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Evening star., 1935-04-17
CLIPPER BREAKS
ALL SPEED MARKS
ON HAWAI-! FLIGHT.
Time of II Hours AZ Min
uteS Beats Previous
Mark 7 Hours.
MAINTAINS SCHEDULE
OVER ENTIRE DISTANCE
instruments Work Perfectly on
Flight Involving Hours in
Cloud Banks.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HONOLULU. April 1.-THE big
clipper plane Pioneer alighted on Pearl
Harbor here at 7:57 am, Honolulu
time 0:27 pm. Eastern standard
time), today after a 2,400-mile flight
from Alameda, Calf.
The plane roared over Honolulu at
7:05 am, Honolulu time, setting a
new record for the East-to- West cross
ing of the Pacific.
Gliding gracefully down in a wide
circle, the clipper split the waters OF
Pearl Harbor exactly three minutes
before her scheduled landing time.
The ship had spent 81 minutes cruis-
ing over the city and adjacent cane
fields.
Cuts Mark Seven Hours.
1t cut exactly seven hours from the
best time made in the six previous
crossings from California.
Comdr. Kneffler McGinnis led a
mass flight of six Navy planes to the
islands January IL, 1884, in "a hours
and As minutes.
The Clipper, which left Alameda
at $50 pm. Pacific standard time)
$3.50 pm. Eastern standard time)
yesterday. reached almost l60 miles
an hour at times.
Frequently, however, it slowed down
to keep on its exact schedule.
Weather conditions were unusually
favorable for the flight, and the crew
frequently messaged about the scenic
beauty Of the sunset and the moon
light as it skinned through the
clouds.
Majestic in its flight, the clipper
dipped greeting TO the thousands of
residents who gathered early to await
its arrival.
Exactly on schedule, Capt. Edwin C.
Musick and Pilot r. o. D. Sullivan
pointed its nose directly over the city.
With smooth precision the clipper,
after cruising over the city, settled on
the waters of Pearl Harbor. or..----as~-~s.
Capt. Musick shot her alon& The
choppy channel for a short dissaxlS&.
then turned and headed into position
before the concrete ramp.
1000 Greet Arrival.
AS the plane TAXED to the ramp, It
was halted before about 1000 cheering
spectators.
Comdr Wayne Tood Of the Fleet Ali
Base, accompanied by Col. Clarence M
Young and j. Parker Van Zandt, local
manager for Pan-American Airways,
greeted Capt. Musick.
Vastly pleased at the successful
elimination of the fight, Col. Young,
representing Pan-American Always,
said that "the results of this trip are
tremendously satisfactory"
However. Pan American officials
consider this flight a routine move
ment in steady construction of trans
oceanic airlines.
1T was undertaken only after care
fui preparation and was in no way in
tended as stunt flight"
The Clippers commander and his
crew of five men were introduced to
A. E. Kirk, president of the Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce, who in turn
presented them to Gov. Joseph B.
Foindexter. Admiral Harry E. Var
nell and others.
The first airmail from the mainland
TO Hawaii was delivered to Postmaster
John Wilson, whose men deposited it
in an automobile and sped toward the
Honolulu Postoffice. accompanied by
a police escort.
Evening star., 1935-04-17

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 17.-Mrs. Evelyn
Violet Jean Kennerley, fined after
pleading guilty to a charge of at
tempting to evade duties on cloth
ing said to be gifts from Princess
Barbara .Hutton Mdivani, was quoted
by the London Express today as say
ing the American heiress may pay
the fine for me-"
Mrs. Kennerley, an American Of
British birth, disclosed the garments
involved were some discarded by Prin-
cess Mdivani.
"The princess often bought lovely
clothes, wore them once and then
gave them to me-" she said. II am
sure this case viii not affect our
friendship"
The fine she was assessed yesterday
Evening star., 1935-04-17
DETROIT POLITICIAN
AGAIN REAPPEARS
John Gillespie Is Located After
Second Mysterious Dis
appearance.
BY the Associated Press.

oy bIlc ASSOCldbcu
LANSING, Mich, April 17.-John
Gillespie, Michigan political figure,
was back at Clare, Mich, today after
a second mysterious disappearance" :"
The "goings and coming" of Gil
lespie, located Monday at the ranch
home of a friend after he had been
missing II days, only to disappear"
again yesterday, elected barbed COM
ment from Gov Frank p. Fitzgerald.
This has gone past the humorous
STAGE" the Governor said. 1T is
strange if there is not some way of
ending the thing"
Meanwhile, the State Police guard
before the executives Office was in
creased to three men.
The former millionaire Detroit police
commissioner had quarreled heatedly
with Fitzgerald over the Governors
order barring him from the Detroit
Liquor Commission Office.
Evening star., 1935-04-17

cradle Cornelius McGillicudy's Phila-
delphia Athletics.
The popular Joe Cronin, playing
manager of former years, is gone to
other fields and in his place at short
stop will be a flashy newcomer, Lyn
Larry. OF particular interest to Wash
ingtonians will be the debut in CEN
ter field of Alvin Powell, former sand
lot star here, who, for the time being
at least, will fill the shoes of Fred
Schultz.
Taking over the pitching assign
ment from President Roosevelt after
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
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weather yesterday delayed the local
opening until today.
The Presidential heave, to be re-
corded by cameras and applauded by
a throng of some 10000 fans, was to
be the signal, specifically speaking, for
Bucky Harris, the one-time boy man.
ager who has returned home, to spur
a reorganized Washington team to-
ward a repetition of glorious triumphs
Of yesteryear.
Several new faces will replace old,
familiar ones when the newly-uni-
formed Nationals take the field
shortly after o'clock against the VEN
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LOCAL OPTION DEFEATED
Tennessee Senate Turns Down
Bill by 81 to IL.

NASHVILLE, April II R.-Efforts
to legalize whisky in Tennessee, dry
for Is years, have ended in failure.
The State Senate, by a vote of 81
to IL, late yesterday turned down an
adrninistration-opposed local option
liquor bill.
BY its action, the Senate definitely
put a stop to any further efforts to
repeal the prohibition laws at this
session.
Evening star., 1935-04-17
RIDDER SUCCEEDS 0CHS
Takes His Place on A. P. Board
in Accordance With Bylaws.


in Accordance With Bylaws.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 1.-THE Board
of directors Of the Associated Press
today named Victor F. Ridder of New
York to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Adolph S. Ochs, whose term
would have expired this year.
On advice Of counsel. the board was
compelled to depart from a long es-
tablished precedent of not filling
vacancies prior to the general men,
bership meeting. a provision of the by
laws making it mandatory that a
member from New York State must sit
upon the board.
Ridder has announced that he will
not be a candidate for the vacancy at
the membership meeting.
Evening star., 1935-04-17
Roosevelt Ready to Toss Ball
Opening S'Ne,c Deal'' Season
More Than 10000 Expected at First
Game of Year This Afternoon-Brisk,,
Bright Weather Greets Fans.

Griffith
President New Dealer of them all
this
Griffith the for the Nationals
willing hand lift others
with hardly training ALL fling
Evening star., 1935-04-17
GLIDER FORCED DOWN
Pilot Fooled in Catskill- -Philadel-
phia Flight.

ELLENVILLE, N. Y, April II P.-
Lieut.. levin Barringer, attempting to
pilot glider from the Catskill Noun
tains to Philadelphia, Pa, landed in
swamp miles from here yesterday.
The flyer said he encountered tur-
bulent winds over High Point Noun
tain in Northern New Jersey and
found it impossible to proceed. =,
Evening star., 1935-04-17
WEATHER.

(U 8. Weather Bureau ForecaSt)
Partly cloudy with lowest temperature
about 38 degrees tonight; tomorrow cloudy
and slightly warmer, followed by rain in
the afternoon or at night Temperatures
Highest, So, at noon today; lowest, "a,
at noon yesterday. Full report page ALL.
Evening star., 1935-04-17

Continued on Page 8, Column ~
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HIDDEN TREASURE

IF some one gave out authertic word OF
l. hidden s185 100000 treasure, what rush
there would be to dig it out and cash in on it,
There is such treasure, scattered all over
the country in the form of government bonds
and notes which have matured and which the
owners have never turned in. They government
wants to pay them off and is urging any one
who knows Of such securities to dig them up
and turn them in for cash.
OF course the securities have ceased to
bear interest, and there is no valid reason why
any owners should not cash them.
Think back carefully Are you sure that
odd book of war savings stamps, that Liberty
or Victory loan certificate, hasn't been mis-
laid or for some other reason not cashed? 1t
might be worth while to go through those old
trunks in the attic for some of these over
due government securities date back to Civil
War DAYS and before. few have been over
due more than century.
Rummage around bit, or ask dad or even
grandpa-rnaybe they know. 1t might pay.
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"ILL-FAVORED TWIN"

DOUBTLESs because it had nothing par
~ tricular to do one hot afternoon this week
the House Judiciary Committee reported the
Kramer bill. AS Congressman Maury Nav
erick OF Texas said, this IS the 'in-favored
twin" OF the Tydngs- Mccormack bill. less
recently reported by the House Military At
fairs Committee.
The Kramer bin would subject to 10 years
Imprisonment or $4,000 fine. or both, any
one who advocated by speech or writing the
overthrow Of the American government by
force or violence" The Tydings Mccormack
bill Furnishes those who by speech or writing
try to spread "disaffection" among the nations
armed troops.
This bill should be relegsted to the waste
basket along with the military disaffection"
bill. Both are needless Both are fraught
with dangers OF abuse. Both are un-Amer-
lean.
The Kramer bill is a Federal replica Of the
score or so OF state criminal syndicalism" and
criminal anarchy" acts that broke out like a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-17
UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF

NOTHING in American life is quite SO easy
~ to criticise as the administration of I'M
employment relief
Here is a job which, even if it should be
done perfectly would still be bad job. Relief
is bad for those who receive it and, ultimately,
almost ruinous for the nation which has to pay
for it. And since its administration needs a
wisdom seldom found on this imperfect earth.
it is bound to accumulate a series Of abuses as
time goes along.
We read currently, that all Federal doles
are to end by Nov. l, by which date people on
relief will either be back at work or supported
by the states and cities; that President Roose-
welt, doubling that this can be done, has sum-
moned his advisers to prepare estimates on the
cost of relief for next year; that people on re-
lief are getting so used to receiving something
for nothing that they often refuse to take
jobs that are offered and that relief Syste-
matically undermines the morale of its recipi-
ents, building up a permanent pauper class
which doesn't care much if it never gets back
to work
The publication of all these stories within a
few days of each other simply testifes to the
extreme difficulties that any relief program
must carry with it. And yet while we admit
that the problems of relief are very great and
pressing, it ought to be pointed out that the
relief question is only symptom and not a
disease.
The real trouble is not relief but the unem-
ployment which makes relief necessary.
This truth is so obvious that it would be
silly to state it, if it were not for the fact that
the relief problem has been dragging on for so
long that it actually has obscured the under
lying cause
The evils of relief may be ten times as bad
as the most pessimistic people say they are;
but the remedy for them is not to discontinue
the relief program, but to stimulate employ
ment SO that relief program is no longer
necessary.
That, in the last analysis, is the only solu-
ton.
1t Goes no good at all to sit back and moan
about the evils of the dole. AS long as wide
spread unemployment exists, the dole must be
continued no matter how expensive it is, or
how ruinous to its recipients morale.
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rash after the war Most Of them are dead
letters. Several states have tried to repeal
theirs. States that did not pass such laws
have not suffered
These two bills recall another peace-time
experiment in the suppression Of ideas, the
Alien and Sedition Acts, that shocked both
jefferson and Hamilton.
Before their repeal these acts led to a reign
Of terror and eventually to the destruction of
the Federalist party.
Ideas are like dynamite. They explode
only if buried. Given free expression the most
dangerous" ideas become harmless. The
crazier they are the less harmful. BY passing
ponderous laws against the expression of
crack Drained ideas we dignity such ideas.
1T is time enough" said Jefferson, for
the rightful purposes Of civil government for
its officers to interfere when principles break
into overt acts against peace and good order"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-17
THAT GRADUATED IDEA

xxTHEN he proposed graduated tax on
w corporation incomes, the President sug-
gested schedule ranging from 10A to 16A
per cent.
The House Ways and Means Committee
narrowed the spread down to per cent
from 1874 to 1414.
No attempt was made, nor, We believe, can
be made, to justify on an ability -to-pay prin-
ciple a tax which falls heavier upon the small
stakeholder of a large corporation than upon
the large stockholder of small corporation.
Presumably, then the graduated corpora
ton tax idea sprang from that other prin-
ciple of taxation which the President espoused
the principle that taxes should be levied lin
proportion to benefits received" Yet no at
tempt ever was made to show how the "bene-
fits received" yardstick should be, or could be,
applied.
We ask for enlightenment: If a graduated
corporation tax can be justified under any
fair principle, then why wasn't the real spread
in the original Roosevelt rates retained? If it
can not be justified, then why even per
cent spread in the bill?
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IMPROVEMENT NEEDED

MANY resident of large Midwestern city
Iva the other day undoubtedly read with
combination of doubt and shame some figures
taken from survey of the city made by the
government with the aid of CWA and FERA
work-relief people.
The figures showed
That 1906 families in that city's metro
poltan area are living in homes unfit for
human beings to dwell in.
That there are % 258 families without tubs
or shower baths.
That 1867 families are without running
water.
That 57O2 families still light their homes
with kerosene lamps.
That there are IA ,108 families without the
sanitary necessity of private indoor toilet
All this is no reflection on that city, which
was Cleveland. Official figures on conditions
elsewhere show that there are many cities
which do not stack up so we'll. In fact, Cleve-
land is one of the better cities in regard to its
general standard of living
Of course there were also redeeming
features, showing the efforts that are being
lllduS 70 dQFdA1IC Tile StduOdIQ VI living.
For instance, there are e6151 wage earners
in the city who ride to work in automobiles
There are 57,2O1 families using electric refrig-
orators. There are 142O3 families with two or
more automobiles.
1t is not necessarily black picture at all,
for it shows clearly that many many thousands
of workers are living in a comfort that could
scarcely be imagined by workers in any other
country in the world
Nevertheless, the inadequate standard
available to even a small minority is blot on
any city and a danger. Surveys like this are
the first step toward improving the conditions
they expose. For unless we first get clear
picture of our shortcomings, it is hard to move
toward better things.
Every city would do well to think about
these statistics, for no city can afford to allow
such conditions to exist without making de-
termined effort to better them.
Further. the potential domestic market for
housing, plumbing. lighting and similar i'm
provements is clearly shown. 1t waits for the
time when the people lacking those vital things
get enough money to buy them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-17
ROGERS AND POST

NEWS of the death of Will Rogers and
L Wiley Post leaves every American with
a sense of deep personal loss. These two Ok
lahomans were more than national institu-
tions. Although for different reasons, both
had won the honor and affection of the hum
blest of US.
The scene of the tragedy-a cold and fog
bound Alaskan tundra on the rim of civiliza-
tion-was a particularly uniting stage set
for VIII Rogers last act He was of the stuff
of sunshine on the prairies.
This young republic-and our own Indian
apohs-will hardly seem the same without its
gum chewing wag, philosopher and statesman
without portfolio. VIII Rogers role had come
to be a mighty important one. 1t was, like
that of the kings jester. to puncture the pre-
tentions of little men in high places.
He kept reminding them all that under
their high hats and gold braids they were
nothing but folks like himself and his cow
puncher friends. But the fun he poked at
Republicans and Democrats, at Presidents,
princes and the rest. while full of salt, was
never bitter. The tinsel of Hollywood, the
money he made, the great audience he COM
manded put no mark on him. He never dressed
ND. Either literally or hguratively. He even
played polo in blue denim
Since Mark Twain there has not been born
to America a more authentic humorist. And
he understood his complex time quite as
thoroughly. He was growing wiser, more toll
Grant and more life-loving with the years.
What rare old man he would have grown to
be-
Wiley Post, too was humble in his great
achievements. His incredible aerial adven-
lures almost dared the GODS to do their worst
with him. He lived dangerously, and, although
young, he seemed to have shared the plight of
Alexander, who sighed because there were
no more worlds to conquer.
Will Rogers and Wiley Post were two
great souls ana two great personalities. II
our religion embraced a Valhala We would
know they are both there. EARNING and polk
ing Iun at the other heroes Of the ages.
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| to work and live decently. But it
seems there is something that shuts
off this view from Mr.. Pettingill and
others of his type. I wonder if it
is the same obstacle that disturbed
their views on the utility bill.
Like Westbrook Pegler, they prob
ably think that the Townsend Plan
is a dead issue, but it is more alive
today than ever before and grow
ing rapidly. A thing that is right
is not so easily killed.
1t has been figured that per
cent transaction tax will keep the
plan going and who among us would
not welcome such chance to have
prosperous times again? 1t would
cost the government nothing. 1t
would simply be the people putting
their money into this revolving plan
that would keep every thing moving
and your 2 per cent would come
back to you with interest. And you
would have the satisfaction OF
knowing you had helped break the
depression and therefore been q
blessing to the world.
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THIS depression has more peculiar angles
than you can shake a stick at, and one OF
the most peculiar seems to be provided by the
craze for gambling
Thus We learn that race-track betting in
such representative state as Massachusetts
recently attained an au-time high, with 10000
patrons of three Bay State tracks wagering
the amazing total of ss5634S in a single day
This summer an unofficial tabulation
shows that New England bettors have put up
approximately s3oO0O,OOO at various New Eng
land tracks.
This food of money to the race tracks is
a hard thing to understand. The depression
is not over-not by many millions in relief
expenditures. Yet some one, somewhere. is
more able to bet on the dogs and horses than
ever before. What's the answer. anyhow
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SATURDAY. AUo. II. 1895.
COURAGE, TAXES AND PROPHECY

HE courage that is inherent in the family
name was required for the losing fight
that Senator Robert ". La Toilette conducted
for broadening the base OF the income tax.
He was defeated by the same sort OF trans
parent politics that has characterized the con-
duct of the tax bill from the start; vote-fear
that makes Senators and Congressman shrink
from levying visible taxes on those who cast
the ballots.
It is that vote-fear which brings those hid
den methods Of taxation which raise two
thirds Of our Federal revenue; taxes that fall
heaviest on the poor and middle classes and
lghtest on the rich.
What Senator La Toilette would have done
would have been to institute a fundamental
change in the tax policy Of this nation. He
would have instituted visibility to the point Of
ultimate elimination of the invisible nuisance
and sales taxes But to have done so would
have brought to the income tax rolls nearly a
million and half citizens, in addition to the
rich and very rich already assessed in the bill
under discussion. Such thing was political
dynamite, and SO Senator La Toilette lost.
He knew he had lost before the vote was
taken. And in the conclusion of the mastery
speech with which his defeat was accom-
panied there was prophetic note when he
said.
I have made this statement because
wanted to have the amendment in the record
and because I firmly believe that ultimately
the justice of this proposition will appeal even
to the taxpayers who would be affected"
Prophecy like courage, is a family trait
with the La Follettes, and the incident in the
Senate chamber is reminiscent of the time
when the elder La Toilette back in 1906 speak
ing against the system of railway rates and
rebates that then prevailed was left alone ex-
cept for the presiding officer and one Senator.
all other of his colleagues having walked out.
AS this organized rebuke reached its climax
old Fighting Bob" La Toilette paused in his
remarks to say:
I can not be wholly Indifferent to the fact
that Senators by their abesnce at this time
indicate their want of interest in what may
have to say. But the public is interested. IN
less this important subject is rightly settled.
seats now temporarily vacant may be perma-
ncntly vacated by those who have the right
to occupy them at this time"
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Beech Grove-nen who have spent
their lives there learning trades,
who are married and have families
and are trying to buy homes but
can't get on this work relief.
1t looks to me like that work
should be divided up between the
old and young men. We have strug-
gled along to buy homes and now
we have no work to keep payments
going. I think the old men should
be given a weeks employment with
the same amount of work to the
young men. I would like to know
from others who were laid off from
the Big Four and would like for
them to express their opinion
through The Times.
Come on, Big Four, give us all a
chance.
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So They Say

I am convinced no power on
earth can attack US any more
Adolf Hitler.
I doubt if even the most sanguins
among our assailants think that
Republican success is possible in
1936.-Postmaster General Farley.
Clark, at heart, is religious. but hs
can't be himself. Mr.. Williams calls
it movie madness" but call it
Hollywood hypnosis. Mrs. Clark
Gable.
This country stands for sanity
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland.
The New Deal is full Of mistakes,
but the Old Deal is no substitute
Senator Peter Norbeck, S. D.