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Evening star., 1937-05-07

terests involved in the investigation
the ship was German, the accident
occurred on United States Navy prop
erty; the site Of the accident is in the
State Of New Jersey and the Commerce
Department Is directed by law to con-
duct investigations In civil aviation
accidents.
Senator Copeland explained that he
had no evidence indicating sabotage,
but wished to make certain there was
none. He said the Senate committee
also wanted information upon which
to base possible legislat ON governing
the use of airships in information use.
The German ambassador, DR.. Hans
Luther, flew to Lakehurst last night
in chartered plane. He took of here
at $50 pm. after issuing an appeal
to the world not to lose faith in
lighter -than-air craft In the Ameri-
can Airlines plane he carried with him
clothing for German friends aboard
the Hindenburg whose possessions had
been destroyed.
Il am Mortified" Dr. Luther told an
Associated Press representative before
tak1ng of1. Il am convinced the cause
could not have been technical fault.
1t was a most marvellous ship, as I
remember from my trips to this coun-
try last Autumn. My inclination
would be to have two more built"
Grieved At Americans Deaths.
His voice trembling, DR. Luther said
ne was especially grieved over the
deaths OF American passengers.
Admiral Cook, chief of the Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics, few from
Washington this morning to take
personal charge of the Nays in
vestlgation. He was accompanied by
Comdr. Lawrence Reifsnider, chief of
the naval press section, taking of
from Anacostia Naval Air Station at
7:46 am
The Navy will continue to study the
possible utilization of airships for naval
purposes, Secretary of the Navy Swan
son said. The Hindenburg tragedy,
he said, will not adversely affect the
N'"'s ASSioioii, bCCduSt IL resulted
from hydrogen fire, and American
ships use non-inf1ammable helium.
The War Department announced
that detachment of eight officers and
lis enlisted men from the 5lst Signal
Battalion and two hospital corps men
under command Of Maj. s. H. Sheriff.,
Signal Corps, had been sent to Lake
hurst from Fort Monmouth, N. j.. at
midnight. The Memorial Hospital at
Asbury Park was provided with so
Army cots and $50 blankets for use
Of the injured from the airship.
Leaders concerned with military
policy in Congress today expressed
belief that the Hindenburg disaster
would crystalline sentiment against
building any more Government dirig-
ibles. Admiral Cook, before leaving,
said the loss Of the German ship
taught no new lesson, but only en-
phasized the advantages Of non-ex-
plosive helium over the hydrogen with
which the Hindenburg was inflated.
Secretary Hull cabled the Govern
ment's sympathy to Baron Konstantin
Won Neurath. German foreign minister.
| Pending the results Of the inquiries,
l oficials withheld comment on the pos
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CRASHED A|RSH|P
W0RLD'SLARCEST
Dimensions and Luxurious
Appointments of Diri-
gib|e Given.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LAKEHURST, N. j., May Here Is
what the Hindenburg was like before
her crash:
The saip-Largest and most luxuri-
Gus airship ever built; 803 feet long,
cruising range of $500 miles, capacity
OF so passengers and go crew nd a.
900 pounds Of freight, four 1000
horsepower Diesel engines. giving it q
maximum speed Of "a miles an hour.
Passenger modations-Twen-
ty-flve state rooms, with folding desks
and running water; air condit'onin
dining room, lounge and smoking
room; completely equipped electrical
kitchen, l50-foot glassed-in prome-
made
Mechanics-Moved by four 4-bladed
wooden propellors mounted on four
power cars, directed from forward
control gondola, from which gears,
levers and shafts connecting with
ships maneuvering apparatus and gas
supply were operated; radio room,
generators for lighting, steering mag
netic compasses and cooking
struction-Aluminum alloy lon
gltudinal girders. giving the ship SO
Sides" joined by metal rings and
cross girders covered with a strong,
vater-tight skin of a cotton material;
two communicating passageways, huge
tanks on either side for engine crude
OIL, hydrogen gas bags strung in a
continuous chain from bow to stern.
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could not have taken advantage OF
such an offer had it been made form
ally, because it had insufficient foreign
exchange to pay for the gas.
Furthermore, the greater lifting
lifting power Of hydrogen, they said,
made it possible for the Hindenburg
to carry SO per cent greater pay
load.
The study, Senator Copeland sug-
gested, would delve into the compare
tive construction of the Hindenburg
and the Inflated Macon and Akron.
Such an investigation would revive
congressional discussion Of whether
the United States Government should
foster lighter-than-air transportation,
long a moot question in Government
circles.
DR.. Luther conferred at Lakehurst
with officials OF the Zeppelin Corp,
the Air Commerce Bureau and the
State Of New Jersey until early morn
ing, according to the Associated Press.
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Inquiries
Continued From First PaQe.l

in lighter -than-air operations. Jones
was one OF the investigators OF the
New London, Tex, school explosion.
Fagg and Schroeder were joined at
Lakehurst by Assistant Secretary Of
Commerce j. Monroe johnson and
Col. Harold E. Hartney, Copeland
committee investigator. Secretary
Roper said public hearings would be-
gin before Commerce Department
board at Lakehurst probably this
afternoon and not later than tomor-
row. johnson was in Indianapo
at the time of the accident. He new
here during the night and took OF
from Washington at 10 a IN. for Lake
hurst
Although personnel OF the Commerce
Department board has not been an
nounced, it is planned to invite a rep
resentative Of the German Ambassador
and Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl
commanding the Lakehurst station
and Gill Robb Wilson, New Jersey
aviation commissioner. to sit with the
board, Roper said The Commerce
board will work in cooperation with
the Navy board
Roper explained there are four in.
Evening star., 1937-05-07
$1,000 SET FOR DRIVE

The youth division Of the United
Jewish Appeal last night set $4,000 as
its goal at an initial campaign rally
at the Jewish Community Center.
This figure was adopted after Eliz-
abeth Kaufman and Hy Lytton, CO.
chairmen of the division, urged the
doubling Of the 81 500 quota raised last
year. Organizations represented at
the meeting included the Council Of
Jewish Juniors, the Junior Hadassah.
Young Judea and the Junior Mizrachi,
led by Mrs Louis Novick.
The principal speaker was William
Levy. German expatriate, who empha-
sized the Importance OF Palestine In
the future OF the Jewish people.
Evening star., 1937-05-07

tho trouble. As soon as the ship
came down. the first watch had to
haul the dead ones out Of the wreck,
and 1t was the most horrible expert
ence I ever expect to 60 through.
AT the end. after we had taken
all the living and the injured away,
there were still the bodies in the
wreckage, and with most OF them we
had to burrow with our hands to find
enough of the poor fellow to cart
away and cover with blanket.
1T was nasty work Plenty OF US
couldn't sleep last night"
BLAMES ENGINE SPARK.
Former Shenandoah Commander
Doubts Static Electricity Theory.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, May 7 R.-
Capt. Frank McCrary, one time COM
mander OF the Inflated dirigible
Shenandoah, said today he believed
destruction OF the Hindenburg prob
ably WAS caused by spark from one
Of the crafts Diesel engines.
Modern dirigibes are built with
their joints reinforced and protected
so that there is practically no chance
OF picking up static electricity and
causing an explosion OF hydrogen gas,
McCrary said
The retired officer, once commander
of the Lakehurst, N. j., Air Station
where the Hindenburg crashed said :
1T is more reasonable to assume that
a flame from one Of the Diesel engines
ignited the hydrogen"
These engines are pretty safe in
that they carry no inflammable gaso-
line. But when they are in operation
they continually give of flame. In
event of leak in one of the hydro
gen cells this could instantly become
dangerous
The Nays dirigible Shenandoah
was wrecked September 3, 1925, in a
storm in Ohio, killing IA men.
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entire length by the time the ground
was reached y a"
The Identification Of dead was diffl-
cult. The ships manifest was de-
ssroyed in the holocaust. Zeppelin
officials were in frequent communica-
ton with Germany, checking last
minute changes in the passenger lists.
Reservations had been made for 80
persons, but company officials said
only 36 were aboard, and 81 members
OF the crew.
All bodies recovered from the
twisted. flre-warped skeleton were
brought to an improvised morgue in
the hangar, which was closely guarded.
All but officials of the line and Navy
ofncers were barred entrance.
The entire naval reservation was
barred to every one except officials
and newspaper men.
United States troops guarded the
ash-strewn ruins of the airship-the
nrst OF the Zeppelins to carry a COM
merclal passenger to death.
Many Of the survivors-some of
whom jumped from the liner as it
1eH 10 earth, others who were
caapulted to safety in the impact, and
even some who staggered out of the
inferno allve-Were in DANGEROUS con-
dltlon in hospitals near the air station.
Capt. Max Pruss who was COM
manding the Hindenburg for the first
time, was one of those in a critical
condition
Capt. Ernst A. Lehman, whom
Pruss succeeded and who was on the
ship in an advisory capacity, also was
In very serious condition.
Scores Of spectators witnessed the
sudden, shocking tragedy.
One instant they waved greetings
up to passengers standing in the
windows OF the observation compart-
ment. Then in a flash a cannonading
explosion Jared the huge, cigar shaped
craft streak Of flame lashed out and
the Hindenburg plummeted clumsily to
earth.
Tiny black objects-bodies- -hurtled
from the flaming craft On the ground
woman spectators screamed and COW
cred their eyes in horror.
Carl Weigand, skipper of the S. S.
Deutschland, who rushed to Paul
Kimball Hospital at Lakewood to see
Capt. Lehman, quoted him as saying:
Il don't know what happened. She
Just went up
something strange caused that
tragedy" said Gill Robb Wilson, State
aviation director, announcing imme-
dlate Federal and State investiga-
tons. There was an explosion, he
said, in No. 2 gas cell stern.
In all my 81 years of flying expert
ence I have seen crackups, explosions
flaming alrplanes," he said, but MOTH
ing measures up to the explosion of
the Hindenburg"
Dazed and bleeding survivors didn't
Know what happened didn't know,
In fact, how they had survived.
The 8O0-foot long swastika-embla-
soned ship, graceful despite her bulk,
sailed into her American port in a
rainstorm, more than II hours late
because of headwinds which cut
down speed over the Atlantic.
unhurr1ed despite a planned Quick
turnabout with record list of pas
sengers, many Of them bound for the
English coronation, the ship nosed up
toward the mooring mast.
Two lines went down at $40 pm
(E. S. T) Passengers, spotting rela-
tives and greeters on the field 200 feet
below, waved gaily.
Three minutes later-explosion.
The ship settled to earth, its bag
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sible effects on plans for American
service.
Congress recently provided funds to
promote oceanic airplane service in
carrying the mails. No action ever
has been taken, however, on the rec
ommendation by President Roosevelt's
Aviation Commission three years ago
for $17,000,000 appropriation to start
transatlantic airship service.
The plunge Of the Navy dirigibls
Macon into the Pacific, OF the Cali
fornia coast. in February, 1885, led the
House Naval Committee to shelve that
proposal.
The Akron crashed OF the New
Jersey coast in April, 1888, and eight
years before that, the Nays first
helium- -hoated ship-yne Shenandoah
was demolished in Ohio The semi
rigid Roma, bought from Italy for the
Navy, fell In flames in 1922.
Admiral Cook, believer in helium
for dirigibles, pointed out that the
three American craft apparently were
lost because Of structural failures"
Comment Of Walsh.
Chairman Walsh of the Senate
Naval Committee said the Hindenburg
accident showed the soundness of re
framing from further ventures into
the experimental field Of lighter than
air craft"
Both he and Chairman Sheppard
Of the Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee predicted it meant setback for
dirigible construction. Sheppard and
others said use OF helium might have
averted the tragedy.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, OF Utah,
member Of the Military Committee,
said pending legislation to increase
the helium supply and reduce its price
probably would be sped.
Chairman Hill of the House Mill
tary Committee commented:
Had that been an American dirigi-
BILE, we would have been using helium
which might have had considerable
effect"
He pointed out that his committee
has under consideration bill to per-
init the Government to sell or lease
supplies of helium, Of which it con-
trolls almost the entire output, to pro-
vate concerns for commercial and
medical purposes.
Sales Ordinarily Forbidden.
Exports Of the gas, produced In
Texas, ordinarily are forbidden. After
the Macon was destroyed in 1885
President Roosevelt indicated exports
might be allowed for scientific and
experimental use.
Germans here said their country
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Luther was accompanied by Lieut..
Gen. Friedrich Won Boetticher, MILL
tary attache at the embassy here.
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Hindenburg

CONTINUED From First Page.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
JUSTICE CRATER MISSING SEVEN . YEARS TODAY; WIFE ASKS THAT \
 HE BE DECL AIRED LEGALLY DEAD
Last Seen By Friends August 6, l93O, in Front of New York Restaurant Where He Entered Taxi,
 Waved Goodbye, and Road Into Oblivion
By JOSEPH L. MYLER limited Press Staff COrreSpOnden

New York, Aug. (UP0-Seven years ago today at o3O M Supreme Court Justice Joseph Force Crater fl years old sound health and apparently at the peak of his career said goodby to friends in front of Manhattan res aurant stepped into tan-coored taxcab and rode into
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06

CT of the peace bloc.
 The convention dodged 6 definite stand on a resolution asking abol- itlon of the ''CIC -biased" national labor relations board by referring 1t to the incoming executive com mittee for investigation and ac- tion."
 On Lewis Recommend
 The resolutions sponsor, Attor- ney George Karlitz of the Haver- hill Boot and Shoe Workers To- cal, chraged that Trial Examiner Irving McCann. presiding at a Free port, Me, hearing, had told him that he (McCann' haa been ap- pointed on recommendation of John L. Lewis.
 The first of the two rejected :'peace" resolutions suggested a unity convention" of heads of the American F06eration of Labor, the CIO., railroad bfotherhoods and in- dependent labor groups. The second urged united action between |. all bona flde labor groups in times of strikes"
 The convention also rejected 8 proposal. for a state labor party and accepted substitute for a resolu- ton urging President Roosevelt to continue his judicial reform pro- gram.
 The substitute stated that the presidents program had forced the supreme court to reform itself and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
Stripped Down for Hot Days

It was about 9S plus at noon hour today and the mercury in
 the thermometer just seemed |raring to go places at 1 p. mp Indicating that WaterburilanS were slated for a sticky, uncom- |fortabIe afternoon. And the hu- |midity, we'll that was just worry for us work a day folks. But as relief from heat is a problem
 that someone ought to solve lThe Democrat sent out its heat reporter for some suggestions, Just where he got his inSpira- tion he refuses to talk, but here's Ihis ideas of keeping cool:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
MASS. TABOR IS
 AGAINST PEACE
Federation Turns Down an Attempt tO Be Friend
 Iy With c. I. 0.

Lowell, Mass, Aug. 6.-(UP) .- The Massachusetts Federation of Labor convened today for the final session of its Sand convention after rebuffa1g proponents of peace with the committee for industrial organ ization.
 Chief business was election of of ficers with President John F. Gate lee being opposed in his fight for reelection by Secretary-T Treasurer E. A. Johnson of the Boston Build ing Trades Council.
 The conventions 208-28 defeat yestreday of two resolutions seeking peace with the CIO was interpreted as a victory for Gatelee, who in his keynote address Monday summoned the convention to "war to the finish" on CIO. Johnson was lead-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
YOUTH TOOK DARE
 BUT LOSES HIS LIFE

Canton, Mass, Aug. e--CUPl--A os-foot climb undertaken on . dare Cs3t Thomas Guerin, IS, his life.
 He died today at Norwood hospi- tai of dislocated left hip, Q left ankle fracture, serious burns and multiple bruises.
 Dared by chunl, Guerin clamber- ed to the top of a 93-foot tower on the Boston Edison Company's north weymouth Woonsocket (R. I.) high tension power line, only to lose his balance and topple to the ground.
 An l1,00O-volt tension line broke his fall, but burned him severely.
 Two Canton patrolmen, informed of the accident by an anonymous telephone tipster, plodded through woods and brooks for an hour before findign the unconscious boy.
 They were unable to find the chum.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06

suggested that he now hold the pro- gram in abeyance until the court again blocked progressive legisla- tion."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
HISTORIC FARM TO BE SOLD

Rochester, N. Y. (UP) Because he fears he is getting lazy and too "indolent" to work, Howard Smith, SS. Honeoye Falls, N. r.. wants to sell his farm that has been in, the Smith family for i60 years. Smith resents suggestions that he Is get ting too old to work" He says he would like to devote. his remaining days to flowers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
THE tinkle of

THE tinkle of A ice in a tall drink is sweet m usic on a summer d ay but u SC the ''b r a c CT" in your julep s sparingly a n d conhno imbib- ing to evenings. Drin k water frequmtly, a pinch of salt added to each
 glassful,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
Finest Quality 4 Piece Modern Bedroom Suite

All pieces illustrated suite for the quality
 For people who appreciate how different this bedroom is from average modern. All tops and fronts faced with Figured" Prima-Vera = an exotic wood, worked to give full justice to beauty Super high grade construction with oak interiors and center drawer guides Special attention is called to the roll waterfall and tomorrow only at $199.0O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06

TTNLElss you V enjoy the sensation of be- ing broiled d alive, don't try to get a sum- mer..s tan in one day. Na- ture tans your sSin to protect you from the heat. Sunburn may cause seri- vus illness, as well as painful
 burns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06

E AT light foods a n d keep cool. Meats and sweets may be your favor ite dishes, but they send your body tempera- lures skyrocket- ing. A smack" and a tall, cool
 drink make the heat more en-
 durable. A d d green vegets-
 bles to your diet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06

V vored few may get down to the bare ne- cessities in dis ca r in g hot, heavy clothing. ut everyone may wear light
 summerweight fabrics. Change
 clothing fre- q u c tly and keep your light hat. The girls have the idea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06

SUMNER days are lazy days so get plenty of rest. In the tropics every one takes time out from work for sleep. Mid- day siestas sup- ply rest lost at night if bed- rooms are hot.
 B c W re of sleeping under
 1 a n s or Tn drafts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06

II HUNDRED . EG R E E weather is no time for Stren- uous exercise. Golf and tennis ent h u S i a sts should play in the early morn- ing or late eve- ming hours. Let the grass grow and take a nap in the shade of a spreading
 tree.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06

KEEP your E We n disposi- tions are the b est h u m a n cooling systems. In case of sun- stroke or heat prostrstion, call a physician im- n1ediately. But you won't need him if you fol- low these sim pie rules, and
 keer cool.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06

p E G A E D = AN L E SS of how good that cold s h ow CT feels, a luke warm bath will keep you much cooler. Sudden changes in tem- peratureS are a severe shock to the erV u S system. Swim mers s h 0 u l d avoid plunging into cold water.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
Capture of Shanghai

THE Japanese have taken Shanghai's North Station
= and most of its Chinese section (Chapei) after
sevenyfour days of fierce resistance by the Chinese
Reports are that the Chinese retreat is orderly and under
control-the best China and Chinese sympathzers
could hope to get out of the capture of Shanghai.
If took the Japanese seventy-four days to capture
Shanghai, it will take long time to capture Marking
and Hankow-provided the Chinese can keep on fight
ing on this front as we'll as
they fought at Shanghai. Such
4" "" 1'"''""S a struggle will mean too an
engthening japanese line of communications to
guard in unfriendy territory in contrast to the short
and perfect line of communications afforded Japan by
its navy at Shanghai.
If the Chinese on the road to Nanking and Hankow,
can give the Japanese proportonatey long and costly
fight they gave them at Shanghai China is likely
to win this Of course if the Chinese retreat de-
generates into rou the Chinese cause is about sunk
We'd say there three important lessons to be
drawn from the fall of Shanghai. Most important to
us the new support gives to the theory that Japans
u,..1 . ,x, ultimate aim is to drive white
influence out of the Far East.
Shanghai is of minor strategic
Importance to Japan but its neardestruction has de-
sroyed lot of white property. The coroary is that
we'll be fools if continue to make it easy for Japan
and hard for China to get supplies from us.
Second lesson: That small, highly trained and highly
mechanical army is most likely to win out in the end
much larger but badly equipped army.
Third (and just about as important to the frst:
That if China had had navy stronger than Japan's,
Shanghai would not have fallen because Japan would
not have been able to land its armies in China.
The Washington times., 1937-10-28
Only the Surface

THE Federal Communications Commission inquiry
into the legal ethics of two Washington radio attor
neys is healthy proceeding, but it has only just begun
to scratch the surface of the long accumulation of
"pecuar practices' which have been taking place
within that commission.
One Of the attorneys Paul M Sega who is associated
with George S. Smith, admitted he had set up dummy
company and filed application for radio license in
rn.,,. Portland, Maine, for the sole purpose
s ,.,. of preventing another company from
OO"'pe'"'O" obtaining license.
This would appear to be throttling competition in
manner just inmical to the public interest as any
violation of the Sherman antitrust act.
The fact that this practiced not merely by Sega
but by other radio attorneys emphasizes the necessity
for thorough cleanup of the radio licensing system
within the FCC-a cleanup which one commissioner
Alone Mr.. George Henry Payne, has consistently
demanded.