Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1928, Page 16

FLVERS 10 TUDY ARMYRADINEEDS Secretary of War Names Of- ficers to Meet at Ohio Field Tomorrow, ‘Theradio needs of the United States Army and especially of the Air Corps, in the light of recent developments in this field of communication, will be de- termined by a special board of Army officers appointed by the Secretary of War to meet at Wright Feld, Dayton, ©Ohio. tomorrow. This board, composed of officers of the Air and Signal Corps of the Army, headed by Maj. Horace Hickman, Air Corps, detailed to the Army General Staff, will be charged with the framing of a comprehensive program for the development of radio for use by the ground and air forces. The board is the successor to a simi- Jar board which met for the same pur- pose about three years ago, and its duties will be much the same as that ©f the former board. “We will determine what are the radio needs of the service today and will outline the requirements for the fmmediate future,” Maj. Hickman ex- plained. “The growth of radio has ®en so vast during the past few years fhat we must conduct a periodic check- ing up to keep the Army abreast of the new developments.” The board, in addition to Maj. Hick- man, is composed of Maj. Hugh J. Knerr, Langley Field. whe led the re-, cent transcontinental flight of nine Army bombing planes to the California air races: Maj. William R. Blair, Signal Corps, this city: Maj. Ralph Royce, Selfridge Field, Mich.; Capt. Oliver P. Echols. Wright Feld: Capt. Harold M. McClelland, office of the Chief of Air Corps, this city; Capt. George C. Ken= ney. Langley Field: Capt. Paul S. Ed- wards, Wright Feld: First Lieut. Clay- ton L. Bissel, Langley Field; First Lieut. Leroy M. Wolfe, Wright Feld, and Second Lieut. Howard H. Couch, Scott Field. All of these officers are attached to the Air Corps except Maj. Blair and Capt. Edwards, who are Signal Corps officers. Members of the board from this city 2nd Langley Field leave this city by railroad for Dayton this morning. The board will remain in session for an indeterminate period. STUDENTS HONORED. Washington Youths Win in Class Elections at Pennsylvania. ‘Three Washington students are among those to be honored in recent elections on the University of Pennsylvania campus, it has been announced. Joseph R. Trew, 3415 Woodley road, has been elected vice president of the sophomore class of the university; Morton Wilner, 2603 Connecticut avenue, has been chosen secretary of the junior class, and Willis N. Mills, 1422 Thirty-fifth street, has been selected as a member of the Hexagon Senior Honor Society of the engineering and archituctural depart- ments of the university. Christ Church, Abergavenny, Scot- land, is being renovated and redeco- rated by the voluntary work of the male members. BARBER &ROSS, nc. Cor. 11th & G Sts. 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