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BY GHAUT
: Directory of, "FewiMen of
&: 6Energy Proposed When i
mods Riot uutsiae cnamoer
V ncyime hi Huuicas .
i w ' r-Atxia, Jan. ,11.-7 eienainj
-. Y " refiase from a barrage of. cor
1. ' raptioa charges In the chamber
m , 01 oepnues, nremier- gamine
woauiempa loaigni uiaciosea wdii
t , he said was ptotalnat his sot
V ernmont In connection with the
yl 140,000,000 Bayonne hank scan-
' ; daL ';--Vv;:;V!:-". J?..:,-. -
Whn nobs rioted ontside tfco
cnamDer, ine premier loid or a
eonp ' d'etat which ho said had
been, prepared , tbreedays ago to
place vtbe government . In the
hands of a directory, of a few men
'""reputed for their energy."
In a fighting mood, Chantemps
told the chamber that the demo
cratic regime was ; endangered
when a resignation of th cabinet
was eniisaged last Monday fol
lowing npon the death of Serge
iHandgome Alex" SUTlsky and
the collapse of his hnge under
ground financial machine.
"Tracts were. prepared demand
ing that France confide its des
tiny to a directory of a few men
reputed for ' their - energy," the
premier said, r dding. howeTer,
that these men had not been con
sulted about the matter.
The premier did not giro the
names of the men nor those whom
he called plotters against the goT-
y X'-ernment.,-
He closed bis i speech by de
manding that, parliament "sare
the regime and public morality by
uniting behind thj cabinet."
He pledged the - chamber to
clean up the "gigantic swindle"
x oyer toe tsayonne oonas wunoni
, X of the alleged swindler Serge Stv
Tisky shook of ffcitf rJncelto:
V? night as the' chamber of .deputies
I'-tVv heatedly debated his $40,000,000
l X pawnshop bond scandal and Pre-
C, mler Camilla Chautemps defend
ed the cabinet's life against char
res of rwidesnread comiution.
Hundreds of royalist youths.
' . shouting "down With thieres and
. L, p assassins ! ' clashed with a police
"autobus army"; in the nearby
- " ii " Indignation Tose again to a high
t ; tf Police busses blocked the streets
; , about the chamber building while
' k ! Wjrr lo the legislators fulminated
VfCH; '' jC ?n political and financial scandals
' i.and were told the cabinet frank
S :f R' Xly admitted Its "faults and neg
" ' : 4 7- licence." ; '
Scores of demonstrators were
held for questioning. A number
were bruised by police clubs and
the royalists xreely-swnhg canes.
'A dozen interpellations about
the alleged "protection" enjoyed
by the late Bayonne pawnshop
founder in his financial schemes
were , listened " by all political
groups for hearing before the pre
mier conld ask a rote of confi
dence' on his efforts to prosecute
those guilty in the Starisky af
fair and to plug holes to prevent
repetitions.
Reported Police i
Graft is Probed
By Grand Jurors
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PORTI-AND. Jan. 11, - (JPi -
: Connty grand Jury members In
if ' veetlgatinK alleged police graft by
?V- some members of the force today
called in six policemen for auls-
r tins.
Tha group Included DetecUro
' Tfi Captain Harrey A.' Thatcher, d-
r: tectrre Sergeant jewel. Detectives
Tacgaoerry ana wiuums ana
Jr : s Patrolmen O'Halloran and Seely,
the latter two ex "members of
the vice squad.
i "V . - J. N. Barde, Portland business
. - J, N. Barde,
man and ex-cand
X f v nan and ex-candidate for the Ute
senate, also , went Into the grand
room.
Referendum is
Assured, Claim
Almost enough petitions for the
referendum of the bus .and truck
V, law massed at tha special legisla
tive session, nave oeen signea, u
u renorted at Thursday aight'a
V meeting of the Salem local of the
1 r,v rtwim n-nA farmer' fm.
t V A 4 1ft b. w wm wm - - ' - - ,
V5,j,' j tectlvo association. Seven days re
,.Z7: main in whichto complete-. eireu-
KLU lation and ftUag of peutions.'
One Black
. Fatally In
MESA,!-Arts., " Jan lt-P)-
Charles ' C' Mack, of tha "Two
Black Crows'? vaudeville team,
Moran and -Mack, was injured fa-
' t tally-in an automobflo aecident
IT tx miles east of heTe tonlghtHe
JIIAJ , .v. lm l.f., it ' tltm
y : Vouthglde hospital here.-
Flood Control
Of
Northwest
Public
Works
Repair of Damage in Recent High Water Cited
As Urgent in Letter by Dana; River; ,
Here Gets Some Attention
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan.-11 (AP) Flood protection for
Oregon and Washington was urged by Marshall" N.
Dana, regional FWA adviser, in a letter sent today to Harold
L. Ickes, public works administrator. " V
4 A United States engineer corps survey to indicate the
cost of protection for western Oregon and Washington was
TELEPHONE COSTS
Too Man Lines, Apparent
Conclusion Sought by
State at Hearing
PORTLAND, Jan. U.-UPY-Tes-
tlmony that Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph company station costs
hare increased since 1930 in the
face of decreases in the number
of stations and customers was of
fered here today in the company's
rate bearing case before the Ore
gon utilities commissioner.
Claude R. Lester, director of en
gineers for the utility commission
er, testified the Increase has been
approximately SS0 a station. Ex
hibits showing station Installations
and fixed capital of the company
were Introduced.
Statistics submitted pointed to
ward an attempt to show that the
utility company has more plant
and line property in Oregon than
arailable business warrants and
that the rate payer foots the bill.
The company has not yet at
tempted to plead Us cause. How
erer, Vice-President C. E. Flaeger
of San Francisco has made a few
explanations. Today ho explained
the company considered It was
good business" for the company
and the rate payer to wire whole
structures for future nsa at time
of construction, although the tele
phone fferrtee had not been eon
tracted for.
A. E. Clark, commissioner's
counsel, attempted to show
through testimony by Lester that
station installations not used and
useful should be excluded from
the fixed capital.
Another reference was made to
the company's fixed capital, de
clared by the commissioner to be
S4.OOO.OO0 In excess of needs.
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JURY IN WYNEKOOP
CRIMINAL COURTS BUILD
ING, Chicago, Jan. ll.-(4P-Dr.
Alice L. Wynekoop went on trial
for murder today while a mob of
2000 rioted ia the corridors for
entrance to the courtroom.
Weak from illness, the (2-year-old
woman physician sat impass
ive while prosecutors demanded
that she pay with her life for the
death of her talented young
daughter-in-law, Rheta Gardner
Wynekoop.
Absent from the courtroom was
the slain girl's husband, Earle
Wynekoop, favorite son of the
frail, stooped physician. The
young " widower reportedly still
was in seclusion. -
Selection of a Jury proceeded
slowly after the defendant had
pleaded not guilty. Several venire
men were excused - because they
said the defendant's age " she
will be 3 next month might
Influence them. Objections to the
death penalty or the ' possibility
of influence by her long career as
a physician were other grounds
for disqualification.? ''
r CARSON MAKES DEMAND
' PORTLAND, Jan. 11. (A3) -Mayor
Joe Carson tonight de
manded that , Municipal Judge
Fred W. Stadter resign Immedi
ately In keeping with an econ
omy program, which calls for res
ignation of tha two municipal
judges and appointment of a
single successor. . - J:
Judge Henry TomllnsonV resig
nation, off ectlve March 1. .has
been accepted. Judge Stadter of
fered to resign, "but has failed to
name a specific date.,;:;',
lt4 STOCK SALE REFUSED 4
AURORA, Jan. ll-tyPHTele-phone
rate were lowered CO
ceats a phone by the Aurora
Mutual Telephone company, at-
' its asuraal meeting here. A ten
tative offer for the purchase of
company stock was nnanlmons-
lJected.rr L--:;:,
MS ASTORIaJtO PRCrTEST
- ASTORU, Jan. , llP)-From
a source generally reliable It was
reported- here today that the
Spokane. Portland Seattle train
service between roruana, .astoria
4-&d Seaside-would, be reduced to
mm
CASE
BEING 11
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Needs
Shown
Leader
O requested in tne leuerme secona
01 lis una.
"The question as to protec
tion of property, buildings and
towns from maxima- - flood levels
cannot be settled without addi
tional surrey which can appar
ently only be undertaken by re
quest of the administrator or by
act of congress," Dana said.
"Emergency, relief afforded
through the Red Cross, contribu
tions obtained through chambers
wf comr erce and other agencies,
together with the civil works
adminietration, are meeting the
emergency repairs so far as pos
sible, but there are damages that
can only be repaired by elabor
ate works to be provided in the
future." J
(Turn to page '2, coL S)
ELEGTHQM
Polls Will Be Open at 434
North High Street From
2 to 7 O'clock
The special school election of
District 24, called to Tote upon
diversion of $25,000 of an old
bond '.sue to construct an east
wing at Leslie Junior high
school unde CWA aid, will be
held a' the city school superin
tendent's office, 434 North High
street Monday, Polls will be
open fiom 2 o'lockfn theafter
noon until 7 o'clock In the even
lag, and every legal voter may
cast his or her Fallot In the mat
ter. The v i Monday docs not ask
for authorization of a new bond
issue, but simply for allowing
126,000 of the 140,000 remaining
from an old bond issue to be
used in construction of the addi
tion to Leslie. The other 115.000
of the 240,000 authorised some
years ago will be used half and
half, under the CWA building
program, for additions to the
schocls for which th whole was
originally -intended. Highland and
Englewood grade school build
ings.
' Tne CWA projects. It Is es
timate , will cost about 21 00,
000, of which sum the govern
ment will give outright $60,000.
the district to pay for materials,
hich will run about 1 4 0,0 00.
Chairman P. E. N r of the
school board stated yesterday in
connection with reports that peo
ple may hesitate to vote at the
(Turn to page 2, col. 5)
O'Farr ell Named
As Boss of Reds;
Buy Syl Johnson
CINCINNATI, Jan. ll.-tVP)-Cin-
cinnatl Reds tonight announced
the signing of Bob O'Farrell of
the Cardinals as a player-man
ager for the coming baseball sea
son. -
-With O'Farrell, the Reds ac
quired Sylvester Johnson, once
called "the unluckiest pitcher in
the nauonal league." For the two
they sent to St. Louis some cash
and young Glenn Spencer, a pitch
er obtained from the Giant re
cently. Stadter Asked to Quit
- Aurora Phone Rate Cat
McCormack is Candidate
May Cut Train Service
one train dally each way, effective
January 22.
Ran officials here refused to
confirm the report, but the cham
ber of commerce was planning to
protest the matter. The schedule.
it was reported, would be tor the
train to leave Portland in the
morning and make the return trip
late m the aiternoon.
The present service Includes
two trains each way. daily, - i
SEEKS SENATE SEAT
EUGENE, Jan. ll.-P)-State
representative K. A. uccormack,
republican, today announced : his
candidacy for the joint senator-
snip for Lane and Linn counties.
now filled by Senator Joel Booth
of Lebanon. . , . .
: WELD . GOOSE PREFERRED
-. MEDFORD, Jan. llP)-WUd
geese too a me lioerty or augm-
ing in the .business district ' here
and u were unmolested. A tame
goose 'took a few liberties and .a
court reprimand resulted. -.
"The Justice of peace instructed
the owner to corral his goose and
keep It from' dining In Neighbor
.Waterman's goldtish pond.
iffiui
Senate Cuts That Provision
From Liquor Bill Which
Is Finally Passed
Approval of Russian Envoy
Significant; Pay Cuts
To Be Retained
WASHINGTON, Jan. ll--House
and senate turned down
the road pointed out for them by
the White house today in votes
that bound the house to a con
tinuance of pay cuts for federal
workers and took out of the li
quor tax bill in the senate a
penalty for foreign- debt default
ers.
In the house, where the repub
licans grouped into a cohesive
fighting; minority, sufficient dem
ocratic votes were lost to make
the voting close.
The senate, doinc an about
face from yesterday's voting, cut
out c f the liquor tax bill the pen-
alizaticn for debt defaulting na
tions. Removal of this sent the
half billion dollar liquor tax
measure to the house where it
gained quick approval of senate
changes. It as sent Immediately
to the White House, but a de
sire of President Roosevelt to
submit it to the treasury prevent
ed him from signing it tonight
It becomes effective on the day
after he signs it.
Afte. striking out the war debt
provision, which would have plac
ed a higher tax upon liquors from
nations in default on their debt
payments, the senate passed by
unanimous consent a bill to pro
hibit individuals and corpora
tions from doing business with
such nations. Senator Robinson
(Turn to page 2, col. 3)
EX-PDLICEMAH IN
KIDNAP CASE HELD
CfiiCAGO, "Jan. ll-ffV-Wiliiam
A. "Buck" Hendrikson, a former
policeman sought throughout the
country in connection with the
kidnaping of John '"Jake the Bar
ber" Factor, is under arrest here.
Detective Captain Dan Gilbert an
nounced tonight. -
An alleged member of the no
torious Toahy gang, four of whom
are about to go on trial here for
the kidnaping of Factor, Interna
tionally known speculator, Hen
drikson was seized Tuesday in a
north side apartment by Captain
Gilbert and has been held Incom
municado since.
Hendrikson once was a member
of the Cook county highway po
lice force which patrols the subur
ban districts through which Roger
Touhy and his henchmen allegedly
have conducted their liquor, gam
bling and kidnaping traffic.
Hendrikson was on the last list
of "public enemies" announced by
police.
Milk Consumer
To Have Say in
Control Prices
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 11-JP-The
Oregon! milk control board
feels sure it can work out price
setting problems to the satisfac
tion of all concerned. Chairman
E. G. Harlan said ere tonight
before leaving for conferences at
Eugene and Medford where tem
porary prices will be announced.
Earlier today Governor Julius
L. Meier sent . a letter to the
board asking it to invite consum
ers to aid in arriving, at proper
price schedules for milk and milk
products.
Harlan said conferences with
consumers and producers would
be held here soon and that simi
lar conferences would be held
In Medford and Eugene.
Community Club
Gathering Held
RICKEY, Jan. 11 Marlon
County Federation of Community
clubs met here tonight filling the
house to capacity for a program
furnished by Roberts, Keixer and
Turner clubs. Dean U. G. Dubach
of Oregon State college, speaking
particularly to the many young
people in the audience, talked of
opportunities the future will open
to properly developed personali
ties. President Lather Chopin pre
sided.. Nine clubs were repre
sented. . -. '
Cascade Skyline
CleaTlyVmie
r An unusually dear view of the
Cascade skyline was enjoyed in
Salem" Thursday. The peaks from
ML Hood to Mt. Jefferson," all
well covered with snow In con
trast to their sometimes barren
summer appearance, ? were -all
plainly visl ble. . An exceptional
sight late in the afternoon, was
the slope of Mt. Hood glowing in
sunUght-Wfiile tbe Salea vicinity
was in comparison" darkened -by
a thin haze. -
TAKEOFF HARDEST PART OF
Officers In command of the navy seaplane mass flig ht f ram Saa Fraacisce to Hoaolmla report that bo
serions difficulties were encountered on the way, but the six fljing boats had plenty of trouble taking
off Wednesday with their heavy loads of gasoline. Here is the flagship, or flagplaae,' 10-P1, pictured a
couple of seconds before she lifted of f the water of Paradise Cove at 12:45 on her second attempt,
4The 10-P4 had gotten aloft at 12:05 and was forced to cruise around for two hours, 20 minutes be
fore all of the plane were in the air. Two convoy planes flying ahead of the' 10-P1 created artificial
wind to help counteract the calm which made the takeoff doubly difficult. -International Illustrated
News. .--"..
The Washinston
Spotlight
(By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt and Attor
ney General Cummings discussed
a proposal to call federal reserve
gold into the treasury.
The senate voted to outlaw pub
lic or private financial transac
tions with debt-defaulting nations.
Congress passed the liquor tax
bill, minus penalties which the
senate proposed Wednesday on im
ports irom dent-defaulters.
President Roosevelt's strength
in the house was demonstrated by
a test vote.
Edsel Ford parried questions of
senate investigators about tax pay
ments on the Ford millions.
The senate adopted a republican
resolution requiring weekly re
ports of emergecy expenditures.
House democrats called a can
ens on patronage troubles.
gewetcry Mergeataaa eaid large
whisky importations were being
allowed "to break the bootleg
ring."
The public works administra
tion allotted I12.457.8S2 to 57
non - federal projects in many
states.
14 iE IfffllTED
Acquaintances made through
books formed the basis for the
address delivered by Harriet C.
Long, state librarian, last night
at the installation services of the
Salem high school chapter of the
National Honor society. Selee
tlons by the junior boys quartet
and vocal numbers by Aliens
Moored, all high school students
from the classes . of Lena Belle
Tartar, completed the non-ritual-
lstlc portion of the program.
Originally planned as the in
stallation ceremony for hlne Sa
lem high school seniors the final
number of initiates was raised
to 14. Lebanon chapter. Invited
witn Albany chapter as special
guests, asked that four of their
novitiates might be installed at
the same time, and Jovce Albee.
elected to membership last spring,
came to Salem from Portland.
wnere she Is now attending hirh
school, so that she might become
one of the class.
Between two and three hundred
townspeople and students attend
ed the services held in the hjgh
school auditorium.
Late Sports
PORTLAND, Jan 11.-(ft -Coaeh
Anse Cornell's Pacific uni
versity Badgers defeated the Col
nmbla university basketball team
35 to 33 on the Columbia floor
here tonight.
Douglas, center of the all-veteran
badger five, was high scorer
with 14 points. Rossi scored 11
points for the Irish. Pacific led
16 to 14 at half time.
PORTLAND. Jan. llv-PV-The
Llnfield college Wildcats defeated
Pacific .Packard! 34 to 28 in a
basketball ' game , here tonight
Durham Was-high scorer 'for Lin
field with, 10 points. ,
-WALLA WALLA Wash.. Jan.
llj-(ff)Tne Whitman Missionar
ies outclassed the Eastern Oregon
Normal five tonight, winning 40
to 24, after the first and second
string teams had run up a 40 to
t lead."g? V- i -r " ' -'
" Frank McCully. Eastern Oregon
center, was the game's high point
scorer getting 11 ftoints.
SEATTLE, Jan. ll-i?-Ths Se
attle seanawKs ran. up a s-to-e
lead tonight before" the Portland
Buekaroos conld score, -and then
beat them, 7 to I,-to tie them tor
second place Jn the Northwesters
pro hockey league.
BY HONOR SOCIETY
MMMMMMMI
GASOLINE PRICE IS
No War, Says Code Leader.
But Nine Operators are
Alleged Violators
No changes in downtown gaso
line prices were reported here
yesterday although there were
rumors that a decrease in price
was imminent. Portland prices
fell two cents yesterday. No
change has been made here since
January 1 when prices went
down one-halt cent due to the
reduction in the tax collected by
the federal government.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. ll-(P-
Henry W. : Brown, secretary of
the Oregon Petroleum commit
tee and code authority, today said
there was ' "no price war here"
among gasoline dealers; but that
federal action is being taken
against nine alleged vode viola
tors.
He said reports of nine al
leged violations were forwarded
by his committee to Washington,
D. C. The charges against local
operators, he laid, were made af
ter thorough investigation and in
each instance the operator had
been . warned of the findings
against him.
A report that 165 stations were
cutting prices from 22 to 20
cents a gallon is far in excess
of the facts. Brown said. He de
clared there had undeniably been
some price cutting, but It was
decreasing.
A large dealer who yesterday
announced his places were pre
paring to meet competition said
today he had not yet cut his
prices but would do so to meet
competition unless reported vio
lators were prosecuted.
New Passage to
"Little America"
Sought by Byrd
ABOARD ADMIRAL BYRD'S
FLAGSHIP IN THE ANTARCTIC-
(Via Mackay Radio) -Spurred
by the hope that an un
known back passage into little
America had been found, the
Byrd expedition drove its flag
ship steadily southward today In
an open sea. .
The track of the vessel sup
posedly is barred to navigation by
Ice off Antarctica, but nothing
of it had been seen.
At noon, the vessel's position
was latitude 69 degrees, 2 min
utes south, longitude 152 degrees,
20 minutes ; west, about 700 miles
northeast of little America and
(00 miles west of the usnal pass
age into the Ross sea to Little
America. :
NOT U HERE
Nation to Watch Test of
U lility Control Efforts
I - -
A utility budget control law test the constitutionality of the
with teeth in It a censorship ex
ercised by the state over expendi
tures of companies - operating
within the state, has drawn the
fire of public utilities of Oregon
npon , the head of Charles M.
Thomas, Oregon's public utilities
commissioner. '
. Salary slashes ranging as. high
as 50 per cent for upper bracket
officials of utilities operating
within the-state,- have been order
ed by Commissioner Thomas who
based his action on the 1933 leg
islative act 'empowering the com
missioner, with authority to reject-"imprudent
and unwise ex
penditures of payments": in any
rate valuation proceeding.
: Thomas " lias .further : ordered
cancelled those .usual payments
made by local utilities to service
and . holding companies I in the
east. W-.'i-- s I r
- Protesting companies have de
clared that if such orders are up
held by the; court, Thomas would
be a cxar of : public utilities ia
the" true sense Of the term. v
V The Pacific Telephone V Tele
graph company has tiled suit to
LONG TRIP
World, News at
a Glance
(By tho Associated Press)
Domestic:
CHICAGO. Dr. Alice Wyne
koop goes on trial for slaying of
daughter-in-law; crowd fights for
admission. ,
WASHINGTON. Roosevelt
economy legislation wins in house
by five votes.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Governor
Murray authorizes 3100,000,000
suit again government over tax
free Indian lands.
WASHINGTON. Air line offi
cials tell senate committee air
mail memo altered before copied
for committee.
DETROIT. Investigation start
ed into steriliration of defectives
at a county home.
Foreign:
HONOLULU. Six U. S. navy
planes complete 2400-mile mass
flight from San Francisco.
LIMA, Peru. Secretary Hull
calls on old world to forget an
cient hatreds and settle future dis
putes by friendly means.
BERLIN. Prussian secret po
lice confiscate church membership
lists.
Lipscomb Asked
Walter to Quitx
He Now Reveals
PORTLAND, Jan. ll.-(ff-H. B.
Walter's resignation as assistant
manager of the Federal Home
Owners' Loan corporation of Ore
gon came after Manager L. P.
Lipscomb requested it, the latter
said today.
Lipscomb said he had not ap
pointed Walter and as far as he
knew would not appoint a succes
sor. Meanwhile Walter was In
Washington, D. C, to confer with
HOLC directors there to get the
Oregon office "straightened out."
Shots by Police
Halt Fugitive in
Bad Check Case
PORTLAND, Jan. 11.-V Po
lice said that Jack Hodge. 29,
abandoned flight and was arrest
ed tonight after a police detective
fired three shots while pursuing
him In a residential section here.
Police detectives sought Hodge
after Jean Howard, 23, reputedly
attempted to . pass a spurious
check she said Hodge had given
her to cash. She was booked on
a charge of check vagrancy.
Oregon law.and a temporary in
junction was Issued in federal
court in Portland. On January 29
ia Saa Francisco the senior circuit
judge win rale on the utility's pe-.
tltlon for an Interlocutory injunc
tion and final decree holding the;
law, illegal and void. a ;i
"The company may spend the
money," Commissioner Thomas
admitted. , "but - It it does to it
must be charged against the
stockholders fund which includes
SUrplUS. : - ' r: . ;
"The utility, of course, is given
the right to appeal," Commission
er Thomas admitted in discussing
Oregon's control law, the first of
its kind In the United SUtes. "but
the law provides that -the items
objected to by 1 the commission
shall not be charged against , the
rate payer ; unless and until 'the
commission is reversed by court
decree. t .;..!... r.;wiSfc-;i m: i -
Among the companies to feel
the , weight of Thomas ruling
have1 been the Telephone Utility,
tha California-Oregon Power com
pany, ' Mountain State Power
company and the Northern Elec
tric company.
Lack of Uncertainty is Seen
As Major Factor; Just
Routine Flight '
Takeoff ..Chief Trouble . but
; Fog Also Hinders; 24 '
Hours Flying Time ft -
HONOLULU, Jan. ll.-CThp
greatest overseas mass flight fa
aviation T history, was complete .
with elockllke precision her ta
day . . when six American: navy
planes carrying 30 men on a swfXt ,
2400 - mile 'routine" transfer
from California to Hawaii landed
at Pearl harbor In 1-2-3 order.
All Ho'n o 1 u 1 u roared and
screeched with the din of welcome
as the big planes loomed oat of
the northeast, thundered past I
sinister Koko head, then over pie
turesque ; Diamond head and th '
glittering sands of Waikiki and oa
to the gentle waters of Peart har
bor to come to rest at their future
home.
The over-all elapsed time of tha
planes in the air was 20 hoars aaa
11 minutes but the flying time la
formation from the Golden Oat
across the perilous streteb of tba
Pacific to Pearl harbor was 24
hours and 45 minutes.
The first plane, carrying Lieu
tenant Commander Knefler Me
Ginnis, in charge of the flight,
knifed the glassy waters of Peart
harbor at 5:59. p. m., Eastern
Standard time, 'and came to rest
one minute later. At 0:01 p.
plane number 2 landed.
They had their troubles with
fog, dead-weight and darkness,
but they came through with a
certainty, perhaps never before
equalled in long distance group -flying.
And it was not their first
swift victory over distance. A lew
months ago they flew In forma
tion from Norfolk, Ya.,-to Coco
Solo, Panama, and thence to San
Diego. A quick move to Sau Fran
cisco preceded their epochal flight
to Hawaii, where they will be sta
tioned permanently.
In many respects this aerial
odyssey differed widely from the
overseas flight of the past, Oat
standing; among these was the
virtusl absence of fear for the
safety of the 20 men participating.
The success of - the adventara
seemed to have been take for ,
granted from the inetant the last
plane left the waters of Paradise
cove in San Francisco bay.
There were no expressions of
anxiety from relatives; no specs-
lation on whether the gaaeJina
supplies would hold out; no tear
that the navigators would shoot
wide of their goal the small
island which is to be the perman
ent home of the .sea-conquering
air squadron.
Just before boarding his plane
Lieutenant Commander McGlnnia
gave each of his colleagues a pat
on the back and vowed they woald
eat pineapples in Hawaii today.
Admiral David F. v Seller?, earn-mander-in-chlef
of the Unkel
States fleet, wirelessed McGinnls a
message i of confidence and the
flight became what senior officers
called a "routine" affair.
The troubles of the squadron,
however,: were more numerous
than had been expected.
. Lack of wind delayed the take
off and five of the planes batttea
for two hours before they got In
to the air with their heavy loads.
Each plane, , loaded.- weighed
about 20,000 pounds.
' . There were the Inevitable fogs
through which the adventurous
squadron had to pass during tha
night but this was perhaps Mt
as trying as the feat of making .
the long flight In formation.
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Y. Finances Are
Foiind Improved
Payment of I860 on the defi
cit of former years was show ia
the financial report' given Tbars
day noon when directors at the
city Y. M. C A. held their regu
lar meeting. Full payment af,
membership fees this year-mSS
make possible still greater pay- .
menu on the deficit It -mm
said. An Increase of approximate
ly 6 0 per cent In attendance as
gym and ' swimming classes
November was chalked up ta
eember although the report
ed that much of this gain nlx&t
be credited to the free h4idar
use of the T. granted to ehol
boys.?:?X':r;-- -' f
Sentenced
mTThree
7 PORTIJIND Ore Jaa. It.
-&-Cohrt arguments were t
pensed fith here today whea ,32s
trel Samuel Oata changed sao
mind and nleaded guilty to a
holdup charge. "r -v
circuit ; Judge .Fred W, Wilsow
sentenced! Oats to three Tears ia
the sUte penitentiary. Oar waa
an - alleged holdup partner af
Frank 8. ' Psrker who waa aea
tenced recently, to 12 years la tha
state penitentiary. I -