Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1931, Page 46

BY WILLIAM A new, larger and faster airship tender to keep “dates” at sea with Akron and service the giant the. fleet is being contemplated by learned yesterday. That the Navy needs a modern tender and mobile mooring mast for its dirigibles is apparent M the opinicn of aviation officials of the d'finm. They point out $h m the davel:gmem in reast @specially for servic! airships at Patoka Has Imitations. The Patoka was converted for the purpose and, though she has served exceptionally well, admit- tedly has certain limitations in the way of speed and rapid handling of gas lies. Even the two large aircraft carriers—- the Baratoga and Lexington—were laid down as battle crulsers, only to Bie converted when the Wash- banned this tcomelnn“t:l' slh’izz of ca ip. And’'the l‘ngg? classified as ex- ital, also was rebuflt into | carrier. -sister ship to the Patoka was ready for service during the Cool- administration when it was ldfined to send the jhenandoah on 4 flight to the North Pole by way of Nome, Alaska and Spitzenberg. ‘The trip, which would have been the first polar voyage of a dirigi- ble, had the hearty approval of President Coolidge and all ar- ents had been.made, in- %e assignment of Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Navy Aeronautics Bureau, head of the expedition, and Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd as This assistant. The Navy went so far as to order erection of tem- moormgmmuh at Fort , Tex.; Diego, Calif,, m‘:. and to dh‘p::!g ;’he er :_g.mip to Point gm { G.O.P. Took Hand. But, at the last moment, Re- publican politiclans stepped in | and advised against the trip for e saminishtion. . resulting the tion, remmnll in 8 Democratic victory,| . Coolidg r | would be place the weight of expended fuel B4 90 4v0Md vhiving Toocious gas. ‘Water Tank Problem. | “By this time the . inadequacy of the tender's water storage space | is evident and the tanks must be refilled. Now we have serious conferences between airship and tender. It takes time to obtain | water from & dock and the air- ship must have swinging room for ‘limerklum, not possible from a ock. | “It takes time to strike up the drums and empty them into small deck tanks from which the gaso- line is ped up the mast and into the airship. There are no means of hoisting a spare engine lace a faulty one. And, , it takes time for a mo- | bile base to steam to her ren-| dezvous where she will enable the | airship to utilize her cruising| radiums Add to this the fact that the tefider is dependent upon soli- | tary gun for protection against encounter with hostile craft and | you have an imperfect but grow- ing picture of her inadequacy to , perform her task and make that airship possible.” All of which only goes to prove how much the United States needs | a modern sirship tender, built especially for lighter-than-air work, and not just another re- | modeled tanker, | | Efficiency Danger Seen. | Davis on to ask whether Sod it the” emeciency ot sut | s efficiency eur modern m@u by short-sight- | edness in matter of mobile “It 18 for those charged with design to juce such a ship as will a definite negative | in_answer to this question” he | believes. "x&u for those ‘z’ho have knowledge of our present inade- quacy to indicate major cor- up the matter of im- Erhrmtedtel VIATION of lighter-than-air and always has prided of other nation’s in the development of aeronautics generally, but yet has no vessel in serviee today designed e | mot far away. ‘W. CHANCE. dirigible during maneuvers with Navy Department officials, it was (&) at this country has taken the lead sea. sufficiently to withstand attack by submarines and destroyers, and carry & ‘squadron of fighting planes for protection in the air. Houge of Burgesses. IMES without number during his most a&ive farm days, Washingtorv entered this door for evening talks with his wise and good friend, George Mason, the sage of Gunéton Hall. Within this rural retreat, reached by a short run toward the Potomac Rives from Pohitk-Church, colonial problems were discussed as weighbor to neighbor, Here the ‘‘non-importation resolutions’ were prepared by MNasson for introduétion by Washington in the Gunston Hawe : HOME OF Groree . Mason U.S. NE may easily pi@ture Washington figure at Sunda ings around 4 as & quiet and observant Pohick where he served 28 a veftryman. The roadside church of his time was the radio of our day, and Colonial and community evehts were broadcast in’ ings at the close of services. Pohick is located on ‘ashington. greetings l.d?‘h&enmilubdoww “She should have adequats® stor- - around vgth a piece of heavy an- age and equipment for making large quantities of fresh water,” he asserts. . “She should have spe- cial gasoline and helium. tanks foe | g:\rry:gg lt&:el and gas In ;ulkn e should c: spare engines | and equipment for the aizships | tered down ind was found by one and their attendant planes. She Of the bathers. Bhsued a mad should, in short, be capable of of- |scramble for the shore; frantic fering airships maximum service | telephoning to the Atlantic City with minimum hindrance.” | beaches; shrill whistling by every * k% |life guard within a radius of 10 The source of the recent New |miles. Beach proprietars hung out | York shark scare that had the |signs, warning the bathers of fhe metropolis and nearby bathing | sharks and to_stay within the beaches afraid to go- near the |breakers. * | water is out. | Now Steed resumed his. journey 1t was all due to & too-sharp- |to Mitchel Fleld, happy ia the | ;yed Alr Corps officer of Mitchel |realization that he had done a| feld plus a none-too-sharp-witted | good deed for his countrymen. When he landed st Mitchel Field he reported the story at opera- | ness of New York's finest. tions, to wit that he had sighted | According to the story being cir. school of sharks 3 miles north culated around Mitchel Field to- | of Atlantic City, headed South. day, Lieut. “Sadie” Steed was| A private soldier in operations winging his way back to the post | named Howard, %rompted by the | along the New Jersey shore Au-|thought that he had been chosen gust 6, lazily watching the break- | to save the multitudes, furried to ers and reflecting how pleasant it | the phone, called the New York | would be to be reposing on the |police and gasped the following beach. news, “A school of sharks have | His sharp eyes suddenly rested been sighted off Sandy Hook and upon a curious moving blot in | are headed toward Coney Island.” the water about half a mile from | Teletype machines immediately the shore. He decided to investi- | began to buzz; beach proprietors gate. Throttling down his ship, he |at Coney Island hastily hung out circled slowly down toward the|danger signs, sirens shrieked, har- strange moving mass. | bor boats mounted machine guns “Sadie’'s” usual smile quickly and headed out toward the froze—the eyes were rivet- |oncoming horde — consternation ed on a single spot. Sharks, | reigned everywhere. dozens of them; each monster| The latest check up on the capable of making & juicy meal |shark situation by every one from | out of any of the happy bathers | explorers, newspapers, nshermeni | to hot dog venders, shows almost | Through “Sadie’s” mind flashed | conclusively that the Steed school | the horror of the grim scene that | was not a convention of sharks, enacted if these slimy 'but rather porpoises or their devils ever reached the bathers. mythical brothers, the dolphins. ‘They must be warned angd he must ! As one sup witty report- warn them. Tearing 8 piece of | er remark ‘Actually there is paper from the back of his flight report he q scribbled a mes- | jackrabbits swimming near Long sage of Wi g, wrapped it | Island as man-eating sharks.” over the beath and dropped it. The message of warning flut- private at the air station opera- | tions office plus the over-anxious | tenma wire, swooped @own low |- almost as good a chance of seeing | dent | settle damage | of the award of |offenses punishable ‘by the revocation |of the driver's | trom the Massachusetts compulsory re- | sponosibility law in that it is not opera- {tive until the driver has becom: te. This guarantee, | the terms of the act, |against a driver driver's license CROSS-CONTINENT RECORD SHATTERED BY NEW PLYMOUTH San Francisco to New York and return in 132 hours— GOLLEGE INN "AMONG THE MOUNTAINS® Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Southern Cooking Modern Rooms COLONIAL INN Westminster, Md. 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