Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1937, Page 6

A—6 MORE BUILDING EXPECTED INNAVY Construction Probably to Be Begun on Two Capital Ships. The Navy anticipaies added con- struction in 1937 that will carry it forward to the goal of “A treaty navy by 1942,” Secretary Swanson says. Construction probably will be be- gun on two capital ships as replace- ments for over-age vessels. Under the present situation these ships are “to be laid down only in the event that capital ship replacement con- struction is commenced by any one of the other signatories to the London treaty of 1930.” § Paarticularly does the service re- quire an adequate auxiliary building program that will insure up-to-date vessels—oilers, supply craft, hospital ships, etc.—that will be able to keep pace with the fleet and supersede the present lagging vessels that serve the warships. If Congress and President Roosevelt so will, a new Navy Depart- ment Building will be in order to re- place the present war-built structure in Potomac Park that has been doing service for nearly 20 years. The Na-l tional Capital Park and Planning Commission has already made pro- vision for a mew Navy Department Building in the vicinity of New York and Virginia avenues. Little Shore Work in Sight. Modernization of some craft will be sought during the coming year. No extensive shore establishment pro- gram is in sight, unless Congress should appropriate funds, in the emer- gency or other category, to make & | spurt possible. The program of consiructing 1'1" new destroyers and hall a dozen new submarines probably will be adhered 10 during the calendar year 1937, al- though the decision to construct two | new battleships will be a determining | factor in this. Cruisers, destroyers and submarines are now in varying stages of construction as the Navy pushes its building program ahead in ihe Government-owned navy yards and in private shipyards. Officers and enlisted men of ihe fieet are making their preparations now for holding the annual maneuvers this coming year in the Hawalian area This will be one of the big events of the year afloat, and details for these are mow being worked up in the Navy Department. During the past 12 months the fleet maneuvers were held in Western Central American waters. | Strikes and other causes retarded the Navy's construcfjon program in private shipyards during the year that has just gone. The service made progress in the acquiring of new planes for service with the fleet and for Naval Reservists. Naval Reserve Conference. One of the outstanding events of the department was the holding of the Naval Reserve Conference, oui of | which officials hope will come benefi- cial legislation that will be enacied by the coming Congress. Looking back over the past year, Secretary Swanson is able to declare that “the Navy is upon a high plane in efficiency, in spirit and in co-ordi- nated effort.” The passing of the merchant ma- rine act during the year is regarded by naval officials as a greai step for- ward. In time of war and national emergency the American merchant marine becomes a vital part of the | national defense program and—as | during the World War—the Navy is empnwered to take over any vessels ARMY PROGRESS INYEAR MARKED Defense Leglslahon Now Is Showing Definite Re- sults. BY HARRY H. WOODRING, Secretary of War. During the past year the progress | begun in previous years toward a more modern Army has been continued. The legislation recently enacted by | the Congress for strengthening our | national defense is now showing definite results. Our Army, though small, is more efficient. Expenditures { for military purposes have been wisely | regulated so as to provide an appro- priate balance between personnel and equipment and among branches of the service. Since the close of the World War many improve- ments have been brought about, both here and abroad, in types of military weap- ons and in acces- sory combat equipment. This is especially true s to aircraft, au- tomatic weapons, | tanks and combat cars. Iam happy to say that the Lo Lo appropriations of the several | THE EVENING New Year on the White Way There was no scarcity of jair companions in dance palaces along the Great White Way as Old Man 1936 staggered out of the picture. Joe Belford was tired but happy as he hailed the new year with the aid of Isabel Keenan (left) and Helen Klass. ——Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. | being carefully selecied and sre of a high type. The morale and the military efficiency of both officers #nd enlisted men continue to be main- | tained at the high level characteristic of our Regular Army. As in previous years, the Army has been engaged in numerous non-mili- | tary activities of the highest import- | ance. The Corps of Engineers has con- tinued its splendid work in improv- ing rivers and harbors and in flood control. Progress has been acceler- ated in order to reduce unemployment ,and to lessen the danger of a repeti- tion of the disastrous floods which recently devastated large areas of our country., | The Army has also continued the work of organizing, administering and ‘supplymg the work companies of the | Civilian Conservation Corps. Most of | the work is directly under the super- 'vismn of Reserve officers. The signal success of this project reflects great | credit on all the deparements partici- pating and on the fine young men | who are enrolled in the corps. - . - Theaters to Be Built. Bogota, Colombia, will have several new large theaters, STAR. WASHINGTON. ARTS COMMISSION LOOKS T0 FUTURE Holds Mumcopal Center Should Be Located on Pennsylvania Avenue. The Municipal Center should be lo- cated directly on Pennsylvania ave- nue, near Fourth street, during 1937, Dr. Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission, said today in looking to the coming year and as- sessing its possibilities. “The commission believes the dig- nity of the District is such that the main buflding should be located on Pennsylvania avenue,” sald Dr, Moore. “We can't visualize some subordinate bureau of the Government getting between Pensylvania avenue and the new District Building. That is the basis on which we consented to the purchasing of those blacks of property there.” The two main projects which he hopes fo see realized during the year ahead, Dr. Moore declared, are the Thomas Jefferson Memorial and the National Gallery of Art. “We ought to gef them decided and started during the year,” he asserted. Development Paramount. Foreseeing the construction of Gov- ernment buildings along Pennsylvania avenue in the vicinity of the State, War and Navy Departments Building, the commission chairman said: “The commission feels the development of Pennsylvania avenue from the Capitol to Rock Creek is paramount.” The opening up of the Maill Dr. Moore described as “a great thing that opens the way to several others of | importance.” | “For 30 years we have been accused of putting the Grant Memorial in & | swamp,” he said. *“But now, with the completion of Union Square, it has & beautiful setting, unencumbered. “As the buildings come down in the Mall and plantings are placed we will have the greatest composition de- signed by man in a capital city. *‘We believe the time has come when some of the bureaus of the Govern- ‘ment should go in the outlying dis- tricts of the city, such as was done in the case of the Bureau of Stand- ards. The District should be de- veloped harmoniously and not ooly the downtown seciion.” Dr. Moore pointed out that the Bureau of Public Roads of the De- partment of Agriculture is planning a development south of the railroad bridge along the Mount Vernon Me- | morial Highway in line with this jdea. The Naval Hospital, he said, should “g0 out in the country,” as there is not enough room at the present site for an adequate development. | City Dressed Up. ! Pointing to the rehabilitation of the downtown parks during the last year with the aid of Public Works Administration funds, Dr. Moore said that “the City of Washingion has now become dressed up. It was suf- D. C. FRINAYV, JANTARY 1, 1937. Champ Greets New Year Big Jim Braddock, heavyweight chamg, as he enjoyed a New Year eve party in a New York night clul | fered to grow ragged, like a third- | class town, but now these parks have been developed elegantly. Instead of kitchen clothes, Washington has now { put on parlor raiment.” Some 60 park plans came before the commision during the past twelve- month for approval, so that that body had an important hand in the local park - improvement program. The widening of F sireet from Seventh to Ninth streets has been an achieve- | ment, he says. Buildings, 100, have engaged the commission’s attention, and among those it considered were the new Fed- eral Reserve Board, the Interior De- partment, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing addition, the Govern- ment Printing Office, the Library of Congress extension, the Police Court Building, the Acacia Building and that for the Home Owners’ Loan Corp. The commission put its stamp |of approval on the plans of each of these. A Colonial type of improved gasoline filling station has received | commission jndorsement Lo fit in with the Shipstead-Luce act. Further, g Memorial avenue and Co- ! with his wife. 40purlpht A, P Wirephoto lumbia Island have been very much in the picture, and now the holly hedge has been planted and oak trees are to be set out on either side. The George Washington Memorial Park- way and connections with the Lee Boulevard have been considered and plans pushed ahead. - Altogether, Dr. Moore feels that 1936 has been 2 year of accomplish- ment for the District, and his com- mission Jooks forward to further real- izations in the 12 months to follow. Church Plans Silent Worship. CHICAGO (#).—A church in which | no hymns are sung and no sermons heard wiil be established here. The pastor and members of the congregation are deaf mutes. The edifice will be owned by the Al Angels’ L‘nhcnpll Deaf. Air Mail Line Planned. Bolivia and Northern Argentina will be linked by airmail, WHEN WEST HAS A SALE- Missien for mel LEHMAN INAUGURAL ATTENDED BY 2,000 Farley, Secretary Perkins and Senator Wagner Expected at Third-Term Ceremony. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., January 1.—Two thousand persons jammed New York's capitol today for the third-term in- suguration of Herbert H. Lehman as Democratic Governor of Presidsnt Roosevelt's home State. ‘The simple ceremony in the as- sembly chamber climaxed efforts be- gun last Summer by the President to have Gov. Lehman run again after he had announced an intention 1o re- tire to private life. ‘The Governor defeated his Repub~ lican opponent, Willlsm F. Bleakley, of Yonkers by 530,000 votes. Legislators, the judiciary, educators, bankers, cabinet and State officers as well &8 political leaders gathered for the ceremony. Postmaster General James A. Farley, Prances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, and United States Senator Robert F. Wagner were ex- pected. It is customary to invite all living former Governors to attend the in- augural, but none of the five was able to acespt—including Alfred E. Smith. PR Labor Laws Enforced. Cuba is strictly enforcing all labor laws. JACK J. BLANK, PRESIDENT /] nnouncement ON AND AFTER JANUARY st ARCADE PONTIAC CO. WILL OCCUPY ITS BIG NEW BUILDING AND SERVICE STATION AT 1419 IRVING STREET N.W. Here we can better serve you on new Pontiacs, used cars and servicing. At this time we extend our sincere appre- ciation for your patronage and wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year. Now Our Only Address ARCADE PONTIAC CO. Pontiac Direct Factory Dealer A Duvision of General Motors 1419 IRVING STREET NW. 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