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MORNING EDITION Volume 210 Year No. 62 NEW LEADING NEWSPAPER HOME OWNED ANI PLANES CRASH AS HUGE CROWD GASPS FUNERAL SERVICE FOR LIVING MAN HELD AT HIS REQUEST; IS HOST AT BIG DINNER AFTERWARD S. R. Patton, 80, Prominent Valier, 111., Said He Want to Hear Rites, Get Flowers While Alive BENTON, Aug. 30 (UP)Friends from miles about flocked Sunday to a farm near Valier, to Join in solemn funeral services for S.

R. Patton, prominent 80-yearold Franklin county farmer. Six ministers joined in the services. A quartet sang several songs and neighbors told what a real friend Patton had been Then the "bereaved" man, who wanted to hear his own funeral sermon. arose from his chair and led the crowd in feasting on good MEXICOS HOME OPERATED FOLLIES GIRL IN JAM AGAIN Just because she the rude New York (left), former featured thing about the fight notorious gambler, think differently, An A material witness.

happens to know "Tough Willie" McCabe (right) police arrested and questioned Hilda Ferguson Follies girl. Hilda says she doesn't know a in a Gotham speakeasy which McCabe, was stabbed several times, the rude police during, even ruder Judge held Hilda in $5,000 bail as CROSS- COUNTRY AIR RACE SET FOR TOMORROW Doolittle Will Be Opposed by Walter Hunter In Mystery Ship; Both Will Stop Here for Fuel The attempt of Major James H. Doolittle to break the transcontinental flying record has been postponed from Monday morning to Tuesday morning, according to notice received Sunday by Frank Speakman, manager of the Albuquerque airport. Weather conditions were reported responsible for the delay. Doolittle is an entrant in the high-speed cross-country air race for the Bendix trophy, which, it was announced in Cleveland Sunday night by national air officials, has been postponed until Tuesday.

It was announced recently by Doolittle that if his time to Cleveland were fast enough to warrant, he would continue on to New York in an effort to break the coast-tocoast record. Walter Hunter Enters While the famous ex-army ace was waiting for the take-off In Los Angeles, a "mystery plane WAS en route to the coast with Walter Hunter, endurance flyer reported considering an attempt at the cross-country speed mark. Hunter stopped at Wichita Sunday. His plane is a sister ship to the one Captain Frank Hawks has flown to numerous speed records, according to an Associated Press dispatch. The mystery ship is to be refuelled at Albuquerque and Wichita during a flight in the national derby from Los Angeles to Cleveland, and if it makes good time to Cleveland will De rushed on to New York for the record attempt.

LEARNS TO FLY NEW YORK. Aug. 30 (UP)Two hours and twenty minutes after she started taking flying lessons, Charlotte Hodgkinson, 19, went on a solo flight at Curtis airport. The previous record for quick flying was three hours and 20 minutes. 31, 1931.

GRAF ZEPPELIN NEARS CANARIES ON BRAZIL TRIP Big German Dirigible Is Making About 70 Knots An Hour Along the Coast of West Africa FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, Aug. (UP) The dirigible Graf making, another flight Zeppelin, across the Atlantic ocean to Brazil, sped down the western coast of Africa Sunday night after a smooth journey from Friedrichshafen. At 11 p. m. the dirigible radioed it was at 31.10 north.

11.30 west, the making about seventy knots along coast, and heading for Canary islands, some 300 miles away. dirigible, commanded by Dr. Hugo Eckener, was attempting a non-stop flight to Natal on the northwest corner of the South American continent, rather than making short stops along the route as on its last journey across the Atlantic. Dr. Eckener planned to follow the previous route to the Canary islands and the Cape Verde islands, striking an almost straight course southwestward toward Natal.

PRISONERS SET ANOTHER FIRE IN COUNTY JAIL Several Small Blazes Discovered, and Firemen Are Called Out; Second Such Affair This Summer Unruly prisoners In the county jail again created excitement around the courthouse Sunday night by starting several small fires inside the Jail, and smashing electric lights. Waste paper and trash boxes were set ablaze in three places near the windows, about 8:30 o'clock, and a passerby who saw flames the fourth-floor jail turned in a fire alarm from a garage at Fourth street and Tijeras avenue. As in the case of the similar fire scare staged by the prisoners June 17, the alarm brought the aerial tower and all other engines in the city hall fire station. A connection was made with the standpipe in the rear of courthouse, but it was found unnecessary to use a hose line. A squad of firemen led by Chief Arthur Westerfeld smothered the bonfires with chemical extinguishers before any loss was caused.

Prisoners clustered at the windows and shouted at the large crowd which gathered below. The excitement soon died down. Sheriff Felipe Zamora arrived at the courthouse, soon after fire remained in the jail for a. considerable time. Hoped for Escape Bellef that federal prisoners facing indictment at the grand jury session opening Monday in Santa Fe started the fire In the hope of escaping when the Jail doors were opened was expressed by the sheriff his investigation.

He said he intended to question the prisoners closely in an effort to determine the guilty parties. ONE KILLED, TWO HURT BY DEPUTY SHERIFF IN COAL STRIKE QUARREL HARLAN, Aug. 30 (UP)One man was killed and two wounded, one probably fatally, in a new outbreak of disorders in this coal mining region Sunday night. Joe Moore, 40. was killed instantly, Julius Baldwin, 30, was shot twice in the head and reported dying, and Jess Baldwin, his brother, suffered two wounds in the shoulder.

The three were shot by Deputy Sheriff Lee Fleener, who said all three men fired revolvers him as he stopped his car at a highat, way soup kitchen. OLD CIVILIZATION TEHERAN, Persia, Aug. 30 (UP) -Definite indications that a high degree of civilization existed in Persia 3,000 years before Christ were announced Sunday by the University of Pennsylvania expedition under leadership of Eric Schmidt. The explorers found a sarcophagus containing the skeleton of a man and woman, burial ments and gifts in excavations at Demghan. MRS.

ALICE HUFF HAS SERIOUS OPERATION SILVER CITY. N. Aug. 30 (P) Alice Huff, former Grant county assessor, and now deputy assessor and chairman of the board of regents of the New Mexico State Teachers' college, was operated on Sunday afternoon for appendicitis. She was reported as resting easy and is expected to recover rapidly, GOOD MORNING Temperature dropped to 71 maximum here Sunday, give ing coal men and gas company big thrill.

Member of Assedated1 Press Today By ARTHUR BRISBANE Tears and Income, Much in Five Words. He Borrows $65,000,000. Poor Old Britannia, Copyright 1981 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. If you have tears to shad, and any considerable Income earned in New York state, prepare to shed the tears and part of the income. Governor announces his Roosevelt plan of for New dealing York with unemployment, and the plan is A 50 PER CENT INCREASE IN STATE INCOME TAX.

Please believe that tears shed when that news spreads will not I be crocodile tears. Colonel Lindbergh talked In Japan yesterday. Many heard him here, across the thousands of miles. The American flier put an 1m- portant fact in five words: "There are no distant countries." The world is so small you are inclined to ask, Impatiently: "How long must we wait to go to Mars and see something new?" Mark, real esate men, and you that want to borrow money on mortgage and can't, mark it also. John D.

Rockefeller, 1s im- Continued on Page Two ENGLISH CHURCH. OLD CATHOLICS: INION PLANNED Agreement Reached On Three Hitherto Controversial Matters: Eastern Orthodox Invited In LONDON, Aug. 30 (UP)--A pro-! gram for reunion of the Church of England with other denominations was advanced Sunday under the guidance of the Most Rev. and Rt. Hon.

Cosmo Gordon Lang, archbishop of Canterbury. An announcement at Lambeth palace, residence of the archbishop as primate of all England, said of the Anglican old a foint, commission, Catholic churches had met at Bonn in July and agreed on three points which were considered important steps toward reunion. The three points agreed upon were: 1. To recognize mutually the Catholicity and independence of the two churches. 2.

Each communion will admit members of the other communion to participate in sacraments. 3. Neither church will necessarily adopt the customs or habits or devotion of the other. The importance of the agreement with the old Catholic church, which Was formed by Roman Catholics who refused to accept the decrees of the vatican council of 1870 defining the dogma of papal infallibility, was emphasized by the announcement a week ago that plans for unification of the Anglican church with the eastern orthodox churches were improved as a result of the visit of the archbishop of Canterbury to Palestine last spring. NATIONALLY KNOWN METHODISTS GATHER FOR COLORADO MEET DENVER, Aug.

31 (A) -Nationally known leaders of the Methodist Episcopal church will gather here this week with Colorado Methodist ministers and lay delegates for the opening of the Sixtyninth annual session of the Colorado conference of churches. During the conference Bishop Charles L. Mead will appoint Methodist ministers for Colorado next year. Among prominent Methodist leaders who will speak are Dr. John R.

Edwards of New York City, member of the Methodist Board of Foreign Missions, and Dr. Clarence True Wilson of the Board of Temperance. MAN KILLED, TRYING TO SLAY EX- WIFE: POLICEMAN WOUNDED VALLEJO, Aug. 30 (AP)E. A.

Otis, Sacramento baker, was shot to death and a policeman was severely wounded here Sunday in what police described as the elimax of an attempt of Otis to slay his estranged wife, Ina. Otis was killed by Policeman 1 W. E. Francis, who fired a bullet into the heart after Otis had fired shotgun at Policeman man's, Frank L. Hannigan, shattering his left arm.

Hannigan also received several bullets In the body but physicians said he had a chance to live. Albuquerque. N. M. SEEKING MORE DEATH VICTIMS ON CLARKSBURG MURDER RANCH Officers Think More Bodies of Women Killed by Matrimonial Agent May Be Discovered OVER 100 NAMES OF CORRESPONDENTS FOUND Whether Harry Powers Killed Any of Them Is Still Unknown; Plays Cards As He Confesses CLARKSBURG, W.

Aug. 30 (UP)--Harry F. Powers quit playing poker in his cell at the Harrison county Jail Sunday long enough to confess to the murder of Mrs. Dorothy A. Lemke, the fifth victim of his "matrimonial agency." The 35-year-old Worcester, woman was added to Mrs.

Aste Buick Eicher of Park Ridge, and her three children las victims of the "murder that Powers is alleged to have conducted in garage six miles north of here. The five bodies were found in crude graves near the garage. Sunday night police were digging for other bodies, belleving Powers may have been committing murder for profit over A long period of time, luring wealthy women to his home by a promise of marriage. They were busy checking more than 100 women, whose names were found In Powers' belongings. The 45-year-old Powers, unruffled by the piling up of added crimes against him, shuffled the cards in the poker game he was with three cell and playing told police they were wasting their time in looking for more bodies.

"Sure, I killed her." he said when told of the finding of Mrs. Lemke's body. "She's a woman from out west. but I don't rememher her name. There's no use looking for bodies, because they aren't there." Mrs.

Lemke formerly lived In St. Paul, Describes the Killings killing Powers Mrs. made Lemke his confession, De- of tective Carl Southern, and supplied further details of the slaying of Mrs. Eicher and her children. Southern quoted him as giving this account.

On an early In August he took Mrs. Lemke, Mrs. Etcher and the three children to the garage. He placed the two women and Mrs. Eicher'a two daughters Continned an Pare Three PASSENGER AND AVIATOR KILLED IN AIR CRASH Machine Goes Into Tail Spin at Westcliffe, Killing Max Earle.

Fatally Injuring Phil Reid WESTCLIFFE, Aug. 30 (UP)-Max Earle, 31, was killed and Phil Reid, 24, Denver aviator, fatally injured when Reid's plane went into A tailspin and crashed 1,500 feet to the ground here Sunday. The crash occurred about three-fourths of a mile outside Westeliffe, and hundreds of townspeople who had been watching Reid fly, ran to plane and had just extricated the pilot from the wreckage when the plane burst into flames. Earle's body was burned to a crisp. He WAS riding In the front seat of the plane and was buried in the wreckage.

Reid died later in a Canon City hospital. Reid, who is the son Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Reid of Denver, was an experienced pilot.

He has been connected with the Royal Gorge airport at Canon City for the past four years and flew many tourists over the gorge. Reid was involved in his first plane crash two years ago at Canon City. John Stowe, son of the leader of the Colorado state penitentiary band, was a passenger. Stowe was injured but recovered. Reid escaped unscathed.

PRAY AGAINST PLAGUE CAPETOWN, South Africa, Aug. 30 (UP)---A day of "Intercession" was observed Sunday throughout East Africa, where a locust plague has endangered many thousands of natives. The plague, which is Increasing, has destroyed crops un authorities had the utmost difIticulty in feeding the hungry. Monday, August GANGSTER GUNS WOUND GIRL, AS OFFICERS SOLVE WALL KILLINGS New York Has Another Exciting Day, As Racketeers Try to Kill Man Who Defled Their Demands 4 SUSPECTS CONFESS SLAUGHTER HOUSE CASE Say They Got the Wrong Man; Identity of Actor In Child Shootings Believed Learned NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (AP)Gangster bullets fired Into a street crowded with children in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn late Sunday, felling an 18-year-old girl, while between 100 and 200 smaller children and the target of the shots escaped Injury.

The gangsters, who witnesses said fired between six and eight shots in all, fled. The wounded girl is Jennie Ballantino. She was on her way to a moving picture show with fire or six other girls and was wounded in the right wrist by a stray bullet. At the hospital it was said she was not seriously wounded. Police said the shots fired from a parked sedan were intended for Joseph Santor: 45, a boss stev3dore and longshoreman.

He reported to police Saturday night that two men were seeking to extort tribute from him and he had refused to pay. They demanded money If he wanted to continue his trade unmolested, he said. Santora, who escaped the fusillade by dropping prone on the sidewalk. was questioned and then released. Police said they knew the Identity of the two gunmen.

Santora, father of 12 children, has no police record. The solution of a recent Brooklyn gang killing and a clue to gunman wanted for killing one child and wounding four others in Harlem rewarded the authorities Sunday night for their week-end anti-crime round -up. Seek Child Shooter Although only eleven prisoners were taken, one of them was Ernest Soricelli, former henchman of Arthur Flegenheimer, (Dutch Schutz) Bronx beer baron. His story sent twenty detectives on a hurried quest for Vincent Coll, suspected of having committed the "Little Italy" child shootings. Police and newspapers have offered rewards of $30,000 for conviction of the gangster for the Harlem child's death.

The confession of a band of Continued on Page Three VETERAN TAKES HIS OWN LIFE AT SILVER CITY Charles F. Mulford, 28, Who Was Interested In Mine at White Signal, Dies From Poisoning SILVER CITY, N. Aug. 30 (P)--Charles F. Mulford, 28, disabled war veteran, committed cide by drinking poison at his apartment Saturday night.

111 health was believed to have been cause. Mulford, who was interested with Hamilton Roach in the Copper Queen mine at White Signal, N. took the poison and then staggered Into a room an adjoining apartment to goodbye made to Mr. and Mrs. Roach.

He was rushed to a hospital, where he died later. He was formerly a patient at Ft. Bayard, but had been in Silver City for the past eight years. He is survived by his parents who live at Carthage, Missouri. A coroner's Inquest will be held Monday, RED DRIVE IN CHINA SHANGHAI, China, Aug.

30 (UP) impending communist offensive in the flooded Yangtze valley was reported Sunday night. The Kua Min news agency said "communist armies deliberately cut dykes to swamp pursuing government troops, resulting in the drowning of 20.000 communists and natives" when the waters got beyond control. BREAKS SWIMMING RECORD TOKIO. Aug. 30 (UP) --MaMaking, 18-year-old swimsazo Sunday the accepted world's record yards, free bettered, style, swimming the distance in 10 minutes, 16.1 seconda PRICE FIVE CENTS WORLD AFFAIRS LEADERS MOVING TO GENEVA FOR IMPORTANT WORK Will Try to Solve the Political and Economic ProbClems That Are Throttling and Making Fear EUROPEAN TARIFF BARS GIVEN DENOUNCEMENT Committee of European Commission Recommends Making Continent "One Big Market" GENEVA, Aug.

30 tariff barriers were denounced in a report, just issued, of the International group of economic experts which was presentation to the preparinating committee of the European commission this week. The report atated that any improvement in the economic status of the world and Europe would be Impossible until there was a greater freedom of circulation of goods, labor and capital. The experts group wan appointed by the European commission at its May meeting. In Its report, It will urge that the goal to be aimed at is to make Europe great market for the products of all the countries' which constitute it." The committee also recommended the creation of an International bank for granting long time credits. Leaders of International affairs, wearied by three months of feverish negotiations in the capitals of Europe, turned Sunday toward Geneva where, in a series of meetings beginning Monday, the world's crave political and economic problems will be examined afresh In the clinto of the League of Nations.

European statesmen and their advisers will gather here Monday for the meeting of the coordinaling committee of the European union commission which will attempt to formulate a general plan for European economic rehabilitation. League of Nations On Tuesday the League of Nations council convenes and on its agenda are the Austro-German Customs union and Poland's treatment of the German minority under the Polish flag. On Thursday, the European commission itself meets with the hope of taking concrete action on the economic remedies proposed by its committee. The annual assembly of the league comes together the followIns Monday in Its twelfth session. which the economic crises and the coming world disarmament conference will provide ample material for the deliberations of the 53 national delegations, A11 those league, meetings are certain to feel the influence of the German and British troubles and the resultant politi-1 cal shakeup in Great Britain.

Arthur Henderson, foreign secretary In the recent labor cabinet, will be greatly missed. Viscount Cecil, one of the founders of the league, will be the British spokesman, but although held in high esteem in Geneva, he is not a minister In the British government and call not speak with the authority of the foreign secretary. DIVORCED WIFE OF W. G. ROGERS, WEALTHY OIL MAN, KILLS SELF OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug.

30 (UP) ---Mrs. Esther Rogers, 29- year-old divorced wife of W. G. Rogers, millionaire oil man, was found shot through the head in the bedroom of her home Saturday. She died shortly afterward at St.

Anthony hospital without making a. statement. MANY LIVES LOST IN EARTHQUAKES IN INDIA KARACHI, India, Aug. 30 (UP) -Severe earthquakes which took A. large toll of lives and did wide damage along the Afghan frontier were revealed Sunday in belated advices from Baluchistan.

At least 30 persons were killed and hundreds were injured in the towns of Moch, Ablegum and Pannir, which were destroyed, the messages said. About 200 shocks were felt in three days. At least 63 of the shocks occurred between 10 p. m. Thursday m.

Friday. Entire hills disappeared in some districts and whole towns collapsed In ruins, the messages reported. Most population escaped into the fields after the first shock. but authorities feared that later advices would show the extent of the disaster to be greatly increased. TWO PILOTS USE CHUTES, LANDING WITHOUT INJURY AT AERIAL SHOW Machines of Marine National Guard Collide While Going Through Evolutions High In Air PHOEBE OMLIE WINNER OF THE DERBY PRIZE Leads Whole Bunch In From Dayton; Eldon Cessna of Wichita, Is First Man Into Cleveland CLIMAX IN OIL PRICE BATTLE EXPECTED TODAY Texas Railroad Commission's Order Limiting Eastern Pool Likely to Bring Prices Up to $1 OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug.

30 (UP)--A climax to martial law in east Texas and Oklahoma, declared by governors of the two states in their attempt to stabilize the petroleum industry, was imminent Sunday night. The Texas state railroad commission was expected issue Monday an order curtailing the vast production In east Texas and 80 raise oil prices at least to the 81-a-barrel level demanded by Governor W. H. Murray of Oklahoma and Governor Ross Sterling of Texas. The order probably will gO Into effect Oil operators believed the east Tuesday, Texas field's production would be set at from 240,000 barrels to 300,000 barrels each day.

Operators also expressed the opinion that Murray's militant shut down order would be dissolved In part as soon as major crude oil purchasing companies started paying $1 for their supplies. Crude oil price tops now are 70 cents the barrel. Oklahoma refiners, however, can purchase no supplies at that figure. They have exhausted most of their reserve stocks. THIEVES TAKE CAR FROM MAN'S GARAGE Auto thieves boldly entered the garage at the rear of J.

T. Prewitt's home at 915 South Third street early Sunday morning drove off a large sedan, police were told. The state highway truck stolen from a downtown street Friday night and the car taken from E. Delgado, 517 East Marble avenue, at an Isleta fiesta Friday night, were still unrecovered Sunday. FAMILY FIGHT SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.

30 Palmina Ternullo, 20-year-old divorcee, was killed, her mother and father probably fatally wounded and her tormer husband less seriously hurt pistol duel on a street in the Italian district here Sunday. victuals spread on long tables in yard. "Uncle Steve" conceived the of an advanced funeral several weeks ago when he caught a cold. The illness was nothing serious, but as he put it, he decided he wanted any flowers "thrown in my lap Instead of on my grave." He planned every detail down to issuing the Invitation cards. "This is a strange funeral," said Rev.

John B. Maulding, Benton pastor and one the six ministers who spoke, "hut we found no valid arguments against ft. Brother Patton spent many years in wickedness, I am told, but some fortyeight years ago embraced the Christian religion and has lived a useful and devoted Christian life ever since." AIRPORT, CLEVELAND, Aug. 30 (UP) -An air thrill of a lifetime, a collision 1,500 feet up between two stunting planes, was furnished Sunday to a large crowd awaiting the finish of the air derby at the national aid races. While nine marine national guard planes were going through a difficult "corkscrew roll" formation, the planes of Lieutenant H.

Sanderson and Lieutenant W. O. Brice collided. Al wing was clipped from Brice's plane. The flyers bailed out and floated to a safe landing near their wrecked ships.

Omlie Leads Derby Miss Phoebe Omlie, 28, of phis arrived first in the air and unofficially was declared derby. ner of both the men's and women's divisions. Official awarding of the grand prize was held up until the judges could check elapsed times. D. C.

Warren of San Francisco, ahead in points when the 52 trants left Dayton Saturday night, apparently won the division. Miss Omlie landed at 2:16 p. m. Eldon Cessna of Wichita, Kans, was the first man to land, three minutes behind Miss Omlie. The next arrival was Mrs.

Gladys O'Donnell of Long Beach, Calif. An announcement described "entirely unofficial" by Cart Lienesch, derby chairman, said that Edith Foltz, Portland, Mrs. Martie Bowman of Glendale, and Mrs. Mae Haizlip Port St. Louts were apparently tied second place in the women's division.

Fourteen of the 17 women who started from Santa Monica, Calif, finished. The winners of the two divisions will share $6,000 grand prize money. In addition, Miss Omlie will receive, a sports car for ping both divisions. International Team The skill and daring of the ternational team, led by Lieut. Al.

ford J. Williams again captivated the spectators who sat in their seats until dusk to watch the five aces perform. Seated in the radio control room before a microphone, was a sixth member, Flight mander, Britain, Richard who L. R. directed Atcherley, Wile of liams through his maneuvers.

cherley was Injured Iriday when his plane cracked up in a landing as he completed a test flight. Major Ernst Udet, of Germany, the first foreign ace aloft, was cheered enthusiastically as he landed from a flight that sent him through loops at the ing low level of less than 300 feet. Of almost equal astonishing sicill were the performances of Lieut. Col. Mario de Bernardi, of Italy; Capt.

Boleslaw Orlinski, of Poland, and Major Alois Kubita, of Czechoslovakia. In addition to the crash of the two marine planes, another slight mishap occurred when Lee lup, 45, of Iron River, Michigan, fell Into a tree as he landed in parachute. Gallup was bruised and scratched, but not seriously injured. GOVERNMENT PLANS LONGTIME FINANCING WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (UP)billion dollar refunding program wag announced by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon Sunday night ag a means of coping with the stringent fiscal situation without an increase in taxes.

This financing consists of a year $800.000,000 issue, the third long-term bond issue in six months, and $300.000.000 of treasury certificates to for one year, a total of $1,100,000.000. Both issues are dated September 15. Together they constitute the largest single refunding operation in recent years. POLISH LEADER KILLED WARSAW, Poland, Aug. 30 (UP) -Two youthful assassins shot and killed Tadeus Holowko, vice-chairman of the tal bloc in parliament and one of the closest friends of Marshal Joseph Pilsidski, at a hotel in Truekawlec, East Calicia,.