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The Nome daily nugget., 1936-12-01

Following is an account of the Hammon Consolidated Gold Field operations during the past seas- on, gained in a special interview with General Mgr. J. D. Harlan.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

nection with his fight against the
questionnaires to District school
teachers, seeking to learn their views
on religion and political questions.
Throughout his long congressional
career, Blanton consistently opposed
appropriations which he believed un-
necessary and built up a reputation
in congressional circles as "the watch
dog of the Treasury" He also took
an active part in the move at the
last session Of Congress which re-
suited in the removal of Maj. Gen.
Johnson Hagood. Blanton later ad-
mitted he had done Gen. Hagood an
injustice and joined in the move
ment which resulted in the officers
restoration to active duty.
Blanton first came to Congress In
1916 and served continuously until
1928, when he ran for the Senate, and
met defeat Two years later he again
ran for the House and was reelected,
and has since served continuously.
AS a member of the Appropriations
Committee, Blanton expected to be-
come chairman in the next Congress
of the subcommittee which framed
the huge annual War Department
supply bill. Representative Parks,
Democrat, of Arkansas, present chair
man of that subcommittee, will not
return to Congress, and Blanton, as
the ranking majority member, was
slated for the craftsmanship. Such
a move would have taken him of the
subcommittee in charge Of the Dis
trict supply bill.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

lump sum dropped from ss,5oO,O00 to
its present S5,000.o00 figure. Only the
persistent refusal of the Senate to
agree with Blanton and his subcom-
mittee prevented the figure from be-
ing reduced this year to s2,7OoO0O.
Created Series of Sensations.
Always an aggressive fighter, Blan-
tons activities created a series of SEN
sations. First he threatened to get"
former Commissioner Frederick A.
Fenning out of Office, and succeeded.
Then he turned on former Police Capt.
Guy E. Burlingame, and as a result
Burlingame was retired. Next he ar
ranged through the now famous
"gentleman's" agreement with Police
Supt. Ernest w. Brown for the pro-
motion of former Police Inspector
Albert J. Headley to the rank of an
assistant superintendent. Headley got
the promotion, and was subsequently
retired.
Blanton's most bitter fight, how
ever, centered around his more recent
activities to- stop movement for
repeal of the so-called "red rider" to
the 1896 District appropriation act,
which he sponsored. This rider, which
forbids the teaching or advocacy of
communism in the public schools, led
to many verbal battles on the floor
of the House, during which Blanton
frequently hurled charges against DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent of
schools, and other leading educators,
who believed in academic freedom in
the class room. And suddenly before
Congress adjourned, Blanton, in con-
Evening star., 1936-07-27

In the District OF Columbia and
its enurons hUe q halt score OF
men and won1en uho uere flying
before December, 1916, and who
played pitdl part in the Army
and Nary, hare been stationed IN
Washington up to the time OF the
Summer changes OF station and are
tUeH enough knoUn here to be
numbered as WdShingtonidnS.
Some OF these aviation history
makers are Deterans OF from tiCo-
score years to a quarter OF Gen.
tury OF continuous flying SerDice.
Some OF them, once famous figures
in flying, now are unknopn in the
aviation ,Uorld in Which they once
trere leaders. In a series OF articles,
The Star traces the histories OF
these pioneers. Their permanent
records nop are being collected in
an Early Bird" room in the netO
Edison Institute Museum in De-
troit, together Dith those OF 300
other Early Birds irho compose a
diminishing company OF aviation
iTlmortuls.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

Representative Blanton, during his
18 years in Congress, has taken an
active interest in District activities,
which have kept him almost continu-
ously in the limelight.
Early in his congressional career as
a member of the District Legislative
Committee he fought vigorously for
Improvement in the Police Depart
ment and later as a member of the
subcommittee on appropriations which
framed the annual District supply
bills, he battled successfully to cut
down the amount of the Federal pay
ment toward District expenses. Large
ly as a result of his activities, the
Evening star., 1936-07-27
Wendell WITNESS
/ AGAIN .TEST|F|ES
Newark Grand Jury Hears
: : Mrs. Boding, Secretary
to Detective Parker.
Ey the Associated Press.

, Ey the Associated Press.
= NEWARK. N. j., July 27.-Mrs.
Anna Bading, secretary to Detective
Ellis Parker, went before the Federal
erand jury investigating the Paul H.
Wendell kidnapping case today.
$ AS she entered the jury room she
declined to say whether her employer,
who is under indictment in Brook
iyn in connection with the kidnapping.
would appear later in the inquiry.
= Mrs. Bading testified before the
Mercer County (Trenton) grand jury
ct the time of its investigation Of the
.sconfession" Wendell made in the
Lindbergh baby kidnapping. Wendell
later repudiated the confession" and
charged he was kidnapped in New
York and tortured into making. it.
, He alleged he was then brought
to New Jersey, turned over to Parker
and confined in an institution for
The feeble minded. The Mercer in
uuiry caused three-day delay in the
electrocution of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann for the Lindbergh kid
pap-murder.
, Detective Parker and his son, Ellis,
r., were among those indicted in
Brooklyn in the alleged kidnapping of
Wendell. Also indicted was Harry
Weiss, who has admitted a part in
the alleged plot.
Evening star., 1936-07-27
PHOTOGRAPHER DIES IN CRASH.
BY FRANCIS W. CARPENTER,
Associated Press Staff Writer

ABOARD S. S. EXERMONT. EN-
ROUTE TO NEW YORK, July 27
R).-Eight men, survivors of fateful
airplane dive into the Atlantic Ocean
OF Nantucket lightship, and their dead
companion were rushed to New York
today.
The large Bellanca cabin plane, pi-
loted by Capt William Wincapaw,
veteran New England flyer, crashed
yesterday after it had circled the
British liner. Queen Mary. so several
Boston newspaper photographers could
take pictures.
Edwin T. Ramsdell. IS, Boston Post
photographer, died shortly after the
accident apparently from internal in
juries.
Walter Jordan Of the Christian
Science Monitor and William Reiter
vice president Of La Touraine Coffee
o.. owner of the plane. suffered deep
head gashes in their attempts to es-
cape from the plane.
Others in the party, all uninjured
were Herbert Stier, Boston Herald
photographer; George Mason of Bos-
ton, vice president Of the National
Aeronautical Association; Ezra S
Eaton of Brookline, Mass. president
treasurer Of Thompson's Spa, Inc.
Leslie Cain, 26, of Rockland, Me-. and
myself.
We had circled the Queen Mary
and were taking pictures of her sterr
when the plane got caught in down
ward draft about 200 feet above water
1t lost altitude despite Capt. Winca-
paws desperate attempts to nose the
ship up.
AS we fell toward the water Winca-
paw yelled to Stier in the co-pilot's
seat we're going down. We're going
down"
We smacked the water hard.
AS swan to the surface I got
caught in wire, but Stier freed me
Eaton lay groaning on the end of q
pontoon. Reiter bobbed up at the
other end, blood streaming from his
head. Cain was holding up Jordan
whose head was cut.
Capt. Wincapaw and Ramsdell were
on another pontoon. We saw Rams
dell slip into the water and 90 under
Wincapaw dived after him. He went
under a second time and a second
time Wincapaw brought him to the
surface.
The plane fell about 300 yards in
front OF the Exermont and Capt.
Landmark quickly put over a boat
and we were taken aboard.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

aboard the South Carolina, where he
continued until April, 1912.
Bellinger went into the submarine
service and on September IL, 1912.
five months after receiving his COM
mission as lieutenant, junior grade, he
was In command Of one Of the pig
boats" Turning to the other extreme.
he applied for aviation training and
in November, 1912, was ordered to the
naval aviation camp at Annapolis for
instruction in flying Of heavier-than-
air craft. At that time naval avia-
ton was feeling its way, and those
who learned to fly to considerable
extent were self-taught.
AS an aviator he broke into print
when on June 13, 1918. he established
new altitude record OF $500 feet
for hydroairplanes.
When the fleet went South in
January, 1918, for the annual Winter
maneuvers. naval aviation went along
for the first time, aboard collier,
and established an operating camp
on shore The entire time was spent
in experiments and tests of CO.
ordination of aircraft with fleet op-
erations. 1t was demonstrated that
airplanes could perform such duties
as scouting, locating mine fields and
submarines and Lieut. Bellinger was
one of the handful of aviators whose
efforts established the place of naval
aviation in the scheme Of things.
Due to the showing made by Bellin-
ger and his fellow pilots, it was de-
cided to establish an aviation training
station at Pensacola. Fla. and in
January, 1914, Bellinger, with two
other pilots, went there ON the U s. S.
Orion with all the aircraft equipmen.
then available.
Plane Struck by Bullets.
When, in April, 1914, the United
States occupied Vera Cruz, Bellinger
was in command of the aviation Sec
ton and for 43 consecutive days he
piloted his seaplane over enemy terri
tory, the plane being struck several
Safses by enemy bullets. This was the
first time an American airplane had
been flown in the face of an enemy.
Two months later, with the World
War going on in Europe, Bellinger
went to the Mediterranean aboard the
U. S. S. North Carolina for duty in the
protection Of American interests in
the war zone. The North Carolins
an armored cruiser, was equipped with
long catapult for the launching Of
seaplanes.
Returning to Pensacola in January,
1915. Bellinger took charge of the ex-
pertinent, test and inspection depart
ment until August, 1917. His duties
included the testing Of all new air.
planes and practically all new aviation
equipment prior to their use in the
service. He bettered his former alti-
tude record by $500 feet, carried ont
the first successful demonstration of
locating mine fields from plane, flew
the first airplane from a catapult
since the initial shots in 1912, fired
the first tests Of machine guns from
Evening star., 1936-07-27
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Continued From First Page.)

the investment trusts and companies
were interested.
Detailed questionnaires seeking data
for the inquiry were sent out last
January, and more than 500 replies
have been received. Informal con-
ferences have been held with repre-
sentatives of some trusts and COM
panies to discuss their replies.
Officials said the initial public ex-
animation would embrace some Of the
predecessor companies of the Equity
Corp. of New York, including the
Interstate Equities Corp, Joint In
vestors, Inc, and Granger Trading
Corp, New York; Chain g. General
Equities, Inc, Boston: Yosemite Hold
ing Corp. and Union Investors. Inc.
Detroit, and their parent. subsidiary
and affiliated companies.
On August the commission will
turn to a study of Reliance Interna-
tional Corp, Eastern Shares Corp,
American, British g. Continental Corp.
and Reliance Management Corp, all
of New York.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

The hackers vehicle and his feel
ings were pretty badly hurt but he
himself, escaped.
INVENTION.
Some OF the intentions which
necessity mothers are pretty arttul.
The shoe polish people maybe
would be saddened to learn about
the one deUised by a girl whose
shoes are the talk OF her Office
group. They are no end brioht.
all because she found out one night
that If you don't haze shoe polish,
the Kind you use on furniture
makes a good substitute. That's
her story, and she sticks to it, as
the polish sicks to her shoes.
MACHINE.
FOR the second time in IL years
the single linotype which is used
to publish the Enquirer Gazette at
Upper Marlboro broke down the other
day and Editor Samuel A. Wyvill, who
also is composing room foreman, ad
writer, publisher, etc., had to send a
hurry call to Washington for a repair
man.
It all reminded Editor Wyvin OF
he unusual circumstances under
which the linotype was set up orig
nally.
The machine arrived by freight to-
yether with q machinist to set it up.
The machinist and Mr.. Wyvill un-
packed the various parts and laid
hem carefully. Then they went to
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Continued From First Page.)
the court house for a conference with
the sheriff and had been asked by the
officer to wait for him on the Jail floor.
Weaver and c. B. Clevenger, a broth
er of the dairy expert, reiterated that
Prof Clevenger had left the jail yes
terday.
New Clue Offered.
Meantime, a new clue had been laid
before the sheriff in a report that a
woman guest of the hotel had heard
soft-spoken mans voice from a room
believed to have been occupied by Miss
Clevenger, after hearing a piercing
scream followed by a sound as if
water pitcher and glasses had been
knocked to the floor.
Stenographer Gives Tip.
The description of the voice OF a
man in the college girls room at l
a.m.-the hour officers said she was
slain-was obtained from a Boston
stenographer who had a room two
doors from Miss Clevenger's.
Detectives in Boston quoted Miss
Lydia Everson, a vacationist, as say
ing she heard sharp, piercing
scream" come from the blond co-ed's
room and then sound like a water
pitcher and glasses falling"
II went to the window" she re-
lated, land looked across the court.
I saw that the room from which the
scream had come was dark. Then I
heard mans voice, cultured and
soft-spoken."
Miss Everson said she dismissed
the incident then, thinking woman
probably had had a nightmare and
her husband was soothing her back
to sleep.
Prof. Clevenger, portly, partly bald
and gray-heired, was taken into GUS
tody by Sheriff Brown on his return
from his niece's funeral in Ohio.
An hour before the time set for a
habeas corpus hearing for the pris-
oner's freedom, Sheriff Brown advised
the trial Judge Saturday that Clev-
enger already had been released.
Soon afterward the sheriff told
newspaper men that although the
professor had been released, he was
remaining in Jail ito aid me with the
investigation"
Reached at home last night after
Clevenger's attorney announced the
professor had left the jail, the sheriff
said:
so far as I know, Prof. Clevenger
is still in jail. don't think he would
leave without telling me-"
Attorney Weaver told newspaper
men Clevenger had "left the Jail of
his own accord, as he has been staying
Of his own accord"
Il don't know that the sheriff's
office has ever considered Clevenger
~ suspect" he added.
Weaver declined to say where the
slain girls uncle went when he left
the skyscraper jail, but promised hell
confer with Sheriff Brown at least
once before he leaves the city"
He attributed the secrecy Of Prof.
whereabouts to the fact
that "he's really a rather modest type
Of man and he doesn't want to be
publicized."
The sheriff continued to hold Daniel
H. Gaddy, 28-year-old hotel night
and L. D. Roddy. colored
elevator operator. for questioning.
Evening star., 1936-07-27
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON,

Aviation Editor of The Star.
"a YAVY AIRPLANE PILOT NO. 4,
N commander of one Of the
VI NC flying boats in the first
L successful attempt to fly the
Atlantic, and now commander of the
Nays new airplane carrier, the
Ranger, Capt Patrick Nelson Lynch
Bellinger, U. S. N. with "a years Of
flying service to his credit, is recog-
nized as one Of the worlds outstand-
ing naval aviation pioneers.
Naval aviation was less than two
years old and the first Navy seaplane
had been purchased less than year
before Pat" Bellinger, then a youth
full lieutenant in command of the
submarine Ca, was transferred to the
flying service.
A quiet-mannered, soft-spoken
South Carolinian, Capt. Bellinger al
ways has held the highest respect Of
his hard-fying comrades in naval
aviation and always has been con-
sidered among the finest Of their
number. He has held many i'm
portant posts. among them that of
administrative and executive head Of
the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics,
commander of the aviation detach-
ment at Vera Cruz, Mexico, in April,
1914, when, for the first time, he
flew an American airplane in the
face of hostile fire; commander of
all naval aviation units in Asiatic
waters and naval attache at the
American Embassy in Rome.
Born October 5, 1885, in Cheraw,
S. c.. Bellinger attended Clemson
College and was appointed to the
Naval Academy. from which he was
graduated in June, 1907. In those
days graduates served for two years
as past midshipmen before receiving
their commissions. He served his two
years aboard cruisers and battleships
and in June, 1909, became an ensign
Evening star., 1936-07-27
KNOX ALL SET
TO GET TO WORK
Returns to Chicago to De-
liver Acceptance Address
Thursday Night.
By The Associated Press.

By me ASSOCIATED SIeSs.
CHICAGO, July 27.-Col. Frank
Knox, Republican vice presidential
nominee. returned by train today, de-
claring he was "all set now to work in
earnest"
Thursday night he will formally
accept the nomination in notification
ceremonies. After that, coast-to-
coast campaign tour has been charted
for the vice presidential candidate.
Col. Knox returned from Manches-
ter, N. H., where he spent 10 days
working on his acceptance speech and
on general plans for the campaign"
he said.
The candidate declared he found
Republican prospects in New England
excellent"
1T looks like big Republican sweep
all over New England, with all Of
those States coming back to the Re-
publican party" he said.
II am confident that we shall carry
Maine. 1t looks like a certainty
now"
The pagentry for the notification,
it was explained by Chairman
Chauncey Mccormick, to strike the
notes of "Americanism, constitutional
ism, and the flag"
The big Chicago Stadium, scene OF
the ceremonies, will be elaborately
decorated in Fourth-of-J fashion.
Mccormick said.
Upon the candidates arrival, hum
dreds of balloons will be released,
carrying flags into the air. AS ne
leaves at the close, the streets for
several blocks in each direction will
blaze with the light of red-fire torches,
held by a file of young Republicans.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

investigation. Fifty-seven men are
defendants.
Existence Of the fantastic order,
which purported to war on com.
munism and defend white supremacy,
came to light week after Charles A.
Poole was killed, on May u. The
first confession in that case also came
from Dean. He admitted he pumped
bullets from two revolvers into the
neeling form Of the 32-year-old man
who had been accused falsely of mis-
treating his wife.
Dean has pleaded guilty. The trial
Of IA others, has been postponed until
some time after August 3, when argu-
ments will be heard on A defense
motions. Two Of them request sanity
examinations for Dean and for Col"
Davis, who Is defendant.
Six Black Legionnaires will go on
trial Thursday. charged with fiogging
Robert Penland, an Ecorse steel
worker.
Sixteen are charged with conspir-
ing to kill Arthur L. Kingsley, pub
Usher Of weekly newspaper in SUBJ
urban Highland Park.
Five are charged with conspiring to
kill Mayor VoiSine Of Ecorse.
Evening star., 1936-07-27

a Navy plane and conducted the first
night seaplane flying.
The year 1916 proved o busy one
for the Nays premier test pilot.
Bellinger added score more Of first
times" to his Navy flying record,
among them live bomb dropping, spot
ting of gunfire, spotting and signaling
for battleship fire and radio testing.
His only time out was for the knitting
Of broken bones and healing of cuts.
Awarded Navy Cross.
In November, 1917, Bellinger. now
a lieutenant commander, was in COM
mand of the Naval Air Station, Hamp-
ton Roads, Va, where he served
through the war and up to the time
of the transatlantic flight in the
Spring of 1919. In this fight he COM
manded the NC-l, which was forced
down near the Azores, the crew being
rescued by the Greek ship Iona For
his service on this flight he was award
ed the Navy Cross.
After the trans Atlantic venture,
Bellinger came to the Navy Depart
ment here for duty in the office of the
chief of naval operations and the Bu-
reau of Aeronautics until October,
1921. when he became senior aide to
the commander. Air Force, United
States Pacific Fleet.
In July, 1928, he went to the War
College at Newport for two years of
instruction and then for a year was
aviation aide on the staff Of the COM
mander in chief, Battle Force, and for
another year was aviation aide on the
staff of the commander in chief,
United States Fleet He then re-
turned to Washington for six months
Of duty in the Office of the chief Of
naval operations, after which he went
to Rome for three years, ending May,
1891.
Commanded Aircraft Tender.
From Rome, Bellinger went to COM
mand of the aircraft tender Wright
for year and then took over COM
mand of the airplane carrier Langley
for year. Under his command the
Langley attained the highest score of
any aircraft carrier in the communi-
cation competition for the year; was
awarded the Gunnery Trophy for air.
craft carriers; the award for the De-
partment Small Arms Trophy for the
auxiliary class; Glass D for the highest
merit in small arms. and the priced
award for excellence and engineering
performance among vessels in indi-
vidual competition.
In June, 1888, Comdr. Bellinger re-
ported to the Bureau OF Aeronautics
as head Of the plans division and later
became administrative and executive
head of the bureau. During this tour
of duty. he received his promotion to
rank of captain. In June, 1886, Capt.
Bellinger took over command of the
Ranger, latest of the carriers.
Capt. Bellinger holds the following
decorations: Mexican Campaign Badge
Victory Medal and Aviation Clasp
Commander of the Military Order of
Tower and Sword of Portugal, Navy
Cross and Order of Saints Maurice
and Lozzare of Italy.
Evening star., 1936-07-27
THE WEATHER

: District of Columbia-Showers to-
night and tomorrow; slightly warmer
tonight; gentle shifting winds.
:. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. showers to-
night and tomorrow; slightly warmer
sonight in west and central portions.
= NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. showers to-
hight and tomorrow; slightly warmer
in extreme northeast portion and not
quite so warm in central portion to-
night.
:. West Virginia-Mostly cloudy, prob
ably showers and thunderstorms to-
might and tomorrow; not quite so
warm tomorrow and in north portion
tonight,
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lunch at Mr.. Wyvills home. about a
mile distant.
When they returned the town was
ablaze-the famous Marlboro fire that
brought Washington apparatus to the
Prince Georges County seat-and
townspeople had carried everything
they could lift out of the Enquirer
Gazette office.
The structure was saved and Wy
viii himself was one of the most sur
prised men In town when he sue.
ceeded In finding every single part
Of the intricate linotype machine.