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Evening star., 1934-08-04
BUILD SKY TRAIN
FOR PASSENGERS
First Trip Scheduled for
Two Monthsin New Tori<-
3 Washington Hop. &

A "sky train" which will carry pas
sengers now is being constructed and
probably will make its first flight from
New York to Washington within the
next two months, it was revealed here
today, as the first sky train. composed
of an airplane and three gliders, be-
gan its return trip from Washington
Airport to New York.
J. K. Jack" O'Meara, 1888 glider
champion, who piloted the first sky
train glider into Washington yester-
day afternoon. said regular airplane-
glider service is planned over a route
not yet definitely decided upon, al
though the New York Washington
route is under serious consideration.
After two days of battling with ad-
verse weather, the sky train completed
its first flight here yesterday when
O'Meara landed a glider carrying ap-
proximately 1000 uncanceled letters
on the Ellipse.
The airplane which served as so
connective" for the train landed al
Washington Airport.
The airplane and O'Meara's glidel
took on from the local airport today
for Baltimore to pick up the seconc
glider of the train, and for Philadel-
phia, to pick up the third glider
OMeara carried about 1900 letters
for philatelists, he said.
The gliders which will compose thG
new passenger carrying ira n
OMeara said, probably will be com.
pleted in about five weeks.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
PLANE EXPORTS AID
U.S.. DEFENSE IN AIR
Gales Enable American Aviation
Co. to Continue Work, Main
tanning Supply.
ny the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
The Aviation Commission has
found that, paradoxically. the sale of
American planes to foreign countries
has bolstered this country's potential
national defense.
Chairman Clark Howell, bound for
Europe today, said the commission
has received a survey of the export
trade.
This survey" he said, sets forth
that our export business, which now
constitutes more than one-third Of
the total Of American aviation sales,
has enabled a number of American
aviation companies to continue oper-
ations, thus maintaining sources of
supply for military and commercial
aircraft which would be Of vital i'm
portance to our Government in the
event of emergency.
From a purely national defense
standpoint, it is essential that large
number Of men be trained ~ the
manufacture of aircraft so that ex-
pansion of facilities may proceed
quickly and orderly in times OF ma
tioaal emergency"
Evening star., 1934-08-04
What's What
BeflindNews
In Capital
Farmers Hold LANCER
Victim of Judicial
Injustice.
BT PAUL MALLoN.

The best North Dakota authorities
feel sure that ex-Cov. LANCER viii
change his abode to Leavenworth
Cby reqUest) shortly. and. in all proba-
bllty. his wife will be elected
Governor.
Outsiders will not be able 10 under
stand how a man convicted OF cor
r1Iption by authorized courts stands
such a good chance of being vindi-
Gated by voters.
The answer Ia the farmers are mad
That word is used adviSedly. The
courts which convicted LANCER are
those which upheld the farmers
mortgages. The law which made II
Illegal for LANCER to extract political
funds from Federal relief workers also
said it was Illegal for farmers 70
keep their homes II they could not
pay their interest. The bald truth is
the farmers are not inclined 70 think
much Of the law or the courts
That makes the underlying stud
ton far more important than the
political force IL seems 10 be. When
respect TOR idtG and Justice dDfn-
dies among majority Of people
IN any community, the prdueSt
political possibilities arise.
1t is alarming national judicial au-
thorities in the Government. They
cannot see their way clear 10 do
much about 1t because. essentially, it
Is a State political matter. Their
personal sympathies, however, are
strongly against LANCER and, If an
opportunity offers, they may do some
thing.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
800 CODES UNDER
MONOPOLY CHARGE
Details Laid Before Trade
Commission in Answers
B to N. r. A.
b ne Associated Press

b ne Associated Press
Some 900 Of n. r. As codes were
charged Yesterday before the Federal
Trade Commission with being mon
opoiistic and oppressive.
Three rubber footwear companies
and an ice company made the charge
IN answering complaints issued BY the
commission at the request Of ". r. A.
The companies we're the Phillips
Baker Rubber Co. Providence. r. /:
the La Crosse. La Crosse. Wis. and
the Goodyear Rubber Co. mot Good
year Tire a. Rubber Co.. Middle
town. Conn. The Ice company was
the Purity Ice Co. of Lakeland. Fla.
Refusal TO file price lists with their
code authority Was charged against
the rubber companies. and failure to
obtain permission to increase produc-
tive capacity was the complaint
against the ice company.
Evidence Begins August 13.
Taking OF evidence in the rubber
case will begin August 13 before the
commission. This is the major case,
since it alone involves nearly 800
codes. and an adverse decision by the
commission, II approved by higher
courts, might disrupt most Of these.
A hundred or more codes have pro-
visions for controlling production.
either by limiting hours of machine
operation or addition of capacity.
These codes we're thrown into con-
troversy by the ice case. for which q
date for hearing has not been set.
The rubber companies charged that
the price provision in the rubber code
was included without their assent
and without their being consulted.
They said that If price lists were made
available TO other major members OF
the industry such members could force
them out of business by discrimina-
tory practices.
The ice company, also charging a
monopolistic tendency. further denied
that the commission had jurisdiction
because the company was not oper-
ating in interstate commerce. The
company asserted the provision for
production control was unconstitu-
tional and that Congress had no right
to delegate such powers to the PreSi-
dent or his appointees.
The rubber companies involved were
the subject of dispute between the
Darrow Board and N. r. A. The
board charged N. r. A. with oppress-
ing them, and N. r. A. replied that
the companies probably should not be
classified as small" since they en-
ployed several hundred workers.
Method Of Underselling.
Mr.. A. said the Phillips Baker Co.
sold largely to mail order houses and
other mass distributors who in turn
undersold the independent merchant"
Meanwhile, N. r. A. issued a state
ment saying N. r. A. codes had been
upheld by decisions in go per cent of
the cases which so far have come up
for adjudication. N. r. A. lost in
only 8 Of 30 cases. N r. A., the
statement said, has lost no case
which it instituted. There are Sc
cases pending in Federal courts or be-
fore the Trade Commission, and an
other 200 are being prepared by
N. r. AS litigation division in CO.
operation with the Department of
Justice. l.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
REPORTERS FREED
IN CONTEMPT CASE
Grocery Clerk and Filling Station
Employe Confess in Ken
lucky Hanging"
By the Associated Press.


DANVILLE, KY, August BAR
ring a decision by the grand jury
which convenes here September 10,
the inquiry into Danville's hanging in
efngy. which resulted in two news
paper men being fined and jailed
daily for more than a week for re-
fusing to violate a confidence, was re-
garded today as ended.
The dropping Of the inquiry yester-
day by Police Judge Jay w. Harlan.
however, was followed by announce
ment by George A. Joplin, jr., presi-
dent Of the Kentucky Press Associa-
ton and himself a former Danville
reporter, that an effort would be made
to have the 1886 General Assembly
pass a law to protect newspaper men
from being called upon to violate pro-
fessional confidence.
An end to the contempt mara
thon" came when Victor Bodner, q
grocery clerk, and Lucien Chrisman,
a filing station attendant, admitted
to the court that they had taken part
in the hanging. They were fined
slo.25 each on breach of peace
charges. and Judge Harlan announced
there would be no further inquiry.
Previously, Bodner and Chrisman also
had declined to answer questions.
Evening star., 1934-08-04

An entirely different inner attitude
was taken at the outset Of the con-
temporaneouS political farce in New
Orleans.
The big Democrats have marked
Huey Long down as a buffer, and
smart one. They declined TO take
his National Guard siege Of New Or
leans as seriously as it appeared tc
be. They believed Huey was merely
playing politics with guns, and he
would make sure none Of them went
of.
No one seemed to think much about
the question of State and city rights
involved, because they knew the situa-
tion was all Huey.
Wise Money Views.
The hullabaloo over George Harri-
sons whispered conference with
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau gen.
Grated new rumors about dollar de-
valuation, Stabilization, imitation and
whatever you can think of.
The truth seems to be that Mr.
Harrison was filling in for Mr.. Nor
genthau on Harrison's unoficial talks
recently in Europe. AS Mr.. Harri-
sons talks do not seem to have been
very productive, the best informed
people here regard his meeting with
Mr.. Morgenthau as similarly unim-
Portant.
- There is d orotDinc feeling among
the Wise money boys that the dd-
HlintstTdtion may hdUe to create
some fresh infdtiondrv talk some
time soon. IL tporked Uery t1eu
last year in a similar situation.
When people belteDe prices are
going up, they may loosen up and
buy.
The stagnation OF money is quite
an important problem now. There is
plenty of money in the country, but
it is being boarded in banks and
elsewhere Talk Of imitation would
undoubtedly encourage spending.
At the same time, no of1cials In
responsible positions here want to
take any sincerely imitation step. They
might 60 for some pseudo-inflationary
step, but not for straight-out money
imitation.
Old Eagle Roasted.
They burned the blue eagle at the
stake very quietly in the Commerce
Department Building a few days
back.
A dozen huskies we're employed to
carry bundles of blue eagles from
N. r. A. headquarters down to the
basement The furnace was used
as the stake.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
FATE OF CHARTER
BODY IS CLOUDED
Smith and Seabury Quit
New York Group-AboIish-
ment Urged.
By tn. Assoeiated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, August l.-+The fate
Of the City Charter Commission hung
In the balance last night as rtov. Her
bert II. Lehman remained silent after
former Gov Alfred Z. Smith. Samuel
Seabury and four other members had
resigned
seabury suggested the entire COM
mission be abolished. He expressed
the opinion that the Governor should
so advise the Legislature, now in
extraordinary session.
Smith was silent But he win carry
his fight for moderniEation Of the
city's antiquated government ito the
people" on Monday night in q radio
address.
La Guardia Optimistic.
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia,
whose fusion forces ousted Tammany
Hall from control Of the city for the
first time in two decades, was opti-
miStic. He said the Wholesale resigna-
tons were only q temporary setback.
Smith and Seabury. followed by
Mrs. George Wyeth, secretary;
Charles H. Tuttle. former United
States attorney, and Charles Mar
shall. quit when the commission voted,
IL to 10, to adjourn until Tuesday.
Smith maintained that counsel had
advised that a charter must be pre-
pared before that date for submission
to the electorate.
George Brokaw Compton, who
voted against the adjournment, an
nounced last night that he had re-
signed. In statement. Compton de-
clared 1t ''preposterous" to continue
the separate borough governments
and added ''the only excuse is to pro-
vide Jobs for politicians.
The people of the city certainly
are fortunate" said Mayor La
Guardia. "in having such patriotic
and able men as Gov. Al Smith and
Judge Seabury. who will, I am sure,
bring the antics OF the politicians in
this instance to the full knowledge OF
the people in the most devastating
manner"
Gov. Lehman's silence on the strife
In the commission was watched by
party leaders throughout the State.
He Is an ardent advocate of charter
ANACAAA 1AA0 AOANC1 bAI D3n CEC4LlflE
the commission through the LeRis-
lature in the dying hours Of It's reg
ular session.
Socialist Airs Views.
Norman Thomas. former Socialist
candidate for President and a MEM
ber of the commission. made this COM
ment on his vote for adjournment OF
the body and against Smith and
Seabury:
'I think their action was prema-
ture, to put it mildly. think that II
there had been no designations a CON-
promise on borough government would
have been possible. am sick and
tired of the Smith-Seabury notion of
the outline of city government-the
mayor council idea. It's in operation
in Chicago and look what q mess
they are in"
Restoration to borough presidents OF
administrative powers - tentatively
voted away by the commission last
week-was one Of the issues that
forced q showdown at last nights
meeting.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
FIVE THREATENED
|. BY EXTORT|ON|STS
GettIe, Pantages, Doheny
Among Group $50, 900
Is Demanded.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, August "A
gang, known to police only as The
Trio" is being sought in connection
with an extortion plot directed against
i've millionaires, among them VIII
liam F. Gettle, Beverly Hills oil mag
nate, who was kidnapped last May and
freed without the payment Of ransom.
The search for the gang was dis
closed today as investigators Of the
district attorneys office and United
States postal inspectors attempted to
trace letters in which $4,000 in cash
was demanded Of the i've business
men.
Besides Gettle, the men who re-
ceived the threats were Alexander
Pantages, film impresario: z. L. Do
heny, oil king: ]. J. Doyle, oil and
fight promoter, and Ora Monnette,
vice president Of the Bank Of America.
First Delivered Thursday.
The first extortion letter was de-
hvered to Monnette Thursday. A
few hours later another was delivered
to PantageS. Yesterday, Doyle re-
ceived a letter. Neither Gettle nor
Doheny were approached, so far as Is
known, but their names were men
toned in the other missives.
The letters demanded that the flve
men pay $50, 1000 through Monnette,
$50 900 Of which would be in 50-dollar
bills, $4,000 in 20-dollar notes and
$40 900 in 10-dollar currency. Com
munication with the gang would be
accomplished through the classified
advertising columns Of a newspaper
Monnette was told, after which ar
rangements for a pay-off would be
made.
Warn Of Vengeance.
The writers told the flve that you
can use your own judgment about
notifying the police" adding they
possessed powerful rifles and other
weapons and were ready to use them
Vengeance, they warned, would be d.
rected against the families Of the men
as well as themselves.
Police said none Of the five in
tended victims was greatly alarmed
but all had taken adequate steps to
protect themselves.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
AMBASSADORS BODY
LEAVING AUGUST is
American Envoy Will Accom-
pany Mays Remains Back
to Belgium.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The State Department announced
today the body Of the late Paul May,
Belgian Ambassador, would be re-
moved from the receiving vault at
Arlington National Cemetery on Au-
gust 16 and taken to Annapolis for
transportation 10 Belgium on board
the u. 8. s. Pensacola. The Pen
sacola is scheduled to arrive at Ant
werp on August a..
: Dave Hennen Morris, American
Ambassador to Belgium, who has been
on leave here, viii sail on the Pen
sacola to represent President Roose-
velt at the funeral in Belgium.
Morris viii be accompanied by
Richard Southgate. assistant chief Of
the Division OF Conferences and Pro-
tocol. who win act as the special rep
resentative Of Secretary Of State Hull,
Evening star., 1934-08-04
LEHMAN CONFERS
WITH TIGER CHIEF
Governor Discusses Fall
Campaign Plans With
DooIing.
n th.a 49, lasee PrtaA


ALBANY. n T., August 4--Gov
Lehman YESTERDAY discussed Fall
campaign plans v1tn james J. Dool-
Ing. new leader OF Tammany Hail
Although ne Governor has not said
he VIII seek re election, his admission
that he and Doo.ie1z discussed general
" the whoss political situation"
strengthened his friends conviction
that be would r1n
Re said specifically. however, that
The ticket was nos discussed. ONE OF
his friends TOOK this &c mean mat
Doollne had been previously assured
Of Mr. Lehman candidacf- II this
in so the GGyerBcT has made his de-
cision recently Is was generally
understood among bis ADVISER A week
or two ago that he actually had not
yet made up his raind.
L am not ready TO say anything
about that. Afr Lehman smiled
His luncheon With the new Tam
many leader marked the restoration
OF harmony between the executive
chamber and the New York City Dem
ocratic organization. Until Dooling's S
appointment, which was reputed TO
have been made with P8sident Roose-
velt's approval. relations between
Tsmmany and Albany were strained
At times during the Smith Roosevelt
and Lehman administrations the two
party capitals we're bitterly at odds.
Mr.. Lehman said he invited Dooling
10 visit him soon after his election
as Tammany chieftain.
Il invited him over when I learned
he was in town" he said. Doohng
later continued TO the races
Mr.. Lehman had little comment on
the resignation Of Alfred E. Smith
and Samuel Seabury from the New
York City Charter Revision Commits
sion. which he fought hard to have
created
Il can't say anything because l
don't know what went on In the
commission" he declared.
Evening star., 1934-08-04

Continued From First Page)
advisability of restoring the former
prices Of Z and 10 cents.
Il feel you are justified In going
ahead and conducting your business
as you have been conducting it and
disregarding all instructions to raise
the price Of bread" Senator Borah
wrote IF you choose to take this
course and are prosecuted will see
that you get counsel without expense
to you"
Nestor, who has no competition from
within or outside Of the city, lowered
the prices to their former standard
after receiving the Senator'S letter.
Evening star., 1934-08-04

The explanation for thus roasting
their own bird is that the N. r. A.
had a surplus OF old blue eagles
(now supplanted by code eagles) and
wanted to destroy them so they would
not fall into improper hands.
Notes.
The administration bought about a
million dollars worth of silver last
month. That is, the unfathomable
Treasury figures indicate that its
holding increased by that much. 1t
may have bought more and sold some.
At that rate, it would probably only
take a couple of hundred years to
accumulate enough silver to estab-
nsh its proposed parity with gold.
Montagu Norman. alias Prof. Skin
ner, has been sought out by newsmen
in all the dark alleys and Treasury
corridors, but there are good reasons
for believing he will not come tC
Washington. His presence here would
encourage rumorS of stabilization be-
tween the dollar and the pound AND
neither side wants that yet.
The reason Won Starhemburg back
ed out of the Austrian ehancenorShiE
is because he felt he was too young
and would rather be the power behind
the throne than the power in ii
That appears to be rare judgment
after what happened to Dollfuss.
Public works expenditures have beer
hitting around $4,000 900 q weel
lately. in actual cash spent. That i
q top figure which should be Stimu
lating purchasing power
(Copyright, I9S40
Evening star., 1934-08-04
Mrs. Dali Returns
Amid White House
Repairs UpheaUal
"They'H Hare to Find a
Bed for Me Some
,Uhere," She Says.

By the Associated Press.
Anna Roosevelt Dali, bronzed and
healthy looking, returned to Wash
ington today. saying she expected to
stay at the White House and work
until the family goes TO Hyde Park.
They'll have to fnd bed for me
somewhere!" Mrs Dali laughed when
she was told the White House was in
a state of upheaval, with business
ofices crowding the lower flower OF
the mansion because Of building oper-
ations at the executive ofices.
She described Nevada. where she
obtained a divorce from Curtis Dali
Monday, as "a glorious spot, adding
that she certainly would not have
come home if she had not found 1t
necessary to get back TO work.
I've been on horseback five and six
hours q day" she said I've been
swimming every day. Up at 6 o'clock
In the morning and to bed at g.
Asked concerning details of the di-
voree agreement and the custody OF
the children, Sistie and Buzzie, Mrs
Dali said. Il consider that purely
personal matter. And it's all oveI
and finished"
She wore a green ensemble, small
bright green felt hat contrasting witt
her blond hair.
The Presidents daughter said she
was not doing any radio work but
was continuing the work that she anc
her mother DO together, writing fol
publications.
Mrs. Dali was met at the station
by Raymond Muir. chief usher at th'
White House, and was taken TO thI
Executive Mansion in g White HOUSE
car.
The children we're left in Chicago
with their father by Mrs. Dali on he
trip East. They viii remain with him
two weeks.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
REICHSTAG SESSION CALLED.
Hitler Win Reveal Aims as the New
Napoleon" Monday.

Napoleon" Monday.
BERLIN. August 4 (P).-Adolf Hit
Ter, seeking to consolidate his position
as the new Napoleon" summoned the
all-Nazi Reichstag today to assemble
Monday for a memorial service to the
late President Paul Won Hindenburg.
Chancellor Hitler's address, a chan
celery spokesman int1mated, will be
of a political nature. with a direct
eulogy Of Won Hindenburg reserved
for the funeral services Tuesday at
Tannenberg.
Because OF the unusual circum-
stances of his coup detat, whereby he
merged the Offices Of President and
chancellor, Hitler was believed TO be
intending to seize the occasion to
justify his assumption of the powers
of a monarch.
From the Reichstag roStrum Der
Fuehrer is expected TO utilize what
may be his best opportunity to justify
in guarded way 10 the German peo-
pie and the world his precipitate &C
ton Of Thursday, Immediately after
Won Hindenburg's death.
Eitler's last appearance before the
ReichStag was July lS, when he de-
Tended to Germany and the world
his bloody purging Of Nszi ranks
June so.
Displaying lively interest n world
reaction TO the situation, Hitler is
understood to oe especially desirous
of having America understand his
motive and plan.
Some believe he will give assurances
that this accession to complete doIni-
nation does not mean more radical
political program.
The speech is anticipated as q poll
ticai document Of unique Importance,
revealing the course OF Hitler's future
leadership. Some observers wondered
II thlS leadership might not take Hit-
Ter 10 throne, comparing his steps
TO those of Napoleon.
In designating August 1e as the date
Of a plebiscite in which he hopes Il
gain the approval of the German Ma
ton for his acquisition OF new power
Hitler has sharply limited his op-
portunities for effective pleas fOl
votes
The period Of national mourning FOL
the late President will extend TO Au,
gust IA. In the interests Of good taste
It was pointed out. Hitler csnno
campaign too obviously for public "a
Vor. making it necessary To seek In
direct methods
The personal oath Of allegiance 4
Hitler, taken by the R-my and navy
also was administered secretly Thurs
day 20 the Schultz StaEel or picxe'
&ad guards.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
Three Flee Despite Guns.

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah.-Three
City Jail TRUSTEES escaped from the
police pistol range here despite the
fact 20 policemen. each an expert
marksman holding pistol, we're pres
ent. The officers took the prisoners
to the range TO operate the targets.
When firing reached huh the pr1s-
oners ned.
Evening star., 1934-08-04
THE WEATHER

District of CoIumbia-Fair tonight
and tomorrow; not much change in
temperature; gentle, variable winds.
Maryland-Fair tonight and tomor-
row: somewhat warmer in extreme
west portion.
Virginia-Generally fair tonight and
tomorrow; not much change in tenn
perature.
West Virginia-Fair tonight and to-
morrow; somewhat warmer tomorrow
and in northwest portion tonight.
Outlook for August to August IL.
North and Middle Atlantic States
Showers early part of week and again
at end. Temperatures near normal at
beginning and end Of week; warmer
middle Of week.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
muddy today.
Report for Last "a Hours.