Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1931, Page 20

g ORDNANCE EXHIBI | WILL BE THURSDAY Association to Observe Tests of Guns and Mimic Battle at Aberdeen, Md. The Army will stage & spectacular ordnance demonstration at the Aber- deen, Md.. ®roving Grounds Thursday ; for 10.000 engineers and industrial executives of the Army Ordinance As- sociation Maj. Gen. Samuel Hof, chief of ordnance. anounced plans last night for the huge firing demonstration, awhich will be given in connection with the thirteenth annual meethg of the' to stress the nded of in- association, dustrial preparedness. The warfare exhibit will follow a business and tech- nical session United States Chamber of Commerce, Roaring artilles flame-spitting r bombs. airplanes and bursting will have their part in the spec- Mimic Battle Planned. Acting Secretary of War Payne. in charge of plans for wartime mobiliza- tion of industrial resources, cabinet members, the Military Affairs Commit- here Wednesddy at the | Killed at Rene DOCTOR WHOM SHE FOLLOWED THERE HELD FOR HER DEATH. THE: SUNDAY STREET SURFACING TOTALS Ik MILES Laying of New Pavement Is Reported by Capt. White- hurst to Commissioners. Six miles of street!resurfacing were included in the year’s construction pro- gram of the engineer of highways, Capt. H. C. Whiteurst, co-ordinator and chief enginecr, reported yesterday to the District Commissioners. Capt. Whitehurst's report - on the work of the fiscal year ended June 3 included also the report of the permit | clerk of the Engineer Department and his own activities as co-ordinator in connection with the activities of utility companies. 207 Work Items. In addition to the six miles of street STAR, WASHINGTON, of asphalt heater work; 7.84 miles of bituminous concrete in conjunction with curb and gutter work, and 7.84 miles of cement concrete work. Thirty-six items of concrete grading and three- fourths of a mile of concrete roadways was done. There was also one mile of concrete alley work constrycted. Total funds available for the work of the engineer of highways during the past year aggregated $4,619,322.98 of which $573,922.98 was spent in repair- ing pavements disturbed by other branches of the District government and by others. In controlling the dust on dirt streets in the suburbs, it was reported, 110.000 gallons of asphaltic ofl dust pallative and 200 tons of calcium chloride were used. New Laboratory Built. During the past year a new labora- tory was constructed for the testing | division, which now enables this di- | vision to test practically every type of onstruction material used. These ests have been a valuable asset to the department, it was said. Work of reconstructing the flooring | system on the New York Avenue Bridge is near completion, the report stated, as is also the work of widening the Mon- roe Street Bridge. The replacement of the present Klingle Valley Bridge on resurfacing, which completed the 207 | Connecticut avenue is being pushed work items, construction work included | without the stoppage of traffic. A new four-tenths of a mile of widening one | floor also was constructed for the Ana- tees of the Senate and House, bureau | chiefs of the Army and Navy and rank- ing officers of the Army general staff are ‘to witness the demonstrations, which will last throughout the day and evening. Most_spectacular among the many exhibitions will be a mimic battle fought largely by the latest type of high-speed tanks, armored cars_and other automotive equipment. “Robot gunners,” who will supplant artillery- men in the operation of anti-aircraft guns, will shoot high explosive shells at flying targets towed by airplanes Another feature will be an serial attack in which high-powered bombs will be exploded on land targets. With picked regular troops. in- cluding the 62d Anti-aircraft Artillery from Fort Totten. Long Island, and Air Corps units from Mitchel Field, Long Island, participating, firing tests will be made under actual service con- ditions, using full-strength charges of explosives and steel projectiles. Will Fire Coast Defense Guns. Guns of all calibers. from giant coast defense weapons which will hurl a ton teel 30 miles over the waters of the sapeake Bay to the latest type of -firing machine guns, rifies and pistols will be displayed in the action. Opening exercises are to be held at 10 o'clock in the morning on the main front at the proving grounds. The program. as announced by Brig Gen. Hof, follows: Gun testing division firing, 10:10 o'clock: demonstration of automotive equipment. 11 o'clock: lunch, noon; Air Corps demonstration. 1:50 o'clock: test: of anti-aircraft artillery, 2:45 o'clock o artillery. 3:45 o'clock: on of Army aircraft, 4:25 o'clock 5 o'clock, and anti-aircraft artil- lery night firing tests, 6:15 o'clock. Prepared to Aid Defense. Explaining the purpose of the dem- wstration and of the aims o fthe asso- Brig. Gen. Benedict Crowell, resident, said The Army Ordnance Association en- deavors to keep alive an interest in a knowledge of the design. production and maintenance of munitions. Other than a few manufacturing arsenals, there is no peace-time industry in America for the production of ordnance. Should war unhappily come again. industrial America would be called upon to produce munitions in great guantity and of intricate and unusual design In an emergency time would not pers, mit careful study or long preparation for the production of munitions. The problem is one of vital concern. The Army Ordnance Association, es- tablished in’ 1919, is pledged to indus- trial preparedness as the Nation's strongest guarantee of peace.” PRESS COMMITTEE TO AID VETERANS Members. Announced in Armistice Day Jubilee Program at Auditorium, "The Armistice Day Jubilee. to be spon- sored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Washingion Auditorium November 11, will be aided! by a pross committee to raiss money for the Veterans Unemploy- ment Relief Fund. It will be headed by Maj. James W. Boyer, ir. of the v erans’ organization, and will include Oli- ver Owen Kuhn, managing editor of The Evening Star; Mrs. Eleanor Patter- €on. editor of the Washington Herald: Aubrey Taylor, managing editor of the Washington Post: Col. H. Le Roy Her- ron, advertising manager of The Star; Mrs. Sallie V. H. Pickett., society editor of The Star: Miss Ruth Eleanor Jones, society editor of the Post; Mrs. May Kearny, society editor of the Washing- ton Times. and Miss Ruth Howell, music editor of the News. Others on the committee are: George Rothwell Brown, Miss Hazel Grant Ed- gar. Richard Baker, Gen. Randolph C. Berkeley, J. W. Bain, Miss Marion Ban- nister, James Barr, Joseph F. Beattie, K. H. Berkeley, Capt. Dudley D, Brown, Mrs. George S. Carll, Dr. A. Victor Cer- Edward F. Clark, Robert Cottrell r . Isaac Gans, seph Gardella. Comdr. L. B. Greens 2d, Hyman Greenberg, Mrs. Helen Ray Hag- ver, Arnold Kruckman. Lee Poe Hart, M. A. Leese. Hardie Meakin, Al Reck, Gen. Henry J. Reilly, Roland Robbins, Edward B. Shaw. Gen. Anton Stephan and Roy Whitman DISARMAMENT CARAVAN DRIVE TO END IN D. C. James Grafton Rogers Will Be Principal Speaker in Belasco Theater Next Sunday. A three-month drive of the Disarma- ment Caravan of the Women s Interna- tional League will culminate in a rally, to be held next Sunday in the Belasco Theater. James Grafton Rogers, Assistant Sec- retary of State, will be the principal speaker. Among other things he will discuss the Disarmament Conference to be held next vear in Geneva. Other speakers will be M Addams of Chicago, Huston Thompson, former member of the Federal Trade d: Commission; Miss Katherine Devereux Miss Mabel Vernon and Miss y Cook, who journeyed from Califdrnia to New York with the cara- v The members of the caravan will tell of the support they received in the many cities visited. They will unfold details of a disarmament petition signed by some 50 mayors, including James J. Walker of New York. MAN BEATEN BY ROBBERS Arm Bz‘li!“‘;d-flrokell ;y Pair, Who Take $9 From Him. Jesse Derk. colored, 30, of 303 V &treet, was assaulted and robbed of $90.10 by two colored men while walking in the 700 block of Gale street north- east, according to a report made to the ninth precinct station last night. Derk was treated at Casualty Hos- pital fdk a possible fracture of the left arm, ived in the scuffie, % b Jane | i | { MRS. MARTHA HUTCHINSON, | Twenty-one-year-old window, followed | Dr. Carl Pierre Andre from Fairmont, | W. Va.. to Reno. Nev.. and to her death. She was killed September 13. apparent- |1y by a fall from Dr. Andre's speeding | automobile. ~The State of Nevada charges he murdered her. Mrs. Hutch- | inson' is shown here clad in the same clothes she wore on the day her death "occunfd. ~A. P. Photo. SHIFTS EXTENSIVE INBUTLERRETIRING |Sending of Gen. Berkeley Temporarily to Nicaragua Considered. While Marine Corps officers are spec- ulating actively on the choice for the’ new major general who will fill lhd" place vacated by the retirement -of Maj. Gen. Smediey D. Butler on Octo- ber 1, it was learned yesterday that officials have under consideration the sending of PBrig. Gen. Randolph C Berkeley, temporarily in command of | the base at Quantico, Va.. to Nicatagua for du Gen. Butler was the com- manding general at Quant retired and Gen. Berkel commandant of the Marine School there, the next in line. cheduled to leave about the middle of | November. Should the plan to send Gen. Berke- ley to Nicaragua be carried out, it is | considered likely that he would relieve | Brig. Gen. Frederic L. Bradman, who is commanding the 2d Brigade of' Ma- | rines at Managua. Gen. Bradman was | | recently promoted from a coloneley be- cause of his conspicuous work in ragua in supervising anti-ban ties and for his relief measures afte the earthquake at Managua Appointment Considered. President Hoover is considering the naming of the new major general of the Marine Corps, which has only two of this permanent rank. Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller, the commandant, who is now on an inspection trip to the West Coast, is a major general by virtue of his posi- tion as head of the corps. but on the permanent list his rank is that of a brigadier general. There has been some ! |talk of the likelihood of Gen. Fuller being raised on ‘the permanent list to | the rank of major general, but this has been discounted Marine Corps gossip has it that the | new major general will likely be Brig. | Gen. John T. Myers, the assistant com: mandant, who is acting in Gen. Fuller | absence. ' In this nt. it is possible | that Gen. Myers would be sent to com- mand_the Marine Corps post at Quan- tico. Va. Many Vacancies Created. ‘The retirement of Gen. Butler from the service in which he served conspicu- ously for more than three decades | creates vacancies all along the line, and | officers close to official sources say that | the colonel to be promoted to brigadier | general is likely to be Col. James C. i Breckinridge, now commanding the Ma- | rine detachment at the American lega- tion, Peiping, China. . Should Gen. Myers move out as as- sistant commandant, it is said that| { Brig. Gen. Ditn Williams. now.on duty | at Marine Corps headquarters here, | would stand an excellent chance of be- | coming Gen. Fuller’s right-hand man. | HITCH-HIKEVR'INJURED ON ROAD NEAR LAUREL New York Boy Brought to Capital] by Philadelphian After Walk- ing Against Car. i Nunziatto Fratto. 16 vears old, of New | | York City. seriously injured yester- | v afternon when he walked into the | | side of a moving automobile on | Washington-Baltimore Boulevard, about | five miles north of Laurel The driver of the car, Walter W.| Britt, 45-year-old insurance szlesman of Philadelphia, brcught the youth to Casualty Hospital, where he was treated for severe lacerations of the back and a fracture of the skull. He was re- moved to Gallinger Hospital after re- ceiving first-aid treatment. Frattd and two companibns were at- | tempting to “hitch hike” back to their jhcmes in New York City after a_trip South when the acident occurred. Britt was arrested by police of the Twelfth precinct station for investigation, but was later released when it was learned he was not wanted by Maryland authorities. Hollyhfie} Bears 1,500 Blooms. An _eight-foot Hollyhock, grown by Mrs. Dan Peterson of Brainerd, Minn., had nine flower spikes and during the Summer bore more than 1,500 blooms, he | § street, and one and one-fourth miles ' costia Bridge during the year. D. C, OCTOBER 4, 2} C. OF C. 1931 EXHIBIT TO SHOW INDUSTRY Museum of Manufactures Here May Be Maintained as Part of Bicentennial Fete. An . industrial articles manufactured in Washington | will be a feature of the 1931 1ndua'.rlll! exposition of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, to be held October 26 to 31 mn the Washington Auditorium, it was announced yesterday by Harry King, president of the chamber. Besides displaying samples of various | products of the Capital, the exhibit will show pictures of manufacturing plants | and in some cases will describe the | process of manufacture. Efforts will be | made. Mr. King said, to maintain the exhibit through 1932 for the benefit of visitors expected here for the Bicen- tennial celebration. A committee of the chamber has been museum exhibiting ol ascertaining the volume of industry | conducted in Washington. A recent Census Bureau report listed | 456 industries actually in operatien here. To this number can be added about 100 more in nearby Maryland and Virginia 1 engaged for several weeks in the task | 931—PART _ONE. Schools and Colleges Events of Interesting Student and Facu]ty Activities in Washington's Leading Educational G. W. U. Gets New Property. THE, soquisiion of additional space for class rooms and offices has been necessitated by increased demands of the new year at the George Washington University. T h e | building at 702 | Twentieth street has been purchased and is being re- | modeled to house classes in the so- | cial sciences and | faculty offices of |librarians under the direction of John | these departments. | ‘The department of physical education | for moved to new and Institutions. the. offices of the student publications. Improvements in the housing of the medical library are being made, the col- lection is in the process of recatalogu-. ing and a nmnew lbrarian, Isabella Frances Young, has been appointed. The staff of the general university library has four additional appointees. Linda S. Edwards, Charles Herbert Mil ler, Golda Smith Pay ton Quick complete the corps of 16 Russell Mason, acting librarian of the university. Since the opening of the academic been made. In the school of educa- e and James CIif- | — nounces selection of the following schole arship holders for the year: Byron gndrews scholarships, Rosalind Veazie and Olivia Watkins; M. M. | Carter scholarship, Everett Revercomb; | Citizens' Military. Training Camp | scholarship, William M. Arehart;® lumbian Women scholarships, Martha Osborne, Elizabeth Middlemas and Grace V. Young: Davis scholarship, Evelyn V. Eller; Farnham scholarship, Bertha F. Bier; Elmer Lewis Harvey, scholarship, Beatrice R. Miller; George (Continued on Seventh Page.) \FIFTY STRIKES IN U. S. AWAITING SETTLEMENT ‘There are only 50 strikes throughout | the country now before the Labor De- | partment for settlement, according to & | report_ compiled yesterday by the partment’s conciliatisn bureau. For the week ending September 20 there was a | total of 63 walkouts, the report showed. In addition to the striles there were 125 controversies which had not reached | the walkout stage, according to the re- Workers directly and indirectly women h a s year two new faculty appointments have | invoived were said to number less than 3,000. Wage reductions of from 10 to larger quarters on |tion Ruth E. 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