Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1929, Page 4

4 * — LINDY SEESNEED OF 20.C. AIRPORTS Landing Field Mile Square Near City Cited as Imme- diate Necessity. ‘Washington will require two flying flelds before many vears, in the opinion of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, expressed | before the joint congressional airport | commission, vesterday afternoon. | Appearing in response to an imvi- | tation to give his views to the com- | mission, Col. Lindbergh summed up the immediate air needs of the Capital as an airport one mile square, close to the city, with modern lighting de- vices, a passenger station and restau- rant and hotel accommodations. When Senator Bingham, Repub- lcan of Conecticut, chairman of the commission, asked the colonel if there would be any disadvantage in having two fields, one on the river front close | to the center of the city, and the other on higher ground on the outskirts, the | fiyer replied: “I would say Washington would re- quire both flelds before many years. Nearly all cities are figuring on more than one.” Enthusiastic on Subject. While members of the Senate and | House listened attentively to his every | word, Col. Lindbergh plunged into the subject with an enthusiasm which re- | vealed his keen knowledge of all phases | of aviation and the problem of how best to provide for its rapid development. He answered every question carefully | and yet without a trace of hesitation. | “One of the most important consid- | erations is its distance from the city,” he said, referring to location of the airport. “If it requires an hour or more to reach the city after landing, that takes away to a large extent any ad- vantagé gained by flying' say from New York to the Capital.” H “Would 20 minutes distance from the | Capital be reasonable?” asked Chair- | an Bingham. m'l'he w‘lonel said that would be rea- | sonable, adding that the shorter the distance the better. , Lindbergh said that, maturally, 1t shguld be the aim to locate the air- port Where there is as little fog as fe;, On the other hand, he pre- dicted there undoubtedly will be more than one airport, and that planes could Jand at one when the other is fog- bound. Distance of Prime Importance. “QOther things being fairly equal,” he eontinued, “I would say that the gues- tion of distance from the city would be of prime importanoe.” Questioned regarding his recommend- ation for a field a mile square, the colonel said it is a?un&ll :}eh;::n' landing place for the - l&o’x‘:’o( modern transport planes, adding that “Washington. o\‘nh‘thwx:: 8 fleld com] ble to any in the % In"t.ms same connection, he declared there are no airports in the United Stateg today to compare with the larger fldd.\!l‘l!‘ )lk:m Prance. - Bot 3 An:?vr i query by Representative Zihiman of Maryland, Lindbergh sald he had not rienced much fog in coming mtomc Field, adding that B L W “emdl a Gravelly Point, the site recommended by the Commis- , the colonel said he was not with the various locations sug- A asked him ~gevelopment of trans- ‘ passing through Washing- :Id hnmtgumht that for the the greater number of pas- planes landing here would be " plying between New York and . America. Within a few years, transport lines will be develop- “The Trained Pilot Question. “Pgssimists say we will not have S trained pilots to keep pace wfll:n the:development of air transportation,” Bingham remarked. “That will take care of itself.” lhe‘ colphel answeted with assurance. “Thou- sangs: of sl nt flyers now are in | traitiing. On other hand. there are not "‘mclem l:hc;lmu now to give ing to all who want it.” z Mflnx Representative Underhill | of achusetts &s to whether the ! rport should be separate from or tmbined with military aviation, the | said. there should be separate | fields. P i Gol. Lindbergh said that to operate ! air. ports successfully it wi fi to maintain the regularity of f'travel, and Lly): wtc(;d,mal:n he expected to see the » when planes canzland in weathér - tonditions in wl the field is not visible. of es being perfected for landing | in afcg. He said these methods would be'tried first in the air mail service and o ped to a high degree of safety be- 1 ing applied to transport service. Discusses Fog Element. tioned again about the element! of 20g, Col. Lindbergh said he would hegitate to place the field where there is @i excess of fog, but, on the other hand, a difference of a few days in the year in fog conditions would not com- for going far from the city. Senator Bingham asked if there is prospect of developing a feasible mhd of having planes go straight up. instead of requiring off. "w Lindbergh said there is no pros- peet at present of a commercial plane thiat will go straight up and down. The jpter functions satisfactorily for| tific studies, he said. but he pre-| difted a good many years would pass ‘el t principle is applied to com- 1 flying. Even if that develop- ment should come, he added, the large fields now being planned would be| néeded to take care of the increase in | fiying. | ‘When Senator Vanderberg asked | about the cost of operation of airports, the colonel replied that “we expect to| operate airports at a profit in future, but at present the industry is so young | we have no background of figures on costs. Senator Bingham asked if he thought long runways for | stunt flying. | “1 think acrobatics should be a part of the training of every pilot so that he ' be able to take a pl it #r | and by | A Building early this afternoon, dle- | | going to be student aviators should be trained in ||| EXCURSION DANVILLE, VA.—Round Trip.....$5.00 LYNCHBURG, VA.—Round CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. —Round Trip, $3.00 ORANGE, VA.—Round Trip.......$2.50 CULPEPER, VA.—Round Trip.....$2.00 Saturday, May 4th, 1929 SPECIAL TRAIN—Leave Washington (Union Station) 5:30 P.M. Tickets Good Returning Sunday, May 5th, 1929 Visit the beautiful Piedmont Section of Vin A Bl ., or Union Staion THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, WEDNESDAY. MAY Participants in the hearing here yesterday, which was marked by the appearance of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Seated, left to right: Senator Vandenburg of Michigan, Col. Lindbergh, Chairman Bingham, Representative Zihlman of Maryland and Representative Nelson of Maine. Standing: Representative Wright of Georgia, Representative Underhill of Massachusetts, Senator Jones of Washing- ton and Senator Black of Alabama. STUDY AIRPORT OF CAPITAL NEEDS IINOR FARM BILLS ARE GIVEN SETBACK [House Leaders Defer Action | | Until After Tariff Meas- [ ure Is Passed. By the Associated Press. | Chairman Heugen of the House Agri- | culture committce announced today that consideration of additional farm legis- lation by the House would be deferred until after the tariff bill had been passed The committee previously had planned to call up severz] additional farm bills today. The decision was reached after word had reached House leaders from the Senate that the passage of additional legislation by the House would compli- cate the situation on the other end of the Capitol. Four Bills Favored. The four bills the House committee cxpected to seek action on were a meas- 1S, GARDEN CLUB JEWELERS T0 HOLD COUNCIL IS FORMED Organization Plans to Co- ordinate Work Through- out Nation. ‘The organization of a “National Coun- cil of State Garden Club Federations” was effected with the election of council | officers, and adoption of a constitution laws at a meeting in the Young ‘Women'’s Christian Association Building, Seventeenth and K streets, today. The organization was formed with a view to co-ordinating the work of the varjous garden clubs throughout the United States, with a total membership of approximately 40,000. Delegates from 19 State federations and from the National Capital Federation of Garden Clubs attended the meeting. Memberfi“ of the later federation were hosts to the delegates. Mrs. Arthur G. Cummer of the| Florida State Federation was elected council president. Miss Margaret C.| Lancaster, president of the National| Gapital Federation, was elected record- | ing secretary. Other officers elected | were: Hoover Indorses Work. Mrs. Thomas Motley, Massachusetts | Federation, first vice president; Mrs. T. R. Kellogg, New Jersey Federation, | second vice president: Mrs. Samuel A.| Brown, New York Federation, third vice { president; Judge E. L. Martin, Kan-| sas City, fourth vice president; Mrs. Frederick Fisher, Illinois, fifth vice | president; Mrs. Gerda Meigs, Florida, | corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Al- bert Fowler, Massachusetts, treasurer. | President and Mrs. Herbert Hoover | were elected honorary members of the | council. A letter from President Hoover | to Mrs. Ellen D. Wagner, editor of the American Home, indorsing the gen- eral work of garden clubs, was read at the meeting by Miss Lancaster, the | council recording secretary. It reads: “I am glad to encourage the work of the garden clubs that now exist in all parts of the country. They are useful allies of all the other forces making for better homes. The utility of beauty has no finer expression than appears in the social value of the home garden. It will be well to co-ordinate these local clubs into a national federation.’ Mrs. Paris Presides. ‘Mrs. John W. Paris, honorary presi- dent of the New York State Federation of Garden Clubs, presided at today's meeting. There are 13 garden clubs in the istrict of Columbia, with a member- ship of about 750 persons, comprising the National Capital Federation of Garden Clubs. li Following luncheon at the Y. W. C. | gates to the meeting visited the gar- dens of several members of the local rden clubs. This afternoon at 4:30 were to be the guests at tea of Mrs. Whitman Cross, East Kirke street end Brookville road, Chevy Chase. Md. An address on “Nareissus,” by B. Y. Morrison of the Department of Agri- cylture, in the auditorium of the In- situation he may find it in,” the colonel answered. | Aerial Traffic Regulations. ‘The fiyer told the commission it is | necessary to have strict | aerial traffic regulations around airports | to promote safety. | The ccmmission took Col. Lindbergh | and Assistant Secretary of Commerce MacCracken into executive session after the hearing, to get advice regarding technical phases of the layout for the local airport. ‘The commission is still awaiting fur- ther information from Government en- gineers and weather experts concerning various sites before reaching any de- | cisions. It is not definite at this time whether a report will be made at this session or in December. It has been in- dicated that the commission is giving some consideration to the advisability of not specifying a location in the enabling act. If this course should be followed, the site would be selected by | some commission after the funds are | appropriated. | While Col. Lindbergh was at the Capitol the Senate recessed for 10 min- | utes to accord the transatlantic flyer a reception. He was escorted to the Senate floor by Senator Bingham, where each mfmberd of the Upper Branch Concrete Delivered —in our TRANSIT MIXER TRUCKS—speeds up your work and saves you all your mixer troubles. A Beiter Conerete for Less Money Maloney Paving Co., In C. West 1330 8117 K St. N.w rip. . .$4.00 a during Time ure to change the definition of Oleo~ margarine under the act placing a tax upon butter substitutes; the Haugen bill to make various changes in the Federal warehouse act, the Mapes bill to estab- lish minimum standards for farm prod- ucts, and the Ketcham bill to provide for the assignment of Representatives of the Department of Agriculture to the foreign service. Having yesterday adopted the Norris amendment to the export debenture sec- tion of its farm relief bill, the Senate was in position today to proceed toward a vote on that disputed provision itself. The amendment, which changes the debenture section to provide for reduc- | tion of debenture rates whenever over- | produgtion is forecast in affected crops, toastmaster at the banquet: Commis- sioner Proctor L. Dougherty and Dr. | Hugh P. Baker, manager of the trade | association department of the United | States Chamber of Commerce. Registration is to begin at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Mayflower Ho- | tel. That evening the delegat I have arrived will visit the Congre | Libra | The first business meeting of the con- ntion will take place Monday morn- ‘in‘z at 10 o'clock, when the delegates BANQUET MONDAY Governors Ritchie @nd Buck | president of the Washington Retail and Representativ® Kelly |Jewelers’ Association. John D. Enright | of Philadelphia is to deliver an ad- ; | dress_on the “Evolutfon_of the Dia- | b o Will Speak. | sand” ane Wiliise ©, Prasier, presi- | Loy Socpted without recard vobe. K¢ R had thay support of members opposed to | dent of the American Retail J | the plak as a whole who, as Chairman Association will tell of his association. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Ma d,!| Commissioner Dougherty is to speak Gov, C. Douglass Buck of Delaware | 2t the luncheon at 12:30 o'clock at the and Representative Kelly of Pennsyl- | Mayflower, where all the sessions will nia are to be the principal speakers|be held. and guests of honor at the banquet! In the afternoon Bartley Monday night in the Mayflower Hotel, | Philadelphia will speak on scheduled by the Maryland-Delaware- | eler of Today and Tomorrow.” District of Columbia Jewelers' Associa- | subject of the address to be delivered tion, whose fifteenth annual convention | by Edward H. Hufnagel, president of will open here Sunday afternoon. he Horological Institute of America, is Included among the others who are|“A Look Into the Future of American to speak are Roe Fulkerson, editor of | Progress.” the Kiwanis Magazine, who will be| The convention banquet, which will e {be the feature of the convention, will terior Department, will feature a meet- | begin at 6:30 o'clock Monday evening. ing of the council tonight at 8:15| Dr, Baker will speak at the meeting o'clock. Tuesday morning, when the election of The council will hold another busi- | officers will also be held and a site se- ness meeting tomorrow morning, after |lected for the next convention. which it will have luncheon at the| Mrs. Arthur J. Sundlun has arranged Plerce Mill Tea House, in Rock Creek |a schedule of entertainment for the Park, and will conclude its two-day | women who come to Washington for the session here with an informal dinner in | sessions. It includes tours of the city t7he faoakmos Club tomorrow night at x;nd a dance Monday night at the May- o’cloc] owe McNary of the agriculture committee put it. see no objection to perfecting a leg'slative proposal, even though they intend to vote against it. Opposition Developed. At the same time the amendment was opposed by some proponents of the debenture plan, including Senator Carawa 'mocrat, of Arkansas, who were it would gain supporters for their stand, but insisted that it would de- prive the farmers of the full benefits proposed. Holding that his amendment would tend to discourage overproduction and thus lielp to overcome one of the prin- | cipal objections to farm relief legisla- ion, Senator Norris declared: “Any legislation to increase the prices of farm products will tend to increase production. No one denies that. It lis true of every protective tariff ever adopted. There may be more danger in this instance, and therefore I think AT FRANC'S—AT FRANC'S—AT FRANC’S FELECTRIC URN\ PERCOLATORS 11%2 INCHES 8 and 12 Cup ‘SPECIAL PURCHASE! This Percolator is substantially construct=d on a COPPER BASE heavily NICKELED; measures 16" high by 111," wide; EBONIZED handles as pictured both 8-cup and 12-cup sizes; and with a heating elemznt that is absolutely the finest made and GUARANTEED by the maker, one of the oldest ot swayed by the argument that i { and largest factories in America! Complete with cord and plug! LIMITED QUANTITIES ONE TO A CUSTOMER y Ticket Office. Southern Rallway 1, 19%9. robably had conveyed the ememl nch feeling to Gustav Stresemann, | German foreign minister, who, in_turn, | ADVISE GERMANY T0 AGREE ON DEBT French Press Warns There| Will Be No Later Parley to Patch Up Affairs. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 1.—The French press {o- day carried pointed advice of a semi- | Proposed text of the committee’s re- | captains, several prominent politicians, official nature to Germany to reach a| reparations settlement agreement with | the creditor nations at the present con- ference of experts. The papers warned | that there would be no political confer- ence later to patch up affairs if the| committee of experts was forced to re- port failure. had talked the matter over with Dr Schacht, while the latter was In Berlin. For this reason Dr. Schacht’s return to Paris is looked upon as having un- usual significance. ~ He certainly will bring with him the last word from Ber- lin and will reach the point where ne must say either “Yes” or “No,’ 'irre vocably. Meanwhile the work of preparing the has been forging ahead. KRevised parts of additional chapters were completed today and subject to examination at the afternoon meeting of the drafting suno- committee. The various national delegations met noon to continue their study of the ports to the governments. SECRET SESSION GOES ON. Ofcials Insist Reichsbank Meeting Holds No Special Significance. BERLIN, May 1 (#).—May day at- tracted more attention in Germany to- ' committee’s report to the governments | SLOT MACHINE PROBE INVOLVES 28 Six Police Captains Reported Named in True Bills—Sen- sations Hinted. at their respective headquarters before By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 1.—With six police and others—28 in all—reported named in true bills by the Cook County grand jury, State’s Attorney John A. Swanson and his aides today hinted at further sensational disclosures con- cerning & syndicate which is said to have netted $25,000 daily through the operation of slot machines. The true bills were expected to be day than did the secret session of the | returned today in the form of a con- The Dawes pian, which the German | Reichsbank directorate, presided over | Spiracy indictment. delegation has insisted is becoming in- supportable, was held forth by the papers as the only alternative to an agreement by the committee. The semi-official Temps was most emphatic of all and sources close to the govern- ment made it understood that this was France’s firmly resolved policy. It was learned elsewhere there is a disposition to take the same view among other allied reparations delegations and that Dr. Schacht would be faced with strong pressure for an immediate set- tlement when he returns to Paris to- mOrTow, ‘There was bellef in some quarters that Foreign Minister Aristide Briand we should be w overproduction. ‘The possibility of other important amendments being offered was suggest- ed by the announcement of Chairman McNary that he would discuss such proposals with a group of dairy asso- clation representatives, The National Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federa- tion, it was recalled, made public a vig- orous protest last week against provi- sions in the bill “that require co-oper- ative marketing associations to own, control and manage” the proposed sta- bilization corporations. Nevertheless, Senate leaders still hoped to bring the debenture section to a vote without delay and to pass the bill itself before the week end adjournment. After that they expect the task of adjusting differences between the Senate and House to occupy several weeks before ing to put a penalty on | by Dr. Hjalmar Schacht. Beginning yesterday, the directorate’s sessions continued into today, with both government and bank officials insistent They said its tions crisis at Paris. Arrival of S. Parker Gilbert, agent general for reparations, set Dr. Schacht's presence here at the same of the agent general necessarily must have an important bearing on the pres- | ent situation. Firmness on Bourse. That no untoward development was feared was shown by firmness on the Bourse and return to tranquillity on the | money market, which was little affected | by falures of small firms caught in the | recent flurry. There was considerable feeling among German bankers that stabilization of the German economic situation and an eventual reparations agreement to re- piace the Dawes plan is of the greatest importance to the United States, since American investments in Germany have an estimated total of as high as | $18,000,000,000. The safety and pro- ductivities of these investments obvi- ously would depend entirely on German | stability. Friends of Dr. Schacht said that he, in conversation with them, seemed re- signed to failure of the Paris confer- ence, and looked forward to a second and more fruitful conference, either of a measure is ready to be sent to Presi- dent Hoover. experts or of a diplomatic nature, at some date in the future. [ Among those reported named by the grand jury were: Police Capt. Patrick J. Collins, brother of the late Michael Collins, minister of defense and finance of the Irish Free State, who was assassinated; it had no extraordinary significance.| Dennis Malloy, once discharged from e even had been set|the Police Department, but reinstated; far in advance of the present repara-| Richard Gill, Michael Tobin, Hugh Mc-~ Carthy and Michael Delaney. Dr. William H. Reid, former city Berlin | smoke inspector and prominent South tongues wagging, some professing to | sec ‘mare connettion between his and | poac oL tiCiAn, whose ome was bombed Frank J. Beran, custodian of the Po- time. It was pointed out that the views | jjce Department. Sergt. Robert Sullivan. Edward “Spike” O'Donnell, reputed | beer runner, racketeer and gangster. | I Arthur E. Dyer, committeeman. Willlam Bogenhagen, Republican ward committeeman, and secretary to William Balmer, commissioner of pub- lic_service. The slot machine crusade grew out of an investigation into the death of Mrs. Selma Burnham, wealthy widow of the head of the Burnham Vending Machine Co. The company's records were search- ed for possible clues to her death. They furnished none, but did give the au- thorities an inkling of the vast opera- tions of the slot machine syndicate. A special squad of detectives was se- lected by Swanson to assist him in the investigation. Four men arrested early yesterday furnished information which is said to have resulted in disclosures involving the police officials, politicians and oth- ers. Republican ward - Time waits for no man—unless he is carrying the ticket for his watch. CHICKERING ARTHUR JORDAN PIANO CO. CARON & NN To each corper of the room the SHERATON MODEL sends a message of beauty From every side, from every point of view, the Sheraton Baby Grand seems slender and graceful and charming. In all the time since Jonas Chickering revolutionized the pianoforte over 100 years ago, we believe there has never been so handsome a piano. Of course this dainty grand was not made by Sheraton. But neither were the exquisite chairs and tables which bear his name, and which today command fabulous prices. Author, bookseller, scholar, Sheraton created furni- ture designs; he left it to others to make the furniture itself. And so this new model Chickering, made in the same way—from designs based upon sketches by Sheraton—marks a decided step ahead in piano beauty. That its tone is rich and mellow and sonorous will be readily understood by anyone who has ever heard or played a Chick- ering. If you are interested in making your living room a more pleasant place in which to linger, come today and see the Sheraton Model Chickering. $1275. Other models from $650 up. All prices subject to a nominal charge for transportation. only $12 7'50 down Two yearsto pay the balance. Your old piano, no matter what its make, taken in exchange and a generous allowance made. With the Ampico, the only instrument that exactly repro- duces upon the piano itself the playing of concert artists, the Sheraton Model Chickering is $2175. Other new models include the Colonial and Florentine. 1239 G St., Cor. of 13th Here you will find America’s foremost pianos —at prices to fit every income — in, models to suit every home. CHICKERING MARSHALL & WENDELL et ¢ THE AMPICO