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Evening star., 1932-08-23
SOUTH POLE FLYERS
AIRPLANE SOON READY
Craft for Ellsworth and Balchen
Next Year to Have $500
Mile Radius.
Cv the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, August 23-The
airplane to which Lincoln Ellsworth,
noted Arctic explorer, and Bernt Bal
chen, also veteran in exploring polar
wastes, will entrust their lives year
from now will be completed within a
mcnth, Balchen announced today.
With crushing radius Of $500 miles
and a 500-horsepower motor on its
nose, the ship will be used on mapping
expeditions in the South Polar regions
late next year. 1t was specially de-
signed and built to the specifications
of the two leaders Of the foray into
the Antarctic.
The Ellsworth -Balchen party expects
10 sail from the United States in Au-
gust or September, 1888, with crew OF
eight They will proceed to approx
mately the same base as that used by
Admiral Byrd for his flights with Bal
chen from Little America, but much
of the territory they will observe Is
virgin country so far as mapping l.
concerned.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
COBLENTz IS GWEN
TERM Of IS MONTHS
Frederick State Senator Is
Sentenced and Files Mo-
tion to Appeal.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CUMBERLAND, Md. August 23.-
Emory L. Coblentz, State Senator from
Frederick, Md, and president Of the
closed Central Trust Co. of Maryland,
was sentenced yesterday by three Cir
cult Court judges to 18 months in the
Maryland House Of Correction.
Coblenz was convicted last month by
the judges of receiving a deposit at the
banks Ellicott City branch last Sep
tember 2, the day before it closed. when
he knew the institution was insolvent.
The banker Immediately filed motion
Of intention to carry the case to the
State Court Of Appeals and was re-
leased in S2,500 bond.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
WALSH SURE OF PARTY
LOYALTY IN NEW ENGLAND
Massa chusetts Senator Also Ex.
poets Good Showing in Maine
for Democrats.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August Ex-senator
David I. Walsh of Massachusetts, Gaid
today at Democratic national campaign
headquarters that the Democrats OF
New England will be as loyal on cleo
ton day as those of any other section
Of the country.
Asked about the outlook for the
Maine election September IL, Senator
Walsh said:
My advices are that the Democrats
are going to give the Republican party
o desperate fight"
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman, Democratic
national committeewoman for the Dis
trict of Columbia, visited headquarters
here and praised Gov. Roosevelt's CO.
lumbus speech. She said 1t had put
the Republicans on the defensive.
Evening star., 1932-08-23

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wholesome and mutual" said Popenoe,
forms an important part of our treat
ment. 1t will doubtless be the univer-
sal experience that no city has anything
like sufficient facilities of this sort.
"Popularization Of controversies and
marital conflict, in fiction, on the stage,
at the movies and through the columns
of the newspapers, has built up pat
terms Of failure in the public mind, and
patterns of success are rather hard to
find"
The depression from the eugenie
point of view. described by DR.. Henry
Fairfield Osborn, president of the
American Museum, where the congress
is held, is world cataclysm of over
population, of overmultiplication of the
unfit and the unintelligent of the reign
Of terror Of the criminal and of the
tragedy of unemployment.
THE only permanent remedy is the
improvement and uplift of the char
acter of the human race through pro-
longed and intelligent and humane
birth selection aided by humane birth
control" He defined birth selection
as increase of the superior mental
stocks. Birth control, he warned, may
prove to be a two-edged sword elimi-
mating alike the fittest and the un-
fitteSt.'
w. Carson Ryan. jr., United States
Indian service, said the Indians are
not inferior" and that their really
important contributions are in the fine
arts" These talents have been ex-
pressed in music, dancing, pagaentry.
painting and sculpture.
Other Interesting Facts.
Then here are a few of the other
facts brought out at the sessions:
Husband and wife Of the same age at
80 may expect to live togeAer about
35 years before death parts them. If
he is five years older than she, their
expectation tgether is 1872 years. If he
is 10 years the elder, the period is cut
to about 18 years.
Poison ivy susceptibility is Unbeatable.
II both parents are immune, about 43
per cent of the children are likely to
be the same. But, strange to record. II
only one parent is immune, Sc per cent
of the children are likely to be immune.
If one parent is immune and the other
slightly susceptible, only 20 per cent of
the children will be immune.
In 1920 the crime rate OF foreign-born
in the United States was 109.91 per
cent, taking the crime average Of the
whole population as 100 per cent. In
1880 the foreign-born crime average
on this same basis had dropped to 1858
per cent.
Twice as many American families
send children to institutions for the
feeble minded as to universities.
That the available methods OF hu-
man race improvement are stil mostly
hopes was admitted by the president
of the congress, DR.. Charles B. Daven-
port, who said in his presidential ad--
dress: 1T will be a long time before
we can improve on natures method
Of race Improvements high birth rate
and a high death rate" Were birth
control differential it would have pos
sibilities," he asserted, by reducing
births Of mentally low-grade offspring
and increasing the numbers Of superior
intelligence.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
CONTROLS BLAMED
IN FATAL AIR CRASH
IN HYBLA VALLEY
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lCOLLlnucQ from FIISL FdSe.D
regulations, which require that dual
controls be disconnected when passen-
officials. It is believed that one of the
the plane during the turn, seized the
controls so firmly Howell could not re-
gain control of the ship
Schrader arrived at the field just as
the plane crashed. The accident was
the first in the history Of Alexandria
Airport, which has been in operation
eight years and used chiefly as train
ing field. Sightseeing flights over
Mount Vernon also are made from the
airport.
Fire extinguishers were brought into
play but could not cope with the blaze
and the Alexandria Rescue Squad and
fire apparatus could render no assist
ance. The bodies were taken last night
to Wheatley's undertaking establish
ment in Alexandria.
Howell, a native Of Canton, Miss
studied law here and was admitted to
practice before the local bar. He had
built and operated two motorboats since
his arrival in Washington and at the
time of his death owned a Speedboat
and two motor cycles in addition to his
joint ownership of the plane. He re-
Gently recovered from a broken leg re-
ceived In a motor cycle accident about
eight months ago.
Miss White was a graduate Of the
Garfield Hospital School for Nurses,
in 1922, and had for the past eight
years been employed by DR.. Charles
L. Smith, dentist, in the Columbia
Medical Building. She is survived by
her father, w. o. White, of Bealeton,
Va. five sisters and three brothers.
Ehrenfeld formerly lived in Green
burg, Pa, and had been resident of
Washington for three years He made
his home with DR.. Howard H. Strine,
3005 Thirty-fourth street.
Friends Witness Crash.
Among the friends Of the three VIC
tins of the crash who witnessed the
accident were Fred Strine, son of DR..
Strine and cousin of Ehrenfeld; M. Lee
Ashford, clerk of the criminal division
Of the District Supreme Court, Cathe-
dral Mansions; Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
Hamilton, North Woodside, Va, and
Roscoe Conklin, court reporter for the
Washington Post.
The crash was chief topic of con-
versation at the court house today
Howell was well known and liked by
members Of the bench, his associates in
the clerks Office and members of the
bar.
Frank E. Cunningham. clerk of the
court, with several of his assistants,
this morning visited Mrs. Eugenia
Cheap, HowellS sister, who is in Wash
ington on visit. They expressed their
sorrow at her brothers tragic death,
and rendered their assistance in ar
ranging details.
The remains will be cremated this
afternoon. it is expected, and Mrs.
Cheap wants to start back to their
home in Mississippi tonight with the
ashes for interment
Yesterday young Howell was showing
Harry Hull, another assistant clerk, his
pilots license, secured only a month
ago. Hull noticed that it read, mot
valid until signed by the pilot" and
suggested to Howell that the best thing
he could do would be to tear it up.
The young enthusiast laughed and
declared flying to be as safe as riding in
an automobile. as he attached his sig
nature
Evening star., 1932-08-23
RACERS LEAVE Ell PASO.
Two Contestants Drop Out Of Pacific
Wing.

Ell, PASO, Tex, August % (P.-The
Los Angeles to Cleveland air derby was
resumed today when John Hardesty OF
Taft, Calf. led the racers out of FL
Paso at $40 am. (mountain standard
time).
Roswell, N. Mex was the noon con-
troll point and Lubbock, Tex, will be
tonight's stopping point.
Two contestants dropped out today.
Frank D. Bowman. jr., Berino, N. Mex,
failed to take off, and Claron Beau
champ of Long Beach, Calf, SAID ne
would return to California.
William j. Powell, Los Angeles, had
not taken off late this morning, but
said he expected to join the racers at
Roswell later today.
Charles Spencer, jr., Douglas, Ariz.
returned to the municipal airport at
1920 am. because of motor trouble
He reported one of the racing ships
was down near the mountains 20 miles
east of El Paso. He said it was turned
on its nose.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
PLANE LANDS AT JUNEAU.

JUNEAU, Alaska, August % (P).-
Capt Wolfgang Won Gronau and his
three companions, en- route from Prince
Rupert, British Columbia, to Cordova,
landed in Gastineau Channel here yes
terday.
Won Gronau said they had flown
many miles beyond Juneau. toward Cor
dova, when they picked up wireless
message that the weather was bad to
the east and south of their destination
Turning about they returned here. The
fight will be resumed to Cordova.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
MAN KILLED BY MISTAKE
IN GANGSTER WARFARE
Chicagoan With Policemen Hit
When Restauranteur Thinks They
Are Attacking Him.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 23.-James Mad
den, 40, building inspector, was shot
and killed today by colored restaurant
owner who mistook him and two police
men for gangsters.
Madden and the policemen were pur-
suing three men who few minutes
previously had fred at Crawford Will
son, the restaurateur. The chase led
back to the restaurant, where both
groups Of men left their automobiles.
Wilson said he thought the gangsters
had returned with reinforcements, and
he opened fire with a shotgun. His son,
Madden was the only one struck.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
SEVEN IN BENDIX RACE.
Starting Date of Trophy Dash Set fol
Saturday.

LOS ANGELES, August % P.-
Seven pilots today were announced as
entered in the Bendix Trophy Race,
outstanding cross country speed test Of
the National Air Races.
The starting date of the race from
Burbank, Calf to Cleveland, has been
set tentatively for next Saturday.
Only two veteran cross-country pilots
are included in the list of entrants.
They are Maj. James H. Doolittle, hold
er of the transcontinental speed record,
and Col. Roscoe Turner, former holder
Of the record.
The other entrants are Jimmie We
dell of Patterson, La, who placed sec
ond last year in the Thompson Trophy
Race: Jimmie Haizlip of st. Louis;
Russell Thaw, son of Harry <. Thaw;
G. H. Gotch of Los Angeles, and Claire
Vance, veteran Oakland airmail pilot.
Maj. Doolittle will fly the same Laird
Biplane, he won the race in last year,
but it will appear with a number OF
improvements. Haizlip is flying SINH
lar ship.
Col. Turner and Wedell are flying
Wedell-Williams specials. designed by
wedell. The ship recently was reported
to have averaged BIT miles an hour
over l50-mile course.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
POLISH ACE WELCOMED.
Autogiro Drops Wreath on Col. Kos
sowski's Ship.

NEW YORK, August % P).--A
floral wreath dropped from an auto
giro to the deck Of the S. S. Pulaski
greeted Col. jerry KossoWski. Polish
war ace, yesterday, as the liner steamed
up the bay.
Col. KoSsowski was on his way to
Cleveland to compete in the Inter
national Air Races. The autogiro was
flown by Lieut.. Kenneth M. Murray,
who served with the colonel against
Bolshevik forces.
Half a dozen surviving American
members of the KosciusZko escradrille
formed reception committee 10 greet
the Kossowski party at the Brooklyn
pier.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
CONGRATULATED BY LINDY.
MoIlison Treasures Telegram Praising
Splendid" Feat.

NEW YORK, August % [P.-Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, first to make an
eastward solo flight across the Atlantic,
telegraphed congratulations yesterday to
Capt. j. A. Mollison, first to make the
westward crossing alone.
Sincere congratulations on your
splendid accomplishm ant," the colonels
message read.
II shall treasure this" said Capt.
Mollison, placing it in a sheaf Of other
messages, including one from Prime
Minister Ramsay Ma cdonald.
Evening star., 1932-08-23

radio man for the Byrd expedition to
Antarctica, planned to keep in touch
with radio stations on both sides of the
Atlantic He is 35 and Solberg is 38.
The airmen took off with $50 gallons
of gasoline, expecting to increase the
supply to 1000 gallons at Harbor Grace.
Both of them are hearty eaters, so they
took huge packet of sandwiches, a
gallon of coffee and a gallon of tea.
Their craft has a cruising speed of
go miles an hour and a top speed OF
130. They expected to reach their goal,
a distance of about $500 miles, in
about 35 hours flying time.
The license number of the plane
shown On the wings, is NR4864. The
body of the ship is red, the wings yell
low. During their preparations the air.
men had the technical assistance of
Bernt Balchen. famous airman.
Evening star., 1932-08-23

TOOIIUIIUCU I dEt'T
with a hacksaw they are carrying for
that purpose.
Should an emergency such as that
arise, their nourishment will be sup
piled by concentrated food tablets.
On being told Thor Solberg and Carl
Petersen had taken off from New York
for Harbor Grace, en- route to Oslo, Lee
and Bochkon said they believed they
had a good chance to get to Oslo be-
fore Solberg and Petersen. They based
this belief on the speed of the Green
Mountain Boy. They said they had no
intention Of making race out Of the
journey and would stick closely to their
plans.
crowd Of about 1000 persons was
at the airport to bid the flyers good
luck.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
MRS. PUTNAM DELAYED.
Awaits Good Weather for Nonstop
Hop Across U. S.

LOS ANGELES. August % CP.-Un-
favorable winds delayed the start yes
terday of a nonstop flight planned
between Los Angeles and New York
by Amelia Earhart Putnam, trans
Atlantic solo flyer.
Mrs. Putnam attempted a similar
flight in July but was forced down short
of her goal by faulty fuel pump. She
will fly the same plane in which she
spanned the Atlantic alone earlier this
year.
Explaining today's postponement the
pilot said she would wait for better
conditions, which she hoped would
prevail in the next few days.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
MADELINE SLADE JAILED
Englishwoman, Follower of Gand-
hi, Gets Year in Prison.

BOMBAY, August % C7).-Madeline
Slade, follower Of Mahatma Gandhi,
the Indian Nationalist and civil dis
obedience leader, was sentenced to one
years simple imprisonment today,
Miss Slade. the daughter OF an Eng
lish naval officer. was arrested on ar
rival here August 8 in defiance Of a
government ban against her appearance
in the city.
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the farmers attempts to get higher
produce prices.
Reno's letter to Gov. Turner read In
part
The situation in Iowa is such that 1t
seems to me you can no longer ignore
it. The farmers of Iowa and the Mid
Gle West are entitled to costs Of pro-
duction and they are also entitled to
protection in their attempts to obtain
them.
II am, therefore. asking you as
Governor of this State to Immediately
confer with Gov. Olson of the State OF
Minnesota in an attempt to interest the
Governors of the Middle Western States
in an attempt to save the homes OF the
men and women who built these Com
monwealths."
Gov. Turner was out of town today.
TIxRE TENS II G MOVE
Evening star., 1932-08-23
Sacasa in Presidential Race.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, August % CP).
Juan Bautista Sacasa, former Min
lister to the United States. was nominat-
ed for President OF Nicaragua yesterday
at the national convention OF the Lib
eral party. Rodolfo EspinoSa was nom
mated for Vice President,
Evening star., 1932-08-23
Storm Isolates Town.

GREAT FALLS, Mont, August % up.
"A terrific rain and hail storm, second
of cloudburst proportions within two
day and virtually isolated several towns.
The town Of Power vas reported under
water.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
Doumer Assassin's Mind Worse.

PARIS, August % CP).-Attorneys for
Paul Gorguloff. assassin Of President
Paul Doumer, filed an appeal with the
ministry of justice today stating the
Russians mental state, never very stable,
has grown worse In prison Gorguloh
has been condemned to the guillotine.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
Rites for Ex-Chancellor.

VIENNA August % Pl.-Funeral
services were held today for Johann
Schober, former Australian chancellor
and co-author of the Austro- German
customs union which Europe would not
permit. DR.. Schober' died Friday.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
Seek to Block Strike.

LIVERPOOL, England, August %
R).-Reports from Manchester today
said employers and operators in the cot
ton mills Of Lancashire had agreed x
confer again tomorrow in another fhor1
70 aveysssa serious strike. 4
Evening star., 1932-08-23
SoLBERG OFF FOR OSLO.
Radio Corporation Reports Plane Past
Portland, Me.

NEW YORK, August % CP).-Thor
Solberg and Carl Petersen took off
from Floyd Bennett Field at 4:4l am.
Eastern Standard Time, today, on a
projected one-stop flight to Oslo, Nor
way, and reported by radio that they
had passed over Portland, Me, at 8:45
am.
The radio message was sent to the
Chatham, Mass. Station of the Radio
Marine Corporation.
Now making much better time" it
said. Everything going fine and
dandy" Shortly before strong head
winds had delayed the flyers In reach
ing Portsmouth, N. H.
Weather Is Clear.
The airmen, first Of three aerial ex-
petitions slated TO take of from the
same airport for Europe within "a
hours, planned to land their huge
sesquiplane at Harbor Grace, New
foundlard, for refueling and depart
tomorrow at dawn across the Atlantic
II conditions are good.
The weather was clear here as they
scared away. Reports said that condi-
tons were favorable except for light
fogs over the ocean of Newfoundland
The flight is intended to cement
friendly relations between the United
States and Norway. 1t is backed BY
patriotic Norwegian Americans, who
conceived the idea at an independence
day celebration in Brooklyn, where Sol.
berg lives.
Solberg, a native Norwegian. who's
bride Of year. Ingrid, is waiting Il
greet him in Norway, was plotting
Petersen, also Q native Norwegian ane
Evening star., 1932-08-23

ATLANTA, August Z5.-J. r. 1uoIy
of Olean, N. Y, hoped off for Birming-
ham. Ala. at 10:46 am, Central time,
today to lead field of 27 entrants in
the Cord Handicap Derby which will
wind up at the National Air Races IN
Cleveland
The fliers were to stop at Birming-
ham for lunch and then take off for
jackson, Miss. which will be their
stopping place for the night.
Following the leader by one minute
and forty-eight seconds was Fred Dor
set of Augusta, Ga. Helen McCloskey
Of Pittsburgh was the third to take the
air, four minutes and twelve SECONDS
after Tuohy hoped off.
Next in order were Helen Richey,
Pittsburgh: E. w Stitt. washington;
Chappy Lennox, New Haven, Conn;
P. A. Sturtevant, Elmhurst. Ill; c. j.
Fenton, Toledo, Ohio; S. c. Huffman,
Cincinnati: DR.. j. E. Owen. ASheville
N. c.: Melville Robinson, Mount Glenn
ems, Mich: j. H. Hays, Ponca City,
Okla r. A. Moore, Dayton, Ohio Dud-
ley Reed. Fairmont, w. Va: j. D.
Crane, New Haven, Conn; Harold New
man, MOnne, Ill, Arthur y. Laws,
Lansing, Mich; w. F. Cummings, Don
aldsonville, Ga; j. E. Herndon, Kansas
City; C. L. Clabaugh Glenview, Ill;
Harvey Hughes, Lansing, Mich; Ray
mond Hill, Cleveland; Henley C. Brown,
Washington; Douglas Davis, Atlanta,
and Sam Sague, Cleveland.
j. A. Fields Of Bradford, Pa, who was
scheduled under the handicaping sys-
TEN to have taken the air fourth, ex-
perienced motor trouble and was held
to the ground for repairs.
Dorset is leading the derby so far
with 1915 points. Huffman is second
with 259, Tuohy third with 256.35 and
Miss McCloskey, fourth, with I'll.
The last of the entrants got into the
air at 1O:24:13. The group required 38
minutes and 13 seconds for the start.
RACERS LEAVE Ell PASO.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
u. S. ACTION LOOMS
AS FARMERS WIDEN
BLOCKADE LINES

CONTINUED From First Page.)
Evening star., 1932-08-23
Young Son Watches Scene.

@. You knew an application had been
made to the Board of Transportation to
test the title to see whether it would
be available for subway use, did you
not?
A. believe Boyer mentioned he had
received some word from an engineer
OF the board
Young Billy Block sat in the back
of the room, his brown eyes rowing from
his fathers face to Seabury's.
A discussion Of the missing check
came up again as Seabury finished his
questions.
1t now developed that the check
missing was for $500 and that it had
never been found by the Seabury in
vestigators, who had only the stub for
evidence.
Seabury said 1t had been published
in a newspaper.
so" Walker threw in from the other
side Of the room. that's what we've
been saying all along"
We've never had that check in our
possession" Seabury replied.
What do you know about the where
Evening star., 1932-08-23
DERBY IN THIRD LAP
. OF CLEVELAND HOP
Dorset Leads Eastern Wing
in Points and Cessna
Pacific Flight.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. August 23.-
Closely pressed by the field, ]. H.
Tuohy of Olean, N. Y, set his plane
down here at 11:59 am. central
standard time. to lead the Atlanta
Birmingham leg of the Cord Cup
Derby He was closely followed by
the remainder of the planes.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
THREE PLANES FLY
FOR EUROPE, TWO
MORE SET FOR HOP

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1932-08-23
VE-MAKING ERRORS
AND DULL PLAYTIME
BLAMED FOR DIVORCE

Continued From First Page)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-14
HOosier Speed King
Wins Driving Crown

Oakland, Calf, Nov. 14.-(PHBob
Carey, Anderson, Ind, Monday wore
the crown emblematic of the 1882 Ma
tional A. A. A. automobile race driv-
ing championship.
Although he finished only second
in the 150-mile classic at Oakland
speedway Sunday, the final national
championship race of the year, his
previous point standing was sufficient
to give him the title over William
wild Bill" Cummings, of Indianapo-
lis who piloted his whining steel
thoroughbred" to first place in one
hour, 80 minutes, 20 As seconds.
Fred Frame, Los Angeles, finished
second in the final capitulation.
Frame, winner of the 500-mile Me-
mortal day classic at indianapolis
this year, had amassed total of ITO
points previous to the final race.
Howdy Wilcox, Indianapolis, had 610
points, garnered previously, for third
place.