Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1937, Page 4

ONLY THREE HER 70 GET NEDALS Admiral Byrd and Two Mem- bers of Expedition Re- ceive Awards. Of the 57 members of the second Byrd Antarctic expedition eligible for awards authorized by Congress for their exploits in the South Polar re- gions, only three appeared yesterday in Becretary of the Navy Swanson's office to receive their silver medals. Two members of the expedition, Dr. Louis H. Potaka of New Zealand and the expedition's carpenter, Ivor A. Tinglof of Boston, are dead. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. U. B. N, retired, the leader of the expe- dition, was present to receive his medal from his fellow Virginian. Secretary Swanson. Admiral Byrd gave credit to the members of his command for the success of the expedition. Also receiving medals from the cabinet offi- cer'were William C. Haines, meteorolo- gist of the Weather Bureau here, and Dr. Alton A. Lindsey, biologist who specializes in vertebrate zoology, and now a professor at American Uni- versity. Unable to Come Here. Other members of the expedition were said to be unable to come to Washington for the ceremony, for pe- cuniary or other reasons. Witnessing the brief ceremony were Assistant Sec- ~Tor the I A retary of the Navy Charles Kdison, Dr. Gilbert Grosvenot, president of the National Geographic Society, which sponsored the expedition; Admiral ‘William D. Leahy, chief of naval oper- ations; Rear Admiral Adolphus An- drews, chief of the Bureau of Naviga- tion, Navy Department, and other chiefs of bureaus and offices at the de ent. mdeuhnd that the splendid work of Admiral Byrd's second expedi- tion, with the efficient backing and co-operation of the National Geo- graphic Society, has made valuable contributions to 22 branches of sci- ence,” said Secretary Swanson in mak- ing the presentation. Congratulates Comrades. Admiral Byrd received his own med- al and then congratulated the mem- bers of his old command and pre- sented their medals to them, each in- scribed with the recipient's name. Medals will be mailed out immediately to the other members of the expedi- tion, each bearing the name of the recipient. Two other Washingtonians will receive medals—George Grimmin- ger, assistant meteorologist, now on duty at the Weather Bureau in Bos- ton, and E. J. Demas of this city, who was in charge of tractors on the expe- dition. The admiral told newspaper men that he thought it would be some time before the Polar regions could be util- ized commercially for aviation. He favors the establishment of adequate bases in the Aleutian Islands to aid in protecting Alaska. . City Airports Grow. Commercial and private airports decreased from 564 in 1930 to 552 in 1935 in this country, while municipal airports increased from 550 to 739. s OODWARD & 10711 F Ao G Bmusers THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1937.. 251 ARE ENROLLED BY “Y" GAMPAIGN Frailey-Fieming Unit Leads in Drive for New Members. A total of 257 new members was reported last night at a Young Men's Christian Association meeting held in connection with the annual “Y” mem- bership campaign which got under way Monday and is to last through October 26. The goal is 800. Last night's meeting, held in the Central “Y"” Building, 1736 G street, was addressed by Earl Godwin, White House newspaper correspondent and radio commentator, who told of the work of a White House reporter. Of the three campaign divisions, that headed by Thomas J. Frailey, with C. E. Fleming as secretary, reported the greatest number of enroliments. It signed 97. Next was the division headed by George E. Harris, with Page McK. Etchison as secretary, which reported 80 enroliments. The other division, headed by Dr. J. Orin Powers, with E. A. Drumm as secre-{ tary, reported 65 new members, The Yeatman-McKillip team of the Harris-Etchison division reported 34| enrollments, the largest for any single team, while Hadley Mack of the| Powers-Drumm division, who enrolled | { members, was the leader among the individual campaign workers, Stanley Bell, in charge of the pro- grams at the report meetings, said the radio’s early morning announcers would be speakers at the next report meeting, to be held on Monday. They are Lee Everett of Station WMAL; Gordon Hittenmark, WRC; Art Brown, WOL, and Arthur Godfrey, WJSV. Earl Nash, campaign chairman, pre- sided at the meeting. . Necessity of Tire Balance. It is impoesible to manufacture an automobile tire or tube in which every inch of its circumference contains the same weight of materials as every other inch. This applies to wheels, rims and brake drums. That is why balancing is necessary. 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