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Evening star., 1935-11-11
SCIENTISTS HERE
CHECK ON BALLOON
Savants Hear Capt. Stevens
Agree to Meet Wife in
D. c. Tomorrow.

A select group Of leading scientists
hovered around short-wave radio loud
speakers at the National Geographic
Society Building on Sixteenth street
today to hear step by step the progress
Of daring group of men blazing the
trail into the frontier of the upper air.
The balloon, Explorer II, had
assembled $4,000 feet into the blue
dome Of upper space at 1855 pm.
today after its takeof from the Strato-
camp in the Black Hills Of South Da-
kota at 9:0l o'clock this morning
The temperature outside at that alti-
tude was 40 degrees centigrade below
zero.
Between broadcasts Of scientific
data from the balloon by the intrepid
flyers. many humorous incidents and
"wisecracks" from Capt. Albert w
Stevens and Capt. Orville A. Ander-
son. co-pilots of the balloon. brought
amused smiles to the staid counte-
nances Of learned men.
Dr. Lyman ]. Briggs, director OF
the National Bureau Of Standards
and chairman Of the Scientific Ad-
visory Committee of the National Geo.
graphic-Army Air Corps stratosphere
flight, said he was elated over the
success of the adventures into space
Several other national figures, includ-
ing DR.. Gilbert Grosvenor, president
Of the society, and DR.. John Oliver
La Gorce, vice president, gave their
undivided attention to the two-way
conversations between the balloon
crew and the ground short-wave sta
tions.
Throughout the flight Capt. Stevens
was highly optimistic as he held fire.
quent conversations with DR.. Briggs
Only the scientific minds in the au-
dience around the loud-speakers were
able to digest the highly technical re-
ports given by Capt. Stevens as he
read his instruments, but the laymen
could we'll understand the heartfelt
and CHEEKY greetings and best wishes
shouted by Mrs. Anderson to her
husband several miles above.
1t is not often that a man gets a
chance to make a date with a girl
from 10 miles in the all, but Capt.
Stevens made a definite engagement
with his wife to meet her in Washing
ton tomorrow night. She is now in
Chicago. This new frontier of the
stratosphere Is believed by scientists
TO have a direct affect on human life
in more ways than one. II will be-
come more and more important as
science solves its mysteries.
The stratoSphere is only one part
of the new frontier that lies above
our heads, DR.. Briggs pointed OUT
between conversations with the balloon
crew.
He explained it as a shell of very
thin air completely surrounding ttIe
earth, beginning about miles
above the earth over the United
States, but lying about 10 miles UP
over the Equator.
The mysterious cosmic rays, which
are constantly shooting through oul
bodies like invisible arrows from
somewhere out in space, also can be
better studied in the stratosphere
They are the most powerful raSs
known and if their nature and origin
can be fully explained the history OF
the universe and perhaps its future
may be better understood, Dr. Briggs
said.
Evening star., 1935-11-11
HOUSE BODY PLANS
ECONOMY INQUIRY
Department Heads Asked
to Suggest Means of
Cutting Expense.

The House Committee on Expendi-
lures in the Executive Departments,
headed by Representative Cochran.
Democrat, Of Missouri, it was disclosed
today. is making plans for an ex-
haustive investigation to determine
how Government expenses can be re-
duced.
Letters have been sent TO heads of
all Federal departments and inde-
pendent agencies asking for specific
suggestions for cutting expenses and
promoting efficiency through elm
ination of overlapping activities.
First Step Before Adjournment.
The first step in the inquiry was
taken shortly before the adjournment
of Congress. when the committee
adopted q resolution authorizing the
move.
A meeting of the committee is ex-
pected to be held early in December
to consider the data furnished by
the department heads. At that time
the House Appropriations Committee
will be at work on at least five of
the Governments major supply bills
for the 1887 fiscal year. The in
formation gathered by Cochran's COM
mittee probably will be turned over
to the Appropriations Committee as
a guide in framing the new supply
measures.
Nothing Unusual in Probe.
Cochran's committee is expected
to give special attention to sugges-
tions for consolidating activities, par
ticularly those of the emergency Or
ganizations. many of which are said
to be performing similar duties, in
dependently Of one another.
Cochran said there would be moth
ing unusual" about the investigation
and it would be conducted similar
to the one the committee makes every
year in cooperation with the Appro-
priations Committee.
Evening star., 1935-11-11
POLICE HUNT MISSING
WOMAN, so, AND BOY, II
Miss Gertrude G. Hill Leaves Note
for Niece-Youth Believed on
Maryland Trip.

Miss Gertrude Grace Hill. so. miss
ing since Saturday, and Linwood Lit.
ton. jr., II, missing since yesterday.
were the objects Of police search to-
day.
Miss Hill left her home at 1841 Co
lumbia road after leaving a note to
her nice. Miss Jean Hill, with whom
she lived, that she would return
shortly. police e2orted. She had $40
with her, her niece said.
The Litton boy, whose home is at
GOT Elliott street northeast. was be-
lieved by his father to have left with
two companions for Hagerstown or
Cumberland, Md. Neighbors, however.
said the youth had mentioned going
to California. It was learned the boy
disposed his bicycle to help finance
the planned hitch-hike trip.
Evening star., 1935-11-11
OUINTUPLETS SIGNED
TO STAR IN MOVIE
Contract With U. S. Firm Is Ap.
proved by Ontario Guardian
of Girls.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
TORONTO, November ll.-Those
IL famous sisters, the Dionne quin-
tuplets. were signed today. at the age
of II months to star in full-length
movie.
David A. Croll. Ontario minister OF
welfare and special guardian to the
girls, announced his approval Of
contract between Twentieth Century,
Fox Films and the guardians of the
ouintuplets for the babies to play in
a picture called The Country Doctor
The film. it was announced will bs
based to some extent on the life Of DR..
A. II. Dafoe. the little gray-haired
doctor who attended the quintuplets
at birth.
Croll did not indicate the salaries
of the quintuplets.
He said. however. that the terms
were so attractive that, in the in
tere5t of the children. the guardians
felt hey could not pass up the very
substantial addition to the quintuplets'
fund"
Any scenes in which the quintuplets
appear will be filmed in their nursery
at Dafoe Hospital at Callander. They
will not be moved to any studio.
Evening star., 1935-11-11

tCOntlnued FROM First PaRe.)
manufactured air until, near the con-
clusion of their jaunt. they return to
the 29,000-foot level Observation stops
were set for $4,000 and $4,000 feet
and at ceiling they expect may ap-
proximate $4,000 feet.
Anderson Atop Gondola.
Once above the take-off bowl,
Stevens and Anderson had one of
the Most hazardous parts of their
jaunt behind them. A sudden wind
might have slapped the craft against
the rocky walls, for the huge bag is
sensitive to even a light breeze
Anderson was perched atop the
gondola. inside a rope load ring" as
the balloon left the ground. He
waited until the craft was above the
hills to join Stevens inside the metal
ball
Keeping in constant touch with the
ground by radio, the balloonists re-
ported after a few minutes that they
had reached height of 11.700 feet
and that all equipment appeared to
be functioning satisfactorily.
A crowd of a few thousand persons
who shivered in freezing weather
cheered as the bag rose.
Small Rip Repaired.
1t was a sharp contrast to the dis
may last July II when the same bal
loon collapsed an hour before its
scheduled takeoff. necessitating repair
and improvement of the top. On to-
days flight Stevens and Anderson
sought also to make up for failure of
the July. 1884, expedition which ended
in near disaster when the balloon
ripped at $4,000 feet.
Imitation for the takeoff was not
accomplished without mishap. A 20
foot rip in the lower portion Of the
bag when it was half filled forced a
delay while it was patched. Both
Stevens and Andersen expressed belief
the repair did not weaken the bag.
The delicate task of imitation was
completed at $50 am, the gas con-
centrated in the top lifted that por-
ton of the bag 315 feet above the
ground at the takeoff.
Gond0la Rolled Out.
The gondola, rolled out en- a rub
ber-tired dolly" was suspended below
the bag with brides Of rope and
webbing. With weight and buoyancy
nicely balanced, ground ropes were
dropped and the craft was maneuvered
to take advantage Of favorable air
currents.
Capt. Anderson gave the command
''up ship" ground crew gave an up
ward shove, and the flight started.
Behind were months of preparation.
The expedition had waited since Sep
tember 20 for perfect weather. which
developed unexpectedly yesterday.
Five planes from the flight base,
followed by landing crews in truck
and automobile. left last night. PLAN
ming to stop at Valentine, Nebr., for
word Of the balloons course.
Scientific observations were the main
purpose of the flight, which was spon-
sored jointly by the National Geo.
graphic Society and the United States
Army Corps, but the flyers also hoped
to reach . record altitude. The biz
Evening star., 1935-11-11
HOSPITAL INMATE
BLAMED FOR FIRE
Pyromanlac Theory Held by
Firemen in Blaze Fatal
to Four.
BY the Associated Press.


MONTREAL, November ll.-Au-
thorities today sought the cause for
fire which ragged through a wing Of
the st. Jean de Dieu Mental Hos
pital and caused the deaths Of five
inmates and property damage esti-
mated by firemen at 100000.
Hospital officials said the cause Of
the conhagration probably would
never be discovered. Firemen ex-
pressed the theory a pyromaniac in
mate was responsible, but conceded
that they faced an almost hopeless
task in confirming this theory.
-Four violently insane inmates we're
burned to death after the fire broke
out late Saturday night when they
eluded their guards and crept back TO
their cells in the blazing building.
Another inmate died from heart
disease.
Aroused by Patients Shouts.
The shrill shouts of one patient.
frightened by the sight of smoke and
flames creeping along the ceiling of
his cell, we're credited by authorities
with preventing probably one Of the
greatest fire disasters in Canadian his
| tory.
Dashing to the cell. guards detected
the column of smoke.
The patients were removed quickly
from the hospital, some struggling
with their guards and attempting to
dash back to their cells.
| Twenty-four were taken to the
criminal insane wing of the Montreal
Jail in a large prison van, all becom-
ing so violent that they had to be
handcuffed. The prison is just east
of Montreal.
Twenty-one more were removed TO
another nearby institution. The re-
mainder were placed in vacant cells
in other wings of the St. Jean de Dleu
Hospital, the largest of its kind in
Canada, housing nearly 5000 pa
| tients.
List of Dead.
The dead:
! Adelard Thouin, 36 Armand Blon-
deau, %; Napoleon Demers, As, and
Wilfird Martin, rs. all of Montreal,
and Joseph Jolly. AZ, of st. Joseph de
Sorei. Quebec.
Five firemen suffered slight cuts
and bruises and a few attendants
were treated for superficial injuries
received handling violent patients.
/ None was seriously injured.
! The fire started at 9 pm, with
most Of the patients asleep, and was
not under control until five hours
later. All available fire-fghting
equipment that could be spared was
rushed from Montreal. Firemen and
police remained on guard throughout
Saturday night and all day yesterday
to prevent possible recurrence OF the
( outbreak.
| The blaze was the second serious
fire at the institution. In May. 1890,
100 inmates were burned to death.
Evening star., 1935-11-11

into an anclen1
and helpless city.
A great editor
once said that If
a dog should bite
a man. it's news;
but il a man
bites a dog. it's
real news. When
a Japanese kills a
Chinaman, that's
q n o ther dead
Chinaman. When
a Chinaman kills
a Jap, that's a
war.
P. S.--Bringing
the thing home,
Evening star., 1935-11-11

New Deal votes left He was forced
to accept the unflattering deduction
that the New Deal voters did not come
out to hear him talk.
The speeches to be delivered at the
American Bankers Association Con-
vention will bring good news during
the next few days At least those
prepared in advance by New Dealers
and others contained highly optimis-
tic opinions concerning the existing
financial situation. There will be no
threats of imitation or deflation. but
hints that everything will go along as
it is for the present.
incidentally. the daily banking
newspaper. American Banker, COM
piled figures recently showing that
banks no,D hold 5344 per cent OF
the Federal Treasury debt, COM
pared 1Uith 1884 per cent back in
1920.
The paper found that banks had
taken 81 per cent CT the increase in
the debt during the last fiscal year
That is, out of s1,646, 752 900 Of new
debt created in the year, the banks
took s1,5OO,OOO, 5000. That left them
holding s15,337, PAS 900 of the total
outstanding United States debt Of
s2S, ZOO, ,893 900.
In view of this there can be little
woder that the bankers are anxious
to know what is coming next out of
the Government bag. They are hold
ing it.
Constituti0nality Doubted.
A very unusual situation exists in
side the New Deal in connection with
the Baltimore Federal Court blow to
the holding companies act.
Any one who catches most of PreSi-
dent Roosevelt's foremost legal au-
thorities in a confidential mood will
find that they have high doubts
whether the law is constitutional. At
least they are by no means convinced
that the Supreme Court will uphold it.
The Department OF Justice has
never expressed an opinion, euen
confdentiully to the President or
any one else. But some OF the best
back-seat Judges there are glad
the Attorney General has neuer
asked them for their rie1rs.
Also it would not be & bad guess to
say that several Securities and Ex-
change commissioners (perhaps ma =
jority) are far from convinced Of the
constitutionality of the act they are
enforcing. although, Of course, they
would never confess 1t out loud.
Rely on Cohen and Corcoran.
What seems to have happened Is
that the constitutional phase has been
left almost exclusively to MessrS. Ben
Cohen and Tom Corcoran. the two
shrewd young New Deal legalites They
wrote the law OF course, every legal
craftsman thinks his own baby is con-
stitutional. Cohen and Corcoran are
no exceptions.
But long before the Baltimore court
decision the rest of the New Dealers
here started wondering whether Ben
and Tom were right. They were
wrong on N. r. A." A less paternal
assurance would have been more COM
forting.
Senators in Scramble.
A scramble is on among Senators to
get Office space vacated by the Su-
preme Court in the Capitol Building.
All Senators are given expansive suites
in the Senate Office Building block
away, but only the chosen few are
Evening star., 1935-11-11
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
New Dealer Back From
Speech Tour With
Pessinistic News.
BY PAUL MALLON.

NEW DEALER returned a few
n days ago from four speeches
~ around the East, one in New
"A York. one in New Jersey. He
told his colleagues that he had failed
to meet a person during his journey
who seemed to be in favor of the
New Deal
But reading the election returns
from those districts, he concluded
that there were at least one or two
Evening star., 1935-11-11
Irwin s. Cobb
Says:
Let's All Think About
Armistice in Terms
of Future Peace.

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Novem-
Der 1l.-There's the shine Of fixsd
bayonets in the headlines where the
dispatches from Shanghai tell Of
the invasion of armed columns
Evening star., 1935-11-11

while on this Armistice day we cele-
brate getting out of one foreign war,
let's likewise celebrate the idea Of
keeping out of any more foreign wars.
Newspaper Alliance Inc.)
Evening star., 1935-11-11
R. N. CARR H0N0RED
Elected Commander of Sons o1
Union Veterans.

Roy Nathan Carr was elected COM
mander of Lincoln Camp. No. 2, Sons
of Union Veterans Of the Civil War,
Saturday night at meeting in the
Willard Hotel.
Theodore F. Mitchell was elected
senior vice commander; Soloman A.
Smith, junior vice commander; Grant
w. Van De Mark, patriotic instructor;
Samuel M. Croft, chaplain; Frank
Smith. guide; Michael Casey. secre-
tary-treasurer, and William I. jenkins,
color bearer.
Evening star., 1935-11-11
BISHOP M'DEVITT DIES
AT AGE OF rs YEARS

Head Of Harrisburg Diocese OF
Catholic Church Recently Gel
ebrated Golden Jubilee.
Py the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG, Pa, November IL
Bishop Philip r. McDevitt Of the
Harrisburg diocese of the Catholic
Church, died early today from pneu-
monia. He was IS.
The bishop, who celebrated the
golden jubilee Of his ordination last
July, was Ill a week, but pneumonia
developed only yesterday.
Evening star., 1935-11-11
More Harmonicas.

Germany Is increasing its shipments
Of harmonicas to The United States.
Evening star., 1935-11-11
StratosPherc

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1935-11-11

The ajority needed to win is 266.
so it will be seen that Mr. Roosevelt
would have Al votes to spare.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15
Which Way?


EITHER you carry on the poll
cy of the last two years, preach
confidence in capitalist politi-
clans, cooperation with the bosses
expel the Communists and the
militant elements, prevent we'll
organized and prepared strug-
giles; then you will be responsible
in history for helping those who
try to destroy the American La
Dor movement;
OR you help to bring about a
united front in the labor move
ment of all who try to organize
the American working class in
powerful unions, independent of
the demoralizing influence of cap
italist politicians, of the capital
list government, of gangsters, to
establish in the unions real work.
ing class democracy, which will
bring forward the best organic
ers and most self-sacrificing work
ers and open the doors of the
unions widely to every honest
worker.
We Communists declare, as we
declared to the 54th Convention,
that we will do our utmost to
help to beat back the attacks
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15
Building the Voice Of Action
Latest News of $4,000 Drive for 6-Page Paper
Washingon's Birthday Seattle Voice Of Action Day
Slower KOS Win Lenn Set PHes Campaign Passes $500 Mark
Voice Drive Must
Average $500 Week

SEATTLE, Feb. 14-With
jump to $l70 in the last week, the
drive is beginning to speed up.
But it has not begun to hit full
stride. Almost half the time is
gone. 1t will take $500 a week to
hit the $1,000 mark by March 25.
And the goal must be reached.
In its first two weeks the drive
averaged $50. The third week net
ted sos, the fourth 1929. But the
fifth week drive income dropped
to $62!
Examine the Score Board. 1t
will show that many sections of
the Northwest have not even
started to raise funds. 1t also
shows that some of the best or
ganized parts of the country are
doing the least. Tacoma, Everett,
Anacortes, BeIlingham, Spokane,
Portland! Why do you trail so far
behind the smaller, less organized
cities of Olympia, Aberdeen, AS
tOria?
How many trade union locals
in your town have been reached
with the message of the North
vests only working class paper?
Have all the unemployed or
CARNATIONS, all the relief workers
unions-particularly those whose
official organ is the Voice of Ac-
tiOn-elected committees to push
the drive?
What is being done with the
collection lists, the subscription
books? Are any dances arranged?
Any tag days? Any house par
ties?
Seattle has finally passed all
other districts in amount raised,
though not in quota percentage
raised. But of the SAG in, over $40
was raised by workers around
RentOn, and almost 500 by the
Voice of Action staff itself. Sc
attic UCL locals, Communist Par
ty units, Commonwealth units,
trade unions, SUPPORT THE
VOICE OF ACTION DRIVE FOR
A SIX-PAGE PAPER, and do it
now
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Communist Party To Aid AL Organization Drive

on the unions. We will support
the unionization drive of the
unorganized workers into the
ALL. We will help to make the
unions powerful fighting organs
of the American working class.
Ready to Cooperate
We are ready to cooperate
with everybody, no matter what
political opinions he may have,
who places one question upper
most--how to strengthen the I'M
ions, how to destroy the company
unions, how to make unions pow
erful fighting organs for improv-
ing the conditions of the working
class.
We propose, as the best an
swers to the attack of Roosevelt.
two things: First, a powerful
drive in the automobile industry
for unionization of the auto work.
ers and in preparation for strike.
In such a drive we Communists
will support every measure of
the ALL which works in this d.
rection.
Second, to support with all
means the movement of the ma
jority of members of the Anal
gamated Association of Iron,
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1935-02-15

'lini in Italy and Hitler in Ger
many-that is, fascism.
That Roosevelt's policy, espe-
cially in auto and steel, until
now had some success, is due to
your support, is the consequence
OF the policy which you carried
out in the unions.
1t was at the height of the
activities of the auto workers,
when a hundred Thousand auto
workers went into the American
Federation of Labor unions, that
you signed this same code, and
agreed to the set-up of the Auto
mobile Labor Board.
We Communists at that time
already declared this an attempt
to prevent the uuionization of the
auto workers and the prevent
ing of struggles for improving
the conditions.
This was also the policy of
Mike Tighe, who leads the same
fight against members in the
American Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers, and all
steel workers, as President
Roosevelt and Richberg lead
against the whole trade union
movement.
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CRIMINAL SYNDICALISM REPEAL DEFEATED
OFT Bill Hit

Continued from Page 0ne)
tiOn of the Unemployed Citizens
League. The letter states:
In view of the fact that both
you (Thomas SMITH and your
colleague (Michael Smith) are
surrounded in the main by one
OF the most reactionary groups
ever to grace the halls of the
state capitol, and because of
the demonstration Of class un-
derstanding you and he exhib-
tied in your stand on lib rs,
the Federation feels IL neces-
sary to let you know that the
eyes of the unemployed and of
other working class elements Of
the state are upon you. We
hope you will continue in the
way you have started"
Representative Thomas Smith
in reply pledged continued sup
port to workers legislation.
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CENTRALLABOR
COUNCILS HIT
ANTI-LABORACT

OLYMPIA, Feb. 14-Showing a
thorough understanding of the
use of the criminal syndicalism
laws as a scourge against the
workers, the left-wing faction in
the House fought in an attempt
to abolish them. The final vote
was 1921 but in floor discussion
the strength of the reactionary
right wing was hidden behind an
apparent desire not to make
an open issue of the bill.
Member after member describ-
ed the vicious use OF the laws
against militant working class
leadership and pointed out that
they were carry-Over from the
hysteria of the 1919 period. 1t
seemed that the House was set
to wipe the laws from the books.
Fourteen representatives spoke
in terms that made them liable
under the CS laws to instant ar
rest. Only two members, ID. Me-
Donald and DeWOlf Emory, dis
sented.
But when the final vote was
taken it disclosed that the ma
jOrity of the members of the
House feared Hearst publicity
and the loss of prestige in the
House more than a reaction from
the workers at the polls.
Thus the House, according to
Representative Michael Smith,
Deserted the working class at a
time when the crisis is intensity
ing and reaction is destroying
the political rights of entire
class organizations and falling the
militant leadership of labor Or
CARNATIONS"
Resolutions demanding aboli-
ton of the laws were received
from the Seattle Central Labor
Council and read to the House
by Rep. Willis Hales, and a SINH
lar petition from the Tacoma
Central Labor Council was read
by Rep. Frank Schultz