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The Washington times., 1938-07-19

HaweS said, and he replied
"deStinatiOn unknown"
Smith has two sons, Warren
E. Smith and Davis E. Smith,
jr., living in WatertOwn.
His plane was q SingIe-en-
gined mOnOplane similar to
the one in which Douglas Cor
rigan made his audaciOuS flight
to Ireland. 1t was equipped
with q new engine capable of
driving 1t more than 200 miles
an hour. The plane was be-
lieVed to have several improve
mentS invented by Smith, one a
new type of wing permitting a
plane with q heavy load to
land at less speed.
Relatives fear he lost his life
attempting an unofficial trans
atlantic flight.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Ripley 10 Present
Corrigan on Air

NEW YORK, July 10
U.N.SO. Douglas COrrigan
win make enough money to-
night to nay for his wrong.
way flight across the At
lantic, believe IL or not.
Tonight he'll be on the
Robert Ripley BeIieve.It-0r-
Not radio broadcast.
Ripley said the shOestring
flier would be paid enough
to reimburse him for the cost
Of his plane $4,000, the cost
of his flight ($69.4O) and
supply enough funds for him
to return in first class style.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
PEACE OFFERED
GROUP HEALTH
BY ANA CHIEF
Files Are Open, y
Says DIR. Abel
BY CARROLL PEEKE

The American Medical Associ.
alton, which has bitterly opposed
group health, socialized medicine
and similar efforts to provide low
cost medical care, today held out
the olive branch of peace.
Addressing the National Health
Conference at the Mayflower
Hotel, DR.. Irwin Abel, president of
the A. M. A., offered the whole
hearted cooperation Of the associ-
alton in the betterment of health
care of the nation.
"OUR FILES OPEN"
In q brief address he said:
I'VE offer you our best
thoughts and experiences in the
interests of better health. Our
e. files are open to you for any
information you may desire.
I'VE wish to aid you in your
undertaking to improve the
health Of the nation"
There was thunderous applause
as DR.. Abel stepped from the plat
form, and Miss Josephine Roche,
chairman Of President Roosevelt's
interpartmental committee to CO.
ordinate health and welfaret &C.
ttvities, expressed the appreciation
Of the conference on his offer.
LACK OF FACILITIES.
Following this unexpected offer
of cooperation, the conference
heard a report from the technical
committee on medical care, show
ing a crying lack Of hospital facili.
ties in the nation.
The committee recommended
expenditure of $730,25O,000 for
construction Of so new hospitals
and the addition of 100000 beds
in general, tuberculosis and men,
tai hospitals.
The report, presented by Joseph
w. Mountain, Of the Public Health
Service, showed that there are no
registered general hospitals in
! 1888 counties in the United States.
HOSPITAL NEEDS
This means that more than
1900, 900 persons, residing in
more than 40 per cent of the
counties of the nation, are without
hospital facilities.
There are approximately $500
general hospitals throughout the
Continued on Page A, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Mrs. Roosevelt Avoids
Third Term Question

NEWARK, N. j., July 10 Q.N.So
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and
her son, James, today had sue
ceSSfully lodged questions con-
cerning a possible third term for
President Roosevelt.
Asked how she would like to
spend an additional term in the
White House, the Nations First
Lady replied:
st don't think one is con-
suited on that"
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
FRANCO PLANES
KILL 8 ABOARD
BRITISH VESSEL
(PictureS on Page A.

. VALENCIA, July 10 Q.N.S)
Eight seamen were killed today
when five raiding nationalist air
planes bombed and set afire the
British steamer Stanland, one of
the fleet of blockade-runners.
simultaneously, nation a ! list
planes carried out five other raids
along the eastern Spanish coast.
Many bombs were dropped in the
center Of Barcelona. The facade
Of the famous Barcelona cathe-
dral was damaged and several
houses on main thoroughfares
destroyed.
Many Feared Buried
Two persons were known to
have been killed in Barcelona and
many others were feared buried in
the ruins.
Italian and Dutch observers of
the Spanish non-intervention COM
mittee narrowly escaped injury as
the planes dropped 250-pound
bombs around the Stanland.
The fire aboard the ship was ex-
tinguiShed by members of the
crew.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Buying Wave Pushes
Stocks to New Highs

The flash" system Of prices on
the floor was used.
Chrysler, General Motors, Sears
Roebuck, N. Y. Central, Standard
Oil, DUPONT, Eastman Kodak, u.
s. Rubber and Allied Chemical
reached new highs for the year,
All commodities were active,
with cotton up so cents a bale.
The bond market also showed a
steady advance.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19

NEW YORK, July 19.-New
highs for the year were registered
today as the market continued its
upward trend, with gains ranging
from 81 to So.
The ticker was behind three to
six minutes as the volume Of buSi-
ness in the first hour totalled 870,-
900 shares. the rate of a 1900, 900
share day.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Worlds Fattest Man
Dies in Circus Tent

"The fattest man in the world, I"
Johnny Webb. who weighed TAT
pounds and was a member of the
Eric B. Hyde Shows, died here to-
day Of a heart ailment.
Johnny, 80, died at 4:35 a. m.
as he slept in his tent on the show
grounds at twenty-firSt and c SITS.
N. E. He is survived by his mother,
Q normal woman, and two sisters.
Mary, who weighs $50 pounds, and
CeNe, sis pounds, both fellow per-
formers.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Miss Stutz, Unkissed
Bride, Wins Freedom

NEW YORK, July 10 G.NSJ.
Friends of a self .profeSSed kiSSleSs
bride had It direct today that
showgirl Frances StutZ Is back in
circulation again.
A dozen friends summoned to
an "annulment party" learned
from Frances that her marriage
after q four-hour romance to
George Herndon, "A, on July 4
has been Voided,
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Chair-PIane HurIs
Youth 10 His Death

CHICAGO, July 19 Q.N.S0.
Catapulted 80 feet through the
air from the whirling seat of a
chair-plane at a carnival. Newton
Roberts, 10, was dead today. A
safety chain snapped. Roberts
body struck a parked automobile
and his neck was broken.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19

ing story of his nonstop flight
"by mistake" from New York
to Dublin.
Grounded in Erin
Meantime, Corrigan found him.
self helpless to cope with Irish
ofncialdom today.
After being received by Presi-
dent De Valera, the bargain base
ment" flier motored to Baldonnel
aerodrome to check up on his 5000
plane and found it still in the
hands of customs men.
He cannot have it, he was told,
until it is cleared by customs, a
difficult procedure because of the
fact Corrigan flew here without
official permission and without a
passport or other credentials.
Corrigan was anxious to fly the
ship to Cobb and there board a
steamship for home within a few
days, but said If the customs men
remained adamant, he would have
it Grated and sent to New York.
Still in his greasy, wrink'ed fly.
ing togs. the California; viator
was received by the Amer thorn
premier in his offices in the gov.
ernment buildings.
Sticks to Story!
The meeting took place in De
Valera's private chambers. The
premier, himself a precedent.
shattering revolutionary whose
life has been a turbulent battle
for Irish freedom, stuck out his
hand and congratulated Corrigan
on a very happy landing"
Corrigan told the premier the
same weird story he spilled to
newspapermen on mis- unheralded
arrival at Baldonnel airport yester.
day-that he thought he was
Continued on Page 2, Col. II
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
A|RMAN DENIED
PERMISSION TO
7 0 Cobb
De Valera Extends
Warm Welcome

Official action on Douglas
Corrigan's unauthorized mis-
take" flight across the At
lantic was expected at 2:30
this afternoon, it was learned
at noon in official quarters.
1t was limited that the action
would involve suspension Of
his flying license, not can
collation..
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
BOMBS STRIKE.
CHURCHSCHOOL.
OFU.S. IN China
Catholic Institution
For Girls Hit

The Chinese Embassy here
said today word was received Of
the bombing Of an American
Catholic girls school, outside Of
Hankow. The walls were struck,
It was said, but none was in
jured.
No information has reached
the embassy concerning the re-
ported bombing Of the convent
of the American Catholic Sis
terS of Notre Dame.
SHANGHAI. July 10 d.N.sJ.
Five hundred Chinese were be-
heved burned to death today when
Japanese airplanes, carrying out
their fourth raid on Hankow in
three days, set fire to a crowded
theater with an incendiary bomb.
The ti1eater was being used IS
an air raid shelter. The 500 were
trapped inside by flames resulting
from the explosion and all were
believed burned to death.
~ Planes in Raid
Twentyseven airplanes dropped
bombs for two hours in the worst
attack that Hankow, provisional
capital and China's greatest in
land city. has ever suffered.
American mission property was
again endangered.
Two big bombs exploded in the
poorer section Of the city, adding
scores to the dead and wounded.
At the conclusion Of the raid. the
planes staged power dives over the
Hankow airport, raking it with
machine-gun fire and dropping q
few small bombs.
"MOst Daring Attack"
Some time previously, Japanese
airmen staged what their com.
lnanders called "the most daring
attack in the history Of the worlds
military aviation" calmly landing
on Nanchang Air Field and burn
ing up IL Chinese airplanes.
Several airmen swooped down
on to the field while their COM
rades engaged other Chinese fliers
in the air. The Japanese then
took off, with two machine-gun
ammunition chests as trophies.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Hughes Decorated
By Flag Association

The United States Flag AsSoci-
alton today awarded its cross of
honor to Howard Hughes for his
round-the-world flight in ninety
one hours, eight minutes and ten
lkecondS,
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Treasury Condition

U.N.S.). Treasury balance as
of July 16, $2,O16.567,35S.3O in
ternal revenue, $4,290, ,801.S5: Gus
toms receipts, $11,663, ,673.44; re-
ceipts, $158,255,211; expenditures,
$467 ,651 1923.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
By PETER z. KILRoY

DUBLIN, July 10 Q.N.S.).
Wide-eyed with astonishment,
Premier Eamon de Valera to.
day heard Douglas G. Corrigan
tell in his own words the amaz-
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
Paris Roars Salute
To Bntain's Ruler
Crowds Jam Streets, Amity Is Keynote
In Welcome to SOvereigns
By KENNETH T. DOWNS

PARIS July 10 QNS) ).-Deermned to show that Franco
British friendship powerful antdoe to the sabre rang
OF the Rome Berlin axis Paris roared welcome today King
George and Queen Elizabeth of England their
from London
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
APARTMENT
RENTED

GEORGIA AVE. N. W., $685. rms,
kit, bath, built-in shower, refg., VIII.
suitable for couple; absolutely private.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19

The BIG reason why
apartment dds REALLY
pull in the Herald md
Times-is thot they go
into 3 out Of 4 homes in
Washington. D. c.. the
largest reoder audience
In town!
The Washington times., 1938-07-19
TINE HERALD AND TINES

Is the only newspaper o..
ganiSation I'm the Nations
Capital which offers . COM
plete "a. hour around the.
clock cOverage Of news, pic
lures and features.
The Washington times., 1938-07-19

ing story of his nonstop flight
"by mistake" from New York
to Dublin.
Evening star., 1938-09-22
MERCURY CLIMBING
AS AUTUMN NEARS
Clear and Warmer Is FORECAST for
Tomorrow-High Waves Seen
in Chesapeake Bay.

With the end of summer only "a
hours away, the mercury did an about
face today and was climbing toward
the 70s after the coolest night in four
months. Summer officially ends at
noon tomorrow.
The forecast called for clear skies
and higher temperature today and fair
and warmer tomorrow. Today's maxi
mum was expected to be about 10, and
tomorrow's probably will be few de-
grees higher.
After reaching the 66-degree mark
at 3 pm. yesterday, the temperature
dropped steadily to 48 degrees at $50
am. today-the lowest mark recorded
since last June /, when the mercury
dropped to As degrees.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press re-
ported, watermen at Crisfield, Nd,
were heading their craft back to the
bay waters today after yesterdays
storm, fringe of the one which
devastated New England, brought high
waves, deluge of rain and high
tides. The wind blew down electric
wires on lower Main street in Cris-
field, tossed some small boats ashore,
and caused water to back up in the
lower area of the city.
Coast Guardsmen braved immense
seas off Ocean City, Nd, to aid the
distressed fishing smack Holokai of
Wildwood, N. j. The 32-foot craft,
without gasoline for its motor. WAS
sighted by a Coast Guard lookout.
Evening star., 1938-09-22
800 EMPLOYERS
FACING TAX SUITS
Action Over Non.Payment
of Compensation Levy
Appears Near.

Court action against 800 small en-
ployers in the District appeared near
today following a Government victory
In test case involving non payment
Of the unemployment compensation
tax.
The way for series of suits was
paved by Police Court Judge Hobart
Newman yesterday when he found Ellis
p Moon, director Of the Moon Funeral
Home, 1922 U street NV, guilty of
failing to file report under which he
would have had to pay $2625 in taxes
Mr. Moon was sentenced to pay fine
OF S25 or serve Is days
1t was the first case of the kind
tried here, although some 80 warrants
had been served on employers who
neglected to pay the tax In all of the
other cases the employers paid and
the cases were nolle pressed
John A. Marshall, administrator for
the District Unemployment Compen-
sation Board, said he would continue
to prosecute as rapidly as possible
the 800 employers who are delinquent" "
He said the delinquency of these
employers, all of them heads Of small
firms, ranges from month to year
The administrator said that when
the tax went into effect he had a staff
of IS men canvass the city and acquaint
employers with the provisions of the
low. He said that in the case of Mr.
Moon eight calls were made at his
office.
I'VE have no desire to meat-ax
them into paying" he added, but
having exhausted every possible means,
there seems to be nothing left to do
but take 1t to court"
Evening star., 1938-09-22
COdesberg Parlev Opens.

GODESBERG, Germany, Sept. %
P,.-Adolf Hitler and Prime Minister
Chamberlain met today for the second
time in week to seal their arrange
ment for assuring Europe's peace by
redrawing the map of Czechoslovakia.
The British Prime Minister arrived
at the Hotel Dresser, the Reichs-
fuehrer's headquarters, at 4 pm. GO
am, E. S. IT,. and was received at the
entrance by Hitler himself.
Together the two statesmen, fol-
lowed by their suites, proceeded to the
conference room on the second floor,
and the conference, on which the fate
Of at least one European state depends,
began at once
The conference lasted nearly three
hours. Mr. Chamberlain left the Hotel
Dresser at 645 pm. Q2:45 pm.
E. S. T).
A black-uniformed drum corps beat
a salute and Blackshirt elite guards
presented arms with bayonets fixed
as Mr.. Chamberlain left his hotel at
3:37 pm. (9:30 am, E. S. T). He
had arrived there two hours earlier,
having flown from London to Cologne
and motored the rest of the way.
Nazi salutes greeted him even as he
descended the hotelS grand stairway
There oficials. guests and uniformed
guards shouted he'll with out
stretched arms.
Mr. Chamberlain smiled warmly and
hurried down long length Of carpet
to waiting open automobile. Sir
Neville Henderson, British Ambassador
to Berlin, followed behind him.
Mr.. Chamberlain entered the first
car and Sir Neville the second. The
British motored down to Koenigswinter
for the ferry to Godesberg. The whole
length of winding road down the
mountain was lined with black and
brown uniformed troops.
The people of Koenigswinter seemed
in holiday mood. Big swastika flags
and smaller union jacks tapped from
flagpoles
Peace Price Reported Raised.
Even as the conference in Hotel
Dresser began there were reports that
the German Fuehrer had raised his
price for peace. The Berlin press
indicated that even the Anglo French
proposals, to which Czechoslovakia was
compelled to bow yesterday, might no
longer meet Hitler's desires.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Chamberlain was
represented as hoping to settle
Europe's most pressing problems on a
peaceful basis
Hitler's greeting was warm as the
two leaders met on the hotel veranda
(See PARLEY, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1938-09-22
Soviet Planes
Giuen Czechs,
Reich CHARGES
~ the AssociatedsPress.

by Ine hSSOClhteQfIeSS.
BERLIN, Sept. 22.-D. N. B. Ger
man official news agency today re-
ported the arrival Of 80 Soviet Russian
warplanes at two Czechoslovak air
dromes and told Of two border clashes
involving Czechoslovaks and Sudeten
Germans.
In Trautenau dispatch DNB re-
ported that 81 twin-motored Soviet
bombers had landed at the Pardubice
Airdrome. They were described as
fast bombers whose distinguishing
marks had been obliterated.
Eighteen similar bombers were said
to have arrived at Bohdaney and 20
Soviet aviation officers we're reported
as having taken up quarters at Calau.
From Karlovy Vary DNB reported
that Q number Of civilians had been
forced to aid Czechoslovak soldiers dig
trenches for new defense line being
established along the Kaaden-Brun
nersdorf -Muehldo -Krondorf Railway.
Evening star., 1938-09-22
Ruling Last Obstacle to Part Of States
Program

-es--o ~>~s's oDSsssSsC w ~AS VI StAtC 5
Program.
BALTIMORE, Sept. % P.-A Court
pf Appeals decision appeared today the
last possible obstacle to realization of
at least so per cent of the State Roads
Commissions s3O,oO0,O0 bridge con-
struction program.
Commission officials said arrange
ments had been completed with
bankers to float revenue bonds for IS
per cent OF the cost Of spans over the
Susquehanna and Potomac Rivers,
with As per cent P. w. A. grant ex-
pected to finance the remainder.
War Department approval has been
secured for the Susquehanna bridge
and is expected daily for the Potomac
River bridge.
The Appeals Court must decide a
case before 1t involving the constitu-
tionality Of the commissions bridge
revenue bonds. If the bonds are legal,
the bridge program may proceed; If
not, hope of their construction would
be abandoned
President Roosevelt and P. w. A.
officials put damper on hopes of
building bridges over the Chesapeake
Bay and Baltimore Harbor when they
held these two would cause Maryland
to exceed its p w. A. quota
Estimated cost Of the two-lane
Potomac River span has been placed
at 81, 1854, 900, and that Of the susque-
hanna Bridge at $4,0S1, 900.
Evening star., 1938-09-22
D, c, WOMAN LISTED
MISSING IN STORM
Mrs. Mae c. Schlater Unreported
at Westhampton-Had Taken
Cottage With Husband.

Mrs. Mae c. Schlater, 2700 @ street
NV, who has been spending the sum-
mer at Westhampton Beach, Long
Island, was unreported today among
the survivors of yesterdays hurricane.
The New York Sun listed her among
the missing.
An Associated Press list includes q
Mrs. Schlater" as drowned at West
hampton Beach.
Friends here said Mrs. Schlater had
taken cottage on the beach with her
husband, Charles w. Schlater, who is
recuperating from a recent illness. As
only q missing persons" report is
being compiled by the New York paper,
1t was assumed he escaped with his
life.
Mr.. Schlater, before his illness was
q salesman here,
Evening star., 1938-09-22
MARYLAND TO GET
ONE NEW BRIDGE
lCkes Allows P. W. A. Cash
to Span Susquehanna>
at HaVre de Grace.

Unable to obtain financial backing
for proposed bridge across the Poto-
mac at Morgantown, Md, Secretary Of
the Interior Ickes announced today
presidential approval Of $2167 900
P. w. A. grant to help finance con-
struction of a span over the Susque-
hanna River at Havre De Grace.
Mr.. Ickes disclosed it was impossible
to finance the three bridges proposed
by the Maryland Roads Commission,
the third being over the Patapsco River
near Baltimore, because that would
have meant the granting to Maryland
of sum far in excess to that which
it is equ!tably entitled out Of p w. A.
funds
President Roosevelt visited the site
OF the proposed Morgantown span dur
ing his recent Maryland trip. Shortly
before the Maryland primary elections
he directed Mr.. Ickes to give right Of
way to two bridge projects. one at
Morgantown and the other at Havre
de Grace
Secretary Ickes was in conference
with R. H. Griswold, jr of Baltimore,
fiscal agent for the State Highway
Commission, earlier this week. He dis
closed today that banking interests
would be able to finance the Susoue-
hanna River Bridge on the basis orig
inally proposed for all three bridges.
That IS, the banks would raise the
revenue bonds to defray IS per cent
Of the total cost.
Since the p w. A. has less than
$1OO,000,000 left for financing the re-
mainder Of its non-Federal program,
Mr.. 1ckes was not in position to take
on heavier obligations to carry out the
remainder Of the bridge program for
Maryland. The $2,167, 900 for the Sus-
quehanna Bridge, however, could be
made without giving Maryland an un-
due share of the public works funds.
For this reason the President, on the
recommendation of Mr.. Ickes, approved
the one bridge project.
The total cost of the Susquehanna
Bridge will be $4,815,O0O. The span
over the Potomac at Morgantown
would have cost s3,926,0O0, of which
the P. w. A. would have been required
to put up s1,786,70O.
The P. w. A. has been given full
assurances that the contribution of the
State for the SuSquehanna Bridge will
be raised by revenue bonds which the
Baltimore banks are prepared to take.
COURT DECISION AWAITED,
Evening star., 1938-09-22
MEAT KEROSENE SOAKED

BALTIMORE, Sept. ~ R.-Police
blamed labor trouble today for the
action of vandals who poured kerosene
on part of load Of meat being sent
by truck from a Baltimore packing
plant to Richmond.
Passing motorists attracted the at
tention of the truck driver, John r.
Fighter, Of Randallstown, to the open
rear doors of the truck. Mr.. Fighter
investigated and found part of the
meat doused with kerosene.
Police said the doors of the truck
apparently were forced open and the
oil poured on the meat as the vehicle
was moving slowly, away from the
plant last night.
Evening star., 1938-09-22
CAPE COD COUNTS
At LEAST z DEAD
Property Damage Enormous
With Disaster Worst in
Resort Area History.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUzZARDS BAY. Cape Cod. Mass,
Sept. 22.-Reeling from the effects Of
the worst disaster in its history, Mas
sachusetts' picturesque Cape Cod to-
day counted at least % dead within
its area and adjacent communities
and reported to the outside" from
which it had been isolated for nearly
20 hours after yesterdays furious
storm, that it. property damage was
enormous
An Associated Press staff reporter,
from an airplane, saw piles OF splin-
tered kindling wood which only yes
terday had been clusters Of dainty
summer cottages in the resort COM
munities of Fairhaven, Mattapoisett.
Marion, Wareham, Buzzards Bay, Fal-
mouth and Woods Hole.
One of the first to report from the
stricken area. he said tidal wave
which accompanied an 80-mile-an-
hour gale had plucked pleasure craft
from their moorings along the shore
from New Bedford to Woods Hole and
dropped them high above the water
line, four Of them in On$et's main
street.
Nantucket Island Escapes.
As he few down the coast observing
storm conditions, he said the gale had
struck in spots, causing havoc in some
communities and leaving others vir-
tually untouched. Unprotected Nam
tucket Island escaped lightly.
At Woods Hole, where the toll of
life mounted to nine, three Coast
Guardsmen were swept to death while
engaged In rescue work in small boat
(See CAPE COD, Page A-14)