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BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1937 Zeppelin's Toll Mounts to 35 as Importer and Radio Operator Die 1 Tribute to Mothers Albany Votes Zep's 'Happy Landing' Gifts In Relic Heap q4 3sr ZEP MARTYR Lawyers Seek Liability Laws On Air Crashes Maximum of $10,000 for Death or Injury Urged at Institute By the Associated Press Washington, May 8 Lawyers cited the Hindenburg disaster in arguing today for state laws to make aircraft owners financially responsible for injuries to persons and damage to property in accidents. Members of the American Law Institute discussed a measure prepared for the guidance of state legislatures by William A. Schnader, former attorney general of Pennsylvania. The bill would hold owners of aircraft responsible regardless of whether they were negligent. Schnader's proposal would fix re Spark Theory Gains as Cause Of Holocaust fitness Tells Invesliga-, tors He Saw a Trail of "Them From a Motor Continued from Page 1 hours that of Capt.

Ernst A. Lehmann, famous dirigible skipper and former commanding officer of the Hindenburg. Pruss In Same Hospital Speck, along with Capt. Max Pruss, commander of the Hindenburg, and Albert Sammt, chief officer, all seriously injured, were taken to the Medical Center in Manhattan yesterday. the night the radio operator, horribly burner, continued to lose strength.

A blood transfusion w- given him by Dr. Allan O. ple, chief surgeon of the -with the aid of a professional shortly before midnight, but i to rally. V. morning it was said that the of Capt.

Pruss and Chief 0f Sammt had definitely im-t vi. The news that they live cheered investigators. iwi deprived of the advice of tie iv perienced Captain Lehmann. Graf Trips Halted Ot-i-fT developments today as a t'u: of the disaster included: In Germany It wwas an- Aero Disaster Probe to Halt Grafs Flights Trips to South America Will Cease Pending Report, Eckener Says Br the Associated Press Berlin, May 8 Sorrow-stricken Germany ordered full steam ahead today on construction of a giant sister ship of the Hindenburg while Dr. Hugo Eckener said Graf Zeppelin service would be halted pending inquiry into the Hindenburg disaster.

Eckener, designer of the Hindenburg, said the Graf, now returning from a regular trip to South America, "will make no more trips until the Hindenburg disaster is fully cleared up." The grizzled dirigible commander prepared to fly to Cherbourg, France, to sail on the liner Europa with a German commission to Investigate the disaster. The Reichsminister of Air, Col. Gen. Herman Wllhelm Goering, meanwhile ordered builders at FreidrichshaXen to rush completion of the LZ-lS), designed as a sister ship to the Hindenburg. Plan Flights in Three Months Officials estimated the new dirigible might be in service between Europe and North America within three months.

The Hindenburg was insured by her owners for 6,000,000 marks ($2,400,000, at the official rate of exchange) and it was believed the new ship would be Insured for a similar amount. Goering issued a proclamation to German Air service men urging cooperation "to show the world that in spite of everything the idea and spirit of Count Zeppelin persists, that airship communication between nations Is a work of peace." Eckener made his announcement concerning a halt in Graf Zeppelin flights after a conference with Goering and other officials. The dirigible was due to start a return voyage to South America Tuesday. Won't Fly for Coronation "It will be impossible to use the Graf as a substitute for the Hindenburg for carrying coronation pictures to New he said, "nor will the Graf cruise to South America again until the Hindenburg investigation is completed." word that Capt. Ernst A.

Lehmann, who was aboard the Hindenburg in an advisory capacity, had died of his injuries. Reichsfuehrer Hitler was expected soon to designate some form of national mourning for the disaster. ei stff phot Mayor LaGuardia looks on as Mrs. Mathilda Burling of Richmond Hill, president of the Gold Star Mothers Association, takes ai mwith a champagne bottle against the prow of the Gold Star Mother, new municipal ferryboat, which she christened in the name of her fellow-members whose sons lost their lives in the World War. Eagle Staff Photo Joseph Pannes Ship Official Died Trying to Rescue Wife in Zep Fire John Pannes Refused to Jump Alone to Safety, Air Survivor Reveals John Pannes, 60, passenger traffic manager of the Hamburg-American and North German Lloyd lines, and a resident of Plandome, lost his life in the Hindenburg crash because he attempted to save his wife, a fellow-traveler revealed today.

Otto Clemens said he was standing with Mr. Pannes in the lounge of the flaming airship as it fell toward the ground, and realized it was afer to jum than wait for a landing. He urged Mr. Pannes to leap with him. Waits to Find Wife "Come on, Mr.

Pannes, Jump" Mr. Clemens said. Mr. Pannes replied: "Wait until I get my wife." Clemens jumped and was rescued when he hit the ground. Neither Mr.

Panes nor his wife was seen after the crash. Hilgard Pannes, 20-year-old son of the couple, was waiting for his parents as the ship came in for her tragic landing. At their Plandome home, Mrs. Hilda Pannes, 86-year-old mother of the executive, waited their return and news of their deaths was withheld from her that night: Flags at Half Staff Flags of the North German Lloyd and Hamburg American lines were flown at half staff yesterday at the office at 57 Broadway. Legion Man's Home Bombed in Quarrel By the Associated Press Chicago, May 8 The explosion of a dynamite bomb Jarred Charles C.

Kapschull, former Illinois commander of the Legion, his wife and their three children out of bed at their home in suburban Deerfield early today. None was injured. The porch was wrecked. Jack Eisler was arrested for questioning after Kapschull told them they had quarrelled. Crew Abandons Ship After Crash in Fog By the Associated Press London, May 8 The crew abandoned the British steamship Willes-den early today after a collision in dense fog off Dover with the Italian steamship Gian Franco.

Shortlly afterwards, the Thistle gien sent out a wireless message announcing: "Picking up crew of sponsibility for each person killed or injured at a maximum of $10,000 and would hold owners liable up to for property damage. The latter would vary with the size of the aircraft involved. While Government Investigators sought the cause of the tragic explo sion of the German dirigible, Secre tary Swanson announced the navy will continue Its study of lighter-' than-air ships. "The Hindenburg tragedy will not adversely affect the Navy's decision in this matter," he added, "because it resulted from a hydrogen fire. "American ships use instead of the highly inflammable hydrogen an inert gas helium which, while it has less lifting, power than hydrogen, does not either burn or explode." The Senate Military Affairs Committee recommended allowing export of helium, an American monopoly, in quantities "not of military LaGuardia Calls U.S.

Helium Policy Terrible Shame' Mayor LaGuardia thinks that the United States is not doing the right thing in refusing to sell its exclusive supplies of helium, non-inflammable, buoyant gas needed by airships, to foreign countries for commercial dirigible use. Terrible Shame After a visit to the wreckage of the Hindenburg at Lakehurst, caused when the vessel's bags of the highly inflammable hydrogen caught fire and exploded, the Mayor said: "It seems a terrible shame that the development of lighter-than-air craft should be blocked by this disaster. After all, we have the non-inflammable helium, but we will not sell it to any one else. It can be made now much more cheaply than it was at first, and still this country won't sell it. "The full possibilities of aircraft using helium have not been explored and it would be unfortunate if that development were stopped by the destruction of a dirigible filled with inflammable hydrogen." Military Asset The only place in the world from which helium can now be obtained in commercial quantities are certain natural gas fields in Texas.

Though with the stopping of dirigible building in this country, the United States has no need for ths gas, general sale of It to countries aboard has been impeded by those who contended that the gas is a military asset of value. A bill to allow such sale, for commercial use in foreign countries, is now under consideration at Washington. The Gold Star Mother, one of the new municipal ferryboats, sliding down the ways at her launching at the United Drydock, Mariners Harbor, Staten Island. War Admiral Picked to Win Continued from Page 1 so a majority of the experts decreed. But there were 19 other horses In the field whose backers were con vinced that War Admiral would not get all of these breaks a clean start, a winging race and a decisive Derby triumph.

There were many who believed that Mrs. Ethel Mars, who makes candy bars with her right hand and thumbs winners to the post with her left, had the winning combination in the powerful entry of Reaping Reward and Military. Reaping Reward can run fast, Military can run far. Between them they may hold the magic combina tion that will whipsaw little War Admiral into defeat. Reaping Re ward is tabbed as the Derby winner by the Mars stable, but the turf critics believe that over a distance the soldier can carry a knapsack of 126 pounds better and faster than his more famous stable mate.

Military the Dark Horse Military Is the Derby dark horse the truest router in the biggest field since Reigh Count's Derby in 1928. Twenty-two went to the past then. Even with unexpected scratches, the field will number no worse than 17 when the bugie blows at 5 p.m. (7 p.m. E.

D. T.i this afternoon. An amazing angle to this 63d IVrby is the almost total absence of Bradley ballyhoo. In any Derby, any year, there is always the cry of Bradley. Whatever he runs it draws a play on the mere Bradley lurk that has won four previous Derbys for the old Colonel.

This time, however, he has only one horse, not a well regarded one, in Billionaire. A heiuva name, but not much horse. And yet, Colonel Bradley always must be wa'ched in a Derby. He is gambler and he did not pay the $a(10 starting fee for nothing. Never does the colonel play a loser knowingly.

No gambler does. So Bradley will be there, too. along with Pompoon, the earlv Winter book favorite, which fluked out in the Wood Memorial but which has heartened his backers by sensational dawn workouts. Pompoon is not out of the Derby by any means. He had a bad day in the Wood; one of his good days today would snatch this $50,000 race like nobody's business.

That also is true of almost every other horse in the race. The thing is wide open. Nobody will be surprised at whatever wins the Derby. hairy Hill, victor in the $30,000 Santa Anita Derby Winter, need only to run back to that race. Melodist could do it with a repetition of his performance in the Wood.

Dellor, best long shot, could upset all with another run like his victory in last Tuesday's Derby trial. Even Earl Sande, with his cast-offs, Scenesturter and Fencing, might bring home a winjsr II either of the jjjj Probe Funds Continued from Pace 1 Minority Leader Steingut, was $2,200,000 voted to the Joint legisla tive commission for State participation in the 1939 World Pair In Flushing. Dunnlgan heads this committee, a 1936 holdover, as wen as ine inquiry aimed at fixing flat train and bus rates in the suburban area of New York City. The fair expenditures are listed at $1,600,000 for an ampitheater and exhibit building, $250,000 for exhibits and $350,000 for expenses of the commission, including maintenance and operation of the State buildings. All of the contracts for construc tion, landscaping, operation and management may be let by the commission with or without competitive bidding, under the bill sent to Governor Lehman for signature.

The crime law enforcement and parole Inquiry will be headed by Senator John J. McNaboe Manhattan) and will be aimed par ticularly to halt sex crimes and the freeing of habitual offenders. McNabbe was voted $15,000 for a probe of communism In the schools last year, but Democratic leaders stifled the whole thing and the law enforcement Inquiry is In the nature of a pay-off. The inquiry Into job-getting dif ficulties of the middle aged Is sponsored by the Republican State organization. The whole show of the last 24 hours of the 1937 session was staged in the Republican-controlled Lower House, where 50 or more controversial bills the most Important of the session were debated before large galleries which stuck to their chairs from Friday morning to long past dawn today.

Hilarity Doused The usual hilarity of the windup was dimmed greatly by the deter -lnatlon of many of the members to get In at the "kill' of a number of bills shot out of Rules Committee In the final day's report. Mortgage Bill Dies he defeat of the Joseph-Pack mortgage bank bills, comprising Governor Lehman's program for a permanent, safe revival of the real estate security business, as a highlight of the early morning hours. The 43 to 92 vote came after long heated debate. In an effort to overcome objec tions of up-State Republicans and banker-opponents of the measures, the establishment of mortgage banks was restricted, by late amend ments, to New York City and an area within a 50-mile radius of it. Assemblyman Carl Pack (D.

Bronx), and Minority Leader Stein gut, fighting for the bills, warned that a billion dollars worth of mortgages will need refinancing If the present moratorium expires In July, 1937, and that, without mortgage banks, there was no safe means of handling the problem. The Legislature shortly afterward passed, however, the Joseph-Steln-gut bill setting up a $1,000,000 revolving fund with which the mortgage commission may aid holders of mortgage certificates. 'Kidding the Public' One of the most startling developments of the tail-end came when Steingut rose to oppose passage of the Dunnlgan bill designed to end State income tax exemptions enjoyed by members of the Legislature, the judiciary, the Governor and other State officers on their official salaries. Steingut charged that the bill was "kidding the public" and insisted that only a constitutional amendment can get around the constitu tional provision that salaries of the above officers may not be diminished during the terms for which they were elected. But Majority Leader Ives read Governor Lehman's recent message asking for Just such a bill and he called for its passage.

It went to the Governor by a 103 to 31 vote. It passed the Senate with only one negative vote Thursday. While the Senate practically closed up shop waiting for the Assembly to clean up its calendar, Dunnlgan sat in back of the Lower House chamber listening to Steingut and other speaker blast his bill as "innocuous," "useless" and "unconstitutional." A few members, explaining their negative votes, insisted that they were under paid and should continue to be exempt from State income levies. Labor Bill Debate Debate over the Doyle-Neusteln "little Wagner Act," setting up a labor relations board and machinery to guarantee collective bargaining rights to workers In industry within the State, was another high spot. Assemblyman Laurens Hamilton Rockland) classed the measure as "not a labor bill, but a labor leader bill," and warned that it "seeks to enslave labor." Assemblyman Irving D.

Neustein Manhattan) the measure's co-sponsor, flashed back with the reply that it was "a bill of rights for the something to which he is entitled by every law of "nature." He insisted that employer would profit more from its operation than the employe or unions. The vote, 100 to 41, found only one Democrat, Emmet Roach of Clinton, in the negative. Some of the other high lights of the final day were: Passage and transmission to the two raced like they did at Keene- land. Your life is in your hands when you lay it on the line in this Derby. Poor little War Admiral, at 2 to 1, is on the spot wdth that heavy, heavy dough on his shoulders and that heavy, heavy boy on his back.

Even the weatherman Isn't sure. He thinks it will be clear, warm and fast, but won't bet a dime that it won't come up mud. If it does, climb up in the laps of the gods and let them slip your dough through the mutuel windows. Better still, take the two bucks and buy the wife a corset cover, Guards Keep Lonely Watch Over Skeleton of Queen of Air Br the Associated Press Lakehurst, May 8. "Happy Landings' 'gifts for travelers aboard the ill-fated Hindenburg lay unclaimed today in the ffice of the American Zeppelin Transport Company.

Gloom hung like a pall over the Naval air base despite bright sunshine that filtered through the blackened skeleton of the once luxurious silver-gleaming dirigible. Armed sentries kept the curious public at a distance from the U. S. Naval Air Station ond only officials and the press were permitted to approach close enough to see the fallen queen of the skies. In the Zeppelin office the walls were still bright with colored posters of the Hindenburg sailing majestically through pastel skies over the towers of Manhattan.

"Two days to Germany," they proclaimed. Mute Reminder Over one of the posters hung a mute reminder of Its disaster an officer's gold-buttoned blue uniform of fine serge, blackened and burned by the fire that claimed its owner's life In Thursday's crash. Silverware and plate salvaged from the Hindenburg was crated in boxes for shipment back to Germany. A desk was piled with letters and colorfully-wrapped packages, addressed to passengers and members of the crew aboard the Zeppelin for delivery upon landing. Close Area to Public State and military police cooperated to clear the area and the Hindenburg wreck lay In caunt loneliness on the windswept field, wnue silent sentries paced its boundaries.

Two German oficials of the Zeppelin Company walked in the darkness down across the field to the twisted metal hulk. A searchlight shot a finger of light along the length of the Zeppelin and left them alone in the night. New Trial Denial Blow to Lucania Charles (Lucy Luciano) Lucania, convicted vice racketeer, faced a sharply reduced prospect today of a release from a 30 to 50-year term In Clinton Prison, Dannemora. Supreme Court Justice Philip J. Mc-Cook, In Manhattan, late yesterday did the reducing when he denied motions by his counsel seeking a new trial.

On May 17 the Appellate Division will hear argument on a motion for appeal from the conviction on the ground that three of the State's star witnesses have recanted testimony they gave at the trial last Summer. They are Nancy Presser. former sweetheart of Lucania; Mrs. Mildred Balltzer, wife of Peter Balltzer, another convicted vice racketeer, and Florence (Cokey Flo) Brofc-n, a former sweetheart of James Frecerico, convicted general manager of Luciano's syndicate. Fair Subway Station Fund Increase Voted The Board of Estimate has authorized an Increase from $650,000 to $800,000 In the appropriation of enlarging the Willetts Point Boulevard station of the Jointly-operated I.

R. rapid transit line, which will serve as the northerly terminal at the World's Fair site in Flushing. The increase was voted at the request of John H. Delaney, chairman of the Board of Transportation-. The station Is being enlarged to accommodate the large number of passengers expected on the line during the fair and also in connection with the commencement of express service in the near future.

Governor of the Ives bill, creating a special legislative committee to study the State's financial problems with the object of recommending improvements next year over the record $400,000,000 revenue and spend ing program voted this session. Passage by the Assembly and transmission to the Governor of the Kleinfeld bill, opening the State Jury boxes to women volunteering for service. Senate approval of two-year' terms-for-Assemblyman resolution. It goes to the people this Fall, together with proposals for amending the Constitution to extend the terms of the Governor and other State officers to four years and to permit sheriffs to succeed themselves. Assembly passage and transmis sion to the Governor of the Dunnlgan bill permitting license com missioners to revoke licenses of bur lesque theaters without resorting to court action.

Milk Control Voted Final passage and transmission to the Governor of the Rogers-Allen milk control bill, freed of consumer price-fixing provisions. Final passage of the $750,000 appropriation for the Marine Parkway spur between Sheepshead Bay and Bennett Field in Brooklyn. Final passage of the Murray bill permitting the city to remove fire and health law violations in 60,000 old-law tenements, assessing the costs against the owners. Passage of the bill permitting the city to build a subway spur into the World's Fair grounds, but preserv ing the nickel fare. Passage of the Schwartzwald bill establishing a division or syphilis control in tha State Health De partmenU that the Graf Zeppelin, Uor nishing a flight from South would make no further air vo-Li'; until the probe of the Hin-lc: crash was completed.

Washington, lawyers dls-legislation suggested by A. Schnader, former At-iiuey General of Pennsylvania, making aircraft owners liable up to $10,000 for each person injured or killed In an air disaster, and liable uj to $100,000 for property damage. Hindenburg Insured Prom Berlin came news that the Zeppelin company had Insurance q( $5,592,000 covering the Hindenburg, Its passengers and crew. Of this total $2,400,000 insurance represented the replacement value of the airship. Investigators of the explosion were busy today at Lakehurst.

though the public hearing by the Department of Commerce will not begin until 10 am. Monday. The three-man investigating board, according to Col. J. Monroe Johnson, assistant Secretary of Commerce, will have four technical advisers representing the Army and Navy, the XT.

S. Senate and the State of New Jersey. Reich to Be Represented The German Government also will have an observer selected by Dr. Hans Luther, the German Ambassador to Washington, on the Inquiry board. Meanwhile the official German Investigating commission left Berlin today on its way to this country.

Heading the commission was Dr. Hugo Eckener, Zeppelin chief. His skies were Dr. Ludwig Duerr, chief Zeppelin constructor; Prof. Gun-ther Bock, aero-dynamics expert: Walter Hoffman, staff engineer of the National Research Bureau; Prof.

Max Dieckmann of the National Technical School, Munich, and Lt. Col. Brelthaupt of the German Atr Ministry. Lehmann Delay Caused Death Next to Dr. Eckener, Captain Lehmann, who died yesterday afternoon of his burns, was the greatest authority on German airships.

His death was attributed to the fact that he refused to Jump from the control car of the flaming airship until his clothes were burning from his body. Taken to the Paul Kimball Hospital at Lakewood, Captain Lehmann was fully conscious and in great pain for hours. "I'm going to live," he said in German, just before they put mm in an oxygen tent yesterday in a desperate effort to save his life. He died a few minutes later in the ANNOUNCEMENTS Pertonoli INFORMATION WANTED a) t.i whTi-bnuta, Oertrurie D. K.x-ri nr 1'-merlr Gertrude V.

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I MAin t-6000. i Send your child to SUMMER CAMP Taxi Driver Shot Resisting Holdup Otto L. Miller, 46, a cab driver, of 559 E. 26th St, was shot and wounded in the shoulder today when he resisted two bandits w4io robbed him. He was taken to Harbor Hospital, where his condition was reported fair.

Miller told police the bandits hailed his cab at Church and Flat-bush Aves. early this morning and directed him to drive to 82d St. and 21st Ave. One of them suddenly pulled a gun, he said, and demanded his money. He refused and the robber fired.

After taking his watch and $4 in cash, they threw him out of the cab and drove away. Movie Artists Held In Studio Picketing Fourteen striking pickets were arrested in front of tha Max Fleischer Studios at 1600 Broadway, Manhattan, last night after resisting the efforts of policemen to clear the sidewalk, which they said the strikers were monopolizing. The melee attracted a crowd of 2.000 persons, who remained at the scene until after order was restored at 8 o'clock. From that time on the picket line continued its march close to the curb. The strike was called ythe Commercial Artists and Designers Union after 15 employes of the studio had been discharged for union activities, lt was claimed.

The union is asking higher wages, vacations with pay and union recognition. Second Man Dies In Crude Oil Blast A second man was dead today as the result of a fire which killed Jack McGowan, 21, of 932 St. Mark's Ave. and caused injuries to three others while all five were working on a crude distill yesterday at the Secony-Vacuum Oil Company plant, 400 Kingsland in Greenpolnt. The second victim was Frank Berny, 42, of 178 Kingsland who died of burns three hours after being taken to the Grecnpoint Hospital.

The injured, who went home after receiving medical attention, were Joseph Keeley, 44, of 37-15 64th Woodside! William Welder- man, 35, of 115-01 115th Jamaica, and Joseph 37, of 79-33 Furmansvllle Middle Village. $5,000 Given to Aid Zeppelin Victims The sum of $5,000 for the relief of victims of the Hindenburg disaster was contributed by the executive committee of the Board of Trade for German-American Commerce yesterday. The fund, to be used for Germans and Americans equally, will be distributed by F. W. von Melster, American representative of the German Zeppelin Company.

At the same time it was announced that a fund will be sought to aid in the development of lighter-than-alr craft in German-American traffic, quiet room of the lit tip white hospital so far from his home. Most of Survivors Injured The deaths of Captain Lehmann and Specie brought to 22 the number of the Hindenburg's crew that perished. In addition 11 passengers and one civilian member of the ground crew were killed. Of the 64 surviving members of the crew and passengers almost all were injured. The preliminary probe of the explosion continued at Lakehurst today, including the interviewing of survivors and the viewing of the 800 feet of twisted metal which stretches out along the ground a few hundred yaids from the safety of the mooring mast.

The Interviews were directed largely toward testing the two chief theories of the cause of the explosionstatic electricity and a bark-firing motor. The idea that static electricity. gat.herir.fc about the gas-ba? of the ship during the electrical before the caused a spark which ignited the free hydrogen valved fro nit he balloon as it descended, was advanced by engineers immediately after the disaster. The second suggestion, about back-firing motors, was given some support, today by One reported see.ng a trai lof sparks lro mthe stern motors of the airship and another no'ed that a white Maine of burning hydrogen which ran from the to the prow of the Hir.rienb'.irg before it, crashed was preopdol by a bright yellow near the rear starboard Sabotage Idea Wane The 'lieory of sabotage, advanced hrsit.intly af various times, appeared bo discarded today, as the investigation accumula'ed more evidence of a natural disaster. In a radio speech in Germany, before leaving by place to join the transatlantic liner Europa, Ur.

Eckener said: "Only a tliorouch examination will make passible the formation of a dctir.re opinion on the cause of Obviously the posn-: biiitv must also be Afu-r reriving inter ac-' wtilts. provided by till' work of IJmied initliorities, I admit ha the lik-hhond of sabo-j taae, which I liio iuht at lir.st. swn.s sipp-ars that th aii'i-d bv fleet ric.il phenomei-a. possibly oor.ner'cd with tile weather, but a Imal conclusion will lie pos-ible only after examination." Sister Ship Hushed With the eoiifti uct ion of the new German dirigible, 1.7.-13", sncded bv pecial orrters Irom Gen Hermann Goering, Air Minister of Germany, lt was thought that it might be completed bv Fall, and go into the transatlantic service at that time. The formal hearings a'.

Lakehurst. which start Mondav. will be in charge of the special board of inquiry, consisting of South Trimble solicitor of the Department of Commerce, chairman; M. jor R. W.

Schroeder, assistant, director of the Bureau of Air Commerce, and Dennis Mulligan, chief of the regulations and enforcement division of the bureu. A vacation at camp this Summer will do wonders for your child. It will build him up physically stimulate him menially teach him Beli-reliance. And to help you make a selection, the Annual Camp Directory of the Brooklyn Eagle, to be issued tomorrow, will bring you news, pictures and announcements of the best-known camps throughout the country. Watch for it and choose a camp for your boy or girl from the Information it contains.

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