Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1929, Page 4

2 WASHINGTON TALKS WITH UTAH AT SEA Navy Radio Corps Keeps Up Constant Communication With Vessel. Radio communication with the U. S §. Utah, on which President-elect Her- bert Hoover and his party are return- ing to the United States, has been car- ried on steadily direct from Washing- ton with a corps of trained naval radio operators. as the Utah makes her way to Hampton Roads in the office of naval communcations at the Navy Departn the air with the ship and do a busines that runs into 15,000 words each day 98 per cent of it “copy” of the press correspondents. | Under the “uplex” system, messages | can be sent and received at the e time from the Utah, and 40 words a minute is considered a good working speed. When the Utah was fflflhf‘."“ south on her South American cruise,, naval radio operators sitting in the | Navy Department “wo with the | vessels in an air line of 5400 miles and carried thr the task without a hitch. 2a Three Stations in Use. Stations NAA at_Arlington. NKF at Bellevue, D. C, and NSS at Annapolis, Md., have been brought into play to carry on the tremendous load of com- ication. While the Utah was steam- hward to pick up the Hoover party, the Navy utilized this opportuni- ty to experiment with the best systems | 10 use in getting into communication with the ship and found that at all times Washington was able to “talk” with the Utah. Special arrangements for expedition | of the press copy at the Navy Depari- ment were made so that the early edi- tions of the newspapers could get the | news from their correspondents as| promptly as possible. | This extra load of work, comparable | to sudden war-time expansion, is being conducted under the leadership of Capt. Stanford C. Hooper, director of naval communications, with Radio Gunner James D. Durkee having under his direct supervision three specially selected high-frequency expert op- eratns. ‘Thees Washingtonians, who are send- | ing and r~eeiving messages between the | United Sta‘es and the Utah, are: Chief Ra’eman Harry William Al- brecht, Radioman (First Class) John W. Whitam and Radioman (Second Class) J. C. Nolan. A similar service was performed when Mr. Hoover was aboard the U. S. 8. Maryland on his southward voyage, with the U. S. S. Rochester being used as a relay ship. CROSSING SURVEYS ONLY PRELIMINARY Maryland Roads Commission Offi- cial Advises Kensington of Progress for Elimination. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., January 4-1"01"[ the elimination of the grade-crossing at| Kensington, Montgomery County, only preliminary surveys have been made, H. D. Williar, jr., assistant chief engineer of the State’s Roads Commission, de- | clared this morning, and nothing would | be done before the plans are submitted | to_the county commissioners. Kensington authorities, the Nationaa Capital Park Commission and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Com- Jiission are interested. Mr. Williar made the statement in reply to a letter received from the mayor and Town Council of Kensington, in which it was claimed the authorities never have been supplied with any offi- cial engineering information or survevs of the proposed new crossing. While severa) plans are under consideration and have been surveyed. no estimate as! to the probable cosi has been made, | ancording to Mr. Williar. The cost will be horne by the State Roads Commission anc the Baitimo¢ & Ohlo Railroad. MAJ. C. M. McCORKLE iS CALLED BY DEATH| Funeral Services fe;;‘etlred Army Officer to Be Held in Newton, N. C. Va., the operators | | “WORKING” | Radio Operator George W. Hopkins communications here. THE HOOVER’S SHIP “working” the U. S. S. Utah from naval EVENING STAR, SHIP SPELLING BEE HONORS SHAREDBY MR. ANDMRS. HOOVER President-Elect and Next First Lady Each Submit 14 Correct Answers in List of 18 Words. By Radlo to The Star. ABOARD U. S. 8. UTAH, En Route to Hampton Roads, January 4.—The battleship Utah, carrying President- elect Herbert Hoover home from his good-will tour of Latin America, cruised through the finest weather of the trip vesterday, and Mr. and Mrs. Hoover ook full advantage of the smooth sea ind the warm, sunny air, The usual d:ck games were varied nelling match, in which the contest- nts were Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, Am- assador Fletcher, John C. Mott of os Angeles, Comdr. Augustin Beaure- gard.” Capt. C. R. Train of the Utah and other members of the party. The test was made with 18 words especially —Star Staff Photo. | selected because of tricky differences .. STEELTOEE S5 000 BACK Details of Tax Refund Com- promise Show Interest Is $11,000,000. By the Associated Press. Details of a ocmpromise settlement under which the Government would pay $15,000,000 in tax refunds, plus $11,000,000 interest, to the United States Steel Corporation in termina- tion of long-standing litigation, were made public today in testimony given a Eouse appropriations subcommittee. The explanation was given by Assist- ant Secretary Bond of the Treasury, who said that if the settlement is ac- cepted by the steel company in lieu of the $161,000,000 it had sued for, the case would be “closed forever.” The settlement, which slready has drawn criticism from Represen:itive Garner of Texas, one of the Democratic leaders, was described by Bond as “more of a compromisz by the tax payer than the Government,” since the steel company “has conceded about 20 important issues.” The original return of the company in 1917, he said, showed a tax of about $199,000,000, but, after years of study, the amount finally was whittled down to $173,000,000. The errors, Bond ex- piained, occurred in determining whether certain income of the cor- poration and its subsidiaries on long- term contracts should be credited to 1916 or 1017, the latter year being the first one in which an excess profits tax was paid. Bond sald the refund largely was responsible for an appeal by the Treas- ury to Congress for an additic~al! $7,,~ 000,000 to repay illegaliy collec.ed taxes in addition to the $15,000,000 refund, plus $11,000,000 interest. The report covering the various points of the compromise now is before the Jjoint congressional committee on tax refunds, Bond said, and the ™riatury proposes to go ahead with the settle- ments o! cases that heve arisen from the collection of taxes from the con- cern in 1918, 1919 and 1820 as soon as the 1917 one has been disposed of. Replying to questions by Representa- tive Buchanan, Democrat, Texas, con- cerning the activities of Secreiary Mel- lon in seitling the case, Bond said that the Secretary had issued no instruc- tions in connection with it. Buchanan inquirad if, in view of the | fact that the settlement “involves a great corporation in which current re- ports state that the Secrtary of the Treasury holds a good bunch of stock,” Bond did not think he was disqualified from participating in such negotiations. Bond said that the g-neral enforce- ment of the law was in the hands of the commissioner of internal revenue, over which the Secretary, through his assistants, had supervisory powers, INAUGURAL PLANS READY FOR HOOVER UPON ARRIVAL HERE in San Francisco January 18, and after Ma). Charles Miltcn McCorkle, U. S. A, retired, veteran of the Spanish-| Ametican. and World Wars, and until about a year ago on duty here in the | Judge Advocate Generai's Department, | died in Newton, N. C., Thursday night, | accotding to word received here. He was 54 years old. He was placed on | the retired list ‘n October 1927 for| disability in line of duty. | Funeral services will be conducted in Newton tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. | Interment will be in Newton. After ser-ice in the Spanish-American War, Maj. McCorkle was a major in the Officers Reserve Corps and was called | to _nctive duty in November, 1917. Maj. McCorkle is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mae McCcrkle; a son,| Charle: Milton McCorkle, ir.; four | daughters, Mrs. Fred Yount, Mrs. Charles Houser, Miss Annabelie Mc- Corkle and Miss'Ann McCorkle, and two | brothers, George McCorkle, residing at the Albemarle apartments here, and| Henry McCorkle of Texas. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and Sailings From New York. DUE TODAY. Mayaro—Trinidad Caronia—Havana ..... DUE TOMORROW. Venezuela—San Francisco Franconia—West Indies cruise DUE SUNDAY, JANUARY 6. Mexico—Vera Cruz.. December 30 Toloa—Port _ Limo L.l {December 29 Manuel Calve—Ba % 3 DUE MONDAY, JANUARY 7. Adriatic—Liverpool ...December 28 Arablc—Antwerp Decembe; Laneastria. December 6 Caledonia-—Glasiow ber 29 hington Lore: an J Porto Rico—San Juan... DUE TUESDAY, J; Gripsholm—Gethenburg Havre. ... Mauretania—Southampton .. OUTGOING STEAMERS. SAILING TODAY. Berensaria—Cherbours and Southampton. argo—Nassau. Ceiba—Kingston |and the Washington Rotzry Club. | Smith, $100. December 20 | Wood, $10 visiting various sections of the United States and Canada, will come to Wash- ington about March 1. The committee, in turn, has notified the British embassy that every courtesy will be shown the young men during their visit in the Capital. They wil travel in military uniform, with Maj. J. J. Simons in charge. On_ arrival here, they will be quartered at the Navy Yard, later being sent to the homes of members of the Chamber of Commerce Five names were added to the per- sonnel of the general committee today, as follows: J. Clinton Hiatt, Alexa..der Wolf, Rev. William H. Jernagin, Frank Wells and Licut. Col. West A. Hamilton. The inaugural fund is moving forward toward the goal of $100,000 set by Chairman Fleming, with additional sub- scrintions announced today as follows: The Washington Post, $1,000; James B. Reynolds, $1,000; Willlam Butter- worth, $500; Ord Preston, $500; Frank R. Jelleff, Inc., $300; Willilam F. Ham, $250; F. W. Mondell, $200; Mary Rob- erts Reinhart, $100; James A. Messner, $200; W. E. Mooney, $100; E. Brooke Lee, $100; Mabel T. Boardman, $100; M. F. Finley, $100; R. Ross Perry, $100; J. B. Kendall Co., $100; Franklin & Co., $100; Mrs. Callie T. Perry, $100; Ches-l ter Wells, $100; Charles B. Lyddane, | $100; Rizik Bros., $100; John Lewis| Mrs. Charles Boughton Charles Cragin, $10C; It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow, THE < _MORRIS PLAN Easy to Pay William H. White, jr., $25; George C. tyne & Sons, $10; Cornell Wall Paper Co., $20; A. G. Dorey, $25; Charles Callery, $5; S. Kann Sons Co. $1,000; the Mayflower Hotel, $1,000; Sidney F. Taliaferro, $100; Commodore Hotel, $200; Charles H. Tribby, $200; J. A. Councilor, $250; Byron S. Adams, $100; William John Eynon, $100; George W. White, $250; Mrs. Alice Maury Parme- lce, $100; James Parmelee, $250; L. P. McLachlen, $200; McLachlen Banking Corporation, $250, and Gen. John L. Clem, $100. berry Mohair. L SO IRESRS oo $225 to.. Small Wing Chair. from $58.50 to.... Drop-Leaf Side or End Table. Solid Mahogany. American reproduction. Reduced from $82.50 to.....§7( Genuine Mahogany Dining Room Suite. Comprises buffet, china cabinet, drop-leaf server, oblong table, one armchair and five side chairs. Reduced from $475 to 8395 Mahogany Frame Sofa. Reversible cushions. Sheraton Sofa. from $137.50 to Antique Inlaid Sheraton Side Table. hetween the actual and the phonetic | spelling. E. C. Snyder, $50; R. S. Doyle, s:s:} P he Chighest score was 14 and Mr. :| and Mrs. Havenner, $25; Austin C. Wailer, $25.| winning, but careful investigation fatled Percey . Foster, $10; Willilam Ballan- | {0 gisclos whether this victory was to Hoover were credited with be ranked with the traditione! presi- dential golf scores. The words used were: Embarrassed, harassed, supersede, lilies, repellent, battalion, Philippine, inoculate, caterpillar, religious, rarefied, vilified, desiccate, plaguy, combated, picnicking, innuendo, sacrileglous. A Webster dictionary was used in deciding contested spellings. The members of the party frequently entertain themselves with question tests regarding South American geography SERVING WASHINGTON for over THREE-QUARTERS of a CENTURY PRE-INVENTORY SAWLIKE of FURNITURE Savings of 10% to 50% SALE LASTS FROM JAN. 2 TO JAN. 8 ONLY 109% Discounts Puli-up Chairs. Selection of unusually attractive chairs in solid mahogany with assortment of exquisite coverings. Reduced from $42.50 to... Cogswell Chair with a variety of attra Reduced from $34.50 to. 159% Discounts 20% Discounts Reversible cushions. 25% Discounts Sofa, upholstered in small figured wool tapestry with ece reversible down cushion. Drop-Leaf Mahogany Table, a true reproduction of an WASHINGTON, D. C., TFRIDAY, ctive coverings. Covering—blue sateen. Covering—Henna Mohair. Reduced from $200 to. Mahogany Frame Kidney-shape Sofa. Covering—Mul- Reduced from $225 ............ -$180 Mahogany Sideboard. Authentic Early American repro- duction. Reduced from $225 to. .. Redaced from $265 Covering—Blue Damask. and history. All have become more or less expert in these matters, how- ever, and the game is losing its zest, although it iz more dificult than might seem to say offhand who is the President of Paraguay and how much than the Mis- (Copyright, 1929.), longer the Amazon is sissippi. | DALE SEES SPEED esterday afternoon by an old-fashioned | ACTION ON PAY BILL BY SENATE GROUP __ (Continued From First Page) | would be just or feasible to make these new salary provisions retroactive. Representative Celler, Democrat, New York, today introduced in the House a companion bill to the pay-relief meas- ure introduced in the Senate yesterday by Senator Brookhart for the benefit of Government employes. Representative Celler asked the House to give early consideration to this measure, especial- 1y the civil service committee, to which it was referred. He advised the mem- bers that if they would visit some of the Government departments they would find great dissatisfaction among the Government employes, especially those receiving the lower salary sched- ules. & $30.25 $31 Reduced $49.50 Early -$160 e S Y T - -—m \‘. $180 ---$198.75 Reduced $87.50 -\ Reduced from $168.75 T JANUARY %, 1929. MRS H A Bnow"9s R"'Es Miami, Fla, yesterdsy, from injurics ’ accident in Florida. Mrs. Marion schimppleile sustained when an automobile, in which | Brown and Mrs. A. J. Townsend, WETe o in 3 - TO BE HELD IN ARLINGTON |she wes riding with friends, was struck | furad ‘seriously. it is stated. The party by a fire truck, will be held in Arlington | of which Mrs. H. A. Brown was & mem- Cemetery tomorrow afternoon .t 3 |ber left this city for Florida Jast Sat- Washington Woman Dies of Inju-| o'clock. urday morning. Mrs. Brown was the widow of Capt. | ries Received in Florida Auto- g A, E‘;‘ovm.uu,is. A, who was sta- ¥ lonea city for a number of | In olden days a carol was & g mobile Accident. years. O A |dance with song accompaniment—a Mrs. lorence 0 'ownsen: ring of men and women Lol g Funeral services for Mrs. H. A. Bfowfll Pheips place, a sister-in-law of Mrs.|and moving round in dancing step, of 4472 Reservolr road, who died In!Brown, also was seriously injured in the | singing as they went. PSS BIGctothmq dale of the deadon _ Season’s Great Savings On Finest Saks Suits And Overcoats—Now! (IN OUR THIRD FLOOR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT) T I ITS a great clothing sale because we let nothing stand in the way of making it great. The drastic 25% re- duction applies to the finest clothes in the house—our entire se- lect Third Floor stock, with the few exceptions named below. Just consider: $35.00 Suits $40.00 Suits $45.00 Suits $50.00 Suits . . $35.00 Overcoats . . . Now $40.00 Overcoats . . . Now $45.00 Overcoats . . . Now $50.00 Overcoats . Now $65.00 Overcoats . . . Now S . 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