Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1935, Page 5

LOW AIRMAIL PAY DECLARED RUINOUS Transport System Doomed, Unless Congress Acts for Relief, Group Declares. Financial destruction of the Nation's &ir transport system is inevitable unless Congress immediately forces the Post Office Department to grant increased | airmail pay, it was-declared today by | the Aeronautical Chamber of Com- merce of America. THE EVE NG _STAR, WASHINGT D. Corcoran Cadets to Ho‘ld Reunion Several of the smaller lines already have failed and the losses of 29 of the 33 airmail contract holders during the last seven and one-half months of 1934 aggregated the ‘“staggering” amount of $2,908,000, according to the first consolidated report of air trans- port losses ever compiled. The 1934 losses, coupled with addi- tional losses since the beginning of 1935, “have so depleted financial structures of the airlines that many of them have funds available to con- tinue operating only a short time,” the Aeronautical Chamber reported. Relief Action Urgent. The chamber, representing 95 per cent of the commercial air transport | interests of the United States, sald immediate relief legisiation must be enacted “if the air transportation sys- tem of the United States as now con- stituted is to exist.” I Airline executives pointed to the fact | that President Roosevelt and the Fed- eral Aviation Commission both have recommended prompt relief action by Congress during the past few weeks. The chamber’s figures have been obtained from official reports of the airmail companies to the Post Office SITE IS FAVORED ment of the airmail-passenger lines,| Columbia Heights Recom- it was explained. A group of non-commissioned officers of the Corcoran Cadet Corps wearing the distinctive full dress uniform, | including white coats and blue helmets surmounted by white plumes. EX “Startling operating losses are re- vealed on practically every airline,” 1t was reported. “Another serious situation is that most of the present temporary airmail contracts will expire about May 15,” officials of the chamber said. “New legislation is needed imm-ciately to lay down a permanent policy under which airlines can plan the future of an industry representing an invest- ment in the United States of $26.-! 000,000 and affecting 250,000 people. | Range of Investments. “Investment of domestic airmail operators, range from $6.000,000' by one of the larger companies to $20,000. Twenty-nine out of 33 routes were operated with a total loss of $2.908,000 for the seven and one-half months ending December 31, 1934. Four small routes showed a combined profit of $28,000. One of the larger companies lost approximately 25 per cent of ifs entire capital and two other large operators, 13 and 10 per cent, re- spectively, of their total investment in the seven and one-half months’ period. “Several of the smaller operators | are suffering proportionately greater | losses. One operator with an invest- | ment of $93,000 lost his entire capital and $700 additional. Another mail carrier with an investment of $102,000 lost half of this in the same period.” The chamber declared one of the largest American air transport com- | panies now carrying mail has on; hand only sufficient cash to continue in business four months, if the present month-to-month losses con- tinue, EDITOR DISCUSSES CHALICE OF ANTIOCH G. A. Lyon Describes History of Noted Art Work at Church of the Covenant. The story of the Great Chalice of Antioch, the reliquary which holds a . small silver bowl thought to be the very cup used at the last supper, & story based on two known facts and many logical deductions from Inter- nal evidence, was told last night in an illustrated lecture at the Church of the Covenant by G. A. Lyon, associate editor of The Evening Star. Mr. Lyon described the history of this puzzling work of art from the time of its discovery in 1910 by thirsty Arabs digging a well among the ruins at Antioch, to the growing apprehen- sion of its owners, the firm of Kouchakji Freres, that it might be more than an ancient curio. He de- scribed the analyses of the distin- guished antiquary in charge of it, Dr. Gustavus Eissen, and its general ac- ceptance by the authorities as the real cup from which Christ drank at the last supper. Stereopticon | slides illustrated the intricate details of the chalice itself, the 12 figures of Christ and the disciples and the sym- bolical designs scattered zhroughout' the whole. | Mr. Lyon first became acquainted with the discovery of the chalice in 1916, when visiting the artists, Troy and Margaret Kinney, in New York. Mrs. Kinney was doing etchings from the enlarged photographs of the fig- ures and told him all about it. After seelng it and talking to Dr. Eissen,| Mr. Lyon returned to Washington to write for The Star one of the first complete accounts of the dis- covery and its significance. Since then he has followed with interest all the new developments in the complete identification of the chalice, which may one day come to rest in | tions, has been seeking additional rec- | mends Use of Tuberculosis Hospital Grounds. The Citizens’ Forum of Columbia Heights approved last night a recom- mendation of its Education Commit- tee that the site of the present Tuber- | culosis Hospital be used for recrea- | tional purposes after its abandonment for use of the new sanatorium at Glenn Dale. Mrs. C. J. Fernald, chairman of the committee, introduced the re- port. A large area is covered by the site, which is bounded by Upshur street, Allison street, Thisteenth street and Fourteenth street and Arkansas ave- nue. Several Buildings Available. Several buildings now on the prop- erty could be used also, it was assert- ed, affording both indoor and out- door recreation. The Citizens’ Forum of Columbia Heights, in conjunction | with the Columbia Heights Citizens’ | Association and other civic associa- | reational space and facilities for the surrounding area. It was the desire of the association also to convert the present Sixteenth street reservoir site into a recreation center, but members of the Sixteenth Street Highlands Citizens’ Associa- ' tion objected on the grounds there, would be too much noise, and prop- | erty in that section would lessen in | value. Against Speeding Cars. A report of the Executive Commit- tee of the association favored the plan of establishing an express street car line on Eleventh street if authorities will assure them there will be no| speeding by the street cars, thereb; endangering the lives of pedestrians and motorists. Linn C. Drake, Boy Scout executive. addressed the association on the COZ”’ teous to hold its fifty-second annual CEYLON BATS KILLED, reunion temorrow evening ats| DESPITE Z00’S PLEAS o'clock, at the K. of C. Hall, 920 Tenth street northwest. Maj. | pouye D, dants of Pests De- Charles A. Meyer, president of the | 2 R veterans’ association and the senior | stroying Orcahrds Are Put to surviving officer of the old Corcoran | . Cadets organisation, will preside. W.| Death on Federal Order. M. Handiboe will act as secretary. | By the Associated Press. Washington's birthday anniversary | CHICAGO, February 20.—With always brings fond memories to the “Corcorans.” Reminiscences will be |their lives, four Pteropl Poliocephali | exchanged and the usual “good time | (Ceylon bats) have paid for the sins HE Corcoran Cadet Corps Vet- | erans’ Association has arranged will be had.” Blair Shoemaker is in charge of the arrangements for the reunion and he says the usual souv- enirs will be distributed. TRIP ABROAD DELAYED Manager Johnston of Cotton Pool Tied Up by Work. Oscar Johnsion, manager of the A. A. A. cotton producers’ pool, said to- day he had been forced to postpone his date of salling for Europe until February 27. He had intended to sail February 22, but found it impossible to com- plete in time work in connection with i his temporary assignment as special assistant to Secretary Morgenthau, he said. Johnston intends to spend about six weeks in England and Europe study- irg the world cotton marketing situa- tion. DES MOINES3, Iowa, February 20 (/).—The plight.of the prize pig with an urse (o scratch occupied the Agri- cultural Committee of the Chamber of Commerce here yesterday. ‘The result was adoption ef a resolu- tion asking the Iowa State Fair Board to protect itchy porkers against splinter by replacing wooden pens at the fair ground hog pavilions with steel and concrete structures. Scouts organization. He said that in his opinion there is no excessive crime ave in the country. | H. C. Phillips, president, and Oliver | E. Foulk, secretary, presided at the | meeting, in the Powell Junior High School. Four new members were ac- pted by the association. Efficiency The courtcous efficiency with which the Bilt- more serves ycu today comes from a genera- tion of catering to a fine clientele. The high standards thus established are reflected throughout the Biltmore organization from top to bottom. DAVID B. MULLIGAN President A Ice Cream Cake Single rooms from 3¢ Suites from 512 THE BILTMORE MADISON AVENUE AT 43rd STREET Adjacent to Grand Central / SEEKS TO PROTECT PIGS| of their fathers. | A lethal gas snuffed out their lves| in 30 seconds yesterday when their last appeal was turned down at Wash- | ington. Their friends, keepers at the| Brookfield Zoo, tried vainly to save! them. Local customs authorities and James H. Moyle, United States com- | missioner of customs at Washington, turned deaf ears to arguments that they were all males and could not | propagate. Their forefathers reputedly de- voured whole orchards in Ceylon. e 5-CENT CAR FARE Wichita Patrons, However, Must Buy Five Tokens at a Time. WICHITA, Kans., February 20 The 5-cent street car and bus fare is | returning to Wichita, | Howard V. Wheeler, president of | the Wichita Transportation Co., has announced that bus and car riders may have nickel transportation with- | out zone limitations beginning Mo: day, provided they purchase five tokens at a time. Otherwise, the fare | will remain at 7 cents €6 o do C., BRUNO'S COUNSEL SEEK TO END RIFT Reilly Agrees to Confer With Associates on Strategy of Appeal. By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N, J, Februagy 20— The rift in the ranks of Bruro Hauptmann’s attorneys appeared to have been healed today as Egbert Rosecrans, associate counsel, an- nounced that “everything has been ironed out.” Rosecrans, after a conference in New York with Edward J. Reilly, chief defense counsel, said Reilly had agreed to confer tomorrow with other members of the defense staff on the next step in Hauptmann’s appeal from the death sentence for the kidnap- killing of the Lindbergh baby. Open dissension flared earlier, when, frankly ignoring Reilly, C. Lioyd Fisher and Prederick A. Pope went into action to place Hauptmann’s ap- peal before the Court of Errors and Appeals. Rosecrans Backs Reilly. Should the conference tomorrow fail to end the disagreement, Rose- crans indicated he would side with Rellly against Fisher and Pope in WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, i935. the belief that appeal sction should not be taken hastily. % He deplored the controversy among counsel “when & man's life is at stake,” “adding: “All of us are in it, and nobody can get out now.” After a conference at the State Prison, attended by Fisher, Rosecrans, & representative of Reilly, and Mrs. Hauptmann, Pope said a tentative agreement had been reached to con- tinue the association of counsel until the appellate astion is ended. Wife Visits Hauptmann. Hauptmann’s life will be prolonged at least seven months if the appeal preparations are not completed be- fore the Court of Errors and Appeals, highest in the State, fills iis calendar for the May term. MUSANTE GIRL, 15, AGAIN DISAPPEARS Parents Report Finding “Kidnap” Note—Lost Twice Before. By the Assoclated Press. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Febru- Mrs. Hauptmann saw her husband |8ry 20.—The third disappearance of | yesterday for the first time since he | Caroline Musante, 15-year-old Staf- was brought to the State’s Prison |ford County girl, was reported to po- death house and placed under double | lice here this morning when her par- guard. She emerged from her visit | ents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Musante, declaring that Hauptmann was “feel- | asked that news of her “kidnaping” ing fine,” but appears to be “worried over the lawyers’ fuss.” CHINESE SKIPS BAIL Incident in California Is First in 18 Years. SAN FRANCISCO, February 20 (P)—For the first time in 18 years the bond of & San Francisco Chinese was ordered forfeited in Federal Court when it was announced that El Young had fled to China to escape prosecution on narcotics charges. It has been traditional here that on their Chinese never “run out” bondsmen. - HOLMES BAKERY SPECIALS for Washington’s Birthday, Feb. 22 Phone Your Order Now . . . Nat. 4537 Whipped Cream Cherry Pie Special 3 5c A luscious treat...large size cherry pie, topped with de- licious whipped cream. Order now. Double Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake A delicious devil's food cake with dou- ble chocolate fudge filling and icing, top- ped with cherries, one of values ever offered. Order now. Phone Your Order Now . be broadcast. County officials said they were in- formed by members of Caroline’s family that she carried some ashes into the yard before leaving for school at Stafford Court House. 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