Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1933, Page 5

ARLINGTON SCENE OF AKRON BURIALS Admiral Moffett and Comdr. McCord Buried After Rites in District. Leader Buried. In striking contrast to the storm- | filled night when they lost their lives | in the wreck of the dirigible Akron | off the New Jersey Coast more than | a week ago. two high-ranking officers | were laid to rest today in Arlington | National Cemetery. in the calm sun- shine of a Spring_day. The funeral of Rear Admiral William | A. Moffett, late chief of the Navy| Bureau of Aeronautics, was held at 1 pm.. with full military honors. That for Comdr. Frank C." McCord, who commanded the Akron, was held at 11_am For Admiral Moffett's funeral flying compatriots arranged an air- man’s last tribute. Lieut. Comdr. Ar-| thur Gavin of the Naval Air Station | at Anacostia, was placed in command | of 10 planes—5 from his own field and | 5 sent up by the Marines of Quantico, Va.—which flew over the cemetery at the time of the funeral and dropped s wreath. his Scene of Marriage. The body of Comdr. McCord was taken from Speare’s undertaking estab- | lishment at 1623 Connecticut avenue for the services, which were held at the | Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church—in | which he was married. With the pas- tor, Rev. J. Hillman Hollister, officiat- ing, the services were held at 9:45| ‘clock. Then followed burial in Ar-| lington National Cemetery with full | military honors. Capt. Sydney K.| Evans, chief of the Navy's Corps of | Chaplains, officiated. ! ‘The honorary pallbearers were Comdrs. | W. J. Butler, B. H. Bieri, W. M. Quig- ley, Howard F. Kingman and J. W. Mc- Ciaran and Lieut Comdr. Jesse L. Ken- worthy, executive officer of the Lake- | hurst, N. J., air station, at which the | Akron based. The parents-in-law of Comdr. Mc- Cord—Mr. and Mrs. Horace A. Dodge— live at 27 Quincy street, Chevy Chase, Md. The Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, near Mrs. McCord's former home, was filled this morning with high-ranking naval officers and friends of the Akron's commander. Capt. Evans Officiates. Capt. Evans officiated at funeral | services for Admiral Moffett. When the admiral's body arrived from Atlantic City, N. J., Tuesday it was taken to his late home, 2019 Massachusetts avenue. Thence it was taken to the Fort Myer gate of the cemetery, where it was met by a military escort. The Navy Depart ment announced there would be no pro: cession for the funeral through the city and that no permission had been granted for photographers to take pictures of | the funeral in the cemetery. This was done, they explained, at the request of the family. 3 The Navy Band, a company of sailors and a company of Marines formed the military escort for the Navy’s air chief, Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson, accompanied by his aide, Capt. Harold R. Stark, U. S. N., ar- ranged to participate in the last rites. Honorary Pallbearers. ‘The honorary pallbearers for the ad- miral were: Admiral William V. Pratt, chief of naval operations; Rear Ad- miral Frank B. Upham, chief of the Bureau of Navigation: Rear Admiral Al- | fred W. Johnson, assistant chief of the | Bureau of Navigation: Rear Admiral | Emory S. Land, chief of the Bureau ot | Construction and Repair; Capt. Arthur B. Cook, assistant chief of the Bureau | of Aeronautics—a close personal friend | of Admiral MofTett’s—and Capt. Elwood | A. Cobey, supply corps on duty in the Bureau of Aeronautics. ‘While Washington was turning its| attention to the funerals for the two Akron victims here, another naval offi- cer, who also perished in the disaster, | was being interred at Annapolis, Md. | Comdr. Fred T. Berry, commander of | the rigid airship training and experi- mental squadron on the Akron, and al: commanding officer of the naval air station at Lakehurst, was to be buried | in the Naval Academy Cemete: Funeral services were set for 2:30 | gm. at the Academy chapel. The | onorary pallbearers were announced by the Navy Department as follows: Comdrs. H. B. Hird, H. G. Donald, J. J. Broshek, P. L. Wilson and E. O. Almy and Lieut. Comdr. Kenworthy. Comdr. Frank H. Lash, Chaplain Corps, U. 8. N, arranged to officiate. | Had Varied Career, | Comdr, McCord was born August 2, | 1890, in Vincennes, Ind., and entered the Naval Academy in July, 1907. After | a varied naval experience, during the war-time part of which he served aboard the U. 8. S. Ericsson in the war zone, Comdr. McCord was ordered to Lakehurt, June 26, 1925, to take in- struction in lighter-than-air craft. In August of that year, he was made a | student naval aviator, remaining at | Lakehurst until October, 1927, when he was transferred to the aircraft carrier | Langley as navigator and flyer | In January, 1920 he was ordered | aboard the carrier Saratoga in a simi- lar capacity, but nine months later was transferred back to Lakehurst, where he became executive officer. 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Dresel, after he had studied weather conditions, | The Macon’s skipper reset the time for the mziden flight for 5:30 a.m. east- | ern tandard time tomorrow, dependent ; tonight. | The take-off scheduled for dawn first | was_canceled by Capt. Dresel. ! _“We may postpone today’s flight en- tirely,” he had said later, “as a_day- break start is preferabl: Capt. Dresel until recently commanded the Akron, being relieved to take over the Macon by Comdr. F. G. McCord, who died with Rear Admiral William A. Moffett and | 71 others in the disaster that carried | Ground is Too Soft. A heavy rain Tuesday drenched the! field outside the airdock where the 785-foot Macon was built and it was doubtful if the ground would support the 130-ton mobile mooring mast used to lead the zeppelin from the dock. 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You'll agree the nicest bowel and 60LITTLE THE EVENING SAYS AKRON TOOK ONLY FATAL ROUTE Aerologist Claims Any Other Course Might Have Avoided Crash. LAKEHURST, N. J., April 13 () —Lieut. Charles J. Maguire, chief aerologist at the naval station, tes- tified today at the Akron hearing that weather research since the dis- aster indicated that by taikng “any other course except that taken in the last few minutes” the airship might have avoided the storm in which she crashed. | By the Associated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J. April 13—The | Naval Board inquiring into the Akron disaster and the loss of the blimp, J-3, which went out to look for survivors,| announced today that the hearing at the air station would probably be con- | cluded on Saturday and would be con- tinued next week in Washington. After a 15-minute executive session, which preceded the opening of the| fourth day's session, Lieut. Comdr. ! Ralph G. Pennoyer, judge advocate, | said that. since the joint congressional inquiry would call several witnesses to Washington, the Sccretary of the Navy had authorized the Service Board to adjourn to the Washington Navy Yard. The sessions there will probably begin Tuesday, Pennoyer said. | Akron Probe Ends Today. The board expected to finish today testimony in connection with the destruction of the Akron and to hear tomorrow and Saturday the story of | the crash of the J-3. in which two lives | were lost, in the afternoon of the day | the Akron went down. | Today's first witness, Lieut. F. A. L. Dartsch, assistant station aerologist, | described preparation of weather charts | on Mcnday, April 3, the day the Akron took off on her last flight. Weather conditions that morning, Dartsch said, were such that- a projected flight of the J-3, the blimp which was lost the following day, was “considered inadvisable.” Dartsch testified that the forecast he prepared on April 3 disagreed with that drawn up by Lieut. H. M. Wes- coat. aerologist of the Akron, who went | down with the airship. | Dartsch said his own forecast pre- dicted possible showers, Wescoat's most- | 1y clear weather. They discussed the disagreement, | Dartsch added, with Wescoat express- | ing the opinion that, if rain came, it would probably be accompanied by thunderstorms. Fog Predicted. Later in the day, Dartsch said, about 4 pm. three and one-half hours be- | fore the Akron took off, a weather re- port from Newark Airport predicted | fomation of fog in New Jersey that night, with low to fair ceiling and poor | to fair visibility. | “After seeing that report” Dartsch said, “I did not believe thunderstorms | along the coast very probable.” ’ “In view our experience,” Pen- noyer asked, “Did you consider weather | SEE | logist at the station, testified that in his | ter | have been made on the Akron's sister STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, conditions unfavorable to the flight of the Akron on Avril 3? “I did not,” Dartsch replied. Lieut. Charles J. Maguire, chief aero- opinion the foreca: coat was “doubtful “No two forecasters will or can agree exactly,” Maguire said, adding that he himself would not have located the pressure fronts and disturbances as Wescoat had. He said a shallow high pressure area over Virginia had appar- ently influenced Wescoat most in his forecast. The court learned from yesterday's witnesses that the Akron was to have undergone a general overhauling April 7 to 18 Thomas L. Blakemore, the station's civilian aeronautical engineer, | said he “assumed” the reinforcing al- | tions had been ordered because of the structural damage suffered by the dirigible on its West Coast trip last year. Similar reinforcements already . prepared by Wes- ship, the Macon, he said. SAYS RIVETS HELD FAST. Lakehurst Recalls Akron | Controversy. ABOARD U. S. S. PORTLAND AT | SEA OFF NEW JERSEY COAST, April 13 (#).—Lieut. Comdr. James L. Fisher Officer at believes rivets, over which a con- troversy arose during the building of the Akron, held fast when the air- ship crashed. Fisher, who is mooring officer at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, examined wreckage in which the disputed rivets are believed to have been used. He said the rivets looked as good as ever and that it seemed evident the crash was not due to any breakage in that direction. 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