Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1929, Page 23

TWO HUGE LIGHTS 10 GUIDE FLYERS Bolling Field Installing 10, 000-Watt Automatically Operated Equipment. ‘Two 10,000-watt automatically opera- ted flood lights are being installed at Bolling Field and will be placed in operation this week for night flying operations. These lights, one of which is located on the east side of the field near the operations office, and the other on the south end of the field, will make Bolling Field one of the best lighted airports in | this part of the country. ‘The lights are located in galvanized fron buildings about 6 feet square and 7 feet high. The walls on three sides slide down to expose the hufi lenses. Each light has three great light house lenses mounted before it in a half-circle so as to flood the entire field area before it. The lenses for each light are said to cost $12,000. Each light will flood an area a mile square, the plane of light being cen- tered about 5 feet above the ground. It is expected that the lights will be bright enough to make it possible for a man a mile away to read a newspaper in the direct beam. The lights will be controlled from the operations office. The pressure of a button there will turn on the light and Jower the walls of the “Nght-houses” so as to expose the lenses. The lights are so arranged that sliding down of the walls by hand will turn on the light in case of emergency or disabling of the distant control switch. ‘Three lights are arranged behind each lens so that in case one light burns out the second will be switched on auto- matically, and if this also fails the third ‘will be put into operation. ‘While the lights were installed by the Army for Armwy operations they will be of great value to the air mail flyers on the New York-Atlanta-Miami air mail line. Both northbound and southbound Pplanes on this line land at Bolling Field during the night. PAY RELIEF BILL FACES DELAY AGAIN TOMORROW President Stewart of Employes’ Federation Hopes to Have Measure Called Up. ‘The new pay relief bill, fathered by Chairman Lehibach of the House civil service committee, which is a composite of the Lehlbach-Brookhart-Celler meas- ures, probably will not come up in the House tomorrow under suspension of the rules. ‘Tomorrow is to be unanimous consent ! and suspension day, and Luther C. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. FEBRUARY 17, 1929 PEERLESS FURNITURE CO. 7] W FLOOD LIGHTS FOR BOLLING FIELD ~—Star Staff Photo. By the Associated Press. Stories of diamond smuggling and the part human hair plays in the winning of a war turned the thoughts of mem- bers of the House ways and means com- mittee away from mathematics and economics yesterday for the first time since they began tariff revision hearings six weeks ago. Diamond smuggling, the committee was told by Walter N. Kahn of New York, representing importers of precious stones, was increasing at an alarming rate under the present 20 per cent ad valorem duty on cut stones, and not even the entire United States Army could stop it as long as the tariff re- mains to make the risk worth while. He suggested a cut in the rate to 10 | per cent to protect the legitimate im- gner of diamonds and the placing on free list of uncut or rough precious stones. U.S.ARMY COULDN'T HALT JEWEL | SMUGGLING, HOUSE GROUP TOLD Importers‘ Representativc Asks Cut in Tariff on Diamonds, Citing Effects on Industry. lare being used by rellef societies ported human hair is used to make press cloths and that 80 per cent of all press cloths are made from this hair. Five million feet of lumber and 1,700 tons of corrugated galvanized sheet iron reconstruction work in Porto Rico. A New 0il-O-Matic Product For the LB X Tomorrow Morning We Offer a Sensational |2% Mid-Winter Z2uss THE BIG FURNITURE SALE OF THE SEASON IS HERE—PRICES AT A BARE FRACTION OF THEIR FORMER MARKINGS. Values like these only possible because it is a PEERLESS policy to clear house quick!!! Prac- tically anything you need is offered at a great sacrifice, so plan to stop in tomorrow. Stewart, president of the National Fed- eration of Federal Employes, said last ulfiht that he expects Mr. Lehlbach up this bill tomorrow under m- pension. Representative Lehlbach has uld that he expects to get recognition some time before the close of the ses- sion under suspension of the rules on this bill as a quicker way of brln(lng Kahn contended that legitimate im- to | Ports of pearls and other precious stones ome soon would more than double umder the lower rate and that a great part, if not all, of the decline in revenue would be | made up by increased taxes paid by . dealers on incomes derived from profits of which they are now being robbed by it to a vote than through a special rule. the smuggler. However, last night House Leader Meyer, Brooklyn, re&reuntln‘ the Tilson protested that he knew nothing Dhmnnd Workers’ Protective Union, in~ s of any plan to eall the pay- relief 'bill | dorsed Kann's proposal. He. said dia OIL BURNER up tomorrow, and he ouite strongly in- | mond cutters in this country were com- OR HOMES dicated thet hs would be opposed to|Pelled to drift into unskilled trades be- ou immu A! Its Best” such an effort. cause of the smuggling and that only Produced by the makers of Sii-o. and LESS $1.98 COPPER BOWL WROUGHT IRON FERN STANDS. “‘Less than Halt Prive. .00 L0070 0ol v odens $3900 FINEST DAVENPORT TABLES, veneered in grained mahogany; period styles, with GOV EAEd DRSS .. \i 5 ivon conivias et veniewsias v and LESS $11900 WOOD FRAME BED-DAVENPORT SUlTE covered in blue or rose jacquard velour, fimsh- (7 g R Y T R D e e S B e S $59. 50 $15.00 Norfolk PURE COTTON 50-LB. BED MAT- $ 50 TRESSES, with roll edge; excellent quality ticking...... o 79c $19.50 D. G. Gallery, Novelty Jewelers’ Asso- half of the 1,000 men employed were TRANSFER | IS - ORDERED. working more than six months a year, Lieut. Col. Thompson Is Assigned to San Francisco Office. Lieut. Col. Charles F. Thompson, United States Infantry, has been re-|War of 800,000 ciation, New York, opposed any increase in the rate of 80 per cent on novelty . while Saul Ganz, D. Lisner & ., New York, urged an increase to 200 per cent. A tale of the use early in the World pounds of Chinese lieved from duty on the general staff {queues in the manufacture of press in charge of the office of military in- formation at the War mmt, ef- fective June 30, and ed to the 30th Infantry at the Presidio of San Francisco. Col. Thompson has been in charge of the Press Bureau at the War De- partment for several years, and has many friends in the newspaper profes- sion all over the country. Although not settled, it is regarded as probable that he will be succeeded in position by Maj. John W. Lang, United States Infantry, now his principal as- sistant. THREE SHOT IN HOLD-UP. Hotel Proprietor, Instead of Open- ing Safe, Opens Fire. OAKLAND, Calif., February 16 (#).— ‘Three men were shot, two probably | fatally, in an attempt to hold-up the Metropolitan Hotel here early today. ‘The wounded included the hotel pro- prietor, Joseph Lee, and two robbers. Lee said that instead of obeying the robbers’ command to open the safe he | seized a pistol and opened fire. Harry | Bteicer was shot in the forehead and | was believed fatally wounded.” The other | robber, Jack McGray, was wounded in | the shoulder and hand. Returning fire, otie of’ the robbers ghot Lee in the stomach. His condition | was critical. S Britain has held the ship :peed record for the Atlantic for the past 60 years, with the exception of the period between ! 1897 and 1907, when the “blue riband” went to German boats. ~ KEY TO WHITE HOUSE Loyal Hooverites! Key to The White Handsome ~snd Lasting Me- Something to_hand down to posterity. 4 Gold-plated, Accurate, to Receive GOLD- Plated Ther- mometer tyarapteed Thermom. eter Key. 9 inches KEY to long, with Hoover - likeness ennnved on front ith ‘Whi l | House on 1everse side. indiviauslly in neat_box, Farcel" Poay prepajd | p anywhere in ‘the U Special vrices in quantity Jots o or- sanizations. m‘m‘umw‘ LA T | ma T T 4th | , which in turn enter into the production of ammunition, was told by John 8. Radford, representing the Ori- ental Textile Mills of Houston, Tex., who asked that human hair, now du- table at 20 per cent ad volorera, be re- stored to the free list. Russian camels’ hair had been used for this purpose before, Radford said, but when its importation was cut off a switch was made to the Chinese pig- tail. He said that 99 per cent of im- imwmww Lo T bt T ! 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