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A4 #- AKRON'S SURVIVORS TO FLY HERE TODAY Wiley, Dean and Erwin to Report on Disaster to Admiral Pratt. (Continued From First Page. formation of five planes was in com- mand of Capt. Benjamin Reisweber of the Marine Corps. Seven Navy amphibian planes roared sloft from the Philadelphia Navy Yard today to continue the search for possi- ble_survivors. 4 They were to be joined in the hunt later Ky land planes. The pilots had orders to press the search “as inten- sively as yesterday.” Hope for suc- cess was at low ebb, however. The Navy tug Kalmia is on its way | to meet the cruiser Portland at sea, in hope of recovering bodies of the missing men and of bringing to the sur- face parts of the hulk for inspection. She carries grappling equipment and holsting apparatus and a staff of ex- in_salvage operations. Capt. H. airfax Leary, commander of the Port- land, flagship of the rescue fleet, will| direct the work. Saw Akron Before Crash, Joseph H. Mulke, second officer of | the Clyde-Mallory liner Algonquin, ap- | ared at naval headquarters here today | {: give an official account of passing below the Navy airship a few minutes before she crashed. 3 At 12:10 o'clock yesterday morning, ! 23 minutes before the Akron crashed, | Mulke said he was on the bricge and | heard the Akron's motors and saw her lights. “She was headed southeast,” Mulke said. “I should judge she was lbouti 1,000 feet up. I couldn't see the ship! except for her lights because of fog. The engines sounded steady and per- | feotly all right. We watched her three | of four minutes. We were then about 9 miles south southeast of Barnegat Lightship. | “The lightning was very bad and| there was lots of it, and thunder and | in and fog.” "Mulke said that the Akron did not | seem to be losing altitude, but because of the weather he asked the Algonquin’s wireless operator if any message had been picked up from the airship. The operator had received nothing and the | Algonquin continued toward New York, | not picking up word of the crash until | 4 o'clock in the morning. Immediately after making his formal written report at naval headquarters Mulke returned to his ship to sail at | Wiley’s Sto I Ship Fell By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 5.—"Stand by for a crash!” Thus did Lieut. Comdr. H. V. Wiley cry out to shipmates on the Akron, as the giant dirigible plunged toward the sea. In a faded bathrobe, with a pair of borrowed pajamas about his tall, bulky figure, the second in command of the giant Navy dflr&bl! stood on the step: of the United tes Naval Hospital in Brooklyn late yesterday and recounted the night of storm and terror that ap- shipmates. . In what he termed “my own inter- view,” the lieutenant commander em- phatically said that in his opinion, the Akron was not struck by lightning and added that there was no fire aboard the craft. There was a possibility, he said, that the ship was struck by lightning without his knowledge “as '.h!l’e" was plenty of lightning all around us. Tells Story Calmly. The officer was calm as he talked. The lobby of the hospital was filled with patients and attendants as he related his views of the tragedy: “We left Lakehurst at about 7:30 p.m. last night on a regulnriy‘acheduld flight,” he related. “One object of the flight was to calibrate radio direction- finding stations in New England. “About 8:35 o'clock, when 20 miles south of Philadelphia, lightning was scen ahead and in a few minutes we had reports of a thunderstorm over ‘Washington. “We headed east and northeast toward the ocean, flying at about 1.600 feet. The ground was obscured by fog. but we knew our position quite accurately, and occasionally we would sight lights, indicating a town, which checked our course. % “The ship was in good flying condi- tion, although slightly heavy. The lightning to the south became quite ex- | tensive and also appeared in the west. “T don't think the ship was struck by lightning, as there was no indication of this at any time, although there was plenty of lightning around us. “We continued east for about an hour and then reversed the course. When we reached land again we saw lights and identified the shore line. This was about midnight. The course was changed to southeast. About half an hour later the ship began to de- scend rapidly from 1,600 feet. I dropped all the ballast forward. The| fall was stopped at about 800 feet. We | rose rapidly and leveled off again at| parently brought death to 73 of his | THE EVENING ry of Crash g Surviving Officer of Akron Says There Was No Noise or Confusion on Board as Huge Into Sea. | the car and supervising wheel. The elevator man | ship was falling rapidly. | _“I heard a report of 800 feet. By |this time the nose inclined upward about 20 degrees, but the ship was falt | ing quite rapidly. In the fog | outside could be seen. i “I asked for altitude and the answer was 300 feet. I ordered all hands to stand by _for a crash.. That order was the elevator the §| rung up to the engine car and almost immediately we hit the water. “We had, as I remember, a list ta starboard, to mgn!ide of the control car, V?:i-m m'dw 0 the gndmm my side and carried me out, the lows on the other side of the- control car. “I tried to swim away as rapidly as I could to get from under the ship, and finally came to the surface; I saw the ship drifting away as the lightmng! | flashed. The-bow was up in the zir and k!hr whole _strueture a genersl wreck. Swam: Toward Ship. "I saw two lghts on what I thought | was the stern. On one side I saw the |lights of a ship, “I also thought I could see the glare of Barnegat lightship. } swam toward the ship and after ahout 10 minutes |1 bumped into a board about 3 feet | square, which I clung to the rest of the | way. “I saw several men in the water, but | none “very close. 1 did not think I | could help any of them. | ,“I did not see any men in the water |after I found the board. When I got | within 400 yards of the ship the wind | changed, hitting me in the face instead | of behind me. “The captain put the ship broadside. It floated toward me. I think he must have heard cries of men in the water. “I made it easily to the ship and they threw me a life ring and hauled me aboard. They had boats out and picked up three other men. I did not “;f\ the boats until I was on board the ship. “As soon as I recovered strength, in | about an hour, I sent & message to the Navy Department giving the names of the rescued. The German captain is an excellent seaman and did everything he could to save life.” “There was no noise or confusion of any kind,” Wiley said in telling of the moments just before the crash. “Or- ders were given in a low voice and car- ried out efficiently. There was no con- | versation of any kind after I gave the order to stand by for a crash.” Saw Admiral Moffett. STAR, WASHINGTON, MACON PREPARES FORTEST FLIGHTS ‘lerew Goes Ahead With Plans “Fake Air Giant Aloft Next Week. By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, April 5.—Members of the U. 8. 8. Macon crew today were m‘ ahead with preparations for the flight early next week. “We have received no orders chang- ing these plans,” Capt. Alger H. Dresel, skipper of the ship, said. Asked to comment on Lieut. Comdr. H. V. Wiley's description of the U. 8. 8. Akron crash, Capt. Dresel termed it “perfectly log- jeal” He said the giving way of the rudder control wires was & “very major fail- ure” He was reluctant to comment further on the basis of the incomplete story. ‘The int in the story, in the nu!n.\unb?l p!f’.leuv. Comdr. o;_y G. W. Settle, chief of the Naval Inspection Bureau at the Goodyear Zeppelin Cor- poration, who supervised construction of the ship, was that there was no structural failure until the ship hit the water. “The conclusion from this accident that airships are not safe and should not be constructed in the future is absurd,” Bettle said. “It is like de- ciding not to construct ships because the Titanic sank.” —_— AKRON PROBE GROUP IS NAMED BY VINSON; SENATE ALSO ACTS ___(Continued From First Page.) charge of most of the recent legislation for airships, particularly that authoriz- ing the $8,000,000 Akron-Macon sister- ship team. Britten was in Florida for a short rest, but his friends recalled that after previous airship accidents he had de- clined to support those who thought dll(hter-!hl.n-llr craft should be aban- loned. Many members were undecided how far they wanted to go in their ban on airships. Vinson said he thought noth- ing should be done to prevent operation of the Macon, which is to take the air toward the end of the month, Nor did he think the new dirigible base at D. C. WEDNESDAY, The Disaster by Radio Log of Messages Exchanged Traces Akron From First Meager Reports of Catastrophe to Arrival of Survivors By the Associated Press. o | Akron disaster and relief a kol dispatches “Following from German tanker Phoe- bus: ‘Airship Akron afloat off Barnegat I lightship with 77 men. Picked up some. Can't get all. Chief officer, three men 5a Master.’ " 2:15 a.m. from commander, patrol force, New York, to Coast Guard ves- sels— “Proceed immediately to aid of air- craft Akron afloat off Barnegat light- ship.” 2:55 a.m., from the U. 8. 8. Portland— “Under way from Gravesend Bay, pro- | ceeding to rescue of Akron.” :05 a.m., from commandant, 4th Na- val District (Philadelphia)— | * ¢ * Lakehurst reports not in com- | munication with Akron and no report | from her since departure.” 1 3:20 a.m., from the command, 3d Na- val District (New York)— “Pollowing received via Mackey Radio from 8. 8. Phoebus: ‘Akron crashed 20 | miles east of Barn Searching for | survivors. Lieut. Co: . Wiley, three men on board, suffering from immersion and shock. Further details later. | Wiley.' 3:40 am., from commandant 3d Naval District— “Following received from Phoebus i via Mackey Radio: | “‘On board Phoebus Wiley, Erwin, | metalsmith, second class; Deal, boat- | swain’s mate, second class; all in good | condition; Copeland, chief radio man, | condition serious. Wiley.'” | 4:15 am., from the commandant 3d | Naval District to the U. 8. 8. Portland— “One officer and three men on tanker Phoebus. Cole and Sagamore proceed- | ing to report to you. Two planes from | Floyd Bennett Field leaving at daylight | to assist in search. Coast Guard keep | Searching for bodies. Mc! Mojave |6:50.” | commander 3d fully informed.” 5:15 a.m., from commandant 3d Dis- trict— “Following from Phoebus via Tucker- ton: ‘Akron crashed in widespread thunderstorm 00:30 (12:30 am.). Wreckage and many men on water | am.'” | 5:35 a.m., from commandant 3d Dis- | trict to U. 8. 8. Portland— | “8ix planes departed Floyd Bennett | Fleld. survivors are sighted planes have instructions to zoom shiphead toward survivors and circle over spot.” 6:55 am., from U. 8. 8. and to APRIL 5, 1933. in Hospital. will take us to New York. Notify Lake- | hurst. Wiley.' " From Coast Guard to Department— “Tucker sighted b and arrived slongside bus, ] '9:18 am., from Portland to Lake-| rst— us “Following from Tucker: ‘Passed | congiderable wreckage. * * * Akron crashed and then caught nr‘en She was in severe electrical storm. t. Wiley gives no reason for crash. No other information obtained so far.’” 10:29 a.m. from the commandant “Shenan an & experiences provide possibility Akron broke, one part burned, one part may be mostly air borne, slightly water borne, latter 'pnst.!ould t rapidly with wind. 10:50 am., from Third District to the 1“ rliest nd&ice re;u‘:t:]: I’;;o what salvage operations ing to recovery of bodies.” . 11:59 am., from commandant Third District— “Following is report from Master of steamship Phoebus to vessel owners, Standard Shipping Co.: ‘Rescued four men, Moody. Erwin, Richard Deal, Lieut. Comdr. Wiley, aide, William Copeland, the last unconscious. Four hours' treatment fafled. Gave rescued men &3 am., without results. Gave destroyers position approximately of place of ac- cident. Continued voyage at § a.m.” 11 am., from the Tucker— “Akron sighted thunderstorms about | 30 miles south of Philadelphia about 8:45 last night. * * * Ground obscured by fog. * * * About 10 p.m. became tning. * * * entirely surrounded by About 12:30 a.m. ship began to de- scend rapidly * ship tossed about violently. Called all hands. * * * Stern inclined downward. ped ballast. Under controls carried away. Descent | condkrlniueddto vivi:ht:m “Ship demq] d upon jmpact. In lightning flashes saw many men swim- ming and wreckage drift rapidly away. Discipline in control room fect. 12:57 p.m., from commandant, Third istrict, to department— ““Follo from Guard_cut- ter 213: ‘Picked up body of Lieut. Comdr. H. E. McClel o et 2:15 pm. from commandant, Third District— “Lieut. Comdr. H. V. , Boat- swain's Mate (Second) R. E. Aviation Machinist'’s Mate W. E. Erwin, the commandant Portland— as Nation Views Akron Disaster. By the Associated Press. The fate of the boldest American bid for commercial supremacy in the air hung in the balance today as the y Nation took stock of the disaster that befell the sky queen Akron. For just 18 months, the giant craft WAS supreme as the largest, finest and most complete ship of its kind ever built. She represented the last word both in German Zeppelin building skill and adaptation of Yankee inventive genius to the science of aviation. Macon Awaits Trial. Even as she fell to her tragic end, however, her sister ship, the Macon, marking dirigible construction refine- ments born of the building and oper- ating experiences with the Akron, awaited in her hangar the word that would launch her upon an initial trial voyage. While these two ships were built and carried on a Navy basis as combat craft, a major purpose behind con- struction was exploration of the trans- oceanic commercial possibilities of these mighty liners of the air. Such pioneering work underlay the purely naval purposes for which they were authorized. The Akron and the Macon were free from the international agreement that made the German Zeppelin-built Los Angeles only a com- mercial vessel. Thus they have afforded opportunity also for Navy tests of the military usefulness of such ships as long range scouting craft and bombers. Held Most Airworthy. The Akron had been considered by experts the most airworthy and safe airship in the world. Charges ranging from sabotage to faulty construction had been investigated by a congressional committee and declared groundless. The loss of the Shenandoah in 1925 had prompted the Navy to increase markedly the strength requirements for airship design, and soon the Akron was in the air again, A vital factor was that the United States, alone of all the nations bullding such - air had helium gas with which to fill the great ship's cells, thus drastically reducing the danger of fire which had destroyed many in other countries. her trial flight | IAIR COMMERCE BID (.. CUTTER SPEEDS ~ HANGS IN BALANCE T0 GROUNDED LINER \U. S. Supremacy Undecided Spanish Ship With Abont Y00 Passengers in Distress South of Miami. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., April 5.—The Coast Guard cutter Unalga was dispatched from Fort Lauderdale today to the as- cistance of the Spanish liner Marquis de Camillas, aground off Caryfort Reef, fouth of here, with about 100 passengers e vessel was rej ed in ;:::Adugsle u‘fl:y. .":m d!flmm.;*yflto‘;f e nlght‘.’ en it first ran aground The Unalga was prepared to take off the passengers if the Marquis de Ca- millas could not be fioats A relief tug also was reported en route to the standed vessel from Key West. Aid First Declined. First word of the Marquis' grounding was received last night in a message from the tanker Algonquin, which re- the Marquis had refused as- sistance offered. Messages, in Spanish. received from the Marquis’ master today sent the re- lef expedition on its way. The Unalga was expected to reach the Marquis’ position between 11 a.m. and noon, Eastern standard time. Carys Fort Reef is about 40 miles south southeast of Miami. The Spanish liner is 450 feet long. It is out of Barcelona, Spain, with pas- sengers and freight for Havana, Cuba, and Mexican ports. Plane Standing By. Lieut. W. L. Foley, flying the Coast Guard relief plane, wired the Miami Coast Guard base at 10:15 a.m., that he had reached the Marquis, and that a relief tug was then in sight. The Mar- quis, he said. is aground about 150 yards from the Carys Fort Lighthouse. Foley said he was standing by with. his plane. Foley radioed that there appeared to be no immediate danger to the liner. She was not listing, he sald. There is deep water on the portside, and this was considered an advantage to the re- lief vessel in their attempts to float the ‘Marquis. Chile expects its present wheat cr& to fill the country’s needs until next harvesi. Deal, | yng The Akron completed September 23, 1931, with marked success had since ridden out several severe # 0 i " once for the South. Tt was imicated | {50 feat. Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, | Sunnyvale, Calif., where around $4,000.- | Lakehurst— | from Akron admitted to Naval Hospital, | "™ With only minor damage. Hotbaan ey Ching he might be calied as a witness at thc' official investigation of the crash. i Stood by for Crash. Even before the great airship smash- ed down upon the waves, those in com- mand knew that she had lost her battle with the elements. This was disclosed by the story told by Lieut. Comdr. ‘Wiley, second in me‘ndf‘”hn:,!hAk_ n. He gave an account of what hap- Eund ot after his arrival at the rooklyn Navy Yard. “Stand by for the crash!” was the last order shouted. The ship had been losing altitude steadily and was without the use of its main rudder, whose con- trol wires had been carried away. The airship, largest in the world, smashed into the sea & few seconds later. ‘Wiley said he believed the Akron was 1n the center of the storm when she went down. Meteorologists expressed the be- lief that vertical currents snatched at the lighter-than-air craft and drew it relentlessly down, defying the naviga- tion skill of the men Jin the control Foom. Dr. James Kimball, New York me- teorologist, said: “The Akron msy well have been caught in one of the violent dis- turbances of the storm area. The ver- tical air currents which often accom- ny these thunderstorms are particu- rly bad for a dirigible.” ‘There were some expressions of sur- rise that the Akron had failed to ride e water at least a short time. It had been believed by some aeronautical engineers that a craft of the Akron's construction would stay ‘afloat possibly for hours and that those aboard could mount to the upper part of the ship and await rescue. The Akron, however, sank rapidly. Comdr. Jacob H. Klein, U. 8. N, re- tired, who was aboard the airship Los Angeles when it crossed the Atlantic from Germany, was one of many naval experts who doubted the theory that lightning caused the crash. “There has proof in the history of lighter-than-air ships that one has been destroyed by light- ning.” He sald at Cihcinnati yesterday. “The ship apparently became unman- ageable, surrounded as it was by storms and llg.nlnz and lost altitude rap- idly. pite the dropping of the water ballast to gveni this nfid descelm. the .descepding air currents were too [ to be overcome and the ship was driven, stern foremost, toward the sur- | face of the ocean. It apparently hit | with such force asto demolish the struc- ture.” Personriel Loss Severe. ‘The loss of personnel was severe, numbering as it did the most prominens naval experts in the airship field. Ad- miral Moffett himself has been a leacer in development of lighter-than-air eraft. Mrs. Moffett dedicated the Ma- con, sister ship of the Akron, only a few | weeks ago at Akron, Ohjo. At Lake- burst it was stated that the crew aboard the airship when it went down was chosen from the picked men of the service. A Coast Guardsman who participated in yesterday's search, Boatswain Eugene Kiernan of Cape Ma: J., expressed the belief that today's search would have to be extended per! 50 miles | from shore, due to the n of wind and tide, which he believed have carried the Akron wreckage out to sea Other Coast Guardsmen said that the comparatively low temperature of the ‘water would delay the rising of any submerged bodies. At the end of yes- terday’s search they reported the sews! as being “higher than a house Several Coast Guard crew having seen bits of fabric and a number of gas bags the water. reported illowcases oating on DE LA BOULAYE SAILS 70 TAKE POST HERE Officials in Paris See New French Ambassador to United States Off. By the Associated Press. PARIB, April 5.—Andre de La Boulaye, the new French Ambassador to the United States, started today for Wash- ington. Gen, Henrl Gourard, the French war hero, who is closely associated with the American Legion; Mme. Elize Jusserand, American-born widow of a former Am- bassador in Washington; Theodore Mar- riner, counselor of the American Em- bassy, and many other French and American officials were at the station to bid De La Boulaye good-by. ‘The Am| dor was accompanied by his wife and daughters, Marie Therese, Big Engines Speeded Up. “While we were falling, the engines | were pushed to full speed. After we gained our altitude again they were chi d to standard speed. Three min- utes later the air became turbulent all around us and the ship tossed violently. “I knew we were near the center of the storm, because air in the center is most turbulent. I called all hands to the landing stations so as to have all of them available and not in their bunks. “The ship took a sharp lurch and the rudder control wires of the upper rudder were carried away. I unclutched with the lower rudder. “I was cn the right side of the con- trol car and supervising the rudder. the upper rudder and tried to steer| Comdr. McCord was on the left side of ' who motored up from hington yes- | terday to make the trip with the Akron, was asleep until midnight, Wiley said. “The admiral came into the control rooms shortly after midnight,” the of- ficer said. “I remembered seeing him {in there quite frequently. Then, in |the few minutes before the impact, I | didn’t remember seeing him.” Wiley, asked if he saw Comdr. Mc- | Cord after the crash, said: “I was | washed out his windo He may have gone out ahead of me.” Hospital authorities said the officer and two men would remain at the hos- | pital overnight, at least. | “In a situation of this kind” said Capt. R. E. Stoops, executive officer of the hospital, “it would be easy for any one who spent the night in exposure to catch pneumonia. And we are not taking any chances.” FATHER COUGHLIN ANSWERS CHARGES Priest Explains Purchase of Stock From Radio League Funds. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, April 5—Rev. Father Charles E. Coughlin yesterday replied to a recent assertion by the Detroit Free Press, that he had used charity funds of an organization sponsored by him, in stock market transactions. Father Ooudghnn said the organiza- tion, the Radio League of the Little Flower, has nothing to do with charity and said the money was invested in what he considered “sound securities.” Had Attacked Paper. The Free Press made the declara- tion following an address by Father Coughlin, in which he criticized bank- ing methods in Detroit, naming E. D. Stair, publisher of the Free Press and former president of the Detroit Bank- ers’ Co,, holding company for the closed First National Bank, Detroit. Father Coughlin declared _ “this money was invested in what I con- sidered sound securities. Within a short time the accumulated funds of the same manner as before.” The statement read: “On April 4, 1933, Mr. C. W. Conley and Mr. Lyall F. Martz, deputy col- lectors for the Internal Revenue Office from Detroit, visited Father Charles E. | Coughlin to investigate his books and | the books of the Radio League of the Little Flower, Inc. (not for profit). “This investigation had been assigned to these gentlemen. Purchase Found Legal. “Relative to Father Coughlin's in- vesting his own funds and funds from the Radio League of the Little Flower in the year 1929, the investigators found the transaction was perfectly le- 1 “Article 3 of the application for a charter for the Radio League of the Little Flower, under act No. 94 of the public acts of Michigan, 1921, permits the Radio League of the Little Flower to enter into such contracts as may be necessary to carry on the purpose or purposes of the corporation. “Moreover, the investigation of the personal income tax return filed by Father Coughlin for the year 1931 dis- closed an overpayment of that tax in the amount of $8.61, which represented the total amount of the tax paid for the year “This amount will be refunded to Father Coughlin by the Department of Internal Revenue. “The investigation also disclosed that Father Coughlin was not liable for income tax for prior years.” P.-T. A, to Hear Supervisor. CLARENDON, Va., April § (S?echl\ —Miss Gertrude Smith, supervisor of the primary grades,of the Arlington County schools, will address the meeting of the Matthew Fontaine Maury 8chool Parent-Teacher Association at 8 o'clock tomorrow night at the school. the league again will be invested in| in Kelsey-Hayes and in Packard stock | SENATEBANK GROUP FAVORS FARM BILL ;Provisions for R. F. C. Loans to Levee, Drainage and Irrigation Restored. By the Associated Press. The administration’s broad farm | mortgage relief bill was approved today | | by the Senate Banking Committee, The committee put back in the bill | | provisions for Reconstruction Finance | Corporation Joans to levee, drainage and | irrigation districts, with the maximum | limit $50,000,000, which was eliminated yesterday by a subcommittee, ‘The committee also added authority for the Federal land banks to lend to joint stock land benks up to 25 per cent of the principal of mortgages held by the joint stock banks, in an effort further to ease the agricultural credit situation, Mortgage Plan Administrator, | Another amendment gave the Presi- | dent authority to designate some one | else to be administrator of the mort- | gage plan besides the farm loan com- | missioner, who is designated in the bill. | | Members said this .authority was in-| | cluded in_ anticipation of the impend- ng consolidation of Federal farm credit agencles under the supervision of Henry Morgenthau, jr., chairman of the Federal Farm Board. An effort of Senator Gore, Democrat, of Oklahoma, to authorize the farmer hoiding joint stock land bank bonds to |pay off his mortgage with the bonds at their face value was rejected with- out a record vote, In a partial report to the Senate on the administration farm relief bill, the Senate Agriculture Committee recom- | mended inflation of the currency to check “the policy of deflation,” | Deflation Is Blamed. The report submitted by Senator | Thomas, Democrat, of Oklashoma, as- | serted that “no substantial relief is Dossible for agriculture until the policy | of deflation is not only checked, but | reversed, and =& substantial sum of | actual money is admitted and, if need be, forced into circulation.” “In reporting this bill favorably,” it said, “we feel that we should advise the | Senate that, in our opinion, the bill will not alone afford the relief which the farmer must have to enable him to sur- vive economically.” | | The report said that the Federal Re- | | serve system, “created to serve and pro- | mote the best interests of the people, ‘cummerce and industry, while pretend- | ing to be trying to keep sufficient money | | and credit available, has failed.” The mortgage measure, combined ' with the price-lifting measure intended to restore agricultural commodities to the 1909-1914 level, yesterday was | ordered reported to the Senate by the Agriculture Committee by & unanimous | vote. Sharp debate preceded House lcflon‘ |in referring the mortgage bill to the | Agriculiure Committee by a vote of {172 to 83, denying the clamor of some Anchor Bar Teeth FIT TIGHT STAY TIGHT, ‘]flj | 000 has been expended, should be shut down; May Keep Los Angeles. ‘There were some indications that the Los Angeles, now out of commission, might be placed back in service after a time, instead of being sold, and sta- tioned at Sunnyvale, with the Macon taking the Akron’s place at Lakehurst. But with Vinson’s determination to halt the construction of any new airships, eventual abandonment of both Lake- hurst and Sunnyvale would follow when the two remaining ships went out of service for age or other reasons. Vinson agreed with Secretary Swan- son that the money expended in recent years on airships might well go to other naval forces. “We don’t want to put our eggs all in one basket, and we don’t want any of the baskets to be airships” he told newspaper men. “We maintain 8 well-rounded flest with its: airplanes nd ships." g a 3 . postion Myt 1w thoroughly op] , T am ly convinced there will be no more of this type constructed.” Too Large, He Says. “They too large and powerful to be hand:’in a satisfactory manner, and being of frail construction, the ultimate end will in practically every :-d-de'dbc some kind of disaster,” he After the special subcommittee was appointed, Chairman Sutphin presented and the col ttee approved unani- mously s lution expressing admira- tion “for the heroism exhibited by the officers and crew of the U. 8. 8. Akron at a time of great stress.” It also adopted a resolution to con- vey & m e of sympathy to the fam- ilies of men lost on the Chairman Vinson was authorized to write a letter of condolence to Mrs. Willlam A. Moffett, widow of the late chief of npayal aeronautics, who per- ished with the Akron. ARLINGTON BURIAL ASKED Lieut. Comdr. MacLellan of Akron to Be Laid to Rest Here. One of the Akron victims—Lieut. Comdr. Harold E. MacLellan—will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The Navy Department was requested today by the officer’s mother, Mrs. Ella A. MacLellan, of Westerly, R. I, to arrange for the interment of her son in Arlington. The time of the funeral has not yet been determined. Coast Guard cutter 213 yesterday picked up the ody of Lieut, Comdr. McLellan at sea” It has been sent to vfiheJNnvu Air Station at Lakehurst, France Plans More Cruisers. PARIS, April 5 () —Construction of four cruisers of 7,500 tons each will be started immediately, the Ministry of Marine announced yesterday. members that it go to_ the Banking| Committee Chairman Jones planned | to hold hearings later this week. The mortgage bill provides a $2,000,- 000,000 bond issue to refinance mort- gage debts at 4!, per cent interest| through the Federal land banks, and calls for Reconstruction _Corporation me to ald farmers to refinance other lebts. During the day the Treasury made |a) it known that it regarded as erroneous any belief that the mort e bill pro- vides for a Government bond issue of $2,000,000,000. It was pointed out that the bonds would not be issued by the | Government, but that the Government would guarantee only the interest and that since all the issue might not be exchanged for farm paper, the actual outlay by the Government would be much less than the annual interest of ‘Bf.;:%oo.ogoo..l e ds might be accepted as eligible paper at Federal Reserve banks, said, but would not be eligible for_currency. Terminal Special—Egg | Bituminous-Smokeless COAL A full 2,240 Ibs. of this good eoal, delivered by our ex- pert _courteous coal s handlers, and at this low price—that's a “Following received from Phoebus: ‘Will transfer two enlisted men, myself and body of Copeland to Tucker, which | Slight injuries, b Body of B W. Copeland: tramstemd 1 hospital. Inquest ordered.” WHITNEY TO GIVE PRESIDENT VIEWS Stock Exchange Head Grant- ed Appointment—Thomp- son Presents House Data. By the Associated Press. Richard P. Whitney, president of the New York sttmk hm;u]e, 'hl’: g" &1 opportunity today ay before President Roosevelt on what form of Federal r tion of the stock exchanges should employed. ‘Whitney was granted an appointment with the President at about the same time that Huston Thompson, a_former member of the Federal Trade Commis- sion, was telling the House Commerce Committee that between $13,000,000,- 000 and $14,000,000,000 of questionable securities had been issued in New York Btate since 1928. Opposition fo Bill. Arpsnng before the committee at its last open hearing on the adminis- tration securities regulation bill, Thomp- son, & co-author of the measure, said the investment bankers were attempt- ing to defeat the purpose of the bill and limit it to blue-sky fraud prosecu- tions. Assailing the testimony yesterday of W. C. Breed of New York, counsel of the American Investment Bankers’ As- sociation, who urged the elimination of the provision permitting the Federal Trade Commission to revoke registra- tion of securities, Thompson said: “If you are going to wait until fraud is shown, then there is no use of going al with this bill.” “If the argument of Mr. Breed is fol- lowed, then issues such as the Kreuger & Toll Securities and the Insull is- :u’t: could not be curbed,” Thompson 3 Protest Publicity Feature. ‘Thompson took the stand after R. V. Fletcher of Washington. general coun- sel of the Association of Railway Exec- utives, had protested against the pro- vision requiring raflroads to give pub- licity to their issues to the Federal | ‘Trade Commission as well as filing it with the Interstate Commerce Com- misison. “It seems to us to be unnecessa to subject railroads to this bill,” Fletch- er said. “It seems to us to be mere duplication and would require the rail- roads to file information with the ‘Trade Commission even before they are permitted to issue it.” Would Avoid Duplication. Chairman Rayburn told Fletcher that “I think it is the disposition of the committee to avoid duplication.” Thompson later told the committee an amendment would be offered to limit the bill to sccurities issued after the oval of the act by the President. resentative Sabath, Democrat, of Tilinois, who has sponsored bills to regu- late securities for several years, charged | before the committee that Whitney had | The Bank offers the INDIVIDUAL the facilities of & SAVINGS BANK with the added feature of offering a plan to make Joans on & practical basis, which enables the borrower to liquidate his ob- ligation by means of weekly, semi- monthly or monthlydeposits. It is not neces- aking schools in this vicinity on his pinto pony, safety. He has visited the District Line bury Heights School at Greater Capito! m “refused to stop the practice of buying up a lot of little businesses and worthless stock to the public.” ths.g“h l;l(dmthlt he pleaded “with e house organ” to prevent the sale of “worthless lacurmelw “I investigated and found out that the house of Morgan sold 263,000,000 of shares of stock within 3 years and that the difference in '.hd': actual value people who bought them was $17,700,000,000,” Sabath said. Protest From Chicago. Asked by Representative Wolverton, Republican, of New Jersey about a pro- | test the Chicago Association of Com- {the securities bill, Sabeth sad: _ “Oh, I know that erowd. Silas Strawn, the big"s - C registration of ufl':y nad:h‘ of any seci on ng ! the issuer has violated the act or any commission order. | Breed put before this committee ob- | Jections similar to those he voiced yes- terday before the House Commerce ! 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