Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1932, Page 55

THE SUNDAY NEWS OF THE CLUBS Free Dance Club.—"Plotting the Short Story” will be the topic of Benjamin F. Ferrill's talk before the club, February 4 at 8 pm, at the Art Galleries, 1106 Connecticut avenue. and Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton will read short stories. At the last meeting Prof. Andre Beneteau of Catholic University and Maj. Edward L. Dyer of George Wash- ington University read short stories, followed by critic fon. To hington’s BM ; plans to issue ories represent- | production of | All writers Te- | n may sub- | ing condi- lleries and v one in- from 10 to 6 p.m y; to 10 pm to Editor | road and Georgia shington ng in C authors. eater Waskh The Columbia Heights Art Club gave farewell luncheo; f Mrs The Magic of F. White rs. J. W. written by Mrs. will be hos av the assisting s Bare Park View Woman's Club, Com 10sd the n of | ment umbia Iome Economics he Rk | tiona 1 Delphi At ircle Cclumbia Floral C 1 wi Kirkley; Bugbee; com- arers, Many officers and rades were present, including the department pres- Mrs. Addie W. Hickman, and her‘ also Comrades E. D. Godfrey and Dorsey of Twentieth Century band, P the club W. C. A. Vir- history, U rginia, Wi Speak on “George Washington—Symbol.” | 5 international outlook _section, | Mrs. George F. Bowerman chairman, will meet tomorrow at 2:15 p.m. at the | Y. W. C Dr. Tyler Dennett, pro- | fessor of _int relations _at Princeton Univers on “The Conflict_of Ir Manchuria.” | Mrs. Will C. 1 give reminis- | r recent trip around the on, Mrs. Prancis L.| d he French sec rax L. r will meet Wednesday ‘ ‘Hawes. m at 2 p.m. at the Y. W. C. A. A visit to and ‘Ile de during the afternoon ‘ Delta Sigma Chapter of the mlpman} ety will m ary 1, at 10 am Society will me pee ] story of the ‘The Herita lization,” ap- C. to 1000 Gre of the First Eu proximate dates B.C.; the Delph Lands of Ancient Legen esearch’; preparatory disc B Canil Lagend of King Minos topics 1P report, “Greek Mythology and the Modern Reader,” * Ad\a:llflyvf 2 Knowledge of Myths, ; as a Guide to Primitive Re- My and Mud-_ of Troy n Culture” and | fjod.” A general dis- | a resume of the slete the session. m n Civi B. ligion ern Culture “Men of the “The Myceneen P cussion will follow last program will ¢ and Community So- > home of Mrs. | 1teenth street, Meritt, Mrs. E. M. Dude| The Sunshine ciety will meet E. M. Gustafs February Brinley, and Miss Eila Lamt solofst will ‘}- N ianist Mrs. El ?j)vfl or will be Mrs. F. C The card group met Janu: Mrs, Ivan K 358 with 358 N n street of the card will vey L. Hu February 18, The Semper Fidelis Club met Monday in the home of the chap! Mrs. Mar- garet Roberts, at the Shoreham Apart- | ents, "The president, Mrs. Bertie | 7, George Cohill Te-elected press correspondent, and all the other officers of this club were in-| stalled. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Nettie R. Mettler, 2041 Mills avenue northeast. The Wheeler Club Dramatic_Society will present "A Regiment of Two’ in the Holy Comforter School Auditorium, Fifteenth and East Capitol streets, Feb- Tuary 1 and 2, at 8 pm. Those in the cast are Messrs. Klimkiewicz, Kirby, Toretta Mulligan, Johnny O'Neil, Ed Payne, William Day, R. Johnson, Mar- jorle Crown, Helen Murray and Anna Phalen. It is under the direction of Robert Handley, assisted by Loretta Mulligan and Johnny O'Neil. The Wheeler Club Orchestra, under _the | direction of Mrs. Chick, and Boys' Band will furnish the music retiring presided. The Shakespeare Socicty meets to- | w at 8 p.m. in the auditorium of George Redway | |d | Cymbeline, | Alice W. Robinson; Imogen, Dorothy A. | M. F. Reese. 7| penny art fund was discussed, and a | donation given. was | 8 speaker is Rev. Z. B. Phillips, rector of the Church of the Epiphany. The scenes to be presented are from “Cymbeline,” Act I, scenes 1, iii, and vi, and Act III, scenes il and iv. They have been directed by Miss Dorothy A. Lawrence, under the supervision of Mabel Owens Wilcox, the dramatic ctor, and the cast is as follows: Maurice Jarvis; Queen, Lawrence; Postumus Leonaus, Donald Bolton; Iachimo, Kent Dyer; Pisanio, ‘Any one wishing to learn of the so- ciety is invited to attend and strangers in the city are welcome. The society has been asked to furnish the actors for the Shakespeare group of the Masque Wakefield, to be presented February 21, 25 and 26 in Constitution Hall. They will form a processional and a dance. Sylvia will lead, carrying the mask of Shakespeare, accompanied by the music “Who Is Sylvia?” She will be impersonated by Kate Tomlinson and the other characters are as fol- lows: Macbeth, E. V. Wilcox; the Three Witches, Frank Megill, Anthony Thorne nd William Hall; Hamlet and Ophelia, Jlarke Beach and Rosemary Arnold; Miranda and Caliban, Lulu G. Adams F. Reese; Bottom and Titania, ge Monroe and Irma Vaughan; Viola and Malvolio, Dorothy Lawrence and Orrin Elliott; Romeo and Jullet, Kent Dyer and Olyve Barbce Hancock; Falstaff and the two Merry Wives of Windsor, Leslie Waudby, Helen Col- houn and Alice W. Robinson; Rosalind i Touchstone, Esther Marshman and Clarence Ruebsam; Peiruchio and ather 8 orne and Helen Webb Zelle ony and Cleo- patra, William and Mdbcl’ Owens Wilcox. The costumes for this | masque are being prepared and as- sembled from the society’s wardrobe by abel Owens Wilcox, who is also de- g and executing Sylvia's costume. Heintz he Washington Committee of the | National ~Association of Deans of Women, which Dean Mary Louise Brown of the American University is chairman, will meet Thursday at 4 o'clock at the club house of the Amer- ican Association of University Women, to decide upon plans for the entertain- of the 1200 deans of women meeting at the Mayflower Hotel Feb- ruary 17 to 20. The members of this committee are Adele H. Stamp, University of Mary- land; Jessie Coope, McKinley School; Helen C. Hastir ence Boehmer, Har- a.; Ruth Pope, V George Washir A. Ballo, Helen M. Cooli 00l; Jessie M. Hc Elizabet ion Gallau- Cathedral corge Wash- | ; Frances R ! Elizabeth Lucy Webb Hayes . and P. Edna Thonssen, n High School. The faculty of American Univer s in charge of vesper services z > B. Woods and Dr an address, served to sts by the Wesley the tea | George Women's ehr was § Lucius C. Mrs. Ja Cl Mrs. John itton, Mr nd Miss orence Hof American Assoclation of University | ee on of the W in Geneva, wil Movement.” be hostess. Study group, the art of room, third floor. Miss E: leader, Tuesday, 8 p.m. Study group, modern e try, Mrs. Richard Hc L 11 am International Rennie ated mer Edith G. Nourse will nce, board T Davis, | ntemporary g leader, mith, one of the younger the Labor go t of Great Britain, will speak on The End of Free Trade in Britain” s of the political situa- tinguished as a a leader in the workers' education movement and the movement, Great Britain. tions should be made at the din- room office before 8 o'clock on Wednesday. Cofee served in the lounge on Friday evening, when Mrs. Harry O Hine will be hostess, and on Saturday evening, with Mrs. Charles W. Rippey | as hoste: will meet lecturer, a wri Miss Carhart's French cl Monday, from 2:30 to 3:30 o'clock, and on Th ay, from 2 to 3 p.m. in room 301. The French table will be ready Thursday for luncheon at 12.45 o'clock. The Washington Readers’ Club_will meet February 2, with Dorothy A. L rence presiding. The committee ap- pointed to choose a play for the one- act play contest will be called upon to | make a report. The following program | will presented: Reading of a paper | on t I Know About ‘Gres tures’ (Marc_Connelly Falconer; from Hugh Walpole read by Virginia Bayly Blassingham; group of songs of modern composers, | viz, “My Heart Is a Haven” (Close- Steinel), “Come Down to Kew” (Noyes- Veis) and “Keep on Hopin',” (Stanton- Maxwell); a group of short poems of | Nancy Byrd Turner, given by Helen| Gordon; a reading of two short stories | (Lord Dunsany), “The Hurricane” and | The Ghosts,” read by Alice Whitcomb Robinson, and several humorous selec- tions from Robert Benchley, read by Mrs. Claude N. Bennett; a one-act play featuring Ada Louise Townsend, Alida W. Brooks, Elizabeth M. Phillips and May Jameson Bryant closes the pro- gram. The Entre Nous Club, Mrs. Charles P. | Keyser, president, met with Mrs. James Underwood in_her home, 11 Aspen street, Chevy Chase, on Monday after- | noon, with Mrs. Thomas Sterling and Mrs. Graves as the assisting hostesses. Mrs. Rob Roy McKahan, director to the Federation of Women's Clubs, reported the last federation meeting. Mrs. James Underwood, Mrs. Sault, Mrs. Rodgers and Mrs. Ernest Hall gave re- ports on_the philanthropic work. Mrs. Earl Venable will present the plans of her committee for the annual bridge benefit at the next meeting. The Mr. the Community Chest Mrs. Edgar B. Meritt, president of the Federation of Women’s Clubs, and Mrs. John W. Frizzell made addresses. The social was conducted by Mrs. ser and Mrs. Scott at the tea table, ed by Miss Maryana Trowbridge and hostesses. Included among _the guests were Mrs. Edgar B. Meritt, Mrs. Rasch, Mrs. Rey, Mrs. Tamar O'Rorke, Mrs. John B. King, Mrs. E. Ernest Daniel, Mrs. John William Lyman, Mrs. Parker Cook and Mrs. George Cook. Sybil spoke on Ke The Washington League for the Hard | of Hearing is planning to celebrate its | tenth birthday anniversary St. Valen- tine’s day. The Entertainment Com- mittee has an elaborate program in preparation, the principal feature of which is a pantomime, “Heart Throbs,” written by Mrs. Harriet Andrews Mon- tague. The Capitol History Club met Wed- nesday at the home of Mrs. Clayton ), Holton | M ir | of numbers, Point,” Mrs. F. W. Rauno, and “Women Patriots,” Mrs. E. M. Wallace, Mrs. Balmer was the guest. The next meeting Will be held with Mrs, Harvey Baker Smith, February 10. The Helen Wood Circle of the Flor- ence Crittenton Home met Tuesday, with Mrs. M. O. Cooper and Mrs. I. O. Langworthy, 1747 Irving street. Luncheon was served by the hostesses. A new constitution was adopted. A program of piano selections was given by Mrs. Langworthy. Mrs. Bertha Thompson of Willlamantic, Conn., was a guest. The Lincoln and Campbell Camps, Department of Maryland, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, held open meeting and a social January 28. There were speeches made by the guests. The music was under the direction of Mrs. Gertrude Lyons. Old-fashioned games were under supervision of Miss Helm and Joseph Rose. Wendel C. Hill was judge on awards of prizes for fancy dress costumes, games and old-fash- ioned dances. Lincoln, Cushing, Harding and Campbell’ Camps will hold a_benefit card party Februery 11, at 808 I street, at 8 pm. The four local camps will furnish the ushers for the exercises in honor of Lincoln’s birthday the evening of Feb- ruary 12, at the First Congregational Church. The University of Michigan Alumnae Club met at the Y. W. C. A. last Mon- day. The following officers were elect- ed: President, Dr. Mildred Dickerson McCallip; vice president, Mrs, James Rolls; recording secretary, Miss Bertha Howard; corresponding secretary, Mrs. L. M. Lucas; treasurer, Mrs. David Fri- day, and councilor, Miss Claribel Bar- nett. The Alpha Chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority will meet at the Carlton Hotel February 2d at 8 pm. A group of ten members of the chapter will form a class in voice culture and expression, under the direction of Miss Ella May Powell. The first meeting of the class will be held February 9 at 7 p.m., at the Carlton Hotel. Voteless District of Columbia League of Women Voters, Mrs. A. J. McKelway, has called a meeting of the executive board for Friday at 12:15 o'clock, at the Women's City Club. Mrs. William C. Johnstone, chairman of the Committee on International Co-operation for the Prevention of War, announces the forming of study groups, to have weekly meetings to study the proceedings of and the problems facing the World's Disarmament Conference, meeting in Geneva n February. Other study projects will be prepared so these groups may have the opportunity to approach the problem from various angles. —All league members are invited to join these study classes George Kreutzer, treasurer, has ar Mrs. Leifur Magnusson sardner Jackson, membership entertained at her home, Kirke street, Chevy Chase, in honor of new members. Officers and chairman were also guests. McKelway, Mrs. Edna John- Mrs. Willlam C. Johnston ichard W. Hogue, entertained rd of a series of parlor meetings, i by the Committee on Living Philip Wright, was the Mrs. Mercer Johnston s n and announces another meet- be held February 17, at the Women's National Democratic Club. All members of the league are invitied. Cleveland Park W. C. T. U,, will meet at the home of Mrs. D. C. Crain, 2943 Tilde tomorrow at 2 o’'clock. The a hostesses will be Mrs. Eugene Crawford, Mrs. Chas. Burnett, rs. H. N. Scruggs and Mrs. Gladys Taft. Lincoln W. R. C. will meet tomor- row night at 8 o'clock at 1015 L street, with Mrs. Cora Manoly presiding. Federation of Women’s Clubs.—Mrs. | Edgar B. Meritt, president, presided at meeting Monday at the Roosevelt Tribute was paid to the memory Grace Ross Chamberlin. a Hotel of Mrs. Js Chest. Miss Mary Lackey, principal of the Dennison Vocational School, spoke. Miss Mary Apple was soloist, with Miss Jessie Olin as ac- companist. Phelps, chairman of law and legislation, presented resolutions, which were adopted, in opposing a bill to re- peal the 60-40 definite proportion plan of providing revenue for the District of Columbia and a request for an oppor- tunity to present its arguments at hearings on the bill be given; also op- position to the salary reduction of Federal employes as presented in cer- tain bills introduced in Congress; also bills H. R. 5821, H. R. 5822 and H. R. 5823 were opposed and requests for an opportunity to present its arguments at the hearings on the bills; indorsement of the bill introduced by Senator Cap- per to control the sale, possession and transfer and use of firearms in the Dis- trict of Columbia was voted; reaffirma- tion of previous indorsement of the bill S. 1155, introduced by Senator Capper to establish a board of inde- terminate sentence and parole, and bill S. 101 to provide for the discontinuance of the use as dwellings of buildings situated in alleys in the District of Co- lumbia. George Hastings, administrative sec- retary to President Hoover, spoke on “Child Welfare.” Mrs. Ella Logan, chairman of the department of education, announced the program for a meeting to be held in Mount Pleasant branch, Public Li- brary, Sixteenth and Lamont streets, February 10 at 2 p.m. in honor of the George Washington Bicentennial. Mrs. | Henry F. Sawtelle will present “George | Washington, the Builder of the Na- tion”; Mrs. L. T. Jones will tell of “George Washington, the Leader of Men"; Mrs. F. C. Brinley will talk on “George Washington, the Christian Gentleman.” The public is invited. Mrs, William T. Reed sang, with Mrs. J. Harry Cunningham as accom- panist. Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, presi- dent of the Federaticn of Music Clubs; Mrs. Hostetter of Shelton, Nebr., and Cook of Somerset, Ky., were The next regular meeting will be held February 29, with a patriotic program in keeping with the George Washington Bicentennial program. ‘The radio program tomorrow morn- ing over Station WJSV at 10:45 o'clock will be musical. Mrs. Thelma Selinger Klein, concert soloist, will give a group 1 with her husband, Earl Klein, as accompanist. Mrs. Helen M. Hunter will announce, Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, State president of the Wakefleld Memorial Association, will speak on *“Wakefield” at 10:45 o'clock Friday morning on the “Among Women"” program, sponsored by the federation, over Station WMAL. Mrs. Hunter will introduce the speaker. The Soroptomist Club lunched at the La Fayette Hotel last Wednesday. Dr. Clyde W. Phelps, professor of eco- nomics at the University of Chatta- nooga, was_honor guest and speaker. Miss Erna Embrey and Earl Nalls, so- loists, accompanied by Mrs. Jewell Downs, gave a musical program. Thomas Clancy of New York City gave g brief talk on “Ocean Travel of To- ay.” Among those attending the regional conference in Detroit are Mrs. Nell Hysong, president, and Regional Repre- sentatives Mrs. Ruby Lee Minar, past international president; Mrs. Betsy Ann Fisher and Mrs. Mary Catherine Lewis. Chapter B, P. E. 0., was entertained at a luncheon Tuesday at the home of Mrs. R. L. Lynch, 1337 Girard street, Miss Jessie O. Elting, Miss Myrtle Mc- Coy and Mrs. Edson Briggs were as- sisting hostesses. Miss Maguire spoke for the Community Chest. The presi- dent, Miss Elting, presided, Mrs. Worthy P. Sterns, Mrs. Robert McMillan, Mrs. Sidney Jacobs, Mrs. A. H. Willlams and Mrs. E. O. Wood- ruff gave reports. The president announced the next Willard, 4211 Seventh strect. Mrs. J. | i agham was the assisting business was | der by the president. Pepers given, “Arnold and Saraf 7 eeting co-operative luncheon February 3 at 1010 F street. “Honoring the Founders” was the subject of a paper written by Mrs. W. F. Kopp, Chapter Original A, Iowa, & STAR | ph Kaufman spoke for the Com- | | munity WASHINGTON JANUARY 31, Curtis Meets Radio Personality AND BOTH OF THEM GO BEFORE THE MICROPHONE. ICE PRESIDENT CURTIS and Peggy Clarke, program director of WJSV, caught by the camera just before they broadcast last week from the annual dinner of the Women's Clarke, who announced the program, is showing the Vice President her introductory script. 1932—PART FOUR. AVIA 5 TION BY JOSEPH 8. EDGERTON. ODAY brings to a close a month of more than normal progress in aviation. It has been a month of solid development for air transportation, in spite of the necessity for retrenchments to meet the troublous financi brought advancement for American mmtarfl_ il Though it has been a bright al condition of the times. aviation. ning with achievement, It has month, s! for aeronautics, it has had its shadows as well. Darkest of these was the death during the past week of Eddie Stinson, beloved dean of American pilots, killed when he flew into a dusk-shrouded flagpole while making a forced landing on also brought death to Dale “Red” a Chicago golf course. The month Jackson, holder of the world’s re- fueling duration record, who paid the penalty for stunting in a plane which he had been warned was not safe for acrobatics. Aviation consolidated its position as a major factor in the field of transportation with a series of rate reductions which brought passenger fares over most of the country down to virtually railroad rates, and at the same time plans were launched for increasing the effectiveness of air transport schedules. ‘The Post Office Department contracted for a new airmail line into Iowa and South Dakota and Bar Association of the District. Miss founders of the P. E. O. Sisterhood, which was read by Mrs. Robert G. Simmons. A candle-lighting service was given in memory of the seven founders of the P. E. O. Sisterhood. Those who took part in this ceremony were Mrs. Le Roy Palmer, Mrs. Frank Fuller, Mrs. Worthy P. Sterns, Mrs. E.| O. Woodruff, Mrs. F. B. Curtis. Mrs. | A. H. Williams, Mrs. Robert Miller,| Mrs. R. M. Wolfe, Mrs. Horton H. McKeever, Mrs. John F. Putnam, Mrs. E. P. Lomas, Mrs. May M. Reed, Mrs. Hiram Jones and Mrs. W. F. Foster. Guests were Mrs. Lacey, Chapter AB, Santa Ana, Calif.; Mrs. Draper, Chap- ter C, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Mrs. Max Hos- | tettler, Chapter BI, Nebraska; ; Roebson, Chapter M, Omaha; Mrs. Caldwell, Chapter I, St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. F. G. Savage, president, Chapter | C, and Mrs. E. L. Newby, president | Chapter D, of this city; Mrs. Ellis Logan, Chapter C.; Mrs. Lampson, Mrs. Helen Turley, Mrs. Davies and| Mrs. Shaw, also of Washington | The next meeting will be held Feb- ruary 9 at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. E. H. Pitcher, 3910 McKinley street, Chevy Chase Women's City Club—The French section, Miss Etta H. Austin, chairman, will be hostesses at the tea this after- noon Mrs. T. H. Dawson, chairman of the Monday bridge section, announces a luncheon for tomorrow at 12 noon | The class in Old Testament literature will meet Tuesday at 3 pm. The sub- ject for the day is “The Singer of Israel.” Mecting of the book review section, | Mrs. Paul D. Bunker, chairman, Tues- day at 4:45 pm. Mrs. Merritt O. Chance, chairman, will preside at the House Committee dinner meeting Wednesday at 6 p.m. At the monthly business meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. the club will elect a committee to nominate the candi- dates for election at the annual meet- ing in May. Miss F. Evelyn Paton, sec- | retary of the Committee on Nursing Activities and Health Alds of the| American Red Cross, will speak on a proposed course in home hygiene and care of the sick. Zonta Club.—A business meeting was | held Wednesday at the Raleigh Hotel. | The president, Mrs. Amelia Gude Thomas, presided. _Arrangements were | made for the benefit recital to be given | at Wardman Park Theater February 5 for the benefit of the Zonta student loan fund, when Miss Evelyn Davis, dancer, and Miss Frances Gutelius, pianist, will be the artists. Mrs. Emily Dickinson, vice president, has issued invitations for a tea at her home, 2839 Twenty-ninth street, next | Saturday afternoon, in honor of Mrs. Thomas. She will be assisted at the tea table by Mrs. Nan Street and Miss | Hettie Anderson. The Sixteenth Street Heights Club met Tuesday at_the home of Mrs. J Clyde Marquis, 1737 Irving street. Mrs. | R. Kent Beattle, who recently returned | from the Orient, gave & talk on Japan | and the Furosiki and displayed her | collection of articles and prinis. The | next meeting will be February 9 at the | home of Mrs. O. E. Sweet, 7619 Thir- | teenth street. The Progressive Seniors will hold a semi-monthly meeting Wednesday at 7:30 pm. in the Y. W. C. A, Seven- teenth and K streets. An invitation is extended to men and women who are interested in leisure-time activities, co- operative and cultural recreations. Kit Carson Woman'’s Relief Corps, at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club house, held a public installation of the officers, as follows: President, Mrs. Marie Summers; senior vice president, Mrs. Mary H. Wingate; junior vice president, Mrs. Sara M. McMillan; secretary, Mrs. Louise Watson; treasurer, Miss Augusta B. Palmer; chaplain, Mrs. May Steele Howle; conductor, Mrs. Anna I. Kirkley; guard, Miss Emma S. Kibbey; patriotic instructor, Mrs. E. Bugbee; assistant conductor, Miss Etta P. Moore; assistant guard, Miss L. Feathers; press corre- spondent (acting), Mrs. Louise Watson; musician (acting), Miss Augusta B. Palmer; color bearers, Mrs. Mary E. Di Marzo, Mrs. Anna J. Marks, Mrs. Minnie C. Oxley and Miss Edith Wilson. The retiring president, having re- ceived the gold testimonial of the order, as president in 1922, was presented with a gold piece. Greetings were received from the department president, Mrs. Addie Wheeler Hickman, and her staff; the corps presidents and members, also from the representatives of the various patriotic organizations. Members are invited to attend the department convention February 2, 4 and 5, at 7:30 o'clock, at Pythian Temple. Th,; next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Summers, 224 Tenth street northeast, February 16, at 8 o'clock. Columbian Women.—A program ap- propriate to the opening of the Bicen- tennial celebration has been arranged for the February 2 meeting in Fellow- ship Hall of the Western Presbyterian Church. Dr. Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission and chief of the manuscript division of the Library of Congress, who has made an extensive study of the life of America’s first Pres- ident, will speak on “The Family Life of George Washington.” A program of music will be given by Mrs. Helen Turley, contralto soloist of the National Christian Church, and by the George Washington University Girls’ Glee Club. The president of the uni- versity and Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin will be the guests of honor. Dr. and Mrs. J. Harvey Dunham and members of the board of trustees of the Western Presbyterian Church and their wives| have been invited. Mrs. William J. Mallory, president of Columbian Women, will be assisted in receiving by the two woman mem- bers of the board of trustees of the untversity, Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr., and Mrs. Alvah Strong. The faculty newcomers section will meet at the home of Mrs. John A. Reed, 3309 Thirty-fifth street, February 6 at 2:30. The literature section meets the sec- ond Tuesday of each month. The sports section meets each Mon- day at 7:45 p.m. at the Y. W. C, A. ba BOT | Mrs. Robert Service as hostess. | speak the afternoon of February 19. The bridge section will meet at the home of Mrs. Truman Michelson, 1710 Q street, February 24 at 2 p.m. Girls' Friendly Society.—At the Epiph- any branch last Monday night Miss Pearl Cooper of the George Washington University spoke on how to succeed in finding the happines for which we all are looking. On February 1, at 8:15 p.m., a monthly business meeting will be held. Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase.— Frederic Lee, president of the Mont- y Civic Federation, will ivics section next Friday at 10:30 am. at the Chevy Chase, Md., Public Library. His subject will be “The Program of the Montgomery County Civic Federation for 19: Mrs. George hester Stone, who has recently returned from Europe, will tell of unemployment conditions abroad. Reports on the_unemployment_survey in the District 6f Columbia and Mary land will be given by members of the club. _ Luncheon will be served with| meet at the W. Crocker ning. Mrs tve her im-| The drama section will home of Mr: 3 tomorrow _for an O'Neill Charles D. Curtiss will pressions of “When Mourning Becomes | Electra.” A one-act play will be read Mrs. James F. Davidson will be the hostess. The social section will have a busi- ness meeting Tues Mrs. Ralph W. Ber / at the home of | The Wesley Heights Chlld-!hldy‘ Club will meet February 2 at the home | of Mrs. Charles T. Pe of Hawthorne | street, when James J. King, principal of the Woodward School for Boys, will on “How Parents May Help Their Children in Wisely Choosing Vo- | cations.” Mrs. Penn will be assisted in receiving by Mrs. Robert O. Saun- ders and Mrs, Wesley Gewehr. The Wesley Heights Book Review | Club met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Franklin D. Jones, on Glover driveway. Mrs. Jones reviewed “West- | ward Passage,” Margaret Ayer Barnes' novel. The Program Committee an- nounced programs for the next two months and decision was reached to review one modern novel and one| classic at each of the bimonthly meet- ings. 'The next meeting will be Febru- ary 10, when Mrs. George S. Carll, jr., will review “Hatter'’s Castle” by Dr. A. J. Cronin, and Mrs. Arch Lockhart | Riddick_will’ review “Andomeda,” the life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The National Capital Chapter of the Delphian Society met in Lellefl’s Little Theater last Wednesday, the president, Mrs. T. F. Law, presiding. Guests present were Mrs. Clarence West, Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Daggart and Mrs. Ben Phelps. The literary program, “Art Treasures | of Florence and Venice,” was led by| Mrs. Arabelle H. Norton. In discussing Florence the topic, “In the Cathedral Square,” was given by Mrs. Retta V. Maybee. Others contributing to the program were Mrs. Retta V. Maybee, Mrs. Ione M. Knowlton, Mrs. H. A. Latane, Mrs. Allan S. Wolf, Mrs. Thomas J. Rice, Mrs. Peyton M. Chichester, Mrs. Hugh B. Callahan, Mrs. E. Wade Ball, Mrs. Edward Stevens and Mrs. Charles F. Schoonmaker. The next meeting will be held Febru- ary 10 at 10 am. The literary pro- gram will be led by Mrs. Floyd B. Ol- cott. Mrs. Ruth H. Snodgrass will present current art events. Les Precieuses Ridicules (Cercle Fran- cais de Washington) met Wednesday evening at Stoneleigh Court, the host- esses being Mme. Theodore Cogswell and Mlle. Ondine Livaudais. President M. Willlam J. Wallis presided. Mlle. Evelyn Foster played two piano solos. M. Henri Lazard continued his readings on “L' Influence du Cinema dans la Vie Sociale.” Mme. Ross Johnson sang, being accompanied at the piano by Mme. Pierre de Chauny. Mme. Marie de Porry gave a short descripticn of some of the chateaux of the Ioire, illustrating her talk with projected views. A comedy, “Au Bureau de Tele- graphe,” was presented by M. Wallis, Mme. Cogswell and Mile Livaudais. Curley Club—The annual Valentine dance will be held at the Continental Hotel next Thursday evening from 9 to midnight. William J. Boyd, chair- man of the Entertainment Committee, has arranged several features. At the executive meeting of the club Thursday evening at the residence of Francis A. McCaun various ineans of entertainment features were discussed, which will follow the business meeting during Lent. A number of distinguished speakers will be invited. Miss Margaret A. Nolan +as admitted to honorary membershi i o Colorings on Wires. The handy man undertaking to do some electrical work will find that the insulated wire supplied for this pur- pose is now furnished in a variety of colors. These various shades may in- dicate the quality of the article or they may be used for the purpose of iden- tifying the lines where they are strung along in groups. In either event the arrangement is a_ very excellent one, more for the guidance of the builder and the professional electrician than for the amateur. Thus, architects, contractors and building owners may have the assurance that installations are up to specifications without need for complicated and expensive labora- tory tests. By means of this marking the grades of wire in an installation may be identified at any time for years service was inaugurated January 16. Naval aviation got away to an aus- piclous start in 1932, with the U. S. S. Akron establishing ' a new duration record of 62 hours for American air- ships, work proceeding rapidly on the Akron's sister ship and construction of the new West Coast airship base at Sunnyvale, Calif, well under way. Five Navy squadrons participated with great success in the Miami races eerly in the month and then continued o into tropical waters for maneuvers, be ginning tomorrow. January proved to be an important | month for the Army Air Corps. Lead- ership of the corps changed hands, Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois taking | over command from Maj. Gen. James | E. Fechet. Gen. Fechet, retired, bega an active campaign for strengthening of the Nation's aerial defenses and for building up of aviation generally. One of the first important steps of the year was the appointment of Harold Gatty as aerial navigation research engineer, effective tomorrow. G y, hero of the eight-day flight around the world with | Wiley Post, is regarded as the world’s greatest aerial navigator. His base is to be the Army Air Corps Materiel Di- vision, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. The Alr Corps also was able to report a few days ago the results of vitally important developments in national de- fense at Wright Field, where a series of new combat planes of vastly greater effectiveness than any this country has known have come into being. One of these planes, in a routine high-altitude engine test, established a new speed record between Dayton and the Na- tional Capital, covering the 382 miles in 86 minutes. War Departr of climb than any world. Capital during the past few days, is characterized as velopment of the year in military avia- tion. It is 45 to 50 miles per hour faster than any plane of its size in the world and is regarded as an exceed- ingly effective weapon. Starving Indians Fed. The month found the Air Corps en- aged in a great humanitarian under- king—the relief of thousands of snow- bound Indians, who were starving in the high tablelands of the Southwest, Bombardment planes, opera ng out of emergency bases in Arizona, carried thousands of pounds of food to the suf- ferers The month witnessed a number of unusual flights and some new records Twenty-three planes, flown by amateur pilots, engaged in the first great cross- to have a greater rate similar plane in the country effort for sportsmen pilots, fly- | ing from New York to Miami to engage | in amateur*contests in connection wit the All-American Air Races. Maj. James H. Doolittle flew from St. Louis to Havana with three passengers in less than half a day, with time out for a stop at Jacksonville. The Akron’s 62-hour flight was not her only achieve- ment during the month; she also made a safe mooring contact with the U. Patoka, tender for Navy dirigi J. R. Dulane; , made the first flight from Havana to Vera Cruz across the breadth of the Gulf of Mexico. Other important January events have been: Offering of the Bleriot speed trophy for international competition. Meet. ings of the National Advisory Commit- tee for Aeronautics in Washington, with Col. Char’ :s A. Lindbergh attending for the first time since his appointment to the committee, and of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale in Paris. At the Paris meeting changes of rules affecting future aviation records were agreed upon. Passage by the Senate of a_resolution providing for investigation | of the manner in which the Post Office Department has been awarding airmail contracts. As the closing event in an unusual | month of aviation activity, the Aero Club of Washington, chapter of the National last night held at the Willard Hotel its second annual reception and ball in honor of American fiyers who estab- lished new records during 1931, Westover Takes Office. Lieut. Col. Oscar Westover, Army Air Corps, who has just been appoint- ed assistant chief of the corps, with the rank of brigadier general, will as- sume office here tomorrow. He was appointed for a term of four years to fill the vacancy created by the promo- tion of Gen. Foulois. Gen. Westover has been relieved from duty as in- structor at the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Gen. Westover, like Gen. Foulois and his predecessor, Gen. Fechet, rose from the ranks. Unlike Gen. Foulois, who has been flying for 23 years, however, Gen. Westover began his career as an airplane pilot in 1924, at the age of 41 years, when he was graduated from a one-year course at the Air Corps Ad- vanced Flying School, Kelly Field, Tex. There are few men in the history of aviation who have learned to fly at that age; many pilots have retired from active flying before reaching the age of 40. Though Gen. Westover did not qualify as an airplane pilot until 1924, he has been connected with the Air Corps in one capacity or another for many years. Born in West Bay City, Mich., July 23, 1883, Gen. Westover began his mili- tary career as an enlisted man in the Engineers upon his graduation from high school. He was appointed to West Point from the ranks, graduated in 1906 and commissioned a lieutenant of Infantry. He remained in Infantry until, with the rank of captain, he transferred to the Signal Corps and was advanced to the temporary rank of major in September, 1917. Late in the war he took charge of the storage and traffic_department of the Bureau of Aircraft Production and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, Air Service, in August, 1918. From just after the Armistice until the following July he served as assistant executive in the Bureau of Aircraft Pro- duction in Washington and then in the office of the director of Air Service, where he received temporary promotion to colonelcy. Begins Flying Career. Then, while serving as executive, Air Corps, and chairman of the United States Claims Board, he reverted to his Regular Army rank of major. Maj. ‘Westover began his flying career in the Balloon School at Ross Field, Calif., in 1921 and went into the Airship School the following year. He received in turn after the wiring system is in use. The three grades will be marked with col- ored rubber insulation as follows: Code, black; intermediate, red; 30 per cent, green. Another feature of im- portance is tighter and closer braids with an improved weatherproof finish. ‘The marking for the purpose of iden- tification generally consists of a com= bination of colors in the braiding of the wire. For the first time in 40 years triplets | have been born in Silverbanks, Scotland, the father being D, J. Black, a miner, iba bas heen Tmempioged 108 & DD, the rating of balloon observer and air- ship pilot. He won the national elimi- nation free balloon race at Milwaukee in June, 1922, and as a result became Army entrant in the international bal- loon race at Geneva, Switzerland, in August, 1922. In that year he became director of Aircraft Production in ‘Washington., Going to Kelly Field, Gen. Westover won his airplane pilot rating, and sev- | eral years later qualified as aerial ob- server. In 1924, after graduating from Kel- ley Field, o of Another is said by the | A new bomber, a visitor in the | the outstanding de- | Aeronautic Association, | Westover became execu- | Alaskan mail now is bei late in the year commanding officer of that post and commandant of the Air Corps Tactical School, then located there. After two years in command of the tactical school, he became a student in that school (in such manner are armies operated) and graduated in 1927. He then went to the Command |and " General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth as a student and, upon graduating in 1928, became a member of the faculty there. A year ago Gen. Westover was pro- moted to the permanent Army rank of lieutenant colonel. In addition to the four aeronautical ratings he holds (he is one of the few men in the Air Corps to hold all four ratings) Gen. Westover also holds the Distinguished Service Medal for meritorious wartime service. Radio Study at Home. Officers of the local Naval Reserve Aviation Squadron, which trains at the Anacostia Naval Air Station, are tak- ing a course in radio code in their own homes. It was found to be so difficult to find opportunity for frequent radio code drills for the Reserve officers that the local Reserve division decided to build small individual short-wave re- ceiving sets, which are to be issued to division pilots and used by them in their | homes until all officers have been put | through a full course. | The division completed scheduled | training in navigation, with radio com- munication, for the current fiscal year last month. All pilots of the division veraged 15 hours’ flying time in dead reckoning aerial navigation problems and two-way aerial radio communica- tions. Propeller Warning Issued. Warning to Uncle Sam's flying sailors to take no chances with faulty propel- lers is sounded in the latest bulletin of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. Because the modern airplane propeller scldom causes trouble is no indication hat it can be taken for granted at all times as completely dependable, without regular inspection and attention, it ‘was pointed out. “Some idea of the necessity for proper | care in design, test and maintenance of | & propeller may be obtained from the fact that the centrifugal force alone acting at the shear shoulders of a 10- foot propeller blade rotating at 2.000 | revolutions per minute is approximately 1100,000 pounds,” it was stated. “To this force is added the bending and torque loads, which are vibratory in nature and thereby further complicate matters.” It is because of the tremendous forces acting in and on an airplane propeller hub that difficulty has been encoun- tered in designing an effective variable pitch propeller, though such a pro- peller long has been recognized as one of the great needs of aviation. The problems involved in developing the controllable pitch propeller are being given serious consideration by the best propelier talent in the country, it was pointed out. Several fairly effec- tive designs have been put into opera- tion, but as yet there is no controllable pitch propeller design accepted for gen- eral use. Tests at the Anacostia Naval Air Sta- | tion have covered a variety of the prin- ciples involved in some of the more re- | cent controllable pitch propellers. | Various Methods Employed. One of the controllable propellers |upon which the flight test section at | Anacostia is working utilizes the bal- | ance between the thrust on the blades and a series of heavy springs in the hub to give automatic control. Another is controlled by the pressure of ofl in a | cylinder, fed through the crank shaft. | Still another employs a small electric | motor in the hub, working through a | long train of gears to rotate the blades. “In these developments of the con- | trollable pitch propeller,” it was stated, “the ingenuity and ability of the engi- | neers is particularly well illustrated by | the fact that equipment which will soon | be serviceable is being produced at a surprisingly small increase over the weight of our regular service propellers.” The modern airplane propeller is of the detachable blade type, the separate blades being keyed into a hub. In the case of the aluminum blades, they are forged from aluminum bars. Drop hammer forging presses bring the bar to within one thirty-second inch of the finished dimensions and the blade is finished by machine and handwork. Finished blades are inspected for ac- curacy of dimensions, angle of twist and other factors and are balanced against a master blade to secure abso- lute uniformity. Hubs are of chrome vanadium steel exquisitely machined to take the butts of the blades and to key to the engine crankshaft. It is the practice of both Army and | Navy to subject to rigid tests on special test stands at the Army Air Corps ma- teriel division base, Wright Field, Day- ton, Ohio, all new experimental pro- pellers or standard designs which in- volve any change in blade dimensions or in altered distribution of the metal. Rigid Tests Imposed. The Army has constructed at Wright Field giant test stands on which pro- pellers larger than any now in opera- tion may be whirled to the point of failure. ~ Experimental propellers or those involving esign are given a 10-hour run at 100 per cent overload and about 25 per cent greater speed than they will get in operation. Experimental designs, in addition, get a 50-hour test to prove strength under vibration. ‘The test stands are among the most interesting of aeronautical test equip- ment. They are designed to take up the terrific shocks when a propeller, revolving at tremendous speed, shat- ters. The force of a blade, hurled from its hub by breakage at high speed is estimated as equal to that of a 4-inch field gun fired at point blank range. Safeguards must be provided to pre- vent the blade causing damage when it lets go. To care for the shock of the motor, which might rip the whole test stand apart, the giant electric engines are bonded into a mount composed of scores of tons of concrete and steel, embedded many feet in the earth. Ob- servers are buried in a bomb-proof vault covered with several feet of wood and metal, designed to take up the force of a direct blow from a shattered blade. Observations are made through & periscope arrangement. So terrible is the noise made by the propellers under test at high speeds that special gold plugs have been designed for the ears, and even with this protection, some observers are subject to nausea after being exposed very long to the sound, even in their dugouts. Alaskan Planes Prove Worth. All mail in Alaska will be carried by alr in the near future, because it not only is the quickest but also the cheap- est form of transportation in the ter ritory, in the opinion of Joe Crosson veteran Alaskan pilot, who now is pay- | ing his first visit to the United States in three years. flown on undes she ok} RouMd TRAFI IV WAVE LENGTHS FOUGHT Lafount Seeks Rigid Order Governing Sale of Radio Stations. ‘To prevent “trafficking” in wave lengths and licenses of broadcasting stations in which it believes many in- terests have indulged on a grand scale, the Federal Radio Commission is prepared to adopt a rigid order tighten- ing up on requirements governing sales of stations. Fabulous sums lately have been paid for “haywire” stations of little tangible value, according to Federal Radio Com- missioner Harold A. Lafount, obvi for the purpose of procuring the wayv length priivieges, which should have no monetary value, but which simply are franchises given by the Federal Gov- ernment on the guarantee of service to be rendered to the public A motion drafted by Mr. Lafount de- signed to terminate such erations probably will be adopted by the ¢ mission forthwith. It has received ap- proval by the legal division, which holds the subject is within the perview of the commission. The order will become ef- fective on adoption. Would Require Details. As proposed by Commissioner Lafount, the order would require that all ap- plications for assignment of radio sta- tion licenses be accompanied by a sworn staiement containing detailed in- formation as to the terms of the pro- posed transfer and all other p t fiscal data, by which t would be enabled to pi valuation on the propert with the proposed sale: great a figure is pl good will of the busi concern the commission position to determine transaction exceeds limitations and whether it can be adjudged an improper sale of & Government franchi: Broadcasting stations are selling at a premium these days because virtually impossible to procure stations in desirable localities trade areas. The ether, figuratively, is crammed full and the de; 1 stations is great. Few d tions are on the market that are sold bring hands: It is not unusual for a regi of 1,000-watts power city to bring $500,000 several local stations power in urban areas half that figure. Other Data Sought. ‘The Lefount motion as applicants for transfer to submit complete lists of to be transferred, including a descrip=- tion of all radio equipme: d statements showing actual cost of r placement of the proper E the present value, and showing receipts and together with profit or loss three months preceding the m which the assignment is reque also would be required Finally, the applicant would have to present a statement g price, terms and all other cond: the proposed sale or transfer would be signed both by the and the prospective pur (Copyrigh NAVAL RESERVE HERE HAS NEW EQUIPMENT Transmitter Installed at Armory to Be Used in Thursday Night Drills. ‘The District of Columbia munication Reserve, witl Naval Com- Lie Briggs, nationally promir amateur, commanding, h: its new short-wave Yard. The station is now on tt equipped with crystals to ope 3475 or 4,045 kilocycles. It will b in the regular national dri over the air Thursday night control and alternate control tions of the Communication R the various naval districts th the United States Various units of operators, of them amateurs, wWho are co-op with the Navy, conduct the drills on dif- ferent_Thursda s conduc Teserve stations in throughout the country were air” so that 100 per cent “attendance was realized for the first time. Station NED, the control station for the District of Columbia, led all of the stations, being logged as perfected to within 10 cycles p t o frequency of 3.475 ported very satisfactory, with tance effects virtually absent. he amateurs conduct these tesis under naval auspices as training for emerzen= cies such as the World War, when thou- sands of amateurs were impressed into the country’s various radio services. Radio “Pirates” Numerous. 2 Foreign reports indicate that radio pirates” in Turkey, where a $44 per annum listener’s license fee is charged, outnumber license holders by about three to one. There are only 5000 licensed radio sets in Turkey. The re- fusal to make payments is usually ex- plained with the excuse that reception in Asia Minor is extraordinarily poor. May Set Paris A-Ringing. A threat that “100 reaction detectors will set Paris a-ringing” has been made by Prench Communists, who promise to adopt such a campaign if any at- tempt is made to drown the broad casts from Moscow, as suggested in one of the weekly revie contracts,” which are renewed every three years, Crosson said. Aviation has taken a permanent place in the lives of the Alaskans because of the tremendous advantages it has to offer over ground methods of travel, Crosson pointed out. He cited as an example the difference in travel between Fairbanks and Nome, under the old and new systems. Dog teams require from 26 to 30 days for the run of more than 500 miles, he sald, while planes make it in five hours. The cost of a passenger ticked on the sledges is about $500; on the planes, $200 “Even with bad weather,” Crosson told an interviewer in New York, “we can fly part way, rest for & week or more and still beat the dog trains to their destinations.” So insistent is the demand for airmail service that the airmail has become virtually a rural free delivery service, Crosson said. Planes of his line, Alaskan Airways, make 26 stops in a 200-mile stretch, he said. Airplane travel is becoming more and more general in the Alaskan territory, and the United States Government is calling upon civil aviation there more and more for assistance. United States marshals have come to rely on plane service. Administrators of all kinds, survey parties and Government officials would find their work sorely hampered if the airlines were to suspend opera- tions. So marked has been the aviation rowth of the great northe territory that today Alaska, with 62 auxiliary landing fields, built and maintained by the vernment, has more 3 Seie 0 e 1