Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonight and tomorrow, slightly warmer tomorrow; light variable winds becoming gentle to moderate southerly tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, 62, at noon today; lowest, 52, at 10 p.m. yes- terday. Full report on page A-11. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18, 19 No. 33,242. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. —— ah ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION L 4 n o Star * WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1935—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. SENATOR CUTTINGKILLEDJAL BRITAIN BOWS WITH THREE OTHERS ASWIH KNG GEORGE PLANE Nine Injured] in Missouri Plunge. FILM HEADS ARE VICTIMS Ship Lost in Haze, Exhausts Fuel Seeking Field. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Mo., May 6—Senator Bronson M. Cutting of New Mexico and three others were carried to their deaths in a fog-bound T. W. A. trans- port plane near here this morning. Nine persons, six of them members of a motion picture production unit eastbound to make a film at Annap- olis, ‘were injured and taken to & Macon, Mo., hospital 15 miles from the scene of the crash. The Casualty List. ‘The dead: United States Senator Bronson M. Cutting, Santa Fe, N. Mex. Pilot Harvey Bolton, Kansas City. Copilot K. H. Greeson, Kansas City. Miss Jeanne Anne Hillias, 20, Kan- sas City. The injured: Richard Wallace, prominent Holly- wood motion picture director, suffer- ing from severe chest injuries. Paul Wing, Hollywood, father of Film Actress Toby Wing, critically in- Jjured, his chest crushed. C. G. Drew, Santa Monica, Calif,, chief electrician for Paramount Stu- dios, critically injured, his jaw and left leg fractured, suffering from heavy loss of blood. William Kaplan, West Los Angeles, Calif., assistant to producer of Para- mount Studios, broken leg, condition reported favorable. Mrs. Kaplan, probably permanently injured, with fractured back, para- lyzed from waist down. Henry Sharpe, Los Angeles, Para- mount chairman, superficial cuts and bruises. Mrs. Dora Metzger, Los Angles, or Port Washington, Long Island, N. Y., broken right leg and face and body cuts. Baby Metzger, 15-month-old daugh- ter of Mrs. Metzger, broken left leg and cuts about the face and body. Mrs. D. L. Mesker, Kansas City, ‘wife of a T. W. A. pilot, slight injuries. Senator Cutting was hurrying to Washington from New Mexico to vote today on the bonus bill. His body was indentified by a billfold in his pocket. News of the prominent Progressive Republican’s death caused a shock in his home State and in the National Capital. All in the hospital were reported seriously injured except Kaplan, whose hurts were described as superficial. The accident occurred about six miles west of here in rugged country, where emergency landing conditions had been rendered hazardous by re- cent rains. - Fog Shrouds Airport. Eastbound non-stop from Albu- querque to Kansas City, the ship ar- rived over the Kansas City Airport at 2:56 a.m., 20 minutes late, at an alti- tude of 4,000 feet. Dispatcher Kors advised Pilot Bol- ton there was only 300 feet of ceiling here, due to low-hanging fog and smoke, and ordered the ship on to seek the Department of Commerce (Continued on Page 3, Column 7.) Injured Film Men Were on Their Way to Naval Academy By the Assoclated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 6.—At least six of the passengers aboard the transport plane which crashed near Atlanta, Mo., today were members of the advance guard of a motion pic- ture production company en route to ‘Washington and Annapolis for the filming of “Annapolis, Farewell,” it was said today at the Paramount Studio. Included in the passengers who left here was Richard Wallace, director the film and one of the most prom- inent directors in Hollywood. Another passenger was Paul Wing, father of ‘Toby Wing, movie actress, and busi- ness manager for the production. Studio officials said that C. B. Drew | gri ‘was chief electrician for the produc- tion and that William Kaplan was as- sistant to the producer, L. D. Lighton, ‘who was not believed to be aboard the plane. Kaplan was accompanied by his wife. SENATOR BRONSON M. CUTTING. CAPITAL MOURNS CUTTING'S DEATH Senate Adjourns in Memory of New Mexican—His Service Praised. By the Associated Press. Shocked by the death of Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico in a Missouri airplane accident, the Senate heard tributes to him today and forth- with adjourned in honor to his mem- ory. The House planned to adjourn also in midafternoon. Mrs. Olivia Peyton Cutting, mother of the Senator, was attending the Na- tional Cathedral services in honor of the silver jubilee of King George when friends arrived at their home to tell her of the tragedy. The first in- definite reports had been withheld from her. Grief at White House. Grief was evident at the White House, too. President Roosevelt counted the New Mexican among his personal friends. When the Senate met, Senators Norris of Nebraska and Johnson of California, warm friends of Cutting, had their heads bowed and tears were in the eyes of Borah of Idaho. The youthful-looking Senator Hatch, a former Governor of New Mexico, rose and chokingly announced “with deep regret a terrible accident has oc- curred in which my colleague, Sena- tor Cutting, has lost his life. “He was called to New Mexico on important business and was returning by air in order to be at his post today to participate in a debate (the bonus) in which he had a tremendous interest. Carved Place for Seif. “In his loyalty to duty he has lost his life. He had carved for himself @ place in the affairs of the Nation as well as in my State and his death is a loss to America.” ; A man of wealth with a conservative family background, Senator Cutting had long been identified with pro- gressive movements both in State and National affairs. He was mentioned only recently by Senator Nye of North Dakota as a possible presidential can- of | didate on the Republican ticket. The Senator was on his way to Washington today to take part in the fight for payment of the veterans’ bonus, an issue close to his heart. Among the many expressions of ef, Postmaster General Farley said, “Senator Cutting’s death is a distinct loss to the entire Nation.” Mr. Cutting, a bachelor, would have been 47 years old next month. Speculation on Successor. There was some speculation that Another passenger on the plane Was | pennig Henry Sharpe, a cameraman. ‘The studio said it had been plan- ned to send Wallace and his aides to Annapolis to prepare for the main company, which was to have left here in the next few days, along with the actors, including Sir Guy Standing, British nobleman, who is the star of the film. ‘Wallace is one of the ploneers of the film industry. Born August 26, 1894, in Sacramento, Calif., he then studied Joined a carnival company. Later he an assistant cutter at the Sennett studio and rapidly forged to the front. It was said that he has held every possible position in and Tomorrow,” “Thunder and “Eight Girls in & Boat.” He has been under by passing to give attention to that hase. Pl One of the first to receive word of the tragic accident was President “(Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) ————— MRS. BERGDOLL SCORED —Underwood & Underwood. GRASSROOT ALY 0F & 0.P SDATE Roosevelt Charged With Breaking Faith With Peo- ple of Nation. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 6.— Republican leaders from nine Midwestern States today set June 10 and 11 for the “grass roots” party conference at Springfleld, I, in a call for an “aroused America” to give vigorous battle to the Roosevelt “New Deal.” “The battle is not only to end the depression,” said the call, “but also to preserve our very institutions.” Charging the Roosevelt administra- tion had created conditions “so in- tolerable and so serious as to be be- yond mere partisan politics,” the com- mittee laid out for the conference a two-fold task of formulating plans for rejuvenating the Republican par- ty nationally and proposing a “con- structive” program for the 1936 presi- dential campaign. President Roosevelt was charged with having plunged the Nation “into a series of fantastic and experimental schemes, the result of which has been to retard recovery and mire the coun- try more deeply into despair.” Candidate Talk Barred. The conference at the shrine of Lincoln, the committee said, will have nothing to do with candidacies “nor the personal ambitions of any men or set of men.” Selection of ml.n ference delegates princip. " “It is especially understood,” the (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) WAR MINISTER RESIGNS Gen. Goes Monteiro Was Aide of Vargas in Brazil, RIO DE JANEIRO, May 6 (P).— A year of unrest in the Brazilian Army climaxed today with the resignation of Gen. Pedro Aurelio Goes Monteiro as minister of war. Goes Monteiro, who rose from the rank of colonel to that of general as of President Getulio Var- gas’ liberal revolutionary army, was instrumental in unseating President |agement of the famous Roosevelt CRASHES IN FOG/N GNING THANKS FOR 25 YEARREG Royal Family Touched by \CHBERG £§SD0§L$ gNE BLUE EAGLE To BOTHER WiInH! Demonstrations of Loyal|. Subjects Jamming London Streets During Procession ANGRY CROWDS SEIZE COMMUNIST BANNER Muttering Displeasure When Reds Unfurl Flag, Mob Rips It to Shreds—Medieval Pageantry Marks Solemn Jubilee Rites at St. Padl's Cathedral. (Copyright, 1935, by the Assoclated Press.) LONDON, May 6.—While millions of loyal subjects throughout the British empire celebrated his silver Jjubilee in mingled carnival and solem- nity, King George V knelt in prayers of thanksgiving today for completion of 25 years on the throne. Both the King and Queen Mary were plainly thrilled by the nation’s fervent outpouring of love and devo- tion as they entered St. Paul's Cathe- dral to worship amid scenes of medi- eval pageantry. Outside the ancient edifice cheering thousands, many of whom had stood all night for the opportunity to pay tribute to their sovereign, jammed the route of the royal procession from Buckingham Palace to St. Paul's. Crowds Seise Red Banner. A single untoward inciddnt marred the triumphal march. Midway a Communist banner was unfurled at Ludgate Circus at the moment when King George was being driven past the spot. ‘The temper of the crowd became threatening as the banner was un- furled. Scores of young men and women seized the banner and ripped it into shreds. A section of it was rescued from the mob and stored away until tonight when it will be placed on top of & huge bonfire in Hyde Park to be ig- nited when the King presses an elec- m;_ h.twluh in Buckingham Palace. King, saluting and smiling, shared with the Queen the crowd's attention as they drove through the streets, enacted the ancient ceremony of gaining admittance to the city of London and entered St. Paul's to|f kneel humbly at the feet of ecclesi- astics who lifted their voices in i g e’s bearing hout the jubilee celebration reflected strong emotion, as did that of the majestic Queen. King Bows in Prayer. His right hand shading his eyes, the monarch bowed his head reverently as prayers echoed through the crowded cathedral beseeching the blessing of God on the King and the kingdom., The ruler’s rich fleld marshal’s uni- form and the scarlet, crimson, gold and ermine of others of the mighty concourse which filled the cathedral symbolized the pomp and power of the British empire, but the King's face reflected humility in the sight of God. As the Archbishop of Canterbury, clad in white and gold vestments, finished his blessing, the King re- mained kneeling long after others had arisen as if offering his own silent prayer. Then he slowly straightened. Queen Mary, at the King’s left, was & magnificent figure in silver and white. Her shoulders were wrapped in white furs, ./hile diamonds glis- tened in her small .oque, which was (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) _— JUBILEE PARTY DELAYED Weather Causes Ambassador to Postpone Fete Here. Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British Am- bassador, and Lady Lindsay, because of weather conditions, have postponed the garden party they had planned to give this afternoon at the embassy in celebration of the silver jubllee of King George and Queen Mary. The function will be given May 17 from 4 until 6 o'clock. Several hun- dred guests, representing diplomatic, official and residential soclety, have been invited. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. SUNDAY'S SATURDAY'S Circulation, lz"““ Circulation, 133,810 Some Returns Not Yet Received. dekok WORK FUND READY|Jailed Representative Protests Treatment at Police Station FOR DISTRIBUTION Roosevelt Completes Set-Up to Handle $4,880,000,000 Campaign. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt drew up execu- tive orders today to complete the me- chanical set-up necessary for inaugu- rating his $4,000,000,000 work relief undertaking. He went over the technical details with Secretary Ickes, chairman of the Allotment Board, which will meet to- morrow to begin a distribution of the huge fund. Senator Hayden, Democrat of Ari- sona, an authority on highway legis- lation, called on the President to in- form him that the State Highway Commissions were in readiness to start expenditure of the $800,000,000 allotted for road construction in the und. ‘Work-relief proposals already in the hands of the Government were esti- mated authoritatively today to total $20,000,000,000, five times the fund which President Roosevelt has to spend, Ready for consideration by the board ‘were $100,000,000 of non-Federal pub- lic works, already approved by Secre- tary Ickes, and $301,000,000 of P. W. A. projects and Interior Department allotments which previously were im- pounded to finance the Relief Ad- ministration while the work-relief bill was in Cpngress. Requirements Not Disclosed. Although requirements' which co- operating cities and States must meet remained undisclosed, Governors, mayors, State officials and civic leaders continued to visit the Capital in num- bers to seek some of the work-relief money. Requests already listed range from $888,503,900 suggested for projects ap- proved by the recent national rivers and harbors convention to a mosquito eradication program near Galveston, Tex., estimated to cost $50,000. In between were scores of items big and little, among them $300,000,000 proposed by Lloyd W. King, Missouri State superintendent of schools, for building rural schools; $7,000,000 for rural electrification in Virginia; $300,- 000,000 for 100,000 miles of ‘“neigh- borhood roads,” suggested by a South Dakota Representative, and $75,000,- 000 to back the mining industry in various districts. Only two of the agencles designated to spend the $4,000,000,000 works fund have been given the “go ahead” so far. They are the Civilian Conservation Corps and the new Rural Resettle- ment Division. Plans are being drawn, however, for converting most of the present Relief Administration into the Progress Di- vision which—under the leadership of Harry L. Hopkins, F. E. R. A. adminis- trator—will supervise and speed many phases of the job-making drive. James Roosevelt Will Manage President’s 16-Cow Dairy Farm BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President, will take over the man. dairy Washington Luis in 1930 and sus-|farm and forest preserve at tained Vll‘nlt.hmuhthesul’wio Park, N. Y. This farm, of more revolt of 1932. Readers’ Guide Lost and Found .,....,.A-11 Paul Mallon . consenns BB Short Story . .B-10 Soclety ...... ..B-3 Sports ......ce...A-14-15-16 Vital Statistics ..........A-T ‘Women's Features. ,..B-10-11 . 1,000 acres, has been operated more or less fashion, to the activities President and the fact mother cannot give much to the overseeing. v REPRESENTATIVE R. J. CANNON. FIVE NEW BASES TOBATTLE CRIME Expanded War on Bank and Jewel Gangs to Be Fought in Zones. BY REX COLLIER. The Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion is establishing five permanent new bases along the crime war front under its expanded drive on bank rob- bers, jewel thieves and other preda- tory criminals outlawed under recent Federal statutes. So that special agents, with their high-powered guns and fast automo- biles, may swing into action quicker against roving gangs of desperadoes, the bureau is opening fleld offices in Cleveland, Atlanta, Phoenix, Ariz.; Trenton, N. J, and in one of the Dakotas. The Cleveland and Atlanta offices already have been organized and the others are being established as rap- idly as possible. The five additional W. A. Rorer, local law schoo) gradu- ate, who led the rald which resulted % who worked his way from an orphan ERRIEEE 'ggég § E ers and tree experts at Hyde Park.|the ments should be continued. This chart also will assist the President in de- termining just when seasonal foresters should be employed, and just how Ed iz 52 gsiEf : k E i 8 | g ] E i ! i i ! i i g2 b 4 g8 EEE 58 z 5 i hi 1 i I i | ] - experience. The total number of m ployes, including fingerprint technical experts and clerks, is 1,450, Cannon of Wisconsin Held Three Hours on Drunk Charge. Arrested on Complaint of Cab Driver in Row Over Fare. Representative Raymond J. Cannon, Democrat, of Wisconsin, protested to Supt. of Police Brown this morning at being held incommunicado in a police cell this morning from 2 to § o’clock. Cannon, with a companion who gave his name as John W. McKenna, was booked at the first precinct on charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct at the complaint of Roosevelt Koonce, a taxicab driver. The Representative posted $15 col- Iateral for each, $30 in all, which was forfeited this morning when the two men failed to appear at the Ppolice station for a hearing. Koonce, who lives in Garrett Park, Md,, drove the men to the police sta- tion after a trip from Maryland Club Gardens. According to the driver, Cannon “got tough with him” and refused to pay him the fare demanded. Tells of Row Over Fare. Cannon declared this afternoon he engaged the cab with the understand- ing the charge for the trip to the Prince Georges County resort was to be $2.50. However, said Cannon, the driver on the way back to Washington de- manded $15. When the Representative protested, Koonce said, Cannon drove at once to the police station. At this juncture the Wisconsin Representative declares he gave Koonce the $15 asked and $3 to boot. Cannon says he and his companion, sald by the Representative to be a deputy United States marshel, were forced to take off their belts and neckties and put into a cell with 8 or 10 other prisoners. “There were four or five vacant cages, nevertheless,” Cannon prog tested today. Cannon Charges Collusion. “T asked the police to call a number of influential friends I have here, but they refused. We did not get away until 5 o'clock this morning,” he de- clared. “This action last night makes me convinced there is a tieup between the taxi drivers and the police.” Koonce emphatically denied the charge. The arrest was made by Policeman W. C. Grooms, 123 C street southeast, deskman at the first precinct station. Cannon, a Milwaukee labor lawyer, asylum to Congress, is chairman of the Committee on Revision of the Laws in the House, where he is serv- ing his third term. A year ago he acted as counsel for Representative Shoemaker, Minnesota Farmer-Laborite, since defeated, ac- BEECEE,E; i H (®) Means Associated Presy. TWO CENTS. RAIL PENSION ACT 1S RULED' INVALID IN SUPREME COURT BY 5104 DECISION Beyond Powers of Congress, Justice Roberts Asserts, in Upholding D. C. Bench on Protest by Carriers. COMMERCE CONTROL HELD NOT LAW’S AIM Hughes Writes Dissenting Opin- ion, Joined by Brandeis, Stone and Cardozo—Hint Is Seen to Tribunal’s Judgment on N. R. A. and Code Rule of Industry. By the Associated Press. In another of its famous 5-to-4 decisions, the Supreme Court today declared unconstitutional the railway retirement law affecting more than a million employes. “The act was beyond the powers of Congress,” said Justice Roberts, who delivered the high court’s opinion. He assailed sections of the law pen- sioning employes, who have voluntar- ily left the carriers’ service; those who have been discharged for dishonesty and for gross negligence and those who have been automatically retired. Hughes Writes Dissent. Chief Justice Hughes, who delivered the opinion upholding the Government in the famous gold-clause cases, was in the minority this time. He wrote the dissenting opinion and was joined by Justces Brandeis, Stone and Car- dozo. Aligned with Justice Roberts were Justices Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland and Butler. Justice Roberts’ words that the act was “invalid as violative of due pro- cess” of law and was “not in purpose or in effect a regulation of commerce” was immediately interpreted by some observers as laying down principles which may affect materially the court’s judgment of N. R. A. and its code rule of industry. President Roosevelt in signing the railway law last Spring, had com- mented it was “crudely drawn.” Act Is Arbitrary. Justice Roberts said the act would benefit 146,000 persons who had re- tired within one year before its en=- actment. “This is in the last degree arbi- trary,” he said. Ruling that invalid sections of the law made the entire act unconstitu- tional, Justice Roberts said those who were scheduled to retire when the act was to become effctive would have re- ceived a pension although they mnever had contributed. He added the cost the first year would be $9.000,000. “That is not a permissible subject of legislation,” he said, explaining it set up “new contract obligations.” Some railroads, he said, would have had to pay money for the employes of other carriers. “This pooling provision of the act is unreasonable and arbitrary,” Rob- erts held. Hughes Dissent Vigorous. In a vigorous dissenting opinion Chief Justice Hughes said the majority decision was a “departure from sound principles and places an unwarranted limitation upon the commerce clause of the Constitution.” He said the conclusion that Con- gress could not enact pension legisla- tion is “of such serious and far-reach- ing importance as to overshadow all other provisions of the act.” “The power committed to Congress to govern interstate commerce does not require that its Government should be wise, much less that it should be perfect,” the Chief Justice held. “The power implies a broad discre- tion and thus permits a wide range even of mistakes. Expert discussion of pension plans reveals different views of the manner in which they should be set up and a close study of advisable method is in progress. “It is not our province to enter that field, and I am not persuaded that Congress in entering it for the purpose of regulating interstate car- riers, had transcended the limits of the authority which the Conshtution confers.” ‘The majority had ruled that “the primary purpose of the legislation is social security,” and held that the “contentment of mind” for the em- ployes, which was intended was not & permissible subject of regulation as affecting Intertsate Commerce. ‘The District of Columbia Bupm Court, to which carriers took objections to the law, also had held the act invalid. Justice Roberts declared principal (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) COMMITTEE FAVORS SCOTT APPOINTMENT i | Senate Group Backs Colored At- torney for Municipal Court Bench. The Senate Judiclary Committee ordered a favorable report the nomination of Armond W. Scott,