Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1933, Page 44

Army. It is not expected the nomination of four officers of the Army to be general cfficers will be confirmed by the Senate til the new administration takes office on March 4. The four officers affected by the non-confirmation of their appointments include Brig. Gen James F. McKinley to be major gen- eral and adjutant general of the Army ; Col. Creed F. Cox, F. A, to be chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs from January 9; Col dgar T. Conley, to be brigadier gen- eral and assistant to the Adjutant Gen- 1933, and Col. Albert E. Truby, ) . to be brigadier general and assistant to the Surgeon General of the Army. In accordance with this rule, con: firmation of the nominaticn of Naval Constructor Emory S. Land to be chief constructor and chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair at the Navy Department, with the rank of admiral, for a term of four years has been withheld In conformity with the will of the Iate Capt Edwin Howard Clark, U. S. A., the annual income from the sum of $15,000 has been sct aside for the | ion of the W competition _will Howard Clark Competition. onze casting of a machine-gun_group, which is_to be awarded annually to the winning In- fantry machine-gun company of the Regular Army, and will be permanent property of the Infantry for such pur- pose. partment. T be known 2 ners’ Tropl 1 be of a br A question has recently been raised | in certain quarters of the War and Navy Departments relative to the effect of the economy law on officers in the rank of lieutenant colonel and above in the Army and in the rank of com- mander and above in the Navy question is with reference to the appli- cation of Section 7 of the pay law of June 10, 1922, whigh provides that the | total compensation of officers of the | self-supporting towers, and the work | grade of colonel in the Army or cap- tain in the Navy or below shall not exceed $7,200. This total includes base pay, longevity, rental and subsistence | allowance. Section 101 (b) of the | economy law prescribes that each offi- cer or employe receiving compensation on an annual basis at the rate of more | than $1,000 per annum shall be fur- loughed ‘without compensation for one calendar month. The Controller General has ruled | that in deducting the 8!3 per cent rom the pay of officers receiving com- | pensation under the act of June 10, | 1522, to take care of his requirements | for furlough deductions, the deductions | should be applied to the officer’s base | pay and longevity only, as, for ex- ample, in the case of a colonel of the Army with 30 years’ service there should | be deducted 8'3 per cent of $6,000, or | $500 per annum. The officers con- cerned—and there are a considerable number of them on duty in Washington —contend that when their pay is re- duced under this provision of the econ- omy law they should receive the full District Nat Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, command- Ing the District of Columbia Militia and the 29th National Guard Divislon, com- prising the National Guard troops of | this city and the States of Maryland | and Virginia as well as part of Penn- | sylvania, is undergoing treatment at the Mount Alto Veterans’ Hospital, which ke entered following a brief ill- ness with which he was stricken early In December. Drills of the local iMilitia were re- | sumed last week, following the holiday | period. With the beginning of the new | year the various units will work on pro- | grams leading up to the annual Fed- eral inspections, to be followed later by the annual training encampments, pro- viding Congress does mot cut out this field practice as an economy move. | Officials of the local Guard are pre- pared this week to go before the con- gressional committees to justify their Tequests for appropriations for running the Militia for the fiscal year begin- | ning next July. They will contend, it | is understood, that the District requests have been cut down to fhe very limit | where efficient training can be con- | tinued, and will point out that the funds for the support of the local out- | fit come from the District funds and | there is no need for slicing them to | meet with the Federal economy require- ments. Of course, the local militiamen will feel any cut into the Federal Mili- | tia appropriation, as these funds are al- located to the States and the District of Columbia on the basis of the sizes of the forces maintained While the local Militia officials will take no part in the plea for the con- | tinuance of sufficient Federal appro- priations to guarantee full training for | the members of the Guard, the figh [ Uty on or after that date and all| for these will be carried on by the Leg- islative Committee of the National | Guard Association of the United States There has been some discussion of a plan to cut the number of drills. Re- ducing the number of drills, of course, | will materially reduce the appropria- | tions, as the officers and men of the | Guard receive Federal pay for each | drill which they attend. The argument | which has advanced on behalf of the Guard units from the States is that during this period members of the Guard. many of whom are out of work depend upon these drill payments to matnt themselves and 1 that the pro- number of drills nuous oppositio; 5 and the national he a Bureau have rd has made s t ng since the t is feared that if the curtailed that there | rable reduction in the brigade given g 260th Infantry, ividual units the Detachment, Special 9th Division, headed the list perior class with a percentage The other units in this group dquarters Detachme 98.75; 29th Division Milt 32, and Medical De it, 260th Coast 83 . 121st 260th B v A 372d 121st Engineers, ¥ 121st Engineers Headquarters and Service Com- pany, 121st Engineers, 70.29, and Com- pany C, 121st Engine 70.16. Sati: F, 121st En- gineers, 69.17; Company B, 121st E: gineers, 68.29; Company E. 121st En- gineers, 65.08, and Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery, 61.25 A notation on the report says thal all units should endeavor to maintain or raise their present percentages dur- the current average. hd ‘Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan announces vhat_Capt. Oeasar R. Roberts, Coast | George R. Marvell and Frank H. Scho- | operation of the automatic rifle. month, particularly | allowance provided by Section 7 of the pay law of June 10, 1922, and Section | 104 of the economy law, not to exceed | the limitations provided in the pay law. It is proposed to take this question to the Court of Claims, according to | the views of certain officers, particularly as it is now evident that the economy | law will be continued during the fiscal | year ending June.30, 1934, Navy. A board of officers, of which Rear Admiral Harris Laning is president, convened at the Navy Department last | week for the purpose of recommending | 44 officers of the line in the grade of | lieutenant commander for promotion to | commander. tions and rendering its report, it will be necessary for the board to consider the records of about 450 lieutenant com- | menders In addition to Rear Admiral Laning, the board will be composed of rear | the following officers: Rear Admirals | | James J. Raby, Arthur St. C. Smith, Clar- ence S. Kempfl, George T. Pettengill, Cyrus W. | Harry L. Brinser and Edgar B. Larimer. ’ Comdr. Robert H. Skelton is recorder of the board. The transferal to the retired list of | the Navy on January 1 of nine officers t esuited in the following officers becoming due for promotion that date: Comdr. Damon E. Cummings, Lieut. Comdrs. Walter S. DeLany and Emory P. Eldredge. Lieuts. Cuthbert A. Griffiths and Franz O. Willenbucher, and Lieuts. (Junior Grade) William J. Mitchell, John R. Ruhsenberger, Homer | B. Wheeler, John F. Adams, Gordon M. | Stoddard, Harold H. Tiemroth and | Marcel E. A. Gouin. The Navy recently lost one of its best communication officers when Capt. E. B. Woodworth passed away. Capt. Wood- worth, it will be recalled, was the first officer in charge of the naval radio sta- tion at Arlington, Va., performing this The | duty in 1912 and 1913, during which | time the station was built and com- | misstoried. Arlington was the first large | radio station in the United States with was of a pioneer nature. From 1919 to 11920 he was assistant director of naval | communications and Atlantic communication superintendent. 1927 to 1930 Capt. Woodworth was dis- trict communication officer of the 11th naval district. At the time of his death he was on duty at San Francisco, pre- paratory to taking over the duties of Pacific communication officer. Coast From A selection board convened at the Navy Department last Tuesday for the purpose of recommending a captain of the Civil Engineer Corps for promotion to the rank of rear admiral in that corps to fill the vacancy created by the death of Rear Admiral Frank Taylor (C. E. C.), who died on November 10 last. The board is composed of the fol- lowing rear admirals: Jehu V. Chase, chairman of the Navy General Board; feld, both members of the General Board. Lieut. Comdr. Carl H. Cotter (C. E. C.), on duty at the Navy Depart- ment in the Bureau of Yards and Docks, is recorder of the board. ional Guard Artillery Corps, and Maj. L. McD. Sil- vester have been named assistant as- sociate chairmen for the District of Columbia and vicinity for the procure- ment campaign for the 1933 Citizens' Military Training Corps. The letter announcing the appoint- ments says the officers of the Regular Before making its selec- | Cole, Adolphus E. Watson| G TELEVISION LICENSE REVOCATION IS URGED Recommendation to Radio Commis- sion Marks l‘lrs& Phase of Inquiry. The first phase of the Federal Radio ,‘Qommlsflon's investigation into allega- | tions of stock manipulation by organiza- | tions holding experintental television | licenses has resulted in recommenda- tions by a commission examiner that cne such company be deprived of its | present franchise. On receipt of information that the public was being fleeced by unscrupu- lous stock promoters, who played on the tremendous publicity given visual broad- casting as radio’s budding bonanza, the commission began an investigation sev- eral months ago. It urged the public to beware of stock promoters who prom- ised fortunes overnight through invest- | | | |out that the whole art is experimental panies are for scientific exploitation |only and can be revoked at any time. The report on its first investigation, submitted by Examiner Elmer W. Pratt, | recommends _the removal from the air of two experiental television stations in Boston, & special experimental station and an experimental short-wave relay, | or international broadcasting station, in | New York, which never has been on the air. Army on duty with the Organized Re- | serves, National Guard and R. O. T. C units will co-operate in the C. M. T. C. recruiting in addition to their other duties. Such officers as are on duty with the National Guard or R. O. T. C. units and are designated for this duty in any capacity will not leave their regular stations in connection there. with, and will perform no C. M. T. C. duty which will interfere with their regular duty. The following enlisted men of the Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, have been ordered transferred to the Reserve list of that unit on account of business interfer- ence with the performance of military duty: Pvts. Richard J. King, Donald M. Barnes and Owen N. Drummond. In the place of the weekly drill the 121st Engineers viewed a moving pic- ture of cadet life at West Point and other films which demonstrated the It was announced that fi show other pictures of an instructive nature during the Winter. The films will be loaned by the Army Signal TPS. Pvt. Ernest W. Alsop, Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery, has been ordered dropped as a deserter as of September | 22, 1932, he having failed to report for | efforts to locate him having failed. Y. M. C. A. News The National Brass Quintet will gn‘e' a concert at the 5 o'clock vesper service which will be held in the Y. M. C. A. lobby today. Fred L. Dawson, assistant director of education, will eak on “Starting the Week Right” over Station WMAL at 10 o'clock this morning. A me 1g of the Finance Committee be held in the board room of the association tomorrow at 12:30 p.m The in the School of Re- ligion will be held tomorrow night from 7 to 9:30 o'clock. The Dramatic Club will hold its weekly rehearsal in the assembly hall Tuesday at 7:45 p.m The The Layman and the Law” will be g Wednesday at 4:45 p.m., over WMAL, by Louis M. Denit, of law, Southeastern Uni- His subject will be “Buying lation professor versity. 1 Home regular weekly rehearsal of the M. C. A. Glee Club will be held in room 217, at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday George W. Offutt, dean of the School Law, Southeastern University, will ak before the prospective graduates Western High School Thursday on and Accountancy as spe | of 1o | sions The Y's Men’s Club will meet at the University Club at 12:30 p.m. Thurs- day. There will be a meeting of the Executive Committee in the board | room of the Y. M. C. A. at 12:30 p.m. The symphony orchestra will hold a rehearsal in room 217 Friday at 8 pm “The Profession of Teaching” will be | | the subject of a lecture in the voca- tional guidance series Friday, at 8 p.m by Dr. T. D. Martin, director of mem- bership of the National Education As- ciation he TInterngtional Sunday Schoel Lesson will be given over Station WMAL Saturday, at 5:15 pm., by Page McK. Etchison, religious work directo™ |of the ¥. M. €. A HOLIDAY FAMILY |11 Children of Lynn, Mas { All Born on Fete Days. Mrs. Helen Jasowska of Lynn, Mass the mother of 11 children, all o whom were born on holidays. Her latest is a boy, born on Christmas. | giving day,” All Fools’ day, Patriots’ day, | Halloween, | day, Labor day, Easter Sunday { July 18, a Polish national holiday. is planned to| last of a series of lectures on| Profes- | ing He has brothers and sisters who were those which fell below their regimenta] | born on the Fourth of July, Thanks- Armistice day, Columbus and | |1 W.C.T.U. News | |the District of Columbia Women’ | Christian Temperance Union has wor the national prize for having held ihe | greatest number of oratorical contests |in proportion to the number of unions in the district. This is the first na- tional prize ever won by the District union. A pearl medal contest is being planned which will be held at the quar- terly convention, January 17 at 2 p.n at the Temple Baptist Church. The contestants haye all won both the silver and the gold medals, making them eligible to compete for the pearl medal Plans are being made to hold a dia- mond medal contest later. Mrs. Charles H. Bair, director of the Medal Contest Department, and her associate, Mrs. H. Howard Ellis, are in | charge of the program. | The Georgetown W. C. T. U. met at the home of Rev. and Mrs. S. Frank Niles, 3121 P street. The president, | Mrs. Hiram Wadleigh, presided. Mrs Lena Stabler gave an interesting re- port of the Flower Mission work. The | regular routine business was transacted {and Mrs. Martin, scientific temperance instructor, gave a talk. Northeast Suburban W. C. T. U. held its regular meeting at the home of Mrs. |0. G. McMinimy, 2027 Newton street | northeast, December 28. The president | presided. In the absence of Mrs. A. M. | Charters, Mrs. Emmet Midkiff led the devotions The department directors present gave | reports of work that had been done, | among which was the literature chair- | man, “Mrs. Midkiff, reporting several hundred leaflets given out to the mem- | bers, who had distributed them in va- rious ways; the Flower Mission chair- | man, Mrs.'W. A. Eisenhart, who had seen’ that cheer in the way of some- | thing substantial had been sent where lit was needed, and Mrs. Maude E Poole, chairman of soldiers and sailors, told of the trip to Walter Reed Ho: pital with the Christmas gifts. At her suggestion_the union decided to adopt | ward 10-B, which contains from 30 to 35 patients and in this way fill their | needs all the year around. | Mrs. L. H. Nix gave a report of the peakers at the Resist Repeal Conven- tion recently held here. Mrs. R. E. Boss, who was leader for the day, sang a Christmas selection, and then intro- duced the speaker, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, istrict director of international affairs, | who gave a talk, covering the subject for the day, which was peace. Mrs. Ora Haines, the peace director for this union. will represent it at the Cause and Cure of War Conference. Which will be held here January 17-20 Announcement was made of the an- niversary banquet to be held at Cal- vary Baptist Church January 16. Dr. {J. Elmer Morgan will speak on the | motion plctures from an educational | standpoint. Another speaker will Representative G. E. Moore of Ohio. | Three new members were added to | the union. British Navy Relic in Canaries. SANTA CRUZ, Canary Islands (#).— Sailors recently fished from the harbor | a cannon which experts say was lost by the British ship Fox when Lord Nel- son's fleet fought here, July 25, 1787 ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE [ G| 5y SE0EE3 ERIR AP [SERESTSTRESS] ment in television enterprises, pointing | and that licenses issued to some 30 com- | { Under the international The Medal Contest Department of | Opera Star and Popular Radio Singers to Broadcast PROGRAMS TO BE CARRIED OVER l.xT!N SIVE COLUMBIA AND N. B. C. NETWORKS. ERTRUDE NIESEN (left), exotic young singer and impersonator, who will be heard Friday and Saturday nights over WJSV and other Columbia stations. In the center,is Aileen Stanley, musical comedy star, who is doing a radio series for N. B. C. Lucrezia Bori (right), Metropolitan prima donna, who is scheduled for a broadcast tonight in the Electric Concert over WRC and associated N. B. C. stations, Behind the INCE call letters, and not for- | mal names, must be used by radio stations under inter- | national treaty, American | broadcasters are extending them- selves—sometimes in far-fetched | and amusing fashion—to make | their call letters give them indi- | viduality or else to make their | slogans correspond to the letters of their calls. As a matter of fact, most sets of call letters are allotted to sta- tions arbitrarily by the Govern- ment, although the radio author- ities in Washington were rather lenient in the old days in parcel- ling out combinations requested by station owners when those combinations were not already in use. It was after getting their call assignments, in most cases, that the broadcasters hit upon slogans to correspond—slogans that range from the sublime to the ridiculous. radio treaty sets of three or four call letters are assigned American sta- tions through the whole range of the alphabet, provided only they oegin with “W” or “K.” Other na- tions were given other opening .lett,ers‘ viz., Canada got “C” and Mexico “X.” After broadcasting sprang into popularity an effort was made by the authorities, for the sake of convenience, to have all the “W” calls East of the Mississippi and all the “K” calls West of that |boundary. There are a few ex- ceptions, such as KDKA, Pitts- burgh, one of the oldest American stations, whose call was selected only because the letters have a staccato ring that was clearly discernible in the old days of un- developed radio. The American radio log reveals a KOIN, KALE, KNOW, KROW, KORE, KICK, KID, KIT, KOB, | KOY, KUT, KOMA, WHAT, { WHAM, WHO, WHOM, WORK, | WOOD, WASH, WINS, WILL, | WELL and WREN. And we have | WACO at Waco, Tex.; KSTP at St. Paul, WCKY at Covington, Ky.; WRVA at Richmond, Va.; WLVA at Lynchburg, Va.; WILM at Wilmington, Del.; WSYR at | Syracuse, N. Y., and WWVA at Wheeling, W. Va. WRUF, Gainesville, Fla., is pro- | nounced like the famous roar of | Leo, the movie lion, and we learn from KFEL, Denver, that its call letters might stand for “Kaint Find Enough Liquor.” Wholly un- solicited was the designation ap- plied to WISV, Alexandria, Va., by a colored revivalist preacher, who is heard over it daily and who bids his congregation to follow him in dedicating that station to “Willingly Jesus Suffered for | Victory.” | L B N UT of 25,000,000 votes cast for | favorite radio stars and pro- |grams in a Nation-wide poll con- ducted by a leading radio set manufacturer, the American pub- lic has picked the following as the most popular*in various classes: Singers (men), Morton Downey; singers (women), Jessica Dragon- ette; actors (Sherlock Holmes), | Richard Gordon; orchestra lead- ers, Rudy Vallee; instrumentalists, | | Rubinoff; comedians, Ed Wynn; | | announcers, John S. Young, and | Miscellaneous, A. & P. Gypsies. While many fans may dispute these choices, the fact remains that these secured the highest number of votes in their respec- tive classes. Presented their gold cup awards at a National Press Club luncheon, at least one of the artists, Rudy Vallee, was first to acknowledge his conviction that Paul Whiteman, and not he, should ha#ve won the award in his class. Runners up in the women sing- |ers class were Kate Smith, Ruth | Etting, Pickens Sisters, Boswell Sisters, Jane Pickens, Ethel Shutta, Alice Joy, Irene Taylor and Mildred Bailey. Men singers: Frank Parker, Lanny Ross, Ralph Kirberry, Bing Crosby, Jack Ar- thur, Mills Brothers, Arthur Tracey, Donald Novis and Jimmy Brierly. Actors: Raymond Knight, Phillips Lord, Joe Bell, Elsie Hitz, Pat Barnes, Aldred Corn (Sammy Goldberg), Charles Webster, Betty Webb and Johnny Hart. Orchestra leaders: Guy Lombardo, | Ted Weems, George Olsen, Vincent Lopez, Ben Bernie, Paul White- man, Cab Calloway, Abe Lyman \and Leon Belasco. Instrumental- | ‘lst.s: Harry Reser, Ann Leal, Er- nest Hutchinson, Little Jack Little, Lee Sims, Eddie Brown, Ohmen & Arden, Harry Brewer Microphone BY THE RADIO EDITOR. and Irma Glenn. Comedians: Eddie Cantor, Jack Pearl, Jack Benny, Burns .& Allen, Ray Perkins, Col. Stoopnagle & Budd, George Price, Fred Allen and Gus Van. Announcers: Davis Ross, Milton Cross, Ted Husing, Graham McNamee, Kelvin Keech, Ford Bond, James Wallington, Norman Brokenshire and A. L. Alexander. Miscellaneous: Sherlock Holmes, Amos ‘n’ Andy, Johnny Hart in Hollywood and Maj. Bowles Capi- tol Family. e 'OHANN STRAUSS, one of the most beloved of composers and best remembered for his rhythmic waltzes, would have been a radio fan had he lived until the broad- casting era, but he would not have liked conducting an orchestra be- fore the microphone unless a visible audience were also present. At least, such was the belief of his widow, Adele Strauss, who took a keen interest in radio be- fore her death two years ago. A | posthumous interview, written by | Helmuth Holzer. was carried in a recent issue of World Radio, organ of the British Broadcasting Cor- poration. Strauss “would have delighted to hear all his music relayed from S0 many broadcasting stations in the world,” his widow is quoted as saying. “But quite apart from being able to hear his own music on the air he would have used the opportunity to listen to many compositions of his favorite com- posers.” The “Waltz King,” as he is now known, would not have liked so much jazz music as broadcasting stations now carry, Frau Strauss believed. And yet she recalled that he sensed the advent of jazz when | he said one time: “I wonder whether people won't get tired of mere melody one day, and per- haps take more to rhythm?” Asked whether the composer- conductor would have liked to conduct in a studio, Frau Strauss | said: _“I dare say he would not hav. liked it. He was much too fond of visible audiences. He wanted to see that people enjoyed his music. The bigger the audience the more enthusiastically he used g play and conduct the orches- . RADIO RIVALRY ENDED s Fort Worth and Dallas, Tex., Pa- pers to Use Same Station, The long-standing rivalry between two newspaper-owned radio stations in Texas, both sharing the same clear channel, which one used with 50,000 watts and the other with 10,000, from two separate transmitters, has been | ended by agreement, whereby WFAA of | the Dallas News and WBAP of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram will hereafter both use the same 50,000-watt trans- mitter under their combined call let- ters. The station is located equidistant from both cities. Y e Parliament Meets at Night. BUDAPEST (#).—Nothing must dis- turb the dally work of cabinet mem- bers and other governmental officials, not even sessions of the Hungarian Par- liamet. So, beginning Jauary 1, Con- gress will start its daily meetings at p.m. Your 9 Complete Tests Call Dist. 4700 STAR RADIO CO. ‘WEEKLY RADIO TALKS ON ART ARE EXTENDED Mrs. Emily Stowe Discusses Mod- ern Art of World in Series on WMAL. Popularity of the talks on modern | | art, broadcast over WMAL by Mrs. | Emily Stowe, has resulted in an ex- | | tension of her weekly reries. | Mrs. Stowe has been on the air regu- larly since November, describing the | | modern art of all countries, with which | she familiarized herself during exten- | sive travels in the United States flnd‘ foreign nations. She gives her talks in | the form of travelogues, visiting the most interesting art gallery in each | country and explaining the works of artists whose work has been most con- spicuous. Mrs. Stowe is a member of the Dis- trict League cf American Pen Women. Her talks are broadcast on Wednesday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock. Factions Split Swedish Nazis. STOCKHOLM (&) —Opposition with- in the Swedish National Soclalist party to the leadership of Dr. B. Fururgard has developed formation of & group uni- formed in blue shirts and belts. The “blue shirts” complain that the parent organization is not aggressive. 3 - Check Alien “Sponging” in Chile. i SANTIAGO, Chile (#).—Foreign so- cleties along the West Coast are co- { operating on charity programs to pre- vent habitual “sponging” by itinerant fellow countrymen. In these times, when many genuinely needy cases have to be handled, it was found that som persons travel comfortably on “loans.” New—Philco dynamic speaker, latest type efficiency tubes and a host of a tubes. Terms are in effect. Use Your Credit e 409 11th St. N.W. ments. Hand-rubbed walnut cabinet. Fed- eral tax paid. Complete with six Philco D. C. Naval Reserve ‘While there are prospects that the annual cruises of the Naval Reserve | will be held this Summer, there also is the possibility that during the next begins on July 1, fiscal year, which next, that the number of drills allowed the fleet Reserve might be cut down. It was pointed out that in the esti- mates sent to Congress there has been made a reduction in the amount of money for drills. However, a reduction in the money sought for drills does not necessarily mean a cut-down in the number, but the reduction in appropriation might be taken care of by reducing the num- ber of men in each fleet division, or by reducing the classes of men in each rating. The petty officers receive more pay than the seamen and firemen and the cut could be made In this way However, the proposed language in the estimates would taxe out the pro- vision in the present act providing for “not to exceed 48 drills per annum. s0 that it would read “pay and allow- ances for officers and enlisted men for the performance of drills.” The members of the Reservef now drill once a week, except for the period they are on the annual cruises, but it is possible that if the funds are cut these will be cut down. and no effort will be made to cut the number of rated men, as, it was pointed out by Naval Reserve officers, these are the backbone of the service, the men who have been highly trained. These men, it was said, would be more important than the new seamen. Further, most of the men in the higher ratings are those who not only h“ave seen long service, with many &nnual cruises in the Naval Reserve, but men who saw Aactual service on ships of the active fleet during the World War. The members of the local Reserve are looking forward to a return of the annual practice cruises this Summer. The zraises were dispensed with last Surzmer as an economy move and fleet Reserve organizations throughout the country were required to take all of their training in armories. The law requires officers and men to take two weeks of training aboard a cruising vessel each year and if they do not do it of their own accord they are usually transferred from the fleet to the Volunteer Reserve, in which lat- ter class they do not receive any pe; However, because of the state of the governmental finances, the cruises were called off last Summer. Although the regularly ordered cruises were suspended, nevertheless the Navy Department provided opportunity for a limited number of both officers and men to take cruises without pay aboard ships of the fleet. Purther opportunity is to be given the members of the Naval Reserve to take one of these cruises in February and March. In this connection Lieut. W. F. Hinck- ley, U. 8. N, inspector-instructor as- signed to the local Reserve battalion, has sent the following letter to the commanding officer of the organization, | Lieut. Harold E. Richardson: | “The commandant is in receipt of a | letter from the commander, Destroyer Squadron 10, which states that the U. S. | S. Goff will be at the Navy Yard,| Washington, from February 10 to Febru- ary 28, 1933. It is directed that the 1st Battalion hold its scheduled drills on board that vessel during the period in question. It is hoped that officers and men will avail themselves of the opportunity to visit the vessel at times other than regular drill periods. “Prom February 28 to March 20, 1933, the Goff will cruise to various Southern ports, the tentative schedule being {Miami, Jacksonville, Charleston, George- town, 'S. C., and Norfolk. There will be vacancies for a few fleet officers and 20 enlisted men who desire to take this cruise without pay. Those who do so will have to pay their own transporta- tion from Norfolk, Va., to Washington, D. C,, at the expiration of the trip. In view of the limited accommodations, the squadron commander states that he de- sires only carefully selected men who will not only benefit by the training, but will be of assistance to the ship as well. At least 25 per cent of the men taken should be petty officers and firemen, first class, distributed equally between The HUB deck and engineering ratings. There will be no opportunity for radiomen, |yeomen, _storekeepers, pharmacist's | mates and others of special branch to take this cruise. “Men should make application for the {cruise to you and should have their bags inspected prior to embarkation by | their reserve division officers and draw necessary bedding at the armory. |~ “You are directed to send to the com- | mandant as soon as possible a list of names and ranks or ratings of those | who apply to you for permission to take this cruise. This information should |be in the hands of the commandant | in sufficient time to permit communicat- | ing it to the squadron commander not 'later than January 10, 1933.” | After a two-week period of rest, the | drills will be resumed tomorrow at the armory. The drills, for the most part, will be laid out with the view of mak- | ing preparations for the annual cruises, "|in the hope that Congress will leave {in the appropriation bill the recom- mendation of the Navy Department and | the Budget Bureau for funds for these | important training events | _ The class room instruction will be re- | sumed and the gun crews of each divi- | slon trained with the view to having | their regular target practice next Sum- mer aboard one of the destroyers of the | Atlantic fleet. While the drills and | class room instruction is going on, the board of examiners will proceed with their task of examining a number of enlisted men who have been recom- mended for promotion to the next | higher ratings. | _If the weather permits during the re- mainder of the Winter months, details of the reserve will be able to get some | training afioat in the small boat which has been assigned here. However, with | no heating equipment aboard the vessel, { this boat can only be used in good | weather, at least for overnight voyages. | Another vessel now being fitted out at | the Norfolk Navy Yard, which is 10 | feet longer, will ‘have more facilities, but it will not be here until early Spring. HAD PATROLMAN'S GUN Hold-up Man Admits Theft of Fire- arm From Policeman. While Patrolman Michael Michaelson of Minneapolis, Minn., was on tempo- rary duty as dispatcher the phone rang. A 20-year-old friend of his was in a stalled automobile and asked assistance. The phone rang again. It was a re- port of a hold-up. The description was of a youth who had driven off in a car. Michaelson instructed a gun squad by radio not only fo help the stalled youth, but to bring him in. At headquarters the youth admitted the crime. Aske: where he got the pistol, he replied: “I took it from your home. It's your gun.” FATHER OF 23 Carl Parrish, Minneapolis Deputy Sheriff, Celebrates Again. Carl Parrish, champion father at the - Minneapolis, Minn., court house, has | passed cigars again in celebration of the arrival of his twenty-third child, & daughter. Parrish is a deputy sheriff. He has | been married twice. Ten children were |born to his first wife. Nineteen of the |23 children are living. INFANT FOUND STROLLING 18-Month-01d Girl Is Picked Up by Milkman at 3 A.M. Brockton, Mass, milkmen saw & lightly clad infant toddling along the street at 3 am. The wanderer proved to be the 18- month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Randall on an unscheduled morn- ing stroll. | Two New Philco Radios Here's the New Come marvelous Model 89-B Philco Radio *30 and hear this Baby Grand in Radio. Cabinet is of genuine walnut with cien veneer. Complete six Philo High Effi- cy tubes. Federal tax paid. 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