Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1930, Page 61

Aviation BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. IRANK JERDONE'S feat of land- ing a glant tr rt plane, with 18 passe! aboard, on one ‘wheel a few days ago at Atlanta, Ga., has taken on even higl luster in the light of information which has reached the Department of Com- merce through its routine investigation of the misha ‘This )ln ecuted by Jerdone and his t. “Doug” Davis, taken nnk the minds of flying people as one ox the finest pieces of air generalship on record. ‘That Jerdone, in his capacity as s\p- | tain ol the ship, was able to bring the big down with one side of the dflu u;r crippled, without even shaking up passengers and with only mmor damue to the plane, was the result of a highly clever piece of cold reasoning, backed by ken courage and excellently timed and skill- ful handling of the plane during the seconds of the actual landing, | in wui;mmec with the carefully worked ns. n the heart-chilling news was brought to Jerdone and Davis, an hour lnd l lul! before the arrival in Atlanta, he right oleo strut had broken, the wheel on that side dangling they went to work on the ato blem of meeting a very bad situa- ‘They went over together all that they had heard of other one-wheel lnnninfls some of which had turned out wel some of which had been tragic !afluue y talked over all the good points of luch landings with a view to worki out a plan for their own coming ordeal. They realized that most of the one- 'hml landings in the past have been with smaller planes. Logic told them that they could not expect methodc adopted for one-wheel landings with 2 small, light plane to work out for their huge ship, which weighs about eight tons, lly since it carried full pas- senger load. Pioneering in Emergencies. were forced to discard virtually all they had heard of the generalship of other pilots in meeting -nmciu and work out ir own m DUDQ might have to flo-t the in and possibly to force it gcallher&uy into & m}d' loop away from the dnm?ed since in any case a ground is in- evitable in a one-wheel undlnu Jer- done Illd Davis decided this would not ‘They brought the big biplane in rather so as to retain control, her | of the North Pole.” has | during and United States systems, will give di- rect airmail service over an 11,000-mile north and south route reaching from Buenos Aires to “within a snowball toss ‘The importance of the Twin Cities as an aerial junction point is growing. The projected connection to Winnipeg is only one of two important new routes which have been proposed. The Senate the past week adopted an amendment to the Treasury-Post Office supply bill providing an appropriation of $750,000 for establishment of an air- mail line from St. Paul, Minneapolis, to Seattle, Wash, by way of Fargo, N. Dak. The amendment, says Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, one of the heartiest advocates of the proposal, has the approval of the Budget Bureau. He said he expects the amendment to stand through the conference with the House. ‘The new line would be the first im- portant through line for the Northwest and would complete airmail service acroés the northern tier of States. There has been considerable agitation from the States affected in favor of this service. Abnormal Aeronautics. The past year, in the opinion of Edward P. Warner, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aemnnuuca, has been even more abnormal in the aeronautical field than in) other branches of industry. There have been, he says, too many manufacturing com- panies and too little business to keep them going. It is almost certain, however, he holds, that there will be an up-trend next Spring. which should be the begin- ning of reasonable and normal growth in an industry which is recovering from depression following an unjustifiably large boom period. He sells little indi- cation of any marked sdoption of the airplane as a vehicle of personal trans- port or pleasure during the next few months and says that in his opinion such progress will be gradual and, while it will play an increasingly im- portant part in the sales for the coming year, there will be no more “miracles of popular conversion to aeronautics.” the flight test section at the Ana- costia Naval Air Station, and Lieut. T. P. Jeter, aviation member of the Navy Board of Inspection and Survey, have gone to Seattle, Wash., to con- duct acceptance tests on new F4B-2 Boeing fighters, which are being brought in to replace the F2B and F3B types. Some of the F3B's are being brought to the East Coast aboard the U. 8. 8. Langley. Army Orphan Annie. A luckless Army Air Corps bombard- ment squadron which never knows what sort of an outfit it will be on the mor- t | TOW is the 72d, known as the “Orphan chose a fast hndnu l:-}llll the eontrols _ would rative Annie” of the Alr Corps, stationed at Luke Field, Hawali. At first, says a pathetic recital of woes sent” in to the War Department, juadron was a full-fledged bomb- the sq he ing outfit, equipped with LB-5 planes. moving Davis’ pmtnt hekwm:mkmnndmlnonmwn- trol column. Daring Plan 'uh. ‘The plan, which in several ‘was_absolutely contnr! methods and which might at to lead to of | bilities and cessity. The first item in the book to | Georg or some |that every turn must be perfect. time to aviation people throug! country, has added much to the fame of name. both are a credit to aviation and to American manhood. Ocean Airmall Delayed. Dissatisfied with terms of the propo- sal upon which bids had been invited for the establishment of the first link of & transatlantic airmail service, drawn _temporarily ny n for which were to have been opened December 29. ‘This, by no means, is {0 be taken as III indication of a lessening of interest in the proposed ocean air service on the part of '-he Post Office Department, according to W. Irving Glover, Assistant Postmaster General in charge of air- mall. ’rhn faulty p'ropmlls which he termed as “am! will be redraft- ed and another call for bids will be | made later, based on slightly different | provisions, he said. The action of the Post Office Depart- ment in taking such early steps toward | ocean airmail has aroused considerable | interest Prance and Italy have | been vieing openly in plans for air service across the South Atlantic, and the actlvity of the Germans is well inal invitation for , from New York Time and these venerable airplanes As the last of the LB's winged Wheeler Field, the squad- Ton was able to get four PW-9 pursuit of exceedingly ancient vintage, became the only bombardment squadron in the corps equipped with -.ndl.ncumthe last. the neweomm ‘bombardment A-3 attack planes, and the lq\udmn be- came the only bombardment 'fi with attack planes. Still throb- carefree young man, able to go pretty much his own way, is invited to read some 100 pages flight, supplemental t_of Commerce and lations, which must be obeyed o tinental mail and passenger es. The book conveys a picture of the modern pilot as & most serious-minded young fellow who realizes his accepts discipline as a ne- catch the eye is an absolute prohibition against side slips, fish tailings, skids, spirals, steep banks and other maneu- vers which must be mastered by every | student flyer, but which, though per- can fectly safe, are permitted to have no| lace in the itinerary of the air traveler. | ts are forbidden to make banks ex- ceeding 30 degrees and are uuugmd xe- cution of unnecessary maneuvers is to be cause for dismissal. Pilots may not take off nor may they land without proper signals from air- port officials except in extreme emer- gencies. They may not fly blind through clnud banks or fogs unless it is known certainly that their destination is clear, and when flying blind they must main- taln constant radio communication with ground stations. ‘The pilot must keep an accurate log book, must observe all Federal, mnnlfl- pal and State aeronautical regulations, must be familiar with customs, iran- tine and immigration laws ai must rmit, no infraction of these laws by is sengers; must have thorough knowledge of laws governing the use of radio transmission and must be a skill- ful radio operator. Pliots are required to familiarize them- | selves w'th time tables of their own and | connecting air and rail lines, so as to |avoid delay in transterring mail and| passengers in case of uncompleted | | fights. The book prescribes speeds for | |taking off and landing in exact miles |per hour, as well as the altitude for leveling off for flight. ‘Thorough rules are prescribed for the conduct and duties of co-pilots. All in all, the lives of tra: airmen have become much less colorful. They are| permitted to exercise little initiative, but they have become highly dependable men for the jobs they must fill. Jobs Open. The Civil Service Commission has an- flight, the people who get these jobs nn nd upon it that Lheuy:n will have hanging upon 'hlv:h should be some yt Lieut. Ralph A. Ofstie, in. charge of | been mas and | ing of Prin letter by pilots of one of the|hoe; THE SUNDAY STAR, HERE is a story {ha} I on a pioneer road, port but as an afterd to say that another This was halfed fo B WASHINGTON, D. C, february IZto the effect flm‘ two et on riding been- borndawn at Tom Lincolnis place. the place, the ‘cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born DECEMBER 21 its appearance each year around : aud(.q woodsmen, meehng news. One had Little fo re- off, he furned in his saddle 1930—PART FOUR. THE wmds blew a; the came bad:t t erious s e cmnilf; ommon impuise, fhcpu‘lblhng1 will find it secure structure. Department Commander B. C. Mac- Neil and his staff installed officers of the Bureau of Engraving and Post, No. 28, at the last meeting as fol- lows: James F. Kehoe, commander; William E. Dobbins, first vice com- mander; Buena V. Fagan, second vice commander; Leonard H. Johnson, ad- jutant; Thomas A. McDonough, finance officer; Nathan Willlams, chaplain; Willlam C. Paul, sergeant at arms; Francis Miller, Hugh B. Marsh and George 8. Landis, executive committee. The George E. Killeen Unit met De- cember 10 at the Women’s Club, 3125 P_street. Thhwur.h-mtmeeum‘t Band. presided, ha which the new officers installed by Mrs. Roberta h'- eett lb the social meeting November 26. . C. MacNeil, department com- mnder “of the American Legion visit- ed the unit and Le CI u_Depart- mental. Mrs. Carolyn Herman presented Mrs. Irene Arnold, the newly elected president, with a boquet of chrysanthe- mums, from the P-rtnm of La So- clete des Huit Chay Quarante Femmes. Mrs. Amorh the organizer of Salon No. 14. of La Societe. The unit completed plans for its Christ- mas party for the boys of Mount Alto Hospital, which will be held on Decem- ber 22, and the members serve mhee crenm and cake and present gifts to Prummt Arnold has not as yet com- pleted her appointments, but Mrs. Rose ‘ard is chairman of Ways and Means -nd Emily J. Carey chairman of Publicity. Comdr. William A. Kehoe of the Sergt. | Jasper Post, No. 13, the American Le- gion, has announced that the chairman of the Entertainment Committee, John J. McGinnis, is arranging a series of musical and novelty dance numbers to ys of the disabled veterans in that institu- tion. Assisting on the committee are Nathan Laden, R. M. Huey, Prancis J. McDonald, William M. Greene, John P. Hollihan and Moragne Hall. Chairman George A. Committee on Awards is preparing to announce the winners of the post mem- bership contest, which closed officially December 3. The complete report of this committee will be made at the next meeting of the t, to be held at ‘Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts lvenue, January 7. . "K has been named vice chair- mm of the Department Ball Committee, Past Comdr. Ferdinand G. Fraser treas- urer, and Russel W. Clarkson is serving | on the Music Committee, arranging for | Pec! the annual ball of the di tment, to be held at the Mayflower Hotel on Jan- uary 23. Additional members admitted on occasion of the recent meeting of the gmt include H. N. Ware, H. M. Start, Bishop, John F. Tierney and G. T. Vaughan. Installation of officers, with a Christ- program, (e’nured the me‘e.: Buresu of Engraving ting Post, No. 23, the American Legion, held in Red Men's Hall, 713 D street, the eve of December 13. The newly elected officers, installed by the rtment commander, Dr. C. B. Mac- Nell, were: Commander, James F. Ke- first vice commander, Willlam E. Dohbhu second vice commander, Buena wn‘ ce offit Donough; chaplain, Natonn Williams; sergeant-at-arms, 1llia; Paul. Miller, Hugh B. Marsh and e 8. Landis were designated mem- bers of the Executive Commitee. A program of entertainmept was pre- sented by John J. McGirnis of the Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13, the Ameri- Legion. The speakers of the eve- ning included Capt. Watson B. Miller, chairman of the National Rehabilita- tion Committee, the American Legion, who outlined the activities of the com- mittee. The distinguished guests in- cluded . Past National Executive Com- mitteeman Maj. Paul J. Masghan, Past Dept. Comdr. Chetles H. Knight and Mrs. Knight, Warren Miller, depart- ment judge advocate; Senior Vlee Dept. Comdr, Ferdipand G. Vice t. Comdr. Marjorie Woodsell Dept. Adjt. Brock, Assistant Dept. MJL Mabel Staub, Past t Comdr. O‘Connor Rabem Past Chef de Gare Norman Landrau, Past Post Comdr. Richard J. O‘Bflen De'pt Publicity Di- rector Thomas J. ailey, John 8. Ne'- man, presldnnc Menl Employes’ Union, Bureau of ving and Print- ing Local; Comdr. Willlam Spicer, 2nd Division Post; Past Post Comdrs. Earl J. Brown, 2nd Division Post; H. M. Jacob Jones Post; Comdr. Helen Sprague, U. 8. 8. Jacob Jones Post; Al- bert Piccaonie, Costello Post: Comdr. Willlam A. Kehoe, Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13; Miss Hazel Boyce, John Keller, Dr. R. L. Byington and Al Rothenberg. The wives of a number of the t members also were present. An or tra furnished music for the occu(on md enumnnxn' numbers were given Tim Reagan and sister and Miss Nu:le Perrell. Victory Unit, No. 4, met December 11 at Wlhon Normal School Ralph T. O'Neil, national commander of the American Legion, has announced the reappointment n( Frank J. Schnel- Strawbridge, Victory Post; Jane Breen, | ¢ was sanctioned, and Legion matches were held at Camp Perry, Ohio. Arrangements have been completed | by the District of Columbia Depart- ment, the American Legion, to send a Christmas message by radio to veterans of the World War. The message, to be broadcast December 23 over Station , 6:11 to 6:30 p.m., will be deliv- MacNeil; Col. George E. tor of the United Shm Veterans' Bu- eau, and Representative Royal C. John- son of South Dakota. The music will be furnished by the United States Army ‘The annual ball of the District of Columbia Department, the American Legion, will be held at the Mayflower Hotel January 23. The department commander, Dr. B. C. MacNeil, has ap- pointed Edward H. Hale as general| chairman of the Committee in Charge, and Mr. Hale has nnmzd the following committees to assist him ‘Time and Phce-—sernnd G. McGee, cl ; Dr."Ray F. Guynn O. White and W. D. Rogers. Ticket Distribution—Forest F. Bartl, chairman; Malcolm A. Coles, Carolyn Hc:rm Helen Sprague and Emily J. I(\nle—Ruuell Clarkson, chairman; Alfred A. Picchione, Evelyn Kirkpat- rick and Forest Bartl. Distinguished Guests—Maj. Julius I. Peyser, chairman; Milburn M. Fowler, Ray F. Guynn, John Lewis Smith and ‘Watson B. Miller. Fioor—Dr. Milburn M. Fowler, chair- man; Thomas J. Frailey, Sam Berll.n. William E. Porter, Helen Spr: - ily J. Carey, Norwood P. C: w fred Nichols, Dr. Albert H. Pll‘hnm Forest F. Bartl, Vernon 8. Auld, Fran- cis Fahy, William A. Kehoe, Jacob P. Halper, Edward P. Van Hise, Theodore Cogswell, H. A. Renz, jr.; Ray L. Tucker, John Keller, James F. Kehoe, Richard Curtin, Egbert E. Corwin, William E. Spicer and Jesse C. swaenq‘ Decorations—Sam Berlin, chairman; Frank A. Dawson, Martha Whitcomb and Martin A. Dye. Publicity—Thomas J. man; Paul S. McGahan, I. R. and James H. Phillips. Boxes and Patronesses—Thomas E. Pranklin, chairman; Emily J. Clrey vice chairman; Howard F. Bresee and Marjorie Woodzell. Printing—Martin A. Dyer, chairman; Ferdinand G. Fraser, Sam Berlin and ‘Thomas E. Franklin. t John Lewis Smith, PFrank L. Watson B. Miller, F. G. Pn.uer Charles H. Knight, J. Miller Kenyon, Julius 1. Peyser, Paul J. McGahan, Marjorle Woodzell and Howard Bresee. The other members of the General Committee are Capt. Thomas J. Frailey, vice chairman; Winifred Nichols, secre- u.ry and Ferdinand G. Fraser, treas- La Bociete des Huit Chapeaux et rante Femmes met Wednesday eve- ning at the Hotel Washington. Chapeau Carolyn Herman gave the de- tails of a Christmas party to be given children of World War veterans, mostly orphans, at the home of Chairman Fawcett December 26 by the salon. La Societe was repreunnd at the banquet ven retiring mdr. Fraser of rgt Jasper Post, Amerlun Legion, by partners Kolhos, Staub, Cox, Berry and 5 . A number of the partners are aEnninl to celebrate New Year eve at Reserve officers’ ball to be held at the Raleigh Hotel. The next social meeting of the salon will be January 7. Judge Isaac Hitt, a member of George ‘Washington Post, No. 1, the American Legion, addressed the members at a meeting held last Tuesday night at the club house, 1441 Rhode Islnnd avenue, rtment Adjt. Howard M. Brock and Vice Comdr. W. C. Brewer spoke on _the membership campaign. ‘The post made a donation to the ‘de- partment fund in connection with the Christmas of the department, of which Marjorie Woodzell, third demmnem. vice commander, is chair- 'rhe following members of this post received citations for merito: serv- ice rendered from National Comdr. M. O. Bodenhamer, who retired from of- fice at the Boston convention: Post Comdr. B. C. McGee, H. C. Put Post Comdr. J. Comdr. ml Past Department AGJI Howard S. Pisk. The post an- nounced the chase of a box for the annual de, ent ball, to be'held at sented resolution relative to an lmemmmt to the by-laws providing for holding one meeting a month instead of two, action to be taken at the meet- ing January 20. was rted in connection with the “Past Commanders' night,” which will feature the meeting Janu- ary 6 at the club house. Comdr. William E. Porter presided at the meeting. Stuart Walcott Post, the American n, met in the club room of the Colonial Hotel, when Tuesday evening the newly elected commander, Vernon S. Auld, and uub rolmwmng o:eleen‘ y ent Senior der Ferdinand Frager: s«nlor viee wmmnder‘ Dr. Ray F. d!‘l Leo P announced the following appointments: Adjutant, Henry F. Fones; nnnnce .| offic:r, Paul K. Carr; dlrecwr of E.| Legion and thelr friends are requested - m-endent'l club for 1931. .| Jacob N. Halper and presented by Vice | Comdr. Gregory Cipriani, that the post | all District Nati A. Hickey, chief nurse of the Veterans' Bureau nurses, who was appointed to that office last yea: Repxuenntlve Edn.h Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts has accepted an invi- tation to be present at the meeting January 8 at the headquarters of the gl;:g;ll'e Nurses’ Association, 1746 K Mary Welch of the Cathryn MacJoyce Post (nurses' post) of Pittsburgh, Pa who was in town recently for a confes ence with Gen. Hines relative to hos- pitalization of ex-service women, was entertainzd by the commander, Winifred Nichols, assisted by Marietta Pierson, Mary Hawthorne and Ann Pryde. There was a_social meeting of the Xel;xcelr&t l: ‘tr:'oat:‘no Auxflhry‘ Decem- at the home AL of Mrs. Emma Emily Bach 5151 dCondulgnmd Mrs. and Miss ne Sheehan assisted Mrs. Sheehan in i o, B g & tion Hall at 6 pm. for the children of needy veterans. The committee for this party, with Miss Nicle Perrell as chairman, later met with the Costello Post, and received several donations toward this fund. There will be a Santa Claus, toys and a tree to make the kiddies happy. All members of the to be present. The pruldema of the units of the American Legion Auxiliary of the Dis- trict of Columbia have formed a The follow- are the unit presidents: Mrs. laon Arnold, Mrs. Joseph H. Mims, Mrs. Edith O’Connor, Mrs. Mary Cor- win, Mrs. Carl Werthmer, Mrs, Geam Frailey, Mrs. Ml.y D. Lightfoot, Mrs. m:)mre'» Kolson, Mrs. West A. Ham- n. Mrs. Mims was made tempo: | chairman and Mrs. Lightfoot umpo- | rary secretary. The first regular meet- ing is called for January 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hotel Hamilton. Vincent B. Costello Post, No. 15, met | in the Cairo Hotel December 16. Rep- | resentative Hamilton Pish, jr, of New | York delivered an address. A resolution, prepared by Comdr. appear before the proper committee in | Support for new and adequate arm facilities for the National Guard of the District of Columbia was sought last week, when Maj. Gen. StepHan, commanding the local militia brigade and chairman of the National Guard Committee of the Washington Cham- ber of Commerce, called a_meeting at the main armory of the local outfit. The members of the chamber commit- tee, it was sald, were shown the fa- cmfla there. The need of new quarters was ex- plained to the committee and that body promised its whole-hearted sup- port in the movement to have Oon- gress provide for facilities befit! dignity of the militia at the Capi Just what form the plans for ac- quiring & permanen would take, it is understood, has not been determined, but the comman general and other officials of the Guar are said to be working on the pro- posals which probably will be pre- sented to the present Congress before adjournment. However, with the crowded conditions, the indications are thl it might be difficult to get through y legislation at this time. It was uld at the brigade headquarters during the week that the Guard officials are awaiting the receipt of certain in- formation from the Dlltrlct. of Colum- bia Commissioners and the Public Buildings Commission. The Federal Planning Commission has recommended that the present Pension Office Building in Judiciary Square be turned 'over to the Guard xm- the of an armory. fm time has been seek- lnl building and would prefer it to other structures already up, but there was some doubt as to W ether it could get the building when oppo- sition developed in Government cir- cles. The question being studied now is as to what authority will be neces- sary to permit its transfer to the Dh- trict troops for training purposes. The e T e e, B i e an ac - F ‘ rleqt.he transfer of the permi gnslonn?ufldml for this lpue - ':xr,n.tur of fact, at the present time the Armo&y lll lot::u‘d' on & part of center site. %mlcu known that the officials would prefer to have a building erected poctlrly for militia training purposes, which would t:-clduaer“urmnl . features considered mosf e an arm- ory, it was said that the Pension Office.| Building would be most acceptable, and t ‘armory here | port to ® | 56.54; that it does have something which the Guard does not now have and has not drill hall. The entire would be suit- the companies in ‘the Mall, nnoau.m for night drilling. ‘The following have been ordered discharged from their re- uv- ‘\ymlu because of removal from meury . S000h Gonst ArtiNery, -nd' Charles W. Dowden and Bunluy Headquarters and oonp.ny 131st Engineers. has been go on record as nvoflnl by Congress looki the bill, H. R. 15062, Report was made of the Comrade Joseph B. Fitzgerald and tribute was p.?d to his memory while Post Bugler Henry Loveless sounded ps.” In response to a motion offered by Past Comdr. Willam PFranklin, a cial committee, including Gen. William rompt action K. Nicholson, Gerald Shieley and Wil- liam F. PFranklin, was appointed to | Congress lnd ur e action on pending legisiation If of prompt relief for the r-mmm of police and firemen who lose their lives in line of duty. A further moflm sponsored Com- rade Franklin, was passed authorizing momnmlonotnmwbe laced Where Rev. Franci Hurmey, coapiain V. cl Costello Post, presides. Comrade Quentin Roosevelt Post, No. 11, ol’ Xb Amerlun Legion, at its mon'.hly December 15, at the Potomac Bolr. ub, elected the (ouowlnx officers: James H. Phillips, commander; Willlam H. Grass, senior vice commander; Ray- mond Neud:cker, jr., vice commander; L. P. Allwine, E. McD. K\lm and David April, Executive Committee. Comdr. Phlll.\pc is s mtlve of lndhm he served with th th Division France and Belcmm ‘The first meeting of the new ad council of the Jacob Jones Post, No. 3, was held at the home of the new com- mander, Helen Spruue. 1763 Columbia , December 16. ess for coming year wu discussed, including plans of the various committees. 'he members were requested to send i1 G o food, clothing, or toys, to be distributed by the post at Christ- mas time families. Comdr. Helen S ments, 1763 Columbia donations are coll ional Guard ory | serve lists of their respective organiza- tions, for the reasons given: Educational interference with the per- fermance of military duty: Pvt. Ira E. Ryan, Company D, 121st mlneen. Business interference with the per- lurmanca of military duty: Pvt. Samuel E. Grogan, Medical Depnrtment De- uxchm:m fllst Engineers; Mu n and Bowie A Creamer, both cl the flt.h Division Military Police Company. Second Lieut. David W. Milne, Com- pany D. 121st Engineers, has been or- dered transferred to the H et Board, for examination as & second lieutenant of Infantry. Two units of the local Guard mus- tered a sufficient number of the men on their rolls at drill last week to be &lucad in me classification or superior quarters ent, 00pS, 29th Division, topped lhe list with 100 fi T cent. The other unit was the 20th vision, Military Police Company, with & percentage of 91.09. With but two exceptions, all of the units were rated either satisfactory or above in attend- ance during the week. In their respec- tive classifications, with percentages, they follow: Excellent—Battery E, 260th Coast Ar- mlery, a’l«. suu Detachment, 86.66; ledical Department Dehchmonl. flln Inxln s, 86.36; !lnde ment, 29'-h Division, 8; htnd. Hlfi Y satiafaciory. Very sal Engineers, 79.36; Headquarters ment, 260th cu.l Aml!ery 78.12; Medical Departme Detachment, 260th Coast An.l.llcry, " 47; Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery, 74.57. Satisfactory—Batiery A, 260th Coast Artillery, 68.42; ogommy!aullm:m- mpany F, 51 Company A, 372d Infantry, 1st Engineers, ctory — and Service Company, ul Engineers, Company A, 121st Engineers, 53132, ny B 260th Coast Artillery, Capt. 8: Manning, commanding, held & test mobmuuan of that organi- zation last Sunday morning. Each unit of the Guard has what is called a }"lpld assembly roster, to be used when in fanlike fashion. 'fllcn it was fhaf folks effects oF ilmc and so the 4 housed. here within this simple memorial ©Ancrican Hgnwar EsucaTona. Butiaw | drank in its contents with one —Company E, 121st | 1847, Detach- Easton, Md last week, problem was worked out pmhll:uh.“, e ‘and | Were entertained town at a banquet, —BY JAMES W. BROOKS. (Skelcheo by Calvin A. Fader.) rs, ran,and ggn ‘down at T¢ g?ll.nmolna workings of a fvmef btJ 1f moved }\e little cabin. ves to place traveler of hadaq (ooLqu wa}er bubbla this walled spri rmrhq and around wm?fi hwnm“a% slalcsfinthlrsfof allwho come fo pay tribute fo the boy whowas destined. to fravel far {n human service, The Secret of MARGARET YORKE By Kathleen Norris B L YT e—p—— INSTALLMENT XXVIIL ELL, it was over. The play | 7 had ended, on the balmy| s, ing afternoon that found fully established on the porch, mistress already, except in name, of everything she loved and !m.h her heart brimming with a deep ha) and security that embraced years to come. There was a familiar whirring down Mnn.rzl found herself utterly unable e was cold and her v.hro-t sudden!y felt thick and hot. stamme red. She the crum ed telegram into his hlnda “Stan—" lhe hltered. as, without look- lnl-tl!.heeook!t.hheoneemed Stan moved h!l eyes indifferently to the telegram, “What's the matter? Who is 1t?” he asked solicitously. “He's dead, I tell you!” Margaret said. “He—read it. He's dead.” Stanley snatched the telegram again, Sl:'m. !lun( it from him and caught 'wnom'-hemed.wmu-onof” shout. “My God, you don’t mean your hulbnul? ‘Tell me——;&l'l‘m i lot:hewucryln(lm.uflytnhulml Stanley's own eyes moistened. “Here, my darling lh‘ll ‘You mumn . Why, it's all over, dear! They started and turned, but Stanley did m release her when Shirley came luddenly out to the porch. “I heard your car—well!” she said, her astonished e{u not missing the traces of Margaret’s tears, the agitated was born. He told me then that Mrs. Cutting was looking for a baby to adopt, but I wouldn’z let Jim go—then. later, when I was so ill, when I did give up the baby, I swore that it hmudbe.ucmuxamwu lived. I had to ki “Living, Stan,” erlll‘et said, in an eager Tush of words, “I would always mhlv'w-dlurmymbwymbn tray him!" Shirley had been looking in utter as- tonishment from one face to another, her face an angry red and her eyes flashing. “Shn. you don't believe all thisl” she stuttered, at last. ridicul w anything—who is Jim? heard of him! And Cuyler—is it able that he wouldn't tell me that his ? jon——" s lnr‘etl confidence, you see. Mrs. “cdut- never S Y, K t's ler Theo- “We were married on the 1ith of March, four mh ago—more than lour Ing “I mean that T n!uud ever to l!vv Cuyler Theobald a asserted. “Tm'bfldn nnud him IIL‘ French marriage would never be recog- sl | niged in America until he had an Amer- faces of both Stan nnd Idlrnre "Oc mhte us, smrle{ Thml no :flu ising anything—I'm too luppyl Were to be mrrled. Shirley—] iret and I—it's arranged, it's settled. You're the nrst to know!” _ “Oh, on the contrary, every one knows!” Shirley sald, after 7’ Very per- And you, been mdzflnl exactly to keep us in the dark.” “There was a reason, Mrs. Theobald: t, | T was not free.” “I see!” Shirley said, trembling, al- though she smiled. The game was lost now, and Shirley had no thought but to withdraw as quickly as possible. But suddenly it seemed to her that in hs- ing Stan she let go of everything needéd. “I wonder if Rudolph vould drive me to Menlo Park,” she said, not Wnfly. “I've got a tea and a sick boy" “Surely Rudolph mld i Shnley said, cheerfully obliging. “Just—just a minute” Margaret said, turning paler and putting out an im- pu]!lva hand to detain Shirley. She lnced at the telegram lying on the She sent an entreaf look_to- “You are too late, Mrs. ';::uyler ‘Theobald o'clock.” Shirley sald “It’s true,” Margaref said faintly. “Then ! do!ql‘"t. believe ltl" t. don't blillievs i1 peated, narrowing her eyes, ’h‘lflfl , scow] n‘.nflu into space. “You mean that happened to get a job with Cuyler‘l aunt and med not to be recog- nized?” she scathingly. “It wasn't quite accident,” Margaret “I never heard anything so ridicu- lnusl" Shirley persisted. “Your husband was Cuyler Theo- bald?” Stan demanded. t never “I never told any one, Stan. I had pm M—l had sworn, never to tell!” ised him?"” said_ the idge, the old law- A STER I et when when doctor had told me that luv.—chen 1 sent for mvmue wYou knew him?” “Knew EE z EE bl =§§5.§ 5 g'd 58 ?E?E g 1 gone! Roosevelt, Hos- | g ican divorce, too; but Cuyler didn't care! He knew, daresay, that 1 wouldn't ever trouble him! BII! Trow- has me informed; hz looked matter because of Cuy- The courts will simply la: at it's impossible!” ugh ot you— should. teel oo badly Margaret eel sured her, unshaken. “It was his father that I feared, and now poor Cuyler is Trowbridge has been watching Jim’s interests ever since he was born, and even told Cuyler's uncle, I believe, that there was a son. I think Trow bridge wrote me that before Cuyle: married—in Paris—" “Married me, you mean?"” Shirley in- terpolated sharply. “Yes, four years ago, I think, Trow- bridge wrote me that he had writter Cuyler that it could not be a_ valic here in this State, and that all Cuyler’s properties were in Cali- fornia he would be disinheriting his second wife—-" “Well, this is rldlmuvml" uhl.rley -M llxhuy “and you and talk for the next lew 'ueh But l wouldn’t congratulate myself too soon, if I were you! was to Cuyler Theobald Paris, and T was married to him a few weeks ago, in New York. is such a thing as a wife's claim, nnd I'm Fl’nu to find out exactly what it is! sorry have to go, but—as hh widow, I may have to leave for New e pack now, , if you mind.” she said cou 3 And she swept indoors, leaving the ecstasy of lonc-awaited j:{ on the porch, for Stan and Mlgll' sat down quite simply upon the old wicker sofa and the man put his arm about Mar- garet's slender walst. Shirley found them there when she came out an hour later. !u.nlcy put her into the car, and Margaret wa and the man grinned in farewell. Dut Shirley, still flulbod and with fl-ulr ously bright eyes, fm in the llmmllln' lnd apparen (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) to nod good-bys. Some Real Romance. You m have never beon to Carcas~ ln N-dundl hm.u‘:mnu. you “m‘l‘nn mam “I never see Carcassonne,” flmo\l-l "Iled city still stands u lt did in the Middle with its double line i Senator W. Earl County, & lieutenant of the staff Finance Department and a resident of Easton. The 28th National Guard Division is commanded by g S 2 The following, on the reserve list of the Service and 1218t hlve been o!dccon.:'lw‘n, hon- o - | ker, Ji : Pvis. Joseph M. Bar- C. Ml’[lln‘ Edwin B. Cox, f'urry 3 lnu;.“. Berkeley 1'. H;: and James J. bllom elly. from the &5 Bave bee active s She-o- | e Torces