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,1 17, fair. Shown kf Reeerdtng Thermometer a Gasette enudlag to til p. ss 4S, I p. mln, 40, a. Firrr cum a mouth IX DOLLARS A TBAB six bag: 85tn xHiAa daily kit.

bt thkx fcAsvr. ims ROBT JOHNSON, IF KMC! OR FOE Fit a EWIpii'l Ellll EXPECT SHAKEUP coram SALES BY PERKINS THREE ARRESTED FOR BANK THEFT, CASH RECOVERED LIQUOR QUESTIOi ALIVE AFTER 0NL YEAR 0FLEGALIT, i THROUGHOUT THE RELIEF SYSTEM Philadelphia, Dec. 8. Governor the three escaped from the small bank which was looted. That oar.

stolen from Stanley E. Wagner, of Pottevllle, was found in a garage at U.S. INVES1M IN SAM REGIO. G00DMC0.T0 REFUSE AID IN CODE ELECTION OTPRH Harrieburg, See. 8.

Three men were arrested today in connec tiotv with' the $3,700 robbery of the Fairfield National at 'FatefieM. Adams) county, state police and most of the money was found on them, John Kraly, aiklas John King, was arrested in New York. He carried a gua and approximately $U00 of the loot, police sadd. In a confession he implicated his two companions. Anthony Rajak was arrested at bis home in Steelton with about $900, and John Fedorka, alias John Gray, was taken into custody at Cairn brook, Somerset county.

He had $520. police said. State troopers said Rajak confessed droving the stolen car Ja which SEA AND DARKNESS SHR0UND FATE OF MISSING AIRMEN jl 1 TO BE RETURNED II By ROBERT T. LOUGHRAN, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Chicago, Dec. 5.

Inspector H. Clegg, of the United States Depart ment of Justice, announced today that Mrs. Helen Oillls will soon be returned to Madison, on charges of violating probation. Judge Patrick T. Stone of the United States District Court in Madi son had Insisted upon Mrs.

Gulls' return. Chicago, Dec. 5. Department of Justice agents holding the young widow of George (Baby Face) Nelson gave a semblance of confirmation to day to reports they had arrested either John Hamilton or Alvin Kar pis, both members of the Dllllnge: gang. Confronted by direct questions, authorities here and in Washington refused to deny that the gunman who fought with Nelson last week In battle at Barrington, in which Nelson and two federal agents were fatally wounded, is secretly held.

Agents of the division of investlV gatlon held Nelson's 21 year old widow, Mrs. Lester Oillls, five days be fore revealing her arrest yesterday, Under hours of grilling, it was re ported, she disclosed the name of Nelson's accomplice in the slaying of Inspector Samuel P. Cowley and Her man E. Hollis. Asked whether her information had brought arrest of the man, Attorney General Homer S.

Cummlngs said. "I will neither affirm nor deny that." Inspector H. H. Clegg, asked the same question in Chicago, hesitated noticeably before replying: "You are free to assume what you wish. I have no capture' at either Karpia Or WUV ilton would be one of the major soups of the year old campaign in federal agents ana miawesten pouee have slain John Dllllnreg." Hi Plerpont Homer Van Mtr.

muton and four others of the crew of killers that rallied around a gang of convicts escaped from the Indiana State pent' tentiary at Michigan City. Karpls is a St. Paul gunman ac cused of complicity in the kidnaping of Edward Bremer, St. Paul banker. Hamilton was a leader of the gang in which, police say, Dillinger was only a ruthless killer.

Reports that he died several months ago of wounds received in a brush with peace officers are discredited by the federal men. Government agents maintained mystery about every phase of Mrs Gillls' detention. Arrested at 10 p. m. last Friday, she was held until late yesterday in special detention cells In the ancient Bankers' Building, Chicago headquarters of the De partment of Justice.

While hundreds of Chicago and suburban police scoured highways in response to various reports that she had been sighted, relays of govern' ment men questioned her about ac tivities of the Dillinger gang, the underworld characters who hid them, what became of huge amounts of loot and the hideouts of surviving mem' Washington, Dec. 5. Representa' tbves of the American Newspaper GulCd withdrew today from public newspaper publishers' code authority hearings on a proposed schedule of maximum working hours and mini' mum wages for editorial employes'. Guild representatives charged that MRiA had been "terrified" by news paper publishers. Heywood Brown, guild president, obtained recognition when NRA Division' Admdntetawtor Jack Tait opened the hearing.

Brown with drew his own appearance and that of an other guild representatives. 'We had come here," he said, "pre pared to show you thai on the aver age an American newspaper man must work for 30 years before he achieves a salary of $40 a week, and the fictitious quality of the publish' ere' proposal which, when translated into dollars, mean no contribution to re employment or additional par chasing power." The amendments before the hear ing would establish under the code an average work week ranging from 40 hours In cities over 50,000 popuk oon, hours in cities and towns of fewer than 26,000. The wage amend ment specifies miuunums ransdlns from $2is per week for news workers tn, any city over 760,000 population, to $13 per week in any caty or town of less than 2S.OO0. New York a few years ago and a director of the Advertising Federation Of mr mad, wis. NEWSPAPER GUILD WITHDRAWS TODAY FKOMNRANEARIHG Barrlsburg, S.

The govern ment' called five witnesses today, in the U. S. District Court trial of Frederick Clark Perkins, York, Pa. battery manufacturer charged with NRA code vfclations, to identify How ard B. Stlne, Hanover, Pa, with sales of Perkins batteries in Southern Statea.

The prosecution's motive is to establish proof that the Perkins company was engaged in interstate com merce. called were George Nuf fer, Goshen, R. Lloyd Flcklin Millenbeck, E. P. Barger, Natural Bridge, J.

O. Lowery, Ruby, S. and Frank Scott, Bear Creek N. C. Without exception they identified checks, agreements and fetters rela tive to sales of Perkins batteries in November, 1933.

All testified they corresponded with the Perkins company about its pro ducts. Each said Stine called at their homes a few days after their inquiries were made to the Perkins com pany, delivered the type of battery mentioned in the correspondence and consummated sales of the Perkins product. In a sworn statement contained in the Information filed against Perkins by the government, Stine said he was a salesman, for the Perkins company from Feb. 1, 1933, Until February, 1934, assigned to a territory compris ing Maryland, Virginia, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. When court recessed at noon Stine was on the stand MentJfyJng records of Perkins battery sales in Virginia and tthe Carolines previously sworn to by witnesses.

He explained that he took batteries to prospects' furnished by the Per kins Clcmpany and handled sa es de tails on behalf of the ooropany in a southejtQ. tetrtUajr Burbank, Pec. 5. Fire that menaced the entire 80 acre plant of the Warner Brothers First National studios was brought under control early today after causing one death, injuries to seven men and damage to a number of outdoor sets and valuable equipment. Albert M.

Rounder, 65, chief of the studio fire department, overcome by smoke, died of a heart attack. None of the injured was reported serious ly hurt. The damage was estimated un officially at between $400,000 and $500,000. The fire, of unknown origin, raged spectacularly for more than two hours, sending up flames that were seen in Pasadena, 18 miles away. Before it was checked, it had en veloped a film library, containing prints of old productions, and vir tually the entire scenery department.

Expensive settings and "props" which were to have been used in Max Rein hardt's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" production were destroyed. The fire was believed to have start ed in "Chinese street," an outdoor set depicting a Cantonese village. STORES TO BE OPEN DEG'RISAND 24 Retail merchants of Greater Pttita ton met this morning in the suite of offices of the Greater Plttston Chamber of Commerce and discussed closing hours for the Christmas season. It was agreed to have the stores open between the hours of 9 a. m.

and 0 p. m. on December 19 to 24th inclusive, Sunday excepted, of course. Louis fVfriiffnwi, chairman of the Retail Group, presided. The merchant asked that motor ists living in the community who work in stores or offices throughout the day should park their cars for extended periods on' street other than Mam street, so as to encourage shopping motorists to park and pur chase.

DEATH OF LORD RIDDELL' London, Dec. 5. Lord Ridden, proprietor of the Sunday Newspaper News of the eWorld, died today. He was; 69. liced Riddan nderwent an opera tion seven weeks ago.

He had. been critically 111 for several days. Lotd Riddel eras known chiefly for his Weekly News, of the World, whose circulatlc reached UJfiSQOfl, HpLJMF WARNER BROTffiRS By HARRISON SAUJ3BURY 'United Press Staff Correspoodeat. Washington, Dec. S.

America cele brated the first Urtbday of post prohibition legal drinking today and between toasts took a look at record. Here are some of the things the record showed: Demands for curbing the. liquor In dustry arising in congress on charges Of reversion to pre prohibttlon prac aces. Reports by the treasury depart' ment that bootlegging continues to out heavily into tax revenues. Other treasury reports showing the repeal revenues In the ftreU months wwuea esw.ecczocBi.

An estimate by liquor dealers that consumers spent $1,500,000,000 for legal liquor in the first year of re peeL Borne believe illicit liquor sates would double this total Deaths from alcoholism in 14 representative states show a decline from 1,464 in 1933, to 1,376 la 1934. Decline consumption of tax paid spirits from a pre VoMead figure of 130,000,000 gallons yearly to 50,000. 000 gallons. Bootleg liquor is believed to make up a considerable part of the difference. The latest attack on liquor inter' esta came as many of the others from a leader In the.

repeal drive. Rep. John J. O'Connor, N. Y.

O'Connor predicted an inqury by cpngress this winter into the "whisky trust" and charged Oat "the situa' tibn stiV exists today, just as during proniDiuon of rotten liquor and ex 'horbitant prices "An investigation is inevitable," he Oeclaw. "Wto mtVto Pt control of the product, ixfca Jixgng arrangements and otoer mantoulattons in violation of the anti trust end monopoly laws." He maintained a feJr price for aged whisky was 1.35 a quart, Htr statement followed a similar, attack by Rep. David Celter, N. aiso a repeal leader. The (treasury was launching a sweeping drive to halt holiday boot legging.

Treasury figures show nearly 11,000 stills with total capacity of 3,300,000 gallons have been seised in 11 months. The treasury force has arrested 21. 000 persons and secured sentences of months and $1,279,776 in fines. Hundreds of thousands of gallons' of liquor and mash have been coofis cated. The biggest single source of revenue resulting from repeal has been beer, which has brought in $189,000,000.

Distilled liquor has brought revenue of about $116,000,000. Alcholism figures showing a lower death rate cover the first 'm months of 1934 and include both legally dry and wet states. Nine of the 1.4 states show Increases and fiti show fewer deaths. The greatest de cline was in New York where deaths dropped from 612 to 310 7ennsyl vanoa increased from 156 to 223. Kansas, legally dry, showed a gain.

rrom 1933 to 18 this year. Most states showed but slight chances. epeai was estimated bv Amman MOCJellan, of the distilled soirtts rectifiers, to have brought emolov meoc 10 several hundred thousand persons including 46,000 in the res nrymg industry alone. THI mam HIHI Pittsburgh, Dec. 5 The Federal Housing Act, under which small home owners may borrow money to repair their homes, will be a permanent and not an emergency measure, Ad ministrator James A.

Moffett said today. 'Many citizens have regarded the Housing Act as an emergency measure, and much confusion has resulted from this idea," Moffett said. "Per haps it will be several years before the act will reach the height of its usefulness, but it will be functioning long after its present administrators are dead." Mrs. Susan Cairl, a lifelong resi dent of this city, died this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at her home, 81 South Main street, after an extended illness. Mrs.

Cairl had been a resident of George street and wasaf filiated with the Broad Street M. s7 Church. Her husband died a number of years ago. Jtevscal aaas and daujrra furjJyjer elect George H. Earle today appointed Robert Livingston Johnson, of New York, as executive director of the State Emergency Relief Board in his cabinet to take office next month.

Johnson will succeed Eric H. Bid' die, present administrator, who was at odds with Earle over the calling of a special legislative session to raise relief funds before the November elections. With the ousting of Biddle, it was believed the entire relief board will be shaken up, with many employes being dropped. "Mr. Johnson is one of the four original principal executives of the weekly news magazine, Time, ana also of Fortune magazine.

His home Is in South Norwalk, Connecticut. He is an Independent Republican wholeheartedly behind the president," Earle said in making the appointment. "Mr. Johnson, despite his numer ous business duties, has devoted considerable of his time and energies to welfare work. He is a trustee of the Boys' Club of New York, a direc tor of the Norwalk hospital and a director of the Norwalk Y.

M. C. A. Mr. Johnson has consented to serve as State relief administrator, despite the tremendous financial loss which will inure him as a result of his leave taking from his present business enterprises.

"I have asked Mr. Johnson to take the position because of my desire to insure administration of relief in Pennsylvania on an absolutely non political basis. "The campaign Just over created great bitterness between many Penn sylvanians. It has been my purpose to name a man as relief administrator who' has not been involved in any way en elthee tslde in the cam wUT baabtt to give to his duties the kind of non per tlsan, energetic and disinterested public service of which Mr. Johnson is capable.

"Mr. Johnson will be given a free hand in the administration of relief. I have assured him that there will not be any political Interference with his office and will keep that prom ise. Politics have no place in relief and will have none under Mr. John son's Johnson said he was glad to ac cept the appointment because of his great Interest in welfare and social work.

"I have been much interested in welfare work," said Johnson, "and believe that the unemployment problem is one that must be licked be fore true prosperity can return. look forward with great pleasure to having a small part in the big job of putting people back to work. "My new group will be a non political organization, and the gov ernor has promised I may have completely free hand in its admin istration. It will be my determination to find the very best men available in each community to help the relief ad ministration, regardless of their poli tics." The relief administrator designate is 40 years old, married and has two children, Robert aged 15, and Albert age 10. He is a direct descendant of John Redman, who helped settle Philadel phla in 1880 with William Perm's brother, two years before Perm's own arrival here.

He attended Taft school, class of 1914 and graduated from Yale, class of 1918. He served overseas with the First Division, American Expedition ary forces. He was honorably dls charged with the rank of first lieutenant after the Armistice. Mrs. Johnson is the daughter of Albert Rathbone, who was assistant secretary of the treasury during the Wilson administration.

Rathbone was President Wllslon's confidential ad' visor on the reparations commission In Paris. Johnson's first business venture came when he was IS years old. He organised a company of his own for the sale of flags and pennants in Eastern Connecticut. At the age of 16, he was business manager of a small weekly paper. After the war he went into advertising agency work for four years.

He became associated with Henry R. Luce and Birton Hodden in the launching of magazine Time in December, 1922. He has been one of the principal executives of Time since its first issue in March, 1923. The publica tion's advertising volume has increased from $16,000 the first year of its existence to approximately $3,300,000 this year. Johnson's duties as vice president and advertising director nave taken him into every part of the country and he ranks among his friends the leaders in every walk of life.

Johnson is trustee of the Taft school and president of its alumni association. He is a member of the Yale Club, the Racquet Club, the Cloud Club and the We Burn Country dub of Darfen. He was president of the Magazine auk of Bageretown, Md. The car had been stolon October so white parked. front of the PottsvlQe postofflce Wagner is a mail canter.

Robert Martin, cashier and Arthur Moore, teller, of the Fairfield Bank. were bound and ordered to Be on the floor after they had been forced to open a safe, containing about $2, 000. The remainder of the money stolen was in cash on the counter. Tie men entered 'the bank soon after it opened white the third sat at the wheel of the car in the street Nov. 28.

The FaJrf ieU Bank bad been robbed last September of $050. THIS AFTB Warm Springs, GaJ3ec, S. Presi dent Roosevelt' prepared' to head northward for Washington late to day with the outline of his 1935 legislative program which included recommendations for lifting restric tions on more than a half million "little fellows" now subject to the Bankhead cotton control act. Appearing well rested after nearly three weeks in what he likes to describe as "my other home," the chief executive planned to have as his companions on the Washington trip vir tually all of the New Deal's chief lieutenants who have been here dls cussing the recovery program. They include Secretary of the In terior Harold I Ickes, Hopkins, FERA head; Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Dr.

Rexford Guy Tugwell, No. 1 brain truster and Under Secretary of Ag riculture. and Postmaster General James A. Farley. Mr.

Roosevelt last night announced his decision to remove restrictions of the small cotton farmers. the same time, however, he reiterated his determination to retain the control features for the industry as a whole in an effort to reduce surpluses and bring prceeprity to the south. Depositors in the Christmas savings funds conducted by the various banks of the Plttston district, Including Plttston, West Plttston, Exeter, Wyo ming and Avoca, received their an nual checks today and will have money for use during the holiday shopping season. A total of $105,500 was distributed by the banks of this district, and it is expected that the circulation of such a large sum of money will have a good effect on the business situation in the city. FISHING BOAT SANK AFTER AN EXPLOSION.

Warwick Neck, R. Dec. 5. The fishing boat Hope, exploded and r. nk in lower Narragansett Bay today af ter its crew of two rowed to safety.

The craft, 35 feet long, caught fire when the engine backfired. The fishermen abandoned her just before the gasoline tank blew up. for another hour of flying. Then their SOS crackled. The time was 8:44 a.

(1:44 p. m.r EST.) The cutter Itasca already had put out to see. Naval planes were warming their motors. The President Coolidge moved toward where it believed the plane was. Half an hour after the SOS the Coolidge Intercepted a message saying that the plane was "Just going into the water." Come and 'pick us up," the fttsn asked.

Then their radio became silent. It was believed it had' become waterlogged or short circuited in land ixis. HSU 11 LEAVE FOR NORTH DON HU THOUSAND DISTRIBUTED BY CHRISTMAS FUNDS New York, Dee. 5. The B.

P. Goodrich Company, believing the National Labor Relatione Board has "overstepped constitutional bounds." viU refuse payroll records or any titer assistance in the holding of am employe ejection to be held Decern ber 7, President J. D. Tew announced a statement today. "We believe." Tew said, "the courts will agree With us that no pufcic Interest can be served by taking away from any employe or from any group, of employes their coxstituticnal and Inalienable right to deal with the company, either directly or through representatives of their own free choice.

"In a word, we believe that the decision of the NationalLabor Relations Beard announced November 20 not only goes beyond 'the board's authority but is also definitely unfair to every Goodrich employe." The board's decision directed that an election be held for the purpose of, determining whether these employes desire to be represented by the Goodrich cooperative plan or by the United Rubber Workers Council for the purpose of collective bargaining. The board ordered on Nov. 20, that the workers be allowed to hold their elections "within three weeks." It ruled on Dec. 1, that the balloting be held Dec. 7.

The tire and rubber companies blocked the elections, however, by going into" the Circuit Court of peals at Cincinnati seeking a re straining order against the board1 ruling, and ejkksj for modification and The board Asa MMed an amended wder, in which ft agreed to take no action until the company had had an opportunity to file an amended pe tition in Cincinnati, and the court had studied the new angles. The elections were sought by the Automobile Workers' Federal Union, and originally granted by the Na tional Labor Relations Board under section 7 A of the NRA. BIRD'S PARTY IN LITTLE AMERICA tlMfe America, Antarctica, Dee. S. The first contact In more than a week was made today wMh the geological party of the Byrd Antarctic Ejspedltico.

The party reported itself camped 6t miles up the broad glacial stream of Thorns glacier. flowing out of the Queen Maud Range. Ahead was a broad white highway to the south polar plateau. Atmospheric conditions have been poor and the radio staff has had con able difficulty maimtapft con with the field parties, of. which the geological party Is the most remote.

It is made up of Quin Blackburn, Stuart Paine acd Richard Rus sell. DEMOCRATS TO FIGHT Washing ton, Dec. 5. Sen. William Borah's dispute with Liberals and Conservatives over re organiaaition of the Republican party led today to a prediction, that the veteran Liberal would be voted out of the senate to 1036.

Ctaulrirnan Robert Coulter, of the Idaho stats Democratic committee, brought Into the open, the long nur turea Democratic campaign against Coulter would not name the man expected to take Borah's seat But Washington has believed for some time that Gov. C. Ben Ross would be the Democratic nominee. "For the past 30 years," Coulter dead the United Frees today, ''Borah has been trying to run the world but he has not paid much attention to Idaho. The people At Idaho are demand' ng construcuve legislation from their representatives, to congress." Now is the time to buy LS four winter supply or coal.

4 Call for Our Prices Consumers ice Co. By WAULACS OAKROUi United Press Staff Correspond Geneva, Dec. 5. The Ssrr prepared for submission to an traorddnary meeting of the cobe the League of Nation, today fal protect the millions of djoCkurs United States inweeunents fcr gion, it was disclosed as ttw oo. convened.

The report to the council tj special Saar commottee of three 'c prises Frenco Oerman aooordft vidlng adequate means for repar of French governmental, and, meroial holdings in the Saar to event the territory chooses nur with Oermany in the Jan. 14 PI. cite. However, it leaves the Xt States and other foreign. toveattt at the mercy of the German kt fer restrictions, against wbtab United States has protested re: i yum edly to Berlin.

The report, referring to foreJgk i vestments in the Saar, merey pqses that the council pass 1 lutimr recommendCns; that re ments of creddite ''should cot without impediment oq xh standing that the bsnefex poC Germany will not thereby gravated." Such provislpJi lJnc the Reichsbank from applying craninatoiry measures agamst 7 can irmetoa, whiojx already beeg epphed to Gecmangr, The city police are continuint: if investigation into the bold aaylwut' holdup perpetrated last evening at 5:30 o'clock at the A. P. corner of Searle and Stark street. which yielded the bandits appro! mately $45. Notwithstanding the s.r ious efforts put forth by the officers to solve the crime, no arrests have yet been made.

Aaron of Broad manager of the store and fee and 'ree others were in the store the two bandits entered, including one customer, Mrs. Lena Hood, of tU uk street. Two clerks George Lukaaar age, of Church street, and Cteo.s WUverdlng, of West Plttston were in the store, but the last named wa working in the cellar and was un 1 aware of the robbery until the 1 dlts had left. The three in the stcxt room were held at bay by a 're volver in the hands of one" of the Intruders while the other hurdled the counter and scooped up the contents of the cash register. A description of the intruder was given to the police.

They lr getaway in a dilapidated old'autcK mobile. DIZZY DEAN SIGNS St. Louis, Dec. 5. Jerc Herman (Dizzy) Dean, pitcher of, St.

Louis Cardinals' te telephoned President Sam Btvf from his winter home at Braden? Fla today that the club's 1935 far were acceptable. The exact amc to be paid Dean was not imsv: ately known. Breardon made the announces: from his office, adding that the uble Dean phoned him collect tune of $13J5 worth of; the. money to say: "'The terms you left are pc ly OK, and rm signtog the oc right now and maOing. ft to 8am, It aint every.

club ownr can sign Dls, you know." VORKSCUECL OF THE FIT! iN CO. AD eeQteriee Wi Thar KKH0E BERG3 No. tunnel, No. 29 slope, Kresge drift, nd Kebee Berge breaker NO TRACE FOtil OF BANDITS 1 ROBBED By RIOHAR0 O. WILSON United Press.

Staff Correspondent. Hnnoftuhi. Pee. sa and dark xess shrouded TM'Tate of the missing plane Stella Austrans and its crew of three early today, Not since 1:38 m. yesterday (3:03 ward or ta.Wcdrop ptd into the oceart wittuA a few hours' flight of its destination, Honolulu harbor.

y' i i None knew direction from Here, fcleite feTTor iTuThad carry ing Capt. T. P. Uhn, Leon Skllling and George Littlejohn to death. The plane's radio supttered into si' lence with its final appeal of "come and get us" after the fliers had lost their way and had exhausted then gasoline supply, 19 hours out of Oak' land on the start of a trail blazing flight from California to Australia.

The navy pressed virtually all of its mobile equipment into search which began with the first "Pan" distress call of aviators sent by the fliers. In ever widening circles within a 250 mile radius of the coast of Oahu, submarines, minesweepers, destroyers aqd coast guard patrol boats deployed their lookouts, scanning, a calm sea for, a light which might guide them to the lost plane. Squadrons of seaplanes and army planes awaited daylight to resume a search, abandoned at dusk. The lin en President. Coolidge and President Lincoln turned from their courses to join the naval vessels.

Ulm. experienced trans oceanic flier, presumably carried flares. If the plane still is bobbing on the surface it float for 48 hours, aviation experts estimated it was pictured as riding vertically in the waves, its nose beneath the surface, its tail in the air. Ulm and his com' panlons would be forced to climb out on the slippery wings and cling there until The plane will remain floating un til the wings fill with water, then it will sink. The fliers have no life raft' Many navy men in the search to day participated in a similar hunt in 1925 when Lieut.

Commander John Rogers was forced down on a flight from California. Rogers managed to remain afloat 216 hours. A submarine found him. Searchers were hopeful one of the mine submarines dispatched from Lahiana on the Island of Maui, 800 miles southeast of Honolulu, would be equally successful In today's search Fate cheated Ulm, Skllling and Littlejohn of a record breaking per formance within a few. short, miles of Honolulu, yesterday.

At 4:00 a. Honolulu time, (9:30 they passed over the President Coolidge and reported all was well. They were hours ahead of the best previous record for the 2, 400 mlle flight and had less than 400 miles to' go. Half an hour later came the first indications of trouble. Ulm began asking for weather reports.

He asked for; the naval radio station at Fort Shatter here to "turn on the radio directional beacon." For an 'hour the filers tried to get their bearings. Their gasoline supply 000 gallons at the outset began to ebb. At 1:00 a. Honolulu time, (1:30 p. Ulm reported he was lost' hopelessly, but had fuel enough NOW ON SALE Xmas Trees Wholesale Erie Broad St.

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