Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1928, Page 5

MIGHTY ANTI-AIK POLITICAL UNION AGAINST EAST SEEN Senator Nye Warns West and South May Ferm New Alignment. r A warn- ical alignment be- the and South unless gets behind 1 bafore the Associa- Eastern Reprosenta- | it impassible to | above the head r of veto” the Wi ¥ alignment. crrated out of . Will, 11 successtul. have little rogard for the interests of these Insti- b d opposed to secify any particular y id the opposed. nch sup- porters of the MeN: con bill ve- toed last session by and again before Co Want Fair Balance. “With the h and the great West ing about the which you Eastern folks to have to reckon with are 1S or Bol- whatever you will aken in our partisan | acrial forces. The fact of the matter = t trying fo win a fair Ti- o of the fa “I sincerely hope that there may be born immediately that new measure of understanding between the East and that will make unlike- dangerous assault upon our structure as at present constituted should never be occasion for ess between sections of this great and 1 know that there would t bitterness of spirit. as is con- ow. if you people of would give that serious he great program of the rest of this counury merits.” Declaring the administration’s inter- Nicaragua was “costing us Gearly as a nation in loss of the respect ] S onfdence of other peoples and |for the supervision and direction of the A cione ™ Senator Nye said that “the sclentific study of the problems of Afverican public has been deceived and | flight. and which has made countl re 1o deceive itself with respect contributions to the advancement of 0 ihe real issues in Nicaragye.” airplane, has just placed before the % 2 eircraft industry valuable information Hits Campaign Contributions. which will contribute in a marked de- “The United States.” he argued. “has gree toward increasing the speed of " foot where it has no business. planes in flight—the goal of every man- b selves minding everybody's ufacturer. fle as a gov- The latest rescarch work of the com- interests and mittee shows that a three-cylinder air- our popula- cooled radial engine mounted on a chase Marines into Sperry messenger fuselage creates & To give protection, not so head resistance nearly twice as much ” 2% to property in which as the bare fusslage ifself and that the ‘ertors are interested.” “drag” of the landing gear is about as <aid he believed |much as that of the fuselage and en. | ting the Nicaraguans gine combined. Reduction or elimina- no. whom the Marines tion of these “parasites” and obstacles been the same toward the maximum forward progress forefathers to of the plane will bring about a greater ree of another Speed. less fuel consumption and higher moneuverability. Wind Tunnel Used. Landingi Gear The National Advisory Committee for | Acronautics. an independent Govern- o} we ragua h to 1 revolt 2ga world " Denouncing campaign _contributions - A ked i had e N reserve The committee's findings are of a et ® | higher degree of accuracy than any Albert B Rl e |similar tosts heretofore undertaken by 2R Y when great | T°ason of the fact that a “life-size" air- erted A N eturn. s | Plane. minus the wings, was mounted in by the contributor.” the new gigantic wind tunnel at the s Oy ied it appears, and | OTEanization’s workshop—Langley Me- B e it &T greatest | Morial Aeronautical Laboratory, Lang- has appeaced. What e B i ley Pleld, Va. The new wind tunnel g A reasonsble | the only one of its kind in the world the undue and unreAsoRRi capable of accommodating a full-scale ” "8 plane, made its initial contribution to the industry in this experiment Heretofore acrodynamic data have been obt placing scaled-down Nye said is ours “As for prospe “the brand of prospe: h m Completed hich eliminat- ¥ i d cer- | models of airplanes and airplane sec- ind ‘that it Teachifg | ions in a small wind tunnel Pand since the people of o ularly with re- nd air-cooled 3 . engine. are not the model tests, the calcu drag oIL cflNsERVA'"oN | worked up from these experiments is at best more or less an approximation The airplane in the new wing tunnel REPORT sUBM'I IED hovever, was subjected to actual flying conditions In that s air with & v Committes of Nine Offers Pindings 17,100 M5 o to U. S. Brard—Study of guments. the emoint of dingsolin As mation in its detalled form broadeast yut the Ly mod- : in the pres engine swling and landin m lning are expected Bellanca bukder of the Columbia e aathiods o and otnrr plans cary i taken 8 4 ML ep toward reducing the diag of land- overproduction Ing gear by placing t on the 1ry, submitted wheels and supporting s y "'”'“(4"'" the Pants” Reduce Drag, Boar While “pants” reduce the drag mate- ot made public, but | i)y g retractible would elimi- as baving 3| e’ s Smount. of head restatance, Goples W0 which 15 comp\ 98 per cent of " the total drag of the fus-lage. This ved at 26 pounds buman being were | the alr b required W tie alr weigh- bie W be ex- was found o pounds This refinement the engine o corkpit wnd windshield ay of the fusel WOMAN DE(,[:INE'. POST |« Research Expcriments May Result Modifications of Engine Cowling and THE SUNDAY STAR. WASTINGTON D. €. JANUARY RCRAFT WEAPON ! 105-mm. gun, with its record leneth of 30 feel. is adopted by the War You Department to replace type now in service for fixed defenses against enemy AERONAUTICS EXPERTS FIND AD TO SPEED OF AIRPLANES m Stream Lining. The tests do not mean that the amount of drag found on the Sperry ment establishment created by Congress | plane will be found on every other gard to the tax reduction bill plane, but serve as a excellent for- mula’ fron. which the resistance of larger landing gear. nine-cylinder radial air-cooled engines and other parts of the ship can be computed. Dog Hauls Boy to Doctor. arrespendence of the Assaciated Press MALTA, Mont.—Snowbound on a ranch so fil he felt he needed im- mediate medical _attention, Clarence Nitz. 12 vears old. hitched his shep- herd dog. Dick. to a sled and “mushed” over slushy snow to Malta, 16 miles away. They made the journey in two and one-half hours. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and Sailings From New York. 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Just completed at the nar dr how b e eyes can wliost Infintely small dif coumd by & veriaton of L of a milhimeter i the yellow dight 2 . one-fith bk been given difteience by pre e Thie Aclicate Bitheris ¥ [ olor aittere Bureau of # Thaesa ow detect the ferentistion e m humsn eye g o n iig sgainet that 3 Pre judie v ny com Laacker ol wnver wave bength Lhis 1 noof whet o percepiinie ex. e Priest of taft Ol Chemi: und one i wcrelary of Ui Jit e fom wou wocepted There wre ! the head ¢ Jaiced oy The « busine The | vegetable rH L otten aeterm very wined it 4 Irwin 6 e American o points oul, te ariiee by noting b e color and Bureau of Stnndnrds Color Tcsts Show‘ the efciency of the person who does the grading depends on s ability to detect slight differences i yellow About 30 members of the soclety took the test. The observer reported color differences s they Appesred to him while the conductor of the experiment kept a tally of correct and Incorrect wnnwers whlch previously had been de termined by imstrumental observations A soore of 9 or 10 tiale indicated that wis wble 1o detect the practicnl certainty The frst tests showed (hat more (hay one-third of the chemiste were unabi 1o detect e slight color difference which ure dered - color gind the oll W present Lade practce proved entiely incompelent, while or ‘three ness wocolor, e oberver difference with twe Airplayed exticme senaithie NEW AIRCRAFT GUN ADOPTED BY ARMY Latest Aerial Defense Weap- on Will Shoot Projectile Eight Miles Up. Ry the Assnciated Official adoption of the 105-mm anti- | | aireraft gun, the longest snouted shoot- ling iron of that size cver built in | America, was announced yesterday by {the Wwar Department. The weapon | will be the standard equipment for ! fixed anti-aircraft _defenses, ~supple- | menting the 75-mm and 50 and 30 caliber machine gun_ batteries. The 105-mm, which means a gun of approximately 4.1-inch bore, 4s a 60 | caliber, or 60 -times 4.1 inches in lenath. a Jittle more than 20 feet. It [ fircs a 33-pound projectile to a | straight up altitude of more than 12,- 000 yards, almost cight miles. and has |a nhorizontal range of 20000 vards { Shells leave the muzzle at a speed of 3000 feet per second, much faster than a military rifle bullet travels. land using fixed arcmunition, that is | prepared cartridges like rifle cartridges. tand a compressed air rammer and mi-automatic breech back, the gun an be fired 15 times a minute. | | A feature ol this new gun. a com- | mon vith other post-war light gun de- velopments, is its ability to replace | worn-cut rifing in the field 1t 1s of | i the loose Jiner type and a new I'ner| ent the Army 105 is in a clas | The nearest approach in hich m-ans lenah in relatic bore. new 105 is the Navy post Naval treaty 8-inch guns which are caliber. ~ Naval experts have indi- | ted that increased range over the caliber guns is to be expeeted. | hich may indicate an intention to go | 110 a 60 caliber in future: but for the, | present the Army 105 is in a cluass | by ftself and that regard no other| Army or Navy weapons eweept the 55 | Navy eight exceeds 50 caliber. | | 'PRESIDENT FACING | BITTER WAR WITH FOES IN CONGRESS (Continued from First Page) 1y = {and the prediction s it will pass by a two-to-one vote. If the House passes |(hr bill and it is sent to the President !in its present form, providing that no Isale of Government-owned ships can be made without the unanimous vote |of the Shipping Board, he is likcly to | veto it | " Flood control legislation ha beyond the stage of committee hearings at efther end of the Capitol. But pre jent indications are that the supporters of the proposal to have the Government | pay the whole cost of flood control are in the majority. The President has | recommended that the States which | are to be benefited be taxed with part | |of the payment The House has disregarded the ad- ministration’s recommendations in r The a | ministratign program calls for a re- | daction not in excess of $225000.000 | The House bill lops $289.770.000 from |the taxes. The Scnate finance com- mittee has pigeon-holed the bill tem- porarily, waiting until the income tax | returns due March 15 have come in. lon the theory that the administration | will have been proved correct in its | jurgment. Furthermore. many of the appropriation bills will have passed by | that time, and Congress will be in a | {better position to know whether a | greater tax reduction than that recom- mended by the administration will lead | | to a deficlt Veto Seen Certain, | Predictions were made by responsible | | congressional leaders that President | | would veto the tax bill if it ran beyond the margin of safety determined by the | Secretary of the Treasury. On the| | other hand, the opinion was expressed | | that the Senate finally would put the| | bill through in about the same form as| | it came from the House | The President’s economy and re-| trenchment policy is threatened. ad-| | ministration [aders say at the Capitol. | by Congress. They expect that the| | President will fight vigorously to pre-| | vent the ditching of his economy pro- | gram, and that he will have the sup- | port of the country if he has to make | An appeal. Much of his popularity has | | been due to the manner in which he | has stood consistently for tax reduction and limitation of expenditures. | Congress might override the Presi- dent's veto of any of the measures mentioned. But it isedoubtful that a| two-thirds vote could be mustered in both Houses for such a purpose, and A two-thirds vote s required to pass & bill finally, notwithstanding disapproval of | the President. Even in the Scnate | where the political make-up s almost evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, it was sald last night | 35 votes could be mustered to vote with the President against any proposal to | override his veto. In the House not gone as strong enough to halt a veto. Show of Power Urged. | “The sooncr the President shows his {hand and vetoes a bill or two, the sooner | e will be able to do business with | Congress.” was the opinion expressed by one Republican leader at the Capl- {101 yesterday. He sald that Cong members were anxious fo put through important legislation, and =~ would be more so as time went on. This Republi- | ean ok the position that when Con- gress realized that it could not have legislation along lines that the Presi- dent held unwise, it would get down to business and pass bilis that would re- cetve presidentinl approval The Republicans must go to the coun- try, moreover, In the coming national | campaign on the record of the Coolidge administration. Eome of them are won- | dering how they can do this If they undertake at this n of Congress to ride roughshod over the Presiden { for President | esp: | pushed the | | Republican organization is looked upon | legislative program. A plea for re-elec- tion on the Coolldge 1ecord. under such circumstances, would be inconsistent It has been noticenble, however. that some of the “regular Republicany | [ have jJoined with others U 3 recommendations of the Presid There are members of the Senate and House who say frankly that hix early declaration that he did not choose to i for President has lost him much mfuence with Congress There have been other evidences of | the willingness of Congress to disre- gard the wishes of the Prestdent. The Henate has Just voled down the nd- mindstration’s esolution for an mvestl- | | ation of the 5-4 disaster by a special commizsion. appointed by the Prest dent, and substituted an investigation The are evidences Congress may farther than the President in matter of bullding up the Navy ‘There are now 18000000 radio re [ eetving sets and 90,000,000 lsteners, ac- | | cording to_one_statisticlan 80 the oo 10 correel answers W SAVINGS DEPOSITS 1400 W OT. N. W, MARK 50 YEAR OO EYES TURN TO DAKDTAS Two States Will Be First to Show Preference on Delegates. By 't Assoct Friends of the leading candidates are tuming their eyes since the war in all political Northwest, elem> toward the a doubtful speculations. out in North and South Dakota. ally. both the Ropublican and Democratic camps see interesting political events cn the horizon, for these States take the lead in showing their preference for delegates to the national conventions in Kansas City and _Houston Although the State Legisiature has up the South Dakota te convention—or “proposal meeting it is called there—{rom December to March 6. that still is t rst in the country to make a concrete move 1e 1928 political campaign. North ta_follows March 20 with a pri- s election interests he of the Republicans ter about the strength Frank O Lowden will develop in these North- western farm States. and the question whether he will get by there without a contest with cither Senator Norris of Nel a or any other Republi- can candidate, The Democrats foresce.a fight tween Gov. Smith of New York and enator Reed of Missour) for the Democratie delegates. Both Reed and Smith followers have announced they will enter the contests in both South and North Dakota The only other State to select dele- eates in March is New Hampshire which has its primary March 13. The voters do not express a direct presiden- tial preference in that State. but on the Republican side a slate of delegates fa- be- | voring Secretary Hoover will be in the field with the backing of Senator Moses. With the South Dakota Republican State convention only five weeks away Lowden is the only candidate whose friends have signified any intention of entering the field Senator Norbeck. who has never failed to Win for his man in all the vears that he has been active in politics in South Dakota. not oniy favors the former Tilinois governor, but is prepared to see through any contest against him There is the possibility under the State law that in the event of Lowden's selection by the State convention a minority or protesting candidate may be filed against him, and in that case two candidates would fight it out at & pri- | mary election in May Secretary Hoover does not intend to NEST E. HOFFMAN. | COUPLE HERE OBSERVE and Mrs. Ernest E. Hoffman | Hold Reunion for Family at Their Home. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Hoffman, 806 K strcet, celcbrated their golden wed- ding anniversary Tuesday with a family | reunion at their home. Their 4 children and 14 grandchildren attended. 1 Natives of Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman were married January 24, 1878, | in Washington and have lived here | since. Both are 73 years old. Mr. | Hoffman came to Washington in 1874 and for several years conducted a barber shop. Thirty-five years ago he opened a baroer supply business at 806 K street, whicn he still owns and manages. The children who attended the re- | union are: Herman E. and George R. Mr. | | Hoffman, this city; Willlam P. Hoffman of Buffalo and Mrs. Louise M. Siviers of this city. Nine of the.grandchildren | live here and five reside in Buffalo. MAILMEN SEEK BONUS. Cy nee of the Assoclated Press. PARIS.—A bonus of 2 cents to mail | carriers for every letter with an erro- neous address that they deliver is pro- posed as & substitute for the annual tips ven them. This bonus would be paid by the recipient of the letter by means | of a “due” postege stamp. | Mail carriers now call on every one on their routes and present calendars which are bought, which is merely & way of making the request for tips less humiliiating. Some of the mail carriers don't like this begging job. but they want the extra money. The proce is winked at by the government because, officials say, it makes the carriers better ac- quainted with the people. HECHINGER CO. Convenient Branches And What of 1928? Building materials at bigger savings than ever before! Many new items of Nationally known companies added during the Winter. enter the campalgn in South Dakota. | nor do the friends of Vice President Dawes expect’ to fight Lowden. Willis of Ohio and Curtis of Kansas have declared no plan thus far to contest against Norbeck's man Some of the supporters of Senator Norris, however are urging him strongly to go ito the State. ‘The Democratic situation in South Dakota promises some fireworks Al though the State is overwhelmingly Re- publican in g 1 elections, followers of both Smith and Reed plan to make a fight for its delegates to the Houston convention In North Dakota ator Nve has declared for Norris The Nebrask: Senator has not satd definitely whether he will enter any primary election cam- paigns other than in his own State. If Iater it should look like a fight between Lowden and ®Norris, some Republican aders plan to try to unite on Gov as a favorite son Senator Norbeck satd yesterday that South Dakota did not want the party standard to be “a Jardine Re- publican.” Questions! 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