Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1928, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, DEVCEMBER B g NAVY AIR PROGRAM R COMPLETION al Is 1,000 Planes—Ex- a8l ~penditures for Year Up $2,769,772. v By the Associated Press. Completion of two-third of the Navy's | 1,000-plane program and a $2,769,772 increase in aviation expenditures In the { past fiscal year, were disclosed yester- | day in the annual report of Rear Ad miral W. A. Moffett, chief of the Bu. reau of Naval Aeronautics. In 1927-28, the second year of the five-year aviation program, $25,135,000 was expended and 156 planes added to | the Navy list of “useful planes,” bring- | ing the total up to 624. The 1,000 mark is expected to be reached by 1932. L Safety in flying has been given spe-| clal emphasis in the year's work of th A “crash analysis” was pre pared on the causes of accidents an: possible means of avoiding them, th rt said, and special instructions on “blind and night flying” have been is- sued. In the total of 137,286 flying | hours reported in the year’s flight op- erations of all heavier-than-air craft, with the fleets and at shore stations, a | total of 253 crashes were reported, with 35 fatalities, 10 serious injuries and 35 minor injuries. The Naval Reserve| Aviation reported 13,747 hours of flight, with 20 crashes and two fatalities. In plane construction during the year. the bureau report declared that t) Navy became “definitely committed air-cooled engines, the transition from | ‘wood-and-wire airplancs to metal oncs | has gone on rapidly, and wooden pro- | C. pellers have been definitely abandoned | in_the naval service and metal pro-| pellers substituted.” | In flying boat construction, the United States was reported far behind Europe in commercial production, but the Navy type developed at the Philadelphia Navy aircraft factory for experimental buflding “holds a fair share of world's records and from an experimental point “7’(‘ view we are abreast of other coun- BETTER DRAMA SEEN. Xenneth MacGowan Finds Trend in Schools of Country. A general trend toward better drama | in the communities, schools and uni sities of this country is becoming stead- | ily more perceptible, Kenneth Mac- Gowan, New York dramatic producer, told guests of the Community Drama Guild of Washington last night. The speaker was introduced by Dr. De Witt C. Croissant, head of the department ofl and Shakespearean drama at George Washington University. ! Early in January the Drama Guild plans to present a full-length play with a cast to be assembled from among all groups now producing in the city. Electric Percolator.. 5,25 Electric Stove. . 1.35 Electric Waffle Irons. 6,95 Electric Waffle Irons. 5,95 Electric Waffle Irons. 8,75 Electric Waffle Irons. 11.50 Electric Irons H. Pt.. 3,50 e 29 O § SOL HOHENTHAL, |Mi s OCE’S—11th & E Sts. N.W. 2SN T N A GIFTS that are always acceptable USEFUL GIFTS from the Members of the public-speaking class of Northeastern University, composed largely of Boston business men, their | attention attracted to the plight of the voteless citizens of the District of Co- lumbia, have signed a note of sympathy ‘gnd forwarded it to the editor of The | tar. | In his letter forwarding the class’ | i | | note, Warren Y. Kimball, spokesman | for the class, says of the class: | formed of the present conditions in the | District of Columbia leads me to | lieve that the residents of the various | States would be glad to aid the resi- dents of the District if they knew the | conditions as they are.” ‘The note follows: “To the Editor of The Evening Star: “The unfortunate fact that residents Fifty-nine, wealthy retired merchant, | of the District of Columbia have no in whose bachelor apartment in De|voice in local or National Government Sota, Mo., Pearl Potoskey, 25, St. Louis | has been brought to the attention of beauty shop proprietor, was found dead, has been released on $10,000 bond.. He is charged with second-degree ru Y. W. C. A. 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