Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1928, Page 5

_THE_SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. MARCH 18, 1928—PART' 1. PHYSICIANS SCORE POLIGE CASE DELAY LINDBERGH TO RECEIVE HIGHEST AWARD. " Commissioners to Be Asked : . to Assign Doctor to Trial Board Alone. The Police Trial Board. which diagnoses the official ills of police offi- CeTS, was put under the microscope of vesterday and given the medi- it needs a little stimu- of having counsel at v their cases before it J. J. Kilroy and Wilbur H €. police p com- urs have been spent in No. 6 police precinet v told the board that Tue: quest the District Com- ignate a doctor to give ice Trial Board ca TS to d 1 time to P <laimed any id over tha who is ac- ed re- T the pear the | and he p ered their the Pickles, 1:30 o'clock Saturday ! ately following that of Edward M. Tay- aving hijacked | heast \\'.’bh»l It warned Pickles not on hand then without him Jor. who is ¢ liquor from: a: the corporation coun- | nder H. Bell, while Po- | Shectz and Martin | ced by Capt. William John M. Walsh ar board will pe Capts. Ira SAYS IRISH HELPED | WASHINGTON WIN Rev. Ignatius Smith Tells St. Pat- rick’s Dinner of Troops Who ed Revolution. ‘The United States owes its existence love of combat. Rev. | direcior of the ! e principal speaker, told | ¢ ington, hard pressed for | en, prayved for help “and the Lord sent him 16,000 Irishmen.” Wash- gton showed his gratitude by giving he Irithmen two drinks of rum . Patrick’s day, said the denied that St. Patrick | story of his con- ish a fairy tale. He spent 38 years pre- ¢ years at this labor. the symbol of i On Wednesda Coolidg> will present the young argo- naud the congressional medal of honor, United States, voted to him last Decem- ber. The presentation will take place in the nce of high Army, Navy and Marine officers. Government officials and passibly Mrs. Evangeline L. Lind- berzh. the pilot's mothor. It 1s doubtful of the ceremony will take more than a few minutes. Mr. Coolidge probably will say a few words in his private office in the presence of the company, pose outside in the gar- den for the photographers, and then permit the ‘aviator to return to his much-sought seclusion, Perhaps few in the company will re- call that it was just 10 months azo that the courageous youth hopped off alone from Roosevelt Field. N. Y., on the unmarked trail to Paris. Called Foolhardy. Winging eastward from the Pacific Coast. with only one stop, Lindbergh had suddenly emerged as a serious con- tender for the transatlantic honors Comdr. Richard E. Byrd and Clarence D. Chamberlin had been waiting for days for favorable weather. Many thought the St. .Louis flyer foolhardy. His plane had but one motor, no no navigator—and many lightly his chances as a contender in the New York-to-Paris air race for the $25.000 prize of Raym.nd Orteig Shortly after midnight May 20 came word that Lindbergh was preparing to g0. At 2:30 am. he was out of bed. It 10 months on his New Charles A reccive from President Coolidge (Ieft) the highest token of the Nation's homage—the Con- gressional Medal of Honor, shown in the center. - CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR, WEDNESDAY at 10 pm., May 21 (Paris ‘as evident the flyer was near- ing Le Bourget. A crowd of more than 00 was listening intently for the drone of the motor that would indicate his coming. A few minutes later it was heard. An object flashed across one of the lights from the field. It was gone again. The field attendants worked the | lights frantically. There it was! The | Spirit of St. Louis circled the field twice, nosed down., and came to rest in the { midst of a shouting, surging, milling. was raining at the field. Lindbergh or- | red the plane fucled and saw that I ipply of emergency Army rations was aboard. Satisfied that ail in order. he studied weather charts and plaved aimlessly with a stray kit- ten. At 7:30 am. he donned his fiy- <uit. climbed into the cockpit of the plane he had named The Spirit of St. Louts, and began to warm up the motor. Chamberlin and him luck. A few mmutes before 8 «'clock, hi ip labored into the muggy air with its se toward Paris. Reports of Lindbergh's progress came intermittently throughout the day and night. He had passed Halifax, foundland, and was over the Atlantic. A Byrd wished | New- | p wirelessed he had been sighted 500 | miles off the Irish coast. Another at 100 | miles. He had passed over Ireland, over Bayeaux, France, over Cherbourg. Important Discoveries Made' by Scientists Working in | United States Service. |‘ High Record of Achievement Established in Battle Against liiness. | With germs and viruses and serums 4 Press 'MATERIAL TO COMBAT DISEASE 'PRODUCED IN LABORATORY HERE hysterical crowd. Lindbergh's safe arrival was reported in America at 5:21 p.m., Eastern stand- ard time. Bunting and flags appeared as if by magic on every main street. “rowds danced, sang and shouted. New York, Washington, Chicago, San Fran- cisco and St. Louls. home of the flyer's backers, gave vent to a mighty roar of joy and relief. The young man was a world hero. He was acclaimed in London, Paris. Washington and New York. Then came his flight over the United States. his hop from Washington to Mexico and his round of South American countries. Now his own country is bestowing upon him its highest award. He will g0 out from the White House Wednes- day bearing this symbol, seeking soli- tude to pursue his private affairs. Per- haps he will be permitted to retire from the limelight of public attention, but ~herever he goes, whatever he does, peo- ple will be interested in him. Only once does a Lindbergh fiy to Paris alone for the first time. “LINDY.” PET DOG OF GIRL, 9, BIRD REFUGE BILL NEAR SENATE VOTE Measure Would Set Up Game Retreats and Provide Fund From Hunting Fees. [Mistress and Her Family| " Grief-Stricken Over Loss of Poodle. She Frees Canine From His Leash to Play—Hit as He Darts Into Street. ‘The Senate is expected to turn its attention this week to the Norbeck bill for the protection of migratory birds by providing for the establishment of ‘3| Nine.vear-old Lelta Ogston is discon- suitable number of bird refuge areas in | solate at her ho:ne.“l‘m:‘ P ‘svro;t. nnd‘ different parts of the country. | there is sorrow in the hearts of other | vl members of her family since an auto- | ‘The Department of Agriculture, “hk‘hlmubllfl struck down “Lindy,” her pfll‘ regards the bill as an fmportant con-|gionish poodie, on P strect yesterday | | servation step, has recommended sev- | afternoon. eral changes from the form in which| = Lelia had left her home only a few | the measure has been presented to pre-|{moments before the fatal accident. | vious sessions. ‘The bill has two pri- | At first she had Lindy on a leash, | mary objects, summed up by the Agri-|{hen she turned him loose the better to culture Department as follows: frisk nbout.l Suddenly he darted into | the street in front of an oncoming Restriols HUntng: ental or | Automobile. The driver tried to swerve, It authorizes the purchase, rental of |y "rindy ‘was crushed under a front acceptance by giit of,land and water areas suitable for migratory water fowl. wheel. o Prenased. dpartment amend- | Grief-stricken, Lella rushed out fnto ment, nBt less than 60 per cent of such | the street and gathered her pet into Areas would be held as inviolate bird [her arms and felt his heart. glistening white and wearing a bright | e AN D groupds M loe |ed harmess, Tooked up In pain athis open season, but all of them would be | mistress, moaned and died. | perpetuated as breeding and resting | Just then a Star reporter happened places for the birds. | along and in his sympathetic ear Lelia | 1 "It secks to aid the administration of | poured her fale of woe. the migratory bird treaty act in order | g more adequately to mnmv'mn ar};_n(;m-?se 1 in the supply of migratory birds, in-; { chuding not only ducks geese and others ARMY SERVICE CHANGES. classed as game. but the great host of | - T i smaller species so vitally essential to| Recent Army orders transfer Lieut. agriculture through their warfare on | Col. Edward B. Vedder, Medical Corps. injurious insects. from the Philippines to the Army Medi- Would Increase Fee. cal Center, !dhls clty; Maj. Ge ree W. 'rv | Graham, rdnance epartment, from (h:nn?fiflorr[n':-l:fl;x?s:m::‘;:;: ?{‘1‘(”’2?“;(\:!]”"9 Munitions Building to Watervliet, s S /N, Y. Maj. John C. McDonnell, from | eral license fee of $1 a year for persons 1 |who hunt migratory birds. Of this | Baltimore c Capt. Arnold fund, 60 per cent would be available for | W- Ellis. Quartermaster Corps, from the | the purchase and mmn'l‘nanre(n{ the \Vs‘r‘ D:E:flm“gl‘\l:h'n g:llélr?nb;a. m'g:ra‘i o) s sancluaries and 40 per cent for the| with the South Carolna ' Hational il B R w\lfl““R '}'; nance Department, fro mthe Munitions s, ing co-operation wit 3 A e e hte Building to Fort Bliss, Tex., for duty thoritics in wild life conserva- Som authoriticenin with troops, Capt. Elbert L. Ford. | tion. Senator Dill, Democrat. of Washing- | Ordnance Department. from Water- town, Mass.. to this city: Capt. David ton, has pending a number of proposed . | amendments, one of which would make | A. Watt, Adjutant General's Depart- the license fee $5. and another provid- | ment from Hawali to the War Depart- ment; Capt Hermon F. Stafford. ing that not more than 10 birds could | be taken in any one day. Ordnance Department, from the Mu- nitions Building to the Frankford “This bili is next in order the pro- gram of the Senate steering committee, | Arsenal, Philadelphia, and Capt. Joe H. St. John, Medical Corps. from the with the Mississippi flood control prob- lem also slated for early consideration Army Medical School, this city, to on the floor. Manila. P. I Splendid Value in Overstuf‘fed Suites Lindy was given to Lelia and her sister, Virginia, by thelr mother, Mrs. Lindy. | Lucy V. Ogston, at Christmas time. | They named him Col. Charles A. Lind- | bergh and later shortened it to Lindy. 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