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Evening star., 1932-08-23
THREE PLANES FLY
FOR EUROPE, TWO
MORE SET FOR HOP
SoIberg and Petersen Race
Lee and BoChkon to
Oslo, Norway.
"FLYING HUTCHINS0NS"
LEAVE FOR ST. JOHN
Ulbrich, Pisculli and Miss New
conner Start Rene Dash Tenor
row-Mollison Poised.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press,
ST. JOHN, New Brunswick August
ga red airplane with yellow
wings. believed to be that in which
Thor Solberg and Carl Petersen are
flying to Oslo by way of Harbor
Grace. passed over here at 11:30 am.
eastern standard time) today.
BY the Associated Press.
Three airplanes were speeding toward
Europe from America today-two OF
them on an impromptu race to Oslo
Norway-and two more stood ready tc
go tomorrow if weather conditions are
favorable.
Thor Solberg and Carl Petersen took
off before dawn from Floyd Bennett
Field in New York for Oslo with one
stop planned at Harbor Grace, N. F
Three and half hours later they re-
ported by radio they were over Ports
mouth. N H. Slightly more than halt
hour after that Clyde A. Lee and John
Bochkon scared aloft from a field al
Barre, Vt, with the same goals-Har-
bor Grace and Oslo.
At the takeoff of the latter the two
planes were not more than a hundred
miles apart.
Later in the morning George Hutch
inson and his flying family-himself
his wife and two daughters-with crew
of four more, left Floyd Bennett Field
for st. Johns, Newfoundland, the first
stop scheduled On a 4,200-mile easy
stage flight to London.
William Ulbrich, DR.. Leon PiSculli
and Edna Newcomer planned to leave
tomorrow on a nonstop flight to Rome
by way of Florence, where Miss New
conner is expected to leap cut in g
parachute to honor Florence Nightin-
gale, the nurse.
j. A. Mollison, Scotch flyer, who COM
pleted the first solo flight from Europe
to New York last Sunday, waited only
favorable weather at Roosevelt Field
to start a return solo flight. His moth
plane, termed flying gas tank, had
been given quick overhaul.
If both MolliSon and Ulbrich start
tomorrow there will be five planes going
eastward over the Atlantic at the
same time-the highest number since
mechanical flying began.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
CONTROLS BLAMED
|NFATAL AIR CRASH
Dual Set Kept Connected, In
quest ReveaIs-TWo Men
and Nurse Killed.

Failure to disconnect a set OF dual
controls, used for student training, Is
| believed to have been responsible for
an airplane crash which killed three
Washingtonians last night at AleXan-
dria Airport Hybla Valley, on the
Richmond Highway miles south Oh
Alexandria, Va.
THE plane fell in a spin. crashing on
the airport, and caught flre. IhoSe
killed were the pilot, James r. Howell
% years old, 500 Eleventh street south-
west, court clerk under justice oscar
B. Luhring. District Supreme Court
Miss Ann White, 80, registered nulSg' ;yI
l84l Columbia road, and FREDERICK W.
Tbrenfeld 2I wears old, librarian in
the United States Court OF customs ana
Patent Appeals.
The three, probably killed instantly
IN the crash. were entrapped In the
wreckage and were burned beyond rec
opnition before the eyes OF group OF
friends and airport attendants, VINO
were unable to approach the niazlas
plane because of the heat OF the gaso,
line fire. The bodies were not removed
until two hours after the crash.
U. S. Launches Inquiry.
An immediate investigation OF the
crash was begun last night by +. n n.
Hanscom. aeronautical inspector 1or
the Department OF Commerce AetT ~.
nautics Branch, who will submit ms
report to the Aeronautics Brancn tlie
afternoon OF tomorrow.
Howell. Joint owner Of the plane Win
Reginald Schrader, 720 street South-
west. received his private pilots Incense
from the Department of Commerce on
August 1 after eight months OF lnStruc-
tion at the Mount Vernon AlrWays
school at Hybla Valley. The plane,
three-nlace open cockpit biplane, was
huiIt in 1928. but had been in the air
onlv 40 hours since its last complete
! overhaul and was in perfect mechanical
condition. according to Schrader ana
airport officials.
party of friends at the court mouse ano
| took them with him to Alexanorla a.,
mort to f1v as his guests. He warmed u[
he motor and Miss White and Ehren-
| field climbed aboard as his nrst PAS
Sengers. l
Howell took off nicely and made q
normal climb to about 500 feet, accord,
ing to H. L. Robertson, stan pllot a
| the airport and brother Of E. w. Rop
| ertson airport superintendent. HoWel
| then started a sharp turn back toWare
the field. failed to come out Of the turl
and went into a fiat spin. Robertson
and Robert L. Rhine, a student pilot a
the airport, watched the plane complex
one full turn Of the spin oe1ore
crashed, exploded and was instantly en-
veloped in flames.
Regulations Violated.
An examination Of the pl~ne durinl
the inquest held by County Corone
c. A. Ransom revealed that the con
trolls were in place and in operation il
the passenger cockpit in which Mis-
White and Ehrenfeld were riding, Il
violation OF Department of Commerc
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
VIOLENT STOCK GAIN
BRINGS OUT SELLING
Market Closes Irregularly Under
Heavy Realizing-Some Ad-
vances Are Retained.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 23.-Violent bull
drives in the stock market encountered
considerable opposition today, and
much Of a sharp upswing was lost in
the late trading. Final prices found
a mixture of moderate gains and losses.
Like stocks, bonds ran into considers
able profit taking in the afternoon,
which subsequently reduced several ex-
treme gains of $40 to $50 per bond of
$1,000 par value.
Trading in stocks was at feverish
pace during much of the day, and de-
spite some slackening of trading en- the
decline the days transfers in the Stock
Exchange were around four and a half
million shares, making it one of the
biggest days of the year. Extreme
gains of ST to S5 a share in many Of
the prominent issues were sharply re-
duced.
The wheat market at Chicago also
encountered resistance on the advance,
and after extreme gains of nearly
cent a bushel, futures closed with net
gains of Y. to 50 of cent.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 23.-Mistakes
in love-making, bad home-making and
failure to use leisure time construc-
lively" we're blamed for American mar
riage failures today before the Third
International Congress of Eugenics.
The three points summarize the in
innate experiences of one of the few
marriage counseling bureaus in the
world, the Institute of Family Rela-
tions of Los Angeles. Pau: Popenoe
director. presented the findings.
Not every love-maklng dlfncuity ieaos
to a broken home, he said, but in 'oul
experience" almost every such break Il
preceded by one. And several studies
agree in suggesting that at least In the
educated part of the population" thest
difficulties exist lin Is per cent o
Evening star., 1932-08-23
HOOVER WILL LIMIT
TRADE PARLEY AIM
Credits and Spread of En-
pIoyment to Be Scope of
Conference Here.

President Hoover intends to limit the
conference to be held here the latter
part Of this week with representatives
of business, industrial and financial
leaders from various parts Of the coun-
try, to the consideration Of the best
methods of co-ordinating private and
governmental agencies to make credit
easier and to spread employment.
The conference will not be in the ma
ture of a general economic conference
as was at first supposed. This was
made known by high administration
authority today.
President Hoover personally will open
the conference next Friday with brief
address in which he will give his views
regarding the purposes.
Cabinet Officers to Speak.
Brief addresses also will be made by
Secretary of the Treasury Mills, Secre-
tary of Commerce Chaplin, Eugene
Meyer, governor of the Federal Reserve
Board; Atlee Pomerene Of the Recon
struction Finance Corporation, Franklin
Fort, chairman of the Home Loan Bank
Board. and Paul BeStor of the Farm
Loan Board. These addresses will be
preliminary to the general discussion tc
follow. and will be by way of explana-
tion of the extent to which the Govern
ment agencies could cooperate with
private agencies in the definite program
1t has been explained by administra-
tion authorities that the problems to be
dealt with at this conference are not OF
a nature that would require a general
economic conference, but will be the re-
suit of the experiences Of the business
and industrial committees created two
months ago in the II Federal Reserve
districts.
Better Credit Machinery.
The two major objects Of the confer
ence as explained by this authority are:
l. To work out methods to get the
credit machinery of the Nation func-
tioning to better sustain commerce, bus
mess and agriculture, by removing the
present strain on credit by co-ordinat-
ing all of the activities and agencies OF
the Government and private interests
(2). Coordination of efforts to work
out a plan which will spread employ
ment.
1t was explained that the objective
at this time is not to advance the flve-
day week. 1t was added that the shorter
week is not at this time looked upor
generally as applicable to the situation
because SO many industries are forced
by the economic conditions, to work or
various kinds of shifts, some as small
as two or three work days week.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
PAUL BLOCK DENIES
ANY CITY CONTRACT;
TELLS OF ACCOUNT
Publisher Who Cut Mayor In
on Stock Transaction
Testifies.
.LOREE is QUESTIONED
ON TAXICAB SITUATION
Delaware & Hudson President Is
Witness at Custer Hearing
Before Roosevelt.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, ALBANY
N. Y, August 23.-Paul Block, news
paper publisher, who "cut" Mayor
James j. Walker in on stock market
transaction, testified today at the custer
hearing before Governor Roosevelt that
he never had business contract with
the City of New York.
Block said he had been "a very in
innate friend" of Walker for II or Ia
years.
Nov there came time in 1927 when
you and James ]. Walker opened joint
account with Baruch and Company
Curtin asked Before you opened the
account did you and Mayor Walker
have any discussion about any good
stock to buy?"
Block said the mayor had recon-
mended Green Copper stock; that they
bought some and made considerable
profit on 1t.
Q. (By Curtin) Did you have any
other joint accounts?
A. Yes, I did.
@. With public officials or private
individuals?
A All the others were with private
individuals.
Quizzed on Withdrawals.
Curtin asked Block to tell about the
method Of withdrawing from the ac-
count money that went to the mayor.
Il would telephone the broker or my
R1ork raplipd "ond tho y1oopey
would be sent up with a check which
the mayor would sign by way Of in
dorSement."
O. There were some losses in trans
actions in that account, weren't there?
A. I think the records would show
that.
Q. But in the end there was a
profit, wasn't there?
A. Yes.
Block appeared to be at ease as he
sat in the armchair facing Gov. Roose-
velt He sat with his legs crossed
swinging one foot from time to time.
When losses came, in what proper.
ton were they metz" Curtin asked.
"One half went from Mayor Walker!
account and one half from mine,
Block replied.
L. F. Loree, president Of the Delaware
and HudSon railroad ana mempel
Of the mayors board Of taxicab control
was the first witness.
Gov. Roosevelt asked John j. Cur
| tin, the mayors counsel, what he in
| tended to establish by Loree's testi
mony.
Are you going to question him alonl
the same lines as you questioned tht
other members Of the board?" th'
| Governor asked.
THAT and more" Curtin replied.
Very WE'LL" the Governor replied
"Then please confine your questions
to new evidence.
III ccncede that Mr.. Loree's testi
mony in answer to the questions yol
asked Maurice Hotchner and DAME
Reardon, other members of the board
would be the same as theirs, and. sine
Continued on Page 2, Column A.
Evening star., 1932-08-23

Declaring the American people are
gripped by the lottery fever to greater
extent than any time within the past
40 years, when the famed Louisiana
lottery was put out Of business in this
country, Horace j. Donnelly, solicitor OF
the Post ONCE Department, said today
that the postal campaign against this
form of gambling had saved mo less
than a billion dollars" for gullible in
vestors in the past two years. It is the
one industry" he said, that has not
been hurt by the depression.
Solicitor Donnelly, who is in charge
of this phase Of the departments opera
tions, based his figures on the seizures
of lottery books of potential value and
cash. The department returns the
money to the senders, but the lottery
tickets are conhscated.
Various devices are used by enter
prising agents in their efforts to get the
contraband past postal inspectors, q
seizure thiS week being made IN book
Evening star., 1932-08-23
POSTAL CAMPAIGN SAVES BILLION
TO vGULLIBLE" LOTTERY PATRONS
Donnellv Declares Fraud Orders Have Done Much to
Suppress Industry" in America

on the life Of a great divine which had
been followed out for repository for
hundreds of tickets. A note, purporting
to come from a member Of the clergy,
which accompanied this shipment,
prayed that the trick would succeed,
and that the addressee would be sue
cessful in disposing of the chances, for
which he was to get a commission.
A book on Greek mythology which
also contained tickets was the product
of another haul.
While the department has long had
to fight lotteries in various guiSes, So
licitor Donnelly said it was only in the
past few years that this activity had
reached such proportions. The sue
cess Of a venture in the Irish Free
State, based on horse racing. he said,
prompted the food. and now they make
their appearance from countries all over
the world.
The Solicitor believes that the height
of something or other was reached when
Continued on Page 2. Column u
Evening star., 1932-08-23
ERRORS IN LOVE-MAKING BLAMED
FORFAILURE OF MARRIAGES IN u. S.
Eugencs Congress Told Other Causes Include Oncon
structve Use of Leisure.

more of marriages at any one time"
Mr. Popenoe advocated more souno
education about marriage and parent
hood and said:
unfortunately, the trend OF educa-
ton during the last generation, mas
been unfaYorable, because the doml-
nance of a doctrinary feminist point OF
view has led to a depreciation OF the
differences between the sexes and ire
quently to ignoring them or denying
them altogether"
In bad home making there are para
lying fears" of desertion among many
women and some men, "monotony and
deadly routine" In home life and
serious problem" of women who feel
lack of proper clothing to appear In
society to which they have been &C
customed
Sufficient recreation, inexpensive
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column. g.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
GERMAN STUDENTS WIN
PROFESSORS DISMISSAL
Emil Gumbel, Political Science Ex-
pert, ousted at Heidelberg
for Pacifist Views.

b. the Associated oress.
HEIDELBERG, Germany, August %.
National Socialist students in the
University here have won their cam
paign to oust Emil Gumbel, distin-
guished professor of political. science
The Baden ministry of education voted
his dismissal today, ending long class
room feud over his pacifistic views.
The chief point of the controversy
was whether he said in lecture. that
"a turnip Is better than a war monu-
ment. than a statue adorned by scanu-
ly clad ladies'"
The ministry did not give tne rea,
sons for his dismissal. Prof.. Gumoei
is to lecture In the United States, and
thereafter may go to the Sorbonne, in
Paris.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
OHIO STRIKE CORRECTION.
Miners Protested Cut Instead of Ask
ing Higher Pay.

ATHENS, Ohio, August % [P.-An
Associated Press story of August l3,
stating that Ohio bituminous coal
miners went on strike demanding high
er wages, was incorrect.
The miners went on strike after the
Hooking Valley and Sunday Creek coal
operators had posted notice of wage
reduction. The strike was in protest
against this cut. The old scale ranged
from $500 to $3.50 a day, while the
new scale called for SO day for day
laborers and 3s cents ton for leaders.
The strikers also sought recognition OF
the union.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
Denmark Refuses
Responsibility for
Hutchinson Flight
By the Associated Press.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Au-
gust 23.-The Danish foreign
Office formally notified the Amer
ican legation today that Den
mark must refuse all RESPONSE
bility in connection with the
transatlantic flight of tke Hut
Crimson family which started
from New York today for Europe
by way Of Greenland.
1t was explained II there
should be an accident over
Greenland it would be exceed
ingly difficult to provide housing
and food for so large a party,
and it might be almost impossi-
BILE to 60 to their assistance.
1t was stated Hutchinson's ap-
plication for permission to fly
over Greenland was placed be-
fore the Greenland board, but
was forwarded to the foreign
office, inasmuch as it had been
submitted through the usual
channels with a recommendation
of a recognized scientific society.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
BANK PRESIDENT, COUSIN
OF {. H. GARY, is SUICIDE
Wheaton, Ill, Institution Head
Had Been Ill Six Months.
Shot Self at Home.

WHEATON, Ill, August % %
William E. Gary, "a, president OF the
rv-Wheaton Bank and cousin OF It's
late president, Ebert H. Gary, the steel
magnate, shot himself fatally at his
wheaton home last night. coroner
i1,rv returned a suicide verdict today.
Gray had been i'll for six months and
physicians said he had been subject TO
periods of melancholia.
THE bank is in sound financial con-
dition" said H. L. Wilson, vice presl-
dent. I'VE are convinced Mr.. Garys
act was motivated only by i'll health
Mr. Gary's personal affairs, we are sure
also were in good shape"
Gary served as city treasurer OF
Wheaton for many years.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
DUCE TRAMPS IN RANKS

PERUGIA. Italy, August % CP.-
Premier Mussolini, here for the Italian
Army maneuvers, fell into step with the
men of the 22d Infantry and marched
in the ranks for an hour and half.
For a while he carried on his back
the pack of the soldier who marched
next to him, so he might test its
weight. When he swung out of the
column, the soldiers gave him an ova-
ton.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
PLANE OFF FOR OSLO.
Lee and Bochkon Hope to Reach Goal
in 3O-Hour Hop.

BARRE, Vt, August % [R.-Clyde
A. Lee of Oshkosh, Wis, and John
Bochkon of Brooklyn, N. Y, took off
fo' Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, at
9:G5. Eastern standard time, today on
ttE first leg of a projected flight to
Oslo. Norway.
The flyers expected to make the 977-
mile hop in approximately nine hours.
They planned to fly to Harbor Grace
via Augusta, Me-; st. John, New Bruns-
wick; East Point, Prince Edward Island,
and Cape Ray, Newfoundland.
Red Plane NR7576.
The identification number on the
Lee-Bochkon plane is NR7576, the
name Green Mountain Boy" appears
on the Fuselage, and underneath
arre-Montpelier, the Granite Center
of the World" appears in white let
ters. The plane is red
At Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, they
planned to put aboard 460 gallons Of
gasoline, enough for about 1000 miles
or 35 hours flying time. They figured
the distance from the Newfoundland
airport to KELLER Field; Oslo, their ulti.
mate objective, however, as only 3,15C
miles and expected to cover the grounc
in 80 hours Lee acted as pilot-com
IldIIuCI VI VIC AAI6AAC oAAO A|"SAAhS44 e-'
co-pilot.
Lee "a, has done no ocean flying, but
has had about nine years experience
in the air He was once associated
with the late Speed" Holman in barn
storming exploits and has engaged II
commercial flying in the, West ane
Mexico.
Bochkon, four years his senior, begar
his flying career with the Norwegian
air forces in 1920. He came to thl
country seven years ago and has con
tinued his aviation activities as pilo
and an engineer. Neither is married.
They planned to stay at Harbor Grac'
Just long enough to refuel and recelv
favorable weather reports from Huber
Huntington, navigator who has beef
their adviser in Barre. Huntington vii
remain here.
Weather Reported Clearing.
AS they left for Harbor Grace it wa!
reported that storm areas off New
foundland were clearing and there Wer'
prospects OF a tail wind most of th
way acros@ the ocean if they should b.
able 10 gew off by Thursday morning
The doors IN the cabin of the plan'
were sealed in order that auXiliar,
tanks might be installed and hole GU
through the roof Of the cabin as
means of entrance and exit. In cas-
they are forced down over the ocean
Lee hopes the empty gasoline cans Wi
give the ship bouyancy until at leaS
the motor can be cut from the plan
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column D.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
DEATH SENTENCES GAIN

MOSCOW, August % R--The death
sentence is becoming more frequent in
Soviet Russia, and the newspapers are
demanding rigid enforcement OF a re-
cent decree classifying as capita! OF
fenses. railroad robberies and violence
against collective farms.
A Crimean court sentenced man
to death today for wrecking thresher
by throwing a steel hook into the ma
chinery. In another court, near Mos
COW, two workers were sentenced to be
shot after they confessed deraillng
train to rob the passengers.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
AUSTRIA APPROVES PLAN
TO BORROW S42,OOO,OOO
Loan Under Auspices of League OF
Nations Given Second Vote
of 80 to 30.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VIENNA, August 23.-By a vote OF
81 10 8O Parliament today approved
for the second time the Lausanne loan
protocol by which Austria would bor-
row s42 1000, 900 under the auspices OF
the League of Nations. ..,
Several days ago Parliament approved
the protocol by a one-vote margin In
the face of opposition based on the
charge that conditions Of the loan were
incompatible with Austrian independ-
ence. Subsequently, however. the Fed
eral Council disapproved, and the ISSUE
returned to the Parliament Tor Sec
end vote.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
Doolittle Escapes
In Landing Plane
With Broken Gear
Ship Noses Over and Is
Wrecked i'm Mishap
at Wichita.
prthn Assnriated Press

BY the Associated Press.
WICHITA, Kans,, August 23.-Jim-
my Doolittle made a spectacular land
ing without injury to himself here to-
day, after being kept aloft an hour and
As minutes by a faulty retractable
landing gear. The ship was wrecked.
Doolittle succeeded in releasing his
landing gear a few inches, enough that
the wheels would turn as the plane
struck tie ground.
The wheels held firmly for a moment
but folded again and the plane noseo
over slightly, bending the propeller
blade. Ey that time the ship was SKID
ding en- the fuselage. However, the
speed had been 50 slackened tnat the
pilot was given only slight shaking up
Evening star., 1932-08-23
One Dead as Two Planes Fall.

ROME, August % LP).-Two Italian
planes participating in the around
Europe air race crashed today. The
pilot of one landed safely in para
chute, but his mechanic was killed,
The pilot and mechanic Of the second
plane landed safely in parachutes. All
the Italian entries were withdrawn.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
Quits Channel Swim.

CAPE Girls NEZ, France, August
% (P).-Fritz Fischer, a German, who
attempted yesterday to swim across the
English Channel from France, returned
here today aboard an escorting boat.
He abandoned the swim after IL hours
in the water when he was miles from
Dover.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
Holland Bars Soviet Delegation.

MOSCOW, August % CPl.-Todays
newspapers said nine Russian delegates
to the Anti-War Congress at Amster-
dam, headed by Maxim Gorky, had beep
refused permission to enter Holland,
The delegation has asked Romain Rol4
landEo intercede. !.
Evening star., 1932-08-23
PARIS DEPUTY ARRIVES
Reynaud Will Come Here to At

tend Corner Stone Ceremony.
NEW YORK, August % (P.-Paul
Reynaud, deputy of Paris and former
minister of colonies and minister OF
finance of France, arrived today on the
liner Isle de France.
He was accompanied by his wife and
daughter and is en- route to Washing
ton, D. c., where he will represent the
French Bar Association at the laying
of the corner stone of the new Supreme
Court Building. Upon completion of
his visit to Washington he will go to
Mexico.