Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Burcau Forecast) Local thundershowers probably late to- night or tomorrow; continued warm to- night, cooler tomorrow and tomorrow night. Temperatures—Highest, 92, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 75, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page B- Closing N. Y. Markets, No. 33,309. pot office, Wi §300,000 EXPENDED IN UTILITIES FIGHT, PROBERS ARE TOLD P. H. Gadsden, Represent- ing Opponents, Gives Tes- timony at Lobby Inquiry. SENATE GROUP SWINGS INTO ACTION QUICKLY 19 Holding Companies Organized in Capital to Oppose Legislation. By the Associated Press. Evidence that more than $300,000 had been spent by public utility exec- utives in an effort to defeat the provi- sion in the utilities bill to abolish “un- necessary” holding companies in seven years was received today by the Senate Lobby Committee. It came from Philip H. Gadsden of Philadelphia, chairman of a commit- tee of public utilities executives, formed to oppose the abolition clause. Organize Quickly. The Senate committee named to in- vestigate lobbying in general took but five minutes to organize and then plunged immediately into the inquiry | on lobbying for and against the utili- | ties bill. By an assessment of one-half cent 4. Pages 17,18, 19 Entered as second class matter ashington, D. C. Father of 29 Asks Old-Age Pension; * Wed Four Times By the Associated Press. ENGLAND, Ark., July 12— Sixty-five-year-old John Perkins, colored, father of 29 children, in- cluding seven sets of twins, has filed application for an old-age pension with the Arkansas Wel- fare Department. Mrs. Ben B. High, supervisor of the Old-Age Pension Board here, said the Keo, Ark., man's application shows he has been married four times and that 25 of his 29 children are still living. The oldest is 49. Perkins’ first marriage was at the age of 13. Three of his wives are dead. [TALY 1§ PUZZLED BY BRITISH SPEECH |Wonders What Hoare Plans | as Next Step for Ethio- pian Peace. By the Associated Press ROME, July 12.—Italian official cir- | cles interpreted the foreign policy | | speech of Sir Samuel Hoare, British | foreign secretary, as tending to clarify | | the Italo-Ethiopian situation today. The officials said they were curious, however, as to what Great Britain’s | program would be to preserve peace in | | East Africa. Despite this skepticism, & meter on the companies, Gadsden they regarded the speech as evidence said, the Committee of Executives Of & more understanding attitude raised about $200,000, of which $151,- | toward Italy's policy. 000 has been spent. | Belief was expressed freely on all In addition, he related, the Edison | Sides that England would not cease| Electric Institute of New York con- tributed $150,000. Of this, he said, $75.000 each was paid to two law firms, Sullivan & | her efforts to settle the Italo-Ethiopian | dispute despite Italy’s determination |to seek ‘“complete solution.” The| | Italian press warned the people not| WASHINGTON, D. C, OHIO-GROUP CALLS TAX-RICH PLAN ONE OF6PERILSTOU.S. Chamber’s Attack in Line With National Body’s Crit- icism of Program. DELAY RUMORS FLOAT AROUND CAPITOL HILL White House Reports, However, President Expects Action Be- fore Adjournment. By the Associated Press. Describing President Roosevelt's new tax plan as one which would bring “redistribution of poverty” rather than wealth, the Ohio Cham- ber of Commerce today insisted it was “one of the six major menaces that hang over the country like a black cloud.” George B. Chandler of Columbus, representing the Ohio Chamber, made that statement at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the leg- islation. His testimony was in line with the campaign opened last night by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to defeat the program on the ground it is confiscatory, destructive, | Dollars Balance Human Lives In Funds Fight, Doctor Says and a “perversion” of the Federal tax- ing power. Reports—which Democratic chiefs denied—floated around Capitol corri- dors, meanwhile, that the tax bill would not be enacted at this session. Many members of Congress would like | to see it delayed. President Retains Stand. The White House reported that FRIDAY, ITS A SHAME EVEN To SUGGEST GOING THERE FOR A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE/ JULY NING EDITION 9 s / 9 — @he Fpening Star 1935—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. o~ 3 ——] Q\::%zth_ WORK IS STARTED . The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. FHF BALLOON C (UP) Means Associated Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 123,071 Some Returns Not Yet Received. TWO CENTS. OLLAPSES, STRATO FLIGHT FAILS; 50,000 SEE DISASTER Giant B ag Splits at Top as Helium Is Poured in Before Altitude Hop Starts. FIVE SAVE LIVES BY LEAPING; CROWD ON CLIFF JAMS RAIL Inquiry Planned to Solve Mystery of Accident That Ruins Geographic : Society’s $175,000 Venture. By the Assoclated Press RAPID CITY, S. Dak. July 12.—Disaster overtook the National Geographic Society-United States Army Air Corps stratosphere balloon here early this morning. The giant cause one hour before the scheduled ard time). bag collapsed from an unexplained take-off at 4 am. (Mountain stand- A crowd of 50,000 saw the accident. No one was injured, but five men working on the gondola preparatory to lashing the metal ball to the balloon were forced to jump. also scattered quickly. Guards The top of the mammoth bag burst open without warning, permitting 375,000 cubic feet of helium gas to escape and definitely halting the pro- jected flight Capt. Albert W. Stevens, flight commander, said he had “absolutely be made. 0 explanation” for the mishap. He added that an investigation would Spectators watching the preparations said the balloon ground ropes suddenly slackened and the top of the bag opened like a paper sack exploding. As the helium, a colorless gas, rushed out, a blue haze appeared. Color Ascribed to Talcum Powder. ‘The haze, officials of the National Geographic Society at Washington said they believed, was caused by talcum powder which was inside the balloon. However, they said, the powder, which had been used in ‘olding the balloon to prevent friction, could not have caused the accident. ————— Dr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor. president DL MOEES District Public Health Work Held in Cromwell and Simpson, Thacher & | t© be optimistic about the speech. President Roosevelt is standing by his State of Emergen('y as I\mg Asks |President Gives Hopkins | R Bartlett, both of New York. T. Justin Moore of Richmond also was employed, but Gadsden said his compensation had not been determined by the utility executives. House Prepares for Probe. Meanwhile, the House Rules Com- ‘ Official circles expressed interest in | knowing exactly what the British foreign minister had in mind when he said he was ready to act to avoid a conflict between Italy and Ethiopia on the basis of the treaty of 1906 or through the League of Nations. | They thought Sir Samuel, in refer- | tax program and assumes Congress will pass it before adjournment. Inquiries about reports the Presi- dent would sanction an adjournment after House action on the bill and call Congress into special session in the Autumn to complete Senate work brought no affirmative reply at the mittee prepared to resume next Mon-| ring to the 1906 treaty between Eng- | Executive Office. day its investigation of lobbying for and against the utilities bill. Utilities officials are to be called next. follow- ing questioning ot Thomas Corcoran R. F. C. official Gadsden told the Senate group of organizing holding company officials last February for the purpose of fight- ing the abolition clause. Nineteen holding company groups, he said, com- pleted an organization at a meeting ' ‘Washington. “Were any minutes kept?” Chair- man Black asked. land, Italy and France. establishing | spheres of influence in Ethiopia. had in mind convocation of a three-pow conference. Official circles said that | if this is so, Italy has no intention oi | attending. | | New Solution Sought. | LONDON, July 12 (#).—The British government, persisting in its efforts tc | head cff hostilities between Italy and | Ethiopia, sought today another solu- tion to the crisis. Sir Samuel Hoare, foreign secretary, “No. We just agreed to oppose the | called Joseph A. C. Avenol, secretary utility bill,” Gadsden answered. | general of the League of Nations, to “Did you also plan to oppose the a conference at which informed cir- T.V. A pli?>” “No, just the Wheeler-Rayburn (holding company) bill.” “Have you discussed this matter ‘(utilities bill) with any Congressmen?" Black snapped. “I certainly have,” Gadsden replied. emphatically. “Every member of the House and Senate committees.” He evidently referred to the com- mittees which considered the bills. “Do you deny you have discussed this bill outside of committee with the members of Congress?” “I can't recall at once. I can give you a list. Give me a minute to dis- cuss it." cles said some new way out of the impasse might be advanced. | Avenol also arranged a second con- ference with Anthony Eden. Several points in Sir Samuel’s sur- i vey, pledging Britain’s continued ef- | forts for peace, emerged clearly in his | | speech: 1. England admits Italy’s need for | exnansion and admits to some extent : vhe charges against Ethiopia. i 2. It questions whether these rea- sons are sufficient cause for plunging into armed conflict. 3. It will grasp “any reasonable . thance which may offer itself for helping prevent a disastrous war.” After a moment Gadsden men-| 4. It looks to Germany to help con- tioned the name of Representative | clude Eastern European and Danubian Wolverton, Republican, of New Jersey. PS‘?:~ “thereby giving a great impulse - | to the conclusion of an air pact.” Employed Publicity Agent. | Prom Sir Samuel came tphe state- Burnham Carter of Ivy Lee & I. J. | ment that he is working through two Ross, New York public relations ad- |Sets of machinery—the League of Na- visers, said the Utility Executives’ |tions and the 1906 treaty. Committee had employed his firm at $5,000 a month to supply publicity to Congressmen. He was asked by Black what Con- gressmen he had supplied information on power projects. He recalled the names of Represent- ative Kahn, Republican. of California and Randolph, Democrat, of West Vir- ginia. Vainly Carter pleaded he could not remember in detail all the members to ‘whom he had supplied information. “I can supply you a list if you will give me time,” the young witness re- plied. “We insist you give it now,” Black snapped. Carter related that he had mel’ Reandolph in the Mayflower Hotel 0 n of “Mr. Argabrite, vice president of e American Gas and Electric Co.” rabrite was a member of the Executive’s Committee,” Carter - enied knowledge of who asked upply power company informa- Mrs. Kahn, or how the im- on was given. function,” Carter stated, “was rite these memoranda.” Questioned by Black. Trying to refresh Carter’s memory Black questioned him _individually (See LOBBY, Page 6.) U & 12 U. S. FLYERS PLAN | TO AID ETHIOPIANS Former Commercial Air Pilot Says Maj. Pollock Helping Him Sign Recruits. By the Associated Press. GRASSE, France, July 12.—Hal Duberrier, former American commer- cial air pilot, announced today he had recruited 12 American fiyers to fight for Ethiopia. Duberrier said Maj. Granville Pol- lock, the famous veteran of the old Lafayette Escadrille, was aiding him to raise a force to form a nucleus for an Ethiopian air corps. He refused to divulge the names of the other pilots. “We are willing to fight for an ideal,” said Duberrier. “The Ethiopian authority assured me there would be plenty of promotions and decorations.” He said Emperor Haile Selassie ‘would furnish the planes, but he re- fused to say when he planned to go to Addis Ababa. He said that his party, he hoped, “will be greatly strengthened” in Egypt. A A By indirection, Sir Samuel advised Anglo-American co-operation in world affairs. New Formula Advanced. | VIENNA, July 12 (#).—An Austrian proposal for the settlement of the| Italo-Ethiopian dispute, launched yes- | | terday by the semi-official Reichpost, | has excited considerable interest in diplomatic circles. ‘The plan is believed to have been published after consultations in au- | thoritative Italian quarters and hence is regarded as incorporating terms ac- | ceptable to Mussolini, consequently | capable of averting an outbreak of war in Africa. ‘The Reichpost proposes that France | take the initiative with the League of Nations to obtain an agreement for objective consideration of “the Ethi- opian case” as a problem of the major | powers’ responsibility toward a back- l ward region, rather than as a dispute | between Italy and Ethiopia. | It suggests that France propose the | view of the Addis Ababa government's | inability to suppress the slave traffic | and border raids on neighboring | colonial powers and that England and | Italy be authorized to undertake the pacification and civilization of this region. England would be allotted that | section which includes Lake Tsana, | where she had negotiated for 30 years for a dam to serve agriculture in the | Sudan and Egypt. Detroit Woman Killed. GLOUCESTER, Mass., July 12 (#).— Mrs. Ella F. Anderson, 79, of Detroit was killed anc four other women in- jured today in a collision of two au- tomobiles a mile east of the Glou- cester-Rockport line. By the Associated Press. . Senator Copeland, Democrat, otl New York. a doctor-legislator who recommends complete rest for this Congress, elaborated todoy on the symptoms. “Frayed nerves, lack of poise and general restlessness” led him to be- lieve. he said, that Congress should adjourn immediately. “I don’t think I have ever seen Congress in such bad shape,” Cope- land, who has been here 12 years, said. “Deliberate thinking is going out the window. We are tired.” 4 The other five “menaces” which Chandler said are “holding back re- covery” were listed as: “1. The destruction of representa- tive government by converting Con- gress into a rubber stamp: *2, Fcmenting hostility to our Con- stitution and hatred of the Supreme Court; “3. The entry of Government into private business on a huge scale; “4. The destruction of the rights of the States and centralization of power in Washington; “5. Creating a race of mendicants, loafers and weaklings through abuse of relief and sentimental social leg- islation.” “Inside Conspirators” Feared. Insisting that the Ohio chamber members would “bear their full and fair share of the burden without pro- test” when the President and Con- gress “seriously undertake the task of balancing the budget,” Chandler continued: i “I am not saying that the admin- | Istration aims to destroy private prop- ety oo e “On the other hand, I haven't the | slightest doubt that in the Washing- | ton menage—the inner group that surrounds the President and seems to have his ear—there are numerous con- spirators who do not want prosperity to return and who do want to see private property in this country so discredited that the doctrines of Karl Marx shall be substituted for those of ‘Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, Lin- coln, Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Wilson and Coolidge.” Questioned by Representative Fuller, Democrat, of Arkansas, Chandler conceded that if he were vested with “ultimate power” he probably would tax sll incomes on the same basis.” Witness Resents Comment. Fuller concluded with the assertion | that he had heard enough to make his own decision as to the credibility of the witness. “I resent that,” Chandler retorted. Representative Jenkins, Republican, of Ohio, interposed with a question as to what right a committeeman had to “impute dishonesty” to a wit- | ness. Chairman Doughton said he thought the witness had done the “imputing” by calling the committeemen “rubber stamps.” “He didn't give us anything on this biil; just a political argument,” Fuller said “What bill>” asked Representative Treadway, Republican, of Massachu- setts. “There has been none drafted. ‘The Democratic members of this com- mittee have insulted this witness.” Doughton’s gavel finally stopped | the fireworks, and Fuller explained he had not sought to impute dishon- esty to the witness, but just questioned his “very bad judgment.” F. 8. Ferguson, vice president of the General Time Instruments Corp., con- trolling the Western Clock Co. of La Salle, 11, and the Seth Thomas Clock Co. of Thomaston, Conn., told the committee the suggested graduated tax would load an unjust burden on his concern. He offered an amendment which would exempt holding companies using profits for subsidiary company expan- (See TAXES, Page 3.) | Copeland as Physician Urges Early Adjournment of Congress Dr. George W. Calver, attending Capitol physician, said: “I am advising the Legislators to get at least an hour of exercise a day, to be careful of their diet and par- ticularly to eat larger proportions of fruits and fresh vegetables. “The tendency is for them to eat and sit around all day, so I am en- couraging exercise. About 100 of the members of both houses make it & practice to play golf every morning early. That is fine. “I advised them to avoid too many jced drinks, but a highball now and then is all right.” Dollars are being balanced against human lives in the controversy which has been going on for months over the amount of funds to be made avail- | | able to the District Health Depart- | ment, it was declared this morning by | Dr. Sterling Ruffin, president of the | District of Columbia Medical Society. | “There really is an emergency here with regard to health work, particu- | larly in the field of tuberculosis,” Dr. | Ruffin said, “and it is an entirely dis- creditable and unnecessary condition. The funds we are seeking in the pend- ing deficiency bill would supply our ' $61,240 Extra of Subcommittee. greatest needs, and their appropria- | tion would be more than justified on | both economic and human grounds. ! It is a matter of balancing dollars against human lives. Washington, | with its more than half-million popu- | lation, should not be forced to get along with health funds comparable to those available in many cities of 200,000 persons.” Meanwhile, although the Budget Bureau has refused to recommend | that Congress make a supplemental | appropriation for the Health Depart- (See HEALTH. Page 4.) PURVIS ACE G-MAN, RESIGNS POS TION {Agent Famous for Dillinger Trap to Take Up “New Duties.” D¥ REX COLLIER. Melvin Purvis, whose nonchalant gesture with a lighted cigar signaled the death of John Dillinger in front of a Chicago theater a year ago this month, and who also was present when “Pretty Boy” Floyd fell under a hail of Federal bullets, has resigned from J. Edgar Hoover's force of “G” men to follow more prosaic pursuits. The 32-year-old lawyer-turned-de- tective was quoted by the Associated Press as explaining he wished to take wp “new duties,” the nature of which he did not disclose. Slender and mild- POLAR AR COMING 195 Degrees This Afternoon, With Relief Tomorrow Forecast. While Washington today sweltered | in some of the hottest weather of the year, with a maximum temperature of 95 degrees forecast for this afternoon, | the Polar Pacific air mass which is bringing relief to the sunbaked West | advanced through Missouri. Northern | Kansas, Iowa and Wisconsin and was | on its way East, with promise of relief here tomorrow night. The cool wave today centered over the Dakotas and the temperature at Rapid City. S. Dak., fell to 56 degrees this morning. Tonight the cool wave is expected $3,826,000 to Defray Ad- New Flight by Fall ministrative Expenses. May Be Attempted; President Roosevelt today turned | i 1 over $3,826,000 to Work Progress Ad- | Inqu"y Is Awaited ministrator Harry L. Hopkins to help | ywhether an effort will be made to defray administrative expenses of the | ;1,50¢ the torn bag of the National Government's $4,000,000,000 Work-Te- | Geograpnic Society-Army Air Corps lief drive, starting first today in Ala- graqosphere balloon Explorer II and bama, Indiana, Georgia and the Dis- | q."i iater in the season, will depend trict of Columbia. | upon an investigation to be made here The administrative expenses, it was | jho™ (80 iAFal T ool announced said at the Division of Applications | i 4. at society headquarters and Information, will be proportioned | “"Neiiner Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, among all the States to speed plans |, o5igent of the National Geographic for the employment drive. ‘socmy, nor Dr. Lyman J. Briggs, As work started today in the three girector of the National Bureau of States and the District, projects ap- | Standards and head of the Scientific proved by the President in these sec- | Committee on the flight, would say tions were again announced. From | definitely that efforts would be aban- lists submitted by Hopkins to employ | doned for this year. It was said that 169,900 now on relief rolls in these| jf jt is possible to repair the ripped sections, the President approved the | palloon or make a new one before following allocations: | Fall a second attempt will be made. 10 ROUT D. C. HEAT District of Columbia, five street and | highway projects, $1,236,713; Alabama, 15 projects, $222,793: Indiana, 47 proj- ects, $519,653, and Georgia, 81 proj- ects, $294,060. ‘The five District of Columbia proj- | ects would provide a year's work for 1,500 men. Of the total amount about 75.9 per cent, $938,424, goes for wages and superintendence. The balance would be spent for supplies, material | | Stratosphere flights are possible as late as early Winter, the present offi- | cial altitude record of 61,237 feet hav- ing been set by Lieut. Comdr. T. G. W. Settle and Maj. Chester Fordney ; on November 20, 1933. Photographs showing damage to the great bag, which was reported badly | cut up, were made early today under direction of Capt. Albert W. Stevens, | its commander, and are being sent which financed the $175,000 expedi- tion, issued the following statement “The catastrophe to the balloon that was inflated and ready to take the air is at this moment inexplicable. but we thank God that no one was injured which is the most important thing of all. “The officers of the National Geo- graphic Society and Army Air Cor must await the results of the investi- gation by Capt. Stevens and Capt. An- derson and the experts of the Good- vear-Zeppelin Corp., makers of the balioon, together with the scientists composing the Technical Committee | of the stratosphere flight, as to the cause of the explosion &nd whether or not the balloon can be repaired and placed in an absolutely safe condition. | “With the National Geographic So- ciety, which throughout its nearly 50 years of scientific activity and many expeditions placed in the field has never lost a man, the first and last consideration is the safety of per- sonnel.” Flight Staff Is Stunned. Pending investigation. the mass of fabric was left untouched in the middle of the big illuminated ring where the balloon was being prepared. The flight staf. as well as spec- tators massed on the cliffs, appeared stunned by the shock. After the in- itial confusion the crowd slowly began here for study by members of the Technical Committee in Charge of Arrangements. This committee is headed by Dr. Briggs. Shortly before noon today Dr. Gros- venor was notified that the collapsed and equipment. The five projects, calling for the construction and improvements of sec- ondary roads, specified as follows: | Cleaning, clearing and repairing sides to scatter. Before the collapse the helium was concentrated in the top of the bag. which was inflated to only about one- | eighth its capacity. This was to allow | for expansion in the sun’s heat. of roads, $106,616; construction of shoulders, planting grass and shrub- | bery adjacent to highways, $431,366; widening the streets and other repairs, $217.068; performing general nursery work, trimming trees, etc., $90,000; | finishing newly graded streets, $391,393. | | This fifth program omits reference bag still was lying on the dew-| Sergt. G. W. Money of the United drenched grass of the stratosphere | States Army Air Corps at Scott Field, bowl in the Black Hills and that no | I, one of the men who was work- effort will be made to move it until [ ing on top of the gondola, descrided the grass has dried. It was believed | the mishap. that thus less damage to the already “I was working on 2 cross bar on | torn fabric would result. | top of the gondola.” he said. “Sud- | until a detailed examination is denly I felt the ropes slacken. The | to sewer projects previously submitted ' made, it probably will not be possible next thing I knew the whole fabric came down on me.” mannered, despite the reputation Goodyear Official Puzzled. which came to him as a result of his dangerous work. Purvis has not been in vigorous health. Purvis' resignation as special agent in charge of the Chicago office of the i b 16 Groati Takis hvea:| ¢ Commisaines Allen, |to determine just what caused the| | by Sunday morning the center will be | = = 1 g;ga‘;":“ b’“ fburstl 32d fdificzmrge its | | 2 i y ,000-cubic-foot load of helium gas, 3 G LS ov;rl ‘lh; ::olzn:;cd;,ei:?:;’e“hu Bu- CAPITAL MAN s PLEA lomdsls at the society said. ‘peljinFCo?;.m:: ?\‘k:;:\‘ Ohiol,e:;lg“;e reau reported the temperature was, | Officials Here Notified at Once. | knew of no reason for the collapse. | down to 90 degrees, as clouds tem- | FOR BURGLAR FA".S Dr. Grosvenor and other Geognpmcf In Akron, Goodyear officials, in the Federal Bureau of Investigation has | porarily obscured the sun, and that it | Society officials were in radio com- | absence of a complete report, refused been accepted by Hoover, who was able for comtent. colorful record of investigative achieve- ments in connection with major kid- napings and other Federal crimes, has been appointed to succeed Purvis. Purvis, by reason of his Chicago assignment, was in the center of the stirring hunt for Dillinger and his gang and for other desperadoes op- erating in the Midwest. Through no fault of his own he has been credited in the press, on the radio and on the screen with many exploits for which others were jointly re- sponsible. Worked Under Cowley. hailed as the leader of the squads which “got” Dillinger and Floyd, and has been repeatedly referred to as the man who actually fired the shots that ended Dillinger's mad career, the facts are that Purvis was under command of the late Inspector Samuel P. Cowley on both occasions and he did not fire a shot when Dillinger was slain. Cowley, killed with Special Agent Herman E. Hollis in a gun duel with “Baby Face” Nelson at Barrington, (See PURVIS, Page 5.) _ VETO OF SPEEDERS’ BILL COSTS LEGISLATOR FINE Illinois Senator Tells Judge He Was Pondering Governpr’s De- cision When Arrested. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 12.—Called into Speeder’s Court on a charge of driving 60 miles an hour, State Senator ‘Thomas V. Smith, one of the signers of a bill to abolish the 45-mile-an- hour speed limit, told Judge John Gut- knecht: “Your honor, at the time I was pon- dering the speeders’ bill, wondering if Gov. Horner would sign or veto it, and I didn’t pay much attention to my speedometer.” and costs,” % £ in Atlantic City today and not avail- | D. M. Ladd, veteran agent with a | Although Purvis has been widely | | had been fluctuating between 90 and 91 degrees for nearly two hours. District employes were allowed to leave their offices at 3 o'clock this afternoon because of the excessive heat. Government departments will close at the usual time. The tempera- ture had reached 91 at 1 o'clock. The next 24 hours in Washington are to be ‘“plenty warm,” Weather Bureau officials reported informally. Allen Klinger, 41, Liverpool, Pa., was overcome by heat at the north entrance to the National Museum, Tenth and Constitution avenue, to- day and was taken to Casualty Hos- pital in an ambulance. Doctors found him not seriously affectea. Relatives were with Klinger at the time he was stricken. Benjamin F. Moore, 37, of Beckley, W. Va.. was taken to Gallinger Hos- pital this afternoon from Second and D streets and treated for heat pros- tration. He was admitted to the hos- pital, physicians there announcing his condition as undetermined. There probably will be local thun- dershowers late tonight. Heat deaths througnout the United States since the torrid spell started, about July 1. had mounted to 48 to- day, according to unofficial reports compiled by the Associated Press. Readers’ Guide Cross-word Puzzle Editorials Lost and Found Mallon Radio ... Serial Story . Service Orders . Short Story Society .. Sports Vital Statistics ‘Washington Wayside ‘Women'’s Features .....B-5-6 4 eore B-2 A-14-15-16 .. A-T | munication with Rapid City during | the night, while the great bag was being inflated, and were notified im- mediately of the bursting of the bag, which occurred at 5 o'clock this morn- ing, Washington time. Dr. Grosvenor immediately tele- graphed Rapid City for details and received the reply that no one had been hurt but that there had been a wild scramble on the part of the ground crew to escape the collapsing bag. It was said at the society headquar- ters that the use of helium probably had averted a disastrous fire, since there was considerable evidence of static electricity during inflation of the huge bag, as the folds of rubber- ized fabric unfolded and slid over | each other. The explosion of thou- | sands of cubic feet of hydrcgen might (See INQUIRY, Page 3.) | Friend Is Sent to Prison in Spite of Story of Rescue in Cuban Gale. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Juiv 1z —Despite a plea by a man whose life e once saved, George Garva 25-vesr-old Cuban, was given aa indeterminate term in prison wday on a charge of unlawful entry. Alexander R. Shepard, an account- ‘ant, of Washington. D. C., wrote General Sessions Judze John J. Fres- chi, who meted out the sentence, that Garcia had caved him from | drowning in a sale off the Cuban | coast, and later had nursed him | through malaria. Shepard offered to take Garcia to Washington ana see | that “he went straignt.” | “If Ilet you go 1o Washington you | | might burglarize tne United States | | Treasury,” Judge Freschi sad. “In-| | stead, I'll send you tc the peniten-| tiary.” Garcia was arcested after forcing the door to the apartment of Philip de Ronde, consul general of Paraguay, RS < British Engines Sent to Germany. LONDON, July 12 (#).—Eighty Brit- ish airplane engines were exported to Germany in the 12 months ending last May, according to an official return submitted to the House of Commons on June 11. Of Calhoun A cross-section of residents of the Capital City found time today in the whirl of public and private business to add their contributions to a spon- taneous relief fund for the stricken ! family of Sterling Calhoun, unem- ployed colored man, who sacrificed his life in a futile attempt to save two children from drowning. . Citizens and organizations responded quickly to appeals for money with which to rescue Calhoun from burial in potter’s field and to aid his desti- tute widow and her three young chil- dren, one of whom is critically ill at Gallinger Hospital. More than $50 came to The Star overnight, to be added to the $100; which The Star itself contributed to today. Spontaneous Fund for Relief Family Grows houn case, The Star will be glad to receive any other donations for the family. Make checks payable to the Calhoun Fund, care of The Evening Star. The Star acknowledges receipt of the following contributions: Mrs. James Quinn, $1; Matthew A. Dunn, $2; F. A. Linger, $5; Mike Durso, $1; C. E. P, $1; Mary S. Nixon, $2; Miss Sallie Ward, $5; Mrs. W. Kesley Schoepf, $5; Robert L. O'Brien, $5; Mrs. C. J. Z, $1: T. A, $5; Lewis Edwin R; $5; Barbara E. Sazama, $2; R. E. Farr, $5; Widow's Sons Lodge, No. 7, $5, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wedlake, $2. Many other sums have been con- the family yesterday. Because of the wide sympathy aroused by the Cal- ing the total relief fund to several (See CALHOUN, Page 5.) t tributed to other organizations, swell- | any comment. The balloon, the largest ever made, was fabricated in the Akron | factories of the Goodyear Tire & Rub- | ber Co. and its subsidiary, the Good- year Zeppelin Corp. ‘The first reaction at the flight camp | was one of relief that the accident | did not occur after the take-off. It | also was pointed out that had such a mishap occurred in last year's flight, when explosive hydrogen was used, the result might have been calamitous. Helium is non-explosive and non-in- flammable. Mrs. Orvil A. Anderson, wife of the balloen pilot. was one of the first to rush onto the scene, searching for her nusband. He was unhurt. “I'm sick with disappointment.” she said, “particularly for Capt. | Stevens and Andy.” Asked about her reaction to another fight, she said, however, that she | would not oppose her husband’s | taking part. The collapse of the balloon, which was said to be the world’s largest. brought an abrupt end to 15 hours' (See STRATOSPHERE, Page 3.) T. V. A. HEAD SILENT ON JOHN ROOSEVELT By the Assoclated Press. NORRIS, Tenn., July 12.—Arthur E. Morgan, chairman of the Tennes- , see Valley Authority, today would neither deny nor confirm a report that John Roosevelt, 18-year-old son of the President, has gone to work for the T. V. A. at Norris. A published report said young Roosevelt had taken a job in the cost-accounting department of the T. V. A, arriving here about three days ago. “I don’t believe that's true,” Chair- man Morgan said. “My understand- ing was that he wanted to do out- door work, and I haven't heard any- thing to the contrary.” “I couldn’t tell you if I knew,” Morgan said in response to a question as to whether the Harvard under- graduate had arrived. “When the | President spoke to me about his son's coming down here to work. he specif- ically asked that he be spared from newspaper men and photographers.”