Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1935, Page 5

ARMY PROMOTION MEASURE T0 PASS Success in House Next Week Seen for Bill Fa- . vored by President. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. The bill to promote the efficiency and morale of the Army, correcting glaring injustices in the promotion system and in comparison with the Navy and Marine Corps, and provid- ing appropriate rank for mobilization requirements, is expected to pass the House next week. It has already been passed by the Senate and reported favorably, in identical language, by the House Military Affairs Committee. This measure was proposed by Sec- retary Dern of the War Department, who emphasized that “promotion in the Army has reached a stagnation, which, if permitted to continue, will have an exceedingly bad effect on the morale of the commissioned personnel and upon the efficiency of the service.” Congress has recognized this situation for at least 10 years and has con- sidered various relief bills. President Roosevelt personally studied the-details of this bill and had conferences on it with War Depart- ment officials. He gave it his ap- proval, saying that “it appears de- sirable from every viewpoint.” Both Senate and House Military Affairs Committees held extensive hearings on the bill, with Senator Coolidge of Massachusets and Repre- sentative Hill of Alabama making re- ports to their respective chambers that it should pass. The only known oppo- sition is by Representative Hoeppel of California, editor of a monthly paper for enlisted men, who “served in the Army 20 years as an enlisted man and 20 months as an officer.” To Speed Promotions. Explaining the bill, Secretary Dern says: “It will accelerate the promo- tion of every officir beiow the grade of colonel. No incicese in general officers is provided. Many officers will reach the next higher grade eight years earlier than they would under existing law and thereby will be placed in positions of responsibility moce ap- propriate to their age and ability. No efficient officer witl be deprived of his | commission. No officer will Le ad- | vanced over his sanior except in the | appointment of colonels to the grade of general officer as ncw provided by | law.” Representative Hill, speakwg for | the House Committee, stresses the | fact that “it is imgerstive that the promotion stagnation in which the commissioned personnel of the Army finds itself, be relieved.” He points out that “thousands of officers, with fine World War records. have not ad- vanced in 15 years teyond the grades in which they were originally com- missioned in the Regular Army subse- quent to the war. Numerous iuajors and captains are in the age brackets of generals and co'onels. Many lieu- tenants have reached the ages of ma- jors and captains. From all studies made by the War Denartment, officers should reach the grades of colonel, | lieutenant colonel, major, captain and | first lieutenant upon completion of 26, 20, 15, 10 acd 3 years' service, respectively; in other words, at the respective ages cf 50 44, 39, 34 and | 27 years. Promotions Few. Explaining the jam that now blocks | orderly promotion, Senator Coolidge says: “Following the World War, the enlargement of the Regular Army made necessary the appointment of some 6,000 additional officers. These appointments were made from those emergency officers who had demon- strated their fitness by active war service, in most cases combat service at the front. Since being thus com- missioned, in 1920, very few of these officers have been promoted, most of them having served for 15 years in the same grade, and will so continue for years unless there is remedial action. This large group of officers, with service differing by not more than a year and a half, create a so- called ‘rump,’ with the result that with a normal annual attrition rate of commissioned personnel of 4 per cent, or approximately 400 per year, those at the top of the ‘hump’ are separated from those at the bottom by the equivalent of 15 years of serv- ice. All of those officers entering the service since July 1, 1920, are behind this ‘hump,’ with no prospect of early advancement.” Representative Hill, in pressing the bill in the House, calls attention that there are in the Army today 3,288 captains and 253 first lieutenants, 39 years of age and over, who under normal conditions should now be occupying the .grade of major; 1,103 majors, 1398 captains and 17 first lieutenants, 44 years of age and over, should now be lieutenant colonels, and 445 lieutenants colonels, 232 ma- Jors, 391 captains and 2 first lieuten~ ants, 50 years of age or more, should now be colonels. There are 813 sec- ond lieutenants, aged 27 and over, who should now be first lieutenants, and 1,541 first lieutenants and 5 sec- ond lieutenants, 34 years of age and above, who should now be captains. Many officers, largely captains and leutenants, have no hope whatever of. obtaining reasonably high rank before their retirement for age. WIFE DIRECTS APPEAL TO MISSING HUSBAND Thomas Joseph Farrell, 43, a Gov- ernment employe, still lives at 2510 Ontario road and his family is waiting there for him. Mrs. Irene F. Farrell, the wife, Btarted her own missing persons bu- reau when her husband failed to re- turn after Jeaving more than g month ago. Farrell, according tq a letter from Mrs. Farrell, left his honie &nd when he returned was told that the family had moved. This, Mrs. Farrell says, s not true. “We did not move and we are wait- ing anxiously and patiently for him to EDUGATORS SEEK “FREEDOM" STAND Resolution May Establish Views on Academic Procedures. By the Associated Press. DENVER, July 3—Reconciliation by resolution—a favorite convention cure —was sought behind bolted doors to- day by leaders of the National Edu- cational Association for sweeping de- mands for “academic freedom.” The Denver News said it had learned the first draft of one resolu- tion in committee recommends the ap- pointment of & committee of five to educate the public on the question and to investigate cases of asserted persecution. “It (such a resolution).” said Fred- erick L. Redefer, Washington, D. C., “ijs wholly inadequate to protect the principle of academic freedom. There is absolutely no provision for action.” Two Extreme Views. Agreement is reached only on the fact there are two extremes of thought. One school would teach only that which is accepted by society as fact. The other would present all sides of any controversial subject, regardless of its nature. In between there are a dozen shades of thought drawn with hair-line precision. President Henry Lester Smith urged fellow teachers to “exercise that free- | dom which produces initiative, stimu- lates imagination, attracts followers, yet stops short of disorganizing and disintegrating influences.” Dr. Wililam H. Kilpatrick of Co- lumbia fears academic freedom is threatened by a large “army of witch- burners” and urged uniting with “other groups” for protection of the ideal. Election of Officers Looms. Eager to dispose of the abstract arguments the delegates gave in- creasing attention to the election of officers, a choice, in the words of Dr. Willis A. Sutton, Atlanta, Ga., educa- tor, among “a Vermont violet, a Mas- sachusetts rose and an Iowa prairie flower.” The candidates are Anne C. Wood- ward, Somerville, Mass.; Agnes Sam- uelson, Des Moines, Towa, and Caroline Woodruff, Castleton, Vt. They have said they would be guided by convention action on the “academic freedom” question. Neither the final proposals of the Resolution Committee nor the election will be reached until tomorrow. The association concentrated on youth in quest of an answer on what to do about the 3,000,000 unemployed young people. Robert N. Bush, Greely, Colo., presi- dent of the Rocky Mountain region of the National Student Federation, told the general assembly that “youth now is at a tragic standstill, and security has been attempted for the older groups at the expense of the younger.” CHARLES NEWELL WINS YELLOWSTONE PRIZE D. C. Federal Worker Gets Tour to Convention for Member- ship Drive. An all-expense-paid trip to Yellow- stone National Park, where the con- vention of the National Federation of Federal Employes meets September 2, was the reward given Charles J. Newell of National Park Service Branch, Local Union No. 2, for win- ning the three-month membership campaign in obtaining some 200 new members. The drive was conducted by the District of Columbia Federa- tion of Federal Employes’ Unions. Results were announced last night at Sholl’s, Cafe. John W. Ginder, president of the local federation, made the presenta- tion, lauding Newell’s work. Prin- cipal speaker was Luther C. Steward, president of the national group, who emphasized the importance of the campaigns now being conducted over the country. The toastmistress was Miss Gertrude M. McNally, secretary- treasurer of the national organization. An entertainment program was pre- sented during the evening. Ranking second in the local cam- come back to us,” she adds. “Our youngest child, Nita, 7 years old, cries continually for ‘her daddy’,” the letter reads. Mrs. Farrell appealed to The Star with the belief that if the husband knew his family wanted him back he would return home. Signs With Metropolitan. NEW YORK, July 3 (4).—Marjorie Lawrence, Australian dramatic so- prano, has been engaged for the Met- ropolitan Opera for next season by Edward Johnson, general manager. &u Lawrence is singing at the Paris Ta. Busses to Aid “Y” Trips. By arrangement with the Y. M. C. A., the Washington Rapid Transit Co. will operate a special bus service to Camp Letts tomorrow and on Sundays throughout the Summer while the samp is open. ] 13 FLAGSHIP TO REMAIN Plans Changed Cruiser Augusta of Asiatic Fleet. “The 10,000-ton cruiser Augusta is to remain as flagship of the Asiatic Fleet instead of being replaced by the 7-000- ton cruiser Omaha, as originally in- tended. Secretary Swanson made this an- nouncement today following comple- tion of studies to determine the of making essential alterations to“the Omaha to fit her as & flagshp. The Omabha is to continue with Light Crui- ser Divislon 3. Some observers felt that by the orig- inal plan to replace the Augusta with a smaller ship Uncle Sam’s interest in the Orient would suffer loss of pres- for THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO Above: A group of young initiates and veterans lineu up for inspection during the “process” period at the Citizens' Military Training Camp at Fort Myer, which opened yesterday. Below: Lowell Bradford of 1436 Girard street shortly after he had been outfitted with a new pair of “clod hoppers.” Firing the Experts to Light a Ton of Powder in Display Tomorrow Night. BY DON BLOCH. EGINNING at 8:35 pm. to- morrow, the Fourth of July, one Victor Barnaba, Italian gentleman from New Jersey, | piece to the factory head for its ap- will with actual deliberation, set off to | proval or rejection as a permanent burn in the public square of Washing- | place in the company’s catalog of “set ton, the value of $1,000, in a total of 105 pieces—of fireworks! He will not be alone. There will be three actors in the sparks and flames melodrama, briefly entitled, A,” which the Washington’s Fourth tion. Each man in the cast is an accomplished and veteran thespian in pyrotechnics, each a star in his own right. For the story of a mammoth fire- works display is very much like the story of some stage spectacle, with the same scripts and rehearsals, the same need for timing and “stage business,” and the same hopes and fears on the part of the cast and producers for the success of their vehicle., From the first “Opening Salute: Simultaneous discharge of 21 nine-inch Aerial Maroons, making terrific reports, an- nouncing the commencement of the display,” to the “Grand Cannonade” and final “Good Night: in three colors,” the story of a great fireworks display is packed with interest. q Rehearsals at Factory. Long before these powder concoc- tions have even come to Washington, in their specially constructed weather- proof, 30-ton trucks, there has been long weeks and months of experiment and rehearsal back at the fireworks plant. The making of fireworks display pieces in this country seems to be mostly in the hands of Italians, for some undiscovered reason. The trade is handed down from father to son, and oftentimes an entire factory will be manned almost throughout with relatives and members of the same They take great pride in Family schisms often result in rise of rival companies. At the factory during the Winter and early Spring, constant experi- mentation with different combinations of powder and metal filings—iron, aluminum, and magnesium—are being carried on. Each artisan is an in- dependent “inventor” of effects in colored fires and powders, by himself. Periodically there are held “rehear- sals,” on testing grounds near' the factory, of each of the new pieces so worked out. They are tested and re- Allens Foot:Ease SHAKE IT INTO YOUR SHOES Makes new br tight shoes feel easy. Soothes tender, swollen, ‘aching feet and stops the pain of corna, bunions and calluses. For | tiful pieces. Of course, scores of the | old favorites—Niagara Falls, Ameri- “Program | can Flags, | and many varieties of aerial star of July Celebration Committee have ! and whistling bombs—are made by the chosen for their annual fiery produc- 1 thousands year after year. These com- | of decades of manufacture how to - ~—=star Stafl Photo. Fireworks tested, built and rebuilt on their wood | and rattan frames, until just the exact | effect desired by the craftsman is attained. He will then submit the new pieces.” Sheer accident is often re- sponsible for some of the most beau- American Beauty Roses, panies know from the wise experience “balance” a fireworks program for their public; the conventional pieces will llwfixl be there. Send Technician Firer. Once an order is placed for a cer- tain routine spectacle, the pieces in that program are loaded on the trucks and driven by bonded drivers to the scene of action. Sometimes the actors in the spectacle will come along with the fireworks, but more often they appear later. Very often the inventors of certain of the set pieces are sent out as part of the troupe to light off and superintend the operation of their own creations. Always the company sends its own technicians to fire off the display, each man fully insured by the company, and each a specialist along certain lines. Each company also carries its own fire and indemnity insurance in case of damage or accident caused to property or life. Such elaborate pre- cautions are taken, however—buckets _JOE HIGY INCORPORATED: "OUR PLUMBER/ Mix Gorton’s Fish Roe with crumbs and beaten egg. Shape into croquettes, coat with crumbs and beaten egg. Then brown and serve. Delicious! Recipe booklet, FREE “‘Delicious Fish Dishes.” Write, Gorton.Pew Fisheries, Gloucester, Mass. E ROQUETTES ] = Made by the Makers of Gorton's Ready-to-Fry Cod Fish Cakes | area—that seldom does anything seri- | ous occur. Since 1911, in fact, when C., WEDNESDAY, of sand and water spotted all over the set; fences, and police guards to keep the curious away from the danger the first of these annual displays was put on in Washington, no accident has happened to any spectator in any way. Once “on location,” these showmen in sparks begin the assembling of thejr set. About an acre of space will be needed for “Program A" this year, on the north side of the Ellipse. Inside the two tents set up on the corner of Sixteenth street and Constitution avenue, the fireworks men have been busy for two days putting together and storing their pieces. A trench has been dug, 24 inches deep, lined at the bottom with heavy planks to withstand the terrific kick-back of the steel mortars from which the huge shells are fired into the air. Workmen digging this trench yester- day found buried the boards from a similar spectacle three or four years ago literally shattered to splinters. The individual steel mortars for shooting off the giant aerial rockets and bombs range in size from 6| inches to 24 in diameter. Some of the larger shells, or bombs, hold as much as 60 pounds of gunpowder and other materials, and contain as many as 150 separate parts inside them to produce their varied effects in the air. Stage About Set. By tonight all the pieces will have been set, up and ready for the big day tomorrow. Just before the perform- ance, every piece will be carefully rechecked by the foreman of the stage crew. After the opening salute, the real work for the men will begin. Wind may cause trouble. When it shifts, it may blow the smoke and sulphur fumes toward the audience, shutting off the spectacle and causing much minor anguish. It may also make it neces- sary for the routine of the program to be momentarily abandoned, and a set plece in another location be substi- tuted until the scene is cleared. Shellac smeared over the pieces forms some protection against the rain, should this come, but when a soaking shower descends, the men will have to tear down the soggy pieces and put up fresh ones. To be sure there is rain insurance, carried by the company, but this will not cover all the loss for them. Slow-burning fuses, or “matches,” in pyrotechnical parlance, have been developed to regulate the speed at which’ they will burn, so that parts of the set may be fired in proper se- quence. One of the “lances,” the technical name for big sets, may con- tain as much as a mile of fuse and last for half an hour. Elaborate measures are taken to protect the fireworks operators them- selves, who must work in the inferno of smoke and flame, where the heat and sulphur smells are intense. In handling heavy mortars, for example, barricades ‘are erected so that in case the bomb should go off prematurely, the' force of the detonation will be broken. The' lighters carry what are called port flares, a sort of railway signal flare, constructed on the end of a special carrier or Roman candle stick, so that their hands and faces are not unnecessarily exposed. One Ton of Powder. ‘The fact that a much stronger grade MOVE 10 PROTECT NEWSMEN GROWS Legislation Being Enacted to Permit Writers to Guard Sources. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 3.—A “freedom of the press” movement to grant news- paper men the same immunity from punishment accorded physicians and clergymen for refusing to disclose sources of confidential information, is gaining impetus. Legislation to make it imposible to imprison newspaper reporters or fine them for remaining mum when asked to tell where they obtain news given them in confidence, has been enacted or is pending in several States. This was disclosed by & survey made after the Illinois Legislature recently voted for a bill by F. W. Lewis, Robin- son, I, publisher, specifically exempt- ing newspaper men from being forced to tell courts and grand juries the sources of confidential information. Gov. Henry Horner, however, has not yet signed the measure, Pending in Two States. Similar legislation is pending or contemplated in the legislatures of Alabama and Masachusetts, and a movement along the same line is be- ing studied by the Executive Commit- tee of the Kentucky Press Association for possible submission to the legisla- tors of that State in 1936. The movement, both in Massachu- setts and Kentucky, got under way after official action had been taken in several instances to punish newsmen for refusing to “talk.” The Massachusetts measure was filed after Wililam Gavin, city editor of the Boston Traveler, refused to divulge his source of information for a story relating to recent ouster pro- ceedings instituted by Gov. James M. Curley against Eugene C. Hultman, chairman of the Metropolitan District Commission of Boston. : In Kentucky tre “freedom of the press” move followed two “newspaper confidence” cases that won national recognition in i934. Vance Armen- trout, associate editor of the Louis- ville Courier-Jour.ial, was sent i~ jail by a Legislature Lobby Invesiigating Committee for refusal t. disclose the name of the wrior of an article critciizing the speaker and Kules Committee of the Hcuse. Reporters Chose Jail. Later in the same year Jack Dur- ham and Wesley Cartv, reporters for the Kentucky Advocate at Danville, 1935. works than in the ordinary Fourth of July firecracker adds to the hazards of his work. There may be as mucn as 150 pounds of powder to 50 square feet of some sets. “Program A” con- tains, altogether, more than one ton of gun and :lluminative powders. Although the match on the larger bombs, the most dangerous pieces to work around, are 3 feet long, their | action is almost instantaneous. The | lighter stoops from the waist, touches the port flare, then drops quickly be- hind his barricade. The detonation is momentarily deafening, as the rush of air forms a 5-foot vacuum about the spot. The workmen declare, how- ever, that they suffer no permanent ill effects from this constant can- nonading. and claim the only discom- forts they suffer are from the intense heat. There is no relief from this and the smoke behind the scent & {Dcs&nq Invifafions Announcements Ouv‘ new styles of nqmvlng Qfl‘lll ifl true ew manner are moderate h in cost to meet present-day ands ‘BrewwD Engravers and Fine Printers 61) TWELFTH STREET PHONE DISTRICT <868 of powder is used in these giant fire- LISTEN, TOMMY, YOU'RE TOO SMART/ DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND SAY “UNCLE/" WELL,WELL, IF IT ISN'T KID SAMSON !/ HERE" A LITTLE SOMETHII ¢ TO REMEMBER ME BY. [ s GYMNASIUM = ‘ KEEP OUT "f— , PLEASE, MISTER, COULD | SEE { DON GEORGE ? TELL HIM TS TOMMY/ YOU ASKED FOR 1T, BIG BOY. Ky., went to jail rather thaa tell Police Judge Jay W. Harlan who gave them advance infermation that a member of the Legislature was to be hanged in effigy at Danville. New Jersey nas already acted to protect newspaper men and their news sources, and Matyland did so as far back as 1896. Similar efforts have been made in Nevada, Pennsyivania and Indiana, but the proposed meas- ures were never enacted into law. And in New York recently the ap- pellate division upheld a jail sen- tence of 30 days imposed on Martin Mooney, & reporter for the New York American, for refusing to give & grand jury the source of information for a series of articles on alleged vice and rackets, 3 D. C. ENLISTED MEN PASS OFFICER’S TEST Army Air Corps Privates to Be Certified for Nomination as Second Lieutenants. ‘Three Washington Army Air Corps privates are to be certified to the Senate for appointment as second leutenants in the Air Corps, Regular Army, as a result of final examina- tions conducted in the United States and foreign possessions last April. ‘The three are Joseph Bynum Stan- ley, & native of the District, now on duty at Mitchel Field, N. Y.; Charles Bennett Harvin, on duty at Bolling Field, and Burton W. Armstrong, jr., a native of Washington, also on duty at Bolling Field. Harvin is a native of Baltimore. Only 42 candidates were selected for commissions out of 475 examined. All candidates were graduates of the Air plape pilots and members of the Air Corps Reserve. by the Senate, appointments will be tendered the successful candidates. PRIZE MELON RECEIVED Presidential Gift. President Roosevelt yesterday re- ceived an 84-pound watermelon grown in Georgia and the prize-win- ning melon at the recent festival held in Moultrie, Ga. This melon was received on behalf of the President at the Executive ‘The presentation was made by Miss melon festival, who was accompanied by Miss Margaret Abernathy, her maid Corps Training Center, qualified air- | Upon confirmation | Georgia Festival Queen Presents | Office by Secretary M. H. Mclntyre. | Fannie Megahee, queen of the water- | A-5 PRESS 15 AROUSED BY LLOYD GEORGE Ex-Premier Strictly Non- Party Man in Returning to Politics. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, July 2—White-maned Lloyd George, the “Welsh wizard” of politics, stepped back into the Lead- lines today, returning to action as &, strictly non-party man. Some quarters ascerted, however,, that the war-time prime minister sang, his own swan song in an address yes- terday to his newly formed council, of action for peace ara economic re- construction, raking issue wica op- ponents of his “new deal.” ‘The Times said: “When it comes to a choice of architects for rebuilding Britain, most pecp.e of balance will "prefer the record of echievement and promise of new cfforts outlined by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin te the prospect of auother memorandum of Lloyd George.” ‘The liberal News Chronicle hailed the formation of the National Coun cil as “an experiment in poiitical technique,” and urged its readers to | give it momentum. | The conservaiive press solidly op- | posed the veteran statesman’s new | campaign. The former wminister himself, cit- Ing “powerful interests” fighting the | United States New Deal as illustra- tive of the opposition his own pro- | gram must face, marked his “re- luctant” return o politics by assert- ing: “As far as I anm ccocerned, I mean to go on with it.” et A Stilt Dancing Featured. Stilt dahcing featured a Spring fes~ tival near Dairen, Manchuria, Progressive Dodge & Plymouth Dealers RICKARD & DAVIS | 628 Pa. Ave. S.E. Sell and Recommend ”» of honor; Mrs. Clifford Ray, official chaperon, and Representative Cox of Georgia. e WIFE SUES A. J. BULGER Arthur J. Bulger of the Dupont Circle Apartments, an engineer with the Public Works Administration here, is being sued for divorce by his wife, Frieda, in Reno, Nev. Mrs. Bulger filed suit Monday, according to an Associ- ated Press dispatch. She charges cruelty. The couple was married in New York City in August, 1927. | W. & J. 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