Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1936, Page 1

. WEA' . (U. 8, Weather Bureau Forecast.) . * Cloudy and warmer, probably occa- sional rain today; tomorrow cloudy, colder in the afterncon; fresh southeast winds today. Temperatures—Highest, 41, at 12:01 a.m. yesterday; lowest, 31, at 7:15 am. today. Full report on page B-2. () Means Associated Press. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. 1,655—No. 33,822, e = = m WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION y St WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1936—138 PAGES. ## FIVE CENTS Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos Sunday Morning and Every Afternoon. TEN CENTS KING’S DECISION ON ABDICATION AWAITED MEETING OF MINISTERS IS SET TODAY AS RULER STUDIES BALDWIN .PLEA “Secret Documents” Handed Edward at Belvedere by Cabinet Chief. MONARCH’S PLANE REPORTED READY FOR FLIGHT TO RIVIERA He Hopes to Join Mrs. Simpson in France, Rumor Says—Churchill Asks “Time and Tolerance.” B3 the Assoclated Press. LONDON, December 6 (Sunday).—Britain’s King early today studied “certain documents” handed him in secluded | Fort Belvedere by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. ; What the documents were, or what they portended, was not revealed, but authoritative sources said they might be: 1. First drafts of voluntary abdication papers. 2. An expression of opinion on the crisis from his Maj- esty’s dominion governments. 3. New proposals from his cabinet ministers. Reports from Canberra, Australia, that Edward might abdicate Monday were unconfirmed in London, where offi- cials asserted that the summoning of the British cabinet to meet Monday afternoon showed there had been no decision reached as yet by either the King or his cabinet. Although the full cabinet was not scheduled to meet formally until Monday morning at 10:30 a.m., a meeting of the ministers was called for Sunday afternoon at 5:30 p.m. These developments were disclosed while a growing sen- | timent “to give Edward more time” spread through both supporters and opponents of a marriage between the monarch and the twice-divorced Wallis Warfield Simpson. Mrs. Simpson Reaches Cannes. The former Baltimore belle, meanwhile, reached the Cannes villa of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rogers, former New Yorkers, after a two-day automobile flight across Southern France. (The London correspondent of the New York Herald- Tribune cabled last night that the King’s royal plane was poised for a flight to the French Riviera, where he hopes to join Mrs. Simpson. The cable said it was learned on good authority that orders had been received at Le Bourget, the | Paris airport, and at Cannes, in the Riviera, to allow the passengers from a private airplane from London to leave without the usual customs and passport formalities. Flight Lieut. Edward Hedley (Mouse) Fielden, whose official title | is captain of the King's flight, has the King’s plane fueled and ready at Hendon airport to take off on short notice, the cable said. The King could be picked up at Smith’s Lawn, | private airport near Fort Belvedere.) Whether Mrs. Simpson would remain with her old friends or would avail herself of Mrs. Reginald Fellowes’ 70-ton steam yacht in the harbor off Monte Carlo, no one professed to know. There were some who thought Edward himself might join Mrs. Simpson in the Rogers’ villa, but there was no indication that the | sovereign was considering such a plan. With Mrs. Simpson safely secluded, for the time being at any rate, from the eyes of a startled world, friends urged the King to| play for time in what they said was his continued determination to | surrender neither his throne nor his right to marry as he chose. Churchill Champions Monarch. The partisan support.and opposition to the match hardened more stiffly throughout Saturday, with at least one influential statesman, Winston Churchill, publicly championing the monarch against the repeated demands of his prime minister to choose be- tween Mrs. Simpson and the throne, with no alternative. Baldwin, bitter opponent of the King’s association with Mrs. Simpson, held severa{’ on the crisis. Visitors to No. 10 Downing street included Home Secretary Sir John Simon and Lord Craigavon, prime minister of Northern Ireland, whom Baldwin summoned from Belfast. Simon has been said by authoritative sources to be desirous of avoiding a constitutional crisis through too strong representations against the King’s actions by his ministers. Whatever went on behind the closed portals of No. 10, no one but the principals professed to khow—and they kept the most dis- creet silence. There were some informed persons who said a decision by either the King or the prime minister might be forthcoming at any hour, but the majority opinion was that not until Monday would the empire know the destiny of the crown. Mass Demonstrations Held. Mass demonstrations in the streets of Edward’s personal popu- larity, and the wholehearted public support of Winston Churchill, heartened that section of the British public which would like to seiithg King's personal wishes prevail over the dictates of his cabinet. On the other hand, those firmly opposed to the prospect of a twice divorced, American-born woman becoming Enggmd’s Queen, believed the fourth session between Baldwin and the King in four days indicated the prime minister would stick to his guns and insist on a speedy decision. Edward himself searched his heart for the answer, in his secluded country seat at Fort Belvedere where he and Mrs. Simpson had spent so many care-free hours. Late in the day he received a telephone call from Mrs. Simpson as she halted her flight to a refuge from the eyes of the world to inquire of Edward what she and he might expect their futures would be. Churchill threw his powerful influence behind the King Saturday night in an appeal to the empire to grant him “time :}rlxd tolerance” in his fight to wed Mrs. Simpson and retain his rone. Attacks Government. While Baldwin motored to Edward’s Belvedere retreat for et another appeal to Edward to give up Mrs. Simpson, the ‘brilliant Churchill, who may be King’s l)remier if Baldwin resigns, attacked the government for not consulting Parliament and chal- lenged its right to advise the sovereign to abdicate. In a formal statement he said that abdication must not “hastily be extorted,” and hinted that the King himself had asked for more time to consider. “There is no question of any conflict between the King and Parliament,” said Churchill, who has &rhapa more personal influence than any one in Parliament outside the cabinet. “Parliament has not been con-¢ sulted in any way or allowed to express any opinion. The ques- tion is whether the King f,}’l:lics:;;: t;,‘,‘;‘;;:‘t‘%‘ of the | cerned a marriage that “In no “No ministry has the authority | Cifcumstances can be accom- - | plished for nearly five months 2&‘1{ ise gggli’;‘%"%ggt"figg“;s gnnd may conceivably, for various reasons, never be accomplished g::n“gm“{ge E;m”aegflm at all,” Churchill asked for “pa- form.’ tience.” (Mrs. Simpson’s divorce Pointing out that the present (See KING, Page A-4) crisis, engendered by Edward’s wish to wed Mrs. Simpson and government opposition, con- | crossed that of the Rogers. | Simpson. | said the yacht was at Mrs. Simpson’s conferences with high government leaders WINSTON CHURCHILL. “If an abdication were to be hastily extorted the outrage so committed would cast its shadow forward across’ many chapters in the history of the British empire.” REFUGE REACHED " BY MRS, SIMPSON ‘Ends-Two-Day Flight at| Villa of Friends on Riviera. By (he Assoclatea Press. CANNES. France, December 5. = Wallis Warfield Simpson tonign* | | ended her two-day flight across South- ern Prance and was driven at great | speed through the gates of the villa| belonging to her intimate friends, Mr and Mrs. York. ‘The car, bearing Mrs. Simpson, her | secretary and a bodyguard, roared | | through the opened gates of the villa | |at 11:45 p.m, while a crowd of the | | curious scattered for safety. | After the car entered, the gates were slammed shut, while British and | French detectives joined a guard of | | local police. They warned hundreds of craning | bystanders gathered outside the villa that they “might as well go home, because she's tired and wants to sleep.” Often With the Rogers. It was not the first tme in recent times that Mrs. Simpson's path had | Herman Rogers of New | | The former New Yorkers often had | been either guests or hosts at gay little parties when the King and Mrs. Simpson were spending care-free hours on the sunny Riviera. | Riding at anchor in the harbor off Monte Carlo was a 70-ton steam | yacht, Sister Anne, ready, it was said, | to take Mrs. Simpson on a cruise (o whatever remote corner of the world she might wish to go. Its owner, Mrs. Reginaid Fellowes, daughter of the Duke of Decazes, was, like the Rogers, an old friend of Mrs. Friends of Mrs. Fellowes command. Behind the cloistered walls of the Rogers villa Mrs. Simpson sought to compose herself and obtain much| needed rest after her 50-odd-hour automobile trip across the continent. What her plans were, friends doubted if even she herself knew. She might stay with the Rogerses or she might board the yacht and sail away if her privacy should be invaded, they said. Telephones to Palace. At one of the last towns Mrs. Simp- son passed through, Vienne, she tsle- phoned Buckingham Palace to relieve her anxiety over what was happening to the monarch she had left behind only after his assurance he would not give up his throne. To avoid crowds Mrs. Simpson and her little entourage entered one of Prance's most famous restaurants through the wine cellar. She dined in a private chamber (See SIMPSON, Page A-6) By the Assoclatea Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., December 5.—The Atlantic City Sunday Press said it had learned through authentic North Jersey sources today that in- fluential leaders have decided to ask Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to become the Republican candidate for Gov- ernor of New Jersey in 1937. ‘The newspaper - said about 15 party leaders from all sections of the State reached this decision at “a quiet little meeting” in Newark a few days ago. They virtually agreed, it said, that the “only hope the Republican party may hold in waging a successful fight against the prospective Democratic candidate, United States Senator A. Harry Moore, lies in erecting a solid front on behalf of a candidate who holds the sympathies and regard of the people.” Among those present, the Press said, were State Senator Lester H. Clee of Essex, mentioned as a candidate for the gubenatorial and Ar- thur T. Vanderbilt, Newark attorney and a leader of the Essex County Clean Government faction. FIGHT-POINT PLAN OFFERED BY HULL FOR WORLD PEACE Brazil Backs Rooseveltian “Good Neighbor” Policy at Buenos Aires. PROPOSAL PRESENTED FOR AMERICAN LEAGUE Dominican .Delegnfion Recom- mends Republics Unite Against Outside Aggression. (Full text of Hull speech on page B-6.) B> the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, December 5.— The United States urged co-operative organization for peace and Brazil promised full support of President Roosevelt’s “good neighbor” policy at the second plenary session of the Inter-American Peace Conference to- day. United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull, one of the 21 delega- tion chiefs to outline national poli- cles, proposed an eight-point program to maintain American peace and, by example, help avert strife abroad, where, he said, “statesmen are shout- ing threats of war.” Jose Carlos Macedo Soares, zilian foreign minister, declared. “I proclaim Brazil's full solidarity with the good neighbor policy.” Two Forces Perturbing World. “The great perturbing forces in in- ternational society,” he asserted, “are alarming antagonism in the econ- nomic fleld and the financial oppres- sion of certain peoples. Bra- cord are checked by special condi- tions which enable free expansion of internal markets.” A proposal that the conference move to create an American league of nations was presented by the Do- minican delegation. Its fate was doubtful, inasmuch as some larger nations such as Brazil and Chile already had announced their opposition. It was understood the United States and Argentina also | would not welcome establishment of such an organization. Under the Dominican plan, all the American republics would unite against outside aggression, and would renounce war, intervention and force- ful acquisition of territory. They would prepare for estabiishment of an inter-American court. A permanent Executive Council would be set up, including one repre- sentative from each of the 21 Ameri- can republics. A special assembly would be called in the event of inter- American war. Court Plan Opposed Indirectly. Limitation of armaments to the amount required for national defense and prohibition of sale of arms to private citizens of other nations would be two provisions of the league accord. Macedo Soares indirectly opposed the inter-American court plan in his jpeech by praising the Hague Court f International Justice. “In no manner should we isolate ourselves. from- the rest of the world,” said the Brazilian foreign minister. “We should give it a great example. We should initiate a new policy of international fraternity.” Although not mentioning the Amer- ican league of nations project—which he previously had opposed in speeches —Macedo Soares said American na- tions should weigh the errors of the " (See PEACE, Page A-5) PLOT CALLED ROYALIST Greek Disturbance Held Started by Malcontents. LONDON, December 5 (#).—An un- censored dispatch from Athens said tonight an alleged anti-government plot which the Greek government as- serted was uncovered December 1 'was the work of royalists. They were said to have been disap- pointed becausse they received no favors after restoration of King George in November, 1935. The dispatch said one of those ar- rested was Spiro Theotokis, son of iiohn Theotokis, former foreign min- ster. Lindbergh Governorship Bid Rumored by New Jersey G.O.P. Dr. Clee, reached in Newark, denied he had atended such a meeting, said he knew that Vanderbilt had not at- tended such s gathering and that he disbelieved such a meeting had been held. The Press said Col. Lindbergh's name was brought up when one of the conferees e: the wish for a man like the late Dwight W. Morrow, former United States Sena- tor and father-in-law of the aviator. It sald the agreement on his candidacy was “spontaneous,” and that “the more they thought about it the more convinced they became that if any one was the logical man it was Lindbergh.” Vanderbilt, the newspaper said, was delegated to make the first move toward obtaining Lindberg’s scquies- cence. Several, it added, volunteered to raise substantial sums of money on behalf of the Lindbergh candidacy. The conferses pointed out, it- said, that Col. Lindbergh was still a New Jersey resident and, despite his tem- porary residence in England, might be prevailed upon to.accept -the post. THE RE CENT ~ : PRESIDENTIAL FIGHT WAS NEVER AS HOT AS THIS! 'U.S. EMPLOYES IN CITY ASSIST IN YULE DRIVE/ | The 48 States of the Union, rep- | ‘Wlshinxlon. inspired by the humani- | ;llrlln spirit of a President who has | i pleaded the cause of the fnrzoneni | man, joined in an effort to make the | | Nation’s Capital a city where all, rich {and poor, young and old, will be re- | mer to reach the heart of all America. \ These Government workers, alive to | the needs of the Federal City and | the needy. have filed in with The | Evening Star, Warner Bros., National | Broadcasting Co., Metropolitan Police Department and the Parent-Teacher | Association in launching a co-opera- eager to lend their aid to the poor and | | Roper, Daniel's office at the Commerce Group Copies President’s Zeal in Lining Up VWith Co-Operative Plan to Insure Cheery Christmas. % tive Federal Employes’ Yuletide Cam- | In America those elements of dis-| 1o ynteq by the Federal employes in |Paign to see that no one in their | adopted city is forgotten this Christ- mas. The duties of chief co-ordinator for the various bureaus and branches of the Federal Government in this move- ment were vested yesterday in Harry | Daniel, director of public relations for | membered this Christmas in a man- | the Department of Commerce. who | accepted the appointment with the | approval of Secretary of Commerce Roper. Also, with the approval of Secretary Department will serve as a clearing tion with the campaign to provide (See TOYS, Page A-2) HOUSE NEAR U.§. CUMMINGS 10 SEE ENBASS BONBED Madrid Air Raid Kills at | Least 20—Two Rebel Planes Shot Down. | BACKGROUND— The Spanish civil war, now in its fifth month, finds continued dead- lock in the decision as to whether communism or fascism shall tri- umph. Italy and Germany have indicated their sympathies by the recognition of the rebel regime of Gen. Francisco Franco, although they were members of Non-Inter- vention Committee of powers Jjormed in September. Sympathies of Russia and France have leaned toward Loyalists, while Britain has bent eflorts to define right of bel- ligerents. B) the Associated Press. MADRID, December 5—A Fascist aerial bomb wrecked an occupied house near the American Embassy to- day in a raid apparently aimed at razing an entire section of Madrid, not half & mile from the United States official building. At least a score of Madrilenos were killed in the second raid in as many days. Inhabitants of a house in Glorieta de Quevedo were buried, dead or alive, in the splintered debris of their home, struck directly by an explosive bomb. Two of the raiders were shot down in a spectacular battle in the skies against government pursuit ships which took the air when the invaders were firsi sighted. Shell Refugee Center. While rescuers dug in the ruins piled up by the air bombs, insurgent land batteries opened up on the Amer- ican-owned telephone building, hous- ing hundred of refugees, and said to be the strongest edifice in Madrid. Shrapnel splattered against the north facade of the building, while those within could see plainly the flashes of smoke from the enemy can- nons. ‘The range of the artillery fire and the aim of the air bombs apparently 'was bent on laying waste the Arguilles sector, a scant half mile from the United States Embassy, officially evac- uated Thanksgiving day. At least 20 persons were killed. One bomb hit the San Jose Hospital for Incurable Cases, starting a fire which spread rapidly. Others ripped apart houses in the teeming workers’ district of Cuatros Caminos, and in the Rosales area, near the model prison. Still more bombs were dumped into Zurbano street, nmear the American Embassy; into Dravo Murillo, Eloy Gonzalo, Donoso Cortes and Gus- manlel Bueno streets, in the heart of Madrid ‘The government, concerned with interior as well as exterior defense of (See SPAIN, Page A-16.) * CROWDING IN JAL Concern Prompted by Star Story—Bates to Join Inspection Party. BY REX COLLIER. Deeply concerned over reports of serious overcrowding at the District jail, to which many Federal prisoners are sent, Attorney General Cummings has accepted an invitation of the Dis- trict Commissioners to make a per- sonal inspection of the antiquated | institution tomorrow afternoon. Melvin C. Hazen, president of the Board of Commissioners, and officials of the Board of Public Welfare, which has jurisdiction over the jail, will escort the Attorney General, who will be accompanied by Sanford Bates, Federal director of prisons, and pos- sibly several other Justice officials. The 60-year-old detention house, in southeast Washington, near the East- ern Branch of the Potomac, was built (See JAIL, Page A-16.) BLANKET WAGE BOOST OF 10 PCT. ORDERED BY the Associated Press. ALTON, IIl, December 5.—The Western Cartridge Co. announced to- day blanket wage increases of 10 per cent, effective December 1, for 2,500 employes. The company also voted to increase 1 per cent the maximum yearly bonus to employes. The aggre- gate sum in dollars of the wage and bonus was not disclosed. The Alton Box & Paper Co. an- nounced a 5 per cent wage increase to workers of the lower-bracket wage scale and slightly smaller raises for higher paid employes. In all, 575 men will benefit. Cummings Warns Lawyers to Cease “Obstruction Tactics” Sharp warning to the legal profes- sion to cease its “tactics of obstruc- tion” in fighting America's attempts at “social recanstruction” was voiced last night by the Government's spokes= man at law, Attorney General Cum- mings. Appearing before more than 800 members and guests of the District Bar Association, the Attorney General pulled no punches as he reminded the lawyers that “many of our learned brethren” have ceased to think in terms of the public. And the public, he said in effect, is near the end of its patience. Throughout his address, delivered from manuscript, Cummings defended the New Deal philosophy of social re- construction and criticized those who persist in their individual opposition. | 'Pontiff Sleeps Uneasily as house for all information in connec- | BLO0D CLOT PANS AR POPES RET Vatican Attendants Keep Vigil Through Night. B the Assoctated Pross. | VATICAN CITY, (Sunday) Decem- | | ber 6.—Pope Pius XI slept uneasil; early today, pain from a blood clot | on his left leg occasionally arousing | { him, while Vatican attendants kept | a vigil through the hours of darkness ! in a dimly lighted room adjoining the | pontifl's bed chamber. | Both of the Pope’s lower limbs were | partially paralyzed. but it was stated | | at an early hour this morning nothing | had occurred to arouse fresh appre- | | hension in the papal household. | | . The holy father's measured breath- | ‘Ing was clearly audible to the at- | tendants because of the asthma from | which the Pope has suffered. The rhythm of his breathing was interrupted occasionally as the pain/ in his left leg aroused him from his | | sleep. No Sign of Weakening. Watchers in the antechamber stated | they were confident the night would | | pass without incident. It was stated there was no sign of weakening when the pope’s physicians last visited him. | Relatives who visited Vatican City | :uid they were assured his condi- tion was not alarming. Information issued by the Vatican tended to minimize the seriousness | of the pontiff’s illness—the first se- rious trouble he has had since he became Pope February 6, 1922—but | his intimates said they recognized his 79 years enfeebled him. His holiness accepted his discom- fort with cheerful resignation, carry- ing on some of his duties. Shortly before his bed chamber was darkened for the night he talked freely for nearly half an hour "I(hl Senator Crispi, father-in-law of one | of his nieces. ‘Widow of Brother Calls. Donna Anastina Caninata Ratti, widow of Pius’ brother, and nephews and nieces also visited the Vatican. After talking with Msgr. Gonfalonier the pontiff’s private secretary, they said they were reassured on the Pope's condition. Prelates expressed hope the Pope would be relieved of pain within a few days and would be able to re- sume his normal routine. The holy father insisted on using his keen mind and unimpaired arms to carry on the duties of his church yesterday. Serenely confident that God's will would permit him to rise shortly, the 79-year-old pontiff nevertheless re- signed himself, even to death should it come. “I am in the hands of God,” & high prelate quoted the Pope. ‘Whereupon, he summoned his as- sistants and took up “with complete good cheer” the work of the day, dictating and signing letters from his bed, determined to carry on the af- fairs of his church. The Pope’s insistence on performing many of his duties and his refusal (See POPE, Page A-20) “An evolutionary process is going forward,” he told his listeners. “It is idle to stand in its way or to pro- claim that it does not exist. “We are not merely the advisers of those who would preserve the status quo at all hazards,” he continued in direct appeal to those of his own profession. “We are servants of so- ciety, accredited representatives of a judicial system which has for its ultimate purpose the administration of justice in its highest sense. In these great areas of change and progress, would we not be better citizens, better patriots, aye, and better lawyers, if we were a little less concerned with the technicalities which have served 30 well in many a strategic contest and a little more given to & broader (8es CUMMINGS, Page A-3) TREASURY CHECKS INCOME TAXES OF 80000 EMPLOYES Sweeping Order Calls for Report by Jan. 1 on All Payments. EXTENSION OF PROBE *IS SPECULATED UPON Information Sought by Officials Is in Addition to Routine Pay Roll Data. Sharp check on the income tax returns of 80,000 employes of tke Treasury Department for the past five years has been launched, it wes learned last night, under authority of the 1936 revenue act. In a sweeping order to every indi- vidual on the Treasury pay roll, here or anywhere in the world, Secretary of the Treasurv Morgenthau has called for an official report to be returned on or before January 1. The order is in the form of a single memeographed sheet, or ques- tionnaire with only a few very pointed, and personal questions. Although the purpose is not offici- ally outlined in the brief form, ths new move is understood to be in the nature of a wholesale check-up on the huge Treasury pay roll, to deter~ mine the extent of income tax re- turns, payment of taxes, or possible collection of back taxes. Each Treasury employe is called on to furnish the following information: Name and address. Whether he filed an income tax ree turn on each of the past five years. If he filed an income tax return, in what collection district was it filed? If he did not file an income tax re- turn, what was the individual's total gross income for the past five years? Deductions in the case of single pere sons are now $1,000, and in the case of married persons $2.500, while $400 is allowed for each child. Extension Speculated Upon. So far as could be learned, the ques- tionnaire at present is being distribe uted only to Treasury Departmepnt em« ployes. It is understood to be in addie tion to the regular information returns filed by personnel officers of the Gove ernment with the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Whether other departments or estab- lishments mean to follow the lead of the Secretary of the Treasury in ine stituting such a sweeping probe was a question of lively interest aroused by the Treasury sheet. The matter was subject of animated conversation in thousands of homes and offices last night, and there was much conjecturs as to how far the movement may lead. “You're going to get a questionnaire soon that you won't like,” one ine formed person told another who had not yet received his. The Treasury went forward with this probe, it was understood., under authority of section 147 of the revee nue act of 1936, entitled “information at source.” Under this section officers of the United States are required to report to the commissioner of internal revenue the salary paid to employes. Information has been collected “at | source” for years in various ways by the Government from corporations individuals, and others making pay- ment to employes, stockholders, ete. Various forms are provided for such “information.” Since the passage of the revenue act of 1936, it was learned last night, every department and independent establishment of the Government has been ordered to file information ree turns with the commissioner of in< ternal revenue. Usually this is in the form of pay roll information sub- mitted in the form required by the commissioner of internal revenue. Income tax returns will be due on or before March 15, next year, for the present calendar year, 1936. Gov- ernment people throughout the Fed- eral establishment will find their (See TAX, Page A-15) COAST GUARD FLYER IS KILLED IN CRASH Commander Dies, Three Hurt as Plane on Errand of Mercy Falls Into Sea. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va, December 5— Lieut. L. Christopher, commander of the Coast Guard amphibian plane VIII from Cape May, N. J, lost his life today when the plane crashed into Assateague Harbor while on an errand of mercy. Two members of the plane crew and a seaman taken from the tanker Charles G. Black, were reported seri- ously hurt. They were rushed to & hospital at Salisbury, Md. ‘The VIII was the second plane to come to grief in an effort to get the seaman, said to be suffering with appendicitis, to a hospital here. The V125, which had broken a wing in landing in a rough sea, was adrift off Assateague tonight, with the commander, Lieut. L. H. Seegar, and two other men aboard. Thi Coast Guard cutters Ponchartrain, Mohawk and Dione were searching for the crippled plane. A Coast Guard surf boat had taken the sick man off the tanker and he had been transferred to the VIIL ‘The plane apparently was taking off with ease when she crashed from the height of a few feet. Radio Programs, Page F-3. Complete Index, Page A-2.