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IFOHAlUL EwflLJ aosiiigStockQuotations and Racing News-U1Y SEIED 3REPUBLICAUS0F 1EEALD A Entered as second-class matter st tht postofflca. in Dayton. Ohio THR WTT.AT'HTi'T? Continued fair and rmsr No. 139 59th YEAR MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1934 I 14 An A A. "Probibly thoweri Tuesday.

FAR FROM 4 18, Is KilledfflBUQEB dimjs after Elevator Opera Degrees Conferred University of Dayton Graduates of Commencement Program Aviators Who Found Wreckage Tell Vivid Story of Discovery; Battle With Fogs Believed Fought. LIVINGSTON MANOR, N. June 11. (UP) The hi American Air Line transport plane which vanished with seven persons aboard while en route from Newark to Chicago, Saturday evening, wag found in the rolling Catskill mountains today, destroyed by fire and with all of its occupants dead. The plane, object of a huge search by land and air since Sunday dawn, was found by William H.

Hallock and Le Lewis, two volunteer flyers. Hallock told the United Press that the passenger plane was a tangled mass of wreckage, twisted and destroyed by; fire. He said that the occupants apparently, did not have a chance to escape. NATION PERK UP; RELIEFJSJELT Setting by Chicago Conference With No Bones Broken Is One Happy Event. THEY'RE PREDICTING NOW Gain of 50 to 75 Seats in House Once More Forecast Without Blushing.

COUNT ON BIG BUSINESS Also, Party Big-Wigs See a Change in Sentiment Among Those NRA Hurt. By GEORGE DC UNO HERALD RL'REAU WASHINGTON June 11. FAITH Like the first faint signs of spring, a trace of optimism seems to have developed in Republican ranks recently. It Is just discernible in that the G. O.

P. doesn't have much at the moment to be optimistic about but It la cropping up nevertheless. blicans who once talked 3f picking up 50 to 75 seats in the house this tall and later privately dropped their estimates to 25, are now talking In the original terms again. TK GEORGE DIBNO confidence may be largely an unconscious manifeatation of relief because the party got over th hurdle at Chicago and named a new chairman without breaking a leg In any event, local spokesmen are getting a little cockier in their off-record conversations. The Republicans are banking on three things to start the pendulum swinging back in their direction: A belief the big money interests will come through with important cash to support the elephant at the crucial moment; A hope that the little business man has been sufficiently hurt by NRA, as claimed by the Darrow board, to be good and mad at the administration, and, A conviction the administration 'Is making a mistake by playing organised labor's game.

As one member of the Republican inner council views it, big business is doing fairly well under codes, but would rather have a Republican administration in the addle. Thus he reasons campaign funds will ba forthcoming. So far as labor is concerned, many Republicans scoff at the Idea, the union vote can be delivered in a national election. They punk it la bad business to try to build a cause around an organized minority and they foresee the possibility of violent labor disturbances this summer that may alienate the votes of many bystanders from the Demomcrata. To all of which the Democrats probably will say, "Oh yeah?" They are supremely confident just about now.

ADVANCES Madame Secretary of Labor ePrkins, with fine disregard for laws governing women'i working hours, was up all that night at the end of a long distance telephone when the Toledo auto strike settlement was effected. She finally got the word from Conciliator Charles P. Taft that all was serene again at 6 a. m. Loss of a night's sleep, however, did not deter the lady cabinet member from being at her desk the next morning to personally hand out a bit of Information to the press.

But the four-page statement she carefully read and explained, paragraph by paragraph to the did not concern the Toledo set hi tonight 22 PAGES AIR ROUT L.I., employe of the Music Cor poration of America in New York Harold C. Coppins, 42, of Buf falo, married, with one child. William A. Cass, 28, of Buffalo, married, with two children. William Baxter Bader, 81, of Buffalo, married, with three chifc dren.

Tells of Finding. Ha Hock's account of the finding of the plane follows: "I found the big Condor trans port because we local pilots la thi territory know the field thoroughly. I discovered the wreck' age in which all seven of the oo cupants were burned to death about 11 a. after flying in that vicinity for about two hours. "We went out about 0 o'clock, and flew first at a height of about 1,000 feet, skimming the peaks of the mountains.

The country is rough and wooded, with many gut Concluded on Next Page, Column FIVElEADll FAULT FEUD SUSANVILLE, June (UP) Five persons today were re ported killed in what was believed to be a family feud. The victims were Mr. and Mra Joe Fazio, their 20-ycar-old daugh ter, John Fazio and Lena AmlatL. All had been stabbed to death. YOUTH PLUNGES TO DEATH FROM ELEVENTH FLOOR Accident Occurs in Downtown Hotel Where He Had Worked But Four Days.

CORONER INVESTIGATING Body Found by Employes Who Heajd Dull Thud in Elevator Shaft. Plunging 11 stories down the elevator shaft of the Miami hotel, Donald Arthur Winn, 18, of 44 Oakland avenue, Southern Hills, an elevator operator, met almost instant death when he suffered a fractured skull at 11 a.m. Monday. His body was found by hotel employes after they heard a dull thud and asumed it was plaster falling in the shaft. Door Opened Apparently the youth, who had Worked at the hotel only four days, pried open an elevator shaft doors on the eleventh floor, thinking the elevator was there, and stepped into the shaft.

His body fell, to the mezzanine floor level when it struck the elevator, halted at that point while being painted. The body continued down to the basement where employes found it approximately five minutes after hearing him fall. Coroner Maurice Cooper arrived on the scene almost Immediately and began a complete investigation. The body was removed to the St. Elizabeth hospital pending Concluded on Next Page, Column 2 -i 'PI iW if "yL rl TWO (2) CENTS COX III CONFERENCE WITH PARTY'S CHIEF WASHINGTON, June 11.

(UP) Democratic strategy for the approaching primary campaign was being discussed here today at a series of conferences between James M. Cox, of Dayton, prominent Ohio Democratic congressman and President Roosevelt. Prior to going to the White House at noon for an interview with President Roosevelt, Cox talked with Senator Robert J. Bulklcy, of Cleveland; Rep. Charles West, of Granville; Rep, Byron Harlan of Dayton and several other congressmen.

The Cox conferences here today followed closely on the visit here Saturday of Governor George White. CONGRESS IN TILT WITH By DAVID LAWRENCE II f. .4 I. HIKE .4 AHIMlTON Hi- II. The first real clash between the "Brain Trust" and the men who still think they are making the laws for the government of the United States is on in earnest to day.

come before the United States I senate, wnicn must decide on whether will LA" KENdl share with President Roosevelt the responsibility for promoting Tro-fes ugwell from assistant 1 tor, a JUM1UU i x. For the views I I and options and I theories and doc- I trlnea of Rexford 1 Tugweil, brain 1 1 truster In -chief, jl LI 1 0 eature I'nahle to Land. Hallock and Lewis found the de molished plane at 11 a. m. while the huge search was being concentrated slightly north and east of this district in the historic Catskill region, where the Rip Van Winkle legend originated.

The transport plane, with "four passengers, a pilot, co-pilot, uid stewardess, had left Newark at 4 p. m. Saturday, and reported 45 minutes later that all was well over Newburgh, up the Hudson river. Then it vanished into a thundershower. The department of commerce suppressed first information t- cernlng the finding of the plrne pending arrival of officials for an investigation.

The local coroner started for the scene, about XI miles north of Livingston Manor, shortly afternoon. Lee Lewis, who piloted Hallock when the plane was found, told the United Press that the two did not land beside the demolished craft. They did not know how many persons were supposed to be on boara, Lewis said; but he added that it was obvious none of the cupants was able to escape. While Lewis and Hallock were talking to the United Press cor respondent they were interrupted to accompany the official party to the scene of the disaster. The dead in the crash: Clyde Hollbrook, pilot, 38, of La Grange, 111.

John Barron, co-pilot, 33, of Chicago. Miss Ada Huckeby, 28, steward ess, of Henskaw, Ky. Harry Pinsley of Great Neck, 5 i 1 Bv President as rictures in the accompanying layout were made Sunday morning at the annual University of Dayton baccalaureate services. No. 1 is Rev.

Carl Cincinnati, principal' speaker; No 3, the three priests who officiated at the solemn high left to right, Rev. Edwin Leimkuhler, S.M., Cincinnati, deacon; Rev. Walter C. Tredtin, S.M., president of the university, celebrant, and Rev. Henry Fritz, S.M., sub-deacon, from Sioux City, No.

3, the 1934 graduating class, and No. 4, the academic procession of the faculty and gsaduating students marching from St. Mary hall to the university chapel. than that of an ordinary wind and rain storm. But the population, only beginning to recover from the terrific storm of last summer, was fearful.

SAN SALVADOR, June 11 (UP) Relief workers today estimated the dead at 2.000 In the hurricane whjch devastated this area last week. They emphaaized that the total was a rough estimate pending an official check up. Reports of relief worker and aviators, however, made it certain that the death toll would be huge. One pilot reported that he flew over the stricken district and found only a few buildings standing at Acajutla. He said sn unidentified tea turnip had been sunk at the mouth of the Rio Lempa.

Only the top of one funnel showed. Many bodies were floating near the wreckage and other bodies were sighted on shore. The pilot said a railroad train had been hurled from the tracks and carried 100 yards by the hurricane. The train wreckage, up-ride down, could be plainly seen, he reported. HEARING DELAYED Disbarment proceedings against Abe Srhulman, local ttorney, wete postponed for one reek Monday morning by Common Men Judge Lowell Brddy, of Urban, assigned to hear the case.

The postponement was msde on the plea of defense attnmevs, Albert C. Scharrer and William Rhotehsmel, that they were not ttady to try the case. 1 1 J. Ryan. 16.

Ph.D.. Rev. Sheen, of Catholic University of America, Gives Address. TEXAS COAST PREPARES FOR HURRICANE; DEATH TOLL RUNS NEAR 2,000 BROWNSVILLE, June 11. (UP) Gulf waters roared a warning today of a tripocal storm scheduled to strike before nightfall.

Heavy swells crashed ashore in advance of the disturbance, expected to attain hurricane proportions before shrieking inland between Brownsville and Tampico, Mex. Bathers were warned to clear the beaches. Fishing parties on Brazos island moved to the mainland. Swells curled over lowlands of the island, inundating roadways. The storm is not expected, however, to be as devastating as the hurricane which last September raked the lower Rio Grande valley, taking 44 lives, injuring 1,900 and damaging property by $12,000,000.

Late FOaslhies tlement. It had to do with the 'faet cer canlta earnings of factorv MEXICO CITY, June 11. (UP) Panic stricken gulf coast residents waited helplessly today for a hurricane to strike the rich Tampico oil fields after spreading destruction in El Salvador and Honduras and killing hundreds of persons. Moving northwestward the storm was due to strike the Tsmaullpss state coast tonignt or Tuesday. Government meteorologists hoped It might do little more damage INSIDE THE HERALD WALLACE SEES GRAIN RESERVE.

WASHINGTON, June "prain savinps account" as insurance against famine during periods of crop failure is envisioned by Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. WaUnce after a tour of some of the worst drought areas in the middle west. Ravaging of corps by dry weather and insect pcst may have an educational value in that it suggests the neces sity for establishing grain reserves under flexible federal control, Wallace believes. THREE DEAD IN AIR CRASH. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, June 11.

(UP) A Pan-American-Grace line passenger plane was forced down today on Mar Chiquita lagoon, between Junin and Agustinas in Buenos Aires province, with the loss of three lives. HORAH BACKS SILVER BILL. WASHINGTON, June 11. (UP) Senator William E. Borah, Republican, Idaho, again threw the strength of hit oratory to the support of silver legislation in the senate today, with an impassioned plea for an overhauling of the monetary, system as a curb on the economic trend toward the concen tration of wealth.

eleventh person to whom this distinctive position has been awarded since 1894, and the only American. He also held the post of faculty member at St. Edmund college at Ware, England, in 1025; and visiting lecturer at Cambridge university (England) during the summer session. This post he still holds. He Is prominent also in radio cycles, having been the radio preacner ior me iauonai uouncu I0 Catholic men for the past four years.

This program Is classified as the National Catholic Hour. He is also an author of note, his nost recent publications including "The Eternal Galilean," "Queen of the Seven Sorrows" and "The Philosophy of Science." At the present Concluded on Next Page, Column TUGWELL BACKS WIDE PLANNING Senators Are Told by "Brain Truster" That He Supports Constitution. WASHINGTON, June 11. (LT) The American constitution Is flexible enough for any changes that may be necessary In America's economic life, Rexford Guy Tugweil said today at a bolsterlous public battle with his senate foes over "Brain Trust" practices. Tugweil, coolly parrying the questions of Chairman Ellison D.

Smith, of the senate agriculture committee, and Senator Harry F. Byrd Virginia, denied he favored any sweeping or revolutionary changea In American government. The handsome, dapper "Brain Truster" whose nomination has been held up many weeks by Senator. Smith becsuse he Isn't a Concluded on Neit rTi Column I Commencement exercises Monday afternoon at which time degrees were presented the 110 graduates of the University of Dayton, concluded the three-day graduation program held over the weekend. The degrees were conferred by Rev.

Walter Tredtin, president of the university, at the N. C. R. schoolhouae. The commencement address was delivered by Rev.

Fulton J. Sheen, Ph. LL. faculty member of the Catholic University of who arrived Monday morning. Preceding the graduation service Rev.

Sheen was the honored guest at a faculty and alumni luncheon at the university. Author of Note. Rev. Sheen, who was ordained a priest st Teoria, 111., in 1919, has held the post of Agrege on Phll-osophle st Louvaln. He was the FIRST BIG BRAIN TRUST retary to undersecretary of agriculture.

During the last week fhen Secretary Wallace was absnnt. Mr, Tugweil served as acting secretary and attended the meetings of the cabinet. His philosophy Is inseparably interwoven in the new deal's entire program. Hence the opposition to the confirmation of Dr. Tugweil Is a major development.

On how the senatars vote will depend whether they really approve publicly of the new deal. Privately many of the senators are opposed to the Tugweil confirmation but under pressure from the White House they will go along. Parly I Divided. It Is algnifir-nt that all the ex-pressed opposition romes from Inside the Democratic party itself. Senator Ellison D.

Smith, veteran Concluded on Neat Page, Column 1 workers had Jumped 28.2 per cent aa compared with last year. Burled in the lengthy hand-out was one figure the administration la stressing most earnestly In current negotiation! to avert a steel Strike. It showed tha the largest advance of all among Individual industries 704 per cent had accrued to the workers in blast furnaces, steel works and rolling mtlla. The Washington administration la using every ounce of Its publicity ability to head off the many threatened strikes. Miss Perkins "sold bar statistics to the representatives Of the press.

pOMBINO Without any public-vj ity, Secretary of Commerce Dan Roper has railed in a troubleshooting committee of three prominent business executives to try to bring order out of chaos in the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. 1 Aa previously reported here, this important agency for American business has been seething with internal politics and strife. The unsuccessful effort of President Roosevelt to vt senate confirmation of Prof. Thorp's nomination as director spotlighted It. Asslstsnt Director Russell Am-ory, an anti-Thorp enjoying the backing of Senator McAdoo, of California, still remains relieved of rill duties pertaining- to bureau (olicy.

Prof. Carl Murchlaon, appointed director in place of Thorp, C4Khjea Page Cohana I IN RACE FOR CONGRESS. WASHINGTON, June 11. Congressman William Feisinger, Democrat, of Sandusky, formally entered the rtt for reelection in the 13th Ohio district today when he MZ petitions bearing 3,000 signatures for filing in BowllJ Green, Ohio. Fiesinger is serving his second term.

Page. Around the Town 14 Arthur Brisbane 6 Betty Fairfax 4 Book Reviews 6 Contract Bridge 12 Cooking Lesson 9 Dr. 8. Parkes A Dr. Clendcnlng ft Editorials 6 Edgsr Guest Poem 6 Feg Murray .3 Funeral Rites 2 Financial News .11, 16B, 17B Local News 20 Louella Parsons a Msllbsg Column tt "Orphan Annie" 2B Pages of Comlrs Page of Pictures 10 Radio Programs 7 Rports 13-17 Society 8 Serial Story 4 Theatrical Gossip 8 Time Tables Walter Wlnchell 20 Weather Report 2 "Whafa In Fashion 7" FLYERS OFF FOR CANADA.

NEW YORK, June 10. Maurice Rossi and Paul Ccdvi, French transatlantic flyers, took off from Floyd Bennett air port in their Bleriot monoplane, the Josef Le Brix, for I'zz treal at 8:20 a. E. S. T.

today. LINDBERGH PILOTS PLANE. STRATFORD, June 11. (UP) Col. Charlci A.

Lindbergh was at the controls of the huge Sikorsky flyfcp boat, S-42, as the 19-ton largest American-bullt craft tocj off today on a test run..

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