Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1926, Page 12

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12 i ARTS BODY PLANS PLANT ST STUDY Will Consider Further Project of Power Building at 2d and R Streets N. E. Although believing that use of any r 8 1d set up additional diffi- | dons and Justice Hitz will hold court e the P o Commission, | during August. while Justices Staf- culties, the Fine Arts mee:ing yvesterday at the Interior Buiiding, decided to take up for fur- ther study with the municipal archi tect construction of the power plant for the McKinley High School at Second and R streets northeast. The commission took the stand that the power plant lacation at the proposed side would fit in with plans already prepared and form a useful adjunct o the school, to be located on land already purchased running through to T street northeast, adjacent to the Langley Junior High School Protests | against the location of the power | plant at Second and R streets north ! east have been made to the District Commissioners and the commission by residents of the neighborhood. Eariler in the day the commission met with the Public Buildings Commission at} the Senate Office Building. Would Ban Soft Coal. The commission placed fitself on vecord in favor of an absolute pro- hibition against use of bituminous coal in the District of Columbla, mem- bers pointing out that sooty smoke from eoft coal has blackened public bufldings and public monuments so that frequent cleaning is needed. Ar rests for violation of the antl-smoke ordinance, in effect for many vear have not resulted in abating the emoke nulsance, commission members caid The commission indorsed location f the new Police Court Building. on Judiciary Square parallel to Fifth street between I and F streets, as outlined by Chairman Moore of thej fine arts body in a recent letter to| Senator Arthur Capper. A strengthened and improved flag staff to provide for uniform flag deco yations on the main downtown streets was placed before the commission by | lout September. Two Justices Will Stay on Bench During Three Summer Months. Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court today announced an | innovation for the Summer recess of |the court. Because of the increased | { business during the past two years in the court during the recess period | the chief justice had decided to have two justices available throughout the three months of July, August and |September. In former years two i judges remained only during the| month of July. i For the coming recess period Chief | { Justice McCoy and Justice Hoehling | i will be available in July. Justice Sid- ford and Pailey will preside through- PERSHING ACCORDED WELCOME IN FRANCE: Unusually Cordial Reception Greets | General on Landing in Cherbourg. By the Assoctated Press. CHERBOURG, France, June 18— An unusually cordial reception today greeted Gen. John J. Pershing, com- | mander _of the American Exped!-| tionary Forces during the World War, when he landed from the Leviathan here today Gen. Pershing afirmed the strength | of the comradeship among the allied veterans in his reply to the welcome. Veteran French soldiers and Admiral de Marguerie, commanding the post, received Gen. Pershing officially, while the 15-year-old- daughter of one of the leading war heroes of Cherbourg pre- sented him with a bouquet. The | flowers were in a trench helmet which | was decorated with French and American colors, 1 “I am very deeply touched by this unexpected and cordial greeting. Gen. Pershinz told his former com. ! rades in arms, am especlally pleased to receive this symbolic bouquet, mingling our national colors as our dear brothers in arms mingled their blood. Yes, the nld comradeship of veterans existe and will remain un- | shakable.” The entire city was decorated with | Norman B. Landreau and C. H. Reil- i members of a joint committee rep. resenting the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign War Last February the commission indorsed the plan for standardized flag decorations in principle, but requested that a stronger flagstaff be used. The new staff will be tried out to see if it meets with the approval of the commi and an early answer given to the vet- erans’ organizations on its fitness. Considered Height of Buildings. The commission also considered building height regulation in the area { of the Union Station, at the request | of the Zoning Commission, which had asked the opinion of the fine arts body | &5 to a change in helght zoning for a part of Massachuserts avenue north- east east of Necond street. The Fine Arts Commission members Agreed that the height of buildings | near the Union Station should be uni- | form to frame the Union Station PMlaz | The commission also heard explana tions of the proposed Indian memorial | to heroes of the Osage fribe to be lo- cated at Pawhuska, Okla. The plan | for the memorial was explained by George Wright, superintendent of e Indian reservation. the meeting members of the commission took an automobile tour through the northeast section of the inspecting the Fort Lincoln site t | recommend | reau o American flags and everywhere large | crowds turned out to see the general. Gen. Pershing later left for Paris by automobile. CAPTAINS PROMOTED | T0 REAR ADMIRALS| Naval Recommendations Approved ' by President Affect Three Of- | ficers Located Here. Three captains in the Navy, now Incated in Washington, are promoted o the rank of rear admiral under tion board. hi A al 8. N, Robison. U .. approved today by President Coolidge. They Capts. Yates Stirling, Jr captain of the navy vard, Washing- ' ton: Capt. John Russell Blakely. now tant chief of the Bu- 1 jon. and Capt. Frank H. Clark. chief of the navy vard divi- sion, Navy Department. ~ All are holders of the Navy cross for dis- tinguished service during the war. In addition the selection board rec- ommended the promotion of 33 com- [ manders to be captains and 50 leu- THE ARTIFICIAL GALES TESTTINY PLANES Models Suspended in Wind Tunnels Show Action of Craft in Clouds. By the Assoclated Preas. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 18— | Some of the most interesting devices | used in the study of sclence «re em- ploved dally at Langley Field. Ther hidden from the publt SO EVENING ] McCOY CUTS VACATIONS. | | ‘ L I STAR. planes and blimps fly and swirl in im- aginary arcs and convolutions nunder the expert eyes of members of the National Advisory Committee on Aero- eraft_are suspended in wind nd the results of experiments are forerunners of future aeropautic achievements. The wind tunnels are large, horn-shaped structures, not un like the resonating horn of early pho- nographs. In them are suspended model planes, against which currents of varying velocity are forced to be sucked through the tunnel. Fine Wires Attached. The horn Is about 20 feet across at the bell and tapers down to about five feet at the throat. The wind is sucked rather than blown to secure a more even flow. When the current fis turned on the reactions of the ma: chines ate d on intricate de. vices attach ¢ fine wires or by a long spindle extending outside the hor T PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AT SEVENTH $27.50 WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, This apparatus is Inclosed in a chamber surrounding a part of the tunnel where the observers and opera- tors manipulate the balance controls by which the speed of the air flow is regulated and the data recorded. The variable density tunnel, located is the most intricate of the equipment. 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