Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1931, Page 23

LARGEST DIRIGIBLE NOW TAKING FORM Outer Covering Being Spread Over Nose of Airship at Akron, Ohio: By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, February Actress 11-YEAR-OLD HAS PART IN DRAMA GUILD, 14—A | structure that begins to look like the) visions of the finished Navy dirigible Akron, the largest airship in the world, is taking form in the Goodyear-Zep- pelin Corporation’s dock at the Akron Municipal Airport. As construction progresses engineers | are gaining added experien in such | things as raising airship framework. | ?u!tlnl on fabric, designing condensers | or exhaust engine gases for maintain- | ing ballast, so that the turning out of glant airships for future commercial | operation will be on an improved basis. | Over the nose of the ship is being | spread the outer covering. Like tailors | on some glant's overcoat. men hoisted up on high fire-tower ladders or let down on scaffolds from the roof of the | dock, are lacing with stout cords sec- tions of the 35,000 square yards of the | 2.8-ounce finely woven cotton fabric to Guild, will be continued this week with | the hull structure, | ‘Work Only on Dry Days. | Along the edges of the fabric ll’P‘ eyes like eyes for shoe laces, through which the cord is passed. The men | work only on dry days. for when there | is moisture in the air the fabric C!n~\ not be stretched tight enough. To make | the cover as taut as that of the Los| Angeles, 75 per cent of which has held | up ntls(lth‘rfly during seven years of service, the outer cover will be coated 'vl!.h a solution of cellulose acetate The actetate, the material out of which much artificial silk is spun, has| a_fireproofing and weatherprocfing | effect. The last two coats of dope will | contain aluminum powder spread out over the surface, resisting the hemng-‘ up effect of the sunlight. Six of the interior gas cells to carry the helium have been finished and four more are under construction. The cells | are made of fabric covered with many thin’ layers of rubber and gelatine. The layers are cemented onto the fabric by it through a rubber calendar. 8o thin are the layers and the fabric| that the finished product is no thcker than a sheet of paper. Fabric Is Rubberized. ‘The rubberized fabric takes the place of the usual goldbeuIA\rs' skin, for which & small section from' the intestines of s milllon head of cattle would have been necessary. The cells will be placed in the struc- ture deflated and after they are in- stalled, hellum gas will b: pumped into them. One of the eight Maybach engines. | which will generate the airship's 4.480 horsepower, have been installed for test All eight are on hand. | Next on the program of installation is the water ballast system. Water for purposes other than drinking will | be condensed from the exhaust gasses from the engines, with the ruult that a weight equal or greater than that lost in the consumption of fuel will be | secured. Extra water for drinking and | cooking will be carried in tanks. i | Rhoda Watkins. MARY ELLEN WAGER. ‘The fifth annual District one-act- nln} tournament, being held under the auspices of the Community Drama the presentation of eight shows. An equal number of plays were given last week as a part of the National Drama week, which closed yesterday. This week’s sho like last week's, will be presented at Wilson Teachers' Col-| lege, Eleventh and Harvard streets. Among the organizations participat- ing in the tournament are the Arts Club, the Comus Club, the Columbia Players, the Southeast Community Play- ers, the Towne Players, the Stellar Dra- matic Players, the Mackin Club_and the drama section of the Chevy Chase ‘Women's Club. The plays are being judged by Wil- liam F. Baker, Marion Alcott Ballou, | Hugh Stewart Smith, Grace Vale and Their decision as to the best two serious shows and the best two humorous ones will be anncunced | Priday evening. Th= plays chosen will be pre-smed in McKinley Hall March 4, when the | dramatic editors of the five local news- papers will decide upon the final r ings of the shows and pick the winner | of the tournament. The judges for the finals will be w.| H. Landvoight of The Star, John J. | Daly of the Post, Mabelle Jennings of | the News, Andrew R. Kelley of the| Times .nd Lee somera of the Herald. 53 SCHOOLS |N COUNTY ENROLL IN RED CROSS Prince Georges Chapter Chairman Announces Retention of Mem- bership by Instituticns. By a Stafl Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md. February 14.—Fifty-two of the 61 ‘elomen’ary schools. and 1 high school re-enrolled in the Prince Georges Chapter of the Junior Red Cross for 1931, it was an- nounced today by Miss Maude A. Gibbs, chapter chairman. The chapter chairman’s report also sho“s the juniors spent $59.95 during the past vear; $16.40 being contributed THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO NATIONAL MASONIC MEETING ON FEB. 23; 'Two-Day Session to Be Held hy George Washington Me- morial Association. By a Staff Correspondent of The St nual convention of the George Wash- ington National Memorial Association, here Pebruary 23 and 24, has been an- nounced, At the convention a date for the dedication of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Temple will be set, appropriations will be made for carrying on the work at the temple and officers of the association will be elected. The appropriations this year will in- The' Akron will have an_elaborats | {o® Be*' Tt otional Chilirens. Fund, | telephone system to enable officers and | men to communicate to all parts of the ship. Elaborats signal devires, operated mechanically by connecting wires from the control car, to the engine rooms and other parts of the ship also will be | g installed. ‘ —e ‘There are nine more men registered voters in Los Angeles County than| ‘women out of a total of 376,941. and the rest to various needy children of the country. Pine Grove, Hyattsville and Bladens- burg Schools contributed the largest amounts to ti local service fun4 from hich the aba re disbursed. according to Miss Gibbs. She empha- sizes, however, that the primary pur- pose of ths Junior Red Cross is to pro- mote friendship through service rather than to raise money. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 14— The program for the twenty-first an- | clude funds for the construction of driveway around the temple, so Lhn the large number of visitors e: in this section next year for the bicenten- nial celebration may have access to the memorial. The sessions will open at 10 o'clock in the morning of February 23 in the auditorium of ti ll!morlal ‘Temple. The grand master of Masons of Vlrl’inll will deliver the address of welcome, which will probably be responded to by Col. Lewis A. Watres, president of the Memorial Association. Regular order of business wil! follow. Another business session will be held the same afternoon. At 6 o'clock the same evening the delegates will attend a stated com- munication of Alexandria-Washingto Lodge, No. 22, A. F. & A. M., in the Cameron Street Temple, and at 7:30 o'clock will attend the annual George . Washington birthday banquet of the lodge to be held in Armory Hall. Adjourn Follewing Day. Another business session will be held Hibinosifucta s 44l Pl gt ekl | in the Cameron street lodge the follow- which meets a ing morning, following which the con- vention will adjourn. The annual pil- grimage to Mount Vernon, which will include the laying of a wresth on George Washington's tomb, will take place Tuesday afternoon. On Sunday 'rreczduu the convention many of the delegates are expected to attend the George Washington birthday services to be held at Pohick Church, ' Truro Parish, in Pairfax County. this famous oil spray treatment soothes colds away RE'S beena I lot of sound progress made in the treatment of colds during the past few years. 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