Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1927, Page 5

CAPITAL AIRPORT STRONGLY FAVORED Three Siles Considered Available—More Experts to Be Consulted. #%3led for the purpose of acquiring Information and knowledge about the need for establishing a municipal air- rort here, data of which will be pre wented to the District Commissioners anA both District committees of Con- the udlities committee of the , Feleration of Citizens' Associations heid a hearing vesterday evening and encountered such widespread senti- ment in favor ot an air terminal that an additional hearing, in about 10 days, was voted as necessary in ord to acconnodate expert witnesses who desired to testify, but were unable to be heard because of the lack of time. Atter emphasizing the necessity for acting now on behalf of an airport, witnesses pointed to three pos- sible sites for the location of the field of which were urged as the ide; T'he three sites are the marsh 1 between IHunter and Gravelly Points, on the Virginia side of the Potomac and _diagonally off llains Point; the 4@ Washington Jockey Club properey in Benning, and an area gress, the of ground adjoining the southern end | of Dollmg Field and including the steel plant property and Giesboro Point. Truscott Offers Map. Starr Truscott, acronautical engineer of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the first witness be fore the committee, which was pr sided over by Maj. Clayton E. Emi acting chairman, stressed the impor- 1ance of the close proximity of the port 19 the center of the city. He also thought that the location could not be decided by any person, but should referred to the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Of the three avalable sites, which he ex- hibited before the committee on a map | heprepared, the Hunter-Gravelly Point area i= the nearest to the- District Building, requiring about 10 minutes of automobile travel between the two places. The time required to travel] the intervening distance between the | District Building and the Benning site was about 20 minutes, he said while it would take about 30 minutes to reach the Steel Plant site. In the Hunter-Gravely point area, Mr. Truscott sald, “there ls oppor tunity to outdo any other city in the United States in the way of a model airport. There Is only one other city in the woul 1 know of which is lo- cated 10 minutes away from its air port.” # Gapt. H. C. Richardson, chief of the material division, Bureau of Aeronau- tics, and one of the pilots on the transatlantic NC flight, indorsed the Hunter Point site from the airman’s viewpoint, explaining it offered the best approach from practically all di rections. He illustrated his objections to obstructions surrounding a field by pointing to'the inaccessibility of Boil- ing Field on days when northwest inds are blowing, which necessitated htailing,” “crabbing” and ‘“side- slipping” into the ground to serious difficulty. Linked With City Planning. A. T. Stewart of the transportation and communication department, Chamber of: Commerce of the United States, declared the selection of an rport “should be deSinitely linked with city planning,” and added: “Nearness to the business center and wccessibility to the public-are of prime importance and die account should be taken of local transportation and communication facilities.” The estab- lishment of an airport in the Capital is “of special importance,” he said, “and offers an opportunity to develop an ideal port for air and seaplanes which may serve as an example to the principal cities of the country. The national chamber hopes that the ef- forts of the commercial organizations and civie groups of this territory will meet with early success.” Maj. Jack Jouett, office of the chief of Air Corps, emphasized the - for eliminating obstructions s taking off and landing. In this respect he sald he would “hate to get into the Benning Field now it my motor quit and on taking off if the engine stopped at two or three hundred feet I could not come down without cracking up.” J. Edward Cassidy eral of the United States Air Force Association, spoke in favor of the Benning site and opposed the Hun- ter Point project, explaining that “to get to that place requirds several bad grade crossings and the draw bridge, on which I've heen tied up at times for two hours when the draw stucl e said the Benning site, which_ is indorsed by the Ben- ning and Kenilworth Citizens’ Asso- clations, could be made ready for use n about six months. and before the Point site is available for many vea would elapse ;‘;\‘g[ the cost would border on $2,000,- director gen- upporters of both sites have fig- ured on a maximum expenditure of $600,000 for the acquisition of either Piece of ground and the erection of table port Lhereun MESSAGE TO CALLES FOR OIL INFORMATION DEFENDED BY BORAH (Continued from 1 don’t want 1o ace information that way. I public diplomacy, thouxh, once in a while I recogniz that some special reasons require that matters be kept in confidence for a certain length of time. Data of the kind 1 wanted T felt 1 could et without confidences a 3 T went direc Mexico.” Coolidge Backs Claims Move. ldeho Senator stated t ently passed hy withorizing President Cool otiate with Mexico an exicusion + general claims convention was at the President’s request in the nature of advance con. from the Senate, becaus the i convention was aitified by wate, and it was considered to have the extension approved Senate, 100, The convention expi of this vear, and, if Mex renew it has been asked hy the vernment, the entire ofl will be submitted to this tribunal for settlement, provided certain arrangements of a temporary charracter can be made perding the decisions by the General laims Commission, (Covyright dential. t e In lidge to rent August grees to arbitration 19 Airplane Averts Amputation. ‘When informed that the only chance 10 avoid the amputation of an infected foot was to reach a hospital within a few hours, a woman in Corning, Calif., used the long-distance tele- phone to call up an air pilot at Kla- math Falls, Oreg. The pilot made the 200-mile flight to Corning in less than two hours, took the woman azboard, and then flew another 200 miles to San Francisco, arriving at the hos- pital in time to prevent amputation, avoid of course, | l THE EVENING STAR, AVAILABLE SITES FOR A DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AIRPORT * S " WHITE HOUSE DISTRICT CotuMB AN INST (TUTION CAPIY_OL NAV Y YARD CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. | The President’s Own Garrison, No. 104, Army and Navy Union, will meet 8 o'clock, in the boardroom of the { District bmldmg The Glen Echo Citizens’ Association will meet, 8 o’clock, in the community hall. Representative Joe J. Manlove will speak. Dom Benedict Brosnahan_will lec- ture under auspices of the Volunteor Social Service Association of the Cath- olic Charities of Washington at 7:30 o'clock at 200 I street. His subject will be “The Sacraments.” At 8:30 o'clocl Rev. Dr. John O'Grady will speak on “Trends in Family Life.” A lecture will be given every Thurs- day evening during Lent. The Wasington Highlands Citizens’ Association . will meet in Congress Heights School, 8 o'clock. Jane A. Delano Post, No. 6, American Legion, will meet, 8 o'clock, at 1337 K street. Harlan Woods will speak. The Vincent B. Costello Auxiliary, American Legion, will meet, 8 o'clock. at the Hamilton Hotel. i Hamline Church dinner, 5:30 to 7 o'clock, under auspices of the Ladies’ Aid. ‘Women's City Club: William Lee Cor- bin will lecture, 8 o'clock, on Ibsen’s “The Pillars of Societ “A Doll's House,” and “Ghosts.” A meeting will be held in the Potomac Savings Bank Building in Georgetown at 8 o'clock this evening. under the auspices of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society. Mrs. Mont- gomery Blair is chairman of the meeting and the speakers will be: John Thider of the United States Chamber of Commerce, Mrs. Whitman Cross, president of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society; Miss Gertrude H. Bowling, director. All Georgetown citizens are welcome. FUTURE. Stearns Bible Class, will meet tomor- row. 1 p.m., at Mount Vernon Place IM. E. Church. Dr. K. B. Moomaw will be in charge. | The Women's Interdenominational | Missionary Federation will observe ! the “World Day of Prayer of Mission,” tomorrow, 2 p.m., in Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South. Greetings in song and Bible verse will be brought from societies and missionary groups. Mrs. W. A. McKee will have charge of the music and Mrs. C. E. Haw- thorne will make the closing prayer of consecration. All women invited. The Cathedral Heights Citizens' Association will meet March 7, 8 p.m., at St. Alban's Guild Hall. Rev. Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, vice president and director of Georgetown University, will discuss conditions in Russla and | their relations to our own Govern- ment. ' Dr. Walsh spent two years in Russia as a member of Mr. Hoover's staff_and later as director general of the Papal Relief Mission to Russia. The Filipino Club will meet March 5, 8 o'clock, at the Arlington Hotel. W. R. George, founder of the (xeor(e Junior Republic, at Freeville, will speak at the forum luncheon w morrow at the Women’s City Club, under auspices of the section of Child Welfare and Public Health, i 2 ‘ Pictures of the funeral of the lali‘x President Warren G. Harding will be | shown by John Q. Siye at a iuncheon of the Caravan Club of Almas Temple in the Ebbitt Hotel tomorrow at 1230 | p.m. Officers of the Scimiter Club of Baltimore will be the guests at the | { luncheon. 1 _George B. Frazer and Thomas J. . members of Washington nd Table, will deliver addresses on “Who I Am and Why,” at a luncheon of that organization in the University Club tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. i Alpha Delta Phi weekly luncheon tomorrow, 12:30 p.m., at Franklin| Square Hotel. Federation of Citizens’ Associations {will meet Saturd p.m., in by | room of the Municipal Building. | Washington Hebrew Congregation: | BERENS L 'UNCH 626 E St. N.W. i Foon. "™ Low Prices SHEET METAL (vuraga \ll&lnl.! 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Services will be held tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at the New York Avenue Presbyterlan Church, marking the Washington observance of the international prayer for women, to be observed in many cities through- out the world. . The services ii Washington tomor- row will be held under the auspices of the Washington Federation of Churches and will start at 11 o'clock to continue for one hour. Mrs, W. S, Abernethy is the only speaker. Serv- ices will be led by Mrs. H. S. Irwin, president of the women's department of the church federation. The seryvices will consist of prayer and readings from the Scriptures. All women of the city are invited to attend. A _communion service, to be given by Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Prest Church, and Dr. W p.m CIliff- in S. Aberneth: THE MONTH OF This club is for the This map was presented utilities committee of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations at its hearing yesterday evening on two House Fills for an al here. It was prepared by Starr Truscott, aeronautical en- gineer of the National Advisory Com- mittee for Aeronautics, and shows the relative location of the three tracts to the District Building and the routes that must be followed to reach the center of the city. The Hunter-Gravel- Iy Point site is under water, but ad- t‘\?l"l"“ of that area desire that it be ed_in. wNAVAL AVIATION HEAD LAUDS “TECH” TRAINING Warner Addresses Massachusetts Institute Alumni—Personnel Held Biggest Problem. The Massachusetts Institute Technology was credited with leader- ship in the field of naval aeronautics by Kdward P. Warner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, addressing the assachusetts Institute of Technology alumni at the Hotel La Fayette last night. Graduates of the post-graduate school at Annapolis are sent every ar to the institute, he said, to secure special aeronautical training. problem of naval aviation, Mr. ruer said, remains primarily one of personnel. to, he sald, “must be specfalized as to machinery, for that unification of the efforts of all types of naval equipment which is the ideal can only be at- tained or closely approximated when a considerable measure of common background and common knowledge extends through the whole organiza- tion.” Other speakers were Commissioner Dougherty of the class of '97, who spoke on “Massachusetts Institute of Technology Men in Civic Affairs Maj. W R. Covell, Assistant neer \nmmlsslcno' on “Massachu- the Army."” The people who give themselves away may console themselves with the thought that it is more blessed to give than to receiv 604-610 9th St. N.W. Dllly. S1 .00 Sl.!fl. $2.00 rooms. ’ H in room. 50 % more. lice Mothe REAL ESTATE ' LOANS MADE AND SOLD J. LEO KoL 923 NEW YORK AV. 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