Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1931, Page 54

Aviation BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. LD MAN ECHO, beloved of Swiss yodelers, dwellers on apartment h ase courts and 7/ mountein guides, has been called to the assistance of the aviator who earnestly desires to land through dense fog. Echoes are tamed and made to yield their benefits to aviators through a de- vice known as the “sonic altimeter.” Developed by the Army Air Corps and engineers of the General Electric lab- oratories, the new altimeter automatic- ally ascertains the altitude of the plane in which it is mounted by measuring the length of time required for the sound of a whistle blast to travel from | lane to ground and its echo to travel | Euk from ground to plane. ‘The principle of the sonic altimeter s not new. The Navy has been using such a device for some time for deep- sea soundings. The measuring of the time of travel of sound through the sea water and its echo off the sea bottom has enabled scientists to chart the depths of the seas. The aircraft version of the old deep- sea depth finder consists roughly of a pressure tank, a whistle attached to the tank, a transmitting and a receiving | megaphone joined by a tube, a dial measuring the altitude in feet and a stethoscope fitted to the pilot’s ears. The device is used in somewhat the following manner: | Tooting for Altitude. The pilot toots the whistle. The sound is magnified by the transmitting megaphone, pointed toward the ground. ‘The sound reaches the ground and is transformed into an echo of useful proportions. The echo, clambering back into the skies to seek its parent whistle, is caught by the receiving funnel. | ‘When the plane is above 50 feet from | the ground the dial automatically reg- isters the altitude through some scien- tific procedure, too complicated for easy description. When the plane is below 50 feet the time elapsed between the blast and the clambering echo is so short that the dial cannot function. Here enters the stethoscope, which is connected to the tube joining the two megaphones. The stethoscope enables the pilot to hear the blast of the whistle as the sound leaves the plane and the return of the echo and to dis- tinguish a difference at any altitude above 5 feet. Between four and five feet the whistle and echo tones blend into one glorious whole and the pilot knows' it is high time to level off for a landing. Another advantage of the arrange- ment is that the pilot can judge to some extent the nature of the terrain below by the character of the echo. An echo which comes back all fury around the edges probably has been playing | around in the woods. A nice crisp, | clear echo denotes clear ground below. For test purposes the sonic altimeter has been mounted on several planes. Further work is to be undertaken to simplify the apparatus and reduce its weight. Used in connection with radio bea- cons and runway localizing beams, ‘which the pilot may follow to his des- tination, the device is intended to be one of the last links required in the battle to defeat fog, the airman’s worst enemy. = To Increase Schedules. ‘What has been termed “air trans- m’s boldest expriment,” the inaugura- of hourly air passenger service by trimotored planes between the Na- tional Capital and New York, is prov- ing so successful that by next Spring there may be a tremendous increase in frequency of schedules, inauguration of night service up to midnight and even further reduction in fares, now below Tailroad rates for the round trip. This was announced by Vernon R. Lucas, veteran pilot and aviation radio expert, and Pat Taft, both now con- nected with the New York, Philadel- phia and Washington Airway Corpora- tion, operators of the hourly service, in | speeches before the Aero Club of Wash- ington during the past week. There has been no air transport ven- ture in the past two years which was greeted with more open scoffing or forecasts of failure than the hourly service of “Nypwac,” or the Ludington Line, as the service is variously known. In the four months since the service was inaugurated, however, it has been s0 successful that a reduction of passenger fares has been possible, and still further reduction is expected. It is claimed that every passenger rec- ord on any airline in the world has been broken on the run between this city and New York. Despite long pe- riods of fog and thick weather, the line has maintained 97 per cent service since its inauguration. Lucas’ talk before the Aero Club was 8 delightfully frank discussion of the air transport business, based on his ex- perience with several of the largest lines in the country. Practically all early air transport or- ganization was undertaken without any effort having been made to ascertain costs, Lucas said. No one knew what the outcome would be, and the results showed that in many cases, without Federal support. there would be no pos- sibility of profit “With the possible exception of Earl Halliburton’s ‘Safeways' Line (now ab- sorbed as a part of the new Southern Transcontinental System),” Lucas said, “there was no line in the past that could possibly pay its operating ex- penses out of passenger revenues.” Watres Bill Criticized. The new Watres airmail bill, passed by Congress last year as an aid to air passenger lines, has been adminis- tered with some results which at first glance appear almost ridiculous, Lucas declared. He said that he has seen a big tri-motored plane weighing 8500 | pounds empty, with one or two passen- gers_aboard, taking on mail “There would be 1 pound 4 ounces for one stop, 11 ounces for another, and | so on,” Lucas said. “You could carry the entire mail load under one arm.| For each pound of this mail a kindly| Uncle Sam was paying 40 cents per mile, plus 15 cents for the tri-motored | equipment, plus 6 cents for two-way radio equipment.” Most of the earlier air transport ven- | tures were loaded down with deadwood. | Lucas said. They supported “prima donnas” in the form of nephews and | cousins and other relatives of the| president, the vice presidents and others | down the line, all of which chewed up’ sevenues. On top of this they struggled to make out with planes costing $1.25 r mile to operate. The result was gvy hgd to charge rates so high that f0 one but the wealthy could afford to 82, If they reduced rates to a point where passengers began to come, they eould not pay operating expenses, and the more passengers they carried the more money they lost. % In establishing the “Nypwac" Line, Paul Collins and Eugene Vidal, who have worked up the operations program, based upon years of previous airmail and air-transport experience, decided that the operations methods in common practice would have to be junked in their entirety. New types of planes and new methods of operation, all di- rected toward bringing expenses below revenues, would have to be found. Collins’ first act of public interest— the selection of the E].lm!l to be used on the new line—st up a storm of comment, a large part of it impolite, thi h the industry. Collins passed up all the types of aircraft in use on American lines, finding fault with one type after another. Abandoned Plane Chosen. i ‘were made in minor %fl:m'me Carrying 10 passengers this ship weighed half as much and had but half the horsepower of many standard types carrying the same load. Where gaso- line "consumption in some of the 10,- passenger tri-motors ran in excess of 60 gallons per hour the plane Collins selected burned about 35 gallons and that a lower grade and much cheaper fuel. The speed was high and, best of all, the plane could fly with full load on_two 3 During the first four months of operations between this city and New York, Lucas said, planes of his line flew 430,000 miles on schedule with but two forced landings and these really were not “forced,” because the pilot could have kept on going in case of ne- cessity. There were 1,300,000 motor hours flown to each of these two forced landings, which were made because the pilot chose to land when one motor cut out rather than to attempt to con- tinue on two engines. “They could have kept going, how- ever, had they chosen to do so,” Lucas said. “On one occasion George Pome- roy, flying a full load of passengers with baggage, had a motor failure over Trenton while flying at about 700 feet because of low clouds. He kept on going on two engines and had 2,700 feet of altitude when he arrived at Newark Airport.” Enter the Air Commuter. Lucas was asked whether many of the passengers on the line are “repeat- ers.” He replied that he knows of sev- eral people who have made as many as 30 round trips over the line. There are two men, he said, who are regular com- muters between New York and Phila- delphia. Taft, referring to these commuters, said they are known to personnel of the line as “Weber and Fields.” They are engaged in radio research work which requires daily travel between New York and Philadelphia, Taft said. They have been making the trip for several years, using rail and automobile before air- plane service began. For four years they made the trip daily by automobile, wearing out two cars and wrecking two others. On one day recently, because of fog and rain, they made the trip by rail. The train hit a truck at a grade crossing and arrived more than an hour late. On the way from the station to the factory at Camden, where they worked, their taxicab skidded on the Wwet pavement and tore off a wheel, al- most killing them. “They took a vow then and there never to make the trip any other way ;l“l‘ldn by air if it were possible,” Taft Taft said that if his line were able to obtain governmental assistance through the Watres bill it would be possible to reduce passenger fares to less than the railroads ever have been able to charge. He predicted that before long one out of every 10 travelers between the Capi- tal and New York, or 900 a day, will be making the trip by air. The record for a single day’s air travel to date is 273 passengers. “Humdinger” Built. ‘The “humdinger” has made its ap- pearance in aviation. That homely old word, lt:lng used to describe the diffi- culf an true application. The humdinger of aviation is a part of a giant nevg wind tunnel now nearing completion at the National Advisory Committee for Aero- nautics’ laboratory at Langley Field, Hampton, Va. It is called a “hum- dinger,” explained a local official of the committee simply, because it is a humdinger. The giant tunnel, used for full-scale alrplane tests, has a throat ning 60 by 30 feet, oval in shape. ind cur- rent through the throat is provided by two immense propellers, each 32 feet in diameter, slightly overlapping and | driven by great electric motors. The throat of the tunnel is of wood, smoothly polished. The throat must change in shape from the oval of the opening to the double circle at the pro- pellers, smoothly and in unbroken curves. This portion of the tunnel, the first of its kind ever built, is the hum- dinger. Though thousands of square feet of polished wood surface are in- volved and the curves are of bewlilder- ing intricacy, there is not a quarter of an inch of error in any rt of the huge structure, final checking has re- vealed. It was extraordinarily difficult to design and build and there is no ml;dd mmv;eunsuneuzhw dlescrlbe the fin- product as the old buf term adopted. il e Carneal Steps Along. ‘The fastest flying time ever recorded between Pittsburgh and the National Capital was credited to Charles Car- neal, pilot for Clifford Ball's Pennsyl- vania Airline, a day or two back. Car- neal caught a tail wind varying from 55 to 60 miles per hour and came from Pittsburgh to the unloading gate at Washington-Hoover Airport in just 68 minutes. With three passengers aboard his single-motored plane, he took off at 3:08 from Pittsburgh, rolling up to the gate here at 4:16. The distance is about 196 miles and train time is approxi- mately eight hours. Busy Days for Air Navy. Approximately 270 Navy planes, form- ing the Navy of the air, will be en- gaged in the coming fleet concentra- tion and maneuvers at Panama from February 12 to March 24, the Navy Department has announced. Following the fleet maneuvers a naval air con- centration will be held in the Caribbean from March 24 to April 3. Defense of the Panama Canal will constitute the major problem for the coming war games. David 8. Ingalls, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics, and his alde, Lieut. Comdr. Robert P. Molten, will make the long trip from this city | to Panama waters by air, flying down in two single-seater Navy fighters. During the air concentration the air- craft carriers Saratoga and Lexington will abandon their usual posts with the Battle Fleet and go on duty with the Scouting Fleet The first specially constructed air- craft carrier built for the United States Navy is to be known as the U. S, S, Ranger. This name has been autho ized by Secretary of the Navy Adams, The two big carriers, Lexington and Saratoga, were started as battle cruisers, and the third, the U. S. S. Langley, is a converted collier. “Blacking-Out” Studied. Lieut. Ralph A. Ofstie, chief of the flight-test section at the Anacostia Naval Air Station, and Lieut. T. P, Jeter, aviation member of the Navy Board of Inspection and Survey, are back in the Capital after tests of the new Navy F4B-2 Boeing fighter at Seattle. The tests were of general interest to all aviators because of the use for the first time of indicating and record- ing accelerometers to measure the-forces in pulling out of vertical power dives, which often cause pilots to lose con- sciousness or to “go black” as the loss of vision from centrifugal force fis described. The accelerometers were carried dur- ing vertical 10,000-foot dives but no reports on the results have been made public. The indicating accelerometer, which is of greatest interest to the average pilot, is described as being about the size of a watch, easy of in- stallation and simple to read. It is hoped that a few of the instruments may be obtained for experimental use in the operating forces. Mystery Chalice Returned. As mysteriously as it disaj ed years ago, an old Trish stiver chalioe has been returned to the County Antrim Infirmary, at Lisburn, Ireland. It was presented to the infirmary in 1779. The relic was found recently in & box in the Masonic Hall in Belfast. It was dis- colored and the illegible. After to the Knight Templazs of Belfaat. rare, has_at last found its| | elected grand junior steward, 7 THE SUNDAY STAR., WASHINGTUN, e AMERICAN HISTORY BY MOTOR— ST MATTHEWS Z LouisviLLE ST.HeLENs 6 E1iaBETATOWN MASONIC LODGES. Monday—B. B. French, No. 15, M. M.; Pentalpha, No. 23, E. A. Tuesday—National, No. 12, E. A.; Arminius, No. 25, E. A. M. Parker, No. 27, M. M. King Dayid, No. 28, social. Wednesday—Washington Centen- nial, No. 14, E. A; Osiris, No. 26, E. A.; East Gate, No. 34, M. M.: Theodore Roose- veit, No. 44, F. C. Thursday—The New Jerusalem, No. 9, social Priday—St. John's, No. 11, home- coming social; Hope, No. 20, social. Saturday—School of instruction. ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS. Monday—Brightwood, No. 9, and Petworth, No. 16, joint grand visitation, 8:30 p.m. ‘Tuesday—La Fayette, No. 5, de- gree, not specified. ‘Wednesday—Columbia, No. 1, grand visitation, 8 pm. ‘Thursday—Washington, No. 2, election of officers; William R. Singleton, No. 14, grand visitation, 8 p.m. Friday—Capitol, No. 11, election of officers; Mount Pleasant, No. 13, grand visitation, 8 pm. SCOTTISH RITE. Tuesday—Mithras Lodge of Per- fection, statutory assembly. HE annual grand visitation of Grand High Priest L. Whiting Estes and the Grand Chapter, R. A. M, to Brightwood and Petworth Chapters, tomorrow evening. will take place in Joppa Lodge Hall, Ninth and Upshur streets north- west, B Joppa Lodge, No. 35, expects to be entertained in its hall the evening of February 9, with an illustrated lecture gy s_’unuel B. Reeder of Lebanon Lodge, 0. 7. St. John’s Lodge, No. 11, will hold a “home-coming” in the Grand Lodge room, Friday night, January 23, to pay honor to Needham C. Turnage, recently and Theo. C. Lewis, recently elected grand pa- tron of the Grand Chapter, O. E. S. Grand Master C. Fred Cook will be present, as well as a_ number of the members of the Grand Lodge and of the Grand Chapter, O. E. 8. Past Grand Master Joseph H. Milans will address the brethren and an inter- | esting program has been provided by Senior Warden Chester R. Draper. Following the exercises in the lodge | room, refreshments will be served in the banquet hall by the ladies of St. John's Lodge Chapter, No. 18, O. E. 8. The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Lamb- skin Club have elected the following of- ficers to serve for the year 1931: Cora Potter, president; Ella M. Ford, vice president; June Schultz, secretary; Irene | Ford Smith, treasurer; Lena Elder, conductress, and Anna Foreman, asso- ciate conductress. President Mollie Fosson will preside at the auxiliary's meeting February 12, when plans will be perfected for the installation of the newly elected officers at the Kallipolis Grotto headquarters the evening of Feb- ruary 14. The Ladies' Auxiliary of Brightwood Commandery, No. 6, Knights Templar, will give a card party Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, at Brightwood Masonic Temple. EASTERN STAR Treaty Oak Chapter will celebrate its second birthday anniversary at Temple | Heights January 19. | Takoma Chapter will celebrate its| twenty-third birthday anniversary Jan- uary 23, with the matrons and patrons of 1931 ‘as special guests. Matron Coila A. Maholm has announced the follo ing committee chairmen: Ways and Means, Zeleima K. Kuebler; Home Board, Inez C. Burrows; Flora Circle, Ruth S. Buckner; Temple, Georgia T. Hendricks; Endowment, Mary Reppert; Finance, William White; Hospitality, conductress and associate conductress. ‘The Auxiliary Home Board of Martha Chapter will meet at the home of Ma- tron Elsie Speer, 4822 Illinois avenue, January 20. The Ways and Means Com- mittee, Past Patron Carleton Fry, chair- man, announces the annual dance and card party at Wardman Park Feb- ruary 4. Congress Lodge Chapter will meet to- morrow evening, when a reception will be given the new officers. There will be refreshments and dancing. The Home Board was entertained at the home of the associate matron last Wednesday evening, and a dance was planned for February 14. Ruth Chapter will meet tomorrow eve- ning. Degrees will be conferred. The | Home Board Auxiliary will serve a Ger- man dinner at the Elks' Hall, 919 H street, January 20, from 11:30° a.m. to| pm. Federal Chapter will meet January 22. Mary Warren will be installed as conductress. There will be work. The Friendship Club will meet January 20 at the home of Mary Warren, 1427 Chapin street. Chevy Chase Chapter will meet Janu- ary 20, at which time the fifth birthday anniversary will be celebrated. The charter members will be the honor guests, and, as a speclal feature, the chapter will be opened by its first ma- tron and patron, Mrs. Britomarte Jones and Percy W. Jones, with the original corps of officers filling the several sta- tions. Y The chapter dance will be a Valetine affair, to be held February 14 ay the New Shoreham Hotel. Mrs. May Pur- {cell is chairman of the committee on general arrangements. A business meeting of Harmony Chng- ter will be held January 22, followed by a reception to the new officers, refresh- ments and dancing. The members of the Auxiliary Home Board will meet at 12:30 o'clock January 26 at the Lotus for lunch, after which they will attend the meeting of the General Home Board at the Masonic Temple at 1:30 o'clock. | The Auxiliary Home Board will meet the evening of January 27 at the home of Mrs. Ethel terfield, 722 Farragut &n interesting pfi achievemento of the val Butler, who served at Valley Tor once offered the toast, The Butlers and the Five, Sons”. The home tothe occupied by Ma FRATERNITIES s from the history jor Thomas P. Butler; and the one Lewis, Associate Grand Matron Edith D. Williams, Grand Conductress Eliza- beth Plitt, Past Grand Matron Nellie E. Fletcher, Past Grand Patron Charles Shreve and matrons and patrons of 1931 were special guests. There was entertainment and dancing. Sarah Peden, associate matron, will entertain the Auxiliary Home Board at Epstein’s January 22 at 8 p.m. Mildred Steiner, chairman of the Dance Com- mittee, announces a dance at Ward- man Park Hotel February 16. Patron Martin Smith is chairman of the Press Comnfittee. The Entertainment Com- mittee is: Chairman, Sylvia Kaplowitz; associate chairmen, Mrs. William Ro- sendorf and Mrs. Bertha Halober. The next meeting of the chapter is Janu- ary 26. The Ways and Means Committee of Joseph H. Milans Lodge Chapter will hold a card party January 20 in North- east Masonic Temple. Mrs. Doris Sut- ton is chairman. The Auxiliary Home Board will meet Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Ida Smith, 2810 Twelfth street northeast. The 1926 Matrons and Patrons’ Ex- ecutive Committee met at the home of the president, Mrs. Lavinia Dunham. Plans were formulated for the annual banguet at the Burlington Hotel Janu- ary 29 at 6:30 o'clock. Matrons and patrons and their associates are invited to attend. Dancing and cards after the banquet. ‘The Ways and Means Committee of Brookland Chapter, Nell Hiscox, chair- man, will give a card party and dance at 2400 Sixteenth street February 13. The other committee chairmen reporting progress were Minnie Neil, Add-to Com- mittee; Mary Zeigler, Auxiliary Home Board; Mrs. Sidney G. Wright, Endow- ment Committee. The grand matron appointed Junior Past Matron Ruth Speake as chairman of the chapter's Temple Committee for 1931. The chapter’s Star Point Society gave a dinner last night at Tilden Gardens. Next Wednesday the Past Matrons' As- sociation will have its banquet at the | GI Grace Dodge Hotel. Matron Evelyn Booker and Patron T. Paul Speake will be at home January 25, from 4 0 7 o'clock, at the matron’s home, 4110 Thirteenth place northeast. Acacia Chapter will meet January 20 at 8 pm. The program will include readings by Constance M. Goodman, Ruth Chapter, and soprano solo, Mary Jane Langley, Areme Chapter. The Home Board Committee of Areme Chapter met at the home of its chair- man, Irene Katherine Schmidt, 715 Farragut street, January 13 to plan ac- tivities for the year. The meeting of the chapter will be held January 21, followed by a spec- tacular musical play under the direc- ;ln]}:xlt]g::rm %lllnaxls. Klein, assisted Y ron Earl Klein, a¢ at the piano, G L& Fayette Lodge Chapter celebrated “New Officers’ night” January 14. There was an_informal reception o the offi- cers, followed by a short program and dancing. The next meeting will be held January 28 at the chapter rooms at Fourteenth and Kenyon streets. Mizpah Chapter will meet Janua: 20. Entertainment has been Dllnn:g and refreshments will be served. Mu Delta Sigma met at Helen A. Brewton's home January 13, with Grace and Esther Balser and Florence Bell assist- ing hostesses. All arrangements have been com- pleted for the dance and card party to be given by Mount Pleasant Chapter at the Shoreham Hotel next Friday evening. The honor guests will be Grand Matron Mrs. Amy C. Hollander, Grand _Patron Theodore C. Lewis, Junior Past Grand Matron Mrs. Katha- rine S. Meritt and Junior Past Grand Patron Dr. Charles Calvin Galloway. A program of dances, music and games was given at the conclusion of the meeting of the chapter last Priday evening, Matron Ardell Payne and Patron Fred Schiebler of Brightwood Chapter announce a short business meeting ;l’l?ursd.y X(gowed by a reception to e new officers. Program, and refreshments. = SR St. John'’s Lodge Chapter will meet | ‘The home board met | tomorrow night. with Past Matron Leila J. Cooke Janu- ary 16. The Endowment Committee met with the chairman, Past Matron Rebecca Wharton, January 14. /The annual card party and dance will be | held February 26 at Wardman Park Hotel. A card party will be held at the home of the patron, 2022 Connecti- cut avenue, at 8 p.m., January 24. Past Grand Matron Sallye C. Bogley, assisted by Past Matron Mae-Dow and Past Matron Eva Lynch, installed the following officers in Treaty Oak Chap- ter: Matron, Dorothy Carroll; patron, Herman Meyers; associae matron, Clara Reynolds; associate patron, John M. Hunt; conductress, Mildred La Voie; associate conductress, Viola Hodson; secretary, Alice Shaw: treasurer, Mollie Walters; marshal, Grace Bogley; or- ganist, Natalie B. Wilson; chaplain, Dora Focht; Adah, Martha Sisk; Ruth, Amelia Elliott; Esther, Dorothy Geare; Martha, Edna Koons: Electa, Carrie Johnson; warden, Helen Boyd, and sentinel, Joseph Carroll. Junior Past Matron Lulu Grosvenor was elected as trustee for the term of three years. Past Grand Matron Tille Chauncey made the presentation of the past ma- tron's jewel to Mrs. Grosvenor and the past patron’s jewel to Dr. Beebe. Good Will Chapter will meet next Friday at 8 o'clock. There will be a program in charge of Mrs. Mary Ander- son. Mrs. Anna Langdale, chairman of the bowling team, will give a card party at 2301 Georgia avenue January 20 at 1 p.m. Mrs. Mary Porter, chair- man of the Ways and Means Commit- tee, will give a card party at Northeast Masonic Temple January 27 at 8:30 pm; also a turkey dinner at North- east Masonic Temple February 4 from 5 to 7 o’clock. Joppa Lodge Chapter will celebrate its tenth birthday anniversary next Wednesday. The annual dance and card party will be held January 23 in the ball room of the Almas Temple, 1315 K street. ODD FELLOWS. Mount Pleasant Lodge will y & fraternal visit to Potomac in street, with Mrs. Angela Cook, vice chairman, assisting. ‘Temple Chapter, va C. Futrovsky, went into produc- | being put in good condition it was re- matron, announced the birthday anni- turned the infirmary by versary party a success. Grand Matron | Moun! Patron Ted -~ Alexandria, Va., next Priday evening. Officers of Priendship Lodge were in- stalled by Deputy Grand Master Chal- mers F. Groff and his installing staff of ‘The_ officers t Pleasant Lodge. are; Noble grand, Thomas P. Royston; Butlers, a family nofed in Revolutic ge and Yorktowh, General = of Carrollion, Kentucky reveals the mi days. To General Washington 1o the left by General Willam vice grand, Albert E. Pellows; recording secretary, Thomas C. Baisden; financial secretary, Edgar W. Parks, and treas- urer, Harry K. Johnson. Special Deputy Grana Master Olin C. Spitzer and staff from Phoenix Lodge installed the officers of Metropolis Lodge, as follows: Noble grand, Eld- ridge E. Wood; vice grand, Charles L. Hall; secretary, George T. Decker, and treasurer, Ernest L. Loving. ‘The officers, elective and appointive, of Beacon Lodge were installed by Spe- cial Deputy Grand Master Henry C. Thomson of Brightwood Lodge, as fol- lows: Noble grand, Edward S. Byrnes; vice grand, Frank Metler; recording secretary, Charles G. Barton; financial | secretary, Justin M. Green, and treas- | urer, Thomas R. Hellmuth. Officers of Langdon Lodge were in- stalled by Special Deputy Grand Mas- ter Elbert O. Talley and staff from Co- lumbia Lodge, as follows: Noble grand, Ralph L. Cookson; vice grand, Willlam D. Scott; recording secretary, Willlam E. Lewis; financial secretary, Fred N. Davis, and treasurer, Walter B. Randall. Special Deputy Grand Master James E. Griffith and staff from Central Lodge installed officers of Brightwood Lodge, as follows: Noble grand, Hiram E. Johnson; vice grand, Herbert E. La- Fourcade; recording secretary, Fay F. Hunter; financial secretary, Edward F. Macummons, and treasurer, William L. ‘Wood. Special Deputy Grand Master Lillard C. Blevins and staff from Metropolis Lodge installed officers of Phoenix Lodge, as follows: Noble grand, Eric Waldo; vice grand, William F. Milbourn; secretary, Lewis Milbourne; Albert A. Strauss; warden, Herman Waldo; conductor, Willlam Mitchell; chaplain, William M. Sparo; inside guardian, Herman Waldo, sr.; outside guardian, I. W. Baker; ht supporter to noble grand, Charfes H. VanHorn; left supporter to the noble grand, James H. Ellis; right scene supporter to the vice grand, William P. Eaton; left scene rough; right supporter to the vice grand, 1. W. Ingels, and left supporter to the vice grand, Olin C. Spitzer. The 1. O. the annual meeting last Monday eve- ning. Nomination and election of offi- cers was as follows: W. Bradford; vice president, James E. riffith; secretary, Harry L. Andresen; treasurer, Samuel G. Taylor, and Mil- lard F. Zepp, superintendent of the temple. The following were re-elected as Managing Board Committee: Ernest ‘W. Bradford, Harry L. Andresen and Samuel G. Taylor. Rebekah Lodges. At the last meeting of Martha Wash- ington Lodge Mrs. Cummings and staff, from Esther, installed the following of. ficers: Noble grand, Ethel Ecendorf; vice grand, Gussie Swartz; recording secretary, Minnie A. Butts; treasurer, Agnes Arnett; warden, Miss Guilford; conductor, Mrs. Jessop; inside guardian, Mary E. Bowen, and outside guardian, Arthur Jessop. Mrs. Tyng presented a gift to the installing officer, Mrs. Mary Cummings. Elizabeth Harding, past noble grand, was presented with a Re- bekah ring by Miss Hage on behalf of the officers. She also received a gift from Miss Mae Harding and Miss Mauds A. Couzens and past noble grand’s jewel, presented by Miss Minnie Butts. Mrs. Anne B. Wightman, president of the assembly, and Miss Emma T. Stro- bel, treasurer, made addresses. The charter was draped in memory of Mrs. Mildred Hessen. The following officers of Esther Re- bekah Lodge were installed by Effie G. Lawson and staff, from Dorcas: Noble grand, Louise Ourand; vice grand, Lu- cia Dus recording secretary, Audrey inancial secretary, Elma Giger; treasurer, Edna McIntosh, and degree director, Miss Buck. Past Noble Grand Mrs. Troxall was presented with a jewal by Mrs. Cummings and a Rebekah ring from Mr. Troxall by Mrs. Geiman. Mrs. Fannie Chaffee was presented with a jewel by Mrs. Billings. The installing officer was presented a gift by Miss Stacy Medders. The sixteenth annual session of the Rebekah Assembly will be held in Odd Fellows’ Temple, 419 Seventh street, ‘Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. the president, Anne B. Wightman, presiding. Lunch eon will be served at 1 p.m. under direc- tion of Mrs. Ella Thornton, and the assembly dinner at Capitol Park Hotel at 5:30 pm.; Miss Emma T. Strobel, chairman. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, Amaranth and Century-Decatur Lodges will meet tomorrow evening; Webster, Excelsior and Capital Lodges, ‘Tuesday evening; Mount Vernon Lodge, Wednesday evening; Syracusians and Rathbone-Superior Lodges, Friday eve- ning; Hermione Lodge, Thursday eve- ning; Priendship Temple, Pythian Sis- ters, Wednesday evening, and Rathbone ‘Temple, Friday evening. ‘The Board of Directors of the Knights of Pythias Hall Association will meet Wednesday evening. The grand chan- cellor, Cleveland Kennicutt, assisted by ‘W. A. Kimmel as grand prelate, Past Grand Chancellor John B. Dickman as grand master at arms, and Albert E. Gorham, keeper of record and seal, in- stalled the following officers in Home Lodge: William G. Kienle, chancellor commander; James A. Willlams, vice chancellor; William M. Slater, master of finance and master of exchequer; J. E. Rhodes, keeper of records and seal E. Williams, master of work. Friendship Temple, Pythian Sisters, met January 7 and the following officers were installed by Carrie Banks, assisted by Carrie Davis, as grand manager, and Jeannette Crowthers as grand senior: Most excellent chief, Nellie Embrey; ex- cellent senior, Ella Embrey; excellent Junior, Nettie Lynn; Carrie Batson; mistress of records and cor- respondence, Annie Sullivan (re-elect- ed) ; mistress of finance, Ida Crown (re- elected); protector, Janette Painter; outer guard, Georgiana C. Kimmel. Carrie Davis, on behalf of the degree staff and drill team, presented the re- tiring chief, Bessie Woody, with goblets. ‘Washington Company, No. 1, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, was pre- sided over by Capt. E. 8. Young. Dis- cussions as to the membership drive were held by Capt. Arthur Smith and Chaplain William T. Baum. Drill rehearsal was held in the arm- ory last Sunday and the membership is notified to be present at 11 a.m. today for further rehearsal. The next meet- ing of the company will be January 19. installed Chancellor Comdr. Gross and Master of Work Negosta and Prelate Ricks for Syracusians Lodge. Past Grand Chancellor Freeman and Past Grand Chancellor Day spoke. B. P. 0. ELKS. Jerry D. Barba, William L. Belt, Emil W. Brown, William P. John D. Hill, Thomas J. McCall, James A , George Wegsecheidler, Julius Wolf, A , Kenneth D. ftar treasurer, | supporter to the vice grand, R. Spar- | O. F. Board of Trustees held | President, Ernest | Grand Master at Arms E. J. Newcomb | nf (Title resistered W == [ 2 " — Yo || W His boril roond ot " who fought Joined the Revolutionary forces at the wih dackaonal —BY JAMES W. BROOKS. . 8. Patent Office.) o fon e bodies o Gerer Rercl age of' 18, General William Orleans and fér whose daring at pesented a gl sword, and Major Thomas P Butler: who akso foughit wimkaon. (Sketches by* Calvin A, Fader.) 0. Butler 5t McRae, Lester A. Howard, Ora H. Tracy and George F. Simons became Elks last Wednesday evening. The_next initiation will be held on Past Exalted Rulers' night, February 11, when the past exalted rulers, headed by John E. Lynch, will be in charge of the ritualistic work. On February 27 the grand exalted ruler and his staff will witness a class initiation from the 14 lodges in the State Association, which will be held in Washington. Alexandria Lodge and its officers will have charge of the initiation March 11. Past Exalted Ruler John E. Lynch has been appointed chairman of a com- mittee to assist Baltimore Lodge next Wednesday night in the unveiling of a | tablet presented by the lodges of the | jurisdiction in memory of Past Exalted Ruler Joseph Salabis of Baltimore Lodge for his unselfish work for the order and for charity. CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA. Miss Sadie Carroll, chairman of Vesper Committee, announces arrange- ments have been completed and the vespers will be at St. Gabriel's Church, January 25, at 8 pm. Right Rev. John M. McNamara will be celebrant; Rev. Joseph Malloy of the Catholic University, deacon; Rev. Francis Hur- ney, pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, sub-deacon. Master of ceremonies will be Rev. William Sweeney of St. Gebriel's and and_the assistants to the bishop will be Rev. Francis X. Cavanagh, chap- lain of Court 212, and Rev. Joseph Nelligan of St. Gabriel's. The sermon will be delivered by Right Rev. | Monsignor Eugene Connelly, pastor of St. Peter's Church. A specially ar- ranged musical program will be charge of Miss Kitty Weber. Miss Mary Ahearn and her commit- tee will accept until February 10, the names of those wishing to make the retreat with the C. D. A. on February 15, at the Washington Retreat House, 4000 Harewood road. ‘The juniors will have a dance at the Aloysian_Club, January 24. Mrs. Katherine Martin, chairman of Welfare. and Mrs. Berta Jones, chair- man of Decorations, and their committees have postponed the card party scheduled for, January 22, to March 17, Miss Mazie Scanlan, national junior director, was a guest of the counselors and the officers, January 10. DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA. A mesting of Circle No. 178 was held Monday evening at the Washington Club, Seventeenth and K streets. Miss Mary Manning, chairman of the Enter- tainment Committee, reported that 31 Christmas baskets were distributed by members of the committee to the poor. Mrs. Frank Wall was appointed chair- man of the Entertainment Committee for the next quarter. Reports were also presented by the chairman of the Medical Mission Society and the Christ Child Fund. The memb:rs voted a contribution to the 1931 Community Chest. Members of the circle have been invited to the tea to be given at the headquarters of the Medical Mis- sion Soclety this afternoon. THE MACCABEES. National Tent and Martha Washing- ton Hive will hold a joint installation of officers next Wednesday, at 8 p.m., at |0dd Fellows Temple, 419 Seventh street. W. O. Hayes, great commander, will be th® installing officer. A dele- gation from Baltimore will be present. Following the installation a buffet sup- per will be served. DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA. State Councilor Mrs. Ethel Burroughs and her officers made their official visit to Mount Vernon Council January 6, at which time Past State Councilor Mrs. Emily Holiday gave the unwritten work. Addresses were delivered by State Secretary Charles H. Miller, State Treasurer Mrs. Mildred Rock, Past Na- tional Councilor Mrs. Naomi Swann and Past National Councilor Mrs. Eliza- beth Sewell, who instituted the council. Those contributing to the program were Miss Catherine Passeso, vocal solo; songs, little Dorothy Herbert, and read- ing, Mrs. Burroughs. Fidelity Council attended the meeting. Deputy Mrs. Fannie Joyner installed the following officers of Kenmore Coun- cil: Councilor, Mrs. Jeanette Taylor; associate councilor, Mrs. Elizabeth Bow- ings; vice councilor, Mrs. Elsie D. Fill- men; associate vice councilor, Mrs, Mary Franco: junior past councilor, Mrs. Rose Miles; associate junior past councilor, Mrs. Sarah Hayes; conductor, Mrs. Nettie Mettler; warden, Mrs. Sybil Will; assistant recording secre- tary, Mrs, Etta Gladden; inside senti- nel, Mrs. Betty Wolf; outside sentinel, Mrs. Margaret Roberts; _trustee, 18 months, Mrs. Lillian Wilcox. Those de- livering addresses were State Conductor Mrs. Bell Gibson, State Warden Mrs. Helen Luckett, Mrs. Jessie Lowe of the State Law Committee, Past National Councilor Mrs. Elizabeth Sewell, Mrs. Ida Lyddane, Mrs. Harkrider, George Cohill, Mrs. Devota M. Klein and Mrs. May Ames, mother of the council. At the last meeting of Star Spangled Banner Council the following officers were installed: Councilor, Ruth Boswell; Associate Councilor, William Abbott; vice councilor, Lucy Lusby; associate vice councilor, Ethel Hibbs: conductor, Lilly Butler; warden, Mary Miles, jr.; past councilor, Hilda Herbert; associate junior past councilor, Sussie Barrett. The councilor appointed Olive Litz as degree captain and Ruth Taylor as council press correspondent. Af Jast meeting of Mayflower Council the officers were installed by Deputy Mrs. Rose Wells. Plans were discussed for the visitation of the State officers February 6. Mrs. Nora Lee conducted the last meeting_ of Anacostia Council, when Ethan Rettstatt was elected to mem- bership. Mrs. Keyes received by card from Unity Council. With Deputy Mil- dred Rock as installing officer, the fol- lowing_officers were installed: Coun- cilor, Edna_Dyer; associate councilor, Hattie M. Beall: vice councilor, Pearl Torney; associate vice councilor, Sarah Buddington; junior past councilor, Nora Lee; associate councilor, Lee Conners; conductor, Irene Perry: warden, Mrs. Frisbie: inside sentinel, Mary Plumb: outside sentinel, Frank Smith. Mrs. Dyer appointed Mrs. Mary P. James Good of the Order chairman, who, in turn, appointed her committees and called a meeting for Wednesday eve- lntm ‘Will Council was called to order by Past Councilor Mrs. Roberta Nalls Gravatt, when the newly elected offi- cers gave the unwritten work and were installed by the past State councilor and Deputy Mrs. Louise W. McDonald. Mr. Edward Skinner was appointed to represent the council at the trustees meeting of the J. O. U. A. M. Hall As- . |sociation. Those delivering addresses | t] were Edward Skinner, Charles Magill and Deputy Louise W. McDonald. ‘The January meeting of the Past Councllors® Assoclatlon of Esther Coun- The general plan of the policy of 3d Corps Area headquarters, of which the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia are a part, for the 1931 C. M. T. C. procurement campaign, is now being prepared. The following officers on duty at local Reserve head- quarters have been selected as asso- ciate county chairman under the su- pervision of Col. Melville S. Jarvis, Infantry, the senior instructor of the Organized Reserves in Washington. The names of the officers and the counties in which they will operate are as follows: Col. Jarvis and Maj. Andreas Lopez, Infantry, District of Columbia; Lieut. Col. Charles B. Moore, Infantry, Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince Willlam counties, Va.; Lieut. Col. Arthur G. Hixson, Cavalry, Charles and St. Marys counties, Md.; John M. McDowell, F. A., Montgomery County, Md., and Maj. William A. Jones, In- fantry, Prince Georges County, Md. In addition to the officers indicated above, an even score of Regular Army officers, all of whom, with the_ excep- tion of two, are on duty in the District with the National Guayd, Reserve Of ficers’ Training Corps and Corps Area Recruiting Service, are, in addition to their regular duties, made available to assist Col. Jarvis in the 1931 C. M. | T. C. procurement campaign. ‘These | officers are: Lieut. Col Charles B. | Elliott, Infantry; Maj. Prank- C. Scho- field, C. A. C.. and First Lieut. John C. Wade, C. E, on National Guard duty in Washington: Col. Alexander W. Maish, ret.; Lieut. Col. John G. Dono- van, ret.; Lieut, Col. Hollis C. Clark, Lieut. Col. Wallace M. Craigie, ref Majs. Raymond G. Payne, ret.; Wwilliam “H. Hobson, Infantry; Henry L. Kraft, M. and William O. Wet- more, M. C.; Capt. Raymond L. Shoe- maker, Infantry, and First Lieut. Henry J. Hunt, jr, Infantry, all of whom are on R. O. T. C. duty in Washing- ton. The others are Col. Richard K. Cravens, ret., on recruiting duty in the District; Maj. Alvan C. Gillem, jr.,, In- | fantry; Capt. Everett L. Upson, In- | fantry; Pirst Lieuts. Edward H. Bowes, Infantry, and Robert N. Young, In- fantry, all of whom are on R. O. T. C. cil was held at the home of Mrs. Mary Walker, with the line officers of the council especially invited guests. Esther Council will hold a Valentine dance February 14 at the Burrows Ho- tel, 4801 Wisconsin avenue. Golden Rule Council was called to order by Miss Eva Cunningham, when | Drill Master Archie Lewis and his team | conducted memorial services and draped the charter in memory of the death of Mrs. Eva McDaniel. Deputy Sadie National Representative Elizabeth Shep- herd and Mrs. Nellie Teeple, installed the following officers: Councilor, Ruth | Warren; associate councilor Joseph | Candelier; vice councilor, Josephine Thornhill; associate vice councilor, Ruth Locke; junior past councilor, Eva’ Cu ningham; associate junior past coun- cilor, Louis Barpes; assistant recording secretary, Harryette Meyers: conductor, Mignonette Harman; warden, Marian | Pettit; inside sentinal, Lillian Allen; outside sentinel, Joseph Ogden; trustee, 18 months, Ollie Montgomery. Mrs. ‘Warren appointed Mrs. Lilllan Martin Good of the Order chairman; Mrs. Eva ‘Wood, Louis Barnes, Harry Bryant and Albert Taylor on the Delinquent Com- mittee and George Cohill as press cor- respondent. Old Glory Council was called to order by Miss Ovillia Ridgway, when a spe- cial meeting was called for January 18 at 1024 New Jersey avenue for the offi- cers and those taking part in the vis- itation on January 19. The visitation will be held at 1024 New Jersey avenue. At the last meeting of Mayflower ouncil the officers were installed by eputy Rose Wells. Plans were dis- cussed for the visitation to be held February 6. ROYAL ARCANUM. Grand Vice Regent Darwin installed the officers of Municipal Council on Monday evening, assisted by Godwin as grand guide. The Loyal Ladies will celebrate their seventh birthday anniversary tomorrow evening, the council from Baltimore be- ing the guests. There will be a class initiation, followed by a supper. Kismet Council, at its meeting ‘Wednesday evening, received Deputy Grand Regent Kulze, who installed officers. Oriental Council will institute a Loyal Ladies’ Council at Odd Fellows’ Temple January_30. SHEPHERDS OF BETHLEHEM. Officers were installed at the last meeting of Trinity Lodge by Deputy Su- preme Comdr. Mrs. Nellie Dugan as fol- lows: Commander, Mrs. Mignonette Har- man; vice commander, Mrs. E. Agra- fiotis; marshal, Mrs. Hellmuth; scribe, Mrs. E. Viola Thompson; accountant, Mrs. Louise W. McDonaid; treasurer, Mrs, Margaret Hartman; chaplain, Miss Jessie Lennon; mistress of ceremonies, Mrs. Mazie Domdera. Mrs. Hartman appointed Mrs. Emma Brooks as good of order chairman. Those addressing_ the ¢ meeting were Mrs. Ida Troup, MIs. Hilda C. Hunt, George Hunt, jr.; C. H. Happer, R. Lee Whiple, E. R. Davis, Mrs. R. C. Davis, Mrs. Ethel Pythian and William J. Pythian of Loyalty Lodge; Mrs. Margaret Baker, Jessie Richards, Ruth Van Allen, Lulu Bowles and J. H. Van Allen of Capital Lodge; J. T. Dugan and Mrs. Nellie Dugan of Justice Lodge; Mrs. Floda Reagan of the Law and Appeals Committee, Mrs. Emma Delaney and Garnet Delaney of Trinity Lodge. WOMAN’S BENEFIT ASSOCIATION. Victory and Washington Reviews will hold a joint :nstallation of their offi- cers tomorow evening. Mrs. Kathryn Growdon, deputy supreme campaign or- ganizer, of Port Huron, Mich., will be the installing officer and guest of honor. After the installation there will be a social. Members of the association for 25 years or more are requested to meet at the club house Tuesday at 8 o'clock, to hear from Mrs. Kathryn Growdon of the plans that are being made for the organization of pioneers into clubs. Liberty-Union Review met Wednes- day at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Growdon will speak. All members of the Alpha Beta Chi Girls’ Club are asked to meet Mrs. Growdon at the club house Thurs- day evening. National Review will meet in business session Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the club hotse. Q ‘Growdon will be st. g Luerty-Union Review gl be hostess Levy of Fidelity Council, assisted by | J- | inactive). Organized Reserves duty at the University of Maryland. The two officers on R. O. T. C. duty outside the District who will assist in the 1931 C. M. T. C. procurement cam- paign are Col. Clarence Deems, fr., ret., Alexandria, Va., High School, and Lieut. Col. Chauncey S. McNeill, ret., Arlington County High School, Claren- don, Va. Young men of the District and vicin- ity attending tHe 1931 Citizens' Mili- tary Training Camps, which will be held from July 2 to July 31, will un- | dergo this training, dependent upon their arm of service, at the following stations: Fort Eustis, Va. Infantry Basic, Red, White and Blue; Fort | Washington, Md., Infantry Basic, Red, White and Blue; Fort Howard, Md., Infantry Basic, Red, White and Blue; Fort Monroe, Vi Coast Artillery Basic, Red, White and Blue; Fort Hoyle, Md., Field Artillery Red, White and Blue; Fort Meade, Md. Signal Corps _Basic, Red, White and Blue; Fort Myer, Va., Cavalry Red, White and Blue. Field Artillery Reserve officers of Washington and vicinity will meet to- day at 9 o'clock at the Fort Myer rid- ing hall for instruction in equitation, under the direction of Maj. John M. McDowell, Field Artillery. Members of the 428th Infantry (col), Lieut. Col. West A. Hamilton, com- manding, will hold their instructional conference tomorrow evening at Wash- ington Reserve headquarters, in the Walker-Johnson Building, 1734 New York avenue, under the supervision of Maj. Andres Lopez, Infantry. The sub- ject of this meeting will be the “Com- pany in Defense.” ‘Two conferences will be held at local Reserve headquarters Wednesday eve- ning, Infantry and the 80th Division staff. Maj. Lopez will conduct the In- fantry meeting, at which will be taken up the company in defense, while Maj. William A. Jones, Infantry, will conduct the 80th Division staff meeting. Maj. Jones will discuss the tactical employ- ment of machine gun and howitzer weapons. Field Artillery Reservists of the Dis- trict and vicinity will meet at head- quarters next Wednesday evening, under | the direction of Maj, John M. McDowell, | Field Artillery. Maj. McDowell will conduct a sand-table problem. Approval has been given the recom- mendation for the transfer of the of- fice of the executive officer for Reserve affairs from its old location in the of- fice of the Assistant Secretary of War |to that of the chief of staff. This | office was originally established because | of the growing 1mpor¥nce of the Offi- cers’ Reserve Corps and of the Organ- ized Reserves, and while the Reserve organizations ' are, like units of the Regular military establishment, admin- istered by the War Department, it has been conclusively demonstrated that it is most desirable to have an office in the War Department especially charged with the supervision of Reserve affairs. When the office for Reserve affairs was established, in 1927, it was not in- tended to transfer it to any of the ex- isting agencies of the department, and it is not intended to do so now, as the primary function of this office is to fa- cilitate the business of Reserve officers throughout the country and the Reserve movement and to establish liaison with them in the field. The present execu- tive officer of Reserve affairs is Col. C. D. Herron, who succeeded Col. D. L. Stone, Infantry, who was the first offi- cer to occupy this office. The new office of the executive for Reserve affairs is lo- cated in room 217 of the State, War and Navy Building. Capt. Earl L. Thomas, Quartermaster Reserve, 126 Spring drive, Cherrydale, Va., who has been promoted to major, has been assigned to the 1302d service unit. Maj. Eldridge S. Adams, Medical Reserve, aeronautic branch, t- ment of Commerce, is assigned to the 305th Observation Squadron. First Lieut. Claude H. Marshall, Infantry Reserve. Hyattsville, Md., who has been oted to captain, has been assigns to 8th Division headquarters (Regular Army, First Lieut. Philip Robin, Dental Reserve, 509 Crittenden street, is assigned to the 1305th service unit. First Lieut. Paul A. Chalupsky, Cavalry Reserve, 1000 Twenty-second street, is assigned to the 62d Cavalry E Second Lieut. John A. Voss, Quarter- master Reserve, 921 Nineteenth street, is assigned to the 1319th service unit. Second Lieut. James C. Ladd, Coast Artillery Reserve, 617 Tuckerman street, is assigned to the 3d Coast Artillery district. Maj. Floyd K. Foley, Medical Re- serve, 111 East Clifton Terrace, is as- signed to Craik General Hospital (Reg- ular Army, inactive). ‘The instructional conference of the 320th Infantry, to be held at local Re- serve headquarters next Tuesday eve- ning, will be followed by a regimenta! smoker. New German Ship Swims. ‘Tests of his new fish ships are de- clared by Walter Rieman, a German en- gineer, to have been successful. The ships are puilt like fish and have fin- like paddles to drive them instead of the usual screw propeller. Rieman has built two models, both of which have navigated satisfactorily. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE AT LAST—Real Training In AVIATION Avis Instruction all ncl by experienced tion Fhere 13a Dlace for you_ 1o Avfifl:‘n’“ the' time to brepare for It Columbia “Tech” School f oA 2 A e Aviation—En 4 at the Saturday evening® card party. Mrs. Clara Reavis, Mrs. W. H. Folk and Mrs. Ewald are the committe® in charge. v ; ' [