St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 30, 1930

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COMIC PAGR DAY, (Copyright. 1930.) STOP EVEN THINKING ABOUT THIS SILLY | | pu . a + + ee Se ne? tM | ea teen ; ‘ ene ~ (Copyrignt. 19304 t > (Copyright, 1930.) -~ AND I CAN'T THINK OF A GOOD HINT = ce. ao Sea 3X - Wi ! (Copyrigat, 1230.) Po “4 xT UNI" Gir NES- ° Q- ; , ima, rc eae Lae y a, 4 pd ie =: Ag - > he Da —— —— al 5 £ > ¥ @ - m ; ; bx : ; 2 The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press N ews Givetes ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1930.30 PAGES. —— AF ZEPPELIN HEADS DIRECTLY FOR LAREHUROT, KIPPING CUBA avy Department Is In- formed by Dr. Eckener That Craft Will Reach United States Base Early Tomorrow. NOT ENOUGH ‘FUEL FOR HAVANA STOP Storm Prevented Taking on Full Load at Pernambuco —Ship Is Running on Four Motors—Storm Off Cape Hatteras. y the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, May 30.—The Graf Zeppelin radioed the Navy to- day that,at 3 p. m. Eastern Standard time, she was 644 miles east of St. Augustine, Fla., or 782 miles south and slightly east of lakehurst, N. J., which the Graf expects to reach tomorrow morn- At that hour the Graf was at 70 ivgrees, 49 minutes west longitude nd 29 degrees, 35 minutes north wtitude, about half way between ‘an Juan, Porto Rico and Lake- ust. Since noon, Eastern stand- rd time, the airship had averaged miles an hour. Possibility that the Graf may en- inter bad weather off Cape Hat- vras, N. C., tonight was seen in the Weather Bureau’s special report t today by’ radio to the airship. The report said a disturbance, mov- isn northeastward likely ight or Sunday morning, attended ‘ strong winds and probably sjuails, Observers at the navy ‘iid that, if the dirigible kept its present speed, it had a good chance escape the strongest winds. tue Associated Press, NEW YORK, May 30.—The Ra- #0 Marine Corporation this after- woh picked up the dirigible Graf ‘eppelin at noon Eastern standard ne, in latitude 25:25 north, and ongitude 68.52 west. The weather ‘as fair and clear. The position sven placed the Graf about 56500 jue east of Nassau in the Bahamas, and indicated she was swinging in a northwesterly direc- ‘ion at a rapid rate on a direct line from San Juan, Porto Rico, to Lakehurst, At the time she was vut 1000 miles southeast of li ies » | . W. Von Meister, special ‘erican pepresentative of the “taf Zeppelin interests, announced “US afternoon that he had .re- fl a message from the Graf stating that the ship planned to “ave Likehurst for Europe Sun- way evening, Passes Over San Juan, Porto Rico, | Unexpectedly. w the Associated Press. SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO, May Sed Y Graf Zeppelin was pointed northeast when it passed “er San Juan at sunrise today. “'@ Graf's visit was unexpected. o1r Of her motors awakened Thousands rushed into ‘. Streets to glimpse the gray a : ry! { £ d 3 é 2 i ; HOTOGRAPH shows the rear of looted compartments and a section of sheet iron backing which robbers pried away to gain acess to the deposit boxes. A fter forcing open two temporary steel fire doors to en- ter the vault, the robbers found the tier of boxes detached from the wall preparatory to moving. With the backing pried off; the individual boxes could be drawn-out and ransacked, CONVICT KILLED BY GUARDS AT OHIO PRISON FARM Unruly Prisoners Attempt to Batter Way Out of Cell Block at London, O. LONDON, O., May 30.—Sam Mazello, Trumbull County convict, was shot to death today when prisoh guards at the London prison farm fired on 47 convicts who at- tempted to batter their way out of the cell block. The unruly prisoners were among these sent to the prison farm from Ohio penitentiary following the fire of April 21 in which 320 convicts perished. They had been causing disturbances in the prison farm. cell block for more*than 48 hours. The guards fired on the rioters on orders of Superintendent W. F., Amrine. No prison wall surrounds the farm. ANNAPOLIS BARS KISS CUSTOM AT PRESENTATION OF FLAG This Year, Cadet Recciving It from Kansas Girl, Will Merely ._ Salute Her, By: the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 30.-—-The traditional kiss that for years has marked the flag presentation cere- mony of June week at the Naval Academy has been abolished this year, it was, learned today. The old custom required the girl who presented the flag and the commander of the midshipmen re- ceiving it to exchange the kiss. The flag this year will be presented by Miss Albert of Ely, Kan., to T. B. Hughes, commander of Company No. 1, which won the inter-com- pany competition. Hughes will of- fer her a compliment or salute, it was learned, but no kiss. BYRD’S SHIPS NEAR PANAMA Eleanor Bolling and Bark Due To- morrow, ‘ PANAMA CITY, May 30.—Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd said today that the steamship Eleanor Bolling would arrive at Balboa about 6 p. m. tomorrow with the bark City of New York in two. The bark CURTISS RETRACING FLIGHT MADE IN 1310 Inventor and Others Take Off at Albany for New York. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. ¥., May 30.—Glenn H. Curtiss and cther pilots took off from the Albany airport at 3:15 p. m. today, for a flight from Albany to New York in commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the first airplane flight between the two cities. The flight today retraces the route of 20 years ago, followed by Curtiss in an airplane which re- sembled a box kite. Hugh Nicholson, piloting a con- solidated plane of a new design, took off at 3:27 p. m., in an at- tempt to break the speed record of 38 minutes from Albany to New York. There are five planes in the fleet, including the cabin ship piloted by Curtiss himself. About 60 passen- gers were in the ships. The take- off was preceded by a luncheon, during which Curtiss: spoke, By his flight 20 years ago, made in 2 hours:and 32.minutes, Cur- tiss won a prize of $10,000 posted by the New York World. His first flight created much excitement, with the New York Times running a special train over keep pace with him and eager on- lookers lining the river for miles. In New York City, according to accounts at the time, the roof- tops were thronged with people. The World said “they saw Curtiss glide by down the river like a flash, faster than any bird and with strength and equipose com- parable to that of an ehgie.” ~~ eepsie the other at 214th street Broadway, he out a | rndrs and the New York Central tracks to FRENCH POLICE ROUT THRONG TRYING TO STOP BULL FIGHT Several Manifestants Injured When Thousands Are Driven from Field at Melum, By the Associated Press, - MELUN, France, May 30.—The farce comedy of bullfighting in France apparently has come to an end. Following an attempt of sev- eral hundred persons yesterday to break up a bull fight here, the prefect of Seine-Marne, acting un- der Government orders, today pro- hibited fights ‘scheduled in the temporary arena’ here for tomor- row and. Sunday. Bull-fighting is illegal in France but because the penalty is light promoters fre- quetly have attempted to popular- ize the sport. Ae. SN Co ht, 1930, by the Press a Paso SB Seat PARIS, May 30.—An effort to popularize bull fighting in France met with strong resistance yester- Pulitzer World humanitarians tried to prevent the holding of the: first fight held in the Paris region. Mounted police drove the mani- sons were injured in the disorder. The French Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animals obtained fied contest despite venting it. By the Associated Press. day at Melum where thousands of festants off the field. Several per- an official order from the Govern- ment against the use and goring of horses, but the authorities at Melum succeeded in holding a medi- e prolonged opposition of a crowd which. went from Paris for the purpose of pre- In U. 8S. Motor Vehicles Iead All Manufactured Products, WASHINGTON, May 30.—Wotld ction of new automobiles last is estimated by the Commerce partment at 6,295,352, of which the United States and Canada were} | ANDEVENTER BANK'S OFFER PURCHASE i President Ed Mays Con- firms Fact That $350,000 in Collateral on Loans and $43000 of Depository’s Cash Are Gone. CASHIER RESIGNS, CUSTODIAN FIRED Former, Gifford J. Herbert, and Latter, William A. Brittin, Held on Bonds of $50,000 Each, ‘Suspected of Embezzlement.’ Outstanding developments in the affairs of the Grand Na- tional Bank, resulting from the burglary of its safe deposit vault last Sunday, are: Losses by the bank and its customers have been increased to more than $1,000,000 with the announcement that the | bank’s loss is $43,000 in cash and about $350,000 in securi- ties deposited by customers as collateral for loans, instead of $20,000 in cash as previously stated.* Formal announcement of the bank’s loss was made by President Ed Mays today after exclusive publication of the fact in the Post-Dispatch. Herbert Quits, Brittin Is Fired. Mays also announced that Gifford J. Herbert, cashier, had resigned, and William A, Brit- tin, custodian of the safety de- posit vault, had been dis- charged, because they had been required to post $50,900 bail each and had been booked on the police blotter, “‘suspected of embezzlement,” following ques- tioning of bank officers by Po- lice Department executives and Assistant Circuit Attorney Jo- seph A. Lennon. An offer by the Vandeven- ter National Bank to purchase the business of the looted bank and take over its new quarters in the new Continental Life In- surance Building, 3617 Olive street, was rejected today by directors of the Grand National, The Reserve Bank sent $226,000 in cash to the Grand National where the money was placed in tellers’ caggs yesterday for moral ef- fect on depositors. she “as «, es y we a. ‘yw & ‘ pes ‘ ” es ee lc a Bhat wate ie te y - i aba ee Fae Re a ts ei ail Pale tts TURNEDDOWN ; = ™