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Evening star., 1935-06-15
TWO AIR RECORDS
SOUGHT BY KING
Washington Man Takes Off for
Capital in 770-Pound
Plane.

Ben King. the Westchester Apart
ments. well-known local sportsman
pilot. today Is waiting at Port Wash
ington, Long Island, for favorable
winds to take of for Washington on a
flight which may result in the estab-
fishing Of two world records, bring
ing the United States abreast of
France in the present race for world
aviation supremacy.
King will fly a light seaplane
weighing less than ITO pounds empty
and powered with 36-horSepower en-
eine. Fully loaded for the fight, in
cluding a passenger, the plane will
weigh 1.006 pounds. Its normal fuel
capacity is only eight gallons.
King is seeking primarily to capture
the existing distance record for light
seaplanes Of the first category of
1915 miles, now held by the French
flyers, Lallouette and Albert. He
hopes to fly from Port Washington to
Annapolis or Washington, establishing
a new record of approximately 200
miles. Dan Brimm of Port Washing
ton is to accompany King as his pas
senger, required under international
rules.
The local flyer also will seek to
establish first international distance
record for light seaplanes of the third
category, weighing less than 772
pounds, empty, during the same flight.
Evening star., 1935-06-15

every opportunity to submit memo
randa and data Of facts and condi-
tions Of which he claimed to have
knowledge.
when six months later Mr.. Mitch
ell had not concluded the filing OF
his statements, the Secretary pursued
the plan of having him submit his
data directly to the Attorney General
The Secretary requested that all the
facts in the possession of Mr.. Mitchell
be submitted to the Attorney General
and in his letter to the Attorney Cen
eral the Secretary said:
81 desire that any and all trans
actions that may in his (Mr. Mitchell's)
opinion justify reconsideration or ex-
animation should be sifted with the
greatest care and expedition and have
suggested to Mr.. Mitchell that he pre-
sent the data in his possession to
your department speedily
THE Secretary regarded it as in the
interest of the public service that the
position be filled at once by a person
possessing broad engineering and ad-
ministrative experience and requested
Mr.. Mitchell to submit his resignation
which Mr.. Mitchell refused to do.
Being a presidential appointment
1t was under the conditions, necessary
to bring the situation to the atten-
ton of the President, who by letter
requested Mr.. Mitchell's resignation
Mr.. Mitchell again refused to resign
associating with his refusal state
ment to the President regarding de-
partmental conditions.
This statement, in turn, the Presi-
dent referred to the Department oi
Justice with the request that it bt
very carefully investigated by that
department. Mr.. Mitchell has beer
advised that he will be furnished every
opportunity by that department to
amplify and substantiate his com.
ments."
Evening star., 1935-06-15
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Democrats Say Huey's
Day Is Waning After
His Filibuster Fails.
BY PAUL MALLON.

They are saying Huey Long Is
crushed. At least the Democrats are
saying it jubilantly, among them
selves. They believe they taught him
how to be a good boy in his Is hour
talkathon against the N. r. A. bill.
The secret Of Longs influence in
the Senate has been his ability to
trighten every Senator politically.
Whenever any one crossed him he
tUould threaten to 90 out and make
speeches against him in his oton
district. The unWritten ldW OF
senatorial politics is to hpe and
let liue. Senators knotp Huey could
make lot OF trouble for them.
They let him get apay NTH every
thing short of legislative murder
for the last tet0 years.
That situation was completely up
set during the Long talkathon. For
the first time, a group Of Democratic
Senators showed courage enough to
dare Huey's wrath. (They were led
by Black Of Alabama and the new
conner, Schwellenbach Of Washington }
Evening star., 1935-06-15

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Of a $50 old-age payment, it would
take nearer to 100000, 900 to give
q pension to all those who should have
1t. When ne said the bill would COL
1ect the $49,000,000 in revenue from
those VINO are to be pensioned, Sen
etor Wagner, Democrat, of New York,
interrupted to take issue with him.
F, Wagner pointed out that the old
age gratuities would be paid by tax
payers of the country generally, as
distinguished from the retirement an
nuity plan to which the employers
and employees will contribute. Wagner
also said the Federal Governments
$40 100000 obligation the first year
would increase as the States expand
their old-age pension activities The
New Yorker also told Long that Louis
lana does not yet have an old-age
pension law.
Long replied his State assists needy
old persons. but does not call it a
pension. He argued that when a per-
son is required to show need, it is a
pauper's law instead Of pension.
Measure Is Defended.
The far-reaching program embodied
In the bill was explained and defended
yesterday by Chairman Harrison and
by Senator Wagner. The latter quoted
from q number of court decisions to
support the constitutionality Of the
program.
Senator Hastings raised the point
that the contributory old-age annu-
ity plan discriminates in favor of
those already near retirement age,
and against the younger generation.
Senator La Toilette. Wisconsin Pro-
gressive, challenged this argument on
two grounds. First, he said, without
this plan the burden Of caring for
the aged ordinarily would fall entire
iy on the youth of the country. In
addition. La Toilette said, Hastings
had included the contribution of the
employers In calling attention to the
differences in amounts to be paid
into the fund by young persons and
those already in adWnced years.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
THOMAS C. QUINN
DIES IN NEW YORK
Was Owner of Original Daily
News-Entered Newspapers
as Printers Devil"

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 15.-Thomas c.
Quinn, II. who was an owner of the
original New York Daily News, died
today at his home.
He began his newspaper career in
1881 as printers devil in Woburn,
Mass, where he was born. Later he
engaged in editorial work on Boston
and New York newspapers and maga-
zines.
Quinn became managing editor of
the New York Daily News in 1901
and purchased that publication from
Frank A. Munsey in 1904. He is cred
tied with having started agitation to
have the American flag displayed on
public schools and buildings.
He was president Of the Accurate
Biographical Service in this city and
member of the American Historical
Association.
Evening star., 1935-06-15

More hurtful to Huey, perhaps, was
the fact that those who were aSsoci-
ated with him in opposition TO N. r. A.
became secretly disguised with him
before his talkathon night was over.
What irked them was that Huey was
trying to hog the whole show. They
saw plainly that he was trying to
make a dramatic hero of himself as
the one and only congressional op-
ponent of N. r. A.
When the olGSSy-eyed fre-edter
sat dotUn at a M he did not hare
more than ttUo good friends LETT in
the chamber.
This does not mean the Democratic
authorities are right in saying Huey's
day is waning. His filibuStering mis-
takes may cause him to lay low for
a little while until Senators forget
But Huey is a rubber ball. He bounceS.
Situation Illustrative.
The current disturbed condition OF
political affairs could not have been
better focused into a single picture
than that presented by the Senate
scene during the Long show. Here
was a prominent agitator, who is sup
posed TO have at least few million
supporters, wandering among sena-
torial chairs where the ghosts of
Webster and Calhoun sat; his mind
strained with fatigue, making rash
assertions against every political leader
la4 ,Y,Ir ~. l,,z l;.E LAI
rolling abnormally; talking nonsense
occasionally with a fine humor and
always with a shrewd political pur-
pose; and no one capable of answering
him effectively or of stopping him.
One of the Oldest Republican Sena-
tors turned to a pal in an adjoining
chair and said:
If a democracy can survive this
sort of stuff, it must be good"
The answer to that Is Huey failed
to win.
Advisory Council Fading.
No announcement has been made
about it, but the business advisory
council has just about quit in dis
gust This is the Roper committee
Of business men which has been trying
to bore into the New Deal from within
during the last six months.
Harry Kendall, chairman, will re-
tire Uhen his term expires at the
end of this month Wetmore
Hodges, secretary, is returning to
his Montana ranch. The only
Summer meeting scheduled is one
for July 10, ,1hen the future, tOilI
be discussed privately.
The trouble is that the business
men on the committee are complain
ing that they are the tail and not the
dog, and they are getting tired Of
being wagged. Undoubtedly the New
Deal will do something to prevent an
official walk-out by the committee,
but it is hardly possible that anything
effective can be done.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
BOY FACES PRISONERS.
WeyerhaeuSer Boy Spends 80 Minutes
At Olympia Jail

TACOMA, Wash, June IS P)-
Nine -year-old George Weyerhaeuser
faced two of his alleged abductors in
a reported identification attempt yes
terday.
Accompanied by Federal agents the
little timber heir was taken to the
county jail at Olympia, 35 miles from
here, for 90-minute interview with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon M. Valley, young
Salt Lake City couple. who sssertedly
confessed participation in the $780,
900 ransom coup and implicated
Mahan.
Federal agents declined to say
whether George identified the pair.
Authoritative sources said. however,
little George faced the Valleys one at
a time.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
COAL STRIKE OFF
AS PARLEY ENDS
Presidents Proposal to
Continue Hours-Wage to
June 80 Prevails.

BY the Associated Press.
The projected bituminous coal strike
was called of today.
A joint conference of United Mine
Workers and Appalachian soft coal
operators ratified unanimously Presi-
dent Roosevelt's proposal that present
wages, hours and working conditions
be continued through June 80.
Immediately John L. Lewis, presi-
dent Of the mine union, called of the
strike set for tomorrow night.
The conference also unanimously
agreed to reaSsemble here June "a to
renew negotiations toward wage and
hour contracts TO succeed those ex-
piring June 80.
Districts Represented.
A number of Southern producing
districts we're not officially represented
at today's meeting.
D. C. Kennedy. chairman of the
conference, listed these as Pocahontas,
Tug River, Williamson, Logan, Green
briar, Southern Appalachian, Hazard,
Harlan and Port of Virginia.
Only three of these, however, had
failed to signify they would agree to
the wage and hour contract extern
SionS, Lewis and Kennedy said. These,
they listed as Pocohontas, Tug River
and Greenbriar.
Lewis expressed his opinion that
these three would go along"
1T they don't" he said. their men
simply won't work Monday morning. 4"
Lewis added that all the outlying
districts had signified they would
agree to the extension. He expected
formal ratification by tomorrow.
Hint Of Opposition.
A hint of possible opposition to the
Presidents truce proposal came from
some operators who are opposed to the
Guffeys bill which would establish the
little N. r. A." wanted by the
U. M. w.
Mr.. Roosevelt yesterday gave the
miners union renewed assurance of
administration support for this bill.
Its authors, Senator Guffey, Demo-
crat, of Pennsylvania and Representa-
tive Synder. Democrat. Of Pennsyl-
vania, also told Lewis they had lined
up sufficient support to pass the
measure.
The President told newspaper men
he was in general accord with that
measure and hoped that as a matter
Of sound policy the strike could be
averted urtil the bill has been con-
sidered by Congress.
Lewis, emerging from a White
House conference that included oper-
stor representatives as we'll as the
Senate and House authors of the coal
bill, told newspaper men:
THE President, after canvassing
the legislative situation-said that in
the public interest he would request
the operators and miners to extend
the status quo of the wage agree
ments in the bituminous industry un-
til June 80 and save the country the
expense and inconvenience of a sus-
pension.
Early Enactment Hope.
"The President expressed hope for
early enactment of the Guffey bill.
D. C. Kennedy and I agreed with the
President that we would recommend
to our respective interests acceptance
Of the Presidents suggestions"
Il agree with everything Mr.. Lewis
has said" added Kennedy to the re-
porters around them.
Lewis ordered the strike two weeks
ago after the collapse OF negotiations
between Appalachian operators and
the union on terms for new wage and
hour contracts to replace those ex-
piring tomorrow.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
CONAN SUIT DISMISSED

NEW YORK, June Is (R.-The
$4,000 suit Of George M. Cohan for
alleged publication of five of Cohan's
song hits without his permission was
dismissed yesterday by Justice Edgar
s. K. Merrell. of the appellate diyi-
sion. The court ruled that Cohsn's
only possible legal action against the
defendant, the Robbins Music Corp
grafton, would be for infringement Of
copyright.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
$2,250, 900 Fund Provided.
THE WEATHER

District of Columbis-Partly cloudy,
with local showers tonight and possibly
tomorrow; not much change in tenn
perature; moderate southwest and
west winds.
Maryland-Partly cloudy. probably
local showers tonight and tomorrow;
slightly cooler in north portion TO-
night.
Virginia-Psrtly cloudy, probably
local showers tonight and tomorrow;
not much change in temperature.
West Virginia-Partly cloudy, prob
ably local showers tonight and tomor-
row; not much change in temperature.
n-a L.. L.. a. H.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
LOOP CLUB RE0RGANIZES
Chicago Organization Lists Sky
scraper Among Assets.

CHICAGO, June is P.-The Union
League Club of Chicago, one OF the
city's four largest loop clubs, yester-
day filed q reorganization petition In
Federal Court under section 77-B oi
the bankruptcy law, and with 1t Q
new financial plan claiming approval
Of mortgage bondholders.
The petition listed liabilities Of ST.
$4,000, first mortgage in default
held by the Mutual Life Insurance Co
of Milwaukee, and s1.457, 500 of gen.
eral mortgage bonds held publicly
Assets listed included the clubs sky.
scraper buildings, and totaled s5,123,'
3fe, n
Evening star., 1935-06-15

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, June Is
"A decree of divorce in favor OF
Barbara Vanoenberg Knight, dsugh-
ter of United States Senator Arthur
H. Vandenberg. was signed here yes
terday by Circuit Judge Willis B
Perkins.
The plaintiff charged her husband
John Knight of Kalamazoo, Mich.
with being intensely jealous and with
humiliating her in public. Mrs
Knight was given custody Of a son
John, jr., years old.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
BRITAIN PREPARES
FOR AIR INVASION
Orders Eight BattaIions
Formed to Protect
London Area.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 15.-Great Britain
ordered today that eight battalions be
formed Immediately on a wartime
basis for anti-aircraft defense. The
surprise war ONCE announcement,
eliminating the nations air force ex-
psnsion. said five units will be made
over into searchight battalions and
three more, including the famous
Royal Fusiliers, will become anti-air-
craft artillery brigades.
The order by the army council pro-
vided only for the London area. and
organization of similar units for the
great midland manufacturing cities
was expected
The war office emphasized the ne
cessity that the new units be ready
Tor action Immediately on the out
break Of war or even earlier"
Ordered Into Training.
The eight new units, taking up a
task described by the war ONCE as
"of outstanding importance" we're
ordered detached from their old regi-
mental ties at once to enter a stren-
uous course Of training for a first line
OF defense.
Giant searchlight batteries were
prescribed, to stud the sprawling Lon
| don area and cooperate with the
anti-aircraft artillery, to be set up at
vantage points for the first time since
the World War.
In addition to the great light beams,
| capable of searching out enemy raid
4 ers thousands of feet in the air, air
raid sounding stations such as those
which dotted the southeast sea coast
during the war, were understood to
be provided.
$2,250,O00 Fund Provided.
The program will be financed By a
fund Of about $2,250 900. set aside
March lS by the House of Commons
for snti-aircrsft defense. Provisions
were made for the most modern
searchlights, snti-aircraft guns, tech
nical instruments for locating planes
and directing fire, and improved types
Of munitions.
In the process Of great expansion Of
her air forces. ready to go into action
at the slightest hint of danger, Eng
land had already ordered a dozen
new turreted gun-planes which it said
would blow any invading aircraft
cut Of the sky"
Evening star., 1935-06-15
PRESIDENT TELLS
OF RELIEF PLANS
Projects Must Require Lit
tie Expenditure for Ma
teriaIS, He Says.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Acknowledging many diSappoint-
ments in the attempt to get the
work program started, President
Roosevelt yesterday laid emphasis
anew on the necessity for projects re-
quiring little expenditure on materials.
Suggestions that this would. in fact,
mean a revival of the Civil Works
Administration, were waved away by
Mr. Roosevelt.
Despite the difficulties, the Presi-
dent said, he still expected the pro-
gram to be in full swing by November
l. The primary objective remained
the same, he said-to give work 70
$780, 900 persons now on relief rolls
Mr.. Roosevelt indicated he was de-
ferring approval of projects already
recommended to him until less ex-
pensive ones can be found to balance
them. He said he had not asked
Congress for more than $4,000, ,000, 600
because larger sum would have en-
couraged applications for activities
requiring three or four years to COM
plete.
SCChS NO-OfufndkCu Iiduss
The Works Progress Administration
which has summoned State directors
here for conference Monday, is now
attempting to fit expensive and mex
pensive projects together into co-ordi-
mated State plans, he added.
Simple arithmetic, Mr.. Roosevelt
argued, showed that the $4,000, ,000.-
900 fund would provide about 81 zoo
for each job. including overhead and
materials. On the other hand. he
said, some projects would cost more
and others must be found to balance
them. The Civilian Conservation
Corps will cost $1,000 per year for
each member. he said, main highways
s2.500. and low-cost housing, $4,000
or more.
AS an example. Mr.. Roosevelt said
| that If five projects were approved
costing 81 500 a man, then five others
must be found running at only 5000
He mentioned as possible 5000 jobs
construction Of small wooden bridges
To Induce Cities.
States and communities, the Presi-
dent said. had submitted a smaller
number of applications for low cost P
w. A. projects than had been hoped
for, but he did not elaborate. Federal
donations on non-Federal P. w. A.
projects recently were increased from
80 per cent to As per cent with the
intention of Offering cities an induce
ment not to demand the 100 per cent
donations which are to be available tc
financially exhausted communities
The average cost per man on these
projects is estimated at $4,000.
Questioned about projects already
approved by the Allotments Commit
tee, Mr.. Roosevelt said it was both
common sense and moral obligation
to make funds available for projects
such as Bonneville and Fort Peck
dams, begun by P. w. A.
Evening star., 1935-06-15

klQIlhplnRt chCdpcu hlNE gun
fight with officers near a c. C. G.
camp, miles east of here, last
night.
BY the Associated Press.
BUTTE, Mont, June 15.-Federal
agents and police hoped today to pick
up the trail of william Mahan, Wey-
erhaeuser kidnap suspect, through al
tered ransom bills.
Stores in Butte and elsewhere were
asked to make close inspection Of
all paper money. checking particu-
larly bills which might have had
numbers changed.
Green ink and acid, found in the
car with the $l5.155 ransom money
| Mahan left behind when he fed here
Sunday, indicated he intended chang
ing numbers on the bills. A similar
OUTFIT was located in a Salt Lake City
garage.
Impetus Given Search.
Oficials said they believed Mahan
still had the unrecovered $89, 900 in
his possession. The hunt for altered
bills gave new impetus to the search
after agents and police had returned
empty handed last night from an ex-
pedition covering a large area along
the Butte Helena highway.
Another clue being investigated was
the reported presence of a man an
swering Mahan's description al
briggs, Idaho, asking the road tc
Idaho Falls.
A squad of Federal agents and police
headed by Police Chief Jere Murphy
motored over the Helena-Butte high
way toward Bernice yesterday. 1t was
indicated they would scour a section
adjacent to Browns Gulch, where Q
suspect was seen Monday.
South Butte Patr0IIed.
At the same time police directed
by Assistant Chief Jack Duggan, re-
sumed patrol Of the residential sec
tion Of South Butte, where Mahan
staged his flight from Detective James
Mooney. and where many believe the
kidnap accomplice is still sequestered
with friends.
A mountain cabin. which bore signs
Of recent occupancy, drew official
scrutiny. Police checked flngerprintS
torn newspapers and various articles
within it. but did not announce the
result OF their quest.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
Shakespeare Honored.

On the 371st anniversary Of Shakes
peare's birth laudatory speeches were
delivered at the foot Of his statue in
the Boulaward Haussmann Ia Faris.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
Report for Last "a Hours.
Temperature. Rarnmete

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday TO noon todav.)
Highest, 90, 3l5 pm. yesterday.
Year ago, 90.
Lowest, 10, am. today. Year ago,
81.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, %, on June IA.
Lowest, 2, on January 2s.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon todayD
Highest, s6 per cent, at am. to-
day
Lowest, AZ per cent, at noon yes
terday.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
.MAHAN BELIEVED
ALTERING MONEY
Acid Outfits Found in Car
and Garage Give Agents
! New Lead.
RJIIIETIN

KIRBYVILLE, Tex. June IS
(P).-A man officers said they had
been tipped was William Mahan.
sought in the George Weyerhaeuser
kidnapping, escaped after q gun
fight with officers near a C. C. c.
camp, miles east of here, last
night.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
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Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1935-06-15
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
GeOdetic Sllryev)
The Sun and Moon.

Rises. Sets.
Sun, today. 4:4l T:35
Sun, tomorrow. 4:41 1885
Moon, today. 6:5l pm. 3:13am.
Automobile lights must be turned
on one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in
the Capital (current month to date)
Month. 1885. Average. Record.
Evening star., 1935-06-15
Security

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-02
COLLECTORS TO MARK BIRTHDAY
 OF WILL ROGERS
Postmaster Vile to CanceI l50 Cache Envelopes
 Here on Monday

Commemorating the birthday next Monday of VIII Rogers, famous comedian and humorist, killed last summer at Point Barrow at the same time that Wiley Post met his death when their airplane crashed, Post master Albert Vile will cancel Mon- day in the postoffice here 150 cachet envelopes sent from various parts of the world.
 One of the envelopes, typical of the others sent by collectors, comes from Edward E. Ryan in Albany, Ore, and bears a picture of Rogers in the upper left hand corner with an airpiane in flight overhead. At the lower left is stamped Nov. 4, 1879, We Honor Birth Will Rogers, Comedian, killed near Point Bar row, Alaska Below this is space for Postmaster Vile to place his name and the stamp of the Juneau postoffice.
 The Bryan envelope IS addressed to John c. Graham, Postoffice box 25, Salem, Mass, and bears an air mail stamp and a two-cent Red Cross stamp.
 It is one of the most novel of the large number Postmaster Vile has received.