Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1929, Page 18

18 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, RADIO PRESS FIGHT HEARINGS CLOSED - Applicants for 40 Short- Wave Channels Apparently Unable to Agree. By the Associated Press. The Radio Commission concluded hearings yeSterday on the allocation of 40 short-wave lengths set aside for the use of the press, with disagrecing fac- tions among the applicants apparently unable to agree on an allotment of the channels. At the same time the commission was served with notice that its members must appear in the District of Colum-! bia Supreme Court March 15 to show | why an injunction should not be granted restraining them from acting on the question until two vacancies on the commission have been filled and until it has heard the application of the National Radio Press Association, Inc, for the channels in question. The order cited the individual mem- bers of the commission to appear per- sonally before the court. It was ob-| tained by the National Radio Press Association, which has asked the com- mission for all of the 40 channels and | announced that it proposed to function &S & press orgami’x'!m\ supplying news to radio broadcasting stations and| would use the channels for gm(hrnng‘ and distributing such news. ‘The Radio Commission in December | set aside 20 continental short-wave lengths for the use of the press. Previ- ously the commission had set aside a like number of oceanic channels for the game purpose and asked the newspapers and press organizations to work out a plan of dividing the news in such a manner as to be of greatest service to the American press. On January 18 the American pub- lishers’ committee submitted a proposed allocation which was protested by John Francis Neylan of San Francisco, rep- resenting the Hearst interests. The hearing was called to consider his protest. During the course of the hearing the American publishers committee and the Hearst interests reached an agreement which they submitted to the commis- slon, whereby the International News Service, the United Press and the Asso- ciated Press would be given seven each of the channels, provided the commis- sion waived the public utility require- ments. It was explained that the As- soclated Press could not under its char- ter assume the role of a public utility. The remaining channels under the agreement would have been divided among the larger newspapers, many of which have news distributing services. Shortly before the hearings were co: cluded Mr. Neylan and attorneys rep- resenting a number of other papers disagreed again and when the commis- sion adjourned the interested factions apparently were as far from a mutually satisfactory settlement as they were when the hearings began. R.C.A.-WESTERN UNION COMBINE IS DENIED Harbord Intimates Corporation Will Enter Field of Domestic Telegraphy as Competitor.: By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 9.—James G. Harbord, president of the Radio Cor- poration, today reiterated his denial of reports that merger negotiations were pending or contemplated with the West- ern Union Telegraph Co. Publication of the statement checked a sharp rally in Radio Corporation common stock on the New York Stock change, the old issue falling abruptly efter having soared $19 a share to a new high record at $464, while the new issue to follow the 5-for-1 stock splitup, already authorized, slipped back from its early high of $93.25. “There are no negotiations, completed br pending, between the Western Union and the Radio Corporation of America Tooking toward a merger or consolida- tion of any kind,” Mr. Harbord said. “Present relations are no closer than they have been during the last several years, and there is no prospect of their becoming more so. The statement in the annual report of the Radio Cor- poration of its preparing to enter the field of domestic telegraphy has no relation to the Western Union Tele- mph Co. except in a competitive sense” NICARAGUA CONFIRMS EXECUTION OF JIRON Gen. Escamillo Charged Treachery and Court-Martial Decreed Guide’s Death. By the Assoclated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragud, March 9.— ‘The government has officially confirmed the execution of Gen. Manuel Maria Jiron, one-time Sandino _insurgent leader, at the hands of Gen. Juan Esca- millo, leader of a group of native volun- teers who were scouring the mountains in search of outlaws in the department of Nueva Segovia. After Jiron's capture by Lieut. Han- neken of the United States Marine Corps he declared his intention of de- serting Sandino and offered to furnish information which might result in the rebel chieftain’s capture. When Gen. Escamillo started on an expedition Jiron was released from jail at Ocotal and sent as guide through the jungie to Sandino’s camp. Escamillo’'s party had not gone far before the general decided that his com. mand was being led into a region in- fested with outlaws and that its de- struction at the hands of these outlaws ‘was imminent. Escamillo immediately convened a court-martial, which ordered Jiron's execution on the spot. i e More than 20 churches, community and charitable organizations make use of the cafeteria of St. James' Episcopal Cathedral, Chicago. YOUR PIANO WORLD WAR RECORDS MENACED - BY FIRETRAPS AND WEATHER Congress Ac’non Is Asked to| Preserve Invaluable Documents. Some Papers, Carelessly Scattered About, Already Destroyed by Flames. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. 1 If the story of American pnrtl(‘lpa- | tion in the greatest war in all histo the heroic record of American \\hn made the “supreme sacrifice” and | “sleep in Flanders Field"—is not to be | “writ in water,” Congress must act promptly to order that the official docu- | ments be preserved. Because these records are now scat- tered, stored in firetrap structures, {rapidly disintegrating, Representative Andrew of Massachusetts, who served {for four and one-half years during the ‘\Vcr]d War, has presented a joint reso- lution, on which hearings were held 'nuring the closing days of the Seven- | tieth Congress, and which will be urged | with the hearty support of his colleagues as early as possible in the incoming Congress. Some Records Already Destroyed. At the hearing Col. S. C. Vestal, chief | of the historical section at the Army | War College, testified that “at one time there were 248 boxes of these records in storage at Bolling Field. A large number have already been _either wholly or partially destroyed by fire.” The Andrew resolution provides for assembling, inventory, classification and publication of the official records and maps relating to the participation of the military and naval forces of the United States in the World War. In opening the hearing Representa- tive Andrew stated that “We all agree that our part in the World War was an_extraordinary chapter in the his- tory of this country and of the world, that the record of it ought to be pre- | served for posterity, and that the doc- uments pertaining to it ought to be available to historians.” Tells of Deterioration. He emphasized that it is nearly 11 years since the war ended: that orders, reports and other documents were for the most part on wood pulp paper which is deteriorating and disintegrat- ing; that they were written or typed in ink that is rapidly fading and be- coming illegible; that many of these priceless documents are in temporary buildings subject to destruction by fire, and some have already been . lost through fire; even where they are ac- cessible to students they are loose sheets of paper in manila folders and being destroyed by frequent handling. Representative Andrew has learned that a great many of the important records are not in the hands of the Government, but that when the war ended colonels, generals and other offi- cers took home with them as souvenirs records that should be in the Govern- ment archive and which, if not col- lected now, will never be available. Three Courses Suggested. He suggested three stages of the work ordered in his resolution—first, the assembling, cataloguing and filing of the material which is now being done in the office of the adjutant gen- eral of the Army. If documents are not returned to the (Government upon request, the Department of Justice would be authorized to force their being surrendered. Second—Determination of what ma- teral shall be printed and how it shall be classified and arranged for printing. He called attention that through lack of & systematic plan the Civil War Tec- ords appeared in 47 volumes up to 1877, and then all the work of those 13 years was scrapped and it took another 12 years, “without much of a plan,” to complete the Civil War records. Third—The Secretaries of War and Navy shall name the agencies in their | respective departments to prepare these | documents for publication. “Then, in the final stage, the joint committee on printing, with the Sec- retaries of War and Navy, will decide the form and size of the publications and how these sets shall be distributed. Veterans Take Action. Because these documents have not been published by the Government, vet- erans of two of the divisions that par- ticipated in the war have already collected money by subscription and have arranged for the publication of the records of their divisions. The 2nd Division has been engaged in this work for some time, and two officers who served with the 2nd Division were witnesses at the hearing on the Andrew resolution—Capt. John ‘W. Thomason, jr., of the Marine Corps, who wrote “Fix Bayonets,” and Capt. Mattfeldt of the Army, who described the present lamentable conditions of the records and of being forced to wet them to bring out the writing, and then had to examine them with a microscope. The veterans of the 1st Division are doing the same sort of work—to collect |living so that errors made during the and publish the 1st Division records ole————=o|e———|oi——=a|c——— Save $5.00 on Coat Ensemble or Suit Smart, in monkey Amazing silks. S sembles Hosiery Special 48 gauge, ald lhe new ns $1%58 Salue $1.00 | Just North of H St. to 42 New Coats tweeds, black with (imitation) (dyed coney). lined. Sizes 13 to 46. Dashing Ensembles Tweeds, lined to match dresses which have both long or short sleeves. thi in sizes 14 to 38. Extra value. $5 to $10. New Tailored Suits Made of navy poiret twill, nicely lined and trimmed. Wrap-around Jigels SE SHOP 804 Qeventh St. NW UNDERWOOD, REPRESENTATIVE ANDREW. at their own expense. Maj. and Maj. Stuart G. Wolder, who are | engaged on that task, also were Wit~ | nesses at the hearing. Others Who Testified. Others_who testified included Gen. | Charles P. Summerall, chief of staff; | Maj. Gen. Willlam D. Connor, com- | mandant at the Army War College, Washington; Maj. Gen. C. H, Bridges, the adjutant general; Col. S. C. Vestal, chief of the historical scction at the Army War College. Representative Andrew insisted that 1t is absolutely necessary for historical accuracy that the data should be pub- lished now, while the participants are stress and strain of war reflecting upon any formation might be corrected. He explained, in reply to questions, that his resolution does not contemplate the diplomatic history of the war and 5o does not call for the papers that passed through the State Department and the office of the President. It con- cerns only the military and naval activi- ties. The resulting compilation must be approved by the Secretaries of War and the Na Representative Wainwright of New York, who was assistant Secretary of War during the war, called attention that the British are preparing a monu- mental narrative history of the British effort in the war which will run to about 20 volumes, and syggested that “besides 4 mere collection ‘of dry bones in this way"” Congress should authorize “the formationt of a real narrative of the war.” He said that the French are also doing a work of this kind. Mr. Wainwright described the story of the British mmtary operations. in the World War as “one of the most ab- sorbing and interesting war publlcatlnfls that has ever been gotten out,” and that the United States should do something of the same sort. Representative Andrew summariged his purpose as one to “collect the facts find not anybody's interpretation of hem.” Opinion of Gen. Summerall. Gen. Summerall testified that the publication of the World War records is desirable because: (1) There exists a general demand throughout the country for them. If published as contemplated by the An- drew resolution they would naturally be placed in the libraries and schools and thus afford the general public ac- cess to them, (2) There is alse a for these records for purposes fiary and naval stidy and ’lm)lma (3) These important lf‘(‘Dl’d‘ “should be_ placed ublished form before SPECIAL MON. TUES. Open from 8 AM. to 8 P.M. FAR OR NEAR GLASSES . 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Gen, Summerall sald that eventual- l\ such action must be taken because “it is essential for the national morale and for the education of our people of this and future generations that they should know about the greatest effort that the country has made up to this period. “It is essential that the military projects in the interests of national defense be studied in the light of the experience and lessons taught by these campaigns-as well as those of former wars. “It is also evident that unless some- thing is done to transcribe these rec- ords in suitable form for preservation they will become disseminated, injured, or mutilated and destroyed so they will not become available for future study.” Insists on Preservation. Maj. Gen. Connor said that the his- torical section must have all of the re ords, some of which already in Wash- ington are now boxed up and not avail- able, and many are stored outside of the Capital City. He advised that there must. be an “official statement of the wishes of Congress” regarding these records at an early date, and that the Andrew ‘This apartment and has one shelf. Polar pound capacity, movable shelves; finish, hardwood case, King Top-Icer, enamel lining. $1875 1110 G EST. 1879 COATS, DRESSES, HATS, FURS, | | | | | Ya HOSIERY, (,LO\’PS. LINGERIE | E 1 ‘l | | i Leonard Polar King— Porcelain Lined—50Lb. White porcelain-lined Leonard King Refrigerator, 50- with three re- golden D. C, MARCH 10, 1929—PART 1. resolution gives the War and Navy De- partments authority to requisition rec- ords not now in their possession. “In other words,” he said, “it directs that an orderly, proper system be es- tablished, based upon which the records will later be published, and it would avoid a repetition of the history of the ‘Official Records of the Rebellion,’ wherein 79 volumes were published over a period of 25 years, and which were thereafter found to be worthless. 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