Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1931, Page 64

AVIATION BY JOSEPH 8. EDGERTON. HE Seventy-second Congress, intent upon its own troubles, prob- | ably will not find much time to worry about the ills of avia- | tion. The usual flood of new bills poured into the legislative | hoppers on the opening day contained few measures of any portance to American aeronautics. Not many bills of this charac- loom over the political horizon | It is likely that the most important work in the field of aero- nautics will be that of the appropriating machinery of the House and Senate. In the appropriations committees will be fought out the items which must make the Federal Government’s air policies opera- tive he Army and Navy are expected to fight for aircraft procure- ment prograrms which will permit tiding over the airplane manu- | facturing industry by judiciously placed contracts during the period of financial uneasiness. The Department of Commerce is facing reductions of appropriations for airways work and other assistance to civil aeronautics and will probably have a struggle on its hands THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, DECEMBER 13, 1931—PART FOUR. THE LIBERTY BELL ThoMAS JEFFERSON WROTE THE OECLARATION OF INDEDENORNCE. | ON UULY 4,1776, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS WAS SIGNED AT DWILADELPWIA AND FROM THIS DAY FORWAROD THE FOUNDING OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC WENT ON INEXORABLY ON AUGUST 27 OF THAT SAME YEAQ WASHINGTON'S AQMY CROSSED EAST RIVER FROM LONG ISLAND YO NEW YORK SHORE, AND ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING LORD HOWE DISCOVERED THAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO CRUSH THE AMERICAN TROOPS ' WAD BEEN L.OB. to prevent serious curtailment of its activities. The Post Office Department, because | of widespread criticism of its adminis- tration of the airmail service under the terms of the Watres act, is going to have to do some explaining to Congress. | Whether the inquiry will develop into a real investigation is as yet prob- lematical. The House members of the Post Office and Treasury Subcommit- tee of the Appropriations Committee, ‘who probably will be headed by Rep- resentative Joseph W. Byrns of Ten- | nessee, will have the first opportunity 1o go into the question of whether the | Post Office Department is doing prop- erry b5 American aviation. | he Appropriations Subcommittee inquiry, to be held behind closed doors, probably will begin very soon, as the Post Office-Treasury supply bill is one of the first regular appropriations measures due for consideration. | If the Appropriations Subcommittee decides to confine its hearings exclu- sively to matters having to do with funds and not with policies, an investi- gation probably will be made by the House Committee on Post Offices and | Post Roads | The Seventy-second Congress is going every officer must start at the bottom and go through all grades. The policy of admitting no second lieutenants during the past two years will create shortages in all grades as the years g0 by and the effects, it is estimated, will be felt for 30 years, until all offi- cers now in the unbalanced Air Corps commissioned grades are retired The failure to commission the new officers not only is throwing the Alr Corps structure out of balance, but it also is working an injustice where the cadets at the Air Corps Flying School e concerned. These after Jong, hard training, are being turned out thoroughly trained to serve as Army Air Corps pilots and officers and nothing else. They have planned their careers to this end several years. When they were accepted for training at the Army Flying they regarded it as a pr their Government that the for for from would be given an opportunity to follow their on special occasions as a marker |t chosen carsers. The failure o1 Congress to provide funds for commissioning these flying school graduates has blasted all their hopes, made waste their years of | Division of 672 planes through a otal of 4,000,000 miles of flying without a single fatality, setting a new world standard for massed military aviation maneuvers. Though the departure of Gen. Fechet will be regretted by those under his command, they look to a continued bright future for the Alr Corps under the leadership of his successor New Light Installed. A new type of ceiling light projector, the first to be installed at a Naval Air in the country, has been sent to the Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Va., for_installation. The new projector consists of an alidade and light of 1,800,000 candle- power and is to be installed on a trol switches in the aerological office. beacon, in addition to its primary pur- pose as a ceiling projector. As 2 ceiling projector it will be used to determine cloud heights at night, the height to the bottom of the cloud to have to prove ftself an “economsy | Preparation and frustrated their am- | layer being quickly determined by & Congress” and aviation legislation, in | common with other legislation, which | calls for any substantial new expenses | probably will make little headway. | Nevertheless, it is not anticipated that this Congress will permit any great bitions, Graduated from the flying school, they are denied the fruits of their labors and are being thrown into | the civil ranks to aggravate the unem- | ployment situation. Trained as Army combat pilots, they megsurement of angles. Pioneering the Wilderness. The roar of airmail and passenger planes, flying on regular schedules, has begun to echo over the “lost cities” loss of the fruits of aviation progress |80 into civil life with no training for| of Yucatan, which, up to the time of during the past few years, and aviation probably will fare as well as any of the major national interests at the hands of Congress this Winter. { A Soldier's Farewell. | Fighting to the last moment for the | welfare of the service he has served | faithfully and well for 33 years, Maj Gen. James E. Fechet, for four year: chief of the Army Air Corps, is finish. ing his active Army career this month and will go on the retired list as the moment the New Year arrives. General Fechet took advantage of | the opportunity afforded by his last annual report to take up the cudgels for his fellow officers, especially those who face the beginning of their milf- tary careers. He has waited until this time to take this action so that there could be no thought that he was influ- enced by possible personal consid- erations. In his final report, Gen. Fechet ap- pears most concerned about the state of the commissioned personnel of the Alr Corps. He recommends strongly the immediate resuming of the policy, which was discontinued last year, of the annual commissioning of & mini- mum of 200 second lieutenants in the Air Corps. Last year the 200 junior officers called for by the Air Corps five-year program were not commissioned be- cause of lack of funds. This year they were not allowed for similar reasons. ‘This results in a shortage of 400 trained pilots in the combat squadrons | today and it has effects which will be felt for many years in the Army flying service, Failure to commission these 400 new officers has created an unbalanced situation in all grades in the Army Air Corps from first lieutenant to colonel, since the commissioned officer program is worked out so that there are & definite number in each grade, to fill the need for pilots, fiight com- manders, squadron’ leaders and com- | manding officers of fying fields and | the larger tactical units. Under the system which governs vhe commissioned personnel of the Army, civil careers and the results in many cases are lamentable. There are no openings for them as civil fiyers. The ranks of transport pilots are overfull | today and will be for several years | The failure to commission the new lieu- tenants called for in the Air Corps program is real tragedy to this many graduates of the Army flying schools. = | In battling for the rights of these | young men, Gen. Fechet gains noth- their _discovery three years ago by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, were in & region of trackless wilderness This seat of the anclent Mayan civil- ization has been opened by Pan-Ameri- can Airways in establishing the closing link in its transport schedules over the Lindbergh Circle,” flown by the ploneer good-will fiyer less than four years ago. The new line goes direct from Miami | to Havana and then across Cuba and | been established along the 540-mile | route from Havana to Merida, with upper air stations on the western tip | of Cuba and the Mexican side of the straits so that pilots may know of the | upper air wind currents which favor their fiights across the 300-mile water | Jump. | Federal Air Program Urged. | Need for continuing programs of mili- | try airplane purchases by the Army and | Navy following the conclusion of the | five-year programs of both services, as young men, | Station and one of the few such lights | & means of tiding the aircraft manufag- |turing industry over the period of de- pression. was_ stressed by Temple N | Joyce, World War fiyer, noted test pilot |and now vice president and general | manager of the B/J Aircraft Corpora- | tion, in an address Thurscay night at | School | hangar roof with the alidade and con-| & joint dinner meeting of the Aero- nautical Chamber of Commerce of | The light, it is believed, may be used | America and the Baltimore section of he Society of Automotive Engineers, in | Baltimore. | A well ordered program of purchases | for both services is of vital importance as a means of partially defraying the | | cost of research and experimentation necessary to keeping this Nation abreast of others in aircraft development, Mr. | Joyce pointed out. Until the Mrp]flnl“ becomes a far more efficient means of | | transportation and military aid than it | | 1s today, Joyce sald, there must be un- | | remitting research and experimental | work carried on. | Buch work is expensive and is too | great a burden for the industry to as- | sume without aid in such troublous financial times, it was pointed out. | Since aircraft development and progress | are closely linked with national securit; | it is to the interests of the people of th | entire country to keep the industry alive | and healthy, it was argued. He also discussed the importance of | the Nation's airmail and transport sys Ing for himself in a general way, but |the 300-mile stretch of ocean which is| tems as a market for the sale of com- he is adding to the esteem and affec- tion with which he is regarded by his fellows in the service which he s about | to leave. Rose From the Ranks. | Gen. Fechet rose from the ranks, and he will be succeeded as chief of the Air Corps by a man who also rose from the ranks—Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, who is to step up a grade to the rank of major general. Gen Foulols was the Army's first pilot and for a year was the entire Army flying | service, as pilot of the first military | airplane bought from the Wright | brothers in 1909. Before that he flew an Army balloon. | Gen. Foulois’ “correspondence school” | fiying urse under the tutelage of | the Wrights stands as one of the classics of aviation. Soon after the Army purchased its first airplane, Foulois was sent to the Mexican border with the plane. He uncrated and as- sembled it there and began flying. He made mistakes and often those mis- takes resulted in broken wing tips or | landing skids. Each time Foulois would write to Dayton, Ohio, explaining to the Wrights his trouble and asking how to ayoid similar difficulty in the future. In this way he gradually ironed out his difficulties so success- fully that, though he has been flying continuously for 22 years, he never has a serious accident. 1 Foulois accompanied the Pershing | column into Mexico in 1916 as com= mander of the First Aero Squadron and in France he commanded the air serv- ice of the Pirst Army, A. E. F. Since the war he has held one important command after another, rising to a cli- | max last Spring when he led the First' the Yucatan Straits to Merida, com- mercial capital of Eastern Mexico. From Merida service is provided down through Central America into the great South American countries. This line, cutting mail and passen- ger time between the Eastern United States and the chicle-producing areas of Mexico from eight to two days, opens what has been one of the most | inaccessible sections for American com- mercial activities. Opens Lost Civilization. The section of Yucatan brought into easy reach by the new line is one which has been masked by almost impene- trable tropical jungles, dotted with the | ruins of the ancient cities of the Mayas, one of the first races in America to build up any manner of civilization. In the vicinity of Merida the line passes near Chichen Itza, one of the most famous of the old Maya capitals, which has been partially restored by the Carnegie Institution and the Mexican government. South from Merida the route lies within a few miles of the lost cities discovered by Lind- bergh on an aerial exploration of this then little known territory three years ago. The planes pass directly over the ancient city of Tulum, where the Lind- bergh party landed and which is the only coastal capital of the Maya so far discovered. In closing the last gap in the Lind- bergh circle, Pan-American has inaugu- rated service on the basis of two round trips a week. Twin-motored eight- passenger Sikorsky amphibians are used and direct connections are made at Merida for Mexico City and the Central and South American countries Radio and weather stations have mercial aircraft, and argued the neces- sity for continued support of the com- | mercial air lines by the Post Office | | Department. It is .the opinion of aviation people that, even though the Army and Navy | alr services are not to be further en- larged beyond the scope of the five-year | programs, the contracts for the planes necessary to replace worn-out, destroyed and obsolete planes and keep up the strength of the air forces should be let in accordance with a well planned pro- | gram so spread as to avold times of plenty and famine for the struggling aircraft industry. | Only on the basis of & continuing pro- gram 5o planned can the industry plar; manufacturing schedules which will pre- vent the closing of plants and laying off of valuable employes whose services may be lost to the industry and the country, it is emphasized. Oil, Gas and Oxygen. The pursuit pllot,” wearing many thicknesses of wool, fur and leather, electrically heated goggles and heated mittens, thrusting his head out of an | electrically heated cockpit, is likely, in case of future disturbances demanding his official attention, to call not only for gasoline and ofl but for oxygen as well every time he rolls his plane to the fuel pit | High altitude is the order of the day for the pursuit squadrons and high alti- | tude means flying at helghts where man cannot live in the raw. He must be swathed in the warmest of clothing, | with the heaviest of mittens electrically | heated to prevent stiffening of his | hands on long missions, goggles heated {to prevent frost formation, possibly with the entire cockpit heated as well, PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS THIS WEEK WFEK OF DECEMBER 13 Sunday Monday Tuesday Marilyn Miller Ambassador 18th & Columbia Ra Apollo €24 H St. N. in “Her Majesty Love." Song Reel Gret “But Md. Rockville, Md. Garbo and Mariyn Miller Marilyn Miller in in “Her Majesty Love.” “Her Majesty Love." Song Reel. Song_Reel Greta Garbo and T: Clark Gable in ‘Busan Lennox Shorts. Lionel Barrymore and Elissa Landi in “The Yellow Ticket." Souvenir No. 3 et Gaynor arles Farrell in Merely Mary Ann." Comedy. _News John_ Gilbert Leila Hyams in “The Phantom of Paris. 8hort_subjects anet Gaynor and Charles Farrell in “Merely Mary Ann." __Comedy. News John ert and ams in ““The Phantom of Paris."" Short_subjects. Ashton Clarendon, Avalon 5612 Conn. ave. ‘Ave. Grand €45 Pa. Ave. SE. Wil ‘Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford Short_Subject Joe E. Brown in “Local Bov, Makes 2 A o __Short_Subject m Haines in Will Rogers_in Will Rogers_in Ambassador Bill." il ““Ambassador Bil Willlam 1 “Get-Rich allingford.” _Short Subject. Joe E._Brown in Local Boy Makes Short Bubject John Rarrymore b “The Mad Genius." Comedy. Beth Parker n Back Home." hort Subject Cameo Mt Rainfer, Dark. M. Four Marx Brothers Four Marx Brothers in 1 “Monkey Business.” “Monkey " Buginess.” Comedy._ News Comedy. Ne and and " Joh Wednesday Thursday Warner Baxter n “The Squaw Man." Screen_Song. Warner Baxter in The Sanaw Man.” Screen Song | thill into the | advocate. | Max Rosedale | Charles P. Ruby and Reed Painter. | mitted at this meeting, and the post | | West Potomac Park were given | forward at full blast up in Michigan. By James W. Brooks Copyright 1930 by James W. Beooks ANl Righis Reserved [ Historieally Correct Sketches CALVIN FADER ON SEPTEMBER 1] 1776 A PEACE CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN THE BILLOP HOUSE ON STATEN ISLAND, THE REpRESENTATIVES BEING LORD HOWE, JOHN ADAMS, BENJANIN FRANMLIN RUTLEDGE. WASHINGTON HOWEVER REJECTED THE oveR— AND EOWARD TURES OF THE BRITISH. TouR OAYS LATER WHILE WS e, < m) CONTINENTAL TROOPS WERE FLEEING BEFORE THE ENGLIH, \\fi’”fl? = MRS MORRAY, A LOYAL AMERICAN , ENTERTAINED THE BRITISM 3 OFFICERS AT A SUMPTUOUS DINNER WHILE WASHINGTONS MEN WERE MARCHED QUT OF REACH OF THEIR ENEMIES. American Legion The induction of Edward L. Mar- office of commander ot Jasper Post, No. 13, the American Legion, by Departmeni Comdr. Ferdi- nand G. Fraser, with accompanying ceremenies of the installation procedure, | urcd the last riceting, held at | Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachu- setts avenue. The other officers in- stalled were Paul H. McMurray, sen- | lor vice commander; William P. Kersh- | ner, junior vice commander; John J.| McGinnis, third vice commander; Carl | F. Tierney, chaplain; Joseph J. Malloy, | finance officer; Willlam M. Greene, ad- jutant; Thomas J. Frailey, publicity | officer, and Lloyd B. Harrison, judge Following the installation Comdr.- | elect Marthill addressed the members, briefly recounting the activities of the | post, stressing membership and welfare | and urging continued co-operation. To membership work the first vice com- mander, Paul H. McMurray, was as-| signed by the commander, and the sec- ond vice commander, Willlam P. Kersh- | ner, was placed in charge of welfare, with Earnest J. St. Jacques as head of subcommittee in charge. Third Vlce‘ Comdr. John J. McGinnis was given | jurisdiction of Americanism duties, in addition to arrangement of entertain- | ment numbers for various meetings, W. | A. McCallum being named as chairman | of this patriotic work. Albert J. Llufrio | was designated to head the Committee | on Entertainment. Ralph Werner and | were appointed color and color guards selected WE;E; Benjamin Ladis was appointed sergeant | at arms. Russell W. Clarkson was| named to head the Auditing Committee. Seventeen new members were ad- bearers, begins the new year with 271 members in good standing. Resolutions of sym- | pathy were extended to Byron E. Hager on the death of his mother. Following the business session refreshments were served. The next meeting will be held | January 6 Kenneth H. Nash Unit, No. 8, held its regular meeting, with Mrs. William D. Mulkey, president, presiding. Reports | of members participating in the Armi- stice day program at the Memorial in rs. Lillian Urban and Mrs. Mulkey carried the colors for the unit. Mrs. John H. Collier was appointed cradle roll chairman. Christmas stock- ings will be distributed to the children. Mrs. Ethel Wilt, finance chairman, re- ported on the bingo party. Ms. Neil- | son, past department president of North | Dakota, gave a talk on George Wash- ington and the Bicentennial. The Beleau Wood Post, No. 3, the Amer- Mo ol it especially on long flights. He must | Shaff his breath of life out of flasks. | The burden of working out the prob- | lems the high altitude pursuit pilot | must face has been given to the 94th and 95th Pursuit Squadrons; the 94th | at Selfridge Field, Mich. the 95th at| Rockwell Field, Calif. Much of the task | has been inherited by the 94th from the 95th and the work now is going Scores of high altitude missions are being flnown by Capt. “Eddie” Ricken- backer's famous war-time squadron. Two squadron high-altitude cross- country flights from Selfridge Field to | Washington and return have been made as a part of the program. Rate of climb tests, gasoline consumption tests | at altitude, experiments with various Friday TR T Flissa Landi in ““The Yellow Ticket.” 3ho Saturday T Seth Parker in “'Way Back Home." - < rts Serial. _Comedsy. " Seth Parker in “'Way Beck Home." Short_Subject. Lionel Barrymore and Elissa Landi in The Yellow Ticket." No. 3 Seih Parker Oharles Farrell and n “'Way Back Home." Short_Subject Kent Douglass and Mae Clarke in “Waterloo Bridge " Co Warn ter an Edmund Lowe in “The Clsco Kid." Added attra: Mary Brian Hands."” sublects damita and Lily T doiphe M A B Irene Dunne in ““Gonsolation Marriage.” SHorts Trene Dunne in ‘Consolation Marriage.” rymore “The Genlus medy. I Parker v Back Home.” t Subject _Comedy. ctions._ Anna May Wong in “Daughter of the Drazon Comeds. Serial Leo Carillo in drurd Lowe in Lasca of the Rio The Cisco Kid." Grande. Added attractions. ___ Comeds. News Hoot Gibson in Mae Clarke and “Hard ‘Hombre." Kent Douglas in “Vanishing Leglo! “Waterloo Bridge.” d Stan Laarel and Oliver Hardy in Pardon Us, Shorts. Bill Boyd and Clive Brook in ‘Silence.” Comedy. Cartoon Powell and oris Kenyon in “Road to Singapore.” T __ Bhorts. Comedy Ta TLeo Carillo in “Homjcide Squad.” g Comedy. News. Carolina Lionel Barrymore in 11th & N.C. Ave AR Guilty Hands. arner Baxter Lionel Berrymore in in uilty Hands The Squaw Warner Baxter and Edmund Lowe In The Cuaco’ Kid." Central s St. N.W. otr Warner Baxter and Will Rogers 255 “Ambagsador __Bhorts Tna Claire and Robert Ames Circle in 05 Pa. Ave. NW Rebound Tna Claire and Robert Ames in Rebound." 8pecial Wwill Rogers. in bassador Bill." Gartoon n Buck Jones in “The Texas Ranger.” Comedy Serial Joe,E. Brown “8it Tight Comedy. Cartoon Baxter Nancy Carroll in rsonal Maid.” Ann Leslie Ho: “Devotion.” __Comedy. Bert Lahr and Charlotte Greenwood in “Flying High. o ing and d in Colony Gs. Ave. & Farr Greta Garbo and Clark Gable in “Busan Lennox.” horts. Williom Haines Charles Rogers and Lilyan Tashman in The Road Com Dumbarton to Reno 1349 Wis. Ave. N'W e dy. Charles Roj Lilyan Tash “The Road to Reno. Comedy. Eleanor_Boardman in ‘The Squaw Ma Comedy. Fairlawn e Anacostia. D. Walter Huston and Chic Sale in “The Star Witness. Comedy. Ina lchurc7 “Rebound."” Cartoon. _ Baxter and C: in of Madelon Claudet.” Shorts. Lew Ayres Tim McCoy in n “‘One-Way Trail.” “‘Spirit of Notre S Dame.* Clive Brook Iter Huston and Kay Prancis in Doris K “Twenty-four Hours.” *T} Rull Shorts Bert Lahr and Charlotee Greenwood a rlie Ruggles. in “Fiying High - Jefovea he Beloved __Comedy. Bachelor Lilyan Teshman and Lionel Barrymore ay Francis in “Girls About Town.” Shorts. ~ Pau Chaj y “Guilty Hangs.” Shorts. CnnlflnceLannelL Gilbert and Will Rogerd and Greta Nissen_in ““Ambassador Comedy. Brook “and ...Kay Francls in Twenty-four Hours." Con Cartoon Mae Clarke and Kent Douglas in ““Waterloo Bridge.” Comedy. Warner Baxter and Edmund Lowe in The Cisco Kid _Comedy. Seriai C. Hippodrome 808 K St NW. Home Monkey Business. _Comedy. _News Will Rogers n “Ambassador Bill." Bhort Subject. rEur‘M-'r’{immm'_ro?r Marx Brothers n i na Claire in “'Rebound “East of Borneo." n “Monkey Business.” dy._ Ne meds’ ews. Will Rogers in “Ambassador Bill." Wallingford Short_Subject. Short_Subject Ina Claire in Rebound. “East of Borneo." Comedy. News. John Gilbert in “Phantom of Paris." Wallace Beery in “Secret 8ix.” Com. May Wong in ghter of the ol Dragon Comedy. _ Cartoon. m Haines 0 -Guick Wallingford. Short_Subjegt Bebe Daniels in “Honor of the Family.” Shorts. Edna Mae Oliver in Fanny Foley erse Serial. Comedy. _ Jaynet Gaynor and th & C Bts. NE | Charles Farrell | Jesse “‘Merely Mar, Jbth nr. RIAV.NE._Com. News Lyric Gaithersburg. Dark. Ma. Tapnet T and Lew Avres in Charles Farrell in ~ ““The Spirit of Notre ““Merely Mary Anp." Dame. " m. News n Eddie Dowling in Eddie Dowline in “Honeymoon Lane.” “Honeymoon Lane Comedy, Comedy. News. News Comedy. _Cartoon Edmund Lowe and Lois Moran in “Transatlantic.” Com. Pictorial. News. Edmund Lowe and Lois Moran in, “Transatlantic. Comedy. _Pictorlal Buck Joj in “Border Law." Comedy. Serial of _the Dragon.” Serial. Com Ruth Chatterton in Magnificent Lie." Strange As It Seems. Acsop_Fable. Ruth Chatterton in ‘‘Magnificent Lie.” Strange As It Seems. Aesop Fable. Lynn Fontanne in “The Guardsman.” Cartoon. _Organlogue. Princess 1118 H St. NE. Richmond Alexandria, Va. Dark. Alfred_Lunt and Phillips Holmes and Lynn Fontanne in Sylvia Sidney in “The Guardsman.” The American reanlogue. _Tragedy.” News Edw. G_Robinson in _ Edw. G_Robinson in “Five Star Final” "Five Star Final." Comedy. News. ~ John Gilbert in ““The Phantom of Paris.” 8horts. Savoy 3 2030 14th St N.W John Gilbert “ Myma Loy, in e Phantom of Paris.” Skyline." Sho Short_Subject in Seco Biver Spring, Md Dark. Eddie Cantor Eddie Cantor in in “Whoopee." ““Whoopee.” Short_subjects. Short_subjects. _ Thomas Meighan and Willlam Boyd in in, Wililam “Beyond Victory.” ond Vieto “Beyond Victor: Comedy. George Arliss in “Alexander Hamil- ton."” . _Comedy. Phillips Holmes and Sylvia Sidney in The American _ Tragedy. 1 Lloyd Hughes in “Bhips of Hate." Comedy. Sports_Reel. Helen Hayes in “Sins_of Madelon audet Claudet. u Comedy Comedy. News. Charles Farrell and Hardle Allbright in “"Heartbreak." Comedy. News. Charles Farrell and Hardie Alibright in Heartbreak.” Thomas Melg Myrna Loy, in “Skyline " __ Short Subject. Walter Huston and Chic Sale in “The Ster Witness. Comedy. _ Comedy. News. _ Edward G Robinson n “Five Star Pinal” Hoot, Gihson in e Gay_Buckaroo.” Shorts. Nancy Carroll Tn “Personal Maid." b Steele in’ * “Headin' North. Joan Crawford “The Modern Age.” ___Shortsubjects Short_Subject. Fairbanks in B Bob Steele in s un ia “Headin’_ North." Jack Holt_and Ralph Graves in “Dirigible.” Diri Comedy. News. Stanton 6th & C Sts. NE. Jack Holt h Graves “Dirigible Comedy. News. Lewis Stone and Doris Kenyon 1 “The Bargain.” Act._ 8o Evelyn Brent and Evelyn Brent and Frank Albertson in Tank Albertso “Traveling Hysbands.” Comedy. Fran| n in “Traveling Hysbands.” Comedy. Come Mary Astor in Warner Baxter In Claco Kid “Bmart Women Serlal. “Adventures in Africa.” No. 6. State Bethesda. Dark. Md. Four Marx Brothers n “Monkey Busi- ness.”” Four Marx Brothers n “Monkey Busi- Dess.” Alfred Lunt Alfred Lupt in “The Guardsmi It ah “The Guardsman.” News Anna May Wong and Warner Oland {n “Daughter 'of the Lewis Stone in “The Bargain.” Joan Crawford and Nell Hamilton in “This Modern As Comedy. Sylvan 104 R. I Ave. N.W. Joan Crawford and e and il Hy John W Laura La Plante in “‘Arizona.” Cartoon. Barbara SAnwyoK & Vid Manners in, ““The Miracle Woman." Talkartoon. News. Wancy Oarroll and Pat O'Brien in “Personal Maid.” Comedy. Pictorial. Tagon. Eddie Dowling in, “Honeymoon Lane.” Detective 8erl; Charles BIckR Hose Hopart im0 it of Borneo.' Robert Ames and Ina Claire fTakoma Rebound. Ba Takoma Park. D.O. Tivoli 14th_& P York Ca. Ave, & Gueben k R4, Four Marx Broe. in “Monkey _Business * Ruth Chatterton " ificent s 7% Four Marx Bros. Comedy Jack Holt in “Pifty Fa 16y Fathoms Deep “Hol o) ames’ Dunn in b8l Beth Parker n “'Way Back Home.” Shorts. Lawrence Tibbett and Lupe “elez_in e Song. in “'Way Back Home." ‘Y n Shorts, e Sol Lawyence Tibbeti and Bo . Lupe Velez in ‘Cuban Jove Scng.” Short Subject ris. John Barrymore Genlus.” John Barrymore “Tne Geatus.” vera Noah Beery an: d Shor ie Laurel and %" g | ¥bies | types of clothing, mittens, goggles and | | oxygen equipment and the working out | of problems of navigation and accom- | plishment of missions have been part !'0f the strenuous high altitude program of the 94th during the past two months and more. First Long Altitude Mission. The first cross-country flight of a pursuit squadron at an altitude of 20,000 feet was made by the 94th from Selfridge to Washington and return as a part of its program. The flight was made above heavy clouds for a greater part of the distance, but the naviga- [ tion of Lieut. Harry A. Johnson, war- | time combat pilot and leader of the was so accurate that no course was needed when the lly broke in the vicinity of squadron, change of clcudbs flr;]a urg | P“A‘ssho%(‘ distance out of Washington members of the flight were startled by | the sight of one of the planes drop-| ping out of formation in a series of | crazy maneuvers and then going down | in a steep dive. As it disappeared the | | other pilots kept on toward Washing- | ton. They were delighted to have their missing comrade join them again just before they landed. It was learned that the oxygen sup- ply tu had been accidentally de- tached as the pilot reached for his map. He was soon unconscious and his plane spun down to 7,000 feet be- fore the thicker a)rfi reVl\'i;loxhlm and vas able to regain control. he’l‘:’\f‘s 94th hasg found that liquid oxvgen is superior to the compressed not only because it feeds more evenly, but because it is lighter to carry, Feeding the gas into a face mask and breathing through the nose has been found more satisfactory than inhaling through a rubber tube held in the mouth. Temperature 20 Below. o The temperature on many o e misslons has_ averaged around 20 de- grees below zero centigrade, the point where frosting of goggles begins in most cases. The heavy flying suits used prove warm enough for about an hour, but after that the intense cold of the upper air works through. Flights by two flights of six planes each have been made to 28,000 feet, where the temperature was 27 degrees below zero. Great difficulty was ex- perienced in m?lntnlnlim! formation e to frosting of goggles. duflx:‘dings Dlgthe squadron after its repeated experiences are: e s and motors function well at 20,000 feet and above when | flown by pilots wh&; have had a little | high-altitude experience. 1h ;!I";l:t"plluls fose some of thelr alert- ness after being up for more than an hour due to the numbing effect of cold light air. | “rag % " almost impossible for a pilot to work at high altitude with- out electrically heated mittens. That liquid oxygen fed into & face mask is better than gaseous oxygen taken from pre&;lre tanks through a tube and mouthpiece. That liquid oxygen is superior to the gas because of simpler feeding system required and because weight can be ed. S Sficers of the squadron now are en- | gaged in further tests and studies of the desirability of heging open cock- pits and of new types of oxygen flasks may be filled a5 an airplane | mittee from the Victory Post | James H. Phillips. goggles and | Dy ican Legion, will meet this afternoon at the home of Comrade Gertrude T. Lowen, in order to prepare the boxes which are to be sent at Christmas time to the comrades who are ill in the hos- pitals. The other gifts of food for dis- tribution during tne holidays will be sent to Mrs. Florence Lyons of the American Legion Welfare and Relief Department, who will attend to the dise tribution to the clients of the Legion. Comdr. C. W. Browning of Victory Post returned to the city from a busi- ness trip to the Pacific Coast and pre- sided over the regular meeting Tuesday evening, Maj. Walter E. Rogers, first vice commander, delivered an address lon the activities of the Communists throughout the United States. A reso- lution was unanimously adopted peti- tioning the District Commissioners to refuse permits for parades unless the American flag was carried unfurled at all times, Willlam H. McGrath, third vice commander of the department, spoke on the relations of the American Legion in the District of Columbia with the Community Chest and the failure of the welfare department of the Legion to extend aid to the ex-service men in Washington for the purpose of presenting to Congress a petition for payment in full of the adjusted com- pensation certificates. ‘The following were elected to mem- bership: A. A. Ridout, Roy Burrell Harvey Mason Brown, George Percival | Richards, Hugh Arthur Kerwin, Leland D. Abrams, Robert L. Bailey, Carroll L. Dodson, Willlam E. Hedian, Thomas B. Folliard, T. Lampiris, Franklin L. Bruder. A resolution opposing the extension of further relief to our debtor nations of Europe before the Government dis- charges its debt to veterans as evi- denced by the adjusted compensation certificates was adopted. A supper dance was held last night at the New Amsterdam Hotel. Past Comdr. N. P. Cassidy, in charge of the arrangements, was assisted by a com- Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. Quentin Roosevelt Post, No. 11, Amer- ican Legion, meeting in the board room of the Potomac Boat Club tomorrow evening, will hold its annual election of officers, at which time it is expected | that William H. Grass, senior vice com- | mander of the post, will be elected as its commander, succeeding Comdr. Other officers and an executive committee will also be bal- loted on. In conformity with the post’s usual custom at election meetings, only | members of the post will be permitted to_attend. The Post Executive Committee met last Monday at the University Club, | assembling at luncheon. reports were discussed. Jane A. Delano Post, No. 6, held its monthly meeting at the Graduate Nurses' Association, with Comdr. Anne Pryde presiding. The Americanization program spon- sored by the post will be continued next year. A course in “Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick” will be given to 20 foreign-born mothers who are students this year in the Americanization School under Miss Maude Aiton. Christmas baskets will be filled and distributed. Comrades will be notified by post card as to the date, place to assemble and donations required. Committee The Bureau of Engraving and Printing Post, the American Legion, will hold its next meeting at Red Men's Hall tomorrow night, when the newly elected officers will be installed by the department commander. A program of entertainment has been arranged and refreshments will be served. The Christmas Party Committee an- nounces the party to be December 19, | and expects to care for 150 children. | Further details will be given at the | meeting. The Stanley Church Depue Post, No. 30, held its installation ceremonies De- cember 5 at the Willard Hotel, follow- ing these exercises with a dance. In addition to the officers already in- stalled, Walter L. Hurley was made quartermaster, Michael F. Finan, mas- ter at arms, and Herman Breeden, bugler. Officiating in the installation cere- monies were Department Comdr. Ferdinand G. Praser and Department Vice Comdr. Willam McGrath, as well as the Drum and Bugle Corps ul; Victory Post, No. 4. The guests of honor were Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Depue, Mr. and Mrs. Neville D. Miller, Mrs. Stanley Church Depue and her ‘son, Donald, the post com- raemorating the late husband and father of these two just named. Other guests of honor present were Dr. Ray { F. Guynn, commander of Stuart Wal- cott Post, and Howard F. Buice, com- mander of Lincoln Post, No. 17. Comdr. Templeton announced the ap- pointment of the following committees: Membership: Barnard E. Bee, chair- man; Asa B. Mustain, Arthur L. English. Welfare and Rellef: Dr. James A. O'Keefle. chairman; Charles H. Luh, | Donald W. Smith, Leonard W. Parker and Graham E. Wilson. Americanism: Merle C. Leonard, chairman; Harmon O. Acuff, Harry Armstrong, Donald S. Donahoe and Thomas W. Bradford. Finance: Edwin L. Donaldson, chair- man; Arthur E. Schnapp, Donald S, Donahoe, George P. Luce and R. A. C. Horton. Entertainment: Trevis C. Davis. chairman; Thomas G. Carlin, Frank L. E)r:lguis(h‘ Jo;‘}’; i Breck, William J. Elli- . Kennet ©O’Connor and ! E. Boldin. i ot Hospital: Kenneth E. Johnson, chair- man; Ernest Renfro, W. H. Powers, Arthur P. Sennholtz and Delmar S. Taylor. Legal and Guardianship Officer: Hal -_Hodgson, chairman Resolutions and By-Laws: non A. Dorsey, Case B. Rafter, Funerals: Frank L. English, chair- man; T. N. Templeton, John R. Ihrie, Herman Breeden and Michael F. Finan, Publicity: Graham E. Wilson, chair- man; Kenneth A. O'Connor, Gilbert A. Cole, John N. Ankers, George E. Brew- er‘.mVemon A. Dorsey and William O. House: John R. Thrie, chalrman; Michael P, . Wal b g 53';‘.‘" ‘Walter L. Hurley and Appointment was made of R. A. C. Horton as adjutant and Edwin L. Don- aldson as finance officer. The post has taken over the White Flint Country Club and will hold a New Year Eve party for the benefit of the members of the post and their friends, with a buffet supper and dance. E. L. Person was re-elected comman- sk UG 8 Ao B E.| Schnapp, Gayne L. Barry, Graham E. | Wilson, Clinton K. Beeler and Frank James W. | Yates, chairman; Henry W. Davis, Ver- | Walter L. Hurley and | Organized A uniform system of credits for mili- tary work performed by officers of the Officers’ Reserve Corps, not members of | the Federally recognized National Guard, | as & requisite for promotion in that | { corps, if earned within five years of date | | of recommendation for promotion and | | prior to October 1, 1930, or for reap- | | pointment with eligibility for assign- | | ment, active duty and promotion in | peace time, has been established for Reserve officers of the 3d Corps Area, | of which Washington is a part. Time | | actually spent in the conference room (inactive status at classes) and in the | solution of the problem to be counted will not exceed two hours’ credit for attendance at any one class, and not to exceed a total of four hours’ credit for attendance at classes in any one day. | The total credit for any subject or | course by the conference method will | not exceed the credits allowed for the | same or similar subjects covered by the | | Army Extension Courses. | | . Attendance of Reserve officers as stu- dents on an inactive status at such | classes as are solely for the purpose of | military professional benefit will not exceed, under the new system, two hours for each class, while the time actually spent in class to be counted will not exceed seven hours per day. Reserve officers on inactive duty training with the Regular Army will not be engaged cn such duty more than seven hours per day for each full day of duty. District Reservists will be particularly interested in the number of credit hours authorized for active-duty training. Un- der the new system of credits for mili- | tary work, seven hours for each full day of active duty for periods of less or more than 14 days will be credited to each Reserve officer undergoing same. For | each 14-day period 100 hours of credit will be authorized. In the event Reserve officers go on inactive-duty training with National Guard trcops, actual hours not to exceed seven hours per day will be | credited. This duty must be certified | by the commanding officer of the Na- | tional Guard unit. Reserve officers acting as instructors at unit schools or conference courses or classes will be given four times the credit given to the student, but not to exceed seven hours per day. District Medical Reserve officers con- | ducting physical examination or equiv- | alent professional work in the prepara- tion of military personnel for active | duty training or service will be cred- | ited with one hour per examination or ervice, but not to exceed seven hours | per day. Air Corps Reserve officers who fiy on | an inactive status will be credited un- der the new system with the following hours of credit: (1) Three hours’ credit for each hour spent fiying in military aircraft. This ratio will apply in pro- portion to the length of time spent in fiying. For example, 20 minutes spent in flying will be equal to one hour of credit. "(2) One hour credit for each hour spent in piloting civilian aircraft Credit for flying as pilot in civilian ai craft will be given upon furnishing a duly authenticated transcript of such flying time. (3) Credit for fying will be given Air Corps Reserve officers in conformity with the aeronautical rating held. For example, a Reserve officer | | r i nigt at the annual election of officers. The other officers are: Senior vice com- mander, J. W. Childs; junior vice com- mander, Claude Gibson; hjstorian, Alex- | ander Mann; chaplain, Rev. L. W. Wil- iams; sergeant at arms, E. Perry; mas- | |ter at arms, James Lockwood; senior | | color bearer, R. D. Lewis; junior color | | bearer, C. M. Lewis, and chairman of | |the Executive Committee, Alexander | Mann. | __The installation of officers will be held | | December 22. Vincent B. Costello Post; No. 15, will meet Tuesday night in ¢he board room, | District Building. Chairman of Wel- | fare and Relief Charles Cohen requests | members to _send him any discarded overcoat, suit or shoes for some of |the veterans, to department head- | quarters in the Transportation Build- ing. | _Arrangements have been made for a | Christmas party, December 22, for poor |children in Immaculate Conception | | Hall, N near Eighth street, under the | | direction of Costello Unit, from 6 to 8 pm. Mrs. Viola M. Costello has made | | an appeal for toys or clothing. | J. G. Beattie. 100 Northbrook Courts, | employment officer, requests any com- rades out of work to send him their names and addresses and what kind of work they can do. | Thirty additional members are want- ed for the Drum and Bugle Corps.‘ It meets Monday nights at the Na- |tional Hotel. Norman R. Grant, 128 | Webster street, is the director. | Enjoy a Delichtful Dinner After a Pleas- ant Drive Out the Baltimore Pike | | Served in Our Coffee Shop or Colonial Dining Hall | Zord Ealbert Inn | Wash.-Balto. Blvd. near On the L University of Maryiand " Hyaite & . RAY’S HILL INN Overlooking_the Potomac Formerly @ part of Mt. Vernon Luncheon Dinner Richmond Road—18 M1—Ph. Lorten 3-F TURKEY '$ 1 .00 or CHICKEN mils o x‘ruum'fi‘-fi' ver klfl‘ apital. THE GORILLA DINNER Blioss MR On Georgia Avenue Pike Country Style & | commissioned, Reserves holding a pilot’s rating will be credited with pilot time only; one holding an observer's rating will be credited with observer's time only; one holding both ratings will be credited with either pilot or observer time, depending on the mis- sion flown. Non-rated officers will not be credited with flying time. An ob- server will not receive credit hours for flying in civilian aircraft. . ‘When a Reserve officer is designated to instruct Reserve officers pursuing Army extension courses, not to exceed two hours’ credit may be given for all work of this kind performed in a single day. and not to exceed one hour in a single day when actual instruction is for a shorter period than 1'% hours. Hours of credit will be awarded only by 3d Corps Area headquarters, and all reports of hours of credit earned by district Reserve officers, including those reports rendered by officers on procurement planning duty and other rve officers not under the jurisdic- tion of the 3d Corps Area, will be rendered to 3d Corps headquarters, in Baltimore. Members of the 428th Infantry (Cld) will meet at Washington Reserve head- quarters, 1734 New York avenue north- west, tomorrow evening under the di- rection of Lieut. Col. C. B. Moore, In- fantry. who will discuss the duties of S-3. There will also be a command post exercise. Field and company infantry officers of the district will meet at Reserve headquarters Tuesday evening. Lieut. Col. Moore will conduct the field officer conference, at which will be taken up a command post exercise and the duties of S-3. Maj. William A. Jones, infantry, who will conduct the company officer meeting, will discuss the company in defense. Field Artillery Reservists will meet at headquarters Wednesday evening under the direction of Maj. John M. McDow- ell, F. A. A terrain board exercise, which will consist of a battery of field artillery as part of a battalion in a de- fensive situation, will be taken up. In addition to the tactical situation, phases and factors will be developed to illus- trate the co-ordination of all means of communication. Cavalry Reserve officers of the dis- trict will meet at headquarters Thurs- day evening under the direction of Maj. H. C. Dagley, Cavalry, who will discuss the nomenclature and use of the rifle, pistol and saber. Engineer Reserve officers of the dis- trict will meet Priday evening at Re- serve headquarters under the supervi- sion of Maj. J. D. Arthur, jr, C, E., ‘who will discuss river crossings. I MARINE CORPS NEWS Col. Rush R. Wallace, commanding officer of the headquarters Marine Bar- racks, TCighth street southeast, and who incidentally is the director of the Marine Corps Institute located at the same barracks, states officially that the total number of students enrolled since the establishment of the institute total 5,198. During October 294 new stu- dents were enrolled. Those entitled to enrollment include commissioned of- ficers and enlisted men on the active list, commissioned officers and enlisted men on the retired list, members of Class No. 2, Fleet Marine Corps Re- serve, and all dependents of Marines of the above classes, providing that they pay for the actual cost of the text books. The total number of diplomas awarded since the establishment of the Marine Corps Institute, inclusive of enlisted, Reserves and dependents, 5,153. Washingtonians or others included | in the above named classes who are desirous of improving their education, providing they positively are service connected as above named, should write to the institute for information relative to the educational course in which they are_ interested. Capt. George B. Reynolds is to be re- tired March 1. Capt. Jacob Lienhard has been de- | tached from corps headquarters to duty at the Marine Barracks, Naval Oper- | ating Base, Hampton Roads, Va. Maj. Joseph D. Murray, heretofore attached to Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif., has been or- dered to the Naval Hospital, this city, for_treatment. Col. Seth Williams, assistant quar- termaster, while visiting the city on leave, has been stopping at the May- flower Hotel. Maj. P. C. Geyer, jr., has arrived in the Capital and has been stopping at the Parkside Hotel, having reported upon expiration of leave. Maj. Geyer has been temporarily assigned to duty in the office of Naval Intelligence. Where to Motor and Dine « Delicious Sweet Cider Made Fresh from Sound Apples at the “Cider Barrel” Daily Frederick Highway, U. S. 240 Takoma Inn Cafe 413 BUTTERNUT STREET Special for Sunday, Dec. 13 From 12 Noon to 8 P.M. Another 75¢ 5-Course Turkey Dinner NORMANDY FARM: POTOMAC, MD. The warm glow of open fires and flickering candles gives added zest to ng at Normandy Farms, where delicious fried chickens and waffles—ham and oyster dinners are beautifully served. Luncheon, Tea, Dinner Sunday Breakfast 8 miles from Distriet . Ave. to m— to Farm. River Phone Rockuville 352 mac, Md. right 1