Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1929, Page 5

i THE EVENI BRLLIANT THRONG AT CHARITY BAL | Vice President Curtis and i Family Honor Guests at Inaugural Fete. Vice President Charles Curtis and his ' famfly were chief guests at the in- augural charity ball in the Washington Auditorium last night, which served as & fitting close to the day's official cere- monies. The scene in the great build- ing almost beggared description, even the walls of the forum being hung with tapestries and pictures and the floors covered with rich Oriental rugs. ‘Tier after tier of boxes almost com- pletely surrounded the ballroom, rising to meet the canopy of flags of all na- tions that waved overhead. So great was the throng of guests that ti was with difficulty that a com- pany of Marines, the floor committee and the masters of ceremonies kept the . roped alsle free for the passage of dis- tinguished visitors from the entrance doorway to the stage, where they occu- pled places of honor. Never has the Auditorium held so large and brilliant a throng or one so appreciative of a diversified program, quite in line of inaugural balls, but out of the trend of general dancing events. The Vice President and his family ar- rived at 11:15 o'clock, the enthusiasm which greeted them almost drowning + out the music of the band. They were | escorted to the stage by the guard of { honor, Rear Admiral Andrew Long and Gen. William D. Connor, Col. Osmun | Latrobe and Capt. Wilson Brown, who | also escorted the governors on their arrival, Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, chairman of the ball, met the guests as they stepped on the stage and they were | seated as mearly according to rank as their irregular arrival permitted, ! “'yice President Curtis was accom- anied by his sisters, Mrs. Edward ' Everett Gann and Mrs. Jerome Coivin { of Topeka, Kans, and his son and ' daughter-in-law and sons-in-law and | daughters, Mr. and Mrs, Harry King Curtls, Mr. and Mrs. Webster Knight of Providence, R. I, and Maj. and Mrs. Charles P. George of Fort Sill, Okla.,, and Miss Annie Moore Powell. Mrs. Gann's gown was regal, fashioned of fine silver lace appliqued with large rhinestones, crystals and paillettes made over a tissue cloth foundation. The bodice was made with a deep V neck- line front and back and was quite low waisted. A square train of the lace, studded with the brilliants, fell from the shoulders and at the end of the train there was an elaborate wheel design worked out in crystals and pailleites. She wore a coronet of jade and dia- monds quite low on her head, carried & handsome green ostrich feather fan and NG~ STAR,” WASHINGTON,” D.” ¢ TUESDAY,” MARCH _ | Sister of Vice President Charles Curtis, Auditorium last night. AN OFFICIAL HOSTESS MRS. EDWARD EVERETT GANN, and his official hostess, who with him shared honors as the chief guests at the inaugural charity ball in the Washington —Bachrach Photo. before the ball, having among her guests the Governor of Illinois nad Mrs. Louis M. Emmerson, Senator and Mrs. Otis F. Glenn, Mrs. Harold G. Watson of Mount Vernon, daughter of the Governor and Mrs. Emmerson; Justice Stone and_Miss Stone, State’ Senator and Mrs. Richard Barr of Joliet, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Keys and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kohn of Springfield, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cleveland of Rock Island, State wore a.shoulder bouquet of purple and green orchids. Mr. Colvin wore a gown of deep green ehiffon over silver cloth, embroidered in crystals. Mrs, Curtis was in a gown of white panne velvet, with pearl trim- | mings. Mrs. George had on silver and | white lace. Mrs. Knight wore coral pink chiffon brocaded in silver with a peial + skirt long at the back. As a compliment to the Indian | ancestry of the Vice President, the Senator and Mrs. Wright of De Kalb, Mrs. Worthington of Sterling, Miss Martha Connole of East St. Louis, Mrs. E. R. Williams of Salem, Mrs. Georgia McMahan of Olney, Mr, and_Mrs. George Reinecke, Mrs. George Porter of Chicago, Miss Anna Wierham of Sparta, Speaker David Shanahan of Springfield, all of Ilinois, and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hanna of Cleveland, nephew and niece of Mrs. McCormick. Mrs. McCormick was unable to accompany her guests to the ball because of the | United States Indian Reservation Band ! of Tulsa, Okla., fell in line after the | Vice President was received and under the management of Thomas O'Brien, Chief Shunatonah, leader, played a | number of Indian songs and other com- * positions, among the most interesting numbers being the solos of Chief Roar- .ing Thunder, bass soloist, who sang “The Star Spangled Banner” after the arrival of Vice President Curtis and family, and just it, “Pale Moon.” Another solo was “When Roar- ing Thunder Sings Low C.” He accom- plished that vocal feat. '™ Princess Wild Flower, the only woman member of the ‘l;lndi h:l;’i‘ch r:ptre;cnfi 22 tribes, who ys iggest tuba , the world, creaged enthusiasm with her solo, “Old Black Joe,” which she was obliged to repeat. Rosa Pollio-Garman, mezzo-soprano of the Washington Opera Company, sang, accompanied by Mildred Kolb Schulze, composer-pianist. Gov. Trumbull of Connecticut and his staff attracted more than usual atten- tion and received rounds of applause, his aide, Maj. John Coolidge, receiving a special ovation. While Maj. Coolidge occupied a place on the stage with his fiancee. Miss Florence Trumbull, beside him, hundreds failed to recognize him there and surged about the box bearing his name and waited for his arrival. He did not occupy the box, but turned it over to friends. ‘When the vast company was admitted to the stage, Maj. Coolidge was fairly * mobbed, hundreds struggling to grasp his hand. Had he been a newly inaug- urated President, he could not have re- ceived a greater ovation. Chief Whitehorse and a group of In- dians from the Sioux tribe of the Roose- velt Reservation, held a reception wherever they stopped long enough in the crowd. Attracting the most atten- tion being the 5-month-old daughter of the chief, Lena Lou Whitehorse, in the arms of her mother. Box Parties, Gowns and Jewels Lend Gala Air. Mrs, John Allan Dougherty, chairman bf the ball committee, who received the guests, wore a handsome and becoming gown of gold metal cloth brocaded in large flowers in pastel shades of rose, outlined with gold beads. The drapery at one side was lined with jade green and the bodice had a vest of the same ma- terial. Her ornaments were jade, and #he wore slippers of green. Mrs, Charles S. Deneen, wife of the Senator from Illinois, wore a gown of black velvet, simply made, with a rhinestone ornament holding the grace- ful drapery of the skirt. Her daughter, Miss Bina Day Deneen, was in orchid- color taffeta, made houffant, with a large bow of periwinkle blue taffeta at one side, Mrs. Carl A. Birdsall of Evanston, Ill, and Mrs. A. M. Blow of Oklahoma, other daughters of Senator and Mrs. Deneen, who are here for the inauguration, were with them at the ball. Mrs. Birdsall had a gown of gold lace and black satin, the bouffant skirt of the lace and the tight-fitting bodice of black satin. The waist line was marked with a bow of black tulle. Senator and Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes entertained at dinner later, tak- ing their guests to their box, the com- pany including the Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara, the Chi- nese Minister Designate and Mme. Wu, the Chief of the Western European Di- vision of the State Department J. The- odore Marriner, Mrs. Robert E. Lee, Mrs. John B. Henderson, George T. Keyes, Miss Mary Keyes and Henry ‘Wilder Keyes, jr. Mrs. Keyes wore a gown of royal blue velvet trimmed in crystals. Senator and Mrs. Hiram Bingham were hosts to a company of young ;{mple. including Miss Kathleen owell of New York, flancee of Charles Bingham, son of the hosts; Miss Con- stance Hand of New York, and Brew- ster Bingham, Hiram Bingham, jr, and Alfred Bingham, sons of the hosts. Mrs. Bingham was in a gown of white #atin Representative and Mrs. Adam Wyant, were among_the guests of Mr. snd Mrs. John R. Leighty. Their other guests were Miss Anne Wyant, John Newsome of New York, and Carl C. Leighty. Mrs. Wyant was gowned in black velvet trimmed in gold and Mrs. Leighty wore a bouffant gown of blue and silver tulle. The Secretary of the Navy designate #nd Mrs. Charles Francis Adams were uests of Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson n their box. Mrs. Adams was in a handsome gown of ruby velvet, simply illness of her young son. Maj. Coolidge's Prespective Bride In American Beauty Red. Miss Florence Trumbull, accompany- ing Maj. John Coolidge, wore a striking gown of American beauty taffeta fash- ioned with a fitted bodice and the skirt bouffant falling long on the sides ana quite short at the front and back. She wore a Chanel necklace. Among the guests in Maj. Coolidge’s box were Mr. and Mrs. Harold N. Marsh and the latter's brother and sister-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis. Mrs. Marsh was in pale green taffeta made with close-fitting bodice and full lone skirt, and Mrs. Dennis was in French-blue chiffon. Senator gnd Mrs. Frederic M. Sackett had in thelr box the Governor of Ken- tucky, Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, Mr. and Mrs. William S. Speed, Miss Virginia Speed and Mr. and Mrs. Berry V. Stoll. Representative and Mrs. Bloom en- tertained at dinner and took thelr guests to their box at the ball. In the company were the Minister of Egypt and Mme. Samy, the Minister of Czechoslovakia and Mme. Veverka, the United States Minister to Boliv David E. Kaufman, Mr. and . Mrs, Frederick Brown of New York, house guests of the hosts, and thelr daugh- ter, Miss Vera Bloom. Mrs. Bloom, wife of Representative Bloom, wore a gown of gold metal cloth and Miss Vera Bloom was in a pink moire frock. Senator and Mrs. Moses entertained in their box Gov. and Mrs. Charles Tobey, Adjt. Gen. W. Howard, Repre- sentative and Mrs. Fletcher Hale and Mrs. Howard Parker. Mrs. Moses wore a gown of violet chiffon fashioned along straight lines. Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood enter- tained the Connecticut delegation in Congress in her box and also members of the governor's staff. Mrs. Amos A. Fries, wife of the chief of Chemical Warfare Service, was in a gown of white chiffon embroidered in crystals. Mrs. Basil Gordon wore a gown of black transparent velvet made with a deep V neckline, back and front, and the skirt falling quite long at the back. With this she carried a large rose- shaded feather fan. Mrs. John Bredbenner of Easton, Pa, was in a gown of black transparent vel- vet and chiffon and a Spanish shawl. Mrs. Woodbridge N. Ferris, wife of the late Senator Ferris of Michigan, was ac- companied by a group of friends and wore a gown of pearl gray velvet trimmed with crystals and pearls, out. lining the V-shape bodice, and her si ter, Mrs. Charles Robbins, who wore canary-color chiffon. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor en- tertained a company_of young people for their daughter, Miss, Carol Gros- venor, their guests being Miss Martha Tipton of New York, Miss Winifred Van | Winkle .of New Jersey, Miss Marion | Howard of Johns Hopkins, Miss Frances | Pitcher of MassacBusetts, Miss Mabel Grosvenor, _George _Judd, Kenneth | Smoot, Mr. Brewster, Walter Peter, 4th; | John Olds of Johns Hopkins, Alfred Rowland of Waterbury, Conn., and Mr. and Mrs. Melville Grosvenor. Mrs. Gil- | bert Grosvenor was in orchid trans-! parent velvet, Miss Carol Grosvenor in | pink satin, Miss Mabel Grosvenor in dark blue chiffon, heavily beaded, and Mrs. Melville Grosvenor in a striking costume of white. Mr. and Mrs. Gros- venor entertained their guests at din-| ner before the ball. Mrs. George Mesta was hostess to her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and ; Mrs. Robert J. Adams; Mrs, Henry Martin Alexander, Col. and Mrs. George { Burleigh, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pell, Herbert Satterlee and ‘Richard Leith, all of New York. Mrs. Mesta's gown was of black chiffon heavily jetted. had with them in their box their son; and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.| ‘Wildam Moore Robbins of New York: | Mr. Edward Everett Robbins, jr., of| Cleveland, and Dr. and Mrs. James A. Lyon. Mrs. Edward Everett Robbins | was in a costume of fuchsia satin and | Mrs. William Moore Robbins wore light | blue satin. Mrs. Lyon's gown was of | crimson and white chiffon trimmed with rhinestones. ‘The commercial secretary of the Brit- ish embassy and Mrs. Leander McCor- mick-Goodhart occupied the hox of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Phillips Governors’ Wives Add Interest to Stage Setling. Mrs. John H. Trumbull, wife of Gov. meade, and a necklace of rubjes. Mrs. Anderson wore pearl gray chiffon and pea Representative th Hanna Me- *Cormick was hostess"at a buffet supper | Trumbull of Connecticut, “wore green Governor of Wyoming, wore of black georgette crepe trimmed with crystals and rhinestones. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Robbins | * the Governor of Maine, had on & gown of blue metal cloth, with a pink flower at_the left shoulder. Mrs. Henry T. Allen, wife of the former Governor of Kansas, wore a green and gold metal cloth. Mrs. C. Douglas Buck, wife of the Governor of Delaware, was in A gown of white satin, beaded in crystals. Mrs. John Hammill, wife of the Gov- ernor of Iowa, wore a gown of white chiffon, incrusted with rhinestones. Mrs. Frank C. Allen, wife of the Gov- ernor of Massachusetts, had on a light green velvet gown. Mrs. Louis L. Emmerson, wife of the Governor of Illinois, was in white chif- fon trimmed with crystals. Mrs. O. Max Gardner, wife of the Governor of North Carolina, was in lav- ender and orchid chiffon. Mrs. Fred W. Green, wife of the Governor of Michigan, was in apricot chiffon embroidered in crystals. Mrs. John E. Weeks, wife of the Governor of Vermont, wore white chiffon. Mrs. Bibb Graves, wife of the Gov- ernor of Alabama, was in a gown of green chiffon trimmed in crystais. Mrs. Frank C. Emerson, wife of the a gown Mrs. Walter J. Kohler, wife of the Governor of Wisconsin, wore silver lace over white satin, fashioned with a V neckline and a drape at the left side. Mrs. Charles W. Tobey, wife of the Governor of New Hampshire, was in white chiffon made with a fitted bodice and a petal skirt. Mrs. L. G. Hardman, wife of the Governor of Georgia, wore a frock of k]:tkk lace, the skirt falling long at the ck. Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, wife of the Commissioner, had on flame-colored satin, and Mrs. Proctor L. Dougherty, wife of the Commissioner, wore plum- clzgotrcd velvet, made with a circular skirt. Mr. and Mrs. E. Chapman Bartlett and their daughter, Miss Bartlett, Mrs. Bartlett wearing a gown of orchid transparent velvet, with rhinestone trimmings, and Miss Bartlett in yellow | transparent velvet, embroidered in se- quins and brilliants. Miss Martha McClure, Republican national committeewoman, of Towa, wore a gown of imported blue chiffon, embroidered in pearls and crystals. Mrs. William Fitch Kelley had on a black lace gown, made with an uneven hem- line, with emeralds and diamonds. Mrs. Ruseeell B. Harrison and her daughter, Mrs. Marthena Harrison Wil- liams, represented & former adminis- tration, Mrs. Harrison having been the famous beauty of the administration of her father-in-law, the late President Benjamin Harrison. Mrs. Harrison joined her daughter shortly after Christmas, coming from her home in Omaha. Mrs. Harrison wore a gown of black velvet, trimmed with rhinestones, and Mrs, Williams was in cloth of gold, embroidered in rhinestones and pearls. Mrs. Summerall and Mrs. Lejeune Attract General Interesi. Mrs. Charles P. Summerall, wife of the chief of staff, had on a gown of yellow moire and Mrs. John A. Lejeune, wife of the retiring commandant of the Marine Corps, was in a gown of fuschia chiffon, trimmed with crystals. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Hampton Ellis were hosts at dinner before the ball and took their guests later to their box. The ceremony included Mr. and Mrs. Custic Brady of New York and Mrs. James M. Spraig of Lexington, Ky., house guests fof Mr. and Mrs. Ellis; Mr. and Mrs, Michael Gallagher of Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Owsley, Mr. Archibald C. V. Wells and Miss Luella Chase, sis- ter of Mrs. Ellis. Mrs. Ellis had a gown of white chiffon, embroidered in crystals; Mrs. Brady wore sea-foam green trapsparent velvet and Mrs, Spraig had on a gown of violet chiffon and Miss Chase wore buff-color chiffon, trimmed with rhinestones. Mr. and Mrs. Copley Amory had with them in their box Mr. and Mrs. Haines- Smith of London. Mrs. Amory’s gown was of blue velvet. Representative and Mrs. Fred A, Britten entertained a_company of 14 at dinner and took their guests later to the ball. In the company were for- mer Governor of Pennsylvania and Mrs. Sproul, Mr. and Mrs. W. W, Atterbury of Philadelphia and Judge and Mrs, Thomas F. Wallace of Chicago. Mrs. Britten was in a striking costume of black velvet, the skirt having a deep V-shaped yoke in front, from which black Spanish lace fell, forming a flounce below the velvet. The skirt had a bustle effect in the back and fell into train. Maj. Philip Rhinelander of New York was hosts in his box to Gen. and Mrs, Summerall, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Frank R. Keefer, Col. Stanley Ford and Maj. and Mrs. Willis W. Crittenberger. Mr. and Mrs. William W. Butterworth had with them in their box Mr, and Mrs. Dwight S. Wiman of New York, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lilly of New York and Frank Silloway of Moline, Ill. Mrs. Butterworth was in a gown of black velvet, with an ornament of rhinestones. Mr, ahd Mrs. Butterworth were hosts at dinner before the ball. Mrs. Sidney A. Cloman, who is abroad, left her box with her nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Pritchett of Philadelphia, who are occupying Mrs. Cloman’s Washington home during her absence. In the com- pany were Mr. and Mrs. Avery Me- satin made along softly dwaped lines, with a “V” neckline, Carthy of Los Angeles, Mrs. George H. Earle, 3d, of Philadelphia, Mrs. Pearson SENATORS AWAIT SPEGIAL SESSION Date of Convening Holds In- terest as Majority of Con- gressmen Stay in Capital. By the Assoclated Press. The date of the special session of the {of the campaign legacy of farm relief and tariff revision today was the upper- {most question in the minds of those at the Capitol. Althgugh the legislative wheels were lof the men the new President had {chosen for his official family and who, as the heads of the big governmental departments, must play an important part in the work of the Hoover adminis- tration. This session, coupled with the antici- pation of an early convening of the new Congress, resulted in the presence in the city of practically the whole mem- bership of both house: The Seventieth Congress, which re- tired from office on the verge of the in. auguration of Herbert Hoover, lived to- day only in history and in the memory of those who had composed its member- ship, but the work it had initiated still was being carried forward. It made provision for the creation of two committees of its successor—the House committees on ways and means, to handle tariff, and the agriculture committee, to consider farm relief. The members of these committees, although not sitting in formal session, were pre- paring for work on the two questions. Public hearings already have been held by the w and means commit- tee on the tariff and before many days subcommittees of this body will be called together to take up consideration of what revisions in existing rates shall be recommended. Between now and the opening of the special session the agri- culture committee hopes to hear all who may wish to testify on the farm ques- tion and be prepared to make an early start on the writing of a bill, RADIO BRINGS INAUGURAL TO HOOVER’S UNCLE, ILL Maj. Miles Spends Day Before Re- geiving Set, With Friends, Hearing Ceremonies, By the Associated Press. PAWHUSKA, Okla, March 5.—Kept from attending the inaugural cere- monies for Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis at Washington by {ll-health, Maj. Leban Miles, 80-year-old uncle of President Hoover, spent the day before his radio, listening to the program with a group of friends. Maj. Miles was moved to tears as the impressive events were reproduced in his home, and he added bits of graphic description to the reports of the radio announcers, derived from his attend- ance at 8 or 10 other inaugurations. “Yes, that's Herbert's voice,” Maj. Miles said, as the President responded to the oath, administered by Chief Jus- tice Taft. Reception was clear, and Maj. Miles declared he had received much enjoyment through his long- distance “attendance” at the cere- monies. W. C. T. U. OFFICIAL LAUDS HOOVER’S LIQUOR STAND President’s Moral Courage in Ask- ing Population to Quit Drinking Draws Organization's Thanks. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 5.—Mrs. Margaret C. Munns, treasuger of the National ‘Women's_Christian Temperance Union, said today that Mr. Hoover is the first President, to have the moral courage to ask the drinker to stop drinking. “Many officials have stressed the en- forcement of the law,” said Mrs. Munns in her comment on Mr. Hoover's inau- gural address, “but President Hoover is the first President to point out that it is the drinker’s money which creates the prize for which the criminal underworld is battling.” The W. C. T. U, she said, “expressed public thanks for the President’s utter- ances and promises. We will endeavor to make enforcement easier by renewed efforts toward educating the public in the evil effects of drink.” Letts, Lieut. Comdr. Hoover, Raymond Paternotre of Paris, son of the former Ambassador of France to Washington; Mr. Boynson, Thomas Sweeney and Lothrop Ritchie of Philadelphia. Mr, and Mrs, Pritchett entertained their guests at dinner in the Mayflower be- fore the ball, Mrs. Pritchett’s costume being of white transparent velvet. Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh had among her guests the Minister of Panama and Senora de Allara. Mrs. Walsh was in a becoming gown of ruby velvet trimmed with rhinestones and her ornaments were diamonds. Senora de Alfara had a gown of black velvet, the round neck outlined in rhinestones and the low belt line marked with rhinestones. Senator and Mrs. King and Others in the Dance. _ Among others at the ball were Sena- tor and Mrs. William H. King, Mrs. Wil- liam J. Donovan, who was in a_gown of pale green taffeta; Chatham Moore Towers, and Mr. and Mrs. Jean Labat, Mrs. Basil Gordon, Mrs. R. M. Kaufl- mann, and Mr. and Mrs. Wardell St. John of Wallingford, Conn., guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kauffmann at Greenacre; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Kaufimann, Charles Mason Remey, Mrs. Charles G. Matthews, Judge McKenzie Moss, for- mer Representative and Mrs. Philip Pitt Campbell, Maj. and Mrs. Parker W. West, Mrs. West in a gown of deep rose taffeta; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, the latter in gold color chif- fon, brocaded in pastel shades; Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, Mrs. David Meade Lea, in white chiffon, embroid- ered in crystals and rhine stones; for- mer United States Minister to Egypt and Mrs. Hampson Gary, Mr. and Mus. Thomas C. Bradley, Mrs. Kenna El- kins, Col. Wade H. Cooper, the Rev.Meade Bolton MacBride, Mr. and Mrs. James Haley, Mrs. Haley in a becoming gown of black velvet, simply made, with which she wore a string of pearls; Capt. and Mrs. Frank Barrows Freyer, Frau Von Lewenski, wearing rose pink taffeta; Mrs. Lyman B. Kendall, and her house guest, Mrs. Bellman of New York; Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Himes, former Representative and Mrs. John Phillip Hill, Mrs, Hill in a ruby red taffeta gown; Miss Marian Hart, Mr. and Mrs, Roy L. Neuhauser, Henry H. K. Bush- Brown, who designed the medals for the Hoover-Curtis inauguration, and his daughter, Mrs. Francis Head of New York; Chfford K. Berryman, Miss Flor- ence Berryman and Mr. and Mrs. Eu- gene H. Day of Riverside, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Clark, Gen. and Mrs. John A. Hull, Mrs. Hull in a simply made gown of silver cloth, slightly draped over _each hip; Ca Clarence Critten Calhoun, Mr. and Mrs, Joshua Evans, jr., Mrs. Evans in a pale yellow chiffon” gown, embroidered in crystals; Mrs. I H. Saunders, Mrs, Samuel A. Kimberly in pale blue satin and tulle; Judge Mrs. Paul Myron Linebarger, the ter wearing shell pink satin and !ulh‘:: lace, and Maj. -Mrs, Willism T. Gardner, wife of|Pearce of Philadelphla, Mrs, Frank and Mrs. Goring B! Seventy-first Congress for consideration | iat a standstill, the Senate was called | into special session to receive the names TRYING OBSTACLES ARE FACED IN STAGING AIRPLANE PARADE Impressions of Men Who Took Part in Inaugural Air Pageant Are Given by Participant. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON, Aviation Editor of The Star Mud, water-slulced and blurry gog- gles, stinging cold rain, fog, storm- shredded clouds, a straining to locate planes in the same formation and to keep track of other formations above, below, and lost in the fog and rain in front, in back and to_ the sides; an occasional blurred and hurried glimpse of minute marching hosts on Pennsyl- vania avenue and of stands covered with vari-colored umbrellas—these were the impressions of the first inauguration day aerial parade received by the men who took part in the unique flight. It was a miserable flying day and the pilots of the Army and Navy planes faced the most trying obstacles in stag- ing the parade and review before their new Commander-in-chief. It was the first of what probably will be an increasingly important event of the quadrennial inauguration day. The writer was a passenger in a Douglas O-2 Army observation plane, piloted by Capt. Floyd E. Galloway of the Army Air Corps, during the air pa- rade yesterday. The events of the flight stand out in somewhat disjointed and kaleidoscopic fashion, owing to the weather, the rain and the effort to take in all the varied aspects of the sky, the pageantry of the air parade and something of the happenings below all at one time. Field Dangerously Muddy. Bolling Field yesterday morning be- fore the rain began to fall already was danggrously muddy, spotted with treach- erous holes and covered with water which filled all the low places. Early in the morning the pilots of commer- cial planes had decided the field was too soft for them to attempt to fly in a scheduled parade of civil aireraft. By the time the military air parade was scheduled to move the rain had been falling for two hours and had settled into a hard and steady down- pour, adding to the hazards and dis- comigrts of the pilots. Whether the aerial review would be held at all was doubtful until the last moment. While a radio loud-speaker in the operations office still was bringing in a running account of the preparations for the inauguration, however, three nine-plane squadrons of Navy obser- vation planes were ordered out into the field in take-off formations. In the pouring rain the nine Army planes taxied out into the field from the “line,” their wheels and tail skids spurting up sheets of water and mud which were" torn to mist by the propellor blast and whipped away like smoke in a gale. The planes were drawn up wing to wing in line across the field, the right resting near the Anacostia Naval Air Station. Behind them in two more ‘“squadron fronts,” the Navy planes took their stations. Switches were cut and the planes all stood silent in the rain while the pilots awaited the signal to take off, 50 miflutes after “H hour,” which was to be the conclusion of President Hoover's inauguration address. The “observers” who were to take part in the flight were ordered into flying outfits—full length padded suit, parachute, fur-lined helmet and gog- gles. The equipment was receipted for and a release form signed clearing the | Army of financial responsibility in case | of accident. Awaits Orders in Rain. | An Army truck was waiting to take | observers and a few of the pilots around the field to the Naval Air Station side | of the field, from which it was easier| to reach the planes on foot. Arriving | near the formations, stil many minutes | before “zero hour,” the pilots and ob-| servers stood in the rain awaiting the word to go. Capt. Willis H. Hale, one of the formation leaders, awaited at a telephone in the Navy operations office for the word to go. Through the fog and clouds to the south a formation of nine planes ap- peared dimly, groping about in the mist. They were observation planes from Langley Field, which had been temporarily at Quantico. One of them broke formation and dropped into the field for instructions, while the others circled out of sight into the storm. ‘The lone pilot was told that the review was in doubt and was instructed to re- join his formation, if he could find it, and return to Quantico. ‘Then an Army TC non-rigid dirigible from Langley Field, one of two sent over by the balloon company there, came through the clouds, looking for the Navy dirigible Los Angeles and three smaller dirigibles which had been or- dered to rendezvous over Upper Marl- boro, Md,, to the East. Hike Through Mud to Planes. Finally Capt. Hale came running out of the operations building and pilots and observers hiked through the mud to the waiting planes. Mechanics turned over the “props” and there was a deafening roar as motor after motor took hold. The mechanics helped with the final adjustment of parachutes and | goggles, mechanics scrambled out of | the pilot's cockpits and the pilots and observers climbed aboard. The mechanic assigned to Capt. Gal- loway's plane pulled a big wad of cheesecloth out of his pocket and tore off a piece for each of us, to be used in wiping off goggles. We settled into the seats and buckled the broad safety belts. From the right of the line a plane with red streamers tied to the | struts taxied out—Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, leader of the aerial parade, and his pilot, Maj. Carl Spatz, com- mander of the famous Question Mark on its record endurance flight. The other two planes of the formation fol- Jowed and, after a short run through the mud and water, the three bounced into the air. ‘The second formation pulled out of line and was away. The plane to our left. our formation leader, pulled out of line. Capt. Galloway “gave her the gun,” the plane quivered, pulling out of the mud, and we were off into the pelting rain and fog. Gen. Foulois and his formation had disappeared into the haze; the formation ahead was dimly visible wheeling up' and off to the left. Dark patches of trees, with shreds of fog drifting over them, whirled by below, Field Left Behina in Haze. A twist in the seat, while the rain cut in below the goggles and the wind pulled | hard at the edges of the helmet, revealed | the first of the Navy squadrons taxiing out ‘into “V” formation on the field | and the leader taking off. Then Bolling 1 After Grippe, Bronchitis, Cold or Cough, Build Strength With SCOTT’S EMULSION Rich in the Health- giving Field was left behind in the haze. Be- low the left wing a three-plane forma- tion, the second Army group, appeared in a long ecircling curve through the mist, disappearing a moment later. Above and to the right another V, led by the red-streamered plane, shot out of the mist. Our formation leader banked steeply in a circle to the left and Capt. Gallo- way, on the outside of the turn, opened his throttle and lowered the nose to pick up speed and keep formation. As the earth whirled around below a speedy silver and black Navy plane, in a vertical bank, curved into sight less than 200 feet below and then we flat- tened out, the earth whirled back to its customary place, and the formation was headed North toward the Capitol, in- visible through the rain and mist five miles away. Off to the right another three-plane formation could be seen dimly through the fog, also headed toward the Capitol. Whether it was Gen. Foulois or the second Army formation could not be determined. ~ Bolling Field swam back into view through the wet. As we passed overhead the last of the Navy planes could be seen taking off 1,000 feet below. Behind the cowling the howling wind was stilled and the rain ceased to bite, but from this point of comfort littie could be seen. Up, then to peer over the side, wiping off the goggles with cheesecloth every minute or so and pulling at a heimet strap which, al- though uncomfortably tight on the ground, now was ballooned out by wind forced under the edges. Leader Throttles Down. Fifty feet below and just off the left wing-tip, our squadron leader throttled down and Capt. Galloway was forced to nose up a little to keep his relative position. The third plane in our for- mation was off to the left and behind. Off to the right was No. 2 formation with No. 1 off in the fog somewhere ahead. Behind could be seen a few dim shapes, which must have been the first Navy auadron. The navy yard, with buff and white Coast Guard cutters tied up at the wharves, passed below and the Capitol appeared. Back into the cockpit to wipe off the goggles. Out again to look around. The formations were all in position as the Capitol dome passed by 1,000 feet beneath. A big patch of yellow covered the plaza, the bare pine boards of the stands, and there were dark patches which were people. The cheese cloth once mord, and a column of gray-clad troops could be seen swing- ing around Peace Monument. Another glance around to locate the other planes—a grudging glance, but long enough to miss a quarter of the ground parade creeping along Penn- sylvania avenue like malformed beads on a string. The National Museum swept by beneath. Another glance over our own formation, a hasty swipe with the cheesecloth, and we were over the Treasury Department and swinging slightly to the right. The White House, with blurred patches of stands visible through the overhanging trees—the first inaugural air review had passed into history, so far as we were concerned. Almost immediately the formation ahead broke up, one plane sliding off in a long glide to the left. Then a violent sinking sensation at the pit of the stomach and the dark earth ahead dropped abruptly out of sight as Capt. Galloway “gunned” the plane into a steep climb. Up into the gray mist and driving rain we climbed and the air speed indicator on the instrument panel dropped from 100 to 90, to 80 and finally to 60. We slid out of the climb to the left, the earth shot up darkly around the whole left wing and we dropped away in a steep glide down the Potomac toward Bolling Field. The air speed indicator climbed back again past 100 and on past 120 miles per hour. East Potomac Park and the War College, all tilted at the most peculiar angles, slid off below to the rear. On Bolling Field a half dozen ships already were back on the line and one was clearing the field as Capt. Gallo- way dropped in, seeking the firmest place to land—a long grassy strip near the river side of the field. We landed amid the customary shower of mud and water and plowed heavy furrows through the muck to the Army side. As Capt. Galloway cut the switch and the motor stopped we saw above the Capitol the long silver-gray hulk of the Los Angeles, followed by a brood of baby blimps, shouldering aside the clouds as she -headed for the reviewing stand. The last of the Army planes landed and a few moments later the Navy squadron were down. In the face of heavy obstacles the Army and Navy fiyers had paid their first tribute to their new commander. FLEET MANEUVERS—NOTED AS SUCCESS BY ADMIRAL The commander-in-chief of the United States fleet, Admiral Henry A. Wiley, U. S. N., today issued this statement to the fleet, now assembled in the Gulf of Panama for maneuvers: “The extensive operations of aircraft during the fleet problem nine and the United States fleet exercises have ter- minated without attending loss of life |. or injury to personnel. The commander- in-chief of the United State flee:ngorl;- siders that this record of achievement points to thoroughness in training, skill in operation, unrelenting diligence and strict adherence to safety precautions.” Admiral Wiley pointed out that 237 planes participated in the maneuvers, with 289 pilots, and that 1,613 total flights were made, 1,150 landings were made on airplane carriers,.4,399 hours flown, 297,223 miles were flown and 167 catapult shots were made, Only ONE Left Of One Hundred! 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