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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1931
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ROB'BINS, JONES
FAIL IN SECOND
TOKIO ATTEMPT
Texans Land in Alaska
After Twenty-Six
Hours in Air
FOG, CLOUDS HIDE
REFUELLING SHIP
Round - World Flyers
Give up Attempt to
Beat Record.
UNLUCKY TEXANS FORCED DOWN
Bulletin.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-(AP)-
Mrs. Hugh Herndon, Jr., today
received a cable from her hus-
band announcing that he and
Clyde Pangborn had abandoned
their attempt to beat the Post-
Gatty round-the-world flight
record because a wing on their
plane had been damaged.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 3.
-(P)-Unfavorable weather to-
day foiled the second attempt of
Reg L. Robbins and Harold S.
Jones, Texas aviators, to fly from
Seattle to Tokio in a single jump.
Tired after 26 hours, 33 minutes
in the air, and chagrined at their
defeat by the elements, the flyers
}1,. 3 3 .._.. .r.,,,r7oto 'Fn
Reg Robbins (left) and Harold Jones, the two flying Texans who
yesterday were forced to abandon their second attempt to make a non-
stop flight from Seattle to Tokio. They have announced that they will
not try again, thus giving up an opportunity of winning $25,000 of-
fered by a Japanese newspaper for a successful hop.
Enrollment Indicates
Increase for 1931-32
landed their monoplaner ort
Worth at Weeks field at 7:35 a.m. Freshman enrollment in the Uni-'
(12:35 p.m. Ann Arbor time). They versity will probably be greater this
said they would not attempt the fall than last, if present totals can
flight again. be used as a criterion. Although
Landed With Difficulty. the total enrollment to date is only
Fog and clouds over the lowerJ 875 as against 889 this time last
Yukon valley, which they were fol- year, the literary college enrollment'
lowig twardtheBering sea, for the fall term totalled 658 yes-
lowing toward theBr terday, or 38 more than the corres-
slower tr-motored refueling plane. f ponding time last summer, Regis-
After a search, they abandoned trar Smith said.
their attempt- and landed here. I
Lowering clouds made their land- Women's League Gives
ing difficult. Robbins said he I Last Tea Dance Today
cruised three hours over the city Las__Tea _DanceTday_
before he found a hole in the clouds,
which hung at 300 feet, and located The final tea dance for non-resi-
the airport. dent faculty in the University will
The refuelers were reported late be given from 4 to 5:30 o'clock this
today to have landed at Ruby, a afternoon in the Women's League
small settlement about half way be- building in honor of professors in
tween Fairbanks and Nome. the Colleges of Medicine, Engmeer-
Ending of the second attempt in ! ing and Architecture, Pharmacol-
this manner bore out Robbins' and ogy, Dentistry, and the Health Ser-
Jones' contention that the neces- vice staff.t. l e d
sity for refueling en route presented An invitation is also extended to
one of the most difficult obstacles. faculty who have been nvited to
The first attempt, early in July,! former teas and could not attend'
was abandoned near Nome when to University professors not in the
weather conditions and an under-, Summer Session, and to students.
powered motor made final refuel- '
ing contacts impossible. Sink Completes Plans
The flight was for a $25,000 prize for Autumn Concerts
posted by Asahishimburns, Japanese
newspaper, for the first non-stop Plans for the 53rd annual Choral
flight between Seattle and Tokio. Union series of 10 concerts to be
PiSiberia. given this fall are now complete,
Pangborn, Herndon Aui eria. Charles A. Sink, president of the
TOKIO, Aug. 3.-(A)-Cyde University Musical Society, said
Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, yesterday. Three symphony con-
American globe-encircling aviators, certs featuring John McCormack
arrived at Khabarovsk, eastern Si-. and Rosa Ponselle are included in
beria, at 3:50 p.m. (1:50 a.m. Ann the series.
Arbor time), after flying 950 air
miles from Chita, Siberia, thoughC
rain and fog that hid the Chingan! lo s muse oung
mountains over which they soared. Patients at Hospital
The Rengo news agency dispatch
reporting the arrival said one wing Clowns and other entertainers
THEATRES, CHURCH!
Open Air Theatre in Ancient
Athens Could Seat 18,000
Says Professor Blake.
"Attendance at the Greek Theatre
was a religious function where, in'
the center of the orchestra, the al-
tar of Greek God Dionysius was
built," said Prof. Warren E. Blake
of the Greek Department in an il-
lustrated discussion of the Greek
Theatre at the Natural Science
auditorium yesterday. "Only once
since then has the theatre and the
church been combined, and that
under the name of miracle plays,"
Professor Blake said.
The origin of the word orchestra,
Professor Blake explained, was the
'place for dancers' who performed
dances of worship to their God, and
so are the words pulpit and pew
reminiscient of the stage of the
Roman theatre.
"Twenty-three centuries have
failed to obliterate the open air
theatres of the Greeks in many
cities of Greece and in the Theatre
of Athens built to accommodatae
between 17,000 and 18,000 people,"
Professor Blake said. "Thus, it
would seem, that perhaps 75 per
cent of the free citizens of Athens
in the year 325 B.C. could have
found seats at the theatre."
EDUCA11TION CLUBS
PLAN DINNER DANCE
Men's, Women's Organizations
Announce Gala Event ;
for August 11.
Jointly planned by the Men's and1
Women's Education clubs, a ban-j
quet and dance will be given Aug-
ust 11 in the ballroom of the League
building, according to announce-
ments made last night by Prof,
Fred G. Stevenson, president of thel
Men's club, and Miss Marguerite
Hall, chairman of the Women's
committee for the event.]
At the banquet, Dr. Arnold Som-
merfeld, of the University of Mun-]
ich, will deliver an address on "TheI
New Education in Germany," and,
Prof. Thos. M. Marshall, a visiting
faculty members from the Wash-
ington university in St.Louis, willI
give a talk under the title, "Con-1
fronting the Actual."]
Dean J. B. Edmonson, of theI
School of Education, will act as
toastmaster for the banauet which
GERMANY61GIN AID
BY INTERNATIONAL
SETTLEMENTSBANK
Directors Vote Participation in
Rediscounting Credit
of $100,000,000.
THREE MONTHS RESPITE
Committee Will Consider Change
of Short Term Credits to
Long Term Loans.
BASEL, Switzerland, Aug. 3.-(P)
-The Bank of International Set-
tlements went to the temporary re-
lief of Germany again today. The
directors voted renewal of the
bank's participation in the $100,-
000,000 rediscount credit which ex-
pires Friday.
It was generally assumed the
Bank of France, the Bank of Eng-
land and the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York would act in agree-
ment with the World bank and thus
make the entire $100,000,000 avail-
able for the Reichsbank for a pe-
riod up to three months.
Special Needs to Be Studied.
More far-reaching in its possibil-
ities for restoring German financial
stability was the action of the World
bank directors in constituting a
special committee to study Ger-
many's immediate needs for new
credits and to examine the pos-
sibility of converting existing short-
term credits into long-term loans.
The directors set the first meet-
ing of this committee, of which
Albert H. Wiggins of New York is
the American member, for next
Saturday afternoon.
Taking note of a statement of ac-
counts showing the bank's position
on July 31, an official communique
issued after today'stbrief sessionL
said, "The total of this statement!
is 1,632,000,000 Swiss francs (about'
$318,240,000), or a reduction of 148,-
000,000 francs (about $28,816,000)
as compared with the previous
statement."
Decline Explained.
The communique explained that
the decline was due in part to the
Hoover war debt plan and in part
to the fact that some central banks
had been "compelled to sell foreign
exchange in order to meet with-
drawals of capital from various Eu-
ropean markets."
HROUSFLIGHT
FACES LIDBRGS
Original Itinerary Over Barren
Lands to Be Maintained,
Colonel States.
CHURCHILL, Man., Aug. 3.-(IP)
-Forging northward above their
water-spotted trail to the Orient,
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
took off at 1:45 o'clock Eastern
Standard Time this afternoon for
Baker lake, 375 miles away.
They spent the . morning
thoroughly overhauling their plane,
replenishing its fuel supply and
checking engine and radio, to make
sure. that all was well and they
would not be cut off from the world
again as they were for hours before
and after their arrival at Moose
Factory. The flyers circled over
this town, trying their wireless, be-
fore, heading into the north.
Baker lake is a small settlement
of a few whites, including only
one woman and native Eskimos.
From there they will turn westward,
heading toward Aklavik, 1,115 miles
away.
Just before departing, Colonel
Lindbergh said his original direct
route over the barren lands from
Baker lake to Aklavik would be
maintained. This hazardous trail
will take the flying couple over the
Bathurst inlet.
As they proceed northward, the
nights are getting shorted and the
northern lights are brilliant. They
had only five hours of darkness
here last night and that period was
made interesting for thme by the
spectacular plav of Aurora Bore-
Direct
With
Contact
German
Albert H. Wiggin,
Chairman of the governing board
of the Chase National bank, New
York, who has been appointed a
member of the committee set up
by the Bank of International Set-
tlements to inquire into, further
credits to be extended Germany.
Mr. Wiggin is expected to sail soon.
EDISON CONTINUES
TO FIGHTDISEASES
Inventor Said to Be in Good
Spirits But Will Never
Be Out of Danger.'
WEST ORANGE, N. J., Aug. 3.-
(AP)-Thomas Alva Edison, fighting
a complication of diseases, showed
more activity and more interest in
,outside affairs today than at any
time since Sunday when his son,
Charles, revealed the 34-year-old
inventor was "critically ill."
Mr. Edison had a good night and
slept seven hours, one more than
the previous night. His physician,
Dr. Hubert S. Howe, said the pa-
tient was in excellent spirits. Later
Mr. Edison sat at his living room
desk reading newspapers.
Dr. Howe said he would issue
bulletins on the inventor's condi-
tion four times daily.
Messenger boys made regular
marches up the half-mile hill on
the crest of which the inventor's
home is situated, bearing messages
from many points. One was from
Sir Thomas Lipton, wishing the in-
ventor a speedy recovery.
Among those calling by phone
were Harvey Firestone, Sr., andi
.Henry Ford, two of Mr. Edison's
closest friends.
Dr. Howe has revealed that his
patient is suffering from diabetes,
Bright's disease, ulcers of the stom-
ach, and uremic poisoning.
Made
Bankers
3NEGROES DEAD
IN CHICAGO RIOT;
POLICEMOBILIZE
Householder's Eviction
Causes Violent
Outbreak.
POLICEMEN HURT
BY FRANTIC MOB
Crowd Shouts Threats;
Authorities Fear
Red Plots.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.--(P)-
Three Negroes were killed and
three policemen were injured late
today in a riot by several hundred
Negroes protesting the eviction
of a family for non-payment of
rent. The Negroes *were slain,
police said, after the police had
been attacked with knives and pis-
tols. The crowd was dispersed
by police reserves and several
scores were taken into custody.
Tonight every police reserve
in the city had been mobilized in
the south side Negroe district as a
precaution against further out-
breaks. Several squads were de-
tailed to prevent an expected gath-
ering of Negro communists in
Washington park. Other squads
were under orders to patrol the
district and disperse any gathering
threatening disorder.
Mob of 500 Gathers.
Today's disorders resulted when
two court bailiffs started to move
through the streets the household
belongings of Rose Warwick from
a flat building at Fiftieth and Dear-
born streets for non-payment of
rent. A crowd of Negroes, estimat-
ed by the police at more than 500,
quickly gathered, shouting defiance
to the bailiffs and threatening
them.
Police declared the ringleaders
of the mob were Negro communists
who have been active recently in
opposing their evictions. In the
other cases, however, order has al-
ways been restored by the appear-
ance of police.
The bailiffs, alarmed by the men-
acing attitude of the growing crowd,
telephoned for police assistance.
As soon as the patrol wagon, man-
ned by Policeman Fred Graham,
Negro, and Martin Ernest and John
McFadden, white, arrived, the police
trio was engulfed by the crowd,
many of whom carried knives, clubs,
and pistols.
Police Attacked by Knives.
In their fight to reach the bail-
iffs through the crowd, the police-
men .were attacked with clubs and
knives. Ernest suffered a fractur-
ed skull; McFadden and Graham
were severely cut on their faces,
but returned to duty after receiv-
ing medical attention.
The arrival of a squad car caused
the crowd to transfer its attentions
from the patrol wagon crew to the
new arrivals. One Negro drew Ser-
geant Henry Lion's pistol-from his
holster and pressed the muzzle
against the officer's stomach. "I'm
going to kill you," the Negro threat-
ened.
Policeman William Jordan reach-
ed. over the menaced officer's
shoulder and shot the Negro in the
head. He fell dead. Then the
crowd became wildly excited, strik-
ing at the officers with knives and
clubs. The police fired bullets into
the crowd, and several Negroes fell,
two dead. The others were carried
away by persons in the crowd. Of-
ficials were trying ,to learn tonight
whether there were any more fatal-
ities.
Crowd Scatters.
A riot call to police headquarters
brought reserves and the crowd was
scattered after a brief struggle.
Police said that en route to the
scene they met a strong force of
Negroes in marching order, shout-
ingr thraec a.&n ir, -
He said careful nursing
necessary from now on as
think Mr. Edison would
out of danger."
would be
he didn't
"ever be
of the plane was damaged and the ' from the Hagenbeck-Wallace cir-
flyers were near exhaustion. cus, under the direction of Rex Ro-
The field at Khabarovsk was selli, program director, amused in-
muddy and rain continued. This mates at the Children's division of
condition was similar to that which the University Hospital yesterday
held Wiley Post and Harold Gatty afternoon.
in the mire many hours at Blapo-
veschensk, west of here, when they Betsy Barbour Dorm
set the world-encircling record of
8 days, 15 hours, and 51 minutes. to Be 'At Home' Today
23 Hours Behind Time.
On reaching Khabarovsk, Pang- Betsy Barbour residents will be
born and Herndon were 22 hours at home this afternon at tea to
and 58 minutes behind the time of faculty and students of the Univer-
Post and Gatty. Their plane was sity. Anyone interested in seeing
slower than the "Winnie Mae" of the dormitory is invited to drop
Post and Gatty, but Pangborn and in. between 4 and 5:30 o'clock.
Herndon had alternated in piloting
and sleeping. BASEBALL SCORES
The flight from Chita, the avia- American League
tors said, was the worst they had Athletics 3, 6, Washington 2, 5.
experienced since they left New New York 9, Boston 8.
York at 3 p.m., July 27. Flying Detroit 7, Chicago 2.
blindly much of the time through Cleveland 5, St. Louis 3,.
rain and mist over mountains, l National League.
Pangborn said it was a wonder they; Chicago 8, Cincinnati 0.
NATIONALISTS STOP
CHINESEREBELLION
Forces of Northern War Lord
Conquered With Help
of Shansi Ruler.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 3.-( P)-Impar-
tial news sources today confirmed
Nanking reports that the rebel
forces of Gen. Shih Yu-Dan, north-
ern war lord, had been isolated and
practically surrounded by Nation-
alist and allied armies and were
suing for peace.
Chaing Kai-Shek, president of
the Nationalist government was re-
ported, however, to have ordered
the unconditional defeat of Shih
Yan-San to remove the rebel gen-
eral, the most active threat against
Chiang Kai-Shek's primacy and
Nanking's claim to rule China,
from the political and military
scene.
A determining factor in the cam-
paign were the legions of Shang
Chen, war lord of Shansi province,
which swept from the mountain
passes to aid Manchurian divisions
in comn4tin L thP. im nl n ti 4nn-o