Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1929, Page 16

16 )] LV IENTD v STAR, P! 224 FLYING STUDENTS ASSIGNED TO FIELDS “Raw Recruits” Will Get Aviation| Training and Government Air Posts. By the Assoclated Press. From churches, stores and shops_in all parts of the country a small but | victorious army will come July 1 to try | for its “wings.” Assignment of 224 aviation students to the eight-month eourse of training in the primary flying schools at Brooks Fleld, Tex. and March Field, Calif, was announiced today by the War De- partment. Aside from those who are now Army officers, National Guardsmen or members of Reserve Officers’ train- ing corps units, those assigned will be “raw recruits.” Only the rank of flying cadet goes with the assignment, but successful students are assured of commissions in the Army Air Corps Reserve. Selection of the non-Army appointees was made from a list of 615 qualified candidates, but the appointments were held to the present number because of the limited.training facilitics at the two schools. Massachusetts has the highest num- ber of siceessful candidates with 19, | | followed by Iilinols with 17 and Cali- | fornia with 16. Champaign, Il leads the cities in number of appointments with 6, followed by the District of Co- lumbia’ with 5. . Bishop Officiates at Ordination. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop |of Washington, ordained C. Harold Douglas and Louis H. Webster as dea- cons of the Episcopal Church at special of the Epiphany, yesterday morning. | | Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon of the | Washington Cathedral, delivered the ordination sermon. | WICKERSHAM ARRIVES TO HEAD LAW SURVEYI Chairman of Hoover's Enforce-| ment Committee Ts Presidents Guest at White House. By the Assoclated rress. George W. Wickersham of New York City arrived in Washington yesterday to take up his duties as chairman of | quiry committee and is a house guest | at_the White House. | The committee i5 to gather at the Executive Mansion for Juncheon tomor- | row and shortly afterward is to hold | its first meeting in the cabinet room at_the executive offices. Mr. Wickersham was one of a num- ber of guests at an informal supper last night at the White House. The others were Representative and Mrs. Ramseyer of Iowa, Representative and Mrs. Hoch of Kansas, Col. and Mrs. U. 8. Grant, 3d; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pratt of New York City, Miss Alida Henriquez of Washington and Mrs. Robert Armstrong, Washington cor- respondent of the Los Angeles Times. | ordination services, held at the Church | President Hoover's law enforcement in-| Gasoline “Cracked” From Fish Oil. Dr. Gustav Egloff, member of an oil research laboratory staff in Chicago, re- ports that the cracking process can reduce inedible fish oils to gasoline. 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