Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1935, Page 1

—_————————————— WEATHE! (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) ow and not so cold tonight; Light tomorrow generally fair colder, lowest temperature tonight about 24 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 24 at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 13 at 7 a.m. today. Full report on Page A-16. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 21, 22, 23 No. 33,473. L INDBERGHS SAIL WITH SN J0N T0 ESTABLISH A HOME IN'GREAT BRITAIN Left Saturday on Freighter With Limited Passenger Service—Threats and Kidnap Fears, Reason. COUPLE REPORTED ONLY | PASSENGERS ON VESSELJ Colonel Said to Have Expressed Dissatisfaction With Attitude of Gov. Hoffman and Increased | Activity in Behalf of Haupt- mann, Kidnaper of First-Born. BACKGROUND— In May, 1927, Charles A. Lind- bergh made aviation history by solo non-stop flight from America to Europe. Two years later, he mar- ried Mnne Morrow, daughter of United States Ambassador to Mez- ico. In March, 1932, infant son of couple was kidnaped from New Jersey home, never again seen alive by parents. In September, 1934, Bronx carpenter was arrested jor crime; convicted last February, now under sentence of death in week of January 13. Second son of cou- ple is now 3 years old. Crime was outstanding mystery of kidnaping wave, which swept country, finally brought Federal law and Federal agents into pic- ture. By the Associated Piess. NEW YORK. December 23 —The Charles A. Lindberghs—the flying col- onel, his wife and their small son | Jon—have left America to establish a home in England. They sailed for Europe last Satur- day at midnight on the American Im- porter, it was learned today. The American Importer, of the American Merchant Lines, cleared the port of New York for Cobh, Ireland, where it i1s due December 29. The boat is scheduled to arrive in Liver- pool the following day. | The American Importer is a freight- | er of 7,600 tons with a limited pas- | senger capacity. Her skipper is J. J. Anderson. ; Radio information from the Amer- | fcan Importer today, however, was to | the effect that the Lindberghs were | not aboard. A few other passengers had made | reservations to sail on tne American | importer, but these were canceled at | the last minute, it was learned, and transferred to another ship. Threats Brought Decision. | An increased number of threats and | a growing dread of kidnapers, it was | stated by persons close to Col. and | Mrs. Lindbergh, were responsible in | part for their decision, which was | also influenced by activity in behalf of the convicted kidnaper and| murderer of their first-born. | To a friend recently Col. Lindbergh | expressed himself as greatly dissatisfied | with the attitude of Gov. Harold G. | Hoffman of New Jersey, who has inter- viewed Bruno Richard Hauptmann in his death cell and has expressed the conviction that there are doubts about | the case in the minds of many persons ; which should be cleared up. The friend said Col. Lindbergh told him he felt he could cope with the criminals in the United States and with the questions of publicity, but ‘when the Governor became active in the Hauptman case Col. Lindbergh, who attended Hauptman's trial daily, | decided to leave the country. In the British Isles, friends ex- plained, the 3-year-old Jon Lindbergh | will have a chance for a normal | youth, without the constant menace of another such tragedy as robbed the Lindberghs of the curly-haired Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., for whos2 death in 1932 Hauptmann has been sentenced to death. They will retain American citizen- ship, but plan to live in England an HAUPTMANN PLEA FILED WITH COURT State Prison Keeper Sends Peti- tion for Clemency to Par- dons Body By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J, December 23— Bruno Richard Hauptmann's petition for clemency was filed today with the Court of Pardons. The petition was filed by Col. Mark O. Kimberling, principal keeper at the State prison, who sent a mes- senger with six copies of it to Albert B. Hermann, the clerk of the Pardons Court. The contents of the petition were not made public, in conformity with a rule of the court that such material must not be published unless the court so permits by vote. At the same time it was learned definitely that one of the eight mem- bers of the Court of Pardons would not be able to take part in the de- liberations on the Hauptmann peti- tion. ‘The court member who will be ab- sent is Judge George Van Buskirk of Hackensack, who is now in the Neu- rological Hospital, New York City, undergoing treatment for a nervous disorder. Members of his family said they expected him home some time this week, but stated definitely that his condition would not permit him to attend the Hauptmann hear- ing. | Van Buskirk’s absence will mean that Hauptmann must obtain the Votes of five of the seven remaining R. and somewhat Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Nurse Saves Life Of Fiance When Arm Is Severed Thelma Spear Stems Flow of Blood W hile Speeding to Aid. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 23.— Gordon Craig Reynolds, 23, son of | Ira Reynolds, Pittsburgh, Pa., banker, owed his life today to his plucky nurse-fiancee, Thelma Roberta Spear, 23, daughter of Lieut. Comdr. William R. Spear, U. S. N. Reynolds’ left arm was severed when a truck sideswiped his motor car yesterday. The girl, holding the stump of her companion’s arm to stem the flow of blood, speeded to a drug store and administered first aid before arrival of an ambulance. State Highway Officers C. B. Elmer and C. V. Neilson, arrested Archie Beeman, 32, as the truck driver and said he was intoxicated. SCHALL SUCCUMBS T0 AUTO INJURIES Wide Tribute Paid to Sena- tor—Funeral Thursday in Minneapolis. Senator Thomas whose long fight against adversity ended in death at Casualty Hospital | yesterday after he had been uncon-| scious_amore than 60 hours with a fractured skull received in an auto- | mobile accident, will be buried Thurs- day afternoon in his home city, Min- | neapolis. The condition of the blind Minnesota Senator took a sudden change for the | worse yesterday morning and he died at 11:31, shortly after members of his family reached his bedside. His wife, David Schall, | The Z ENGLAND PLEDGED FRENCH AID IN “WILITARY FRONT" AGAINST ITALIANS General Staffs of Two Pow- ers Report Successful Ar- rangements for Co-opera- tion in Event of Attack. EDEN TAKES CONTROL; SELECTION POPULAR New Secretary's First Duty Due to Be Formulation of Policy for Armed Resistance in Event Any Nation Is Attacked for| Sanctions. BACKGROUND— Vitally concerned with any changes of international influence in Africa, Britain led League of Nations in deciding on firm course in early days of Italian-Ethiopian controversy. Subsequently. British fleet was concentrated in Mediter= ranean, unpleasantly close to Ital- ian sphere of activity. Throughout these early proceedings, Anthony Eden was spokesman for Britain, became disliked in Italy. Later Foreign Minister Hoare advanced peace proposal, resigned in face of condemnation of terms. Last week, Britain was reported lining up Mediterranean League members for military and naval co-operation in enforcing determ- ined policy against Italy. Mrs. Margaret Huntley Schall, had been in almost constant attendance at the hospital since he was run down by an automobile last Thursday night. Mrs. Schall relied greatly on the | Senator’s fighting spirit to pull him | today. | through and on the reserve strength | of a sturdy constitution, built up by hours of exercise in the open air. But the Senator never regained conscious- ness, and his condition grew gradu- ally worse. In addition to the skull fracture he had internal injuries and the bones of his left leg were crushed. Friends Pay Tribute. Friends in high circles here paid tribute to the courageous life of Schall, who overcame the handicap of blindness suffered in an accident in 1908 and went forward to success. He was the first blind man to be elected to the House, going there in 1916. He had served in the Senate since his election to that office in 1924, A committee to represent Congress at the funeral is being selected by Vice President Garner and Speaker Byrns. Two colleagues from Schall's | State, Senator Shipstead and Repre- sentative Knutson, already have been selected. The body was removed to the Gasch undertaking establishment at Hyatts- ville and will remain there until the funeral party leaves for Minneapolis at 11 p.m. tomorrow. The party is scheduled to arrive in Minneapolis at 8 am. Thursday. Funeral services will be held in the | chapel at Lakewood Cemetery. They will be conducted by Rev. Charles Fox Davis of Minneapolis. Driver Is Held. Meanwhile, the driver of the auto- mobile which struck the Senator as he was being led across the Wash- ington-Baltimore Boulevard, was or- | dered held on a manslaughter war- rant, pending a hearing to be called when witnesses return from the funeral. The driver was Lester G. Humph- ries of Hyattsville. His brakes were tested and found to be in good con- dition. Humphries said the Senator and his companion jumped from in front of a speeding automobile into the path of his car. The Senator's companion, O. L. By the Associated Press. | Efforts toward developing a “solid | military front” against possible Ital- | | ian aggression in the Mediterranean | were reported successful in Europe From London came word that the | British and French general staffs have concluded satisfactory consulta- | tions concerning mutual support by the armies and navies of Great Bri- tain and France in case of an Italian | attack. | Negotiations were reported opened |in Paris among Premier Laval of | | France and Turkey and Greece with | | the same end in mind. | Laval was said to have told the Italian Ambassador that he would | offer no new peace terms to Premier | Mussolini. 1 As for the active military angle, the Italian government stated its forces {in Northern Ethiopia had beaten off | an attack of 5,000 Ethiopian warriors. | | Eden Takes Control. | | ! Anthony Eden, the “white knight | of the League of Nations,” assumed | | control of British foreign policy with | | & mandate to stop the war by inter- national pressure. The issue of war or peace in Eu- | rope, hinging on the success of League | sanctions backed by the bayonets of member nations, rested largely in his | hands. | | Italy was both apprehensive and | bitter over his appointment as Brit- | ish foreign minister. A wave of popular approval greeted 1 | Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's se- | | lection of the 38-year-old former min- | ister for League affairs to conduct the | foreign policy of the British nation | | through the most anxious times in | post-war history. | Informed sources said Eden’s first | duty would be to formulate in detail | the British policy for armed resistance | |in the event Italy attacked any | | League state because of the sanctions | ".uege. | The appointment, informed sources | said, ended any doubt of Britain's "lnunbion of turning to Geneva ag: ‘amr the fiasco of the Franco-Brit- ish plan for peace killed last week, for enforcement of sanctions. Authoritative sources said Britain T (See SCHALL, Page 13.) (See WAR, Page 2.) D. C. Leads Nation in N umber Filing Income Tax Returns Average Payment Larger Than 29 States, Survey Shows, Two Pay on $200,000 Incomes. Leading the whole country in the percentage of population filing income tax returns in 1933, the District of Columbia paid an average individual return of $66.10, which was larger than that paid by taxpayers in 29 of the 48 States. This was disclosed by the Internal Revenue Bureau in its 270-page “Sta- tistics of Income” for 1933, just made public. It contains many tables show- ing the relatively high standing of the Capital among the tax-paying communities of the Nation. Whereas the average for the entire United States was only 2.95 per cent of the population of 126,130,000 people filing income tax returns, the District had a percentage figure of 14.13, more than twice that of its nearest com- petitor, New York State. In the Empire State 5.77 per cent of the population filed income tax re- turns, with Massachusetts a close sec- ond at 5.38. The average payment of tax per re- turn in the District, $66.10, was be- low the average for the country, which stood at $100.47, and there were 19 States which paid more per return. But the District still was ahead of the other 29 States on the average tax per return. Maryland Average. Nearby Maryland, where 4.59 per cent of the population filed returns, paid into the Federal till an average court members if he is to gain clem- | of $111.11 tax per return. ency. 1 LY Virginia, with 1.76 per cent of her Here $66.10 in °33. population filing returns, paid in an average tax of $55.90. Two Washingtonians were shown to have reported incomes between $200,- 000 and $250,000, and together they paid a total tax of $115,244 for that year. Two others had incomes in the bracket between $150,000 and $200,000, and 13 reported incomes of between $100,000 and $150,000. The largest group filing returns here fell in the income class between $1,000 and $2,000, with 10,761 of these paying no tax and 21,006 paying a tax amount- ing to $421,880. The multi-millionaires of the country as & whole are disclosed by the figures to have had incomes run- ning up as high as $5,000,000 and over. There was only one of these, however, in this class. Another re- ported an income between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000, one between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000, eight between $2,000,~ 000 and $3,000,000, seven between $1,- 500,000 and $2,000,000 and 32 between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000. Heaviest Contributors. Uncle Sam got more money out of the class of 1,084 individuals over the country reporting incomes between $100,000 and $150,000 than from any other bracket group. These people paid a total of $30,369,138, or 8.12 per cent of the total income tax. | closed to motor traffic, according to v D N NN S = ey ITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ECEMBER N N 23, 1935—FORTY “Hick 0L DEAR, WE NEEDED g Star PAGES. | | | | VRITE CHRTIS HEESEEHS SURE Two More Inches of Snow Forecast, With Cold to Make It Stay. A white Christmas was in sight| today as Washington went to work | late over snow-crusted streets which | partly paralyzed traffic and caused | scores of minor accidents. | Two hundred District employes were sanding treacherous hills and clearing cross walks this morning. Meanwhile, the prospect of more snow, following the coldest night of | the season, caused Washington's snow- | removal army of 1000 to stand by | for possible emergency duty. | ‘The intense cold spelied sport for a few skaters on Lincoln Reflecting Pool today, although the “rink” was covered h smow. Park authori-| ties said the ice wAs too rough to permit night skating. | Hills in Rock Creek Park suitable for coasting -and sleighing will be | Frank T. Gartside, acting superln-} tendent of the National Capital parks. | He said Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway between P street and the Zoo already has been roped off to permit children to use their sleds in safety. Coasting at night will be permitted | and the popular hills will be patrolled by park policemen, it was said ‘Two More Inches of Snow Due. ‘Two and a half inches of snow had fallen up to noon, and at least two more inches were expected before to- morrow morning. The Weather Bu- reau forecasts fair and somewhat colder weather tomorrow and on | Christmas day. { There is every prospect that the snow will remain on the ground through Christmas. The mercury sank to 13 degrees at sunrise today, the minimum for the season. It will be freezing tonight, the | Weather Bureau predicted, but con- siderably warmer than last night. The snow blanketed most of the | Nation this morning, reaching far into the South. The Associated Press re- ported more than a score of deaths were attributed to the cold, while 150 were counted throughout the coun- try from traffic accidents blamed on slippery streets. Scores of Minor Crashes. ‘There were no serious injuries in| Washington last night and today, ac- cording to police, although slippery going on streets and sidewalks sent a number of motorists and pedestrians to hospitals. There were scotes of minor collisions and traffic tie-ups before the ice-coated hills could be sanded. One woman died at a local hospital yesterday of injuries suffered in nearby Maryland. Thousands of persons were late m getting to work, particularly those who came from the hilly Northwest section, where busses were overloaded and a shortage of taxicabs developed. The Capital Transit Co. reported, however, that no general tie-ups re- sulted. Heavy demands were placed on the street transit systems by motorists who preferred to leave their cars at home. The American Automobile Association had brisk work filling the demand for chains, batteries and the repair of frozen radiators and key holes. Snow Reaches Into South. Snows unusually heavy for the South partially blocked highways in North and South Carolina and mountainous sections of Maryland and Virginia. Five inches of snow were reported at Pinehurst, and at least 4 inches lay over most of Maryland and Virgina. ‘The woman who died here yesterday ‘was Dorothy Lilly, 26, of 612 A street northeast. She was injured Thursday when an automobile in which she was (See WEATHER, Page 5.) Readers’ Guide Amusements Cross-word Puzzle_. Editorials Washington Wayside...._A-8 ‘Women’s !mu:e-‘....J-n Organist Performs To Fulfill Promise To Dying Husband Christmas Cantata Given | as Scheduled De- spite Death. By the Associated Press. UNIONTOWN, Pa., December 23.— Charles Henry Gerwig knew he was dying, but he did not want to disrupt the Christmas cantata at the church where his wife is organist. He whispered on his death bed: “Please go through with it, Ethel.” Mrs. Ethel Roden Gerwig was at the organ last night as the choir of the Third Presbyterian Church pre- sented the solemn program. 1 | | transfering its few remaining func- ROOSEVELT SIGNS NR A DEATHKNELL Executive Order Transfers; Few Functions to Commerce and Labor Departments. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt today issued an | | executive order terminating the Na- tional Recovery Administration and tions to the Commerce and Labor De- | partments. The Division of Review, the Division of Business Co-operation and the Ad- Gerwig, himself an organist in an- | visory Council, as constituted by an other church, died after returning | executive order issued last June, to- home from his own Christmas re- hearsal. The wife replied to church officials, who offered to cancel the cantata: “It was his last request when he | gether with all their officers and em- ployes, files, records and equipment, were transferred to the Commerce De- | partment. ‘The Consumers’ Division was trans- knew he was going, and Il 80| e tg the Labor Department. through with it." . SUPREME COURT TOTEST COAL AGT. Tribunal Agrees to Pass on Constitutionality of Guffey Law. By the Associated Press. The Supreme Court agreed today to pass on the constitutionality of the | Guffey law, by which the bituminous | industry is strictly regulated. The Government and Kentucky coal | producers had asked a review of the legislation without waiting Jor the Court of Appeals to rule on decisions | by Federal district courts. At times action on important cases by the court of last resort. Today's action brought to six the | number of cases attacking Roosevelt administration laws now high tribunal. The Guffey act aims to enforce a code for the soft coal industry similar to those set up under N. R. A. by use of the tax power. No Other New Deal Decisions. As was expected, the court today handed down no decisions in New Deal cases already argued. Decisions on four of the six New Deal cases affecting the original and amended A. A. A. acts, the Bank- head cotton production control bill and the Tennessee Valley Authority measure, are possible as early as January 6. An attack on the right of the Gov- ernment to condemn land in Louis- ville for a slum-clearance project will be argued in January or February. James Walter Carter, as minority stockholder in a Maryland and West Virginia coal company, filed the first Guffey act appeal here. He protested a ruling by District Supreme Court, which upheld validity of the act, ex- cept for provisions applying to wages and hours. * Wants Injunction on Tax. Carter contended he should be al- lowed an injunction to keep his com- pany from complying with the code and to prevent Government officials from collecting the 15 per cent tax imposed on coal at the mine. Opera- tors who comply with regulations are repaid 90 per cent of the tax. The Government appealed from & part of the lower court ruling which allowed the company to escape the 13% per cent penalty tax during the litigation. The Kentucky court ordered the R. C. Tway Coal Co. of Louisville to ad- here to the code after C. H. Clark, & ‘minority stockholder, brought suit to force compliance. The court also denied the Tway company and 18 other Harlan County operators injunctions against taxes imposed by the act. The court, after today’s session, will be in recess until January 6. Pirates Hold 2 as Hostages. Chinese steamer in Bias Bay and escaped with $10,000 and two Chinese ‘“m.-,n-umu»mm in the appellate | court is skipped to hasten final rulings | before the | Authority Extended. thorized to carry on the remainin functions until they go out of ex- discharge and fix compensation and | | define the duties of the various of- | | ficers and employes affected.” i die on April 1 with the other divisions of the N. R. A., but will be carried on | under the national emergency appro- priation act, which does not exmre' until June 30, 1937. The order also specified that em- ployes affected by the transfers shall | not acquire civil service status, and that new appointments under the order may be made without regard to sivil service regulations. This order will became effectivi January i. The transfer will be effective only until the N. R. A. law expires in April. No hint has come from the administration as to what, if any- thing, will be done after that. ‘The Recovery Administration, once | the keystone in the New Deal pros- | perity program, has had few powers since the Supreme Court emasculated it last May. Activities in Harmony. Mr. Roosevelt said several days ag that the activities of the Industrial | Co-ordination Administration, hended‘ harmony with the program being worked out. ! The remnant of the N. R. A. to be | taken over by Commerce and Labor | | includes a personnel of about 1,300. | At the time of the Supreme Court’s | decision, the emergency agency had | more than 5,000 workers in Washing- | ton and in the field. Since the court ruling the organiza- tion has devoted its activities prim:i-\ pally to gathering data on conditions | before and after the old code structure toppled. This information is supposed | to be sent to the President and to| Congress. The Consumers’ Division will not | SATURDAY'S Circulation, 8o L1 g () Means Associated P The only evening in Washington wit! Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. 125,680 me Returns Not Yet aper the 8 Y'S lrewacon, 138,631 cejved. TWO CENTS. ress. 14 DIE IN PLUNGE OF BUS IN RIVER; INQUEST CALLED Sixth Body Recovered at Hope- well Identified—*“Full In- vestigation” to Be Made. DRIVER MAY HAVE BEEN DEAD BEFORE CRASH, SAY OFFICIALS Fatal Vehicle Raised From Water 12 Hours After Break Through Draw- bridge—Workers Hindered by Cold. Full page of bus tragedy By the Associated Press. HOPEWELL, Va. December 23 —An inquest was ordered for Thi in the deaths of 14 persons who lost pictures on Page A-24 ' sday their lives in the plunge of & ous through an open drawbridge into the Appomattox River yesterday. A sixth body, meanwhile, was tentatively identified as Mrs. T. H. Fairfax of Superior, Wis. Eight other bodies raised from 30 feet of water awaited id Five daybreak today as Virginians and North Inquest Mere recovered from the bus after it was entification. e of those who died in the river's icy water were identified before Carolinians. Formality. Mayor D. L. Elder and Commonwealth’s Attorney John Goodman agreed this morning that the inquest would investigation as to why the Atlantic be a mere “formality” in the full Grevhound bus smashed through a safety rail and into the drew which had been opened for a tug and barge. “All we can do is to say they are dead, sign the death certificates and say it was an accident,” Mayor Elder declared Commonwealth’s Attorney Goodm an said he believed the driver was | either asleep or not watching the road ahead He said skid marks appeared to extend only 18 feet from the open draw span John Q. Rhodes, director of the di the wreckage of the bus might show to responsible. ““We do not know yet,” Rhodes said. Bridge Tender Do vision of motor vehicles, ordered Capt. | H. B. Nicholas, State police superintendent, to make a detailed report and said what extent mechanical troubles were ubts Bus Slowed. Lacy McNair, bridge tender, did not think the bus showed any sign of slowing up in the brief instant he saw he did not hear the brakes screeching. it before the fatal plunge. He said H. Lester Hooker of the Virginia Corporation Commission investigated the accident in person and said he was told by witnesses that the bus approached the draw at less than 20 miles an hour. been responsible. Officials ordered the autopsy to ck the bus was dead before the machine p! Shortly after the bus was raised last superintendent for the bus line at Raleigh, N. C, He said icy pavements might have heck the possibility that the driver of lunged through the drawbridge night, D. D. McAfee, district said: “I can't believe that boy was alive when the bus went over.” He said the driver. L. G. Alford. Both the Secretary of Commerce employed six years, with five years’ prior experience, | and the Secretary of Labor were au- ‘"mrd. McAfee said. Brakes F Arthur Clark, Richmond photogra; yesterday. 38, of Five Points, N. C., had been He had an excellent ully Set. pher, said the machine’s brakes were istence and to “appoint, employ or fully set when it was hauled from the water 12 hours after the accident Commonwealth’s Attorney Goodman planned a thorough investigation into the cause. Clarendon Wor;1an Reported Dead in Crash Still Lives By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., December 23.— Notified that she was reported as one of the 14 who lost their lives in yes- erday’s bus trash at Hopewell, Mrs. | John J. Cizler, 19, 901 North Quincy street, today declared it was all a mistake. She is a bride of four months. “I am very much alive,” she told a reporter who called at her home to verify the report that her sister, Mrs. G. L. Hawks of Hopewell, had tenta- tively identified her as one of the vic- tims, following a visit to an under- | taking establishment there. Concerned as to the probable anxiety of her sister, Mrs. Cizler im- mediately sent her a telegram assur- ing her that she was alive. “I cannot imagine why my sister have not planned a trip to Hopewell,” she said. Mrs. Cizler was married last August. Her husband is a plumber here. RN S O3 Lone Sailor Reaches Africa. DURBAN, Union of South Africa, December 23 (#)—Henry Pidgeon, | of Los Angeles, Calif., 60-year-old “hermit of the seas” reached Dur- | ban Bay today in a five-ton yawl after sailing alone half way around | the world. He left Los Angeles in | August, 1934, heading across the Pa- | cific. Santa Claus’ coming to town to- morrow night, will receive the greatest ovation ever given him in the Na- tion’s Capital. The Christmas eve party for Santa Claus is being arranged by The Star- Warner Brothers' Theaters and the ‘National Broadcasting Co. in appre- ciation of all the generous contribu- tions by Washingtonians to the fifth annual toy campaign. Over Station WRC at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night the Christmas spirit will be broadcast—{rom many down- town points. First, a street scene, echoing the heart-beats and foot- falls ‘of last-minute shoppers. Sec- ond, Christmas carols from the tree in front of the White House. Third, Santa Claus’ arrival at Children’s | Hospital where gifts will be distributed to sick children. Fourth, the closing of “Toy Heaven.” Fifth, arrival of Santa Claus and his loaded packs at a private home—and last, the personal message of the cld gentle- man himself. The campaign, which closed offi- cially some days ago, is still going strong, with pouring into Santa Claus to Get Ovation Tomorrow U pon Arrival Here Christmas Eve Party to Be Broadcast | Over WRC at 7:30 PM. From Many Downtown Points. toy heaven for the underprivileged children of Washington. At The Star appealing letters to Santa Claus arrive in every mail. Even at this late hour the work of packing the toys is not yet finished. There are so many of them. More than in any other years. Toys total- ing almost 50,000—though the count is not yet complete. Officials of the National Broadcast- ing Co. arranging the Santa Claus broadcast, have been deluged with re- quests from singers and musicians, all asking for an opportunity to gc on the air with Santa Claus. The program will last only 30 minutes—from 7:30 to 8 o'clock tomorrow night—and there is not enqugh time to accom- modate all the good wishers. It wa: only by complete co-operation tha. this half hour with Santa Claus could Je staged over the air, since it ment the cancellation of two Nation- wide programs originating in the New York studios of N. B. C. Kenneth Berkeley. program manager of N. B, C. in Washington, made all arrange- (Ses STAR BROADCAST, Page A-15) & The identified dead were announced as follows: Mrs. Annie W. Duncan, Pittsboro, N. C L. G. Alford, 38, Five Points, N. C. Mrs. J. W. Massey, Hopewell. Capt John B. Belch, Hopewell. Mrs. T. H. Fairfax, Superior, Wis. Mrs. Ruby Matthews of Richmond. Police found four other names from belongings, which they said served as tentative identifications. These names were Miss Lillian Fairfax, with the same address as that of Mrs. T. H. Fairfax of Superior, Wis Alma Parkham of 363 West One Hundred Nineteenth street, New York. Gertrude Fisheg of McKenney, Va. A package evidently in the possession of Miss Fisher bore the name, Eliza- beth Fisher. Carolinian Reported Safe. It was learned from Raleigh, how- ever, that baggage bearing the name of Mrs. J. M. Gregory was evidently carried by Mrs. Annie Williams Dun- can of Pittsboro, Mrs. Gregory's sis- ter. Mrs. Gregory was reported 0 be | by George Berry, were in complete| ;o one it might have been me, as I safe at her home in Pittsboro. Of the unidentified dead, five were white women, one a white man and two colored women | The bus was raised from the water more than 12 hours after McNair ’henrd it crash through the guard rai, and saw it hurtle 20 feet into the rive, channel with its screaming cargo. Men worked with ice-coated rope. in a snowstorm which became a bliz- zard with low temperature while Sal. vation Army lassies and Red Cros. nurses served them with hot coffet and soup. “It's the worst thing I ever saw- | bodies were tumbled in with baggag! | and chairs were torn loose from the floor,” said Bill Henderson, Hopewell policeman, after inspecting the bus, Capt. Irving Leetz of Brandon, who " (See BUS, Page 3.) i CLIPPER IS FORCED BACK BY STORMS The China Back at Alameda Base After Battling Winds 700 Miles. By the Associated Press. ALAMEDA, Calif., December 23.— Unable to escape from a midocean storm, the China Clipper returned to her Alameda base today from an in- tended flight to Honolulu. The Pan-American Airways' big fly- ing boat landed at Alameda at 5:48 am. (8:48 Eastern standard time) after 14%; hours in the air. She had flown 700 miles of the 2,400-mile course to Honoluly, fighting headwinds all the way. When a storm failed to move off the course as rapidly as expected, Capt. Edwin C. Musick ordered the ship turned back in the early hours today. Her delayed trans-Pacific flight will be made when weather conditions are favorable, Pan-American offices an- nounced. ‘While the China Clipper was return- ing to her base, her sister ship, the Philippine Clipper,” landed at Wake Island on her return from Manila to California. She landed at Wake Island at 1:45 am, Pacific standard time, completing the 1,536-mile flight from Guanyin approximately 13 hours.