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WEATHER.
(tr. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Mostly cloudy with showers tonight
and tomorrow; little change in tempera
ture. Temperatures—Highest, 83, at
3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 72, at 6 am.
today. Pull report on page 14.
Qouoj N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 & 13
• ‘TI Fi4.fi Enteredas second class matter
XNO. post office. Washington. I>. C.
CUP RACE STARES
AT 11:55 AI WITH
U.S. YACHT IN LEAD
Enterprise, First Across Line,
Opens Gap Quickly Ahead
of Shamrock V.
UPTON IS CONFIDENT
IN “IRISH HURRICANE”
Water Crowded With Sightseeing
Craft Off Newport on Eve
of Opening Clash.
XT. 8. 8. KANE, on America’* Cup
Course, September 13 (P) (By Radio
to the Associated Press).—The race
for the historic America’s Cup got
Under way at 11:55 am. (E. S. T.)
today.
The Enterprise, America's white*
hulled defender, led the green
, painted Shamrock V across the line
and Immediately opened up a short
lead.
The Enterprise led through the
first half hour, although the Sham*
lock appeared to be gaining a bit.
A favorable puff of wind struck
Shamrock as the boats neared the
end of their first hour and for a time
the two yachts raced almost bow and
bow, but then an advantageous
stream of air filled Enterprise’s sails
and she drew away.
Sy the Asaoeieted Free*.
NEWPORT, R. 1.. September 13.—A
Sapful of air of not more than 4 to 6
■Biles an hour In strengtn came out of
His North st 10:40 o'clock this morning,
giving s none too alluring prospect for
■ fine racing day for the first contest
between the American defender, Enter*
and Sir Thomas Lipton's chal
lenger, Shamrock V. Weather sharps
hoped conditions would Improve as the
day wore on. The sea off Brenton
lightship was smooth, and the light
vessel rolled in the lazy ground swell.
Crews Astir Early.
Skippers and crews of the racing
gk>ops were early astir and getting ready
for the day’s business. Harold Vander
bilt, skipper of the Enterprise, came on
deck of his steam yacht Vara, took a
brief slant at the weather, and then
went through his daily morning setting
up exercises. After breakfast he began
the selections of sails for the day, with
ghostlike airs In prospect. The lightest
•f sails were selected and put below
decks on the Enterprise. The mainsail
was bent on just before * tow wss
taken from the tender bystander, for
the starting line nine mile! southeast
of the light vessel.
Sailormen scrambled over the side of
the slqek-looking Enterprise and began
sanding the deck, after which the crew
had breakfast on the tender Carona.
Over the Lipton tender, the Killarney,
the crew was also active in getting
everything In readiness for the contest.
Sir Thomas oame on deck and looked
the weather over. House flags hung
limply from the tops of mainmasts on
the scores of yachts swinging at an
chor In the Newport harbor.
An Irishman’s Hurricane.
*Tt’a an Irishman’s hurricane that’s
blowing." said Sir Thomas, which is
the sailorman’s way of eaying there
wasn’t any wind at all. The sky was
overcast and the sun tried to burn off
the acreenlng clouds that hung over
the sea. The lively breezes that h«l
been blowing over the racing lanes for
several days had played the sailors
false. Should the race be started with
the wind from the present quarter It
would be a 15-mlle run down the wind
to the southeast and a slow heat back.
The New York Yacht Club landing
was a hive of activity this morning.
Launches darted back and forth from
the scores of yachts anchored In the
harbor, while the crews made ready to
get the yachts under way for the start
ing line.
It was the largest fleet of yachts,
steam and sailing, that has ever assem
bled in this yachting port. Outside In
the harbor entrance were large excur
alon craft that had arrived early today
from New York and other points.
The regatta committee went on board
the committee boat Susan Moran and
gave final Inspection to the signaling
arrangements before casting off.
Sky Grows Overcast.
The sky grew more overcast as the
day advanced and the feeble airs out of
the northwest hauled Into the east but
with no apparent strength. The weath
er man believed it would gather strength
during the day, with possibility of gale
force later.
At the suggestion of the committee
of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club the
rules governing the contests have been
amended so that m case of heavy
weather and the Regatta Committee
decides to postpone the race, one of the
contestants shall not have the right to
Insist that the contest be started as
the rules first provided.
It was further decided to eliminate
the rule which provided that in case
both yachts consent to a postponement
the Race Committee shall determine the
time of the start.
As the Regatta Committee steamed
away on the Susan Moran shortly after
9 o'clock.' followed by the mark boat
Thomas Moran, a heavy fog shut down
and race prospects were dubious though
the wind began to pick up. Sails were
bent on the racing sloops as they made
ready to slip their moorings for the
starting line.
TWO OFFICERS INJURED
BY FALLING PLASTER
Detective Sergts. Harry Cole and
Oscar Mansfield were hurt this morning
when a part of the oeiling in the roll
call room at detective headquarters fell
during the 9 o’clock ’’line-up" of crim
inals and suspected felons.
The officers had just entered the
room when a strip of plaster about 4
feet square dropped upon them. Cole
and Mansfield were stunned by the
blow. They refused medical treatment.
Other detectives sitting nearby were
untouched.
The portion of the ceiling was di
rectly beneath a number of heavy filing
cases in the clerical department of the
Traffic Bureau, located on the fourth
floor of the police headquarters, and
. several massive safes In the office of the
V afiisf property clerk on the filth floor.
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The general of the Army received felicitations today from the entire world
mi the occasion of his seventieth birthday anniversary. He posed for The Star
photographer In his office at the War Department. — Star Staff Photo.
MY ARMOUR
LEADS SARAZEN
Gene Finishes First 18 One
Down After Fierce Fight'
of Pros.
By the Associated Press.
FLUSHING. N. Y., September 13.
Tommy Armour led Gene Sarazen 1
up after the first 18 holes of the final
36-hole match for the Professional
Golfers’ Association championship to
day. Sarazen was the leader by a hole
at the end of the first nine, but the
situation was reversed when they were
half through.
Sarazen went 2 up at the eleventh,
where Armour missed a short putt, but
Armour cut a hole away at the thir
teenth, when Barazen sent his ball to
the top of a huge trap. After a sen
sational half of the short fourteenth
in birdie 3s, Sarazen had a ball out of
bounds at the fifteenth and the match
was squared. Armour went 1 up at
the seventeenth, when Sarazen drove
behind a tree and hit It trying to hook
around the obstruction. Armour,
trapped at the same hole, came out 12
feet from the cup and holed the putt
for a par 4, while Sarazen took 5.
Armour’s putting touch played him
false at the start of the match, but
returned as suddenly as it had depart
ed. He missed five short putts to the
first 11 holes, but after the fourteenth,
when he dropped one from 15 feet, he
had no more trouble on the green.
Sarazen suffered at the close from wild
ness from the tree, driving into tough
rough at the last two holes. Only a
great reoovery at the home hole en
abled him to get his half.
The card:
Armour, t0..4 5342454 4—35—71
Sarazen, t0..4 4352555 4—37—72
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FLIGHT TOMORROW
American to Take Off at Dawn to
Make Transpacific Non
stop Hop.
By th. Associated Press.
SAMBONGI, Japan, September 12.
Harold L. Bromley’s plane, the City
of Tacoma was poised tonight atop an
improvised ramp at the end of Saml
shlro Beach, ready to hop off at the
break of dawn tomorrow for a trans
pacific hop to Tacoma, Wash.
Although the winds of the Kuriles
were not ’entirely favorable, Bromley
and his flying companion, Harold Gatty,
decided to start at once because the
weather forecast indicated they might
be held up for a weak If they did not
seize the present opportunity. 4
The two flyers supervised the load
ing of gasoline into their plane. They
provisioned it with two roast chickens,
sandwiches, a box of chocolate bars,
some corned beef and hardtack and
four thermos bottles of coffee.
The flight to Tacoma, if completed,
will take the flyers 4,532 miles across
the Pacific Ocean, which has yet to
be crossed in non-stop airplane flight.
STEDMAN ‘NOT IMPROVED’
Although Representative Charles M.
Stedman of North Carolina, who was
stricken with apoplexy Tuesday, spent
a restful night, physicians said today
bis condition was "not improved.”
Hope, however, has not been aban
doned for the recovery of the only sur
viving Civil War veteran to Congress.
Will C. Hogg, Millionaire, Diet.
BADEN-BADEN, Germany, Septem
ber 13 (P).—Will C. Hogg, millionaire,
of Houston, Tex., died to a hospital
shortly after noon yesterday following
! an operation.
HOOVER GOES TO RAPIDAN CAMP
WITHOUT USUAL OFFICIAL GUESTS
First Lady, Son, Friend and Capt. Boone Will Be Only
Ones to Accompany Him.
President Hoover Is going to his fish
ing camp on the Rapidsn this afternoon
to spend the week end.
He will be accompanied only by Mrs.
Hoover, Allan Hoover, the younger of
the Hoover boys; Mrs. Stark McMullin
of Palo Alto, Calif., and Capt. Joel T.
Boone, the White House physician. The
President's plan is to leave Washington
about 3 or 4 o'clock and return about 10
o’clock Monday morning.
This will be the first time since Mr.
Hoover established his Rapidan camp
that he and Mrs. Hoover have not
played host to a number of guests.
Generally, the President/has had more
than a dozen guests, motty men promi
W]t fretting
WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, ' 1930-THIRTY PAGES. *
AGE RESTS LIGHTLY
ON PERSHING AT TO
“I’m Growing Old by the
Calendar ” He Chuckles
on Birthday.
BY REX COLLIER.
An aging warrior upon whom the
years rest lightly observed his seventieth
birthday anniversary today as becomes
a soldier—at work.
Threescore and ten years ago "Jack"
Pershing was bom in the section house
of a railroad foreman near Meadville,
Mo. The blood of hardy pioneer stock
flowed through his veins.
Today, as that same John Joseph
Pershing sat as his desk in the only
War Department office ever to bear the
sign "General of the Armies,” it was
apparent to thos who came to wish him
well that the blood of sturdy forbears
has stood him In good stead.
"Certainly, I am growing old—by
the calendar," the general said, as he
motioned his interviewer to * comforta
ble chair beside the huge mahogany
desk to the room which recently was
the temporary presidential office. “But
really, I don’t seem to mind It. I don’t
notice the difference to any extent,
physically.
“To me a birthday Is just another
day gone by—not a milestone in my
journey through life, nor an occasion
for sadness or rejoicing. X still have
work to do.”
The friendly countenance of the war
chief broke into a smile that bespoke
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MRS. D. P. HjpKLING
HURT IN ACCIDENT
Car Skid, Off Highway With
Alienist’s Wife and. Her
Brother.
Special Dispatch to Tha Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md„ September 13.
—Mrs. D. Percy Hickltog, wife of Dr.
Hickling, District alienist, of . 1304
Rhode Island avenue, was slightly cut
and bruised about 10 o'clock this morn
ing when the automobile to which she
was riding skidded on the Hagerstown-
Washington highway and rolled off an
embankment while descending South
Mountain, 19 miles east of here.
Mrs. Hickltog left Washington this
morning with her brother, Col. Curtis,
retired Army officer, for a visit to
Pittsburgh, Pa. The machine rolled
down a 10-foot embankment and landed
against the front porch of Joseph
Hutzell.
Col. Curtis escaped injury.
Mrs. Hickling declined hospital at
tention and was treated by Dr. Jerald
Levan of Boonsboro.
ADMR. HUGHES~RETIRES
Ranking Naval Officer Will Leave
Post Next Thursday.
By the Associated Press.
Admiral Charles F. Hughes, the high
est ranking officer in the Navy, will be
relieved as chief of naval operations
next Thursday by Admiral William V.
Pratt, the present commander to chief
of the United States Pleet.
Admiral Hughes reaches statutory re
tirement age on October 14, but under
legislation enacted by the last Congress
he will be placed on the retired list as
of November 1. Admiral Pratt will ar
rive to Washington from the West Coast
next Wednesday.
The appointment was made some
time ago.
nently identified with his administra
tion, and as a rule he spent most of his
time during the week end vacations dis
cussing governmental matters and con
ferring regarding future administrative
policies.
Therefore, with - no guests at the
camp, the President and Mrs. Hoover
intend to devote much of this week end
to resting.
However, the President may give
some attention to the completion of
the personnel of the newly organized
Tariff Commission. Thus far ne has
appointed only Henry P. Fletcher, as
chairman, and Thomas W. Page, and
between now and midnight of next
Tuesday, according to the laws govern
ing this commission, he must appoint
the four other members.
POLICE WILL UNIFY
RUM AND VICE RAID
OPERATIONS IN CITY
' • l
Special Detail of 22 Men Will
Start Work Monday Under
Inspector Bean.
CLOSER CO-ORDINATION
IN ACTIVITY IS SOUGHT
Friction Between Separate TTnits
Carrying Out Drive Is to
Be Eliminated.
Beginning Monday morning, a com
plete reorganization of police activities
concerning the prosecution of viola
tions of all laws relating to liquor, gam
bling and vice will take place. Inspector
Thaddeus R. Bean will head a new
force, made up of a consolidation of all
| policemen now engaged in these spe
cialised activities, supplemented by
- others.
He will have under him a force of
22 men, forming a special headquar
ters detail and reporting directly to him.
The rum squad and the vioe squad, as
such, are abolished and consolidated
I into the new unit, all of the personnel
of each being taken along. The new
squad will operate out of police hea<V
quarters and will have an office on the
third floor of the new police headquar
ters building.
In explaining his order today, Maj.
, Henry O. Pratt, superintendent of po
’ lice, said that the work had been con
solidated in an effort to have closer co
ordination among the various details in
the Police Department assigned to the
class of work outlined and also better
co-operation with the Federal forces
engaged in liquor law enforcement with
in the boundaries of the District.
Have Operated Separately*
i Hitherto the forces have operated
i separately and occassionally at cross
. purposes. This friction is expected to
1 be eliminated by having the entire work
carried on through one inspector, to
’ whom all members of the new con
, solidated force will report.
Ip the order setting up the new
1 force Maj. Pratt took pains to point
: out that this must in nowise be regard
ed as relieving any precinct commander
or his command from the responsibility
of maintaining a close and effective
surveillance and securing and forward
; ing information of conditions in their
1 respective precincts as to violations of
the liquor, gambling and vice laws and
regulations, but will be construed only
as relieving them from the necessity of
conducting the Intensive Investigation
essential In these cases, all action on
such information to be taken by the
special detail.
Mai. Pratt said that one of the prin
cipal benefits he expected the new plan
to yield would be that cases would be
better presented in court, with more
, chance of a conviction where the facts
, warrant.
i Personnel of New Squad.
The personnel of the new squad is
as follows:
‘ Sergt. George M. Little, Traffic
I Bureau, former head of the rum squad;
Sergt. J. R. Leach, former head of the
vice squad, and the following privates:
George C. Deyoe, Traffic Bureau; R. T.
Joiner, Traffic Bureau; R. Schleichert,
No. 6; J. K. Baker, No. 12, T. O. Mont
■ gomery, Traffic Bureau; G. C. McCar
ron, No. 6; F. A. Truscott, No. 4; F. O.
Brass, No. 3; Joseph De Palma, No. 14;
E. F. Lewis, No. 13; Thomas McVearry,
No. 5; W. S. Smoot, No. 10; E. C.
' O'Meara, No. 6; E. L. Shelton, No. 2;
N. G. Thayer, No. 4; G. E. Thornton,
No. 9; H. G. Wanamaker, No. 1; C. H.
Warder, No. 11; R. A. Williams, No. 8;
W. R. Wrenn, No. 7.
With the order went an order to
precinct detectives to devote their entire
time and attention in the future to in
vestigations, and to the proper pre
sentation in court of such general po
, lice matters as may be referred to them
for action by their respective command
’ ing officers, or from headquarters.
Bean to Direct All Work.
They were told that nothing In the
order should be construed as preventing
■ them from taking action with respect to
i such violations of liquor, gambling and
vice laws, as happened to come to their
personal : ttention. However, if such
1 action is taken, they are ordered to
■ promptly report it to Inspector Bean.
! Bean is instructed to see that evidence
secured by the new detail in the cases
1 under its jurisdiction is properly pre
-1 pared and properly presented to the
various district attorneys and corpora
tion counsels to act as prosecuting
| officers. He is admonished to establish
1 and maintain a close, Intimate contact
with such prosecuting officers in order
that such instructions as may be given
by the prosecutors or the courts from
time to time as to the necessary evi
dence and the manner of presenting it
s shall be carefully observed, so that only
bona fide cases may be presented and
their prosecution sustained.
The order winds up with a statement
that the order must not be taken by
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i SCHROEDEfMNDICTED
; IN AUTO PYRE DEATH
5
5 —1
t First-Degree Murder Charged Mo-
S bilian in Slaying of Unidenti
fied Man.
B r the Associated Press.
i INDIANAPOLIS. September 13
I Harold Herbert Schroeder of Mobile,
Ala., was indicted for first-degree mur
der on three counts by the Marlon
f County grand jury here today in con
nection with the death last May of an
unidentified man, whose body was found
in a burned automobile belonging to
Schroeder.
| The first count charged that Schroeder
. inflicted death on the victim by beat
. ing, striking or cutting him. Another
i count accused the Southerner of burn
ing the man to death. The third count
> was merely a technical charge that the
• victim met death by means or methods
[ unknown to the grand jury.
The dead man was described as being
> a "young male, weighing between 135
[ and 150 pounds and 5 feet 8 Inches
l tall."
i One of the witnesses called before the
j grand Jury was Dr. Lawrence A. Lewis,
I deputy coroner, who conducted an au
t topsy and reported that the unknown
• man had died of a stab or gunshot
k wound in the chest, It was not in
dicated when a trial {U£e would be set.
SPEAKING OF NERVE-RACKING NOISES!
i ;
CAPITAL THEATERS!
WILL STAY OPEN
Operators and Projectionists
Reach Truce to Hold
Until Thursday.
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A truce reached between the Motion
Picture Theater Owners’ Association and
representatives of projectionists in lo
cal theaters, whose threat to strike in
sympathy with “locked-out” musicians
would take effect at midnight tomorrow
in outlying houses, will keep all of
Washington’s 42 theaters in operation
at least until Thursday, it became
known today.
The truce, reached at a conference
held yesterday between representatives
of the managers and projectionists, at
which WOllam J. Herrer, vice presi
dent of the International Alliance of
Theatrical Stage employers and Moving
Picture Machine Operators of the
United States, was present, provides
that all union men will continue to
work pending negotiations early next
week.
Denies Injunction Report.
A. Julian Brylawski, in announcing
today that a truce had been reached,
said that a meeting will be held Mon
day to decide what course of action
would be taken in the matter. He de
nied a published report that an appli
cation for Injunction against the
strikers had been filed in the United
States Supreme Court.
The downtown theaters —the Palace,
Fox, Keith’s and Columbia—will con
tinue to use their musicians until Sep
tember 19, as a result of an agreement
reached in New York early this week,
which preserved the status quo of the
musicians until the conclusion of the
current show playing September 15.
All musicians in outlying theaters,
with the exception of those operated
by Warner Bros., go out at midnight
tomorrow. Under orders from national
union headquarters all union theatrical
employes were to walk out in sympathy
with the musicians, but the truce offer
will avert this for a time at least.
Musicians Continue Fight.
It is not known whether Herrer, who
left Washington for Philadelphia last
night to participate in a meeting of
projectionists in that city, which also
is experiencing difficulty over non-re
newal of musicians’ contracts, will be
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New and Better
Things
Many attractive new
homes are open for visitors
and inspection this evening
and tomorrow.
There has been a marked
improvement in construc
tion and architectural treat
ment in new homes built in
Washington during the
past few years.
' The public demands bet
ter homes, as it does better
furniture, clothes, food and
everything else that makes
for better living.
The taste and culture of
the people are on a much
higher plane. It is this
demand for better things
that will stimulate buying
and restore confidence and
put people back to work to
create the things they want
and to satisfy their desires.
Yesterday's Advertising
Local Display
Lines.
The Evening Star.. 63,568
2d Newspaper 27,014
3d Newspaper 9,868
4th Newspaper.... 7,234
sth Newspaper 5,226
49,342
Advertising in The Star
is the great market place
and The Star the super
salesman for Washington.
Pilot Gives Exact
Time He Will Reach
Points on Sea Hop
By the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. J.. September 13.
—William S. MacLaren and Mrs.
Beryl Hart, woman transport
pilot, will start their flight to
Paris October 9 unless a hurri
cane interferes.
MacLaren said he had so
charted his course that he knows
to the minute where he will be
at a given time. He told aviators
at the Newark Airport last night
he plans to leave New York Har
bor at 6 a m. October 9, reach
Bermuda at 1:41 p.m., the Azores
at 12:52 p.m. October 10, pass
ing over Brest and Cherbourg
at sunrise October 11, to reach
Paris at 8:40 a.m., with an
elapsed time of 45 hours and 40
minutes, and flying time of 39
hours and 40 minutes.
TWO MAS GIVEN
LEAGUE APPROVAL
Credentials of New Delegates
From Peru and Bolivia
Are Accepted.
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By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, September 13.—While other
nations are holding to abeyance their
recognition of the three new revolu
tionary governments to South America,
the League of Nations has given what
is tantamount to recognition of two of
those governments.
Credentials of representatives of the
new administrations to Peru and Bolivia
have been accepted by the Assembly of
the League of Nations, and these repre
sentatives now are participating in the
Assembly session.
No delegates from the Argentine have
taken any part to the League's work
thus far this year, so the Buenos Aires
government has not submitted itself to
the same test.
Delegation Accepted.
The revolutionary government of
Bolivia took over its predecessor’s dele
gation to the Assembly, headed by Costa
de Reis. The new government at
La Paz notified the League It wished to
continue its co-operation with the
League—and its delegation was accepted
by the Assembly.
The case ofi Peru is somewhat differ
ent and more striking. Mariano Cornejo
was spokesman for Peru’s former regime
at Geneva, but he was ‘‘fired’’ by the
new rulers, along with the entire dele
gation except Jose Maria Barreto,/ the
delegation’s former secretary.
Barreto, on instruction from the new
chiefs at Lima, became head of the
delegation—indeed the delegation Itself
—and was seated in Cornejo’s place in
both the Council and Assembly.
Cornejo came to Geneva a week ago
to test the case.
Yesterday the League of Nations As
sembly reviewed its past year’s work
and found the movement for co-opera
tion in the economic field, launched 12
months ago, has many defeats to mourn
and no great victories to celebrate.
Spokesmen for various countries an
agreed that Europe now is in a state
bordering on economic anarchy, and
some Joint remedial effort is a vital
need for world peace and prosperity.
The Assembly was told by Its own
leaders that attempts at a tariff truce
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Mexico Grows More Corn.
MEXICO CITY, September 13 (/Pl.
The Department of Agriculture today
predicted that the October corn crop
will be 2,006,368 tons, or 32 per cent
greater than last year’s October crop.
The department estimated that the crop
would be sufficient to make importa
tions of corn unnecessary during the
coming year.
HORSE’S WIND GOOD AS OWNER’S,
BUYER FINDS; FORMER HAS ASTHMA
Court Backs Seller After Nag Develops Heaves, Holding
Statement Is True.
By the Associated Press.
CLEARFIELD, Pa., September 13.
“Why that horse’s wind," said Frank
Marasky, thumbing his suspenders, “Is
as good as mine."
So Percey Axel, whose only doubts
were concerned with the animal’s
breathing, made the purchase.
Alas, alas, Axel discovered the horse
had developed the heaves.
" TOi r s- “
“From Preta to Homo
Within the Hour *
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,627
(A*) Means Associated Press.
AIRPORTS COMBINE
IN VIRTUAL MERGER
Washington Airport and
Hoover Field Divide
ResponsibHities.
Washington Airport and Hoover Field,
the National Capital’s two commercial
flying fields, which between them are
believed to have established world rec
ords for aerial sightseeing service, today
were combined into an organization to
be known as ‘‘Washington-Hoover Air
port,” through an operating agreement
which virtually amounts to a merger.
The two fields are located on oppo
site sides of Military Toad near the
south end of Highway Bridge and ad
joining the Arlington Experimental
Farms. The combination of the two
fields by the closing of the road between
and the addition of the experimental
farms is proposed by Congress for the
creation of a municipal airport for the
National Capital.
Personal Duties Arranged.
Under the agreement entered into
today by the officials of both fields,
the personnel of Hoover Field will take
over, in addition to its present business,
all the aerial sight-seeing and taxi fly
ing at both fields and also will handle
the servicing and storage of visiting
planes at both fields.
The officials of Washington Airport,
Inc., operators of Washington Airport,
will cease all handling of flying activi
ties and will operate solely as an air
port company, furnishing terminal
facilities to transport lines and the
Washington-Hoover flying operations.
There will be few personnel changes
under the new agreement, and all of
the hangars, repair shops and other
properties of both fields will be used
for the conducting of the combined
business of both airports.
Planes Are Shifted.
Virtually all of the sightseeing flying
is to be done from the Washington
Airport field and the moving of planes
from Hoover Field to Washington Air
port for this purpose was begun im
mediately following the signing of tne
agreement. Interstate airlines are to
continue operations as in the past for
the time being, it is understood. The
New York, Philadelphia, and Washing
' ton Airways Corporation, Eastern Air
Transport, and New York Airways will
continue to fly from Washington Air
port. The Pennsylvania Airlines serv
ice to Pittsburgh and Cleveland prob
ably will continue for the time being
to operate from Hoover Field, though
it may be transferred across the road
at any time under the new agreement.
Albert G. Ober, Jr., will continue as
operating head of Washington Airport
and Jack Rabbltt will remain as man
ager in charge of traffic maintenance
and construction. John 8. Wynne, son
of the late Postmaster General, manag
er of Hoover Field, will assume charge
of all flying operations on the two
fields and will move his office from
Hoover Field to the new Washington
Airport Terminal Building.
Wynne will have as his assistants J.
Earl Steinhauer of the Hoover Field
organization, who will be in charge
of maintenance and repairs to all air
craft, and M. T. Crowder of Washing
ton Airport, who will be. in charge of
the office and personnel administration.
Thomason Leaving.
J. O. Thomason, now chief mechanic
at Washington Airport, it is understood,
Is planning to leave to accept a similar
position with a New York organisation.
The agreement will result in a com
bination of aerial passenger hopping
which has averaged more than 36,000
passengers a year for the last two years,
or 72,000 passengers in the two-year
period. This is thought to be a world
record for this sort of business.
Jane Clyde Wedi Freeland.
LOS ANGELES. September 13 VP),—
June Clyde, motion picture actress, and
Thornton Freeland, known as Holly
wood’s youngest film director, were mar
ried yesterday at the First Methodist
Church of Hollywood.
tered Axel, recalling Maretsky's assur
ances.
But in court, where Axel brought
suit for damages, he learned that Mar
asky had not lied. Marasky is saflering
from asthma.
Axel lost the suit.
Radio Programs on. Page B-16
TWO CENTS.
ROBINSON SUPPORT
AS 1932 CANDIDATE
STIRS DEMOCRATS
Action of New York an<|
Maryland Conventions yf.
Awaited With Interest.
ROOSEVELT AND RITCHIE
ATTITUDES ARE DISPUTED;
%
Statements of Former Gov. Brougfc
at Hot Springs Meeting
Cause Controversy.
BY O. GOULD LINCOLN.
Indorsement of Senator Joseph T, «.
Robinson of Arkansas for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination in 19SI
by the Arkansas Democratic conven
tion yesterday has given the political
cauldron a real stir.
The New York Democratic State Cone
vention meets in Albany September 3%
and the Maryland State Convention la
to be held next Thursday in Balti
more. It remains to be seen whether
they will undertake to match the action '
of Arkansas and give Indorsements for
the presidential nomination to favortts
sons. Will the New York Democrats
back Oov. Franklin D. Roosevelt for
this honor, or former Gov. Alfred Z.
Smith? The Maryland Democrats, If
they dfe anything, will undoubtedly giv*
their Indorsement to Gov. Ritchie, their
candidate for the nomination at the last
three Democratic National Conventions.
There seems no doubt but what Sen
ator “Joe" Robinson, the Democratic
leader of the Senate and A1 Smith’s
running mate in 1928, will be strongly
urged upon the next Democratic na
tional convention for presidential hon
ors. Already his friends .have been
active. His triumphant renomination
for the Senate a month ago gave added
Impetus to the boom.
Stfrs Up Hornets Neat.
But it is equally true that former
Gov. Charles H. Brough of Arkansas
has stirred up a hornets nest by his
statement to the Democratic State con
vention, meeting at Hot Springs, Ark*
yesterday, In which he quoted Gov,
Roosevelt as favoring the nomination
of Robinson, if he himself cannot have
it, and also quoted Chief Justice Sam
uel K. Dennis of Maryland as authority
for Gov. Ritchie’s support of Robinsoft
for President.
The dispatches from Hot Springs
quoted Brough as saying he talked re
cently with Gov. Roosevelt and quotes
the Governor as saying:
“My hat may be in the ring. X at*
having trouble with Tammany. I as
sure you as Governor <rf Mew York
that if I cannot obtain the nominating
there is no man I had rather support
than Senator Robinson.**
Former Gov. Brough said Justice
Dennis quoted Gov. Ritchie as saying:
“If I cannot be nominated, my
strength will go to Senator Robinson.**
Roosevelt’s Secretary Replies;
Immediately James J. Mahoney. Gov.
Roosevelt’s assistant secretary In Al
bany, issued the following statement;
replying to the Brough speech:
“By direction of Gov. Roosevelt, and
having been present at the visit oi
former Gov. Brough of Arkansas at the
executive chamber In Albany, I wish to
say that Oov. Roosevelt deeply regrets
the very serious Inaccuracies that have
crept into the remarks of Gov. Brough
as reported in the press. The only
part of the press reports which is in
any way true is that the Governor did
express himself as having a very warm
regard for Senator Robinson.”
This was followed by a statement
from Chief Justice Dennis in Balti
more which flatly denied he had eves
undertaken to give Gov. Ritchie’s in
dorsement of Senator Robinson foe
President to Gov. Brough. The chlel
justice said the Brough statement was
“an absurd untruth,” and that ha did
not know Gov. Brough.
Brough then issued a statement in his
own right, in which he said: "I do not
care to engage in a controversy with
such eminent gentlemen as Mr. Ma
honey and Judge Dennis, as it would
be unseeriily of me • • *.”
Brough Makes Statement.
After referring to impressions gained
in visits with Justice Dennis and Gog
Roosevelt. Brough said:
“I deeply regret that I may ham
drawn the wrong inferences from these
gentlemen’s conversations, but Judge
Dennis is wrong when he said he did
not know me. lam sure my references
to the date and to occurrences at the
luncheon will cause him to recall hi|
statements concerning Senator Robins
son.”
Brough said luncheon guests at the
Baltimore Club on August 20 included
George L. Radcliffe, president of thf
American Bonding Co.; Hill Carruth
an executive of the Fidelity ft Depot!
Co. of Maryland, and Mrs. Brough.
Governors Refuse Robinson Boost.
It is clear that the Governors of Nek
York and Maryland do not Intend id
this juncture to be used to boost thi
candidacy of Senator Robinson or anj
one else.
Furthermore, there are indication!
that Gov. Ritchie, one of the out
standing wet candidates for the Demoi
cratlc presidential nomination in 1933
does not relish the praise which hai
recently been heaped upon the Gov<
emor of New York, Mr. Roosevelt, bai
cause of hie statement advocating
repeal of the eighteenth amendmeri
and the substitution of another amend|
(Continued on Page 2, Column 8.)
ATTEMPT ToTxHUME
MACRERY’S BODY DENIED
Supreme Court Holds Facta Fail t 4
Warrant Action—Reports Claim
He Wee Beaten.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 13.—An sp
plication by District Attorney Crain f<4
permission to exhume the body of th|
late Magistrate Andrew Macßery wg
denied today in Supreme Court.
The justice held that the district ah
torney’s application failed to state faca
sufficient to warrant “violation of thl
sanctity of the grave." .
The district attorney had acted k
the request of Andrew B. Keating, Tam»
many leader of the late jurist’s district
who said he desired that rumors be aa >
at rest that Macßery had died tig
years ago as a result of a beating adj
ministered when he failed to pay thj
last installment of an agreed price ten
his appointment to the magistracy
His death certificate attributed death u
natural causes. JJ