Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1929, Page 31

BINGHAM TAKES AR ISSUE TO SENATE Legislator Declares Five-| Year Aviation Building Pro- ‘gram Is Endangered. Declaring that the failure of the House to provide sufficient funds for | carrying on the Army Air Corps five- year building program and for the training of Reserve flying officers | threatens to cripp the Nation's air defense policy. the National Aeronautic Association, of which Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut is president, today called upon the Senate to make up the deficiency: In passing the War Department ap- propriation bill, the association de- clared, the House failed by at least £7.000,000 to provide for the needs of the Air Corps during the coming fiscal Year. “The fact that this much-needed sum | was not provided by the House,” de- clared the association in a statement is- sued last night, “was brought out and | emphasized at a meeting this afternoon | of the Senate subcommittee on appro- | priations handling the War Department | appropriation bill. | “There it developed that 110 air- City in Jugoslavia Taxes Bachelors, Rum and Luxuries By the Assoclated Pres NISH, Jugoslavia. — Bachelors more than 30 hereafter must pay the Nish district government a special tax for the lives of single blessedness. Al aduit citizens who are not members of some cultural, educational. charitable and patriotic association must pay an even higher penalty. At the same time alcohalic drinks and all luxury articles will be heavily taxed. It is expected that Belgrade. capital of Jugoslavia, will follow the example of Nish by taxing ‘achelors. the five-year building program had not been provided for, that hangars and | shops for their maintenance had gone unnoticed and that the House had re- duced the fiying time for Reserve pilots of the Army in training and readiness for active duty. “The National Aeronautic Associ tion concurs with Army Air Corps ficials in the belief that each Reserve officer should have at least four hours fiying a month, but owing to the small provisions made for gasoline and oil by the House, this must be cut to one- | axpected to accept. though the General | many. the Senate | gletric chairman has said that he might | and be prevented from attending because | fourth of the amount unl insist on a*higher figure. You don't need a press agent to at- tract attention. Have somebody tow planes which should be allotted under ! you in—San Francisco Bulletin. an Account at The Hub Saturday )\ Cogswell Chair Super-comfortable—a chair_in which to rest and relax. Mohair seat and back Coal Rang:: Large size cast iron range warming shelf as shown. x-hole top complete with pipe Tea Wagon A practical piece of furniture—wal- $17.95 Opportunity in a 10-Pc. Genuine Walnut Dining Suite This very popular style dining room suite of walnut veneer on gumwood is now considerably reduced in price. It consists of a china cabinet, extension table, buffet, server and six le chairs to match. January Clearance Price ............. with $34.40 ! Opportunity in a 4-Pc. Walnut-Finished Bedroom Suite 1 Here's an impressive value in a four-piece bedroom suite of walnut- finished gumwood. Each piece is prettily decorated and effectively finished. Dresser, return-end bed, chest of drawers an vanity . nut finished and well made, with drop sides and Gate-Leg Table tired wheels g $ 1 6 . 9 5 Very attractive and nicely finished in mahogany. Reduced, special for this $12.90 Kitchen Cahinet Base $10.95 White enamel * finish —- porcelain top. Williams Tires Are Guaranteed for 15 Months Summit Tires 30x3% Jord, $6.59 29x4.40 Balloon, $7.69 30x4.75Balloon,$11.45 $1.00 a Week THE EVENING ALLIES APPOINT 'Morgan, Young and Perkins ! Officially Named on Rep- arations Board. | By the Associated Press. | 3. P. Morgan, head of the powerful | banking house of J. P. Morgan & Co. | and Owen D. Young, former agent ge | oral for reparations payments and chair- | man of the General Electric Co.. have | been named to attend the conference on German _reparations in Paris. Thomas | Nelson Perkins, Boston lawyer and for- mer citizen member of the Reparations | Commission, was chosen as an alternate. The selections, expected for several days, were made by the Reparations Commission and Sir Esme Howard, British Ambassador, called at the State | Department yesterday to officially advise Secretary Kellogg of the appointments. | Selections Approved. | Both Mr. Morgan and Mr. Young are ‘o( the illness of his wife. He has been | prominently - mentioned as '’ probable \chalrman of the conference which is | expected to meet in Paris early in S DELECATES STAR. WASHINGTON, 1 Febuary. Intimations that Mr. Young. ! Mr. Morgan and Mr. Perkins might be | the United States experts at the con-| ference has met with expressions of ap- | | proval abroad. The United States delegation will go in an unofficial capacity, as the admin- istration has made it plain that it con- | siders the reparations problem a Euro- | pean one. Mr. Young, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Perkins, in the event they attend. will occupy much the same position as, Mr. Young., Charles G. Dawes. and Henry M. Robinson, California lawyer | | and ‘banker, occupied when they al tended the Paris Reparations Confel ence four years ago. Technically th will go as appointees of the allied gov- ernments concerned. Fixed Sum Is Problem. Among problems at the forthcoming | ! conference is the one centering around | the proposal that Germany pay a fixed | amount annually instead of the 5500.-; | 000,000, plus & prosperity supplement | | prescribed by the Dawes plan. ‘There is | | also the question of the disposal of $4.000,000,000 in German reparations bonds under the plan drawn up by the 1ast, meeting of the international com- | mittee of reparations experts four years | | ago, and also the question of deciding | how long Germany will pay the an-| | nulties, since no limit was fixed by the | Dawes plan. | “'The 'American representatives will | meet with 12 other representatives of | the governments of France, Great Brit- {ian, Italy. Belgium, Japan and Ger- These have already been selected incluc. such names as Emile governor of the Bank of | France: Sir Joseph Stamp of England, | member of the Dawes committee and | | president of the London, Midland & | Scottish Railway, and Keno Mori for Moreau, ather seat Pay out of Income—THE HUB ! $5.00 Down DayBed Com $15 Wood - Liberal Credit Terms—THE ushion seats, sprin UB at THE HUB plete .85 finished metal bed and 2 cretonne - pad with v covered alance. 50c a Week -~ Table madels as low as $115 Less Tubes. Wan: der ful Reception. Remarkable range 44 getters. 512840 d a full size Setee, armchair and wing chair, ¢ edge and foundation. D. ¢,” FRIDAY, Japan, former financial agent of the!‘ Japanese government at London, Paris| and Washington. DR. KIESSELBACH BACK. German Commissioner of Mixed| Claims Returns to City. Dr. Wilhelm Kiesselbach, German ' commissioner of the Mixed Claims Com- | mission, returned to Washington Mon- | day after a visit of several weeks to his | own country. i Dr. Kiesselbach, who prior to his ac- | ceptance of the position as commis- sioner to Washington was a prominent lawyer of Hamburg, had the honor and distinction this Summer of being elect- ed to the position of chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Hanseatic | towns, with his residence in Hamburg. | He has returned to Washington with} the purpose of concluding as speedily and satisfactorily as posisble his duties with the Mixed Claims Commission, after which he will return to Hamburg. Andrews Awaits Retirement. Col. Charles F. Andrews, Infantry, at the Presidio, San Francisco. has been ordered to his home to await re- tirement. 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