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Evening star., 1936-03-29
COLLEGE FLYERS
ARRIVING TODAY
National Conference to Open
Tomorrow Night With
Informal Smoker.

College flyers from various parts
OF the United States are expected to
arrive in Washington today, many
in their own airplanes. for the sec
ond national Intercollegiate Flying
Conference, which will open tomorrow
night with an informal smoker and
reception at the National Aeronautic
Association headquarters, Dupont Cir
Gle.
More than 100 delegates from 40
colleges and universities are expected
here by the time the conference opens
formally Tuesday morning at the Carl
ton Hotel The conference is ex-
pected to play part in the develop
ment of private and college flying and
the business sessions will be devoted
TO discussion of college flying prob
LENS.
William D. Strohmeier of Amherst
College, president of the intercollegiate
Flying Club, chapter of the National
Aeronautic Association, which is spon-
soring the conference, arrived in
Washington yesterday to complete con-
ference arrangements in cooperation
with the local commlttee.
Tuesday Morning Speakers.
Speakers at the opening session at
10 am. Tuesday will be Charles D.
Horner. president of the National
Aeronautic Association; Maj. Gen. Os-
car Westover, chief of the Army Air
Corps; Comdr. P. N L. Bellinger,
U. S. N; Eugene L. Vidal, director of
air commerce; Leighton w. Rogers,
president of the Aeronautical Cham
ber of Commerce, and Chester H. War
rington. president of the Aero Club
Of Washington.
Flying demonstrations in honor of
the college flyers are to be held at
Boiling Field at pm. Tuesday. Com
Marine Corps pilots and group of
experimental and light airplanes will
be demonstrated by the Bureau Of
Air Commerce. The visitors will in
spect the Anacostia Naval Air Sta
ton.
After a dinner at the University
Club at $50 pm, Tuesday. the dele
SdlcS Will NlSlJ lllt AeI OlldullCdI
Museum of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton and there will be meetings of
conference committees.
Technical Talks Scheduled.
Wednesdays program will open
with technical talks at $50 am. at
the Carlton by aviation officials from
the Army. Navy. Department of Com
merce and Weather Bureau.
A second business session will be
held at II am Wednesday, followed
by luncheon. At the afternoon ses-
sion, club business will be completed
and officers elected The conference
will close with banquet and dance
Wednesday night at the Shoreham
Hotel. There will be brief talks by
noted pilots, presentation of the Loen-
ing Trophy to the outstanding college
flying club Of the past year. and award
ing of certificates to the largest COL
lege delegation and to the representa-
tives coming the greatest distance.
Among those prominent in the avia-
ton world who have accepted invita-
tions to address the conference or to
serve on its Advisory Committee are:
Maj. Afford T. Williams, jr.; Amelia
Earhart Putnam, Maj James H. Doo-
little, Robert Renfro and representa-
tives Of the Government aviation
branches and services.
Evening star., 1936-03-29
c. 0. ?. P.NON-VOTERS
URGED TO ENROLL
Appeal by Chairman Rover
Preparatory to Elect
ing Delegates.

Leo A. Rover, chairman Of the Re-
publican State Committee for the Dis
trict, today called upon all Repub-
hcans more than 81 years of age in
Washington who have no voting resi-
dence in the States to enroll at Re-
publican State headquarters, Sixteenth
street and Massachusetts avenue, pre-
paratory to election of delegates to
the Republican National Convention
June 8.
Mr.. Rover's appeal follows:
THE Importance Of enrolling Re
publicans resident in the District Of
Columbia who have no voting resi-
dence in the States is obvious, for
every Republican Of voting age will
thereby learn through the State Com
Evening star., 1936-03-29
Traders "Too Crowded"

ANCHORAGE, Alaska R.-It got
too crowded for Mr.. and Mrs. Bill
Hammersley, who operate q trading
post at Iguigig.
When several families moved into
the district recently the Hammersleys
decided the population was getting
ito dense for comfort" and moved to
Kukaklek Lake. where there isn't q
white family within 100 miles.
Evening star., 1936-03-29
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

TODAY.
Meeting, Town Hall, Shoreham Ho-
tel. 8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, Newcomers Club, Carl
ton Hotel 1880 pm.
Luncheon, Alpha Delta Phi Frater-
nifty, University Club. 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Alpha Tau Omega Fra
ternity, Childs' Restaurant, Fourteenth
and New York avenue, 1890 pm.
Card and bingo party, Ladies Aid
Society, German Orphan Home, so M
street northeast, 80 pm.
Meeting, Ladies Board, Georgetown
University Hospital, Thirty-flfth and
N streets, 2 pm.
Meeting, District Division, Photo
Finishers Of America, Mayfower Hotel,
4pm.
Dinner, Mount Pleasant Chapter,
No. l3, Royal Arch Masons, Mayfower
Hotel, $50 pm.
Banquet, Order Of P. e. O., May
flower Hotel, pm.
Bingo party, Pythian Temple, 1912
Ninth street, $50 pm.
Bingo party, 1928 Matrons and
Patrons Association, Chestnut Farms
Auditorium, Twenty-sixth street and
Pennsylvania avenue, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1936-03-29
Boy, s, Pulls Down Tree.

LrTCHF1ELD, Ill. up Eugene
Jurgena, only 8, pulled down q good
sized tree. The trunk fell on his legs,
fracturing both.
But an examination disclosed the
tree, which toppled as Eugene swung
in hammock attached to 1t. was
decayed.
Evening star., 1936-03-29

Flying in Arctic to Increase.
Aviation is to be increased in the
Soviet Arctic.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
To Probe Old Age
 Pensions
Committee of Eight Named to Investigate
 Charges

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-A bi- partisan committee has been named by Speaker Byrns to investigate charges that old age pension or ganizations, among which are listed the Townsend Plan, had collected thousands of dollars in dimes and quarters for fantastic schemes"
 The investigation is declared by the TownsenditeS to be welcomed by them.
 The committee is composed of Representatives Bell of Missouri, Lucas of Illinois, Gavagan of New York and Tolan of California, all Democrats; Hollister of Ohio, Col lins of California, Ditter of Penn sylvania and Hoffman of Michigan, all Republicans.
 Representative Bell said the com- mittee will probably be called to- gether sometime today for organi- zation and hearings are scheduled to begin shortly.
 It has been charged that dimes and quarters amounting to thou sands of dollars monthly have gone into the pockets of those proposing the old age pensions
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
Something toHappen
 This Week
President Calls for Special Conference Thurs
 day Night

WASHINGTON, Feb. "A. Word from the White House last Satur- day night to keep Thursday night open" quickened expectation of Congressional leaders that President Roosevelt would son make known his tax commentators.
 The Chief Executive, it was learned, asked his legislative Chief tains to be ready for meeting with him. fixed tentatively for February 27, following his return from Hyde Park.
 Last Friday, President Roosevelt told the newsmen he expected to study the tax situation during his absence from the Capital.
 News of the proposed conference on next Thursday night accompan- jed the intimation the Chief Exc cutives proposals may be submit ted to Congress either next Friday or early the following week and then be taken to the floor of the House after a fortnight's hearing by the Ways and Means Commit tee.
 The report has it that the tax program will be confined largely to financing the new farm benefits.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
LANDON BOOM TAKING FORM
 LEADERS SAY
Farley Invades Governor S Own Balliwick and
 Talks Right Out

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.- "Lan- don for President" talk among the Republicans veered upward last Sat urday night to the accompaniment of New Deal campaigning in Kan sas, the Governors own bailiwick.
 Postmaster General James A. Far ley carried the New Deal cause to 8 Democratic rally in Topeka and de- clared that if Landon should be elect ed, which was decidedly improbable, he would be a tool of big business.
 Last Saturday afternoon, in Phil adelphia, President Roosevelt evil denced a willingness to meet the spending issue"
 Republican spokesmen here Satur- day night declared that the boom for Landon is increasing. The Gov ernors supporters claim he is the best suited to make a direct attack on the spending issue"
 Farley, on western trip, argued at Topeka, that spending had more than paid dividends by saving busi- ness from bankruptcy.
 Meanwhile Col Frank Knox of Chicago and Senator William E. Borah of Idaho are busily campaign ing for the G. o. P. nomination.
 The Democrats are concentrat- ing most of their energies on efforts to obtain Party harmony.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
Little Anchorage Girl
 Wins First Lapm Her
 Race to Saue Her Life

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 24.- Laura Louise Marie, ten year old Anchorage girl, won the first big lap in a valiant race against death when she arrived here yesterday for an emergency operation for bone infection in her left leg at the Portland Shrine Hospital for Grip pied Children
 Weakened by her desperate bat tie and striving hard to hold back tears, Laura and her mother, Mrs. Peggy Markle, completed a long dash by boat and train, arrived in Seattle, and were transferred by ambulance to a Great Northern train. They left Anchorage on Feb ruary IA. The steamer Alaska rush. ed them to Seattle from Seward
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
Anchorage Hotel
 Is Reported Sold
Reed Disposes of Property to A. B. Cummings
 Addition Planned

ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Feb 24.- Frank I. Reed, proprietor of the An chorage hotel, announces he has sold it to A. B. Cummings, man. ager of the Alaska Railroads hotel at Curry.
 With the hotel, Cummings bought downtown lots covering one block and plans to build an addition all most double the present size of the structure.
 The hotel now has 75 rooms and apartments.
 Cummings will take possession on March l and Reed will devote all of his time to the Anchorage Light aud Power Company of which he is President.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
FIRE MENACES FIRST CAPITAL
 OF TERRITORY
Com munication Disrupted as Signal Corps Sta
 ton Burns
MAIL AND VALUABLE
 RECORDS ARE LOST
o5- 5-Year-Old Structure Was First Alaska Army
 Headquarters

The historic Customs Building at Sitka, housing governmental of- fices for that section, was com- pletely destroyed by fire which broke out at 5;15 o'clock yesterday morning.
 More widespread damage was feared for time, as the flames menaced other wooden buildings and nearby oil tanks First reports on the blaze were meager, due to the destruction of the U. S. Army Signal Corps station which was located in the razed structure.
 Departments Burned
 The Customs Building housed the Post Office, the Signal Corps, the U. s. Commissioners Office, Forest Service Office and that > the Bureau of Fisheries.
 Nicholas Bolshanin, Deputy Col lector of Customs in Charge, radio. ed the Collector in Juneau that hia records were saved,
 The entire equipment of the Signal Corps office was destroyed, and it was reported that mail and Post Office records were lost.
 Other Fears Felt i Fears are felt here that mineral claims and other Land Office records of the Sitka Recording District might have been detroyed. as well as game licenses and other valuable papers.
 News of the conflagration was received in Juneau yesterday via amateur wireless messages to Prince Rupert, which were then relayed through the Ketchikan Signal Corps.
 TallapO0sa to Scene
 The Coast Guard cutter Talla- poosa sailed at o'clock last night for the scene, bearing equipment for the establishment of a new radio station. The cutter had U. s. Radio Electrician " L. Hoke aboard. and was to pick up a new trans hitter at Wrangell for the Sitka operators. She was to reach the scene late tonight.
 Temporary Communication
 A te egram from Col G. E. Kumpe, Chief of the Washington and Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System to Gov. John w. Troy stated that temporary com munication was being maintained by means of amateur radio and that the regular station is expected to be operating again by noon to- morrow
 The Sitka Customs Building was
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
MAJOR GENERAL RECALLED FROM
 ANTONIO POST
Hagood Summarily Reliev- ed of Command Called
 Funds Stage Money

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-Major General Johnson Hagood has been Bummarily relieved of command of the Eighth Corps Area of San An tohio and ordered to proceed home to await orders"
 The order was issued at President Rooseyelt's instructions.
 Maj. Gen. Hagood, in his recent testimony before the House Appro- priations Committee, suggested that Congress take advantage of what he termed "WPA stage money" and use it to improve housing at army posts.
 General Malin Craig, Chief of Staff signed the order.
 At San Antonio, Maj. Gen. Hagood, v'ien queried, said he had not yet received the order and had no com ment to make.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
Presidential Boom of
 Governor LandOn Gains
 Momentum; Is Big Topic
By BYRON PRICE tChief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington

The Landon Presidential boorl now has attained proportions which qualify it as a major topic of dis cussion wherever politicians are gathered together
 Opinions still differ widely as to what may happen between now and Republican convention time. There are those who contend that, if he conduct himself carefully, Gov. Landon surely will be nominated; :; and there are those who are in- clined to put the emphasis on the pitfalls he still faces, rather than the progress he already has made.
 About the situation as it stands at the moment there is far less dis pute. Politicians nerally are agreed that, as of February, Gov. Landon is a figure of importance in his party, to be recokened with by every group which aspires to party control.
 That situation involves both ad vantages and hazards for the Kan sas Governor, and undoubtedly is receiving the most serious consid- eration on the part of those friends who want to see him in the White House.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
FEW LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS

To realize the unusual character of the present legislative situation it is necessary only to compare 1t with what has gone before.
 Almost from the first, 1t has been customary for Presidents to lay on the doorstep of Congress, even in normal times, long lists of legisla- tive proposals.
 It is no tax on the memory to recall how, in each of the earlier Roosevelt Congresses. this process was accelerated 50 greatly that re- quests for major legislation fol- lowed one another in breath taking procession.
 In contrast, 1t may almost be said that MT. Roosevelt has asked noth- ing of the present session. He made one ore two very general suggestions in his annual message. He recom- mended later the repeal of the cot ton, tobacco and potato statutes, after everyone already regarded those statutes as dead letters.
 Indirectly, and not officially or formally, he has asked that some thing be done to replace AAA, but a new farm act was inevitable with out his recommendation. He indi- cated also indirectly, that a re- stricted tax bill should be passed to replace the processing tax His neutrality measure, once regarded as about the only prime Adminis-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24

at full steam, arriving hours ahead of schedule.
 Little Laura was received at the hospital by pr. Leo H. Lucas. As sistant Chief Surgeon, and Miss Letha Humphrey, Hospital Super intendent. The girl bore up brave ly under the necessary examination. Dr. Lucas ordered a complete rest after making an X-ray of the wound which was caused by a skate runner on January 4. Two operations were performed in An chorage and it will be determined later whether a third will be at tempted here.
 Generosity of Anchorage citizens enabled the patient and her mother to make the trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
CALLS wHITED LIAR

TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 24.-Gov. Hoffman today accuse d Willard Whited one of the states chief wit nesses against Bruno Hauptmann, with lying and said the charge might be the basis of perjury &C., ton against him.
 The Governor questioned Whited Saturday and said that ''The print ed and written record shows he is lying
 Whited was one of two witnesses who placed Hauptmann near the Lindbergh estate at the time of the Kidnapping. At the famous Lindbergh trial, he swore he saw Hauptmann crawling around the grounds late in February, 1892.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
FORMER GOV.
 OF MARYLAND
 PASSES AWAY
Albert (. Ritchie, Advocate of States Rights, Dies
 Suddenly

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 24. Former Gov. Albert c. Ritchie, vigorous advocate of states rights and outspoken foe of the Roosevelt Administration, died suddenly in his apartment, a victim of stroke His last public appearance was on the Constitution and was made last night in addressing a church gathering just few hours before his death.
 Foe of Prohibition
 The four times Governor of Maryland first prominently advo- cated the principle of states rights as a foe of prohibition. His stand against the 18th amendment in it's early years made him national figure and by 1892 his political stat ure was such that he was able to bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination.
 Later Ritchie took a conspicuous place in national affairs as critic of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal" administration. He asserted the grand-scale spending and oth CT expanded federal functions were engulfing local government and menacing bedrock principles of the nation
 Drops BombsheU
 A dramatic incident projected him into prominence as a pioneer oppo- nent of national prohibition. It occurred at a Governors conference President Harding called at the White House in 1922 to enlist en- forcement of the 18th amendment. A wet stand was then little short of political heresy in many sec tions. and one by one the Cover nors voiced their dry sentiment. When Ritchie arose to speak, he dropped a bombshell into the meet ing
 Prohibition Called Tyranny"
 He told the conference bluntly the people of his state were against prohibition. Before it was enacted he said, they were solving the tenn perance problem by local option by which communities desiring prohi- bition actually got it."
 "The Volstead act" he asserted, changed all this Our people in the main regard it as an unneces- sary and drastic federal infringe ment of their state and personal right, foreign to the spirit of the Federal Union and resulting in a
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
GOV. HOFFMAN EXTENDS PROBE
 OF TEST IM0NY
Temporary Savior of Bruno Hauptmann Discredits
 State Witnesses

TRENTON, N J., Feb. 24-Gov Harold G. Hoffman, who temporar- fly saved Bruno Hauptmann from the electric chair a month ago, cast doubt Saturday on testimony that placed Hauptmann near Hopewell, N. J.. about the time of the Lind bergh Kidnapping, March 1, 1882.
 At the conclusion of two hours questioning of Willard Whited, Sour lands lumberjack, the Governor said it was highly significant" tn a t Whited once told the police he had seen no one at the Lindbergh home, then, apparently, reversed himself when Hauptmann was arrested two and one-half years later, and identi- fled him.
 The Governor said Whited told him he had been promised a part of the S25 ,000 reward received by about l64 appearing as witnesses, but he thought more was due him.
 Hauptmann has been sentenced to die in the electric chair the week of March 30. The Governor is silent on the matter of granting another reprieve.
 Gov. Hoffman said he had no present plans for questioning Aman- dus Hockmuth, now ST, who testi- fled he saw Hauptmann near the Lindbergh estate. but said he would think" Hockmuth's testimony is open to suspicion on account of the con- dition of his eyes. and from state ments attributed to him which were contrary to his testimony on the stand.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
IS
 AT HYDE PARK
Attended Centennial and Initiation Last Satur
 day Night

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. 24.- President Roosevelt disappeared into the portals of the Fly Club, Harvards most exclusive club, last Saturday night to celebrate it's centennial and to see the initiation of his youngest son, John.
 The President came here from Temple University, in Philadelphia, where he received the honorary de- gree of Doctor of Jurisprudence last Saturday afternoon.
 The President left for his Hyde Park home after the centennial and initiation ceremonies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
Hasteniag of Adjournment Hints sNe,u Deal' Campaign
 WiU Be Based On Record
By BYRON PRICE (Cbief Of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington

The current effort to hasten the adjournment of Congress has cer- tain political implications which may prove of first-rate importance.
 Broadly, MT. Roosevelt now has a cnoice between two courses of polit- ical action. He can plunge into a new series of bold experiments on the eve of the reelection campaign, and seek by dramatic attacks on the depression to recapture some of the momentum of his earlier days in the White House. Or he can rest on the record as it stands.
 His opening address to the pres ent session, castigating his political en emies and announcing there would be no retreat, was inter preted widely as forecasting an other tense period of creative eff fort at Washington. Rightly or wrongly, when he said he would not retreat, many believed this meant he intended to advance.
 Subsequent events have led to reconsideration of that forecast. If Administration pressure for early adjournment is taken at it's face value, it can mean only that the President is willing to go to the country on the plea that he has done all he could to insure recov- cry, and is confident his efforts have succeeded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
ETHIOPS CLAIM MANY INVADERS
 DIE IN ATTACK
Defenders Sudden Thrust Northward Successful,
 Negus Says

DJIBOUTI, French Somaliland, Feb. 24 24-Ethiopian sources declared that their soldiers cut through the Italian lines between Makale and Aduwa killing hundreds of Italian troops in a sudden thrust to the lorthward
 The report was not verified by Italian sources, which instead de- rlied the losses.
 The army under command of Marshal Pietro Badoglio is continu- ing it's move toward the immediate objective of Amba Alaii.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
g KILLED WHEN SLIDES BURY
 MINING CAMP
Undetermined Number of Others Injured as Snow
 Avalanche Roars Down

OURAY, Col, Feb. 24.-Nine men were reported killed and an un- determined number injured as snowslides roared down upon his toric old Camp Bird mining prop erty, eight miles from here. The slides struck the mill and board ing house and the roads were blocked by the avalanche of snow There were reported to be 45 men at the mine when the slide oc- cured.
 The late multi-millionaire Thom- as Walsh took most of his wealth from the Camp Bird which he dis covered.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
Death of Curtis Removes an Able
 Landon Strategist
By HERBERT PLUMMER

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. = Had former ce-President Curtis lived until the coming Presidential cam paign entered the really critical stage, his contribution undoubtedly would have been an important one
 AS far back as last August he announced his support of Governor Alfred M. Landon for the Repub- lican nomination. His position was made clear in an interview in which he denied published reports aligning him on the side of Col Frank Knox of Illinois.
 I'm for Governor Landon if he is a candidate" said Curtis. I'll never commit myself for anyone else until I know what he intends to do"
 Always colorful campaigner, Curtis doubtless would have been
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-24
ENTERING CRITICAL" STAGES

Actually, measured by all past standards, the Landon boom would seem to be entering for the first time on it's critical stages.
 Up to the end of January. or whereabouts, MT. Landon was just another State Governor, with good record as a vote-getter, praised by his partisans for his executive abil- itieS and for his management of