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Evening star., 1934-02-20

nounced o number Of new ROUTES
next expanded. No date for this sx-
pansion was announced.
Binding snow, sleet Or fog grounded
all Army mail planes in the East yes
terday. To the West and South, the
service planes were able to ny, except
IN spots.
High spots of the airmail situation
were:
NEWARK, N. J.-Heavy snow and
a low ceiling kept all mail craft sit
ting down"
DALLAS, Tex.-Two planes roared
away from Love Field last night for
Kansas City and Memphis. At Fort
Worth one plane, piloted by Lieut..
w. E. Davis, cracked tail skid IN
landing. An emergency ship was
rushed from Dallas in 16 minutes and
the Memphis fight continued.
STRATFORD, Conn.-Snow and
sleet, plus a 150-foot ceiling, forced
Lieut.. S. w. Shepherd down here last
night on a practice flight to Newark.
MIAMI, Fla.--An Army biplane left
last night with 321 pounds Of mail for
Newark, N. j., over the Eastern Air
Transport route. A bomber followed
and took on some of the accumulated
mail load at Jacksonville. Fla.
Fails in Mountain Hop.
SACRAMENTO, Calif-Lieut. John
C. Crosthwaite tried unsuccessfully to
surmount the hump" of the Sierra
Nevadas on the first eastbound Army
mail trip and returned to the Munich
pal Airport last night.
SALT LAKE CITY-Lieut r. z.
Griggs, plotting bomber, became the
first Army pilot to leave here with
cargo of mail when he hoped for Los
Angeles at 8:11 pm, mountain stand
ard time.
LOS ANGELES-Fog forced cancel
lation of the first scheduled Army air
mail flights from here.
ST. LOUIS-The first Army mail
plane was brought into st. Louis late
yesterday from Kansas City. The
pilot, Lieut.. Thomas l.. Mosley, said
the trip was uneventful.
CLEVELAND-Lieut. c. r. Springer,
flying a pursuit plane, took of
1925 o'clock last night with 81 pounc
of mail for Columbus, Cincinnati an
Louisville. The thermometer stood
above as he left. Another plane, a
signed to the airmail, could not
started because of balky engine.
CHICAGO-Four planes left hec
last night and early today as the Arm
Mail Service got away to a promr
start. They headed for Omaha, Kan
sas City. Nashville, Tenn, and New
ark, N. J. The mercury firted with
zero.
A snow and sleet storm ragged over
''Hell's Stretch" a 200-milelong area
from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh, during
the night. Over much of the rest OF
the East, weather conditions were pro-
nounced "unflyable.
Evening star., 1934-02-20
WORKER QUESTIONED
IN Staying OF GIRL
Beaten Body Of Victoria David,
IA Years, Found in Shallow
Excavation.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, February 20-A South
Boston laborer was held at police
headquarters today for questioning In
the Staying of 14-year-old Victoria
David, whose beaten body was found
yesterday In a shallow excavation In
the south end district.
The laborer was booked as Frank
Bennett, %, and was listed as a sus-
piciouS person. Bennett was arrested
at the home Of his grandmother in
Somerville and was taken to the pre-
cinct station in the district where the
girl was found slain. He was sub
jected to lengthy questioning
Police Captain James r. Claflin, in
charge Of the case, did not reveal
what the questioning brought forth,
but told newspapermen he believed
"the case is near solution"
The body of the David girl was
found less than half mile from the
bakery in which the body Of Ethel
Zuckerman, 18. knife through her
throat. was found the night of De-
cember 20. The Zuckerman girls
slayer has not been apprehended.
Medical examiner Timothy j. Leary
said death was caused by . severe
beating.
Evening star., 1934-02-20
SOUTHWEST CITIZENS
TO DISCUSS HOUSING
Meeting to Be Held in Fourth
Precinct Station House Tomor-
row Night.

Citizens of Southwest Washington
will hear about and discuss progress
Of the proposed housing project in
their section, and will discuss other
matters for which the organization's
officers are crusading at the regular
February meeting tomorrow night at
the fourth precinct station house.
j. G. Nolen, city planner of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, will speak on the alley
clearance problem. and Robert Dougan
of the Capital Transit Co., will tell
OF plans for improved traffic facilities.
In addition the association, of which
j. M. Schaffer is president, will dis
cuss the proposed 5-cent-short-h
bus service in the Southwest, plans
for improved playground facilities and
will hear of progress in obtaining
new Jefferson Junior High School, to
replace the present inadequate and
altnaoded hatadinR
Evening star., 1934-02-20
WOMAN KILLED SELF,
ACCUSED MAN SAYS
Open Verdict Returned by Cor
oner's Jury in Death Of
Missouri Writer.
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSOCl2teo Fre8S.
NEVADA, Mo-, February 20-
Whether Mrs. E. Pearl Dancey was
slain or committed suicide was q
question in the minds of Vernon
County officers today.
An open verdict was returned by
coroner's jury few hours after
Virgil (Blackie) Wells was arrested
on a charge of first degree murder.
Mrs. Dancey was found shot to
death Saturday IN a motor car parked
in a cemetery.
Prosecutor Dewey Routh said Wells
had indicated he would admit that he
was In the car; that he would say
that he tried to persuade Mrs
Dancey not to kill herself, but that
she did SO before he could prevent
the act.
Wells fled to his home, officers said,
and told his wife Mrs. Dancey had
killed herself. He was frightened
over the circumstances and went into
hiding.
Wells, officers said, had been
identified as the "Gene" mentioned
in letters, poems and diaries which
were found among Mrs. Dancey's
possessions.
Relatives Of the slain woman admit
she was involved with Wells, but they
declare "1t wasn't love-" They be-
ieve she first became entangled with
Wells while seeking an underworld
atmosphere for her writing. She had
contributed money for the support Of
the six Wells children. Robert Dam
cey, her husband, said he gave her
most of his pay check.
Evening star., 1934-02-20

full to the Department Of Commerce
for its assistance"
The uncertainty of communications
led to some delays in making connec-
tions between airplanes and mail
trucks from the city post office. These
difficulties are expected to be
smoothed out, however. when the first
rush of philatelic mail is out of the
way and the Army settles down to
the greatest peace-time task in its
history.
The local airmail field Office is
located in the old brick adminiStra-
tion building at the Hoover Field and
of Washington Airport. Here Lieut..
Saunders has set up q temporary
airmail Office.
Gen. William Mitchell. wartime as
sistant chief of the Army Air Serv-
ice, was a visitor at the Army field
Office this morning. He got a first
hand report on the way the service
began operations here. Asked for his
opinion of the Army service, Mitchell
said:
They'll get along. This Is a splen-
did group of men. There will be
difficulties to overcome but I am con-
fident the mail will CO."
Line Orders Furloughs.
Officials of TranScontinental g.
Western Air here said today that all
of the company's employees, including
office help, have been given notice of
an indefinite furlough, to start Feb
ruary 49, The notice said, however,
that such employees as were needed to
operate curtailed schedules would be
retained. One official said the COM
pany was not certain just what cur
tailments would result from loss of
airmail contracts and the company
felt 1t would be best to notify all en-
ployes at once Of the impending fur
lough.
At the same time Capt Thomas B.
Doe of Eastern Air Transport an
nounced that from a system serving
20 important cities along the East
Coast, including Washington, his
services will be withdrawn at once
from 13 cities and that beginning
today only seven cities will be served
All night schedules of the company
were cut out last night. The 10,500
scheduled miles of flying daily by this
company today have been reduced to
$500 miles.
The only cities to be served directly
by Eastern Air under the curtailed
schedules are New York, Washington,
Richmond, Va: Greensboro, N. c.;
Atlanta, Jacksonville and Miami.
Pennsylvania AirlineS, operating be-
tween Washington and Cleveland. also
has eliminated all night schedules.
Service CurtaiIed.
The Army, in flying the mails, Is
starting with a much-curtailed net
work. The Post Office Department
plans to give the fighting flyers more
work to do as time goes on, according
to the Associated Press.
The Air Corps is undertaking to
fly on a 24-hour basis over about
$4,000 miles of airways. This is .
little less than half the route mileage
for which the private concerns had
contracts.
The commercial companies mail
planes had been flying about $4,000
miles daily. Mileage initially an
nounced for the Army totalled 42,570.
Postmaster General Farley has an
Evening star., 1934-02-20

Of the United Avigation Co. and stated
that had been left with Assistant At
torney General O'Brien.
'Mr. Coleman asked for your ad-
dress and I told him you could be
reached this morning at Chicago, care
of the conductor on the Great North
ern train there. He said he did not
want to wire you, but would write to
you at Seattle. I asked him if he had
any objections to my wiring you and
he said not to do this as he was
afraid 1t might leak out someWay and
that no one was to know anything
about it except that he was to write to
the Postmaster General and yourself
Yesterday afternoon, about 3:15,
MacCracken and a couple of others of
their group came in and examined the
Avigation bid. Earl was present while
they examined it, after which they
wanted to know how much time they
would have to file their brief against
acceptance of that bid"
About 90 of the As ocean mail con-
tracts made during the postmaster
generalship of Brown are properly
void" according to Senator Nickel
lar, Democrat, of Tennessee, because
competitive bidding was lacking.
Senator McKellar made his re-
marks in a National Radio Forum
speech, arranged by The Star and
broadcast by the National Broadcast
ing Co. (Story on page B-9)
The former Postmaster General
said in statement yesterday that 20
ocean mail contracts during his term
were awarded by open competitive
bidding"
The Hoover administration postal
chief yesterday described as without
justification" charges of conspiracy in
letting airmail contracts. AS for
ocean mail, Brown said:
'All but one of these contracts
were let to the lowest responsible bid
der whose proposal met the specifica-
tions"
McKellar contended that. in the
case of about two score of these COM
pacts, there was a provision by
which 1t was assured, or thought to
be assured, that no other company
could get the contract"
Evening star., 1934-02-20
u. S. Plane Forced
DO,un Is "Arrested"
On Traffic La,Us
BY the AssociAt ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, February 20.-An
Army mail plane was placed under
arrest here for breaking the traffic
laws.
The plane, piloted by Maj. Hal r.
Bailey, manager Of the City-County
Airport, was forced down during a
practice spin Sunday. and damaged
slightly.
Yesterday Army men started towing
1t over q highway to its Rodgers
Field base. But State highway police
stopped the procession and informed
the Army it was breaking the law by
towing q vehicle too long on State
roads.
For two hours the State police held
the plane, until the Army promised to
get special permission to tow 1t.
Evening star., 1934-02-20
Free Meals AIOft
Ended by Twain
OperatiOn ReUisiO1,
Planes to Wait for Pas.
sengers to Get Food
on Ground.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, February 90
Meals on the ground at the passen-
gers expense, instead of free food
aloft, became effective today on all
lines of the Transcontinental & West
ern Air, Inc.
Announcement of the change was
made last night by Richard w. Rob-
bins, president, who also gave notice
of curtailment of schedules and fur
loughs for the company's personnel
of about $50 persons.
The changes, President Robbins
said, we're made necessary by cancel
lation of the airmail contracts.
Time will be given at designated
stops to enable passengers to obtain
meals.
The furlough plan is effective Feb
ruary %. Between now and that
time, President Robbins said, the
management will work out plans
which will involve the least possible
hardship to the personnel and make
arrangements for continuation of its
curtailed schedules"
Evening star., 1934-02-20
WEATHER 'GUESSES'
HELD 80 PCT. CORRECT
Acting Bureau Chief, Quizzed by
Committee, Defends Forecasts
With Sta atistics.

BY the Associated Press.
The weather man isn't really . bad
guesser-look at the statistics and see
whose guessing is off.
DR.. Charles G. Clark, acting chief
Of the United States Weather Bureau
was asked while before the House
Appropriations Committee about the
percentage of accuracy "of your fore
cast"
Through long number Of years. -
DR.. Clark replied, with as accurate
q check of veriflcation as we can get
on them, they are from IS to 80 per
cent correct-that is, for the fore
casts from "a to 80 hours in ad-
vance"
And that accuracy percentage in
cludes both rain and temperature
forecasts.
Evening star., 1934-02-20
RAGING PRACTICES
HELD SHOCKING
New York Senate Leader
Says He Has Facts That
Would Stir Nation.
By the E~A hated Press.

ALBANY, N Y, February No.
John J. Dunnigan, leader of the
Democratic majority in the New York
Senate, told that body last night he
had facts about the racing industry
that would shock the Nation" and
pushed through q resolution calling
for report from the State Racing
Commission on racing practices.
The New York Senator criticizes the
recent report of the commission as
vague, incomplete and inaccurate"
His resolution asked a supplement
tary report on numerous questions,
among them, whether the commits
sion had ever investigated racketeer-
ing at race tracks and the practice Of
putting sponges In horses noses to
slow them down.
The report of which he complained
was less than 300 words long. II
recommended bill to legalize betting,
warned that racing is threatened
with financial collapse" and said rae
ing as conducted under the commits
sion and the Jockey Club in 1882 "re-
ceived high praise from many quar-
ters because of the caliber Of sport
offered"
Dunnigan's resolution called upon
Secretary of State Edward j. Flynn
to see that q corrected" report Is
submitted
He asserted that betting was car
ried on openly at all the tracks, in
violation Of the law, and that hun
dreds of owners and trainers had
been detected doping" horses and
practising other illegal means to
trick the public"
Il hesitate to name some OF these
prominent gentlemen, many of whom
have been racing their stables for
years on New York State tracks," he
said.
"Over 100 Of these owners and
trainers have pleaded guilty-not one
Of them daring to go to trial-and the
preponderance Of evidence against
those waiting trial is so great that in
all nrohability thev will nleAd Q1liltv I"
Evening star., 1934-02-20
MORGAN IN GEORGIA

BRUNSWICK, Ga, February 90
PJ.-J. P. Morgan arrived here today
aboard his yacht, Corsair, following a
months cruise in Southern waters.
Among the guests of the financier
was John W. Davis, former Demo-
cratic presidential candidate. The
party left shortly after their arrival
for Jekyll Island. Morgan Is presi-
dent of the Jekyll Island Club.
Evening star., 1934-02-20
SOUTHERN PINES AREA
THREATENED BY BLAZE
Fire in Business District RACES
Uncontrolled as Smoke Han
dicaps Firemen.

BY the Associated Press.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. c., Febru-
ary 20.-Fire broke out in the Grey
Building in the business section OF
Southern Pines today and was still
out of control and threatening the
entire area two hours after it was
discovered
The fire, discovered at 8 am,
threatened the entire business dis
trict.
Pinehurst and Aberdeen Fire De-
partments were called to assist the
Southern Pines department, but
heavy smoke hampered their efforts
The building is owned by DR.. L. B
McBrayer, head Of the North Caro-
lima tuberculosis Association, and
houses the Western Union, q barber
shop and the offices Of the North
Carolina Medical Association and the
tuberculosis Association.
Adjoining is q bank building.
Evening star., 1934-02-20
Bandit Grabs Purse.

An armed bandit held up Miss Opal
Corkery of 1874 Taylor street last
night as she was getting into her au-
tomobile parked on California street,
near Phelps place, escaping with q
pocketbook containing SIS. Miss Cor
keyy reported to police.
Evening star., 1934-02-20

This view of the new Army airmail
operations at Washington Airport was
made just before the departure Of the
first Army airmail plane for New York
this morning. Iieuts. D. H. Kennedy
and E. A. Joyce, who took the first
two Of three sections to New York,
are shown receiving final instructions
from Lieut.. L. G. Saunders, chief Of
the local airmail detachment
Below: Lieut.. d. H. Kennedy, wear
ing the leather face mask and heavy
flying toys adopted by pilots.
Star staff Photos.
Evening star., 1934-02-20
Ice Cream Popular,

Ice cream Is becoming . national
dish IA England.
Evening star., 1934-02-20
HOOVER ORDERED
AIRMAIL INQUIRY,
BLACK INDICATES

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1934-02-20
ARMY AIR CORPS
FLIES INTO ICY
GALES WITH MAIL

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1934-01-28

Four newlyweds at the Screen Actors
Guild ball in Hollywood. On the left
you'll recognize the happy Joel McCrea
and Frances Dee and on the right Gary
Cooper and his bride. known on the
screen as Sandra Shaw
Evening star., 1934-01-28

Left: Maria Jeritza. famous
Viennese soprano. now of the
Chicago Opera, who will be
heard here February 4, at Con-
stitution Hall. in Mrs. Dorsey's
Sunday concert series.
Evening star., 1934-01-28

All work and no progress.
But at any rate these Columbia
University oarsmen are churn-
ing up real water as they take
a Midwinter workout with
these trick training tanks.
@ Associated Press Photo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-11
ALL EYES FOCUS
 UPON NEW BOBBY
 JONES, GOLF STAR
COnquerOr of Francis Oui- met Becomes Famous
 Overnight
BY STUART CAMERON United Press Sports Editor)

Brookline, Mass, Sept 11-(UP) -America's greatest golfing mara thon win take on some semblance of definite shape today with the playing of the second round of the national amateur championship.
 Some hours before dusk has set tied on this antique fortress of bunkers. mashies and divots, the huge field will have been reduced to GA players who will continue the wars through two more rounds on Wednesday.
 Shock!
 As the first blows were struck on the heterogeneous collection of golfing holes chosen from three nine-hole layouts known as Clyde, Primrose and Squarrel, the galle- ries and the batalions of golfing press men continued to gasp at the one great upset already produced. This was the totally y-unpredicted, Off form victory of Robert Car penter Jones of Detroit over Fran cis Ouimet, Brookline's native son, who has twice captured the title.
 The new Bobby Jones-viewed
 
 namesake, Robert Tyre Jones, Jr, of Atlanta-was the hero of the day although a minor villain in the eyes of Brookline's codfish aris- tocracy who would have dearly loved to see their bespectacled fa- vorite come through for a third time.
 Keeps Going
 Jones today played Bayard Mitchell, Clementon, N. J., because of his surprise win over Ouimet, Jones' match with Mitchell became the standout of the day. It con- tained, however, scarcely more in- terest than the one involving Lawson Little of San Francisco, British amateur champ, who plays Jack Tucker, the combination po- lice and golf reporter from Syra- cuse. Little is the odd-on favorite of the tourney and if he should be beaten today the amateur would have been served it's greatest upset since then unknown player by the name of Johnny Goodman, who later became open champion, put out Bobby Jones in the first round at Pebble Beach in Ohio.
 Another closely watched match was that between Goodman and Bobby Jacobson of Deal, N. J., pu- pill of Craig Wood. Jacobson at 1t years of age. is rated a possibility for a future title. George Terry Dunlap Jr, of New York, defend ing champion, played w. B. Me Cullough of Philadelphia. Two rounds will be played to- morrow, reducing the field to Is Two more Thursday will cut it to four. Friday will be devoted tc 36-hole semi finals. and the final also at 36 holes, will be played Sat- urday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-11
A Little Of This And That

The boys in the New Hampshire circuit seldom dispute one of Umpire Norman w. Brackets decisions 7. Bracket carries gun in he officiates and has been known to reverse decision. Bill Ter ry laid out $25OOO for young Bill Myers Columbus short stop on the advice of Scout Hank Deberry who predicts Bill will be the Giants regular at short next Favorites had pretty fair year at Arlington Park . Forty-one per cent of them their races !. The Cubs had chance to buy Curt Davis this year and they gnashng their moars since the kid has proved such pitching sensation with the Philes Charley Seav- of the most promising of young golfers when he at Stanford, has quit the game and prefers working as laborer in oil field It is reported Glenn Gun ningham will help Brutis Hamilton coach the California track squad next year without pay for he wants to keep his amateur status for the 1886 OlympicS Pitchers minus finger two making their appearance
 in the big leagues The Tanks have strings Floyd Wewkrk three efngered hurer while the Pirates re- gently purchased Wayne Osborne who is minus finger from the San Francisco Missions
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-11
FIVE COLLEGES TO
 SHOW l5O POUND
 TEAMS IN LEAGUE
New Organization ill Add Much Interest to
 Grid Game

New Haven, Conn, Sept H. (UP)-Formation of an eastern collegiate 150-pound football league composed of Yale, Rutgers, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, Lafayette and Princeton, to begin it's sched- ule October 13, has been an- nounced by Malcolm Farmer, Yale, president of the Eeastern Inter- collegiate association.
 The league was organized, Far mer said, because of the growing interest in the lighter teams which in recent years have been highly developed.
 "The formation of the league was the natural outcome," he said.
 On the Committee
 A silver trophy will be offered for competition, the winner to be determined by a committee com posed of G. Foster Sanford, Jr, Pennsylvania; E. J. Hart, Prince ton and a third person yet to be named to succeed the late Jesse Spalding, Yale Membership in the league will be limited to five teams because of the limited num- Der of games allowed by the asso- ciation."
 All games will be of four periods of 12 minutes eaceh. Players will be weighed in two days before
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-11
PERRY IN RETURN GO WITH STERBACK
 IN MERIDEN RING

Meriden. Sept 11-(SpeciaD D- Larry Teene, Southington pride, will have to watch the lethal left hand of Mike Murphy of East Hamuton in their headline battle on Promoter Charlie Pilkington's next amateur boxing card, tonight at the Silver City stadium. Murphy had Teene on the canvas for a nine-count in their first meeting last winter and recently kayoed Joe Brisson and 7 Spiro Morris. Teenes latest achievements have been victories over Joey and Eddie McGraw.
 In a companion attraction, Ken Perry of Waterbury is lined up to battle Mickey Sterback of Bridge port. Perry and Sterback put up a whale of a fight here few weeks ago, with Sterback making local history by being the first to carry off the bacon against Perry in a local ring. Perry, a real knockout puncher, is the thrilling type of mittster who is liable to end a bout abruptly with one punch. Sterback is a willing mixer who gives the customers plenty of action. Eight other all-star matches will com plete the card.