Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1931, Page 10

BEPRESSION TS AR AR FROGRAN ."Five-Year Plan” Cannot Be ompleted in Six, Fechet Reports. =%The Army Air Corps “five-year” pro- , already behind schedule, cannot completed in its sixth year, due to k of funds, it was revealed today by j. Gen. James E. Fechet, retiring f of the corps, in his final annual rt. Gen. Fechet is to be retired on mber 31, after 33 years of service. ring the past year officer strength $as increased by only 33, as compared 123 during the preceding year, ugh 203 vacancies still remain to be led under the five-year plan, Gen. het reported. It is becoming appar- ®nt, he said, that during the next five: Y8ars, at the present rate, the Air Corps eannot expect to increase its number Regular Army officers to more than 50, as compared with the 1,236 now the rolls. ue to lack of vacancies for officers d to the business depression and re- ting lack of demand for pilots in civil , there has been an increase in the ber of Air Corps enlisted pilots to total of 31, with further increases #pected. s Training Completed by 195. «wrhe average number of flying cadets 28 duty during the past year was 335, mithc 400 were authorized by the ogram, A total of 195 cadets com- ted training during the year and were missioned in the Air Corps Reserve, | th ratings as airplane pilots. #®Army lighter-than-air training ceased ring the year, due to lack of funds. w®During the past year the use of air- || ne ambulances has doubled as com- wared with 1930. The feasibility of this vice has been well established, Gen. chet said, recommending that addi- nal ambulance planes be acquired for g}urther extension of the service. One mew ambulance plane was acquired in 31, he said, but other types are need- which can be used for mfirlgency fields. e year was marked by a “gral ction” in accident rates, both d non-fatal, and in power plant fail- rates, the Air Corps chief reported. Procurement Programs Speeded. SThe outstahding accomplishment of e year in procurement and industrial lations has been the speeding up of curement programs s¢ that the bulk fl new planes now are being delivered the fiscal year for which appropria- ns are made. “Coincident with this work,” Fechet said, “has been the work of co- ination with the industry, particy- 1y with a view to supporting it dul’h¥fi e period of business depression.” wwDuring the year the Air Corps made otographic mapping surveys of 19,400 are miles, chiefly for the Geological ey, and the corps has undertaken photographing of 20,800 square miles the survey during the present year. veloped which at one exposure from ,000 feet will cover an area of 126.4 juare miles. s Due to the increased efficiency of Na- nal Guard observation squadrons and the lack of funds for g of combat units for emergency serv: within the National Guard. nal Guard aviation now is confined to | | servation, but it is proposed to expand service to include all types of com- t squadrons. SPETWORTH GROUP ASKED £50 CHANGE CONSTITUTION sProvision for 22 Committees Pro- ¥ posed to Take Care of Rapid Expansion. An amendment to the constitution of Petworth Citizens' ,Association in- ing the number of standing =mittees, was proposed at the associa- >@on’s last meeting by Horace J. Phelps, | | wly elected president. =@ The action was taken because of the ‘:acrcasms size 6f the organization and «¥ an effort to simplify the work o Sgurious committees. The constitution *#rovides for 14 standing committees and ~under thze? propesed amendment -1 4 lumbia Country Club. we The annual ladies’ night festivities =@ the Washington Chapter of the Thir- wWen Club will be held tonight—Friday, ~the 13th—at Columbia Country Club. aThe evening will officially open at 7:13 ~@clock, dinner will be served at 7:30 || “@lub to Hold Ladies’ Night at Co-|| Every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday nite to the scintillating music of .the famous Swanee Al forms of dancing taught. 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Members of the National Woman's Party met in the crypt of the Capitol yesterday afternoon before the monu- ment of the suffrage pioneers and paid tribute to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in honor of the anniversary of her birth. Mrs. Adelaide Johnson, sculptor of the monument and a friend of Mrs. Stanton, whose bust is a striking fea- ture of the memorial group, together with the busts of Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony, gave a talk on Mrs. Stanton’s life and her importance in universalizing the demand for equal rights. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, national chairman of the Woman's Party, which presented the memcrial to the Govern- ment, placed a wreath before it in honor of Mrs. Stanton. She told how, as a little girl, Elizabeth Cady came into the library of her father, Judge Daniel Cady of Johnston, N. Y., with a pair of scissors, intending to cut from the law books “the cruel laws which | made women Cr Judge Cady as- sured his little daughter that the scis- sors were useless, but that when she grew up she might persuade the legis- lators to change the laws. Miss Grace Osgood is chairman of and double breasted effects; and in a variety of exclusive Genuine pig- skin; in button or cuff styles. An Unusual the Woman's Party committee in Suits the excep- e patterns. Mode Pigskin Gloves $2.85 Value D C, FRIDAY, LI charge of the monument to the suffrage ioneers. She was assisted by Mrs. Toes By Srciaen e nanh' and Mrs. 1da Kebler of Michigan. ALUMNI PLAN SMOKER Joint Syracuse-Colgate Meeting Is Set for Tomorrow at 2. ‘Washington alumni of Syracuse and *| CONTINUED DECREASE IN HOARDING SHOWN Reserve Board Reports $26,000,000 Less Money in Circulation for Week. FPurther signs that hoarding is on the decrease were seen in the Federal Re- | serve Board's weekly report today, which Colgate Universities will hold a joint | showed trat money in circulation de- smoker in the Racquet Club tomorrow at 2 o'clock. A play-by-play description of the annual foot ball game between the two universities, which have met on the gridiron every year since 1894, will mark the affair, Arrangements for the smoker are in charge of a committee representing both alumni chapters, headed by James M. Fassett, president of the Colgate alumni group. creased $26,000,000. Two weeks ago a $24,000,000 decrease was taken by the administration as a sign that hoarding had been checked. Another trend interpreted as favor- able to trade was that the United States gained $35,000,000 gold in the week, bringing its total up to $4,346,000,000. Gold had been leaving this country since the middle of September and the conjecture had been made in some year , the oop. " HUGUENOTS PLAN TRIP Society Will Travel to Baltimore for Joint Meeting Tonight. ‘The Huguenot Society of Washington will journey to Baltimore tonight for a meeting at the Lord Baltimore Hotel with members residing in Maryland. A special bus will leave the American Association of University Women, 1634 I street, at 6 p.m. ‘The party will return this evening following a joint reception and pro- PAVING CONTRACT LET: Rockville Main Street Projeet Awarded by State Commission. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 13— Contract for the widening of the main highway through this town, including street work in front of the new court house, was awarded by the State Roafls Commission =t Baltimore yesterday to Brady Bros. on their low bid price of $15.276.45. The work includes .6 mile of concrete along Washington street mnorth from Montgomery avenue and along Mont- gomery avenue from the eastern limits of Rockville to about 135 feet west of ‘Washington street. 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