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Evening star., 1934-05-23
GIRL FLYER SETS
W0MAN'S RECORD
Jean Batten Bests Amy
JohnSon's Time in Hop
to Australia.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PORT DARWIN, North Australia,
May 23.-Jean Batten, 24-year-old
New Zealand girl flyer. reached this
city today after a solo fight from
England on which she set a new
woman's time record for the distance.
Miss Batten made the long, hazard
GUS air jaunt in Is days, % hours and
Is minutes, eclipsing the former
woman's mark of 1872 days, held by
Amy johnson, wife Of Capt. James
A. Mollison, British flyer.
Miss johnson completed her flight
and set the old record on Ma "a, 1890
Gets TumuItuous Welcome.
The New Zealand girl arrived al
Port Darwin to the accompaniment OF
a tumultuous welcome at pm, local
time, 1870 am, Eastern standard time
Miss Batten was making her third
attempt at the flight when she scared
away from Lympne. England, on
May 8.
Her first effort was in April, 1898
Then her machine broke down beyond
repair at Karachi, India. Last month,
| trying again, she crashed in Rome
She sustained severe face lacerations
and several stitches were taken in her
lip.
Nevertheless, as soon as her plane
could be repaired, she few back to
England and began preparations for
the third try, which has proved sue
cessful.
The plane In which Miss Batten set
her record is an ordinary standard
wooden Moth nearly five years old.
The young woman went to England
a few years ago to study music, but
Evening star., 1934-05-23
RESIGNATION EXPECTED.
Abbott Said Employees Acted Without
His Consent.
The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, May 23.-The resigna-
ton of Horatio j. Abbott as collector
of internal revenue for the Michigan
District, announced in Washington
yesterday, had been reported lmml-
nent here since it became known last
week that Treasury Department agents
were investigating political activities
of members of his staff.
Ever since he was sworn in as COL
iector, August 16 last year, 1t had been
reported that he would relinquish
either that position or his membership
on the National Democratic Commit
tee, in accordance with national ad-
ministration policy of divorcing po-
itical and administrative activities.
Abbott declared throughout the in
vestigation that the alleged political
activities of his employees were with
out his knowledge and consent.
Since the Democratic victory of 1882
Abbott and w. Alfred Debo, chairman
of the State Democratic Central Com
mittee, had been at loggerheads with
Democratic members of Congress over
patronage and other matters.
Abbott became member of the Ma
tional Committee in 1880, and was
chosen again in 1882 for a term which
does not expire until 1886. He was
chairman of the Michigan delegation
at the National Democratic Conven-
ton in Chicago.
He is president of an oil company
in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Evening star., 1934-05-23
HUGE TANK FALLS;
3 KILLED, I HURT.
Water Container Weighing
$50, 900 Pounds Crashes
Through Four Floors.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 23-The thunder
ing plunge of a steel water tank
through the upper floors Of a seven
story building left three dead and sew
en- injured today.
Three others were missing but
search for them could not be made
Immediately because of the fear that
tangled steel and smashed masonry
would come crashing down in another
collapse.
The tank, weighing $4,000 pounds
crashed through four floors Of the
Oakley Building.
Terror reigned for some 200 women
and men employed in the various
manufacturing shops and laboratories
housed by the structure, when the
huge tank with 10000 gallons of water,
smashed through girders, beams and
ceilings as though they were made Of
matchwood. The occupants fed
screaming to the fire escapes and
stairways. The water from the tank,
spilling like a food, added to the ter
ror
What caused the tank to come loose
from its moorings was mystery. One
report was that there had been an ex-
plosion on the seventh floor, where
workmen had been spraying lacquer,
and that this had weakened the tank s
supports. Another was that the tank
had been shifted slightly by recent
high winds. and that its legs had
slipped off the steel girders on which
they had rested.
The known dead were Kenneth
Healy, %, an engraver employed on
the top floor; George Fischer, So, a
commercial artist who had a business
visit in the building. and an unidenti-
fed man. Their bodies were recovered.
Evening star., 1934-05-23

The Duke of Gloucester, the third
son of the King of England, has been
ordered to represent his father at the
centenary celebration of Melbourne,
Australia.
The duke is a passionate big-game
hunter and whenever his duties on
official missions abroad permit him he
takes some time off and tries to bag
some elephants or lions.
He represented his father at the
coronation of Ras Tafari as King of
Ethiopia, and as usual found time to
do some big-game hunting. He went
forward to lure out from behind an
ant heap what he thought to be a
hippopotamus and found himself
facing a lion. He had no time to
raise his rife and in the confusion
of the moment he threw his helmet
at the beast. Luckily a big-game
hunter was right behind him and shot
the lion dead.
Evening star., 1934-05-23
TAX PUT AT BILLION.
Elliott Assails Federal Interference in
Industry.

ln0ustry.
BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, May Estimating
the petroleum industrys annual tax
bill at more than $1,000,000, ,000,"
Baird H. Markham today informed
the American Petroleum Institute
that excessive taxation and destruc-
tive legislation are victimizing the in
dustry to degree unparalleled in re-
cent history"
Markham, director Of the American
Petroleum Industries Committee, made
the statement in his first annual re-
port at a session of the institutes
fourth midyear meeting.
THE thought that there is no de-
liberate intention to destroy the in
dustry affords scant comfort" he
continued, explaining that through
the 165 taxes imposed upon its oper-
ations, service and products, the tax
collector dips into the pockets OF
every customer, every investor and
every worker
The head of the Institutes taxation
and legislation unit asserted heavy
levies on gasoline discourage con-
sumption, while evasion of tax pay
ments creates an unfair competitive
situation that disrupts gasoline mar
kets. The only possible method of
ending the evils arising from gasoline
taxation is to reduce tax rates to the
level which makes tax evasion unprof-
table and overcomes the sales resist
ance ."
Markham also charges the diversion
of gasoline tax revenues from roads
to other purposes is unfair to the
taxpayers and destructive of State
highway building programs. In most
States, revenues from reasonable mo-
tor vehicle fees and taxes would
finance an extensive and adequate
highway system without taxing any
one except the users"
Evening star., 1934-05-23
HERO PILOT AND PAIR
KILLED IN PLANE FALL

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May 23.-The pilot
of an airplane which crashed, with the
loss of three lives here last night, was
disclosed today as the hero of another
aerial accident IN which he was
credited with saving several lives.
Victims of the crash here were Ken
meth p. Gardner, IS, second lieutenant
in the Air Corps Reserve; Ruth H.
Converse, 81, daughter of William 1.
Converse, treasurer of a large retail
drug company, and Robert C. Sitzman
jr., %, Los Angeles. The ship fell from
an altitude OF 1000 feet and burst into
flames.
Gardner formerly was with the Air
Corps at March Field, Riverside, Calf,
and during his service bombing plane
which he was plotting caught fire. He
continued to fly the craft until several
enlisted men leaped to safety with
parachutes and then abandoned the
craft himself.
Evening star., 1934-05-23

our neighbor Yugosls via, but not only
with Yugoslavia, with all nations,
Italy included"
Macedonian UndiSturbed.
Regarding the new government
policy toward the Macedonians-
whose struggle for an autonomous
state has kept the Balkans on edge
for many years, the premier said:
They will be treated on a basis of
equality with the other nationalities
in Bulgaria. The Macedonian So
cieties, in so far as they are benevo-
lent or cooperative societies, will not
be disturbed. But in the future, they
must stay out of politics"
Whether all political parties in
Bulgaria will be abolished is a ques-
tion, said Gueroguief, being studied
but not yet decided"
The new authoritary regime does
not mean the complete disappearance
of elections, he added, but, he said
1T still remains to be decided what
form they will take. There will be
a parliament in which both policitical
and economic factors will be repre-
sented. but the exact manner of
choosing these representatives still
remains to be worked out"
Evening star., 1934-05-23
ROOSEVELT WANTS
WAGNER BILL ACTION
Walsh Says Senate Committee
Will Report Out Measure
in Day or Two.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt told Chairman
Walsh of the Senate Labor Committee
today he hoped for action on the
Wagner Labor Board bill this session.
Senator Walsh told reporters after
his talk with the President that the
committee would report out the con-
troversial legislation within a day
or two.
He added the President would be
guided by the decisions of Congress
on the controversial features, but that
the Chief Executive wanted a Labor
Board established to take over the
divided labor activities of the N. r.
A.. the Labor Board and the Depart
ment of Labor.
Walsh said the President preferred
to keep the size of the board to five
members
He explained the legislation as 1t
now stands would not forbid the or
ganization of company unions, but
would restrict contributions by en-
ployers to collective bargaining groups.
Evening star., 1934-05-23
BORIS STILL RULES,
DICTATOR STATES
Premier Denies New Regime
in Bulgaria is Fascist
in Nature.
BY WADE WERNER,

Copyright. 1884. by the Associated Press.
SOFIA. Bulgaria, May 23.-The new
regime in Bulgaria does not mean a
change in the status of King Boris
and it is not even proper to describe
it as a Fascist regime. the new pre-
mier, Kimon Gueorguieff, told me in
a half-hour conversation in his office
near the royal palace today.
This, first of all, is a Bulgarian
government" said the lieutenant
colonel of reserves who, last Saturday
startled the world with his coup detat
TT is adapted to the particular needs
of this particular country and is not
patterned on any foreign model"
Would you describe the trend OF
the new regime toward the left or to-
ward the right?" asked him.
Middle Course"
He replie;1 quickly:
Neither to the left nor right
Straight through the middle"
Gueorguieff-despite his spectacular
military coup, which pushed him into
MS present promlnence-iookS W vt
anything but a dictator.
He is a man of medium height, Is
slightly had and wears spectacles.
He was wearing a lounge suit when
l talked to him and, with his friendly
manner and soft voice, might well
have been IN American college pro-
fessor receiving a visitor in his study.
Only when questioned as to the
status of the King did his voice be-
come harsh and metallic.
Kings Position.
I told him: "Rumors. various and
spectacular, have been circulating
abroad in connection with the effect
of the coup d'etat on the Kings po-
sition. Does the new regime in fact
mean a change in the status of the
King?"
In crisp, brittle Bulgarian the pre-
mier shot back the answer: Not the
slightest"
Col. Gueorguieff objected to a de-
scription of the new regime as swing
ing away from Italy toward Yugo-
slavia.
ut is our DESIRE" he said, "to
establish the friendliest relations with
Evening star., 1934-05-23
ABBOTT RESIGNS
STATE TAX POST
Farley Due to Follow by Va.
eating National Party
Job.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Speculation as to the length OF Post
master General Farleys tenure as
Democratic chairman was reopened
today BY a new divorce between a ma
tional committeeman and Federal
job
Both President Roosevelt and Far
ley have agreed the latter would
abandon his political Craftsmanship as
soon as a successor Is found. Demo-
cratic chieftains are looking around,
chiefly westward
Farley says his resignation is up
TO the chief" - leaders regard a
new lineup c.. before the Fall
campaign.
Horatio J. Abbott OF Michigan was
the latest national committeeman with
a Federal Job TO send in his resigna-
ton. But, unlike most of the others,
he left his Government post and to-
day still was on the committee.
Revenue Collector.
Abbott was collector of internal
revenue for Michigan when charges
were made that employees in his Office
George Woods, his secretary, and
John Tighe, an internal revenue agent
had solicited political funds.
Secretary Morgenthau ordered an
Investigation, and then sent Assistant
Secretary Stephen Gibbon to Detroit
Abbott returned with him, and after
a conference with Morgenthau yester-
day wrote out his resignation on
Treasury stationery, effective immedi-
ately. 1t said:
ITO the President:
Il hereby resign, effective this day,
my office as collector of internal
revenue, district of Michigan"
No Official Statement.
Nothing was said officially at the
Treasury regarding the case, but presi-
dental acceptance of the resignation
was regarded as certain.
One of the charges involved the sale
of postmasterships in Michigan. When
asked about this, Postmaster Genera
Farley said the matter was under in
veStigation.
Wen take care of that in due time.
We certainly would never approve the
appointment of postmaster who paid
for his job"
Apparently no action was taken by
either Farley or Abbott on the subject
of Abbott's retirement from the Demo-
cratic National Committee.
The charges surrounding the Detroit
Office named Tighe as having sought
funds from the Packard Motor Car
60. and Woods as soliciting money else
where. Tighe's case still is under con-
sideration.
No Reason Known.
Gov. William A. Comstock of Michi-
gan said at Lansing that he knew OF
no reason for Abbott's resignation un-
less it was his interest in the Demo-
cratic party in Michigan"
.'It costs Abbott about $4,000 year
to be national committeeman" the
Governor said. 1.-THE job as internal
revenue collector paid around S6'5OO.
Despite the salary I am sure Horatio
would retain his place on the National
Committee, with no salary, rather than
the internal revenue collectorship."
Evening star., 1934-05-23

Sir Charles Kingsford-S Pacific
flight inspired the ambition to fly.
Forthwith, she sold her piano to
help pay for her flying lesson.
Miss Batten's mother, who had ac-
companied her to England, at first
opposed her daughters drift from
music I'd aviation, but later became
one of the girls strongest supporters.
There is no use in protesting" the
mother said. Jean always has bossed
me In a subtle but firm way
The father. however, reluctantly
consented to the girls flying and dis
approved of the Australian flight be-
cause Of the great dangers involved.
Jean is small, welI-knit and attrac-
tive in appearance. She proposes to
fly to Auckland, New Zealand, soon To
join her proud father there.
The Australian air hero, Kingsford-
Smith, holds the mems solo record for
the England to Australia flight. He
negotiated the distance in Z days 4
hours and Al minutes.
The absolute record for the fight
however, is held by Charles T. P. Uln
and three companions, who In Octo-
ber, 1888, completed the journey from
England in 6 days II hours and 45
minutes.
Evening star., 1934-05-23

King Boris certainly is the mildest
| of dictators. Belonging to the aristo-
cratic Saxe-Coburg- -Gotha family, he
has no Bulgarian blood in him. He
is a mild and idealistic monarch,
whose main relaxation is to drive a
powerful autombile and do all the
repair work himself. He Is the King
of a poor country, which was in des-
perate plight after the war. He was
paid so little that he could not af-
ford to buy himself new car, but
| had to use an old Mercedes automobile
which the commander of the Ger
man Army in Bulgaria left behind.
X
At that time, Bulgaria was in bad
odor IN Europe because it had as
sisted the Central Powers and poor
Boris could not leave his country for
| a trip abroad because nobody was
willing to receive him.
As Stambolisky had taken over the
government of the country, King
Boris, had nothing to do but travel
throughout his little kingdom in his
old asthmetic automobile and in this
manner he got better acquainted with
his people. 1t was not a rare occur
ence that the King gave a lift to
peasants hitch-hiking from one viii
lage to another. He was at that time
the loneliest sovereign in Europe. His
father had been banished and as a
great favor Stambolisky permitted his
sister to come and visit him once in
while. He could not even get mar
ried because no royal family would
permit their daughters to marry the
son of old Fox Ferdinand" as his
father was commonly called.
* X -
It was a treat for him to receive in
those days, foreign newspaper cor
respondents who visited Bulgaria, and
the interviews which he gladly gave,
lasted as a rule for hours.
But it was the King Dho tDds
doing the interviewing. He could
tell Dery little of netUS Ddlue to the
reporters except talg about himself
and his 1DiSh OF rather being q
country doctor than cTo1Uned
head. He 1UdS q keen student not
only OF science, but also of human
nature. He learned from the mis-
take of his politicians, and today
he is probably the mildeSt and
most kind-hearted dictator in the
tDorld.
There is one principality in Europe
where the word depression is not
known. That is the principality oil
Lichtenstein, a small country OF 60
square miles and about 10000 inhabi-
tants situated between Germany,
Austria and Switzerland. Its inhabi-
tants don't pay taxes and the treasury
has never known a deficit.
The secret of this miracle is simple.
All the shady companies of Europe
make their headquarters in the capital
of the principality, the town OF Vaduz.
They pay a comparatively small in
corporation fee, establish their offices
there and operate without hindrance
IN the four corners of the world as
a bona fide company, legally regis
tered in an internationally recognized
principality. The manipulations OF
these companies don't bother the in
habitants of Lichtenstein, since they
do not operate in their country, but
merely contribute to the upkeep OF the
! country and the happiness OF its
citizens
Evening star., 1934-05-23
C0LLIFL0WER LISTED
AS K. OF c. SPEAKER
Will Address Banquet of Fourth
Degree Group Honoring
G.. q. President.

James E. Collifower will address a
banquet of Fourth Degree knights of
Columbus and their ladies Monday
night. honoring Very Rev. w. Cole
man Nevils. S. j., president of George
town University and faithful friar of
the Washington General Assembly,
Fourth Degree knights of Columbus.
Other distinguished guests will attend.
Special musical entertainment has
been arranged for the affair, which
was postponed a week because of the
death of Rev. George F. Strohaver,
dean of Georgetown University.
The committee in charge of arrange
ments is headed by John F. Hillyard,
assisted by Arthur B. Williamson,
George r. Ellis, Anthony j. Scullen,
James B. Flynn, Michael Casey,
Thomas j. Trodden, Carmine Caro-
falo, Richard Fields, E. Russell Kelly,
Fred J. Diegelmann. Eugene C. Bac-
zenas, Ralph G. Kieler. Thomas j.
Fitzgerald, Michael Dowd, Harold F.
Jones, Roy Perry, John Bowen. Rosa
F. Downing, John N. Auth, Thomas
K. Gallaher, j. P McKeon, D. j. Ryan,
Harry P. Somerville, Raphael L. Polio,
william G. Fealy. James Sullivan, VIII
liam J. Meyer and Walter I. Plant.
Evening star., 1934-05-23
GIRL SWIMMER SAVED

BALTIMORE, May % (P.-Miss
Lanny Bryant, II, was saved from
drowning yesterday in the Patapsco
River, where she. with a party of
friends, had sought relief from the
high temperatures. She was towed
to shore by friends and revived by
artificial respiration.
The maximum reading yesterday
was 88, but thunder showers late in
the day moderated the temperatures.
Evening star., 1934-05-23
This
Changing
World
Dictatorships Springing
Up Like Mushrooms
After Rain.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

BY CONSTANTINE bkOWN. ]
~ ICTATORSHIPS are spring.
ing up in the world as rapid
~ as mushrooms after a
~ rain.
After having put up with a selfish
parliamentary government since
the end OF the World War, the
Bulgarian soldiers backed youthful
King Boris in a coup d'etat, ar
resting all the leading politicians
and establishing dictatorship
Without firing shot.
X y
There was an attempt at a dictator
ship in the little Balkan kingdom
back in 1920, when a strong minded
peasant, Stambolisky, proclaimed him
self prime minister and started ruling
Bulgaria in his own way. But Stam-
bolisky made the mistake of scorning
the KING and trying to play with the
powerful Macedonian party, which in
the end had him assassinated.
Evening star., 1934-05-23

Reich Farm Prices Sag.
While farm prices in Germany have
been dropping, those of raw and
finished goods continue to increase.
Evening star., 1934-05-23
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Evening star., 1934-02-25

Aristocrats of dogdom. Life is just blue rib
bon after another for these little Sealyhams owned by
Mrs Russell Alger of Detroit and photographed at
recent New York show. Associated Press Photo.
Evening star., 1934-02-25
Isn't Beauty Magic
Out-Of-date?

ONCE THERE WAS A GIRL who loved to
do the latest thing" Every time a new
diet or new soap came out, she tried
it. And her complexion looked dried
out and old. Her doctor asked her what
in the world she was doing.
oh" she said, lust now I'm eating
only two meals a day, and cutting out
starches and fats. And I've been trying
some soaps that have wonderful beauty
oils and ingredients in them to keep
my skin young. That's why l can't un-
derstand this dried-out look"
TINE DOCTOR sNoRTEo. go back to a
normal Diet" said he. "A soap can't feed