Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1934, Page 73

MASONIC LODGE ELECTS OFFICERS Brinkley Is Master of Sem- per Paratus Group. Others Named. Meetings This Week. BLUE LODGES. Monday—Potomac, M. M. French, business; Anacostia, F. C.; Pentalpha, business; Mount Pleasant, F. C.; Pike, business. Tuesday—National, E. A.; Ar- minius, business; Parker, busi- ness; King David, business. Thursday—Naval, F. C.; Hi- ram, F. C.; Lafayette, busines: Singleton, business; Petworth, business; Congress, business; Semper Paratus, business. Friday—Columbia, M. M. Lebanon, E. A; Milan, business; Justice, business. Saturday—sSchool of Instruc- tion. ROYAL ARCH. Monday—Petworth, M. . M. , Tuesday—Lafayette, business; Hiram, business. Friday—School of Instruction. COMMANDERIES. Monday—Orient, business. ‘Tuesday—Brightwood, busi- ness. Wednesday—Potomac, Malta. Friday—Columbia, business. Carlin L. Brinkley was elected mas- ter of Semper Paratus Lodge of Ma- sons at the last meeting. Other officers are: Senior warden, Hugh L. Murrell; Jjunior warden, William A. Skeen; sec- retary, Dr. Clifton P. Clark; treasurer, Alfred T. Thorson: senior deacon, David K. McConville; junior deacon, Garland Sponburgh; senior steward, Everett E. Jackson; junior steward, Orrin R. Hammer; Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet, commandant of the Coast Guard, past master, trustee; Charles N. Hubbard and Fred Han- sen, on the Masonic Board of Relief; George N. Bailey, representative to the St. John's Mite Society. The officers were installed by Past Grand Master Harry G. Kimball. Past ‘Master William Homer Carroll pre- sented Admiral Hamlet with a past master’s jewel. The membership of the lodge is composed of civilian em- ployes of the Coast Guard. The lodge will confer the F. C. degree next Thursday evening. Junior Deacon Sponburgh will preside. Senior Steward Everett E. Jackson will de- liver the lecture. Dawson Lodge elected the follow- ing officers: David S. Davison, mas- ter; Luther R. Ray, senior warden; Ralph C. Boyd, junior warden; John A. Colborn, 26th term, secretray; Ed- ward E. Swan, 6th term, treasurer; Eugene Meads, master of ceremonies; Rev. Samuel H. Kornmann, chaplain; Herbert W. Smith, senior deacon; Clifford F. Johncox, junior deacon; Arthur B. Hansen, senior steward; William F. Lannan, tiler; John L. Apple, organist; Benjamin F. Lar- combe, trustee; Elmer Johnson, rep- resentative to board of managers, Masonic and Eastern Star Home; Arthur P. Butrick, representative to Masonic / Board of Relief; Eugene Meads, delegate to St. John's Mite Association; Clarence T. Lacy, repre- sentative to board of managers, Lodge Room No. 1. They were installed by Eugene Meads and Benjamin F. Larcombe. a past master’s jewel was presented to the retiring master, Eugene Meads, by Paul Anderson. William Gluken- hous presented the master, on behalf of the Fellow Craft Club, a gavel. La Fayette Lodge will meet Thurs- day at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Tem- ple for installation of officers. The following officers were elected in Petworth Lodge: Robert F. Alex- ander, master; Wade T. Brown, senior warden; Arthur W. Jett, junior war- den; John L. Allen, senior deacon; Otto S. Pranklin, junior deacon, past master; Herbert W. Ludwig, secre- tary, re-elected, past master; Charles C. Sharah, treasurer, re-elected; George R. Douglas, senior steward; ‘Thomas W. Woltz, junior steward; Carl W. Gardner, master of cere- monies, past master; John F, Troupe, tiler; Dwight F. Chase, organist; Al- len F. Cook. soloist. ‘They will be installed Thursday by Past Master Herbert W. Ludwig, as- sisted by Past Master Chester C. Hutchinson, ‘William R. Singleton Lodge elected officers as follows: Master, Edward B. Harry; senior warden, Robert E. Doleman:; junior warden, William H. Churchill; secretary, Carl E. Schoen- hals; treasurer, Frederick J. Heider; senior deacon, C. Wendel Shoemaker; Junior deacon, Vernal R. Brown; mar- shal, Warren W. Shoemaker; senior steward, Thomas McL. Davis; junior steward, Charles G. Webel chap- lain, William Curtis White; tiler, S Mace McMillan. The annual dinner, in honor of the retiring master, Edward M. Weeks, will be held December 20 at 4511 Wiscon- sin avenue at 6:30 p.m. Members and their Masonic friends are invited. Pentalpha Lodge has a Fellow's Craft Club rally tomorrow. A quartet will entertain; refreshments will be served and negotiations will be made for the Christmas party. All members are invited. Master Troy A. Nubson of King David Lodge announces installation of officers at Brookland Masonic Temple December 18. Charles E. Baldwin, past grand master of Masons of the District of Columbia, will be the in- stallation officer. Members of the Brookland chapter, O. E. 8., will serve refreshments. ‘The Ionic Club of Master Masons, composed of employes of the United States Treasury and General Account- ing Office, will meet at the Ambassa- dor Hotel Wednesday evening for elec- tion of officers. Members of the Ad- visory Board of Masonic Clubs of the District of Columbia, headed by the president, Samuel B. Reeder, will pay their visitation. “Justice night” will be observed by Justice Lodge. H. H. Clegg, assistant director of the Division of Investiga- tion of the Department of Justice, will discuss the activities of the Division of Investigation in the pursuit and ap- prehension of criminals and the use of fingerprints and ballistics. There will be present a'number of justices of the local courts, including justices of the District of Columbia. Supreme Court, the United States Court of Claims and the District of Columbia Police Court, the Assistant Secretary of the Department af the Interior; Leslie C. Garnett, United States at- torney for the District of Columbia, and his asistants, David A. Pine and Harry L. Underwood, and others; Maj. Ernest Brown, superintendent of po- lice, and a number of distinguished guests. Samuel Gompers Lodge elected offi- cers as follows: M. C. Rosendorf, master; Alfred A. Bennett, senior warden; Milton D. Korman, junior warden; Louis Rosenberg, secretary; Harry C. Racoosin, treasurer; Joseph Hurwitz, senior deacon; Jacob Sand- ler, junior deacon; Frank Paley, senior steward; Saul G. Litenburg, junior steward; Rabbi Solomon H. Metz, chaplain; Harold Applebee, master of ceremonies, and Joseph Lewis, tiler. Albert Pike Consistory, Scottish Rite, conferred the 32d degree last Tuesday. The Spring class will start January 15, the degrees being con- ferred each Tuesday night up to and including May 7. On January 8 a special cast from La Fayette Lodge will give to the Scottish Rite Masons of Washington at the Cathedral, 433 Third street, a presentation of Carl H. Claudy's Masonic play entitled “The Greatest of These.” Next Tuesday evening Mithras Lodge of Perfection will meet. Officers of Stansbury Lodge were in- stalled as follows: Milton V. Hanson, master; Robert B. Doing, senior warden; Charles Boswell, junior warden; Ralph Hebbard, secretary; Ed. McAleer, treasurer; Vernon Norr, senior deacon; H. M. Ahedd, junior deacon; J. A. Dellett, senior steward; W. E. Waddington, junior steward; Fred Kohler, tiler. Past Master Shee- lor is master of ceremonies. Past Master R. W. S. Bonnett pre- sented the past master's jewel to Ken- neth H. Sheelor. East Gate Lodge installed officers as follows: Paul A. Carson, master; George S. Dodge, senior warden; Al- fred J. Steffen, junior warden; Ray- mond W. Murphy, secretary; T. Homer Hall, treasurer; Past Master Arthur Carson, master of ceremonies; Paul C. Smith, senior deacon; Louis W. Plow- man, junior deacon; William W. Wal- ler, senior steward; John D. Garner, junior steward; Everett M. Pierce, chaplain, and Edward A. Krause, tiler. The retiring master, Edward H. Al- sop, was presented his jewel by Past Master David B. Perry. Past Master Arthur Carson, father of the new master, installed his son. The other officers were installed by the retiring master, Edward H. Alsop. Appointments made were as follows: Charles W. Reynolds and .Albert H. Englebrecht, representatives, Masonic Board of Relief; Dr. Allen E. Cowles, representative, Masonic and Eastern Star Home: Ralph H. Brauner, repre- | sentative, St. John's Mite Association; Samuel Drummond, librarian. At the last communication Past Master Kenneth P. Armstrong was elected to the Board of Trustees for a period of three years. Mizpah Chapter elected officers as follows: Caroline E. Pickel, matron; Milton B. Zeiler, patron; Sally Jack- son, associate matron; Earl H. Pickel, associate patron; Lottie Bamforth, secretary; Nora Fling, treasurer; Esther Balser, conductress; Mabel Harris, associate conductress; Jennie Darcey, representative to the Masonic and Eastern Star Home, and William Dowden, trustee. They will be in- stalled December 18, at which time a Christmas party will be held. Installation of officers of Joseph H. Milans Lodge Chapter will be Thurs- day evening in Northeast -Masonic Temple. Past Grand Matron Ger- trude B. Milans, installing officer; Associate Grand Matron, Grand Mar- shall and Grand Conductress Louise E. Kreglow, grand chaplain. The offi- cers are Priscilla W. Hoke, matron; Clarence E. French, patron; Vera Morris, associate matron; William L. Harris, associate patron; Esther V. Cross, secretary; Jennie W. Beane, treasurer; Rose Gentner, conductress; Lucy Hollidge, associate conductress; Nina C. Ford, chaplain; Lennice Sar- | tell, marshal; Lolla Harrison, organ- | Ist; Thelma Gross, Adah; Cecella ‘Hutchison, Ruth; Ethel Marton, Esther; Annie Drummond, Martha; Georgia M. Paulk, Electa; Susie Cud- more, warder; Milton O. Paulk, senti- nel. Representative to Masonic and Eastern Star Home, Louise E. Kreg- low, re-elected; Elizabeth Odekoven, trustee. The matron and patron en- tertained their officers Wednesday at Mrs. K's Toll House Tavern. Martha Chapter felicitated Past Grand Matron Flora Campbell on her recent re-election as right worthy grand treasurer of the General Grand Chapter. The officers elected to serve Martha Chapter are Bertha Johnson, matron; Charles Miller, patron; Betty Bolinger, associate matron; Rudolph Malth, as- sociate patron; Evelyn Hursh, secre- tary; Alice Heimer, treasurer; Isabelle Titlow, conductress; Ethel Towner, associate conductress; Anna Cawson, trustee: Jesse Hover, representative to the Masonic and Eastern Star Home. Installation will be held December 21. Ruth Chapter will have installation tomorrow evening of the following officers: Matron, Ruth Bonnette; pa- tron, Milton Hanson; associate ma- tron, Daisy Thour; associate patron, Ralph Bonnette; secretary, Ida Par- son; treasurer, Ella Reed; conductress, Grace Boswell; associate conductress, Edna Eisenhart; chaplain, Ruth Doing; marshal, Anna Anderson; or- ganist, Mae Kieny; Adah, Pearl Rich- ards; Ruth, Catherine Seal; Esther, Emily Smith; Martha, Adalaide *[Smith; Electa, Harriet Pollard; war- der, Shaw. The matron and patron entertained their officers and friends last evening at the Admiral. Members of Martha Chapter have been asked by Matron Pauline Fry to bring to the December 21 meeting their contributions of non-perishable foods that same may be sent to the | needy. Mount Pleasant Chapter elected the following officers: Edith Ann Hewlett, imatrun: Joseph Q. Edwards, patron; Hannah May Dorn, associate matron; Ellen H. Calvert, conductress; Jean 8. Allen, associate conductress; Rebecca A. Bowen, re-elected secretary; Mabel Harvey, treasurer; Mrs. Loulie Meline, representative to the Masonic and Eastern Star Home; Blanche Larner, trustee for three years. They will be installed December 21 at the Masonic Hall, Fourteenth and Kenyon streets. There will be a Christmas party. Nellie Tate; sentinel, Arthur Gavel Chapter will elect an associate patron, followed by installation of of- ficers December 18. ‘The Star Point Society will meet December 19, foliowed by a Christmas party at the home of Mrs. Alice Gol- laday, 903 Eleventh street northeast. Fidelity Chapter elected the follow- ing officers: May R. Johnston, ma- tron; Harry C. Manvell, patron; Flor- ence H. Berryman, associate matro: Karl T. Berryman, associate patron; Pearl Bellman, conductress; Dorothy Southgate, associate conductress; Em- ily Thompson, secretary; Ethaline E. Parker, treasurer; Aneca Johnston, past matron, Home Board representa- tive; Hugh Burgess, trustee. They will be installed December 20. Mrs. Cowles, past grand matron, will be the in- stalling officer and Mrs. Hanna Mon- roe will be grand marshal. ‘Temple Chapter elected officers as follows: Matron, Rose Loebl; patron, Jack Politz; associate matron, Ruth Armstrong; associate patron, Louis Prande; secretary, Alice Larrimore Schramm; treasurer, Louise Hoskin- son; conductress, Yeita Goldman; as- sociate conductress, Blanche Hoffman; trustee, Mirlam Lewis; chaplain, Kath- erine Davis; marshal, Sara Barr; or- ganist, Sylvia Kaplowits; Ada, Edith Freedman; Ruth, Beulah Hess; Esther, Hayden, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 16, 1934—PART FOUR. 1. Mental state. . Cinder. Track of a deer. Plenty. ‘Western State. . Cover with stone. Small shark. Alarm mechanism in a clock. . Most mature. . So be it. . Precisely, quite. Tamper. . Digit. . Frank. . Impregnates with air. Mien. Exclamation of regret. . Small mounds. . Coal product. . Units. . Ring sharply. . Cross wires. . Stiff. Alienate. . Deserved reward. . Concise. Rend. . Lucid. . Algonquin Indian. . By way of. . Kind of masonry. . Coral island. . Daggers. . Pennies. Cfeator of Sherlock Holmes. Allot. . Oriental country. . Secret procedure. Son of Agamemnon. . Suitable. Nothing. Joker. . Demonstrably true proposition. Insects, spinning webs. Scenic representation of a picture. Back. . Young eagle. . Allowance of provisions. 100. Persia. 101. Rich tapestry. 103. Loop. 104. Descendant. 105. That which is brought forth by analysis. Publicly exhibited placard. Imitate. Hotel. Fabulous dwgrfs. 111, Frosted. 113. Art of engraving. 117. Scheme. 118. More polished. 122. Spring forth. 106. 108. 109. 110. Rebecca Leavitt; Marths, Edna Feld- man; Electa, Clara Steiner; warder, Matilde Levy; sentinel, Past Patron H. Norwood, They will be installed at a special meeting December 22 at 8 p.m. Joppe Lodge Chapter elected officers as follows: Matron, Mrs. Julia Hart- ranft; patron, Clarence Parsley; asso- ciate matron, Mrs. Lillian E. Baker; associate patron, Harry Johnson; sec- retary, Past Matron Mrs. Bessle G. Jackson; treasurer, Past Matron Mrs. Ruth H. Eskridge; conductress, Mrs. Margaret McCurdy; associate con- ductress, Miss Margaret Hibble; rep- resenting board of directors, Eastern Star Home, Past Matron Mrs. Mil- dred D. Conway; trustee for three years, Past Matron Mrs, Elviria Magdeburger. They will be installed ‘Wednesday next. Mrs. Ethel D. Morris, matron, and Mr. Clarence M. Berrett, patron of Bethany Chapter, will entertain their officers, chairmen and several guests at a banquet and dance at the Wil- lard Hotel next Tuesday. Mrs. Lenna Berrett and Miss Arline Terwilliger completed plans for the Christmas party of the Booster Committee at the home of Mrs. Amelia Marshall Thursday. The Pollyanna party was held at the home of the matron with Mrs. Nora Quinn presiding. Esther Chapter elected officers as follows: Mrs. Emma Daniels, matron; Mr. Ralph Barnard, patron; Mrs. Leonor Reed, associate matron; Mr. Harry Burroughs, associate patiron; Mrs. Charlotte Pine, re-elected secre- tary; Mrs. Alice Bradley, re-elected treasurer; Mrs. Nell Ray, conductress; Mrs. Jean Jones, assoclate con- ductress. They will be installed De- cember 20. ‘The choir was entertained Decem-’ ber 4 at the home of Miss Flora Gib- son, assisted by Past Grand Matron Mrs. Bertha Hudson and Mrs. Mary Baldwin. The Dramatic Club met at the home of Mrs. Samuel Bready Decem- ber 10. The club will not meet again until after New Year. Matron Harriet Mears entertained her officers, committees and others at luncheon Thursday at the Willard Ho- tel. 5 — Chevy Chase Chapter will have in- stallation of officers December 18. The Officers’ Club met last Monday night in the home of Mrs. Robert Carroll. The Afternoon Card Club met in the home of Mrs. Eugene Hearst. The Junior Evening Card Club met Friday at the home of Mrs. E. Emerson Sny- der. Lebanon Chapter elected the follow- | Beahm; ing oficers: Emma Shamleffer, ma- tron; Wilbur Baughman, patron; Julia Haslett, associate matron; Harry te ; Lillle Mc- h patron; I Regulating deivces in electric cir- cuit. Maize. . Scrutinized. Shade tree. . Underground bud. . Heating compartment. . Sphere. . Small hounds. Ear's hammer. Western State, Son of Adam. Individual storing chest. Buries. Nothing but. . Otherwise, . Cleave. Suppose. . God of love. . For fear that. Elevated. Down. . Short cannon. . Black and yellow bird. . Reiterate. . Epoch. . Damage. . Authorized. . Intervals. Thin metal plates in an armor. . Assert. * . Pertaining to origin. . Solid constituent of fats. . Affection. . Musical drama. . Card combination. Gambler. Beverages. Boy. . Invest with authority. Decision of a judge. Come into view. Solution of Yesterday's Pusle. IAIRIEMGIRIAISS] IAJE ERI1 [E] Kenzie, secretary: Blanche Barg- hausen, treasurer; Ruth Hall, con- ductress; Marguerite Davis, assoclate conductress, and Cora Meyers, repre- sentative to the Eastern Star Home. Owing to Christmas the next meet- ing will be held December 29, when the officers will be installed. Lebanon Players met Monday eve- ning and planned a social evening for the near future. Loyalty Chapter will install the fol- lowing officers December 19: Matron, Mrs. Hazel 1. Spicer; patron, Gustav W. Erickson; associate matron, Mrs. Mildred Erickson; associate patron, Alvah R. Orcutt; secretary, Miss Ma- bel E. Wheelock, re-elected; treas- urer, Mrs. Florence O, Stokes; con- ductress, Mrs. Elizabeth B. D'Orsay; associate conductress, Miss Leona C. Whitt. Past Matron Blanche 8. Carnahan was elected representative to the Board of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home. ¢ Trinity Chapter elected the follow- ing officers: Annie Laura Price, ma tron; Archie Lewis, patron; Zelda Newman, associate matron; Charles Newma associate patron; Effle Mohler, secretary; Evelyn Strout, treasurer; Helen Chandler, conduc- tress; Eunice Eaton, associate conduc- tress; Ruby Franklin, representative to the Masonic and Eastern Star Home; James H. Reed and Lee Mohler, trus- tees. The installation will be December 20, with Minnie E. Keyes, right worthy grand secretary, as installing officer. Friendship Chapter elected the fol- lowing officers: M. Lela Sanford, matron; John J. Smith, patron; Audrey Derrick, associate matron; Thomas A. Butt, associate patron; Maybelle Boyce, conductress; Anna Bailey, associate conductress; Cora Yowell, secretary, and Ethel Warren, treasurer. Past Matron Nora Riley was re-elected as representative on the board of directors of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home, Past Patron Ed- ward N. Riley re-elected as trustee for three years. Matron Jeannette Thompson has called a special meeting at 7:30 p.m., December 21, for installation. The regular meeting scheduled to be held December 25 will be called off. St. John's Lodge Chapter will con- duct installation of officers tomorrow night. Mrs. Sayde White is matron and Dr. Hubert Roberts, patron. ‘There will be a special meeting of Miriam Chapter December 22 for in- stallation of officers, as follows: Ma- tron, Birdie Sisk; patron, Henry J. ; associate matron, Ella Mae Fearn; associate patron, Norman C. Tanner; conductress, Irma Moon Smith: associate conductress, Marie Linthicum; secretary, Eileen H. Dal- L . Critical trial. . More primitive, Past. Large gamefish. Line the roof of. . Noisy talk. . Deprive, strip. Invasion. . Singing birds. . Tight grip. . Tibetan priest. . Paragraph. . Speck. . Title of respect. . Consumed. . Hindu peasant. . Bitter mediginal plant. . Indites. . Genius of sleep. . Variety of granite. . Visitors. . Highest mountain in England. . Wigwam. . Outflow. . Conveyance. . Help. . Self. . Snare. . Brave and noble person . Organs of hearing. . Speech. . Slanting surface. . A Peruvian silver coin. . French dramatist. . Goad. Italian masquerade. . Acrid, starch-bearing herb. . Staff of office. . Emmets. Tibetan gazelle, . Electric particle. . Faction. Son of Seth. Repeat for practice. . Spherical. 112. Pashas. 114. Smashes. 115. Possessive pronoun. 116. Son of Abraham and Hagar. 117. Mast. 118. Concave molding. 119. Imbeciles. 120. Eye sockets. 121, Start again. 123. Firearm projectile. 124. Calls forth. 125. Venerate. 126. Trapped. 129. Restrain through fear. 131. Consecrate. 134. Narrow shelf in an embankment. 135. Tropical plant. 137. Capable. 138. Alkaline compound. 141. Rumanian monetary unit. 145. Greek letter. strom; treasurer, Helen Rowen; board of trustees, Joseph Simms; represent- ative to Eastern Star Home, Daisy Simms. The meeting of December 24 has been cancelled. Acacia Chapter elected the follow- ing officers: Mrs. Helen Lyles, ma- tron; George H. Landes, patron; Mrs. Marie K. Landes, associate matron; James E. Tuttle, associate patron; Mrs. May A. Watts, secretary; Mrs. Jose- phine Hamacher, treasurer; Mrs. Elsie Nordquist, conductress; Mrs. Bessie Gibson, associate conductress; Mrs. Mary Hand, representative to the Ma- sonic and Eastern Star Home. They will be installed December 18 by Mrs. Mary Teachum, grand lecturer. Matron Louise Heinzman and Pa- tron Myers Hand entertained the 1934 officers Tuesday with a banquet at Tilden Gardens. Bethlehem Chapter elected officers as follows: Marie C. Deal, matron; John Batson, patron; Myrtle L. Davis, associate matron; Willlam J. Horan, associate patron; Robertta E. Gravatt, conductress; Blanch T. Bowen, asso- ciate conductress; Jennie A. Moyer, secretary; Blanch Fry, treasurer; Ethel L. Nelson, representative on the board of directors for the Masonic and Eastern Star Home. Installation is December 19. Miss Lois Wells was elected matron of Cathedral Chapter Wednesday eve- ning. Other officers are: Patron, David A. Thompson; associate matron, Mrs. Izetta Kennon; associate patron, John D. Garner; secretary, re-elect- ed, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Cornish; treasurer, re-elected, Mrs. Martha R. Brandon; conductress, Mrs. Elinor S. Kozel; associate conductress, Mrs. Helen Musselman, and representative Masonic and Eastern Star Home Board, Mrs. Loanna P. Barnes. In- stallation will be December 26. Washington Centennial Chapter elected the following officers: Matron, Mrs. Helen Jost Brinley; patron, Ed- win T. Holland; associate matron, Mrs. Margaret Rowland; associate patron, Dallas McGehee; conductress, Mrs. Florence Lee; associate con- Bean; secretary, elected; trustee, Mrs. Caroline Col- lins. They will be installed Decem- ber The matron, Mrs. Margaret Bartz, and the patron, Otho Baker, will en- tertain their officers and chairmen at a dinner and bridge party next Wed- nesday at the Tilden Gardens. Electa Chapter elected officers as follows: Mrs. Mary A. Moody, matron; Walter G. Dyer, patron; Mrs. Nel- lie M. Murphy, associate matron; John' W. Lainhart, sssociate patron; { Opportunities in Radio Likened to Chances ' at Dice. BY PETER DIXON. OME months ago, in & some- what daft moment, I pounded out & piece for one of the ra- dio fan magazines about op- portunities in radio. The magazine liked the article— anyway, it was printed—and then my troubles started. The impression was created that I held the golden key and knew all the magic words for radio success. So some 321 folks who had decided to become radio stars wrote to me and all of them practically sajd, “My fate is in your hands; please arrange for an audi- tion immediately.” ‘There are opportunities in radio and if you know of a good crap game there are opportunities there, too. Radio, like any other branch of the amusement business, is just a gre: though more or less legitimate, gal bling game. There are actually hun dreds of potential stars, more talented and more entertaining than many of the people now on the air, who can't get past the audition stage. There are programs and program ideas that are as near perfect as human clever- ness can make them—but, for many reasons, they aren't available to lis- teners. And, at the same time, there are programs on the air today with no more excuse for existence than an indication of temporary insanity on the part of the sponsor. There is no rhyme nor reason for lots of things on the air and not always enough rhythm. One never knows when an unknown will become famous . . . and when one does one sometimes wonders why! The advantage of roulette or &au over radio is that no one says, “We'll take your name and address and let you know"—if you roll a seven, * * *x x OPE it is true that Bea Lillie starts a radio series from N. B. C. the night of January 4 . . . Also hope that by the time you read this there will be an official announce- ment that Ray Perkins will be mas- ter of ceremonies on & new amateur night program . . The Romberg- Phelps program will continue until the tulips bloom. Here's a hope that the tulips will have a late season o Roxy will take Vicki Chase and Herbert Kingsly along with him when he opens his stage show in Philadelphia . . . They had to close “Revenge With Music,” & hit musical show, because Capt. Henry Charles Winninger smashed an ankle and had to work on crutches. Itll re- open in another week. . . Some idea of the popularity of Buck Rogers may be gained by looking over the toy counters. There are more than a dozen different Buck Rogers toys and books on sale this season . When you hear the chatter of a radio spark gap or a telegraph clicker in a broadcast don't try to translate the dots and dashes because they don't mean anything. Against the rules to broadcast actual code mes- sages . An orchestra directed by Victor Arden—remember Ohman and Arden?—and with Gladys Baxter as soloist, will be featured in a C.B.S. series starting January 5. . . . * x k¥ B. S. will send a special program - to Sweden Tuesday. Among the prominent Scandinavians who will per- form will be Jerry Cooper, the Boswell Sisters, Frank Munn, Annette Han- shaw, Vivienne Segal, Emery Deutsch, Pat Kennedy, Oliver Smith and Alex- ander Semmler. There is a report that the Opera Guili—a radio success by the way—will do “Carmen” in January and probably some of the colorful Rus- sian operas. I'd like to hear “Sadko.” * ox x % HEN Irvin 8. Cobb returns late this month he’ll read several of the cocktail recipes from his cocktail recipe book in a special broadcast . . . Lenie Hayton has a new interest—a . cocker spaniel. Hayton has high am- bitions for the spaniel: when he can bark in rhythm to any tempo Hayton considers he’ll be ready for a radio debut . . . Sarita rebroadcasts her radio dance solos with Del Campo from the Hotel Roosevelt to stations in Latin America thrice weekly via short wave .+ . Bob Grant's opening at the Beach and Tennis Club in Miami has been set for December 24 . .. Paul Keast, after a fling in vaudeville, returns to the air via NBC . . . Reggie Childs celebrates his tenth year as a bands- man Saturday, December 29. * o ok % 'HE pert young Mitzi Green is to stay in New York for radio...Pat Padget and Pick Malone wrote their own script for the short they just completed for Paramount last week. . .Dwight Fiske has been dropped from the Intimate Revue program... Dot, Kay and Em and Ray Heatherton are singing with Jack Denny Orches- tra...The Mills Brothers broke their jump back to New York with a week in Pittsburgh...The tennis champion of Spokane in 1929. Bob Crosby, keeps fit by playing hand ball every day at the New York Athletic Club...Helen Ward has been signed by Benny Good- man as his torch singer on that three- hour “Let's Dance” program...Enric Madriguera’s latest dance composition, “The Merman,” pays tribute to Ethel Merman. . . At the instigation of some- body or other the Cincinnati orchestra leaders voted to pick the best of New York's orchestras. According to Cin- cinnati standards, Glenn Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra ranks first and Guy Lombardo second . . . B. A. Rolfe will contribute to the holiday gayety Christmas morning with an eye-opener broadcast from 7 to 8 o'clock. . .Johnny Green featured his own music throughout the new Paramount short he and_his Columbia Broadcasting System Band have just finished. In- cluded in it is a performance of his latest “What Now?” Mrs. Elsie S. Robinson, re-elected, sec- retary; Mrs. Ethel V. R. Scantlebury, re-elected, treasurer; Mrs. Alice L. Wolfe, conductress; Mrs. Ida Mae Selby, associate conductress; Mrs. Mary T. O'Brien, director, Board of Directors, Masonic and Eastern Star Home. They will be installed at a special meeting next Tuesday. On Wednesday evening the Endowment Committee meets at the home of Mrs. Florence K. Fowler; joint hostesses, Mrs. Mary Benhoff and Mrs. Minnie Arnold. On Saturday evening the matron, Mrs. Margaret Lainhart, and Patron John W. James entertained their officers at dinner at the Capitol Park Hotel and afterward the com- mittees and officers at cards. Mrs. Anna Nalley, matron of Areme Chapter, announces installation of officers next Wednesday. Congress Lodge Chapter will meet tomorrow. evening for installation of officers. Mrs. Katherine Merrit, past grand matron, will be the in- stalling officer. i F—7 Hopes for Model Airport In Washington Raised President, in Squelching Proposal of Mitchell, Indicates Interest in Development on Gravel]y Point. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. UT of the fiasco of the warmed-over East Potomac Park airport proposal sent to the White House during the past week by Assistant Secretary of Commerce Ewing Y. Mitchell is growing new hope for establishment of a model airport for Washington. President Roosevelt himseif squelched the Mitcheil plni E:omptly and thoroughly, but in doing so indicated his interest the develo] ent of an airport for Washington and that he has been favorably impressed with the Gravelly Point site across the river from Hains Point. At his press conference last Wednesday, the President, after dealing a death blow to the ill-advised Mitchell plan, porters of the Gravelly Point project their first real ave sup- opes for success during their seven years of activity in behalf of that project. ‘The President gave the impression that he personally favors the Grav- elly Point site, but feels that the sub- ject needs more study than has been given it to date. From his present knowledge of the matter, he indicated, the Gravelly Point site appears to him to be the best of those which Lave been suggested. Immediately after expressing his views on the local airport situation, the President conferred with Public Works Administrator Ickes on the matter. As a result of this conference it was indicated a study will be made with a view to allocation of public works funds for the development of Gravelly Point “if everything appears satisfactory.” Secretary Ickes, who was one of the first to come out in opposition to the Mitchell plan, was quoted as saying “from what study I have made of the Gravelly Point proposition, I am in favor of it.” With the President and the public works administrator known to be in- terested in the Gravelly Point project and Army engineers ready to start the filling of the proposed airport area as a part of their routine channel dredging operations, advocates of the Gravelly Point airport plan feel they have reason for anticipating success- ful conclusion of their long campaign. Army Airmail Reviewed. ‘The unexpected revelation that Army Air Corps airmail pilots during ihe final period of their emergency air- mail operations last Spring had a bet- ter performance record than the com- mercial airmail pilots during the last month of their service prior to cancel- lation of their contracts is a feature of the final summary of the emer- gency period ‘made this week by the | Post Office Department. During the three months of their emergency operations, the Army mail pilots, going in without preparation or experience in scheduled airline operations and without proper equip- ment, in the face of the worst weather in years, increased in efficiency until at the close of the period they were flying with 100 per cent efficiency on some of the principal routes of the country. During the period of May opera- tions prior to restoration of service to private companies, Army mail pilots turned in perfect performance records on the Salt Lake City-San Diego and Salt Lake City-Seattle routes over the Continental Divide and the heaviest mountain country in the West and on the Cheyenne-Den- yer route. A 9562 per cent record of per- formance was achieved by the Army fiyers operating on the Chicago-San Francisco section of the transconti- nental route. For the Nation as a whole, the Army pilots had & May record of 92.97 per cent of all sched- uled service actually flown. During the last month of service before the Army took over the airmail service, this week's report shows, the Nation's commercial air transport companies flew only 89.01 per cent of their scheduled mileage. Although handicapped by orders forbidding them to fly in thick weather without commercial airline navigation equip- ment in their planes, Army pilots for the entire month of April flew 85.54 per cent of their scheduled mileage. The statistical summary released by the Post Office Department shows that the Army Airmeil Service for a period of approximately three months, from February 19 to the middle of May, cost the United States $2,249.- 004. This figure, however, still is subject to minor readjustment pend- ing final settlement of outstanding claims, it was reported. Civil airmail operations for several years prior to cancellation averaged roughly around $16,000,000 a year, or $4,000,000 for each three months. New High-Speed Service. Travel time between Washington and Detroit will be reduced to three and one-half hours and Pittsburgh will be 75 minutes from Washington following the inauguration by Pennsyl- vania Airlines within a few days of service with 180-mile-per-hour Boeing transport planes. ‘The new planes will provide the fastest travel schedules in history to many Great Lakes and Northwestern points. Connections which the planes will make possible at Pittsburgh, Cleve- land and Detroit will complete the high-speed air transport system in the eastern half of the country in so far as major routes are concerned, it was claimed. Pennsylvania Airlines will operate the new planes on a route connecting with four of the major airlines of the national system, materially improving service in all directions, it was said. The planes to be used are of the type in which Col. Roscoe C. Turner and Clyde Pangborn finished third in the London-Melbourne race in October. Big Air Meet Planned. ‘With more than 130 Army Air Corps airplanes of three types participating, in addition to Navy and Marine Corps planes and civil aircraft from all parts of the United States, the seventh an- nual all-American air races, to be held in Miami January 10-12, promise to be the most elaborate of the series of mid-Winter classics. Thne service planes, which are to be in Florida at the time in conrfection with official gunnery and training pro- grams of the squadrons, will engage in tactical demonstrations, but will not enter into any of the competitive fly- ing features of the meet. Their ap- pearance will be of importance as the first large-scale public demonstration of several of the new type combat airplanes developed during the past few years. During last year’s meet two world airplane records were established, one of which later was lost to France. The lost record, a 50-kilometer speed record for single - place passenger planes, had been credited to Lee Miles of Los Angeles, Calif. Miles next month will attempt to bring the title back again, using a new racing plane which he is to fly to Miami late this month or early in January for final grooming in advance of the meet. ‘The annual sportsman pilots’ race from New York to Miami for the Henry L. Doherty Trophy is to be held just prior to the meet, and several Washington amateur pilots are ex- pected to participate. Phoebe Omlie, observer for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, will act as assistant to P the chief judge during the meet, the first time a woman has held a con< test office in connection with the Miami races. Clarence M. Young, former Assistant Secretary of Com- merce for Aeronautics, will serve as chairman of the Contest Committee. Frank M. Hawks is to act as chief judge. Ray Cooper and William R. Enyart will go to Miami from the headquarters of the National Aero- nautic Association here to participate as race officials. Attack Mission Flown. A simulated attack mission to de- stroy the railroad bridge over the Patuxent River about one and one- half miles southwest of Bristol, Md., was flown last Sunday from Bolling Field as a part of the training sched- ule of the 409th Attack Squadrom, Army Air Corps Reserve. A three-plane attack formation was led on this mission by Lieut. A. Mc- Lean, with Lieut. C. W. Reineke and Capt. B. H. Merchant, squadron op= erations offi¢er, flying as wing men. Maj. R. E. Whitehead, commanding officer of the squadron, observed the attack as umpire, and was accom- panied by Capt. Milton Jakosky, who kept a photographic record of the mission. Following the completion of the at- tack mission the four planes landed at the Glenn L. Martin Airport, near Baltimore, and the local officers in- spected the new transoceanic trans- port plane now being completed there for Pan-Amgerican Airways. During the return flight to Wash- ington simulated attacks were made on a number of ground objects from low altitude as training in the proper approach and other technical phases of attack missions which would be assigned to the local reserve squadron in case of active service. The usual schedule of night fly~ ing was suspended last Tuesday eve- ning so that officers of the squadron might attend a meeting of all local Air Corps Reserve officers in the of- fice of the chief of the Air Corps. Lieut. C. W. Reineke, by recent squadron order, has been desiznated assistant operations officer of the squadron. When the first air express ship- ment was made in 1914 the package arrived before the telegram announc- ing the shipment, according to rece ords unearthed by Pennsylvania Air- lines in its quest for the first cash air passenger on a regular airline. The first express shipment of rec- ord was made on January 12, 1914, according to the records furnished the airline. It was carried on an airline operated by Pilot Tony Janus and P. E. Fansler between Tampa and St. Petersburg, Fla.,, and consisted of a “rush” order of hams and bacon sent from Tampa to L. C. Hefner, a grocer in St. Petersburg. The wire announcing the shipment arrived at 12:05 p.m., but Janus end his flying boat had already brought home the bacon at 11:25. When the first bona fide cash air- line passenger in the United States is located and certified as the first by Federal officials on the basis of all available records, he will be given a tour of the air transportation system of the country, winding up in Wash- ington, where honor will be pald him for his progressive spirit. NATIONS TO BE LINKED International broacasts over Na- tional Broadcasting Co. networks will link America with almost every other country in the world in enjoyment of the Christmas spirit. This great contribution of radio to the promotion of international good will and understanding has been ar- ranged as part of the elaborate N. B, C. holiday line-up of Yuletide music, drama and greetings which will eircle the globe, bringing together on equal footing the King of England, a native African chief, and simple peasants in a valley of the Balkans. Shawn Dancers Coming. VWHEN Shawn and his men dancers appear at the National Theater Friday afternoon, January 18, his new program will include works by John Powell and Eastwood Lane, as well as compositions by such noted foreign writers as the late Satie, Prokofleff and Stcherbatcheff. The popular Virginia composer has written a “Pio- neers’ Dance” which is presented by the entire ensemble. Mr. Lane's con- tribution is a colorful “Mule Team Drivers’ Dance.” In addition to the more sophisti cated European selections, play motifs, folk themes, and primitive rhythms build up a varied program to a final group of illustrations of dancing as an art form. , Ted Shawn has been well known for & number of years as a foremost dance artist and also as joint director with Ruth St. Deuls of the Denishawn Dancers. Now, however, Mr. Shawn offers a program that is unique. In the first appearance of this group composed only of men dancers here last year critics and audience alike were won with their virile, clever dance characterizations and intere pretations, both in solos and groups. Lnrge Chorus for ‘Messiah.' HOWARD SEVERE, president of the Washington Oratorio Society, an- nounces that more than 175 people will appear on the stage of Central High School a week from today in that organization's second annual presentation of Handel's “Messiah.™ The performance will begin at 4 p.m. It is sponsored by the Community Center Department, the National Li- brary for the Blind and a group of leading Washington churches. The Washington Oratorio Society is only about 18 months old, yet under the capable leadership of George F. Kortzenborn the large chorus has in- creased half again its original size, The soloists are: Florence Sindell, soprano; Wilfred Smith, temor; C. Ridgeway Taylor, baritone. An artist, new to Washington, making her public debut at this time, is the contralto, Elsie Sutter Radle, formerly a well known soloist of Pittsburgh, Pa., who now makes her home here. She is contralto soloist at the Emory M. E. Church. The orchestration for “The Mes- siah” will be played by & 30-piece or- chestra, z