Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1929, Page 90

1 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. APRIL 28 1920 PART 7. 2 iindbergh’s Trophies Fast OQutgrowing Quarters in St. Loui BY MARQUIS W. CHILDS | IVE centurles have been required | to make a saint of Joan of Arc, but in less than two years Col Charles A. Lindbergh has be- come a demigod. ‘The most tangible evidence of his | deification is the collection known as | the Lindbergh trophies, which now oc- | cupy an_entire wing of the Jefferson | Memorial Museum in St. Louis, and continue to increase at such a rate that | the question seriously arises as to how they can be taken care of when they shall have outgrown their present quar- ters. Lindbergh's marriage will un- doubtedly be the occasion for a new wave of tokens from every imaginable source, both official and private, and their sub:equent care will be one more roblem in the life of the greatest popu- ar hero of our day—a problem for which the history of heroes has no parallel ‘When it was first proposed to display | the trophies, Lindbergh expressed con- siderable reluctance. He could scarcely be brought to believe that there could be very much interest in them. ~He finally consented that they should be put on display for 10 days. During that time 80,000 persons came to see them. Queu extended for a half block or more; one day there were 15,000 in line. Lindbergh was convinced: and some- what embarrassed. In the first year | it is estimated that 1495.000 people viewed the exhibit and the figure at the | end of the second year will be well over | ) 2,000,000. There are almost always | queues, and the interest shown has been | compared, editorially, with the never | innumerable wonderingly, a little sadly, and remem- bers the personal letters he must write to the coal mincr's wife in West Vir- ginia and the Boy Scout in Sacra- mento, Calif. It is his request that nothing, however insignificant, be given away or destroyed. What 15 perhaps most significant | about these gifts is that a majority of the objects represent personal dona- tions from the donors to the fiyer. | This 1s apart, of course, from those | of an official character. There are hun dreds of these alone. There are thi or more gold keys to cities, ranging in size frer the large key to the city of London to the almost microscopic one from Wichita, Kans. There are decorations and medals from the United States and Europe. These include the gold Langley Medzl, the United States Congressional Medal, a half dozen medais of St Christopher, to be attached to the fiyer's planc; a Sigma Lambda fra- ternity pin, a gold star and religious medal from the chief of police of Chicago, the gold and silver medal for distinguished service of the American Legion, & gold pin from the Island of Malta, & silver pin from Winnipeg, Canada; a gold medal from Atlanli City, a gold medal from the citizens of San Francisco, a gold locket con- taining photographs of Lindbergh'’s | father and mother, presented by the town of Little Falls, Minn.: a medal from the Chicago G. A. R. a gold | medal from the Automobile Club of Munchen. e 'HERE are hundreds of testimonials, | addresses of wclcome, resolutions, | failing attraction exerted by Napoleon's | certificates of membership, college de- | tomb. The visitors' book contains | grees. scrolls and documents zccom. names from all over the world. | panying the decorations. ~ One an- | b nounces the installation of the Lind- | LMOST every city of size in the | bergh Beacon et Los Angeles, another | United States and a large number | the naming of a Lindbergh street in | of national societies. ciubs and conven- | Port au Prince. There are decorations tions have requested a loan of the ex-| from almost every Latin American and hibit. Lindbergh has denied these re- | European government. quests. Aside from the fact that the| Engraved gold cards give Lindbergh exhibitions would set off a whole new | life membership in the Druids of | series of press reports, he is said to op- | America, the Penn Athletic Club of | pose transportation of the trophies be- | Philadelphia; the Commodore Athletic cause of the risk involved. While in- [ Club of New York, the Aero Club of surance could be obtained to cover their | Oregon. and many similar organiza- | actual value, they are irreplaceable. tions. He also was given a life pass on The tons of mail and the card index | all Canadian railroads engraved on a file of commercial offers concern him | gold card, a life pass to all Shubert scarcely at all. But for the tributes, | theaters engraved on a gold card | particularly those of a personal nature, | studded with diamonds, a gold card to | he has a profound sense of responsi- | the Hotel Lindbergh in Bogota, Colom- | bility. When he is shown the newest | bia, a gold pass to all base ball games | additions, he shakes his head a little | in 220 leading cities of the country. | | MEDALS AND TROPHIES IN LINDBERGH'S COLLECTION, | was accompanied by the following letter: From All Over the World They Have Come, Official Tributes and Personal Donations, as Gifts to America’s Greatest Hero. This Unique Collection Includes Everything from Golden Airplanes to Home-knit Socks. THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CROSS OF THE LE- GION OF HONOR PRESENTED BY FRANCE, AMONG LIND- Bl AWARDS. | The citizens of Reading, Pa., present- ed Lindbergh with a huge silver cup: | the citizens of Sacramento, Calif., with | a watch fob of native California gold: | the citizens of Springfield, Ill, with a | watch: the citizens of Johnstown, Pa,, with a gold fountain pen set with dia- monds; the city of Bostcn with a copy | of the “Appeal to the Great Spirit” of C. E. Dellin; the citizens of Seattle, | Wash., with a gold ring set with an | amethyst; the citizens of Moline, Rock | Island and Davenport with a silver | ring; the American residents of Mexico | City with a silver platter; the citizens of Fort Worth, Tex., with a large oil | painting of his mother; the Army of Guatemala with a silver inkstand; the American colony in Costa Rica with a | five-piece tortolse shell desk set; the borough of Brooklyn with a silver plat- ter; the city of Providence, R. I, W a chest of 197 pleces of sterling silver; | the citizens of Fargo, N. Dak., with gold engraved cuff links. These lists are not complete; they represent random no- tations. In that section of the collection given | over to personal tributes the dominant | impression is that of the intimate rela- | tionship existing between the hero and donor—existing on the part of the lat- ter at least. It is apparent, too, that many of the gifts represent the sacrifice of a highly valued possession. 1t would seem as though a number of people had | singled out the most exquisite and rare thing they owned and had forwarded it to Lindbergh. From a Dr. Procousky of Teheran, Persia, came a superb illu- minated manuscript of the “Saado” and a Persian manuscript of the Koran dat- ing from 928 A.D. A beautiful piece of handmade filet e showing the hero’s plane worked out with considerable skill * 5 ¥ ¥ “, L. CHARLES A. LINDBURG “Dear Sir, “Please except the inclosed Emblem of the Spirit of St. Louls as a token of | my best wishes for your continued suc- cess in Aviation. “Hand made by myself for you, “The Greatest Hero of all times, “Respt. yours, “Mrs. J. W. Garrett “Gallagher, “West Va. 1';.\ Coal Miner's Wife. February 20, An enormous twist of tobacco, weigh- ing perhaps 10 pounds and most care- fully shaped, was sent from Springfield, Tenn., with this letter: COL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH. From a drawing by Albert P. D'Andrea | “If you use tobacco and like it we | Spirit of St. Louis: a tapestry showing | have plenty let us know your wants, if | the hero's face surrounded by symbolic you do not use tobacco this is enough. | motifs, a large Parisian doil, 21 cro- “Charley should you get tired of citys, | cheted dools from Germany, a crocheted | | Masons of Costa Rico, a bead purse from a woman in Paris, a colored woven bag from a woman in San Salvador, a gold pin set with pearls from the Nor- | mal School of Pana medal from a wom: gold and blue enamel clock set with monds, presented by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America. Perhaps most astonishing of all are the likenesses, of which, in one form or another, thers are scveral hundred. | Besides the studies in low relief on plaques and medallions, th are nearly a hundred portraits in oil, waier color. pen and ink, charcoal, crayon, et cetera, many etchings and lithographs and innumerable busts. If these varied works share anything in common it is an idealized vacuity of expression. An | interesting example depicts Lindbsrgh D au naturel except for a festoon of thin- nish clouds about the middle, winging his way through space with outstretched | arms. One painting bears this inscription “The artist thanks Col. Lindbergh for | having given her the inspiration which made her an artist. She scn m | this, her first work. as evidence.” A | caricature is inscribed as follows: “Julio | C. Chocano, Peruvian cartoonist, has a | great pleasure in offering this little | work to the renowned Col. Charles. A | Lindbergh, the bravest man in the | world.” = A majority of the painters | have preferred to represent the fiyer | as & triumphant Icarus. | * ok ok K THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL |V)/TTH the facilities and space at her OF HONOR AND THE UNITED disposal, the very able archivist and 'STATES VETERANS OF FOR. | curator of the Missouri Historical So- EIGN WARS MEDAL. PART OF LINDBERGH'S COLLECTION, | whatsoever. There are a half a dozen | diamond stickpins, of which one is an airplane cut from a single diamond. | There are at least 15 watches: one of these, from Cartler's, has a chain and pencil attached and was pressed into Lindbergh's hands on the streets of Paris “by a mother.” There are a num- | | ber of crucifixes, varying all the way | | from those of exquisite chased silver to | those of celuloid; there are several rosaries. | The Sisters of Notre Dame at San Juan, Porto Rico, presented him with | an exquisite piece of calado lace which | | they had made themselves. There are numerous gifts from Masonic orders | | throughout the world—gavels and lodge | paraphernalia of one sort and another. | The Harmonic Lodge, No. 356, of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, presented the ! fyer with a silver trowel, fittingly in- | scribed. William Randolph Hearst sent | | Lindbergh two large eighteenth century | globes, one celestial and one terrestial: | they are of silver and bear a Hanover | ele y, Mrs. Nettie H. Boauregard, has made a remarkable exhibit of all thi As would be expected from the vo diversity of the trophies, however, there are some siriking incongruities. Near a large replica of the Spirit of St. Louis, done in rhinestones, is a plaque from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Cuba, which is inscribed: “Success and glory are trophies of pure living and abstinence from alcohol.” Not far from the massive gold toilet sorvice presented by the company that supplied the spark plugs for the plane, is a pressed flower described by the donor as “The first rose on the bush for Charley.” In the same case with a wooden picture frame made by prison- ers during the Mexican War, which en- hallmark—the only pair known to exist. There are numerous relics of historic | value; a part of the propeller of | Bleriot'’s cross-Channel plane; a nail| from Independence Hal a plece of | want to rest, would just like to have wool dog, 2n Angora sweater, kniited you spend a week with me in my own | slippers, two pairs of embroidered cov- | home, not many thrills, could show you | eralls, a quilt containing 6,907 pieces a few wild-cat STILLS but weuld not from an Alabama admirer, a hand- help you raid them. quilt, a hand-painted flour sack and “Good luck Charly, good bye. three clothespins. T am your very respct. From Santa Fe, N. Mex,, came a gift “Tony Dowlen. | of a silver eagle engraved with symbols “P. S. Charly should you come bring ' and set with turquoises, with this dedi- JIM REED with you.” cation lpP(‘hd(‘d. This letter came from a village in| “To Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, Amer- | Oregon, with the photograph described | fca’s intrepid cagle of the Atlantic. Pre- carefully pasted in one corner: | sented by Chester H. Smith. “Having in my possession a picture of | “Tke Eagle, or Thunderer, the Pueblo | Wilbur Wright when 2 years old, I am | Indians’ Messenger of Good Will be- sending it to you; thought you might | tween Man and God. prize it more than I. In doing this have | *The Snake and Arrow, the Pueblo no designs on you, as I am 73 years old, | believes, will ward evil spirits from the but having sons of my own I have read | Paleface flying man. with real interest of your different tours | “The turquoise symbolizes the cerulean and also been to the movies to see the | skies traversed by Col. Lindbergh in his pictures. But I do admire your mod- | flights across New Mexico, first eagerly esty in all the places you have been, and | speeding to the great adventure; second, you never seem to be one bit ruffied or | patriotically to capitalize Fame for the puffed up over it. | advancement of American aviation. “Yours truly, “Sflver for the stainlezs purity of “May B. Shrock.” motive. * ok ok ok O “Col. Charles A. Lindberg, “8t. Louis, M. O. “You Flying Fool. “Chas do not know about your hab- its, but a fellow flying like you should chew Tobacco, sending you twist for your next HOP-OFF, this is very fine | tobacco, prepared especially for you, its | strong but good chewing Tobacco. | are pillow tops embroidered with like- | NE section of the exhibit is given up | <Ghester 1. Smith.” entirely to gifts, such as the wash| This note accompanied the gift which cloth made by a “lady over 80." There |it describes: “Colonel Lindbergh: Congratulations nesses of the fiyer. There are at least for your honorary degree and past two or three hand-knit silk red, white | achievements. We present you with and blue jackets, familiarly known es | these Karakul lamb mitts. God be with hug-me-tights. This division includes | you henceforth. Cornfalfa Farms, bedroom slippers done with frescoes Waukesha, Wis.” representing scenes from Lindebrgh's| There are a great many tributes life, a Wilton rug showing his plane, the | which come under no classification | “Craftsmanship by P. R. omnn.‘ dian. mahogany from Columbus’ family altar |In the cathedral in Santo Domingo, set | with three rare coins: a piece of pipe from the battleship Maine; a mahogany | paperweight set with iron from the | anchor of Columbus’ flagship, the Santa | Maria; an ancient gold Inca idol, con- | | tained in an inlaid wooden casket, pre- | sented to him at Panama. | A woman living in the Canal Zone, | Panama, sent the flyer a collection of | | semi-precious cut stones. There are a | | dozen or more walking sticks, including ' a carved cane from the Boy Scouts of | Arizona, and a hand-carved cane of | wood taken from Mark Twain's garden | at Hartford, Conn. | Ace Hudkins sent the fiyer a pair of gold leather boxing gloves. Charles L. | Godfrey of Corona, N. Y., sent him a | tennis racquet. One admirer in Texas | sent a red sombrero, another a multi- | colored serape. * ko K ‘ONE whole division of the collection is given up to Mexicon trophies. | This Includes the gorgeous silver and | | gold brocade capote worn by Matadore Jose Ortiz in the fight with the bull | | which was dedicated to Lindbergh in| the ring in Mexico and three decorated | banderillas. Another section contains gifts to Mrs. | Lindbergh. Among these are a silver | |bowl from the American residents of | Mexico City, & silver desk set from the | citizens of Rock Island, Davenport and | Moline, a gold bracelet presented by the SOME TRIBUTES TO S | closes & newspaper print of Lindbergh | with the caption, “Hero Wi Being Held Up as M: for Yo & large box of inlald woods bea: legend: “From the Agu to Col. Lindbergh every aspiration has its exr Of clothing there is a Obviously these gif! as museum times, when E Mrs. Beauregard has asked cail for them. Not oniv golf pa wear sented. Lindbergh has also been well « plisd with military b soap. hair t bath sa Resents and are other p. fiight al s connection there is hat to a certain degree ndbergh's attitude. M E accompanied him on a ion shortly after the exhibit was catae «ued and thro open to the pub! The fiyer paused before the case col taining his aviator's suit and other f ing equipment. At that time it also contained t woggles he had worn. “You know always liked that pair of goggle: said to the curator after a time. vonder if I could have them again." y were promptly removed from case and given to him As a svmbol. Lindbergh, bition of trophies aptly ngs to all people. lenging of He efr dream: In him thev see the perionification of an ideal. Hence they cemand that everv detail of his private life be known to them. This leaves him. of course, almost no privacy, a fact to which his friends say he will never become reconciied. Thew | declare that he would far rather fiy to | Paris again, and fly back, too. than to |live over again the ordeal that the last |two vears have meant to him: the ordeal implied by the Lindbergh collec tion of trophies. the ordeal of deifica- |tion into the figure of a colossal int | national hero, a figure to which he him- | self must all his life pay tribute. LINDBERGH'S GLORY. Children Create Tiny Farm as Part of Student-Teacher Work BY G. C. McKOWN. SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va., April 27. N the heart of Shepherdstovn is a “farm” unique throughout all| America, with only one other like ) it in the Nation, 50 far as is known. | A tiny farm for children, built and | operated by children, it has permanent | but tiny buildings. ' It is a one-acre | farm, ard the buildings are almost in scale, a beautiful stone residence of two stories, standing 10 feet high, and a frame barn with mansard roof in pro- portion. | t an experiment in education, has already achieved such suc that it is attracting national no- tice. Hereon children are taught how to live and how to work with astual| accomplishment the main text book and school books and blackboards a sec- ondary thing. ‘The little farm, with its perfect little buildings, lies on the Shepherd College campus in rear of the main building and adjoining the new gymnasium. ‘Through the “farm” rushes the turb lent little town run, made more turb lent and frothy by being damned to make an 18-inch waterfall. Over the run are two bridges, in keeping with the 10-foot house and the barn—one of the bridges. a rustic structure, for pleasure hours and art; the other a substantial, plain affair, to haul the “farm” produce over. Roads are in process of making now, and are built by the childr: The whole ng is exceedingly catchy and pleasing to the eye—the tiny, per- fect house of blue-gray native lime- stone, with doll size dormer windows upstairs, exactly proportioned doors and | woodwork. fire) nside which act ally burns, and ittle distance away a barn, equally solid and “cute.” t starte 1 idea of ected as chii udents attending pherd C H - Ruhr Garden Show. Germ beat not to pruning hooks,” visitors strange paradox of the huge 3 { Essen, the towering and s of the steel mills, e by si exhibit of deners this Summ is expected to surj Gern has ever soer From until October ihis great place before the ors a4 magnificent than 70,000 rose ! and thousands of dahlias of every known type and color will be in flower A huge, specially warmed pond will be prepared for the great water Vietoria Regia, the huge leaves of which are so mam alone can bear up the weight of & small child Pompefian and Japanese gardens long hedges of flowers of every sort s of vegetables raised in six and a model poultry farm all will be exhibited in this great | effort of the agriculturists of the Ruhr Valiey to lay claim to the recognition of ! the world. July | | Shepherdstown Experiment, Undertaken as Means of Keeping Classes Interested, Becomes Example of Educational Work to Whole Country—One Acre Occupied, With Small Buildings and Real Waterfall—College Assists. might have some “raw material” with | which to accomplish their training. | School attendance is not compulsory | in Summer months, even in college towns. The youngsters hated the inac- tion of school desks on summery days. Something had to be devised to make school so attractive to them that they would attend of their own free will And thereby a far-reaching experimen’ which has been highly successful had its beginning. * o (‘ASTING about in her mind for at- “ tractions for the little folk that are the raw material of a teacher training class, Miss Florence Shaw and Miss Edith Thompson, supervisors of observation and teaching at Shepherd. decided upon a small children’s garden as a likely method. There was an abandoned weed patch near the gym- nasium and they appiied to President W. H. S. White for a portion of it. “You can have it all,” said the presi- dent heartlly. “Glad to have it kept clean.’ This was a bigger garden than planned, but they started. With the bigger garden patch, bigger ideas came. It would be a farm, not a garden. The supervisors saw their chance to carry out some teaching ideas they bad long cherished. free from the ham- pering restrictions of the regular school year, They would try out what could be done in making children learn while they played. They would teach them arithmetic in seed-distances and marking of plots while they plant- ed; and history while they worked and geography; and English; as well as agriculture. They would make of this a composite, model farm of all the farms of the Shenandoah. As the plan grew ambitious, a lit building became necessary. In con- structing the buflding, the youngsters could figure the arithmetic of real build- ) formulae for concrete her things useful; they would write letters asking for in- formation, which would be English work of real value: they would get information as to what farming had one. and what was being done, in enandoch Valley, which would be history. Equipping the house would be home economics work of first-water. 1f the children could be made really terested the possibilities were unlimit- 1. A tiny building was planned, mere- ly a temporary shack 7 dred have to Again the instructors took their prob- | lems to President White y not build a real house.” he use it year after year? will help’ you out a little | n funds, possibly. Have it just big enough so the children can actually get inside and fix it up.” And again the instructors gasped he size to which their idea had n. But nossibilities were still more enticing. with larger size possible. They would take the Shenandoah Valley as the theme for all thelr at a hun- | HOUSE OF | work. They would have the children {take it to pieces, find out what was | making it go, and build a model of it on their one-acre “farm.” A dozen i children of fifth and sixth grades were found who promised to start on the | work. sters were enthusiastic Authorities have sald that farmers of the Shenandoah Valley have made the hest adjustment to their environ- ment, among the farmers in America, and for that reason they are the most prosperous farmers in the country. They would inquire into what ad- justments the farmers here have ac- itually made. What do they actually |do? And how? As disguised English work the children were put to writing letters hither and yon, to people they knew, for infor: fon. The jetters had to be properly “done.” They began to measure off the farm into fields, to figure this and that di- Within a few days the young- | OBSERVATION CLASS ON THE TINY FARM NEAR SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. VA. the farm operated. The jobs are end- less. The children are eager for them, and for the calculation of quantities, prices, colors, and so on, that goes with the work. They are having a taste of real life; with some philosophy and considerable pioneering thrown in. is a new way of instilling knowledge into young heads and training into young hands; something probably far | more effective than books, blackboards | and sand tables. | _The puplls of fifth and sixth grades, who were the “raw materfal” with which the teacher-students worked, | were: Mary Catherine Rouze, Elizabeth | Knode, Lawrence Burgan, Charles Owens, Billy Thatcher, jr., Jean Skis | ner, Louis Whittington, McKee Price, | Thaddeus Knode, Pershing Knode, Walter Whittington and Eileen Jones. A class of 19 young teachers, taking the Summer school demonstration course, supervised and assisted the youngsters. In the brass box which was formally placed in the corner stone of the little house lles written the sentence which sums up the spirit of the project: “In tory in which they may learn to work together joyfully, laying the founda- tions for” useful lives, we have built this little house as the unifying center of & minature farm." Started as a teacher-training mecha- nism, it has now gone beyond that It order that children may have a labora- | | 1t is now a workshop for the more im- | portant work of training the children themselves in actual life, as well as & teacher-training laboratory. Litters of Pigs. TO_ city folks, brought up on_the stories about “Three Little Pigs” |and the wolf that huffed and puffed, | & pig is just a fat little squealing baby | antil’ it is big enough for the smoke- { house, but, not so in Idaho. Out there, one raiser reports that at six months there was a litter of 14 pigs which had reached the total weight of 4,156 | pounds, neariy 300 pounds a pig. Quite a mouthful for the wolf. The ton litter, now the aim of all pig | raisers, is one in which the total weight | of the litter is 2,000 pounds or more at six_months. They used to be rare, but in 1928, | farmers in 30 States reported reaching the coveted mark. There were 492 of such litters. Virginia_produced two, | and in order not to quibble over a few | pounds, made them long-ton litters at | that. Pennsylvania led ail the States | with 65 such litters, and Ohlo was seccnd with 48. Pivelved Caitle. \CRA‘O COUNTY, Va., has the dis- | tinction of being one of the four | counties in the entire United States | that can brag that its cattle industry is on a pure-bred basis, at least so far as the herd bulls are concerned. The three others are all in Kentucky, being Union County, Russell County and Tay- | lor County. "A second Virginia county, | Gaston, is on a pure-bred basis so far | as_its dairy herds are concerned, but this goal has not been attained in beef raising. (Continued From Third Page.) equipment. A new Army radio central is now under construction in the Mu- |nmon.! Bullding, which will be of the mast modern type and patterned after the present Navy radio central in ! mension, to compute fencing orders ex- |actly. They started into planning the | materials for the house. The young- | sters figured dimensions. with the aid of | the teacher-students. They studied ce- | ment-making; staked off foundations; started digging excavations. The thing The youngsters took to to mix building materials; how to build; and how to work like beavers. They studled art and architecture, in deciding what shape their house and bam should take. They are to get actual experience in home economics in furnishing the home; and farm ex- perience in equipping the barn and |farm with machinery. | "This is the history of an experiment | in education which may have fal reaching results. Certainly the children worked and learned eagerly. President White is writing a brochure on it for | the Federal Department of Education. sters’ work. In the eager days of |It is known that one similar thing was ‘chfldhood‘ when a thing once learned | tried out some time ago in Nebraska, |is seldom forgciten, they learned what | but the Shepherd instructors were not | farmers did in this, their home valley; | able to find whether the Nebraska ex- what these farmers had found when | periment had been completed or what they first ts nature was exqotly. changes they had worked out. So the tiny stone residence stands, found cut how to measure thing: almost completed now, and the | was exeiting. | it intensely. | In order to make lasting what had |been authorized, two carpenters were | called in, from time to time, to super- |vise and do the exact work; and a | stane-mason kept the building of the | limestone walls in true shape. But | the building is nevertheless the young- Washington. Through the co-operation of the Navy Department, all the equip- ment for this set-up is being con- structed at the Navy Yard shops, where excellent workmanship is combined with engineering skill to make this radio central one of the best in the countr: Pvt. (first class) Wesley A. Baker, special first class 17th Signal Service Company, is the “master beaver” of the net and is a flend for work. Dur- ing the calendar year ending December 381, 1928, Pvt. Baker transmitted from station “WAR,” Washington, D. C., 782,459 words. He looks upon the duty as a radio operator in the War De- j partment net as play and gets much enjoyment out of performing this high- ly important duty with which the Sig- nal Corps is charged. His attitude ex- presses the attitude and ability of some 300 operators in the net and illustrates the “esprit de corps.” ‘The Ial]owini lustrate the frame barn across the run. The house has six rooms. On the ground floor & living room 6 by 9 feet, a dining room 5 by 5'2 feet and a kitchen 3 by 6 feet, with the ceiling 5)2 feet high. On the second floor the ceiling is 4!2 feet high and two bedrooms are con- tained there. The roof is of special asbestos shingles, made in scale with the building by the manufacturers and donated by them to the project. A | cement corporation donated the cement. | The children “rustled” the stones. béMu(‘h remains to be done. It will done by other puplls in other years. This Summer a group of 4-H'ers at Shepherdstown have been granted per- mission to carry on some of their ;D;o]ecu in the home and on the little Carpets are to be woven, chairs and furniture made, the woodwork painted, serves to {l- jovernment modern high-powered high (requmcy‘ ARMY RADIO SERVICE | radio net in national emergencies for | the protection of life and property The American Natlonal Red Cross. ‘National Headquarters, Washington, . C., September 25, 1928, “Capt. Stoner, Army Radio Communi- cation Service. Munitions Buliaing, ‘Washington, D. C.: “My Dear Capt. Stoner: At the ree quest of Mr. Fieser, our vice chairman, 1 am writing you this letter to express the sincere thanks of national head- quarters of the American Red Cross for the splendid and efficient service ren- | dered by you and your men during the early days of the Florida hurricane re- lief "work. The 24-hour-a-day service which you maintained and the kindly and courteous manner in which you handled ail of our requests were greatly appreciated. Sincerely yours, “COLIN HERRLE, “Assistant Director, Disaster Relief.” A new Army radio central is now under construction in the Munitions Bullding, which will be of the most modern type and patterned after the present Navy radio central in Washing- ton. Through the co-operation of the Navy Department all equipment for this set-up is being constructed at the Navy Yard shops, where excellent workman- ship is combi with engineering skill to m;l:gelhtenls radio central one of the