Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1933, Page 7

1.5 AERONAUTICS | MAY BE DROPPED Director Budwig’s Resigna- tion Believed One in Reorganization. Disbandirg of the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce, which may go out of existence under the Roosevelt reorganization plan, appeared to be in progress today after resigna- tion of GilbertyG. Budwig, director of air regulation, ahd the official request of Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics, that his | resignation be accepted not later than June 15. It is understood that under the re- organization plan being considered by the President, the functions of the Aeronautics Branch will be vested in an Air Transport Division of the great transportation unit proposed for the Department of Commerce. The office of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics probably will pass out of existence with Col. Young's departure. Step in Reorganization. Budwig’s resignation, officlally an- nounced yesterday afternoon, is the first step in what probably will be the entire reorganization of the Federal Govern- ment’s civil aeronautics activities. Bud- wig has been with the Aeronautics Branch since shortly after its organiza- tlyo"t; under the air commerce act of He entered the department as an air- plane and engine inspector and rose through various grades to the post of chief of the inspection service and then to that of director of air regulation. He has been in charge of regulation of all interstate air commerce. Service of Col. Young. Col. Young, who is the second man | to hold the post of Assistant Secretary | of Commerce for Aeronautics, also has been with the department in an aero- nautical eapacity since passage of the 1926 act. He submitted his resignation as & member of the “Flying Cabinet” on March 4, but was requested to re- main in office pending completion of the reorganization plan. Pending action on his request for relief from his duties, Col. Young took off today on a final trip around the Department of Commerce airways sys- tem, to check on a number of items of new construction and maintenance so as to leave the system in the best pos- sible condition for his successor. The trip will require about two weeks. COLORED YOl.lTH KILLED BY PENNSYLVANIA TRAIN TUnidentified Boy Believed to Have Slipped Under Wheels of Freight. An unidentified colored youth, ap- rently about 18, was ground to death a train yesterday on the Pennsyl- vania Railroad tracks near Eighth street and Rhode Island avenue north- east. The dismembered body was found about 6:30 a.m. by Policeman W. B. Yates, fifth precinct. It was taken to the morgue, pending action by Acting Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald. The boy is believed to have fallen while attempting to board a freight train. Three trains—two freights and a passenger express—went out of Wash- ington over the right of way yester- day and railroad officials began an in- vestigation to determine which one killed the youth, who was dragged about 850 feet. CAPITAL GIRL ELOPES WITH. BANKER'S SON Eloping over the week end, Miss Frances Flythe, 19-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William P. Flythe, of ‘Washington, and John Carlton Morris, 22, son of H. L. Morris, Atlanta banker, were married in Spartanburg, S. C. Miss , & former student at , has been visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Fiythe, in Augusta, Ga. Her father is on the White House staff of Universal Service. Young Morris is a foot ball star at the University of Georgia. H HAWKS OFF FOR WEST Noted Speed Pilot Will Not Try for Any Records. NEW YORK, May 24 (#)—Frank Hawks tock off for the West Coast in his new speed plane today, but said he would not attempt to set any speed records. He planned to make several stops en route. At Los Angeles he will have a robot pilot installed in the plane to relieve him on projected long-distance flights. He left Floyd Bennett Field at 11:24 a.m, eastern standard time, with Co- lumbus as his probable first stop. EISEMAN'S Seventh & F Sts. N.W. Open a charge account and buy your suit for | Decoration D ay now. Pay nothing down — Just $6 monthly starting in June. All-Wool SUITS 18 NOTHING DOWN Just Pay $6 IN JUNE $6 IN JULY $6 IN AUGUST 100 Congressmen At Lesson on Farm Bill They Enacted — By the Assoclated Press. A unique “short course” was held to explain to members of Congress the farm mortgage Dbill they recently It was conducted by Henry Morgenthau, jr., governor desig- nate of the Farm Credit Admin- istration, Paul Bestor, farm loan commissioner, and Dr. W. I Myers. More than 100 members of Congress attended. They ex- plained thousands of queries are coming from constituents regard- ing procedure under the bill. e THE EVEXNTXG SOVIET DELEGATES TO LONDON NAMED Litvinof Appointed Chairman. Ambassador to Great Brit- ain Included. By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, May 24.—The Soviet gov- ernment formally has announced - its intention to participate in the Lon- don Economic Conference, by making public the names of its delegates. Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff was appointed chairman of the delega- tion. Other members will be Valerian Mezhlauk, vice chairman of the State Planning Commissic ‘who 11 Leading Furniture Manufacturers the Country Over Say That Furniture Prices’ Must Advance Soon... MAYER & CO. suggesis that you acquire furniture now while the greatest calues in the history of the industry $500,000.00 WORTH OF - ARTISTIC' LIFETIME FURNITURE REDUCED FROM LAST LOW LEVELS STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 1933. 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