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Russians Land Safely In California
Senator Robinson, New Deal Leader, Dies Suddenly
RUSSIAN FLIERS SET
RECORD 6700 MILES
62 HOURS NONSTOP
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(By The Associated Press'
PLASH—SAN JACINTO, Cali
fornia, July 14—Russian fliers
landed, here at six thirty a.m. Pa
cific Standard Time. San Jacinto
;s located about 100 miles south
east of Los Angeles.
(By The Associated nr“ss)
SAN JACINTO, Calif., July 14
—The Russian trans-polar plane
landed in a pasture three miles
west of this Riverside County
mountain hamlet, with all three1
fliers safe. The gas tank was leak
:ng a stream of fuel oil when the
monoplane was brought down, 90
miles east of Los Angeles.
Word was sent to Marshfield j
Army headquarters and officers
of the first wing of the army air
force were dispatched to the1
scene of the laiftding. The plane’
was reported undamaged.
The fliers evidently were trying
to make Marchfield when they
landed. It was the longest flight
record for distance, covering a
little less than 6700 miles in sixty
two hours.
When the Russian polar plane
flight ended here, the Russian
crew of three were unable to talk
to the country folk, so authorities
communicated with army officers
at Marshfield. A cordon was es
tablished about the pasture to
protect the plane from the curious
crowds which soon began to ar-l
rive from everywhere.
Overrides Veto
(By The Associated Press'
WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 14
—The House, Late yesterday, ov
er-rode President Roosevelt's veto
bill to continue low interest rate
of farm loans for two or more
years, by a vote of 260 for to 97
against. The senate has not as
vet taken action on the veto
The House action came after
several hours debate on the Pres
ident’s objections, which were de
fended and criticized
Dick Merrill To
Fly the Atlantic
Again, Air Race
(By The Associated Press'
NEW YORK, (AP)—.Dick Mer
rill, the only man who has flown
the Atlantic by airplane four
times, said recently that his ex
perience gives “me a pretty good
chance” at the prize air race to
Paris in August, commemorating
Colonel Lindbergh’s epochal trip
to Paris.
A wind power electric gener
ator has been designed for sup
plying current for radio sets on
boats.
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James Mattern
Inspects his New
| North Pole Ship
(Bv The As-“oiatr<l '
j LOS ANGELAS, July 14, —
| Janies Mattern, noted flier who on
ce cracked up near Anadvr. Sib
i
j eria, or. a world flight attempt is
shown here inspecting at Los An
gelas, a new $9(1,000 plane (Lock
heed) with which he plans to try
a non-stop flight from Oakland,
California to Moscow, sometime
in August
Mattern said he would follow!
: the route taken by the three Sov
iet airmen who flew from the Rus
sian capital to Vancouver, Wash-'
ington—the same route over j
which another Soviet plane today ^
successfully established a new,
long distance flight record
(By The Associated Press) I
WASHINGTON, D C , July 14 j
—Senator Copeland called on
President Roosevelt to drop the
Court Bill and to counsel with his
congressional leaders and “to re
establish the democratic party".
In a fiery speech against the bill,
Senator Copeland assailed the
President for failing to consult
democratic members of Congress
on policy, and complained that
the administration was called the
New Deal rather than democra
tic, and warned against a possibly
permanent split in the party.
Senator Bailey spoke against
the bill,declaring it was “confess
edly" an attempt to obtain for
Congress the power which the
Supreme Court said, it didn’t
have.
(i»v- The Associated Press}
WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 14
at if Joseph Robinson, aged
(14. democratic leader and the
New Deal’s legislative kingpin,
was found dead in bed this morn
ing.
The .sudden deatJa of the Sen
ate leader shocked the capita! &
nrew the administrations legis
lature program in turmoil.
Senator Robinson has been the
democratic leader since 1922, and
personally had charge of the ad
ministration’s two major legisla
tive campaigns to reorganize the
courts and executive departments.
His colleagues, generally, ex
pected his appointment to the
Supreme Court when the first
vacancy was created by the re
tirement of Justice Vandevanter.
Although Senator Robinson’s
health has not been quite as good
as in former years, his sudden
death comes as a tremendous
shock.
’ Tlie democratic leader has been
working with tremendous energy
during recent weeks in an effort
to revise the compromise court
bill in order to obtain the Sen
ate's approval.
Three possibilities mentioned
as his successor as leader, are
Byrnes of South Caroline, Harri
son of Mississippi, Barkley of
Kentucky.
At Denver, Postmaster James
Farley said, "I am inexpressibly
shocked, he was an outstanding
American for many years."
Vice President Garner, who is
fishing near Uvalle, was unavail
able for comment. Many of Sen
ator Robinson's friends were wor
DIMOND ASKS AMEND
ALASKA GAME LAWS
T.. T he A •violated Dress)
WASHINGTON. D. C . July 14
—Delegate Dimond asked Con
gress to amend the Territorial
game laws so as to pprovide pro
tect ion for Bison and Muskox,
which were recently placed on
Alaska ranges. The Delegate's
bill also asked that certain areas
be restocked or stocked with ani
mals not native of Alaska and
also that they be protected. He
said that no law exsts for the con
servaton of the bson or rmiskox,
so they face extinction by the
greed of hunters.
Delegate Dimond also proposed
that the game law be amended so
as to classify Filipinos as aliens,
who are now eligible for Alaska
game licenses as residents.
Another provision of the bill
would be to make “false state
ment" when given at the time of
issuance of the license, a misde
mean rather than a felony
ried about his health, since he
mussed several days attendance
recently
His a i-w was temporarily
going to their home it little Rock.
Arkansas.
Senator Caraway, Robinson’s
colleague from Arkansas, announ
eed that Mrs. Robinson will ac
company the body home. Both
the Senate and House planned to
suspend business after convening
at noon today.
Concerted Drive
Against Peiping
On By Japanese
(Bv The Associated Press!
TIEN ATTN. July 14—Thirteen
hundred Japanese troops from
east Hopei. Fengtai, assisted by
the railway junction garrisons,
began a concerted drive against
the Chinese anc.er: walled city
of Peiping, with > it iwaiting the
arrival of Menihoukuon re-m
foreements
The Japanese directed their at
tack against the city from the
east and south The troops drove
to the very shadow of the wall in
motor trucks under the protec
tion of armoured cars. The Jap
anese infantrymen were support
ed by light field pieces
Chinese troops succeeded in re
mov.ng sections of n.iway tracks
skirting the southern and eastern
walls around Pe.pir.g. • prevent
the approach of Jarmor
ed trains.
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To Pay Dividend
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. July 14th—
The Alaska Packers Association
will pay a regula; 'we dollar
dividend August :er:h to stock
holders of record July 41st.
Here are Russia's three “hero” aviators—on the first Soviet plane across the Pole to Frisco. Calif.
Left to right: Navigator Alexander Vassilievitch, pilot Valeri ChekalotT and copilot Geo. Baibukoff
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