Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1930, Page 20

B—8 —— KT TOURMAMENT WL BEHELDHERE Model Aircraft League Spon- sors Meet, Scheduled to Open April 24. . . Kite fiying as an organized and com- petitive sport is to be introduced in the National Capital next month under the suspices of the District of Columbia Model Alreraft League, it was an- nounced last night. The sport will be fostered by the league following the' example in many parts of the country, chiefly California and Florida, where kite flying is becoming almost as uni- wversal as it always has been in China and Jaoan, it was stated by Miss Sibyl | Baker, director of the Community Cen- ter department. The kite tournament season will be ed Thursday, April 24, at Chevy Chase Field, between Wisconsin and 'estern avenues at the District line. contest will be open to boys and g:‘, men and women, without restric- | Three Objectives. ‘There are to be three main objec- tivés in the contest: Beauty of design workmanship and performance. Kite: of all kinds and sizes will be accepted ! but(in each case the fiyer must make | his own kite. Contestants will be divided into four main groups, as follows: Group 1, sub- Jjuniors, composed of entrants under 12 years of age on April 1, 1930. Group 2, juniors, eomposed of entrants more than 12 years of age and not yet 16 on Aprll 1. Group 3, senlors, entrants | 16 years old or more on April 1. Group 4, father and son, being any adult and sub-junfor working together. This also includes a sub-junior girl and her mother or her sisters or other ‘woman relatives. ‘Though there have been kite contests | held in the District during the past three seasons, Miss Baker pointed out, this is the first time such elaborate parations have been made. Rib- g;:u and sweater emblems will be awarded to entrants and winners, with & red ribbon for beauty of design, vel- Jow for good workmanship and blue for excelling in performance. Group 4 is Exception. Each contestant will be required to certify that he built the kite himself, except in group 4, which permits an adult to assist a sub-junior in building as well as flying his kite. There will be no limit to the num- ber or variety of kites which a con- testant may enter, except that no kite stick shall exceed 5 feet in length. The kites will be entered in four main cations: Kites with tails, tailless THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., MARCH 30, 1930—PART O CAPITAL MAN HELPS GUIDE SHIPS AMID ICEBERG PERILS McManus Has Been 31 Years in Hydrographic Office. Currents, Weather and Navi- gation Mastered by Hard Study. A Washingtonian, Augustine B.| McManus, living at 1405 Girard street, | is taking & prominent part in guiding | transatlantic vessels safely across the ocean, out of the path of icebergs, which have made their appearance some six weeks earlier this year, in| greater numbers than ordinarily and | more to the South. Mr. McMan an expert on ice conditions and ocean»t ography in general, has been attached to_the hydrographic office for 31 years. Instead of being able to hold to the more _northerly Lrumnlllagl\ch route TODAY. until April 1, as is usual, the shipping . lanes were shifted to the South Feb-| Free lecture, United Lodge of Theoso- ruary 15, on the advice of the hydro- | phists, Hill Building, Seventeenth and grapher of the Navy, Capt. C. S.(1 streets, 8: o “ Kempfl, who had sensed the abnormal | , & Dfl“h’,,” pm. Subject,” “Life ice conditions early in the year, on g the basis of reports that pour into the | Navy Department from farflung ve: sels of various nationalitics. Accor ingly, ‘the United States Coast Guard | Lecturer Rercy H. Skinner. cutters Modoc and Mojave began the ay N regular patrol February 27, alternating | Reception and banquet, South Da- this duty every two weeks. kota Saciety of Washington, Annapolis The Coast Guard maintains the In- | Hotel, 1:45 p.m. Celebration of fortieth ternational Ice Patrol. Daily reports | anniversary of Statehood. are received at the hydrographic office | from the Coast Guard cutters relating | , Red Triangle Club, Fairview to ice conditions. These are published | to Great Falls, via woods, Difficult and in the Daily Memorandum and the | Colvin Runs and across country. Meet Weekly Bulletin, issued by the’ Hydro- | in Rosslyn, Great Falls station, 2:15 graphic _Office { pm. Mr. McManus, under the direction of Capt. Kempfl, makes an intensive suipOn e “’""I" | zanine A, Mayflower Hotel. 3 pm. Entering the hydrographic office in| Meeting, Daughters of Union Vet- 1899, Mr. McManus made a thorough | erans of the Civil War, Mrs. Ellen study of ocean currents, wind and | Spencer Mussey, Tent No. 1, Arlington weather conditions and ali factors en- | House, 9 a.m. tering into safe navigation. Not con-‘ tent with knowing merely the office | viewpoint, Mr. McManus in the Spring | AUGUSTINE B. McMANUS. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Free lecture, the Secular League, Musicians’ Hall, 1006 E street, 3 p.m. Subject, | Meeting. Jadies’ committee, American Soclety of Mechanical Engineers, mez- FUTURE. Card party, temple committee, Beth- cutter Modoc into the ice flelds and | ditorium, Tuesday, 8 p.m. made a first-hand study of conditions. Focog 2 The work of reporting icebergs and ice | _Meeting, Knights of the Round Table, fields has been handled by Mr. Mc- |JeWish Community Center, Tuesday, Manus in his Navy Department office, | 8:45 pm. Speaker, Dr. Abram Simon. since this work was established in| wMeeting, Tanners' Association, room 1912. 127, Willard Hotel, tomorrow, 8:30 a.m. Last Summer, Mr. McManus repre- | —— sented the Navy Department at the| Lecture, Junior League of Washing- 3ourth Pacific sclence congress, held at | ton, small %:3“ room, Willard Hotel, tol in the East Indie: of 1927 made a trip on the Coast Guard | any Chapter O. E. S., Washington Au- ‘! = NEEmMEXD> 2 An Anniversary Event that will be long remembered! Not only greater than usual savings!—not only furniture of dependable Maxwell quality!—not only surprisingly liberal credit terms!—BUT 10% Additional Merchandise Absolutely Free to You —on every purchase of $10 or more during our 10th Anniversary Sale. 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