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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01

died cut of the ignition switches. The
navigation lights were left on as /
wanted to watch 1t go down.
climbed over the side and stood on
the steps, holding to the stick to keep
the ship level. 1t was then necessary
to bank about 10 degrees to the left
to Offset the fast turning to the right
caused by the absence of propeller
torque. When in a gentle glide, straight
ahead, I kicked off backward, and
when clear, pulled the rip cord. A
Floyd Smith parachute was being worn
at the time, and it certainly worked
fast. I don't believe / dropped over
100 feet before it was opened. On the
way down it oscillated quite bit, as
the air was rough, but at no time did
it seem to be in any danger of col
lapSing. The ride down was a long
one and gave me very unnecessary
feeling.
Left Dangling in Air.
The ship glided straight ahead for
a short time and then started turn
ing to the right, making two complete
turns before disappearing through the
fog. Shortly afterward the chute let
me down to the fog layer and on
through, coming below it into the inky
blackneSs. couldn't see the ground
and had no idea how far away 1t was,
but ! was not long in finding out, for
with a small flashlight suddenly saw
few branches whiz by and then all
was quiet. The chute had caught IN
the branches and left me dangling in
the air about 10 feet from the ground
The rest was easy, except trying to
wake up some of the people around
there to help me find the ship.
This proved to be the hardest job
of all, and after yelling my lungs out
in front of several houses in the neigh
borhood, and trying to make friends
with their dogs. I hiked along the rail
road tracks until dawn, when a friend
ly farmer took me in tow. He told me
l was near Sharpsburg, Md. With his
knowledge of the country and my ideas
of wind direction, WRIT, etc., we soon
found the ship.
1t had landed in big corn field
on the wheels, and had then pro-
ceeded to tear itself to pieces. The
mail was all intact and unchanged.
We then drove to Washington, where
another ship was available, and con-
tinued on my way to Richmond, ar
irving about 1855 pm. thus ending
another round Of the monotonous Job
of flying the night mail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01
ZOOS APRIL FOOL BUSINESS
HEAVY UNTIL DIR. MANN ARRIVES
Director Removes Receiver From Hook and Calls Go Tn
answered-Dog Pound and Rescue League Also Busy

AS usual, DR.. william M. Mann, di-
rector of the Zoo, mindful of the at
tentions April has brought him and
his charges among the cages of the park,
slipped the receiver from the book Of
his telephone and settled down 10 his
daily chores upon his arrival at his
Office this morning.
But he was not early enough to thwart
many of the April foolstres whose
friends kept Zoo attaches, before the
arrival of DR.. Mann, on the jump to as
sure callers that Mr.. Fox. Mr.. Lion ard
the other denizens of the Zoo are still
doing business at the old stand, Column
bia 0744, but did not care to be bothered
early in the morning.
MIR. Lion, Mr.. Fox, ETC.. through the
members Of DR.. Mann's ONCE stan as
sured all the unwary who called that 1t
was really April Fools day, and let It
60 at thak until about $3.50 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01
.PUBL|C'S RESPONSE
TO PLEA FOR BLOOD
| MAY SAVE MOTHER
100 Volunteer After Appeal
for Help Is Broadcast
Over WRC.
ELDEST OF CHILDREN
Is ONLY II YEARS OLD
Woman, SO, Fails to Recover Prop
erly Following Birth Of
Twelfth in February.

The public's hearty response last
night to radio appeal for blood today
apparently has saved the life Of Mrs.
Helen White, 33-year-old mother Of ~
children.
Acceptable blood was chosen from
that offered by some 100 volunteers.
and the mother rallied after the trans
fusion had been completed at Sibley
Hospital.
Almost a score of additional men and
women presented themselves today at
George Washington University Medical
School, where the blood tests were
made.
Samples were taken and filed for
reference in the event Mrs. White re-
quires a second TRANSMISSION, an ex-
pediency which physicians say should
not develop for at least SO hours.
Friends Tell Children.
Meanwhile more cheerful atmos-
phere prevailed in. Mrs. Whites home,
at 1924 East Capitol street, where the
children, many of them under school
age, pressed their faces against the
windows and watched for their fathers
return from the hospital.
The good news, 1t appeared, had
reached them by way Of neighbors and
friends who called from time to time.
Mrs. Whites recovery was slow fol-
lowing the birth in February of Cath
crime Ann, and a week ago septic poi
soning set in Early yesterday the fan1i-
ly physician, DR.. Henry w. Yeager, had
the mother removed to the hospital.
There an operation was performed,
and last night a hurry call for blood
volunteers was broadcast through radio
station WRC.
Condition Is Satisfactory.
The blood tests were conducted at the
medical school, in the 1900 block Of H
street, under direction Of DR.. Oscar
Hunter, pathologist.
The father of the family, William
A. White, an employe Of the Treasury
Department, was informed by attend
ants today that Mrs. Whites condition
was very satisfactory"
The eldest of the children Is IL. They
are Billy, Ellen, Mary, Theodore, Bobby
! Dorothy, John, Paul, Alice, Jimmie
Francis and Catherine Ann.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01

No Lights Are Visible.
Then figured to go back to the next
beacon and try to get down underneath
the fog. This soon proved to be of no
avail, as the fog had formed, during
that short period. along the entire air.
way, both north and south. There was
not light visible at any place, and as
I flew north by compass and passed over
the glow of Milford the beacon did net
cast the familiar circling spot, nor did
any other beacon passed near.
The glow of Washington was very
faint with the upper level OF fog at
1000 feet The ceiling here at this time
was around 800 feet. It had dropped
the same as at Richmond.
During the entire trip had been fly
ing at 1,750 revolutions per minute, with
a heavy load, which ordinarily consumes
about Is gallons of gas per hour. This
rpm. was maintained because of a late
start from Newark, a fast schedule and
a 25-mile wind from the south at 1900
feet, becoming 80 miles at $500 feet.
At 1850 this ship would have cruis-
ing range of approximately four hours
on the main tank and 20 minutes on
reserve.
1t was about 2.l5 when I reached
Washington, and nearing the four
mile UNIT on CIle main CaIlk. COutO
see no way to get down without cracking
up and so decided to fly west, away from
the water and cities, climb up and
jump.
Coming north from Richmond the
clouds had drifted from the southwest
across the airway, and had flown
through them time and time again at
short intervals. They had now become
thicker and closer together, and while
flying west was in and out of them
continually until the lower fog bsnk
was almost always out of sight. About
is minutes from Washington the main
tank went dry and it was only matter
of a short time until the reserve would
be dry and the ship and / would take a
long ride. With the gasoline exhausted
there would be little danger of the ship
burning when it crashed.
Flies Into Clear Space.
During the last few minutes climbed
wide open, hoping to be clear Of the
clouds when the time came to bale out,
and fortunately this was accomplished
about two minutes before she quit, at an
altitude of nearly 1900 feet. few
into clear space with only the lower
fog formation beneath me, rolled back
the stabilizer and as soon as the motor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01
REASON FORA ATTACK
MYST|F|ES F|HELLY
Detective Lists Preceding
Events in Report to
Shelby.

Headquarters Detective Arthur FL
belly. who received black eye in a
mysterious encounter early Sunday
morning. still is in the dark as to the
identity of his assailant and the reason
for the assault This was the tenor Of
a report submitted by FINELY to his su-
perior, Inspector william S. Shelby.
The text of the report was not made
public.
According to Fihelly's story in the re-
port, he had escorted young lady to
a theater Saturday ngiht and then
went to Chinese restaurant for sup
per. The place was crowded, so the
couple went to the Union Station res
taurant. 1t also was crowded. Then
they decided to buy materials for sup
per at delicateSSen and prepare the
supper at the young lady's apartment
OH Sixteenth street near S street. This
they did.
In the early hours of Sunday morn
ing. says the report, the sound of COM
motion outside penetrated the apart
ment. Fihelly, curious as to the cause
of noise at that hour, stuck his head
out of the door to investigate. There
was terrible crash, and that is the last
he remembers. When he came to he was
being taken to the eighth precinct in
the patrol wagon, the house manager OF
the apartment having called up to re-
port the disturbance.
No official action has been taken in
the case largely because of the difficulty
in locating the young woman. She
either has been absent from her apart
ment since or else has chosen not to
answer the discreet knocks of Inspector
Louis Stoll, who has called several times
to learn her version Of the story. In
spector Stoll expects to persevere, how
ever, until she is interviewed.
Should Stoll ever succeed in his quest
he will forward a report on the affair to
Mai. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of
the department. who will take whatever
action seems suitable under the circum-
stances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
DRAWS 80 DAYS IN JAIL
Twice Before He's Gone to Cell for
Being Drunk, Under the Name
of Calvin Coolidge.

A man who has penchant for CIV
ing the names of Presidents when ar
rested for being drunk was sent to jail
for 80 days from Police Court today
under the name of Theodore Roosevelt
On two other occasions of his ar
raignment in court Joseph T. Stewart
has given the name of Calvin Coolidge.
Once he was reprimanded severely by
a police judge for representing himself
as William H. Taft. Court attaches say
that he also has given the names OF
Woodrow Wilson and several of the
earlier Chief Executives. On this occa-
sion the 60-year-old man was picked
up from the sidewalk of Water street
southwest by Policeman w. j. Nealon
and transported to the fourth precinct
by the patrol wagon.
Stewart put up no serious court OBJ
lection to his arrest. When questioned
concerning his habit of being booked"
by police under presidential names,
Stewart replied, Just an eccentricity."
He declared that he had not given the
name of the present Executive because
he did not desire Ito intrude on new
Presidents" and always wanted them to
get "a bit seasoned first"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01

Then DIR. Mann put in his appearance,
and put stop to the foolishness, and
instructed the telephone company to
inquire the nature of the business of
callers before connecting them with the
Zoo.
Then the HOLSTERS brought into play
the dog pound, the Animal Rescue
League and made merry with the tele-
phone operators. The telephone COM
pany estimated that approximately one
tenth more calls than usual were ham
died this morning due to the pranks of
the public upon this bright and sunny
All Fools morning.
At one place in Washington, however.
it was not April Fools day. Out at
Sears, Roebuck store on the Bladens-
burg road it was getting along toward
the middle of May, for the company
uses the 13-month calendar, for
the adoption of which bills are pending
IN Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01
ATTEND VAUGHAN RITES
Eastern Star and Other Organiza
tions Witness Burial.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CULPEPER, Va, April L. Rev.
Etarke Jet, IT,, and delegations from
the Eastern Star, the Auxiliary to the
American Legion and other organiZa-
tions motored to Amherst yesterday to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Mary S.
Vaughan, the wife of j. Herbert
Vaughan. who died in University Hos
pital, Charlottesville, after a two-week
! illness.
Mrs Vaughan recently was elected
worthy matron OF CulpepeI Chapter OF
the Eastern Star and would have been
installed with other chapter officers had
1t not been for her Illness She also
was first president OF the Auxiliary 70
the American Legion and was active in
the work of these organizations and in
church work. She is survived by hel
husband, a 3-year-old daughter. Mary
Frances; her mother, Mrs. Francis q
Spearman Of Culpeper. and one brother
Roy Spearman, Of High Point, N. Q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01
Retirement CONFERENCE
Senate and House Groups to Discuss
Legislation Thursday.

The Senate and House conferees on
the civil service retirement legislation
will meet at 10 o'clock Thursday morn
ing, 1t was announced this afternoon
by Senator Dale, Republican of
Vermont.
The task confronting the conferees
will be to adjust the points of difference
IN the two retirement bills which have
passed, one in the Senate and the
other in the House. The House measure,
sponsored by Representative Lehlbach
of New Jersey, includes the main
features nf the Senate bill, but with q
number of new provisions that were not
before the Senate. l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01
Will Explain Plane Problems.

The manner in which an airplanc
is given stability and control. with no
more substantial medium than the air
upon which to act, will be explained by
DR.. Hugh L. Dryden, cher OF the aero
dynamics section Of the Bureau of
Standards, In the fourth Of series of
Ave lectures at 8 o'clock tonight before
the Standards Flying Club In the East
Building of the Bureau Of Standards.
The public Is invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01
PARK PROBLEMS BEFORE
DISTRICT FUND HEARING
Citizens to Ask Senate Committee's
Consideration Of Items in Their
Community.

Senate hearings on the District appro-
priation bill today entered the second
day, with Lieut.. Col. u. S. Grant, Sd.
director of public buildings and public
parks and executive officer of the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning Com
mission. outlining the sections of the
bill relating to those activities.
It was expected that the appropria-
tions for the courts also would be gone
over by the subcommittee today.
The remainder of the day was to be
devoted to hearing number of private
individuals who wished to call the at
tention of the subcommittee to items
in the bill affecting particular localities.
After the taking of testimony has
been completed the subcommittee will
follow its annual custom of making a
tour of the city to view at first hand
the street improvement under consider
alton and school building projects. The
hearings are in charge of Senator Bing-
ham, Republican, of Connecticut, chair
man of the subcommittee,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01

LEESBURG, Va, April l Especially -
The Loudoun County Teachers Asso-
citation has elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: j. F. Harrison of
Round Hill, president; A. o. Hutton Of
Unison Bloomfield, vice president; Mrs.
Isabel Goode of Aide, secretary treas-
urer. The teachers, attending a recent
meeting of the association recommended
that the school board pay annual SAL
aries Of teachers on Q 12-nionth, rather
than. a o-nouth, basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01
MOTHER OF MINISTER
TO DENMARK Is DEAD
Mrs. Henry Wood Booth Expires
in Detroit at Age
of 90.

News of the death in Detroit early
today of Mrs. Henry Wood Booth, mem
Der of a prominent family of that city,
has been received here by a daughter
Mrs. Henry T. Whitman of Chevy
Chase, Md.
One of Mrs. Booths sons. George B.
Booth, is part owner of the Detroit
Evening News, and another, Ralph
Booth, recently was appointed Minister
to Denmark, post to which he viii
go in few weeks.
Mrs. Booth was 80 years old and had
been i'll for a considerable time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01
THREE PERSONS INJURED
IN COLLISION OF AUTOS
All Receive Treatment for Lacera-
tions-Woman Knocked Down by
Driver in Fourteenth Street.

Three persons received minor LAGER
atoms when an automobile in which
they were riding was in a collision at
Thirteenth and Gallatin streets last
night with machine driven by Lanil
Cleavenger, 10 years old, of 1904 Irving
street.
The injured were the driver, Bertrand
l.. Richter. 81 years old, of 1905 Gal
latin street, and Catherine Clark, %
years old, and Mae Nile, 81 years old,
both of 1916 l. street. They were given
first-aid treatment by DR.. Roland H.
Ford of 52l3 Fourteenth street.
May Flaherty, IS years old, of the
Woodley Park Towers. Connecticut ave-
nue. and Klingle road. suffered con-
tusions of the back last night when a
car operated by William e. Bole of 904
Massachusetts, avenue, struck her in
the 1000 block of Fourteenth street. She
was treated at GARFIELD Hospital by DR..
George A. Resta and later removed to
her home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01

parkways, and at the same time develop
power reservoirs. with their artificial
and changing shore lines and the In
evitable industrialism following the
availability Of great volumes of power
which must be sold In the open market.
We must choose the character Of our
Federal City and hew to the line Of o
consistent development"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01
Washington News
All in a Nights Work
Mail Flyer Recalls Leap From Height of 900 Feet
in Maryland After Being Trapped in Fog
With Gas Running Low.

the erptences an Esern Air aTGn ms
IN tne htoTy o.
aH through the National GGptg Hs fGF @, A n
He has lived through IS oced andos m
In the matter lines
modern ctvI-
with
pounds arriving about SO pounds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01
HIGHTMAN ELEVATED
Member of Railway Y. M. G. A.
staff Made General Secretary.

George Lewis Hightman, member CT
the staff of the Railroad Y. M. C. A.
since 1928, has been appointed general
secretary of the railroad branch, to
succeed E. H Goelz, who resigned.
Mr.. Hightman entered Y. M. C. A.
work at Brunswick, Md, in 1915, as
assistant secretary Of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Y. M. C.. A. there. He
was transferred to Washington in 1923
as social secretary of the terminal
branch. Later he was made activity
secretary.
The new general secretary is a native
of Frederick County, Md, and is 36
years old. He is married.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01

These reports were considered by me to be almost
perfect, and as the run only requires one hour l
did not take any gas.
Flying south toward Richmond the air was clear
and visibility sharp, with two and three beacons
ahead showing plainly. There were cloud banks
far to the west and few scattered clouds to the
east Passed over a small patch of ground fog
east of Quantico along the Potomac River This
patch was about two miles wide and three miles
long. There was no more fog encountered until
reached Richmond. Milford was clear, as also
the first beacon north of the Richmond Airport
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01

Swimming along the the 300 feet the airport and looking
with the muhed 700 feet maintaining
this level
right
it.
from the weather Bureau stationed at the field
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01

ington at 1875, took on "a pounds of mail and
received weather reports south as far as Rich
mond They were as follows
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-08
NERVOUSNESS CAUSE
OF ERRATIC STOCK
PRICE MOVEMENTS
Today's Selling lnsplred BY b
Ilef Market VIII Have 4
Technical Reaction

New York, April S.--(AH)-DxtremA
n~ervoueness OF. professional traders
wasl reflected In highly erratic. prtcs
m%ovensente tn today's stock market
appeared 20 retain the ADVANTAGE.
Trading allowed = moderate falling
ca,l money renewed It 4 per CENT
but dropped 70 gsh
cd Ai SS the e iHsS s' osIIsf that tie
market was entitled 10 1t least
technical reaction after Its recent adj
vance. However, the repeated efforts
e Bee. sro ;rafsr1 ,tsoo., ,"satG nn, tsd t xlp.
craft. Tor i~nstenee. sod .up TO : new
high ct eSK, BROKE 80. tS under the
weight Of heavy selafaG$for both &C
counts. And then rAMssgg0p. to ANOTHER
new high ct %. American Telephone
ed ito loss. Peoples das dropped ~
points to 30S. and snapped back to 3l5.
tanAdivm sold down !? points to 1loh.
and feooun6e0 70 III. Similar re-
c~overiss took place In Worthinet0n
Pump, and . number OF other spec'ai-
q. .. steel common appeared to be
under rather steady selling pressure,
yielding about : points. Revival OF
activity and strength In General No.
tors, NJ wni ss.r crossed .:s S :: e . az new r.s siss
that the Fisher interests were agai.
active In the stock. Yellow truck
advanced to q new high in sympathy.
Foster Wheeler preferred scared ~
points to . new high ut 2lO. Among
the many other issues to reach new
high ground were Kadio.k eth Or
pheum which crossed ~; American
Can. Ttmken Roller, Bearing, Corn
products, stone ana Webster, Rayb.s-
tos, Shu6ert Theatres. Best and Co.
ana National Air Transport.
A brisk demand for the Chicago
0rea: Western issue featured the rail-
Some 81 the early soft spots were
Allied Chemical. y. s. freight. Ameri-
can Machine and Foundry, Youngs.
town Sheet and Tube. American To
bacco 3D." Simmons Co., and ~lnterna-
tional Cement. all Of which sold down
Failure Of the general list to r..
spond a~pprsciably 70 pool activity IN
various issues caused q late profess
sionAl selling movement which par.
ticulArly affected u. 3. Steel. Ameri.
can Telephone ana Radio. Some vi
the amusement group. continued "a
benefit BY short covering, especially
Wsrn.r brothers pictures. vnitsd
final hour. J. I. Case rose more than
II points. The close vas heavy. Sales
approxSmated 100000 shares.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-08

HERE
is an opportunity to get a used car
ABSOLUTELY FREE or a new one
at 1-3 off. Our SPRING SALE ends
May 3lst and at 8 p. m. of that day
we are going to give q refund on
one Of the cars sold during this
sale. II it happens to be a used car
the entire cash price will be re-
fu1der. If q new one, only l-3 the
cash price.
Come in and get complete particulars.
We have q large stock Of new and
used cars and you will find our
prices very reasonable aud our
transactions fair. See US before
you buy.
To every person visiting MI show
rooms during this sale who will
register their name and address
with the intentions Of buying q new
or used car or truck, We will issue
a credit coupon good for $500 on
the purchase price Of any car or
truck purchased before June list,
1890. These coupons are not trans
ferahlc.
STEEN MARMoN COMPANY,
116-2nd. Phone l452.
"Straight-eight headquarters"
HOT SHOTS FOR TODAY
"Marmon didn't have to scramble on
the eight-cylinder band -wagon: but
for four years Marmon has been
driving it."