Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1936, Page 4

ARCRASHKILLNGS LADTO FELD I ‘Interference by Other Planes’ Reported in Texas Tragedy. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., December 24—A “failing right engine after “interfer- ence by two other planes” in an at- tempted landing was advanced today by Braniff Airline officials as possible .explanation for the crash of their twin-motored ship which killed six occupants yesterday. Victims of the test flight were all ofcials and employes. “Theory on cause of accident, after preliminary investigation, is that plane approached fleld for landing, was forced to go around dee to interfer- ence by two other planes” read & telegram by Braniff officials to the Department of Commerce at Wash- ington. “Right engine failed when throttles “wrere opened.” The ship fell and burst into flames n a cornfield near Love Field, muni- eipal airport. . The victims were: Don Walbridge, 88, operations manager: Sterling Perry, 37, maintenance superintend- ent; W. T. Chambers, 32, crew chief, and Pascal Florence, 30; Hubert Daane, 25, and Fred Sleeper, 28, - mnechanics. The charred bodies were removed safter firemen used chemicals to quench the blaze. TWO HURT IN OKLAHOMA. Plane Hits Oil Derrick in Fog, Crash- ing Into Pasture. OKLAHOMA CITY, December 24 (®.—Roy Hunt, nationally known stunt and race pilot, and a passenger were injured yesterday when a $60,000 twin-motored luxury airplane crashed on a fog-shrouded pasture north of here after striking an oil derrick and ripping off part of one propeller. I" 'Mrs. Leslie Fain, for whom Wiley *Post’s famous plane, the Winnie Mae, ~was named, suffered three broken yibs. Hunt was cut slightly about the head. Two other passengers escaped Anjury. ARMY PLANE FALLS IN RIVER. " Pilot Escapes After Ship Plunges Into t Susquehanna. "MIDDLETOWN, Pa., December 24 () —An Army plane en route to Pat- terson Field, Fairfield, Ohio, crashed & moment after it took off from Mid- dletown Field yesterday and sank in the Susquehanna River. The pilot, Bergt. Rafferty, crawled to safety. Maj. Charles de Schields, com- mander of the Army airport, said there was no explanation for the erash. AIRLINER DOWN IN OHIO. Pennsylvania Central Plane Lands After Crank Shaft Breaks. CLEVELAND, December 24 (#).—A Pennsylvania Central Airline plane, flying eight passengers from Detroit to Cleveland, made a forced landing last night at Vermilion, Ohio, 30 miles | east of here. Pilot G. V. McCaflin said a broken erank shaft caused the landing. The passengers were brought here by auto- wmobile, Chris (Continued From Pirst Page.) tmas cabinet officers and other leaders of the Federal and District governments ! will be in the President’s stand. Program Begins at 4:30. ‘The program is to begin at 4:30, with Christmas music by the Marine Band. From 5 to 5:30 the ceremonies will be broadcast to the Nation—locally by Station WMAL—including the arrival of the Presicent, carol singing by the University of Maryland Glee Club, the lighting of the tree and the President’s Christmas eve message. Mrs. Roosevelt will leave Lafayette Park as soon as the ceremonies are over to go to Navy place, where she will take part in the bringing of | Christmas cheer to the children living in the inhabited alleys of Washington. 4 Mrs. Roosevelt and the wives of . Becretary Roper and Secretary Swan- , son attended the Salvation Army's , Christmas party this afternoon and then went to the basement of the , headquarters at 606 E street to wit- ness the distribution of 650 baskets of ' foodstuffs to needy families. Brig. James Asher, divisional com- mander of the Salvation Army, wel- * comed the distinguished guests and ‘ presided at the party. A thousand children were expected _to receive toys and be entertained at #Salvation Army headquarters at an- # other party this evening at 7 o'clock. This morning Mrs. Roosevelt greeted i the some 1,700 children attending the Central Union Mission’s Christmas party in the Capitol Theater, giving them a brief verbal picture of her grandchildren and the President to- gether at Christmas. Mrs. Roosevelt aided in distributing the first few of the Christmas bags and packages to the children. Visit to Volunteers. Other events on Mrs. Roosevelt’s Christmas eve program called for her attendance this afternoon at the Volunteers of America party at Thom- son School, Twelfth and L streets, and attendance at special services tonight at 11 o'clock at St. Thomas’ Church. In its joy over the material blessings of the 1936 Christmas Washington is not expected to forget the spiritual side of the annual observance. Many of the Capital’s churches are holding Christ- mas eve services tonight and will hold special masses and services tomorrow. At 11:30 o'clock tonight there will be a carol service in 8t. David’s Chapel of | — National University Law School Winter Term Begins January 4, 1937, at 6:30 P.M. Standard three-year course lead- ing to degpees of LL. B. and J.D. Graduate courses leading to de- grees of LL. M, M. P. L. and 8.J.D. All classes held at hours con- venient for employed students. School of Economics and Government Degree courses of collegiate grade offered in Political Science, Gov- ernment, Economics,. Psychology. History,. Pinance, Business' and Languages. ' Ai.dnu Secretary | Nat'l 6617.- 818 13th St. N.W. PRy PETCHPL e waenra s | Boys’ Club Band and Choir and dis- NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Burning wreckage of the Braniff airliner that carried siz to their deaths yesterday near Dallas, Texr. This exclusive Asso- ciated Press photo was made by an amateur cameraman. Hot the National Cathedral, Mount St. Al- ban, with an address by Canon Anson Phelps Stokes, followed at midnight by a celebration of holy communion. The observance of Christmas day will be- gin at the Cathedral with celebrations of the holy communion at 7:30 am. and 9:30 a.m. in the Bethlehem Chapel of the Holy Nativity. Right Rev. James E. Freeman will deliver his Christmas sermon at 11 am. immediately fol- lowed by a group pilgrimage for out- of-town worshippers and holiday vis- itors. Evening prayer will be said at 4 p.m., followed at 4:30 by a candle-light service. Carol Singers To Be Heard. The eighth annual Christmas eve | carol singing of the National Capital Choir, under direction of Dr. Albert W. Harned, will be given in the cen- tral building of the Public Libgary at 1:30 p.m. today, it was announced by Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian. Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, arch- bishop of Baltimore, was to give the Christmas message, the service and | singing being broadcast over an exten- sive radio network, including stations WMAL and WOL locally. | the traditional procession from Jeru= Pilgrims to Site C. metal and ezplosions balked rucuiré and kept spectators at a distance. of Nativity opyright, A. P. Wirephoto. BANDIT GETS $25 Find Drab, Perilous Bethlehem | AT'AUNDRY BRANCH Few Hardy Disciples of Christ Brave Trip to Strife-Torn Holy Land to Worship at Sacred Spot. By the Associated Press. BETHLEHEM, December 24— Christ's disciples of many creeds worshiped their Savior today in & sacred city strangely drab. Under sullen skies, through streets where soldiers stood, past shop win- dows empty of Christmas symbols, salem was met at the tomb of Rachel. Led by the Latin patriarch, the| marchers were taken to the Church of the Nativity by the mayor, the parish priest, and by other church and civic officials. Six thousand stockings, containing | candy and appropriate cards, will be distributted throughout the city's hos- pitals and other institutions tomorrow | under direction of the Washington | Federation of Churches. This mission | will be performed by 150 young church members following the feder- | ation's candlelight service at the New York Avenue Presbyterian | Church, where the gifts were pre- pared. A formal presentation of the com- munity Christmas tree to Southeast Washington will take place under sponsorship of the Southeast Business Men's Association at 9 a.m. tomorrow at Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. There will be short talks by C. Dick English and Louis F. | Frick, vice president and secretary of the association; music by the Police tribution of gifts and candy to the children. The annual Christmas party at the | Washington Navy Yard will be held | at 12 noon tomorrow at the receiving station, with 50 children from South- west Washington, selected by the Sal- vation Army, as guests. They will re- ceive shoes, stockings, toys, sweaters and candy and will be guests of the officers and men at a turkey dinner. There will be a motion picture lhow‘» after dinner. The party is sponsored | by Lieut. Comdr. J. R. Sullivan, U.8.N. Boys’ Club Holds Party. The seventeenth annual Christmas | party of the Boys' Club of Washington was held last night at the club house, 230 C street, for members of the club and of the Georgetown Boyz' Club. The party was sponsored by the Ro- tary Club of Washington, with Harry Sommerville as master of ceremonies, There was a long program of music and entertainment. Free Christmas dinners for the needy will be served tomorrow beginning at 9 a.m. at the Gayety Buffet, 511 Ninth street, it was announced today by | Louis Pappas, proprietor. - Entertain- ing about 2,000 dinner guests last year, Pappas is making arrangements for about the same number tomorrow. He will continue serving until 5§ p.m. The Norbud Hosiery Shops, operat- ing six stores here, will hold a Christ- mas party at 10 pm. Saturday at 3036 Fourteenth street for all local employes of the chain. Charles Cohn, president of the chain, will distribute gifts and extend Christmas and New Year greetings. Children Entertained. A group of children not on the rolis of any otier charity organization were entertained by the American Business Club of Washington at a Christm party yesterday at the Women's Club of Bethesda. Each ~ OPEN ALL NIGHT OUR STORE AT 14th and Massachusetts Avenue N.W. A‘LL OTHER STORES OPEN UNTIL 11 P.M. CHRISTMAS EVE MIGHT -Drre-Srenes ¢ Washington o Alexandria o Hyatteville Pesrizs © Takoma Park o Bethesda ¢ Clarendon e Rockville But there were few pilgrims in either Bethlehem or Jerusalem. 8ix months of terror, attendant upon the Arab strike against Jewish settlement, had left its mark on the Holy Land. From the smouldering aftermath came | continuous eruptions in the form of | scattered bandit activities. Two Trucks Looted. Only yesterday, near the scene of the biblical miracle of wine and water, two trucks were looted, their drivers beaten. Today a subdued throng watched the patriarch don the costume de- livered to him in the market place by members of the various religious orders. Here there were Bethlehem women in high, medieval headdresses, the aver-present British soldiers, Scottish men at arms in Kkilts, school children, Bedouins, Negroes from the Sudan, silent Arabs in red tarbushes and a sprinkling of pilgrims from Europe and America. Stooping low to pass through the tiny door of the church—built in the fourth century over the grotto where | child received at least six toys, from dolls to bicycles. More than 300 Wesley Heights chil- dren will be given presents tonight at 7 o'clock at a Christmas tree cele- bration at Forty-ninth street and Cathedral avenue. The party, an an- nual affair, is sponsored by W. C. and A. N. Miller, developers of the sec- tion. The Holy Comforter Boys’ Band will have Christmas dinner at Sholl's Cafe, on G street, Monday at 7:15 p.m., as the guest of Father Denges, director of the organization. A huge Christmas tree, with gifts piled beneath it for children in Wash- ington institutions, was the setting for the Soroptimist Club’s annual Christ- mas party yesterday at the Willard Hotel. The prisoners at the District Re- formatory at Lorton, Va., won't be paroled, but they are ready for a gala Yuletide celebration -planned by Supt. William L. Peak. A “home talent” show will mark the beginning of the festivities tonight. The program to- morrow calls for religious services in the morning, dinner at noon and & special movie in the evening. Col. Peak will deliver a Christmas message to the inmates over the prison’s cen- tralized radio system. b Germany Pushes Roads. Gernrany is pushing its compre- hensive highway construction pro- gram. More than 625 miles of roads have been constructed and improved and thrown open to traffic this year. Fully 312 miles are under construc- tion. More than 100,000 men have been employed on government roads vecently. THOMAS CIRCLE o Silver Spring {in prayer. tradition places the manger of the Nativity—the patriarch walked with measured tread through the lofty basilica with its tall columns and entered the adjoining Church of St. Catherine for a brief service. Welcomed by Franciscans. He was welcomed by brown-clad Franciscans, who, since the Crusades, have shared with members of the Eastern churches the guardianship of Palestine’s holy places. Through the day the worshipers descended to the grotto to kneel Nuns of several orders kept vigil in,the flickering light of smoky lamps and candles over the star set in the fioor, which is said to mark the exact spot of the Nativity. Protestant groups were busy with preparations for their traditional services in Shepherds’ Pield, to begin just as night closes in over the rocky flelds around the town. Shepherds in Raiment of Old. There went shepherds, dressed just as were those who saw the vision of angels on that starlit night and who craveled to Bethiehem to learn that the Child had been born. In the courtyard on the south side of the Church of the Nativity, mem- bers of the Church of England gath- | ered to sing their old familiar carols. The bells of Bethlehem will ring out just before the matins are sung in St. Catherine’s Church, prepara- tory to the celebration of the midnight pontifical mass by the Latin pa- triarch. This ceremony will reach its joyous climax when the patriarch carries an image of the Infant Jesus into the grotto. The bells again will carry around the world from troubled Palestine a message of “On earth, peace; good will toward men.” Guards at Church Of the Nativity Are Of Moslem Faith By the Associated Press. BETHLEHEM, December 24.— The men who guard the Church of the Nativity day and night never worship there, Instead, they go to a nearby mosque. All are Moslems, appointed by the government on the theory that to select a guard of one of the Christian faiths would cause Jealousies among the others who share the guardianship of the place of Jesus’ birth. Woman Manager Locked in Rear| Room as Thief Rifles Cash Drawer. Entering a laundry branch at 1402 | R street with a drawn gun today, a bandit took $25 from the manager, | Mrs. Betty Foster of 1733 P street, and ! escaped after locking his victim in the | | establishment. Mrs. Foster was alone at the time. A passerby heard her cries for help shortly after the bandit fled. He from the outside and Mis. Foster summoned police. The hold-up man ordered Mrs. Foster into rear rocm. where he took her pocketbcok con- talning $12 and Mty Bomer her keys. He | then rifled the cash register of $13 and warned Mrs. Foster to keep quiet because he had a friend with him. The man then locked the door from the outside and disappeared. Police | | broadcast a lookout for him. Mrs. | Poster was in a highly nervous condi- | tion after the hold-up, police said. e STRIKING EMPLOYES | | GET $50,000 BONUS | Checks Mailed to 1,100 Workers of Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Company. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, Ill, December 24— Striking employes of the Libbey- | Owens-Ford Co. glass plant received a $50,000 Christmas present today in the form of bonus checks. The checks were mailed last night to 1,100 strikers. Some 160 employes who were permitted by the union to continue maintenance work at the plant received $6,500 in bonuses on December 15. Bonus checks went out December 15 to all other employes of the Lib- bey-Owens-Ford Co., which has plants at Toledo, Ohio; Charleston, W. Va.; Shreveport, La., and other cities. A. S. Middleton, plant manager, sald, “Although a large proportion of the Ottawa employes forfeited their rights to a bonus by going on atrike November 30 or December 2, the com- pany does not wish to discriminate against any of its employes.” The Ottawa workers struck in pro- test against the transfer of a big order to the Ottawa plant from the Pitts- burgh Plate Glass Co. plant, where union workers had been on strike for weeks. | STMAS GREETINGS' forced the lock | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1936. DIVISIONHEAD, DIES Recently Was Confirmed for Rear Admiral Rank by Roosevelt. - Capt. Halsey Powell, U..S. Navy,|’ Movement director of the Ships’ t Division, Office of Naval Operations, Navy Department, died early today of & heart attack at his home, 1715 N street. He was 53 years old. Several weeks ago he had been se- lected for promotion to rear admiral and Secretary Swanson and President Roosevelt had confirmed this choice. The captain is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret D. Powell. Funeral services for Capt. Powell will be held in the Fort Myer, Va, chapel at 2:30 p.m. Monday. Officiat- ing will be Lieut. Comdr. J. H. Brooks, Chaplain Corpe. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery. Honorary palibearers will be Rear Admiral C. R. Train, Rear Admiral Willilam 8. Pye, Capt. H. E. Kimmel, Capt. H. A. Stuart, Capt. A. B. Reed— all on the active list—and Capt. Abram Claude, retired. Born in McAfee, Ky., August 3, 1883, Capt. Powell was appointed to the Naval Academy from his native State in 1900 and graduated four years later. Commanded Destroyer Jouett. Capt. Powell completed the course at the Navl War College at Newport, R. 1, in 1914 and then he commanded the destroyer Jouett, Two years later he was transferred to command the Parker, which sailed for European waters June, 1917, and was based at Queenstown, Ireland, convoying troops and supplies through the war zone. The United States Government be- stowed upon Capt. Powell the Dis- tinguished Service Medal and Great Britain gave him the Distinguished Service Order fof his war services. The captain fitted out the destroyer Tarbell and commanded her after her commissioning in November, 1918. The captain served on the staff of the president of the Naval War Col- lege from July, 1919, to June, 1921, and during the following two years commanded the destroyer division operating in the Mediterranean. Capt. Powell was senior officer pres- ent and had charge of the evacuation in 1922 from Smyrna, Asia Miner, when 263,000 refugees were taken to the nearby islands, the Greek main- land and Macedonia incidental to the Turkish War. Headed Public Relations. Well known to Washington news- paper men, Capt. Powell was for two | years in charge of public relations of |the Navy Department. Later he | served as executive officer of the bat- tieship U. 8. S. New Mexico and in November, 1926, he was appointed aide to the Secretary of the Navy, Curtis D. Wilbur. From October, 1927, until Septem- ber, 1929, Capt. Powell served as naval 2 | attache to the American Legation at | Peiping, China. Then he commares the U. 8. S. Pittsburgh, flagship oL the Asiatic Fleet, and served as chief of stafl later of the 9th Naval Dis- trict, at Chicago, from September, 1931, until June, 1934, when he was named chief of staff of the commander of the Battle Force, United States Fleet. Destroyer Squadron 3 of the Scouting Force and held that post until last June, when he came to Washington to the duty he occupied at the time of his death. The Navy Department today re- called that out of his first 15 years after graduation Capt. Powell had only 11 months’ shore duty. Among his decorations were the Mexican Service Medal, the Victory Medal with clasp, the decoration of “Commander of the Military Order of Aviz,” given him by the Portuguese government, end the decoration and diploma “Commendatore of the Order of the Crown of Italy,” awarded him by Rome. PARLEY MOVE DROPPED Later by League Council. GENEVA, December 24 (#).—The League of Nations’ Council president officially announced today abandon- ment of the plan of convocation of the Steering Committee for 1937 dis- armament conference. It was decided to let the Council in its January ses- sion fix the date for its first disarma- ment meeting. Going Home for Christmas? STORE YOUR CAR in the Heated CONTINENTAL GARAGE Attached to Hotel Continental Entrance on D St. Guard Arsinst Theft. Parking Bans and NEAR UNION STATION SPECIAL HOLIDAY RATES Telep! Met. 4682 VERY ONE in Our House Wishes Everybody in Your House The Merriest of a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Prosperous New Year G. C. MURPHY COMPANY Washington’s Popular Sc and 10c Stores In April, 1935, he commanded | Arms Conference Dyte to Be Fixed | CAPT. HALSEY POWELL. ~—Underwood & Underwood Photo. $280,000,000 10§ OF FIRM REVEALED United Founders’ Dealings Told as Milton Ends Testimony. Winding up one phase of its study in the investment trust field, the Se- curities Commission today had de- veloped that stockholders in the United Founders, greatest investment trust in financial history, had sus- tained a $280,000.000 “loss” prior to | its acquisition by Equity Corp., headed | by David M. Milton, son-in-law of | John D. Rockefeller, jr. This fact was brought out late | yesterday, as Milton ended a week- | long stay in the witness chair. As a parting shot, he presented a prepared statement asserting that the commission was ‘“searching for an ideal solution—how things ought to | be"—while he and his associates | had “dealt with facts and circum- | stances as they were.” “1 feel that a creditable job has been done in building this (Equity) corporation,” he said. “Forty-four | companies have been welded Into & strong group of onlv three units.” His statement also recommended | { corporations, establishment by the | commission of uniform accounting ;pncuncs for investment trusts and filing of quarterly reports on their activities. | When he had concluded, Commis- | stoner Douglas asked what he thought | “of some system of control over the fairness of consolidations of invest- | ment trusis.” Milton replied that it ;wu “an interesting thought.,” but | would not commit himself further. “When you speak of the unification of State laws,” Douglas asked, “were you thinking of having the Delaware | statute enacted in the 48 Stares?” | “No Milton replied. *“I wouldn't {80 30 far as that.” SEEKS PENSION FUND Baltimore Will Ask Legislature for $660,000. BALTIMORE, December 24 (#).— ‘Thomas J. S. Waxter, director of the Baltimore Department of Public Wel- fare, said yesterday the city would ask the legislature for $660.000 toward the city’s old-age pension program. That | is $160,000 more than the amount now received. Increased Federal and city donations, if the larger amount is granted by the State, will give Balti- | more a yearly budget of approximately 000,000 for that purpose. unification of State laws governing | HUNT FOR PLANES - S TURNED 10 AR Searchers on Ground for_ Two Missing Craft Im- peded by Snow. BY the Associated Press. SPOKANE, Wash., December 24.— Baffled ground searchers looked to the air today in their hunt for nine per- sons in two wrecked Western Air transports, all believed dead. One party gave up its search in fall- ing snow for the Northwest Airlines Pplane, wrecked last Friday with two pilots aboard in North Idahc. but a second group of snowshoers waited on mile-high Cemetery Ridge for an air- plane observer’s aid in leading them to the wreck scene. The other search, in its tenth day, was in the rugged Southwestern sector of Utah, for a Western Air express transport which dropped from sight with seven aboard. Marine Corps Planes in Search, Four Marine Corps planes from 3an Diego were ordered to join the Utah search after company executives said it would be confined to the air | hereafter. Several thousand persons jon the ground failed to find a trace | of the ship. The North Idaho searchers held slight hope of a plane getting into the alr over the mountainous area imme- diately. They feared additional snow would hide the wrecked plane, if it is not already hidden, concealing it until Spring. The ship carried nearly 500 , pounds of Christmas mail. The pilots | were Joe Livermore and Arthur A, Haid. Radio equipment or airlines stations, | the United States Signal Corps, Forest | Service stations and airlines stations, the United States Signal Corps and | airplanes have been co-ordinated to pick up reports of the search. Wreckage Seen on Ridge. The wreckage was seen on the ridge | from the air before a fog and storm closed in Monday. | Deputy Sheriff Alvin Sherwood. a leader of the party which returned to Kellogg, Idaho, said: “It was blowing a gale on the ridge, | and it was alternating between sleet and rain. It took us nearly four houra = to reach the top. about 5 or 6 miles. “Then we scattered out to hunt for the wreckage. We scoured the ridge thoroughly without success. Finally we had to give up. We decided we had been given the wrong directions.” NAVY PLANES ORDERED OUT. | Brother of One of Missing Pilots Will | Join Search. The Navy Department today ordered * four airplanes of the Fleet Marine Force at San Diego, Calif., to fly to Milford, Utah, to assist in the search for the Western Air Express trans- port plane missing with seven persons since December 15 The Navy acted at the request of 'Alvin T. Adams, president of West~ ern Air Express, Inc. Attached to the Squadron Aircraft 2, from which the Marine search. ing expedition was picked, is Aviation Cadet Harry E. Bogen of Glendale, Calif., a brother of the co-pilot of ~ the missing plane, W. L. Bogen. New Siberian Town Thrives. | Work is proceeding rapidly in the | construction of the new Siberiar | town in the Arctic, at Cape Nordvik ! which will be the center of a busy industrial area rich in coal, oil and salt deposits. If Your Watch Is Worth Repalring —it ls worth repairing mm You are ow e of expert manship and falr prices here. CASTELBERG'S 1004 F St. N.W. 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