Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Fair and continued cool tonight and tomorrow; partly cloudy, slowly temperature; gentle north winds. Tem- peratures today—Highest, 81, at 1 pm.; lowest, 65, at 6 a.m. Full report on page A-9. Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 12 85th YEAR. No. BY GOYV. Warns Roosevelt Continuance 34,017, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. EARLE of C. I. 0. “Can Only Mean Bloodshed in Our Streets.” GOVERNOR ACTS AFTER GRACE REFUSES SHUT-DOWN REQUEST 40,000 Union Miners Marching on City for Mass Meeting Tomorrow—Media- tion Board Gathers in Cleveland. BACKGROUND— Demand for collective bargaini ing contracts with four independent wteel producers, Republic, Youngstown and Inland. has been met with #tudborn resistance and strike called 100,000 men to be idle. Violence has on May 25 has forced approximately flared with nine dead and hundreds injured. Secretary Perkins has named three-man mediation board and asked that status quo be maintained. By the Associated Press, JOHNSTOWN, Pa., June 19.—Gov. George H. Earle de- clared martial law in strike-embattled Johnstown today after Eugene Grace, president of Bethlehem Steel, refused | to close the big Cambria Steel | to heed the Governor's appeal Works “to preserve peace and The State Executive said troops would be sent into Johns- | avoid bloodshed.” town when needed and asked Mayor Daniel J. Shields of Johnstown to place city police at the disposal of State! officers. The fiery mayor flatly refused. “If they take the police away from me, it will have to be by force,” he said. Gov. Earle said his order the Cambria Works, “as soon meant immediate closing of | as Col. Janeway gets there.” | (Col. Augustine S. Janeway was named as the Governor's personal representative in the strike-torn city.) Workers in the huge plant will be evacuated, Earle said. “If they remained there it might mean a terrible massacre, and I'm not going to take a chance,” he said. Margiotti Rushes To Scene. Meanwhile, Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti hastened to Johnstown saying that if he finds the trouble zone at the strike-bound Cambria Mills under control he will advise Gov. Earle to withdraw the order for martial law. Gov Earle's action coincided with a report that 40,000 miners would march on Johnstown tomorrow to encourage the steel strikers in the 24-day-old clash between John L. Lewis’ C. I. O. and four independent steel companies—Re- public, Bethlehem, Inland Steel and Youngstown Sheet & | Tube Co., over refusal of the latter to sign labor contracts. The rapidly darkening situation in the bitter “battle of steel” was emphasized in a new telegraphic appeal to President Roosevelt by Mayor Daniel J. Shields of Johnstown. Can Only Mean “Bloodshed.” The Mayor warned President Roosevelt that the crisis has reached to a point where continuance of the C. I. O. in Johnstown “can only mean bloodshed in our He said that “rule or ruin, control or murder, is the policy of | streets.” the C. 1. 0.” and he besought the Nation’s Chief Executive: “Are you going to fail me by allowing this reign of terror to ! continue?” The three drastic moves—martial law, the threat of 40,000 miners marching on Johnsjown, and Mayor Shields’ dramatic appeal to the President—developed as the newly appointed Federal Bteei Mediation Roard, headed by Charles P. Taft, 2d, assembled In Cleveland to open a facts-finding investigation into the steel | strikes now raging in seven States. Taft said the board has no plans “just now” to subpoena wit- nesses, although it was indicated that once the probe gets under way, Taft will seek to bring the major principals together in an attempt to settle the chief point at issue—the question of signed labor contracts between steel and C.I. O. Gov. Earle said he was deeply dis- < appointed in Grace's refusal to shut down the Cambria works of Bethle- hem Steel. “With the plant open,” the Gover- nor declared, “the assemblage of miners and strike sympathizers would constitute a powder magazine which would menace the community. “T regret that President Grace has failed to accede to my request to relieve this dangerous situation, and therefore I am declaring martial law.” Mavyor Shield's telegraphic appeal to President Roosevelt—his second request for presidential intervention in the dispute—follows: “Ninety per cent of my citizens are opposed to the C. I. O. Its con- tinuance in our community can only mean blood in our streets. Person- ally I am firmly convinced that it is & Russian red organization gaining prestige by use of your name. “Numerous non-citizens are found fn the picket lines. Rule or ruin, (8ee STRIKE, Page A-9.) CAR HITS STEAMROLLER, BADLY INJURING THREE Two Persons May Die After 0dd Trafic Accident in Hagers- town. By the Assoctated Press. " HAGERSTOWN, Md., June, 19.— ‘Three persons were injured, two per- haps fatally, when their sedan car erashed into a city-owned steamroller at a street intersection here this morning. ‘Thomas G. Smeadley, 38, and Ralph Riley, 28, suffered the severest in- Juries, Smeadley has & fractured skull and is unconscious. It is be- Hieved Riley’s neck is broken. Charles Murphy, said to have been driver of the machine, escaped with minor in- Juries, The car crashed head-on into the roller, the impact moving it seven feei. The injured are in the Wash- ington OCounty Hospital, C. I. 0. Victory Indicated. SEATTLE, Wash,, June 19 (#).— Maritime Union officials said here to- day first returns from balloting by Pacific Coast workers showed a trend in favor of affiliation with the Com- mittee for Industrial Organization, Summary of Page. Amusements C-16 Editorials Financial __ Lost & Found C-9 FOREIGN. Soviet aviators pass halfway mark on flight. Page A-1 Bilbao captured, Pranco asserts; rebels rejoice. Page A-1 Amelia Earhart battles monsoon to reach Rangoon. Page A-1 Sir James Barrie, creator of “Peter Pan,” dies. Page A-1 NATIONAL. Security Board shake-up may follow passage of bill. Page A-1 Steel worker tells Senate group of beating by pickets. Page A-1 House group pushes administration farm bill. Page A-3 Greater tax on income sent abroad suggested by Treasury. Page A-2 Economy bloc seeks support for greater local relief share. A3 Minor industrialist slump predicted by economists, Page A-2 WASHINGTON AND NEARBY. Senate hearings likely on D. C. tax bill. Page A-1 Husband suicide, news kept from in- jured wife. Page A-2 Beaten boy and mother spend night in hospital. Page A-14 Planning Commission approves D. C. art’ development, Page A-14 L ‘Woman's Pg..B-8 ch | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1937—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. #» MAYOR APPEALS TO PRESIDENT AS MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED IN JOHNSTOWN GOV. EARLE of Pennsylvania. MAYOR SHIELDS of Johnstown, SIR JAMES BARRE SUCCUNBS AT T Creator of Immortal “Peter | Pan” Is Victim of Pneumania. v the Assoc!ated Press. LONDON, June 19.—Sir James M. | Barrie, creator of the immortal “Peter | Pan,” died today. He was 77 years old. ‘The British playwright and novel- |" ist, who gave to the world the piquant story of the little boy who wouldn't gTow up, was taken to a London nurs- ing home on June 11, suffering bronchial pneumonia. He had been ill & long time. Death was announced at 1:57 p.m. | (7:57 a.m. Eastern standard time). Early this morning, Peter Davies, who as a little boy inspired Barrie to write the story of Peter Pan and his “Never-Never-Never Lland,” reached the dying’s author's bedside. At that time the doctors were an- nouncing that Sir James' life was “slowly ebbing away Shortly before 8 a.m., Sir James be- came unconscious. But Davies stayed until the end. That, it was learned, was at just 10 minutes to 2. (7:50 a.m. Eastern standard time.) Funeral Arrangements. Funeral services will be held in Barrie's native Scottish village, Kir- riemuir, the town he gave lasting fame as the setting for “A Window in Thrums.” Burial, it was believed, will be in the Kirriemuir Cemetery beside his father and mother. George Bernard Shaw received word of his friend's death with character- istic S8havian philosophy. “Barrie had a good long life,” he said. “He said everything he wanted (8ee BARRIE, Page A-8) Today’s Star . | Bus defieits held handicap to Capital Transit Co. Page A-14 Jamboree pians include “chow” with Tederal officials. Page A-14 EDITORIAL ‘AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page This and That. Stars, Men and Atoms. Answers to Questions. David Lawrence. H. R. Baukhage, Mark Sullivan, Jay Pranklin. . Lemuel F. Parton. SPORTS. Simmons, “beaned” by Hildebrand, to be out three weeks. Page A-10 Dempsey predicts catch-as-catch-can +title fight. Page A-10 Sentiment of experts swinging towa: Joe Louis. A-10 One-round win prediction of colored boy. Page A-10 Braddock’s plan of battle kept a mystery. Page A-10 No system yet devised capable of beat- ing races. A-11 Defeat seen for unacclimated U. 8. Ryder Cup team. ' Page A-11 MISCELLANY. Traflo Convictions. Vital Statistics. Gadbaaaae [ dddddaddd Page A-4 Page A-5 Page A-S B-¢ B-3 BILBAD CAPTURED, FRANGO ASSERTS; REBELS REJOICING Taken “Without Resist- ance,” Says Headquarters of Insurgent Chief. BACKGROUND— Bilbao, capital of heavily indus- trialized Basque provinces of Spain, has been center of siege by Spanish Fascists during last two months. Legions of Gen. Francisco Franco have steadily tightened their ring around the city, undeterred by death in plane accident of Franco's Northern commander, Gen. Emilio Mola. Rebels centering eflorts on north- ern metropolis to break industrial strength of Leftist government and to free armed forces for remewed assault upon Valencia-Madrid re- gime. BY the Assoclated Pr HENDAYE, Jrranco-Spanish Fron- tier, June 19.—The headquarters of Insurgent Generalissimo Francisco Franco announced late today that the Basque Capital of Bilbao at 2:30 p.m. (8:30 am. Bastern standard time), “without resistance.” The announcement, expected almost hourly during the last week of climactic and furious siege, was flashed by insurgent radio stations through Franco's territory. Church bells rang in the other towns held by the in- surgents. There was, however, no immediate confirmation from Basque government sources, Never Captured in 700 Years. Bilbao is the Pittsburgh of Spain, the center of the autonomous Basque country along the Biscay Bay, Which | is vital to any military cause because of its mineral lands and heavy indus- tries. It has been under direct insur- gent slege for almost three months. In its 700 years of history it never before had succumbed to attack. (The Franco announcement also was made by the official news agency in Berlin, which sides with the insurgents in the Spanish civil war.) The entrance of the insurgent col- umns also was announced to news- paper men on the Franco-Spanish border by the Franco headquarters at Irun, which was taken by the in- surgents early in the 11-month war. 300,000 Still in City. Last reports from the Bilbao acene indicated 300,000 men, women and children were in the city, many in urgent need of food and water. The Basque autonomous government had moved to & small town to the west, Trucios. It still holds Santander, 45 miles west of Bilbao. The Basques are allied with the Central Spanish gov- ernment, which still holds Madrid, in Central Spain, its permanent capital; Valencia, its temporary capital on the eastern coast, and autonomous Cata- lonia, in Northeastern Spain. In the last week of the insurgent drive on Bilbao, on the northwest ledge of Spain, both Spanish and Italian troops had completely en- circled the city under the cover of terrific aerial and artillery assaults. All escape, save under fire, was cut off for Bilboans. Before the insurgent headquarters announced the capture border dis- patches had disclosed the entrance into the streets of Bilbao of armored scout cars. Other insurgent dispatches sald the gncircling movement was complete and that insurgent advance patrols were working into the heart of the city. Two armored scout cars from the besieging insurgent armies already {Senate Committee May insurgent armies had entered the | | new taxes that may raise more than AUNTIE ,YOU CaNT SAY WE DIDNT The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 137,478 (S8ome returns not yet received.) UP) Means Associated Press, D. C. TAX HEARING FORPUBLIGLIKELY Grant Plea Aliowing Res- idents’ Viewpoint. BACKGROUND— For two months battle over how * to increase District revenue by $6.000,000 has raged in civic associ- ations, the Commissioners’ offices and in Congress. The sale tax was discarded for the income tar and the income tar was put aside for a higher realty tar. Finally the House passed the bill yesterday. BY J. A. O'LEARY. Faced by a varlety of House-approved is needed to balance the city's budget, | local residents probably will be given | 6 hearing on the measure before thc! Senate District Committee acts. Within a few hours after the bill had passed the House, following two days of adding and taking away, re- quests for hearings had begun to reach the office of Chairman King of the | Senate committee. The chairman, recovering from an illness, is expected back at the Capitol early in the weex, | if not today, to begin studying the | problem. In this connection, Representative | Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland, head | of the subcommittee that drafted the | bill, late yesterday offered to have | several members of his group go be- fore the Senate committee to explain the details of the measure as it stands, as & means of expediting ite consider- ation. Kennedy made the suggestion to Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York, a member of the District Committee, in the absence of Chair- man King. Hazen Orders Revenue Study. District Commissioner Hazen mean- while instructed Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal and Auditor Daniel J.| Donovan to study the District tax bill | as passed by the House with a view to | estimating how much revenue it will Taise. . Hazen said the Commissioners want | to know how much money the pro- posed taxes would bring in before District officials go before Senate committees in connection with Senate consideration of the measure. Seal and Donovan were asked to facilitate the study and prepare a report for the Commissioners at an early date. Hazen declined to comment re- garding the proposed chain store tax (See D. C. TAXES, Page A-9.) 2 “TICKET” CHARGES MAY BE DROPPED Welliver Asks Counts Against Winfleld Be Abandoned Due to Insufficient Evidence. Edward M. Welliver, assistant corpo- ration counsel, today recommended to Corporation Counsel Elwood 8es) that two of the principal charges on which Policeman Welford E. Winfleld is be- ing tried for “ticket-fixing,” be drop- ped for insufficient evidence. The charges, which Welliver told his chief have collapsed as a result of testimony at the trial, are first, that Winfleld fixed traffic tickets without authority of his superiors, and second, that he removed trafic records to his home without authority. Welliver advised Seal that Inspec- tor Benjamin Lamb had testified he suthorized Winfleld to make ticket adjustments, and that Lieut. Walter H. Thomas testified he authorized Winfleld to take certain records home for study. Welliver said he wished to study the only remaining charge—that Win- field issued courtesy cards without au- thority. He indicated to Seal that the prosecution’s case on this charge is not strong. The trial probably will proceed, however, with a view to taking testimony on the third charge. If the testimony is in Winfleld’s favor, Welliver will move for dismissal of the case. Disturbed by the Trial Board de- velopments, Seal announced he would recommend that no policemen be brought to trial in the future until the eharges have been submitted to his office for examination and ap- proval. ! BUDGE WINS TITLE, SWAMPING AUSTIN America's Sensational Play Indi- cates Easy Triumph at ‘Wimbledon. By the Associated Press. LONDON,’ June 19.—Don Budge, America's top-ranking tennis star, crushed Henry Wilfred (Bunny) Austin, British Davis Cup ace, 6—1, 6—2, in the final round of the Queens Club tournament today. Budge's one-sided triumph not only enabled him to retain the title he won a year ago, but also established him more firmly than ever as favorite for the all-England championship, start- ing at Wimbledon on Monday. The red-headed Californian, in top form, completely outclassed Austin who won only five points in the last six games of the opening set. After losing the opening game, Budge won the next six in a row for the set and continued his streak through the first two games of the second set before the Briton could win another game. Budge finished the tournament with the remarkable record of having lost only six games in 12 sets. _ The crowd of 2,000 sat almost silent in amazement ax he made Austin look like & second-rater. Twice Austin fell in going after thundering drives and lay on the grass, shaking his head in | mostly over the South Atlantic. despair. The Briton never succeeded in handling Budge's terrific first serv- ice and was equally helpless against the American’s frequent drop-shots. Jadwigs Jedresejowska, sensational Polish girl, handed Kay Stammers of England a neat 6—3, 6—0 drubbing in the finals of the women’s division. Miss Stammers was far from top form. 8he missed easy volleys and frequently double-faulted. A Graf Completes Her Last Flight; Will Be Junked Mastery of Air Lanes Demonstrated in 590 Trips. By the Assoctated Press FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, June 19.—The Graf Zeppelin, sister ship of the ill-fated Hindenburg, has made her last flight. After eight years of continuous serv- ice, she flew to the hangar at Frank- fort last night to be deflated. She 18 not suited for helium, the gas which | the government plans to use in dirig- ibles in the future. (After the destruction of the Hin- | denburg at Lakehurst, N. J, the| German government decided to dis- continue use of hydrogen gas in dirig- ibles if helium can be obtained from the United States, which has a virtual | monopoly on that non-inflammable gs) | The Graf had made 590 flights since | | | { being placed in operaticn in 1928, 1n- | [ cluding 143 transocean journeys, The big ship will be open for in- | apection by visitors at Frankfort for a time and then she will be junked. | BY MISS EARHART Monsoon Buffets Plane Dur- ing Flight—Bangkok Next Objective.‘ BACKGROUND— Amelia Earhart began second at- tempt to fly around the world on June 1 when she hopped from Miami to San Juan, Puerto Rico. First eflort of the noted aviatrir ended in jailure when her plane cracked up in attempting to take off jrom Honolulu air fleld. By the Associated Press. RANGOON, Burma, June 19.— Amelia Earhart reached Rangoon to- day after a 300-mile flight from | Akyab on her leisurely globe-circling | journey. She landed her monoplane at 6:35 am. Greenwich time (1:35 am. E.| 8. T.) after a trip of 2 hours 53 minutes. Her next destination was Bangkok, Siam, nearly 400 miles southeast of | Rangoon. She and her navigator, Capt. Fred Noonan, made two unsuccessful starts from Akyab in bad weather before | they finally completed the hop. Even on the successful trip they fought a terrific battle with the ele- ments. Miss Earhart said they flew through blinding rain over the Burmese hills. 8he described the flight as the worst experience of their journey thus far. Much of the flight was made through a monsoon. After a perfect landing at Mingala- don Airport here, the tousle-haired American woman said: “It was mostly blind flying at a high altitude. I followed the course that brought me to Rangoon via Bassein (about 100 miles west of Rangoon). I've been in monsoon weather like Burma's before, so it wasn't much of an experience for me.” (Fired On, Hit and Smeared | | with ball bats. | REPUBLIC WORKER TELLS OF BEATING With Grease by Pickets, Worker Testifies. BACKGROUND— On the principle that “the mails must go through,” President Cleve- land once lent Federal aid to breaking a railroad strike. Charges that the Post Office Department had changed this tune in the steel strike areas of Warren and Niles, Ohio, led the Semate Post Office Committee to vote for a probe of mail deliveries in strike areas. An attorney for the strike-bound Republic Steel Corp. plants told the committee postal authorities refused to deliver food to the struck plants. BULLETIN. The C. I. O. asked the Treasury today to investigate what it claimed was failure of the Republic Steel Corp. and the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. to register their firesrms, in accordance with the national firearms act. Bs the Associated Press. A Republic Steel from Warren, Ohio, a Senate committee today that he | was fired on and subsequently beaten | by union pickets when he attempted | to go to work at Niles, Ohio. James E. Musgrove told the Senate Post Office Committee strikers took his clothing from him, smeared him with grease, threatened to hang him to a tree and marched him through the | streets of Niles. Musgrove, a short, squarely-built hearth worker. said that when the strike was called he was unable to R0 to work in the Warren plant be- cause of pickets at the gate, armed plant employe | testified before | He and a group of other wnrkmenl then attempted, he said, to gain en- | trance to the plant at Niles by going | through a swamp at night. . Says Pickets Halted Them. As they neared the plant, he said, pickets halted them, turned flash- lights on them and started shooting. Musgrove and his companions fled. Musgrove said he hid in a ditch for some time and later started for home. | As he left the woods near the plant, | he continued, he walked into a group ! of pickets. The pickets, he said, tied his hands | behind him and told him they were going to hang him, but only beat him took his clothing and smeared him with grease. Letter Exhibited. From Senator Bridges, Republican, of Newhampshire, the committee re- ceived a letter in which postal officials at Youngstown, Ohio, said they were not delivering “unusual mail” to strikebound Republic plants because “we cannot get past the picket lines with mail of this kind.” Bridges declared the letter contra- dicted statements by administration witnesses. ‘W. W. Howes, Assistant Postmaster General, told the committee last week thet the department had approved refusal to deliver packages of food and clothing to the factories because such service was “abnormal.” The letter displayed by Bridges was (See MAIL, Page A-9) Security Unit Faces Shake-Up InIndependent Office Bill O.K. A shake-up in the personnel of the Social Security Board was in prospect today as the result of passage of the independent offices appropristion bill yesterday, carrying a provision under which all board positions paying 45,000 a year or more are to be filled by appointment of the Presi- dent and confirmation by the Senate. A check showed there are 45 ex- perts and 17 attorneys who will be affected. Some are in the Washing- ton office, but the majority, it was explained, are in the fleld. There is, of course, no prohibition against President Roosevelt nominating the incumbents, but, in view of the atti- tude of the Benate Appropriations Committee in jamming through this provision and two other punitive items directed against the board, such action is not considered likely. As the bill went through, it also cut the salary of Frank Bane, exec- utive director, from $9,500 to $9,000, and provided further that no salary sbove the classification act scale should be paid in the board. This top—of $9,000—will not affect any regular employe of the board, it was said, but it will prevent the board from making any casual employment —such as often is done by agencies in bringing in outside experts for a particular task—in excess of $25 daily. e By an odd twist, patronage which the Senate gains under the measure actuslly will be controlled by the Civil (See SECURITY, Page A-3) TWO CENTS. SOVIET AVIATORS PASS HALFWAY MARK N FLIGHT 10°0. 5. VIA POLE 500 Miles South of Top of World, With “Everything Al Right,” Three Flyers Say by Radio. HARDEST PART OF TRIP BEHIND DARING HEROES Dangers of Being Forced Down by Ice on Wings Lessening as Moscow-to-San Francisco None Stop Plane Turns Southward, Encounter Cold Weather. BACKGROUND— The Polar flight of three Rus- slans is primarily an exploration trip, but back of it is the possibil- ity of establishing a commercial air route between the Soviet and the United States via the North Pole. Two years ago the Russian ace, Sigismund Levanefisky, at- tempted the flight, but was forced back by engine trouble before reaching the Pole. The present trip follows a Soviet erploration at the Pole itself, in which efforts are being made to set up a perma- nent base. Bs the Assoclated Press, SAN FRANCISCO, June 19.—Three daring Russian airmen soared over the | top of the world today and headed southward on a 6.000-mile non-stop flight pioneering a new trans-polar air route frem Moscow to San Irancisco | Bay. They flew over uncharted wastes as radio reports indicated they crossed the halfway mark and completed the most difficult, part of their flight, not only the longest but one of the most haze | ardous ever attempted by man The Russian consulate at San Frane cisco said they passed over the North Pole, or close to it (consulate officials were not sure), at 12:10 a.m. Eastern standard time, today. At 5:30 am. (E. 8. T.) the fiyers reported they were 500 miles this side of the Pole. At 3:20 am. (E. 8. T) they had re- ported they were about 320 miles and “‘everything all right.” This put them at about the half- way mark and nearing the outer | edge of the magnetic jungle, where the compass, key navigation instrue- ment, pointed at almost everything but the North Pole. Due in U. S. Tomorrow. If they continued to hold their single motor at the same speed, which averaged slightly less than 85 miles an hour for the first stages of the flight, they would bring their monoe | plane down on the Oakland Airport, across San Francisco Bay, at about 1 pm. Sunday (4 p.m. Eastern stand- ard time) after nearly three days in the air. Although the flight is non-stop, 1% was announced officially in Moscow that the flyers will land before they reach their goal if any complications | should develop. As they flew steadily southward under the Northland sun which never sets in the Summertime, the dangers of being forced down from ice form- ing on the wings steadily lessened. They reported last night, as they entered the sub-zero Arctic atmos- phere, ice was beginning to form on the long, slender wings of the mono- plane. Then came hours of silence, char- acteristic of the flight not ammounced by Soviet officials in Moscow until 24 hours after it started Thursday. The silence resulted from & combi- nation of rigid Russian censorship and the difficulties of radio communi= cation in the Far North. Ahead of the “three heroes of the Soviet Union” lay “extremely difficult weather conditions,” and beneath them a vast area that no white man has even explored by land or sea (which ever it is) or by air. At the Soviet polar camp, mists reduced visi« bility to a mile. The temperature was Jjust below freezing. Precedes Regular Service. The flight, preliminary to establish- ment of a contemplated Moscow-San Francisco air service via the North Pole, would surpass any previous none stop flight. The greatest distance ever flown was 5,637 miles between New York and Syria. The Frenchmen Paul Codas and Maurice Rossi made that record in 1935. The trio, Pilot Valeri Pavlovitch Chkalov, 33; Co-pilot Georgi Phillipo~ vitch Baidukov, 30, and Navigator Alexander Vassilievitch Beliakov, 40, reported to Moscow the big, single- motored plane was working well, but (See FLIGHT, FATHER DIVINE CLAN AMBUSHED BY FOES Six Hurt in Fight Blamed on Iil- Feeling Between Disciples and Puerto Ricans. Br the Assaciated Press. NEW YORK, June 19.—Six men were injured today in a Harlem street fight that police attributed to ill- feeling between followers of Father Divine, colored evangelist, and Puerto Rican residents of the district. Four of the injured were identified as disciples of the bald little exponent of the “peace, it's wonderful” doctrine. As police reconstructed the story, about a dozen of the disciples and their bodyguards left a meeting af. the One Hundred and Fifteenth street “heaven” shortly after midnight to yalk home. A few blocks away they were pelted with refuse, tin cans, bottles and stones heaved from s roof top. Then a score of Puerto Ricana boiled out of nearby doorways and attacked them. "