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HAWKS RESUMES FLIGHT TO EL PASE Glider Pilot Is Confident He Will Reach New York on Schedule. By th* Associated Press. TUCSON, Arlz., April I.—Capt. Prank Hawks' transcontinental glider flight was resumed at 6 am. today when his tow plane led the glider off the Tucson airport and headed for El Paso, Tex. Before taking off. Capt. Hawks an nounced the scheduled refueling stop at Lordsburg. N. Mex.. would be elim inated and a direct flight to El Paso made instead, in an effort to make up time lost here yesterday. Only a brief stop, he said, would be made at El Paso, for lunch and re fueling of the tow plane. It is planned to spend tonight at Sweetwater, Tex. Pilots of escort planes, who accom panied Hawks and his party for 25 miles out of Tuscon. reported the glider and its tow plane were functioning per fectly. Yflnd yesterday gave the strange train Its first rebuff. Capt. Hawks, piloting the glider, circled the local airport a few minutes after Jernigin’s plane had towed him to a take-off for Lordsburg N M., en route to El Paso. Tex., the scheduled second night stop. “Just a little glider exhibition,” Capt. Hawks told the surprised crowd upon settling the craft to a graceful landing A frayed end of the tow cable still fas tened to the glider, however, belied the levity of its pilot’s explanation. Efforts to splice the rubber and steel cable met with difficulties, and the task was not completed in time for a sec ond take-off in daylight. The first leg. from San Diego to here, was traversed Sunday without mishap. A new tow cable was ordered sent to El Paso from Los Angeles. The unexpected delay has not damp ened the hopes of Capt. Hawks of reaching New York City by Sunday. They said thev believed they could make up the lost time en route. RADICALS FIGHT CHURCH IN LUZON Communist Agitation Obliges Archbishop to Sell Lands Occu pied, Is Manila Report. Br the Associzted Press. MANILA, April I.—Communist agi tation on church lands in Central Luzon Province, with which the church authorities feel no longer able to cope, was the reason given yesterday by the Archbishop of Manila for the church’s decision to endeavor to sell the lands to the Government. archbishop charged that, due to agitation, tenants are refusing to pay rent and some haven’t paid a centavo since 1926. The charges were made through his attorney, Gabriel Lao. Simultaneously it was authoritatively learned that the dignitary’s claims of Communist activities were supported by a confidential report by the constabu lary to Governor General Dwight Davis. Although friar land troubles have dated from the time of Spanish pos session of the Philippines, the report of the constabulary blames its renewal on a peasant leader for urging tenants not to pay rent and telling them that “the land belongs to the laboring class and not to the imperialistic, land gf c dy capitalist.” A large detachment of the constab ulary has been detailed to the Dinalupi han estate to prevent violence. Most of the friar lands were purchased from the church when the late William How ard Taft was governor general, shortly after the Spanish-American War. Pour friar estates were not purchased, and it is on these that trouble has started. Woman Prosecutor Persists. Miss Aileen Paterson. Scotland's first woman prosecutor, 1s trying to • retain her office of town prosecutor for May bole. She applied for the position after her father’s death and was appointed temporarily until a suitable male appli cant be found. She has submitted an other application in the hope that it will be considered equally with those of the men entrants. Miss Paterson has acted as local attorney in Maybole and Is a graduate of Glasgow University. GIVE THEM SHOES THATWILLBEGOOD FOR THEIR FEET... health V tnd foot A hetlth are I, A. close kin. For foot \ health give your chit w dren Little Grippers —the shoes that are Ak J naturally shaped for growing feet. These shoes are balanced so Am children am walk correctly—the way nature intended. The raised inner arches are shaped to die foot and die soles are pliant to give bare foot freedom. This flexibility allows foot muscles to exercise and strengthen so that youngsters need never suffer from flat feet, To keep children's feet free from ailments —always get them Litde Grippers. To help protect your children from the peril of the streets, have them join THE LITTLE GRIPPER SAFETY CLUB Come in for full particulars. LITTLE GRIPPER A Ground Grippor Shoo for Cbilartu sTACH’s^r^r 1315 E St. tnd Penn. Are. N.W. Washington, D. C. GIRLS PLAYING IN “SNOW WHITE” IE ML ■ Mb gj wpiiM mom mm 1 1 •' -—i—i~. e i Senior high school girls of the eirl reserves of the Y. W. C. A. who are ! playing in ihe operetta “Snow Y.'hite” at Barker Kail Friday evening and Satur- I day afternoon: Left to right, front row—Charolette Nicholson, Margaret Lum i and Elizabeth Archer. Left to right, bark row—Verona Geraei. Yolanda Geraei, . Margaret Cragg and Helen Jones. —Star Staff Photo. »----■-- - - - ■ ■ -- “ " i TRICKY CURRENTS BALK HAWKS 1 Sharp Uptwiet of Wind Spins Glider and Plane Off on One > W ing. Parting Tow Line 10 Miles From Tucson, Forcing Return, Flyer Says, Explaining Delay. i BY CAPT. FRANK M. HAWKS, Holder of the Transcontinental Airplane j f Speed Record. Special Dispatch to The Star. TUCSON, Ariz., April 1 (N.A.N.A.).- Ol’ Man Weather got a bit too rough for us here yesterday. A sound sleep at the hotel and an 18*karat breakfast at my old friend Dick* 1 Burke's home had us all feeling pretty fit when we reached Mayse Field short ly after daybreak. Our success on the difficult San Diego-Tucson leg of the air-train's transcontinental flight added optimism to the outlook. The wind was acting up. we found. Nevertheless, Wa’jy Franklin hooked up the tow cable to the glider's nose and j off we started El Pasoward with little to do. It was quickly discovered, how ever, that all was not well with the tele- j phone line entwined on the tow cable. • • for Duke Jernigin could not hear me | nor I him. We were climbing nicely, though a little bumpily, and were about 10 miles : from the field Just beyond the city when Jernigin decided to turn back to re- | pair the phone. As the tow banked easily around at 2.500 feet a stiff up current threw both ships off on one wing. I saw the airplane dip sharply to the left and a moment later the glider, despite my efforts, executed the same involuntary evolution. As the craft slipped off downward, the tow line slacked and when it was snapped taut again, as the ships righted themselves, it parted just back of the reel in the tow ship. Os course I had to drop the weight of the cable off the glider’s nose onto an arid waste of desert. Although I was 10 miles from the field, the glider’s 22-to-l gliding ratio made it easy to get back and land. So here we sat all day, rigging a new tow line. Search for the dropped cable in that colorless area proved futile and 11 I '•'The modern plan of deferred payments with strictly cash prices ... i i BOND TEN PAYMENT BUDGET SERVICE I Budget plans there are in abundance—but not another one have we found based on a former strictly cash business. Generally there is a background of expen sive old-time charge account methods —with naturally expensive old-time prices, that have not been changed. Bond prices haven't been changed either I But Bond prices—for 16 years—-have been cash prices (and the sensible, thrifty economies of a cash business need no introduction). Right now, full selections of new Spring Clothes are ready—priced, as always, at $25, $35, s4s—every suit with two trousers. When you make your selection, enjoy the conve nience of a Bond Ten Payment account. Just pay $lO at purchase, the balance in ten payments. IT'S SMART AND THRIFTY I TO BUY FINE CLOTHES I OUT OF INCOME ... AT I BSD 1 1333 F St. N.W. I THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY. APRIL 1. 1930. we turned our efforts toward preparing i a new one with the necessary telephone wire. In the meantime, we hoped that the wind would die down. When the cable was ready, I took a j - hop in the tow plane to examine the air currents aloft at first hand. They were ! still a little too strong and fitful. We plan to go right through today to Sweetwater, Tex., completing two days’, schedule in one. (Copyright, 1930.) • Named to Club Post. CHICAGO, (A s ).—Helen M. Bennett, originator of the Women's World Fair, held for a number of years here, has been made magazine chairman of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs. Medal Proposed For Soldiers Bent On Art or Writing By the Associated Press. The literary or artistic bent of the American doughboy as dis tinguished from his talent at bearing arms and dealing death would be rewarded under a bill introduced by Representative McSwain of South Carolina. The measure would create a soldier's medal of merit, award able to any officer or enlisted man of the Army "who shall render any conspicuous and out- 1 standing service to the cause of science or literature or art to the cause of world peace, or toward promoting the efficiency and eco nomy of the national defense.” Another decoration, the soldier’s hero medal, would be igven to those saving Government prop erty or the lives of others at the risk of their own. II: BUG EXPERT BUILDS HUGE TELESCOPE Dr. C. W. Woodworth Is Erecitng Giant Instru . ment Unaided. By the Associated Press. BERKELEY, Calif., April I.—The world’s largest telescope is being built single-handed by a University of Cali fornia educator whose specialty is entomology. Dr. C. W. Woodworth is using 400 pieces of glass, which he is grinding to fit into one large mirror, in an attempt to prove that such a compo site reflector will be as. effective as single-piece lenses. When completed. Dr. Woodworth’s telescope will be larger than the 100- inch mirror at Mount Wilson, now the world’s largest. It is to be square, 10 feet on a side. Dr. Woodworth believes his telescope will answer scientists’ arguments that a reflector of separate pieces of glass Is not feasible. His square models, he says, have compared favorably in tests with single-piece lenses, either mirror or refracting. Expansion and contraction of the mirror surface have been considered the greatest obstacles to building larger telescopes and Dr. Woodworth thinks he has solved this problem. “It is contended,” he says, “that temperature changes may expand and contract the framework on which the many mirrors are laid to such an extent as to disturb the adjustment of separate lenses. I believe I have obviated this possibility by making the lens supports so they, like a compensated pendu lum, will compensate all temperature changes.” Dr. Woodworth’s back yard Is the scene of his experiment. Now he is building a model to be mounted for preliminary experimental observations on the roof of his workshop. He started the project two years ago. VETERAN CIVIL SERVICE MESSENGER IS HONORED Ananias Davis Beceives Substan tial Pile of Silver Dollars on Birthday Anniversary, Ananias Davis, messenger to the members of the Civil Service Commis sion, received the congratulations today of his fellow workers in the office of the Civil Service Commission and was pre sented with a substantial pile of silver dollars. The occasion was his seventieth birthday anniversary. Davis entered the employ of the Civil Service Commission on November 24, 1886, upon the recommendation of Mrs. John A. Logan. He has served con ; tinuously since that date, and has en joyed the merited respect of 27 civil service commissioners and their sub ordinate employes. TEAMS LISTED IN DEBATE Howard U. and Oberlin to Meet Tomorrow Evening. Howard University will debate w’ith ' Oberlin College at 8 o'clock tomorrow j night in Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel on the advisability of providing j a liberal arts education for the average j secondary school graduate. Howard’s debaters will argue that it i is “an unsound policy” to provide the higher education for the average stu- ; dent, while Oberlin’s team will favor the liberal system. Howard’s team is i composed of Mercer Manse, Arthur ; Bowles and Lionel Swan, captain. Prof. Emile T. Holley and Prof. Emmett E. 1 Dorsey are Howard’s coaches. 20 FAMOUS NEW YORK MODELS TO DISPLAY WORLD FASHIONS Will Feature Annual Revue Sponsored by Tall Cedars of Lebanon. Varied Entertainment Prom ised by Masonic Lodge Here Monday, All the glories of the world of fashion, displayed with the charms of 20 famous professional models from New York, j are promised as the outstanding feature j of the annual fashion revue and frolic to be held under auspices of Capitol Forest, No. 104, Tall Cedars of Leba non, at the Belasco Theater next Mon day. In addition there will be music under the direction of Meyer Goldman and a program of entertainment with a famous New York master of cere monies, Jack Kane, and including Es telle Dennis and her dancing girls; Sonia and Kish, interpretative dancers; Elaine Manzi, acrobatic dancer, and H. Welch Foster, with his one-man band. Two performances will be -riven—at 7:30 and 9:30 o'clock Monday evening, and possibly a matinee performance Monday afternoon. During these per formances not only will a decorative stage reflect the beauties and mysteries of the styles, but an illuminated runway will be employed. CHE S tTC OLLECTIO N S TOTAL $555,931.74 In a statement that is being Issued to Community Chest contributors the an nouncement Is made that payments on Chest subscriptions for the first three months of this year total $555,931.74 on subscriptions of $1,606,337.42. A balance of $93,328.78, however, still remains to be paid on subscriptions to the 1929 Chest, a total of $1,393,294.43 having been paid on $1,486,623.21. A report on finances was rendered at a meeting of the executive committee yesterday afternoon by Dlretor Elwood Street. While 94 per cent has been col lected on the 1929 subscriptions, Mr. Street stated that every possible en deavor would be made to collect the last cent on last year's subscriptions in order to help reduce the deficit which is threatened on operations this year by the unemployment situation. The process of sending statements to contributors for their first quarterly payments due this year Is proceeding rapidly. PRATT ENDS FIRST YEAR Three Bouquets Bemind Him of Anniversary in Office. Three bouquets on his desk today I reminded Maj. Henry G. Pratt, super intendent of police, that this was the first anniversary of his service as head of Washington’s Police Department, j One bouquet came from the head- ; quarters staff, one from the detective ! bureau and one from the Bluecoat, an | unofficial police magazine. Maj. Pratt said he had forgotten the ! anniversary until he saw the flowers. I and remarked that it seemed much I longer than a year since he had been ' in office. f | r “Washington's HOME of PERFECT Diamonds 4 * .Is Charming os Nature’s Spring Blooms \ Designed by I Master Craftsmen fsassa jjjM=jjjSjs ■ Studded ii With Nature’s Jewels DIAMOND “Engagement Rings” —designs that are strikingly modern. Styles that can only be found in Schwartz’s stores. Scores of distinctively different pat terns—Spring’s Newest Creations—set with SCHWARTZ PERFECT, Blue-white Diamonds— sold on easy weekly or monthly terms. Prices— s37*so SSO $75 SIOO $l5O S2OO to $2,000 NO MATTER WHAT THE PRICE—you receive Schwartz PERFECT Blue-white Diamonds, We invite you to inspect our complete showing for APRIL—“The Diapiond Month”—at prices to meet your every desire— on most convenient terms. See Our 7th Street Window Display Chas Schwartz e Son Perfect Diamonds 708 7th Street N.W. 709 14th Street N.W. Stores Close Daily at 6 P.M.—-Inclu din t W m : $w ‘ wf , 1 r 1 EMILY MACKEY. ' ; ; ' COLONIAL WARS GROUP TO ENTERTAIN GUESTS District Society to Be Host at Din ner to General Officers Next Monday Evening. Officers of the General Society of Colonial Wars will be guests of the Society of Colonial Wars in the Dis trict of Columbia at a meeting in the Willard Hotel next Monday evening, beginning with dinner at 8:30 o’clock. The general officers who will be guests include Col. Louis R. Cheney, governor general; Maj. Howard Pell, honorary governor general; Dr. Arthur Adams registrar general, and George De Benneville Keim. vice governor general. On the morning of April 8 at 10 o'clock the officers and members of the society, accompanied by general | officers, will leave the Willard Hotel 1 for a pilgrimage to Mount Vernon. ! where they will place a wreath on the tomb of George Washington. " • BOCOCK RECUPERATING Maj. Edgar J. Bocock, superintendent of Gallinger Municipal Hospital, who has been recuperating in St. Luke's i Hospital, Richmond. Va„ from a nerv | ous breakdown suffered six weeks ago. ! is expected back at his desk at the local I institution not later than the first of i next week. While at the Virginia hospital. Maj. ! Bocock was under the care of Dr. I Finley Gayle. Several days ago he felt ! well enough to leave the institution, and ; went to Virginia Beach to rest for a I fortnight before returning to his duties. PALESTINE FIGHTS BLAMED ON ARABS Commission Declares Mos lems Were Aggressors in Outbreaks Last Year. LONDON, April 1 (JP). —The Palestine Commission yesterday made public its report on the disorders in Palestine last ; year, holding that the outbreak was from the beginning an attack by Arabs on Jews, but that it was not pre meditated. The report said the Arabian grand mufti must accept some responsibility, adding that the part he took in forma tion of societies for the defense of Moslem holy places ‘‘was Influenced by a twofold desire—to annoy Jews and to mobilize Moslem opinion on the issue of the Wailing Wall. Arabian Mufti Blamed. • ‘‘He had no intention of utilizing this I religious campaign as a means of in citing disorder. But inasmuch fes the movement which he in part created became, through force of circumstances, a not unimportant factor in events which led to the outbreak, the mufti, ■ like many others who directly played upon public feeling in Palestine, must I accept a share in responsibility for the disturbances.” The riots last Summer apparently originated in trouble over the historic Wailing Wall, long a sacred place for the Jews, but now' part of a mosque. A total of 133 Jews and 116 Arabs were killed, while 339 Jews and 232 Arabs were wounded. Seven American citi zens were among the Jewish dead. While holding that the outbreak was not a revolt against British authority in Palestine, the report recommended that a clear statement of policy by the British government was essential to good government and it urged that such a statement be made soon. Wants Another Commission. The government also was urged to appoint shortly another commission, under authority of article 14 of the Palestine mandate, to determine the rights of claims to the Walling Wall as a measure of essential peace and good government The report recalled that the League of Nations had agreed to such procedure. Steps should be taken, the commission advised, to insure that government offi cials watch for inflammatory articles in the Palestine press, and to empower them to prosecute where articles tend ing to breach of the peace are pub lished. An adequate intelligence serv ice was advocated to check activities of racial agitation. ‘‘Our recommendations regarding im migration and land questions." says the report, "are largely based on the as sumption that in definition of policy his majesty’s government will clearly state that the rights and duties of non- Jewish communities in Palestine are to be fully safeguarded.” G'ROSNER’S 132 5* F STJREBT iijiisMK ; I They’re bitilt to stand up—* these FAMOUS FIFTY SPRING TOPCOATS hy Kuppenheimer Comfortably warm on a brisk spring morning - but light to carry over tbe arm at noon. Rolled up and tossed in tbe back of your car, still tbey come back fresb and looking for more good bard use. Tbat’s because eacb new style is handcrafted in to stay* *so Other Handcrafted Topcoats, $29.75 to s9s CRCITNERJ 1 1325 F STREET QUALITY BY ~ KUPPENHEIMER ES=============== A-5 RECEIVER FOR FOX IS URGED BY JUDGE TJ. S. Jurist Believes Step Opposed by Film Magnate, Would be Beneficial. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April I.—Federal Judge John C. Knox said yesterday that he would attempt to dispose of the tangled mass of litigation in Federal Court in volving the Fox Film and Fox Theaters Corporations as speedily as possible. His announcement came during a hearing of arguments by counsel for the various parties over the procedure to be followed in bringing them to trial. He also said that, in his opinion, placing the Fox companies in the hands of receivers, a step which has been bit terly fought by William Fox. would be beneficial under the circumstances. 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