Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1937, Page 6

“A—6 THE SUNDAY BSTAR, WASHINGION, D , AUGUST 15, 1937—PART ONE Trains for Beauty Pageant' MASS MURDERS INQUIRY SPREADS Appeal for Aid of G-Men Brought Here—Woman Denies Complicity. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, August 14—An ap- peal for aid of G-men in solving what Prosecutor Dudley Miller Out- calt_termed “one of the biggest mass murders in the country” went to ‘Washington tonight. Detective Lieut. George Schattle hinted of startling developments to come in the far-reaching police in- quiry into six deaths and numerous {llnesses among elderly German ac- quaintances of Mrs. Anna Hahn. Prosecutor Outcalt sent his assist- ant. Gordon Shearer, on an uynex- plained airplane journey to the Cap- ital, He agked J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, what facllities he could offer for pro- viding hand-writing experts. Police have disclosed the names of five men whose deaths are under scru- tiny and Outcalt said “We are in- vestigating three more.” Information Wanted. *“It's hard to tell where this thing 11 stop,” Outcalt added as he ap- %:aled to “any one, anywhere, having knowledge of mysterious deaths to communicate with me.” Schattle $aid evidence had been un- eovered “‘directly connecting Mrs. Hahn with the death of & man whose name has had a prominent part in| the developments of the past two| days.” Declining to divulge details, he said he ‘would submit his evidence to the grand jury Monday when it meets | to consider a murder charge filed against 31-vear-old Mrs. Hahn for the death July 6 of George Gsellman, 67. 8She, pleaded innocent in Police Court to the charge. 8chattle said he was checking “an entirely new case” the death of a German descendant of about 65, who he said had boasted to a woman who refused his proposal of marriage: “You wouldn't marry me. Now I went and got & young blond German school teacher.” Friends Tell of $800 Gift. Schattle said he learned the man died soon afterward and that his friends had informed detectives he had -given the “blbnd teacher” $800 before his death. Admitting she knew four of the men whose deaths are under police | scrutiny, Mrs. Hahn has denied, Act- ing Detective Chief Patrick Hayes said, that she knew Gsellman or was in any way implicated in the unexplained deaths, Despite protests that she was married and had danced professionally, Frances Parton was chosen “Miss California” name of Phyllis Randall, with the right to compete in Atlantic City beauty pageant. the 21-year-old North Carolina girl topped all other entries at the Venice, Calif., contest and the judges threw out the protests. Eastern pageant Returning from a visit to her jail cell, Hayes said: “I asked her if it wasn't peculiar | that all the old people she became | friendly with seemed to die of dysen- | tery a short time later. 8he admitted it was, and added: ‘It looks bad for me, but I didn't do anything.’"” Using the She is shown training for the —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. Mrs. Hahn also pleaded innocent to a fugitive - from - justice warrant | from Colorado Springs, Colo., charg- ing theft of $305 worth of jewelry from Mrs. Rosie Turner, proprietress of the Park Hotel there, and to a grand-larceny charge filed by George Heis, 62, one of two men Schattle said Airport (Continued From First Page.) conference with the House on the differences and appointed the fol- lowing conferees: Senators Copeland, Clark of Missouri, Donahey of Ohio, Johnson of California and White of | Maine. The House probably will name its conferees tomorrow. ‘The House bill requires Washington Alrport to turn over $25,000 to Ar- lington County in return for use of Military road for 25 years. The road would be closed to enlarge the | fleld, and the county would lay out a substitute highway beyond the lim- its of the airport. Airport officials say they would have to borrow the money, and that the transaction in the end would cost them $40.000, which they regard as more than the road space is worth to them. Road Title Would Be Conveyed. Under the Senate bill, title to the road would be conveyed to the air- port on payment of the $25,000, a pro- vision to which airport officiais have sgreed. The Senate measure also authorizes the Agriculture Department to lease 53 acres of the adjacent Ar- lington Experimental Farm to the air- port for.a period of not to exceed 50 years, at $1 per annum. Another provision authorizes the War Depart- ment to lease the lagoon area of Boundary Channel to tue airport un- der the same terms, but subject to ap- proval of the National Capite! Park | and Planning Commission. These several Senate changes are subject to final adjustment in the conference with the House. In the brief debate preceding Senate acticn yesterday, several Senators urged pas- #age of the measure to reduce hazards at Washington Airport irrespective of development of the proposed outlying ! sirport at Camp Springs. Senator La Follette, Progressive, c( Wisconsin said he understiod that | while Camp Springs is being developed hazards would continue at Washing- ton Airport. If a tragedy shouid oc- eur there, La Follette said, Con- gres would have to share the resoonsi- bility if it failed to do what it can $o make it safer. Majority Leader Barkley pointed out that relocation of the Military road would remove the danger on the road both to highway traffic and planes. King Likes Camp Springs. Cheirman King of the District Air- port Commission said the Washington Airport measure contains provisions | of which he disapproves, but he did | not carry his objection to the point of blocking action. ‘Camp Springs, King said, is only seven and one-half miles from the Capital, and will ESTABLIS POPULAR VERTICAL DESIGN A beautiful instru- ment smaller than an upright but with the rich tone of a baby grand. EASY TERMS =" sllowance os old piano Intoitsbuilding has gone a bundred and thirteen years of kmowing bow. “make one of the finest airports in the United States.” A modern air- port, he added, should have from 1,500 to 2,500 acres. Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee said he hoped Camp Springs will be developed, but real- ized that the pending Washington Airport measure must be passed in the interest of safety. The College Park proposal was sub- mitted yesterday to Senator Cope- land of New York and Representative Nichols of Oklahoma, both of whom refused to sign the commission re- port favoring the Camp Springs site. The new plan contained a detailed layout providing runways 7,000 feet in one direction and 4,000 feet in two other directions. Senator Copeland, expressing regret that the plan had not been submitted to the Airport Commission prior to the completion of its report recom- mending the Camp Springs site, held out slight hope for consideration of the College Park proposal this year. In event of the failure of the Camp Springs bill, passed by the Senate late Friday and sent to the House yester- day, it was indicated, the College Park plan probably will receive serious fu- ture consideration. College Park Dates From 1909. College Park, now used chiefly as a flying school and & base for sports- man pilots, is the world's oldest reg- ular airport. It was established by the Army Signal Corps in 1909 and until 1912 was the home of the Army flying service. One of the first airplane factories in the United States was constructed there in 1910 and it was the scene of many record flights. The world’s first airway was laid out between College Park Air- port and the Washington Basracks, now Fort Humphreys, home of the Army ‘War College. The runway plans were prepared by aviation interests now usinz Col- | lege Park for radio landing develop- Take Any Bus Leaving 11th and Pa. Ave. Established 1290 HORNING’S =ik Opp. Washington Airpert HED 1823 ment work. A group of former Bu- reau of Standards scientists, band- ed together as the Washington 1n- stitute of Technology, were des~-ibed | as actively interested in the plan as & result of experimental work which has convinced them of the value of the old College Park field As an all- weather “instrument landing” f%eld. The present College Park flying field would form approximately one-fourth of the total area proposed for de- velopment. The present field is in the northwest corner of this area, which would extend along the east side of the line of the Baltimor: & ©Ohio Railroad for a distance of abous 7,000 feet, extending nearly 4.000 feet | to the east. The entire area, the| Reom Alrport Commission was. told, could | be acquired for between $1.000 and | $2,000 an acre, being chiefly farm and woodland. had complained of paralyzing ilinesses that followed the drinking of beer with Mrs. Hahn. Heis charged Mrs. Hahn stole $140 | and a $75 ring which Hayes said was | found on her finger when she was arrested. City Chemist O. P. 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