Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1936, Page 5

‘PROBE AIR CRASH INWHICH 17 ESCAPE Skill of Dick Merrill Credited With Avoiding Fatal Accident. By the Assoclated Press. PORT JERVIS, N. Y., December 21. ~—Department of Commerce inspectors combed the wreckage of a giant air- liner today to determine the cause of a mountainside crash Saturday night in which 11 persons miraculously escaped death or serious injury. “We are going over the ground step by step,” R. 1. Lossow, one of four in- vestigators, said, “but it will be some time before we have any definite in- formation. Dick Merrill Injured. Meanwhile Dick Merrill, trans-At- Aantic flyer, whose skill brought the 14-passenger Pan-American, Eastern Airlines transport down without loss \of life, lay in a hospital with injuries %40 his jaw and ankle. “I'm so thankful that I was hurt « worse than any of the passengers,” he said. The storm-tossed ship fell in a wild, wooded section near Matamoras, Pa., Jjunction of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania boundary lines, narrowly missing a cliff in its plunge. Merrill was the only one of four taken to the hospital whose injuries kept him tnere today. Samuel Sag- gi0. Milburn, N. J., and Co-pilot John Battle, left yesterday, and Herbert Hall of Harrington Park, N. J, was . discharged last night. All suffered lacerations or contusions. Hit Bad Weather. Headed for the Newark, N. J., air- | rt on & flight from West Palm each, where the plane participated in an airport dedication Saturday, Merrill said rain and fog plagued them all the way. “Everything closed in from Jack- sonville south and from Richmond ( morth,” Merrill said, “* * * there | was no visibility and static prevented us from picking up the radio beam. “We thought we were near Camden, !N. J, when we came down to try to find some lights to guide us and i turned north instead of east.” The | point where the plane fell is approxi- mately 60 miles from Newark. Pope (Continued From First Page.) n the holy father’s condition yester- day was ascribed to his restlessness be- cause he couldn't celebrate his own gnniversary mass himself. He was compelled to listen from his bed room to the mass honoring , the fifty-seventh anniversary of his ordination into the priesthood as it was recited in an adjoining chapel by Msgr. Vennini, one of his secre- | taries. The Pope is 79 years old. American Network. NEW YORK, December 21 —Ameri- can networks will join in the Thurs- day morning broadcast of Pope Pius’ Christmas message to the world.| Time for the transmission has been set for 6:30 am. (Eastern ntnndud time) via the combined WEAF'- WJZ-N. B. C. and WABC-C. B. S.: networks. It is expected an English | translation will follow the Pope’s ad- dress in Latin. Quake (Continued From First Page.) stories and built with thick walls which, when crushed inward by ‘he quake, | yould have buried occupants under | tons of debris. The town, founded three cemuriui ago, is about 10 miles in from the Pa- rific Ocean and about 40 miles from Ban Salvador. 1t is one of the major stations on the | narrow-gauge International Railunys‘ of Central America owned by United Btates interests. NO AMERICAN COLONY. Minister to El Salvador Says There | Are Only 100 in Country. CLEVELAND, December 31 (#).— Dr. Frank P. Corrigan of Cleveland, United States Minister to the Republic of Fl1 Salvador, said last night that there are only about 100 American citizens in El Salvador. The city of San Vicenti, reported to have been destroyed by an earth- quake, had no American colony, he said. “If there were any Americans there they would have been salesmen or per- haps railroad men,” he said. Dr. Corrigan said he had received no official word of the earthquake, but any of his services would be toward }ining up any needed supplies. “I have a conmpetent staff in San Salvador,” he said, “and I know they can handle our affairs there very well.” Dr. Corrigan said San Vicenti had & mild earthquake about a month ago. Only minor damage was done. The stricken city celebrated its 300th anni- versary a few months ago. Dr. Corrigan left San Salvador in October and has been in Washington most of the time. He has planned to Teturn to his post the first of the year. Jazz Music for Silk Worm. TOKIO (#).—A Japanese authority states his belief that jazz music can save the Japanese silkworm industry from great damage by driving a para- sitical worm into the body of the silk- {and meet other labor standards, if Air view showing Eastern Air Lines plane after it crashed against a mountain at Port Jervis, N. Y. Eight passengers and three crew members escaped death. This photo shows clearly how the big craft, piloted by Dick Merrill, Flying through a driving storm, Merrill lost his way. He was injured. knifed through trees. Note heary bole of tre e snappel d off by impact. trans-Atlantic fiyer, —Copyright, A. P. w:rephoto. WALSHHEALY ACT UNDERGOES STUDY = U. S. Seeking to Determine if Provisions Send Up Cost of Supplies. By the Associated Press. { ‘Two Federal agencies—Treasury and | Labor Departments—have undertaken | a study of the Walsh-Healy act to de- | termine if its provisions are causing | the Government to pay more for sup- Pplies. Enacted in the last session of Con- | gress, the law forces all concerns bid- | ding for Government business to op- | erate on a 40-hour work-week basis the contracts involve $10,000 or more. It has been argued in some quarters | that the law would raise the cost | of Government purchases materially. Officials said the survey W under | way is to determine whethd this hu} | been true. They did not indicate that any action other than the study itself is contemplated. Any such survey, it | was indicated, can provide only rough | comparisons of prices before and after | enactment of the act, because many other factors enter into supply costs. The Labor Secretary can waive the ' regulations where the Government is being affected adversely. Strike Against Act Reported. Recent refusal of some industries to | bid on Government contracts has | given rise to reports of a “strike” | against the Walsh-Healy act. In Government circles, there existed divergent views over the absence of contract bidding. High naval officials were inclined to blame the Walsh- Healy labor requirements. On the other hand, Secretary Perkins at- tributed the failure to receive the usual number of bids to increased de- mands of private industry for steel. Some industries, it was said, were “a little doubtful” about effects of the act for a time, but had resumed bid- ding. In many cases, officials said, industries already are meeting the re- quirements of the act, so it entails no added operating costs. Navy Unable to Get Bids. Recently, the Navy was unable to get any bids when it sought to buy 2,500,000 pounds of copper and its call for bids on 8000 tons of steel brought proposals for only about one- fourth that amount. There have been several where manufacturers offered ‘lsplit bids” on contracts.to keep under the $10,000 limit. In one of these, cover- ing machinery, all bids were rejected and new proposals asked, and officials said there was no indication of an attempt to repeat this move. worm where it dies of asphyxiation. — Talent Search SRR tonight PLUS CHARLIE DEMMA'S [ 1]} washington Revue AL SAKOL'S Security (Continued From First Page.) nature the condition is viewed as not working & particular hardship at present. In those, however, undoubtedly will go on for many years, it is different. One non-civil service agency—ihe Federal Reserve Board—moved on its own initiative to correct this situa- tion two vears ago when it installed | its own retirement plan. Membership | in it is mandatory and it is financed without government assistance, the employes and the member banks con- tributing. The benefits are more lib- eral than in the regular governmental system, which applies to about 500,000 workers, but the employe deductions are 5 per cent as compared to 3!; in the regular Federal set-up. The retirement age is different, too, being | 65 instead of 70. G. O. P. Leaders Shift Stand. Pending Supreme Court decisions on | | social security act, Repubitcan leaders in Congress appeared ready meanwhile to accept its fundamentals as one | basis for future party policy. While reticent to speak for quota- tion, outstanding minority members | indicated they would make no such offensive against sections of the se- curity act as characterized the presi- dential campaign. Some have called the campaign tactics a mistake. ‘They made plain, however, there will be no passive acceptance of the law as it stands or of administra- tion recommendations for revision. Exemptions to Be Sought. In common with some Democrats, more orthodox Republicans will press | to exempt establishments with private pension plans from the general pen- sion system and to modify the pro- vision looking to a $45,000,000,000 re- volving pension fund eventually. ‘They regard the size of this pro- jected fund a temptation to excessive spending by Congress, Six more State Legislatures— Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, South Dakota and Vermont—were in session today to enact unemployment insurance. This rush to get in under the Decem- ber 31 deadline for co-operation with the nations§ pension program, on top of the massive Roosevelt vote last month, was & definite influence in dis- cussions among Republicans at the Capitol. Appeal for Refugees: NEW YORK, December 21 (#).— The American Christian Committee for German refugees announced, last night 130 religious leaders, College presidents and other prominent .lay- men have signed a Christmas appeal in behalf of Christians who have fled from Germany. The appeal deplored what is described as the “terrible dis- crimination against ‘non-Aryan’ chil- dren, both Jewish and Christian, in the German schools.” , RESERVED SEATS in COACHES AT NO EXYRA €OosT o NEW YORK Lv.Washington 3:45 P.M. ‘453 ONE WAX IN COACHES 2 ‘The only train to New York offering you the convenience of #n individual seat reserved} in advance, if desired, at ne} inyal Blue’ additional cost above lho-ao / way Coach fare. District 3300 — National 7370 which | that | LAST RITES HELD FOR GEN. FISHER Services for Retired Army Medical Officer Held in Walter Reed Chapel. Funeral services for Brig. Gen. Henry C. Fisher, 69, retired Army | Medical Corps officer, were held today in Walter Reed Memorial Chapel. Burial was in Arlington National Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were Maj. Gen. Charles R. Reynolds, surgeon general of the Army; Maj. Gen. Mer- rittee W. Ireland, retired, former surgeon general; Brig. Gens. Carl R. Darnall, Frank R. Keefer and George C Shaw, all retired, and Cols. James D. Fife and Joseph F. Siler, both of the Medical Corps. Gen. Pisher died Friday night in Walter Reed Hospital. He had won | citations for meritorious service in | | both the Spanish-American and | World Wars, the citation in the for- mer being for gallantry in action in | attending wounded while under fire. He had held important posts in both | wars, in the Philippines, the Canal | Zone and the United States. 17 HURT IN COLLISION | Two Street Cars Crash Head On in New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, December 21 (#). —Seventeen persons were injured, three seriously, in a head-on collision | of two street cars on the West End mmu today. Street car men blamed’ the acci- dent on a mistake in track switching signals and a heavy fog snd smoke which made visibility poor. ‘Three persons were brought to Charity Hospital for treatment. They were Julius Goldman, 33; Sidney Smith and Alex B. Clark. . Aden, Arabia, reports heavy gains in shipping and foreign trade. FOR FUTURE HAPPINESS. .. Severe headaches, dizziness, and many other common ail- ments are directly caused by improper vision. Dr. Geo. E. Dodson who is in charge of our mod- em optical depart- ment will help you fo enjoy future years by civing your eyes proper care. Convenient terms may be arranged. PERIURY INQUIRY ASKED INDIVORGE Discrepancy in Turk Suit Papers Called to Court’s Attention. After being told by a husband, through his attorney, that either he or his wife had committed perjury in di- vorce litigation instituted by-the wife, Justice Joseph W. Cox of District Court today advanced the case for trial, “It i obvious that either the plain- tiff in her bill of complaint, or the defendant in his answer thereto, has committed gross perjury with respect to the time and manner of their sepa- ration,” the attorney, Jean M. Board- man, stated in the motion to advance the hearing. “It is imperative to the administration of justice in the Dis-| trict of Columbia that it be promptly determined by this court which of said parties has committed perjury, and that the guilty one be indicted by the grand jury and criminally prosecuted.” Henry W. Turk Sued. This situation arose in the abso- lute divorce suit brought by Mrs. Car-~ rie E. Turk, 3807 Twentieth street northeast, against Henry W. Turk, 625 Seventh street northeast. Mrs. Turk charged that her husband de- serted her May 13, 1933, and that the desertion has continued with- out. interruption since. The husband, in a sworn answer, denied the desertion on - the date claimed, saying he and his wife lived together from the date of their mar- riage until about December 1, 1934. On or about March 1, 1935, they went back together until June 1 of that year, he asserted. Trial Date to Be Set. Justice Cox sent the case to the sssignment commissioner with instruc- tions to set it for trial at the earliest convenient date. He directed the husband to pay Mrs. Turk $50 a month during pen- dency of the litigation. — BRITISH FIGHTER DIES Poole Commanded North Russian Expeditionary Force. PAR, Cornwall, England, December 21 (A).—Maj. Gen. Bir Frederick Cuthbert Poole, 67, commander of the North Russian expeditionary force in 1919, died here today of pneumonia. formen whoinsist that ‘the bestis none oo good Is there a very particular gentiaman on that gift list? 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