Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1930, Page 13

AERONAUTS GATHER FOR CONFERENGE Majority of States and D. C. to Be Represented—Uni- form Legislation Is Aim. Representatives of the District of Columbia and a majority of the State governments will gather at the Depart~ ment of Commerce Tuesday morning | E for a two-day conference on urgent| problems of aeronautic regulatory law: which probably will result in the draft: ing of uniform legislation to govern future aviation development and opera- | tions. The conference will be held under the auspices of the aeronautics branch of the Department of Commerce and will be opened by an address of wel- come by Robert P. Lamont, Secretary of Commerce. The District will be represented by Maj. Donald A. Davison, assistant Engineer Commissioner, and Lawrence Williams, chairman of the | Aviation Committee of the Washington Board of Trade Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce for Aeronautics, will preside. Following the address of Secretary’ Lamont at the opening session Tues- day morning a response on behalf ot the States will be made by State Sen- ator J. Griswold Webb of New York, chairman of the New York State Avia- tion Commission. ‘The following subjects will be dis- : The importance of uniform aeronautic regulatory laws to Ameri- can commerce and industry, importance of uniform seronautic regulatory laws | to the aircraft industry, special prob- lems in aeronautic legisiation, and the program of the National Aeronautic Association as related to uniformity in aeronautic legislation and regulation. Round table discussions of these topics will take place Tuesday afternoon. — FOUR SCHOOLS ASK T0 JOIN CONFERENCE Venderbilt Coach to Propose Non- | yes! Soouting Agreement Among Southerners. By the Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C,, December 13.— Four unaffiliated schools, Purman Uni- versity of Greenville, S. C.; Oglethorpe University of Atlanta, Ga.: Davidson College of North Carclina and Loyola of New Orleans, will seek admittance into the Southern Intercollegiate Con- ference at its present meeting, Dr. W. D. Punkhouser of the University of Kentucky, secretary of the conference, said today. Furman and Oglethorpe withdrew two years ago from the Southern In- tercollegiate Athletic Association. Coach Dan McGugin of Vanderbilt, dean of Southern mentors, was prepared to introduce a request that the con- ference members reach a non-scouting agreement. . VETERANS PLAN PARTY Vinient B. Costello Post, No. 15, will meet Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Cairo Hotel in lieu of the meet- , ing scheduled to be held in the board room of the District Bullding. Several speakers will discuss matters of inter- est to veterans. A Christmas party will bedseld Christ- mas day in Immacuiate ‘Conception Hall for the children of the veterans and a series of entertainments will be presented after Christmas. Alfred Picchione is chairman of the Entertainment Committee. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, PAGE’S WIDOW GETS FLYlNC CROSS Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw Page, widow of Capt. Arthur H. Page, U. 8. M. C., who | was killed when his racing plane crashed on Labor day at the National Air Races | court reversed that action. | in Chicago, yesterday received from Ernest Lee Jahncke, Assistant Secretary of | the Navy, a Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded Capt. Page posthumously for | his work in promoting the science of “blind flying.” The photograph shows Mrs. Page, Secretary Jahncke and Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller, commandant of the Marine Corps. —A. P. Photo. OL CONSERVATION REREARING DENED Court of Appeals Refuses Ap- plication of Roy G. Barton of Las Cruces, N. Mex. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals yesterday denled the applica- tion of Roy G. Barton of Las Cruces, N. Mex, for a rehearing of the case involving President Hoover's oil con- servation policy. The court also granted a motion to suspend the issu- ance of its mandate to the lower court to afford Attorney Louis E. Hoffman an opportunity to present to the United States Supreme Court an application majo: opinion of the appellate tribunal had sustained the ncelon of Boereurz of the Interior Wilbur in re- Jecting 5,000 pending applications for permits to pect for oil and gas on Government domain. Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel had filed a dissenting o&mmn, in which he held that a mere statement of a proposed policy in a press interview was not such a procla- mation as could form the basis of a withdrawal of public lands from ex- ploration. Two justices of the lower court had granted a mandamus against Secretary Wilbur, but the appellate . When London policemen were re- cently given new helmets they were ordered to wear their old ones at night g:c:kluse the wear would not show in the rk. POSTHUMOUS HONORS | FOR CAPT. A. H. PAGE Widow of Marine Officer, Killed in Plane Crash, Receives Medal Earned by Husband. Mrs. Florence Shaw Page, widow of the late Capt. Arthur H. Page, U. S. M. C., who was killed in the crash of his racing plane during the National Alr Races at Chicago last Labor day, terday received from Ernest Lee | Jancke, Acting Secretary of the Navy, | the Distinguished Flying Cross, award- ed posthumously to Capt. Page for ex- perimental work in “blinding fiying.” Capt. Page was cited for successfully completing the “longest recorded blind flight,” contributing much toward the “advancement of aeronautics.” The flight was made last Summer from the Missssippl River to the National Capital. . A brief ceremony preceded the pres- entation of the madal. Capt. Page | was born in St. Paul, Minn., and e his home in New York. He was win- ner of the 1930 Curtiss Marine Trophy race, flown at the Anacostia Naval Air Station last June. 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