Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1935, Page 13

A. B.HINDS NAMED) OFFICIAL OF CHEST Northeast Boys’ Club Head 6 Years New Assistant Director. A. Boyd Hinds, for the past six years director of the Northeast Boys' Club, has been appointed assistant director of the Community Chest. Announcement of Mr. Hinds’ appoint- ment and acceptance wWas made yes- terday by Herbert L. Willett, jr., di- rector of the Chest. Otto Nielson, Who has been assistant to Mr. Hinds at the Northeast Boys' Club, succeeds him as director. Mr. Hinds was born in England, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. B. Hinds. His father was a civilian em- ploye of the Navy-Army-Air Force Institute, but abandoned this posi- tion to enlist in the British army during the World War. His new du- ties took him, with his family, to France, where the elder Hinds was stationed at Brest, supplying the American forces with boots and food. Young Hinds went to school in France. Went to School in Germany. After the war Mr. Hinds moved to Btrasburg, in Alsace-Lorraine, and went into busness, but decided to leave there and go to Coblentz, where he served as a civilian employe in the Quartermaster Corps of the American Army. The son attended high school in Germany, but made friends with a number of Americans, which led him | later to seek his fortune in the United States. Coming to Washington in 1925, he became interested in Scout work and after obtaining a position with the Southern Railway continued his work | with the Scouts and with Toc-H. In the latter work he met Coleman Jen- nings, and when Mr. Hinds returned from England in 1928, where he had gone as representative of the Toc-H, Mr. Jennings suggested that he take charge of the Northeast Boys' Club, then known as Noel House. Club Making Progress. Under Mr. Hinds' direction the Northeast Boys' Club has ‘made steady | progress and has shown increasingly good results each year. In the mean- time he had obtained naturalization papers, took a special course at Mc- Kinley Technical High School and obtained an A. B. degree at George | ‘Washington University. The new assistant director of the Chest presented his resignation as di- rector of the Northeast Boys' Club at a meeting of the board of that or- ganization yesterday and it was re- luctantly accepted. The board imme- diately chose Mr. Nielsen as acting director for a period of six months with the understanding that the ap- pointment be made permanent if he makes good. Mr. Nielsep shas been with the club for mare n_three years, his last position bei § that of athletic director. NIGHT PLANE SERVICE TO MIAMI ANNOUNCED Rickenbacker Reveals Program With 614-Hour Schedule to Florida. New night and day, six and one- half hour schedules between Wash- ington and Miami were announced yesterday by E. V. Rickenbacker, new- 1y appointed general manager of East- ern Airlines. The new schedules become effective today. They call for departure from New York southbound at 9:40 am. and pm. and from Washington at 11:15 am. and pm. South of Wash- ington the day plane will stop at Raleigh, Savannah and Jacksonville, arriving in Miami at 6:30 pm. The night plane will stop only at Charles- ton and Savannah, arriving in Miami at 6 am. Northbound, the planes will leave Miami at 10 am. and 8:30 p.m., ar- riving here at 6:20 p.m. and 5:20 am. Both day and night schedules from New York and Washington will con- nect at Miami with Pan-American planes to Havana, Nassau, the West Indles and Central and South America. L e TUCKER RESIGNS POST ON U. S. PAROLE BOARD ‘Will Resume Practice of Law in North Carolina—Soon to Name Successor. Irvin B. Tucker, member of the Federal Parole Board, has resigned to resume the practice of law in North Carolina, it was announced yesterday by Attorney General Cum- mings. A successor to Tucker will be ap- poxigted within & few days, Cummings said. In a statement accepting Tucker's | resignation, the attorney general said the Parole Board member “has been | anxious to resume the practice of law in his home State, but has remained in his important post at the earnest Tequest of the Attorney General.” “During Mr. Tucker’s incumbency on the board,” Cummings stated, “it has been remarkably free from criti- cism, and the Attorney General has formally expressed to him the thanks and appreciation of the Government for the splendid service he has ren- dered during the last five years.” SARGENT WATER COLORS ON EXHIBIT AT LIBRARY Washington Scenes Are Among Paintings Being Displayed During January. ‘Water colors by Richard Sargent are being shown by the Art Division of the Public Library during January, Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian, announced yesterday. They are on exhibition in the second floor lobby of the central building, at Eighth and K streets. Mr. Sargent is at present residing in Washington and a majority of the pictures being shown are of Washing- ton scénes—the children playing in Dupont Circle; Flag day at the Cap- itol; a Victorian house; a Georgetown house; the Folger Library, and the Dupont Circle fountain. Mr. Sargent is largely self-taught in the handling of water color, but has studied both at the Corcoran School of Art and Studio House. He uses masses of dark color with skill and conveys atmosphere and form by color rather than line. Relief Society to Meet. ‘The Southern Relief Soclety will meet at 11 am. Tuesday at 273% Adams Mill road, with Mrs. Piercs Horne, president of the group, pre- siding. The public is invited. WASHINGTON, D. C. JANUARY B, 1935—PART_ ONE. High-Speed Airliner VDemonstrated Nearly 300 Federal and local aviation civic and business leaders have been taken on demonstration flights from Washington Airport during the past days in this new 180-mile-per-hour Boeing transport, the first of a fleet of similar planes to be put into service January 8 by Pennsylvania Airlines between Washington and Detroit. at Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Detroit with planes of the country’s major airlines. The new schedules call for 3%-hour service between the two citles. Connections will be made —Star Staff Photo. — Appointed A. BOYD HINDS. Photographic Group to Meet. The Washington Photographic So- ciety will meet Tuesday at 917 Twen- ty-third street, when Davis, head of the Photography Division of the Bureau of Standards, will speak on “Developing.” Competing works for exhibits to be held at the January 22 meeting are to be displayed at this meeting. VETERANS TO HEAR OF WAR PROFITS Senator Nye Will Speak Before Victory Post of Amer- ican Legion. A complete description of the “war- profits racket” is to be given Victory Post of the American Legion at its meeting Wednesday night in Odd Fellows' Temple by Senator Gerald P. Nye, chairman of the Senate Mu- nitions Investigating Committee. This post, together with the District of Columbia Department Executive Committee, has passed & resolution asking the continuation of the in- vestigation. Recommendations for the support of the post's delegation to the consti- tutional convention, March 15 and 16, will be made by the Constitutional Convention Committee, headed by Rice W. Means, chairman. The fol- lowing three changes in the depart- ment constitytion will be recom- | mended: “Curbing of the royal family of kingmakers, by abolishing the elec- toral college of national executive | | committeemen, by causing the Dis-| trict of Columbia to take the lead in | having its department commander act | | as national committeeman. | “Defranchising past department commanders at conventions. 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