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n &y <., 1931—PART FOUR. STAR, WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER _29. ON'S TR W THE SUNDAY Copyright 1990 by Jumes W. Beooks Historieally Correct Sk o istorieally eet Sketches By CALVIN FADER By James W. Brooks BY JOSEPH 5. EDGERTON. ECISION as to the fate of the giant granite memorial columns, proposed for erection on Columbia Islagnd, has been put up to President Hoover. Federal agencies are at odds over the ques- | tion of whether the columns are justified, in view of their tential hazard as obstructions to air transport operations from ashington-Hoover Airport. " Omclals of the Aeronautics Branch, Department of Commerce, charged with safeguarding the lives of air transport passengers and operating personnel, have branded the proposed columns as menaces to life and property and have indicated that they may be forced to close the local airport to air transport lines if the columns are erected. The Commission of Fine Arts, characterizing the complaints of | aviation people against the columns as “not valid,” has recommended | ni:ac the columns be constructed in accordance with the original ans. B o Eresident Hoover, as chatrman of [ that the Arlington Memorial mission, in charge of the work which | RICHARD HOWE , BRITISH ADMIRAL THE ENGLISH FLEET ONDER LORD HOWE MADE NEW YORK, THEIR NEXT OBJECTIVE. WASHINGTON HAD FORE- SEEN THIS AND HAD SENT MEN AHEAD TO PREPARE FOR, THE DEFENSE OF THE CNTY. ARRIVING IN NEW YoRX THE 4™ 0F ADRIL HE MADE PREPARATIONS FOR THE LONG (5LAND CAMPAIGN WHICH WAS NOT DESTINED TO END 90 DATISFACTORILY AS O\D THE SIEGE OF BOSTON. WiTH BOSTON SURROUNDED AND UNDER CONER OF WIS CANNON , WASHINGTON KEDT THE BRITISH IN THE CITY, CONSEQUENTLY TUEY SENT WORD UNDER A FLAG OF TRUCE THAT THEY WOULD EVACUATE AND NOT BURN THE TOWN \F ALLOWED TO DEPART WITHOUT BEING MOLESTED WASHINGTON GRANTED THIS AND ON SUNDAY MARCH \7,1176 THE BRITISH SAILED FROM BOSTON NEVER TO RETURN . RICHMOND WiLk, ONE OF WASHINGTON S J NEW YORM, MEAOQUARTERS knowledge to arrange a compre- Bridge Com- | hensive airship program. An overwhelming trend toward the includes the profosed colomns, 40 air transport pilots flying out of Washing- ton have addressed a petition against erection of the columns. These pilots, whose tota] flying time runs in. excess of 150,000 hours, point out to the President that their respon- sibility for human lives and property now is sufficiently heavy without hav additional hazards put in their way. e columns, if erected, within the approach area to the air- port, it was pointed out. In clear weather, when the columns would be clearly visible, thcre would be no men- ace, the pilots have pointed out. In misty weather, however, the gray gran- ite, blending with gray mist or light fog, even though the shafts were flood- lighted. would be exceedingly difficuit o pick up from the control cockpit of & plane traveling better than 100 miles per hour, and would constitute ot only a serious physical danger, but an even more distressing menta d to pilots seeking their way into the air- port, it has been pointed out. Tragedy Is Feared. Collision between an airplane and any part of the columns would prob- ably result in the instant death every person in the plane. In view of the fact that sume of the larger planes | coming into Waslangton-Hoover Air- port every day carTf as many as 21 per- sons at a time, avition people believe there can b2 no justification for erec- tion of a potential e. The pilots who are pectitioning the President believe that the columns should be replaced by some lower form of architectural cmbellishment or that the erection of the columns should be delayed until table airport accommo: dations can be provided at a safe dis- tance from them. The Washington Board of Trade Aviation Comuittee, which has been active in the fight against the columns, is to hold a spccial meeting Tuesday afternoon to discuss the next move in its” campaign. chairman of the committee: William P. MacCracken, jr, former Assistant Sec- retary of Commerce for Aeronautics, and Robert J. Cotlrell, executive secre- tary of the board, have been outstand- leaders in the campaign. t 15 obvious that. in view of the advanced stage of the Colulbia Island project, some definite decision as to the columns must be made soon. It is 8 decision which may have a marked influence on the future of air trans- portation, not only because of its effect on the local airport, but also because it may establish a legal precedent gov- erning constructioh of possible ob- structions to air transportation in the vicinity of hundreds of busy American aviation centers. Akron Goes Military. ‘The U. 8. 8. Akron, giant Navy @irigible, is entering the second phase of her existence as the werld's largest afrcraft. She is going military. The work of installing the combat equip- ment, which will give the United States its only strictly military air- ship, is in progress behind a veil of Navy censorship. The U. S. 8. Los m&a, surrendered German airship, now ranks as perhaps the oldest afrship still flying, is strictly a non- military airship, under treaty terms, and has been used for training pur- poses only. ‘The Akron, when she has received her military gear, which will include guns, fighting airplanes, the necessar {hm for launching and taking aboard e planes in flight, hangar equipment for the fighting brood and equipment, will be the only airship in the world equipped for combat pur- v It is not planned to use the airship for offensive purposes and her equip= ment is designed with an eye toward defense against hostile attack. The military function of the Akron is to ‘be long-range scouting for the fieet and she will avoid, rather than seek, actual fighting. Nevertheless, she is being equipped to give the best possible ac- count of herself in action and will be &ble to offer no mean defense. ‘The closest possible secrecy surrounds the installation of military aboard the Akron. Navy cfficials will not discuss the details of is being done and, in fact, will do little more than confirm the statement that the installations are being made. will go forward slowly and several m-nths may eclapse before the last of the military equipment is aboard In the meantime the Akron will con- tinue a program of training flights. which will include the testing of such military equipment as she may have aboard. Unexpected appearances ol the big airship above the coastal States are no longer cause for excitement, especially in_the immediate vicinity of Lakehurst, where she attracts little more attention than her smaller sister, the Los Angeles. Leaves United States Alone. ‘The decision of Great Britain to jur its last large airship leaves th Unit States alone in the large military &l ship field, Germany being forbidden treaty terms to build or operate mili- tary afrcrat The airplane hangir is located i bottom of the airsiip hull between th first two engine positions. The con partment s ut 70 feet long by feet wide and 16 fect high and house four or five zirplanes of the designed for this purpose To provide for ¢ ice the planes, a T-thaped wide by about 40 f <ot provided. It is cloced sliding doors of fabric-cc min framing As it was necessary to b hull construction to pro opening, tne strength was ¢ heavy framing above tb hangar and this framing wi tracks and carriers {rom wh planes will be suspended about the hangar to their sto tions. 8o desirous was the Navy of safe- arding the sacrets of its airplane andling methods abscard the Akron that the manufacturers were required to deliver the ship with the hangar com- nt bare. The Navy will design, uild and install the “trapeze or other device” for landing and launching the lanes, the stowage arrangements and the additional equipment necessary for the first operation of fichting plan from another aircraft. Seven gun emplacements have becn Jocated so as to cover all angles of ap- ach and some of these emplacements B Gy more than cne wun. Final ehofce of the guns. their a‘rinzement and means for ammunition storage and supply will have to b2 worked out through actual experience, the Na: Department announced. The necessa experience will be obtained, with gu temporarily mounted, by tests wh' will inelude joint maneuvers iniolil sirplanes and the airships. ‘There are busy days ahead for the Akron and her crew. The result will be that by next Spring the Navy should know fairly well what the airship can do and what it cannot do in & military weg_and will bo able on the basis of e and exit of h 3 feet been | and duralu- [ 10 into the for this ntinucd by irplan carry the n the air- nd_moved > posi- will stand | of | source of danger | which might cost so heavy a toll of | Lawrence E. Willlams, | equipment | The work | use of monopianes is revealed by the | Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce in a report on domestic | airplane manufactures during the first nine months of the year. The use of monoplanes both in civil aeronau- | tics and in tne Army combat squad- | rons is steadily increasing, and the | production figures for the first three- quarters of the year show most strik- gly how far this tendency is affecting rplane types in America, anes constructed in ng the nine months i aeronautics 1.130 majority of them place open cockpit 79 biplanes built a ma- | three place open Taere were 52 autogiros o helicopters produced, ogether military airplancs, bringing uction total for the nine months to 2,321 aircraft The pronounced swing monoplane, which ature this factures, ay be realized better when it is re- called that during the first nine months of last yvear there were more biplanes than monoplanes built for civil avia- lion, the figures being 987 as aga he monoplane’s rapid climb to su- premacy has boen @ in great part to| the insistent demands of operators and the flying public for greater and yet great s e Corps. keeping worth- while 1 1d of avi- ation, also h civil trend, its new ord calling for monoplanes | for all type: mbat aviation except | pursuit. “The result has be At \ being on types. Of the Jority were two cockpit types. and with 6 the p toward the the | prov speeds. Production Ts Less. | | The production figures for the first nine months of this year show the ef- | fect of the business depression, being 380 less than the totals for the same period 1ast year. Not only does the su amazingly increased traffic i planes, it also snows that the as come to fignre prominently in the list of zeronautical manufactures. Three companics now are building the “wind- mill” planes, and during nine months they sprang from a production rate which was negligible to one which de- mands a separate category American airplane exports to foreign countries also suffered a decrease du. ing the nine months. The total ex- | ports for the period this year amounted to 101 aircraft of various types, as| ‘;;mm 198 for the same period last ! year. | The number of planes sold to the | United States Army and Navy, hm\'e\t'l‘rc. increased this year, the total for tho | nine months being ‘637, as against 556 last vear. The increase was due in part | to the completion of the Navy's five- vear airplane program and to efforts of the Army Air Corps to build up to 1;?\):-“56{1ms n{ n.: bylve-_war program, | ‘hich has not yet been cop to lack of funds. PRty | _The report of the Department of | Commerce is based on the licenses and identification marks which it issued | for domestic aircraft, reports as to ex- | ports and data from the Army and | Navy as to their purchases. There is | & possibility, it was admitted, that | there are a few aircraft manufactured | within the nine months which were not covered by (e “survey owing to the act that they have 2 licensed or identiied. |0 Vo Den Private Flying ¥ncreases. growth of private and sport is revealed in the large numbers sh nono- autogiro The flving | of one, two and three place pianes sold, similar | these types being too small for air trensport work, cr for many types of miscellaneous commerclal operations. Of the 1,130 civil landplane type WEEK oF NOVEMBER 29 N Sunday An,d)assadorvi‘nlhm«h‘gnnkrr;d 16th & Columbia RA “The Cheat Apollo 624 H St NE. Arcad’e Hyattsy | Ashton Clarendon. A\'alon 612 Conn a Ave. Gr €35 Pa Cameo " Edward G_Robinson Vi and Ave, 8E Md | pl | pound capacity monoplanes built 822 pit plane two-seaters, 266 one-seaters, seaters and 2 four-seaters. planes There were built for us place type 27! as landplanes, the four- here planes. 4 to mo! plac en nking in the lead with were 5 one-place cabin|pjstrict of Columbia, renewed their ac- two-place, 10 three-|guaintance last week with the officers e-place, 13 six-place, 40|and men of the Regular Navy aboard | 1 place and 47 over ten the U, S. destroyer Hamilion, when |able information on the battle problem were open-cock- 543 of this number being| 11 _three- Two of | the three-seaters were multi-motored | cabin monoplanes Officers and men of the 1st Battalion, | United States Naval Reserves of the D. C. Naval Reserve to have a series of drills on the ship as long as the weather remains good. The presence of the vessel here will provide, it was sald, an excellent oppor- tunity for the officers to get some valu- Fifteen of the 40 seven to ten |that vessel arrived here and docked at | which the local Reservists will be re- ce plane 9 of the 47 planes carry 10 persons were multi-motored © were 6 moncplanes built which listed as ‘“convestibles,” either closed c n or open cockpit at the will of owner. ‘There were 16 phibians, of which 6 wer, d craft. There were planes and 1_mono- which could not be classified due ack of data. Of the biplancs, 364 out of the total of 399 were open-cockpit landplane types, 36 being single-seaters, 141 two- place, 159 three-place and 28 four and five place. There were 26 four to scven place cabin landplanes of the double- wing type and also 6 biplane am- ibians end 3 biplane seaplanes. Test Triangular Chute. Th> st wee at Bolling ch 4 h k witnessed service tee Ficld of the triangular pars veloped by Maj. Edward L. Army_Air Corps, at Wright yton, Ohio, to meet the need achute which could be steered ich would have some forward of anc tremen- | motion of its own so that they who | dous increases in average fighting plane | must jump may have some choice of | landing arca. The Hoffman parachute was demon- raied by Sergt B. A. Walsh, non- mmissioned officer in charge of the parachute department at the local Army Fleld. It was his 32d parachute fump 1 he expressed satisfaction with the iveranility of the new parachute. * comparative purposcs, L Rob- <. Giovannoli, Alr Corps, jumped t. Walsh, using the standard v round parachute. The new parachute has been sent out to a number of Army Air Corps posts > tests. Bolling Field has two or three of them and they will be worn rly by officers and men. The al seat-pack type is used, with ad- e harness canopy of the triangular para- chute has a spread of 23!, feet and has 40 shroud lines, each tested to 325- as against 24 lines of 450-pound capacity in the standard round parachute. Two of the three corners are rounded. The third is cut off to allow the air to flow out, the action of the escaping air giving the parachute a forward speed of about five miles per hour {n dead calm air. With winds, the landing speed of the parachute can be reduced five miles per hour below the wind speed by directing the parachute into the wind. The "chute is steered by mercly pulling down an arm’s length on either of the round- ed corners. The action is positive, since the dropping of the corner changes the air-flow in the canopy. Tests show that the triangular para- chute ordinarily will open higher than the round type and that the shock on opening is less. It is claimed that there is no oscillation of the parachute dur- ing the descent and that, with the parachute turned into the wind, the landings’ are light. If the triangular ‘chute holds up as has been anticipated during the service test period, it may be adopted as stand- ard Army ‘equipment. Airport Standards Raised. ‘The Federal Government 1s going to make certain that persons flying into the Uni States from foreign coun- tries receive proper consideration so far _ Tuesday ng more than | months' stay. being the Atlantic Training Fleet that the | naval officers. Notic s been various divisions of the local battalion | received here that the organization wi made_their annual sea voyages during |be examined on this feature at the were multi-motored, while | the Washington Navy Yard for & three | quired to solve during the next annual | It was on this vessel of | inspection before a board of regular Notice already has becn | the Summer to Bermuda for training |next meeting of the board here in the purposes. The Hamilton is assigned to the Reserve organizal the fifth naval district since the Gov- ernment’s cconomy move resulted in | the removal of the destroyer Abel P. | Upshur from here and her transfer to | |the Coast Guard as a patrol boat. | When not making annual cruises the vessel, according to Navy Department plans, is to visit ports In the area where | are located battalions of the Naval Re- erve and allow these organizations to use it on drill nights for instruction purposes for officers and men. The local battalion officlals expect to get considerable good out of the visit of the vessel here, and already Lieut. Harold E Richardson, commanding officer of the local battalion, is planning concerned. Newly promulgated rules of the Treasury, Labor and Commerce departments cover in detail the hand- | ling of aircraft and passengers moving | across United States boundaries. } The regulations give the Secretary of the Treas | port of entry for civil aircraft any air- port situated and equipped to handle air transnortation from outside the Unitod States. The Secretary of Labor may designate airports of ‘entry for aliens arriving in the United States by air. Airports of entry and airports of entry for aliens are to be designated after due investigation to determine whether sufficient need exists in the perticular district for such an airport | st suited and to determine the airport bg: for the purpose. In each case & specific airport will be designated. Afrports of entry, under the new reg- ulations, are required to be, in so far |as possible, municipal airports and to meet at least the requirements of the | airport-rating _regulations of the De- partment of Commerce for an A-1-A rating unless a special waiver is granted. The airport officials must provide, without cost to the Federal Govern- | The designation may be withdrawn if not sufficiently heavy to justify main- personnel. It is required by the regulations that a hard surfaced loading area be pro- | vided upcn which airplanes may be parked while Federal officials are con- |good head of steam, pr | Cucting their lawful business in con- rection with the arrival or departure of planes in foreign commerce. Designated airports of entry must be y power to designate as a | as equipment at airports of entry is | | | Spring, and were urged to get in touch the training vessel | with some naval vessel and examine the tions in | secret publications on them for the purpose of studying up on the problem. Lieut. Comdr. Clarence Culbranson, U. S. N, is in_command of the de- stroyer, and he held a long conference last Monday night with Licut. Richard- son, during which he offered the ship and its facilities to the local Reservists for drills and instruction. He offered to co-operate in every way possible with the reserve officers and men in aiding them in their purpose to increase their value as officers in the naval establish- ment in time of war. have the opportunity then of using the same guns with which they are being trained. On the whole, the officers expected that they will get the maximum results out of the visit of the Hamilton here. When the vessel completes her stay here about February 15, she will not return again until time for beginning the an- nual cruises next Summer, as she will g0 to some other port in the area for the training of the reserve battalion there. Other divisions in this area are located at Richmond, Norfolk, Newport News and Baltimore. While the vessel will be used as much as possible, it was pointed out by Lieut. | Richaréson that work of fitting up the | armory as much as possible like'a de- | stroyer will be continued as the organ- ization will have to give its demonstra- tions during the annual inspection in the building. The vessel Is not expected to be here at that time, although the date for the inspection has not been announced by the board and will not be until six weeks prior to the time the board expects to arrive here. Work of making transfers of men at- | tached to the Headquarters Division, which has been ordered abolished by the Navy Department ts a part of the | economy drive, is progressing, according | to Lieut. Richardson. He said that he | expected to take care of all the men | now in the Headquarters Division by | transfer and he felt that it would not Comdr. Gulbranson, it was announced, | be necessary to send any of the men to also will deliver a lecture to the Re- |the volunteer branch. This was pointed serve officers on the naval battle prob- |out as desirable, as it was said that the | lems and give them every assistance in their preparation for this event, which marks another stage of progress in the training of the Reserve. Heretofore the inspections have consisted largely of examinations of the results of basic tratning, but it was announced by the department that the Reserve organiza- |tions seemed to have progressed far | enough now to take up the heavier problems of strategy and battle problem i Comdr. Whitfield. exocutive of the Hamilton. is planning to lecture to the officers of the battalion on navigational instruments, including the “iron mike,” the automatic helms- { man. The question of week end cruises was discussed in an informal way, but these matters will be left for later considera- jon. Lieut. Richardson said that while they did not prove popular with the men when the Upshur was here, never- theless the men may take a different viewpoint now, and if the weather keeps | open, it is possible that they will be given a tryout. However, it was said that with the prevalence of the warm weather here, there is a possibility that if he ship went out on a run it might not be able to get the men back in time for their civilian employment be- cause of the prevalance of fog. It was ment, suitable office and other space |said that it took the vessel two days to |for the exclusive use of the Federal come up the Potomac River on account, |officers connected with the port of entry. | of the fog along the waterway. In the meantime, it was said that business clearing through the port is |the engineer forces of all of the divi- sions will start right into work in the tenance of inspection equipment and |engine and fire rooms of the vessel, re- ceiving instruction from the Regulars. They will go through every detail of the procedure for getting under way, from lighting off the boilers to getting up a rtory to de- | parture on a voyage. will be given a thorough training and every opportunity seized to give them a | full amount of instruction on each drill ‘open to all civil aircraft for entry and | night. clearance purposes, no charge being per- mitted for the use of the airport for | will be The deck forces of the three divisions ained during the prevailing such purposes other than that normally | warm weather, and will be given in- | made for use of the airport It entry | aireraft recessary delays and that there be no discrimination against any plane in | struction in the use of ground tackle. required also that the airport of | The guns and gun fire control system hall provide prompt servicing for | will also be used by the organizations, 50 that there shall be no un- |and it is expected that with the aid of the regulars they will reach a high state of efficlency by the time for the favor of anv other, either in servicing ' next target practicc at sea while they or in charges for servicing. Wednesday ~ Thursday are on their annual cruises. They will PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS THIS WEEK' Friday Saturday Tallulah Bankhead n ““The Cheat." biect Wil “Ambass Short. Sublect Comedy. Will Togers | in “A ®av Francis and Lilvan Tashman in, Girls About Town.” Short Subicct t in “The, Magnificent Lie.” Song_Cartoon. Ruth_Chatterion Edra_Mae Oliver in in"Fanny Foley Magnificent. Lie Tersei” _Reel " Eartaon. Shorts James Dunn and Edna_Ma~ Oliver Ruth Chatterton he ally Filers an Sames: Thinn" “Bad Girl ____ News Trene Dunne o Pat O'Brien ‘in “Consolation Marriage.” Saliy Eders and 3 in Avres in Lew Ayres in Comedy. _ News e Lilyan Tashman an rles Farrell and Chnrlrr Rogers o H. A;hrwl.l n “Road to_Reno.” iarding iHon e Brook and Kay Francis in “Twenty &l Tallulah Bankhead F March Mae Clarke a Kent Douglas in “Waterlog Bridge. ‘Short Sublect in ‘Twenty-four Hours.” Marlene Del . Comedy. n g Heartbreak.” Ror ckie Coogan in Kleberry Carolina ANC Ave SE Central 425 gth St. N (.u‘cle 2105 Pa Fin Ave. Nw_ Colony Gh Avaik Basrapt Dumbarton 1349 Wis, Ave, N W, Fairlawn Anacostia. D Hippodrome | s KoEt NW Home 13th & C Sts. | | Jesse | fath nr RIAVNE o Squaw Man. Comedy Lewis_Stone “The Baren Jackie Coogan in Huckleberry Finn.* Lew Ayres in Many a Slip.” “Bevond e Comedy. Carioon Bill Cody Montapa Kid." medy. Serial oah RBeery and Sally Blene ‘in “Shanghaied Love." ‘Shorts Mary_ Actor in “Smart Woman.” Comed Cisea Kid." Comiedy, Serial.__ Lioyd Hushes and Dorathy Sebastian “Ships of Hat Comed. Serai.__ Paul Lukas and Dorathy ' Jordan in “Beloved Bachelor. Comedy. Serial. Jack Holt and Ralch Graves. in “A Danzeraus Affair.” ‘Cartoon. Serial. Ken taynard A T “Two Gun_Man " Comedv. Serial. “Jack Holt ca a ich and Victor MeLaglen in Dishonored - Comedy. " Cartoon. Walter Huston Witness."” s anor_Ro vy Business.” L Lyric | Princess 119 _H NE |Richmond - Alexan Va ' | Savoy 30 140 8¢ | Seco e Boring. 1 Stenton 6th_& C St State Bethesda, Nw NE Chevalier NWw _ “Comed Syivan | 108 1. ave Tivoli 14th & Park Rd Tiestenant News. d Short Suhject Ruth Chatterton in it Magnificent Lie” i Comedv Thomas Neiahan and Warner Baxter and Hardie Albrizht Edmund Lowe n Cisco Kid." Behe Dar in_“Honor of the Family." Shorts. Anna_May Wong in “Daughter, of the Dragon. Comedv. ancy Carroll in Nancy Carroll Maid.” “Personal Maid Etting in Ruth Etting in and_Music.” “Words_and Jip Holmes and Claudette Colbert Sidnev in in “Recrets . of & Secretary Comedy. Lilyan Tashman vmore in and_William Bov ow Ticket.” “Road to Reno. Comedy. _ Devotion Short Subject Annn May Wong in_“Daughter of the Dragon.” Comedy in Music."” Cartoon. ___Comeds rial (15t episode) William _Powell and Dorls K Meighan Loy in Comedy xter and Lowe Ba Edmund i ound.”__ ver in Foley i Sidney Blackmer in Lady Who Dared.” “Cisco Kid." 3 Shorts Comedy Dowling and Doug_Fairbanks. ollver i and Loretia Yc son Lane.” “f Lik alkartoon. cretary.” Cartoon Elissa Land) and n in n of n Se “Too Many Cooks.” Comedy. Carioon. _ ier Oland and May Wong in rof the Shorts. _ K Barbara Stanwyck in" “The Miracle Woman _Soni._ Noveity. Buck iones o “The Rflm»} Feud. Detetive bary. n “The Iron Man* Comedy. Serial Lew Ayres in “Spirit_of Notre Dame." Shorts Lew Ayres in “Spirit of Notre Dame. Shorts. Buck _jor ick, Jones Buck Janes Pighting ‘e She Pightine Sherif.” Shiorts. “May [Robson Adolphe Menjou n n “The Great Lover." Comedy. Nick Btuart i “The Mystery Train." Comeds Hoot lGmson‘ n “The Hard Hombre. Comedy. Serial. atkins and Dunn in “Sob Sister News. Comedy. James Dunn in Sob Sister." News. Comedy James Paul Lukas and Eleanor Boardman in “Beloved Bachelor Comedy._Cartoon. Elcanor Boardman n “Beloved Bachelor.” Comedy._Cartoon, Lew Ayres in “Spirit of Notre ame Comedy: Cartoon. Lew Ayres in “Spirit of Notre Dame __Comedy. Noah Beery and Sally Plane 'in Shanghated Love.” Shoris Gloria Swa in “The Tresp: Lily Damita The Woman Between.” Tt nees Dee and lips_ Holmes in “An American_Tragedy.’ Lily Damita in “The Woman Between.” Comedy. Frances Dee and Phillips Holmes in “An American Tragedy.” Adalph Meniou and Dunne Lover " omedy Dunne in ol Ann Hsrding York Ga. Ave. & Quebes __ Cartaon May Robson James Hall in Mother's - Mllions end of Destiny.’ Edmund “Lowe n “Transatiantie.” Short Subject. Warner Oland. Anni May Wong in*Daugh, ter of ‘the Dragon.” Short Subject. Claudette Colbert i “Secrets of & Bec'y.” ‘Ann Harding in “'Condemned.” Claudette Colbert, in “ecrets of & Sec'y. Ann Harding in “Condemned.” Joe Cook in “Rain_or Shine.” Serial Jack Holt and Robert. Cromwell in Fitey Fathoms Deep. Ann_ Harding and Ciive, Brook Lynne." and Rose Hobart n Naney Carroll in ersonal Maid.” News. Elissa_Lnndi and Eiiss Lionel Barrsmore in Lionel Burrymore in “he’ yellow Ticket.” “The Yellow Ticket.” Carioon. Carto Ruth_OF; tterion Bebe I b e Ho o arian. " a_Landi and Eddie Rolhfiz 5 “HonevmoBn_Lane.” &omedy. Serimie in “The Black Camel." Helon Twelvetrees and Laurel and Hardy ™~ ‘Pagdon Us orts. he engineers | men in the Headquarters Division, for | the most part, are those of long train- |ing, and their loss to the battalion | would be serious from a training point of view. Joseph Paul Comiskey, yeoman, first class, 3d Fleet Division, has re-enlisted and has been assigned to the same di- vision. it was announced. This is Comiskey’s second hitch in the Reserve. ‘The watch for Monday night has been ordered as follows: Ensign Gor- don Reed, officer of the deck: Boats- | wain's Mate (First Class) G. Morgan, | petty officer of the watch; Quarter- master (First Class) C. B. Williams, quartermaster of the watch; Seaman (First Class) H. W. Rus®, commanding officer’s orderly, and Fireman (Second Class) D. M. Levy, sentry. Lieut. Richardson will conduct the regular commanding officers’ inspection tomorrow night. ‘The Executive Committee of the arrel, Route Ivert’ I Ito. Blye ear orbeck. lie Pike. Naval Reserve Athletic Association at a meeting last week elected the follow- ing officers for the ensuing year: F. D. Courtney, president; B. F. Richardson, vice president; H. Fuirn, secretary, and J. Kowalczuk, treasurer. The Athletic Assoclation has an- nounced that it will give a dance at the armory in the Washington Navy Yard on the night of December 10. Music_will be by the United States Navy Band. The Athletic Association announced that a series of boxing bouts will be conducted by the battalion following | the first inspection in January. A close check-up of the personnel presented at annual inspections in the future is indicated in a letter received by the local Reserve commander from | the chief of the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy Department. It says that hereafter, on the occa- sion of an inspection by the Naval Re- procedure is to be carried out in con- nection with the mustering of the vari- ous divisions: “After the division or battalion has been presented to the senior member of the Inspection Board and the per- sonnel inspected by the board. division commanders will be instructed to pro- ceed with the muster; each division will have an up-to-date typewritten list of all F-1 men attached and a list of V-1 men present; divisions will | be brought to shoulder arms and mus- tered by the petty cficer from the above-mentioned lists in a military | manner; divisions will be given credit present in ranks and answer the muster.” ‘The Regular Navy Inspection Board will make three inspections this week in New York, one at North River, New York, tomorrow; Tuesday at East River, and Wednesday at Brooklyn. ‘The board that will make this trip will be composed of Capt. C. A. Blake- ly, president of the beard; Capt. Alex- ander Sharp, jr., and Comdr. R. A. | White, all from the Navy Department | here. Lieut. H. L. Naff, attached to | the headquarters, 3d Naval District, will aid in the inspection, it was an- nounced. Discussing turnover among the vari- ous Naval Reserve organizations, a re- port to the Navy Department says that data cbtained for the calendar year 1930 shows a loss of F-1 men, for MARYLAND Route 1. Gray serve Inspection Board, the following | |only for such men as are actually all fleet divisions, of 40.6 fte This is declared to be a slight jm- provement over 1929, when the ioss was 41.9 per cent. The turnover loss, it was said, does not include men lost through expiration of enlistment and consists mainly of men lost through transfer to the volunteer branch of the Reserve. Generally, it was ex- plained, these men are transferred on account cf failure to attend drills, either through lack of interest or by reason of moving, night work, etc. Some divisions, it was stated, have been able to keep the loss to a mini- mum_and at the same time to keep up the drill attendance. The turn- over losses in the twelfth district, &4 per cent; ninth district, 48.4 per cent, and fourth district, 46.9 per cent, are considered by the reporting officers to be exceptionally high and it was said that they should be greatly reduced during the current period. The board of regular officers commented that certainly little real progress in mobili- zation efficiency can be expected with so many men entering and leaving the Naval Reserve each year. 6,000 Bandsmen Compete. Six thousand members of bands rep- resenting 197 factories in England, Scot- land and Wales took part in the recent National Brass Band Festival in the Crystal Palace, London. 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