Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1929, Page 33

ALEXANDRIA TO GETj2£E MUNICIPAL AIRPORT Mount Vernon Airways Offers Field to City—Favorable Action Is Expected. Establishment of a municipal airport by Alexandria, Va, within the next week or 10 days virtually is assured, it was announced last night at an air- port dinner given by E. W. Robertson, president and general manager of Mount_Vernon Alruya. Inc., in the Hotel George Mason, Alexandria. Judge F. J. Duvall, who has been handllng the airport negotiations, said that the airways field, on the Washing- ton-Richmond hlxhwny 4 miles south of Alexandria, has been offered to the city_as a municipal port for a period of five years. Judge Duvall said he acceptance of the offer dévelopment as & muni ‘which e adel Tor cities of the sias Alenndrh Lieut, Walter Hinton, of the Aviation Institute of de- clared that the American city nnulrport ulolnlwhlhukhm The cl'.y which fails to establish san rt,” he said, “is going to lose a lot siness. . If you don’t have an air- pun you will be unable to share in the widespread aviation development ncw in rogress. Alexandria -especially should ave an airport, since it is a center of historical interest and will attract in- | creasingly great numbers of aerial visitors. “Alexandria is fortunate in having an airport site available so close to the city. Few of us can realize what avia- tion is coming to within the next few years. Our younger generation all will fly. The automobile has pushed the suburbs out around all our cities and the airplane eventually will put them out still further. We should prepare now for this.change.” Lieut. Hinton recalled his experiences as pilot of the NC-4, the first airplane to cross the Atlantic Ocean; as a pas- senger on a Navy balloon which was swept by storms to the shores of Hud- son Bay in a wilderness from which it took 31 days to escape; as pilot on the first flight from North America to and its | % E didn’t know that we were going to have this sale when the Anniversary opened. It wasn’t on the books. It wasn’t planned. But when the manufacturer of Sheldon Suits offered these to us at coneessions, because he was overstocked, we knew that here was a piece of good fortune had tendered the 110-acre fleld to the ity council and that the council now is | South, America, and s pliot during in conference with the State Highway Amazon River valley. Department, which has charge of State g ro-op;r‘l‘:k'a}r: ththbulsnhunm?-l:tle: ‘:VT regar e establishment of airports. Favorable action is expected within a RAD'CALS ARE SEIZED '"1": R V) piota iaw s\t ta dtigh St nder Irgini aw, e igh- vy Department is empowered to as- Japan Arrests 300 Principally ;l:;n munlclmiit;fies ln! zflding' Adn‘d i Students, as Communists, g airpor for use, Judge D vall said. In addition, the department| TOKIO, April 18 (#).—Although pub- has a special fund from which it may | lication of the news has been forbidden make advances to the municipalities to locally, it was learned today that an- a ecessary airpo o H e B ot ™| other Tound-up of ‘alleged Communists took place throughout Japan Tuesday Site Now in Use Daily. night. More than 300 persons, prin- The airport site is in daily use by | cipally students, were arrested. the airways concern and now has a | It was understood the action was due 140 by 80 foot hangar and other equip- | to information furnished by those ar- ment, Judge Duvall announced, Opera- |rested in the round-up last May and tions as a public airport can begin as ! was not due to a new intrigue. lo%n as the offer is ilccepu;}d het <ah; | S S5 . C. Burghoff, vice president and | o pany now operating the field, | S oty aeuld. guafantes. to | 1ODAC0O €rop 55 nearly 1,000,000 bage. keep the field in condition for flying | e ——— and would act as the agent for the municipality in operating the airport. | Operations now in progress at the. field | lncl;:‘de a flyu'n'(r school, [the sale and maintenance of aircraft, passenger | fights and inter-city aerial “taxi” ser- | Full of Roses vice. Wi The Bureau of Standards Flying el ] e Club. composed of aeronautical research employes of the Bureau of Standards, | is preparisg to begin flying training | er, today st %\e airport, 11; was announced | § TABBS this year. y ruce, president of the clul There are 11 bureau employes enrolled | | PLANTABBS are used -lnd recom- in the class at present, and others are ; § FriRCES .n"; ':-n : ": 3”';;"; expected to join. They will obtain their | § (THRES SEC ARY amateur garden “ground course” at the bureau from bu- | I reau experts in the various branches of | A $3.50 can will go further than aeronautics. Mr. Bruce explained the avi- { fertilizer for the same mon!y made to order for the 33rd Anniversary. There are blues, and tans, and greys and browns. There are patterns and plain weaves. There are worsteds, and cassimeres, and flannels. Sizes 34 to 50...for short men, stout men, tall men and for men of regular proportions. The Hecht Co. 2 TN T s o i " A : P Friday Morning at 9:15... the work of the motor test laboratory, "Y florists and seed dealers. 1f in which 35 commercial aviation en-| J yours cannot supply, postpaid from gines have been tested, only six of them | J Plant Products Co., Baltimore, Md. passing the rigid requirements neces- 4 s;r(v:o(or licensing by the Department | Pl FULT ON . of Commerce. lj Ia | Goodnow Urges Acceptance. ! a n a S P. C. Goodnow, president of the Alex- | (RO RE R ORI RN IR N sndria Chamber of Commerce, urged | 5 and you know the kmd of clothes we sell!” Pianos, too, $ have changed! If you own an old-fashioned piano you may be sure that people find it nearly as conspicuous, as mirth-provoking and . as awkward as clothing of the same vintage. Don’t let an . out-of-date instrument hint that you can’t keep up with the times, Trade in the old piano for a handsome J. & C. Fischer Baby Grand in the style of Duncan Phyfe. This dainty little instrument brings to your home all the delicate charm which marks the work of America’s greatest furniture designer. In men are going to feel like stay- HE ONLY SAD PART about this sale is that a lot of “—many with two pa irs of trousers” Queen Anne furniture, the characteristic motif of the chair ing away, because they will back is a vase; in Hepplewhite, a shield; Duncan Phyfe chose think we won’t be able to wait for his, the classic Greek Iyre. In the Duncan Phyfe Baby = |on them. We answer that Grand, this graceful Iyre motif has been used in the deskand | thought this way: again in the upright supports. The legs are chastely fluted. ; Only 5' 3", this little Baby Grand can be attractively placed even in a very small room. . Come today and see how clear is the grain of its rich brown mahogany; hear how sweet and mellow is its tone. $995, plus transportation. J. & C. FISCHER There will be a reinforced staff of well-trained salespeople. There will be an extra’staff of competent fitters. We are go- ing to do everything we can to take care of every man who comes here tomorrow. After all, we can’t have a salesman for every suit in this sale—we want to leave some room for the customers. Take our advice— | COME EARLY—and if you have to wait for a few minutes —don’t worry—IT WILL BE Direct_Elevator Service to the Men's WORTH IT! Clothing Dept. Second Floor, There will be no charge for alterations! HomER L.KitT Co.