Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1930, Page 17

WONDERS OF RADIO SHOWN AT MEETING OF BOARD OF TRADE Messages Flashed to Far- away Places at Session Last Night. GEN. HARBORD DIRECTS DEMONSTRATION HERE R. C. A. Board Chairman Answers “Loose-Lipped Comment” on “Patent Suppression.” Wonders of modern radio communi- cation were demonstrated here last night as messages flashed to far cor- ners of the world brought quick replies esent activities and ties of &hl‘ new but s et Taking injtial m for creating sunken operations were started ‘excavate. The Foening Star ‘WASHINGTO! yesterday to determine = .| REPORT IS PLANNED OND. C. ENTRANCE Ynder| Maryland Engineer Making Study of Wisconsin Ave- nue Compromise. A compromise plan for the entrance | to the District of make an idea useful in itself. Early Problems Recounted. Gen. Harbord emphasized the point that the radio of today is not a single discovery or Invmuon but the combi- nation of the work of individuals. “The problem at the time the Radio cc'pon.ucn was organized,” he said, “was to get enough patents under a unified control to permit the develop- ment of an industry. Unco-ordinated | and diverse ownership, rather than s ‘mplnl of patents, was the barrier to Spclklu of the future of radio, Gen. Harbord sald that while television nm. is in the laboratory stage, it wi mwly urv! mankind. Today ai market television apparatus vo\l denmy public ceafidence d | retard ultimate usefulness, he declared. Mr. Arnold, who foliowed Gen. Har- bord, declared that the year 1931 would present the most mumunx and un- pressive programs the history radio broadcasting. Anproxlmauly uo 000,000 would be spent during the pres ent year to provide talent for sustain- ing and sponsoring programs over the National Broadcasting Co.’s networks, he stated. It will cost an additional $320,000,000 for operating expenses to put these programs on the air for benefit of the Nation-wide mdlem he said. “During the last decade there has developed a huge industry in the manu- facture and sale of radio receiving sets,” Mr. Arnold continued. “The sales for the year 1929 were in excess of $800,000,000, while the total tur the 10 “% States 'D:Qoll‘\y UMM b..n Tt setn representing ‘& fawally sudic ence of 50,000,000 persons. Employs 500,000 Persons. Directly and igdirectly, the radlo in- t\ll'l? he said, gives employment to 000 persons, while upward of 3,500 manufacturers, distributors and jobbers ! lmhthemkm:mdulun(o(uu 1 ' dkecmroffll:‘xa-:.tfir enmhunl survey being made I In(wn "mnem of Trade, opened | ind ith itline | States Chamber of Commerce on com- s, ana -*-:f,"%'s:. First Lady Plans to Plant Tree in Murch School Yard Mrs, ‘Herbert Hoover will offi- ciate at a tree planting ceremony, the first in the ultimate ar- borization of the school ds, at the Ben W. Murch ™ Thirty-sixth and Dnnnwrt streets tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. ‘With - members of the school Mrs. Hoover will D. 3 PREFERRED STOCK|ORDNANCE GROUP | secovems vmmen vioww ] GROUP MOVES FOR F.H. SMITH CONTROL Cancellation of Common Asked on Ground It Was Issued* Improperly. ADVERSE INTERESTS ACTIVE, IS CHARGE Replication to Fifteenth Plea in Abatement Denies Illegal Seii- ing of Evidence. of erred stockholders o! the f“’r!’ th Co. today moved to acquire onn!:rol of the company by ing the present officers to cancel the Smith common stock on the ground that it was issued without consideration. The preferred stockholders also allege that common stock was being used to keelp the com; the practical control of interests adverse to hold- ers of the J referred stock. Conrad H. Syme, Washington counsel for the committee of preferred stock- holders, said that unless the demand of hh‘;oup ‘was complied with, the com- fi would at once authorize the filing a in the Delaware courts cancellation of the common lhex and the placing of the control and conduct of the company in the holders of the preferred stock. Complication Is Increased. ‘The highly involved criminal aspects of the Smith company case in Wash- ington were further involved today with ‘the | Chiet of ordnance, on “The Sta! PItts | por of to possession of addi- tlonalu’ lnwrmmm concerning these matters. Fifteenth Plea Attacked. Al.lofl 10 OPEN SESSION | WITH PAYNE TALK Arm{v Association’s Meeting Tonight to Be Followed by Aberdeen Show. MEDAL WILL BE GIVEN TO MAJ. GEN. WILLIAMS All Bolling Field Planes and Many From Langley Will Take Part in Warfare Tomorrow. ‘The twelfth annual meeting of the Army Ordnance Association will open tonight at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States with a business and technical session at which Fred- erick H. Payne, Assistant Secretary of War, will be the principal speaker and officers of the organization for the en- suing year will be elected. ‘The meeting tonight will be followed by a demonstration of the work of the Ordnance Department of the Army during the past year on the Aberdeen, Md., proving grounds, when there will be a complete demonstration of the re- search work now being done on anti- aircraft defenses, two exhibitions of big gms the firing of one round with a 16~ ich coast defense gun, the largest defense gun in service, and the flnna of 14-inch guns. Gen. Hof to Speak. At tonight's session Assistant Secre- tary Payne will speak on “The Control of Ind\lau"y in War.” Other speakers at tonight’s session will be Maj. Gen. Samuel Hof, chief of ordnance, who speak on “Industrial Relations of the Ordnance Department”; Brig. Gen. Willlam H. 'l‘u:h-lppll assistant m!fl'.hl: o Army Ordnance Development”; Ernest T. Trigg, chairman of the Committee on National Defense of the U. S, Cham~ Commerce, on “Educational Or- ders for Munitions,” and Brig. Gen. Edwin D. Bricker, on “The Test and Demonstration at Aberd!en ‘Tomorrow." Following the business session at which officers will be named, the Willlams Medal, for distinguished ordnance Aerv- fifteenth plea in abatement, | i l;;;lou from July lfi 1918, to May 1, ‘The medal is to be founded in honor of the accomplishments of the man to 'hnm“.'fllh.nm.wdzd It will ted Gen. Williams by Bene- be present Justice | dict Crowell of Cleveland, prmdmz of ,| the assoclation and director of muni- tions during the World War. e DONLES SICCESSR = S00N T0 B NAWED D. C. Heads to Fill Police Vacancy Friday—Other. Changes Scheduled. mhnd.u lacks mflaoflty to draw plans for the Mr. Mvfllmathem gram that will prove satisfactory to all concerned. Meanwhile the National Capital Park and Planning Commission staff will restudy the lltuwan and en- duwt to assist in arriving at & solu- The National Capital Park and Plan- Commission is anxious to have this development go forward at once, as several gasoline filling stations are doing business in the vicinity and business in- terests at. Wisconsin avenue District sidered advisable to proceed without de- lay before improvements on the adja- cent mund make it too costly to pur- the creation of an i chase, { | entrance to the National Capital m point. The pretentious entrance at Wiscon- unlmumdmebmnmunehme is anxious to have constructed. othm - | of & number that the local are being planned at Sixteenth street | ington terminus of the and at the Wuh Key M! wn. WATER SUPPLY FOUND FOR USE OF SCHOOLS By the Associated Press. HAGERSTOWN, Md., October 8.— One of the two vubllc schools that vere forced to close yesterday as their water suprly failed, its source dried up by the long-drought, reopened today, with drinking water hauled from wells and springs. The other is to reopen today. Nearly 100 families also were forced to depend upon emergency sources by the failure of supply, & re- serve reservoir for this city. Hagers- town was not affected, as it obtains 'lu;w{rtolrz ‘e.n l;o'nmll: River, 2 towns have been | o e inclug Annapolis, the State capital Cumberand, Prederick and Brumpwick — of the er and some of the smaller citles of the country, in that it would be an endeavor to truthfully and ace rlulé D;l';flg"thelut:‘rue‘ conditions of y without attempting to mhlex locll citizens into l?:l!z:ln( area of that cny. including a total of 900,000,000 Chinese, Japanese and Rus- in the Far mt as part of the “For one Lusk said, Wash- lmmmmtlumllm Eu-nfig;m ldlltho\l.hlu 52-“ products might exports, of mostly of iron and waste r :fimguum. ‘The wacancy in the rank of com- the | manding officers in the Metropolitan Police Department caused by the death { plans and endeavor to work out a pro- | 0f Capt. Robert E. Doyle of the eighth precinct will be filled Friday by the Board of District Commissioners. At the same time the Commissioners will make several other changes in the po- lice personnel as a result of the pro-|sus motion of a lleutenant to take Capt. Doyle’s place, * Program Not Completed. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, said today that he had not yet definitely decided on the promo- those eligible for the promotion. Maj. Pratt, in all likelihood, will recommend his advancement. Lieut. Warren O. Detectlie Bireau st night s expecied Detective u_ et e to replace Emerson. Pratt Silent on Assignment. Maj. Pratt has not indicated whether l.hcnnw ugmn will be ed to the eighth prec! or whether to make any shifts in the commands of the precinct captains. There have been rumors in police circles that Capt. Fred Comwell of the fourth precinct might be transferred to the eighth pre- cinct. In that event the new captain would be assigned to the fourth pre- ecinct. ELIZABETH CHIPMAN IS WED IN ISTANBUL Becomes Bride of John T. Harding in Ceremony at United States Embassy. John T. Harding of Washington, as- sistant commercial attache at the United States embassy at Istanbul; | Turkey, and Miss Elizabeth Chipman, also of Washington, were married yes- to an Associcated Press dispatch todsy. lunbuudor u:w gave the bride a Hard! lives at heome | Ington and "'m“'”"‘ of the Oniversity ;{weln Sexrfla !cml.m{u tered the ent service in 1927 as & secretary to Dr. the | Julius Klein, then director of the Bu- GOO?UV , chairman Committee on Streets and Avenues, re- that much was still left done in 'whnl out traffic conditions the Federal uhnfl:nuthn(l’emx of ed a erett a committee by W. W. a referendum by the United left to be| reau of Forelgn snd Domestic Com- meree loln‘ to his Pmfin 1927. arnr and Mre 0. N of 1420 Rhode Island :vnun, m ‘Washington last. montn to a ‘Turkey for the wedding. t. attended St. Mary !om(nuy md ‘Washingtos Miss Chipman re- an extensive trip 5206 | CENSUS CLERK DIES; Planes Will Participate. the Aberdeen Proving Grounds tomor- {luv for the members of the associa- lon. Reconnoisance planes finding and re- STRICKEN ON DUTY | nis Miss Effie 8. Spicher, 47, Believed Vietim of Heart Attack. Employe Four Days. Bel.lfledtobolvlefimo!helrtll- tack, Miss Effie S. Spicher, 47-year- census clerk, from Davenport, Io mdn in the emergency , Bixth street and e awaiting medical tion. Miss Spicher, who came to the Cen- Bureau only four days ago, com- phmed of feel 11l shortly before 11 o'clock and left office. stopped woman clerk in the corridor and picher was fatally stricken. Coroner Nevitt was notified. Little is know about the woman at the Census Bureau and her record Dl&ul fall to nve the names of known rel t the transient home of the Y. W. c A. it was sald that Miss Spicher had been registered there for a few days, ing address. 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD HIT AND COLLARBONE BROKEN Enocked Down by Automobile in Front of Home—Other Traffic Accidents Reported. ‘While on the roadway in front of her home at 3306 Rmenhmm street yester- day, Cynthia R years old, was knocked down an mjund by the auto- mobile of Elsa Broadwater, 24 years old of 809 Allison street. The child was treated by Dr. J. P. Shearer for a broken collar bone. Benjamin F. Arrington, colored cl 1734 Oregon avenue, received injuries to his forehead early last night when his auto- mobile was in collision with a street in cR:(:hof Motorman I. J. Acker al U streets. Arfl':fwn Preedmens Hospital b; "19 years old, of 135 Clay place nunhzut ‘was knocked do near Connecticut avenue and )ncomb street yesterday by the automobile of Celll Schultz, '515 Rittenhouse street. et 15 SHERt ingures. Hm ital for sl qu.u Freeland, colored, 53 years old, 223 Third street southwest, was knocked down on the street near her home yes- terday by a '.lxll:& falled to sto) terday in the. Turkish city, according ing from lac kuh. was treated at Gallinger Hos- GETS YEAR IN JAIL Man, Charged With Fraud, Voices Desire to Cut Sleuth’s Throat. tempt to defraud & hotel out of $21.40. As he stood before Judge Lyle, Le Monte turned and addressed to Henry Brassfield, house detecti: et | ™ ke o cut yoe throst.” he suid “1 cul A ; in M of court,” but had left without giving a forward. | ° wli'hn.m at the ordnance show this year has been restricted to mem- bers of the Army Ordnance Associa- tion and their guests. High-ranking o T Y of War . Hurley. The mimic are will be shown in the morning. In the afternoon there will be a demonstration of the various mobile units of the Army that have been developed in the past few and the even! there will be hts, sound EXPOSITION DATE SET Typewriting and Stenographic Contest Regulations Drafted. )(onmbu 3 has been decided uj the opening date of the 1930 Washing: unced this by the Exposition ot weel of the Washington Chamber Rules and regulations for the type- writing and stenographic contests, which are to be a feature of the exposition, Wl.lhl.n[tcn the local public regular and for special competitions to up for public school children exclusive- ly. Dr. A. L. Howard of Business High School, vice chairman of the commit- tee, and Dr. Frances Moon Butts of Mc- Kinley Training High School will be in charge of the public school contests. P. J. Harman of Strayer’s Business Col- lege, czmmun of the xun committee in charge of the events, will preside at this afternoon’s m It was announced at Chamber head- typewriting be available within the next few days. ‘Worker Hurt by Machine. ‘William McCormick, colored, 38 years old, of 925 New Jersey avenue, was seriously jured y when part of a concrete mixer on which he was work- ing :kt Seventeenth and Jackson streets M tcuuuty Hn-plul for Injuties o his Jegs an Snowball Business Liquidated by Fire ‘Which Burns Stand It wasn't the weather which C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1930. MISS GLADYS V. HARRISON . And the instrument which she testified today had been valued at $30,000. ACCUSED OF THEFT OF $30,000 VIOLIN Philadelphia Music Instructor Held to Grand Jury on Larceny Charge. connection with the f n ppearance of lm-mr-oldvldlnflldwblvllucd lt li&m Sol Feinman, WJ-HO |, usic instructor, of Philad bollndove‘rmthtmndjurylnl’once munwdnyundurumbond e violin, described Harrison and her sister, l(n.ldlryfllwle.u Seventh street southeast. Asked for Violin. On April 27, Miss Harrison told Judge Robert E. Mattingly, Feinman, repre- senting himself to be of the First National Institute of the Violin of umat.ahzrhamolnmeflm to | merce as a greater service Harrison declared, and #gain until brought from Philadelphia yesterday by Howard E. Ogle, a detec- tive sergeant. Miss Harrison asked police to search !or'.hemmsfmu riend had told the sisters the instrument might be more valuable than they Previous to this, the girl’s father, who corroborated his daughter’s story, said he believed the “thing to be worth about $4.” Valued at $30,000. An attorney mailed letters to Fein- mm. which were not answered, he Yuurdny & brother of Miss Harri- son escorted here to a violin shop in the 100 block of Fifth street northeast where the lost instrument was found. Miss paid a $3 repair M.u l.nd took the violin immediately Smithsonian Institute, where lhe said it was valued at $30,000. Police, accord- ing to court papers, thought the instru- ment worth about $100. Michael Kehoe, an assistant United States attorney, wu m charge of the prosecution of the 11 FIRE DEPARTMENT RETIREMENTS 0. K.'D |z, Six Commissioned Officers and Five Privates Base Applications on Age and Disabilities. ‘The applications for retirement of six commissioned officers and five pi yesterday. The ap on age and phy:lul dmmmm lncurrzd line o in lin uty tired were: Olpt Robert G T ler M. No. 20 Engine Com wit! years of urvlce Capt. C. mrnm. 62, of No. 2: e, with 30 years' service; Capt. M. Coughlan, | o 63, of No. 25 Engine, with 35 years’ service; Clpt Julian Green, 59, No. 22 Engine, 30 Lieut. Jol 2 ¥ Buscher, 61, No. 29 Engine, 25 years' service; Lieut. E. L. Hanback, %7 No. 36 Engine, 35 years' Bern J. A C. Mlht, 5! No 20 Engine Compi ‘and Pvts. E. L. Bt C. A B-rnu,v B. O’Connor and A. C. Tours World Annually. NEW YORK, October 8 (#).—Julius Brittlebank of Charleston, S.w to get out of busi- the intention of | S heen%,f GOVERNMENT FAILS 0 SHOW CAMPBELL KNEW MISS BAKER U. S. Attorney Collins Holds Case Is Strengthened by Fact Effort Fell Flat. ACCUSED DENIED BOND AT STORMY HEARING PN Defense Counsel Declares Early Trial Has Been His Prin- cipal Goal. Every effort of the Government to establish prior acquaintanceship be- tween Herbert M. Campbell and lhry Mr has failed, {¥ was disclosed toda lans went forward for the mrder of uu Virginia real estate man Clmpbell was ‘ denfed bond at a stormy hearing yesterday before A-o- clate Justice Jesse C. Adkins in t . ked by flwm ment was marl appearance !oflhenntumeumdzlmnwun sel table of William E. Leahy, D“’ml nent Washington attorney. A ‘Kl.fl not guilty was entered by de- fendant. Sees Case Strengthened. ‘William H. Collins, ranking assistant’ United States attorney, in confirming the prosecution will proceed * thelmfih.lc-mpb'fl dldntknnwmu will strengthen our case.” o 0to. nurmmamu-mnt two weeks of bail, Onmpbeumremmedwmbm Jall after He was as- signed to a cell in the south mprhon lnn:mwnnflu ers charged with gra xmlu are eonflned. Counsel Argues for Bond. Strenuous efforts to obtain freedom for c-mpbell under a new bond were BREAKFAST OPENS . OF . CAMPAIGN, ez 2 24 Teams Meet to Receive ..,,c..,,,,,:';,t.’:g’:,,,.., he was Final Membership Drive e v Instructions. —GWMPh of | Washington Chamber of Commerce in the mnwaymmmm::m wmnmfinem mm.u the ave nn- b no next We bring: Twenty-four teams, under the super- | what al Vfihnol'-mflpmmmm Bml'.hllldhehld o! lt least six mln. met at the .ppufluon for bond as neau instructions as | had been his prin s AT, Tl X CHILD WELFARE DATA SRR e | FOR HOME AND SCHOOL Urges Washington to Set Example for Nation. fl 'Jé’.‘.‘&m"""’u'}:nm“"“fl’ Py the Elwood Street, director-of the - e app! munltyuChelt. gave a mfh:k on mflm and theorigs to actual child “Sales Methods,” suggesting what steps | life. migh toward securin Urging sympathetic reception of the mem:nxl':e i 8 DeW | work: of th. con(srenee Dr. Barnard Omotthnfuhnuo{mdnnu declared: “By taking stock of our children to- ey o T Wiskngin Gl sy, Yo e g, o bt 0TTOW. you Te - o e ihe jooptaincy ot A |ington will be & model for the rest of u‘ffl’w wyl vital period in child’s mos a s an. | educational life, he said, was between . blrthundayunotue even before the “official” schooling period is begun. upon for much of the advance- secretary; Ant relled ui of advertising and pub- | ;ient in’ child welfare. indicated, director 1ic relations; Abner C. Lakeman, branch Barnard was iced to the McKInlry leh !chool audience firs —_— freight rates nn anthracite coal the Pennsylvania fields. '!'ho Bllflm organization, according to information obtained by the committee, will leck B H. M. SCHAEFER FUNERAL SN Sen o s ARRANGED FOR FRIDAY ¢t present run from’ 3 reported, at $3.50 per 1? to mmm and w..h. Former Capitol Page and World ot eataton e ot Foied thAt| War Naval Veteran Dies at Home ‘;gmntutlv%mmfd a cost ol uoo 000 on Sixteenth Street. The board M. Schaefer, home, 3620 Heart, Park road. Interment will :mufl. Olivet Cemetery, beside his .'sehuurvumnu