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Evening star., 1934-02-09
10DEGREES BELOW
TONIGHT;
COLD GRIPS EAST
22-Year Capital Record
Set With Minus 6la
This Morning.
SEVERAL DIE IN FIRES
TRYING TO KEEP WARM
Frozen Engine Disrupts Rail
Traffic-Ferry Blocked-Hos-
pitals Treat Frozen Ears.
Temperatures Today

Washington, with most of the East.
% years last night. and colder weather
vet is forecast for tonight. A skid
ding mercury, which fell below the
zero line at am. and kept on going
until 1t touched 6i2 below al 8 am,
probably will touch 10 degrees below
tonight, according to the Official
Weather Bureau forecast. Tomor-
row, however. slowly rising tempera-
lures are in store.
The cold wave was accompanied
here by intense traffic diSlOcatlOn, due
TO frozen automobile radiators. pulled
plows in the street car system and
the other usual incidents of low tenn
peratures, but the fact that most Of
OF the streets were clear Of snow
seemed 20 have kept down the num-
Der of accidents. Pedestrians had a
hard time keeping their feet and their
falls IN some cases were serious
enough TO lead to hospital treatment.
There were many cases of frosted
ears reported
Eight colored children were burned
to death IN a fire which destroyed
tenant house on the farm of j. B.
Thompson. near Unison, l8 miles from
Leesburg. Although details Of the
tragedy are scant. the fire is believed
to have resulted from efforts to COM
bat the extreme cold Six of the vic
TINS were the children of Beverly
Thomas, colored. and two were said 10
be children of his brother They
iy, y n
Ties Up Rail Line.
A frozen water tank at Stony Run.
Md, and the consequent lack of avail
able water caused a serious 4-hour
tie-up in the Pennsylvania Railroads
New York-Washington service this
morning when freight train. unable
to get water. stalled about half a mile
south of Bowie
For time 5 miles Of trains stood
on the southbound tracks, until rail-
road men got things under control and
started routing both north and south
bound traffic over the single unob-
structed track
At West Point, Va, Herndon Clark,
Al, died from exposure to the cold.
Clark an electric welder. was found
dead this morning in his automobile,
parked on a street near his home.
The motor was running and the lights
were still on. The coroner attributed
his death to exposure.
Although the cold was intense here.
1t had some distance to travel before
matching the all-tlme record of Is
below. reported on February II. 1899
The next intense cold spell came in
1912, when on January IA the mer-
curry sank to 13 below.
Sections near Washington likewise
reported ecord-breaklng low tempera-
Continued on Page 5, Column A.
Evening star., 1934-02-09
30 PLANES SOLD
US. AT 81 EACH
Profit So Big Contractor
Returned 100000 on
Deal, ProberS Told.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The House Military Affairs Com
mittee was told today that one con-
tractor made such a big profit on his
Army business that he agreed to sell
so additional airplanes to the Army
for a dollar apiece.
The contractor was the Consoli-
dated Aircraft Co. of Buffalo, N. Y,
the committee heard.
Brig. Gen. H. Conger Pratt In
charge of airplane procurement for
the Army. said an Army audit in
1927 showed Consolidated had made
total of 46.l per cent, or s675,588,
on its Army contracts.
When that was discovered, Pratt
added, an official of the company
was called into conference with the
chief of the Air Corps and agreed to
sell the Government so additional
planes at a cost of 81 each.
The base contract price on that
type of airplane was $4,000, so the
contractor returned to the Govern
ment in the nelgnborlood of $780,
000,' Pratt added.
W0Odring Reveals Profits.
Testimony that private contractors
since 1926 averaged 1913 per cent
profit on Army airplane business was
given to the Committee today by
Harry H. Woodring, Assistant Secre-
tary of War
Since 1926, Woodring added. Army
airplane purchases on which the 1913
per cent profit was made totaled
about SCI 100000"
In the last three and a half years,
the Assistant Secretary continued,
the contracts total had been S24,500,-
600 land the average profit brought
down to about SO per cent"
Discussing s75OO 900 ALLEGATION of
public works funds for Army airplane
purchases, Woodring said there have
been many airplane men in my office
saying they would like to see produc-
ton contracts on a more competitive
basis
Bidding Plan Suggested.
Consequently. Woodring continued,
Il insisted, after hours of conference,
that those interested get together to
Continued on Page 3, Column p
Evening star., 1934-02-09
GASSED MAN SAVES 80

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, February
R.-One of 40 homeless men saved
the lives of all today when he awak-
ened sick and coughing from deadly
carbon monoxide gas creeping into
relief agency dormitory above bus
garage. He called police and firemen.
Eight of the men were taken to a
hospital. All will recover. the hospi-
tai reported. Twenty-one we're Ill, but
did not require hospdtal treatment
Evening star., 1934-02-09
RAIL LINE BLOCKED

MOMENCE, ILL.,. February 9 (P.-
A great snarl of wreckage blocked the
main line of the Chicago g. Eastern
Illinois Railroad today, where 81
freight cars plunged from the track
last night and piled up in ravine on
the right of way.
Not one member Of the train crew
was hurt in the spectacular accident
officials stated.
Evening star., 1934-02-09
Release on Habeas Corpus Writ
Denied in Indiana.

CROWN POINT, Ind. February 9
P.-John Dillinger failed to obtain
his liberty by the habeas corpus route
today, despite the pleadings of bat
terry of four lawyers,
Circuit Judge T. Joseph Sullivan
granted the States motion to quash
a writ of habeas corpus sought in be-
half of the outlaw, whom the State
seeks to execute for the murder of
an East Chicago policeman.
Evening star., 1934-02-09
MDIVANIS IN PEIPING

PEIPING. February 9 tP.-Prince
Alexis Mdivani and his bride, the for
mer Barbara Hutton. arrived today to
be greeted by a lone Japanese news
paper man.
He asked the Princess Mdivani,
Woolworth 5-and-10-cent store heiress,
if she intended to invest any of her
millions in China. The answer, II
any, was unrepOrted.
The Mdivanis expected to remain in
Peiping several weeks.
Evening star., 1934-02-09
Continued on Page 2. Column 4.
Politics Barred on Air.

MADRID, February 9 (P.-The
government henceforth will prohibit
all political speeches by radio, Diego
Martinez Barrios, minister of the in
terror. announced today. In the
event citizens want this political in
formation" Barrios added, they must
attend the speeches or buy news
pancrc."
Evening star., 1934-02-09
Quake Rattles Windows.

MODESTO, Calf, February 9 (P).
An earthquake ratified windows in
Modesto at 20 I'm. today. No dam
age was reported.
PORT-OF-SPAIN. Trinidid. Feb
ruary 9 GA sharp earthquake
shock was felt here at am. today.
1t lasted only few minutes with no
rr1o~o
Evening star., 1934-02-09
Finance Minister
Lectures HirOhitO
On New u. S. Dollar
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC. February eff En-
peror Hirohito doesn't know
all about dollar devaluation to-
day. it isn't Finance Minister
Koretiyo Takahashis fault.
Complying with an imperial
command, the minister deliv-
cred a one-hour lecture before
the Emperor on the subject:
liberalization of the American
Dollar and Its Effects on
Japan"
Evening star., 1934-02-09
Poison Inquiry Frees Forty.

MADRID. February 9 (P.-Forty
walters and cooks. held in jail while
an investigation was made of charges
that they attempted to poison law en-
forcement o1hcials at q banquet two
days ago, werS released today.
Evening star., 1934-02-09
Farley Action
on Contracts
Is Near.
POWER TO ACT
HELDADEQUATE
General Scrapping
of Agreements
Is Secuted.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
After a conference with At
torney General Cummings, Post
master General Farley today
said that opinion of the Gov
ernment's legal advisers was
that Farley had ample power
to deal with the airmail situa-
tion."
Farley said "a further an
nOuncement may be expected
after the Attorney General and
myself have had an opportunity
to confer with President Roose-
welt"
The meeting with the Presi-
dent was expected to take place
after the cabinet meeting this
afternoon.
Some shake-up in the Governments
system of airmail subsidies-upon
which $50 $4,000 has been handed
out in five years-appeared likely.
Although those close to the admin
istration intimated that both Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Farley were deter
mined upon some revision. doubt was
expressed that any wholesale can
collation. of contracts would be forth
coming.
Farley discussed the situation with
both the President and Cummings
yesterday
From the White House, Farley went
directly to the Department OF Justice
to go over legal phases with the At
torney General.
Whole Subject Covered.
Farley was accompanied to the
White House by several Post Office
Department officials and the Postmas-
ter General said:
We, discussed the entire situation
with the President"
He said he intended to make sure
of his grounds through consultation
with the Attorney General before TAX
ing any action to scrap contracts in
question
Meanwhile, official Post Office fig
ures disclosed that where airline
tledSuI ieS Hdu IcCCl'cu 9oI,olS,ooo III
five years, the net cost to the Govern
ment had been reduced to s54 453 900
through the sale of airmail stamps.
Expenditures Tabulated.
Domestic Airmail expenditures for
last year and the miles flown by the
receiving companies have been COM
piled by the Post Office Department
as follows:
Miles flown. Amt. paid.
National Air Trans
port ......... 4.074.o39 S2.117.552
Varney Air Lines. 1.@42,65S 6S5.614
Pacific Air Trans
port .......... 1.161.34O 5.Sl7
Boeing Air Transport 4.511,S5l 2.S42, 1913
Evening star., 1934-02-09
MOOSE ENDS LIFE
OF VERNE SANKEY
Confessed Kidnaper Hangs
Himself in Cell With
Necktie.
BULLETIN.

SIOUX FALLS. S. Oak. Feb
ruary 9 P-Gordon Alcorn
pleaded guilty today to charges of
conspiracy to kndnap for ransom
in connection with the abduction a
year ago of Charles Boettcher. I'd,
Denver broker He was sentenced
to life Imprisonment at Leaven-
worth Federal Penitentiary.
Alcorn was placed in custody OF
the United States marshal and ar
rangements we're made to start
with him for Leavenworth this aft
ernOon.
Evening star., 1934-02-09

United Air Lines averaged SGT cents
per mile flown: American Airways
SIT cents. Western Air Express 52.8,
Transcontinental g. Western 61.7,
Eastern Air Transport 49.7, Northwest
Airways 53.8. Transamerican Air Lines
464, Pennsylvania Air Lines AT. Ma
tional Parks Airways 45.8. United
States Airways 352 and Kohler Avia-
tion Corporation 1876.
Evening star., 1934-02-09

BY the Associated Press.
SIOUX FALLS, S. Oak, February
9-Verne Sankey has kept his word
to beat the law"
With a moose fashioned from two
neckties and with a handkerchief in
his mouth to prevent any involuntary
cry, he hanged himself in his cell at
South Dakota Penitentiary last night.
When they caught him in Chicago
last week, with gun muzzles rammed
against him as he lay in a barber
chair, he had no chance to use the
poison pills Ridden in his overcoat.
But last night, on the eve of his ar
raignmcnt to charge of conspiracy
to kidnap Charles Boettcher. I'd. of
Denver. he beat the rap"-With death.
Out of all the clustering company
OF gang chiefs and public enemies" p"
Verne Sankey, called Americas pub
lie enemy No. L. is the only one of
national notoriety to die by his own
hand The nearest analogy is provided
in the case of the Touhy gangster,
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1934-02-09
WEATHER.

70. O. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Fair and slightly colder, with minimum
temperature about 10 degrees below zero
tonight: tomorrow fair. slowly rising
temperature. Temperatures-Highest, "a.
at 2:l5 pm. yesterday; lowest, g, at
$50 am. today. Full report on Page S.
Evening star., 1934-02-09

Continued on Page 5, Column 4
Evening star., 1934-02-09
DILLINGER LOSES PLEA

Continued on Page 2. Column s.
Evening star., 1934-02-09

Total United Air
Lines
American AirW a VS.
ll routeS) E.
Western Air EX-
press 90 routesl.
Transcontinental &
Western Air Lines
East Air Transport
Northwest AirwayS.
TranSamerican Air
Lines
PENNSYLVANIA Air
lines
National Parks Air
ways -.
United States Air
WavS ..... ...
Kohler Aviation Cor
poratlon
Evening star., 1934-02-09

The Stars Carrier system covers every
city block and the regular edition is
delivered to city and suburban homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1934-02-09

IL ,6o6. .OSS S6.611,o36
Us
9,213,354 4,792.103
!x-
81. 1,123,26S 91O.36S
&
les 5.O54.394 3.I1a.613
ort 3. 3.555.322 1,165. .90l
vs.. l.6l6.3S0 S6S. .Sl6
Air
1.012,1oS 469.411
14o.@o14 .S63
ir-
ToS.G06 333,a16
ir-
e.. 439, ,S53 154,643
)r-
101.56s 41.563
Evening star., 1934-02-09
Bidding Plan Suggested.

Consequently, Woodring continued,
Il insisted. after hours of conference,
that those interested get together to
Continued on Page 3, Column %
The Washington times., 1934-11-10

4AVCA SSVAAS S4OSAA6N'
The natural beauty Of the
islands has been meticulously
preserved, and the inhabitants
have stubbornly resisted the
encroachment Of modern life
and inventions, with the result
that there are no smoky fac
tories, no gaudy poster boards,
no hot-dog stands, and, wonder
of wonders, no noisy automo-
bileS.
HOrSe-Drawn
Today, just the same as 20
years ago, when the ship slides
in to the dock, the visitor Is
greeted by the sight of horse
drawn vehicles lined up await
ing the arrival.
Not even the governor Of
the islands or doctors are al
lowed to keep cars for their
travels. ictoriaS, Surveys,
landaus are drawn by horses
wearing straw hats, and driven
by Negroes wearing broad grins,
and sporting a tremendous
British accent.
In addition to the carriages,
bicycles are the standard
method of transportation in
and about the islands.
One meets cyclists every
where, and whole families are
seen on wheels, going for
picnic or swim along the
beaches.
Just a few miles from the
city of Hamilton-about an
hours cycling time-iS the his
toric town of st. Georges,
looking out over it's harbor,
where the first Bermudian set
tiers diSembarked.
Crooked Streets
It is a quiet old town, with
many crooked streets and mar
row lanes, rejoicing in such
picturesque names as One Gun
Alley, Old Maids Lane, and
Aunt Peggie's Alley.
It's church, st. Peters, is
one Of the oldest in the West
ern world, and has balconies
of crudely hewn wood, where
slaves sat, in the old days. The
pews are so arranged that the
congregation, for the most
The Washington times., 1934-11-10

part, sits with it's back to the
altar!
On the high bluff above the
town is the st. George golf
course, one of the eight excel
lent courses in the islands.
With the coming of so many
visitors, Bermuda has been
forced to develop her sporting
facilities until today over one
square mile of the 20 in the
whole group is devoted to golf
links.
During the winter, tourna-
mentS and meets are held week
~ at the various courses, while
tennis, trap shooting, archery
and yachting conte are
staged at frequent intervals at
the different pleasure spots
throughout the islands.
Water Sports
Yachting, especially, is the
oldest of all Bermuda recrea-
ton. On Sunday afternoons the
bays and inlets along the shore
are dotted with tiny sailing
craft-most Of them one-man
dinghieS.
During the winter, yacht races
are held weekly by the Royal
Bermuda Yacht Club, and in
the spring, international yacht
ing events for one-deSignS, six
meters, dinghies, and star-class
boats are staged in Hamilton
Harbour.
From sailing to swimming is
an easy transition-especially in
Bermuda, where the glorious
temperature and hue of the
The Washington times., 1934-11-10
San Diego VIII
StageGreat
Exposition

With Chicago's Fair now his
tory, San Diego now beckons
for the tourist travel Of the
nation by presenting in 1885
the California Pacific Interna-
tional Exposition.
In the historic city that is
the Southwestern gateway to
tho nation, the California Pa.
cific international Exposition
will present not only many Of
the outstanding displays of A
Century Of Progress but exhibits
never before placed before the
millions in the Western part
Of the country.
Backed by the entire Pacific
Coast and fittingly bearing the
name by virtue Of many ex-
hibitS to come from foreign
lands, this exposition is ex-
pected to do for the West what
the Worlds Fair did for Chi
cago and the East.
Designed to emphasize the cul-
tural, scientific, historic ana
scenic beauties of the West, the
California Exposition will be
opened May 20 in Balboa Park,
1,400 acres of natural grandeur
in the heart of San Diego, West
ern home base Of the United
States fleet.
In q setting Of exceptional
beauty, q group Of dignified
buildings Of Old Spanish archi-
lecture have been erected to
house the exhibits.
More than 100000 visitors
are expected to attend the $10,-
100000 international enterprise.
To transport the great throngs
OF visitors from all parts Of the
country all ira ms portation
agencies are combining to place
IN effect special rates and added
attractions to their tours for
~
The Washington times., 1934-11-10
Steamship Lines Offer SpeciaI
transatlantic Rates

Fare-and-a-third, the travel
formula for round-trip excur-
sions which has become com.
monplace among transportation
bargain hunters in the past few
years, will broaden out this
Christmas to include the Old
Country, it was announced by
William Baird, steamship pas
senger traffic manager Of the
Canadian Pacific.
The steamship lines are put
ting into operation round-trip
excursion tickets on the Atlantic
for tourist and third-class pas
Sengers for fare-and-one.third,
according to Mr.. Baird. This
means, it was pointed out, that
a man, his wife and two children
The Washington times., 1934-11-10

last year. The Indian detours,
side-trips out of old Santa Fe,
New Mexico, are currently carry"
ing three times the passengers
of a year ago, while the hotels
in that quaint little Spanish
City anticipated q busy winter
after an excellent summer and
fall.
"The same story comes to us
from the hotels and resorts In
and about Phoenix, in ArizOna'S
semitropical Salt River Valley,
where the last winter season
was reminiscent Of 1929-30; and
from the many "dude ranches"
in our territory, not q few Of
which had capacity guest lists
last summer and are now re.
ceiving unusually heavy winter
bookings"
The Washington times., 1934-11-10
Train Coach Is
Now Hotel

The gold rush to the Stur.
geon River area, adjoining the
line Of the Canadian National
Railways through northern On.
tario to Port Arthur and Fort
William, is reminiscent, in
miniature, Of those days Of
early 1900, when the great sill"
yer and gold camps in the
Cobalt district came into being.
Prospectors and transients have
flocked into Jellicoe station, the
center Of the new Strike" by
the hundreds, and so great Is
the demand for accommodation
that the newcomers were forced
to sleep upon the ground and
on the floor Of the station wait
ing room.
In an effort to relieve the
congestion and provide addi-
tional facilities, the Canadian
National Railways parked o
tourist car on the station siding.
It's IA lower and IA upper
berths were sold out each day
at the regular fee of $1.25 per
lower, plus a Is cents Govern
ment tax, and Is cents less
per upper.
Although the weather was re-
ported as turning decidedly
cold, the car was adequately
heated and running water sup
piled the guests"
The station agent stated that
unless the rush into the Stur.
geon area shows signs Of abat-
ing, it will be necessary to
requisition another tourist car
for sleeping purposes.
The Washington times., 1934-11-10

Also, in most Of the cabins
the electric circuit for each is
entirely independent Of those
for all others, and in the cell
ing there is a hole, accessible
to firemen in an emergency,
through which a hose.Iine can
be introduced for the purpose
of flooding the room.
Latest Devices
In addition to these, there
are such equipment as several
independent radio posts, which
would operate even in the
event Of the central power plant
being out Of commission, phos-
phorescent signs throughout the
ship, which would still be visible
to point direction to decks and
lifeboatS if all the ships lights
were extinguished: sufficient
lifeboats to accommodate all
souls on board, both passengers
and crew; and the Maclachlan
type of lifeboat davitS, which
permit the launching of the
boats, independently of each
other and on an always even
keel, by a single person in a
maximum of two minutes.
Gen. Paul Pouderoux, presi-
dent of the International Fed
Grafton of Firemen, and until
recently the chief of the Paris
fire department., who in his
official capacity was largely
responsible for the installation
of the improved systems of
patrolling and equipment on
French flag ships, accom-
panied NORM de Linclays to
America, making his first eros
sing for the purpose of in
speeding and testing the sys-
TENS at sea. During the eros
sing, General Pouderoux went
to fire alarm box in a part
Of the ship most remote from
the central fire station, and
there turned in an alarm of
which the fire squad had no
previous warning. He reported
himself as being extremely
pleased when the security
squad, headed by the security
officer, arrived at the point of
alarm within / minute and
As seconds.
The Washington times., 1934-11-10
Normandie Will Have Effective
Fire SAFEGUARDS

The new 1029-foot, 1920
gross ton turbo-electric liner
Normandie will be the most
thoroughly fire-proofed paSSen-
ger ship afloat when it enters
the French Lines New York
Plymouth-Havr service next
May, according to Henri NORM
de Linclays, resident general
manager.
In an announcement made
yesterday he pointed out that
fire prevention at sea has been
the subject Of intense study in
France during the past few
years, and that all French pas
senger liners now carry what
he terms the most important
element Of fire prevention and
fire fighting-a squad of trained
professional firemen, under the
leadership Of an officer likewise
trained in the Paris fire depart
ment.
Trained Force
The security officer and his
trained force have no other
duties than to maintain a con-
slant and vigilant watch into
every section and corner Of the
ship, to report every 20 minutes
to the central fire station
aboard, and to answer immedi-
ately and with full modern
equipment any alarms turned
in, either by patrol or auto
matte device.
IN speaking Of the Nor.
mandie, he explained that
the walls Of all cabins will be
composed Of a sheet Of dur
alumni between layers OF as
bestos, these layers covered
with Hreproof paint; that in
each cabin will be a fire de-
tector which, when the tenn
perature Of the room rises to
an even slightly abnormal
degree, will ring an alarm bell
in tho central fire station and
at the same time automatically
close all ventilators in the Sec
ton Of the ship involved. thus
eliminating drafts.