Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1935, Page 4

E Ky kalaG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, ARWAYS ARGOSY 1S ON WAY HOME Pan-American Expedition Is | Hailed by Governor Gen- | eral of Philippines. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. 85 Radio to The Star ABOARD S. S. NORTH HAVEN, in Mid-Pacific, June 29.—Pan-American Airways' $2.000,000 pioneering expedi- tion for a clipper plane service be- tween America and Asia is approach- ing its end. The Argosy ship, the doughty freighter North Haven, has been on the back track from Manila since June 19. Guam is now behind | us and we arrive at Wake Island Monday. By a rough estimafe, the mere preliminaries of the regularly sched- uled plane service cost $2,000,000, and the outlay will total $4,000,000 by the time the service is ready. but it is undoubtedly one of the soundest in- vestments in the future of the coun- ! try Before construction was actually begun, four years of field and labora- tory research were devoted to prep- aration of the service. It cost con- siderably more than $250,000 to charter the North Haven, which will have been out more than 18 weeks before it reaches Seattle, and to pay for supplies and wages of the con- struction crews. Machinery and other equipment left on the islands where bases are being established add be- tween $400.000 and $500.000. No Expense Spared. Meanwhile one clipper plane also has been pioneering over the route, | and when the service starts for pas- &engers and cargo the company must operate three of these giant sea- birds, which, with their preliminary tests. add another $1.000.000. No ex- pense has been spared to make the future air route not only safe and reliable but comfortable and scenic and thus to encourage a flow of im- portant personages between East and | West, contributing to sounder inter- national understandings. There is great enthusiasm in the Philipines over the coming air service between the United States and Asia. Gov. Gen. Murphy said: “In my opinion this service span- ning the Pacific is one of the greatest | things ever undertaken. From the standpoint of the United States it will be as advantageous to that coun- try as to the Philippines. It will put Manila in relation to Washington and New York where San Francisco now . Takes Supplies at Manila. The North Haven spent three days | At Manila, loading additional supplies for the bases at Guam, Wake and Mid- way Islands. However, John A. Steele, Pan-American maintenance engineer: Charles S. Russell, the expedition's chief construction engineer, and James J. Cushman, radio engineer, remained in Manila According to Gov. Gen. Murphy. Harold M. Bixby, the airways com- pany’s representative in the Orient, now in China as a member of the Forbes Mission, is expected in Manila in a few days to discuss the project with the Governor General and Philip- pine leaders Meanwhile airline companies of other nations are angling for a foot- hold in Manila. A company operating a five-day service between London and Singapore would connect with the American line here. Also, Britain's Imperial Airways, the French Air France and Japanese air transports are all clamoring to effect an entrance via Manila to the teeming markets of the Far East In addition to the Philippines’ pref- erence for Pan-American Airways, however, there is the practical ob- #tacle of a thousand miles of open an. which is not easy for airlines the recognized American flying experience and back- ground Dirt for Beautification. The North Haven is transporting a hundred tons of dirt to Guam, Wake and Midway Islands to beautify the air base grounds with flowers and &hrubbery. The dirt must be sterilized #0 it will not bring either insects or weeds to those chaste islands. Con- sidering the delay to the ship in load- inz and unloading, the fancy dirt for Midway will cost Pan-American about $60 a ton. Though the North Haven is nine days behind the original schedule, the Midway ahd Wake program has been carried out as planned months ago. Gov. Gen. Murphy is eager to get the Pan-American service started imme- diatelv for the Philippines. “Evervthing within the power of ON YOUR It does not matter how far away from home you ‘spend your vacation . . the fine local and na- tional news presented by The Star will reach you. Mail or leave your ad- dress or itinerary at The Star Business Office, and ‘The Star will be mailed to you with the same dispatch as if you were in your own home in Washington. Hello Girls Some of choice of the amateurs. Take Votes the 60 Washington telephone operators who will be pressed into service tomorrow night keeping score in Maj. Bowes' amateur night radio program. Listeners-in have been urged by the major, a veteran broad- caster, who manages the Capitol Theater, in New York, to telephone their The operators will be seated at a long table in the Chesapeake & Potomac Building and will keep score on a pad resuits will be tabulated and sent quickly to New York, where Maj. Bowes will congratulate the winner. the Philippine government will be done to make it advantageous for Pan-American Airways 1o use Manila as one of its bases,” the Governor General said. Japan also contemplates an air service to its mandated islands, Pelew cnly a few hundred miles eastward from Davao, the center of Japanese interests controlling the Philippine hemp plantations. Another Japanese line would skirt the Philippines aiong the China Coast toward Siam, where Japan's influence is also becoming predominant (Copyright. 1935 by the North American Newspaper Aliance. Inc.) T.V. A. COMPROMISE HEADED FOR HOUSE Rules Committee Votes to Let Trouble-Packed Bill Come Up. By the Associated Press | A compromise T. V. A. bill. unac- ceptable to the Administration, yes- terday cleared the last hurdle on the way to the House floor and a big fight. The Rules Committee voted to let the trouble-packed bill come up— probably the week after next—under | a rule allowing six hours' general debate. But it rejected a request reported to have its source in the White House. for two motions to send the measure back to the Militarv Committee for changes before a final vote. Supporters of the vast Tennessee Valley project. meanwhile, were plot- ting a campaign to knock out on the floor the features of the legislation at which President Roosevelt has di- rected his severest criticism. Recovering From Dog Bite. | HOLLYWOOD. June 29 (# —A'ber- tina Rasche, internationally krown dancer and now ballet director at & movie studio, was recovering yester- day from a dog bite on her hand Two Russian wolfhounds engaged in a fight on the movie set and, in at- tempting to separate them, she suf- fered a deep gash. VACATION Read THE STAR ATES by MAIL Even aTening One Mon, unday m One “'Pel‘ i Other Stateg and Canadg Evening p, nd Ve~ Sun- i, Stoo e it ings g NEW BYS ROUTE PETITION IS FILED town and New Jersey Avenue. Establishment of & crosstown bus line to give direct connection be- tween Georgetown and New Jersey | avenue, via P street and Dupont and | Logan Circles, was being considered today by the Public Utilities Commis- | slon on petition by the Capital Tran- sit Co. ‘The fare on the proposed new line would be the same as on street cars, four tokens for 30 cents, or 10 cents cash, or use of the $1 weekly pass. late yesterday|as an answer to protests that the present arrangements for tory. The commission recently ordered extension of the West End bus line to Wisconsin avenue and P street be- calse of abondonment of the P street car tracks between Dupont Circle and | Georgetown. ‘The company told the commission |1t had received numerous complaints that extension of the West End line | does not fill the needs of Georgetown residents. President John H. Hanna | also said the company was mindful | of frequent requests for more adequate | crosstown seevice. | The proposed P street bus line | would start at Wisconsin avenue, go east on Dumbarton avenue, north on Twenty-eighth street, eass on P street, Line Would Connect George- | The company filed the suggestion Georgetown service are not satisfac- | | i around Thomas Circle, east on P/ street, around Logan Circle and then south on New Jersey avenue and | Fourth street, west on K street, north on F street and back over P street to ‘Wisconsin avenue. | Pending completion of the new P Street Bridge the company proposed the line be -détoured via Twenty- eighth, Q and Twentieth streets. ‘The commission was urged to can- cel its order extending the West End bus line and proposed that this re- vert to its former route, which ran from the Treasury Building to Twenty-fourth street and New Hamp- PRIVATE CAPITAL | ISHELD EMERGING F. H. A. Head Says Skllled Building Labor Is Scant in Some Places. By the Associated Press. Asserting that private capital for | real estate investment is coming out | of hiding, Stewart MacDonald, -mn” Federal housing administrator, last night sald that reports had been re- | celved from many communities of an | actual shortage of skilled building labor. His views were expressed in & radio | address marking the first anniversary of the housing act. “Last week,” he said. “the lwllcl- tions for insured mortgages totaled | $8,000,000, more than $1,000,000 a day. { Over one-third of these applications | are for new homes. “For the first time in five years the | wheels of the building industry showed | signs of turning rapidly as homes— | | f | comfortable, attractive, modern homes | —begin to rise throughout the land. “This means that private capital | for real estate investments is coming | out of hiding. All over the country, | banks, insurance companies, buflding and loan associations, trust companes | and other institutions are now lreely} making loans which would have been refused a year ago. *“The outlook of industries dependent i for their welfare upon home building is increasingly brighter, and more men | are employed in the building trades | than at any other time in several years. From some communities re- ports come to us that every building tradesman—every carpenter, painter and even architect—is busy and that an actual scarcity of labor exists.” SATURDAY, JUNE 29. 1935. 0™ ™ \\p G STrEnTs Beginning Monday, July 1st, Woodward & Lothrop cuuom- ers desiring to use the Capi- tal Garage Parking Service are asked to drive direct to the Capital Garage, where a driver will be furnished by the Capital Garage to drive you to Woodward & Lothrop. WoobpwARD & LLOTHROP Prone District 3300 When shopping is completed, please notify the Woodward & Lothrop Service Desk, First Floor, and your car will be re- turned to the store’s G street entrance. The Capital Garage Parking Service as maintained in the past will be discontin- ved as of Saturday, June 29, Almee Chnllenges Huey. | LOS ANGELES, June 29 (#.—A challenge has been issued from Angelus Temple to Senator Huey Long to meet Aimee Semple McPher- son in a debate when he arrives here after adjournment of Congress. Mrs. McPherson's lieutenants have sug- gested economic recovery as the subject. WOODWARD & LoTHRrOP Prione: Distmict 3300 pecial purchase brings 300 of them, fre daisies . . . colorful as a field of Summer wild flowers . . . ready for Summe anywhere . ... in town or out.” {f you tailored type, you will like the shl : 4 styles. 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