Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1935, Page 4

POLISH FLYER DIES IN DETROIT CRASH Crowd at Pilsudski Memor- ial Rites See Ocean Pilot’s Fall. — By the Associated Press. DETROIT, May 18—Stanley Haus- ner, Polish-American &viator, was killed today when the monoplane he was stunting during & memorial serv- ice in tribute to the late Josef Pil- sudski, dictator of Poland, crashed and burned. Hundreds of Polish residents of De- troit who had enthusiastically sup- ported Hausner in his attempted good- will flights from the United States to Poland, looked on in horror as the 35-year-old flyer's red and silver mon- oplane, the ‘Marshal Pilsudski,” hur- tled into a house and burst into flames. ‘Witnesses sald the right wing of the ship apparently loosened when Hausner was stunting at an altitude of 1,000- feet above the church, where the services had ended a few min- utes earlier. Explosion in Crash. ‘The plane wavered, then fell. There was a terrific explosion as it crashed and burst into flames, setting three houses afire. One of the houses was badly damaged, but the occupants were not injured. A few minutes after the crash a bugler from the Polish Legion sounded taps as Paul Hausner, a brother, stood by sobbing. The plane narrowly missed taking the life of Agnes Smezyk, 13, who was playing in her yard when the plane crashed within 50 feet of her, Girl Narrowly Escapes. “I heard a screaming sound above me,” she related. “I looked up and saw the plane, It looked as though it were diving right at me. For a moment I couldn’t move. I saw that the right wing was gone and that the left one was bent back almost to the side of the plane. I ran toward the back door. I was just on the steps when there was a big crash. There was quiet for just a second and then there was an explosion and everything seemed to catch fire.” The aviator, who was dramatically rescued from his plane adrift in the Atlantic Ocean in 1932 when a trans- Atlantic flight to Poland failed, plan- ned a Detroit-to-Warsaw, Poland, flight early next month. MEMORIAL RITES IN HOUSE TUESDAY Annual Joint Services at Noon to Pay Tribute to Six Who Died During Year. The annual joint memorial services in the House for deceased members of Congress will be held Tuesday at noon. Those to be memorialized are: Senator Bronson Cutting, from New Mexico, died May 6; Representative George F. Brumm, thirteenth Penn- sylvania district, died May 29, 1934; Representative Thomas C. Coffin, sec- ond Idaho district, died June 8, 1934; Speaker Henry T. Rainey, twentieth Tllinois district, died August 19, 1934; Representative Frederick Landis, sec- ond Indiana district, died November 15, 1934, and Representative Anthony J. Griffin, twenty-second New York district, died January 13, 1935. This roll of deceased members will be read by the clerk of the House. Speaker Joseph W. Byrns will pre- side. Addresses will be delivered by Representative Clifton A. Woodrum, Democrat, of Virginian, and Repre- sentative Charles L. Gifford, Repub- lican, of Massachusetts. The chaplain of the House, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, will make the invoca- tion, scriptural reading and prayer and pronounce the benediction. A | “The Rosary,” will be! cornet solo, given by Oscar Short from the United States Navy Band. The Interstate Male Quartet will give two selections. The United States Navy Band will play a prelude of sacred selections. The committee in charge of the memorial service is composed of Rep- resentative Simon M. Hamlin of Maine, Representative Mary T. Nor- ton of New Jersey and Representative Frank Crowther of New York. BRIDLE PATH BRIDGE CONTRACT IS APPROVED Btructure at District Line, Rock Creek Park, to Carry Riders Into Maryland. Subject to approval by Secretary Ickes, C. Marshall , superin- tendent of the National Capital parks, yesterday approved the awarding of a contract for $7,200 to Guthrie & @’Adamo of 1344 Park road for a bridle path bridge at the north end of Rock Creek Park. ‘This will be constructed at the Dis- trict line and will carry on into Maryland the District’s facilities for horseback riders. ‘The Maryland- National Capital Park and Planning Commissica is establishing a number of recreational facilities in Rock Creek valley under the Capper-Cramton park purchase act and a bridle path is one of them. The local firm was considered the lowest responsible bidder when bids ‘were opened recently by the National Capital Parks and the cabinet officer s expected to approve the tentative award shortly. in Electrical Contractors to Meet. ‘The regular May meeting of the Electrical Contractors Association of the District will be held Tuesday at 8 p.am. in room 204, Riggs Bank Build- ing, Fourteenth and Park road. Jack of All Trades Needs of Restless World Are Urged BY the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, May 18.—Need for more jacks of all trades in a restless world was proclaimed to- day by Dr. Harry Dexter Kitson, professor of education, Columbia University. In his survey of effective pupil students to forge the truism that this is an age of specialization and to equip themselves as handy men he mentions as exemplars of adaptability bookkeepers, in- survey, “that they are predes- tined for but one line of work. In some cases this amounts to an which makes one be- Polish Flyer Dies in Salute to Pilsudski Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. Left: Stanley P. Hausner (inset), Polish-American fiyer, circling the spire of the Sweetest Heart of Mary Church at Detroit yesterday, just being held in the church. before his plane crashed and carried him to death. The fiyer was dipping in salute to Marshal Pilsudski of Poland while services were Right: Wreckage of plane and part of warehouse where it crashed. LAVAL TALKS PACT | WITH GEN. GOERING 21/,-Hour Conversation Held BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. RANCE is suddenly faced with I problem. Its leaders have been stubbornly holding to the gold standard despite the increased | eign trade. The government does not dare to depreciate the franc again be- cause it would mean another severe The fall of the government securi- ties last Friday was the first sign that there is something wrong with the * k k *x The reassuring official statement of the minister of finance, Germain Mar- the gold standard has only increased the doubts of the French people. Most Stock Exchange operators remember Herriot was prime minister, similar high-sounding statements were made while vaults of the treasury were a new difficulty—the monetary cost of living and the loss of for- loss to the Prench investors. French finances. tin, that France intends to remain on that 10 years ago, when Edouard empty and the printing presses were working day and night. The situa- tion was bad, but could be tempora- rily remedied by a loan of $100,000,000 gold from the Morgan bank. The Morgans are out of the picture now. * X X X Another such situation will have serious political ~ repercussion throughout Europe. With the new system of alliances, France has de- come today Europe’s banker. In 1925 it had to take care only of the Little Entente and Poland and they did mot meed large sums Of money. These days Italy and the Soviets are sponging heavily on France’s financial resources, It is true that the Soviets require only industrial and commercial loans; that is to say, the financing of their orders to French factories. Italy, however, is borrowing actual cash, and if it gets into a war with Abyssinio—which is more than likely—she will need some more ready money. Germany is watch- ing the situation carefully, hopi that the financial troubles of Mari= anne would loosen the ties between her and the new allies, * x x X The Reich is in a far worse finan- cial condition, but having adopted ‘& system of “close national economy” it has regulated the exchange problem and buys abroad only strict essentials needed for her rearmament. Fur- thermore, there is little possibility of internal trouble as a result of its difficult economic and financial plight. The German people have been trained ever since Hitler came to power to tighten their belts and suffer without murmur. They are so elated over their new toy—a brand-new army, navy and air force—that they cheer- fully stand lack of food and adequate clothing. * x x % The situation in France is quite dif- ferent. The politiclans continue to play their cagey game for power and are ready to take advantage of any internal discontent to upset the pres- ent government. The French people, who have during these last 10 years invested their savings in government bonds, canmot see why these should become worthless again and are in- clined to listen to the power-seeking demagogues. A one-man government appears impossible for France todsy, although many a Frenchman would like to see it happen. * ok k¥ The of the situation les in the fact that Hitler might take advantage of the financially weakened and precipitate a crisis in or Central Europe, knowing This Changing World France’s Financial Dilemma Intensified by State- ment Gold Standard Will Stay. American naval authorities are little concerned over the new Ger- man water bugs—the new fast torpedo launches—carrying four torpedoes and @ crew of only five men, The new German warships— pocket battleships and fast torpedo boats—are ezcellent on paper. * When the plans of the new Ersatz Preussen ships were made public and the first two ships launched public opinion in every country was much excited, It ap- pears now that the German pocket battleships are jar from being what they were said to be. The armement—siz 11-inch guns and anti-gircraft batteries—are too heavy for these 10,000-ton ships and the Diesel motors which are driv- ing them with the hundreds of cylinders are @ nightmare to its engineers, * % * X Two new kings will ascend thrones in the course of this Summer. One is Otto of Hapsburg, who will become the King of Austria as soon as Mus- solini gives the sign, “go ahead.” The other is George of Greece. His trouble is marital. Having given up all hope of ever becoming a ruler again, he divorced Elizabeth, his wife, Rumania, "The Greeks now seem to insist that he return with his Queen. Elizabeth does not mind remarrying George, es- pecially that the divorce was a secret one and not generally known to the public, but she demands that her brother, King Carol, remarry Queen Helen, George's sister, whom he had abandoned for red-haired Magda Lupescu. Matrimonial affairs and politics are closely interwoven in the Balkans, and when two clever women like Helen and Elizabeth put their heads to- gether it is likely their former hus- bands will have to yleld. R E A HEADCITES | AIMS IN SPEECH Tells Radio Audience of Broad Powers to Bring Electricity to Farms. By the Associated Press. Morris L. Cooke, head of the new a radio speech yesterday the priv- ileges granted private utility concerns | imposed on them the responsibility of covering their field adequately. “In every enterprise, there is bound |to be skim milk as well as cream,” he said. “In giving these companies the exclusive right to operate in a given territory, it is reasonable for them to give service in some areas where the returns are less than in others, “We cannot allow these agencies of the public to serve closely built-up | territory and ignore the farms.” Given Wide Authority. Cooke told his sudience over the National Farm Hour that President Roosevelt intended to bring electricity to the largest possible number of farm homes and had given the Electrifica- tion Administration the widest possi- ble authority to achieve this. “Whatever is socially desirable and economically feasible can most cer- tainly be effected under this broad statement of purpose,” he sald, re- ferring to the language of the Pres- ident in empowering him to carry out the program. Oogn said nobody expected an elec- tric company to do business at a loss, but that through regulation of rates the public guaranteed an adequate re- turn on private capital invested in such concerns. | which figured there were seven auto- Rural Electrification Division, said in | 4 He said his program had the “as- surance of whole-hearted co-opera. tion” by the “operating utility indus- try, the manufacturers of electrical and bath room equipment and the Master Plumbers’ Association.” Methods Are Explained. Cooke said the methods to be used included operation through private companies with or without Govern- ment aid, through State rural elec- trification agencies, power districts and municipalities, through farm co- operatives or non-profit organizations Special for Sunday and Monday Only Red Geraniums, large plants, 20c each Ca Coleus Ten-Week Stock| Zinnias Dusty Miller ndytuft Larkspur Sweet William Mimulus or Monkey Plant Sweet Alyssum Petunias Spapdragon Cigar Plant Do not confuse these piants with seedlings grown in beds and dug. Every one of these plants grown in established and cut pots—well back to give a compact plant. Ricard—Red—Salmon and Pink Geraniums, 25¢ each Soil, per bag, 29¢ 17 Varieties of Rock Sedum, 15¢ each Orders of $2.50 or more delivered free in Washington and: Vicinity Mail and Phone Orders Filled Prompily LEISSLER’S E. Falls Church, Va. Drive over Koy every NURSERIES Phone Clarendon 1306 righé_inte Lee Hichway—S1 te nursery. e e sandays meraded: and under strictly Federal auspices. “It is sheer nonsense to say that the farmer cannot afford electric service,” Cooke said, citing a survey mobiles and four telephones to one farm home wtih electricity. He envisaged an extensive education plan to show farmers “electrification is not a luxury, but a necessity.” A little later Cooke announced & Nation-wide meeting of managers of publicly owned electric plants would be held here May 24, to discuss the rural electrification program. In his invitation, Cooke requested the managers to bring with them any plans they might have for rural elec- trification. Coake said another Nation-wide con- ference would be held later with rep- resentatives of farm co-operatives to ef their part in the program. FASCISM TREND SCOUTED BY COMMISSION COUNSEL Power Official Says American Peo- ple Not Sympathetic Toward Principles. There is no trend toward Fascism in this country, Oswald Ryan, gen- eral counsel of the Federal Power Commission, said yesterday in a luncheon address at the American University Women’s Club. “Those who believe the United States either do not understand Fascism or do not understand the American po- litical character,” he said. ‘“Fascism does not tolerate freedom of speech, thought, press or assembly. And the ideal of & free state, a free church and a free economic life is still deeply ingrained in the American mind. “Moreover, Fascism, like Commu- nism, always follows a collapse of the nation’s economic system. And there are no real evidences of such an is headed toward Fascism| After Beck Luncheon for Visitors. By the Associated Press. KRAKOW, Poland, May 18.—Pieire Laval, foreign minister of France, and Gen. Hermann Wilheln Goering, right-hand man of Adolf Hitler, con- ferred at length here tonight after the funeral of Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, presumably on an eastern security pact. Diplomats said the conversation might be of the highest importance in view of Hitler's forthcoming Reichstag speech. Both Conferees Silent. Both conferees were silent as to what was sald, Laval merely com- menting, “I am pleased with the talk as personal contacts always bring good results.” Gen. Goering obtained what foreign delegations said was obvious he had been seeking since his arrival in Poland—a private talk with the French foreign minister. The two stayed at the same hotel, and thus had ample opportunity for their get-together. Their long conver- sation took place after a luncheon by Polish Foreign Minister Joseph Beck for all officials of foreign delegations. Talk for 2% Hours. Informed quarters said Laval and Goering talked over “all questions of interest to France and Germany” for 2% hours. Gen. Goering left afterward for Warsaw with Gen. Rydzsmigly of Poland. Hitler was said to have tele- phoned instructions to Goering to re- turn to Warsaw to confer with Po- land’s new army heads. Laval leaves for Paris by way of Berlin tomorrow. BERLIN TALK PLAN REPORTED. Laval Is Said to Have Agreed to Con- fer With Hitler. WARSAW.I May 18 (#).—Despite litical circles insisted today Premier Plerre Laval of France had agreed to go to Berlin soon to confer with Adolf Hitler. ‘They said Laval made the arrange- ment with Gen. Hermann Wilhelm Goering, Prussian premier and Ger- man air minister, while both were here to attend the funeral of Marshal Joseph Pilsudski. DOOMED NAZIS SAVED. Four Facing Firing Squad Get Life Imprisonment. KAUNAS, Lithuania, May 18 (#).— The threat of grave complications between Lithuania and Germany was partially removed today when Presi- dent Antanas Smetona saved from a firing squad four Nazis convicted of plotting Memel's return to the Reich. Smetona commuted the death sen- tences, which legally would have been carried out today, to life impris- onment. 14 REPORTED SLAIN Street Fighting Breaks Out in Slovenia and Croatia. | VIENNA, May 18 (#).—Unconfirmed reports today said 14 persons were slain in street fighting in the Yugo- slav provinces of Slovenia and Croatia, growing from the refusal of young re- cruits to perform military service in Macedonia. A crowd of 200, said the reports, at Lyublyana raised the forbidden Slo- venian flag and beat off an attack by Serb troops and police. Ten were re- ported killed at Osiyek, Croatia, and | the others in Brod. i —_— @irl Thieves Sentenced. ‘TSHKENT, Russia, May 13 (#).— | Members of a band of girl thieves, ranging in age from 8 to 14 years, were sentenced to prison today under the new law subjecting minors to full penal responsibilities. The girls confessed to 30 robberies in a year. B Bandits Shoot Cripple. KANSAS CITY, May 18 (#)—Be- cause he swayed slightly on his wood- en legs after hold-up men shouted orders no one was to move, Leslie | Aldridge, saloon watchman, was shot eventuality in this country. A BANK for the INDIVIDUAL v Tlfings Only Mohey Can Do Love does some things - - - genius does and injured critically early today by one of the two bandits. Marie at Party DOWAGER QUEEN PICTURED IN LONDON, DOWAGER QUEEN MARIE ©Of Rumania photographed at the recent tea party given by Comdr. Locker-Lampson, M. P, at the Savoy in London. - —Wide World Photo. MEXICAN CONSULS INU. 3. SHIFTED Shake-Up in Nine Positions | Announced—Embassy Says | Changes Routine. By the Associated Press. A shake-up in the Mexican consular service in the United States was dis- closed yesterday when the State De- partment announced it had been noti- fled of the termination of missions of nine consuls stationed in this country. Hermolao E. Torres, consul at San Bernardino, Calif., and Alexandro V. Martinez, consul at Los Angeles, against whom a House investigating committee brought charges of undue interference in American affairs, were among those transferred. Torres, who was-charged with hav- ing attempted to intimidate Mexican | Catholics to prevent their holding a religious procession in San Bernardino, was transferred to Denver. He was assigned there in a special mission to attempt a solution, through | conferences with Gov. Ed Johnson, of Mexican labor troubles in that State. | New posts to which other consuls have been assigned were not known | here. TOMLINSON SETS 4 MORE RECORDS Nine Total of World Marks in Three Days of Flying. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, May 18.—¥our more world speed records for load-carrying transport planes were smashed by D, W. “Tommy” Tomlinson and his co- pilot, Joseph E. Bartles today, making a total of nine new international marks within three days. One of the marks established today was an improvement on & record which they broke Thursday, thus leaving the United States with eight records formerly held by Prance. ‘The two pilots drove their T. W. A. twin-motored monoplane twice around a closed 1000-kilometer course be- tween New York, Washington and Norfolk at an average speed of 190.906 miles an hour. Two Tons of Sand. With & “pay load” of 2,000 kilo- grams of sand approximately (two tons), they covered the 1,242-mile run in a total elapsed time of 6 hours 30 minutes and 34 seconds. Tomlinson, & vice president of Transcontinental & Western Alr. waved aside congratulations with a grin. “Hell, it was the plane,” he said, adding that 90 per cent of the flying was done by a robot pilot. In addition to eclipsing three in- ternational records formerly held by France and bettering their own time on a fourth, the fiyers improved one existing United States mark and established three others. Speeding over the same course on Thursday, they had broken five world records which also were held by France. Among these was the 2,000-kilometer run, with a pay load of 1,000 kilograms, for which the old record was 158.6 miles an hour. On Thursday they raised the mark to 173.5 miles an hour and by today’s run it was hoisted still further, to 190.9 miles an hour. 1,000-Kilogram Class. By carrying & 2,000-kilogram pay {load they qualified for the 1,000-kilo- gram class over the same distances. The three other. world records broken today were: 1,000 kilometers, with 1,000 kilogram pay load, 191.6 miles per hour; old record, 174.7 miles per hour. 1,000 kilometers, with 2,000-kilogram pay load, 1916 miles per hour; old record, 1612 miles per hour. 2,000 kilometers, with 2,000-kilo- gram pay load, 190.9 miles per hour; old record, 158.6 miles per hour. The only United States record pre- Mexican Embassy officials said the shake-up was routine as a result of | the change of administration in Mex- | ico, and that the changes were being made over a period of time. | The consuls recalled or transferred, in addition to Torres and Martinez, were Ignacio L. Batiza, Detroit; Miquel | Calderon, Denver; Javier Osornio, Los Angeles; Rafael Aveleyra, Laredo, Tex.; Lauro Izaguirre, McAllen, Tex.; | Servando B. Guerra, Houston, and Joel S. Quinones, Nogales, Ariz. ROBINSON HELD SEEN INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 18 (P).—A man said by a bus driver to | resemble Thomas H. Robinson, jr. alleged kidnaper of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll of Louisville, Ky., was among passengers on a bus arriving in In- dianapolis this' afternoon, but he dis- appeared in the crowd at the station before police could get there. Earl McCreary, bus driver, said the man boarded the bus at Shelbyville, | 27 miles southeast of here. McCreary reported he asked a store keeper at the edge of Indianapolis to notify police to meet the bus at the station. | dragnet over the city when they | missed their quarry. viously held in these categories was 152.7 miles per hour for the 1,000 kilo- meters, with 1,000-kilgram pay load, set five years ago in Jacksonville, Fla., by Leland F. Schoenhair. All of the previous world records were set in 1933 by French flyers. Despite cross winds encountered be- tween Washington and Norfolk, Tom- linson said the best speed, 254 miles an hour, was reached between those | points on both laps. BOMBING SUSPECTED IN FREIGHTER BLAST By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, May 18—An ex- | plosion which crew members safd “sounded like a bomb” wrecked one cabin and damaged two others on | the freighter Examelia as she lay | docked in the Delaware River today. 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