Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1929, Page 19

0 OF ARNORY PROPOSALS MADE Use of Two Existing Build- ings or $500,000 for New One Urged. Comparing housing and training fa- cilities of the local National Guard with those of Guards of- other cities, and in | view of the tearing down of the Gov- ernment Hotel Building, which has been the quarters of the Guard in the past. Gen. Anton Stephan, commander of the District of Columbia Guard, last night, asked the co-operation and aid of the Burroughs Citizens' Association in helping secure a permanent armory for the District Natlonal Guard. Gen. Stephan named the Pension Office, the Auditorium and an appeal to Congress for $500,000 for a new building as three Jogical solutions of the housing problem. All new military regulations for the National Guard of the United States, forthcoming from the War Depart- ment, are first tried on the District National Guard, and in order to study and carry out these regulations in the proper way, it is only fitting that a permanent armory should be provided, stressed Gen. Stephan. Pension Office Discussed. ‘The Pension Office, with far too much waste space for an office building, could | be made into a first-class armory, and, if necessary, could serve as a council | ground for the Regular Army and the | Reserve Army, as well as being utilized as a community center, said Gen. Stephan. The Pension Office is out of line with the new Federal building pro- gram, whereas, it would be directly in line with the expansion of the National Guard, he added. An overture was made to the Office of Public Buildings on | this project, said Gen. Stephan, but it was implied that the Government has too much need of all available space at the present. The Auditorium, while not such_an ideal prospect as tae Pension Office, would, with some reeonstruction, make a good armory, he said. It could also serve the Regular Army and the Re- serve Army, and be used as a com- munity center. An appeal to Congress for $500,000 to construct a new armory on Federal ground, the sum to be paid in yearly installments of $100.000 for five years, | was the general’s third proposition. A | new building would enable the Guard to carry on the work required by the War Department and to live and ex- pand in the manner most desired. Use of Maryland Facilities. In closing, Gen. Stephan said the District Guardsmen were forced to use the Maryland National Guard's equip- ment and training facilities to get the | necessary training required. Such ac- | tion is not only a great inconvenience to both Guards, but is inadequate and retards_expansion. Col. John W. Oehmann, inspector of | buildings and active in National Guard | circles, ‘also spoke. The band of the | 121st Engineers of the National Guard | gave a concert prior to the speeches. The association adopted a resolution appointing a committee to investigate and prepare a resolution affecting an appropriation for a new armory. Twenty-six applications for member- chip were received and approved b= the association, which met in Burroughs School. FINED FOR S—fRIKING MUTE Electrician Says He Lost Temper When Boy Dislodged Plank. Charles Guther, electrician, of the 1300 block of Emerson street, was fined | $10 in the Police Court yesterday on a charge of assaulting a 10-year-old | mute, after witnesses testified the boy had been struck ss the back with several strands of wire. Guther said he had repeatedly warned the boy, Ber- nard Davidson, not to interfere with his work on a construction job at 2815 Thirty-ninth street. He said he lost | his_temper when the boy climbed to & scaffold and knocked a plank down on his head. The defendant denied, how- ever, that he knew the boy was a mute. An aunt with whom the boy lives at 2814 Thirty-ninth street, Miss Annle O'Nell, testified in his behalf. RITES FOR MAJ. WOODS. | Planes Dip in Salute at Burial ol; Airways President. | TOUISA, Ky., September 11 (#).—The | funeral of Maj. John Woods, president | of Northern Airways, Inc., Monday was held in this little Eastern Kentucky town, his old home. After the body had been lowered into a grave three planes dipped in salute over the burial place. Maj. Woods, one of the country's prominent airmen, was killed in an air- plane crash at Needles, Calif,, last week. 26-Foot Shark Tears Net to Shreds Before Cannon Ends Battle By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September 11.—The story of how a shark, 26 feet long and weighing 3 tons, was killed off the California coast, was told hLeve by the crews of two fishing smacks who en- gaged In a six-hour battle with the huge fish. They killed it with a shot from a small cannon. ‘Tangled in the net strung be- tween the two boats, the shark waged a terrific fight for free- dom, the fishermen said, and when finally hauled close enough to be shot, it had torn the net to shreds. It was placed on exhibition in the custom house district. Numerous Chinese were at- tracted to the district yesterday by the opportunity of obtaining a supply of shark fins, which when dried constitute one of the chofcest of Chinese delicacies. At 20 cents per pound, the supply was exhausted quickly. AIRPORT CONFERENCE INVITATIONS SENT OUT Plans for 2-Day Session Here Oc- tober 24-25 Approved by Committee. Invitations to 10,000 American city officlals, members of the Aeronautical | Chamber of Commerce and road build- ing and paving engineers to attend a municipal airport conference to be held here October 24 and 25 have been sent out by the American Road Bullders’ As- soclation. Plans for the program of the two days’ meeting, submitted by Maj. Don- ald A. Davison, Assistant District Engi- neer Commissioner, were approved to- day at a meeting of & joint committee of the road builders and the Aeronau- tical Chamber of Commerce held in the National Press Building. Col. Harry H. Blee, chief of the air- ports section of the aeronautics branch, Department of Commerce, will preside at three business sessions of the confer- ence. It is expected that action will be taken at one of these sessions in con- nection with the campaign for estab- lishment of a model airport for the National Capital. o RAILWAY LOWERS FARE. Chesapeake Beach Line Announces Winter Excursion Rate, A voluntary reduction in fare on the Chesapeake Beach Railway, effective next Monday, has been approved by the Maryland Public Service Commis- sion. ‘The one-day round trip Winter ex- cursion rate, which becomes effective then and which heretofore has been $1.25, will in the future be $1. 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