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NAVY PILOTS TEST - SUBMARINE PLANE Collapsible Aircraft Flown Over Measured Course in Study of Speed. of the little collapsible “submarine plane.” de- ird et e United today's rs of the flight test sec- lon, under Lieut. Ralph Ofstie, will put the plane over the measured speed course extending down river from the Anacostia station to determine pre- cisely the at various throttle set- tings and” speed at various rates of elimb, ' Easily Stowed on.Sub. - Preliminary” work. or -the piahe, not involving flight tests, has been com- leted and the:ship Was prepared for gllhl vesterday afternoon. ‘he plane s very small, powered with a 110-horse- wer motor, and is designed so that t may be taken apart and stored in an 8-foot tube aboard. the ‘submarine within 3 minutes. . If acoepted, following the rigorous flight tests, which probably will con- tinue through this week and next, the craft is expected to increase materially the effectiveness of the undersea fight- ers by extending their range of observa- tion. The “submarine plane” is to be used for observation work, it is planned, but probably will earry a gun for de- fensive use. XFJ-1 Plane Returned. ‘The flight test section has sent back | to the Berliner-Joyce Alrcraft Corpora- tion plant at Baltimore the XFJ-1 ex- gemmnul fighter which has been given light and carrier landing tests for sev- eral months. The plane is to be re-| built with a view to obtaining better | visibility for the pilot in making land- ings aboard the carriersdecks. ut. Ofstie’'s section has just re- ceived for fight tests an observation plane similar in design to the two- seater F'8C-5 Navy Curtiss fighter. Delivery for flight tests of a new h-speed sinwle-seater fighter, which lows racing plane design in many respects; ‘is within a week or 10 days. iderable secrecy sur- this e, which has been de- at the Curtiss plant in New York behind closed doors. | | CREW ABANDONS SHIP | ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands, March | (#)~Th officers and crew of the mship Captain Rokas, which ; on Anegada Reef Febru: in the hope of saving for the last few days she had | storms and was bend- —— CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.. ‘TODAY. > Meeting, North Cleveland Park Cit- : ,H'L.A-ocuuon, 3923 Windom place, Dance and card party, Department of | | Labor, Mayfiower Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Dance, Chi Omega Sorority, May- Sower Hotel, 9 p.m. Meeting, Trinity College Alumnae As- sociation, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. ton Hotel, 8 pm. Meeting, District of Columbia plumb- ing inspectors, }umflmn n‘::nt;lf.app.: Card Jackson place, 8 p. .~ Canadian Club, Lee House, Banquet, Pifteenth and L streets, 8 p.m. Welsh snnual banquet, Roosevell | Hotel, 7 pm. . o 20 | Ladies’ Auxiliary, rty, vision No, 7, 2146 Georgia | p.m. | FUTURE. Luncheon, Optimist Club, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, 12 p.n. Luncheon, Monarch Club, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, 12 p.m. Luncheon, Lions - Club, Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, 1010 F street, tomorrow, 1 Luncheon, Lambda Chi Alpl Association, Houston Restau morrow, 12:30 pam. Luncheon, Exchange Club, Carlton Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. President's day tea, Women's City pm. Alumni nt, to- Gold Star Mothers, Hamil- party, Women'’s City Club, 736 Mayflower | P. E:- O, Club, Hobnob, | Night Sightseeing For Bicentennial Visitors' Planned Governmenthuildings May Be Designated by *. Electric Signs. Washington’s Governmeént buildings may be lighted up at night with neat electric signs telling what each is, so that the hordes of visitors coming to the National Capital for the 1932 /George Washington Bicentennial may 46 some night sightseeing, to. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, and his associates have under consider- ation a program along these lines. J. F. Gill, chief of the buildings division of Col. Grant's office, is giving some at- tention to ‘this problem, and the cost of - constructing s numbér, of electric signs will be studied, . In_the past there has been some criticism because Washington's public bulldings have not been suficiently well marked. A5 DEMAND STAGE DECENCY Actors and Producers Groups Plan to Set Up Board. NEW YORK, March 3 (#).—A group of organizations representing actcrs and producers has undertaken to set up & conference board for the “control of offenses against public decency in the | Announcement of the undertaking was made after & meeting yesterday of representatives cf the Actors Equity As- sociation, the Dramatists’ Guild and the League of New York Theaters, Inc. Dr. Henry Moskowitz, head of the league, said the board would work with eivic associations in upholding existing legislation against objecticnable plays —— SIX ARMY PAPERS T0.BE MAINTAINED Associations Plan to Issue Journals Despite Ban on Advertising. Notwithstanding the restrictions im- posed upon them by an amendment to |the Army appropriation act, which {aims at elimination of paid advertising it _all publications of braiches of the Army, at least six of the_most important publications issucd in Washington will continue 1> be is- sued, even though they may be pub- lished without advertising of any de- scription within their covers. One of them, the Infantry Journsl, published by the Infantry Association as its officlal organ and considered by Infantry officers as a valuable maga- | zine, will come out within & fortnight |with_all paid advertisements deleted. | Another, the Coast Artiliery Journal, | has not reached a decision to eliminate all advertisements. High officers of these services have no incention of re- signing from the associations which govern the publications, but the is- |suance of the magazines necessrily will be somewhat curtailed. Pointer Held Doomed. In the opinion of Majs. T, B. Catron |and S. S, Giffin, editors, respectively, of the Infantry Journal and the Coast Ar- tillery Journal, those time-honored pub- | lications of the United States Military | Academy at West Point, the Howitzer {and the Pointer will have to suspend | publication. Maj. Catron explained that the chief of Infantry and the chief of Coast Ar- tillery have designated Catron and Gif- fin as the publicity men in their offices to handle Intricate and technical mat- ters which are not made public through COAL Special Night Phones For Delivery Tomorrow Nat’l 3068 | Met. 4500 | Phone Us Tonight to 11 P.M, Mild, Spring- Like Days Are often deceptive! Don’t risk being caught with an empty fuel bhin if cold. the weather turns Order a few extra tons of AGNEW SUPERIOR ANTHRA- CI TE today — then you’ll be certain to have complete protec: tion. JOHN P. AGNEW & COMPANY, Inc. 728 14™ STREeT, N.W. 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The same set-up applies to the other official service publications, Maj. Catron said. Engineers to Publish. ‘The Society of American Military Engineers will continue to publish The Military Engineer, with a staff com- posed of either retired officers or civillans, it was said today, following & meeting of the Executive Committee. ‘The Field Artillery Journal will at- tempt to make & go of it by pubiishing without advertising. Maj. John M. Eager, the editor, eaid today. The fu- ture of the Cavalry Journal is to be decided at a meeting of the Exocm‘lve an along the lime of the Field. Artillery Journal will be devised. ‘The Quartermaster Review also will carry on, but. under the editorship of Maj. R. J. Hernandez, a retired officer, who will have & civilian aide. Army Ordnance will not be affected, as it is the product of eivilian personnel. As was -announced yesterday, the Military Surgeon will continue with its Navy and Public Health Service staff, from which the Army men have been dropped. College Club Gives Dance. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. March 3 (Special).—One ‘of the important social events of the State Teachers’ College. at Fredericksburg, V. held last night, when the German Club gave & danc NOW is the RED 5-YEAR PLAN PROPOSED FOR U 3. Royal Meeker, Former U. S. Official, Flays Dole System for Unemployed. When an Eskimo is incapacitated for work he s put out of his misery by a well directed blow on the head, but in more civilized America the idle man is shunted to the hreadline or poorhouse. ‘This contrast was drawn last night by Royal Meeker, formierly United States commissioner of labor statistics, in a lecture on unemployment at the Central Y, M. C.’ A, under auspices of the Alumni Association of South- eastern University. Cure for Unemployment. “The Eskimos have & very simple cure for unemployment,” Mr. Meeker told & large audience, “When a mem- ber of the tribe is Incapacitated by rea- son of age or infimity, his sympathetic comrades end his distress by hitting him on the head. “Here in America, instead of hitting the idle one on the head, we prolong his suffering by putting him in a bread- line or sending him to a charitable in- stitution. We put him on the dole of charity's bitter breas “Breadlines and unemployment will time to plan your summer vacation TO THE WEST for as little as $85 3190 round trip LORIOUS WEST .. . scenes of unbelievable beauty, once seen, never forgotten. Colorado, Grand Canyon, National Parks, California, North Pacific Coast, Alaska! Plan today and start en- joying right now! Going via B & O will add greatly to the first part of your trip. Our road follows the picturesque, D. L. 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MY, Méeker advocated a reorganiza- CITIZENS RAP KEECH ON CONSENT DECREE Vatican City to tion of all industries, “something ‘along the Russian 5-year plan, but with im- provements,” as-a remedy for unem- ployment, ‘The reorganization, he said, should provide for complete co-opera- tion ‘between the Government and in- Indorse Present Plan and dustry and between industry and labor, . 50 that “consumption demand” will not Discusses Gas. exceed production. —_— The “real causes of unemployment,” | can City will issue its own ) The total will be 41,192.- 528 lire ($2,160,000). 'The coins will be Cathedral Heights’ Body Votes t0| of goid, silver And, bronge. Exhibitors at the last fair at Leipzig, Germany, totaled 9,750. Mr. Meeker stated are, first, “utter lack of planned production to meet a rational consumption demand”; secondly, “lack of a co-ordinated, controlled monetary and credit system,” and, thirdly, “natu- ral calamitous processes.” Citizens of Cathedral Heights and Cleveland Park, at a meeting of their association last night in the St. Albans’ | parish hall, passed a resolution stating disapproval of the action of Richmond B. Keech, Peoples’ Counsel, for abroga- | tion of the power company consent de- | Fountain Pens REPAIRED Curse of Prosperity. cree in 1924, Mr. Meeker remarked thai the topic| The action resulted after a short dis- of his lecture well might have been cussion in which the present system “The Curse of, Prosperity—Its Cause| Was indorsed. | and Cure.” Hé recounted a list of| Four names were voted for submission | “alleged causes” of unemployment, such | to_the Board of Education for possible | as _overproduction, underconsumption, | Selection in the naming of the new technological improvements and the | élementary school at Thirty-seventh like, but said these do not®go to the and Tilden streets. They were those Toot of the evil. | of Charles F. Carusi, late chairman In referring fo the Russian system|Oof the Board of Education; Phoebe of planned production, he declared that | Hearst, philanthropist and _educator; “all of us, no matter how thoroughly | Nourse, after the family which formerly American we are, have something of | OWned that section of the city, and communism and socialism in our | Highland Manor, suggested by Rear Ad- make-up.” miral Carey T. Grayson. The attention of the meeting was held for some time by a discussion of the gas rate increase problem. The data collected on this subject will be trans- mitted to J. W. M , chairman of the Public Utilities Committee of the Federation of Citize: itions. = = e thoroughly cleaned Toy and only. Novelty Co. GARRISON’S 1215 E St. N.W. 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