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Weather Forecast
Rain or snow late tonight and tomor
row; colder tonight, lowest temperature
about 32. Temperatures today—High
est, 45. at 2 p.m.; lowest, 40, at 10 a.m.
Pull report on page A-2.
Closing New York Markets, Page 16.
First in Washington—
First in the news coverage that
builds public confidence—First in
circulation and advertising that
reflect public confidence.
UP) Mean* Associated Press.
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01 cfl 1 JjAll. ■‘AO. 0-±,t)Oi/. post office, Washlnston, D. C.
WASHINGTON, P. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1939—FORTY-SIX PAGES. ***
THREE CENTS.
$552,000,000 Arms Program
Providing for 3,000 Pla nes
Is Proposed by President
Training for 20,000
Pilots, New Canal
Defenses Asked
BACKGROUND—
With undeclared wars going on
in Europe and Asia and tension
clearly near the breaking point
in several other instances, whole
ivorld has turned to race for
greater armaments. Congress last
year authorized some expansion
in plane and shipbuilding here,
but new program is expected to
exceed this by far.
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.
President Roosevelt today called
on Congress for an additional na
tional defense program to cost
$552,000,000. It would provide at
least 3,000 new planes for the Army
and train 20.000 pilots, with the
training directed “to the essential
qualifications for civilian flying.”
Of the total appropriation asked,
$450,000,000 was for the Army—of
which $300,000,000 was for the addi
, tional planes—$65,000,000 for the
Navy, $10,000,000 for the training of
pilots, and $27,000,000 for “imple
menting of the existing defenses for
the Panama Canal."
Tire Commander in Chief of the
Army and Navy, in his message to
Congress, described the new pro
gram as “well-rounded."
“Minimum Program.”
“Devoid of all hysteria, this pro
gram is but the minimum of re
quirements," he said.
The President's recommendations
for inci cased air forces fell short
of earlier predictions from various
sources, which ran the number of
planes up to 10.000.
However, the increase in the air
fprees asked in the message will
give this country strong defense
against any air attack that might
be launched by foreign nations.
Included in the Presidents pro
posals for the Navy are $21,000,000
4for additional planes. The Navy,
already has a program looking to
3,000 planes and strides are being
made toward that total.
The completed program would
give the United States at least 8.000
military and naval planes, provided
replacements for the old planes arc
made and the new ones are not
used for such replacement of air
strength.
3,000 Plane Increase.
■ Mr. Roosevelt, in his message,
made no mention of the estimated
strength of the air forces of any of
the foreign nations. It has been
stated in official quarters, however, |
that Germany has approximately
10.000 and a capacity for producing
1.000 new planes a month.
Of the total amount allocated to
the Army in the new program,
$300,000,000 was proposed for pur
chase of several types of airplanes, j
This, the President said, “should
‘ provide a minimum increase of 3.000 j
planes, but it is hoped that orders
placed on such a large scale will
materially reduce the unit cost and
actually provide many more planes.” I
The President made no attempt
to link the national defense pro
gram to recovery and re-employ
ment. He pointed out that while
he asks for a total of $552,000,000, he
expects that not more han $210,
000.000 will be expended during he (
coming fiscal year, though the rest j
, may be contracted for, for the i
Army and Navy programs, and $5,- !
000,orf) for defenses in the Panama |
Canal.
No Thought of Foreign War.
The-Chief Executive asserted em- I
phaticallv that the proposed new
defense program and the reasons
back of it do not "remotely intimate
that the Congress or the President
have any thought of taking part in
another war on European soil.”
The message called attention of
Congress and the country to the j
fact that while the United States
entered the World War in April, ■
1917, no part was taken by Ameri
can troops in any major engage
ment until the end of May, 1918.
This delay, Mr. Roosevelt pointed
out, was due to the fact the allied
nations carried on the fighting while
the United States had a year to
train its men and to produce the
needed arms and supplies to con
duct military operations.
• The President told Congress that
* (See DEFENSE, Page A-8.)
Chinese Negotiating
For 200 U. S. Planes
B» the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—Nego- .
tiations for the purchase of 200
Bellanca multi-purpose bomber
planes by the Chinese national gov
'ernment have been entered into but
no written contracts have been
signed, Jacob Gruber, counsel for the
Bellanca Corp. said today.
The negotiations were begun
August 9, 1938, Mr. Gruber said.
"On that date the United States
representatives of the Chinese gov
ernment accepted the corporation’s
proposal subject to the approval
of his government,” he said, "but
• did not enter into written contracts
for the purchase of planes with
in the time specified. Negotiations
are still pending, but there have
been no contracts entered into up
to the present time.”
- • . . -
British Ask Czech Loan
Be Spent on Refugees
Bs the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 12.—The British
treasury, which recently loaned
Czecho-Slovakia £10.000.000 ($46.
700.000), today asked that the re
. mainder of the loan be spent on
emigrating refugees.
The Czech financial delegation in
London opposed the suggestion.
The loan was originally asked
from Britain for reconstruction of
Czecho-Slovakia after its partition
by the Munich conference.
A m
Frankfurter Is Approved
By Senate Subcommittee
Felix Frankfurter (right) is greeted by Chairman Neely as he
arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on his
nomination to the Supreme Court. —Star Staff Photo.
-—-_
Chamberlain Awaits
Duce's Demands
In Mediterranean
Mussolini Believes
France Should Join
In Sacrifices
BACKGROUND—
Mussolini, seeking reward for
part in “Munich Peace," is driv
ing for domination of the West
ern Mediterranean. Program in
volves giving up of territory by
France. Again Premier Cham
berlain of Great Britain is called
in the role of mediator. Observers
see threats to Franco-British al
liance in talks in Rome, since
France has expressed determina
tion to go to war rather than give
up an inch of her Idnds.
BULLETIN.
ROME. Jan. 10 (4s).—'The pre
miers of Britain and Italy con
cluded their formal conversations
on the future of Europe late to
day. and British sources said no
new commitment had been made
on either side.
tbe Associated Press.
ROME, Jan. 12.—Premier Musso
lini presents to Prime Minister
Chamberlain today his demands
upon Europe, constituting in effect
a definition of the “justice" which
he sets as the price of peace and
likely revolving about control of
the Mediterranean and colonial con
cessions.
Mussolini laid down the policy of
“peace founded on justice” in a
friendly toast at the banquet he
gave the British Minister last night.
Chamberlain in an answering
toast said his way was for a “just
and peaceful solution of interna
tional difficulties by the method of
negotiation.'
The two talked informally for 90
minutes yesterday. They chatted
again after the banquet. The formal
conference today included, as did
the previous discussions, Foreign
Ministers Lord Halifax .and Count
Galeazzo Ciano, Mussolini’s son-in
law.
Ciano Receives Delegation.
Count Ciano received Lord Hali
fax. Sir Alexander Cadogan, Brit
ish undersecretary of foreign affairs,
and Sir Noel Charles, Counsellor of
the British Embassy, an hour be
fore the formal program started
with a visit by Chamberlain and
Viscount Halifax to leave wreaths
at the Pantheon of Italian Kings
and the Unknown Soldier's Tomb.
The presence of Sir Alexander was
believed to indicate that the prelim
inary talks dealt with Italian desire
for concessions in French Africa and
perhaps wdth the Spanish war.
Chamberlain’s position in the en
suing formal parley was said to be
that of a listener, offering nothing
until he had heard Mussolini’s de
mands, which diplomats expected
would be considerable.
The foreign ministers’ conversa
tion was understood to have served
as background for more important
talks later with the two premiers
present. Reliable sources said no
important decisions were reached.
Reich Envoy Calls.
Diplomats said that the German
Ambassador, Hans-Georg Viktor von
Mackensen, visited Count Ciano
after Lord Halifax's call. He was
believed to have inquired and to
have been told what the Britons thus
far had discussed.
Japanese Ambassador Shiratori
Toshio was considered also likely to
have made inquiries as the envoy of
Italy's other partner in the anti
communist triangle. Reports from
London indicated that one of Cham
berlain’s chief objects was to find
out what steps the anti-Communist
partners might take in 1939.
It is the Fascist conviction that
(See ROME, Page A-S.)
By JOHN C. HENRY.
Appointment of Prof. Felix Frank
furter as a justice of the Supreme
Court was approved this afternoon
by a Senate judiciary subcommit
tee.
With all members present except
Senator McCarran. Democrat, of
Nevada, eight votes were cast unani
mously for the nominee in a brief
executive session following a crowd
ed and dramatic open hearing this
morning. Appearing at that time,
the Harvard University scholar
offered to the committee the full
record of his life as a measure of
his fitness for a place on the court.
In dignified manner he told them
he felt it needed no supplementa
tion.
The recommendation of the sub
committee that the nomination be
confirmed will be laid before the full
Judiciary Committee on Monday,
with speedy approval expected there
and later on the Senate floor.
Prof. Frankfurter and his counsel,
Dean G. Acheson, lunched with Sub
committee Chairman Neely of West
Virginia and Judiciary Chairman
Ashurst of Arizona after the sub
committee had voted.
In addition to Senators Neely and
McCarran, the subcommittee in
cluded Senators King of Utah. Con
nally of Texas and Hughes of Dela
ware, Democrats; Borah of Idaho,
Austin of Vermont and Danaher of
Connecticut, Republicans, and Nor
ris of Nebraska, independent.
Attacked by witnesses during the
past few days because of his identi
fication with liberal thought and
causes, the slight Harvard professor
offered the record of his life in
answer to questioning by Senator
McCarran.
“I do not think you have ever
taken an oath to support the Con
stitution with less reservations.than
I have or would now." he told Sen
ator McCarran, “nor do I believe
you are more attached to the theo
ries and practices of Americanism
than I am.
“You will have to decide in the
light of my whole life what devo
(SeTFRANKFURfER, Page A-3.)
'Uncle of Kings' Is III
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 12 <&).—'The
80-year-old Danish Prince Valde
mar, known as the “uncle of Kings,”
was in a critical condition today
with bronchitis and influenza.
Before the World War five of his
nephews were on Europe’s thrones—
the Kings of England. Norway, Den
mark and Greece and the Czar of
Russia.
Relief Slash
Is Backed by
Committee
House Group Asks
725 Million; Hits
'Malingerers'
BACKGROUND—
President Roosevelt last week
asked Congress to appropriate
$875,000,000 to provide unemploy
ment relief during rest of fiscal
year. Previously need had been
estimated variously from $500,
000,000 to $1,150,000,000. House
Appropriations Subcommittee cut
President’s estimate, but strong
efforts will be made for both more
and less money during considera
tion of bill.
Bn thr Associated Press.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee. contending that W. P. A
rolls carry “thousands neither right
fully nor justifiably thereon,” for
mally recommended today a $725,
000,000 appropriation to keep the
relief agency going until June 30.
The full committee thus went
along with a subcommittee in a re
volt against the administration’s
spending program.
President Roosevelt had asked
$875,000,000 for W. P. A., but that
figure, the committee said, “presages
a continued degree of unemploy
ment out of harmony with general
recovery indications.”
Pour Republican members of the
committee, asserting that “a na
tional scandal requires immediate
action,” went even farther. They
said in a minority report that funds
should be appropriated now only to
keep W. P. A. operating until April 7.
By that date, they added, there
should be a basis for future conduct
of relief activities, “revamped and
revised.”
Woodrum Opens Debate.
“The minority," they said, “con
demns the administration of relief,
which stands charged with waste
and extravagance, with the scandal
ous use for political purposes of
money appropriated for those in
need, and with the fostering of sub
versive propaganda against the
Government itself."
They added, however, that they
realized that the "unfortunate mal
administration of relief funds"
should not be used as a penalty on
those in distress at this time.
Representative Woodrum, Demo
i crat. of Virginia opened debate by
1 contending W. P. A. could drop
500,000 from its rolls in the next five
months because it expects private
employment to increase by 1,500,000.
House leaders had arranged for
debate to continue until tomorrow
afternoon and said they would push
the measure to passage by tomorrow
night.
“During a period of which there
is to be a million and a half new
jobs created, and with a careful and
thoughtful management of its pro
gram." Representative Woodrum as
serted, “I do not believe it is un
reasonable to ask W. P. A. to set its
house In order and to bring about
reasonable retrenchments.”
Opposes Lavish Spending.
Representative Woodrum, in
charge of the relief bill in the House,
said he had recognized the neces
sity of meeting relief needs and stim
ulating recovery, “but I have never
subscribed to that school of thought
that lavish public spending was
sound business judgment or the way
to economic stability.”
He said he felt Congress was in
viting “national disaster to our eco
nomic structure” if it continued to
pile up expenditures beyond any
hope of revenue to meet them.
The $875,000,000 requested by Mr
Roosevelt contemplated keeping an
average of 2,870,000 persons on
W. P. A. rosters for the five months
starting February 1. The majority
said $725,000,000 would bring W. P. A
employment down to an average of
2,377,049 per month.
The Appropriations Committee
approved the slash in the proposed
W. P. A. fund shortly before the bill
was brought to the House floor for
debate. Leaders had agreed to end
the debate by 2 p.m. tomorrow.
_In recommending a clause which
(SeeW. P",a!7 Page”A-l27)
Bulletin
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 12 (&).—
The war department announced
today that Gen. Saturnino Cedillo,
agrarian leader who headed an
unsuccessful revolt against the
government last spring, was slain
in battle with federal troops yes
terday.
Summary of Today's Star
Page. Page.
Amusements, Obituary ...A-12
A-14 Radio .... B-16
Comics _..C-8-9 Sports _C-l-3
Editorials ..A-10 Society .. B-3
Financial A-16 Woman’s Page
Lost and Found, C-4
C-5
Foreign.
Loyalists mobilize men between ages
of 39 and 45. Page A-l
Czechs sell most of interest in arms
plant to banks. Page A-9
National.
President asks defense program
costing $552,000,000. Page A-l
Franfurter goes before Senate group
for questioning. Page A-l
House report hits W. P. A. “maling
erers”; debate begun. Page A-l
Senate committee to question Hop
kins further tomorrow. Page A-l
Musica paid $150,000 to blackmailers
before suicide. Page A-2
Drive mapped for record building
boom in 1939. Page A-3
Truckers push cleanup of port con
gestion after strike. Page A-6
Gorin’s wife also held in Los Angeles
spy case. Page A-6
Broad assault on trade agreements
policy held likely. Page A-13 j
Washington and Vicinity.
Commissioners give support to pro
posed new tax plan. Page B-l
Foes ready to fight sales tax in new
D. C. revenue pian. Page B-l
Sports.
Capital college quintets open heavy
week end action tonight. Page C-l
Short pitch for stars, long irons for
dubs toughest in golf. Page C-2
Clarke boosting pin average to atone
for flop in stakes. Page C-3
Editorial and Comment
This and That. Page A-10
Answers to Questions. Page A-10
Letters to The Star. Page A-10
David Lawrence. PageA-11
Alsop and Kintner. Page A-ll
G. Gould Lincoln. Page A-ll
Jay Frankin. PageA-11
Della Pynchon. Page A-ll
Miscellany
The Holy Terror. Page B-6
Vital Statistics. Page A-7
City News in Brief. Page A-6
Nature’s Children. PageC-10
Winning Contract. PageB-14
Bedtime Story. Page C-8
Cross-Word Puzzle. Page C-8
Letter-Out. Page C-8
Uncle Ray’s Comer. Page C-9
After Dark. Page B-10
NOW YOU DO^
WHAT I TELL YOU
. and You're Goin'
'V MORE PLACES.
r««»E
// Minority
/ leader
////
Jos.Wf'touni
Hopkins to Be Called
Again Tomorrow
In W. P. A. Quiz
Nominee Unable to Give
Detailed Answers
Without Study
BACKGROUND—
Harry L. Hopkins was in charge
of Federal relief adrninistration
from 1933 to late last, month when
he resigned to become Secretary
of Commerce. Frequently under
fire administration’s relief pol
icies were dealt severest blow
when Senate Campaign Expendi
tures Committee reported misuse
of funds for political purposes,
but did not place blame on Mr.
Hopkins.
Ft thr Associated Press.
The Senate Commerce Committee
decided today to call Harry L. Hop
kins again tomorrow morning for
further questioning about charges of
political use of W P. A. funds.
The former relief administrator
appeared before the committee
briefly this morning, but said he
could not give detailed answers to
many questions without some prep
aration.
The committee is considering the
nomination of Mr. Hopkins to be
Secretary of Commerce.
The nominee told the committee
that as far as he was concerned he
was willing to “rest my case” on the
Sheppard Campaign Expenditures
Committee report on politics-in
relief charges.
Quizzed on Coercion.
He said that although he did not
desire to amplify his statement of
yesterday, in which he conceded
that, he had erred in several cases,
he was agreeable to proceeding at
once with further questioning or
later if details of the Sheppard
Committee report were to be dis
cussed.
Senator Johnson, Republican, of
California started the new set of
questions regarding the record of
the Sheppard Committee.
The Californian began by inquir
ing about a series of newspaper
charges that W. P. A. employes in
Kentucky had been coerced on be
half of Senator Barkley, Democrat,
of Kentucky in his campaign for
renomination.
Mr. Hopkins investigated the
charges and declared most of them
to be unfounded, whereas the Shep
pard Committee reported that it
found most of them true.
Immediate Vote Blocked.
When Senator Johnson began his
questioning, Mr. Hopkins said he
had a complete record of his own
investigation of the newspaper
charges, but could not recall the
results in detail.
The move to bring Mr. Hopkins
back before the committee tomorrow
blocked efforts of administration
supporters to have him approved by
the committee today. Senator Pepper,
Democrat, of Florida was leader in
the effort to have the committee
act with dispatch.
Senator Pepper, saying Mr. Hop
kins “elevated himself in the re
spect and the affections of the
American people" at yesterday's
hearings, expressed confidence the
nomination would be approved.
Few Opposing Votes Likely.
Other Senators predicted private
ly there would be few opposing votes,
even though a number of commit
tee members do not agree with the
nominee's economic and political
views.
After committee approval, how
ever, an outburst of Senate speech
making was indicated.
Senator Holt, Democrat, of West
Virginia, an administration critic,
said he would criticize the nomi
nation because "Hopkins is unfit for
the office.’' He predicted, however,
(See HOPKINS, Page A-3.)
Lewis and Travis Sign
For More Pay
President Clark Griffith of the
Washington ball club today con
ferred with Third Baseman Buddy
Lewis and Shortstop Cecil Travis
and after a brief salary’ discussion
announced that both of his young
stars had signed for 1939.
In making his announcement,
Griffith said that' both players had
been given increases in pay. In ad
dition to Travis and Lewis, Griffith
also has signed Outfielder George
Case, Pitcher Joe Krakauskas and
Inflelder Ossie Bluege among oth
ers.
Mrs. Roosevelt
Clarifies Remarks
On Party 'Crashing'
In an interview with a Star
reporter today Mrs. Roosevelt
made it clear that her inquiries
into the facts relating to the
call at the White House last
New Year eve by two high
school students who obtained
her own and the President's
autograph had convinced her
that The Star knew nothing of
the incident until it was re
ported to The Star by the stu
dents themselves.
Mrs. Roosevelt said that she
had not intended to convey the
impression at her press confer
ence last Thursday that The
Star knew of the incident in
advance, but apparently her
comments were misconstrued.
In further explanation of her
original comment Mrs. Roose
velt said that she was still mys
tified over how the young peo
ple had obtained an apparent
familiarity with that part of
the White House which is not
open to the public.
No Hope Is Held
For Col. Ruppert
B: the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. 12.—'The con
dition of Col. Jacob Ruppert. owner
of the world champion New York
Yankee bpf>eball team, remained
unchanged today.
The 71-year-old multi-millionaire
brewer and real estate operator,
strirken with phlebitis and a liver
ailment, slept quietly through the
night.
His personal physician. Dr. Otto
; Scherdtfeger, said last night there
was no hope for Col. Ruppert s re
covery.
Col. Ruppert roused from a semi
coma shortly before midnight and
took some nourishment—milk, egg
and whisky. Then he fell asleep
again.
$80,000 Fund Will Set Oul
6,000 Dogwood Trees
Plans for planting 6,000 flowering
dowgwood trees in Potomac Park
were approved today by Public
Works Administrator Harold Ickes.
He authorized an allotment of
$80,000 to the National Park Service
for the work.
Supt. C. Marshall Finnan of the
National Capital Parks said the
trees would create a place of rare
beauty here and would attract
countless visitors. Both white and
pink varieties of dogwood will be
used, with pink predominating.
The plan also includes relandscap
ing of the District of Columbia
World War Memorial in Potomac
Park in such a way that the flower
ing dogwoods will provide a setting
of unusual beauty for it.
Mr. Finnan said trees up to 12
feet in height will be used. Actual
work of setting them out will be
undertaken during the present year.
World Wheat Board to Call
International Conference
B> the Associated Press.
LONDON. Jan. 12.—The Inter
national Wheat Advisory Board to
day decided to call an international
conference to deal with the world
wheat problem. It will be the first
since August, 1933, and probably
will be held in London.
Representatives of the following
countries expressed willingness "in
principle” to participate in the con
ference although some made reser
vations:
Soviet Russia, Canada, Denmark,
Finland, Italy, Rumania, Spain and
Yugoslavia.
The agenda will be considered
by the committee tomorrow.
Loyalists Mobilize
All Men Between
Ages of 39 and 45
Rebels Push Drive on
Tarragona After
Taking Montblanch
BACKGROUND—
Insurgents report 125 villages
taken. 1.200 square miles of gov
ernment territory occupied and
30.000 prisoners captured since
their Catalonian drive, with Bar
celona, provisional government
capital, as its goal, was launched
December 23. Meanwhile Loyalists
continued thier drive in South
east Spain.
By the Associated Press.
BARCELONA, Spain, Jan. 12
The Spanish government today or
dered mobilization of all men be
tween the ages of 39 and 45 in ai
attempt to stem the insurgents
great offensive in Catalonia.
Mobilization orders previously ha(
included all males between the age
of 18 and 38.
All male civilians up to 51
years of age and others who an
unfit for service at the front wer<
ordered to join fortification brigades
Fortification brigades formed ear'
lier in the war were dissolved anc
their men sent to the infantry.
War industries and supplies weri
ordered militarized and all available
armament sent immediately to the
war zone.
Rebels Gain All Along
j Catalonian Front
HENDAYE. France fat the Span
i ish Frontier), Jan. 12 f/P).—Insur
gent dispatches today reported thal
the advance of Generalissimo Fran
cisco Franco's armies continued all
along the Catalonian front from
near the French border to withir
sight of the Mediterranean.
In the northernmost sector insur
gent troops announced they hac
captured the important positions ol
Cisca Peak and the town of Ara
j munt, northeast of Tremp, in theii
; drive through the Pyrenees toward
'■ the French frontier.
In the center the insurgents as
serted they took the village ol
Guardia de Prades. northeast ol
j Montblanch, in their push towarc
I Tarragona and the Mediterranean
Advance units were only 45 miles
from Barcelona, the governmeni
capital, and within sight of the sea
The southern wing also reportec
an important advance east frorr
Mora de Ebro, without specifying the
new positions taken.
Franco’s forces gathered mo
mentum today in their downhil
drive toward Tarragona, threaten
ing to isolate government troops tc
the south.
Franco’s men were reported ad
vancing southward from Mont
blanch. gateway to Tarragona
which fell into the insurgent hand:
late yesterday after a combined driv<
by four supporting columns hac
swept aside government resistance
around the little city of 5,000 popu
lation.
At the same time Gen. Juan
Yague’s Moroccan troops went intc
action in the long-dormant sector
east of Mora de Ebro. These forces
took Mora la Neuva, on the wesl
bank of the flood-swollen Ebrc
River, and skirted to the south and
east toward a Junction with another
column now threatening Falset.
Gen. Franco was said to control
two sides of the triangle formed by
Montblanch, Falset and Tarragona
Military observers said insurgents
advancing along the Montblanch
Tarragona highway could see the
Mediterranean clearly and that the
government’s communications be
tween Montblanch and Falset were
under insurgent fire.
Last of Triplets Born to Wife
Of Marylander, 80, Dies
Spuial Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md„ Jan. 12.—
The last of triplets—two boys and
a girl—born night before last to
80-year-old John Benjamin Bur
roughs of Cuckles Creek at^ his 33
year-old wife died this mdhiing in
St. Mary’s Hospital here.
One of the boys died yesterday
morning shortly after the infants
were brought to the hospital. The
other died last night. Since the
stork was not expected until March,
no doctor was present and the trip
lets were delivered by a colored
midwife, Rosetta Coats.
Mr. Burroughs, married three
times, is the father of 17 children
Five of these, not including the
triplets, are by his present wife
Anna McKee.
His oldest living child is 58 years
old; the youngest 3.
Antarctic Area
Claimed for U. S.
By Ellsworth
80,000 Square Miles
Is Discovered in
Dangerous Flight
By LINCOLN ELLSWORTH,
Leader, Fourth Ellsworth Antarctic
Expedition.
ON BOARD MOTOR SHIP
WYATT EARP, Jan. 12 (By wireless).
Eighty thousand square miles of coun
try never seen before by human eye
has been added today to the known
area of the world's surface, and,
following a precedent set by earlier
discoverers, I have claimed the area
I have explored for my country,
the United States of America.
From the fringe of the Antarctic,
I have flown south to a point from
where I could see latitude 74:30
south on longtitude 79 east, and, as
our altitude in flight was nearly
12.000 feet and visibility was per
fect, I could see at least 150 miles
on each side of the plane.
In all this area not a mountain
range or a speck of bare land
showed after we left the coastal
belt of hills, which thrust their
dark, snowfree tops through the
barrier’s edge. The whole area, as
far south as we could see, slopes
gradually upward to a surface alti
| tude of approximately 11,500 feet,
and, serrated with high sastrugi,
continues on toward the pole. Had
mountains been discovered, I would
have brought back more spectacu
lar photographs, but the knowledge
that no mountains are to be found
i in this area is of equal geological
and geographical importance.
Evidence of Mineralization.
Although snow-covercd today, the
area I saw in my flight of discovery
might, some years hence, become
snow-free and disclose righ mineral
deposits, for, on the coast, exposed
surfaces show much evidence of
high mineralization.
Yesterday morning our situation
on board the Wyatt Earp was dan
gerous and somewhat hopeless. We
had been driven the day before from
our chosen take-off and landing
' field—a flat field of bay ice, lati
i tude (approximate) 69 south, longi
! tude 77 east—by the approach of an
; extensive, steady flow, forced down
i on us by several iceb(Wgs. It came
, j down hurriedly and we only just
avoided being hemmed in by the
1 solid ice. We moved to the other
side, but the ice floe there was not
j suitable for a flying field.
I While waiting for conditions to
change I took the opportunity to go
> ashore on a section of the Antarctic
barrier and the rocky surfaces which
l show on its seaward side. Then, as
evening closed and the wind chang
! ed completely around from west to
( east, I decided to go back to my
old mooring point and trust to get
ting suitable weather conditions in
the morning. However, much to our
astonishment, conditions at the port
where we had been lying were com
. pletely changed The ice, which
had remained fast since our arrival,
had suddenly moved several miles
to the north and completely blocked
off the entrance to the island har
bor. Much of the floe we had hoped
to use for a flying field had shat
tered and was drifting out to sea, so
our chances of taking off from the
rest of it were hopeless.
Trip Took Five Hours,
j The weather was showing signs of
clearing. We would either have to
find a suitabe field before 24 hours
had elapsed, or, most likely, be
held by the weather for another
week or two. To the eastward seem
ed our best chance, so, with all speed,
we moved along the coast. When
we came to the limit of our former
reconnaissance, I sent Pilot Lym
burner up ahead in the Aeronca sea
plane, and, after an hour and 40
minutes’ flight, he came back to re
1 port a possibility of finding room
enough to take off in a small fjord,
just where the end of the great west
barrier meets the bare granite hill
at longitude 79 east.
It took us five hours to reach the
place by ship. We threaded our way
between hundreds of icebergs of
various sizes, and were sometimes in
such a maze that it w^as necessary
to send our small boat, fitted with
a Johnson outboard motor, ahead to
(See eTlSWORTH, Page A-15.)
Coast Guard to Aid
Disabled Steamship
Ej the Associated Press. .
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 12.—
Coast Guard divisional headquarters
said early today the steamship Flor
ence Luckenbach reported its engine
was disabled 180 miles south of the
western tip of Cuba.
The master of the freighter, owned
by the Luckenbach Steamship Co.
of Delaware, said the vessel would
“require a tow-’ and the Coast Guard
Cutter Mojave was ordered to pro
ceed to tl^e boat’s assistance.
Guardsmen said they did not be
lieve the ship was in immediate dan
ger.
Maritime records list the Florence
Luckenbach as a vessel of 5,049
gross tons carrying a crew of 36.
Its home port is New York.
Coolidge Concert
On WMAL
A portion of the Library of
Congress chamber music con
cert will be broadcast this
evening over Station WMAL
8:30 to 9 o’clock. The Coolidge
String Quartet will play the
“Quartet No. 5 in F-Major” by
Luigi Cherubini. The concert
is sponsored by the Elizabeth
Sprague Coolidge Foundation
in the Library of Congress and
the broadcast is arranged
through the co-operation of
The Star and the National
Broadcasting Co.

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