Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1929, Page 7

- LIST AERIAL SHOW FORINAUGURAL DAY Col. Grant Announces Num- ber of Flying Units Will Give Feature Exhibition. An aerial show, to include a number | of flying units from the military services | and planes from commercial flying com- | panies, will be an important feature of the inauguraion of Herbert Hoover, March 4. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, chairman of the inaugural committee, | announced there will be an txtens)ve[ air show during the period between the | time of the inaugural ceremonies at the | Capitol and the time for the starting | of the parade. i There 1s usually a time lapse between | the inauguration and the time of the starting of the parade, during which the new President lunches at the Capi- tol. This probably will be the time for i the aerial show, Col. Grant said, when fiyers from the military services and commercial pilots will put their craft | through maneuvers above the Capitol | and over Pennsylvania avenue. Gen. | ‘Anton Stephan, chairman of the parade | committee, announced at a meeting of the Board of Trade last night, that an aerial show will be held, and the War Department stated that while plans for Air Corps participation in the inaugu- ral are yet incomplete, any such par- ticipation will be by flying units. Crack Pursuit Group Expected. This statement was taken to mean | that the crack pursuit group from Sel- fridge Field, Mich., bombing units from Langley Field and groups from Bolling Field and the naval air station will be in the air show. At the same time Gen. George S. Simonds, chief of the war plans division of the general stafl of the Army and chief of staff for the inaugu- | ral parade, indicated that the great | dirigible Los Angeles will lead the naval air units, and the Army Fokker plane, Question Mark, will head the Army fiyers if both noter air vessels are avail- able at the time of the inaugural. There will be no lack of music in the colorful cavalcade down Pennsylvania avenue. Four service bands—two from the Army and one each from the Navy and Marine Corps—will take part in the parade, while bands of visiting units also will march. Secretary of War Davis, at the request of the inaugural committee, has designated the follow- ing Army troops to take part in the parade: Headquarters and Haedguar- ers Company, 16th Brigade, Fort Hunt, Va.; 3d Battalion, 12th Infantry, Fort ‘Washington, Md.; 13th Engineer Com- bat Regiment, Fort Humphreys, Va.: 1st Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, Fort Myer, V: 3d Cavalry (in part), Fort Myer, Va.; Air Corps Detachment, Boll- ing Field, and the Army Band. The rsonnel of the Navy units have not at Hampton Roads, Va., and Marines from Quantico, the Marine Barracks here and the Washington Navy Yard, all to be commanded by Brig. Gen. Harry Lee, commandant of the Quantico Ma- rine base. : National Guard Given Place. It is practically settled that the Na- tional Guard of the District of Colum- bia, the Reserve Officers’ Corps of 100 mounted officers, and the Coast Guard of the Treasury Department will be in the parade. Maj. Gen. Charles P. Sum- merall, chief of staff of the Army, and Gen. Simonds are fully prepared to ar- | range all the details of military par- ticipation in the parade as soon as they are finally advised of the plans f the inaugural and parade committees. Military schools throughout the coun- try have been invited by Gen. Stephan to send from sixty cadets each to take part in the parade. There are some 200 such schools and each will be allowed to send its school band, if so desired. The committee today issued a re- minder to Washington business inter- ests thet unauthorized agents are so- liciting advertising for booklets which will probably compete with the official program. Charles F. Crane, chairman of the committee on printing and en- graving, said: “The program to be is- sued by this committee will, in every sense, be a souvenir of Washington and of the inaugural event. The booklet will contain no display advertising, but will be a distinct departure from the usual publication of this kind. De- scriptive text matter and an abundance of photographs of both public and pri- vate buildings, together with all data concerning the observance, only will be in the printed program. Certain pages of text and pictures will be endowed by business firms and these firms will be given a credit line at the bottom of their respective pages. Precautions Taken. “Those engaged by the committee to obtain these page endowments will be furnished with official letters fram the committee. Soliciting by others than those armed with these credentials is unauthorized by us and we feel it ob- ligatory on this committee to so tell the public. Our plans for coverage with this program are so complete as to dis- courage competing booklets as mediums. Our agents have not yet begun to op- erate. Miss Martha McClure, national com- mitteewoman from Iowa, has been ad- vised by the governor of that State that in addition to his own escort, he has named 22 prominent citizens to officially attend the inaugural. Miss McClure said Towa will send several hundred persons to see the induction of its native son into the presidency. Between 150,000 and 200,000 people can be accommodated with rooms by the housing and hospitality committee if they are willing to go out of the heart of the city, Miss Kathleen Lawler, vice chairman, announced today. The com- mittee so far is listing rooms within a short distance of the heart of the city, but many requests have come from out- lying sections in nearby Maryland and Virginia. R NS Edward F. Albee, president of Keith- Albee-Orpheum, has given $100,000 to- ward the $2500,000 endowment sought by St. Stephen’s College, Annandale- n named, but it is known they will include bluejackets from the naval base on-Hudson, N. Y. Mr. Albee had pre- viously given $170,000 to the school. GROSNER'S 1325 F STREET to one hundred | THE EVENING 1 | | ARMY ENGINEERS PROBE AUTHORIZED American Council, Meeting at | Mayflower, Revives Pub- lic Works Fight. Authorization of an investigation of the Army Corps of Engineers, which was given today at the opening session of the American Council of Engineers, | meeting at the Mayflower Hotel, brought into the open a fight that has smoldered for years betwcen Army and civil en- iglneers over public works. ‘The Army engineers will be given the opportunity of helping in the investi- gation, Arthur W. Beresford, president of the council, declared following pas- | sage of the resolution authorizing hin to appoint the investigating committee, Mr. Beresford announced that he will request Maj. Gen. Jadwin, chief of Army engineers, for authority to name mem- bers of his corps on the investigating committee. The fight has centered for years over the question of a department of public works, favored by the civil engineers, | which would take the rivers and har- | bors work out of the hands of the Army | engineers and give it to private enter- | prise. Another bone of contention between the two bodies of engineers is establish- ment of a national hydraulic laboratory in the Bureau of Standards. It is con- tended by the civil engineers that Gen. | Jadwin has used his influence to keep | the necessary legislation for this labora- | tory from being reported out of com- | mittee in Congress. Mr. Beresford declared in this morn- | ing’s meeting that it is not the idea of the council to simply confine the activities of the investigating commit- tee to the undesirable side of the sit-} uation as it pertains to the laboratory | and the Department of Public Works, | but to take in all aspects of the Engi- | neer Corps activities, to establish a “foundation of quotable fact.” Labeling as “vicious and class legis- lation” the Cramton patent bill now pending in Congress, the council op- posed the measure, which has received indorsement of the American Patent Law Association and organizations of patent attorneys in New York, Chicago, | Philadelphia, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. The Cramton bill provides that it shall be unlawful for any person who has not complied with the rules and regu- lations of the commissioner of patents to ald, or assist, directly or indirectly in the preparation, presentation or prosecution of any patent applications. | Engineers maintain this would interfere with their activity in advisory capacities. ‘The council will continue to work for higher salaries for Patent Office em- ployes, it was announced in adopting the report of E. J. Prindle of New York, e TN STAR, WASHINGTON, Hoover Birthplace At West Branch to Be Marked by D.A.R. By the Associated Press. IOWA CITY, Towa, January 15. —The birthplace of Herbert Hoo- ver, at West Branch, Iowa, is to be marked by a granite boulder bearing a suitably inscribed bronze tablet, the Iowa City Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution announces. Consent of Mrs. Jennie Scel- lars, owner of the home where the President-elect was born, has been obtained for placing the marker. It is planned to have the memorial ready for dedication August 10, Mr. Hoover's birth- day anniversary. | chairman of the committee on patents In another resolution adopted today, the council asked for appointment of more_engineers on the Federal Radio Commission. WOM;N OUND B—YING. Attempt to Revive Gas Victim by Rescue Squad Futile. Mrs. Frances A. Hager, 65, a roomer at 613 Sixth street, was found uncon: scious in bed about 9:30 o'clock this morning beside a note indicating her intention to take her life. Gas was flowing from an open jet, and the win- dows were closed. She dfed soon after, and Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt issued a certificate of suicide. The woman was discovered by her landlady, Mrs. Ruth E. Wible. The Fire Department rescue gqsuad and the Emergency ambulance were summoned. After the firemen had vainly attempted |for & few minutes to restore life she was pronounced dead by Dr. I. Rutkoski of the hospital staff. The note gave directions for the dis- | position of her body and deplored that she had “no money to keep the grass green on the cemetery lot.” In a bureau dra:’er in the room was found $104 in cash. McCULLOCH HEADS BODY. Arkansan Becomes Chairman of Federal Trade Commission. By the Associated Press. Edgar A. McCulloch of Arkansas to- day became chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, succeeding Abram F. Myers, resigned. Commissioner McCulloch, who since last March has been in charge of the commission’s investigation of the public power utilities, takes over the chair- manship under the rotation rule, where- by each commissioner serves as chair- man for one year. He was appointed to the commission in February, 1927, after having served for 18 years as chief Jjustice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. D. C, TUESDAY, JA 100 ORGANISTS HEAR' - GERMANTS RECITAL Noted Musician Impresses With Program of Well Balanced Selections. A dinner at the La Fayette Hotel, followed by an organ recital by Fernan- | do Germani, was attended by nearly | 100 organists of Washington and Balti- | more last night at St. John's Church on | Lafayette Square. The program was ar- | ranged under the auspices of the Amer- ican Guild of Organists, the District of Columbia Chapter, in honor of the | members of the Chesapeake Chapter of Baltimore, of whom about 30 members attended. Dean Rolla G. G. Onyun of the local chapter presided at the dinner and | Karl Holer, a_member of the executive | committee,” acted as toastmaster, Mr. | Holer introduced the honor guest, Signor | Germani, who gave a short address in French. ' Others who were introduced were Frederick Erickson, who has made a study and collection of Spanish | {carols; " Edmund Sereno Enden and, | John H. Eltermann, officials of the Bal- | | timore Chapter, and Helen Fetter of | | Washington. | { Studied Under Bossi. Signor Germani at the age of 3 began the study of music in Rome with jardi at the St. Cecilia Academy of Mus Later he studied organ with Father Manari. Following this study at the Pontifical School of Sacred Music | Signor Germani studied piano and com- position under Ottorino Respighi. The | | young organist then became a student ! under the late famous organist, Enrico Bossi. Last night Signor Germani played on | the new organ in St. John's, designed by the organist of that church, T. Guy Lucas, and built according to his plans. Signor Germani's pedal work was fasci- nating and m ‘The pedal work in Bossi's “Etude” Symphonique,” the Liszt-Straube “Allegro and Fugue, Ad Nos,” and the final pedal etude by Manari gave full opportunity for the exploitation of the player’s skill in this most important part of the organist’s art. The color of Signor Germani's tone, his nicety of graduation swelling to fortissimo volume, at all times his com- { | | | it effective. he played, were features noticeable throughout, The program was com- posed of excellently balanced selections and was kept within an hour's length Tones of Rounded Beauty. In the lighter works, such as D'Aquin’s “Noel,” with its harpsichord effects, and the manuscript “Siciliana and Giga” by the late Signor Bossi, the softest tones were clearly audible and of rounded beauty. Another manu- script work that was a delightful com- position, heard here for the first time, 31 STORES FROM COAST TO COAST ANNUAL* TRADE~IN 7WATCH SALE! “Originators of the Trade-In Watch Sale ERE is the event H ou've been waiting for! city of all the old watches and substitute in their places new, GUARANTEED, nationally known timepieces! 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