Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1935, Page 4

T S TRE TRNDAD SEGTON ASKSPLAYGROUND Committee Will Wait on Pianning Commission With Data. Immediate action in the location and development of a suitable site for @ playground was urged last night at & joint meeting of the Trinidad Citi- rens’ Association, the Parent-Teacher Association of Wheatley School and other citizens' groups. The meet- ing was held in the Wheatley School, at Montello avenue and Neal street northeast. Ten persons spoke on the means possibility and necessity of a play- 14 Months’ Travel, $2,000 Capital Youth, on Tour of World, Has Some of His Stake Left. BY JOHN TATE, Spectal Dispatch to The Star. EWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Eng- land, April 23 (By Mail).— Harrison H. D. Walker, 24, of 2016 R street, Washington, a graduate of Princeton Uni- versity, is now in Britain after having traveled constantly for the last 14 months, ‘Walker began his trip from Wash- ington March 1, 1934, with about $2,000, has almost circled the globe and is not “broke” yet, “I am seeing as much of the world as I can before I'm broke,” he told me here, “so I'm doing it as cheaply as possible. So far it has cost me about as much as a year at Prince- | ton.” ground in this area. The first, Marjorie Simon, case su- | pervisor of the Northeast Emergency Relief Society, who said the high rentals forced the crowding of many families intop small homes and the | children were forced into the street | to play. She pledged the society's help. Florence M. Mortimer, principal of From Washington Walker drove to Florida, then to New Orleans, and across Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California to San Francisco. He gold his car and took a Dollar liner | to Honolulu. He spent one week in Hawali, left for Yokohama, and from | there immediately went to Toklo. Spent Six Weeks in Japan. Wheatley School, said the small play- ground there was not suitable for boys of 10 and over. | Some Areas Too Far Away. | The chairman of the Fathers’ Coun- | cil, Harry E. Shilling, brought out the fact that the Brentwood Park and Rosedale Playgrounds were too far | chukuo, then from there to Peiping by | pombay, where he embarked for Alex- | eway for the children of the Trini- cad section. | Capt. Richard Mansfield of the ninth | precinct declared the Trinidad area | needs a playground more than any | other section of the city. The effects of playgrounds on the lives of boys on probation was discussed by F. B, Reynolds, probation officer of the Dis- trict, who asserted supervised play- grounds young boys. Dr. Hans Weiss, supervisor of Pro- | bation Juvenile Court: Miss Kehr of the Juvenile Protective Association and Miss Story of the Family Service Bureau also offered their co-operation. Child Census Urged. The final speaker of the evening, | Miss Sibyl Baker, director of play- grounds in the District, said that new developments brought forth new con- ditions and that the Park and Plan- ning Commission should be advised of the changes in the area. She advised the formation of a group to wait upon the commission. She further advo- cated ascertaining the population, the number of children who will be of playground age in five years, the number of delinquents in the area and the fatalities from playing in the street, and the laying of these data before the Park and Planning Com- mission. It was resolved to appoint a joint committee to go before the Park ana Planning Commission with this ma- terial and to ask for a piece of land for a playground. Those organizations represented at the meeting besides the Trinidad Citi- zens' Association and Parent-Teacher Association of Wheatley School were: Mothers’ Club of Holy Name Parochial School, Home Owners' Club, Fathers’ | Council, Safety Council and the Northeast Boys Club, SERVICE ARMY ORDERS. Ward, Maj. Moultrie, Qulrhr-] master Corps, from Fort Bragg, N. C., | to duty in office of the Quartermaster | General, here, upon expiration of present leave of absence. | Hume, Maj. Alan P., Air Corps Re- | serve, here, ordered to active duty at | Middletown, Pa., July 14. ’ Downey, Maj. Hugh C., Air Corps, | from Mitchel Field, Long Island, N. Y., | to Langley Field, Va., not later than | June 30. | Salisbury, Capt. Glenn C., Air Corps, | essigned to Langley Field, Va., upon | expiration of present leave of absence. The following chaplains are ap- pointed to meet in the office of the Chief of Chaplains, here, to select candidates for appointment as chap- lains: Rupp, Paul B, Fort Howard, Md. Diebert, Ralph C., Fort Myer, Va. Rogers, Ralph W. Langley Field, Va Underwood, First Lieut. Warren N., Corps of Engineers, from Fort Belvoir, Va, to Princeton, N. J, about Au- gust 26. | Gough, First Lieut. Edward A, | Bignal Corps Reserve, ordered to ac- | tive duty, here, June 17. | The following named first lieuten- | ants of the Medical Corps relieved | from station indicated and assigned to | Army Medical Center, here, via trans- | port leaving San Francisco about | July 2: | Bracher, Allen N., Fort Lewis, Wash. Currie, Ray E., Fort George Wright, Wash. Movwrey, Fred H., Fort MacArthur, Calif. Richmond, Allen M., Vancouver Barracks, Wash. Roe, William W., jr, Fort MacAr- thur, Calif. | Spaulding, Willlam L., Vancouver | Barracks, Wash. Stevenson, Ralph T. March Field, Calif. | Spellman, Charles E., Fort Lewis, Wash. | Tobin, James L., San Francisco, Calif. | White, Clarence H., Presidio of | Monterey, Calif. Snell, Pirst Lieut. Lewis E., Field Artillery, assigned to duty at Balti- more, Md., upon arrival in the United | States. | Thompson, First Lieut. Merie R., Coast Artillery Corps, from Fort Monroe, Va., to the Panama Canal | Department, about August 27. NAVY ORDERS. Bureau of Navigation. Eldridge, Lieut. Donald R., detached U. 8. 8. Ranger; continue treatment Norfolk Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va. On discharge treatment, to home, relieved all active duty. MARINE CORPS ORDERS. Bartlett, Lieut. Col. Harry G., re- tired as of September 1, 1935. Hamner, Maj. George C. about June 15, detached M. B. Quantico, Va, to M. B, N. A. D, Hingham, | Mass. Rogers, Maj. Willlam W., orders to M. B, Quantico, Va., dated March 20, modified; on completion of course at Army Industrial College, to duty on staft of that school. Silverthorn, Maj. Merwin H., about August 1, detached from duty as inspector-instructor, 8th and 9th ‘Battalions, F. M. C. R, Chicago, II., to M. B., Quantico, Va. Authorized to deldy in reporting M. B, Quantico, until August 31. Wynn, Maj. Charles A., about July 10, detached M. B, N. A. 8., Pensa- cdla, Fla, to headquarters, Marine Corps, Washington, D. C. -Stack, Capt. Prederick E. about June 24, detached F. M. F, M. B, gxnmmwu.fl.o.rc.g. He spent six weeks in Japan, visit- ing Nikko, Kobe, Beppu 1 Japan), Shimonoseki, and various smaller towns. Fusan, Korea, and then to Keijo, capital of Korea, where he spent two days. ‘The next stop was Mukden, Man- train, He did his touring in Japan by | bicycle. Buying a bike in Japan is no mean task for a tall American. “I tried a number of bicycie fac- tories in Tokio, but couldn't get a bike big enough for me. I eventually got to an export firm, the Miyata ‘Works. I met the mauager theie, and he asked me all about myseif and are a vital necessity for what I was doing. Then he iold me | to pick out whatever bicycle I wanted Then he insisted cn making i a gift to me.” 2 No‘ all his experiences in Japan were s0 pleasant. The Japanesé police stopped him in every town big erough to have police, and held him until they were satisfied that he was not engaged in espionage. In Ogaki he was arrested and held for an hour and a half. Between Mukden and Peiping Wal- ker ran out of morey becauss he could find no bank or organization to honor his travelers’ checks. He managed to get to Peiping, however, without too great privation, Meets Friend in Peiping. In Peiping he had the curious ex- perience of running unexpected.y into his roommate from Princeton, Rem- sen Brinckerhoff of Englewood, N. J., | now a law student at Columbia: Uni- versity. Walker was coming througn the |lobby of the Wagon-lits Hotel and ORDERS Georgia School of sTechnology, At- lanta, Ga. Authorized to delay in reporting until August 1. Fellers, Capt. Willlam S, about August 1, detached N. R. 0. T. C. U, Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, Ga., to M. B, Quantico, Va. Au- thorized to delay in reporting at M. B., Quantico, Va., until August 31. Kemon, Capt. Solon C., A. Q. M, on June 22 detached headquarters, Marine Corps, Washington, D. C., to M. B, American Legation, Peiping, China, via 8. 8. President Harrison, sailing from San Francisco, Calif., on July 1. Authorized to delay en route San Francisco until July 18. Cushman, Capt. Thomas J., on or about July 15, detached Bureau of Ae- ronautics, Navy Department, Washing- ton, D. C, to Air Corps Tactical School, Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala. Authorized to delay reporting at_that school until August 26. McKittrick, Capt. William L., about July 10 detached Aircraft 1, F. M. F., M. B, Quantico, Va., to Air Corps Tactical School, Maxwell Field, Mont- gomery, Ala. Authorized to delay re- porting at that school until August 26. Uhlinger, Q. M. Clerk Percy H., ap- pointed a quartermaster clerk (A. & I. Dept.), and assigned to duty at M. B., Quantico, Va. Gardener, Lieut. Col. Frederick A., retired as of August 1. Van Hoose, Maj. George W., retired as of August 1. Cunningham, Maj. Afred A., re- tired as of August 1. Richards, Maj. William P., on or about July 1, detached M. B., Quan- tico, Va, to staff of Basic School, M. B, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. Hardy, Maj. Herbert, on June 12 detached M. C. Schools, M. B., Quan- tico, Va., to M. C. B, N. O. B, San Diego, Calif. Cowley, Capt. Paul R., on June 15 detached headquarters, Marine Corps, Washington, D. C, to M. B, Navy Yard, Washington, D. C. Kendrick, Capt. Thomas E., retired as of August 1. Gardner, Pirst Lieut. Albert L., re- tired as of August 1. Stuart, Lieut. Walter J., on or about July 1, detached F. M. F, M. B, Quantico, Va., to staff of Basic School, M. B, Navy Yard, Philadel- | phia, Pa. Claude, First Lieut. David K., on | or about July 1, detached M. B, Quantico, Va., to staff of Basic School, M. B, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. Sabater, First Lieut. Jaime, orders to M. B, Quantico, Va., modified, on arrival U. 8., assigned to duty on staff of Basic School, M. B, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. Hill, Pirst Lieut. Robert E. des tached M. B, N. P. F, Indian Head, Md, to P. M. F, M. B, Quantico, Va. Popp, Second Lieut. Charles, re- tired as of July 1. Bissett, Q. M. Clerk Ollie, on or about June 15, detached F. M. F. M. B., Quantico, Va., to Depot of Sup. plies, N. O. B., Norfolk, Va. Shoemaker, Q. M. Clerk Louie F., on July I, relieved from duty M. B, Quantico, Va., and assigned F. M. F., M. B, Quantico, Va. e GROUP PLANS OUTING Southeast Citizens Will Spend Tomorrow at Beach. Members of the Southeast Citizens’ Association will bold an outing to- moriow at California Beach, Md., where they will be guests at the Sum- mer home of ‘Mrs. Morgan Otterback, asscciation treasurer. ‘The members will leave at 8:30 a.m. from Eleventh street and Pernsyl- vania avenue soutlgeast. (Southern | A boat took him to | THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 15 1935. was suddenly conironted by Brincker- hoff, who had diopped in to vse the telephorie, They nad not ssen each other'for about twn years, and neither had any idea the other was in China, They traveled together for two weeks, and then Brinckerhoff returned to America via Siberia. Walker returved to Japan with Brinckerhoff, ani then went on to Shaughai alone. Hongkong was next and then Manila for a week in the Philippines. Thence he took 2 boat for the Dutch East Indies, stooved at Makasser in the Celebes, and disem- barked at Bali. After 10 days cycling in Bali. boarded & native sailboat for Java, | spending & monta cycling there, and | “hen sailed from Balavia to Singa- | pore, where he stayed a week. | India Holds Him a Month, Rangoon, Burma, tempted the young wanderer, and then Calcutta, where | | he disembarked for & month's stay in | India. He visited Darjeeling, Banares, Agra, Delhi, Jaipur, Udapuir and | andria, Egypt. He gave Egypt two | weeks and left Cairo for Jerusalem. | | He studied Jerusalem for five days, | motored to Damascus, Syria, and then motored by way of Baalbek to Beiruit. | Then he went by boat to Piraeus, Greece, stopping en route at Cyprus, | Rhodes and Constantinople (Istan- bul). | Walker remained in Greece from |1ate in November, 1934, to the end of | January, 1935, leaving not long before the revolution broke out. He visited every city in the country of any =ize or historical importance, | He also climbed Mount Olympus, al- | though his guide gave out some dis- tance from the summit and refused to continue the ascent. Walker pushed on without him and got to the top. Sleeps in Hat Rack, Crete called him, and he spent 10 | days hiking around the island. He returned to Greece, and journeyed to | England via Brindesi, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, Paris, Boulogne and Foik- stone. He slept in & hat rack from Marseilles to Paris, French trains be- | ing like that, He arrived in England Februery 1 | and spent six weeks in London. He met, American friends from Philadel- phia in London and took & motor tr.p | with them through Southern and Southwestern England as far as Land's End. | Returning to London, he cycled | from there north to Newcastle via | Cambridge, Thetford, Ely, Peterboro, Lincoln, Hull, York and Durham. | | To Visit Scandanavia. | He left Newcastle on April 21 for the English Lake District, the Scottish Highlands and Ireland. His achedule | |called for a return to Newcastle on | | May 18 to take a boat for Oslo, Nor- | way, Remsem Brinckerhoff having | promised to meet him in Oslo early {in June to do the Scandanavian | peninsula, | After visiting Finland and as much | of Russia as possible, Walker expects to do Germany, France, and possibly | Belgium and Holland. He expects to | | be “broke” in the Fall, and will come | home then. “The purpose of the trip is educa- |tion,” he said. “I just want to find |cut what it's all about.” :BROOK NGS INSTITUTION AWARDS FELLOWSHIPS | | 13 Recipients of Awards for Ad-| vanced Research in Social Sci- ence to Pursue Work. Thirteen fellowships for advanced | | research in the field of social sciences | for the academic year 1935-36 have | | been awarded by the Brookings Insti- | | tution, several of them being given in | co-operation with leading universities. | Recipients of the awards will be in | residence at the institution under the guidance of the staff, it was an- | nounced. Several of the projects se- | lected for next year are concerned with governmental activity, including mone- | tary legislation, public works, tariffs | and foreign trade. WITH TOMORROW’S | | Th re's good reading for the i in Sunday's G. B. Stern, Harry Oscar Graeve and L don Barnard. 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