Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1930, Page 5

y JAHNCKE OPPOSES RETIRING WILLAMS Blow to Navy Morale Seen by Acting Secretary in Plan Affecting Flyer. Fearing “a severe blow at Navy : fmorale” Acting Secretary Ernest Lee is opposed to the enactment of legislation now pending before the House naval committee, designed to | Tetire Lieut. Alford J. Willlams, aerial speed king, with the rank of captain. Mr. Jahncke officislly advised Chair- man Britten of the House group that “in the opinion of the Navy Department there is no justifiable war- Tant for placing Lieut. Williams on the petired list.” A measure, introduced by Represent- tive Fitzgerald, Republichn, of Ohio. is Awaiting action by the House commit- tee, while Lieut. Willlams is looking for- ‘ward to severing his connection with the Navy on May 8. He took this step by pesignation after he had been ordered %0 sea duty recently. Report Asked by Britten. T tten asked the Navy for a report the measure after a review of Wil- s’ record, which shows he enlisted November 10, 1917, and later earned a commission. Jahncke wrote that a study of Williams’ service career showed that he had “specialized in individual flight and in racing.” is unquestionably one of the 's best individual flyers, particu- Jarly in acrobatic maneuvers and in racing, in which fields his work along with that of Lieuts. Rittenhouse, Irvine, Brow, Cuddihy and others, brought great’ credit on the Navy,” the letter said. “However, Lieut. Willlams has had no experience on sea duty or with combat units trma‘z.l' I“w or , and, consequently, n 0~ in such -m'"lfl.lil of milit “The Navy Department considers that Lieut. Willilams has rendered con- cuous service to the Navy and to country, in addition to the knowl- of n(etynolml‘\'\lll:l;nm lh; afld! of -speed flying an acrobaties.” ln"emnecflon with the Fitzgerald bill the letter said that “It is deemed ent to point out that in other ids the knowledge and safety of avia- tion have been advanced by notable achievements.” It added that many naval officers had contributed to thel warded, would, fl.:e!lt. be lz'm el blow at Navy morale.” If Williams b P 1s to continue in the Navy should he SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and Sailings From New York. 33 | Association, Mayflower Hotel, § a.m. to large # o™ 2 pm. Southern Cross—Be; Munamar—Nassau Antonio—Liverpool . Mauretania—Southampton American cruise. inique—Puerto Colombia. DUE SUNDAY, APRIL onterey—Vers Cruz. lamares—Port Limon. OUTGOING STEAMERS. BAILING TODAY. ngaria—Cherbourg and Southampton. gfi: Francque—Antwerp. miner—Genos. fest Kebar—Accra, BAILING TOMORROW. Gristobal—Port au Prince and Cristobal. estward_—Barcelona ‘West Isleta—Capetown. BAILING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2. George—Berm: in—Cherbourg, Southampton and i Hamburg. linnl.-—fifl:nmtun. Cristobal, O Puerto Col and Santa ‘Marts President _ Roosevelt—Plymouth, Cherbourg Hamburg. an; La Guayrs, Puerto Oa- Puerto Col lombia. i—Grenads, Trinidad and George- merican Merchant —Londa tonia—Copenhagen and D Ar ‘Be! Barbados and Trinidad. . n—Ci d_Bremerhaven. Lorenzo—8an Juan and Santo Domingo Progreso and Vera Cruz. 150. BAILING FRIDAY. APRIL 4. Nieuw Amsterdam—Plymouth, Boulogne and Rotterdam. thern Cross—Bermuda, Rio de Ji ntos, Montevideo and Buenos Al lway Bremerhave: Southampton. ince, Curacac and Amar—Nassau. SAILING SATURDAY, APRIL 5. Caledonia—Moville Glasgow. m;nn'f“-—'&bn,' Hlymeith, Harve and Lon- on. 'muda—Bermuda. Conte Biancamano—Genos, Neoles and Gi- o \hi—8an_Juan ennsyivania- Havaos, Panama Cansl and wnited 8 Mes—Christiansand, Oslo and Co- zg'l‘a: A 1a. Cristobal and Port Limon. Silonesanda--Flymouth, Boulogne and Lon- tic—Cobh and Liverpool. Plays—Puerto B piise s dvpase Former Japanese Premier Ill TOKIO, March 31 (#).—Prince S: onji, former premier, member it Vi of the House of Peers and for many years dis- service of his country, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1930. CRIPPLED DOG HAS OWN WHEEL CH WASHINGTON'S FINEST MEN'S WEAR STORE HOOVER T0 SPEAK Hit by a motor car and paralyzed, Fred P. Nunnink of Kansas City, was him a wheel chair. Photo shows “Lady especially for him by a truss manufacturer. able to get about with surprising ease. Imost counted out until his owner built ATDLA R MEETAG Continental Radio Hook-up Will Broadcast Address on April 18. The Thirty-ninth Continental Con- gress' of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will open here Tuesday, April 14, being the first congress to convene in new Constitution Hall. Four days later, April 18, President Hoover will deliever an address before the congress which will be broadcast over a continental hook-up. It will be the first formal address of the Presi- dent for several months and it is as- sumed by those in charge of the forth- coming Daughters’ sessions that the occasion will be used for a restatement of the administration policles with reference to the national welfare. Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart of Ohio, president general, will preside during the week's sessions. National officers here are anticipating a registration of nearly 4,000 delegates and nlt.emltefl from all parts of the United States, Lady Lou” Boston bull pet of Mrs. Lou” in the “skate” arrangement built Despite the handicap the dog Is —P. & A. Photo. HENRY E. WILLIAMS BURIED IN ARLINGTON Civil War Veteran and Former ‘Weather Bureau Chief Was Na- tive of Connecticut. Funeral services for Henry Eugene Williams, 85 years old, Civil War vet- eran and former chief of the Weather Bureau, who died Friday at the Wash- chapel. Dr. Fred- ic W. Perkins, pastor of the Uni- wversalist National Memorial Church, as- sisted by Dr. Ciarence E. Rice, officiated. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery. . A native of Bethel, Conn,, Mr. Wil- llams served in the 17th Connecticut Infantry during the Civil War, being discharged with the rank of sergeant. Later, appointed a second leutenant, he was stationed in Washington with the Signal Service, U. S. A., which sub- sequently became the United States Weather Bureau. He served in this department for more than 40 years. He was 'a member of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants, Lincoln Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, Hiram Masonic Lodge and the Cosmos Club. His widow, Mrs. Theresa A. Wil- Hams, survives. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, grand ball room, Mayflower Hotel, 8 Meeting, American Inltltclihho(. l‘l,ee- trical Engineers, Cosmos Club, .m. Speaker, Prof. Harold B. Smith, presi- dent of the institute. i Good_fellowship meeting, Lodge, No. 2, Knights of Pythias, Pyth- ian Temple, 1012 Ninth street, 8 p.m. Benefit performance, “Journey's End,” American _Association of _University Women, Poli's Theater, tonight. Meeting, Sons of Jonadab, Jonadab Hall, 623 Louisiana avenue, 8 p.m. Card pafty, Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, 8 p.m. Bene- Cuba, Philippines, Canal Zone, Chi Births Reported. The following births have been reported to the Health Department in the last 34 hours: Harry B. and Louise A. Morrison, boy. William H. and Helen I. Webster, girl twins. William ‘Nary E. Goodwin, boy. James E. Ed} , girl, Government officials, Army and Navy officers and others who are ukl.nf the lead in the national problems of the country which come under the scrutiny of the Daughters this year. Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley will be the speaker at one of the important sts- slons. Acting Secretary of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke will speak on “The ‘Traditions of Our Country” and Sena- tor Simeon D. Fess of Ohio will de- liver an address on the Constitution. Alfred H. Haag, director of research, United ~States Shipping Board, will discuss “The American Merchant For that Easter parade! New Spring ikweed Suits 495 Tailored by Hart Schaffner & Marx nteith, erman R. and Eiizabeth Strobe Alfons and Tilda Kieindienst, boy. Tobert B. and Ivy Horn, boy. Benjamin and Dors apier. firl, ugh E. and Mildred Murphy. girl. Florence D. Doé, boy. 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Meeting, Phil Sheridan Woman's Re- lief Corps. Grand Army Hall, tomorrow, 8 pm. Meeting, Advertising Club of Wash- ington, 1244 National Press Building, tomorrow, 12:15 p.m. Meeting, Loyal Knights of the Round Table, University Club, tomorrow, 12:30 pm. Speaker, Dr. Harry E. Woolever, editor of the National Methodist Press. Meeting and dance, Towa State So- ciety, Willard Hotel, tomorrow, 8 p.m. Motion pictures. —— Deaths Reported. - The following deaths have been Teparted to the Heaith Department, in ihe last 34 hour 1t, 80, 4718 Chesapeake st. E. Blumer, 79. Sibley 1 16th s DI . 41, 3719 M Georgia Bush. 26, Emergency Hospits Patrick F. O'Donoghue, 23. 2300 18 ie 'L, Pfluger. 1, Sibley Hos, 5 1109 19th w. n rd. se. ‘Hospital. ... ‘Hospital. Mead Jones. 1, 1. Ellen Sheperd.'1, 2218 G st. n.w. Lillian L. 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