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ELLSWORTH FINDS MOUNTAIN RANGE Great Chain Discovered From Plane Beyond Stefansson Strait. BY LINCOLN ELLSWORTH. By Radlo to The Star. DUNDEE ISLAND, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, November 21 (N.AN.A).— Another secret has been wrested from Antarctica. Although Herbert Hollick- Kenyon and I had to turn back our plane today after covering almost a third of the distance across Antarc- tica to the Ross Sca, we discovered that the great mountain chain of which Graham Land is a part rises again beyond Stefansson Strait on what is probably one great Antarctic continent. At the edge of Heerst Land and southward of Cape Eielson we saw mountains along a northwest-south- east direction ranging from 7,000 to | 11,000 feet. Unfortunately, many of the lower ranges were covered with clouds, but, from an altitude of 12,000 feet, we could see the peaks of some of them almost at our level and only a few miles away. The conspicuous jagged peaks were not far from the coast of Hearst Land. At our farthest south, although we could not see because of the clouds beneath us, the feel of the machine in the air suggested that we were above a plateau. Another Range Probable. Definite details will not be known until I have had time to check my observations, but we were probably at our farthest south between latitudes 71 and 72 and longitudes 65 and 66 west. On our course, which trended southwestward, the clouds ranged for probably 70 miles ahead, and even there we could see a rolling cloud mass, apparently at a higher level, which indicated another range, pos- sibly higher than the one over which | we flew. It would have been foolhardy and useless to continue on over the clouds, and it became obvious soon after we turned that we were in a terrific wind. It is, of course, impossible to check the drift of a plane over the clouds, but, as soon as we could see the coast of the Weddell Sea and Cape Eielson, it was apparent that a strong south-soutnwest wind had, while we were climbing, carried us much to the eastward. ‘We came back more or less parallel to our outward course and landed at 18:30 G. M. T. after 10! hours’ fiying. Our take-off this morning was per- fect. There was just a breath of wind and the temperature was at zero centigrade. The airplane Polar Star . had no difficulty with her load, and, | at 08:03 G. M. T. (3:03 am, E. 8. T.) we climbed and headed for the coast of Graham Land. From there, we followed along the Larsen Barrier,. passing Robertson Island at 09: We passed Cape Framness at 09:55. little pack ice to be seen in the Wed- dell Sea, but southward the pack close to the barrier was thick. It seemed open further to the eastward. At 11:25 we were opposite Mount Ranck and shortly afterward we could see Stefanson Strait and the various channels between the Finley Islands. That Stefanson Strait exists is very obvious, for we could see along it for about 30 miles, but our altitude there was 6,500 feet. It seemed that the islands were closer together and the strait narrower than they are plotted on our chart. As we crossed the strait, we could see clouds ahead, but, above them, could be seen high, jagged, bare- rocked peaks. The temperature had dropped to 5 below zero and the air was terribly bumpy. To our left, Cape Eielson was easily recognizable &s a low point studded with nunataks. ‘We had been climbing steadily until | we were at 8,000 feet, and there we | sensed a very strong wind from ahead. We must have crossed over the edge | of Hearst Land at about 11:50, still climbing, for the range ahead seemed about 2,000 feet above us. Avoids Risky Flight. At 12:30 we were at 10,000 feet and the ground was only about 800 feet beneath, so we climbed and climbed. But there was a strong down-trending current that made it difficult to gain altitude. We did gain in height at the sacrifice of forward speed until 12,000 feet was reached, and then ahead was the layer of cloud. It spread be- neath us and as far as we could see, I was greatly tempted and almost ventured to fly above the clouds until the eightieth degree of longitude was reached, but to have done so would have been a grave flying risk and would not have given us the in- formation we seek. So we turned toward the Weddell Bea, and, borne by what evidently was & howling gale, soon reached the coast. Then, free of the clouds, we could observe that we were out of the storm area, although the drift indi- cated a wind of about 30 miles an hour. Disappointed at our setback, we re- turned to the Wyatt Earp to try our luck again as soon as the weather permits. (Copyright. 1935, by the North American Newspaver Alliance and tne New —— TEACHERS MAY ARM Mexican Education Department Alarmed by Slayings. MEXICO CITY, November 22 (#).— The federal secretariat of education, alarmed by the growing number of killings of rural school teachers, "‘kfid the war department yesterday to al- low teachers to arm for protection against violent measures of opponents of Socialistic education. More than 12 such killings have been reported in the past month, most of them in the States of Puebla, Morelos and Jalisco. Several days ago two woman teach- ers were attacked in Puebla by rebels, who cut off their ears and threatened them with death if they continued giving Socialistic instruction. FINLAND READY TO PAY 'HELSINGFORS, November 22 (#).— ‘The statement of the Bank of Finland has revealed this natfon would pay fication yesterday over Finland's de- termination to meet her war debt in- stallments yhen due December 15. By the Associated Press. Treasury officials expressed grati- fication today over Finland’s determi- nation to meet her war debt install- ments when due December 15. Finldnd is this Government's favor- ite debtor. She is the only nation that has never failed to meet an in- stallment when due. The aggregate due the United States on all war debts December 15 is $965,414,000. [ So far, there was | What’s What Behind News In Capital Roosevelt Confident of Re-election After Re- port of Observers. BY PAUL MALLON. F THERE are any doubts out in the country about President Roosevelt’s re-election, there are none at the White House. In fact, Mr. Roosevelt himself, practically an- nounced it the other day. His listeners failed to catch it, but, in his speech to the mayors, he said near the end: “I think the time is coming, not this coming (1936) session of Con- gress, because we hope that it will be a very short session, but by the Jollowing year, when all 0f us canm get together, and sit around a table and work out o better sys- tem of tazation.” The year following 1936 is the one | in which Mr. Roosevelt’s present term expires at noon, January 20. Tension Is Relaxed. ‘This might be written off as a tongue ship, except that a significant corre- sponding relaxation of tension has been noticeable inside the White House. It started about two weeks ago. For one thing, Mr. Roosevelt went off to Warm Springs a few days earlier | than originally planned. Also, before | his departure, he had been leaving his office each day around 4:30 p.m, in- stead of the usual 6 p.m. His asso- clates have adopted a similar easing schedule. 2 EVERYTHING LOVELY AND THE GOOSE HANGS HIGH 1t is all apparently due to reports Mr. Roosevelt has received privately from his many political prophets. They have been telling him that the | tide which was rurning against him up to the time the last election re- turns were counted, has now begun garded the new Literary Digest poll figures. They knew about these fig- ures a week or 10 days ago. Note—the President gets to his office generally between 10:30 and 11 am. However, he starts each day about | two hours earlier. Long daily ses- sions are still held with his breakfast cabinet, composed of Secretaries Early. Lehand and McIntyre. They go over the morning papers, the guest list, plan the day. Behind Phillips’ Trip. ' The official inside excuse for the Phillips to London is not only good, but too good. It is that Mr. Roosevelt does not know how much to spend on the Navy next year. He is holding the Budget oper on that question while Phillips runs over to the naval conference to find out how much the | others are going to spend. Then he | will hasten back to tell President Roosevelt before the Budget goes to | Congress. The only thing wrong with that is Phillips does not know anything about naval erpenditures. His fellow delegate, Admiral Standley, does. All that Phillips will find out in London about maval erpendi- tures is what Admiral Standley will tell him. It would be much sim- pler for Standley to cable back the data in code. That would save Phillips a trans-Atlantic trip. The fact is far less excitement ! would have been created here about | the last-minute decision to send a | full-fledged diplomat to a technical naval meeting, if it had not been ac- | companied by such a jumbo-super- colossal explanation. Just as a cue, if you want the real | reason for the Phillips trip, you had better look in a direction exactly op- posite to that of London. The best international authorities | here would not be surprised if the whole Anglo-American Far Eastern policy were reopened and perhaps re- | organized suddenly one of these days. | The latest North China develop- ments are considered of far more importance than the European situation. The passive aloofness policy does not seem to be satis- factory to many officials here. At the same time, they do not seem to favor any particular mew policy. It may or may not be significant that the decision to send Phillips was reached the day after the British Am- bassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay, called at the State Department to talk again about the weather, Hoover Rumor Heard. The choicest of Republicans have been upset again lately by private information that a former Hoover cabinet officer is approaching delega- tion pickers down South. Their in- formation is that he is trying to ar- range for uninstructed delegations to the next Republican National Con- vention. If this particular person does the arranging, the Republican authorities suspect that the unin- structed delegates will carry private instructions for Hoover. However, Mr. Hoover’s friend is not the only ome nmow in the Southern field. Am influential leader, mot without funds, who might be described as an old- guardsmen, is also at work there for uninstructed delegates. The only difference is that his unin- structed delegates would be pri- vately instructed against Mr. Hoover. Not only from this, but from other inside developments, many well-in- formed Republicans are beginning to believe that a heavy undercover struggle is on between the forces of Mr. Hoover and those of Charles D. to lighting defects, in their magnifi- cent new court room. Several large boards have been installed around the ceiling. They look like the targets used in pistol practice. So far, no New Deal arguments have pierced them. At least, uo holes are dis-- cernable. (Copyright, 1035.) A to ebb. His agents apparently disre- | sudden decision to send Undersecretary | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO UTILITIES' UNITED FIGHT UNFORESEEN New Deal Hardly Expected Concerted Attack on Holding Act. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The public utility holding com- panies have determined to ask the courts to say whether the “death sen- tence” shall be visited upon them. Their pleas for protection of prop- erty rights having been denied by the executive and legislative branches of the Government, the utllities now ask the judicial branch to declare whether a Federal commission shall have the ‘discretion to choose which ;ampanlu shall live and which shall e, The Rooseveli administration-hardly expected such a united front as the holding companies are showing in their filing of law suits to test the law, or such an aggressive assertion of rights. The penalties for refusing to register by December 1 are severe, but many of the holding companies feel they are doomed anyway if they register and might not be doomed if the courts say the law is unconstitu- tional. Able Lawyers Say Law Void. Some of the ablest constitutional lawyers in America have advised the utility holding companies that the act passed by Congress last Summer after a bitter fight is wholly invalid and the situation is just the same as if there were no law on the subject on the statute books. It is, therefore, a question of whether the utilities are defying a law or whether they are asking the judiciary to protect them from the defiance of their rights by Congress and the President. Only the Supreme Court can finally answer that question. The Securities and Exchange Commission was willing to specify in writing that a company which filed a registration statement would not be waving its constitutional rights, but the utility companies have had no faith in the promise, since a pledge of this sort had already been violated in another branch of the Government and litigation started just the same. This is because the S. E. C. has | no authority under the law to bind | other agencies in the Government not to prosecute the utility companies, and the utilities would not be able to challenge the action on the ground | that it was unconstitutdonal. Fight May Stir Congress. The effect of the decision by the | utilities not to conform to the re- | quirements of the new law will, on | the other hand, stir up Congress next session to further efforts to find a way to regulate or destroy holding companies. The idea of taxing the business has been suggested, but one of the difficulties is that a law which destroys utility companies and yet preserves holding companies in other lines of business can hardly be up- held as constitutional. The Federal Court in Baltimore has said the new utllity law is invalid in its entirety and it is on the basis of that decision that the utilities are refusing now to put themselves in the hands of a Federal commission. The S. E. C. has been charging that the Baltimore case is not a good test. But the lawsuits being filed this week, directly attacking the validity of the act, will furnish a real test. The suits have taken the form of nying the use of the mails or other instrumentalities of interstate com- ter. During the interim the litiga- tion is going on all penalties would be stayed by court orders. This is a clumsy way to test the under our judicial system, it's the only way. The administration, of course, can hardly criticize anybody for going to court to find out what are his rights, because, after all, the risk is entirely on the petitioner if it is proved that he has violated the law. (Copyright, 1935.) DEPARTMENT URGED FOR CREATIVE WORKS Representative Fish Says Govern- ment in That Way Could Stimulate Industry. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Me., November 22.— | Representative Hamilton Fish, jr., of New York suggested here last night | creation of a new Federal “depart- ment of creative works” to stimulate industry by developing inventions. Fish, who spoke to the Republican Lincoln Club with former Gov. Per- cival P. Baxter, said the suggestion was his answer to Democratic charges that the Republican party had offered nothing constructive to replace the New Deal. The department conceived by Fish would develop worthwhile patents filed in the United States Patent Of- fice and not developed by their inven- tors within one year. Fish called the Patent Office “the greatest patent mine of wealth and employment on earth.” “Within it are ideas and inventions that could make it a complete power- house of prosperity,” he said. MURDER CLUE SOUGHT IN FATAL AUTO BLAST Woman Killed When Blown Through Top of Car in Alabama and Two Persons Hurt. By the Associated Press. LOXLEY, Ala, November 22— Sheriff M. H. Wilkins of Baldwin County said last night he was investi- gating a murder plot theory in the mysterious automobile explosion which injured two g MAIL PLANE READY FOR PACIFIC FLIGHT China Clipper to Hop Off Today, With Philippines Ultimate Goal. By the Associated Press. ALAMEDA, Calif., November 22.— America's airmail will stast bridging the Pacific today. Amid international ceremonies, the 25-ton China clipper will soar through the Golden Gate late today (about 7 pam. Eastern standard time) to in- augurate the Pan-American Alrways mmwuummmam- Wings across the sea will reach Honolulu in 18 hours and Manila in 60 hours flying time. utilities holding companies out of | enjoining the Government from de-! merce to companies that fail to regis- | validity of an act of Congress, but, | Climaxing oratory, flag waving and festivities, the great seaplane will soar from San Francisco Bay for Honoluly, 2,400 miles away, laden with 2 tons mail. No passengers will be carried. Postmaster General James A. Farley is to deliver a message from President Roosevelt, and just as the China clip- per leaves the water he will press s button to signalize with blazing lights in post offices throughout the Nation, including those in Washington, D. C., that airmail to the Orient has begun. President Manuel Quezon of the budding Philippine Republic, Gov. Joseph Poindexter of Hawail and Gov. Prank Merriam of California have ar- ranged to exchange messages of con- gratulation by wireless. It is a Roman holiday for philatelists. They have poured in upon the postal service more than 100,000 letters for | this first flight. For days 100 extra postal clerks have been at work taking care of the deluge of mail for Capt. Edwin Musick and his crew of eight to take across the ocean. S Formal celebrations of the event will take place on both sides of the bay, at hotels, auditoriums and on bayside parkways. One of the highlights will be the arrival beside the waiting plane of a stagecoach load of mail to demonstrate the progress in transportation of the mail since postal service was brought to the Pacific Coast. The second trans-Pacific plane will leave Alameda December 6 and should pass the returning China clipper about 1,000 miles out. Thereafter, if all goes well, a plane will arrive and depart every two weeks. Passengers will be carried as soon as the trip is considered routine. Only the flight to Honolulu involves night flying. Comparatively short Manila complete the trip. Aboard the clipper, besides Capt. { Musick, will be R. O. D. Sullivan, first officer; George King, second of- ficer; Frederick A. Noonan, naviga- ‘Wright, engineering officers; William T. Jarboe, first radio officer; Thomas | R. Runnels, second radio officer, and Max Weber, junior flight officer. (0AK TREE YIELDS $500 GOLD HOARD Woodcutter Finds Modest Fortune Sought for Years in Louisiana. By the Associated Press. HALL SUMMIT, La.,, November 22. —Wilbur Allums “struck gold” here yesterday in an old oak tree. While cutting wood on Gordie Hill |he found an old-fashioned snuft | bottle imbedded in a block of oak wood. Opening the bottle Allums found between $500 and $600 in gold coins. It was recalled that about the year 1880 an aged bachelor named Green Gordie, who lived in a home of hewn Jogs near the spot, was found shot to death. . He was reportedly wealthy and for half a century search has been going on for hidden gold. Nearby residents believed the old man hid the treasure in a hollow of the ancient oak. | —_—— ‘TOBACCO ROAD’ PLAYERS LOSE IN COURT DISPUTE Federal Tribunal Says Mayor Acted With Justification in Closing Production. | By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, November 22—The | Henry Hull company, which played “Tobacco Road” here, began shaking Chicago dust from its feet today after a Federal Appeals Court upheld a city ban on its production. The United States Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that Mayor Edward J. Kelly had not acted arbitrarily or without justification in closing the Erskine Caldwell play October 21 as a “mass of filth.” ' Its order automatically wiped out the preliminary injunction prevent- ing city officials from enforcing their edict against the show which Federal District Judge Willlam H. Holly had granted the producers. | Barkleys Start Back Hour After Arrival at Rio Senator and Wife Take Same Ship to Be With Daughter. Because of the illness of their daugh- ter, Mrs. Max Truitt, Senator Alben flights to Midway, Wake, Guam and | tion officer; C. D. Wright and V. A. | C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1935 Clipper Poised for Pacific Flight Above: Here is a graphic pic- ture, taken from an accompanying plane, showing the China Clipper on a final test flight at San Fran- cisco before taking off today to inaugurate a trans-Pacific airmail line to Manila. The big plane is over San Prancisco Bay, with the city visible in the back- ground. Below: Alrline markings and intermediate bases of the Pacific Airways system. ~—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. STAR WILL ACGEPT ROGERSDONATIONS Arrangements Made for| “Living” Memorial Fund Co-operation. ‘The Evening Star will accept con- tributions to the Will Rogers’ me- morial fund, which is being raised throughout the country for a “living™ memorial to the great cowboy humor- ist and philosopher. Arrangements were made today whereby The Star will co-operate with the District Commission raising funds for the cause. Contributions may be sent to this paper to be turned over to the local organization. Robert V. Fleming, president of Riggs National Bank, has been selected chairman for the District and already has started to set up the organization for raising funds here. Federal Division Chief. W. H. Payne, president of the Okla- homa Society, who has been active for some time in the cause, has been appointed by Mr. Fleming to handle the Federal Division of the campaign. Mr. Payne has begun activities throughout the Government along lines followed by the Community Chest. Already workers are busy in the following places: Reconstruction Finance Corp., Department of Agricul- ture, Works Progress Administration, Department of Labor, Government Printing Office and White House. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, the District of Columbia women's chairman, has been actively organizing the women's work for the campaign. Hawks Expected Here. Frank Hawks, internationally fa- mous ace, who piloted Will Rogers on his flying tour in 1931 raising money for drought sufferers, was expected in Washington today or tomorrow on his alr trip to 78 cities, in the interests of the Will Rogers memorial. When Hawks arrives, it is expected representatives of the various groups interested here, will meet him at the airport. Among those who plan to greet Hawks are Jesse Jones, chair- man of the Reconstruction Pinance Corp., who is national treasurer of the Will Rogers Memorial Fund; Maj. Henry M. Cunningham of Alexandria, fleld manager for the area including North Carolina, Virginia and the Dis- trict of Columbia; Mr. Fleming, chair- man for this city; Mrs. Wiley, wom- en’s chairman for this city, and Mr. Payne, CASE FINDING WORK IS NEARER GOAL 7,742 Apply for Free X-Ray of Chest—Series of Meetings Scheduled. Moving toward its limit of 10,000 examinations provided by the W. P. A. grant of funds, the Health Depart- ment’s tuberculosis case-finding proj- ect reported today that 7,742 persons have applied for free X-rays of the chest. Efforts to secure city-wide co-oper- ation in the anti-tuberculosis cam- paign will be continued with public meetings today and tomorrow, direc- tors of the project announced. Dr. George C. Ruhland, health offi- ployes Dr. H. 8. Hoffmann of the Medical Society Speakers' Unit will appeal for more registrations. Meetings will be held today in three of the colored theaters of Washing- ton—the Lincoln, the e e Republic and —_— BOY SENTENCED TO DIE IN CHAIR FOR SLAYING .| Sixteen Years Old, He Is Con- victed of Fatal Robbery by Jury of Six Men and Six Women. By the Associated Press. Graceful Ships of Name to BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. HE great white bird known as the China Clipper will rise to- day from Alameda Field, San Francisco, winging’ its way over the Pacific toward Manila. It | will stop at Honolulu and at Guam, but it will skim over a 100 way sta- tions of the romantic South Seas at each of which natives of the Oceanic race will gaze up at it as their an- cestors, just a 100 years ago, regarded the pioneer sailing ships whose name and fame it commemorates and whose | romantic tradition it carries on. The plane is the property of the Pan American Airways. Built at Bal- timore by the Martin Airplane Manu- facturing Co., its capacity is 51,000 pounds and its power derives from four 800-horsepower engines. A fiying boak, in effect, it can descend to the a yacht. and on its premier trip to the Philip- high philatelic value. The flight in- augurates the new United States to China postal service and foreshadows & similar link between America and Europe. For many, it may be supposed, the historical background of the occasion will be interesting. No one, lexicogra- phers has found the origin of the phrase “clipper ship.” Some authori- ties believe it may be traced to the expression “go at a clip,” signifying ‘“run fast, as a horse.” Others de- clare it comes, much more directly, from the German word “kleppen,” meaning “moving swiftly.” History of Word “Clipper.” __ In any event, the title has been in constant use since 1833 to denote ing vessel built with very sharp lines, more or less raking masts, and great spread of canvas, with a view to speed; a development of a model for the mercantile marine first built at Baltimore and called the Baltimore Clipper.” The Century Dictionary re- ports: “The clippers, becoming fa- mous for quick turns, and occasion- ally making better time than the steamers, were especially employed in the South American fruit trade, in the China trade for cargoes of tea and opium, and in the early Cali- fornia traffic by the Cape Horn route, 1849-1850." This last date is important in the chronicle since it marks the apex of were a maritime aspect. The first ship of the Baltimore fleet was the Ann McKim, 494 tons. She was launched in 1833 and set a style which was followed with success for a dec- ade and a half. Then, in almost the TheClipper EntersNewEra water, in case of need, and ride like | Its pilot is Edwin Musick, | pines he will have in his charge ap- | proximately 80,000 pieces of mail of | fast sailing vessel; specifically, a sail- | | the excitement of which the clippers | Century Ago Give Airplane. exact middle of the century, came news of the discovery of gold in | California. A panic rush ensued in the Far West. At least, 80,000 men demanded transportation to the treas- ure field. Some, of course, went over- land, but an equal number made the | journey ‘round the Horn. No less than | 160 clipper ships were constructed and | set afloat within a four-year period. A similar rush to Australia followed. British clippers are credited with hav- | ing transported 400,000 Englishmen to | new homes under the Southern Cross. | Fortunes Acquired. Meanwhile, on the American side of | the Atlantic a long list of families were gaining fortunes by building and | operating the kind of craft the stimu- | lated tempo of the times required. The Bells, Halls, Steers, Webbs, Col- | liers, McKays and Magouns were | among the builders; the Osgoods, Marshalls, Trasks, Woodhouses, De- lanos, De Puysters and Russells | among the operators. | ‘The fastest clippers, as it happened, were those of David McKay of East | Boston. He launched the Flying | Cloud, 1851; the Sovereign of the | Seas, 1852; the Lightning, 1854; the | James Baines, 1854; and the Donald | McKay, 1855. | It is recorded that the Lightning | on one occasion made & run of 436 miles in a single day—a speed never equaled, even by a steamer, until 1888. But the clipper ships’ golden age was of short duration. The Civil War, | the opening of the Suez Canal and | other events interfered. Freight rates ' fell, costs of construction and main- | tenance rose, and beginning about | 1858, another, larger and slower but | relatively cheaper type of vessel ap- | peared. The age of steam replaced | the age of sails. The clippers, however, still are re- | | membered as classics. They were noble | ships, long and slender, with sharp | | bows, three masts slanting backwards and capacious rectangular spreads of |canvas. A pace of 17 or 18 knots | an hour was nothing particularly ex- | traordinary for them, and the spec- | tacle of their passage along the hori- ;mn ‘was a memorable experience. For |the tea races from China to Great | | Britain they were ideal. In 1866, the | | Ariel, the Taeping and the Serica | | required only 99 days to complete the | trip from Foochow to London—-per- | haps the grandest ocean race ever | Al the clipper ships were distin- | |guished for a gracefulness of line| which was “a sheer delight to the | eve—that peculiarly satisfying beauty which always belongs to the thing absolutely fitted for the purpose it is designed to Al.” Capone’s Literary Efforts in Prison Exciting Editors By the Associated Press. Next it may be “Al Capone, author.” A national weekly magazine, hearing that the former Chicago beer baron is writing in his cell in Alcatraz, grim California prison for “public enemies,” has asked to see his “literary output.” Sanford Bates, Federal prison director, said today he didn't know anything about Capone’s literary ambitions. “Every once in a while,” he said, “one of those fellows gets out and tries to write a book about prison life. But most of them want to forget it.” FRANCE PLANS HUGE ALGERIA AIR BASE Western Mediterranean Strong- hold Envisioned 250 Miles From Gibraltar. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 22.—The Petit Parisien published today “complete plans” for France’s huge new air and naval base at Mers-El-Kebir, Algeria. WILSON MURDER PROBE OPENS DEC. 3 | Prosecutor Seeks to Clear Case Before Trying Mrs. Anne Lyddane Again. Montgomery County State’s Attor- ney James Pugh said today he hopes to present the Wilson murder case to the grand jury during the week of December 3. Pugh said he must retry Mrs. Anne Lyddane in the January court term on a charge of conspiring to murder her husband, and, therefore, is anxious to get the Wilson case through the grand jury early in De- cember. Meanwhile police continued to ques- tion Mrs. Frances Cugino, widow of Tony “The Stinger” Cugino, who has been named as the man who fired the bullet that killed Allen B. Wilson, newspaper ‘route agent, in October, 1934. Wilson was killed by gunmen who mistook him for Edward “Mickey” McDonald, local gambler. Police are holding Albert S. Sutton, James Cleary, Dewey Jenkins and John “Slim” Dunn in connection with the case. —_— SEEKS $31,045 ESTATE Chicagoan Claims to Be Next‘o! Kin to Pullman Porter. BOSTON, November 22 (P.—A | Chicagoan moved yesterday to secure for himself the $31,045 estate of a colored Pullman porter born in slav- fact relatives. Green heir-at-law and next of COLLEGE ATHLERC PUBLICITY URGED State Universities Group Favors Move to Curb Subsidization, Full publicity regarding the incomes of members of college athletic teams and the expenditures of athletic de- partments as & curb on subsidization of athletes was advocated today by the National Association of State Uni- versities, in convention here at the Mayflower Hotel. The association also approved steps to eliminate evasion of regulations af- , fecting eligibility of athletes for mem- bership on teams in competition, Statements Proposed. State university presidents attend- ing the conference supported a resolu- tion adopted by the asosciation yester- day declaring in favor of a require ment that all athletes sign statements revealing every source of their income, loans, salaries, relief payments, etc., and that full publicity be given these statements. Coaches or athletic di- rectors would be 1equired to sign the statements, testifying that to the best of their knowledge the information contained therein was accurate. Scrutiny of Budgets. ‘The association urged scrutiny of university athletic department budg- ets and proposed that all items of expenditure be made public. University presidents should bring the resolution to the attention of ath- letic officials in the conferences of which their schools are members, ir was decided. PRESIDENT’S NORRIS - ATTITUDE FLAYED Nebraska Committeeman Says Support of G. 0. P. Senator Jeopardized Democrats. By the Associated Press. NORTH PLATTE, Nebr.,, November 22.—Keith Neville of North Platte Democratic national committeeman, charged today that President Roose- velt had “jeoperdized the chances of the entire Democratic State and Na- tional ticket” by his recent unqualir fled support of Senator George W Norris, Republican, of Nebraska. “It would have been more appro- priate,” Neville said, “for the Presi- dent to have suggested to Norris thal he file as & Democrat.” Neville contended that Norris was not entitled to the support of Demor crats if he ran for re-election as # Republican or an independent. President Roosevelt's statement thal Norris should be kept in the Senats “as long as he lives” gave Nebraska' senior Senator virtual assurance the President would “bolt the Democratis candidate for Senator,” Neville said. . BABY TURNING TO STONE; RARE DISEASE SPREADS Excess of Calcium in Body Hard ens Muscles of Neck, Back and Arms. "By the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis, November 22— Doctors of Wisconsin General Hose pital said yesterday they were fighte ing an apparently losing battle against a rare malady that is slowly turning the body of 16-month-old Delores Breska into stone. Though they are employing all thal science knows about the strange disease, known as myocitis ossifans to check the destructive deposits of calcium, the baby's muscles are grade ually hardening. ‘The doctors’ chief weapon is a cares | fully planned diet, but they said ree sults were discouraging. Already the disease has made the child's necW and back rigid, tightened the muscles of her arms and now threatens to extend into her legs. STITT RESUMES HOP Bladensburg Flyer Takes From Woodville, Ohio. TOLEDO, Ohio, November 22 (#).—- Edward Stitt, Bladensburg, Md., flyeg took off from a fleld near Woodville Qhio, today to continue his flighd from Davenport, Towa, to Washings ton. He was forced down there yess terday when ice formed on his plana Stitt was seeking to better & dise | tance flying record of 529 miles foy one-place light planes, set by a Prench fiyer 1n 1929. He was not injured. o Stitt, son of Rear Admiral Edward Rhodes Stitt, retired former surgeom general of the Navy, is manager of the Capitol Airport at Bladensburg, Md., Irvin S. Cobb Says: Entire Families in Par- liament Will Simplify Matters. SANTA MONICA, Calif., Novembet 22.—Six members of the Virginia-born Lady Astor’s family are now in the British Parliament, if you include Lady Astor herself— . and you'd better. So hereafter her ladyship can rest the voice occa- sionally and there'll still be some equally de- termined conver- sationalists, though. When she speaks she has something to say —and says it. On the other hand, only three members of the Lloyd George household won seats ad the recent English election. Maybe it's & good thing to elea a whole family group, by the crate load, as it were. It saves having remember a lot of different names. Now you take our Congress, wherein always there are so many names thal don't mean a thing on earth excepl for roll call and salary purposes Often, toward the end of a Congresy the Congressional Record is merely § * symposium of the last words of the (Onnm'u.:..'m.,l. bx the % }l:‘nl