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CROWN CRISIS ANSWER
PROMISED IN 24 HOURS;
SIMPSON DENIAL ISSUED
Baldwin Hopes
for Climax
Tomorrow.
KING REMAINS
AT BELVEDERE
Cabinet Members
Hold Secret of
Decision.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 9.—Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin disclosed to
the distressed and anxious House of
Commons today that King and gov
ernment still were hesitating on the
answer to the empire's dilemma—
whether Edward VIII will marry Wal
lis Simpson and lose his throne.
The first minister, after a night
•pent in seemingly troubled confer
ence with his sovereign, gave hope,
however, that the crisis might reach
Its momentous climax tomorrow.
He told the crowded, worried
benches and galleries:
“I regret I am not in a position to
add anything today, but I hope to
make a statement tomorrow.”
The members, increasingly con
eerned over economic and political
results of the suspense, pressed him
Vainly for more.
Kins Kemains at Ketreat.
King Edward, outwardly steadfast
In his composure, remained at rural
Fort Belvedere. Mrs. Simpson, con
ferring at a villa on the Cote D’Azur
with her London solicitor, announced
through a spokesman she had “signed
ho documents.”
Thus, for at least 24 more hours, it
seemed the whole, breath-taking sit
uation must hang in the balance.
However, since the prime minister is
not given to unfulfilled predictions,
his words were interpreted as meaning
he expects to disclose the future of
King and throne—and Wallis Simp
son—to Parliament tomorrow.
The King may do one of three
things:
1. Renounce his desire to make a
morganatic marriage with the twice
divorced American.
2. Force a showdown and resigna
tion of Baldwin and his government,
seek support of his subjects in a con
stitutional fight which would have
to be settled at the polling boxes.
3. Abdicate and marry his betrothed.
Ministers Know Secret.
His last word to Baldwin—given In
the tense hours at Fort Belvedere
last night—was held in the empire's
fast-locked box of spoken secrets. The
ministers who met with Baldwin for
2 hours and 15 minutes this morning
knew the nature of that word, but
found it inconclusive and. perhaps,
acrimonious and troublous.
Now. the prime minister seemingly
must go again to turreted Belvedere
before the final decision is reached.
He spent much of the day in repeated
conferences with the King’s high ad
visers. Walter T. Monckton and Sir
Edgar Peacock, both executive au
thorities of the wealthy Duchy of
Cornwall.
The 600 members of Parliament,
tightly jammed in their red leather
benches of the dimly lighted Commons
chamber, reflected the increasing anx
iety of the British peoples for a state
ment that will stop the havoc which
the long suspense has wrought in the
empire’s everyday affairs.
Just as breathlessly the dominions
tvaited—paced by the Australian Par
liament, assembled and ready for any
action that may be necessary, re
sounding to an uproarious demonstra
tion from Labor benches in the King’s
behalf.
Political factions within the king
dom chafed. The Fascist leader, Sir
Oswald Moseley, told a luncheon meet
ing the people will resist any attempt
• See I^NgTPage A^5j
ROOSEVELT’S SHIP
OFF FRENCH GUIANA
President Back in Northern
Hemisphere for First Time
in Two Weeks.
By the Assoclaten Press.
WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
AT SEA. December 9.—President
Roosevelt cruised in Northern latitudes
today for the first time in more than
two weeks.
Mild, Summery warmth followed the
President’s ship, the cruiser Indian
apolis, back across the Equator and
he enjoyed a sun bath. There was
not an ailment in the whole presi
dential party.
The Indianapolis and its convoy, the
cruiser Chester, paralleled French
Guiana as the President, speeding
home from a peace mission to South
America, finished preparations to
meet Sir Murchison Fletcher, British
Governor of Trinidad.
The ships were due to reach Port
of-Spaln, Trinidad, Friday for re
fueling.
i I
I Elizabeth Seen
British Ruler
Under Regency
Edward’s Abdication
Expected Within
48 Hours.
HKIHUESS ELIZABETH.
By Radio to The 8tar.
LONDON, December 9.—Unless
there shall be a sudden concession by
King Edward, either resignation of
the ministry or the abdication of the
King is expected to occur within the
next 48 hours.
The ministry now with the full sup
port of the press, the church, the
(Sec ELIZABETH, Page A-S )
—
Baldwin by Gaining Back
ing Took Question Out
of Politics.
Br the Associated Press
LONDON, December 9 —The British
dominions held the "balance of power”
in the empire crisis created by King
Edward's romance with Mrs. Wallis
Simpson today—spotlighting in strik
ing fashion a new turning point in
British imperial history.
For just as “the Mother of Parlia
ments'’ in a fight lasting through the
i past 700 years wrested complete con
j trol of the government from the King,
i so have the dominions won their in
j dependence from that Parliament, but
in less than half a century.
Had Prime Minister Stanley Bald
win expressed only the British cabi
net’s opposition to the King's con
tracting a morganatic marriage, his
critics would have been much sharper
in their attack.
But when he added the dominions
approved his stand, he took the ques
tion almost out of the realm of poii
l tics.
rur tilt; poet uvc jc«uo—oiuuc wit
passage of the statute ol Westminster, I
the dominions' “magna charts”—these
outposts of empire have been con
sulted on every matter of importance
affecting the empire.
But the new role of “independent j
nations.” whose cabinets have as much
right to control domestic affairs as
the Baldwin cabinet had in the
United Kingdom, is being played un
der circumstances as dramatic as all
British history affords.
Never again will Britain go to war
without the prior approval of the
dominions, at least If she expects their
help.
The fact they considered Baldwin’s
consulting them in the present crisis
to be a matter of course illustrates
the growing power in empire affairs
of Ottawa, Canberra and Johannes
burg.
FIRE ROUTS 1,000
Eight Firemen Overcome or Hurt
in Apartment Blaze.
NEW YORK, December S UF).—
Nearly 1,000 residents of 25 Prospect
place, Tudor City, were routed from
their beds early today when fire
started in the subcellar of the 21
story apartment building. Eight fire
men were overcome by smoke or in
jured. The flames were confined to
the subce’lar.
Has Signed No
Documents,
She Says.
LAWYER PAYS
VISIT TO VILLA
Spokesman Denies
Physician Was
Summoned.
Et the Associated Press.
CANNES, Prance, December 9.—
Mrs. Wallis Simpson “has signed no
documents.” her spokesman said to
day after King Edward’s American be
trothed had conferred for more than
an hour with Theodore Goddard, her
solicitor.
Shaking for Mrs. Simpson. Lord
Brownlow. gentleman In waiting to
Edward VIII, asserted:
“Mr. Goddard's visit, as stated last
night, was for the purpose of discuss
ing Mrs. Simpson’s business affairs In
London. The presence in his plane of
Dr. Douglas Kirkwood was due to the
fact that Mr. Goddard has been ad
vised not to fly or take any undue ef
fort without a medical attendant.
"Dr. Kirkwood left for Marseille this
morning. He has not visited the villa.”
Goddard Hits Stories.
Leaving the Villa Lou Viei, Mrs.
Simpson's haven from the British
Empire's constitutional strife, Solic
itor Goddard added:
“The stories which I understand
are going about concerning Dr. Kirk
wood are too ridiculous for words. He
not only Is my medical adviser but
one of my oldest friends. I always
have been advised for personal rea
sons never to fly. He came for that
reason and for that reason alone.
”1 came to see Mrs. Simpson, for
whom I acted In her recent divorce.
I deemed it advisable to do so in con
nection with various other matters.
That I am now doing. I obviously
cannot say what I am doing in my
connection as her solicitor.”
Dr. Kirkwood, who at one time was
a medical officer of Queen Charlotte's
Hospital for Women in London, left
Wa luggage at a hotel here, although
•on* reports said he might fly back
to London from Marseille.
Aa for the solicitor, Lord Brown
low had stated previously that one
Item in his mission was disposal of
Mrs. Simpson’s ornate Cumberland
Terrace home, in London.
Brownlow Makes Denial.
Brownlow denied that the physician
had been called to attend Mrs. Simp
son.
Mrs. Simpson, said the King's court
official, is “in perfect health," does not
require the services of a physician and,
in fact, has seen none since coming
to the villa last week end.
The spokesman explained that he
made the statement fully aware of the
"implications" surrounding the hur
ried trip of Dr. Kirkwood from Lon
don.
Standing at the gateway to the villa
with Herman Rogers, of New York,
(See SIMPSON, Page A-5J
DENHARDT GRANTED
RELEASE ON BAIL
Kentucky Judge Passes on Ha
beas Plea in Murder of
Fiancee.
B; the Associated Press.
NEW CASTLE, Ky„ December 9 —
Circuit Judge Charles C. Mar
shall today granted bail to Brig. Gen.
Henry H. Denhardt, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor,
his fiance. Bond was fixed at $25,000.
Since his incarceration November
20 the politician-soldier has been
held in the Jefferson County Jail at
Louisville.
That the defense seeks to learn
results of scientific tests made for
the commonwealth was seen in its
subpoena as witnesses, Detective Sergt.
John 1. Messmer, chief of the Louis
ville Crime Laboratory, and Dr. Al
fred W. Homberger of the University
of Louisville School of Medicine.
Messmer made paraffin casts of the
hands of Denhardt and Mrs. Taylor.
Coroner D. L. Ricketts said the tests
disclosed she had not discharged a
gun recently, but declined to reveal
the result of the test made of Den
hardt’s hands.
Defense counsel summoned Dr.
Homberger on the theory Messmer
retained him to make an analysis
of "stains” on clothing worn by the
retired general the night Mrs. Taylor,
his fiancee and companion, was shot
to death on a roadside near here.
New Views of Creation Drawn
■ By Cameeie Unit Scientists
BY THOMAS B. HENRY.
All the billions of stars in the sky
constitute only one unit of a family
of 12 such aggregations which cluster
together within a little more than
a million light years of each other—
a million light years being the dis
tance which light moving at 186,000
miles a second would travel in a
million years.
This little family of “universes” in
turn is only one of thousands of such
families of universes in a great uni
verse which is approximately a billion
light years in diameter. A' revised
picture of creation, derived from
several recent lines of observation,
will be presented before trustees of the
Carnegie Institution of Washington
uext Friday and will form part of
i
the public exhibit of the year’s work
during the three following days.
This work, according to a statement
given out by the Carnegie Institution
today, leads to the following descrip
tion based on the best data now ob
tainable:
"The universe as now known is a
vast space approximately a billion
light-years in diameter, in which
galaxies are, on the whole, uniformly
distributed. The galaxies are in gen
eral separated from each other by
distances of the order of 10 to 100
times their own diameter, so that
only a very minute portion of the
space is occupied by them. A galaxy
is a system made up of stars, millions
of them, separated from each other
(Bee CREATION, Page A-T)
i.
/'comFon^b dis, N
(JT^NOT SO DIFFICULT!
THAT NEUTRALITY TIGHT ROPE!
CONTROL OF RAIL
EMPIRE REVEALED
Van Sweringen Interests in
Power of Trust Company,
Probers Told.
By the Associated Press.
Senate investigators heard testi
mony today that the $3,000,000,000
Van Sweringen rail and industrial
empire was actively controlled for four
; and a half yeare by the Nation’s larg
est tnlst company.
William CL Potter, chairman of the
1 Guaranty Trust Co. of New York,
told the Railway Financing Investi
gating Committee that his firm had
exercised control from August 1, 1931,
; until February I, 1936.
During that period the trust com
1 pany voted the key securities of the
vast holding company pyramid, he
said, as trustee under three bond is
sues totalling $85,000,000. The bonds
| were issued by the Alleghany Carp.
The stock was voted "by proxy*
Potter explained, quickly adding that
the proxies were “not cigar store
Indians.” '
"They were dummies?” asked
Chairman Wheeler, Democrat, of
Montana of the Investigating com
mittee.'
"You might call them that,” Potter
answered, “but they were actual per
sons—clerks in our organization.”
Potter said the Guaranty Trust Co.
had voted much of its controlling
stock in the Van Sweringen system
through a “superior clerk” named
Kugler.
Known as "Company."
He was often known as Kugler &
Co., Potter added.
“Our clerks often give themselves
the title of a Arm.” he testified. “Just
why, I don't know.”
“Wasn't it to conceal their
identity?” asked Wheeler.
“I suppose so.” Potter replied.
Potter later amplified his testimony
to say that the late Van 8weringen
brothers had remained in actual man
agement of the system during the
(See RAILS, Page~A~5.)
SOCIETY TO JOIN TONIGHT
IN DRIVE FOR YULE GIFTS
First of Five Night Club Parties in Pall
Mall Room of Raleigh—Stage Stars
Will Perform.
Washington society Joins tonight in
the campaign to see that there shall
be no forgotten child this Christmas.
And the first of a series of five night
club parties, where donations for the
destitute are asked of guests attend
ing. takes place this evening in the
new Pall Mall room of the Raleigh
Hotel, in co-operation with The Star
Wamer Bros.-N. B. C. Christmas cam
paign and the sixth annual Christmas
party of the Metropolitan Police De
partment.
Those good companions, artists of
the stage and radio, always happy to
tap a taap. or play aa tune, or sing a
swing song for charity, will be present
w hen the pall mall party goes on the
j air. while a large section of Washing
ton’s younger set wield silver spoons
at the tables. It will be the last half
of the N. B. C. broadcast for the cam
paign, opening at the studio at 10:30
p.m. with Gordon Hittenmark at the
microphone, and ending with an aerial |
account of the Pall Mall festivities
from 11 to 11:30 p.m. with Hugh Mc
Ilrevey announcing.
The broadcast w’ill feature Fred
Clark and his Earl theater orches
tra, favorites of Washington, on the
air by courtesy of the Musicians'
Union of Washington, Local No. 161.
Audrey Seiber. mistress of ceremonies j
at the Earle, will act in the same ca
pacitv for N. B. C., and living dolls, ;
now performing at the Earle, will be
a part of the program. They are the
charming Olive and George Brasno,
appearing with Buster Shaver.
Both professionals and amateurs
will take part in the Raleigh floor
show that makes up the second half
of the N. B. C. program, from 11 to
11:30 pun.
Bette Harts, one of the most popular
(See TOYS. Page A-l.)
HASTY OPERATION SAVES
BABY CHOKED ON FOOD
Doctor Makes Throat Incision,
Holding Wound Open Until
Lung Action Returns.
Bs the Associated Press.
ATLANTA. December 9.—Seventeen
month-old Hasel Mae Reece owed her
; life today to an emergency throat
: operation performed after she choked
on turnip greens.
Doctors said she probably would
j have died had not a doctor in Austell
| hastily made an incision in her throat
and held it open with his fingers until
a silver tube could be inserted. That
provided for respiration until normal
heart and lung action returned.
The baby choked while being fed
by older children yesterday. Her
mother, Mrs. H. M. Reece, called a
neighbor and they drove 5 miles with
the baby to Austell.
Summary of Today’s Star
—
Page
Amusements. C-4
Army Sr. Navy C-5
Comics _C-7
Editorial_A-10
Finance _A-19
Lost Si Found A-3
Obituary_A-lt
Page.
Puzzles __C-7
Radio .A-H
Short Story.. B-8
Society _B-3
Sports_C-l-3
Woman’s Pg.. C-6
FOREIGN.
Statement on British crown crisis
promised in 24 hours. Page A-l
Bolivia offers peace plan making ag
gressor public enemy. Page A-l
Autogyro inventor among 14 killed !n
British air crash. Page A-l
French airplane reported shot down
by Germans over Spain. Page A-l
Japanese Privy Council rebukes cab
inet on foreign policy. Page A-5
NATIONAL.
Mrs. Vanderbilt to get Gloria for
longer periods. Page A-l
Individual need seen as key to future
of W. P. A. program. Page A-l
Guaranty Trust Co. controlled rail
empire, Potter says. Page A-l
Scientists give new revised picture of
Creation. Page A-l
Stabilization fund studied as foreign
capital control means. Page A-l
Agricultural regulation program for
coming year announced. Page A-3
Sorority sister slays bride-to-be while
aiding with invitations. Page A-6
Conflicts seen in approaching session
of Congress. Page A-4
Maritime strikers call meeting to vote
on proposed settlement. Page A-4
Bell Telephone and A. T. & T. relation
studied by probers. Page A-7
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Society to Join tonight in drive for
Christmas toys. Page A-l
Edith Maxwell to claim father died of
heart failure. Page A-l
Bandit suspect escorted from police
cell to wed. Page A-J
Two-day Council few Industrial Prog
ress to open tomorrow. Page A-4
MaJ. Gen. Breckinridge to command
at Quantico. Page A-4
Mass meeting ordered cm Old George
town road fight. Pag* A-4
Gov. Nice’* Job insurance bill divides
Maryland Delegates. Page A-l
King and Cummings seek facts on jail
congestion here. Page B-I
District and Northeast depositors slow
calling for dividends. Page B-l
O'Brien and two witnesses indicted on
perjury charge. Page B-l
Attorney Duke facing two charges In
U. S. District Court. Page B-l
Law dean advocates “red rider” re
peal. Page B-l
Car taking shooting victim to hospital
crashes: man hurt. Page B-l
Gov. Nice willing to iron out differences
on insurance bill. Page B-l
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
This and That. PageA-10
Answers to Questions. PageA-10
Washington Observations. Page A-10
David Lawrence. PageA-11
Paul Mallon. Page A-ll
Constantine Brown. PageA-11
Jay Franklin. Page A-ll
Headline Folk. Page A-ll
FINANCIAL.
Bonds narrow (table). Page A-19
Power output at new peak. Page A-19
Steel plants rushed. Page A-19
Stocks irregular (table). Page A-20
Curb list uneven (table). PageA-21
Dividend flow continues. Page A-2i
SPORTS.
Deal for Salveson, youthful pitcher,
helpful to Nationals. Page C-l
American League planning to revive
college base ball. Page C-l
Diamond magnates move to clip power
of “Czar" Landis. Page C-l
Trend to open foot ball spreading, poll
discloses. Page C-l
Gridiron season now ending 1s termed
dafflest in history. Page C-l
Catholic V. first college here to get
basket ball test. Page C-l
Varied entertainment to spice big
sports banquet tonight. Page C-l
Bowling leaders boom The Evening
Star’s annual tourney. Page C-S
MISCELLANY.
Young Washington. Page A-8
City News in Brief. Page A-8
Traffic Convictions. Page A-S
Dorothy Dix. Page C-8
Betsy Caswell. Page C-8
Bedtime Story. Page B-l
Nature’s Children. PageA-18
Vital Statistics. Page c-12
Men’s Fashions. PageB-15
Winning Contrast. PagsA-is
(
Fiscal Experts Map Plans to
Offset “Alien” Cash With
Stabilization Fund.
B5 the Associated Press.
Administration fiscal experts are
studying far-reaching plans for ex
panding operations of the *2,000,000,
000 stabilization fund to make it a
balance wheel against foreign capital
movements as well as a steadying
mechanism for the dollar.
Authoritative sources reported to
day that consideration is being given
to revamping the fund along the
lines of the British equalization fund,
which is used to prevent fluctuations
of foreign capital from affecting the
domestic credit structure.
The present plans, still in the “study
stage,” call for use of the stabilization
fund to “sterilize” gold imports.
Concerned over possible adverse ef
fects of the continued capital inflow
on domestic credit and prices. Presi
dent Roosevelt recently asked the
Treasury, the Federal Reserve Board
and the Securities Commission to de
termine what, if any, control meas
ures were necessary.
The potential danger of foreign cap
(See STABILIZATION, Page A-3.)
FLIGHT IS DELAYED
CORNING, N. Y.. December 9 (JP).—
Joseph Costa's monoplane stood fueled
for a take-off today, but bad flying
weather caused postponement of his
projected good-will flight to Para,
Brasil.
The young Portuguese-born Corning
pilot called off the flight at 3 am.,
after, he said, weather reports showed
unfavorable conditions over Virginia
and South Carolina.
County Units
To Distribute
U.S. Aid Urged
New Administration
Plan in Relief Of
fered by Senator.
A suggestion from Capitol Hill that
Federal relief expenditures be adfnin
istered through county agencies
bobbed up today as W. P. A. Admin
istrator Harry L. Hopkins broadcast
assurance that no person needing re
lief will be dropped from W. P. A.
rolls.
The congressional proposal was
made by Senator McCarran, Demo
crat. of Nevada, with the explanation
that the smaller local governing units
of the counties are better able to
know relief needs and thus better able
to disburse Federal funds without ex
travagance and waste.
Administrator Hopkins’ views were
disclosed at a press conference yester
day afternoon in which he declined
to confirm figures released by the
W. P. A. during his absence a few
days ago to the effect that 150,000
project workers must be dropped ar
bitrarily by January 1 in an effort
to bring the rolls down to 425,000
persons.
“I want to make it clear.” he said,
“that no one in the United States in
need of relief will be dropped. If
any one has been dropped from the
rolls and now needs relief, he can
(See RELIEF, Page~A74j
FRENCH AIRPLANE
German War Craft Blamed
by Spanish Embassy in
Paris—Four Hurt.
BACKGROUND—
Aerial bombings over Spain and
especially Madrid have been prac
tically incessant since the begin
ning of hostilities, five months ago,
when Fascists revolted under Gen.
Francisco Franco. Strengthened by
the moral support of Russia and
France the Loyalists have held
grimly to Madrid under fierce as
saults by the rebels, in turn, en
couraged by the moral support of
Italy and Germany. British neu
trality has marked that nation's
efforts to have the rights of the
belligerents defined.
■> tne Associated Press.
PARIS, December 9.—The Span
ish Embassy charged today a German
Junkers warplane abruptly attacked
and shot down a French airplane
over Spanish insurgent territory.
Pour passengers were injured when
the plane, flying the French insignia
and in the service of the French dip
lomatic corps, crashed at Pastrana,
Spain, yesterday.
"This aggression.” the Spanish Em
bassy statement said, “may have grave
consequences.”
Those injured when the plane was
machine-gunned down were Andre
Chateau, correspondent for the Havas
(French) News Agency; Louis Dela
pree. correspondent for Paris Soir; a
Dr. Hemmy of Canada, and an un
identified young girl.
Another young girl, the pilot named
Boyer and the radio operator named
Bougrat were unhurt.
The plane was wrecked.
Reports of the attack caused a sen
sation in the Paris press, which print
ed the bulletins in heavy black type.
The embassy communique said,
“The salient fact of the day was the
abrupt attack by a tri-motored Jun
kers in the Guadalajara region against
the Air-France plane, which takes the
Madrid-Alicante trip normally to es
tablish contact with the Toulouse
Casablanca passenger line of the same
company.
“This plane was machine-gunned
while in full flight and had to land
because of damages.”
The embassy statement said the
two correspondents were "quite grave
ly wounded.”
INSURGENT BASE SHATTERED.
Government Planes Bomb Line on
Casa del Campo.
MADRID, December 9 (/P).—Gov
ernment bombing planes blasted the
Fascist front line along the Casa
del Campo Park today and devastated
(See SPAIN, Page A-T)
FLEEU.S. CONSULATE
NAPLES, Italy, December 9 (S’).—
The staff of the United States con
sulate here was forced to abandon the
building today when fire broke out in
the basement.
The blase was brought under control
after firemen had battled it several
hours.
Old records were destroyed, how
ever.
Mrs. Vanderbilt Wins Custody
Of Gloria for Longer Terms
n the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 9 —A set
tlement agreement giving Mrs. Gloria
Morgan Vanderbilt custody of her 13
year-old daughter Gloria for longer
periods was approved today by Su
preme Court Justice Timothy A. Leary.
Custody of the child was awarded
to her aunt, Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney, for all but week ends and one
month during the Summer by Su
preme Court Justice John Carew after
sensational hearings two yean ago.
Under the new agreement, reached
between lawyen for the litigants last
night, Mrs. Vanderbilt will have cus
tody of her daughter from the close of
the school term in June, 1937, to sun
down of August 15, 1937, and for the
same period in 1938.
The new agreement also modifies
the holiday periods, to give Mrs. Van
derbilt custody of her daughter for 12
days at Christmas and for six days at
Sprlng school vacation.
Tbs settlement beings to an sod tat
almost two yean at least action that
was resumed a few days ago before
Justice Leary when Mn. Vanderbilt
sought revision of the original order
of Justice Carew. Only one hearing
was held in Justice Leary’s chamben
before negotiations for a settlement
were started.
None of the principals were present
when today’s decision was reached,
although the signatures of Mn. Van
derbilt and Mn. Whitney appeared
on the agreement.
Louis D. Fronlick. counsel for Mn.
Vanderbilt, said a "friendly feeling”
animated negotiations. With the ex
piration of the preeent agreement, he
said, it is probable further amicable
arrangements will be made.
Justice Leary joined in praising
the agreement, saying it was reached
"in the child’s best interests.”
The amendment did not alter the
custody order of November 31, 1934,
which made Gloria a “ward” of the
oourt.
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14 DIE IN FLAMES
AS DUTCH PLANE
HITS BUILDINGS IN
CROYDONTAKE-OFF
Inventor of Autogyro Among
Victims as Only Three
Survive Crash With Ship
Few Minutes Off Runway.
FORMER STATE OFFICIAL
OF SWEDEN IS KILLED
Roofs Are Ripped Off Two Houses
as Airliner Heads Into Fog.
Wreckage Burns Furiously as
Crumbled Wing Hangs From
Structure Near Airdrome.
By the Associated Press.
CROYDON. England. December 9 —
Fourteen persons, among them Juan
de la Cierva, the autogyro inventor,
met sudden, flaming death today in
the crash of a K. L. M. (Dutch) air
liner just four minutes off the runway
at Croydon Airdrome.
Three survived, with varying in
juries. They were the German pas
senger. Walter Schuberk: the wireless
operator, Von Bemmel, and the stew
ardess. Fraulein von bon Gertman.
The condition of the tr«n was grave;
that of the stewardess, who leaped
from the craft before it caught fire,
was not dangerous.
Trapped by twisted steel and flames.
De la Cierva died with the former
Swedish secretary of state, Admiral
Arbid landman, and 12 others, includ
ing two of the crew. No Americans
were aboard.
1? Aboard Airliner.
There were 17 persons aboard the
airliner The “K. L. M." announced
the other dead as:
Baron Gottfried Meyern-Hohen
burg of Germany, who is the former
husband qf the Viennese actress, Lull
Deste. She is due to leave Germany
for America tomorrow and the baron
had planned to see her before she de
parted.
Charles Robert Dickson, prominent
Swedish banker of Stockholm.
- Pearson, a Bnton.
- Wegelius. a Finn.
-Van Arie. Dutch.
- Donkelaar. Dutch.
Dr Kurt Hoene and Mrs. Hoene,
i Polish.
Miss - Lipeey, South African.
-Skemp, British.
Cept. Hautzmeyer, pilot.
Engineer Verkerk.
Heads Into Heavy Fog.
The plane, heading into a heavy
fog which cut visability to little more
than 20 yards, ripped the roofs off
two houses in nearby Purley, swerved
across a street, sheered off a large
tree and finally embedded itself in
an unoccupied house. The engine,
ripped from its mountings, smashed
through the front wall.
No pedestrians on the street were
injured.
The Dutch plane, a Douglas, fog
bound two hours with four other
planes headed for cross-channel air
ports. finally took off and safely
cleared the boundaries of the field. It
had barely cleared the first row of
suburban homes surrounding the air
drome. however, when it crashed.
Wreckage Burns Furiouily.
The wTeckage burned furiously, on*
crumbled wing of the machine hanging
grotesquely from the third house, while
other parts of the plant blocked the
roadway.
It was the most disastrous air crash
In England this year, and the second
in 1936 in the same locality. August
i 10, the Imperial Airways airliner Velox
crashed nearby killing four.
De la Cierva was en route to
Amsterdam and Berlin on a business
trip. Admiral Lindman was on his
way home after representing the
Swedish Masonic Lodge at bicente
nary ceremonies at Edinburgh.
A woman living nearby said:
"I heard a crash, and. running into
the street, saw the plane had crashed
on the roof of an unoccupied house.
It burst into flames at once and the
house caught fire.
"I understand three people were
taken from the plane and removed
In ambulances.”
Another woman gave this version:
‘‘I heard a terrific crash and thought
something had hit my house.
“I ran out and saw a huge plane
burning, with the flames shooting up
from the wreckage.
‘‘It was awful. The heat was so
terrific we could not get near."
Juan de la Cierva, inventor of the
(See CRASH, Page A-5.)
SWISS NAZI SLAYER
IS CALLED TO TRIAL
Gustloff Widow Only Witness
Thus Far Summoned Against
Medical Student.
By the Associated Press.
CJHUR, Switzerland, December 9.—
David Frankfurter, 27-year-old Jewish
medical student, was called to trial to
day charged with the assassination of
Wilhelm Gustloff, leader of the Ger
man Nazis in Switzerland.
The public prosecutor's office, as ths
trial got underway, announced M
would demand a sentence of 18 years*
imprisonment rather than the maxi
mum punishment of a life term.
Frankfurter appeared pale and weak
ened as he was called before the five
robed judges in the grand council
room of the Canton Parliament Build
ing.
Crowds stormed the small room
while reinforced police stood guard on
the outside.
Court officials said the only witness
called thus far was the widow of the
Nazi leader who was slain at Davos
last February 4.
*