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AFTER FAST FLIGHT
Fuel Supply Exhausted by
Fog and Rain, Pair Lands
Safely 175 Miles Short of
Croydon.
MIDOCEAN NOSE DIVE
ONLY SCARE ON TRIP
Men to Go %to London—Cus-1
toms Officials, After Scratching
Heads, Decide 40,000 Table
Tennis Balls in Wings Are Not
Dutiable as Sporting Goods.
(Copyright. 1936. by the Associated Press.)
LLWYNCELYN, Carmarthenshire,
Couth Wales. September 3.—Harry
Richman ana Dick Merrill, American
airmen out for a round-trip Atlantic
spanning speed test, landed in a South
Wales field today, out of gasoline bu:
safe.
The spot is in a desolate part of Car
marthenshire. This village joins the
larger town of Llandilo. It is almost
directly on the flyers' plotted course.
Plying at about 11.000 feet all the
*ay, the night club owner and actor
from New York and his veteran pilot
sped across the Atlantic from New
York in less than 16 hours to outshine
the speed feats of an imposing list of
ocean pilots, except perhaps one pair.
uiinuii anu wuuuui, damaging men
powerful, low-wing monoplane, the
Lady Peace, the Americans came down
at around 4:15 p.m. (10:15 a.m., East
ern standard time. Hard rains on the
last lap of their journey had depleted
their fuel sooner than expected.
Two Records Close.
Richman estimated the flyers were
In the air "about 15‘/2 to 16 hours,”
but did not know the exact landing
time. However, D. R. Thomas, a
baker at Llandilo, said he saw the
plane flying over his place at 3:15
p.m. (9:15 a.m., Eastern standard
time) and that it landed shortly
thereafter. This would make the fly
ing time since Richman and Merrill
left New York not quite 18 hours.
[Records of trans-Aflantic flights
ihowed today (hat Richman and Mer
rill will have to compete with Bennett
Griffin and James Mattern for ocean
speed honors. Four years ago Griffin
*nd Mattern flew from Harbor Grace,
Newfoundland, to Berlin in 18 hours
40 minutes, making the ocean leg hop
from Harbor Grace to Ireland in 10
hours 50 minutes.
[Logs of the Merrill-Richman hop
fail to show that they "checked in”
as they left land at Newfoundland,
but the first report that they were
over the sea came at 9:01 p.m. (East
ern standard time) last night. They
were reported over Ireland at 7:17 j
(Eastern standard time), making the |
elapsed time between the two reports
10 hours 16 minutes.]
Thousand Wait at Croydon.
A thousand worried spectators had
Waited under heavy skies at Croydon
for some sign of the plane, which ran
Into hard rains at the eastern end of
Its journey. They included the Amer
ican motion picture producer, Joseph
Schenck, and Capt. Jimmy Haizlip,
6t. Louis speed flyer.
Finally a telephone in the airport
communications office jangled.
It was Richman, calling from Llvyn
celyn.
When reporters reached him at
Llwyncelyn, 4 iftiles from the field,
his first cry was: "I want some gas
to get our bus off again: we want to
keep our date with the lads at Croy
don.”
Plane Lost in Storms.
“We are absolutely O. K. The
machine is in marvelous shape; noth
ing is wrong with her. We made a
perfect landing. But you see, we got
lost; yes, we got lost.
"Our radio went on the bum. We
hit a couple of storms and in one of
them the lightning put the radio out.
That was early this morning, so we
Were without radio all these hours.
“It was a very good flight. We
flew practically all the way at 11,000
feet. We saw 9 or 10 boats, but
only got a glimpse of them when the
clouds parted a little.
"I have kept a pretty good log of
the trip, although I can’t remember
exactly what I have written in it."
“Half way across the plane went
" tSee MERRILL, Page A-5.)
EDWARDHONORS
DEAD OF GALLIPOLI
Zing Fays Visit to Graves of Brit
ish in Turkey—Spill Into
Water Reported.
By the Associated Press.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, September 3 —
King Edward interrupted his vaga
bond cruise today for a pilgrimage to
the graves of British war dead at
Gallipoli.
A Turkish delegation boarded the
British monarch's holiday yacht
Nahlin at Tenedos Island to welcome
the King to Turkish waters on behalf
of President Kamal Ataturk.
Disembarking at Sedd-ul-Bahr, King
Edward and his party, accompanied
by the Turkish group, motored to Gal
lipoli to place wreaths on the British
graves.
The British monarch was reported
to have been thrown into the water
yesterday when a skiff he was rowing
overturned in the wake of a motor
boat, a dispatch from Athens to the
London Dally Herald said.
King Edward escaped injury. The
motor boat, attached to the yacht
Nahlin, turned quickly and he was
pulled from the water.
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V. S. Treasury Holding Billion
As4Insurance’ in Foreign Crisis
Morgenthau Asks 400 Million in -New
Cash for September 15 Financing.
“Big W orking Balance99 Explained.
By tue Associated Press.
Taking particular note of what he
called “times and conditions" abroad,
Secretary Morgenthau said today the
Treasury would retain its present
high working balance at the billion
dollar level as "insurance" against
emergencies.
At an early morning press confer
ence, Morgenthau announced also that
the Treasury would seek $400,000,000
in new cash in a financing operation
September 15. At the same time, he
said, new Treasury obligations will
be offered for $514,000,000 of 1.5 per
cent Treasury notes maturing on that
date.
Called into the Secretary’s office
before many Government employes
were at work, newsmen were told that,
because of conditions abroad, Mor
genthau felt it “very desirable" to
follow the existing policy of keeping
a big working balance in the Treas
ury’s general fund. The working bal
ance—that is, ready cash in the
Treasury’s till—now stands at around
the billion-dollar mark.
Speaking with emphasis, Morgen
thau said this policy costs the Treas
ury about $2,000,000 a year, but pro
vides "the safest Insurance we can
carry for the American people should
anything unforeseen occur.”
Regarding the request for new
money, Morgenthau said it resulted
in part from a 90-day delay in col
lection of "windfall” taxes on un
paid processing levies under the old
A. A. A. and Treasury operations in
financing current activities of the
Home Owners' Loan Corp.
•roe H. O. L. C. current operations
are being financed from the Treasury,
he said, to eliminate the necessity for
the corporation to borrow independ
ently.
Small Cash Offering.
In announcing he would seek to
borrow $400,000,000 in the Treasury’s
Fall financing operation on Septem
ber 15, Morgenthau said this was
one of the smallest cash offerings
since he assumed office.
He announced there would be a
conversion issue for the $514,000,000
(See TREASURY7Page~A-T)
Minneapolis Flour Industry
at Standstill as Strikes
Spread.
BACKGROUND—
Strikes in various industries—
large and small—have been called
in Minneapolis during the last few
days. Main points at issue are
union recognition and wage in
creases. The Pillsbury “A” mill,
one of the largest grain mills in the
world, closed yesterday.
By .lie Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, September 3.—A
walkout of W. P. A. workers today
swelled the ranks of participants in
six Minneapolis strikes as the city's
important flour milling industry i%
mained at a virtual standstill.
The Workers’ Alliance—demanding
68^ cents an hour, a 30-hour week
and a 820 weekly minimum wage—
claimed 3,500 W. P. A. employes left
their jobs in Minneapolis and Henne
pin County.
All flour mills except one were idle
or operating on a restricted basis be
cause of an elevator workers’ strike
that has curtailed grain receipts.
Union spokesmen said some 40 eleva
tors and at least six mills had shut
down.
n. o. V/iaxK, regional airccior ui uic
National Labor Relations Board, and
Robert Mythen, United States De
partment of Labor conciliator, sought
a conference with representatives of
17 wholesale grocery firms Involved in
a truck drivers’ strike.
They were also expected to move
for settlement of the strikes launched
by the elevator and wholesale jewelry
workers’ unions and walkouts at a
wood-treating plant and a biscuit
manufacturing company.
State W. P. A. chiefs arranged a
parley with leaders of the alliance, an
organization of W. P. A. employes.
M. G. Roberts, county secretary of the
alliance, asserted eight major projects
had been affected and threatened to
extend the strike to smaller under
takings if the demands were not met.
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SENATE PROBING
STRIKE AT ILION
Remington-Rand Activities Being
Studied, Says Labor
Official.
By ite Associated Press.
ILION, N. Y„ September 3—Harold
A. Beer, president of the Central Labor
Council, said today that an investiga
tor from the La Follette Senatorial
Committee had arrived here to "get
to the bottom” of the Remington Rand
Co. strike.
Beer said that the representatives of
the committee, which is investigating
company activities in strikes, would
procure affidavits from strikers regard
ing "the so-called martial law, pro
claimed by the village, and other
alleged abrogation of civil rights.”
ne auuea mat me amaavus would
be submitted to the committee and the
witnesses later subpoenaed to appear
before the committee in Washington.
Beer contradicted a statement by
the Remington Rand Co. that the
company was not represented at the
Buffalo conference this week by any
official.
He said J. A. W. Simson, secretary
and chief of counsel of the company,
was not only at the conference but
also conducted sessions with strike
leaders.
“The most valuable people to our
company are those who are still on
strike and we want them back again,"
Beer quoted Simson as saying. Beers
also quoted Simson as saying the con
ference was just a “feeler” to deter
mine what the strikers would accept.
ITALIAN WORKER KILLED,
FLEET INCREASE LIKELY
By li e Associated Press. *
ROME, September 3.—The press
ministry announced today an Italian
worker had been killed in Barcelona
and that Italian naval forces in Span
ish waters probably would be increased.
The worker's name was given as
Umberto Fazzalenda, father of seven
children. He was killed, a press
spokesman said, because religious
images were found in his house.
The Spanish government has alleged
Spanish priests and seme citizens
sought to flee the country with art
treasures of many churches.
Bishop Gallagher Says
Priest Should Have Sup
port of Followers.
Bt the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September 3 —Bishop
Michael J. Gallagher of Detroit re
turned from Rome today asserting
that the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin was
free to continue his political activities !
and urging the radio priest's followers
to continue to rally behind him.
Naturally, the Michigan prelate said,
authorities at the Vatican were dis
pleased at Father Coughlin’s calling
President Roosevelt a “liar,” in viola
tion of principles of the church oppos
ing attacks upon constituted govern
mental authority.
Greeted at Dock.
A hundred or more New York mem
bers of the National Union for Social
Justice, Father Coughlin's organisa
tion, had gathered at the dock to
greet the bishop and the priest as they
descended the gangplank. A spokes
man presented the prelate with a
bunch of roses and in the hubbub of
the pier the bishop addressed them.
He praised Father Coughlin for a
"courageous leader” using his every
power to “oppose the forces which
threaten to-engulf this Nation in com
munism,” and Interpreting the en
cyclicals of the Popes dealing with
social questions.
“It is the voice of God speaking
through the Holy Father and reaching
you through the orator of Royal Oak,”
he said.
"I hope you never lose courage and
continue to rally behind him until
victory rests on the banners of the
National Union for Social Justice."
Earlier, while the Rex was steaming
up the harbor from Quarantine, Bish
op Gallagher sat in a corner of the
main salon. Father Coughlin stand
ing beside him, and answered ques
tions of reporters. He was asked about
an editorial appearing in yesterday's
issue of Osservatore Romano, authori
tative Vatican organ, criticising Father
Coughlin for calling President Roose
velt a "liar.”
No Criticism in Rome.
"Why do they attach so much Im
portance to this story?” he asked.
‘‘One version I read this morning
admits that the editorial was neither
official nor semi-official. There was
no criticism of Father Coughlin in
Rome. Before I left I corrected him
for calling President Roosevelt a ‘liar’
and he apologized, and that's all there
was to it. -
"If any one asks if the Vatican ap
proved of Father Coughlin's calling
the President a liar, the answer nat
urally would be ‘no.’ Father Cough
lin’s speeches were never discussed
unless I brought up the subject, and
I never discussed Father Coughlin
with any of the heads of the council.
"Because this is a presidential year,
a great deal of importance has been
attached to nothing. Any one can
say the Holy See does not approve
of anybody calling the President a
liar, whether he deserves it or not.
That is self-evident and can be
found in any book on ecclesiastical
etiquette.
‘‘The holy father did not mention
Father Coughlin. As long as the
Vatican does not find fault we as
sume everything is hunk-dory. There
will be nothing done to restrain Father
Coughlin's activities.”
LEFTISTS BLOCKING
Violent Onslaughts Fail to
Shake Loyalist Defense
of Bay City.
SOCIALISTS PROPOSED
TENTATIVE SURRENDER
Moors Are Spearhead of Insurgent
Assault—Armored Cars
Shield Infantry.
BACKGROUND—
Spanish civil war, nearing Its
eighth week, finds Popular Front
government—a coalition of So
cialists, Communists, Anarcho-Syd
dicalists and Liberal Republicans—
defending the popularly-elected ad
ministration against the revolt of
intransigeant Fascists and Mon
archists, composed of landholding
aristocracy, capitalists, army and
militant clergy.
Loyalists have succeeded in hold
ing Madrid against repeated on
slaughts by rebel troops, while de
fense of key city of Irun had slowly
weakened, with government forces
retreating. San Sebastian, nearby
Loyalist stronghold, not yet taken,
however, by Fascists.
(Copyright UI30. by the Associated Press.)
BEHOBIE. Franc*, September 3.—
Anarchists leading desperate govern
ment defenders with their backs to
the wall blocked insurgent infantry
advance today‘along the last stretch
to Irun.
The rebels failed to gain an inch,
despite violent onslaughts against the
Bay of Biscay city.
Anarchists took over command of
the government forces after Socialist
leaders proposed tentative surrender.
Sixty Fascist hostages were marched
to a cemetery at Irun, reports reach
ing here said, and shot.
One six-inch shell scored a direct
hit on a rebel machine gun crew and
screams of the wounded echoed 500
yards to the spot in France where this
correspondent stood.
Stretcher bearers silhouetted along
the horizon rushed aid.
Both sides banged away down the
Bidassoa River highway and through
parallel corn fields, the sound of gun
fire resounding through the hills.
A spearhead of Moors pointed the
Fascist rebel attack against Spanish
Behobia.
Five army cars led troops up the
River road into the town, and 3,000
rebel infantrymen followed through
fields on both sides of the road and
along the fiat lands beside the river.
The Moors ran single file along the
river bank, with their heads bent low,
heading for the town of Irun, Just
beyond Behobia.
All of the rebel troops were raked
by savage machine-gun fire from in
trenched Socialists.
But it was several minutes before
government riflemen spotted the
Moorish soldiers, who carried rifles
strapped to their backs and a grenade
clutched in each hand.
The grenades were hurled through
windows into houses, where govern
ment machine gunners hid.
“Supreme Attack” Essayed.
The insurgent infantry, shielded by
armored cars, had essayed a “supreme
attack" against Irun.
The foot soldiers pushed into action
at 11 a.m., moving forward to Join
the Fascist advance guard in the
streets of the Spanish town of Be
hobia, suburb of Irun.
rive armored cars, spraying ma
chine gun fire, led the march down the
exposed river road.
Behind the cars moved several hun
dred infantrymen using the lumber
ing machines as shields against the
savage fire of government militiamen
lying fiat on the roofs of houses out
side Behobia.
More than 1,000 rebel reinforce
ments were massed around a curve
in the river road awaiting their turn
to move down the battle-scarred high
way.
Shells Poured onto Rebels.
Government batteries, meanwhile,
side Irun as strong reinforcements
rushed to aid haggard Socialist de
fenders.
Lively fusillades of shots between
both artillery and infantry forces con
tinued the battle near Behobia, Spain,
throughout the night and early morn
ing.
The Socialist troops, under the com
mand of Anarchists, labored fran
tically to improvise barricades In the
streets of Irun in expectation of a
renewal of the Fascist drive.
A shell from the government artil
lery battery at Fuenterrabla landed
(See SPAIN, Page A-4.)
Man Drowns After 25 Minutes
Of Terror on Piling of Bridge
Py tor Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va., September 3.—A
man faced the terror of drowning
for 25 minutes today and then Joined
in death his companion—already
killed—as the result of the plunge
of their automobile through an open
draw bridge over the Elisabeth River.
Their automobile crashed through
the open draw and then hung on a
piling before it slipped off into 35
feet of water. Rescue workers had
time to attempt a rescue before the
car finally slid from its precarious
perch beneath the bridge.
Searchers early today recovered the
body of one man, identified by police
as John Hughes of Northwest, a Nor
folk County hamlet. His head was
crushed and Chief E. L. Boyce of
South Norfolk believed he was dead
before the automobile plunged into
the water.
Several witnesses climbed out on
the pilings protecting the bridge abut
ment at the draw and worked fran
tically to extricate the second man,
an unidentified colored man, who was
lunging partly out of the sedan. But
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as they worked the machine slipped
and toppled a number cf feet into the
black waters.
The two bodies were jammed tight
ly into the front of the car by a load
of Coal which was thrown forward
from the back seat by the car’s im
pact with a safety gate on the draw
bridge, Chief Boyce said.
Hughes was at the wheel of the
automobile when it raced out from
the Portsmouth side onto the bridge,
which had been opened to permit
passage of a tugboat. He smashed
through the safety gate and the car
jumped several feet from the bridge
end onto the piling.
Summoned to the sgene by horrified
rivermen and the brldgekeeper, fire
men and polloe officers grappled for
the car in the deep channel with
equlment brought from the navy
yard.
The body of Hughes was jammed
in the car whan it was lkftied cut at
1:45 a.m. Norfolk police saUI the ear
was registered in- the name of J. P.
White of Norfolk.
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Democratic Czechoslovakia
Forgets Constant Threat of
War in Pastime of Eating
Every Third Building Is Restaurant and
Every Second House a Cafe—Agitation
by France Keeps Arms Budget High.
BT CONSTANTINE BROWN,
Staff Correspondent ot The Star.
PRAGUE.—There is no doubt that Czechoslovakia is one of the few re
maining democratic countries in Europe. Its people are essentially simple.
There are no enormous fortunes and no social classes, those who earn what is
considered here a substantial income, say $10,000 a year, do not try to be
ostentatious with their wealth. A new suit of clothes or a new dress is an
event in the family; every relative nears about it sooner or later. A new car
. i i - ,-i,-1,.. ii|m. would make the lead in the society column—if
me newspapers carried sucn a column.
The Czechoslovaks have but one passion— 1
eating. They eat the whole day long, in public
places, in offices and at home. It is one of the
most serious occupations of their lives.
Every third building has a restaurant and
every second house is a cafe, with small tables
neatly arranged on the sidewalks under brightly
colored awnings and larger tables with com
fortable chairs inside where the real eating
business is done.
Hot Dogs Served from Carts.
And as if these were not enough, there are
hundreds of small carts on the streets carrying
j respectable containers with hot dogs and other
j such delicacies. In streets where restaurants
j and cafes are rare—say only one in every fifth
building—there are artistically arranged delica
tessen shops with the most extraordinary
cauoaftco uiic can imagine. i xic sausage manuiaciurers nave a
genius for devising new combinations of Czechoslovakia's national food. And
inside these art shops there are tables where the customer who has no
patience to wait until he gets heme or to his office, can sample his pur
chase.
_ The day begins with a simple breakfast of coffee, rolls, butter and jam.
(SeeBROWNrPage A-tTj
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MINE GAS BUST
TOLL KIES SIX
Rescue Workers “Certain”
Four Remaining West Vir
ginia Miners Are Dead.
By the Associated Press.
LOGAN, W. Va„ September 3 —
Weary rescue workers brought the
bodies of two more miners to the sur
tace of the Macbeth mine today, rais
ing the known death list from an ex
plosion to six, and spurring the hunt
for four more men trapped in the pit.
More than 100 feet of rock and dirt
separated the rescue teams from the
four. Officials said they were certain
all were dead.
Rain drenched a haggard crowd at
the mouth of the mine while the
workers underground moved forward
inch by inch, hampered by falling
timbers and gas fumes.
About 1,000 persons stood about the
property, among them the wives and
relatives of the trapped men.
Two More Bodies Found.
Rescue operations centered about
600 feet down and two miles from the
mine's main entrance.
The bodies brought out this after
noon were identified as those of Ed
Saunders, 40, and Julius McShane, 45,
both colored.
All night the rescuers dug, struggling
slowly through 250 feet of muck and
debris, until the bodies of two of the
men, Grover Saunders, 28, and Wil
liam Reflett, 40, were found.
The two others, Elisha Watts, 32,
and Andy Gazdik, 40, were killed by
the explosion late yesterday. Officials
reported 110 other men escaped un
harmed after the blast.
Hope for Six Abandoned.
The rescue crews expected momen
tarily to find the bodies of the four
imprisoned men. Prentice Farley,
mine inspector, said hope for them
had been abandoned. They are: Jack
Adkins, 50; Gus Mounts, 33; Tom
Miller, 25, and Victor Corillo, 25.
The wives of Refett and Grover
Saunders were among the little sad
faced group waiting at the mouth of
the mine.
Workers brought the body of Grover
Saunders out first, and Mrs. Saunders
shouted:
“It’s Grover.”
Friends led her away, weeping.
Mrs. Refett was twice bereaved, for
watts was her brother.
158 More Feet of Digging.
K. H. Skaggs, tipple foreman for the
Coal Co., which operates
the mine, said:
“It’s only a matter of a few hours
new until we know whether the others
(Sea BLAST, F^e A-“s.)
D. C. MAN KILLED,
Baltimore Pair Also Injured
in Head-on Collision
at Fredericksburg.
John Knapp, 36, Chestnut Farms
Dairy cleric, was killed, and his wife
Etta, 32, probably fatally injured to
day in a head-on automobile collision
on the Richmond-Washington High
way five miles north of Fredericksburg.
Knapp, who lived at 1332 D street
northeast, died in Mary Washington
Hospital at Fredericksburg half an
hour after the wreck. Mrs. Knapp and
the occupants of the other car—two
brothers from Baltimore—also were
taken to the hospital. Mrs. Knapp suf
fered fractured legs and internal in
juries, and physicians held little hope
for her recovery.
The other injured were Joseph Her
man, 24, fractured nose and possible
internal injuries, and his 15-year-old
brother, Richard, who suffered a frac
tured leg, and may have been Injured
Internally.
According to State Policeman H. L.
Robertson, Mrs. Knapp was driving
one of the cars. He said a witness to
the crash—P. W. Martin, a Washing
ton fireman—informed him the acci
dent occurred when the Knapp ma
chine ran ofT the road and in getting
back swerved to the other side of the
highway, colliding head-on with the
northbound machine containing the
Baltimore pair.
Another Washington man died at
the Alexandria Hospital last night
from injuries received in an automobile
accident a week ago.
William H. Hurst, 31, 604 Tenth
street southwest, succumbed to pneu
monia which developed from a crushed
chest he received when his car over
turned 4 miles south of here on the
Richmond Highway August 25.
When another machine skidded and
overturned on Lee Highway near Fair
fax last night, Mrs. P. T. Haislip,
Leakesville, N. C , sustained unde
termined back injuries, and two other
occupants of the car were hurt. They
are Mrs. D. T. Spencer, Roanoke, face
and head lacerations and a sprained
ankle, and Mrs. S. F. Crews, Roanoke,
minor cuts and bruises.
Services for Hurst, a former resi
dent of Springfield, will be held at
2 p.m. Saturday at the Temple Baptist
Church here. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. May Hurst; a sister, Mrs.
Minnie Fettey of Springfield, and
several brothers. Burial will be in
Bethel Cemetery.
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Judge Answers Attorney
General’s Motion to
Dismiss Suit.
by rof Associated Press.
Halstead L. Ritter, ousted Miami
Federal judge, contended before the
Court of Claims today that his con
viction by the Senate on impeachment
charges violated the constitutional
guarantee against being placed in
jeopardy twice for the same offense.
In a 96-page answer to Attorney
General Cummings’ motion to dismiss
proceedings attacking the Senate's
action, the former judge contended he
was removed from office on a final
article of impeachment which only
summed up the six counts on which
he already had been acquitted.
Claims Court Suit.
Ritter filed suit in the Claims Court
soon after his conviction last April
on a charge of bringing his court
"into scandal and disrepute.” The
Attorney General, contending the court
was without jurisdiction over the Sen
ate, moved to dismiss the proceedings.
Again contending he was entitled
to his salary as Federal judge, Ritter
said the Constitution limited impeach
ment proceedings to those involving
charges of "treason, bribery or other
high crimes and misdemeanors.” The
answer said the seventh article in the
charges against him stated no im
peachable offense.
He said the Senate “acted upon the
principle that ‘good behavior’ was so
vague that the tenure of a judge is
left to the pleasure of the Senate.”
Called Illegal and Void.
"Plaintiff (Ritter) asserts his re
mova. from office was illegal and void,”
the brief said. "He has not abandoned
the office. He is not guilty of laches.
He stands ready and able to discharge
the duties of the office. An act of
Congress provides for the payment of
the compensation of such official. The
defendant (the Government) refused
to pay plaintiff. No other remedy is
provided by law.”
He claimed any court “whose judg
ment is relied upon” could Inquire into
the proceedings of a court of im
peachment.
“The jurisdiction of a court to
render a judgment may be attacked
in any proceeding in another court,”
Ritter contended, “and if it be shown
that the Jurisdictional facts do not
exist, such judgment will be declared
a nullity, notwithstanding the judg
ment may recite the existence of such
jurisdictional facts.”
AIR DERBY’S PILOTS
WING TOWARD YUMA
Spreckels Holds Lead by Narrow
Point Margin—Jeanette
Lemke Second.
By i.be Associated Press.
TUCSON, Ariz., September 3.—With
Prank Spreckels of San Francisco
leading by a narrow margin of points,
entrants in the Cleveland-Los Angeles
air derbv roared away from the
Tucson Airport today on the next lap
to Yuma.
From there they will fly to San
Diego, technically the finish of the
derby, although the flyers will con
tinue to Los Angeles for the air races.
Jeanette Lemke won the Douglas
Tucson lap. She is only a few points
behind Spreckels in the standings.
Point standings announced here:
Spreckels, 988.19; Lemke, 986.63; Jer
ry Fairbanks, Los Angeles, 980.79;
George S. Armistead, Beverly Hills,
Calif., 978.30; George Arents, Rye, N.
Y., 978.29; Bruce A. Gimbel. Port
Chester, N. Y., 977.94; Clara Living
ston, Jamestown, N. Y., 977.87; Grace
Prescott, San Diego. 976.93; Steven
Hawes, Pomona, Calif.,, 976.71, and
John Gaty, Elmhurst, N. Y„, 976.67.
Gunman Slays Officer.
CHICAGO, September 3 (£0.—A
gunman riding in a stolen police
squad car and accompanied by a
woman today shot and killed Pa
trolman John B. Frost, 35, of nearby
Lombard, HI., who had pursued him
In a commandeered automobile.
Three Face Murder Probe.
OAKLAND, Calif., September 3 UP).
—Three of four men under arrest for
murder of a ship's engineer face ar
raignment in Superior Court today
with the prosecution urging an early
triaL
I
PRESIDENT ARRIVES
AT DES MOINES
FOR LANDON TALK;
CHEERED BY HUH)
Governor Stops for Shave.
Is Expected at Iowa Capi
tal for Drought Parley
During Afternoon.
MAY MISS LUNCHEON
PRECEDING CONFERENCE
Elaborate Precautions Are Taken
by Gov. Herring to Insure Pri
vacy to Presidential Eivals
and Governors and Senators at
Meeting.
BACKGROUND—
The drought crisis of 1934 drew
the attention of President Roosevelt
and Governors of the States af
fected. A recurrence of the tragedy
this year caused the President to
embark upon a personal inspection,
“non-political" tour of the swelter
belt. He summoned to conferences
Governors of several Midwestern
States. One Governor, who made
definite proposals for drought aid
in 1934, was called to Des Moines
today to have his say. He is Gov.
Alf M. London of Kansas, Mr.
Roosevelt’s opponent for the presi
dency.
By tne Associated Press.
DES MOINES. Iowa, September 3.
—President Roosevelt arrived in
Des Moines at noon today for his
drought conference with Gov. Alf M.
Landon and officials of Midwestern
States.
A crowd estimated at 10,000 by
Highway Patrol Chief John Hattery
cheered the President as he appeared
on the rear platform of his train.
Gov. Landon was expected an hour
later. He stopped at Leon, Iowa, for
a shave at 10:30 a.m. (Central stand
ard time) after a 200-mile automo
bile drive from Topeka.
Driven to Capitol.
The President entered his auto
mobile Immediately to be driven to
the State house, scene of the con*
ference.
Gov. Clyde L. Herring and Mayor
Joe Allen of Des Moines rode with
Mr. Roosevelt.
Streets along the route were lined
with spectators.
When he first appeared, Cavalry
buglers played a salute to the Presi
dent.
Cavalrymen lined the streets for a
block at the station.
Members of the President's party
followed in other official cars.
National Guardsmen, highway po
licemen and police trooped out to
handle the throngs.
Gov. Herring arranged tor Mr.
Roosevelt and Gov. Landon to meet,
for the Urst time since they became
their party’s 1936 standard bearers,
at a luncheon behind the closed doors
of his offices in the State Capitol
Building.
The President's subsequent discus
sions with the Governors, Senators
and other representatives of five of
the States were also scheduled In the
same sanctuary.
Landon May Miss Lunch.
Gov. Herring reported he received
a telegram from Gov. Landon last
night in which the Kansas Governor
said he might not arrive in time for
the luncheon.
The Governor said, however, that
one of his aides talked by telephone
,ater with a Landon assistant and that
the Landon party agreed to telephone
the Iowa Governor's office at 11:30
a m. (C. S. T.) its whereabouts on the
highway at that time, so a welcoming
motorcade would be dispatched to
meet the ReDublican nominee.
In his telegram Landon pointed out
that traffic conditions or “unforeseen
circumstances” might delay his motor
trip to Des Moines, and asked Gov.
Herring not to “delay luncheon on my
account.”
Landon left Topeka at 6:17 a m.,
Central time, today for the 250-mile
automobile drive to Des Moines.
He was accompanied by four ad
visers and reporters and photographer*
in a motor caravan of half a dozen
cars.
Audience Is limited.
The unique meeting of the Chlei
Executive and the Governor of Kan
sas was fraught with dramatic pos
sibilities. But their audience wai
limited.
Herring said that when Mr. Roose
velt entered the Statehouse—after a
circuitous drive through flag-decked
streets from his train—he would be
seen only by approximately 60 lunch
eon guests, the conferees and “possiblf
a few photographers” until he leaver
late in the afternoon for his train and
a dinner there with the Governor*.
The President, Republican presiden
tial candidate, Governors, Senator*
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