Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1930, Page 4

FLYING AUTHORITY “ON CAPITAL VIIT Comte de la Vaulx, Head of International Organization, on World Tour. Head of the final world authority fln; aviation and aviation records, the| Federation Aeronautique Internationale but not himself a pilot of planes Comte Henri de la Vaulx, arrived at Hoover Field yesterday afternoon for a two-day visit in the Capital. Comte de la Vaulx, on a world tour by air started from Paris on February 18. Except for his ocean crossing his trip | has been made almost entirely by air. | Comte de la Vaulx was received at the White House shortly after noon today. He was accompanied on his brief visit to the President by the| Ambassador of France, Paul Claudel | and Maj. Georges Thenault, French!' military air attache. Last night he was the guest of honor at a dinner at the French embassy. given by Ambassador and Mme, Claudel. Future of Aviation. | Sixty years old and occupying his ition ‘in modern aviation chiefly mm an enthusiasm of many years in | lighter-than-air craft, Comte de I Vaulx declared upon his arrival here that the future of commercial aviation lies not with huge dirigibles, but rather with great heavier-than-air ships. He believes the dirigible will take fts useful place in the aeronautical| scheme of things, that the glider and | the small racing plane will provide | COMTE H RI DE LA VAULX. World Wide Photo. | had close contact with the transforma- | York_on Tuesday. Maj. Mehafley will THE EVENING STAR, MEHAFFEY LEAVING SOON FOR PANAMA Engineer Has Made Enviable Record on Memorial Bridge and Other Works. The tall officer of the Corps of En- | gineers of the Army, who came to, Washington for the Arlington Memorial | Bridge project and has seen the preten- tious structure rise over the Potomac River to its present magnificence, of- ficially closed his desk in the Navy De- partment Building today and prepared to depart for the Panama Canal Zone in a few days. Maj. J. C. Mehaffey, officially desig- nated as assistant executive officer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commis- sion, of which the Pregident of the United States is the chairman, today drew from the commission’s executive officer, Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, a tribute to his ability. “Very rarely does a person have the advantage of such a competent officer and engineer,” Col. Grant said with ref- erence to Maj. Mehaffey. “While there is every reason to believe that his suc- cessor will be competent and helpful, T regret to see Maj. Mehaffey go. He is a talented and useful officer.” Maj. Mehaffey came to Washington in April, 1925, from duty in charge of the river and harbor district at Baltimore. | He has been in immediate charge of the White House maintenance, under the supervision of Col. Grant, and has had a large share in the work of repairing the recently burned executive offices. In Meridian Hill Park, Maj. Mehaffey has tion of the clay banks into a beautiful ark. Sailing on the liner Ancon out of New MODEL AIRCRAFT LEAGUE HOLDS TESTS TOMORROW Flights of Fuselage and Scientific cheduled at Boll- ing Field. Flight tests of fuselage and scientific plane classes will be conducted by the District of Columbia Model Aircraft League at Bolling Field tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. New rules, under which fiyers will work in groups under direction of an “ace,” with each “pllot” carrying & number, registering under a time limit, and being assigned to & definite section of the field, will be in_effect tomorrow. Eight active aircraft clubs in the District have qualified and been ac- cepted 1nto the Model Afrcraft League, and 65 boys are already registered for the tournament this season. Each in- door and outdoor meet probably will see increasing entries. “Aces” are requested to report early Class ,to assist in_handling the tests tomor- row, while flyers are likewise asked to be on hand promptly at 9:30. o German Soldiers Use Skiis. ‘The German National Guard'in Silesia are being trained to march on skiis. Skiing on night patrols through forests of snow-covered evergreens has been part of the work at the Winter training camp near Hirschberg, the heights of the Reisen Mountains being utilized as | a practice ground. Carrying guns and full equipment the soldiers made forced marches over the snow-covered passes, camping at night on the snow. A Bank —doing sM4LL things BIG WASHINGTON, D. C, PRESIDENT CHANGES TIME FOR ADDRESS Will Speak Before D. A. R. on Monday, Instead of Friday, Evening. President Hoover will address the thirty-ninth annual congress of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, next Monday eve- ning, instead of Friday evening, it was announced today, the change having | been made at Mr. Hoover's request. The President will speak at 9 o'clock for 30 minutes and the address will be broadcast by the Columbia Broadcast- | ing System over its Nation-wide net- work, locally from Station WMAL, It was announced by the Columbia System that arrangements also are being made to transmit the President’s speech on Thursday, May 1, at the an- nual dinner of the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States. On that occasion Mr. Hoover will discuss the business situation. He will be intro- duced by Richard F. Grant, president of the Lehigh Valley Coal Corporation | of New York. | —_— Latvians Elect Kvi RIGA, Latvia., April 10 (#).—Albert Kviesis, vice president of the Chamber and a member of the Peasants Union (governmental) party, yesterday was elected President of the republic by the | Chamber with a vote of 55 to 36. He succeeds Gustav Zemgals. FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1930. - ‘Every Girl and Every Boy has a full right to expect NEW EASTER SHOES HAT thrill when you stepped out in new spring shoes— when you were a youngster! Remember it? Your boy and your girl will get it, too—if you buy their Easter dress shoes at Hahn’s. The styles are so classy. 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