Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1931, Page 23

FAST NAVY PLAN PUT UNDER GUARD Craft Making 300 Miles Per Hour to Be Brought Here for Tests. By the Associated Press. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., February 13.—A naval fighting plane which ob- servers clalm attains a speed of 300 miles an hour and an altitude of 29,000 feet was secreted under armed guard today. Completed yesterday by the Curtiss- Wright Corporation, the ship was test- ed by William Crosswell, company pilot, at Mitchel Field. Crosswell took it off the ground in less than 400 feet, dived it at 350 miles an hour and pointed it toward the sun until it was 2 miles in the air. Under cover of night, the plane was flown here and stored preparatory to a trip to the naval air station at Anacos- tia Field, Washington, for final tests. Army and Navy officers and Curtiss of- ficlals who witnessed the experiments referred all queries to Washington. Al- ford J. Williams, jr., former Navy pilot and speed king, was one of the few per- mitted to examine it. ‘The ship is the smallest single-seated combat_biplane ever seen here. It is powered by a new type of Wright air- oooled motor and is equipped with two machine-gun mounts. Highly stream lined, the fuselage tapers to a V-shape :n\‘l;e"l’mm, and "“5 wings are stag- produce speed. ‘The secrecy surrounding the tests led to the belief the ship might become the United States entry in the approaching Schneider Cup competition. i oy CUBAN SUGAR GROWERS DISAGREE ON QUOTAS Production Allotments for Mills| || Turned Over to New Ex- port Corporation. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, February 13.—Cuban sugar producers failed yesterday to agree on allotments for individual mills under the plan of limited production and turned the job over to the recently constituted ||| Export Col lon, ion. association of small their advocacy of the ‘gradual” plan blocked efforts to decide upon bases for individual allotments. Under the terms of Cuba’s adherence to Thomas L. Chadbourne’s plan for stabilization of the world industry, con- | | unzotosmmo('.hemwembl: I before any scale may upon. In the event concord not reached, allotments of quotas reve to_the corporation, which will proceed By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, February 13.—It's impossible to get married on the spur of the moment in California. But since a law became effective July 29, 1927, requiring the filing of a three- day notice of intention to wed, nearly 20,000 couples have “eloped” to nearby States and Mexico. ‘Airplanes have whisked several im- patient Hollywood stars to marriage license bureaus in other States and back again. Among these were John Gilbert and Ina Claire, who flew to Las Vegas, Nev., for their wedding. More than 2,500 couples a year who apply for California licenses do not re- turn for them. Of the 50,154 licenses issued in the State in 1930, 20,629 were for Los Angeles County. Of this coun- ty's total 1,156 were never called for. Fly to Las Vegas. Most of the film “elopements” have been to Las Vegas or to Yuma, Ariz. Bill Boyd and Dorothy Sebastian re- cently flew to Las Vegas, were mar- ried and returned the following day. Loretta Young and Grant Withers flew to Yuma. Ruth Mix, daughter of the cowboy film star, and Douglas Gil- more, screen actor, also went to Yuma. Miss Mix was but 17, and Mrs. Olive Mix, learning of her daughter’s elope- ment, telegraphed the sheriff to halt the marriage, but the message arrived too_late. Prisciila Dean, screen player, and Leslie Arnold, aviator, were married in Agua Caliente, but were compelled to separate a short time afterward when the Georgia State Supreme Court re: NG LADIES sHoP 1229 G STREET. N.W. $68 to $98 Fur-Trimmed COATS, 272 Clearing out the remainder of this lot, including a good many light-weight coats, suitable for Spring wear. T Brown, Green, Black and Red. Trim- med with Persian Lamb, Wolf, Skunk and Caracul. SPORT COATS—Plain and fur trimmed. Were $25.00..... THE EVENING STAR, “’.\ST{TNG;I‘ON, D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY PLANES HELP ELOPERS EVADE 3-DAY NOTICE MARRIAGE LAW Scrcenland Couples Fly to Ncar]:y States. and California Has Record of 2,500 Applications Not Carried Out. = versed a divorce decree Arnold had ob- ,tained from his. first wife. ' Other persons have avoided the pub- licity of the three days’ notice by ob- ! taining licenses in adjoining counties. Michael Cudahy, heir to a meat packer | fortune, and Muriel Evans, screen ac- tress, were married in Riverside, Calif. Calls Upon Sheriff. Young Cudahy had attempted to | marry Mary Astaire, an actress, in Santa Barbara:January 5, 1927, a few months before the new law was passed. | Mrs. Edna Cudahy, his mother, in- voked the aid of the sheriff to pre- vent it. “It was just the bad end of a New Year celebration,” Mrs. Cudahy ex- plained. Proponents point to the number of persons who change their minds after applying for licenses as evidence that the law is successful in preventing im- pulsive marriages. Sunday for a visit to the old cities in Soll‘-x:em Peru. it iving here by airplane they 80 first to Arequipa, then later will visit Puno and Cuzco before rejoining their steamship, the Oropesa, to continue down the west coast of South America. Last night the Britishers attended a dinner at the British legation in honor of Peruvian officials and yesterday after- noon they reviewed a group of English war veterans on the Lima cricket grounds. They also attended a polo game. LEag HAT TRIMMINGS COME IN PARIS (N.AN.A)—Many of the Spring hats are to have their brims wired and pointed over one eye, or arranged high in a peaked effect. Paris milliners are set upon teach- ing women to wear hat trimmings now | that they have at last gotten them to show their hair. Little hats, de- signed frankly on sketches taken from Watteau paintings, are to be poised on the head to show the hair and massed with flowers or ribbons at one side; some of them will even be nod- ding with tufty feathers and plumes. A new note in ornaments is the small plain silver ball that hangs from a short silver chain and can be pinned anywhere on the hat, and Mme. De Montbrison has started a vogue for adjustable- hatbands, You can have a whole series of these in various colors and the idea is to take them out and rearrange them in a different order to produce a new effect. (Copyright, 1931, by North American News- paper_Alliance.) WALES AND BROTHER TO LEAVE LIMA SUNDAY British Royal Party on Trade Junket to Visit Old Cities of Southern Peru. Four Rooms, Kitchen and Bath Electrical Refrigeration THE ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Road Reasonable Rentals LIMA PERU, February 13.—The Prince of Wales and his party, bound for Buenos Aires to open a British trade exposition next month, will leave Lima Tan, All sizes. 100 POSTER BEDS regularly priced $29.75 to $49.75 arranged in one group at $23.75 FULL BED AND TWIN SIZES Mahogany . . . Walnut . . . Maple Finishes These are all remarkable values . . . mostly finely made Grand Rapids Beds, including copies of many historically interesting beds—mostly mahoganies and gumwood. This is an unusual offering, mostly one and two of a kind. You will save on any bed you select. THE FEBRUARY SALE OF LIFETIME FURNITURE MAYER & CO. Seventh Street Between D and E 1520 Connecticut Avenue 4 FRENCH ICE CREAM | and WATER ICES $1.35 per quart ICE CREAM f | Cupids Hearts i Love Birds and other appropriate fancy forms for VALENTINE'S DAY $3.60 PER DOZEN Phone Decatur 2100 WHEAT CONFERENCE TO OCCUR MARCH 26 International Parley at Rome to Seek Marketing and Credit Systems. By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON, February 13.—Dr. Arthur W. Gilbert, Massachusetts commissioner of agriculture, yesterday received a cable announcing an international wheat conference already planned would be held in Rome on March 26. ‘The cable was from President Gui- seppe Di Michaelis of the General Com- mission of the International Institute of Agriculture, of which the United States is a member. This organization is convening the conference in co- operation with the League of Nations to devise means of disposing of the world surplus of grain. ‘The Tculmul conference will try to establish a system of preference, an effective marketing organization and an agricultural credit system designed to facilitate the orderly handling of such A Splendid_Collection S[.)riong”Hats for Miss and Matron o 3, 1931. mmflu-nmuin!nwbutln' ture Lo, ‘The United States is entitled to par- ticipate officially in the conference as a member of the institute. YUARALAT le 57 LUNCHEON 11:00 Until 2:15 The season’s choicest deli- cacies deliciously prepared. Qur oysters are shucked resh daily on the prem- ises.and served any style TOMORROW NIGHT 5:00 to 7:45 In addition to our regular Menu we are featuring Roasi Lamb Swiss Steak 75¢ 5 sl’.rfl'-' $1 Dinner ast Turk | COLUMBIA B0sz Newest Hats for immediate wear. .. the most fashionable styles and colors ~ 310 Replicas of higher pri models. 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