Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1937, Page 4

a SHP'S SPRINKLERS £00D, BOARD TOLD City of Baltimore Chief En- gineer Says Water Started When He Opened Valves. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, August 3.—A Federal board of inquiry had conflicting testi- mony before it today as to whether the water pumps and sprinkler sys- tem of the bay steamer, City of Bal- timore, were working when it was destroyed by fire with a loss of three lives Early witnesses before the board in- vestigating the disaster that occurred 14 miles out from Baltimore Thurs- day night, said no water came from fire hose outlets when they were manned But Chief Engineer Charles Sim- mons testified yesterday that when he called to the engine room to start the fire pumps he was told that “the pump was already working” and that “water same out” when he opened “several ‘walves of the sprinkler system.” Frank Barnes, watchman, who he believed the fire started in Vessel's sugar cargo, also told the board that he saw the sprinkler sys- tem working in the after section of the ship. Fire broke out yesterday in the hearing room where the board was | taking testimony. Smellng acrid smoke, Capt. Paul Tyler of the local Marine Inspection Board stopped the hearing until a spectator put out a fire that had v L said | the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1937. —————_—_—J—_I—_I__—_—_____‘_‘ Stanley Hollis, 12-year-old holding 22-month-old Francis arms when the baby fell from a flared up in a cuspidor. Airliner (Continued First Page.) 2 Navy patrol planes, 1 Navy am- phibian and 25 Army craft.) A radio message then indicated the #hip was nearing Cristobal, its desti- nation on the Atlantic Ocean side of the canal, and was descending in gearch of an opening in a heavy cloud bank. The Pan-American Clipper, sched- uled to take off at 6 a.m. today for Miami, Fla., and with which the miss- ing ship was to have made connections, canceled its flight and joined the search. All other Pan-American-Grace Air- ways ships also were taken from regu- lar service to hunt the big Sikorsky amphibian, which was flying from | Guayaquil. Ecuador. The pilot was Stephen Dunn. It was 24 hours behind schedule be- fore leaving Guayaquil bécause of an | overnight layover on a flight that | started at Lima, Peru The plane reported in its last radio message that it was circiing down- ward because of overcast skies. Because there was no report after that, it was thought the ship had alighted on the sea, possibly damaging its radio. Pangara and Pan-Ameri- can officials were confident of the pilot's ability to handle the ecraft safely under the circumstances. 11 PASSENGERS ON PLANE, Two Commerce Department Officials and Banker on List. NEW YORK, August 3 (#).—Two Department of Commerce officials, one from Washington; a representa- tive of the National City Bank of | New York, and an employe of the Ford Motor Co. were among the 11 passengers who with three crew mem- bers were aboard the Pan-American- Grace airliner reported missing today in the Canal Zone. The list, made public here by John D. McGregor, vice president of the company, did not contain home ad- dresses of the passengers, with the exception of the Commerce Depart- ment officials and the bank official. It follows: Thomas Wakely, Bank, New York. Rex Martin, Department of Com- merce, Washington. G. Q Caldwell, Department of | Commerce, Miami, Fla. Oscar Miller, Ford Motor Co. Mrs. Amy Levering, wife of a Pan- American-Grace employe and her son | National City Airport ( @Lmugdfi!}glfin F‘lr{lfl?sge.)_ title to the airport in fee simple. It set a rental of $1 a year for the ex- perimental farm area and for the boundary channel lagoon. Puts Cost at $40,000. Samuel J. Solomon, airport manager, said his corporation would be forced to borrow the $25,000 at 5 per cent in- terest and the transaction ultimately would cost $40,000 in rental for the use of less than four acres of ground. He also expressed the belief that no agreement could be reached between the airport and the Secretary of Agri- eulture, who has consistently objected to the use of the experimental farm for airport purposes. The amended May bill was reported formally to the House this afternoon by Representative Wilcox of Florida, acting for the committee. In his report, Wilcox pointed out that Washington Airport has become “entirely inadequate” for the opera- tion of the larger type transport planes. He reviewed the history of the Military road controversy and explained it has been possible to keep the airport in operation only by rigidly controlling traffic on the high- way. “Occasionally, however,” he report- ed, “in spite of the most modern equipment and in spite of.the diligence of attendants there have been in- stances where catastrophe has been narrowly averted. So dangerous has this condition become that pilots oper- ating transport planes in and out af Washington Airport have vigorously protested and the traveling public has become alarmed as to safety in land- ing at or taking off from the Wash- ington Airport. It is feared that un- less Military road is permanently closed to traffic, & major catastrophe may occur on the landing field at the airport.” Wilcox also pointed out that with the increase in size of transport planes, Washington Airport has become in- adequate under certain conditions of weather and wind because of the lack of adequate runways across the field. To improve this condition, he said, it is necessary that additional land be made available. He said it is esses WOODWARD Q™I P a» G Srrzera Jimmy and daughter Jefie, Ernest Wood, Pan-American-Grace | employe. Isidor Souza, Sam Oliver and | P. W. Kumle, | Kumle was en route to Los Angeles. | The destination of the other passen- | gers was listed as Cristobal, with the exception of Wakely, who was travel- | ing to Miami. | The crew consisted of Stephen | Dunn, pilot; Lawrence Arnold Bick- ford, co-pilot, and Hernan Diez Can- €eco, steward. { Pan-American Airways, the routes| of which cover Cristobal, the West | coast of South America and Buenos Aires over the Andes, is a separate | company from Pan-American Airways, but P. A. A. holds in interest in P, A. Grace, Dunt has been on the Cristobal- Ecuador run for six years. The serv- ice is operated twice a week. MARTIN ON PLANE, Aeronautical Adviser Left Washington Several Months Ago. Rex Martin, formerly assistant chief of the Bureau of Air Commerce, now has the title of aeronautical adviser for Latin America, and left Washing- ton several months ago for an inspec- tion tour of Latin American airlines with a view to developing trade pos- sibilities. His wife, Mrs. Perrgy Martin, is still living in their apartment at 1650 Harvard street, but she could not be located today. G. Q. Caldwell, Latin American air- line inspector, lives in Miami, Fla. Martin took over his new dutles after & shake-up in the bureau on March 1, which resulted in the resignation of Eugene L. Vidal as director and the | appointment of Fred D. Fagg, jr., to succeed him. The shake-up followed a congressional investigation of air safety. Martin cracked a vertebra in his neck and received a shoulder injury in September, 1933, when a plane in which he was making a test flight crashed at College Park, Md. He suffered no premanent ill effects from the injury, but for about five months ear a back and neck brace. We Can Remode! Your Watch the movement ls good— #t, but why mot put it new ease with & moders Use Your Credit CASTELBERG'S 1004 F ST 0. W, dial | Boy Scout Saves Baby Boy Scout of Cambridge, Mass., Leavitt, whom he caught in his window 20 feet from the ground. His quick work was credited with saving the baby’s life. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. C.&0.STOCKISSUE | [ Housing Bl VALIDITY DOUBTED Wheeler Cites Case as Senate Rail Probe Reopens. By the Associated Press. < Chairman Wheeler of the Sena Railroad Investigating Committee as- serted today there was ‘“serious ques tion” about the validity of a $15,000, 000 preference stock issue made lasf January by the Chesapeake & Ohio Raflway. He made the statement when the committee reopened its inquiry into Tecent financial dealings of the Van Sweringen railroad system. Thomas H. Jones, Cleveland rail- way attorney, told the committee the securities were issued as a stock divi- dend and carried a right to elect two of the 10 directors on the board of C. & O, a Virginia corporation. Wheeler presented an opinion writ- ten for the railway by a Virginia law firm—Hunton, Williams, Anderson, Gav & Moore — holding there were “grave doubts” whether the issue was legally authorized. The document noted that the preference issue would reduce the voting power of C. & O. common stockholders, and that Virginia law forbade such a reduction without ap- proval of 90 per cent of the common security owners, Wheeler said only 72 per cent of the stockholders had voted for the new issue, Jones replied the pro- cedure had been approved by the Virginia Corporation Commission and Was no longer open to question. tial that the Arlington farm tract be used for establishment of east-west runways. Wilcox reported for the committee that there has been objection to clos- ing Military road from the people of Arlington County unless a substitute road is provided. “The Committee on Military Affairs believes that there is considerable merit in this contention and has therefore provided by amendment to the bill that the Secretary ot War may lease Military road to the airport corporation for 25 years for a sum of money which will be adequate to in- stall and construct a necessary sub- stitute public road.” the report said. “It was explained in the report that the committee had made no effort to fix & rental for the farm property because it realized “that many factors must be considered in determining T and the terms and conditions to be inserted in any lease to be negotiated for this particular tract of land.” The committee admitted that if the Agriculture Department is unable “the lease will not be negotiated.” “In reporting this bill,” Wilcox said, “the Committee on Military Affairs has not attempted to solve the many and perplexing questions which have arisen relative to the establishment of an airport for the City of Washington. Numerous hearings have been held before committees of Congress and a commission has been appointed to determine the location of an appro- | priate permanent airport.” The committee pointed out the com- plexity of locating an airport and determining its size and characteris- tics. “The Committee on Military Affairs realizes that the decision of these ques- tions is outside its jurisdication and it has made no attempt to include these matters in the present bill,” the report stated. It also was pointed out that the committee had not gone into the ques- tion of public ownership.. “The committee realizes also that there are other hazards connetced with the Washington Airport which will not be solved by the present bill,” Wilcox sald. “Among these is the existence of the radio towers to the west of the present fleld. These haz- & LOTHROP Puow Dismicr §3.08 Save on Winter Fuel Bills— Enjoy New Draftless Comfort with Our WEATHER STRIPPING Special Low Prices Until September 1st Telephone Dlstrict 5300 for An Estimate MANUPACTURING Division Orrick, Stvenrta Froos. the amount of rental to be charged | to agree with the airport corporation | ards will continue to exist even after Military road shall have been closed and the 53 acres shall have been made available for cross runways. Believed Fair Solution. “The committee, however, has un- dertaken to remove what it regards as the principal hazards at the airport and has provided what it believes is a fair and reasonable solution of the | problem incident thereto. The imme- | diate enactment of this bill will au- thorize the leasing of Military road | and the immediate closing of that artery of traffic and will thereby re- move probably the most dangerous feature connected with the present | afrport. The leasing of the 53-acre tract will permit the installation of an | | additional cross runway and the two | | taken together will, for the time being | | at least, make the Washington Air- | port as safe as it may be made by! | the enactment, of legislation, “At a subsequent session when more | time is available for appropriate com- mittees to consider and work out the | details of legislation, the questions of establishing an additional airport, the Federal ownership of all airports, the removal of nearby hazards, may all be fully considered, but in the| meantime the enactment of this bill | will remove the present more dan- Rerous features of the Washington Air- port and render it safe for the trav- eling public.” Named Head of Mission. SALT LAKE CITY, August 3 (#)— | Dr. Carl F. Eyring. dean of Brigham | | Young University School of Applied | Sciences, was appointed president of the recently-created New England | Mission of the Latter Day Saints| Church today. the store are drastically re GARRISON’ Midsummer SALE An annual event when numerous items throughout Plan Would Take Care of 875,000 Families for 3-Year Program—W orking of Measure, Eligibility Explained. By the Associated Press. Here are some questions and an- swers about the low-cost housing bill now before the Senate: ‘What are the bill's objectives? ‘To promote construction of safe and sanitary homes for low-income fam- ilies at reduced rentals; to eradicate slums. How would it accomplish these ob- Jectives? By authorizing Federal financial aid to slum clearance and low-rent hous- ing projects undertaken by public agencies or by limited-profit organi- zations. How would Federal aid be given? As outright contributions and as loans maturing over periods of not more than 60 years. What proportion of the cost would the Government donate? Under one plan, an annual amount equal to not more than 45 per cent of the total rental necessary to finance & project; under an optional plan, not to exceed 40 per cent of the construc- tion or development cost. The Two Plans. What are these two plans? (1) A housing agency could borrow all the money needed for construction. The Government would contract to pay sufficient money each year to as- sure the low-rent character of the project. (2) The Government would contribute at the outset 25 per cent of the cost and, at the discretion of the President, an additional 15 per cent in the form of relief labor. The State or community would donate 20 per cent and the Government could lend the balance. ‘What would be the total cost to the Federal Treasury? ‘The bill contains authorizations for only the first three years. During that time the Government could enter into contracts involving possible payment of $20,000,000 a year for 60 years. Capital grants of $10,000,000 s year for the next three years also would be authorized. How much housing could be eon- structed under the plan? Counting demonstration projects, | about $800,000,000 would be the maxi- mum program for the first three years. It might be much less because the| amount of annual subsidies is based on | variabl: factors. Those Eligible. How would the Government finance its share of the cost? It would issue $700,000,000 in bonds | in the next three years, and the pro- ceeds would be used to make loans. | Subsidy payments, lump-sum grants, demonstration projects and adminis- trative cost would be financed by ap- | propriations. The bil lauthorizes ap- propriation of $26,000,000 for the next year. Ve NEED xn*g;ncémw: FLOOD MOTOR 00, S ANNUAL duced for quick clearance. Only a typical few are listed below. 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A corporate body, the United States Housing Authority, would be created under a five-man board. How many families would the three- year program rehouse? Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York author of the bill, estimates 875,000 families. Who will be eligible to live in the housing units? Only families whose net income does not exceed five times the rental, in- cluding the cost of heat, light, water and cooking fuel, Housing (Continued From Pirst Page.) of families living in vermin-infested Quarters where rats bit babies. Majority Leader Barkley meanwhile predicted Senate approval of the hous- ing bill by mid-afternoon today. Debate was cut short yesterday to give Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York, author of the bill, addi- tional time to study amendments submitted by Senators Walsh, Demo- crat, of Massachusetts, and Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia. Would Tighten Rules. Their amendments would tighten rules designed to exclude other than low-income families from the bene- fits of Federal housing, to keep the cost down, and to compel slum clear- ance irf proportion to new construc- tion. Senator Wagner urged enectment of the measure as promising “great social service and great advantages from an economic standpoint.” | He said there was “practically no opposition” to his proposal, that it | had been imdorsed by “every labor organization, women’s groups such a8 the League of Women Voters, and at least 1,000 other organizations.” Byrd proposed limiting the cost REGU LESS TROPICAL WORSTEDS ALSO 25% LESS of any project to $4,000 a unit or $1,000 & room. Wagner had estimated those amounts as the probable cost of units to be constructed under the Fed- eral program. Slum Elimination. Walsh introduced an amendment to require elimination of slums in an amount substantially equal to the new housing. “Slum eradica‘!on should come ahead of rehousing,” he told the Senate. Walsh also proposed a reduction n the income limit for families eligible to occupy Government-subsidized homes. The bill as written would re- strict occupancy to families whose in- come was not in excess of five times the rental or six times if the family had three or more minor dependents. Under the Walsh amendment the ratio would be reduced to three times the rent for the smaller families and five times for the larger families. Principle highway projects now planned in England will cost $116,~ 500,000. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Save 259 to 509, EDUCATOR ASKS BAN ON MILITARY TRAINING New Yorker Makes Plea in Tokio Conference as a Move for Peace. TOKIO, August 3 (#)—Dr. Paul Monrtoe of New York, president of the World Education Conference, argued today for abolition of military training in schools. Military training is a vital feature of Japan's educational system. Deploring the failure of peace or- ganizations throughout the world to achieve peace, Monroe told the con- ference each organization was follow= ing its own plans and “there is no peace among them.” 11, Million Retail Stores. Retail stores in the United States number about one and one-half mil- lion. On the Cost of Your Glasses TWO OPTICAL SPECIALS @ Distance or reading, white or pink gold filled frames, rim or rimless. @ Kryptok Invisible Bifocals vision in one, Note: Regular fee for (lenses only). Regular price for each, $14.00. 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LAR WEIGHT SUITS Suitable for Fall FRUHAUFS & WESTYLES Were 835 40 50 60 70 Now *26.25 30.00 37.50 45.00 52.50 Regular $75, $85, $95 FRUHAUF SPORTS COATS—LESS 259% $18 & $20 White Linen Suits now 15.75 SHIRTS Were NOwW 250 e 8sE iS85 3 00FeS 2.25 o245 Soin103db S e Special Lot $2.50 & $3 SHIRTS 1.65 (3 for 4.50) SPORTS OXFORDS Now { 5.85 8.00 - 6.85 11.00 G 12.00-.9.85 ALL DOBBS Straws & Panama HATS 1/2 PRICE 50c Half Hose______35¢ (3 for $1) 1.00 Half Hose 3 for $2) Lot Fancy Handkerchiefs 50c Handkerchiefs___35¢ (3 for $1) 1.00 Handkerchiefs__69¢c (3 for $2) NECKWEAR and 3.00-.1.45 o0 L P 50082 - 295 PAJAMAS Were NOW 2O0FC L 155 2506 $3._1.85 350 2,65 5.00 3.65 6.00 4.85 SIDNEY WEST, nc 144 G EUGENE C. GOTT, President