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Evening star., 1932-08-19
vSYNTHETIC PLANTS' TO REVEAL
SECRETS OF HEREDITY CONTROL
Superior Breeds and Better Food for Future Seen in
Exhibit for Scientists.

to heredity, little sausage-shaped par
ticles in each living cell
This chromosome control is obtained
by breeding. that is. crossing. Inc
secret of its effectiveness is IN dis
covering how to pass a particular char
acteristic. such as color of flower, shape
of leaf, or size from one variety OF JIM
son weed along into new type, so that
this new type will be fertile, and re-
produce the new ideas"
The synthetic" plants, so named by
the scientists. represents degree OF
arbitrary control never before obtained,
In which the scientists have decided IN
advance what heredity keys" they wish
to appear.
The surprise in this plant synthesis
is that not even an expert can tell from
their appearance the difference between
these new plants and certain other jim
son weeds, yet internally their keys
or chromosomes are sharply different.
One of the plants from which the
synthetic" varieties came was de-
| veloped partly by aid of radium. This
work in plant heredity was done by DR.
| Albert F. Blakeslee.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
CURTIS ANT|-REPEAL
SPEECH APPLAUDED
"GreatIy Pleased" With Re.
action, Says Vice President
After Notification.
The tert OF Vice President
Curtis speech OF acceptance iDiu
be found on Pages A-12 and 13.

By the Associated Press.
TOPEKA, August 19.-Vice President
Charles Curtis said today he was
greatly pleased" with the reaction to
his acceptance speech yesterday, in
which he expressed his personal opposi-
ton to repeal Of the eighteenth amend
ment.
II am greatly pleased with the many
kilograms I have received" he said.
They have come already from about
rs States. All of them are fine and
appreciate them"
Preparatory to departing tonight for
Washington. the Vice President spent
the morning in his Office, where he read
the congratulatory messages and re-
ceived callers.
Curtis said the kilograms singled out
no particular section of his address for
comment.
The Vice Presidents statement on
prohibition brought cheers from q
crowd of more than 5000, mostly Kan
sans, who gathered on the shaded
grounds of the State House in city
where Curtis first held public office
nearly so years ago.
THE Republican party" said Curtis,
pledges itself to the faithful enforce
ment and the vigorous execution of the
eighteenth amendment and to prevent
the return Of the saloon.
Meets Issue SquareIy.
I believe in meeting the issue
squarely. l am strong believer in
the rule of the majority and feel the
people should at all times be given full
opportunity to express their opinion On
the Constitution or amendments there
to, but personally l am not only in
favor of honestly and fearlessly en-
forcing all our laws, but, further. I am
opposed to the return of the saloon,
and I am opposed to the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment"
Presenting the 72-yea--old Kansan
Senator L. J. Dickinson Of Iowa said
Curtis was "one fixed in fundamentals
of government, with a firm grasp OF
our tribulations, seasoned in service
polished in the art of leadership"
Presiding on the speakers platform
Continued on Page IL, Column 1)
Evening star., 1932-08-19
Two Hearings on Governors.
Power to Dust Mayor
Set for Monday.
PUBLISHER TESTIFIES
ON FRIENDLY DEALS
City Executives Counsel Subpoenas
Republican Leaders, Charging
Case Is Fishing Party"
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, August 19.-Cour'
consideration of Gov Roosevelt's power
to judge the fitness Of Mayor Walker
to remain in Office was continued to-
day until next Monday. Supreme
Court Justice Ellis J. Staley postponed
considering Mr.. Walkers petition to
restrain the Governor, but heard argu-
ments for and against another effort
to halt the custer proceedings.
Justice Staley instructed Sidney lie.
vine, attorney, and Henry Epstein, dep.
uty attorney general, to prepare brief,
on their arguments and submit then
10 o'clock Monday morning. The jus
tice continued the Walker court case
until Monday at am.
Levine, representing George DON
nelly, a home rule" enthusiast, ar
gued the State constitutional intent
was to invest cities with power to re-
move their mayors and other officers.
Holds Powers Equal.
Epstein contended the courts had nj
power TO restrain a Governor from
exercising his executive duties. He In
sisted the Governor had equal power.
with the courts and the Legislature.
Mr.. Levine argues" Justice Staley
said, that the power of removal is
vested in the people and can be in
vested only through constitutional pro-
ccdure. H.
Every act passed by the Legislature
Is deemed to be constitutional" replied
Epstein. Section 122 has been in the
New York City charter .ince the char
ter was enacted. The home rule law
specifically provides how city may
provide for removal Of its ofdcials. but
the city of New York has not availed
itself of that provision
Section l22 OF the New York City
charter delegates to the Governor the
right TO remove the mayor and police
commissioner.
Curtin Asks More Time.
As he adjourned the hearing. Justice
| Staley remarked that ne was more m
| terested in having some one explain 10
| him how the constitution delegates to
the Governor the power of removal
| than he was in the iJew York City
home rule" provision for local deter
mination of removal methods.
| John j. Curtin, counsel to Mayor
Walker, asked Justice Staley to con-
I tinue the mayors case. The attorney
said he had not had sufficient time to
prepare his case.
I'VE are not asking for a stay of
,, the proceedings before the Governor at
this time" Curtin said. II took this
matter up with the attorney general
yesterday. He said then there was no
objection on his part"
M. M. Fertig, Gov. Roosevelt's coun-
sci, and Martin Conboy, special adviser
to the Governor, were on hand to re-
sist the mayors efforts to tie the exec
utive's hands
Samuel Seabury, chief counsel for
the Hofstadter Legislative Committee,
was not present. George Trosk, his
chief aide, was an unofficial observer:
A large crowd had gathered at the
court house. which is one Of row Of
Continued on Page 2, Column -
Evening star., 1932-08-19
FIRE FATAL TO SIX
IN WRECKED AUTO
Parents and Four Children Killed
When Gasoline Is Ignited.
Seventh Victim Dying.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MIDLAND, Mich, August ia
father and mother and their four chill
dren were burned fatally early today in
their automobile, which caught fire after
colliding with another car
The victims ere Mr.. and Mrs. George
Messer Of Thompsonyille. Mich, and
their children, Edward. IL; Forest, TO-
Stella, 6, and Mary 4. Three of the
children died in the burning car before
rescuers could reach them. The others
died in hospitals later.
A seventh occupant of the car, Harry
Crane of Birmingham, Mich, brother
in-law of the father, was critically
burned and was not expected to recover
Stanley Sage, night policeman, was
burned about the hands as he attempted
to rescue the occupants of the blazing
car.
The Messer car collided with an auto
mobile driven by George A. Patrick. SO
of London, Ontario. Two flve-gallon
cans of gasoline carried On the running
board of Messers car were broken. and
the gasoline sprayed over the car. 1t
ignited and the seven occupants were
trapped.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
MolIison Circles City and Continues
Flight without Stopping.

HALIFAX. Nova Scotia, August l9
R.-Capt. J. A. Mollison, VINO areaoy
holds speed records for flights from
Australia to London and from London
to Cane Town, today completed the nrst
westward solo fight across the North
Atlantic ocean.
At sos am. Eastern standard time
lust % hours and 40 minutes after ne
left Portmarnock, Ireland. he was slgnt-
ed over the airport at Halllax, Nova
Scotia, approximately 1868 mles iioli'
his starting point. ,,.,
His silver gray sports plane, Wnicn
Is little more than a nylng gasoi,iSS
tank passed over the airport heaoeo
,Test AnparentIy Mollison had omitted
a scheduled refueling stop at hafDoI
Grace Newfoundland, $50 miles east
of here.
Lettering Identified.
Officials at the Halifax Airport heale
the drone of the motor ana as the iIlit
ship passed over the field and clrclee
the enviroDs Of Halifax they read on
the fuselage the Identifying registry
letters. "ABXY."
A nlane was rolled out of the hangal
and went aloft to greet the nyer' put H'
had headed west and the airport snil
lost sight OF him. Soon afterward Mol
lison's motor was heard over the toWr
of Hubhards. 35 miles west OF here.
Fog blanketed the coast in the vicin'
ity Of Shelburne. farther west, and !
would have been impossible for residents
In that area to sight the plane.
Flying Gasoline Tank.
Capt. j. A. Mollison's ship is sllve
gray Puss Moth, a tiny sports plan
similar to that frequently used by tn
Prince of Wales tor short trips Mol
lison turned it into flying gasolin
tank
1t is a high-wing monoplane with tn
name. The Hearts Content" painte'
Continued on Page 2. Column D.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
LOANS FOR RELIEF.
TOTAL S1,219,0)D,0)O.
Secretary Mills Reveals Fig
ures of Reconstruction
Finance Activities.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PROVIDENCE. r. l.. August 19.-
The Reconstruction Corporation lent
s1.219, ,000,0 to 4,947 institutions, in
cluding 4,19o banks and trust COM
panies, from February 2 to July 81.
Secretary Mills made the figures
public today in an address at COM
mencement exercises of Bryan -Stratton
College of Business Administration here
He denied the corporation had helped
only the great city banks and other
large institutions, and described the
efforts to revive business.
Mills said the corporation had ad-
vanced s736.000,000 to the banks and
trust companies. OF that sum $50, ,000,-
900 went TO aid in the reorganization
or liquidation of 346 closed banks.
Other Loans Made.
He added that $4,000, 900 was loaned
to SAL building and loan associations,
S67,000,000 to 73 insurance companies,
S81 100000 to go mortgage loan COM
panies, S767,000 to 10 agricultural credit
corporations, $50 900 600 to IA live stock
credit corporations, nearly million and
a half to 5 joint stock land banks
S26,O00,0O to 8 Federal land banks,
S405.000 to 3 credit unions and $780,
100000 to 43 railroads and receivers.
'Of the s1,2l9.o00,ooo authorized" !"
Mills said, 1916, 100000 had actually
been disbursed on July 80, of which
$ll0,000,000 had been repaid. In addi-
ton to the above, 100000 individual
loans to farmers. aggregating s65.000,-
600, have been made by the Secretary
of Agriculture out of the $97, ,000, 900
thus far allocated to him.
1T has been said that the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation benefits
only the great city bank and other large
institutions" Mills continued. The
contrary is true. The great majority of
banks which have borrowed from the
corporation are located in small towns.
Specifically on July 80, 70 per cent of
the banks to which loans had been au-
thorized we're in towns of less than
5000 population: 86 per cent were in
towns of less than $4,000 population,
and 80 per cent were in towns Of less
than $4,000.
20 Per Cent of All Banks.
Looking at 1t from another angle, we
find that loans have been authorized to
more than 20 per cent of all the banks
in the country, these banks having
about 100000 of the 10000, 900 bank
depositors in the United States. These
have been directly affected by the cor
poration's loans to banks while the
other 25,00O,000 have benefited indirect
ly by the corporations activities in pre-
venting the fire from spreading"
Mills said the corporations activities
had tended more and more to restore
confidence in financial institutions and
that the shrinkage in bank deposits and
ban kcredits which had been proceed
ing at a disastrous rate for months has
been partially checked"
Men may not look to the Immediate
economic future with complete assur-
ance," Mills said, but today they are at
| least facing it unafraid Our ship has
come through financial hurricane with
much suffering. some broken spars, torn
sails and wreckage on deck, but the hull
is sound and neither crew nor passen-
gers doubt that we shall come safely
to port"
Evening star., 1932-08-19
EDGE, IN PARIS AGAIN,
PUSHES NEW TRADE PACT

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. August 19.-With United
States Ambassador Edge and Premier
Herriot both back in Paris after brief
holidays, preliminary discussions of the
projected Franco American commercial
treaty have entered more active stage.
1t is expected formal talks among the
experts can begin on Monday.
The premier and the Ambassador
were luncheon guests of George Blu
menthal today and had chance to
exchange friendly greetings and to talk
over Informally the situation, which the
French press is watching closely.
The newspapers say that negotiations
are likely to be prolonged and beset
by many difficulties.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
TWO GET $500
PAY ROLL AND AUTO
Woman of Congressional
Country Club Surprised
by Bandits.

Overpowering a woman official as she
arrived at the Congressional Country
Club with the pay roll of the club. two
young hold-up men escaped with $4,000
and the woman's car today. Miss Fan
ME Lytle, executive secretary Of the
club, the victim of the daring rob-
berry is IN a highly nervous state. The
club, which numbers among its mem
bers many prominent persons, is located
at River road and Bradley Boulevard,
in Montgomery County, Md, IL miles
from Washington.
Police of Maryland and the District
promptly laid down dragnet for the
fleeing pair, who were last seen speed
ing out of the club grouncs and head
ing toward Washington. good de-
scription of the fugitives, was obtained
from Miss Lytle and several caddies,
who witnessed the escape of the men
after their attention had been attracted
by Miss Lytles frantic screams for help
Surprised at Garage.
Miss Lytle had just returned from
Washington with the pay roll money,
which was contained in a small leather
bag. and was preparing to put her car
away in the club garage when she was
attacked.
She said she got out Of her car TO
nush omen the partly closed door OF the
garage, leaving the engine running
She had taken hold Of the door when
the two men stepped from the shadows
One of the men. described as being
about 51a feet tall, with curly BLACK
hair. and wearing white shlrt ano
blue serge trousers, grabbed MISS Lyle
and pinioned her arms closely, while tne
other man grabbed the bag and leapec
into the car. a small sedan, and started
off The short youth continued to holc
onto the woman for a moment or sc
while she raised her voice in series
of shrill screams and aroused clut
attaches. Then the robber let go ano
ran some distance to where his COM
panion was slowing the car up for hin
to jump in.
Caddies Rush to Scene.
Several caddies meanwhile had startec
running toward the scene OF the con-
| fusion and one of them almost sue
! ceeded in reaching the running-boarc
of the escaping machine.
The car sped up, however. and soor
disappeared on the River road.
r B. Horrer, manager of the club
expressed the opinion that the robber!
was planned by some one familiar will
payday arrangements. Eugene Crooks
a caddy. was che Of the eyewitness o
the esce pe
Evening star., 1932-08-19
MOLL|SON CROSSES
OCEAN AND LANDS
IN NEW BRUNSWICK
British Captain Completes
Westward Flight Over At
Iantic at 11:45 Am.
WEATHER NONE TOO GOOD
FOR DANGEROUS FLIGHT
WEAKNESS of Pilot Forces Him to
Give Up Plan to Reach New
York Without Stop.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PENNFIELD RIDGE, New Bruins
wick, August l9-Capt. J. A. Mollison,
the first man to make solo fight
westward across the North Atlantic,
landed Just outside this little village
at HAS am, Eastern standard time,
today. too tired to go any farther.
For more than 30 hours he had
pushed his the Hearts Content, strip
ped down so that it was little more
than a flying gasoline tank, across
nearly 5000 miles Of ocean through
weather that was none too good.
Plenty of Fuel Left.
He had plenty of fuel, and but for
his own weariness might have gone on
to New York. he said. When he got
this far, however, and saw through a
break in the clouds a broad meadow
below him he dropped down to per-
feet landing
Pennfield Ridge Is a village of no.
more than 800 population. Even tele-
phones are scarce. but Capt. Moillson
was on a long-distance wire, reporting
his landing few minutes after ne was
down.
Farmers and fishermen crowded out
from the village to the field about nan
n mile from the tiny railroad station
Sends Word to Wife.
They had seen him coming and had
heard the roar of his motor. HIS
wheels had hardly stopped rolling oe-
fore the first arrivals were croWolng
about him.
what he wanted most of all was
rest, so one Of the farmers TOOK nun
to his home nearby. The captain asked
that his wife, the former Amy Johnson,
be notified OF his safety. Woro was
telepronsd Immediately to ST, Jonn,
20 miles up the coast TO the Bay Oh
Fundy for relay to Mrs. Molison at
London.
Delayed by Fog.
He lost a lot of time between Han
fax, where he was sighted at o:uo a.m''
snd here because of the fog.
THE mist was heavy over the Bay Oh
Fundy. and I just groped along, ne
said. ''I wanted to get to New YORK ana
I could have made it with the gas 1
had, but weaving through those low
clouds and that heavy mist must nave
tired me out. / just couldn't go on.
The weather was especially bad 1or tne
last 18 hours" ,,,.x.
Apparently after he passed Halifax
he tried to follow the circultous coast
of the Bay Of Fundy which swings nortn
iron, Ealifax and then back to the
southwest with st. John and Penn-
fieId Ridge on the opposite bank.
PASSED HALIFAX AT sos AM.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
SARATOGA PULLED OFF BAR,
NAVY WILL PROBE MISE1AP
Huge S35 ,OOO 900 Arplane Carrier Seems Undamaged
as Divers Start Inspection.

divers report evidence of strain Oh
the hull the ship will be sent to tn,
United States Navy Yard at Bremerton
Wash, for further inspection.
Tie Saratoga, largest ship in the hiA
tory of the Navy to be grounded, wa
engaged in target maneuvers on shorS
between Seal Beach and Huntngto1
Beach when the mishap overlook hel.
First reports that the weather waf
foggy we're later denied by observer
from the shore Although Navy ofdcers
would make no statement, 1t was re
ported by mariners that the sandbar
at that point had not been properly
charted.
Relocating of the big airship car
rier was a comparatively easy task. as
she had grounded at low tide. Resting
on an even keel. the Saratoga, with
a full head of steam up to aid the
chugging Navy tugs, was pulled clear
of the bar on the first try. At the
time of the grounding the Saratoga
was in command of her skipper, Capt.
Frank r. McCrary.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
By the Associated Press.

by the ASSOCldleu EIeSS.
SAN PEDRO, Calf, August ia
thorough inspection of the hull of the
U. S. S. Saratoga was started by divers
today to determine If any damage was
done the huge 35,OOo,O 900 airplane car
rier when 1t grounded yesterday after
noon on a sandbar of Sunset Beach.
Arrangements for a naval board of in
quiry to place responsibility for the
mishap were started.
The Saratoga rested today at its regular
anchorage in battleship row here after
being conveyed from Sunset Beach by
three Navy tugs. which had pulled her
clear from the sandbar with the COM
ing high tide at 652 o'clock last night.
With a crew of l.700 officers and
men and carrying 80 planes as eyes OF
the fleet, the Saratoga apparently SUI
fered no damage when she lay stranded
for more than four hours on the sand
bar a mile of shore. However, If the
Evening star., 1932-08-19
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE.


COLD SPRING HARBOR, N Y Au-
gust 9.-"Synthetic plants" grown at
the Carnegie Institution here and said
to be probably the first in the world
will be inspected by delegates to two
international scientific congresses next
week.
These meetings a-e the Third Inter-
national Congress Of Eugenics Monday
and Tuesday in New York. and the
sixth International Congress Of Gene
tics, beginning Wednesday at Cornell
University.
The eugenics congress deals entirely
with human beings, the genetics meet
ing mostly with plants. The "synthe-
tic" plants are important to both as in
dicators of what may some day be done
to produce superior breeds and better
food.
These new plants are jimson weed
or Datura, and are the last of more
than 100 different varieties produced by
control of the chromosomes, the keys
Evening star., 1932-08-19
Marathon Routed
From Mt. Vernon
To Zero Milestone

Start 2 pm, gates Of Mount
Vernon: entire length Of Mount
Vernon Highway, crossing Memo
rial Bridge; east on road past
polo field in Potomac Park and
around Hams Point, emerging
into Fourteenth street; north on
Fourteenth street to Constitution
avenue; east on Constitution ave-
nue. to Sixth street, thence into
Pennsylvania avenue; east on
Pennsylvania avenue on through
Capitol Grounds fright side);
across Capitol Plaza into East
Capitol street to Eighth street;
north on Eighth street to B
street; west on B street to First
street and south to Peace Monu-
ment; west on Pennsylvania
avenue to E street, cutting over
in front of District Building:
thence into the Ellipse, with the
finish at Zero Milestone.
Evening star., 1932-08-19

The notes kept by myself and my assistant, Max
Cosyns, show we were exactly II hours in the air,
and that we travelled $50 kilometers, 155 miles,
in ALL Every one of objectives was attained
in this fascinating adventure.
Here In chronological order, our principal
notes:
Sis am Thursday: We are off, and the earth
drops away from us. The balloon is not climbing
as we wish, so we have to drop some ballast. We
closed the nacelle (the air-tight gondola OF the
balloon from which the daring voyagers made their
observations) on reaching an altitude Of $500
meters 1920 feet.
5:26 am: Now glorious sunrise lllum,nes the
skies. We hear the drone of an airplane which is
approaching U.S. circling around and around, CLINT
ing in the rays of the ascending sun. The pilot
of the plane is Swiss, Mittelhotzor. But soon
we shall leave him far beneath US.
Cosyns Begins Experiments.
5:34: Now brilliant daylight floods all about us.
My young friend Cosyns begins his experiments in
connection with the cosmic rays. What are we
Evening star., 1932-08-19
Garner Hitch-Hikes
80 Miles When Rain
Forces Plane Down
Speaker Given Lift From
Austin to San Antonio
on Way to Uvalde.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, August 10
John N. Garner, Democratic vice
presidential nominee, hitch-hiked into
San Antonio early today on his way to
his home at Uvalde to resume vaca-
ton interrupted by political conferences
in the East.
The Speaker of the House travelled
by airplane Yesterday from Cincinnati
to Austin, where the plane was ground
ed last night by a rainstorm. The
Texan travelled the 80 miles between
Austin and San Antonio in motor
car with two young men whose names
we're not learned. The men offered the
Speaker ride.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
Colombia Storm Kills Woman.

BCGOTA, Colombia, August 19 P).-
A woman was killed and several persons
we're injured in the Elpion region, SO
miles from Bogota, yesterday when a
hurricane destroyed 10 htuses and
damaged q score more.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
Akron on Flight Over Ocean.

LAKEHURST. N. j., August 10 R).-
The Navy dirigible Akron left its hangar
at tbs am. today on training flight
that will take it out over the Atlantic
Ocean. The ship will return tonight or
tomorrow morning, depending upon
weather conditions.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
TWO INSURGENTS SLAIN
Nicaraguan Patrol, Led by Lieut.
Bum, Chicago, in Clash.

An official report received by the Navy
Department today said two Nicaraguan
insurgents were killed in a clash with
a Guardia patrol under Lieut.. Bennie
M. Bum of Chicago. on Wednesday.
The report added that indications
were that several of the insurg onts were
wounded. There were no Guardia
casualties.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
Crash Kills Four.

PONTE SAN PIETRO, Bergamo,
Italy, August 19 (R.-Two italian
army flyers were killed today, when
their plane crashed through the roof
of farm house. The building caught
fire and two children were burned to
death. A woman and another child
we're injured.