Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1937, Page 6

A—6 x% ROOSEVELT SENDS NOTE 10 HITLER Shocked by Disaster, He| Keeps in Touch With Developments. By the Associated Press QGALVESTON, Tex, May 7— Shocked by the Hindenburg disaster, Rresident Roosevelt today requested he be kept informed of developments in the explosion that wrecked the German dirigible at Lakehurst, N. J. Immediately upon learning of the tragedy last night the President, from his vacation yacht Potomac off Port Alansas, dictated messages of sym- pathy to the German people and the families of the victims. To Adolf Hitler, German chancel- Jor, at Berlin, he sent a radiogram saying: “I have just learned of the disaster %0 the airship Hindenburg and offer Yo and the German people my deep- es, sympathy for the tragic loss of life which resulted from this unex- pected and unhappy event.” In a separate public statement he said: “I am distressed to hear of the tragedy of the Hindenburg and ex- tend my deep sympathy (o the families of the passengers, officers and crew who lost their lives.” Berlin (Continued From First Page.) cated the Graf Zeppelin, now a sched- uled trans-Atlantic airliner to South America, may not fly again until she can be filled with non-inflammable helium. When a reporter reminded him that he had said in Vienna that helium should be used exclusively, Dr. Eckener Interrupted, “Helium—nothing but helium.” “But when he was asked, “Does this mean future trips of the Graf must wait_until helium can be obtained?" Dr. Eckener answered: “Yes, but I cannot say anything about our future schedule until I have talked with the air ministry and our company officials.” Offices of the Zeppelin company #ald it was too early to say cer- tainly what effect the disaster will have on future flights of the Graf Zeppelin, due at Frankfort late Satur- day on a crossing from South America. Air Ministry Silent. “The air ministry is making no commitment for the present concern- ing the Zeppelin's future,” a company &pokesman announced. In the meantime, he said, there is no change in the schedule, which calls for the Graf to leave Frankfort &gain May 11 for South America. The gestapo, German secret police said they were not investigating the Hindenburg’s crew pending a report from the inquiry board. Some at Frankfort-on-Main, the burned Zeppelin's home city, stood beneath half-staffed fiags to wonder if “sabotage” would be blamed. “What else could it be?” they asked. But there was no official expression of such suspicion. Dr. Echener spoke of veiled and anonymous threats of trouble if the Hindenburg landed in America this year, but said they were the works of *cranks.” Eckener will be on the commission of inquiry which is expected to hasten by plane to Cherbourg, thence on the Europa to the United States. So great was Germany’s wonder that “our pride” had burned and fallen with a loss of 34 lives that few were willing to hazard a definite guess as to the cause. There was some &peculation that a “static spark” in the dirigible’s metal structure had ig- nited the gas. As early as November 10, 1930, Dr. Eckener gave the Associated Press an interview in which he expyessed the belief that the British R-101 accident proved the necessity of helium gas. The United States has a virtual monopoly on that gas. Hitler Is Stunned. While an official communique in the government-controlled press pro- claimed there must be no faltering in the progress of Germany’s lighter- than-air construction and transporta- tion, Chancellor Hitler, at his moun- tain retreat near Berchestgaden, re- ceived the news in stunned silence. Later he sent a message to President Roosevelt, thanking the United States Executive for his expression of sym- pathy. Then he prepared to decide on a period of national mourning. Crash Victims List of Reported Dead and Missing, and Survivors of Disaster. By the Associated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J, May 7.—The following were reported dead or misa- ing today in the Zeppelin Hinden- burg's destruction: Passengers. Anders, Ernst Rudolf, of Dresden, Anders, R. Herbert, son of Ernst. Brinck, Berger. Doehner, Hermann, of Mexico City. Doehner, Irene, died of injuries, Dolan, Burtis. Douglas, Edward, of New York. Erdman, Pritz, Hagaman, Allan, Lakehurst, N. J, Feibusch, Moritz, of San Francisco, Pannes, John, of New York. Pannes, Mrs. Emma, his wife. Reichold, Otto, of Vienna. Crew. Bernholzer, Walter (died of injuries). Felbeher, Ludwig (died of injuries). Hugo, Hans. Stach, 3 Stett, William. Werner, Franz. (This list does not account for two passengers and 11 crew members in- cluded in the 100 listed as aboard the Hindenburg. but whose names were not available.) List of Survivors. A revised list of survivors showed the following 24 passengers and 42 crew members accounted for: Passengers. Adelt, Leonhard. Adelt, Mrs. Gertrud. Belin, Ferdinand Lamot. Clemmens, Carl Otto. Doehner, Mrs. Mathilde. Doehner, Walter. Doehner, Werner. Grant, George. Von Heidenstamm, Rolf. Hinkelbein, Klaus. Hirschfeld, George. Kleenmann, Maria. Knoecher, Erich. Leuchtenberg, W. G. O'Laughlin, Herbert James. Mangone, Philip. Mather, Marguerite. Morris, Col. Nelson. Osbun, Clifford, Spaeh, Josef. Stoeckle, Emil, Vinholt, Hans. Witt, Hans Hugo. Crew. Lehmann, Capt. Ernst A. Pruss, Capt. Max. Sammt, Capt. Albert. Dr. Reudiger, ship’s physician. Bauer, Kurt Heinrich, Bernhardt, Bentele, Ergin. Deeg, . Deutschler, Doerflein, 3 Dowe, Herbert, Fischer, Adolf. Franz, 3 Freund, Hans. Groezniger, Alfred. Henneberg, Herzog, Frank. Tberfleim, Klein, Kollmer, Kubis, Lau, . Lens, Philip. Liebrecht, Josef. Maier, Xavier. Nielsen, Nunnenacher, ———, Ritter, Theodore. Sauter, Schneuble, Schoenherr, Schweikard (radio .omcer) . Ziegler, Walter. Zeppel, Austria has 13,000 more on the dole than a year ago. TRUNKS—*o™ Repairing of Leather Goods G. W. King, Jr.,511 11th St.N.W. Use Moore’s Porch and Deck enamel to | | protect your floors. $1 quart. 922 N. Y. Ave National 8610 ® One gaflon of SWP house paint covers 800 square feet of surfoce .. . ot a cost of less than Yac per square foot! And look what you get for this low price. Beouty no other howse paint con beat. Complete protection ogainst weathering .. a pro- tection that lasts for years. 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C., FRIDAY ALL-METAL GRAFT URGED BY EXPERT Fabric-Covered Dirigibles Present Explosion Hazard, Builder Says. By the Associated Press. ANN ARBOR, Mich, May T— Ralph H. Upson, who directed con- struction of dirigibles for the United States Navy during the World War, said today fabric-covered ships such as the Hindenburg, which exploded at Lakehurst, N. J, slways present & fire hazard. Upson advocates all-metai ships. ‘He designed such a ship for the Navy in 1928, the ZMC-2, built at Grosse Te, Mich. He used an saluminum alloy. Prof. Felix W. Pawlowski of the University of Michigan engineering department also advocated the all- metal type in preference to fabric covering. “We should not focus our atten- tion on the fact that the Hindenburg disaster may have been caused by the explosion of hydrogen gas,” Upson FOR YOUR PROT said. “The problem is primarily one of construction. Any minor accident might have caused the disaster. As long as fabric casing continues to be used any spark, whether from light- ning, a gasoline engine or even from the exhaust, might result in such a tragedy. “The hydrogen will not burn while it is in the bag, because it is pure, and, of course, the air between the bag and the casing will not burn. But hydrogen, if it should mix with the air in the outside chamber through an injury to the fabric in- closing the gas, becomes highly ex- plosive. A flame coming in contact with the compressed hydrogen-air mixtures will cause an explosion. The other non-metal parts of the ship will burn®and you have a Hindenburg disaster. “The all-metal ship, on the other hand, can use hydrogen rather than the non-explosive helium and be as safe as is s0 far humanly possible. ‘The metal covering is less vulnerable to lightning and it eliminates the lgyer of air which traps leaking ges and forms a dangerous mixture.” Prof. Pawlowski said: “The United States should experi- ment more with the superior metal- covered dirigible developed by Ralph Upson. This type has both an aero- naeutical and structural advantage. “Great Britain and France have both given up the building of rigid dirigibles with fabric casing. It was after the disaster of the 01 that the British abandoned them, although they had one in construction at the time, and it was after the disappear- ance of the Dixmude in 1923 that the French gave them up.” Crash Violence Shown by Torn, Twisted Bodies Improvised Morgue at Lakehurst Scene of Tragic Activity. 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