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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-19
PILOT HOLDS FEAR
HAS SAVED HIS LIFE
Capt. Frank T. Courtney, Vet
eran of II Years in Air, Ad-
mits Being "Scared Stiff"

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 19-Other
pilots call Capt. Frank T. Courtney the
airplane doctor"
For II years. counting out period
when he was flying over the Western
front he has been testing airplanes-
irving them out before they were turned
over TO armies, navies or the public.
He started with "pushers." The num-
Der of untried individual ships he has
flown runs into hundredS-he can't re-
member Just how many.
He can't remember. either, just how
many times he has cracked up.
Three times he has come down IN
fiames-once in the middle OF the At
lantic Ocean at midnight.
Wings have crumpled,a rudders nave
come off, propellers haveSbroken, land
ing gear has collapsed. He was shot
down six times in one week on the
Western front-his ship out of commits
sion or his observer wounded or killed.
He was wounded himself while trying to
bring down an enemy kite balloon with
hand grenades.
Has Always Been Afraid.
And all his life Frank T. Courtney
has been afraid in airplanes.
Just scared stiff" he said today
"Every time l take up new ship III
spend hours figuring out the terrible
things that might happen. Sometimes l
break out in cold sweat.
But to the fact that l always have
been afraid l probably owe my life.
There isn't a more cautius airplane
pilot in the world than l am. AS re-
suit of all that worrying, when the
thing I've been expecting does happen
In the air, l automatically carry on.
There was that time, for instance,
when a propeller on two-motor job /
was testing broke up. I'd been expect
ing it. Before I knew I'd done it I'd
cut the switches and put her into a
bank"
That time in August, 1928, when he
came down on fire in the Atlantic while
attempting to fly from Azores to New
foundland and drifted 20 hours before
he was picked up does. not rank par
ticularly high among his adventures, in
Capt. Courtney'S estimation. On the
whole, that was a source of satisfaction
to him because the precautionary meas
ureS he had taken in the event OF such
q forced descent worked out so well.
AS an adventure, so far as he is con-
cerned, it was topped by at least two
others.
once, while he was trying a new
barrel roll, the lower wing of his BIZ
plane broke in two. He couldn't do
a thing with the ship-just had to let
It come down it's own way. 1t de-
scended in spirals and hit right
hard But he was only scratched.
Will Garry On.
1.-THE first 700 feet I spent cussing
myself" he said. The last 300 feet
/ kept saying to myself, viii l get
away with 1t? or won't I?'"
Tougher than that, though. was
another time when a wing broke up.
This time the ship vibrated so that
he couldn't see a thing He was only
100 feet of the ground when 1t hap
pened.
1T was only a mater Of seconds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-19

day they followed him with bulletins
from his ship to London. A tremendous
welcome began the moment he stepped
off the boat at Plymouth and it contin-
ued as the boat train sped through the
countryside on schedule the movie
fans knew by heart.
Chaplin was in holiday mood pa
rading before the cameras at Plymouth
with Capt. Campbell the automobile
racer, and Steve Donoghue, the jockey
the great clown calling off the step like
a sergeant major.
I've got four months to spare" he told
the reporters, land I'll probably visit
Paris, Madrid and Berlin"
England had more heroes than she
knew what to do with today as Chap
lin and Campbell came in together
Capt. Campbell went from Plymouth tC
Southampton where an official welcome
had been arranged
He said he would go after a new speed
record if the one he set at Daytona is
broken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-19
BIG WELCOME GIVEN
CHAPLIN IN ENGLAND
Newspaper Bulletins Follow Movie
Comedian From Ship to London
in Second Homecoming.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, February ia shy little
man with eloquent feet was England's
greatest hero today. It was Charlie
Chaplin, of course, coming home for
the second time since he left his London
attic to seek his fortune 20 years ago.
Ever since it became known that he
was returning the newspapers have
maintained a barrage about him and to-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-19

but it seemed like three years" he
said. Il kept thinking it was night
mare and trying to wake up"
He was in a hospital two months
after that one. On his very next fight
the rudder came off and he landed
with the motor in his lap
Capt Courtney recently left the
Curtiss- Wright Corporation, for which
he had been testing airplanes. and is
now on his own, as an aviation con-
sultant.
THAT just means" he said today.
"that I'm going on testing arplanes. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-19
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS DROP
Mexico Views Reduction as Good
Trade Balance Sign.

MEXICO CITY, February 10 (A1.-
A slump of 40 per cent in Mexicos Gus
toms receipts in January, as compared
with December, was announced today.
The reduction of imports is viewed in
some financial circles as hopeful sign
in the governments efforts to improve
its trade balance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-15
Business Stops
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PREPARE FOR
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-15
HIGHWAY GROUP
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-15
MEXICO WILL.
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Farm Board Head
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-20
OFFICIALS INVITED
ON BOOSTER TRIP"
D. c. Heads and Governors of
Ma-yland and Virginia Asked
by Merchants.

The District Commissioners and the
Governors Of Maryland and Virginia
have been invited by the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association to ac-
company the organization on It's annual
booster trip" aboard the s. s. South
land June IL. Is, II and Is. it was
announced today by Mark Lansburgh,
president Of the association.
The cruise, which viii include stops
at Annapolis, Old Point Comfort, Nor
folk and Virginia Beach, has been con-
Quoted annually for q years; This year
1t Is under the Craftsmanship OF DR.
NJ. G. Gibbs.
The list Of guests invited on the trip
follows:
Gov. Albert c. Richie Of Maryland
Gov. John @. Pollard OF Virginia, DR.
Luther H. Reichelderfer. president OF
the Board Of District Commissioners
Gen. Herbert B. Crosby and Maj. John
C.. Gotwals, Commissioners; Senator
Arthur Capper, chairman Of the Sen
ate District Committee: Representative
Clarence L. Mcleod, chairman Of the
House District Committee; former Rep
resentative Frederick N. Zihlman OF
Maryland; George w. Onutt, president
washington Board Of Trade; Robert
Cottrell, secretary Washington Board
of Trade: Harry King, president Wash
1ngton Chamber Of Commerce; Dorsey
w. Hyde, jr., secretary Washington
Chamber of Commerce, Col. U. 8
Grant, Sd, director Of public building
and public parks: Maj. Henry @. Pratt
superintendent Of police; Inspector W
s. Shelby, assistant superintendent
commanding Detective Bureau; Chief
George watson, Fire Department, and
w. W. Bride, corporation counsel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-20
HECH|NGER BID LOW
ON SITE CLEARING
Local Company Likely to Get
u. S. Contract for Razinq
Old Buildings.

Hechinser Engineering Corporation Of
this city Is low bidder on the job Of
tearing down all old buildings on the
site of the new Interstate Commerce
Commission, bounded by Constitution
avenue, Twelfth, Thirteenth and C
streets, and will probably be awarded
the contract within a few DAYS.
Bios were opened yesterday after
noon at the Treasury Department.
when it was found that Hechinver was
low bidder out of II with an offer of
81 ,233. He Is TO complete the wreckinp
JOB in so days after notice to proceed
with the clearing of the I. C.. C.
site the entire area between the new
Internal Revenue Bureau Building and
the new Department OF Commerce will
be ready for erection Of the three part
structure to house the Department of
LaDOr, government Auditorium and the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
one OF these squares between Thir-
teenth and Thirteen-and-a-Half street
mas been entirely cleared and work
men are now busy tearing down the
square at the corner of Fourteenth and
B streets, where the Department of
Labor Is to be located.
Plans for the three-part structure to
cover tne tnree docks are being drawn
by Arthur Brown, jr., of San Francisco,
who Is member of the Treasury Board
OF Architectural Consultants, and are
about 30 per cent complete. Bids will
be asked for further jobs without DELAY.
One OF the other projects slated for
early bids is the new Public Health
Service Building, to be built on Con-
stitut1on avenue between Nineteenth
ana Twentieth streets. The Treasury
probably will ask for bids for demolition
OF buildings in this square within the
next Few days. Plans have virtually
been completed by De Sibour, architect.
| OF this city.
Next in order probably will come the
new buildings for the Post Once De-
partment, Department of Justice and
Archives.
Bids for the Post once Department
Building, on Pennsylvania avenue be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets
will probably include both the excava,
ton and foundation, and will probably
be advertised soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-20
KILLING OF LAB0RER
FOUND ACCIDENTAL
Victim Stepped Under Falling
Stone, Jury Informed by Wit.
ness at Inquest.

A verdict Of accidental death was re-
turned this afternoon following an in
quest into the death of Joe Salters, 20,
colored 1aborer. who was killed this
morning while at work at Mount Alto
Hospital
Salters, who lived at 1416 Thirty
sixth street, was struck on the head by
large piece of granite thrown from the
third floor of the hospital. With a
crew of other laborers, he had been
working on one of the older buildings at
the hospital, which Is being remodeled.
Three men, one Of them o foreman,
had been held by police pending the
inquest.
The rock, q part Of the corner stone
of the old building, was said to haye
been thrown by Orlando Rawles, sos
Dix street northeast. RawleS and Jacob
Fox, 2713 o street, also colored, were
the two laborers held.
Ole Smith. the foreman, said Salters
jumped under the falling stone when
one of the men on the Scaffold above
shouted Look out below!" Had he not
moved he would not have been struck,
Smith said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-20
100 BOYS ENROLLED
IN WALTON LEAGUE
Sons Of Fishermen Become Junior
Members Of 0rganiza-
ton.

More than 100 boys, members OF
Scout troops and boys clubs, and sons
of members OF the Izaak Walton
League, last night enrolled as Junior
members Of the league, at a meeting
at the Raleigh Hotel. The youths
signed the Walton pledge, to aid in
the preservation OF woods, waters and
wild life"
DR.. M. darcy Magee, president Of
the Washington Chapter, outlined the
purposes and Accomplishments of the
league to the youths. and told them one
OF the largest projects now before the
chapter is the prevention Of pollution in
Rock Creek
other speakers who told the young
members about the leagues work, and
its cooperation with Government con-
servation agencies were Prof. W. B.
Holton, Paul Reddington, OF the Bio
logical Survey; DR.. Lewis Radcliffe, OF
the Bureau OF Fisheries; Lynn C.
Drake, District Scout commissioner.
and John S. Cole, Scoutmaster Of
Troop 40.
A film. Fishing Across Canada" was
shown through cooperation of the
Bureau of Fisheries and the Canadian
National Railway. Each Of the boys
who joined was given Forestry
Primer" published by the American
Tree Association, and button to show
membership
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-20
Government Completes Case
After Calling Dozen or
More Witnesses.
DEFENSE ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST CALHOUN DENIED
Attorneys Fail to Support Charge
Of Attempt to Alter
Evidence.

After more than a week Of present.
ing testimony. the Government rested
its case today in the District Supreme
Court trial Of i've persons charged with
q blackmail conspiracy against Capt.
and Mrs. Clarence c. Calhoun.
More than a dozen witnesses had
been summoned by the prosecution In
an effort to prove the defendants at
tempted to extort $4,000 in exchange
for promises not to release for publica-
ton articles rejecting on the char
acter of the Calhouns in connection
with their activities on behalf Of the
Woman's Universal Alliance.
Documents Admitted.
The defendants in the case are Mr..
and Mrs. w. Clark Noble, Mrs. Anna
Hillenbrand, James F. Bird and
Stephen A. Armstrong, jr.
Before closing his case, Irwin Gold
stein. an assistant United States at
torney, had numerous documents ad
mitted as evidence. Included were sew
eral alleged agreements between the
defendants and the Calhouns, which
formed the basis of the charges.
Charles w. Arth, chief of defense
counsel, indicated minimum Of three
days would be required TO present the
defense case.
Tell OF Conference.
Among the final witnesses for the
Government were Miss Mary Stone, a
public stenographer, and John A.
Clarkson and Clarence Swami, deputy
United States marshalS. Each told of
conference last August which re-
suited in the arrests.
Before leaving the witness stand yes
terday, after three days of testimony.
Samuel w. Hardy, Department Of
Justice agent, denied he had attempted
to influence the testimony Of Mrs. Emma
j. Krouse, who preceded him as . Gov
eminent witness.
Hardy also disclaimed any knowledge
Of report that a stenographer had quit
working for the CalhounS rather than
obey instructions to change notes she
had taken of conferences between the
Calhouns and the defendants prior to
their arrest.