Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1936, Page 1

\ (U. 8. Weathar Bureau Forecast.) Rain probable tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer, lowest temperature to- night about 38 degrees; fresh northeast winds. Temperatures—Highest, 38, at noon tcday: lowest, 30, at 8:30 p.m. yes- The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. - terday. Full report on page A-21, Closing New York Markets, Page 18 84th YEAR. No.- 33,825. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. The WASHINGTON, D. C. CROWN CRISIS ANSWER PROMISED IN 24 HOURS; - SIMPSON DENIAL ISSUED L Baldwin Hopes for Climax Tomorrow. KING REMAINS AT BELVEDERE By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 9.—Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin disclosed to the distressed and anxious House of Commons today that King and gov- ernment still were hesitating on the answer to the empire’s dilemma— ‘whether Edward VIII will marry Wal- lis Simpson and lose his throne. The first minister, after a night spent in seemingly troubled confer- ence with his sovereign, gave hope, however, that the crisis might reach its momentous climax tomorrow. He told the crowded, worried benches and galleries: “I regret I am not in a position to add anything today, but I hope to | make a statement tomorrow.” The members, increasingly con- eerned over economic and political results of the suspense, pressed him vainly for more. King Remains at Retreat. King Edward, outwardly steadfast in his composure, remaived at rural Fort Belvedere. Mrs. Simpson, con- ferring at a villa on the Cote D'Azur with her London solicitor, announced through a spokesman she had “signed no documents.” Thus, for at least 24 more hours, it seemed the whole, breath-taking sit- uation must hang in the balance. However, since the prime minister is not given to unfulfilled predictions, | his words were interpreted as meaning | he expects to disclose the future of | King and throne—and Wallis Simp- | son—to Parliament tomorrow. | The King may do one of three things: 1. Renounce his desire to make a morganatic marriage with the twice- divorced American. 2. Force a showdown and resigna- tion of Baldwin and his government, | seek support of his subjects in a con- stitutional fight which would have to be settled at the polling boxes. 3. Abdicate and marry his betrothed. Ministers Know Secret. His last word to Baldwin—given in the tense hours at Fort Belvedere | last night—was held in the empire’s | fast-locked box of spoken secrets. The ministers who met with Baldwin for | 2 hours and 15 minutes this morning | knew the nature of that word, but found it inconclusive and. perhaps, acrimonious and troublous. 3 Now, the prime minister seemingly | must go again to turreted Belvedere before the final decision is reached. | He spent much of the day in repeated conferences with the King’s high ad- | visers, Walter T. Monckton and Sir | Edgar Peacock, both executive au-! thorities of the wealthy Duchy of | Cornwall. The 600 members of Parliament, tightly jammed in their red leather benches of the dimly lighted Commons chamber, reflected the increasing anx- ety of the British peoples for a state- | ment that will stop the havoc which the long suspense has wrought in the | empire’s everyday affairs. | Just as breathlessly the dominions | waited—paced by the Australian Par-! liament, assembled and ready for any | action that may be necessary, re-| sounding to an uproarious demonstra- tion from Labor benches in the King's | behalf. | Political factions within the king- | dom chafed. The Fascist leader, Sir | Oswald Moseley, told a luncheon meet- | ing the people will resist any attempt | (See KING, Page A-5.) ROOSEVELT'S SHIP OFF FRENCH GUIANA President Back in Northern Hemisphere for First Time in Two Weeks. BY the Associatea Press. WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT SEA, December 9.—President Roosevelt cruised in Northern latitudes today for the first time in more than two weeks. 3 Mild, Summery warmth followed the President’s ship, the cruiser Indian- apolis, back across the Equatér and he enjoyed a sun bath. There was not an ailmert in the whole presi- dential party. The Indianapolis and its convoy, the cruiser Chester, paralleled French Guiana as the President, speeding home from a peace mistion to South America, finished preparations to meet Sir Murchison Fletcher, British Governor of Trinidad. The ships were due to reach Port- of-Spain, Trinidad, Friday for re- fueling. OVING COMPANIES wishing to co-operate with e Evenirig Star and the Federal bureaus in the drive to aid needy fam- ilies this Christmas, by fur- nishing trucks to collect gifts from Federal bureaus for de- livery to the Earl Theater on December 18, are requested to communicate with Mr. DISTRICT 2200, BRANCH 2421, Elizabeth Seen British Ruler Under Regency Edward’s Abdication Expected Within 48 Hours. | Cabinet Members| Hold Secret of Decision. PRINCESS ELIZABETH. By Radlo to The Star. | LONDON, December 9.—Unless | there shall be a sudden concession by i King Edward, either resignation of | the ministry or the abdication of the | King is expected to oecur within the next 48 hours. The ministry now with the full sup- port of the press, the church, the (See ELIZABETH, Page A-5.) e DOVINONS OLD PONER N CRISS Baldwin by Gaining Back- ing Took Question Out of Politics. By the Assoctated Press. LONDON, December 9.—The British | dominions held the “balance of power” in the empire crisis created by King Edward's romance with Mrs. Wallis Simpson today—spotlighting in strik- ing fashion a new turning point in British imperial history. For just as “the Mother of Parlia- Has Signed No Documents, ~ She Says. LAWYER PAYS VISIT TO VILLA Spokesman Denies Physician Was Summoned. BY the Associated Press, CANNES, France, December 9.— Mrs, Wallis Simpson “has signed no documents,” her spokesman said to- day after King Edward’s American be- trothed had conferred for more than an hour with Theodore Goddard, her solicitor. Speaking for Mrs. Simpson, Lord Brownlow. gentleman in waiting to Edward VIII, asserted: “Mr. Goddard's visit, as stated last night, was for the purpose of discuss- ing Mrs. Simpson's business affairs in London. The presence in his plane of Dr. Douglas Kirkwood was due to the fact that Mr. Goddard has been ad- vised not to fly or take any undue ef- fort without a medical attendant. “Dr. Kirkwood left for Marseille this | morning. He has not visited the villa.” Goddard Hits Stories. Leaving the Villa Lou Viei, Mrs. Simpson's haven from the British Empire’s constitutional strife, Solic- itor Goddard added: “The stories which I understand are going about concerning Dr. Kirk- wood are too ridiculous for words. He not only is my medical adviser but one of my oldest friends. I always have been advised for personal rea- sons never to fly. . He'came for that reason and for that reason. alone. “1 came to see Mrs. Simpson, for whom I acted in her recent. divorce. I deemed it advisable to do o in con- néction with various other matters That I am now doing. I obviously cannot say what I am doing in my connection as her solicitor.” Dr. Kirkwood, who at one time was & medical officer of Qucen Charlotte's Hospital for Women in London, left . at lmhoht:l here, aithough Somie reports sa might fly back to Loadon from Marseille. As for the solicitor, Lord Browne low had stated previously that one item in his mission was disposal of Mrs. Simpson’s ornate Cumberland Terrace home, in London. Brownlow Makes Denial. Brownlow denied that the physician had been called to attend Mrs. Simp- {-son. { Mrs. Simpson, said the King's court | official, is “in perfect health,” does not | require the services of a physician and, Foeni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION COME ON, BOYS, IT's NoT S0 DIFRCULT! ng Sfaf WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1936—FIFTY PAGES. ### THAT NEUTRALITY TIGHT ROPE! CONTROL OF RAL ENPRE REVEALED Van Sweringen Interests in Power of Trust Company, Probers Told. By the Associated Press. Senate {nvestigators heard testi- mony today that the $3,000,000,000 | Van Sweringen rail and industrial | empire was actively controlled for four jand & half years by the Nation's larg- est trust company. Willlam CC Petter, chairman of the | Guaranty Trust Co. of New York, told thé Railway Financing Investi- { 8ating Committee that his firm had exercised control from August 1, 1831, | untfl February 1, 1936. | During that period the trust com- | pany voted the key securities of the | vast holding company pyramid, he | said, as trustee under three bond is- | sues totalling $85,000,000. The.bonds were issued by the Alleghany Cotp. The stock was voted -“by proxy,” Potter explained, quickly adding thst the proxies were “not cigar store Indians.” e “They were dummies?” asked Chairman Wheeler, Democraty, : of Montana of the investigating 1=,un-i | mittee. . | “You might call them that Potter | answered, “but they were actual per- | sons—clerks in our organization.” | _ Potter said the Guaranty Trust Co. | had voted much of its controlling ments” in a fight lasting through the | i1 fact, has seen none since coming | stock in the Van Sweringen- system past 700 years wrested complete con- trol of the government from the King, 50 have the dominions won their in- dependence from that Parliament, but in less than half a century. Had Prime Minister Stanley Bald- | d win expressed only the British cabi- net’s opposition to the King's con- tracting a morganatic marriage, his critics would have been much sharper in their attack. But when he added the dominions approved his stand, he took the ques- tion almost out of the realm of poli~ tics. For the past five years—since the passage of the statute of Westminster, the dominions’ “magna charta”—these | outposts of empire have heen con- sulted on every matter of importance affecting the empire. But the new role of “independent | nations,” whose cabinets have as much right to control domestic affairs as the Baldwin cabinet had in the United Kingdom, is being played un- der circumstances as dramatic as all British history affords. Never again will Britain go to war without the prior approval of the dominions, at least if she expects their help. The fact they considered Baldwin's consulting them in the present crisis to be a matter of course illustrates the growing power in empire affairs of Ottawa, Canberra and Johannes- burg. . e FIRE ROUTS 1,000 Eight Firemen Overcome or Hurt in Apartment Blaze. NEW YORK, December 9 (#).— Nearly 1,000 residents of 25 Prospect place, Tudor City, were routed from their beds early today when fire started in the subcellar of the 21- story apartment building. Eight fire- men were overcome by smoke or in- the subcellar. l@v Views of Creation Drawn - By Carnegie BY THOMAS R. HENRY. All the billions of stars in the sky constitute only one unit of a family of 12 such aggregations which cluster together within a little more than a million light years of each other— a million light years being the dis- tance which light moving at 186,000 miles a second would travel in million years. This little family of “universes” in turn is only one of thousands of such families of universes in a great uni- a | to the villa last week end. | The spokesman explained that he made the statement fully aware of the | “implications” surrounding the hur- | ried trip of Dr. Kirkwood from Lon- lon. Standing at the gateway to the villa with Herman Rogers, of New York, (8ee SIMPSON, Page A-5) DENHARDT GRANTED RELEASE ON BAIL beas Plea in Murder of Fiancee. By the Associated Press. NEW CASTLE, Ky., December 9.— Circuit Judge Charles C. Mar- Henry H. Denhardt, charged with the murder of Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor, his fiance. Bond was fixed at $25,000. Since his incarceration November 20 the politiclan-soldier has been held in the Jefferson County Jail at Louisville. That the defense seeks to learn results of scientific tests made for the commonwealth was seen in its subpoena as witnesses, Detective Sergt. John I. Messmer, chief of the Louis- ville Crime Laboratory, and Dr. Al- fred W. Homberger of the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Messmer made paraffin casts of the hands of Denhardt and Mrs. Taylor. Coroner D. L. Ricketts said the tests disclosed she had not discharged a gun recently, but declined to reveal the result of the test made of Den- hardt’s hands. Unit Scientists shall today granted bail to Brig. Gen. | | through & “superior clerk” named Kugler, | Known as “Company.” | He was often known as Kugler & | Co.,- Potter added. “Our clerks often give themselves the title of a irm,” he testified. “Just why, I don't know.” “Wasn't it to conceal their identity?” asked Wheeler. “I suppose 30, Potter replied. Potter later amplified his testimony to say that the late Van Sweringen brothers had remained in actual man- agement of the system during the (See RAILS, Page A5) Summary of Lost & Found A-3 | Obituary ..._A-12 FOREIGN. Statement on British crown crisis promised in 24 hours. Page A-1 Bolivia offers peace plan making ag- gressor public enemy. Page A-1 Autogyro inventor among 14 killed in | British air crash. Page A-1 French airplane reported shot down by Germans over Spain. Page A-1 Japanese Privy Council rebukes cab- inet on foreign policy. Page A-5 NATIONAL. Mrs. Vanderbilt longer periods. to get Gloria for Page A-1 - | Individual need seen as key to future of W. P. A. program. Page A-1 Guaranty Trust Co. controlled rail empire, Potter says. Page A-1 Scientists give new revised picture of Creation. Page A-1 Stabilization fund studied as foreign capital control means. Page A-1 Agricultural regulation program for coming year announced. Page A-3 Sorority sister slays bride-to-be while aiding with invitations. Page A-6 Conflicts seen in approaching session of . Page A-4 Maritime strikers call meeting to vote on proposed settlement. Page A-¢ Bell Telephone and A. T. & T. relation studied by probers. Page A-7 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Soclety to join tonight in drive for Christmas toys. Page A-1 Edith Maxwell to claim father died of heart failure. A . | King and Cummings seek facts on jail S INDRIVE FO Will Pe ‘Washington society joins tonight in | the campaign to see that there shall be no forgotten child this Christmas. And the first of a series of five night- club parties, where donations for the destitute are asked of guests attend- ing, takes place this evening in the | new Pall Mall room of the Raleigh | Hotel, in co-operation with The Star- | | Warner Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas cam- | paign and the sixth annual Christmas | party of the Metropolitan Police De- | | partment. | Those good companions, artists of | the stage and radio, always happy to | tap s taap, or play aa tune, or sing a | swing song for charity, will be present | when the pall mall party goes on the | air, while 8 large section of Washing- | ton’s younger set wield silver spoons | | at the It will be the last half of the N. B. C. broadcast for the cam- paiga, opening at the studio at 10:30 HASTY OPERATION SAVES BABY CHOKED ON FOOD ! Doctor Makes Throat Incision, Holding Wound Open Until Lung Action Returns. BS the Associsted Press ATLANTA, December 9. —Seventeen- | operation pérformed after she choked on turnip greens. | Doctors said she probably would | have died had not a doctor in Austell hastily made an incision in her throat i and held it open with his fingers until a silver tube could be inserted. That provided for respiration until normal heart and lung action returned. The baby choked while being fed by older children yesterday. Her mother, Mrs. H. M. Reece, called a neighbor and they drove 5 miles with the baby to Austell. _ Today’s Star congestion here. Page B-1 District and Northeast depositors slow calling for dividends. Page B-1 O'Brien and two witnesses indicted on perjury charge. - Page B-1 Attorney Duke facing two charges in U. 8. District Court. Page B-1 Law dean advocates “red rider” re- peal. Page B-1 Car taking shooting victim to hospital crashes; man hurt. Page B-1 Gov. Nice willing to iron out differences on insurance bill. EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. This and That. Answers to Questions. Washington Observations. David Lawrence. Paul Mallon. Jay Franklin. Headline Folk. FINANCIAL. Bonds narrow (table). Power output at new peak. Steel plants rushed. Stocks irregular (table). Curb list uneven (table). Dividend flow continues. Page A-2i SPORTS. Deal for Salveson, youthful pitcher, helpful to Nationals. month-old Hazel Mae Reece owed her | ( life today to an emergency throat | Page B-1| OCIETY TO JOIN TONIGHT R YULE GIFTS |First of Five Night Club Parties in Pall Mall Room of Raleigh—Stage Stars rform. p.m. with Gordon Hittenmark at the microphone, and ending with an aerial account of the Pall Mall festivities from 11 to 11:30 p.m. with Hugh Mc- Ilrevey announcing. The broadcast will feature Fred Clark and his Earl theater orches- tra, favorites of Washington, on the air by courtesy of the Musicians' Union of Washington, Local No. 161. Audrey Seiber, mistress of ceremonies | at the Earle, will act in the same ca- | pacity for N. B. C., and living dolls, now performing at the Earle, will be a part of the program. They are the charming Olive and George Brasno, appearing with Buster Shaver. Both professionals and amateurs will take part in the Raleigh floor show that makes up the second half of the N. B. C. program, from 11 to 11:30 pm. Bette Hartz, ane of the most popuiar See TOYS, Page CONTROLOF §0LD IIPORTSSTIDED Offset “Alien” Cash With Stabilization Fund. | BY the Associated Press. Administration fiscal experts are | studying far-reaching plans for ex- panding operations of the $2,000,000,- 000 stabilization fund to make it & balance wheel against foreign capital movements as well as a steadying mechanism for the dollar. Authoritative sources reported to- day that consideration is being given to revamping the fund along the lines of the British equalization fund, which is used to prevent fluctuations of foreign capital from affecting the domestic credit structure. The present plans, still in the “study stage,” call for use of the stabilization fund to “sterilize” gold imports. Concerned over possible adverse ef- fects of the continued capital inflow on domestic credit and prices, Presi- dent Roosevelt recently asked the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Board and the Securities Commission to de- termine what, if any, control meas- ures were necessary. The potential danger of foreign cap- (Sec STABILIZATION, Page A-3) —_— FLIGHT IS DELAYED CORNING, N. Y., December 9 (#).— Joseph Costa’s monoplane stood fueled for a take-off today, but bad flying weather caused postponement of his projected good-will flight to Pars, Brasil. The young Portuguese-born Corning pilot called off the flight at 3 am, after, he said, weather reports showed unfavorable conditions over Virginia and South Carolina. Mrs. Vanderbilt BY the Assoclated Press. ‘Young wuhin.non. City News in Brief, NEW YORK, December 9.—A set- Fiscal Experts Map Plans to | Yesterday’s Circulation, 140,234 (Some returns not yet received.) P Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. County Units To Distribute U.S.Aid Urged New Administration Plan in Relief Of- fered by Senator. A suggestion from Capitol Hill that Pederal relief expenditures be adfin- istered through county agencies bobbed up today as W. P. A. Admin~ istrator Harry L. Hopkins broadcast assurance that no person needing re- lief will be dropped from W. P. A. rolls. The congressional proposal was made by Senator McCarran, Demo- crat, of Nevada, with the explanation that the smaller local governing units of the counties are better able to know relief needs and thus better able to disburse Federal funds without ex- | travagance and waste. Administrator Hopkins' views were disclosed at a press conference yester- day afternoon in which he declined to confirm figures released by the W. P. A. during his absence a few days ago to the effect that 150,000 project workers must be dropped ar- bitrarily by January 1 in an effort to bring the rolls down to 425,000 persons. “I want to make it clear,” he said, | “that no one in the United States in need of relief will be dropped. If any one has been dropped from the | rolls and now needs relief, he can | (See RELIEF, Page A- FRENCH ARPLANE HELD SHOT DOWN Gérman War Craft Blamed | by Spanish Embassy in Paris—Four Hurt. BACKGROUND— Aerial bombings over Spain and especially Madrid have been prac- tically incessant since the begin- ning of hostilities, five months ago, when Fascists revolted under Gen. Francisco Franco. Strengihened by the moral support of Russia and France the Loyalists have held grimly to Madrid under fierce as- saults by the rebels, in turn, en- couraged by the moral support of Italy and Germany. British neu- trality has marked that nation’s efforts to have the rights of the belligerents defined. BY the Associated Press. ish Embassy charged today a German Junkers warplane abruptly attacked and shot down a French airplane over Spanish insurgent territory. Pour passengers were injured when the plane, flying the French insignia and in the service of the French dip- lomatic corps, crashed at Pastrana, Spain, yesterday. “This aggression,” the Spanish Em- bassy statement said, “may have grave consequences.” Those injured when the plane was machine-gunned down were Andre Chateau, correspondent for the Havas (French) News Agency; Louis Dela- pree, correspondent for Paris Soir; a Dr. Hemmy of Canada, and an un- identified young girl. Another young girl, the pilot named Boyer and the radio operator named Bougrat were unhurt. The plane was wrecked. Reports of the attack caused a sen- sation in the Paris press, which print- ed the bulletins in heavy black type. The embassy communique said, “The salient fact of the day was the abrupt attack by a tri-motored Jun- kers in the Guadalajara region against the Air-France plane, which takes the Madrid-Alicante trip normally to es- tablish contact with the Toulouse- Casablanca passenger line of the same company. “This plane was machine-gunned while in full flight and had to land because of damages.” The embassy statement said the | two correspondents were “quite grave- ly wounded.” INSURGENT BASE SHATTERED. Government Planes Bomb Line on Casa del Campo. MADRID, December 9 (#)—Gov- ernment bombing planes blasted the Fadcist front line along the Casa del Campo Park today and devastated (See SPAIN, Page A-4.) e FLEE U. S. CONSULATE NAPLES, Italy, December 9 (#).— The staff of the United States con- sulate here was forced to abandon the building today when fire broke out in the basement. The blaze was brought under control after firemen had battled it several hours. Old records were destroyed, how- ever. Wins Custody Of Gloria for Longer Terms almost two years at least action that was resumed a few days ago before Justice Leary when Mrs. Vanderbilt sought revision of the original order of Justice Carew. Only one hearing was held in Justice Leary’s chambers . | before negotiations for a settlement Under the new agreement, between lawyers for the litigants last in June, 1937, to sun- 15, 1937, and for the ‘were started. None of the principals were present when today's decision was although the signatures of Mrs. Van- derbilt and Mrs. Whitney appeared on the agreement. Louis D. Prohlick, counsel for Mrs. Vanderbilt, said a “friendly feeling” animated negotiations. With the ex- piration of the present agreement, he said, it is probable further amicable arrangements will be made. Justice Leary joined in praising the agreement, saying it was reached “in the child’s best interests.” The amendment did not alter the PARIS, December 9.—The Span- 14 DIEIN FLAMES AS DUTCH PLANE HITS BUILDINGS IN CROYDON TAKE-OFF Inventor of Autogyro Among Victims as Only Three Survive Crash With Ship Few Minutes Off Runway. FORMER STATE OFFICIAL OF SWEDEN IS KILLED Roofs Are Ripped Off Two Houses as Airliner Heads Into Fog. Wreckage Burns Furiously as Crumbled Wing Hangs From Structure Near Airdrome. By the Associated Press. CROYDON, England, December 9.— Fourteen persons, among them Juan de la Cierva, the autogyro inventor, met sudden, flaming death today in the crash of a K. L. M. (Dutch) air- liner just four minutes off the runway at Croydon Airdrome. Three survived, with varying in- juries. They were the German pas- senger, Walter Schuberk; the wireless operator, Von Bemmel, and the stew- ardess, Fraulein von bon Gertman. The condition of the m=n was grave; that of the stewardess, who leaped from the craft before it caught fire, was not dangerous. Trapped by twisted steel and flames, De la Cierva died with the former Swedish secretary of state, Admiral Arbid Lindman, and 12 others, include ing two of the crew. No Americans were aboard. 17 Aboard Airliner. ‘There were 17 persons aboard the airliner. The “K. L. M.” announced the other dead as: Baron Gottfried Meyern-Hohen- burg of Germany, who is the former husband qf the Viennese actress, Luli Deste. She is due to leave Germany for America tomorrow and the baron had planned to see her before she de parted. Charles Robert Dickson, prominent Swedish banker of Stockholm. | =—— Pearson, a Briton. | —— Wegelius, a Finn. ~—— Van Arie, Dutch. —— Donkelaar, Dutch. Dr. Kurt Hoene and Mrs. Hoene, Polish. Miss —— Lipsey, South African. —— 8kemp, British. Capt. Hautzmeyer, pilot. Engineer Verkerk. Heads Into Heavy Fog. The plane, heading into a heavy fog which cut visability to little more than 20 yards, ripped the roofs off two houses in nearby Purley, swerved across a street, sheered off a large tree and finally embedded itself in an unoccupied house. The engine, ripped from its mountings, smashed through the front wall. No pedestrians on the street were injured. The Dutch plane, a Douglas, foge bound two hours with four other planes headed for cross-channel aire ports, finally took off and safely cleared the boundaries of the field. It had barely cleared the first row of suburban homes surrounding the aire drome, however, when it crashed, Wreckage Burns Furiously. The wreckage burned furiously, one crumbled wing of the machine hanging grotesquely from the third house, while other parts of the plant blocked the roadway. It was the most disastrous air crash {In England this year, and the second |in 1936 in the same locality. August 10, the Imperial Airways airliner Velox crashed nearby killing four. | De la Cierva was en route to | Amsterdam and Berlin on a business trip. Admiral Lindman was on his way home after representing the Swedish Masonic Lodge at bicente= nary ceremonies at Edinburgh. A woman living nearby said: “I heard a crash, and, running into the street, saw the plane had crashed on the roof of an unoccupied house. It burst into flames at once and the house caught fire. “I understand three people were taken from the plane and removed in ambulances.” Another woman gave this version: “I heard a terrific crash and thought something had hit my house. “I ran out and saw a huge plane burning, with the flames shooting up from the wreckage. “It was awful. The heat was so terrific we could not get near.” Juan de la Cierva, inventor of the (See CRASH, Page A-5.) SWISS NAZI SLAYER IS CALLED TO TRIAL Gustlof Widow Only Witness Thus Far Summoned Against Medical Student. BY the Assoctated Press. CHUR, Switzerland, December 9.— David Frankfurter, 27-year-old Jewish medical student, was called to trial to day charged with the assassination of ‘Wilhelm Gustloff, leader of the Gere man Nazis in Switzerland. ‘The public prosecutor’s office, as the trial got underway, announced would demand a sentence of 18 years® imprisonment rather than the maxie mum punishment of a life term. Prankfurter appeared pale and weak« custody order of November 21, 1934, | called which made Gloria & “ward” of the ' Nazi