Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1935, Page 4

MUNITIONS PROBE COUNSEL ASSAILED Dickinson Charges Govern- ment Is Being Woven Into Socialistic Schemes. By the Associated Press. Charges that Chief Counsel H. 8. Raushenbush of the Senate Munitions Investigating Committee had written “gocialistic” articles were made yes- terday by Senator Dickinson, Republi- can, of Iowa, as the investigators de- manded a strict “policing” of ‘the naval shipbiulding industry. The Iowan’s request for informa- tion on the “background” of the chief counsel for the committee came only & few hours after the investigating group had filed a report of its find- ings in a six-week inquiry into alleged “collusion” by major ship building companies in bidding on naval con- tracts. Charges Socialistic Schemes. “The Government is being gradually woven into various Soclalistic schemes,” Dickinson said, leading up to his discussion of Raushenbush. “Now I am going to refer to one fur- ther thing, and that is the suggestion that a man in a position where he receives confidential information may be able to carry on without the Gov- ernment knowing very much about what his motives are, and in that way he can secure information which will afterward permit him to further a plan of his own. “Only today as I understand, the report of the Munitions Committee has been filed. It contains a great deal of testimony from H. S. Raush- enbush.” He introduced into the record an article bearing Raushenbush’s name | entitled “Boring From Within.” Dick- | inson quoted it as urging students from the colleges to obtain Govern- ment positions and work “on the rea- sonable hope that in the course of another 10 years we shall have gov- ernment control of & much more defi- nite kind over our trusts, banks and general industries.” Asks Legislative Program. In its report to the Senate on one of the major phases of its investiga- tion, the shipbuilding industry from pre-war times to the present P. W. A. financed naval building, the Muni- tions Committee pleaded for a five- fold legislative program. It proposed barring “profiteering” on naval contracts by limiting private shipyards to a $500,000 profit on cruis- ers as compared with the committee'’s contention that $1,000,000 to more than $2,000,000 had been collected on sev- eral contracts. Other recommendations included & requirement for the controller general to pass on all contracts before awards by the Navy Department, a provision that the Navy make itself independent of the private yards in designing, & proposal that all shipbuilding lobby- ists be registered and required to report receipts and expenditures, and, finally, a provision that no naval inventions be permitted to get into hands of foreign governments within five years. e LYNCH RITES HELD Edmund J. Lynch, 46, a native of this city, died Sunday in Emergency Hospital. Funeral services were held this morning from St. Joseph’s Cath- olic Church. Burial was in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Lach, who lived at 416 Fourth street northeast, was for many years an employe of the Washington Gas Light Co. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Lynch; two daughters, Dorothy and Verne, and two sisters, Mrs. Earl Gore and Miss Vera I Lynch. Parking Time Cut In Mall Because Tourists Complain One-Hour Limit Ordered Near Monument and Smithsonian Grounds. Complaints of tourists that they can find no parking space because of the many Washington cars led to the an- nouncement by park authorities today that henceforth there shall be a one- hour parking limit instead of the pres- ent two in the Washington Monument grounds and around the Smithsonian Institution. C. Marshall Finnan and Capt. P. J. Carroll of the United States Park Po- lice, made the announcement follow- ing a conference today. “Some sightseers,” Capt. Carroll de- clared, “in desperation have parked their automobiles on the grass.” Some Government employes, he #aid, have worked out & system where- by they leave their work and exchange parking places with other employes at the end of the two-hour period. “The one-hour parking regulation BY HOWARD BLAKESLEE, Associated Press Science Editor. MIN! doses of infantile paralysis vaccine sent from Temple University to North Carolina and Tennessee bid fair 1o sound the beginning of a new day in this plague of children. That is the end of the paralysis menace, not by finding a cure, but by new prevention methods, better treat- ment, surer diagnosis—the road low fever, smallpox and some of the great scourges of the past. The big question the fathers and mothers in the Tennessee and North Carolina districts ask today is, how sure is the new vaccine; how quickly does it act? The answer can be given with defini- tion of ane technical word, “antibody.” Warns Off Infection, The antibody is a chemical sub- stance formed by the body to ward off attacks of infection. Each disease, each kind of bacteria or virus, bows to one antibody, and not often to more than one. This fact is why a person who has had smallpox does not catch it again, but is not protected against any other disease. Smallpox antibodies formed during the smallpox attack will pro- tect only against that disease. So prevention of a disease depends on presence of an antibody specific for it, and vigorous besides. In the Kolmer vaccine sent south there is no question about either the antibodies, or their fighting qualities. They have been tried by sure methods. First in volume—this vaccine pro- duces an amount of antibody com- parable to that found in a person with natural immunity to infantile paralysis. Second in vigor—the antibodies of the Kolmer vaccine have sucessfully neutralized, or destroyed, the virus of infantile paralysis taken from human beings who had it in a 1934 California epidemic. The virus is the cause of infantile paralysis. No Ill Effects. These protective antibodies have ap- peared in 84 per cent of the children thus far studied after vaccination. The protective substances have appeared in a very few days. No children have shown the slightest ill effects from the vaccine. In monkeys the immunity from this vaccine has lasted two years. In human beings the duration i8 un- known. For one thing there hasn't been time to find out. % On the anti-body side this all means ‘will be strictly enforced,” he added. “Foolproof Auto Tags” to Halt Car Thefts, Considered Here With a view to curbing the auto- moblle theft racket, the Federal Bu- reau of Investigation has called to attention of State authorities the de- sirability of adopting non-inter- changeable license plates for automo- biles. In this connection it was learned today that District officials already are considering proposals for the adoption here of a special type of fool- proof tag used in Florida and sippl and recently placed on 10,000 cars in Massachusetts as an official experiment. There are half a dozen patented de- vices on the market, it is said, but only one, of so-called “lock strip” de- sign, has been adopted by any of the Btates. The new District of Columbia tag, 1f approved, would cost about 10 cents and Allen also are reported to be in- terested in the tag. In a special announcement sent to law enforcement authorities through- out the Nation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation sald it has received nu- merous suggestions relative to adop- tion by the States of “some form of license plates for automobiles so con- structed that the plates could not The non-transferable plate of the “lock strip” type has been used by Mississippi for three years and by INEAPOLIS, June 25.—The 1,500 | ready traveled far by tuberculosis, yel- | real THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., TUESDAY, JUNE 25 1935. Victims of Colombia Plane Crash May Chadwick (left) and Joan Christy, girl hikers, were among the first to check their skirts at the Yonkers Ferry free skirt check service window and thus complied with the law, which forbids shorts on the streets of Yonkers, N. Y. The skirt check service was established after the Yonkers city government had arrested five girls for appearing on the streets in shorts. By using the booth, girl hikers can have their outing in Interstate Park and still comply with the law. Paralysis Vaccine Sent South May End Menace—Not by Cure Prevention} Rather, Is Provided by Antibodies, Tried and Tested for Fighting Qualities. —Wide World Photo. that children vaccinated in time are unlikely to have the disease, and if they do come down, may have it with less severity. Whether there is protection in the vaccine after the disease has started is not known. In the view of some physicians there might be the same protection that serum from infantile paralysis convalescents is supposed to give. Medical men have not agreed whether this sort of protection is The discotery of vaccin ne the Temple University product,‘the other the Park-Brodie vaccine in New York City—have opened the way to an- other protective measure. Substittue Diagnosis. There is still no early diagnosis, no way of foretelling the disease until it has developed. But_there is a substitute. Use of the vaccine ma- terial will show whether a person is sensitive to infantile paralysis virus, much as inoculation with pollens will show sensitivity to hay fever. By this method it is possible to find out whether a person some degree of natural immunity. If the tests show none the vaccine can be given. One serious drawbuck has oeen the | difficulty and expense of making enough vaccine, as monkeys must be used. The New Yorkers have found a method of asing cheap, laboratory rodents for enougn of the vaccize to make the necessary tests for the pres- ence of immunity. In treatment afler the infantile paralysis appears the fizst modern step is to prevent tne child from putting the slightest sirain on any muscles attacked by paralysis. The dsease s0 wastes these muscles that small effort may help to destroy them per- manently. Hydrotherapy is the next great step —the use of warm water batns a lit- tle under body temperature. In these paths limbs too weak to stand any movement withous risk can be exer- cised safely with the buoyance that comes under water. Thus the mjured muscles are brought kack. A treatment not yet accepted by the medical profession generally, but admitted for exhibition to the Amer- jcan Medical Association meeting two weeks ago, offers a possible method of reducing the extent of paralysis after the onset of the disease. This is a treatment, developed by George Retan, M. D,, of Syracuse Uni- versity for washing ovt some of the inflammation in the brain, wrich is the seat of the paralysis. It has been tried on only a very few chil- dren. With most of them its effects were apparently favorable. Museum of Voices Proposed. Voices of various statesmen and re- productions of outstanding speeches are being recorded oy the League of Nations, with the idea of preserving these records in a special museum and kept “for all time.” The plan for the museum was proposed by the copnmu- nications section -of the League of Nations secretariat in Geneva. COLOMBIA PROBES 14 PLANE. DEATHS Three U S. Citizens Among Victims of Aieport Col- lision at Medellin. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) MEDELLIN, Cclombia, June 25.—A war ministry commission came here by airplane from Bogota today .to investigate the crash of two airnlanes yesterday, which killed 14 persons and seriously injurcd five. o All South America was shucked, for Ernesto Samper, the “Lindbergh of Colombia,” and Carlos Gardel, Ar- gentina's most noted “tango snger” and movie actor, were two uf those killed. A crowd had assembled to bid farewell to Gardel. Stories of Disaster Differ. The plane in which Sam, and Gardel rode was bought only s little more than a month ago in Kansas City. It was owned by the Saco (Sociedad Anonima Colombiana) Air- iine, of which Sampsr was technical director. The otner plane was oper- ated by the Scadita Airline. ‘The Saco version of the crash was that the Scadta ship, which had been standing on the apron of its hangar, started abruptly, while the Saco plane, having received its starting signal, crossed the field at full speed, its pilot unable to see the Scadta maneuver because of bushes. Scadta, on the other hand, reported its ship was rammed while it was still standing on the apron. Three U. 8. Citizens Victims, The list of dead: Carlos Gardel, Buenos Aires. Ernesto Samper, Bogota. Willis B. Foster, Colombian me- chanic. Henry Swartz of Philadelphia, man- ager for Universal Pictures in Colom- bia. Guillermo Barbieri, Gardel's guitar player. Alfredo Lepera, the actor’s manager. Celedonio Palacios of Santiago, Chile, manager of a Barranquilla theater. Hans Ulrich Thom, German pilot of the Scadta plane. Copllot Purst of the Scadta plane. Lester W. Strauss, United States. Four Colombians. The injured were: Grant Y. Flynn of Mount Kisco, N. Y., engineer and trafic manager for Saco; Jose Agui- lar and Domingo Riverol, Argentine guitar player; Alfonso Azaff, Puerto Rican; Jose Plaja, Gerona, Spain, a member of the Gardel Co. Physicians said the condition of all the injured was extremely serious. Gardel, Samper Known in U. 8. Carlos Gardel was well known among Latin American film players in Hollywood, although studio officials said he had never made pictures there. Famous as & “tango singer” as well as an actor, Gardei recently com- pleted his role in Paramount’s “Big Broadcast of 1935” filmed at the Long Island, N. Y., studios. Para- mount held an option on his services for four additional flims. Ernesto Samper was well known at Roosevelt Field, N. Y., which he had left only a month ago. Scion of a wealthy Colombian family of planters, he inherited a fortune once estimated at nearly $1,000,000. Ed- ucated at Phillips Andover Academy at Andover, Mass., he passed several years playing the stock market, learn- ing to fly in his leisure time, and after 1929 he returned to South America to capitalize upon his hobby of Zying. With the backing of his mother and another brother, he bought a | small cabin plane and opened Co- lombia’s first newspaper and mail route. Later he put into operation & passenger alirline. MAJ. GEN. REYNOLDS PRESENTS DIPLOMAS Makes First Official Appearance at Army Medical Center of Walter Reed. Maj. Gen. Charles R. Reynolds, newly appointed surgeon general, is making his first official appearance at the Army Medical Center, Walter Reed Hospital, this afternoon, to pre- sent diplomas to a class of 20 dieti- tians and physiotherapy aides. Dr. William J. Mallory, Washing- ton physician, is delivering the prin- cipal address. Dietitians receiving diplomas are Ethel M. Arnold, Alice Y. Carlscn, Kathryn L. Donohoe, Lois I Lewellen, Ruby F. Moley, Vivian M. O'Nell, Florence B. Pierson, Miriam D. Sansky, B. Elizabeth Storey and Lavinia A. Webb. Graduating physiotherapy aides are Avis W. Bishop, Amy J. Brooks, Jane Ewing, Louise Noel, Emily Pafenbach, Ruth E. Parker, Winifred Parker, Florence Snure, Livia E. Trocchia and Genese Van Duyn as dietitians and physiotherapy aides at Army hospitals in various parts of the country. Ages Total 1,222 Years. Surviving brothers and direct de- scendants of C. A. Havemann of Petit, South Africa, total 1,222 years. He is 80 years cld and frequently walks 11 miles to Benoni. Descendants of Havemann'’s parents now number 436. His father lived to be 86 and his mother 85. Sledges Carry Mail. Special motor sl are carrying mail in the mountains”of Austria. CAST OFFsTHE YOKE OF “UNEMPLOYMENT FEAR” FOR AS LITTLE AS 25¢ A DAY THIS UNUSUAL PLAN BACKED BY EXPERIENCE 24 YEARS RESOURCES $24,000,000 SCOTTY BERMUTH. Samper, Colombian aviator, and Gardel were among 14 persons killed when two planes crashed at Bogota, Colombia, yesterday, Bermuth flew with Samper to Colombia two years ago. CHAIN BUCKETSHOP \WARNINGS ISSUED Cummings Appeals to Public for Aid in Wiping Out Racketeers. By the Associated Press. Declaring a Nation-wide ring of chain bucketshop swindlers is mulct- ing the public of “millions,” Attorney General Cummings made a plea today for public co-operation to wipe out the “racketeers.” Evidence collected by the Justice Department, Cummings said in an in- terview with the Associated Press, points to bucketshop headquarters in New York and Chicago. “We know the names of the ead- ers,” he said, “but it will take co- operation of both the public and legiti- mate brokers to put them where they belong—behind the bars of a Federal prison. Serious Menace to Enforcement. “With unquestioned superior ability as salesmen, with thousands of dollars to spend on elaborate offices, long dis- tance telephone calls and telegrams, and an indirect system of payoffs, the swindlers offer one of the most serious menaces to law enforcement in the country today.” Most of the victims, Cummings said, are doctors, lawyers, professors and businessmen. “Actually,” he said, “these men are convinced they have lost their money in a legitimate investment. Usually they are afraid to complain to Federal officers because these smooth racket- eers always have the victims in debt after they have cleaned them.” Cummings cited the recent con- viétion of 16 men and a woman in Shreveport, La., as a part of a national ¢hain of bucketshop operators. Operated in 7 Citles. “This gang,” the Attorney General said, “operated in Kansas City, Okla- homa City, Houston, Shreveport, Fort Worth, New Orleans and Dallas for brief periods before Federal officials caught up with them. “One of the leaders, after his con- viction, told representatives of the Department of Justice that they took between three and four million dol- lars out of Kansas City before moving to Oklahoma City, where their system netted a quarter of a million, although this city had been worked before by & similar organization.” Cummings said his agents had evi- dence that as many as 150 of these gangs were operating in New York City alone. Twenty-six were uncovered in Dallas, he said. Warship to Carry Opera. A warship will transport the scenery and 200 members of the Swedish Royal Opera Co. when they go to Riga, Latvia. ‘The graduates are to fill vacancies - ERNESTO SAMPER. Heads B. B. B. LANIER P. McLACHLEN. M’LACHLEN HEADS BUSINESS BUREAU Chosen Chairman of Board of Di- rectors, to Succeed Francis G. Addison, Jr. Lanier P. McLachlen, president of the McLachlen Banking Corp., was | elected chairman of the board of di- | rectors of the Better Business Bureau | at a meeting this afternoon in the Raleigh Hotel. He succeeds Prancis G. Addison, jr., president of the Security Savings & Commercial Bank, who was presented | with a traveling bag by the directors | | in appreciation of his five years of | service as chairman. The term of the office is one year. All other officers were re-elected. They are B. B. Bergunder of S. Kann Sons Co., vice chairman; Y. E. Booker of Y. E. Booker & Co., treasurer, and R. B. H. Lyon of the law firm of Lyon & Lyon, counsel. All the officers were chosen by & Nominating Committee, composed of Herbert J. Rich, chairman; Joshua Evans, jr., and James W. Hardy. FALLS TO DEATH Russell Riges, 30, of 612 A street southeast, fell seven stories while working on the roof of ihe female re- celving ward of St. Elizabeth’'s Hos- pital yesterday and died almost in- stantly of a crushed skull. His body was removed to the Dis- trict Morgue by order of Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald, pending police inquiry as to the cause of the acci- dent, He was employed by the Keat- ing Roofing Co. of Philadelphia. Dobbs Hats Foot-Joy Shoes 14th & G Sts. Outstanding! IN OUR GROUP OF SUMMER SUITS Shantung Silk 2-PIECE SUITS $2 2.50 Exceptionally neat, handsome and CARLOS GARDEL. Memorial Services for Rabbi. Memorial services for Rabbi M. A. Horwits, head of the Talmud Thora Congregation until his death three months ago, will be held at 7 o'clock tonight at the Talmud Thora Syna- gogue, Pourth and E streets south- west. Rabbi Nachman Ebin of New RAD TODELVER CANE S FEARED Magchine Guns Guarding 8. Solution in $427,000 Hold-up Possible. By the Assoclated Press. PATERSON, N. J., June 25.—Acting on an anonymous tip that the under world might attempt a bold jail de- livery to free the eight captured mem« bers of the notorious “Charlic the Jew gang,” police threw the heaviest armed guard iIn the city’s history asround headquarters today. They were armed with rifles and machine guns. The tip said there was danger of an effort to rescue the imprisoned men or, failing that, to kill them, Officers were posted in the cell rooms with the convicts, who were kept handcuffed and heavily chained as their questioning continued. Police said the capture may point to the solution of the $427,000 Brooklyn armored car hold-up and the slaying of Vincent (Baby Face) Coll. Acting Detective Capt. James Smith said two of the men, Edward Gafiney, 31, and John J. Hughes, 31, had been picked out of the police line-up by two civilian witnesses in the Brooklyn hold-up. A third man, Arthur Gaynor, 31, is definitely wanted Smith said, in connection with the killing of Coll, gang chieftain. Bail will be denied the prisoners until they can be indicted under New Jersey's new “public enemy” law. This provides heavy penalties for men with criminal records who are caught carry- ing guns. ’ K. C. Gives Program Tonight. Washington Counctl, Knights of | Columbus, will have a ladies’ night entertainment and dance at the K. of | c. Club, Tenth and K streets, tonighs | about 8:30 o'clock, following the regu- lar council meeting. John B. Coyle York will be the principal speaker. is in charge. "SALADA® The Perfect Tea for ICED TEA When summer appetites simply dare you to please them Take that dare ; ; ; and serve Southern Dairies Ice Cream. The youngsters will think that Mother is giving them a treat. But Mother will know she is tempting them to eat good, solid, nourishing food. What! . . . ice cream—a food? 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