Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1925, Page 26

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AIRMEN TO PATROL U. 3. FOREST AREAS $50,000 Will Be Available for | Launching Plans to Cut | Waste From Fires. Under the provisions of the Agricul- | tural appropriation bill the Depart- | ment of Agriculture is drawing up ar- | rangements for the establishment of an airplane forestry patrol in the| West, for whiche§30,000 will be avail- | able after July | The Army Air Service has agreed to | furni the planes and provide main- | tenance in the way of overhauls, and the department will supply the pilots | from the reserve. A new departure in the old method of patrolling the for- | ests in search of fires will be taken | aces will be estab- | shed—two in California, one in Ore- | gon, one in Washi on and one in | Idaho. The planes past, make daily flishts over the for- | ests in search of fires, because it has been found, it was explained at the | department today, that lookouts can | detect smoke quicker. | The real value of the planes will be brought into e when areas are cov- | ered with smol making it impossible | for the lookouts to determine what is going on close to the earth, and when fires are bevond control the planes again, will be able to report in a few minutes the extent of the conflagra- tion. Following electrical storms, spe- | cial patrols will go out in search of | fires started by lightning and which | | are difficult for the lookouts to locate. KNIGHTis OF COLUMBUS START 3-DAY RETREAT Services in St. Patrick’s Church Will Clase With Mass at 8 0°Clock Sunday Morning. Knights of Columbus of the local tion will attend a three-day t beginning tonight at St. Pat- rick’s Church. Services tonight, to- morrow and Friday will start at 7:30 clock, and the solemn closing will take place at § o'clock mass Sunday morning, when general communion day of the order will be celebrated. Very Rev. Thomas Burke, Paulist preacher and lecturer. will conduct ces. He will bestow the pon- benediction Sunday morning. ther Burke was formerly superior general of the Paulist Fathers, and is recognized mnationally as an orator At a special meeting of officers of various councils of the Knights of Columbus in this jurtsdiction last| night in the Knights of Columbus Home resolutions were adopted ex- pressing the sentiments of the order at the loss of Mgr. Mackin, late pas- tor of Paul's Church. A com mittee was appointed to represent the order at the funeral tomorrow. The meeting was presided over by State Deputy James A. Sullivan, and among those present were District Deputy John J. Downey, Grand Knight T. J. Fitzgerald of ~Washington Council, Grand Knight John Burns of Keane Council, Grand Knight James B. Flynn of Carroll Council, Grand Knight T. J. Trodden of Spaulding Council and Grand Knight Hamilton E. Clipper of Potomac Council. ALLEN RAPS HIGH COURT. Ex-Governor of Kansas Says Su- preme Bench Opposes Labor. NEW YORK, April 23.—Former Gov. Henry J. Allen of criti- | cized the United States Supreme Court and the cities of New York and Mon treal vesterday in an address before the Kiwanis Club. The court he criticized for its de- cision declaring unconstitutional the as Industrial Court law, a meas- ure enacted when he was governor. | New York and Montreal were crl cized for their attitude toward the St Lawrence canal project, declaring | that these two cities were “thwarting the will of 43,000,000 people of the Middle West The free laboring his only weapon—the Mr. Alien said t t man has lost ght to st ssing the Indus B0 o% ¢% 4% % BEXEXEXE XX .\‘fig»\é& i \ ay Victrola Give a Let Paul Whiteman Play - Or perhaps you have recently heard War or Ted Weems and would prefer to let them do the honors this ing’s Pennsylvanians time. No matter—if you have a VICTROLA you can give an entire dance by a them—or a score of others—or you can let them alternate. Doesn't it fire your imagination of having these famous organizations right in your own home—permanently. When it is so easy, under our ment plan, to own a Victrola—and models to choose from—why not NOW? Mt. Pleasant Music Shop; Inc. 3310 14th Open Evenings Opposite Tivoli Theater | the District at will not. as in the |. Npw | what can be done with city planning ecial pay- LUNCHEON FOR MITCHELL| Retiring Assistant Air Chief to Be Honor Guest Monday. Brig. Gen. Willilam Mitchell, assist- ant chief of the Army Air Service, will ba tendered a farewell luncheon by Air Service Officers on duty in the Racquet Club next Monday. The luncheon will fall on the first day Gen. Mitchell reverts to the rank of “colonel and becomes air officer of the Sth Corps Area. His term as a tant chief expires midnight Sun- day. Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Air Service, and his new assistant, who then will be Brig. Gen. James E. Fechet, and Gen. Mitchell will speak. CITY PLANNING HELD VITAL TO CIVILIZATION Outranks All Except Education in Welfare of Race, Ex- pert Declares. By the Associated Press. YORK, April 23.—The wel fare of human life depends more on than on any other factor of civiliza tion, possibly John Nolen of C excepting _education, | mbridge, Mass., said | yesterday, addressing the Interna tional City and Regional Planning Conference. i Mr. Nolen's position was strongly | supported by Clarence S. Stein, chair- man of the New York State Commis sion of Housing and Regional Plan-| ning, who insisted that the era of concentration in great cities must and will end The tendency of workers to make homes in outlying boroughs is no| remedy, Mr. Stein asserted, since it merely trades the disadvantages of congested and inadequate homes for inadequate and congested transporta tioa. ““And soon the big city upon them, and they are boxed tene- | ments, and the green has disappeared | beyond their sight,” he added PLEASE | LEAVE THE | Pl Yo i Yellowstone Park Opens June 20 Northern Pacific Ry. “2000 Miles of Stertling Beauty™ SEESEAESSRERESSESEASRSESSEENR) MY VACATION TRIP § | Name Address Booksortripslam Round Trip Summer interested in:(y ) FarefromWashington O Yellowstone . . _ . .$100.95 O Pacific Northwest } Bortiand 130.45 O Rainier Park . S Tocoms 130.45 O Alaska (Skagwiy) . . 22045 O Rocky Ms. (Helena-Butte) 103.45 Dance! ny one of e Hieni @ VictrolaNo. 210§ A fine value for those who prefer the Console design. S0 many get one— St. N.W. . THE EVENI EXPOSITION OPENS TWO WEEKS IN CITY Johnny J. Jones’ Shows Three Innovations This Year. Water Circus Is Feature. G _STAR, WASHINGTON RADIO GOES 7,000 MILES. Army Major Believes New Distance Record Established. AVALON, Santa Catalina Island, Offer | calif., April 23.—What Maj. Lawrence Mott of the Army. Signal Corps be- lieves is a new distance record in radio was established here yesterday when his experimental station, using one 250-watt tube with a short vertical single antenna, got in touch with The Johnny J. Jones exposition, | Hanof, French Indo-China, and Soera- comprising 30 shows and 18 riding de’ | baja, Java, a distance of 7,000 miles. vices, opened last night at the Fif- teenth and H street show grounds. It will remain there for two weeks before going on to engagements with State BRITAIN LEADS INDIJ_STRY. airs _throughout the United States | S0l CoHEAR | Has Beaten United States in Pro- The show this year has several in- novations, two of them imported and | another of the owner's invention. One of the new -attractions is Hawaiian Village,” where there is music and dancing of inhabitants of the Pacific ds the world Islands. The United States, which in 191§ Another feature of the show is the|had complete control of this branch of Atlantic City water circus. with Capt. |the motor indusiry, has gone back in Charles Widmire and Madge:Martine | the race, the paper says, giving place doing the high-diving stunts. There|to Great Britain, which during the are a score of other attractions, includ- | present year will produce 140,000 ing a wild West show. 3 as compared with Amer- | Music for the carnival is furnished |ica’s 48,000 last year. by the American Band. The perform ances at the various shows are con tinuous daily from 2 o'clock in the \fternoon until midnight duction of Motor Cycles. LONDON, April 23.—The Daily Ex- the British motor cycle s beaten the American and ENDS LAP OF FLIGHT. Italian on Air Journey From Rome to Tokio. Ro; Ponselle étill I ATLANTA, Ga., April 23.— Rosa Ponselle, who was to have sung Ra ROME, April 23 —Comdr. Fran- chel in “La Juive” here last night, |cesco de Pinedo, Italian aviator, has was unable to appear, and Florence | finished the first lap on his flight to Easton replaced her. Miss Ponselle, Tokio, proceeding = yesterday from suffering from an attack of tonsilitis, | Sesto Calende, where he was forced s been confined to her hotel since |down Monday, to Brindisi. He is ex- Monday, when she was to have ap- |pected to fly today to Leros. (Leros ared in “La Giocon " opening a|is an island in the Aegean Sea off series of performances by the Metro- ' the coast of Asia Minor. It is roughly politan Opera Co in Atlanta. 540 miles by air line from Brindisi.) E thy’s Remember the name. You'l never forget the taste. Orange Pekoe Tea Makes good tea a certainty -— ask for Horlick's The ORIGINAL Malted Milk Prepared at home in a minute by briskly stirring the powder in hot or cold water. No Cooking Safe Milk and et For Infants, Growing Children, Invalids, Nursing Mothers, etc. Rich milk, combined with extract of choice grains. Very nourishing, yet so easily digested that it is used, with benefit, by ALL AGES, ailingor well. An upbuilding diet for infants, invalide, nursing mothers, etc. Convenient, Light Nourishment, whenever fairit or hungry. A cupful, taken hot, upon retiring, induces sound, tefreshing sleep. ook PRUNES this way and youll SERVE THEM OFTEN| —that is, if you are careful to select sdelicious SunsweeT PRuNEs—sweet, plump and thin-skinned—the finest fruit from the famous orchards of California, selected and packed by the growers themselves. A Quick War 0 Coox PruUNES Wash Sunsweer Prusss, cover with hot water and tllow <o sosk one hour. g to the boiling point in the same water {‘mP:vhid! they were soaked, cover and cook until tender. Add sugar ten minutes before removing from stove. Allow one table- spoon to one cup of Prunes, measured before soaking o cooking. If a thick syrup is desired, remove Prunes to scrving dish when tender, and boil the liquid until it is of the desired consistency. A little orange pecl, lemon juice or stick cinnamon im- proves the flavor for some tastes. Ask your grocer for Sunsweer CaL1- FORNIA PrUNEs today—sealed in our new, convenient 2 lb. carton—or in bulk, from the regular 25 lb. box. Give them a fair trial—prepared ac- cording to the following recipe. You will be delighted with this most healthful, most economical and finest-flavored of fruit foods. CALIFORNIA PRUNE AND APRICOT GROWERS ASSOCIATION 11,319 Grower Members—San Jose, California - SUNSWEET Calfomia 251b. BOX or in the , D. C, THURSDAY, FOREST WEEK PROGRAMS ARE PLANNED IN SCHOOLS Supt. Ballou Announces List of Speakers Assigned to Tell of Tree Preservation. Special #ssemblies will be held in a number of Washington's senior and junior high schools next week in ob- servance of American Forest week, it was announced today by Supt. Frank W. Ballou. Speakers have been as signed to the schools at which the Forest week programs have been ar- ranged, as follows: Central High School, Monday morn- ing at 10 o'clock, Col er; Eastern High afternoon at 1:30_o’clock. High-Grade—Non-Kinkable. 25 ft. Complete ™' $3.98- nozzle 50 ft. Complete ' $7.65 nozzle Best Grade § 25 ft. Complete ™''» $4.40 uozzle 50 ft. Complete ™' $8.40 nozzle Potomac Rubber Company, Inc. 1400 New York Ave. M. 150 APRIL 1925. speaker: McKinley Technical High School, Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, Harold Keats, speaker; Power Junior High School, 23, MICOERS N OCcO-GAS TRADK MARK REG. U.S PAT. 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