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PLAY FACILITIES PLANJIMITTED 3 Agencies Receive Proposal to Co-ordinate Direction J of Use. Creation of the associated depart ments of play and recreation for the District, under which a co-ordinated plan and control of all playground facilities In the city would be set up. faas been proposed to the three agencies Involved by the District Recreation Committee, created more than a year •go. The plan was submitted to the Board of Education yesterday by Henry I. Quinn, who represented the board and the Community Center De partment on the committee. It has •Iso been submitted to the Office of National Capital Parks. Buildings and Reservations by Frederic A. Delano, representing that agency, and to the District Playground Department by Commissioner George E. Allen, acting for the District government. The plan would leave the three sep arate governmental units autonomous in the control of the properties they Jiow have, but would concentrate the planning for the use of all facilities In the office of Lewis R. Barrett, co ordinator of recreation. Five Divisions Proposed. Under Barrett, five divisions would be created, each to co-ordinate the affected property and equipment of the Playground Department, the Com munity Center Department and the National Capital Parks. These departments would be: Com munity center division, playground and playfield division, municipal sports division, swimming and bathing pool division and public permit division. The associated departments would be assisted by the permanent commit tees. The first, the program co ordinating committee, would “formu late and develop a complete, compre hensive and co-ordinated recreational educational program, utilizing all re sources under the control of the agencies participating In this joint effort and with due regard for the autonomy of each.” Would Correlate Plans. The other, the co-ordinating plan .committee, would be “to make a criti cal study with recommendations of the Improvement plans, the construction plans and the use plans for all such properties, this study to be for the purpose of securing the maximum In co-ordinated use development for #11 such properties.” The agreement also limits the ex penses of maintenance and services of the associated departments to not more than $4,500, not including the salary of the co-ordinator. His salary already is cared for by the National Capital Parks. The remaining ex penses would be divided equally among the three participating agencies, each limited to not more than $1,500 per year. ~ In submitting the proposed agree ment to the Board of Education, 'tauinn stressed the fact that all school and community center properties would remain under the direct con trol of the board’s own employes. No action was taken by the board yesterday, but Quinn indicated he ,-Would ask approval at a subsequent Meeting. HUPP CONTRACTS j OPINION IS UPHELD Slight of Official to Exercise Stock Options Is Held Invalid. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, May 9—The United States circuit Court of Appeals up held Judge Arthur J. Tuttle yesterday in his opinion that contract* entered Into between Archie M. Andrews, former chairman of the Hupp Motor Corp., and the automobile concern »-ere "unconscionable and fraudulent.” The court held that a contract re tarding Andrews’ right to exercise $tock options, which was entered into «n August 23, 1934, "is not only in valid because It was never lawfully adopted by the Board of Directors or ratified by the stockholders, but be cause the provisions continuing ap pellant’s rights to exercise the stock option in the event of a merger was Concealed from the stockholders.” < "The circumstances in connection jaith the subsequent development* In dicate deliberate concealment,” the Becision said. BIBLE CLASSES OPEN CONVENTION TONIGHT i ■ ■i Virginia Philathea and Baraca Class Will Meet in Alexandria. fey a Stiff Correspondent of The Ster. i ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 0.—A three-day convention of Philathea ■nd Baraca Bible Classes of Virginia ♦ill be opened at the First Baptist Church here, at 7 p.m. tonight. Dele gates are expected from every princi pal city in the State. ’ Miss Mytle Zentmeyer, young peo ple’s director of Barton Heights Bap tist Church, Richmond, will be the principal speaker at Saturday morn ing and Sunday afternoon sessions. * A banquet will be held at the George Mason Hotel tomorrow night, and a sunrise service will be held at the George Washington Masonic Memorial Eunday morning. M. Edwin Barrett, convention chair man, and Mrs. 6. C. Humphrey, ex ecutive secretary, are in charge of the program. i COMMERCE AIDE QUITS The Commerce Department yester day announced the resignation of Dr. Karl P. Compton, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy, from the Business Advisory Council of the department. The announcement said Dr. Comp ton was resigning for reasons of health, and that it was hoped he would be able to resume his services in the future. The Business Advisory Council Is composed of a group of prominent business men and others. Goes to Hospital With Bunis. Earl Taylor, 33, of 447 Twelfth street northeast, was in Gallinger Hos pital today with burns on his face and arms and a technical charge against him in conection with the alleged theft of gasoline cans from an auto repair ' shop at 714 Fourtenth street northeast, where he was emplojjd. He was i burned in a fire there Thursday night. » / Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. ADVENTURE. AVERY nice lady, always a care ful driver, motoring through the Potomac-Rock Creek con necting parkway, was halted by a policeman as she was about to pass through the ford at the south entrance to the Zoo. •'Lady,” said the policeman, "see that mother duck with twelve little ducks swimming unstream?” "Yes," she gasped, wondering what the heck. “Well,” said the policeman, “she's lost once of her little ones. He's No. 13 and he's caught in the current right below the ford. Maybe if you'll let me ride through on the running board I can catch him.” He tried it, but failed and the lady left him on the bank figuring out some other way to rescue the lost duckling. Returning home she found a truck driver busily inspecting her back yard, while his helpers were lugging an old furnace out of the basement to haul away. She asked the truck driver if he had lost something. "Lady,” he said, "I’ve been looking all over town for some of these old English violets, like you have here. They sure are pretty, aren’t they? But they must be getting scarce. I have’nt been able to find any. She gave him a plant and he rode happily away on his truck. Spring, she concluded, is in the air—or maybe everybody is reading Charlie Tracewell in The Star. * * * * LAST TOOT. A Washington-Virginia bus line employs a driver who is probably the world’s most persistent horn “leaner-on-er." He blows his horn almost incessantly, while the work weary nerves of his passengers shrink and quiver. After a noisy 20-minute ride the other 5 p.m., a determined young miss got up to get off the bus. Just before stepping out, she leaned over and placed a firm hand on the horn button and held it there a good long time, so that a loud and lusty blast rang out among the Virginia hills—like the bellowing of 40 thirsty cows. “There, young man," she vine gared, "let that toot last you until you get to Alexandria." • * • • SPRING. Perhaps the lure of Spring had something to do with the typographi cal error in this report received by the Federal Bureau of Investigation from an agent who had just com pleted an inquiry: “Agent located the house where subject and victim loved for two weeks.” / • • • • 80-80. 'T'HE teacher In a lower grade at Brightwood school had an idea that all had not been well during her brief absence from the room. "Now,” she said Impressively upon returning, “I want every one who has behaved themselves to stand up. The others will keep their seats.” There was a shuffling about as chairs were pushed back and part of the class came to its feet. Slowly she surveyed the scene, until her glance rested on one youngster whose body was wierdly contorted around his desk. “Thomas,” she questioned, "are you standing?” “Half-way,” came the thin piping answer. • • • • CHECK-UP 'T'HE following conversation between two was overheard on a bus the other a.m. “You know I have written to 66 different countries for copies of their constitutions and have received 55 which I am studying and comparing,” said the first man. “I’ll tell you, Rumania has a constitution to be proud of. It is simply great. "Tell me. what does Rumania have over them? Do they have a King, or what rules them?” asked the second. "King,” snapped the expert. “Well, after you get all those things together I’d like to look them over,” trying to pretend a knowledge that would keep the conversation going. It stopped, however. * * * * SCOOPED. 'J'HE combination of an indigent newspaper man and a forgetful G-man produced this story. It seems that at J. Edgar Hoover’s press conference the other afternoon, there was a large turn-out of re porters, seeking further news concern ing the capture of Harry Campbell, which had been announced earlier in the day from Toledo. Just before the meeting broke up one bright young reporter spoke up and asked: "Doesn’t this arrest make William Mahan, the Weyerhaeuser kidnaper, your No. 1 public enemy now?" A strange look appeared on the face of the head G-man. who had been without sleep for more than 24 hours. "Oh yes,” he blurted out, "I forgot to tell you we captured Mahan in San Prancisco just a short time ago." In the rush of reporters to tele phones to flash the news, the bright young reporter who propounded the juestlon that brought out the story round himself up against it. It seems that be wanted to borrow i nickel so be could telephone the news, too. but bad a hard time get ting any one to listen to him. Yucatan Indian* Mayan. The Indians of the Mexican State >f Yucatan, In the extreme south of :he country, are of the Mayan raee, mall in stature ant ores. Air view shoiving the Hindenburg being wheeled, tail first, into the hangar at Lakehurst. _ t —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto, portable transmission. Hiiidenljurg (Continued From First Page ) its first trip over the ocean, flying the commercial route across the South Atlantic to Brazil. On its return from this voyage the Hindenburg ex perienced motor trouble off the Span ish coast, but made its home port safely. On other trips to the United States the German Zeppelins were always under the command of Dr. Eckener. In view of recent political differences in Germany, however, the famous de signer has been relieved of the com mand of the Hindenburg. On its voyage across the South Atlantic and on the maiden trip to the United States the new dirigible— the largest lighter-than-air craft ever built—was commanded by Capt. Ernst A. Lehmann, a German airship veteran. As soon as the ship was made fast to the movable mooring mast, im migration officers—just as if it were a big liner at Quarantine in New York Bay—went aboard and made the routine Inspection. A special post office crew was on hand to care for the largest mail load ever transported by air across the North Atlantic, 2.200 pounds, including much material of value for stamp col lectors. i assenger capacity Occupied. The entire passenger capacity of the airship was occupied cm this first of 10 round-trip voyages during this Summer. Next Monday midnight the Hindenburg will leave for Friedrich shafen, again with a full complement of passengers. Although the speed of the Hinden burg in last few hours over the At lantic was reduced considerably by adverse winds, the average speed for the trip was 71.3 miles per hour. The maximum speed attained on the voy age was 93 miles per hour. Despite the early hour it reached the metropolitan area, thousands of persons were up to greet the Hinden burg. It was first sighted coming up Am brose Channel from the lightship. Ships sent forth welcoming blasts from their sirens. Despite the early morning hase. with the sun not yet up. the ship's huge bulk was easily discernable. The din of the welcome awakened many residents, who hurriedly popped their heads out of apartment house windows to catch a glimpse as it cruised over Battery Park, at the lower tip of Manhattan Island, and headed north over the city. Glides Up Broadway. Broadway, was the course which guided the Zeppelin on its first trip over Manhattan. At the Battery, where Broadway begins, some 2,000 persons were gathered and from them came a great cheer. At Columbus Circle It appeared as If the ship swerved slightly and left Broadway, circling over Central Park to 110th street. A Ui -_u.Li__•__ vtiMBiiw nuiiuoiu)Ja vu the towners of Manhattan. After circling over the city the Hindenburg headed directly down the Jersey Coast, and cut inland to Lake iiurst. After It was moored at the naval base, it took 1 hour and 2 nlnutes before the Zeppelin was safe y berthed in the hangar. Lieut George F. Watson, com munications officer at the naval base, tald the landing crew "was probably he smallest ever to bring down a llriglble.” Field officers said they had tried to ilgnal the ship to remain in the air rntil the soldiers could arrive from 3amp Dix to aid the naval Regulars. The officers of the Hlndenburg ap Mtrently misunderstood the signals. Comdr. Charles A Rosendahl, Lake mrst commandant, said the soldiers rere not late, but that the ship was arly. It came in about 20 minutes head of the latest information given o the field. With the soldiers unavail ble the civilians grabbed at the ropes longslde the Navy men, dug their ieels into the sandy soil of the landing ircle, and the ship was tied to the lobile mooring mast without mishap. Pay Fee for Field. The use by the Hlndenburg of the laval facilities at Lakehurst is in ac ordance with an officially-drawn lermit available to the German Zep lellns since 1028. There are no privately-owned airship acllities on the seaboard suitable to hips of this sise. The Zeppelin op rators pay a fee to the Government or use of the field. The Hlndenburg’* time of 61 hours nd 63 minutes from Priedrichshafen ms a new airship record for the west mrd crossing of the Atlantic from lermany. A The previous best |yne for the west ward crossing was made by the old ZR-3, now the Los Angeles, when it was brought over from Germany In October, 1924—81 hours and 17 min utes. Dr. Eckener expected the Hinden burg to establish another record on the return trip eastward across the Atlantic—always made faster by fa vorable winds. He predicted the voy age would take only 45 or 46 hours. The Graf Zeppelin in August, 1929, set the fastest time for lighter-than air-craft of 54 hours. To expedite departure of the new zeppelin Monday night, the ship was berthed in the hangar stern first. OSCAR D. GILBERT, BANK HEAD, DIES President of Westminster Organ* ization Was Active in Civic Circles. By tbs Associated Press. WESTMINSTER, Md„ May Oscar D. Gilbert, president of the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank here, died at his home early today. He had been ill for a few months. Gilbert was active in Westminster civic, business and fraternal circles and served as mayor of the town from 1900 to 1908. He also served as clerk of Carroll County Circuit Court for one term, being elected on the Republi can ticket. U. aaaAolatail tt.UV 4U. ware firm of Gilbert & Gehr until his retirement from business several years ago. He was a charter member of the board of trustees of the Hoffman Orphanage. Gilbert was born near Gettysburg. Pa., but came here as a young man. He was twice married and is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jullls Ann Power Gilbert. Also surviving are two daugh ters by his first wife. Mrs. Ida Bowers Gilbert. They are Mrs. Ralph Reif snider, Westminster, and Mrs. Otta Dieffenbach, Baltimore. He was a member of St. Paul’s Re formed Church. The pastor, Rev. Nevin A. Smith, will conduct the fu neral services at the church Monday at 2 p.m., and burial will be in Krie der’s Cemetery. Government B&dio Service. South Africa is to establish a gov ernment-controlled radio service. FARM RAND HELD Paroled Reformatory In mate Writes Confession, Views Crime Scenes. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Me., May 9—Sheriff Henry E. Bumell said last night that James H. Folsom, 35, of Skowhegan, paroled State reformatory inmate, had confessed to the slayings of both Mary Proulx, 7, at Waterville last Sunday and Annie K. Knights, 12, at Fairfield, last October. Taken later to Augusta, he was formally charged with the murder of the Proulx girl. Sought by police throughout the I --- State and by National Guardsmen In Lewiston, Folsom was arrested at a Cumberland farm, 12 miles from Port land, where he had been working for two days. Hollis Strout, sawmill employe, in formed South Portland police and the Cumberland County sheriff’s office of his suspicion that Folsom was the man sought. At the farm, the officers found Fol som standing in a barn door. He was rushed to the sheriff's office here, where in the almost deserted county court building, Burnell said, he wrote out his confession in long hand. Folsom later led officers to the scenes of both crimes. The circumstances of the Proulx and Knights slayings were almost identical. In each instance the child was gagged with her own clothing, her hands were tied and she was criminally assaulted. Both were strangled to death. The body of the Knights girl was found in bushes on the side of the Fairfield-Skowhegan road. The Proulx child's torn body was discovered in an alder run on the bank of the Mes salonske River In Watervllle. — Straining ground crew pulling the great Zeppelin to earth at Lakehurst. Arrow points to Dr. Eckener peering from the control cabin. —Copyright, A. P.Wirephoto, portable transmission. The National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH THE surmise as to whether if nominated Landon would fight has been answered by the Governor himself in his radio interview. If he will fight as he says he will, the campaign will come up to all expectations. He may have an opportunity to show hla fighting qualities before the nomina tion, as the anti-Landon people in his own party are not going to let him walk off with it without a struggle. There are still five weeks for jockeying and "ex posure” before the showdown at Cleveland. Naturally, the further out in front Landon gets, the more keenly distasteful he becomes to the other candidates and their supporters. Now that he has rent his veil of silence, and as soon as the remaining important primaries and Stato conventions are out of the way, he Is bound to be quizzed as to his position on every possible Alice Leneworth. Issue. Among other things, his opponents are evidently going to talk about oil, in an endeavor to cmear him with that politically unhealthy lubricant. (Copyrlfht 1936) House and Senate Con ferees Meet Today to Settle Differences. By the Associated Press. The greatest peace-time naval ap propriation in the Nation’s history was near final enactment today as House and Senate conferees met to settle on minor differences. The bill granting the Navy *529, 000,000 for the fiscal year 1936-1937 rode to quick and easy approval in the Senate yesterday after an unsuc cessful attempt to eliminate funds and conditional authority for con struction of 2 new battleships as well as 12 new destroyers and 6 sub marines. The move was downed, 40 to 12. Opposition voiced in two days' de bate crumpled under this defi and the bill was then approved and sent to conference with the House by voice vote. Coincidentally, President Roose velt indicated he would submit the new naval limitations treaty to the Senate next week. Congress completed action Thurs day on the *591,000.000 War De partment appropriation bill and the Navy measure was due to follow it speedily. Presidential approval was regarded as certain. The Navy bill is the last of the regu lar supply measures to go through the Senate, leaving only the deficiency bill carrying the work-relief funds to be acted upon. Senator Frazier, Republican, of North Dakota, who carried on the attack against the Navy funds, offered the amendment to strike out the IHS.300,000 for new capital ships, destroyers and submarines. Rail Travel Increase*. Passengers carried by the Japanese Government Railways in the last fiscal year totaled 948,493.840, an Increase of 6&000.000 over the preceding 12 nQaths. VOYAGE SMOOTH, Zepp Can Stand Any Kind of Weather, Goes Around Squalls. Editor’s note—The following ac count of the Zeppelin Hindenburg’s trip was written by Louis P. Loch ner, chief of the Berlin Bureau of the Associated Press, a passenger on the airship: BY LOUIS P. LOCHNER. (Copyright. 10118. by the Auociated Press > LAKEHURST. N. J.. May 9 —Ger many's newest Zeppelin, the Hinden burg. saluted the United States today, 2'2 days out of Friedrichshafen. Blazing a new commercial trail across the North Atlantic with ease, the giant lighter - than - air liner "docked" at Lakehurst in record time under the impetus of four great motors. No6ing in over New York this morn ing, at an hour when the concrete forests below us had yet to be tinted by dawn, we looked down on what were to many of us familiar land marks—serpentine Broadway, the great rectangle of Central Park and v the black ribbon of the Hudson River. Then we cruised south, to tie up at the Naval Air Station here. During the entire flight the even purr of the four motors never ceased. They functioned with the precision of an electric clock. Manas ah v» earner. It was a fortunate circumstance that for a while the new craft ran into adverse weather. For this big brother of the Graf proved Itself able to stand almost any kind of air condition. "The dream of Walter Wellman has come true.” observed Capt. Murray Simon of London, who was Wellman s navigator of the ill-fated America of 1910. "Then we had two motors with 80 horsepower. The Hindenburgs motors develop 4,400 horsepower." Simon feels he has paid a tribute of devotion to, a deceased comrade by flying the stretch that Wellman failed to negotiate in reverse order 26 years ago. Wellman is dead. Dr. Hugo Ecke ner, who entered the services of old Count Zeppelin about the same time, is hale and hearty and able to see his ideas triumph. Capt. Ernest Leh man, on whom the mantle of Eckener seems destined to fall, can look back on almost 25 years of service as pilot and commander. It was hard some times to realize during the trip that one was not on an ocean liner, out Instead high in the air, between heaven and ocean. The spacious social hall, dining hall, writing saloon and even the diminu tive bar and smoking room—all con veyed the illusion of a seafaring craft. I«93CU§CI3 IUIIC A A^v «»3i This illusion was heightened by the fact that the passenger space was distributed over two decks, an upper and lower. It was further heighted by the fact that the cabins, while small, nevertheless were of the type one finds on small ocean steamers. The illusion ceased at once, how ever. when one stepped to the large, slanted windows and peered out. What a magnificent view ! Never shall we forget the moment when, suddenly but almost impercep tibly, we rose from the soil of Fried richshafen amid the deafening cheers of friends and well wishers. The complete absence of motion ex cept for a slight vibration caused by the four motors baffles one, because one recalls how the ocean greyhound even in the best of weather swrays slightly. Only once did we experience even an approach to motion. That was when we ran into the squall Thursday night. It was nothing unpleasant, however—certainly not enough to make even a poor sailor uncomfort -able. The fine thing about these enor mously strong motors is that the Hindenburg can go 300 miles out of its wav easily to avoid difficult weath er and still gain time in the end. Evade Squalls. Only rarely do Dr. Eckener or Capt. Lehmann give orders to plow right through a squall—more often than the passenger Is aware of. they pilot the ship around or above strong headwinds. Rising to 3.000 feet and more is no infrequent thing if there by time can be gained in the long run. I spoke of the magnificent views we enjoyed. Our first big thriU came almost an hour after starting, when we flew over Stuttgart. Myriad electric lights burning in this busy Wurttemberg capital gave an almost unreal picture. We could discern the main streets by their greater profusion of lights and we picked out the city's great white way by the green and blue and red display signs. Other cities which we overflew that first night, too, were interesting— Mannheim, Blngen-on-Rhine, Cob lentz. But first thrills are always strongest. It was the same thrill that came when, for the first time, we found ourselves high above a carpet of clouda so thick that nothing of the vast ex panse of ocean below was visible. At times these clouds looked like an endless stretch of glaciers, then again like fluffy bales of wool spread out as far as the eye could see Perhaps the biggest thrill of all is that of prowling around in the ■Innards” of the huge dirigible. It is then that one becomes overawed at the infinite amount of detail that went into constructing this technical wonder and at the genius of Dr. Ludwig Duerr, the constructor who thought all this out. | Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: In recess. Agriculture Subcommittee considers Columbia River Valley Authority MIL House: In recess. Veterans' Committee meets on In quiry into death of veterans in Florida storms. MONDAx. Senate: Expected to adjourn because of the death of Senator Trammell Demo crat. of Florida. Finance Committee begins executive sessions to act on the tax bill. Judiciary Committee holds regular weekly meeting. House: Votes on deficiency appropriation bills and considers Fraxier-temke farm mortgage bill. Special subcommittee of District Committee resumes hearings on Juve r^e Court bill, 10 a.m. “