been relating some of his interesting cases, and now their plea for just one more before the party broke up brought forth the following. “I was investigating a robbery in Michigan about six months ago,” he said. “Desiring to obtain as much in- formation as I could, in an unof- ficial manner, I spent two days ac- quiring Gene True- ville's history. “An old settler told me he had married the wealth- iest girl in town three months afier his arrival there. A graduaie of the University of Ari- zona, where he had been a member of the crew, a sports- man and possessing a genial personal- ity, he found himself popular with the younger set. Until his resignation he was president of the Briarcliff Bank. “The bank had been robbed. Both Trueville and Reed, his secretary, were there at different times the night it happened. Reed at first denied, then admitted the truth of this. Trueville stated he suspected Reed, but refused | to give his reason. “Trueville left town the same night. advising friends he was going to attend | a regatta in which his university was taking part. The ticket agent said he arrived at the station just as the train | was pulling out and therefore had not purchased a ticket. “I'm saying to you fellows,” con- cluded Fordney, placing his hands on the arms of the easy chair and assist- ing his bulk to the floor, “the same thing I do to my students. | “What's wrong with my story? Good night, gentlemen. Tell me Thursday at lunch!” DO YOU KNOW? Chest campaign referred to by Repre- sentative Cannon, issued the following statement when the Representative's re- marks were called to his attention: “The Chest campaign conducted last November to meet the needs of 1933 was very far from the failure that Representative Cannon implies. Ap- proximately $1,944,000 was subscribed by the private contributors of Washing- ton, as against about $2,419,000 the previous year. There were this year roughly 114,000 subscribers, as against 118,000 in the previous year. Every element of the contributing public con- tributed a larger sum than ever previ- ously except the Government unit. “This accomplishment, achieved de- spite the fact that almost every Wash- ingtonian has been economically worse off this year than last, is fine and elo- quent testimony as to the humanity and practical generosity of Washington. Iam at a loss to understand Mr. Can- non’s claim that incomes in the District Perhaps you have a story or problem | you would like to submit to Prof. Ford- ney. If so, send it to him, care of this paper. He will be delighted to re-| ceive it. (For Solution See Page A-11.) RTY NEW SHIPS FOR NAVY PLANNED Program Will Be Part of were unimpaired in the past year. Federal Unit Commended. “It is true that the governmental unit which in 1931 made the superb contribution of upward of a million dollars, this year only felt able to give about a half of that amount. But when one considers the relatively low pay of Government employes, and the fact that & vast majority of them were in Novem- ber legitimately deeply concerned with what the coming year had in store for them, their contribution must be re- garded as a fine one. Had they been able to equal their 1931 effort the Chest as a whole would have done better than ever before. * “Representative Cannon, in his ob- servations, falls into the error of refer- ring to the appropriations under con- sideration as ‘Government contribu- tions.’ Of course, they are nothing of the sort. They are purely local contri- butions from local tax funds, and in seeking them the local government is merely performing its proper function of doing everything that it can to care for local distress by the use of Wi ington’s tax funds in conjunction h Washington's privately contributed Chest funds. Other Cities Cited. “Every community in the country which is comparable to Washington is today employing both its tax funds and its privately contributed funds for the relief of its destitute citizens. Last year the breakdown of that relief work in Washington showed that 32.4 per cent came from public tax funds (paid vately subscribed funds. In a great ma- Jority of comparable cities those figures are reversed—the bulk of the relief bur- den being defrayed by public tax funds. The tax iund contribution to our local problem stands among the lowest of the cntire Nation and the full comparable statistics are in the hands of the House District Committee, of which Mr. Can- non is a member. Any one studying those figures cannot but come to a real- ization that Washington is fully playing its part in the matter of Chest or pri- vate contributions. There is no jus- tification for the fear expressed that it will fail to continue to do so. But addi- tional private contributions are not available at this time and it therefore becomes essential that the steadily mounting distress in our city shall be adequately taken care of from our local tax funds, expended under liberalized regulations by the emergency relief di- vision of the Board of Public Welfare.” SCHOOL BODY FIGHTS SLASHING OF BUDGET Ben W. Murch Parents and Teach- ers Ask Congress to Reject Proposals. Rejection by Congress of Budget Director Douglas’ proposals for slashing of the 1934 public school estimates was urged by the Ben W. Murch Home and School Association at its meeting late yesterday. In a resolution adopted by the asso- ciation, the parents and teachers of that school contended the District public schools are the object of attack “at the hands of officials guided by a false economy theory.” The association as- serted further that the people of the District “desire to maintain the school system intact and functioning to the best interests of this and the next gen- eration and are willing to pay the cost.” ‘Therefore, the association expressed its “opposition to any proposal to cut the school estimates below the figures provided for in the conference budget, and calls upon the Congress of the United States to reject the proposals of Budget Director Douglas.” Church to Serve Free Meals. of the American Expeditionary Forces. ‘With the continued rank of major, he remains on duty with the Chemical Warfare Service in Wi with Sesidence &t 3254 O street ‘The Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Third and I streets, will serve free meals to unemployed persons at noon ‘Thursday, it was announced fhe pastor, Rev. W, H. Jernigan, by Washingtonians) and 67.6 from pri- | Public Works Proposal. By the Associated Press. n Thirty new ships for the fleet, big Navy men on Capitol Hill say, will be included in President Roosevelt’s huge forthcoming public works bill to re- lieve unemployment. Indications that Mr. Roosevelt had approved this plan came from Chair- man Vinson of the House Naval Com- mittee even as Secretary Swanson was discussing the Akron tragedy with news- per men and saying: PeRY Seems o me we need surface| ships more than anything else.” | Vinson agreed with that after a ulki with the President yesterday in which he presented a program for the con- struction in three years of 30 new ships costing $230,000,000. That construc- tion program, Vinson said, “is to be included in the public works bill” now being drafted for the President. Still Under Limits. “.ue new plan, Vinson asserted, “will still leave us way under Japan, Great Britain, France and Italy in actual com- batant ships except battleships, and far under treaty limits.” “But,” he added, “all the shipyards of the country, couldn't possibly build our fleet up to permitted limits by the time the London treaty expires on De- cember 31, 1936. It will be all they can do to construct the 20 destroyers, four submarines, two aircraft carriers and four light cruisers we now propose.” The program he presented to the President, Vinson said, contemplates initial work on the destroyers and sub- marines within 90 days after enact- ment of the public works bill, with the other ships to be laid down in about six months. His contention was that the expendi- ture of $230,000,000 on new ships would mean $195,500,000 for employ- ment since “85 cents out of each dollar spent on a vessel goes to labor.” Won't Hinder Budget. ‘Besides giving at least part-time em- ployment to 150,000 to 260,000 men, Vinson said, “this construction won't interfere with our efforts to balance the budget since it, like all the public works to be proposed, will be financed by a long-term bond issue.” Vinson said the only question in his mind was “when the bill will be sent to Congress rather than whether it will include this construction.” Estimates by the Navy, Vinson said, are that 260,000 men would be given | D¢ employmgl\: directly and indirectly through this program. “Bugc to be conservative,” he added, “my guess would be nearey 150,000—but it's just a guess for ybody. ‘The Navy and I might both be wrong.” “This program,” he asserted, “would start industry. It would stimulate the steel mills, the lumber plants, the elec- trical equipment manufacturers and give a great boost to railroads by pro- viding them with something to haul. “In addition, it would give work to thousands of highly skilled workers in the industrial centers who cannot be benefited by any other kind of public works.” He said an initial appropriation of $46,000,000 for next fiscal year, which begins in June, would be sufficient to start the work. INCREASED WORK SEEN. Activity at D. C. Navy Yard Dependent on Program. A great increase in work of the Wash- ington Navy Yard is foreseen by naval officials if the administration’s antic- ipated $230,000,000 naval butlding pro- gram becomes a reality. No exact fig- ures are available, but if is expected | large numbers would be put to work here on ordnance construction. At the naval gun factory at the| ‘Washington Navy Yard the Navy's giant guns are constructed, as are the various accessories to this equipment, such as| slides and stand. At present there are 3,77¢ civilian | workmen employed at the Washington yard, engaged in constructing guns for the new eruisers being built and other WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, SMITH LEADS FIGH 10 SAVE D. G. BILL Virginian Aids in House Res- toration of $1,040,000 for Emergency Work. Representative Smith, Democrat, of Virginia, led the fight in the House yes- terday to restore unjustified cuts in the 1934 District appropriation bill. It was a futile battle, due to the de- termination of the House to follow the recommendations of its Appropriations Committee, but Mr. Smith had the sat- isfaction of aiding in restoring to the Ihlll an item of $1,040,000 to be drawn from the surplus gasoline tax funds t@ provide for “emergency construction.” Mr. Smith started his fight soon after the House began consideration of the District bill, by making a speech point- ing out that the surpluses that would be accumulated under the economy budget would not aid in balancing the national budget, but would deny work to thousands of men, and postponed needed municipal improvements. Afterward, he offered several amend- ments, the first of which would have made it mandatory on the Commission- ers to reduce the tax rate to prevent an accumulation of tax revenues. The amendment, however, was eliminated on a point of order raised by Repre- sentative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas. Highway Amendment. Later he offered an amendment to increase the Highway Department’s improvement fund by $1,063,000, but withdrew it when the Appropriations Committee disclosed it would offer a similar “emergency” amendment to ab- sorb some of the prospective surplus in the gasoline tax funds. “I wish to take this opportunity to direct the attention of the members to the fact that this appropriation bill differs from any other appropriation bill that Congress has to consider,” said Mr. Smith. “In passing upon this bill we are acting as a town council for the municipality of Washington and appropriating back to the people of Washington, for the operation of the municipal government, funds derived dilretctly from local taxation in the Dis- trict. “We-should keep constantly in mind the fact that we are legislating for the only people in the United States, with the exception of aliens, convicts and the occupants of lunatic asylums, who are denied the American right to speak for themselves. We are handling the money that is to be raised by the tax- ation of the voteless American citizens who live in the District of Columbia, and if we do not appropriate all of it. or give them the benefit of reduced taxation so that what is not to be spent need not be taken from them by taxa- tion, this idle money will be amassed h; the Treasury as an unusable sur- plus. Wise Spending Favored. . “Let us not speed too hastily through this measure. Let us see where we can wisely and judiciously spend the local money that is to be raised by local taxation, giving work to those who need it, preserving our city’s schools and li- braries and institutions instead of de- stroying them, and let us make this a balanced budget in fact as well as in theory. The budget that raises more money by taxation of the people than is needed for governmental ex- penditures is just as unbalanced as a budget that spends more than is raised. “No man in this House has supported by his vote the policies of the adminis- tration in the attempt to balance the budget more consistently than I have, for I have voted for every recommenda- tion that has come from the White the balancing of the Federal budget one Jjot or tittle. “The District appropriation bill for 1934 d the House in February, but died conference with the expiration of the Seventy-second Congress. That bill drastically cut appropriations for the operation of the municipal govern- ment of the District. This bill makes further cuts aggregating about $6,000,- 000. I shall offer amemdments at the proper time to restore what I regard as some of the necessary items for the proper and orderly conduct of municipal affairs for the next fiscal year. “The hearings upon the last bill showed that there would be a surplus thing like $5,000,000. By the drastic cuts in this bill that surplus will be increased to an estimated $9,300,000. ‘These millions of dollars, which will come from the hard-pressed taxpayers, but left idle in the Treasury, serve no useful purpose. It will result in the dis- charge of a large number of municipal workers, depriving them of a livelihood, while a needless surplus of nearly $10,.- 000,000 as accumulating and while necessary municipal public works are being negelected and delayed. Relief for Unemployed. “Yet in the very same bill a million and a quarter dollars is appropriated for the relief of the local unemployed. If there is any reason, logic or sound business in this policy, I ask the chair- man of the committee having the bill in charge to state it to the House, so that the members may have a fair presenta- tion of both sides of the question. me the answer is obvfous. “First. The tax rate upon real estate in the District of Columbia should be reduced, and “Second. Normal appropriations for needed public works should be continued until this surplus is absorbed. “Under the_peculiar governmental set- up for the District of Columbia there are two special funds, derived from cer- tain sources, which are allocated by law and which cannot be used for anything but special purposes, They are: “First. The gasoline tax, allocated for street improvement purposes. “Second. Revenues derived from water service, which are confined to ex- Ppenditures in that department. “As to the first, the gasoline tax, there will be a surplus under this bill of idle money in the next year of $1,- 800,000, which, under the law, cannot used for any purpose except street provement. “The Commissioners in the bill which passed the last House specified certain street improvements to carry on the necessary development of the National Capital and at the same time afford employment to the unemployed here, and expend in a normal way the reve- nues which otherwise must lie idle in the time which they are most needed for unemployment relief. “The amendment which I will offer is in the language of that bill, seeking to carry out the recommendation of the commissioners of the local government, which calls for the expenditures of idle money in the gasoline fund, and which does not cost the Federal Gov- ernment one penny. If my amendment is adopted, it will call for the expendi- ture on street work in the District of an additional sum of $503,950, coming solely out of local revenues, which can- not be used for any other purpose, which costs the Federal Government nothing, and which must otherwise lie idle in the Treasury. “I do not believe that any one can successfully deny that this is & sound and logical policy. Water Service Revenues. “With respect to the other special fund, namely, revenues derived from water service. It is estimated that un- der the present bill there will be created an idle surplus of $1.400,000, derived wholly from fees paid by the taxpayers | of Washington for water service, and | which cannot be expended for other ounts appropriated in this bill are approximately $580,! less than the amounts recommended by the iation bill in February and by the House at that time. This saving comes about by re~ at the end of the fiscal year of some- | To | 1933. CHICAGO ON PROBATION PENDING ACTION ON BEER People Must Decide What Form New Ordinances Will Take, clares Mayor Corr. . By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 5.—Local titizens wer: Wwarned today by Acting Mayor Frank Corr that beginning at 12:01 am. Friday they would be on proba- tion—a sort of beer probation—until the Council passes regulating ordi- nances. And it's all up to the people as to what form these rules to be enacted by the new Council, which convenes April 17, take. he said. If beer is| welcomed back in a dignified fushion the ordinances regulating its sale prob- ably will be conservative. He'd make | no promises as to what the Council would otherwise do. LOST N, EVEREST PLANE RETURNS Becomes Separated From Other Craft After Strik- ing Series of Bumps. ! | By the Assoclated Press. DINAJPUR, India, April 5—The airplane piloted by P. F. M. Fellowes which was forced down yesterday on a return flight from Mount Kan- chanjanga in the Himalgyas, re- turned today to Purnea, the base of a British aerial expedition which flew over Mount Everest Monday. Fellowes was not injured. BY E. C. SHEPHERD. By Wireless to The Star. PURNEA, India, April 5 (NAN.A)— The successful flight over Mount Ever- est was followed yesterday by a flight |by both planes over Mount Kanchan- janga, only less successful photograph- {ically because a later start was made and clouds had begun to form over the mountains. The pilots were Air Commodore P. F. M. Fellowes, leader of the Houston- Everest expedition, and Flying Officer Ellison, with A. L. PFisher and S. R. Bonnett, cinematographers of the ex- pedition, as observers. Some anxiety was caused here by the failure of Commodore Fellowes to re- turn at the end of the flight. The ma- chines became separated over the moun- tain and Flying Officer Ellison could not rediscover the other plane so when Bonnett had finished with his photog- raphy the pilot made home alone. For three hours there was no word from Commodore Fellowes. It was as- sumed there had been a forced landing due to lack of petrol. A Moth plane stood by with the Marquess of Clydes- dale, squadron leader of the Everest expedition, ready to take out fuel or one of the special mechanics when the need should become known. At last a telegram announced that Commodore Fellowes had landed at Di- najpur, 60 miles east of here, and asked for petrol. Lord Clydesdale, in the Moth loaded with pickets and covers (for sleeping out in the open), started out with less than two hours of daylight remaining, realizing that Commodore Fellowes in the Houston-Westland plane must re- main at Dinajpur all night. Run Into Bumps. The story of how the separation of the two machines occurred gives L3 striking impression of flying conditions at high altitudes. Flying Officer Eli- son had arranged to keep station on the port side and just aft of Commo- dore Fellowes’ machine and maintained that tion throughout the climb until edge of the crest was on the west side, at the height of 35000 feet. There he met a series of violent bumps due to the de- flection of the west wind up the face of Kanchenjunga. An accurate estimate of the extent of the bumps is unavailable, but Bon- nett, who was standing in the cockpit, was lifted right off his feet and dropped again with some force. ‘The net result of the upward and downward currents was a notable loss of height, so that Ellison, concluding that he had insufficient height to clear the summit, turned away to climb afresh. As he turned he saw Fellowes | disappearing over the edge, apparently | making a straight course toward the mediately, Ellison headed for a point at the farther side of the mountain, where he estimated he could rejoin the Houston-Westland plane. Ellison found Fellowes where he ex- ed and came up from ahead and low, unseen by the commodore. He was about to resume his station when Commodore Fellowes began to turn to port. Ellison, fearing a collision, also! turned left, steeply banking his ma- chine. In the thin air, the steep bank caused his plane to make a sideslip much in excess of a normal slip when turning at an altitude, and in a few moments had dropped nearly 2,000 feet, leaving Feilowes high above and ob- scured from Ellison by the upper wing of the plane. When he again recovered climbing altitude, Ellison turned right and left, questing for Fellowes fruitlessly and finally decided to make his own recon- naissance of the mountain and return Illone. Heavy Clouds. At this time there was much cloud below the machines, some lying just above the crest of Kanchenjunga and most to the east. Ellison avol en- tering the clouds and, therefore, did not touch the eastern face. The homeward trip lay some distance above the lower clouds until an easier descent could be made through the dust haze, which was only 7,000 feet deep yesterday. The wind strength at 33,000 feet had been recorded at about 40 miles an hour, but probably exceeded that later in the morning. Making allowance for the westerly wind of only 40 miles an hour, Commodore Fellowes doubtless drifted somewhat to the east. Coming down to pick up the landmarks at South Darjeeling, he evidently found the railway line to Calcutta and mis- took it for the line to Darjeeling. The Darjeeling Railway passes Pur- nea at a distance of about 20 miles. At an appropriate point he probably turned west and finding the Dinajpur landing ground realized his distance. Being short of petrol, he landed. ‘The full facts of the divergence will not be known until Commodore Fel- lowes returns here today. The flight was intended particularly to test the photographic apparatus after the pre- vious day’s failure and to be in readi- ness for a second attempt at an air sur- vey of the southern face of Everest when permission arrives from Nepal. The weather continues favorable and, if permission has arrived, today might be suitable for the second Everest flight. The comparatively calm spell is not expected to extend beyond to- | day, according to the law of weather ! averages, and the party may have to wait again for high winds to subside. (Copyright, 1933, by North ‘American News- paper Alliance. Inc.) ducing appropriations for needed exten- sions and improvements of water serv- ice, renewal of mains, repairs, and so forth, which are recommended by the District Commissioners. “I hope that the House will give thoughtful consideration to the amend- ments which I expect to offer to re- store these appropriations which will tend to increase empioyment for pub- lic works and thereby reduce unem- ployment in the District for the next fiscal year without one dollar's expense to the Federal Government. “If the House will not increase the appropriation, then obviously a much more substantial reduction in the rates water should be provided of than s contained in the hill.” 3 ‘| day. Michigan will become the first %3-70-1 REPEAL VOTE MICHIGAN OUTLOOK Convention to Have Single Dry Delegate, Chosen by Slim Lead. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, April 5. — Ninety-nine | “ayes” and a lone “no” apparently will | be Michigan’s answer to the question of national prohibition repeal when its| constitutional convention assembles next | Monday. | The one dry delegate is from rural | Barry County. His margin was 236 out of 7,062 votes cast. In half a dozen other counties where | returns from Monday’s referendum lag- | ged. dry candifiates had the slenderest | of chances, but those pledged to repeal | hold what seemed to be safe leads. As for the rest of the State, rural and urban alike, the wet majorities staggered even the most optimistic of anti-prohibition campaigners. De- troit was in the van, voting down the eighteenth amendment by more than eight to one, but there were several six and seven to one majorities. For the State at large, with six- sevenths of the more than 1,000,000 votes tabulated, the total was: Wet, 754,838; dry, 243,030. 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