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SWASEY. SCIENCE
Won International Fame for
Astronomical In
struments.
V
Bydhp Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. June 16.—Ambrose
Swasey. 90-year-old internationally
failed builder of astronomical instru
ments, died last night of pneumonia
at.his Exeter, N. H, Summer home.
Rwasey’s achievements brought him
fame in two fields—astronomical in
stalments and machine, tools.
With the late Worcester R. Warner,
wiih whom he learned the machinist
tr$de. he founded the firm of Warner
& Swasey in 1880 at Chicago. The
partners transferred their business to
Cleveland the following year.
Swasey. born December 19, 1846, in
Exeter, was awarded the John Fritz
Medal by the engineering profession
iul924. Previously he had been made
an officer of the French Legion of
Honor for design and construction of
scientific instruments.
Received Many Honors.
In 1932 the Franklin Gold Medal
was conferred on him by the Franklin
Institute. The following year ne re
cfiVed the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers' Medal. In
1935 he was the recipient of the
Ashmgton award, administered joint
ly by five national engineering so
cieties. He also received the 1936
Hoover engineering award.
The first of a succession of great
telescopes built by the partners was
a-36-inch refractor for the Lick Ob
servatory in 1883. It represented the
first telescope to which mechanical
principles had been applied.
Subsequent products included a 26
inch instrument at the United Slates
Naval Academy, a 72-inch reflecting
teiescope for the Canadian govern
ment. another of 60 inches for the
Argentine National Observatory, the
40-mch Yerkes Observatory and a 60
ioch instrument for Ohio Wesleyan
University.
Advised on Largest Telescope.
_Swasey also co-operated in de
signing the 200-inch telescope—the
largest in the world—for the Uni
versity of California.
-The industrialist - scientist was
pfominent as a public benefactor and
originated the Engineering Founda
tion for the purpose of research,
starting it with a gift of $500,000.
•Swasey held membership in the
f&tional Academy of Sciences and
many other scientific and engineering
organizations.
Mrs. Swasey died in 1913. There
were no children.
*!
AUTO RACE MEDAL
OF 1896 PRESENTED
C, E. Duryea, Pioneer Car
Builder, Makes Gift to
Smithsonian.
^ A gold medal won In England's
first, automobile race, in 1896, was
presented to the Smithsonian Insti
tution today by Charles E. Duryea,
builder of the winning car.
The contest was run between Lon
don and Brighton, and. although
Duryea's entry covered the 52 miles
in an hour less than his fastest com
petitor, the award was made simply
for punctual arrival.
Duryea also presented to Dr. Alex
ander Wetmore. assistant secretary of
the Smithsonian, a cup won at the
Eagle Rock hlll-elimbing contest by
a later model of the Duryea Motor
Wagon Co.
The trophies will be exhibited with
the oldest existing American-built
gasoline automobile, also a Duryea.
which is now part of the National
Museum collection.
U. S. GOVERNMENT HELD
NO PRESS INTERFERER
*
But Newspapers' Freedom Is Men
aced by Selfish Forces, Says
Ickes’ Aid.
Bj^the Associated Press,
TULSA. Okla., June 16.—American
newspapers were urged last night by
Os?ar L. Chapman, Assistant. Secre
tary of Interior, to fight harder than
ever for freedom of the press.
At the international convention of
th* Civitan Club he said:
“Freedom of the press in America
does not. thank God, concern itself
wtQi governmental interference. It;
do^ concern itself with pressure and j
play of selfish forces which the people '
of ^America must dominate if they!
w’o^id achieve their destiny as a free
people.”
Inland M. Pryor, Pasadena. Calif.,
was elected international president.
Or. J- A. Brakefleld. Birmingham,
Ala., was elected treasurer.
tZice presidents named included |
Frjpk M. Brown. Toronto, Canada: i
E.-6. Black. Columbia, S. C.; Nelson1
Brldgeham. Springfield, Mass.: Don
McKee. Wheeling, W. Va., and Zeke
Hopkins, Atlanta, Ga.
GARNER BRAVES STORM
m HURRY TO CAST LINE
Drives Straight Through Okla
lKima Rain on Way to South
- 2* Texas Fishing Spots.
By the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okia.. June 16.
—Headed for Texas and “big fish,"
Vice President John N. Garner
couldn't be bothered by a rainstorm
here yesterday.
fin route to his Uvalde, Tex , home
from Washington for a vacation, Mr.
and Mrs. Garner and their chauffeur
purchased gasoline at the filling sta
tion of G. B. Moncreif.
.The Vice President asked Moncrief
t<t=,send a telegram for him to an
Amarillo, Tex., friend announcing his
ih&ntton to drive straight through
despite the storm.
-‘‘Well, I see you’re going down after
tfiSbig fish,” Moncreif said to Garner.
3r quoted the Vice President as re
lying. "Yes. and I'll give them hell
vlfien I get there, too."
■tyi _9_
| WINDOWS IN EGGS"”
MANHATTAN, Kans.. June 16 <>P).—
Eigen a baby chick inside an egg has
Ht^ privacy these days. They're put
tiiie window's in the eggshells.
'ijo study the development of disease
of-chicks in the shell. Kansas State
College bacteriologist now insert a
t.«ipfparent substance aboul the slae
d a dime In the shell.
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
NAMES.
DRIVING back from the TJp
perville Horse Show one aft
ernoon last week, a couple
of lads from Washington
were discussing names. One of them
said he knew a fellow who, when
slightly spiffed, would always go
around muttering to himself, "Bat
ten, Barton, Durstine and Osborne—
squads right!!’’ (This was somewhat
suggestive of the famous musical show
quartet sung by "Rabelais, Boccacio,
De Mauppasant and Bal-lac.”)
The other volunteered that he knew
a chap in Lexington, Ky„ yclept Alex
ander John Alexander Alexander.
The girl who was with them didn't
spem to think any of this uproariously
amusing, so they let the whole thing
drop.
Later they found out there was a
member of her family named S. Ap
pleton Appleton.
* * * *
MISER MAYBE.
Clerk over in the Post Office
Department came to work with her
dress on wrong side out.
Some one called her attention
to the fact.
"I know." said she. primly. "It
was soiled on the other side.”
* * * *
SYMBOL.
CPORTS writers who scribbled glow
ing phrases about Mel Porter
"breaking the tape" well In front of
his competitors in The Star mara
thon the other day were ofT their
nuts, if they don't mind our saying
so in a nice way.
What Poater broke was a piece of
knitting yam that had been borrowed
from a lady who was sitting near the
finish line, knitting two, purling one.
Harry Fiddesopp. one of the offi
cials, saw that somebody had stretched
a length of stout, heavy twine be
tween the two iron finish standards.
He knew marathon runners are al
ways more or less shot to pieces at
the end of a race, and figured one
of them might stagger into the twine
and bounce back. This could lead
to all sorts of complications, as you
can imagine.
So Mr. Fiddesopp called over to
the knitting lady, who obligingly
snipped away part of her ball of
I yarn. When Mel Porter hit it it was
! soft and easy to break, like a woolen
sweater.
FINANCES.
YVfE'VE heard lots of stories about
the sad condition of the Federal
worker's pocketbook shortly before
pay day, but none that made the point
better than this one.
Lady who works in a Government
department was strolling down by the
National Museum about dusk the other
evening when a tramp approached
and asked her for a nickel for to buy
himself a hot dog sandwich.
"Sorry,” said she, "but tomorrow's
pay day and I have only a single
penny to my name.”
"O. K.,“ said the bum. "Gimme
that. I've got four cents myself and"
a penny will make it just right.”
After resisting the temptation to
tell him to divide up and not be such
a filthy plutocrat, she did give him the
copper, too.
* * * *
DISTINCTION.
Couple we know down in Vir
ginia have been married for 37
years and over all that period (or
as long as icoman's suffrage has per
mitted) have conscientiously can
caled one another’s vote at the
polls, she being a Democrat and he
a Republican.
They were talking about it the
other day. saying it seemed a bit
foolish, and still, they had equally
strong convictions and felt that
what one had a right to do, the
other might do also.
"Hmm. Quite right, my dear,”
said the husband agreeably. "Ab
solutely no difference. Except that,
feeling the way I do about it, I’ve
had the privilege of paying the poll
tax for both of us.”
WHITHER NOW?
'T'HIS yarn comes under the We
Don't Know What to Make of It
Department, and is therefore offered
without comment.
Man who knows the ins and outs
of an organization known as the
Potomac Archers says a girl who was
practicing with her little bow and
arrow the other day suddenly turned
around to see a sly fellow trying to
slip her pocket book from beneath a
wrap she had laid on the grass.
She called to him to drop the purse,
but he paid no attention until she
leveled her bow at him and appeared
about ready to let fly. Then he went
loping away, leaving Mias Robin Hood
a bit amazed at her own prowess.
“Only reason I didn't shoot any
how," said she later, "was that I
didn't want him to go galloping off,
wagging one of my $2 target arrows
behind him."
* * * *
FAME.
JF ANYBODY around town needs
dark glasses, a false beard (air
cooled in this weather), clothes de
signed like battleship camouflage and
maj*>e a red wig to top oft the en
semble. it's Howard Wentworth, the
newspaper fellow whose articles on
traffic safety won him some sort of
national award not long ago.
In an absent-minded moment Mr.
W. started across the street “against"
a red light the other day down on
I
Pennsylvania avenue. By the time
he reached the curb he had been flus
tered almost to the point of distrac
tion by Paul Conlin and three other
Associated Press men, who bellowed
•‘safety" instructions from the side
walk and had Mr. W, doing more or
Crosses Two Seas, Non
Stop, From Eritrea
to India.
BY AMELIA EARHART.
ET R»dlo to Tne Star.
KARACHI, India, June 16.—We
crossed two seas yesterday and my
Lockheed-Electra monoplane set her
wheels down in Asia—for her and for
me r first visit.
Leaving Assab, Eritrea, to whicn
Capt, Noonan (Miss Earhart's naviga
tor) and I had flown from Massawa
Monday, we crossed the Red Sea. Our
course then lay along the eastern coast
of Arabia, over the Arabian Sea from
Ras el Hadd to Gwadar, in Baluch
istan, and thence skirted the coast to
Karachi. There we touched the fourth
continent on this leisurely world cruise.
The distance flown was slightly more
than that across the North Atlantic
from Newfoundland to Ireland (which
Miss Earhart flew solo on May 20-21,
1932), or about 1.920 miles.
I had been told that a non-stop to
India had not previously been made.
Sees Arabian Wastelands.
Surely, some of the wastelands of
the world bordered our route. I have
never seen a more desolate section
than the Arabian shore. Low sand
hills reach almost to the water's edge,
or ragged mountains tower. Most of
the time we flew inland, so that we
could see the tips of tilted hills and the
dry river canyons. No habitation was i
visible except a few villages near the .
sea. j
Surprisingly. In the midst of this
section a number of emergency flying j
field* are to be found. I think there
Is only military use for this route, be
sides an occasional itinerant pilot.
We left Assab before daylight yes
terday morning. The actual time of
the take-off was 3:15 a.m. (8:15 p.m.
Monday, New York timei. We checked
over Gwadar at 5 pm. (7:30 a.m
Tuesday, New York time) and landed
at Karachi at 7:05 pm. (9:35 am.,
New York time).
“Gas" Lever Jams, Cuts Speed.
Perhaps we could have made even
better time if my manual-mixture
control lever had not jammed. Thus,
I could not regulate the quantity of
gasoline consumed by the right engine,
and it gulped and gulped. I was afraid
I should run out of fuel, so I reduced
the speed to economize.
Fortunately, such a difficulty can be
remedied here. There seems to be
every facility for raring for airplanes
at the huge airport. It is one of the
largest in the world, I am sure.
One of the customs I am becoming
used to Is being fumigated. Every time
the plane lands, attendants with flit
guns or more elaborate contraptions
fling open the door and begin squirting.
Having been in the yellow fever dis
trict, Fred Noonan and I are suspects,
and warnings are being sent on ahead
that we are coming.
However, a rumor which apparently
found some circulation at home, to the
effect that we might be quarantined
here for nine days, seems to have no
foundation. Our healthfulness appears
to be officially accepted.
Phone* Husband in New York.
Last night a marvel of modern ;
communication stepped ir» to make me
feel very much at home, or possibly j
homesick. I talked by telephone with
my husband in New York, pretty well;
on the opposite side of the world. !
Mr. Putnam's voice sounded natural
as could be. It was a cheering inter
lude. ’
Stayed Last Night.
We str.yed last night at the home '
of an American. Mr. Markley. Hos
pitality extends the world over. I
Everywhere we go, some one steps;
up to offer food and shelter, baths and
laundering. We are very hard on
clothes, inasmuch as we have had to !
be our own mechanics much of the
time. We are always running short. 1
Despite my long day yesterday, I had •
a date with the mechanics In the
morning early.
I hope to start Thursday for Cal
cutta and points east and south. This
trip is not particularly speedy, for
which I am glad, as I am enabled to
see some little of the places visited.
(Copyright. 1P.YT.)
PRESIDENT WANTS
EARLY COURT VOTE
Roosevelt Wishes Bill Passed
Without a Filibuster, He
Tells Reporters.
Bt the Associated Pr#4*.
President Roosevelt expressed hope
for an early vote on his court reor
ganization bill.
He said at his press conference the
country wanted it passed without a
filibuster.
Meanwhile, Majority Leader Robin
son will determine when the bill will
be called up in the Senate. Admin
istration leaders have left the decision
to him.
The bill reached the Senate floor
Monday, carrying a recommendation
by the Judiciary Committee that it
be defeated.
Mr. Roosevelt told reporters he had
not read the committee report, but
expected to read it during a week end
cruise on the Potomac River.
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HOUSE BILL TO GRANT
COURT REPRESENTATION
Appeals Tribunal of District
Would Gain Place in Annual
Conference.
The United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia would be
given representation on the annual
conference of senior circuit judges
under a House bill reported favor
ably to the Senate yesterday by its
Judiciary Committee. The report was
submitted by Senator Hatch, Demo
crat, of New Mexico, acting for Sena
tor King, Democrat, of Utah, who
is absent recovering from a recent
illness.
The judicial conference was pro
vided for by law for the purpose of
expediting and improving court busi
ness through an annual survey. Rules
of practice and procedure are among
the subjects discussed at these an
nual meetings.
less of an egg dance in front of trucks,
busses and passenger cars.
Mr. Wentworth will please note that
fame followeth a man where’er he
goeth, and, besides, he should read
those excellent articles penned by Mr.
Wentworth on how to stay happy,
though pedestrian.
BODY OF MERY
House Adjourns in Respect
to Member Who Died of
Food Poisoning.
The body of Representative Con
nery, Democrat, of Massachusetts, who
died suddenly late yesterday of food
poisoning, was en route to Lynn. Mass.,
today for burial, while the House met
and promptly adjourned as a mark
of respect to its deceased member.
Connery, chairman of the important
House Labor Committee, died in
Homeopathic Hospital a few hours
after he had been stricken with the
ailment.
Solemn high mass of requiem
will be celebrated at St. Mary's Church
in Lynn, probably at 9 am., Saturday.
It is also expected that veterans’ or
ganizations to which he belonged will
hold the usual military rites.
Meeting at noon, members of the
House listened to the reading of a res
olution officially notifying them of Con
nery's death, and then adjourned as a
mark of respect to the popular leg
islator.
Speaker Bankhead and Majority
Leader Rayburn made no attempt to
conceal their sorrow.
Ill but 22 Hours.
Representative Connery had been
ill only 22 hours when he died after
receiving the last rites of the Roman
Catholic Church from Rev. Hugh A.
Dalton of St. Aloysius Church. Wnen
death came to the Congressman, his
wife and brother, Lawrence C. Con
nery of Lynn, were on their way by
automobile to Hartford. Conn., to
board a plane for Washiington. State
policemen broke the news of Con
nery's death to the family. Mrs.
Connery returned to Lynn, while the
brother continued on to the Capital.
Always a stanch champion of or
ganized labor. Representative Con
nery was co-author of the Wagner
Connery labor relations act and at
the time of his death was fighting for
enactment of the Black-Connery
wage-hour bill, which he declared
would "emancipate labor.”
Because of the swiftness of Repre
sentative Connery’s death and the
virulence of his infection, Coroner A.
Magruder MacDonald performed an
autopsy. Death, Dr. MarDonald said,
was caused by a heart attack brought
on by the severity of a gastrointesti
nal infection.
Was Careful of Diet.
‘The infection could have been
caused by food poisoning, but we will !
not know the exact type of the poison
ing for some time—perhaps 24 hours
or maybe as long as two weeks,” Dr. I
MacDonald said. The type of food
which caused the infection cannot be
established, the coroner added.
Representative Connery never par
took of food at the various banquets
he attended and was unusually care
ful of his diet. He attended a dinner
at a C. C. C. camp at Chicopee Falls,
REPRESENTATIVE
CONNERY.
Mass , but is believed to have followed
his usual custom and refused food.
He returned to Washington by train
Monday and was stricken that evening.
Intensely interested in the C. C. C,
Connery advocated establishment of
the corps as a permanent agency in
a bill introduced at this session.
President Roosevelt frequently
called Representative Connery to the
White House to confer with him about
pending labor legislation. The Mas
sachusetts Congressman advocated a
30-hour work week, elimination of
child labor and a national census of
tfie- unemployed.
Discovered Anti-Strike Joker.
When the national labor relations
act passed the Senate, Connery with
drew his companion bill to that of
Senator Wagner of New York and
substituted Wagner's measure to ob
tain passage in the closing days of
the 1935 session.
During his study of a redraft of
the bill Connery discovered an over
looked clause in the measure which
would have banned strikes.
Beside his routine congressional ac
tivities, Connery, who once was de
scribed by his secretary as a “jack-in
the-box,” because of his energetic
manner, was constantly requested to
make speeches throughout the East.
He was considered the best raconteur
in Congress.
The Labor Committee chairman be
gan his career as an actor in Eastern
Massachusetts. It was on the stage,
while with one of George M. Cohan's
Summer shows, that he met his wife,
the former Marie Manseau.
With her he formed the vaudeville
team of Connery-Lecault, reviving the
name of a vaudeville team which pier
formed a half century before behind
the footlights—that of his father and
his wife's -step-father.
Cited In World War.
For two years after their marriage,
Connery and his wife continued their
stage performances. Connery carried
on his stage career without his wife
as partner until the World War.
Then he joined the 26th (Yankee)
Division and served overseas for 19
months. During his service he was
promoted from private to color ser
geant for “meritorious service.”
Returning to the United States at
the end of the war, Oonnery became a
foreman of the General Electric plant
in East Ttoston and later opened a
candy-manufacturing business.
He entered politics as secretary to
former Mayor McPhetres of Lynn and
was elected to the Sixty-eighth Con
gress in 1922.
His first request on arriving in
Washington was to be assigned to
the House Labor and Veterans’ Com
mittees. Both were granted. He be
came chairman of the Labor Com
mittee in 1931.
Connery, who represented the sev
enth congressional district In Massa
chusetts primarily was Interested in
End 10,000-Mile Jamboree Trek
Raphael A. Petit and Juan Carmona, rover Scouts, today completed an adventure-filled
hike from their homes in Venezuela to the Boy Scout jamboree here. Shoivn greeting them
are. left to right: Lester G. Wilson, District of Columbia Scout executive (rear), Dr. Jacinto Fom
bona, counselor of the Venezuelan Legation; Luis Coll-Pardo, tourist commissioner of Venezuela;
Petit (shaking hands with Dr. Fombona), Carmona, Arturo Lares, secretary of the Legation,
and Juan Lecuna, attache of the Legation. —Star Staff Photo.
labor, shoes, textiles end leather In
dustries—the principal Industries of
the district.
Connery was born August 24. 1888.
in Lynn and attended St. Mary's
School there. He then attended Mont
real College. Montreal, and Holy Cross
College, Worcester, Mass.
Connery had one daughter, Marie
Terese Connery, 9 years old.
Indicative of Connery's perseverance
was his struggle to become a lawyer.
He studied law in night schools here
for years and twice failed in local
bar examinations. Each setback only
increased his determination, and in
June. 1934, he passed all his tests and
was admitted to the District bar.
Tribute Is Paid.
Among the first of the labor or
ganizations officially to mourn Rep
resentative Connery's death was Lodge
87 of the American Federation of
Government Employes. The lodge ad
journed its meeting last night after
adopting the following resolution when
it learned of the death
"We. the members of Lodge 87 of
the American Federation of Govern
ment Employes, in meeting assembled
at the District Building, resolve that
we were deeply shocked and deeply
regret the passing of a friend of labor
and defender of the rights of his fellow
men as a result of the death of Rep
resentative William Connery, chair
man of the Labor Committee of the
House of Representatives.
"The lodge is adjourned as a mark
of respect."
Representative Connery's remains
rested this morning only a few blocks
from the Capitol in the funeral home
of Charles S. Zurhorst, at 301 East
Capitol street. Many legislators called
to pay their respects before the casket '<
was clceed for shipment to Lynn.
RULE CHANGE URGED
ON SUPREME COURT
Jordon Case Followed by Plea for
Extension of Time for Re
hearing Motions.
The Justice Department ha* recom
mended that the Supreme Court give
thought to promulgation of a rule
which would allow filing of a motion
for a new trial in Federal courts in
cases where new evidence ha* been dis
closed, beyond the present limit of 80
days, it was learned today.
The recommendation, it was learned,
was signed by Attorney General Cum
mings and addressed to Chief Justice
Hughes.
The question of such a change arose
during the recent, efforts of Thomas
Jordon, sentenced to the electric chair
for the murder of a restaurant cashier,
to obtain a new trial on the claim
new evidence had been discovered.
The Court of Appeals refused the
motion on the ground the rules of
procedure allow such action only
within 60 days of expiration of the
term of trial court. Jordon’s sentence
subsequently was commuted to life im
prisonment by President Roosevelt.
HEARINGS DELAYED
ON WAGE-HOUR BILL
Connery's Death Postpones Ses
sions Until Monday or
Tuesday.
Because of the death of Representa
tive Connery, oo-sponsor of the ad
ministration wage and hour bill, further
hearings on the measure will be post
poned until next Monday and Tues
day, it was announced this afternoon
by Senator Black, Democrat, of Ala
bama, chairman of the Senate Labor
Committee.
In recess today, the Senate and
House committees were scheduled to
resume hearings tomorrow and con
clude the taking of testimony on Fri
day.
Yesterday the committee heard the
bill indorsed by Sidney Hillman, C. I.
O. leader and president of the Amalga
mated Clothing Workers, but opposed
by George Davis, president of the
United States Chamber of Commerce.
The committee also received from
the Civil service Commission a letter
asking more Inclusive application of
civil service requirements to employes
of the proposed Labor Standards
Board, the administrative agency.
--m.—..
BOY, 14, DROWNS
Firemen Recover Body From An
tietam Creek Near Bridgeport.
HAGERSTOWN, Md„ June 16 UP).
—Firemen yesterday recovered the
body of Darrell Rosier, 14, from An
tletam Creek, near Bridgeport.
The boy, an Inexperienced swimmer,
was playing on a large plank In the
creek Monday. He lost his grip and
drowned before Howard Bingham, a
companion, could obtain help.
Scouts Tell of Perils Faced
On 10,000-Mile Jamboree Trek
Tivo Venezuelans Recount Oivn Story
Of 2l/2-Year Journey, Made Dangerous
By Jungles and Hostile Indians.
iNote: The Star is indebted to
the Venezuelan Legation for this
signed article by Juan Carmona
and Rafael Angel Petit, Venezue
lan Scouts, who today completed
a 10.000-mile, 2'i-year hike from
their home in Caracas to Scout
Jamboree headquarters here.1
BY JL'AN CARMONA AND
RAFAEL ANGEL PETIT.
In keeping with the self-reliance of
Scout* evervhewer, and following the J
footsteps of our adventurous ances
tors who fought nature and man to
make their may to the Americas many j
centuries ago. we started out from
our homes in Caracas on January II, I
1935. with Washington as our ultimate
objective.
In the first place, we determined to
make every step of the way on foot,
without the use of any sort of modern
conveyance at all. We have suc
ceeded. The only conveyances we
have used besides our feet have been
handmade rafts for crossing rivers of
the jungles of Central America.
Turned Back at Border.
To date we estimate we have come !
10.000 miles through forest, swamp !
and mountain, although this has
sometimes been hard for us to deter
mine, since we are accustomed to
measuring in kilometers, not miles.
Not a little of this mileage was added
when we were refused admittance to
the United States at Laredo, due to
a misunderstanding at that port, and
were forced to return to Mexico City |
on foot for an "O. K." of our pass- i
ports.
We have visited the republics of
Colombia. Panama, Costa Rica, Nica
ragua. Honduras. Guatemala and
Mexico, and now the United States.
We have averaged about 25 miles
a day while traveling, although we
have been detained several times—by
Indians, by authorities and by friends
in cities along our route.
Our trip has not been easy. We
have encountered all sorts of diffi
culties, particularly in Colombia and
Panama, where there are few roads
and which contain great jungles and
deep rivers.
Pioneered One Jungle.
We believe we have traversed one
jungle which had not theretofore been
penetrated by civilized man—the
Choco Colombiano. which separates
Panama and Colombia.
We had to cut our way through this
territory with machetes, not being able
to take one step forward through the
unbelievably luxuriant vines, trees
and grasses without first clearing our
path.
We were forced for many miles to
lay a constant bridge before us of \
tree trunks in order to avoid quick
sand and quaking marshland.
For nearly six months we were wet
constantly, as the normally difficult I
crossing of these jungles was further
complicated by our striking it at the
rainy season.
In our travels through Central
America we heard tales of three Bra
zilian adventurers who had attempted
to come this same route, but who left
their footpath at Barranquilla or
Turbo, in Colombia, and made their
way by boat from there to Colon,
Panama. We found the Indians who
had bought an automobile from them
extremely indignant, as they had never
been able to make the strange-looking
machine run an inch.
We also heard much talk of an
Argentine who had made this trip by
horseback. He really made the trip
as stated, and we spoke with many
people along the way who entertained
him. However, he did not attempt
to go through the Choco Colombiano.
Coming through the tropics we suf
fered with malaria, from the bites of
insects and from dampness. We were
obliged to sleep in hammocks swung
in tall trees more than a month, to
avoid wild animals, poisonous snakes
and insects and the dampness of the
earth. However, we were happy when
we found a place where the earth was
dry enough to sleep on. In the jungle
we often made a speed of two and a
half miles a day.
one or our most, interesting ana
dangerous experiences was our contact
with the San Bias Indians in Panama.
They live very primatively and are
said to be very ferocious and suspicious.
We were fortunate enough to find a
few who could speak a little Spanish,
as we understood them otherwise only
by signs.
Their chief, Inapakina, gave us a
banquet and an invitation to attend
a religious ceremony. After the ban*
quet we disliked the idea of further
welcoming ceremonies, but disqp>ered
we dared not risk appearing discourte
ous by refusing.
i The banquet emulated at dried fish.
local vegetables In various states of
preservation and much drinking of a
horrid liquor called chucula. This
drink was bad enough by itself, but
we had to watch the women prepare it.
and that nearlv finished us. It is made
of gTeen plantains, grain and coco
nuts. all chewed up by the women and
then left to ferment.
They called us huacas—palefaces—
and let us know that we were pretty
well liked by most of the tribe and
might be •'compadres ” or friends of
the men. but not "comadres.” or
friends of the women We were re
lieved when we were given an escort to
the limits of their territory and allowed
to depart.
In Honduras we were raptured by a
roving band of brigands, and since
they had never heard of Scouts, had
a terrible time convincing them we
were really making the trip just for
fun and had no money and no inten
tion of taking anything from any one.
After they turned us loose, the Hon
duran authorities arrested us and
had to verify our credentials from the
Venezuelan government before they
would allow us to proceed.
Despite these and other hardships
along the way, we have had the most
fascinating and wonderful trip pos
sible. The exchange of fellowship with
our Scout brothers along the way has
been most gratifying. In Mexico City
we were decorated by the national
Scout body, given a banquet and
escorted by a guard ol honor 30 miles
out of the city.
We bring credentials from national
Scout executive* in Venezuela and
from the president of our country. We
bear official greetings from the Scouts
of Venezuela and of all Central
American countries and Mexico to the
Scouts of North America.
We want to emphasize that the
Scouts of the Latin American countries
are anxious to know better the Scouts
of North America, and we personally
extend to all of you an invitation to
come and see us in Venezuela.
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LABOR LEADERS EXPECT
RAILS TO EMPLOY MORE
By th« Associated Preaa.
Labor leaders said today they ex
pected the Nation's railroads soon to
be hanging out ' men wanted" signs
that would bring employment to at
least 40,000 new workers within a year.
They said the campaign awaits
enactment of the Wagner-Crosser
railroad retirement bill—the railroad
workers' "social security" measure.
The House Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee approved the
bill yesterday. It would replace the
present retirement act, the legality of
which is under court attack.
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WAR APPROPRIATION
MEASURE APPROVED
Carrying more liberal amounts for
flood-control projects. tTie War De
partment appropriation bill was ap
proved by the Senate Appropriations
Committee today with a combined
total of about $600,000,000 for military
and non-military purposes.
The House this year adopted a new
rule of lifting out the civil functions,
such as flood control and river and
harbor work, into a separate bill from
the national defense items. Because
of the short time remaining before
July 1, the Senate committee returned
to the old rule of putting all War De
partment funds in one bill.
Cat Suckles Foxes.
Polly Ann, a white angora cat
owned by A. G. Wilson of Beckley,
W. Va.. suckled three orphan gray
foxes along with her two kittens.
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate:
Debate* $1,500,000,000 relief bill.
House:
Probably will adjourn because of
death of Representative Connery.
Naval Committee studies auxiliary
ship construction program.
Immigration Committee resumes
hearings on Starnes immigration bills.
Post Office Committee continues
hearing on foreign airmail legislation.
Flood Control Committee hears Ohio
Valley flood control advocates.
Interstate Commerce Committee
considers amendments to 1933 se
curities act.
ROOSEVELT SEEKS
LOW INCH AID
Economists at Work on
Methods to Increase
Buying Power.
B* the Associated Press.
Administration economists, spurred
by President Roosevelt's re-statement
of economic policy, sought methods
today for generating greater purchas
ing power among low income groups.
Mr. Roosevelt told his press confer
ence late yesterday that if the one
third of tlie population in the lowest
Income class could increase its buying
power, it would accelerate the business
machine generally.
This, he said, would boost the na
tional income, speed the flow of tax
revenue into the Treasury, and bring
the budget into balance.
As an example, the President said
that if taypayers paid the Government
$6,000,000,000 when the national in
come was $60,000,000,000. revenue
might be expected to total $9,000,000.
000 if the national income reached
*90.000.000.000.
Reducing Relief I.oad.
Besides meeting revenue needs, he
said, such a development would
whittle expenditures by reducing the
relief load. It then would be possible
to pare the public debt, he added,
Mr. Roosevelt advanced no specific
proposals for increasing purchasing
power among low' income groups, but
said something might be accomplished
by such steps as increasing the $10
monthly allowance for dependent chil
dren under the social security act and
by fixing wage and hour standards.
He promised further details in a
fireside chat” this Summer or at an
other press conference.
The President said various adminis
tration officials are studying methods
of reaching his broad economic ob
jectives. He talked with some prior ta
his press conference, he explained.
His callers yesterday included Secre
taries Morgenthau. Wallace and Per
kins; Harry Hopkins, works progress
administrator; Chairman Marriner S.
Eccles of the Federal Reserve Board
and Acting Budget Director Daniel W.
Bell.
Studies alreadv made. Mr. Roosevelt
said, have substantiated his statements
that one-third of the population is ;11
i fed. ill-housed anci ill-clothed He
suggested that business itself should
seek methods of increasing purchasing
, power among those persons.
175 ATTEND R.O.T. C.
AT FORT BELVOIR
Students From Several Colleges
Arrive—House din New
Type Tents.
Slfda! Dispatch to The Star.
FORT BELVOIR. Va . June IP —
An encapment of new-sr vie pyramidal
tents has been set up here to house
the 175 students from the following
schools, who arrived yesterday to at
tend the R. O. T. C. camp for two
weeks: Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Yale University. College
of the City of New York, New York
University, Carnegie Institute of Tech
nology, Johns Hopkins University,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
Penn Slate.
The Irame barracks which formerly
were used have been torn down and
semi-permanent tile and concrete ad
ministration buildings have been
built, supplemented by a number of
tents accommodating four students
each.
Students have been divided Into
three companies. Officers in charge
are: Company A. Capi. D. A. New
comer of New York University and
Capt. T. L. Mulligan of Clakston Col
lege. New York: Company B, Capt.
N. L. Hemenway of Virginia Poly
technic Institute and Capt. L, B. Wash
bourne of Penn State; Company C,
Capt. D. M. Dunne, jr., of Carnegie
Institute of Technology and Capt. P.
M. Reeve of Johns Hopkins University.
The executive set-up for the camp
is as follows: Col. J. L. Schley, camp
commander: Maj. R. G Barrows, ex
ecutive officer; Capt. W. C. D. Bridges,
assistant plans and training officer;
Capt. J. N. Kruger, adjutant; Lieut.
S. L. Brown, supply and transporta
tion; Lieut. J. L. Johnson, mess: Capt.
H. G. Douglas, recreation: Maj. J. R.
Wright, chaplain: Maj. A. B. Mac
Nabb and Maj. J A. McCallum, in
structors in hippology; Col. William
Dear, surgeon, and Capt. R W. Pear
son, range officer and camp inspector.
PROFIT IS NOT ALL,
V. U. CLASS HEARS
Material, Social and Spiritual
Betterment Is Industry's Aim,
Stettinius Says.
Bs the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va . June 1«
—The University of Virginias 382
graduates of the class of 1937 prepared
today to find places for themselves In
the world.
They carried with them the words
of Edward R. Stettinius, Jr, U. S.
Steel’s Finance Committee chairman,
who told them in a graduation address
yesterday that "a world believed safe
for democracy continues to find diffi
culty in making democracy work.
“In comparison with other industrial
nations,” Stettimius, an alumnus of
the class of 1924. continued, “our
progress in the production of material
goods and services has been the marvel
of the world.
“In this respect, Industry has done
well for the Nation: but now new re
quirements are being made. When a
whole community can stumble Into
despair with the stoppage of a single
pay roll, it is self-evident that Indus
try has far-reaching social Implica
tions which should be matched by an
equal sense of social responsibility."
The commencement speaker said
“enlightened business” was thoroughly
In accord with the new concept that
“our instruments of production shall
in the future be conducted with more
statesmanlike emphasis on the welfare
of all Involved.
“The goal of production shall not be
profit alone,” he continued, “but ma
terial, social and spiritual betterment
for all groups and classes. This is the
spirit of our age. Just as the demand
for political freedom was the spirit of
•76."
$10 Hooked by Angler.
LOGANSPORT, Ind.. June 16 </P).—
Joseph Geiger displayed today a $10
bill he “landed" on his trout line.
Intact and undamaged, while fishing
In the Wabash River,