Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1935, Page 1

(U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change .in temperature, lowest tempera- ture tonight about 48 degrees; gentle vari- able winds. Temperatures—Highest, 65 at 2:45 pm. yesterday; lowest, 44 at 6:15 am. todgy. Full report on page A-11, Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17,18&19 No. 33,229. CLIPPER PICKS UP SPEED AFTERLONG BATTLE WITH WIND Travels 144 Miles an Hour Approaching Goal at Alameda, Calif. SHIP FLIES 7,500 FEET ABOVE PACIFIC OCEAN Radio Stations in Hawaii and U. S. Provide Beams for Guiding Plane. By the Associated Press. ALAMEDA, Calif,, April 23.—Pick- ing up speed after a night-long battle with adverse winds, the Pan American clipper reported it was traveling 144 miles an hour at 8 am. today (11 am. Eastern standard time) on its flight from Honolulu to Alameda. At that hour the plane was 1,718 miles out of Honolulu. Headwinds had slowed the Pan American Clipper down to 85 miles an hour its crew reported an hour earlier. Flying 7,500 feet above the Pacific Ocean and a thousand feet above the clouds, the crew of six had not seen =& surface craft since 9 o'clock last night. 12,000 Letters Aboard. Aboard the plane when it took off from Pearl Harbor at 3:29 p.m., Hon- olulu time, yesterday (8:59, Eastern standard time) were more than 12,000 Jetters. The take-off was just one minute ahead of the time announced by officials of Pan-American Airways, owners of the huge craft. Head and cross winds at the start of the flight cut the Clipper’s speed, but there was no reported effort by the six-man crew to push the ship to its cruising speed of 150 to 160 miles per hour. In the early stages of the flight the speed averaged about 137 miles per hour. Outbound last week, the Clipper shaved seven hours off previous west- ‘bound flight records by reaching Pear] Harbor, Honolulu, in 17 heurs and 45 As the huge seaplane completed the first third of its return journey the crew was just sitting down to & mid- night dinner prepared by Engineering Officer V. A. Wright. Clipper Ceurse Shifted. A chart projection of the Clipper’s path showed it was shifting from the Mercator course to the Great Circle route to follow out plans for research studtes in flight. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. L. ew Clue to Life Expectancy Reported Found in Lens of Eye N National Academy @h WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1935—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. of Sciences Hears Dr. Felix Bernstein’s Method of Determining Physiological Age. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. The rate at which one grows old is inherited, Dr. Felix Bernstein of Co- lumbia University told the National Academy of /Sciences, meeting here today. At the same time Dr. Bernstein de- scribed a tell-tale clue in the lens of the eye by which the probable life his- tory of any individual of middle age can be predicted, barring accidents. It long has been believed that the span of life is inherited in some com- plex way. Members of some families seem to have an established tendency to long lives while members of others die early. The thesis, however, has been es- pecially difficult to prove since death may be due to so many accidental causes, not the least of which is in- fection by a disease germ and these micro-organisms play no favorites. If there were no accidents everybody might expect to live until cut off by a brain stroke or a heart stroke due to the physiological changes about by the normal process of G ee :;g Everybody shows some :: at or before the fiftieth that the degree of hardening be and that it is measured quite exactly a fair indicator of the physiological, as contrasted with the chronological, age of the body. Thus the hardening process may have progressed as far in one man of 50 as in another of 60. Assuming, as Dr. Bernstein does, that this is a fair index of the other bodily processes, the two would be of about the same physiological ‘age and entitled to expect an equal number of years remaining—assuming the ab- sence of accidents. Dr. Bernstein and his students have “(Continued on Page 4, Column 1) BERLIN RECHECKS LEARUES REBUKE Experts Prepare Path for Hitler’s Rebuttal to Allegations. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 23.—Wilhelmstrasse experts, returning from their Easter holidays, today began checking over the allegations of the Geneva resolu- tion condemning Germany’s rearma- ment moves. They were preparing the way for Reichsfuehrer Hitler's ex- pected rebuttal statement. A foreign office spokesman’s com- ment that “an additional reply” prob- ably would be made soon encouraged the belief that.Hitler would return di- rectly from his mountain home at Hauswachenfeld to interject a new factor into the European situation. Both foreign office and propaganda ministry spokesmen professed to be ig- rorant, however, of when Der Fuehrer | tees planned to arrive in Berlin. In command of both fiights was |8 Capt. Edwin C. Musick, but the des- tinies of the craft was due for other hands when it reaches here. Pan-American officlals announced Musick and Fred J. Noonan, naviga- tion officer, would be returned to duty with the company in Miami, Fla., ‘when the present flight ends. Musick is a veteran of more than 22 years’ aviation experience. Other crew members, R. O. D. Sullivan, second in command; Harry R. Canaday, junior flight officers, and ‘W. Turner Jarboe, radio officer, will be permanently assigned to the Pan- American base here, it was announced. Radio stations here and in Hono- lulu provided beams to guide the craft as it roared through the night, far above clouds which at times obscured ‘waters below. An improved radio compass, the challenge of science to hazards of ocean flying, kept the plane on its course. Visibility Unlimited. At _altitudes of 7,300 to 7,600 feet, the Clipper was more than 1,000 feet above the cloud banks in good fly- ing weather, with an unlimited ceil- ing and unlimited visibility. Sullivan was at the controls when the Clipper took off from Honolulu after a short run across the smooth waters of Pearl Harbor. The ship «carried 3,000 gallons of gasoline, more than sufficient for the return flight. ‘The plane may remain here about a week before making another Ha- ‘waii flight in preparation for inaugu- ration, this Summer of a commercial air service to the Orient via other Pacific islands and Manila. Can- ton, China, is the Far Eastern ter- minus of the proposed route. All data gathered on this round- trip flight will be carefully studied for use in the 8,500-mile Oriental route, no link of which s longer than the 2,400-mile leg from the mainland to Hawali. NEW DUSTSTORM HITS ARID PANHANDLE AREA Merchants Forced to Turn on Lights and Motorists to Drive Cautiously. By the Assoclated Press. BEAVER, Okla., April 23.—A new duststorm swirled into the arid Pan- handle today, forcing merchants to turn on their lights and motorists to drive cautiously. Visibllity was limited to less than two blocks. Local showers and moderately warm weather were predicted for the rest of the State by Harry Wahlgren, Federal weather man, at Oklahoma City, which had a trace of rain overnight. Nearly an inch of rain was reported overnight near Wakeeney, Kans., in the northwest sector. capitals, however, describing the tenor of official sentiment. The French com- ment"'n described as “comparatively ‘The foreign office spokesman who announced the likelihood that Hitler'’s supplementary retort would be forth- coming soon said Der Fuehrer's com- munication would “seize upon this op- portunity to pick the Geneva resolu- tion to pieces in detail and while so doing restate our position.” FRANCE IN DILEMMA. ‘Torn Between Russian Alliance and England’s Stand. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 23.—Government offi- cials indicated today that France is torn between Russia’s proffer of a mil- itary alliance and the prospect of England’s aid in the event of a Ger- man attack. ‘While attempting to minimize the importance of a hitch in the Franco- Soviet negotiations for a mutual as- sistance accord, the officials admitted France seeks to avoid a clash with the principles of the Locarno treaty, which guarantees the continuation of peace and existing territorial boundaries. France, they reiterated, is seeking to avoid any promise for automatic aid to Russia in case of an attack on that nation. If Germany should at- tack Russia, and France were required by an alliance to attack Germany from the other side, the officlals explained, Britain might feel obligated under the Locarno treaty to fight on the side of Germany. ‘The French hope now to induce Moscow to drop the automatic clause by explaining to Russia that England, because of her danger from hostile airplanes, probably would aid in re- Locarno :rwty not e eaty were compromised by military alliances. JAILED IN JEWEL THEFT- Society Women Held After $65,000 in Gems Are Found. By the Associated Press. CANNES, Prance, April 23.—Police today announced they had found jewelry worth 1,000,000 francs—about $65,000—in a strong box hidden in the hotel room of a London soclety wo- man, Mrs. John Circuitt. The search was conducted with Mrs. Circuitt in jail, where she had been placed on a charge of stealing & $2,000 vanity case from Mrs. Harold Laurence of New York. French “War Babies” Enter Army, Swelling It by 120,000 By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 23.—The swelling of France’s Army by 120,000 men started today as green conscripts to that num- ber began their departure for prelim- inary training barracks. The move- ment will take two days. conscripts, who nally were to. return to civilian life May 13, will be held over {o help com- 's eastern 1 tions. conscript ~eontingents ‘bring the official estimate of soldiers > d $401,780.261 NAVAL FUND APPROVED Administration Forces Ac- tion on Bill to Permit Construction. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Administration pressure has forced the House Appropriation Committee to abandon the proposal of the subcom- mittee drafting the Navy appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1936 to cut in half the $29,380,000 for 24 replace- ment ships as recommended by the budget with a proviso that contracts should not be let for the 12 new ships until February, 1936. The bill reported today carries a total of $457,786,261. The budget esti- mate was $485443847. The budget estimate exceeds current appropria- tions by $174,879,098 and the commit- recommendations is $27,657,586 less than that amount. Including he Teappropriation of $%,500,000, the com- flm Teduction is figured at $20,- work in industrial yards on the entire 24. new ships to feplace worn- out vessels now in service. The ap- propriation carried in the bill, how- ever, is eut in half, so that if this work is started promptly after July 1 it will be necessary to come back to Congress next December asking for & supplemental appropriation. ‘The time limit for not permitting con- tracts to be let before February, 1936, has definitely been cut from the bill, as originally written. The administration pressure which forced these changes was led by Chair- man Vinson of the House Naval Af- fairs Committee, who was supported in his protest by the Navy Depart- ment. It was claimed that the bill as drafted by the subcommittee was contrary to the President's program to have the Navy “ullt up to treaty strength. “If it had not been for the dis- closure, . printed exclusively in The ‘Washington Star last week, that the lubcommlntntee c&ropued to slash the new construction program,” said Chairman Vinson today, “we would have had no intimation of this drastic action with the bill being brought in at noon today for im- mediate consideration and the con- struction program would have been delayed six months.” Representative Vinson is satisfied with the altered bill. He considers it (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) U. S. POWER PLANT HALTED BY COURT Federal Judge Grants Injunction to Duke Firm in P. W. A Case. By the Associated Press. GREENVILLE, S. C.,, April 23— Greenwood County, 8. C., and Secre- tary Ickes were enjoined from con- struction of a-public power project on the Saluda rer with Public Works Administration funds in a decision of Judge H. H. Watkins in United States Judge Watkins ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 14 TRAIN VICTIMS HAD NO WARNING, TEACHER ASSERTS Whistle or Bells Not Heard, She Says in Hearing for Trio. tions for DRIVER, TRAINMEN FACE MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE Spectators Fill Court Room—Rep- resentatives of I. C. C. Are Present. BY JACK ALLEN, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 23—The 14 Williamsport children killed in the tragic bus wreck here nearly two weeks ago went to their death with no warning of the danger that lurked at the grade crossing where a crack Baltimore & Ohio express train de- molished the vehicle in which they were riding, 1t was testified here today. The testimony was presented by Miss Louise Funk of Hagerstown, a member of the Willlamsport High School faculty, who took the stand as the first witness in the preliminary hearing opened this morning into manslaughter charges brought by the State against Percy Line, driver of the ill-fated bus; James A. Shew- bridge and W. P. Bussey, engineer and flr:‘mm, respectively, of the express train. Five students who survived the crash told substantially the same story as Miss Funk. They agreed that they could hear no warning signal, that the bus driver slowed down as he approached the grade crossing and that he made a desperate effort to clear the tracks before the locomo- tive struck his bus. Counsel for Line announced during the luncheon recess that he would put the bus driver on the stand when the hearing is resumed this afternoon. Heard No Whistle. In a low-pitched voice the attrac- TR sl ] ] the automatic crossing bells. Train Traveling Fast. The engine, she asserted, was 8 fore it could travel the short distance which lay between it and safety. Miss Funk, neatly dressed in s dark blue Spring outfit, took the stand high school pupils killed in the wreck. The teacher told the court under questioning by State's Attorney James H. Pugh that she was sitting in the seat directly behind Line on the re- turn trip from College Park. She testified that shortly before reaching Rockville she warned the driver o a dangerous curve about half a mile to the east of the crossing, but did not speak to him again. i Al e g g8 gs (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) SLEEPING BOY WHO SLEW MOTHER WILL FACE JURY .| 8-Year-Old Texas Lad Shot Her COTTON TAX FATE BEFORE U. S. COURT Future of Crop Reduction Plan Hinges on Test Case in By the Associated Press. : aiis §egd® RiHil] L2 After Walking Into Room, Father Declares. By the Associated Press. GREENVILLE, Tex, April 23— Grand jury investigation was planned today in the case of Jackie Glenn Darden, 8-year-old boy, accused of slaying his mother while walking in his sleep. 8. P. Darden, the boy's father, said he was awakened before dawn yes- MEDICAL GENTER PROJECT SHELVED Objections Stress Doubt of Feasibility—Revival of Plan Conjectural. Commissioner Allen’s plan for crea- tion of a large medical center to re-| place existing facilities of Washing- | ton’s private hospitals was laid on the shelf today when medical and hospital interests doubted its feasi- bility. Most of the numerous hospital and medical leaders and civic workers who answered questionnaires on the plan registered objections, it was an- nounced by Karl Corby, head of the Board of Trustees of Emergency Hos- pital and chairman of the Citisens’ Committee on the Medical 2::' at & meeting todsy in Allen's . ‘Whether-the plan would or could m::‘h financially, was success, .\ Wi raised by &n overwhelming number of those who answeréd questionnaires sent out March 30, when the proposal was made public. The Citizens' Committee decided, however, not to disband and will form & subcommittee to make a study of by the close of a long private meeting. There was no quarrel with Allen over his objectives, committee mem- bers said, but there were serious ques- tions about the outcome of the pro- gram, especially of its financial suc- cess. Fear for Endowments. Corby rTevealed that medical and hospital interests were in doubt about tion of the separate staff of the separate private institutions. Also there was fear that the private insti- tutions would lose their identity, even- tually, and that for this reason pri- vate hospital endowment might be mAIlo there was & question of whether s single medical oenter could give the service to various sections of the city such as nowulll‘.vm by the scattered vate hospi vflmuv er Allen was intormfi the original building cost woul amount to some $6,000,000, but the District Medical Society in a formal statement, estimated an endowment of between $50,000,000 and $100,000,000 would be needed to assure success. Allen Accepts Findings. e e Sibmied. mesios of t members of # committee for their work and “I thought it was -an ideal a timely proposal, and I If the existing hospitals E i AMALGAMATED STEEL INSURGENTS BARRED Workers’ National Convention Refuses to Admit Faction to Meeting in Pittsburgh. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 130,703 g Star FHF Some Returns Not Yet Received. LEARN T0 SWIM FOR SAFETY. The STAR-FMCA- SwiMMING CAMPAIGN APRIL 22-27 BOYS 101018 OFFERED Two Men Convicted| Of “Fright Death” Of 10-Y ear-Old Boy Charge of Manslaughter Brings Punishment of Six Months and $100. By the Associated Press. POPLAR BLUFF, Mo., April 23— After a one-day trial George Bond and Carl McMurty were found guilty of manslaughter for the “fright” death of James Ainley, 10, last De- cember. A Cireuit Court jury returned its verdict last night and assessed pun- ishment of six months in jail and s fine of $100 each. The jury deliberated only a few minutes. The verdict was returned on an in- struction of “culpable negligence.” $ug Si3ad -4 gE FREE LESSONS SPREAD OF TOLEDD AUTO STRIKE SEEN Green Cites Growing Re- sentment Against Automo- . bile Labor Board. By the Associated Press. “Grave danger” that the Toledo automobile strike might spread to other auto factories was seen today by Willlam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. “The workers in the Toledo plant of the Chevrolet Co. decided among themselves for the walkout this morn- ing,” he told reporters. = had ted in an elec- tion by the Automobile Labor Board which showed that 1,800 out of 2,200 employed favored the United Auto Workers' Union as the bargaining Resentment against the Automobile Labor Board, headed by Dr. Leo Wol- man, was grow among the auto Green The board’s most recent tally of its election results showed that less than 10 per cent of the auto workers fa- vored the federation as their collective bargaining representative. 600 Workers Walk Out. ‘TOLEDO, April 23 (#).—Part of the first shift of 1,100 men at the Toledo in case of fright or shock. NOFFETT LKELY TOREEP POSTION Housing Administrator Un- derstood to Have Changed Resignation Plans. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. After being offered a leave of ab- sence of two or three months to make a business trip to the Orient, Federal Housing Administrator James A. Mof- fett is understood to have changed his mind about resigning. President - Roosevelt and Moffett were to talk the matter over at lunch- eon in the President’s office, after D ihs Chevrolet plant went on strike this morning, after the company had re- fused union demands for increased wages and a signed union contract. Pred Schwake, representative of the United Automobile Auto Workers' Union, said that 600 men quit their jobs. Workers, who refused to quit, were sent home by Hugh Dean, in charge of plant operations. There ‘was no disorder. Dean announced that the plant will be closed indefinitely. The plant nor- mally employs about 2,500 men. The union, according to Schwake, is asking higher hourly wages, a mini- mum scale and revisions of seniority. ‘The company has refused to sign the contract submitted by the union. W. 8. Knudsen, executive vice president of General Motors yesterday submitted counter proposals which the union re- fused. Knudsen explained at the conclusion of the conference, that the manage- ment had gone much farther in the way of consessions than had originally been considered. The company submitted to the con- ference a proposal which included a 5 per cent general wage advance, re- adjustment of in the higher levels throughout the plant, seniority rights and other concessions. The company refused to consider the closed shop, Knudsen said. —_— LAURA INGALLS TO HOP Hopes to Smash Amelia Earhart’s Record Tomorrow. LOS ANGELES, April 23 (#)— ‘Weather permitting, Laura Ingalls wili take off tomorrow morning for New ‘York on her second attempt to smash Amelia Earhart’s transcontinental fiy- ing record for women of 17 hours 7 minutes 30 seconds. Miss Ingalls’ $40,000 low-wing monoplane has undergone a thorough overhauling since s return from Alamosa, Colo., where she was forced down by duststorms last Tuesday and her first attempt. “There was enough dust in that motor to fill the cockpit,” she said. P) Means Associated Press. TWO <CENTS. NEW TAX NEEDED IF BONUS PASSES, SAYSMORGENTHAU Revelation Comes as Shock After Claims Made for Harrison Plan. DECLARES U. S. CREDIT PERILED BY MEASURE Tells Senate Finance Committee Strain Would Be Too Great ‘Without More Levies. By the Associated Prese. Secretary Morgenthau told the Senate Finance Committee today that any of the bonus plans now pending would require additional expenditures and therefore would call for addi- tional taxes. The tall cabinet officer, surrounded by a semi-circle of Senators, warned that “a material decline in the mar- ket price of Government securities” would result from any large expendi- ture outside the budget. Questioned by members of the com- mittee, Morgenthau said if the bonus passed the Treasury was prepared to recommend a Federal inheritance tax that would raise from $200,000,000 to $600,000,000 a year. Includes All Bonus Bills. Making a prepared statement, Mor- genthau did not mention any of the various bonus plans by name, but on being questioned by committeemen he said his warning included the Har- rison compromise proposal as well as the full cash payment bill. ‘This statement came as something of a shock to administration leaders, as only yesterday Chairman Harrison, who offered his bill in an effort to reach a compromise satisfactory to the administration, predicted it would not require new taxes. Earlier, American Legion spokes- men had demanded full cash pay- ment of the bonus before the commit- tee, rejecting compromise proposals. Legion Backs Vinsen BilL They urged enactment of the Vin- son-Legion bill, rather than either the inflationary Patman bill or the veterans’ affairs, also was on hand to testify. Chairman Harrison hoped to close the brief hearings by nightfall. John Thomas Taylor, legislative counsel, and Frank N. Belgrano, jr., national commander, appeared for the Legion. Text of Statement. Morgenthau's prepared statement follows in full: “Your committee has under consid- eration a number of bills proposing plans for settlement of the World War veterans' adjusted service certificate claims. I shall not attempt to go into the merits of any of these bills or to analyze them in detail, believ- ing that to be a service that ean best be performed by other officers of the Government. “The Treasury is, however, deeply interested in any problems which in- volve additional or earlier expendi- ture of public funds than those for which careful preparation has al- ready been made in budget and financing plans. “I believe it is true of all the so- called bonus settlement plans which you have had under consideration that each one of them calls for greater or earlier payments from the Treasury than were contemplated in the orig- inal adjusted service certificate plan and payments during the fiscal year of 1936, for which no provision has been made in the budget of that year. Sees Peril to U. S. Credit. “All of the financial plans made by the Treasury for the coming year have been based on adherence to the President’s budget. Moreover, the credit of the United States Govern- ment depends very largely, in my opin- ion, upon scrupulous adherence to the President’s program. “I don’t think we can continue to (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) 50 HURT AS MEXICAN TRAIN IS WRECKED Excursion Party and Switch En- gine Crash Near Mexico, D. F. Several Expected to Die. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, D. F, April 23.— ‘Twelve persons were in hospitals with serious injuries today and 38 others were suffering from minor hurts as a result of a train wreck near here yes- terday, caused by the collision of an ;fncurlmn train and a switching en- .. Physiclans said lol;\le of the injured 14 miles north of this city. Army Keeps Old War Horses, Better in Battle Than Engines By the Associated Press. ‘Ma)j. Gen. Leon B. Kromer, chief of