Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1937, Page 19

TP RANK FLEET 5 KEYNOTE FOR NAVY DAY N .. D. C. Yard Prepares to Greet 200,000 Visitors on Wednesday. KING NEPTUNE’S COURT AMONG NEW FEATURES Fighting Planes to Soar Over City—Boats to Take Part in Land-Sky “Battle.” Sounding the keynote that the United States requires “a Navy second to none,” Secretary Swanson yester- «ay invited the American people to become better acquainted with their Navy, and the local yard made prepa- rations to receive upward of 200,000 visitors on Wednesday—Navy day. Rear Admiral George T. Pettengill, commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, and his colleagues, both naval and civilian, are arranging a gigantic show, with added attractions for this year's visitors. For the first time here, King Neptune and his court will appear; massed buglers of the Marine Corps will give the various calls of the service, and boats will participate in the sham battle with land and aerial forces. One of the high lights of the Navy Yard show will be the aerial acro- batics of the planes of Squadron 2 of the Fleet Marine Force from Quan- tico, and fighting planes from Carrier Division 2, based at Norfolk. The Navy planes are attached to the new aircraft carriers U. S. S. Yorktown and Enterprise. Great Variety of Talent. A variegated show will be witnessed during the entire day, from the time the curtain goes up at 8 am., until it falls, with the sounding of “‘Colors” at 5:30 p.m. Marines, bluejackets and Coast Guardsmen will stage & series of parades; several band concerts will be given by the Marine Band, the Navy School of Music Band and the post band from the Marine Barracks at Quantico; pourings of molten metal will be released in the giant furnaces of the shops and factories and great hammers will shape steel masses as the red sparks fly. Naval enlisted men from the Diving School here will give exhibitions of deep-sea diving, demonstrations and drills will be held by Marines from the Marine Barracks here and from the Fleet Marine Base at Quantico and they will participate in the sham battle in the afternoon aroungd 4:30 o'clock, with Marines and bluejackets participating. The gunboat U. S. S. Erie, the destroyer U. S. S. Leary, the Coast Guard cutter Bibb and two patrol boats will be at the local yard for | Navy day. They will be open to the public. A Coast Guard life saving crew from Chicomacomico, N. C., will give capsize and other drills, while aboard the Bibb, collision and gun drills will be held. Planes to Be Catapulted. A number of times during the day planes from the Naval Air Station at Anacostia will be catapulted from the Yard catapults. From 9 am. to 4 pm. the Naval Observatory will be open to visitors generally, while those who apply for and receive cards of admission for | the special program will be admitted from 7 to 11 pm. At the night session persons will look through the | telescopes and—if the weather be | clear—will have various heavenly bodies explained to them. On writ- ten request to the Naval Observatory & limited number of cards for one- hour periods will be issued, officials MARINE - EVIDENCE IN DAVIDSON CASE NEARLY COMPLETE Ross Is Linked to Slaying by Ballistics Report on Déath Bullet. TWO MINOR DETAILS YET TO BE FINISHED Virginia State Policeman Traces Activit'es of Suspect in Four Days of Hitch-Hiking. A chain of evidence built up since Elmer J. Davidson of Washington was found shot to death October 4 on a lonely road in Stafford County, Vir- ginia, will be presented to a Virginia Commonwealth attorney tomorrow for | procurement of a warrant against Walter J. Ross, 18-year-old Marine, now under arrest in connection with the murder. Sergt. E. J. McDermott of the Vir- | ginia State police, who has been in | charge of the murder investigation, | said yesterday a ballistics report, link- |ing Ross with the crime, and the | ascertaining of further evidence on Ross’ whereabouts immediately after the crime, virtually had completed his investigation. McDermott said that while he al- | ready had sworn out a warrant charg- |ing murder against Ross, he would | present his evidence tomorrow to Commonwealth Attorney Gus Wallace of Stafford County for drawing up a State’s warrant and also for informa- | tion to be used in seeking an indict- | ment from the grand jury when it meets November 8. Bullet Linked to Gun, Lieut. John Fowler, ballistics ex- | pert of the Washington Police De- partment, said in his report yester- day that the bullet found in David- son’s brain ‘and a shell found in Ross’ pocket had been fired from a gun found in a dresser drawer at the youth's home in Aberdeen, Md. McDermott said that “but for two minor details” the chain of evidence connecting Ross with the killing of the 52-year-old United States Cham- | ber of Commerce research expert was | complete. The Virginia policeman said that while he had not talked with the drivers, two of the cars in i\\'km:h the suspected slayer was be- | lieved to have caught rides after the | killing had been identified. McDer- | mott said the suspect is believed to | have ridden from Frederick, Md., to | the outskirts of Baltimore in one of the machines and from Baltimore to | Aberdeen in the other. Hitchhiked to Quantico. Led by indications in Davidson's effects that he knew several persons at the Marine post, McDermott said he spent four days after the crime itchhiking in civilian clothes be- | tween Washington and Quantico. | From information obtained in talk- |ing to the motorists, he said, the | course of the investigation was di- | rected to Quantico, where a check of | records on persons going in and out | of the post the night of the murder | led to Ross’ apprehension. In his confession, McDermott said, the youth stated he took Davidson's expensive roadster after the killing, | but wrecked it a few miles farther on. After that, according to McDermott, the youth got rides from a number of motorists, hitch-hikipg his way to Frederick, Baltimore and back to Aber- deen, where he left the gun and re- turned to Quantico. Most of the evidence linking Ross with the crime was obtained from the motorists and from filling station at- | tendants where the youth stopped to | | catch rides, he stated. Throughout the | | investigation, the policeraan said, Ross | Whether they desire the cards for the | has maintained he shot Davidson in | 40-inch, 26-inch or the 12-inch tele- | defense against improper advances. scopes, in their application, official | S o e Onersaory it s« TRAFFIG PROBLEM NEARBY IS CITED said today. Visitors should state the library, the time service, the 12- inch equatorial, the 26-inch equa- torial, the 9-inch transit, the clock WASHINGTON, D. C, Some Reasons Why It Will Be Hard to Choose Halloween Queen Babbette Loch. Dorot SUNDAY Jane Linton, hy Sullivan. Evelyn Gillis. MORNING, OCTOBER Jo Robinson, Marianne Gates. Ka Katherine Kirkland, 24, 1937. * therine Dennis. PLANS ARE MADE 10 SELECT QUEEN Merchants of 14th Street to Give Contest Prizes. 10 Girls Enter. Plans to choose a queen of the fes- Police Probe Alleged Ef- fort to Extort $200 | From Matron. Charged with attempted blackmail, & former prize fighter and a woman were being held by police last night tivities in connection with the light- ing of Fourteenth street in the Colum- | bia Heights area for the Christmas | season were formulated yesterday by | | the Columbia Heights Eusiness Men's[ Association. | Ten entrants, selected from the | nearby schools, gathered to hear details | of the contest in which the winner will receive $100, while the second prize will be $25. Numerous other merchandise prizes are offered. Scheduled to begin Monday, Novem- ber 1, the contest will continue through Thanksgiving day, with the lighting of the street, to be known as “Santa Claus Lane,” to take place on the following night. Besides reigning over the parade to be held, the queen and the six next highest, to constitute her court, will hold sway over a dance that has been arranged. Votes to each purchaser will be given | by the stores contributirg to the ex- | penses of lighting ko street. The | ballot box will be placed in the Tivoli Theater. | | tions from Police Inspector B. W. vault, the 40-inch equatorial, the photographic zenithh tube which measures the wabble of the earth on | its axis; the astrographic building, with its collection of photographs of sun spots, and other interesting fea- tures. Capt. 'J. Frederick Hellweg, super- intendent of the Observatory, will have scientists on hand to explain to the public the various phases of the Observatory's work. Admiral Hamlet to Speak, Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet, United States Coast Guard (retiréd), will deliver the principal address at the ceremony to be held at the John Paul Jones Memorial at the foot of Seventeenth street, in West Potomac Park. From 12:15 to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday the Marine Band will give | a concert at the memorial and the| exercises will start at 12:30 o’clock. The exercises will be under auspices of the Military Order of the World | War and the Advisory Board of the Masonic Clubs. More than a score of veterans and patriotic organizations will participate. Capt. Sydney K. Evans, the, former chief of naval chaplains, will deliver the invocation. Comdr. Norman B. Hall will give a short talk on the life of John Paul Jones. Presiding ‘will be Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, com- mander of the Military Order of the ‘World War, while the master of cere- monies will be Maj. Edwin S. Bettel- heim, jr., president of the board. ‘Wreaths will be placed on the monu- ment by the Navy League of the United States, by its president, Nel- gon Macy; the Military Order of the World War, by Gen. Cox; the Na- tional League of Masonic Clubs, by Victor A. Blanc, its pational presi- dent; the Advisory Board, by Maj. Cheney Berthof; the National So- ciety, American War Mothers, by Mrs. Irving Fairweather, national oresi- dent; National Sojourners, by Maj. Charles F. Roberts, its president; Heroes of '76, by Ljeut. James Otis Porter, the commander; National So- ciety, Daughters of the American Revo- lution, by Mrs. William A. Becker, president general; Fleet Reserve As- socistion, by Alexander Steele, sec- retary of Branch Four; National So- ciety, Daughters of American Colo- nists, by Mrs. Maurice A. Blake, na- Auto Club Head Asks Relief of Congestion at Peace Cross. Relief for traffic congestion at Peace Cross on the Defense Highway was urged in a letter directed to Dr. Homer S. Tabler, chairman of the Maryland State Roads Commission, by George E. Keneipp, manager of the Keystone Automobile Club. Calling attention to the conference tomorrow between Dr. Tabler and the Prince Georges County commissioners at Upper Marlboro, Keneipp urged that Jefferson avenue, near Lanham, and Kenilworth avenue be extended to De- | fense Highway to relieve congestion at Peace Cross at Bladensburg. by Frank B. Steele, secretary general; District of Columbia Society, Sons of the American Revolution, by Dr. Clif- ton P. Clark, president; National Aux- ilitary, United Spanish War Veterans, Miss Louise Williams, national secre- tary; District of Columbia Auxiliary, United Spanish Veterans, Mrs. Myrtle Moxley, department president; Aztec Club 1847, Leonard L. Nicholson, treas- urer; the American Gold Star Moth- ers, Mrs. Olive Smith Carpenter, pres- ident; Military Order of the Carabao, Col. J. M. Heller, national secretary; Ladies of the G. A. R., Miss Susie { Ouray, department president; Vet erans of Foreign Wars, David B. Her- man, department commander; Dis- trict of Columbia Society, American War Mothers, Mrs. Amelia Thiele, state president; District of Columbia Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, by Mrs. Charles Carrol Haig, state regent; District of Colum- bia Society, Daughters of American Colonists, Mrs. D. C. Caldwell, State regent; District of Columbia Depart- ment, Reserve Officers’ Association; Lieut. David E. McRae, State vice pres- ident; Ladies’ Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mrs. Adelaide Grant, department president; Military Order of Foreign Wars, Maj. James Alex- ander Lyon, commander; Daughters of America, by Mrs. Viola Henley, State councilor; Builders’ Masonic Club, by Capt. C. I. McReynolds, pres- ident; American Women's Legion, by Mrs. Benjamin Gantz, national pres- tional vice president; National So- ciety, Sons of American Revolution, » ident, and the Masonic clubs in their order and by their presidents. 4 - The young women who have en- tered are Irene King, Dorothy Bowen, Doris Pettit, Zoe McCombs, Eleanor Beckert, Margaret Lowry, Shirley Jane Peck, Gere D. Sale, Nancy Lang and Ellen Lauck. J. M. Root is chairman of the com- mittee handling the contest and W. L. (Bill) Gary is in charge of “Santa Claus Lane.” George A. Ford is pres- ident of Columbia. Heights Business Men’s Association. NAPHEN APPOINTED 70 D. C. COURT POST Secretary to Justice Gordon Is Named Motions Commis- sioner. Appointment of George S. Naphen to the newly created post of motions commissioner was announced yester- day by the justices of the District Court. Naphen, a 34-year-old attorney, is secretary to Justice Peyton Gordon of the court, and has been a member of the bar since 1928, when he was grad- uated from the Georgetown Univer- sity Law School. The position of motions commis- sicner was provided for in the last appropriation bill in order to expedite the handling of motions by the judge assigned to that work. Naphen's duties will consist in ex+ amining pleadings and advising the motions judge as to the state of the pleadings and the facts of the case. After. listening to the argument by counsel, he will search for precedents and advise the judge as to the law. In addition, he may be called upon to take testimony in domestic rela- tions cases. i The new appointee will undertake his new duties November 1. He is & graduate of Holy Cross College, is mar- ried and lives at 2901 Twenty-ninth street. Study Living Costs. More than 100,000 working-class homes are being visited by British ministry of health representatives to find the truth about the cost of living. ™ § while officers investigated an alleged effort to extort $200 from Mrs. Cla- rinda M. Coffey, 1828 Irving street. Those under arrest are Joe Malone, 36, of Detroit, who is said to have participated in about 250 professional fights, and Mrs. Aloma Wood, 30, of 2121 First street. | They were taken into custody after Mrs. Coffey told police Malone had | demanded $200 in exchange for let- ters written some time ago to Mrs. Wood by her husband, F. M. Coffey, president and treasurer of the Cof- fey Bros. Screen Co. of Alexandria. Arranged for Meeting. Mrs. Coffey said she received a tele- phone call from Malone Wednesday demanding the money and threaten- ing to have the letters published un- less it was paid. Acting on instruc- Thompson, she arranged to meet the man Priday night in front of a down- town theater. She told police she kept the ap- pointment and waited until a cab driver came up and asked if she were Mrs. Coffey. After she admitted her identity, the cab driver said he had been instructed to pick her up and continue driving around the klock until his cab was hailed. Mrs. Coffey got in the back seat and Detective Sergt. Joseph Shimon, who, with Detective Sergt Harry Britton had been assigned to the case, con- cealed himself on the floor. Hit Officer in Vehicle. Malone hailed the cab at Twelfth and F streets, police said, and struck Shimon when he saw him in the ve- hicle. Shimon, who weighs aboutr 160 pounds, jumped out and grabbed the 200-pound fighter. While a crowd gathered, the two men fought down the hill to Twelfth and E streets, where Shimon subdued his prisoner. Britton, who had been delayed by traffic while following in a police car, came up and Malone was taken to headquarters. A short time later, officers went to Mrs. Wood's home and took her into custody. ‘Police said Mrs. Coffey had $200 in market- bills in her possession when she went to meet Malone, but that the money was never turned over to the pugilist. DEADLY ELIXIR SEIZED IN 3 MARYLAND CITIES Drug Which Has Caused 30 Deaths Confiscated in Oakland, Salisbury and Westernport. By the Associated Pressq BALTIMORE, October 23.—The State Department of Health reported today confiscation in scattered sec- tions of quantities of elixir of sulfanilamide; a drug which has caused more than 30 deaths in the Nation. Dr. Robert H. Riley, State health director, said the drug had been found in Oekland, Salisbury and ‘Westernport. Representatives of the department, he said, have been instructed to seek the preparation in all parts of the State and seize stocks. Former Pugilist and Woman Arrested on Blackmail Charge | CHEST OFFICIALS MEET TOMORROW Board Members’ Committee Will Hold Luncheon Session. ‘The Board Members' Cqmmittee, consisting of more than 500 members 10! Community Chest agency boards, who have signed up for active work in the tenth anniversary campaign, will meet at luncheon at the Ma,\"-’ as several this week flower Hotel tomorrow, activities get under way for the campaign. Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, chairman of the Board Members’ Committee, will preside. Mrs. Dwight Davis, chair- man of the Chest Year-Round Educa- tional Committee, will be present as a guest of honor. Dorothy Parker, Patricia Boreu.'er. JOE MALONE, Bees to Buzz As Beekeepers Meet in D. C. Honey and Wax in| Many Forms to Be -Exhibited. The Capital is going to have some bee-sy days ahead of it when the In- ternational Beekeeper Conference opens at the Washington Hotel to- morrow. Honey from all over the world in queer - bottles and containers will be exhibited as well as unique shapes and forms of beeswax, as leaders in the bee industry get together to discuss their problems. In addition, the A. W. P. A, girls team from Norristown, Pa., will offer a live bee demonstration at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Ellipse. They will allow the bees to wander all over their faces and hair. A police escort has been delegated to protect the girls, the audience and if necessary the bees. ‘The performance will be broadcast by Lee Everett, WMAL announcer, who has been ®told to get in close enough to the bees to pick up their buzzing with- a microphone. Altnough he has equipped himself in King Ar- thur armor he refuses to attempt any interviews, Solicitation of Washington’s wealth- jer residents by members of the Spe- cial Assignments Unit will start to- mo; The Special Assignments’ quota of this year’s goal of $2,059,000 | is $579,000. In announcing acceptance | of this goal, Chairman Richard W. Hynson and Vice Chairman Frederick M. Bradley pointed out that the unit must raise approximately 11 per cent more than last year. In the meantime the Group Solici- tation and Metropolitan Units are en- gaged in rounding up workers. John L. Vandegrift, chairman of the Group Solicitation Unit, and Chauncey G. Parker, jr., chairman of the Metropol- itan Unit, have practically completed their organizations. They will start solicitation immediately after the mass meeting and pageant to be held Mon- day night, November 8, in Constitution Hall. ‘The Suburban Unit, latest addition to the Chest's organization, is also almost ready to begin work. Randolph Leigh, its chairman, has been busily engaged in rounding up leaders in Alexandria and the four counties ad- Joining Washington. Alexandria will start its campaign with & mass meeting at the George Washington High School Thursday night, November 4, with Dr. Allen A. Stockdale, chairman of the Chest Speakers’ Unit, as the principal speak- er. Walter Pierpont, vice chairman of the Alexandria area, will preside, and Clarence Phelps Dodge, president of the Chest, will speak. Community Chest officials are in- clined to be optimistic in regard to this year’s campaign. President Dodge has repeatedly expressed himself as confident that the Chest will reach its goal this year, and there is a general feeling among the workers that with the splendid support being given by the general campaign committee, com- posed of 32 of Washington's leading citizens, the campaign will be a suc- cess. PLAN HARVEST BALL North Carolina Democratic Club to Hold Event November 5. The North Carolina Democratic Club of Washington will open its social season on the night of November 5 with & harvest ball in the grand ball- room of the Hotel Raleigh. Plans for the affair were completed at a business meeting of the club Friday night at the Raleigh, with President Wesley McDonald, secretary to Senator Reynolds, presiding. The club will hold several other social events during the Fall and Winter. L Eva Miller, Sp— June Fogle, CRITICS T0 ASSIST N NAMING QUEEN {Press Reviewers to View Halloween Candidates Tuesday Afternoon. Local dramatic critics, whose criti- cal skill usually is applied only through the medium of a typewriter, face a somewhat different task Tues- day afternoon. From among more than two dozen of Washington’s beauties, the critics of the five Washington newspapers and three other judges will be asked to choose the girl who will reign as queen of the Holloween parade next Saturday night. ‘The judging will take place at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the offices of the Greater National Capital Committee of the Board of Trade. Judges will be the five dramatic critics—Jay Carmody of The Star; Katharine Hillyer of the Daily News; Nelson Bell of the Post; Andrew Kelly of the Times and Mabelle Jennings of the Herald, and Miss Ella Werner, chairman of the Queen Selection Committee; Mrs. Edna Knight Gasch, vice chairman, and Robert Swope, president of the Rotary Club. In addition to the queen, 12 ladies in waiting will be chosen to sit with the queen in the court of honor on Constitution avenue, between Fif- teenth and Seventeenth streets. The route of the parade will be from Sixth to Seventeenth streets. Harry P. Somerville, general chair- man of the Holloween Committee, reported late yesterday the names of 24 girls have been submitted for the queen contest. This number is ex- pected to be increased -before the final judgings day after tomorrow. The nominees and the names of their sponsors include the following: Miss Jo Robinson, Alpha Iota Sor- ority of Strayer College; Mrs. Kath- erine K. Kirkland, Community Center Department; Miss Babbette Loch, Beyda's Linen Shop; Miss Eva Ward Miller, Lansburgh & Bro.; Miss. June Best Fogle, Frank R. Jelleff, Inc.; Miss Ruby Jennings, Smith's Trans- fer & Storage Co.; Miss Ethel Nelson, Petworth Citizens’ Association; Miss Catherine Dennis, Junior Women's Club; Mrs. Jane Linton, Soroptimist Club; Miss Evelyn Cheseldine, Associ- ated Retail Credit Men; Miss Dorothy Parker, Dale Carnegie Club of Wash- ington; Miss Betty Virginia Lewis, Temple Sthool. Shirley Jane Peck, Evelyn Gillis and Evangeline Abelleta, Mount Pleasant School for Secretaries; Miss Mary Louise Rogers, Interior Department Recreation Association; Miss Patricia Brewer, board of directors of Hotel Association of Washington; Miss Dorothy Sullivan, Hecht Co.; Mari- anne Gates and Marie Blankenship, ‘Wood’s Commercial School; Carol Tor- reyson, Betty Jones, Dotty Keady and Marjorie Loveless, all entered by the District Playground . Department. REPORT ON ROADS Bureau Says Building of 22,000 Miles Supervised. ‘The Bureau of Public Roads reported yesterday that it supervised the build- ing of 22,000 miles of highway during the last fiscal year. Of this, 11,401 were financed from emergency funds, and 7,367 through regular Federal aid. The rest was in parks and on public lands. The high- | sary PAGE B—1 AIRLINES IN MAZE WITH NEW RULINGS ON USE OF BOLLING War Department Insists on Joint Operating Unit and Rental. MANIFESTS SURPRISE TO THOSE CONCERNED Details Become Known Almost Simultaneous With First Emergency Transfer. Air transport lines operating out of Washington will be required to set up a joint terminal operating com- pany, to construct necessary quarters for Federal activities and to pay a rental for the use of Federal property before being permitted to transfer regular operations from Washington Airport to Bolling Field. Details of a new War Deparfment manifesto governing the use of Boll- ing Field by the airlines became known yesterday afternoon, a few hours after the first emergency transfer of air- line operations from Washington Air- port to the new Army flying fleld. Coming as a surprise to most of those concerned, the War Department requirement that a joint terminal company be set up and that rental be paid for the use of Bolling Field in- jected a fresh complication into the already badly muddled airport situa- tion, Mergers of Lines Forbidden. Under the new airmail act, mergers or combinations of air transport com- panies generally are forbidden, al- though certain exceptions have bes allowed with approval of the Post Office Department and Interstate Com- merce Commission in cases which have not involved major routes. Creation of the terminal organiza- tion required at Bolling Field, how- ever, would necessitate combined ac- tion by three major air transport lines —Eastern Air Lines, American Air- lines and Pennsylvania-Central Air- lines. In view of the local emergency, it is believed that the three lines will be permitted to combine for the | purpose of setting up a purely local | terminal group, so long as the action does not influence interstate opera- tions under the airmail law. The War Department is prepared to insist that the operating group be set up and that necessary build- ings be constructed at Bolling Field before * any permanent transfer of operations frem Washington Airport is permitted. The airlines, through their terminal company, also will be required to obtain building and operating permits before the transfer is allowed. Requirements Given in Letter. The new War Department require- ments were set forth in a letter from Secretary of War Woodring to Sec- retary of Commerce Roper, copies of which have been sent by Lieut Col. William Ord Ryan, commanding officer at Bolling Field, to operations officials of the three airlines. Pointing out that “in order to comply with existing law, operating and building permits will be neces- before Bolling Field can be made a temporary base for air com- merce operations,” ‘Secretary Wood- ring said: “The facilities at Bolling Field are totally inadequate for such an activity without some construc- tion and installation of utilities. The ‘War Department would in no event permit scheduled operations to start until the field is in readiness there- for and agreements for its use are concluded. “In order that interference with the administration of Bolling Pield shall be reduced to a minimum,” Mr. Woodring told Mr. Roper, “the air- line companies desiring to use the field must organize an operating or terminal company authorized to act for all in doing business with the commanding officer of Bolling Field and with the War Department “It is understood, informally, that in the event the airlines move to Bolling Field, they will desire to construct a temporary terminal build- ing and temporary storage building. Sites for these buildings can be made available. However, in the event the Post Office Department, the Weather Bureau and the Airways Control Office of the Department of Com- merce should also desire space at Bolling Field, such space should be provided in the plans for the ter- minal building, as grounds cannot be made available for separate build- ings for each activity.” Separate Billings Specified. Connection can be made to the Bol! ing Field sewer, water and elect systems, Secretary Woodring sa However, meters will have to be i stalled and the terminal company mu be billed directly for water and ele tricity consumed. The terminal con pany also must make arrangemen for telephone and telegraph service. “At termination or revocation of an permit granted the using agencies wi: be required to restore grounds to their original condition, at no expense to the Government,” the Secretary of War said. Night lighting installations at the new army post will be made available to the airlines, provided the system is connected to a meter-measuring current used by the airlines, it was ruled. “Section 321 of the act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat, 412) requires the War Department to make a charge for the use of the field,” Mr. Woodring stated. “It is believed that a flat rate of $300 per month to the terminal company, pro-rated as it sees fit, would be an equitable charge based on estimated maintenance cost to the Government, as a result of the proposed use of the field and on other factors.” In a petition to the Bureau of Air Commerce protesting the Federal reg- ulations which would make neces- sary an emergency transfer of opera- tions to Bolling Field, Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker, general manager of Eastern Airlines, declared that neces- sary construction at Bolling Field for commercial operation would cost from $100,000 to $150,000. This investment would be wiped out, “without any res- idual value when, as and if that field way work, including that done on grade crossings, cost $337,747,071. would be discontinued for commercial operation,” he said.