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A—2 ¥¥% OMBAT PROBLEM OCCUPIES BRIGADE Planes Survey Swatara Gap as Artillery Protects Ad- vancing Columns. BY WILLIAM §. TARVER, Staft Correspondent of The Star. INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa, August 14—Swatara Gap will glow tonight with the camp fires of the 58th Mary- land Brigade, which moved out of this permanent encampment today for its first overnight bivouac. and combat problem. Preceded by an advance guard, pro- tected from the air by soaring obser- vation planes and supported by ar- tillery, the doughboys swung down the road toward the Blue Ridge Moun- tains, singing and in high spirits. With dawn tomorrow, the column will pass through the gap and de- bouch into the valley between Blue and Second Mountains for an attack against a theoretical enemy. Over | their heads will scream shells from | the supporting guns of the battalion | of the 110th Field Artillery, and one battery of the 176th Field Artillery. When the barrage is over the Infantry | will charge up the mountain slope to capture the “enemy’s” position. Virginians Hold Mock War. While the Marylanders were getting | into position today for their battle | tomorrow, the two regiments of the | 9l1st Virginia Brigade engaged in a | mock war among themselves. Machine guns rattled and rifles popped as the 116th Virginia Infantry sought to repel the advance of their comrades in the 1st. One battalion | of the 111th Field Artillery, also of | Virginia, took part in the cumbat‘i exercise. This was the second successive day | the Virginia troops have striven to | increase their war efficiency by mock battle. With the bulk of the camp’s 8,000 | troops going through combat exer- | cises in the field, Maj. Gen. Milton A. | Reckord, commanding the 29th Divi sion, led his staff-on a reconnais- | sance in the vicinity of Swatara Creek | to plan the second and attack phase of the division maneuvers scheduled for next week. Surveying the terrain, the officers laid out prospective bridge crossings, lines of defense and offense and the manifold arrangements of | ‘war With its commander, Col. John W. Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. ‘THEME SONG. RTHUR GODFREY, the radio man who comes singing down the rays of the morning sun, probably does not know it, but he dug a perfect theme song for a local family quarrel out of his library the other morning. The row had reached the point where husband and wife were telling each other they wished they had lis- tened to mother. Both of them were talking quite emphatically and neither was hearing Godfrey. Almost as if provoked at the small attention being paid to him, his program blasted the ether with the strident plaint called “Seven Long Years With the Wrong | ‘Woman.” ‘The husband stopped his tirade to listen. The wife caught the piece at the same time. It occurred to both of them at the same time that they had been mar- ried just seven years. much. They had to laugh and, laugh- ing, they started the second seven vears a lot more happily than they ended the first seven. Nice, Mr. Godfrey. * ok x % ARTIFICE You might make handy use some time of the artifice @ Washington newspaper man who found the florists closed for the might when he went bouquet shopping not long ago. He was not the kind to go calling on a lady empty-handed and, un- able to get flowers—without going out into the woods and picking them himself—he just dropped into a delicatessen and purchased three cans of corned beef as a substitute. The lady already knew that alcohol made men more artful than artistic, so she didn't learn anything from the experience. * % x % AGRONOMIST. 'TONES are the most popular paper weights at the University of It was too| Oechmann, in the field with Gen. Reckord, the 121st Engineers of Wash- ipgton engaged in bridge work and ‘ombat exercises and planned tonight 0 practice operating in the dark. The {st Battalion, commanded by Maj. Ralph S. Childs, will make a night feconnaissance, while the 2d, com- fhanded by Maj. Clarence S. Shields, Wwill engage in bridge approach and construction work. Gun Salutes Fired. Two 13-gun salutes, the tribute for & major general, boomed through the €amp today with the arrival of the €ommanders of the 44th and 28th | divisions accompanied by members of their staffs. Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Price of the 44th and 34 of his officers were the first to arrive for an inspection of the camp and a visit with Gen. Reckord. Later Maj. Gen. E. C. Shannon, 28th, drove in. The three general officers and Maj. N. Szilagyi, National Guard Bureau, were expected to confer on problems common to their respective commands. The 44th is located .in New Jersey and Delaware, and the 28th in Pennsylvania. The colors of three States and the District flew today before the tent of Gen. Reckord, signifying that troops from all four jurisdictions comprising | the 29th Division now are in camp for | the first concentration since the di- | vision left Prance 18 years ago. | The four jurisdictions are the Dis- trict, Maryland, Virginia and Penn- | sylvania. | The 5th Maryland Infantry com- | pleted its trek from Cascade, Md., yes- ! terday without mishap, pulling into Indiantown Gap about noon. rival completed the division. Four Shells Hit Dugout. Four 37-millimeter shells fell on the protecting parados of a concrete forward observation post Gen. Reck- ord occupied yesterday afternoon to watch the effect of the firing of the 110th Field Artillery. The dugout, however, withstood the impact and no one was injured. Capt. William A. Brown, Battery A, 110th, became known yesterday to fellow officers as “Two Round Brown” as a result of his achievement-in hit- ting his target, 4.000 yards away, with the second shell from his battery. ‘The first was over, but the next landed squarely on the ruins of the old farm house on which the regiment’s fire was concentrated. Six rounds are the av- erage required to find such a target, and the performance of Capt. Brown's battery was considered remarkable. A party for Maj. William T. Roy, eommander of the 29th Division spe- cial troops, who, in civil life is as- sistant parliamentarian of the House of Representatives, was held last night by his officers in celebration of his eleventh wedding anniversary. Maj. and Mrs. Roy were presented with rifts and received the congratulations ©of both officers and men. The Virginia officers of the division were entertained last night by Brig. Gen. 8. Gardner Waller, commanding the 91st brigade. Gen. Reckord also was present. About 45 Virginia Military Institute graduates now in camp will get to- gether tonight for a reunion. Most of them are in the 91st brigade and the 111th Field Artillery, althoygh several are on the division staff. Want Hitler's “Text Book.” PARIS, August 14 (#).—The Com- munist party asked the government last night to make Reichschancellor Adolf Hitler's autobiography “My Struggle” a text book in all French schools. The purpose, it said, “is so the French will know in what con- tempt Hitler holds our country and what his designs are regarding it.” Night Final Deli Base Ball Scores, Race Results, ever it is, you'll find it in The Night Final Sports Edition. will start at once. Maryland. There's a reason. Prof. F. W. Oldenburg, agronomist of the extension service, loves to col- them to his friends. Every office in the extension service In the department of markets alone there are five—one on every desk. . x ¥ ¥ TWICE PYRRHIC. 'HE Chevy Chase lad who killed & crow by smacking it on the head with a broom handle just as it pecked a hole in the awning above his sleep- ing porch bed counted his victory a Pyrrhic one. a couple of days ago. It turns out to have been even more Pyrrhic than he thought, involving as it does a loss far greater in a way than a 4-inch slit in the awning. That is because the bird was no ordinary crow at all, but rather a pet in the home of J. Maxon Cunning- ham. The crow, who dropped in on the Cunninghams as a bewildered baby early in the Summer, turned out | to be very much a friend to man. | The Cunninghams are sorry, indeed, Its ar- | that man eventually turned out to be | POTarily set back this great movement. less than that to the crow. * X % ¥ RALEIGH. THE 1936 model Sir Walter Raleigh | down on G street near Twelfth a | few days ago was seen to recover my lady’s white slipper from the squashy concrete and carefully wipe the of- fending concrete from it, finishing | the job with his clean handkerchief, | the fair damsel in the meantime | standing on one foot and supporting | herself on a stick that was pressed into service for -a cane in the | emergency. He placed the slipper back on the dainty foot, and the lady with a bow and smile thanked him for his gal- lantry and went blithely on her way. * % * # DOUBLE DUTY. Washington once coincidentally was the capital of two nations— the United States of America and the republic of Czechoclovakia. The independence of the latter was proclaimed in a declaration dated here October 18, 1918, and recog- nized by the allied powers almost immediately. * *x * & FUTURE. N A discussion of the latest Holly- wood scandal the other day, sev- eral local persons connected with show business were remarking that what you don't put in diaries or speak into dictaphones won't hurt you. “Yeah,” said Ray Bell, “hereafter when a guy is making love in this ‘Honey, esn you write?' " vered by Carrier Anywhere in the City [ ] Full Sports Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World. What- THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered by carrier—70c a month. Call National 5000 and service has its Oldenburg stone paper weights. | 8o it was reported here country the first thing he'll say is, s THE EVENING "ROOSEVELT HOUR SCORED BY KNOX West Virginia G. 0. P. Con- vention Gives Vice Presi- dent Aspirant Ovation, Ry tne Associated Press. HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Aug. 14— Calling. the Roosevelt administration “the most expensive amateur hour in history,” Col. Frank Knox, Repub- lican vice presidential nominee, de- clared last night that “in November the American people will give all those performers the gong.” “It has been & grand show but it cost too much,” the Chicagoan told cheering West Virginia Republicans packing the city auditorium for their State convention to select two nomi- nees to the State Supreme Court and draft State party principles. The crowd, estimated at 11,500 by Robert H. C. Kay, State vice chairman, greeted Knox with a shouting ova- tion. County delegations, seizing their standards, paraded the flag-draped hall cheering his arrival at 0 p.m., and stormed their approval when National Committeeman Walter 8. Hallanan referred to the Landon-Knox ticket as “the all-American team of 1936." Accompanied By Wife. Mrs. Knox accompanied him on his trip from White Sulphur Springs, where he has been working on speeches for the rest of his tour. Hallanan introduced the candidate and drew applause by declaring: “I have the faith to express the sincere conviction that the reign of the New Dealers is about to end. I include that crowd which has mis- ruled the State of West Virginia. America is going to America again. Instead of brain trusters, what we need is brains we can trust. Mrs. Worthington Scranton of Scranton, Pa., a vice chairman of the Republican National Committee, spoke | before Knox arrived. She said women | “resent the tremendous political spend- ing of the Roosevelt administration for the purposes of building up a machkine to re-elect the President in November,” and added: “This resentment will take the form of an educational campaign to bring home to those who are apathetic that | women own three-fourths of the | wealth of the Nation which is now being frittered away.” Opening Gun for State. STAR, WASHINGTON, Air Marker PILOT GETS FEDERAL ASSIGNMENT, MRS. BLANCHE NOYES, One of the first woman air tmn.vg'orl pilots in the coun- try, shown at Bolling Field as she was about to leave for duty as an “air marking” pilot for the Bureau of Air Com- merce. Her job is to assist in a million dollar W, P. A. pro- gram to provide a rooftop marker or location identifica- tion sign every 15 miles in every direction throughout the country. —Star Staff Photo. REICH ABANDONS TRADE SUBSIDIES {Complies With U.S. Demand, With Next Move Now Up to America. | By the Assoctated Press. BERLIN, August 14 —German gov- ernment and private subsidies to boost | trade with the United States were | abandoned today. Nasi officials thus complied with | American restrictions inst any form of subsidy, it was said, and the next | move was regarded as up to the United States. | The vice presidential candidate's | Virginia, which went Democratic in 1932. Eariier, pausing in Charleston, | Knox conferred with Hallanan on West Virginia prospects and then pre- dicted the State will go Republican in the Fall election. wealth” program he hopes to see car- ried out consists of greater ownership of corporation shares by workmen, “In our American society there should be no ‘antagonism between the worker and the stockholder. Our | capitalist system rests on the corpora- tion, large and small. This capitalist | system has grave defects. There are inequalities in it. But it has built the greatest productivity in the his- tory of all mankind. It has given the American worker the highest wages io all history. The man who would tear down this marvelous system when to replace it is an enemy of his country. I want to see our economic system purged of its injustices. I want ; to see it preserved for its benefits. * * * | “I want to see an increasing share | in the profits of this system going to the workers. I want to see this come about, not by any suicidal scheme | of destruction, but by an extension | of the ownership of corporation shares | by the workers. Unseen and unnoticed, | this process has been going on & long | time. There are 12,000,000 owners of | | corporate shares in this country to- day. War and depression have tem- | It will begin again. In this movement lies the prospect of a genuine share- the-wealth program. In it there is the prospect of industrial peace in this country.” Recovery Seen Hampered. Knox declared “the steady progress of natural recovery is hampered by the burden of taxes and shadowed by | | the fear of inflation.” He sald wages | have increased since 1932 from the | progress of natural recovery, living costs have gone up, and the Ameri- | ean worker faces today the possibility | of that ruinous rise in the cost of live ing which comes from inflation of currency and credit. “It 18 & law of our social order that & bureaucracy grows by what it feeds upon. Once a government starts on & career of waste it finds itself unable to stop. A government once embarked ion & policy of subsidies and gifts must | maintain itself by further subsidies. | For a people faced with this situation there is only one answer, and that is to install another government.” He said “there has been much talk about soaking the rich” but added: “There are laws of economics and mathematics working here and these laws operate to limit soaking the rich. Beyond these limits, taxing the rich destroys wealth and capital, reducing investment, reducing production and reducing wages.” e Births R Donald and Vi James and Ire A Edward and Laura Hill. boy. and Lillie Dearstine. boy. ames and Marie Brown. boy. Prederick and Mildr t. boy, Richard and_Mary en. girl twins. James an Maloney. * gir! TR, Pt et o Elh El¢ r_ Grant boy. Chy | | eported. irginia Roberts. boy. ne Ord ‘!lwy by IM‘ flfln r‘ e ring and Clara Marini bov ederlok nni‘u uthrle. boy. Charles and Elizabeth Lasi boy. William and Louise Ston [arvey and Mary Arrow. &i mas lna ine Reynolds. omas and Neil Durkin. ®ifl enry and xm:erimlf.lxm. 1. ancls and Ellen McMahon. Siti. bert and Ri ryman n ith sley sirl. J)d Rachel Cunoingham. sirl. Syeetis Dean. wirl d Mabi s Dean. girl, tiford. &irl. Edward "and ‘Helen Mather. bom. oward and e AR T B Laur; 1 d B =T e o Lesile and Georsette ] The candidate said the “share-the- ‘[ there is no equally productive system | A note from the German govern- | lect stones. He gathers big, smooth, | address was the opening gun of his | ment handed yesterday by Ambassador | oval ones by the basket and distributes PAriy's national campaign in West | Hans Luther to the United States State Department was understood merely to be notification of action al- | ready taken some days ago here—the abolition of the use of aski marks, bar- | ter deals and other such methods in | the payment of German exports to the | United States. (Germany for some time had en- | | couraged the shipment of goods to the | 10mted States by permitting payment of the goods to be made in marks, which could be purchased outside the country in the open market at a dis- “ count from the official rate of around 40 cents. Aski marks, one form of | blocked currency, were widely used, | and the American Government pro- | tested that and other forms of sub- | sidy.) | Exporters here meanwhile were | warned not to apply for subsidies on | any shipments for the United States. A difficuity arising out of the United States restsictions and German com- pliance (some called it retaliatory com- pliance) was that trade was practically paralyzed. G (Continued From First Paj s e oughlin speakers’ platform he was greeted | with a 15-minute demonstration. A moment later, when Representa- tive Martin L. Sweeney, Democrat, of | Ohio, temporary chairman, recited a “History of Prosperity,” boos greeted | the name of former President Herbert | Hoover. Boos From Audience. A few boos were heard as Sweeney | mentioned Senator Joe T. Robinson, and louder boos came from the conven- tion floor when he referred to Senator | Carter Glass as a “reactionary.” Representative Sweeney, temporary chairman, brought the convention to order at 10 a.m., after an hour’s delay during which delegates milled about the hall, cheering and marching. When the party of Father Coughlin arrived, delegates. cheered wildly and surged to the front of the platform. ‘The radio priest, unattended, en- tered at the rear of the auditorium, walking the length of the bullding. Police preceded him, opening a path. Organ melodies and parades of three district Coughlin delegations pre- ceded the appearance of the Royal Oak, Mich, priest. The melodies ranged from “Mademoiselle From Armentiers” to “Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here" As the delegates slowly filtered into the hall, the third district Minnesota delegation started an aisle march, followed soon by the thirty-second Pennsylvania district and seventh Massachusetts district delegations. ‘The Minnesota delegation, led by a banner proclaiming “victory or bust,” marched to the platform and started to mount it. An official stopped them. A short conference followed, the or- gan started into the “Battle Hymn of the -Republic,” then the delegation sang its own convention song. Coughlin Cheered. It had gone .through only & few bars when Father Coughlin appeared. A tremendous cheer was unlesshed and the Minnesota delegates dropped the song. in the middle. rlr:nu Coughlin responded with a emile. Sweeney’s call to order was foliowed quickly by the pledge of the organisa- tion, allegiance to the principles of social justice, Right arms extended, the delegalés recited the pledge loudly. Msgr. John R. Kenny, pastor of the old St. Patrick’s Catholic Churca of Cleveland, delivered the invocation, conciuding with the Lord's Prayer. Delegates jolned in its recitation. Thé Cconvention opening, colncident with President Roosevelt's four-hour visit to Cleveland, faced a clash over ml::;ummmempoum»n- pal Warren and Gladys amuel -fl t ‘The question will be, Father Cough- Uin said, whether to give full indorse-| ment to Representative William Lemke of North Dakota, the Union party's candidate for President, or to restrict the conventions indorsement to con- | gressional candidates. D. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1936. ENGRAV'NG ANNEX Flags Wave for AWAITS EVICTIONS Work on New Structure Is Held Up as Treasury Seeks Clear Sites. Work on the new $4,000,000 aniex to the Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing has been halted while the Treasury Department seeks to dislodge a few persons in possession of small proper- ties in order to deliver the site to the contractor. Among those still in possession of dwellings on the partially cleared site bounded by Twelfth, Fourteenth, C and D streets southwest are Rev. Kind D. Blackwell, a part Cherokee Indian, and W, H. Abbott, who has collected a huge mass of material on the sub- Ject of the pineapple as a health- giving food. Rev. Blackwell maintains the Gov- ernment has made no offer for his two ramshackle dwellings and has posted & “death” warning sign against “house- breaking.” He says he will back up the warning with his rifie. Abbott has sold his two-story brick residence on Fourteenth street to the Government, but is taking his time about moving because be wishes to classify and pack his “pineapple library” before vacating. Several other small property nolders ase refusing ic leave. Work on the huge construction job stopped after the contractor, John Mc- Shain, Inc., of Philadelphia officially protested that the Government has broken its contract by failing to deliver the site on schedule. Meanwhile, the Treasury is acquiring the remaining pleces of property as rapidly as possible, according to Ed- ward R, Witman of the procurement division, It is hoped a settlement can be reached with the contractor within & week s0 work can be resumed. Treasury officiais pointed out that the property can be obtained througin condemnation if necessary. Lemke does not commit the National Unlon.” Any indorsement of Lemke, he em- candidate as an individual and would not include the party itself. Father Coughlin said a resolution to indorse Lemke already had been| drawn up. “I'd be surprised if a reso- lution against indorsement of Lemke did not come up,” he said. A controversy between two officials of the Coughlin-founded organization over whether Dr. Prancis E. Town- send should be permitted to address the convention appeared settled by Father Coughlin's announcement that | Townsend and Rev. Gerald L. K. | Smith would speak Saturday after- | noon after conclusion of the conven- tion’s official business. Walter D. Davis, convention mar- | shal, had fought against a speech by the author of the old-age revolving | pensions plan, saying, “This is not an | open forum, d he thought the convention should be kept free of pol- itiea. Favered Appearance. Sylvester V. McMahon, national secretary of the union, had favored Townsend's appearance. Father Coughlin smoothed the situ- ation by saying Townsend and other “outside” speakers, including Lemke | and his running mate, Thomas C. | O'Brien of Boston, would address the delegates after the close of the con- | vention proper. Father Coughlin said he would in- | sist the union retain its present | identity and independence. If such | a course is not pursued, he declared, | he would “step out.” | A new constitution, written by a Constitutional Committee named by the priest, was ready for introduction before the convention today. Father Coughlin had drawn up the original constitution. Mayor Harold H. Burton of Cleve- land, scheduled for the address of | welcome, called on Father Coughlin| last night to say he would not be| le to do 30 because of President Roosevelt's visit to Cleveland. “Mayor Burton explained to me that a telephone call from the White House had requested his presence at the President’s reception,” said Father Coughlin. “I told him, ‘Your place is at the President's side. Father Coughlin was asked at a press conference if he had thought of inviting the President to address the convention. “Mr. Roosevelt is & busy man,” Coughlin replied, “and I do not be- 'ieve he would have time.” TOWNSEND SPEAKS. ELMIRA, N. Y., August 14 (#).—Dr. Francis E. Townsend assailed the ad- ministration works relief program in an address here Isst night and de- clared the “benefits reach very few people.” “If you think you are ever going to pay for this,” he told & mass meet- ing of followers in Brand Park, “then you've got to help me devise a new system.” ‘The pension movement leader said that “the Republican and Democratic parties are doing nothing that would lead to prosperity” and reiterated that he was “through with both.” ‘Townsend sald “I held up my head proudly” when he declared he would support the third party movement led by Representative William Lemke of North Dakota. “Bill Lemke stands for the things I stand for. I'd be a traitor to my country if I didn’t support him,” tie physician declared. OPPOSITION PLANNED. BOSTON, August 14 (A .—Former United States Representative Joseph A. Conry declared 1ast night & move- ment was underway to organize a Catholic laymen's national group to oppose Rev. Chatles E. Coughlin's activities. Home for a vachtion from Washing- ton, where he is an Acting Assistant Attorney General, Conry said the group would be politically independent. “The ultimate aim of Father Cough- lin,” he asserted, “is to arouse ciass discontent and fan the flames of re- He said in an interview many Cath- olic clergymen and laymen with whom he discussed the pian, had expressed approval. - “Father Coughiin erred in his critic- ism of President Roosevelt, followed by an apology indicating . little con- tritionr and less humility,” Conry said. “The priest's economic views defy fair discussion. His reckless challenge to phasized, would be of the Union pnny’ tion at the Mayflower Hotel. | and A. E. Pendergast carrying | (Story on The color bearers of the Washington Department of the American Legion opened the organization’s three-day conven- Lejt to right are Charles P. Ruby the flags. ~—Star Staff Photo. Page B-1.) Olympics | (Continued From First Page.) |in one of the most spectacular fin- | ishes the Olympics ever have seen. Italy's time was 6:26; Germany's, 6:26.4. The Americans, with the ailing Don Hume stroking & beautiful race, followed Italy's pace throughout. U. S. STAR SETS RECORD. Kiefer Wins 100-Meter Backstroke in 1:05.9. BERLIN, August 14 (#)—Clocked in 1:05.9, Adolf Kiefer of Chicago turned in his third record-smashing perform- ance, winning the Olympic 100-mets backstroke title today while Holland's quartet captured the women's 400- meter free style relay championship. | pic rowing finals. Earlier in the day| The Dutch foursome, Miss Selbach, Catherina Wagner, Willy Denouden and Rita Mastenbroek, led Germany and the United States to the finishing tile in that order. | With Kiefer setting the pace, the United States made a strong showing in the dorsal-stroke final. Al Vande the 400-meter free atyle crown, won the second 1500 semi-final heat in 19:42.8, finishing 20 meters ahead of 8unso Ishiharada of Japan, with an- other Nipponese, Shumpei Uto, taking | third, and Heinz Arendt of Germany, | fourth. Captures Singles Sculls, Gustav Schaefer of Germany ea tured the singles sculling champion- | ship, with the Austrian, Hasenoehrl, THREE CHILOREN HURT IN TRAFFIC Victims Include Two Girls Hit by Auto of Brazilian Ambassador. Three children were injured, none seriously, in traffic accidents yester- day and last night. The victims in< cluded two Georgetown girls, who were bruised when struck by an au- tomobile driven by Oswaldo Aranha, Brazillan Ambassador. ‘Three-year-old Robert C. Griffith, 1239 B street southeast, was hit by a dairy truck while playing at Twelfth and East Capitol streets late yester- day. He was released from Gallinger Hospital after treatment. Lee Whit- ley, 321, colored, 1312 Twenty-second street, was the truck driver. The children who were injured when Ambassador Aranha's car got out of control and plunged onto a sidewalk at Thirty-fourth and M treets were Nancy Lee Lowe, 3, and her 12-year-old aunt, Catherine Rest, both of 1217 Thirty-fourth street. Spectators sald the younger child's life probably was saved by Mrs. Rose Williams, who snatched her from her peramulator before it was crushed by the Ambassador’'s car. The Ambassador said the accident happened when he attempted to start his car after crashing into a tree on the Thirty-fourth street hill. The fender had jammed against a front wheel, making it impossible to steer. He told police he would not claim diplomatic immunity and would ad- just any claims which might arise. He said he had been in several revo- lutions, but would rather be in *10 revolutions” than experience such an accident. Cra éhfl (Continued From Pirst Page.) it was in the air, but it was believed these were flares. B.D. and H. B. Robinson. father and son, reached the scene about the time Flinn did. They said the body thrown from the plane was burning and they extinguished the flames. The other two were held in the enclosed center | cockpit. ‘Their bodies were burned beyond recognition. The wreckage lay in the center of a second and Dan Barrow of Philadel-| phia & surprising third. Schaefer made a procession of the race, winning by two lengths from | Hasenoehrl. Barrow, a distinct out- | sider in the race, beat out Charlie | Campbell of Canada, E. Rufli of Switzerlaod and Giorgio of Argentina in that order. | Schaefer, succeeding to the crown | won in 1932 by Bobby Pearce, great | Australlan, chalked up Germany's | third successive victory in the Olym- i(he Teutons had captured the finals | for four-oared shells with coxswain and for pair-oared shells without cox- swain, | The Austrian gave Schaefer his only | competition, but it was no contest after 1,000 meters. The winner relaxed after gaining a four-length lead and per- 30-acre corn fleld. Few stalks were mowed down in the rear of the plane, | indicating that the ship nosed sud- denly downward after the pllot leveled off. Rip Cord Not Pulled. Strands of Mayher's parachute lec from the wreckage to his body, but th rip cord had not been pulled. Th three men apparently had elected tc remain in the ship and attempt au emergency landing. The radio man's watch had stoppec at 9.45. The plane left Langley Fic at 7 p.m. on a practice flight. Crump had to take Flinn 12 mile to Providence Forge to reach a phon | and report to the air base. | Plinn, on his second flight sinc | being sent to Langley from Ohio, sai. | he wanted to telegraph his mother he | ‘Weghe of Paterson, N. J., listed world | mitted Hasenoehr! to cut that margin | was safe before she read accounts o. record holder at 1:07.4, was second, followed by Masaji Kiyokawa of Japan with Taylor Drysdale of Detroit fourth. The flashy Chicagoan began his as- sault on Vande Weghe's mark and George Kojac's 8-year-old Olympic record of 1:082 two days ago, when he negotiated the preliminary trials in | 1:06.9. He captured his semi-final heat yesterday in 1:06.8. Dutch Girls Set Record. ‘The Dutch girls clipped two seconds off the olympic record made by the American foursome at Los Angeles four | years ago, a8 they were timed in 4:36.0 flat. Germany's time was 4:36.8 and the Americans’ 4:40.2. The Americans—Katherine Rawls, Bernice Lapp, Mavis Freeman and Olive McKean—Iled through the second lap and thereafter fell back. Germany held a slight margin 20 meters from the finish but Miss Mastenbroek passed Gisela Arendt with her final stroke. threatened America’'s domination of | Olympic diving competition as Amer- ica’s two swimmers advanced to the final of the women's 400-meter free style event. At the end of the four compulsory dives for the 10-meter platform cham- plonship Marshall Wayne of Miami held a slender lead over Erhardt Weiss of Germany, 56/100ths of & point separating the pair. The four optional dives, completing the test, were post- poned until tomorrow. ‘Wayne amassed 45.65 points to 46.09 for Weiss, while Hermann Stork, an- other Teuton, was in third place with 44.83. Elbert Root of Chicago was the next American to show with 44.03, while Frank Kurts of Los Angeles was sixth with 41.71 points, trailing the Japanese star, Tsuneo Shibahars, with 43.39. Mrs. Leonore Kight Wingard of Homestead,' Pa., and Mary Lou Petty of Seattle gained the 400-meter final, Mrs. Wingard placing second to Rita Mastenbroek of Holland in the first semi-final heat and Miss Petty fourth in the second heat, won by Denmark’s Ragnhild Hveger, holder of. the new Olympie fecord at 5:28. Both the diving and swimming tests were held in a steady downpour of rain, accounting in a large measure for the slowness of the swimmers. The fastest time was turned in by Miss Hveger, 5:33.7. Reizo Kolke of Japan won the first semi-finals heat in the men's 200- meter breast stroke event, in which the first three in each heat and the fastest fourth qualify for the final. Balke of Germany was second, Sa- buro Ito of Japan third and Ray Kaye of Detroit fourth. Kolke's time was 2:44.5, two seconds slower than the new Olympic mark made yester- day in the trials by Detsuo Hamuro, another Japanese. Kaye was clocked in 2:4f U. S. Swimmer Second. Johnny Higgins of Providence placed second t6 Hamuro in the sec- ond and last semi-final heat. The Japanese star was clocked in 2:43.4, six-tenths of & second faster than Higgins. Jack Kasley of Detroit finished sixth and was eliminated. Tidefonzo of the Philippines was fourth, clocked in 2:486.6, and gained the seventh qualifying place, result- ing in the elimination of Kaye. Noburo Terada of Japan captured the first 1,500-meter semi-final heat, An unexpected German challenge | | in half, | Capture Team Title. The unprecedent German sweep con- tinued by the Teuton representatives in competition for pair-oared shells with coxswain which distanced five rivals with a powerful finish. With 40 points already chalked up | to her credit in the unofficial team | champlonship, counting six places on a 10-5-4-8-2-1 basis, Germany defi- nitely had clinched the regatta and de- throned the United States, 1932 champions. The United States thus lost a title it had held since the war, but the | Americans still were pinning their faith on the University of Washington to win the prime feature of the regat- | ta, the eight-oared championship, last event on the program. The German monopoly finally was | broken by Berestord and Southwood | of Great Britain, who captured the | double sculling title by coming from behind and noeing out the Teuton combination. The American pair of | Bill Dugan and John Houser of Phil- | adelphia was sixth and last. | $4,288,377 1S ALLOTTED FOR FLOOD REPAIRS By the Associated Press. An additional $4,288377 allotment to repair bridges and highways dam- aged by last Spring’s floods in Penn- sylvania, Maine, Massachusetts and West Virginia, was approved today by Aubrey Willlams, deputy works prog- ess administrator. The new funds, supplementing $43,- 000,000 allotted by W. P. A. for flood relief and emergency repairs last Spring, will be spent under the super- vision of the Bureau of Public Roads. Williams approved $2,202,997 allot- ment for Pennsylvania. Other allot- ments were: Maine, $1,053,400; Mass- achusetts, $769,480, and West Vir- ginia, $172,500. Ninety in Shade—and Snowballs. SPENCER, N. Y. (#).—Ninety de- grees in the shade and snowballs in the air: k W. P. A. workers staged a snowball fight after they uncovered a layer of snow during grading operations for new school grounds. The apparently is ‘We need all the time. leading Ralph Flanagan of Miami to the finish by 15 meters, with Bob “It. will be for the delegates to de~ | make ets on the cutcome of the elec- | Leivers of Great Britain, third, the cide the. Royal Osk, Mich. priest,|tion violates priestly” behavior. The|same distance behind the American. 3aid in . -press conference, “and for|excitement of politics inflamed his|Jim Christy of Chicago was & weak them to put the National Union en “The fact that T am committed ta. Blood” he: eontinued, “dlsturbing his mind and that judicial in & priest.” mmrmmmzmm nee. Jack Medica of Seattle, winner of Alice Longworth, the accident in newspapers. ‘The ship struck on the Couclac Farm. about 5 miles from here. An ambu- | lance from Langley had to await day- light to find the wreck. { All the crew members except Crit- | tenden were attached to the 96th Bom- | bardment Squadron, and he was with | the 2d Bombardment Group Headquar- ters. | The plane ber. was & two-motored | ! Snails Speed Via Plane. Snails, turtles and frogs of Yugo- slavia are traveling fast, consignments being sent by express trains from Bel- grade to Paris for the benefit of French gourmets. All the Fuss Over Boy’s Appendix Proves Needless |Tommy Rallies During Hunt for Parents to Permit Operation. Ay itie Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, August 14. — For | four anxious days the vacationing parents of 10-year-old Tommy Dunk- |lin were sought to give consent for |an emergency appendicitis operation on their son. They were home today —and Tommy didn't need the opera- tion. ‘The happy ending came last night when Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Dunklin drove in unexpectedly, amased to find all the excitement their absence had stirred, but happy to find Tommy “out of danger.” Five physicians had agreed an oper- ation was necessary, but recognized the absence of the parents as an obstacle. Then the boy rallied. “Why make such a fuss about ap- pendicitis,” blustered Tommy as he Iay in bed, his pain relieved by ice packs. T've known lots of kids who've had it. and besides—I'm hungry, and my side doesn't hurt now unless I sorta press on it.” National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. EVERLY HILLS, Calif, August 14.—American newspapers should be congratulated upon the restraint that has been used in reporting and commenting upon the recent developments in the Japanese spy cases. In many countries less provocation would have set up a spy scare with dire international possibilities. Where news- papers are anxious to stir up war spirit, a spy incident always furnishes dangerous fuel. prominent Japanese business leader, commenting upon the recent incident, says that “esplonage A & nacessary social evil, with all nations participating and each regarding the others as the greater offenders.” not condcne esplonage activities in the United States, but all governments are aware that spying is going on in every country There 1» ho more oceasion to become excited about it now than there was last year or the year before, or a decade ago. If the American press continues to exercise the laudable calmness that has characterized it in the handling of these latest exposures, there will be no dangér of any explosion, (Copyright, 1936.)