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CASHIER IS JAILED
IN BANK SHORTAGE
Bradshaw Held in Default
of $10,000 Bond in
Herndon Closing.
By a 8taff Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va.. January 12.—
Charged with the embezzlement of
$1,500 from the funds of the Herndon
National Bank. Asa E. Bradshaw, the |
cashier, was held in default of bond
of $10,000 after arraignment today
before United States Commissioner
John Barton Phillips.
Bradshaw. who was represented by
Btate Senator Frank L. Ball, waived
preliminary hearing. He was re
turned to the Alexandria Jail, where
he spent last night, unable to make
bond following his arraignment.
The specific charge on which Brad
shaw was arraigned was that of tak
ing the $1.500 from the savings ac
count of Arthur J. Lynn, a depositor
In the bank, "and appropriating it to
his own use."
Arrested Last Night.
Bradshaw was arrested late last
night at his home in Herndon by
Deputy United States Marshal E. F.
Selby, who immediately brought him
to Alexandria Jail. Commissioner
Phillips issued the warrant, sworn out
by national bank examiners.
The bank was closed Wednesday
night by its directors after a national
bank examiner had reported an al
leged shortage in accounts of approxi
mately $70,000. The charges against
Bradshaw will be presented to the
United States grand jury on June 3.
Meanwhile, depositors and stock
holders in the closed bank sought to
bring about a reorganization of the
institution, as Federal Deposit Insur
ance Corp. auditors checked over the
books preparatory to paying off all
deposits up to $5.000 under the new
deposit guarantee law.
Mass Meeting Held.
A mass meeting was held last night,
which resulted in George Robey. at
torney for the bank, being authorized
to obtain a speaker from the Treasury
Department to appear before another
public meeting Monday night and ad
vise the depositors and stockholders
how to reorganize.
The public is invited to attend the
meeting.
All depositors in the bank probably
will be paid off, up to $5,000, by the
F D. I. C. next week, according to
officials of the Federal agency.
Although Bradshaw was said to be
111 at his home during the past several
days, Selby said he found the man
well enough to accompany him back
to Alexandria last night for the ar
raignment today. He spent the night
in Alexandria jail, Phillips said.
ERROR IN ATTACK STORY
In an account in yesterday's Star
of an attack on Rev. Joseph N. Bea
man, colored Baptist minister, by
three hold-up men, he was referred to
as having preached at the Nineteenth
Street Baptist Church since the death
of the regular pastor.
Rev. Beaman pointed out today that
the regular pastor is Rev. Walter H.
Brooks, who has occupied the pulpit
there for many years.
" SPECIAL NOTICES.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OP THE DIS
trie! of Columbia Chapter. American Red
Cross, will De held at 1730 Ε st. on Mon
day January 21. 1935. at 4 p.m.. for the
«lection of members of the Executive Com
mittee and the transaction of other busi
ness. MARGARET HOOD ROBBINS Asst.
Secretary. 12*
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
annual meeting of stockholders of Capital
Transit Company will be held at the office
of the company. 36th and M sts. n.w..
"Washington. D C. on Monday. February
21. 1935. at 11 o'clock in the forenoon,
ior the purpose of electing five directors of
the company to serve for the term ending
in the year ΙΠ-Ίβ. approving and ratify
ing all of the contracts, acts and proceed
ings of the Board of Directors and Execu
tive Committee thereof and officers of the
company since its organization, as set
forth or described in the minute book oi
the company, which will be presented to
the meeting and will be open to the in
spection of the stockholders, and transact
ing any and all other business that
may properly come before the meeting.
The stock transfer books of the company
will be closed, for the purposes of the
meeting, at the close of business on Tues
day. January 'ΧΊ. 1935. and will remain
closed until the commencement of business
on Tuesday. February 1935.
By Order of the Board of Directors.
H. D. CRAMPTON. Secretary.
ANNUAL REPORT OF BOISSONS. INC..
Of Washington. D. C.
The undersigned, being respectively the '
Dresident and all of the trustees of Bois-1
eons. Inc.. incorpor^ed under the laws oi
the District of Columbia do hereby certify
that the authorized capital of said corpo
ration is SiJ.ilOiMJO. and the amount of
the capital actually paid in is S-i.nOU.OO.
and that the amount of the existing debts
is S4.U3.59.
Dated this 1st day of January. 1935.
GEORGE A. GARRETT.
President and Trustee.
NEWBOLD NOYE5.
Trustee.
I .AURA M. CURTIS^
District of Columbia, ss:
I. GEORGE A. GARRETT, the under
Signed. president oi Boissons. Inc.. of
Washington D. C . on oath depose and
say that I have read the foregoing report
and know the contents thereof, and that
the matters and things therein stated are
true to the best of my information, knowl
edge and belief.
GEORGE A. GARRETT.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day of January. lU.'îô.
(SealJ KENNETH C. ROBERTSON.
Notary Public. D. C.
My commission expires September 30.
ANNUAL MEETING. — THE MUTUAL
Building Association will hold Its forty
second annual meeting of stockholders on
Monday. January 14. l'J.iT), at b o'clock
p.m., at its office. No. .'SOB 7th st. s w.
The reading of the annual report, amend
ments to the constitution and the election
Of officers will be held at this meeting.
MAX KOHNER. President.
THOMAS E. PETTY. Secretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OP THE ÉfTOCK
holders of the Columbia Title Insurance
Company of the District of Columbia, for
the purpose οf electing fifteen trustees of
the company for the ensuing year, will be
èeld at the office of the company. No. 503
st. n.w. on Monday. December I? 1934.
«t 1 o'clock p.m.
The polls will be open between the hours
of 2 and 3 o'clock p.m. Transfer books
will be closed from December 7 1934. to
December 17 1S»34 both dates Inclusive.
CHARLES E. MARSH.
. Secretary.
NOTICE OP DISSOLUTION OP
PARTNERSHIP.
Notice ts hereby given that the partner
•hip lately subsisting between us. the un
dersigned Johanne Sorensen and Hansme
Sorensen. carrying on business as a res
taurant at 723 17th st. n.w.. Washington.
I>. C.. under the style or firm name of
Danish Rose Restaurant was on the 26th
«lay of December 1934. dissolved by mu
tual consent, and that the business in the
future will be carried on by the said
Johanne Sorensen alone, who will pay
>nd discharge all debts and liabilities and
receive all moneys payable to the said
lata firm.
HANSINE SORENSEN.
_ JOHANNE SORENSEN.
FIRE ESCAPES, new and second-hand,
erected, repaired. Railings: grilles. Du
pont Iron Works. Natl. 3706. Adams 8648
night.
I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE POR ANY
debts contracted by any one other than
By self. WILLIAM H. HUNTON. 4519
iwell n.w. 12*
PLAYING CARDS—PREE USE OP PLAY
lng cards for your next card party! De
posit of 20c per deck reauired for return
of cards. Also PREE bridge scores and
tally cards. We rent card tables and
chairs UNITED STATES STORAGE CO..
418 10th St. n.w.
DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND
Rart loads to and from Balto.. Phiia . and
ew York. Frequent trips to other East
ern cities. "Dependable Service Since
18ϋβ." ΓΗΪ DAVID80N TRANSFER &
STORAGE CO.. Decatur 2800.
WEEKLY TRIPS TO AND FROM BALTI
more. also trips within S4 hours' notice to
•ny point Id United Mates. SMITH'S
TTRAN8FER & STORAGE CO., Worth 3343.
GOOD ROOF WORK
—by practical roofers at moderate
cost. We'll gladly estimate. Call us upl
VAHMC ROOFING 933 V St. N.W.
IVUW1>3 COMPANY North 4423
ci C/^TDTf^lT REPAIRS AND
CLCL 1 IvlLaL wiring. Electric
Chop on Wheels. Inc.. have shops all over
town to serve you. See your Telephone Di
rectory lor branch, nearest you or call Wis
•oailn <821. No job too imall or too Urn.
Rescued Stam Baby Taken to Hospital
!
Tiny Helen Priscilla Stam. 3-munth-old daughter of Rev. and Mrs. John Stam. slain by Chinese bandits
in the Ànhwei Province of China, is shown (front basket) being taken to Wuhu General Hospital for medical
care. On the left is Dr. Ο. Κ Lo. who brought the Stam baby and his own small child (in rear basket) out
of the Anhwei Province. Ha (less man, rear center, is Dr. George O. Birch, Canadian missionary, who assisted
Dr. Lo in rescuing the baby. —A. P. Photo.
REPORT WHS
PIPE IMPOLICIES
Federal Trade Commission
Hints of Need for U. S.
ι
Control.
By the Associated Press.
Asserting that independent pro
ducers of gas were "more or less at the
mercy" of large companies controlling
pipe lines, the Federal Trade Com
mission posed the question today of
whether such lines should not be
classed as public utilities.
At a time when the Roosevelt ad
ministration was devoting increased
attention to utility holding companies,
the commission in its second report
on the subject remarked on the lack
of regulation for holding companies,
natural gas producing companies and
natural gas transmission companies
selling at wholesale.
It added that the recent develop
ment of interstate gas transmission
lines controlled by unregulated groups
"may well raise the question as to
whether such lines should be classed
as common carriers or public utilities
and their use made available to other
interests as well as those owning the
lines."
The report supplied additional evi
dence for consideration of the Presi
dent's Power Policy Committee, which
already has drafted recommendations
to restrict rigidly the power of holding
companies and to end the development
of pyramided financial structures.
"At present, the only way that an
independent producer of gas can find
an outlet is to sell it to one of the in
terests controlling the line," the report
said.
"Thus, independent producers are
placed more or less at the mercy of
those controlling the pipe lines
through which their gas must be trans
ported."
BROOKHART ASSAILS
NEW FREIGHT RATE
Says Government Could Take
Over Lines and Pay
Stockholders.
By the Associated Press.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion was informed yesterday by former
Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa,
that the Government could take over
the railroads of the country at $9,
000,000,000 less than their claimed
worth and still pay stockholders full
value.
His remarks came in his argument
against the $170,000,000 freight rate
application of the carriers. The
Iowan, on assignment with the De
partment of Agriculture, appeared at
the I. C. C. hearing in the capacity
of a representative for the Farmers'
Union.
Arguing that the capital structure
of the railroads, on which their
rates—and earnings—were based was
"watered," Brookhart said:
"The Government could condemn
and take over at the fair market
value of $15,002,000,000 the railroads
and thus lessen the burden on the
people.
"It would reduce the value from
$24,500,000,000, upon which the rail
roads must make an earning, and
still everybody holding stocks and
bonds would be paid their full market
value."
"Rather Have Baby,'
Putnam Deelares
As Wife Takes Off
By the Associated Press. !
HONOLULU. January 12 —The
reaction of husbands to wives
who fly is a secret no longer.
Take it from George Palmer
Putnam, husband of Amelia
Earhart, "I'd rather have a baby."
That was Putnam's first com
ment after the noted Amelia had
lifted her heavy plane from
Wheeler Field last night and
headed for California.
TUGS STILL WORKING
ON GROUNDED VESSEL
District of Columbia Stuck on
Mud Banks Off Mathias Point
Since Monday.
StiU on the mud banks of Mathias
Point, the Norfolk & Washington
Steamboat Co.'s flag ship District of
Columbia is being worked on by tugs
trying to extricate it.
Ever since last Monday night, when
it ran aground during a fog, the Dis
trict of Columbia with a skeleton
crew aboard, has stood with its keel
buried in the mud of Potomac River,
60 miles south of Washington.
This morning, tugs from Norfolk
came to the assistance of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
A. A. Reardon. general manager of
the steamboat company, said today,
"It is just a question of getting the
boat off the mud, floating her off.
There has been no material damage
done."
As soon as the District of Columbia
is refloated she will go into immediate
service. At present, the two sister
ship:;—Northland and Southland—are
bearing the brunt of the burden in
traffic service between Washington.
Old Point Comfort and Norfolk.
ITALY HELD ON WAY
TO ECONOMIC DISASTER
Former Socialist Party Leader
Declares Workers Are Being
Reduced to Starvation.
Italy is being driven to economic
disaster by the present Fascist die
tatorship and workers have been re
duced practically to starvation, it was
charged by Giuseppe Emanuele Modi
gliani, former parliamentary leader of
the Socialist Party in Italy, in an ad
dress last night before an audience
of trade unionists, Socialists and Ital
ian anti-FascLsts meeting in Typo
graphical Temple.
Labor unions as known in this coun
try have been wiped out completely
by the Italian Fascist government and
workers are compelled to belong to
labor organizations sponsored and
controlled by the government, Modi
gliani asserted.
Modigliani, disciple of the use of
Democratic methods, was driven out
of Italy after being wounded by Black
Shirts, he has charged. He was for
mer chief counsel of the Italian Fed
eration of Labor and was a member
of the Foreigns Relation Committee of
the Italian Parliament which drafted
the minority report against the Treaty
of Versailles.
He now is touring the United States
under the auspices of International
Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and
the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America.
Bail Traffic Climbs.
Railways of North China report
greatly increased business.
NEW HARASSMENT
PLANNED BY POLICE
Brown Orders Creation of Special
Squad to Conduct War
on Undesirables.
Acting under instructions of Maj
Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of
police. Inspector P. S. W. Burke, chief
of detectives, will name the personnel
of a special "pick-up squad" within
the next few days to round up out-of
town undesirabies who may be here
to commit crimes.
In announcing the creation of the
squad, which will be similar to the
old "hoodlum squad." Maj. Brown
said it will consist of between four and
six headquarters detectives and de
tectives from certain of the precincts.
They will be assigned exclusively to
the task of visiting hotels, apartment
houses, restaurants, pool rooms and
other places where undesirables might
be found. When picked up. such
persons will be taken to police head
quarters, photographed and finger
printed and otherwise be so harassed
that they will leave town even if they
cannot be held in connection with a
definite crime here or in another
jurisdiction.
Hotel and apartment house mana
gers will be requested to l.otu'y this
squad of the presence of guests w hose
appearance or manners are such as
to raise suspicion.
TEACHERS OPPOSE
PRETTYMAN BILL
Union Adopts Resolution Against
Proposal to Extend Commis
sioners' Power.
Additional opposition to the Dis
trict Commissioners' proposal to ex
tend its authority over the Board
of Education was voiced last night bj
the Teachers' Union of Washington
in a resolution asking to be heard
when the Prettyman bill is taken up
by them for consideration.
The resolution, sent to the Com
missioners, Corporation Counsel Ε. B.
Prettyman, the Board of Education
and Supt. Prank W. Ballou, was pre
sented by Mary C. Dent, president of
the union. It asked for the opportun
ity to give the union's position on:
"1. A recognition of the need for
some form of co-ordination of the
functions of the Government of the
District of Columbia.
"2. The need for a Board of Educa
tion autonomous on all matters of
educational policy and personnel of
the school system.
"3. Complete preservation of teach
er tenure and the civil service in
the District of Columbia."
C. WOHLGEMUTH HEADS
TWO ORGANIZATIONS
Elected by Master Builders and
D. C. Chapter of Associated
General Contractors.
C. Wohlgemuth, jr., was elected
president of the Master Builders' As
sociation and of the District of Co
lumbia Chapter of the Associated Gen
eral Contractors of America for this
year, at the annual meetings held
recently at headquarters of both or
ganizations. 1719 I street, it was an
nounced today.
Charles H. Tompkins was named
first vice president of both organiza
tions: Walter B. Avery, second vice
president, and Frank J. Sheehan, sec
retary and treasurer.
Directors of the Master Builders'
Association were elected as follows:
For one year, Henry B. Davis, C. H.
Tompkins: two years, Ε. H. Rosengar
ten, Arthur L. Smith: three years, H.
W. Cord and Walter B. Avery.
Directors of the local chapter of
the A. O. C. were named as follows:
For one year, Ε. H. Rosengarten,
George E. Hymen; for two years, J.
L Parkill, Lee T. Turner: three years,
Henry W. Cord and Detlow M. Mar
thlnson.
GEN. PERSHING ESCAPES
INJURIES IN ACCIDENT
Gen. John J. Pershing was knocked
down by the door of his own automo
bile yesterday, but escaped Injury.
The general, friends said, had
alighted from his car in front of the
Carlton Hotel and stood chatting with
several persons. When another car
turned into the driveway, the gen
eral's chauffeur, not realizing the
door of Pershing's car had not been
closed, started to drive away. Gen.
Pershing was knocked to the con
crete pavement, but continued on to
lunch and afterwards returned to his
office in the State, War and Navy
Building,
k
Huey Long Talks Overtime
In Radio Attack on President
Β; the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 12.—Advice
to radio stations: Don't try to stop
Huey Long when he's making a speech
over the air; he'll keep on talking just
the same.
The Louisiana Senator started out
last night on what was to have been
a 30-minute speech about his "share
the wealth" movement, in which he
heaped fresh criticism on President
Roosevelt.
At the end of the half hour sta
tion attendants signaled frantically
that his time was up, but the King
fish went right on.
"This is United States Senator Huey
P. Long of Louisiana speaking," he
announced, and kept on talking 15
more minutes. A musical program that
was to have followed the Senator was
hurriedly sidetracked.
Long criticized the President for
not ending what be called "the
i
Roosevelt depression." He said there
is more unemployment now than ever
in the history of the country, and as
serted that in three years of experi
mentation by President Roosevelt the
debt of the United States has in
creased to $28,500,000,000.
Declaring the President has fol
lowed the same course of experimenta
tion as Herbert Hoover, Long said he
had helped to nominate and elect
Roosevelt President on a share-the
wealth program, but that the "for
gotten man" has become poorer while
the wealthy have amassed more
money.
During the broadcast a baritone
sang Huey's new share-the-wealth
song, "Every Man a King."
The Senator said his program, if
adopted by Congress, would give an
automobile, a radio and β sufficient
income to Insure an adequate living
to every familjr,
1
AMELIA EAR·
NEARING OAKLAND
Aviatrix May Continue Hop
to Salt Lake City—Rac
ing Storm.
(Continued From First Page.)
Association and chairman of the com
mittee which supervised prtparations
here tor the James D. Dole $35,000
race to Honolulu in 1927, was among
those urging abandonment of the
flight.
Newspapers Comment.
Some newspapers commented edi
torially, but Miss Earhart didn't take
the trouble to answer them, and her
New York publisher-husband, merely
commented :
"Say what you like, we will go
ahead in our quiet way."
The Coast Guard here did not share
Putnam's confidence, and ordered
four cutters to sea with orders to
stand by should Miss Earhart need
assistance as she neared the coast.
The Ariadne left her berth shortly
before midnight, and the Daphne at
1:38 a.m. The cutters Tahoe and
Shawnee were to follow, the orders
being to deploy fanwise 15 miles apart
off the Golden Gate. It was not an
ticipated they would sight the Ear
hart plane; their job was to be ready
for action should an emergency arise.
About 200 miles off the coast was
the liner President Pierce, which left
here yesterday for Honolulu. Around
a thousand miles from the coast were
the liner Maui and the freighter
Maliko, on the San Francisco
Honolulu ship lane, and the liner
Monterey, on the San Pedro-Honolulu
ship lane. The Navy tanker Ramapo
was about 1,200 miles from San
Francisco.
PACIFIC STORM REPORTED.
< Miss Earhart Leaves Hawaii Despite
Bad Weather.
j HONOLULU. January 12 (/Pi.—
j Amelia Earhart Putnam flashed her
1 red-and-gold monoplane through
cloud-seared skies over the Pacific
today in the direction of the California
Coast.
Despite threatened foul weather and
muddy take-off at Wheeler Field, she
left the Army airport 25 miles from
here, at 4:45 p.m. < 10:15 p.m., E. S. T.)
yesterday, one year to the day from
the arrival here from the mainland of
six Navy seaplanes flying in formation
in a "routine delivery" of the Planes
to their Pearl Harbor base.
It was agreed that if Miss Earhart
did not return to the field in half an
hour it would mean she was on her
way to Oakland.
Storm Is Reported.
Unfavorable weather reports from
the coast, however, presaged a change
in course toward Los Angeles, which is
more distant—2,566 instead of 2.408
statute miles. Weather maps showed
a storm rolling down the coast from
Vancouver Island, but forecasters said
it probably would not reach San Fran
cisco Bay until afternoon.
The plane the world's most famous
aviatrix is flying can speed 200 miles
™°?,r°r fai^r·, Even at the town
-peed it was calculated she would beat
the storm to Oakland. That speed
at°Ui ? ι « ho at °akIand Airport
" ι·· Paclfic St«ndard Time
nr Eastern Standard Time).
Weather reports failed to include
ÎS!. ®011 wind condltl°ns above
mnc? Suice the Earhart plane is
most efficient at high altitudes, thanks
to its supercharger, and in view of the
"fer^ winds which generally pre
vail above the 10.000-foot mark, each
report from the plane was awaited
with particular interest.
PaTÎfi^ fS first fli®ht over the
Pacific for the aviatrix. who was the
first woman to fly solo over the At
lantlc. and in blazing a new trail for
herself she seeks to become :
The first woman to fly between
Hawau and California.
The first solo flyer between Hawaii
and California.
Holder of the women's record for
continuous flight over water.
Already Holds Records.
„»r,he aviiatr« already has established
various altitude and speed marks, in
cluding the transcontinental women's
speed record.
Aviation observers here seemed to
feel that if experience and careful
preparation could insure a safe flight
from the coast. Miss Earhart was as
fr™ ^already there. Early reports
from the plane seemed to support this
at altltudes ranging to
8,000 feet, she estimated at the end of
5 hours 35 minutes she had covered a
hour*11'1 mUes~equal t0 182 miles an
Jhe, greatest worry they felt—the
they including Miss Earhart's hus
band, George Palmer Putnam, New
York publisher—was over *.he take-off
on muddy Wheeler Field, made sodden
by a tropical downpour of the sort
not uncommon in Hawaii at this sea
son.
The plane already had been filled
with 522 gallons of gasoline, and per
mission had been obtained from the
Wheeler Field commandant. Maj.
Ernest Clark, for a take-off with that
load. Putnam was on the field, but
was something more than reticent re
garding his wife's plans. He intimated
Paul Mantz, Miss Earhart's technical
adviser, who had charge of the plane's
outfitting, might make the "test" flight
Mantz hovered in the background.
Miss Earhart was reported "resting."
Even Army officials who have been
co-operating in tests of the plane and
:ts equipment said they were not in
formed of Miss Earhart's actual in
tentions.
Rain Passes Quickly.
Then came the torrential rain, and
it looked like the trim monoplane
would rest until at least tomorrow in
a Wheeler hangar. The water col
lected in puddles faster than tte
ground could soak it up or the field
drainage carry it away. The rain
storm passed quickly, as Hawaiian
rainstorms do, but a vast acreage of
mud remained.
More of those who had come to the
field expecting to see the take-off on
a "test" flight which might prove to
be a trans-Pacific hop drifted away.
Even Putnam left. Then about 4:20
p.m. the situation suddenly changed.
Mechanics came to life, wheeled out
the plane, blocked the wheels, turned
over the motor. In a few seconds it
was purring contentedly. It still was
warming up as Miss Earhart and Put
nam drove onto the field.
It was only minutes until newsmen
learned from the publisher that his
wife would take up the plane and con
tinue toward Oakland if a 30-minute
test showed all was well.
The 36-year-old aviatrix, clad In a
brown fur-lined flying suit, climbed
Into the cockpit as the motor idled.
A fire truck and an ambulance, gloomy
but reassuring field appurtenances,
moved to the far end of the field.
Last Farewells Said.
Miss Earhart opened the throttle,
and the motor roared. She frowned
at the instrument panel, listened in
tently. The sleek machine trembled
as If In impatience to be on ita way.
Ground crew men, ready to jerk »wiy
i
New Ambassador and Family
COL'NT ROBLRT VAN DLR STRATENPONTHOZ.
Newly appointed Belgian Ambassador to the United States, shown with
his wife, the countess, and their daughter, Marie Henriette, as they
arrived in New York aboard the S. S Champlain. —A. P. Photo.
Aviatrix Has Many "Firsts"
*
Amelia Earhart Has Become Premier Woman
Flyer in U. S. Since Successfully Flying
Orer Atlantic in 1928.
I By the Associated Press. .
SAN FRANCISCO. January 12.— !
! Amelia Earhart stamped her name
ι indelibly into the newspaper head
! lines in 1928 by becoming the first
[ woman to fly successfully across the
I Atlantic, and her aerial accomplish
j ments since have made her indis-1
: putably America's premier aviatrix
j The slim, toussle-headed blond i
flyer wtih the sparkling blue eyes
I probably has more worthwhile "firsts"
in her record than any other woman
of her generation. They include:
First woman to fly the Atlantic.
First woman to fly solo across the
Atlantic.
First person to fly the Atlantic
twice.
First woman to fly an auto-gyro.
First person to cross the United
States in an auto-gyro.
First woman to receive the Distin
guished Flying Cross.
First woman to receive the National
Geographic Society's gold medal.
First woman to make a transcon
tinental non-stop flight.
Holder of women's transconti
nental speed record, 17 hours, 7 min
utes and 30 seconds.
Former holder of women's interna
tional speed record, 181.18 miles per
hour.
First woman licensed in United
States to carry passengers for hire in
cabin planes weighing up to 7,700
pounds.
I the wheel blocks, watched her clœely.
The last farewells were said. She
flashed a smile to the crowd and sig
naled to release the plane. Slowly she
taxied it onto the 6.000-foot-long run
way. Headed into the wind, she gave
her motor the gun.
Lumberingly. the plane started down
the muddy runway. Its bulk of nearly
three tons swayed perilously as the
landing gear splashed through mud
holes. and the glistening propellor
threw gobs of sticky red dirt on the
polished body and tail.
Slowly the ship gathered speed
After a run of 3,000 feet the ship took
to the air. threatened a moment to
settle back, then gradually began to
climb.
Amelia Earhart. already recipient of
the greatest aviation honors the world
can bestow, was on her way to new
fame, new records, new adventure.
ASSOCIATED WITH D. C.
Aviitrix Vice President of Local
Airline.
Amelia Earhart Putnam for six
years has been closely identified with
aviation developments in the District
of Columbia, serving as a vice presi
dent of a pioneer local airline, as an
official of the loca airport mci of the
Airport Pool, in which she still has
an interest, and as an advocate before
congressional committees of an ade
quate airport for Waslvngtcn.
The veteran Lockheed Vega, in
which she now is over the Pacific,
has been a frequent visitor to Boiling
Field and Washington Airport. The
plane, according to records here, has
been refitted for the present flight
and now has a cruising radius in ex
cess of 3,000 miles. She is carrying
complete radio equipment In addi
tion to the usual receiving set for
radio beam flying. Miss Earhart has
a telephonic sending and receiving set
capable of maintaining communica
tion over distances up to 2,000 miles.
There is a 50-watt tniismitter with
a day frequency of 3.105 and a right
frequency of 6.210 which will receive
all wave lengths. The plane's call
letters are KHABQ.
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hunting white whales, which do great
damage to fishermen's nets and dis
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mended that government funds not
be used for the purpose, but that
youths should take up the work as a
thrilling sport.
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Seeking to determine the justice In
the complaints of small operators in
the petroleum industry that they are
being handicapped by Government
regulations, Oil Administrator Ickes
today is conferring «1th a special
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Paul Blazer, independent refiner 01
Ashland. Ky., was appointed chairman
of the board with instruction· that
"a searching and careful but speedy
inquiry" should be made.
"We want the facts," Mr. Ickes said.
"If the facts as collected show that
Independent and small enterprises are
being handicapped, and where they
are being hampered, I want to knew
those facts and what the committee
thinks may be done."
It was reported to Mr. Ickes yes
terday by a Government agent in
the East Texas field that 102 tank
carloads of oil and oil products left
that area during the day without cer
tificates to show they were produced
within State quotas.
Meanwhile, the House and Senate
have before them bills, which would
re-enact the controverted section of
the oil shipment regulation clause
of the national recovery act. Illegal
ity of the section was declared on
Monday by the Supreme Court. Mr
Ickes maintains, however, that the
new bills do not go far enough.
For February allotments, Mr. Ickas
places gasoline allowable for the
month at 32,560,000 barrels, as com
pared with 34,750,000 in January.
Gasoline consumption for February
has been estimated at 27,960,000 bai
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nearly 5,000.000 barrels to be add?d
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Miss Ear hart Fleiv
Atlantic Because
Of 'Catty Remarks"
Says She Was Irked
Because Women A via
tors Were Belittled.
j Br the Assoclited Press.
I SAN FRANCISCO. January 12 —
! One of the reasons Miss Amelia Ear
j hart flew solo across the Atlantic in
1932 was because it always irked her
j to be told she couldn't do it because
j she was a woman.
She said she was tired of the "catty
things" men said about women drivers
and women pilots.
"When there's a traffic jam on
Fifth avenue men always comment,
"Oh, it's a woman driving!' " she
; protested. "I have gone up with a
j mechanic who didn't know the com
pass from the altimeter, and when
I've come down heard people say he
probably did most of the flying.
"So I determined to show them."
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