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Evening star., 1937-05-07
Kidnapping Story Holds Three,
But Police Can't Find Victim,

night, Oficer S. T. Creech of the sew
enth precinct arrested the trio.
According to Washington police,
they made statement regarding the
alleged kidnapping and produced a
wallet, the only Identification in which
was q street address, ia Liberty
street.
Washington police then took the
three men to Montgomery County in
an effort to identity the road on which
the man was reported to have been
thrown out of their car, but they were
unable to find it.
A check Of hospitals failed to reveal
= victim fitting the description given
out and Montgomery County police
were asked to search for thst victim.
Evening star., 1937-05-07
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.


Appointment of Maj. George l.
Berry, head of labors Non-Partisan
League and an ardent supporter OF
President Roosevelt'S plans for the
Supreme Court, to be Senator from
Tennessee in place of the late Senator
Bachman failed to shake today the
confidence of Senators opposing the
administration court bill.
The loss of one vote in the Senate
is not so important or so impressive
today as it might have been some time
ago" said one of the leaders of the
opposition. 1t had been expected that
Senator Bachman would vote against
the Presidents plan to increase the
Supreme Court by maximum of six
additional justices.
The Berry appointment had been
rumored here for several days Gov
Browning Of Tennessee was asked to
come to Washington to see the Presi-
dent Immediately after the death OF
Senator Bachman He did see the
President, it is reported. and it was
after that the rumor spread Maj
Berry would be appointed to the SEN
ate, although previously it had been
expected the Governor would appoint
either Chairman Long Of the Demo-
cratic State Committee or Represent
ative McReynolds, chairman Of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Five New Votes Claimed.
The opponents Of the court bill to-
day claimed that five Senators who
had previously been regarded as un-
committed have now swung over def
nitely to vote against the President S
bill. If these Senators stay "hitched''
to their present attitude, the opposi-
ton leaders say they will have at least
so votes in the Senate against the bill
in it's original form, leaving 46 to the
administration
One of the hardest blows to the bill,
1t is said, is the definite break of Sen
ator O'Mahoney with the administra-
ton on the measure. His declaration
in the Senate Judiciary Committee
that he would oppose the plan to add
six new justices to the Supreme Court,
followed by his radio address in which
he hammered the proposal, has been
effective In winning others to the
opposition.
Members of the Senate Judiciary
Committee are swinging away from
the Logan suggestion that the COM
(See BERRY, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1937-05-07
MANY OWE LIVES
TO GROUND CREW
Writer for The Star, Crash
Witness, Describes Their
Heroism,
BY ALICE ROGERS HAGER.

Especial Driter for The Sunday Star, Dhc
witnessed the destruction otthe Hindenburo)
LAKEHURST. N. 1.-THE gigantic,
flaming funeral pyre that was the
proud Hindenburg blazed itself out
last night after two fierce hours. leav-
ing only charred and twisted skele-
ton on the muddy Lakehurst Air
! Field Those of us who saw it sailing
in peaceful beauty above New York in
the middle afternoon and then a half
hour before landing time, below the
edges of the storm above the Jersey
meadows. still are unable to realize
fully the horror which followed.
One moment were were laughing,
joking, admiring groups Of people,
watching this wonder ship come into
port, and the next a frantic, scream
ing, fleeing mob, torn between fear OF
further explosions that might fling
wreckage far and wide and the ago
nizing desire to help those who seemed
beyond all human help.
1t is only through a series of mir
acles and of determined courage on
the part of men near the wreck, most
of them in the Navy ground crew, that
any one is alive Those men stood
their ground and as the survivors
jumped or were thrown clear, dragged
them to safety.
The Hindenburg had been very late
in coming in. Delayed by head winds
over the Atlantic, she was due to
arrive about IL hours behind schedule,
at in the evening instead of yes
terday morning. Storm followed her
and it was thought that Capt. Max
Pruss and Capt. Ernst Lehman, his
adviser, we're holding her back to ride
out the worst Of the weather.
Those of us who were to meet the
(See HAGER, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1937-05-07
Senators Approve
Export of Helium
To Prevent Disasters
By the Associated Press,


The Senate Military Affairs
Committee, stirred by the Hin
denburg catastrophe, today ap-
proved a bill to liberalize CON-
mercial sale and export of nom
nf1ammable helium, of which the
United States has a monopoly.
The bill would permit export Of
quantities of helium that are
not of military Importance" sub
ject to regulations approved by
the President and the Secretaries
Of War, Navy and Interior.
Sale of helium to citizens Of
the United States, or domestic
corporations. would be author
lied subject to regulations ap-
proved by the President on the
condition that the Government
would have the right to repur-
chase the gas for national de-
fense purposes.
Members Of the committee were
not sure whether the bill would
permit sale of enough helium to
Germany for operation of her
commercial dirigible service.
Evening star., 1937-05-07
ManySurvivors
Critical
Condition..
SABOTAGE HINT
HEARD ABROAD
Those Who Leaped
to Safety Tell of
Horrors.
fList OF dead and SURVIVORS, page AS,

'I'ot "! oeuu uHA our ptbOs, puge A.oJ
By the Associated Press.
LAKEHURST, N. j., May THE
flaming destruction of the once SEEM
ingly impregnable dirigible Hinden-
burg brought swift action today by the
American and German governments
to determine the cause of the disaster
Thirty persons were known dead O,
missing
OF the 81 passengers and members
OF the crew aboard when the greatest
OF all airships exploded. burst into
flames and crashed to earth last night
just as it was lowering to the moor
ing mast, and only 200 feet above the
ground-68 persons survived. One
OF those killed was spectator, burned
to death in the falling, fiery debris
The ruins of the luxurious liner of
the skies lay crumpled on the landing
field at the naval air station-a junk
heap of black metal a mass of ghastly,
grisly framework
On the lips of every one was the
1uestion-what caused the crash, what
was the matter? Twenty times had
the Hindenburg crossed the North At
lantic safely.
Eckener Gives Opinion.
AS Washington officials and DR..
Hans Luther, the German Ambassa-
dor, opened inquiries, three possible
causes-all, however, relating to the
highly-inflammable hydrogen used in
the German Zeppelins-were outlined
by the ships designer and pilot on
numerous voyages, DR.. Hugo Eckener
Il should say that if this disaster
was caused by sabotage" said DR..
Eckener, who was in Austria on a
speaking trip, "only the firing of
burning bullet into the bags = I"
could have accomplished it. That
seems highly unlikely"
From this distance and on the
basis of incomplete information" DR.
Eckener set forth these possibilities:
Il. When the ship is lowered, some
hydrogen usually is released This
free hydrogen in the air might have
pcCl ouAlSieilLly COIlCelItI dUtU 10 ut
ignited by lightning or a spark.
2. When landing, the water ballast
Is released from the tanks. stream
of water, connecting with the earth.
might have served as an electrical
conductor to bring up a spark from
the ground
''3. Some one aboard may have made
4 fire, spark, possibly, from a
cigarette lighter. 1 regard this also
as unlikely, for the conduct of pas
sengers and crew is watched carefully"
Smoking on the Hindenburg was al
lowed only in spark proof compart-
ment.
Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl COM
mandant at the naval station, said the
fire originated at or near the stern
Of the ship about 6:25 pm. eastern
standard time).
Report to Navy Department.
In his report to the Navy Depart
ment the commandant, veteran in
lighter-than-a craft service, said:
About four minhtes after the ropes
had been dropped fire appeared in
the after part of the ship and worked
progressively forward. The ship set
tied to the ground tail first and was
practically completely ablaze for her
(see HINDENBURG, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1937-05-07
ev :. Stan Correspondent of The st.r

Ey. stan Correspondent Of The Star.
BETHESDA, Nd, May IA miss
ing man, reported to have been kid
naped, robbed and thrown out of =
car somewhere in MONTGOMERY
County, was being sought today by
police here and in Washington.
Three men arrested in Washington
yesterday and being held at the sew
enth precinct are alleged to have con-
fessed the kidnapping and robbery, but
50 far the victim has not been found
Acting on tip from a woman liv-
ing in Georgetown that she had seen
three men force an elderly pedestrian
into car in Georgetown Wednesday
Evening star., 1937-05-07
La Toilette Gets
Imitation to
Investigation
$4,000 Bond and
500 a Day Ex.
penses Offered.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman La Toilette of the Senate
Civil Liberties Committee said today
he had received an invitation from a
group of Harlan County. KY, coal
operators to make & personal investi-
CATION of labor conditions there.
He said the opera sors offered to post
a $4,000 bond to guarantee safety
and to pay 500 day expenses TO,
each member of the Senate commit
tee making the trip
The telegram containing the in
vitation was signed by T. r. Creech
on behalf of the operators commit.
tee.
La Toilette said he did not know
il Creech is the T. r. Creech who
was charged with perjury after testi-
flying before the committee three
weeks ago.
La Toilette declined to comment or
whether he might accept the invi-
tation.
The message came only "a hours
after the Senate investigators COM
pleted an inquiry into violence ano
anti-union terrorism" in Harlan
: County.
Evening star., 1937-05-07
Odd Objects Revealed IN List
Of Van S,veringen's Property

The item was one of thousands that
included pottery cows, china roosters,
chalk Scotty dogs, stone sheep, Orien-
tai rugs, antique tapestries and rare
plate, lace and books found by j. Paul
Thompson, receiver of the estate, in
the 40-room mansion Of the brothers
suburban Daisy Hill Farm.
THE Art of Making Money Plenty"
picture by Benjamin Franklin,
adorned the Van Sweringen study,
and a l0-inch painted dish labeled
''Dr. Syntax Disputes His Bill With
the Landlady," was amcng the hun.
dreds Of pieces Of porcelain In the rail
mAgnates' "n1illion-doll set" Of
StafordShire,
Evening star., 1937-05-07
DENHARDT RESTING
AFTER HUNG JURY
Released Under $4,000 Bond
Pending Another Trial on
Murder Charge.

BY the Associated Press.
BOWLING GREEN, KY, May =
Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt, whose
trial on a charge OF numbering his
fiancee. Mrs. Verna Carr Taylor, re-
suited in hung jury at New Castle
yesterday, rested here today at the
home OF his brother, j. D. Denhardt,
a newspaper publisher.
The burly, 6l-year-old soldier-pol-
itician, who termed the outcome Of
the two weeks trial a "vindica ton, I"
was released under $25,000 bond
pending another trial at the Septem-
Der term Of court He had sought a
change of venue from Henry County
on the ground opinion there was
hostile to him.
Evening star., 1937-05-07
By the Associated Press.

CUS ASSOEINISU 1ICSo.
CLEVELAND. May IA hundred
pages of finely typewriter legal paper
which probate clerks said made up
one of the oldest documents ever filed
at the Court House-revealed today
the pendants of the late Van Swerin-
gen brothers in many respects more
vividly than did o. P. and M. j. in
real life
Few knew that among some 5000
objects in the Van Sweringen personal
effects was "life-sized electric clown
on 4 STOOL" as the document, 4 minute
inventory Of the Van sweringen part
neEship estate, descnbed 1t.
Evening star., 1937-05-07
Ship Insured for 50, 500, 900.

LONDON, May R.-1nsurance
authorities here said today the Hin
denburg was insured for $2,500,000,
with the $2,O0O,O00 spread thinly
among numerous Lloyds underwriters,
the remainder held by German in
terests.
Evening star., 1937-05-07
MEDIATORS TO REPORT

President to Hear of Rail Labor
Dispute.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 R.-
Members of the Federal three-man
Emergency Mediation Board, their
hearings in the Southern Pacific labor
controversy virtually ended, began
working on recommendation today to
submit to President Roosevelt by
May IA.
The board seeks to avert a strike Of
$500 members of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, and the Brother
hood Of Firemen and Enginemen.
Evening star., 1937-05-07

FOREIGN.
Anarchists seize town in renewal Of
Barcelona revolt. Page Al
Berlin speeds probers of Hindenburg
crash to U. S. Page Al
NATIONAL.
Court bill opponents weigh Berry ap-
pointment Page Al
Economy drive creates sentiment for
jobless census. Page Al
Heroism Of ground crew in Hindenburg
disaster praised. Page AL
Three Federal agencies assisting in
Hindepburg inquiries Page Al
Death toll in Hindenburg crash put
at 80. Page Al
Congressional probe Of educational
lobbies" urged. Page Az
Borah attacks fascisms methods in
strong language. Page A-13
Ford to fight undistributed profits
tax. Page ALA
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Steamer Northland runs aground OF
Matthias Point. Page Al
Probe of District police is planned
in House Page Al
Educators here on tour of eight
cities. Page Az
DR.. Powell formally inducted as dean
of Cathedral. Page A-3
Six thousand see Dunbar win company
cadet competition. Page A-1z
Emergency job holders face AK with
quota law. Page B-1
Traffic toll rises to ~ as auto strikes
pedestrian. Page B-1
Liquor law study to be made here by
House unit. Page B-1
200 District bakers on strike for wage
. increase. 4 Pass D.l
Evening star., 1937-05-07
Rome Shocked BY Disaster.

ROME, May P.-1taly, linked
with Germany in a friendship accord,
was shocked today by the wreck of
the Hindenburg.
Newspapers expressed condolences
to the German people and government.
Evening star., 1937-05-07
COURT BILL FOES
UNSHAKEN OVER
BERRY SELECTION
Senator BaChman's Success.
S0r Just One Vote Gain
for Roosevelt.
FIVE NEW OPPONENTS
CLAIMED BY SHIFTS
so to 46 Reported Against Meas.
ure for Increasing Supreme
Tribunal to Is.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Facing defeat in the Senate Ju-
dietary Committee on the Presi-
dents bill to increase the Supreme
Court membership by maximum,
OF sir unless justices ouer 70 re-
tire, administration supporters in
Senate haze offered an assortment
OF compromise proposals, majority
OF Which ,Dould limit increase to
tho. As yet, hoveper: there has
been no indication any compromise
oo,tld be accepted at White House.
Evening star., 1937-05-07
.J0BLESS CENSUS
SENTIMENT GROWS
Present Congress Must Fix
Relief Sum Without
It, However.
BACKGROUND

Economy driDes in Congress
started after President Udrned fall
ing tar receipts neceSsitated re-
trenchment. House proposal mould
authorize discretionary IS per cent
cut in appropriations, Dith Presi-
dent deciding gDhen cut should
apply, Uhile Senate Wdnts straight
10 per cent cut on all but fired
chQr0es.
Evening star., 1937-05-07

c7lWe coHdHlOnS IN washington,
the Washington Criminal Justice
Association Uas organized as an
impartial, tdct- finding body to
study causes and remedies. It's
initial report, critical in tone, Is er-
pected TO prouide basis for confer
ence OF local officials to correct
weaknesses in enforcement ma
chinery.
A sweeping investigation of Grim,
conditions in the District will be made
within the next few weeks by the
Kennedy subcommittee Of the House
District Committee, it was disclosed
today.
Concerned by newspaper reports OF
the findings Of the Washington
Criminal Justice Association, Chair
man Kennedy announced that he will
begin the crime investigation as soon
as his subcommittee completes its work
on the Districts new tax program.
Mr.. Kennedy said he plans to start
with an investigation of the Police De-
partment because it is such q vital
cog in the municipal machine and be-
cause its efficiency is so important to
the welfare of the public.
Police Supt. Ernest w. Brown and
other officials will be called before the
committee to outline any plans they
may have for increasing the efficiency
and effectiveness of the force
Kennedy said he will ask the asso-
citation for a copy of its report on
crime conditions in Washington and
study it carefully before beginning the
investigation. He said he was par
ticularly interested in the charge tina.
only about one-tenth of serious crimes
reported in the District last year had
resulted in convictions.
Meanwhile. the assertion that two
prisoners were allowed to 'languish"
in the District Jail for nearly year
without being able to secure q trial
was denied by their own attorney.
Charges Nolle Pressed.
The prisoners, Edward c. John
son and Walter Dietrich, we're indicted
September 25, 1886, charged with
forgery and uttering. They were
arraigned and pleaded not guilty on
October 8, 1886, and on December
2 Of that year they FLED a motion
asking for the suppression and return
of the evidence against them. This
motion was granted Monday and, with
the evidence suppressed by the court,
the charge was nolle pressed yester-
day.
Their attorney, Charles E. Ford,
said there was no delay for which the
court or prosecuting officials were re-
sponsible.
The length of time required for the
final ruling on the motion to sup
press" Ford said, resulted from the
fact that I had 10 leave the city for
long period of time. I obtained the
permission of my clients in this case
before leaving the city"
johnson and Dietrich were ar
raigned IN Police Court today on a
fugitive warrant from Tampa, Fla,
| where they are wanted on charge of
false pretenses in connection with a
check for s405. Hearing on extradi-
ton was postponed for 80 days at their
request and bond was fixed at $4,000
! each. Police said they are also
wanted by authorities in South Da-
kota
After comforting with Supt, Brown
| District Commissioner Hazen yesterday
| (See PROBE, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1937-05-07
HITLER STARTS FUND
Gives $12,O 900 in Launching Drive
for Victims Families.

Tot Victims Families.
BERCHTESGADEN, Germany, May
7 R.-Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler
started a fund for bereaved families
Of the Hindenburg disaster victims
today with gift Of $4,000.
He also sent his deep sympathy TO
the Zeppelin company.
Evening star., 1937-05-07
HINDENBURG IN MOVIES
Remarkable Shots of Disaster
Shown Here Today.

Rushed here by plane Immediately
after the disaster, newsreels OF the
burning of the Hindenburg were being
shown today in Washington theaters
The reels, including many remark
able close-ups of the flaming ship, wers
on display during the. day at the
Trans-Lux, Capitol, Palace, Earle, and
will be shown tonight at Keith's
Others also will have them.
Most of the theaters are planning
to run them for q week.
Evening star., 1937-05-07
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CERBERE, Franco-Spanish From
tier, May THE anarchist revolt
against the Catalan government
spread today from Barcelona to towns
and villages outside the regional cap.
ttal.
The anarchists, border advices said
seized the town Of Figueras With the
aid of soldiers garrisoned at San Fer.
nando Fortress.
Public officials were ousted there
and at Gerone by militant anarchists
protesting against what they consider
too conservative an administration BY
the autonomous Catalan regime, al
lied with the Madrid-Valencia govern
ment
A Valencia column en- route to Bar
celona to help restore order was re-
ported to have clashed with band
Of revolters seeking to barricade the
Evening star., 1937-05-07
ANARCHISTS SEIZE
TOWN IN SPAIN
Officials 0usted in ReneWa
of Revolt Against Cata-
Ian Rule.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
-Four hundred persons Uere killed
and 1000 injured in t,Do days OF
fighting in Barcelona early this
,Deek. Dissident anarchists uere
said to be still holding out for
greater representation in the gop-
ernment OF the autonomous state.
Evening star., 1937-05-07
Summary of Today's Star

Winchester apple fete queen to be
crowned today Page B-l
New law Is cited in new plea filed in
Jordon case. Page BIO
Three are injured in North Capitol
street fire. Page B-2O
Evening star., 1937-05-07
POLICE
PROBE |SPLANNED
BY HOUSE GROUP
Kennedy Committee to Take
Up Criminal Justice
Report.
ACTION PROMISED
WITHIN FEW WEEKS
Supt. Brown and Other officials
to Be Called to
Testify.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
FolloUtno last "erposure" OF
crime conditions in Washington.
the Washington Criminal Justice
Association Uas organized as an
impartial, tact-fndtng body to
study causes and remedies. It's
initial report, critical in tone, Is er-
pected TO prouide basis for confer
ence OF local officials to correct
weaknesses in enforcement ma
chinery.
Evening star., 1937-05-07

(See ANARCHISTS, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1937-05-07

(See BERLIN, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1937-05-07
Remarkable Wietoto Account of the Hmdenbg Cra-Pages A89
WEATHER.

IU. .. WeatneT BureHu FOrtCAstJ
Generally fair tonight and Saturday;
little change in temperature; gentle winds,
becoming north and northeast. Tempera-
tures-Highest, "A, at 2 pm. yesterday;
lowest, So, at 5:45 am today.
Montana labor news., 1937-12-23
T~ownsendiies, Friends
Enjoy Christmas Social

Townsend Club No. l held a most
successful social Friday evening at
the Y. M. C. A. with guests from
Anaconda, Deer Lodge and other
clubs. Vocal and instrumental mus
ic, readings and community singing
of Christmas Carols by Mesdames
FINN, Gardner, Reidel, Northey,
Kunz, Mr.. and Mrs. Matthewson and
Frank Heffron. A Dutch Auction
with Henry Pissot as %auctioneer was
an interesting and profitable feature.
A telegram from Ed. Nichols stat
ing that he would be unable to reach
Butte in time for the meeting was
read. Mr.. Nichols was detained by
congressional district business at
Victor, Montana. The speakers and
their topics were:
Townsend Recovery Plan:
From The Business Mans Angle
Paul Cannon, Henry Pissot.
From Young Peoples View Point
Dave Hooking, Lillian Ander-
son of Anaconda and Grace Ro-
derrick.
From the Older Peoples View
point"
Mrs. Kerr Beadle, A. Sterrett,
W. Swift.
Comparison of the Lammot du Pont
and the Townsend Recovery Plans
by Enos Alley and C. j. Penney,
brought out the following points:
Mr.. Lammont du Pont says his
plan to promote a cycle of national
recovery extending from two to ter
years, can be put into effect if the
government will give industry q
reasonable amount of certainty upor
which it can count in planning flu
ture operations" Townsendites say
that purchasing power in the hands
of the people of the nation would
furnish the necessary certainty
for business; a 2 per cent transac-
ton tax would put prosperity checks
in the hands of citizens of so years
and over and the law of supply anc
demand would affect industry ano
unemployment permanently. The du
Pont plan is one of the best argu-
ments yet put forward to promote
the Townsend National Recovery
Plan with its 2 per cent transaction
tax method of financing.
Refreshments were served by the
ladies social committee with Mrs
Elizabeth Gill as acting chairman
She was assisted by Mrs. Matthew
son, Mrs. Dix and several others.
The officers of Club No. l who
acted as reception committee are:
Albert st. George, Henry DeLom.
as, Mrs. j. H. Gill, Miss Jerpe anc
Karl Meyer.