L. T^__t__SUNQCQ, WEDNESDAY t .TAM'J aky 1 r , i q ? a GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY: =4 Z z S s F t ^1' •* ~^-0^ Our vGraJL tearsjSmi confirmed v--- - - i s^««3=«^ confirmed about Clipper. The big plane is a hopeless wreck. But more tragic still, every man aboard, all seven^o£=ti»ea> perished in the flaming wreckage. To the I: If; Mi 11 I I | public at large, the most shocking part of It must be that the head <rw~L of that ill-fated crew ~t£jz was, Urg." Captain Ed Musick. A --------------- ----------------------- 7\ Evorybody-inr the aviation, w^rl4--who~heard—teho nowc-today gaspfet^k^-- iugppioe and- diomay-,—say ingt——J^pes'S'i blt1! ■■ Net™~E4-Jiu-s4-0'kiif Ever sinee”^heT^Li^^^^ 5 ^of Pan-America'n#, xhvcjj.- lo x xiti tf r it cm—n-rn^i xudii^. LfoJiLAJ^z '*&**£*s\>- — —i “^V o^gaufcliisa^ trans-Pacific service^ the fame of Ed Musick had but^^^pziAli±LU;he^rg If 11 I|| I 11 He was as noted for his caution. for the sober, painstaking preparations he made, ss=^saKa3e=f©r==^iB' c-i—-vv-di nyy ~arirrr^f‘m7=±.immr ' » i 1 way he shunned publicity. 1L ijrtmuj tu r ^• V-^ • The news of the comoletenss of the disast A. A S' %/ VL&sv\ Mi was made public at half past three this afternoon by Trippe, President of Pan-American. As he put it: "The death of Captain Musick LEAD 2 and his crew is an irreparable loss to our ComDany and will be a distinct loss to American aviation." To which he added: "Captain Musick had contributed much to American prestige in the air." And tnose sentiments are pmVty—much echoed by everybody aerial interested in^arKB^transport, about eight thirty Musick and his yesterday morning, Samoan time. The fire that destroyed them. , as well as the Clipper, is described as of unknown origin. C/^VCrtX'td rfV—• AsTrippe^fi^t*^ "I feel that Captain Musick and his flight crew are entirely blameless, 1—t’nnt ~n tlplinil 1 iTht 7^ naAl r^ffV^ ^ The following, so far as we know now, is what happened. The Samoan Clipper was missing twenty-two hours and seven mimites. Soon after taking off from Pago Pago, Ed Musick found a leak in his oil line. Thereupon, he turned back to Samoa, doing, he notified the base stations that he was dumping excess gasoline^ in order to trim his ship to the proper weight -^sassua LEAD - 3 rjt — for landing. He radioed that he expected to come down Pago Pago in ten minutes. Just ten minutes from safety and in a flash the tragedy happened! The conjecture of mechanicexperts Is that tftTr if- 7 ^ > gasoline^caught fire as it was falling into the ocean* ^ ------------------- ^plosion^destroyed the Clipper.^All sorts of rumors came in over the air. One, which seemed authentic, reported that a column of smoke had been seen rising from the water. \ jjajiii a wfrrir ■ tn im —j irTTlf nttlriKil V^mP Uncle Sam's mine sweeper, the AVOCET, was sent to hunt for the wreckage ^uSLarly this afternoon, came a bulletin that a motor launch from the AVOCET had found the wreckage of the Samoan Clipper at a point fourteen miles northwest of Pago Pago, itr was not until— the—-eirifc uf-ted^-ereyr1 had~"ia,l‘90i boon givon up fng lout^ Ttm» io^ie^the first tragedy in two years of^ cpera^imF^^wiaLi™-trafflA. over the Pacific.Ocean. Said MaeiTlc^< Trippe:n.fc±H.:^«rtheFt“ nVVe can only express the believe that after a thorough analysis of the possible causes of the fire. LEAD - 7 retake for landing. He radioed that ne expected'“to1 ^ Pago Pago in ten minutes. Just ten minutes from safety and in a flash the tragedy happened! The conjecture of trh t* f**! 1*0 £5 q A ¥ 1 A a * 4-i_____ _____________________ ^ experts is that th$» ^ gasollne^caught fire as it was failing into the ocean;, t^ue »,,^'^c?loslonAdeStroyed the cllPPer*^ll sorts of rumors came in over the air. One, which seemed authentic, reported that a column of smoke had been seal rising from the water, ^ <ii ftiiiniMMii »» Tttr hit ... wiy Uncle Sam^ mine sweeper, the AVOCET, was sent to hunt for the wreckage a**J ^J^arly this afternoon, came a bulletin that a motor launch from the AVOCET had found the wreckage of the Samoan Clipper at a point fourteen miles northwest of Pago Pago, It was nat | —letep- -tnat-Ce and -the-eifafc '--erew" up f-^g ioc t»» ,,, ^ N ^the first tragedy in two years ars of^ssra^ G&BzSX2&fpz9&=9*mtujsdxstfin. over the Pacific.dcsaa. Said Trippe;stiiir-f«r-th«f*t- can only express the beliefs that after a thorough analysis of the possible causes of the five LEAD - 4 a way will be found to prevent a recurrence.” l^cidGn'fcaily^"^liere were no passengers aboard^the Samoan Clipper* was carrying na±h±i»g^ba* air express a a y The circumstances of this giant Clipper perishing ovJi so tragically in the Pacific O^ean, make this the most dramatic A MA of all airplane tragedies. £ut# n nnint-zn*’ last Monday^ in Montana^ lyr-TaqTOq^gqpSgCT W~tr\£ CRASH FOLLOW LEAD The President of today that all ships of the Northwest Airlines announced same model as the one that crashed near Boiizeman^have been grounded. Said Mr. Hunter of the Northwest Company:- "Our investigation of the circumstances surrounding the crash indicates to^w that the accident was not due to weather conditions, visibility, nor human ------- ‘"‘•'" l ; ^ ~r-- Vhe shlp was on its course and maintaining proper altitude when misfortune overtook it. Therefore," adds the ^resident of Northwest Airlines, nWe have grounded all ships of this model until we receive the official report#uX* UUu ijiiul^iui 1nnif a 1i -f rn In n w m i Vi h n_.. 11W n Trifiitiimnn i r»wr frensB11? WEATHER Apparently we’re in for a real bout -erf severe weather. That’s what we learn from 6 the north Tine 'western Ontariobeen bucking the worst snowstorm In many winterS| TwtjUfr.-'BrtG*' iwntiiiirm h pftyt 4hiiwiyiQ¥incii<yiii4»rt‘4‘l',g""m,nlwilliig .. ......... The Dominion Observatory of Toronto predicts that it will worse before it gets better. Snow^uiPi, for fifteen hours in’ Philadelphia, three people died in northern Pennsylvania, and one in southern &ew Jersey. accidents. II i! !! '! -i tl 1 ■£ J accident SststeE^-^f^^snowstorin^ caused a peculiar accident in ___ —■V11^ Ontario, F-tres^-^T <*1 ly> the Michigan Central's crack train, the Wolverine, was stalled on the main line near Fletcher, Ontario, on account of engine trouble. It was an awkward time because another fast train on the same line, the DETROITER, was expected at any moment. »*To avoid a collision, the station agent at Fletcher threw a switch, then ran out^jfrel.1 baiife i%i Trluctluu flag the engineer of the DETROITER. The snowstorm was so blinding that the engineer couldn't see the station KJtg agent's flag. Tearing along at sixty miles an hour, he ran through the switch, and tore a corner from the station. The wrecked locomotive then plunged twelve feet down an embankment, dragging two baggage cars after it. By a ^iracie of good fortune, the fourteen passenger coaches remained on the rails. Fortunately, also, the injuries to the engineer and fireman were only slight. \ nnMFEK^NCE There* s going to be a big conference at the White House ------ c < next week^ Fifty of the biggest tycoons of American business will meet with President Roosevelt on January Nineteenth, There they will discuss methods by which the government can get together with business to put an end to the recession. The men who have been invited and accepted the invitation are practically the same as the personnel of the Business Advisory Council to the Secretary of Commerce* £ELiEE__ Capital and labor are in agreement on one thing. Both employers and employed believe that the railroads should be allowed to raise passenger and freight rates. That developed today at a hearing of the Senate Committee investigating unemployment. J. J. Pelley, President of the Association of American Railroads, was the chief spokesman. Said he:- ’’If the Interstate Commerce Commission will allow those increases in rates, the incomes of the railroads will go up half a billion dollars a year, railroads will need new equipment, a hundred and fifty thousand men now jobless will be employed.” And representatives of labor concur in the notion. RATLROADS follow relief At the same time, a railroad president was telling another Senate Committee that the half billion dollar road increase would be no better than a shot in the arm for half the railroads. "Fifty per cent of the railroad companies in the country will be insolvent anyway by the end of Nineteen Thirty-Eight." So said President Taplin of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia line. Senator Wheeler of Montana reminded Mr. Taplin that Congress was proposing a consolidation of railroads into four strong systems. To that said Mr. Taplin:- "You111 have to do it by force for I don*t see how you’re going to get solvent roads to take over the sick babies of their own free will and accord." CARDQZQ Grave ne-AS cones from Washington about Associate Justice Cardozo of the Supreme Court. Not only is the condition of his heart no better today, but it has developed to a crisis that caused a conference of specialists to be summoned at three o*clock this afternoon. The minute this news was conveyed to the White House, the President and Mrs. Roosevelt called for their car and drove to Justice Cardozofs apartment. Mrs.,Roosevelt went inside the apartment while the President remained in his car on the street. ~tc Cardozo was too ill %% even receive this unexpected visit of the First Lady. So she left a bouquet of flowers for the suffering judge AMBASSADOR There1s going to be a new Ambassador from France to Washington. His name is Rene Doynel de St.Quentin. He's one of the career men in France's diplomatic service. For a long while he has been Sub-Director of European Affairs at the Quaid'Orsai. For more than a year and a half he was French Ambassador to Rome but was never received by the King. Mussolini declined to accept credentials ef Aiabaocad-ew QuoatiH because he A was not accredited to King Victor Emanuel as "Emperor of Ethiopia.1' $his 4* framngy F11 "iicurcreT"u 1 ETfTTg’cm' u#iipm" jiwhuu „ — tit ^fi ire o i-^l r f : 1 : 'tmm ten' f aHd'rniaiwlwiJJad vr nt’pertewti5Ty FRANC The money markets of Europe the Jltters today. It‘s all about trie French Franc again. There were feverish hours on the Bourse, the stock exchange of Paris, nervousness spread across the Channel to Threadneedle Street ^ * where the price of the Franc also dropped.^) Tha nt UMltilfflft remier Chautemp^ nad a private conference with his Finance Minister, George Bonnet, about the future of the Franc. Later,1 trrrtj flnnnnlnl rri ",1 i MintrrT... nttwA1niiiirr1-i~n-tirim^jr drains that hft»« tin, ilh ihill I l i i. <rina4A^ mi luto^ii^amd PYr'hnr^^, f|i1 1irryr.FT-..inn |,s vyoreaL iprge volumes of capital have been from France because the people who own it are alarmed about the social situation.The government of Premier Chautemps f has been unable to stop the spread of social unrest. In othe*1 mjrr1gj ~i f A bit of news from Norway «^~-KT>4-rrgr"^--hrr7^; A dl br«aitt.:-o^ •eo» American taxpayers. King Haakon opened the Parliament at Oslo today, and it*s interesting to learn that Norway has a surplus in A T.OKDQN John Bull Is building himself an air fleet of ten thousand i fighting planes. )In other words, a force larger than those of Italy, Germany and Japan put together. Actually,^according to estimates, the total strength of Great Britain in the air will be twelve thousand, two hundred and fifty planes,^including all the \ reserves. JAPAN The Mikado* s governaent is going to send a new ultimatum to China. That*s tae rumor from Tokyo. It is supposed to be the first consequence of the Imperial conference that Emperor Hirohito held yesterday. The text of the ultimatum will be: "Stop your fighting, or you'll be annihilated." The Japanese high command has made plans to invade and capture all the important parts of China. And they wilJtL do so unless the Chinese sue for peace. Andjif the Chinese won't listen, the Mikado*3 government will finally declare war. All -this is unofficial. The proceedings of the imperial conference are held a strict secret. Nevertheless^, the word is out that if Japan goes to the length of declaring war, the fighting and destruction that have gone on so far what won't be a circumstance to.irok will follow, A >vv^ '-e . L^ J, Imagine if you can, a single star almost as big as the entire solar system^ the system of which our own little old earth is just one mTntfte part/ To American astronomers belongs the credit for discovering #u*X such a star. It was found and located definitely on the map of the heavens by the three chief scientists at the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin. The discovery is described modestly as one of the outstanding contributions to science made by the Yerkes Observatory in its four years' existence. To a layman, that sounds like a considerable under-statement. The learned gentlemen responsible, for this feat are Dr. Otto Struve, Professor Gerald Kuiper, and Professor Bengt Stromgren. They’ve named their new star Epsilon Aurigae.” And, says Dr. Struve, "If Epsilon Aurigae were placed in the center of our solar system, it would engulf all the planets as far as Uranus. Only Neptune and Pluto would remain outside." It's interesting to learn that the discover^jof a star is no accidental, sadden achievement. The finding of Epsilon Aurigae is the culmination of work that has been going on since Eighteen Ninety-nine. Amateur astronomers will be interested to learn that "one of the most startling results of the discovery was the detection of a shell of ionized gas in the outermost atmosphere P|||| i H i I i T i . ~ p ^ A* R<. Left-handed compliments flew through the air in Washington today. They flew between the United Mine Workers of America, the principal union controlled by John L. Lewis and that august organization of ladies known as the Daughters of the American Revolution. Two years ago, the D.A.R. allowed the Union to hold its biennial convention in Constitutional Hall, .which is owned by the D.A.R. The Union applied again for the Nineteen Thirty-Light Convention. This year they got a flat turn down. And the retort of the Union is thatCrthe D.A.R. is an aristocratic high-hat institution whose members parade around like pea fowls in silks and sealskins and imagine themselves the elect of the human race*n A spokesman of the D.A.R* said the insult was a little far fetched. She pointed out that for one thing, sealskins are highly unfashionable. RUNAWAYS ^ T!ie P°1Ice oi Indiana and tha. surrounding states ha*«=fae^fi five days^cMrwr^the disappearance of a thirteen year <5c year old school girl. She vanished from her parents' home at Bremen, Indiana, last Friday• At the same time, a fourteen year old boy. from one of the neighbors' family, was nowhere to be found. Early this morning the cops of Miami, Florida, came upon a car parked near the beach. In it, fast asleep, were a boy and a girl A missing .e«aw£* from Bremen, Indiana, K me jpTTG tt'fefcfr .pi wm igd-rfcfoet&b The car belonged to the girl's parents. They had with them when they left six dollars and a half in cash. A c ^ xjx . When that was gone, they sold the radio for five dollars, and thev\ A horn for three and a half. S&iisa* they disposed of the seat covers, spare tire* the Eloping Juliet**® overnight bag for another A A A six dollars and a half. They had^nit tried to get married, they said, because they were afraid no state through which they di ove would issue them a license and that if they applied they might be si 11 apprehended. i PACIFIST Here s anotner bit of news showing how American university men feel about the nI won!t go to war” movement. The DAILY BRUIN, newspaper of the Los Angeles division of the University of California, took a poll. They asked two hundred and ninety-one of the male under-graduates whether they would fight for their country in an aggressive war. Of those two hundred and ninety-one, two hundred and ten said flatly they would refuse to fight. Thirty others said:- "Ifte'd wait until we were drafted.n Only fifteen said: "Sure, we would fight. We’d volunteer." The remainder had various other suggestions. One said A- 4 he would start a munitions factory. Some said they would go to another country. Some said defiantly:- "We’d go to prison first." One of then/that he would take "half a dozen blondes to the A ^ . - / / u — r - ^ , North Pole."