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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
GATHERS AIRPORT FACTS.
Mai. COveli to Push Study Of Needs
i'm Washington.

Maj. w. E. r. Covell. Engineer
Commissioner of the District, plans
to push forward this week his study
of the needs of the proposed Wash.
ington airport, In order to put the
National Capital on the air.mail map.
Following the recommendation Of
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission for a temporary air.
port at Hoover Field, and a permanent
one at Gravelly Point, Mai. Covell is
gathering from the various Govern
ment departments concerned all facts
available as to the requirements for
the airport, and will draw up esti.
mates as to the cost as soon as pos
S.ble.
How the expenses will be met has
not yet been planned, but with the
enthusiasm and interest I'm the pro.
posed airport mounting rapidly, Maj
Covell Is moving forward confidently,
hoping that satisfactory way may
be found to make the airport a re-
atty In time TO get the air mail stop.
which otherwise may go to Baltimore.
Estimates of cost will be prepared,
after conference with an Army officer
to be detailed to the District for adj
wiser, after close cooperation with the
Department of Commerce, which
lights the airways between municipal
ports.
With the view of assisting the Dis
trict Commissioners in obtaining a
tract OF ground that could serve as a
temporary airport until a permanent
one is established. special committee
Of the Chamber Of Commerce visited
Hoover Field, which is an area on the
Virginia side of the river about two
miles below the Highway Bridge and
oft the road to Alexandria, and the
/ i'enning race track property yester-
day afternoon.
Jerome Fanciulli, chairman of the
committee, and Merritt o. Chance and
A. Leftwich Sinclair looked over the
sites and agreed to meet Tuesday for
! further consideration. together with
any other available sites that offer
! themselves as a temporary Standing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
INVITED TO CANADA.
Lindbergh Picked as "outstanding
Young Man" of u. S.

TORONTO, Ontario, June 10 R.-
The Canadian National Exhibition
hopes to have as its guests the present
outstanding young man of each Of the
two great English-speaking nations.
Having invited the Prince of Wales
to open the exhibition August 81, Off
cials today invited Col Charles A.
Llndbergh to be present.
The invitation congratulated the
young flyer on success of his exploit
and urged him to give the people of
Canada an opportunity to congratu-
late him in person. They explained
that the exhibition would be the logi.
cal place for his reception in Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
Lindbergh's Name
AS Used Will Help
Expand Language

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. June Is. - Lexicog.
raphers of the future may need
to include adaptations of Lind
bergh in their dictionaries.
Oak Park School children have
changed the old game Of "O'Leary"
to "Lindy." Instead Of chanting
lone. two, three. O'Leary," as
they bounce a rubber ball. throw
ing their feet over it on each
bounce, theys have substituted
"Lindy" for O'Leary.
you are doing your work in a
'Dindified way" has been heard in
the loop since the Missouri colonel
completed his Atlantic hop.
II think We'll be able to Indy
across the ocean between breakfast
and supper .soon," Chicago flyer
remarked in commenting on Lind
bergh's flight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
LINDBERGH Is GRATEFUL
TO WILBUR FOR CRUISER
Ocean Flyer Sends Letter of Thanks
for Courtesy Extended
by Navy.

/ Secretary Wilbur yesterday received
a latter from Charles A. Lindbergh
thanking the Navy Department fol-
the courtesy and hospitality in plac-
ing the cruiser Memphis at his dis,
posa1 for his return from Europe.
The letter, dated June 16, from New
York, read:
y my Dear Secretary Wilbur:
II wish to thank you very much
for the courtesy extended to me by
the United States Navy.
II can assure you that it was duly
appreciated.
Sincerely,
CHARLES A. LINDBERGH."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
SILVER SERVICE PLANNED,
Memphis to Give Gift to Warship,
Honoring Lindbergh.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. June IS IT,
The city of Memphis, whose name.
sake, the u. s. s. Memphis, brought
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh back from
Europe. is going to show its apprecia.
ton by raising $4,000 and presenting
the vessel with a silver service and a
stand of colors.
Mayor Payne announced the plans
today and said that Lindbergh would
be invited to come here and make the
presentation in behalf of the city. 1t
will be received by Capt. Henry E.
Lackey, former commander of the
ship, and his successor. Capt. Ralph
E. Pope,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
Movies to Record
Incidents of Byrd
Flight to Europe
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PfeHB.
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y,
June 18.-The first motion picture
record of a transatlantic flight will
be made from Comdr. Byrd's mono
plane America.
Lieut.. George o. Neville, radio
expert of the crew, will take two
automatic cameras, he said today.
Under favorable conditions he ex.
poets to make pictures of Comdr.
Byrd and Bert Acosta guiding the
plane, of the last North American
land gliding away underneath, of
ships and icebergs and the ap.
proach OF the first land on the
other side.
Lieut.. Neville has been practic-
ing with the two cameras, one q
small hand machine and the other
larger, and believes he will succeed
in getting clear pictures.
When a man Is generous to a fault
{ Is very often his own fault he
@ fpannFnllg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
King Likes Eggplant.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
70 LONDON.-KingG George has shown
a liking for fried eggplant. which is
seemingly shared by others Of the
royal family. Noticing an eggplant
while visiting the Chelsea flower show
with the Queen the other day, the
King remarked:
"Ah, an eggplant! They are very
good. Cut them UP in thin slices and
fry them. We always have them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
Work Fields at Night.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SALEM, Ind, June 18.-Weeks be-
hind with planting, southern Indiana
farmers are working all night by
moonlight and searchlight to get corn
in before the wheat harvest begins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
BOOSTERS AFL0AT GROW
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER IDEA
OF AIRPORT IN DISTRICT
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
could be made into a. great landing
field for aircraft plying to and from
Washington.
1.-THE District government probably
could find means of maintaining the
necessary hangers and repair shops,
although it may be necessary for Con.
gress first to pass legislation making
such municipal operation an author
ICED city function.
II haven't studied this phase of the
question fully, but Washington
should have a great airport, for avia-
ton is destined for a momentous rise
in this country. I can't conceive Of
an extensive system of air lanes with
Washington not included"
Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, president
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association and chief figure of the
boosters. outing organization, joined
with other members of the group in
booming an airport development as q
great commercial asset to Washing.
ton.
Gen. stephan Endorsed the proposal
OF Mr.. Zihlman for a bill in Congress
making provision for an airport and
he recommended early and definite
support by Washington business in.
terests for the proposition. He ad-
vocated an appropriation by Congress
from Federal and District revenues
for the purchase, if necessary, of the
air field.
Commissioner Supports Idea.
Commissioner Dougherty, one of the
official guests Of honor on the Boost.
ers' outing, in talking with members
of the party, promised the fullest pos.
sible support of the Board of Commits.
sioners in bringing about the develop
ment of the airport. He indicated he
thought probably the most practical
immediate step would be to seek the
donation of landing field, or the &C.
QUESTION by a group of public-spirited
men of the site. pending the final
working out Of the question through
congressional authorization.
Martin "A. Leese, president of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce.
which is, actively fostering the airport
movemt mt, pointed out the value of an
airport to other commercial develop.
ments in Washington.
Washington Is ideally suited for
the manufacture OF aircraft. Already
certain large manufacturers in this
field" he revealed. have expressed
their interest in Washington as loca.
ton for their plants. In each case,
however, it is pointed out that an
airport is an essential prerequisite to
such manufacturing.
Washington cannot afford to be
outdistanced by other American cities.
We should waste no time in availing
ourselves of present interest and pool.
ing our attempts to secure an air!
port that success may be assured in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
U. S. READY TO GIVE
Definite PLAN FOR
NAVAL LIMITATION

Continued from First Page.)
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-03-05

Saxa swA No seesks COULD own
than, d proper Inducements SIS 20
rssura and kafeey we're offered.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-03-05
About Jour
HRdzf21,
Things You,Should K:
"CHICKEN.pOx"

Do you know that "pox" means
"pustls"? Yes, always. Varicelia
is the scientific name for this all
ment of childhood. Few grown-ups
are attacked, and the disease is not
reckoned among the dangerous in
fections. 1t is actively contagious,
and often spreads among school
children very quickly-the epidemic
being we'll on, before the character
of the breaking out" is discov-
cred by parent, teacher, or physi-
clan. Although chieken-pox is con-
sidered harmless, and easily cured,
there is, nevertheless, the darger
of serious complications, as with all
eruptive fevers; kidney disease may
appear as a result; or pneumonia
may suddenly develop; or ugy
stomach and bowel conditions. AS
it is always better to be safe than
sorry, chicken pox should be
promptly and efficiently treated, as
soon as the diagnosis is even rec
sonably clear. A few scatterir 2,
dark red Submissions, acute n
character, appearing chiefly on the
body and limbs, should be reg re-
ed with suspicion, and precaut;o..s
taken to keep the child indoors.
1 have space for only the pra;-
tical points here. Keep the Et"is
one from exposure to cold OF wcts
if gentle laxatives are needed, US
them-no "strong" purgatives; =
low only light, easily-digested fol.
Fill tumbler half full with b
tartrate of potash, known as
cream-tartar, from the drug stc.e
not the grocery; then fill the
tumbler with water, stir well I'd !
allow to settle; give teaspoortul
to dessert-spoonful of the Gle. :
solution every three or four hon.
When used low, fill glass witr
water, settle, and use as befor".i
May use this until the child 3
well; it will not interfere with )
physicians treatment, and is u u
in all eruptive diseases to ware [
complications. You cannot "br' {
up" chicken-pox-ft must run As
course.
Next Wee.-Diabetes 4
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-03-05
SoMG OF -OANS FRLeNpGl

a 6aER. - - ~1a -
sans 81 e. NJ loUuES q -
Caaadiaa RselAo Aaehi0st -
nsioa Ia ave. - g. -.
CoWan q aow = the Un3bsa 01s3n
showing Id intinGAD DistRss q
big game. eeo.
Not hog ago = t1nES7 ~
hundred tsst Q - etssp slepe1
ef . eH6 nssf Barr % roaeA q
eagles nest Hsre y Photographed
young elg3ets = IL Mt, vA2e
Hr. and 1fA Eskis sWoopea dov1
from time 20 time one housand
xeet above him and throaeened him
with out-spread talons When only
. rod or 50 away. bot DAN got tAe
pictures Just the sanaa.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-03-05

SaG4 ewA No Heeekx COULD own
than, Il pSe2er Inducements SIS 20
rssara and Aafety we're offered.
e you Ike miracles. consider
this. Peter KrR,,s. sai,cr on a
freight ship in mid-ocean. drove
particles Of iron into his night eye
while using a drill, ard suffered
agonies. Far away, DR.. Francis,
ships surgeon, picked up by radio,
details Of tho sailors trouble. &c
sent wireless directions, ordering
them to stop using cocaine, telling
them how to make q magnet. The
magnet extracted the iron particles
insanity, pain stopped, the .mSn
went back 10 work.
Ar. Burgert, bachelor member
Of O very "old family" in Ohio,
leaves money to build home for
KaAs "between .ths ages of sixteen
and twsnty-eight, Of small stature,
bdxAt ambitious and good to look
a..F Fat giris are not to be adj
mtt+sd.
That WIN was made by g foolish
bachelor. Young girls ought to be
rsasonshly fat, With tissue and en-
esxy stored up 70. their duty as
met6ss5. Girls Of the skeleton type
have barely energy enough for
themselves, 10 say nothing OF
family.
What counts IL Mt how you
start, but how you finish. Years
ago, a boy named hamburger took
q Job at 81 a week to run errands;
glad to get the job, glad to run. It
was o start. Now, to his $22,000,-
900, dry goods plant in Newark ne
builds on a 100000 addition.
And men from bigger cities go to
Newark to study his ways Of run
ming q business.
The thoughtless may point out
that Babe Ruth gets, in one year,
for hitting that ball about a thou
sand times as much as Milton got
for writing paradise Lost" That
is no argument. For one American
that wants to read paradise LOST
at least million want to see Babe
Ruth play baseball.
An eleven-year-old boy, Michael
Ponkraskow, ran away from home
after a beating, killed a shop
keeper in an attempted holdup,
and is wondering what will be
done with him. 1t Is said that he
cannot be treated as a youthful de-
linquent, because he refuses to say
that he is sorry he committed the
A childish reason, for lack
Of repentance is only one more
proof of youthful delinquency.
In any case, the boy will not be-
executed, even if put on trial for
murder. Capital punishment sur
ives, but killing children is no
onger part Of "ciyili--lv.-'
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-03-05

Aimee semple MePhersoa, whom
New York termed ''The Vamp in
Vestments," went, saw and :on-
quered the Great White Way in her
swing around the country, preach-
ing the gospel which she served up
at Los Angeles 50 successfully. Her
first night In Gotham, she paid
an early morning visit to : the :,
famed "Texas" Guinan night club.
Saw wickedness, made . speech,
got q round Of applause, then in
Hted TEX" and her gang to come
out to meeting the next evening.
"Tex" said "Sure," and she went
(as shown IN insert below and
both Of them held news spaces on
the first page Of every metropeli-
tan paper for four days. That's
advertising. :.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-03-05

Cat out this Coupon and send us
S2.98 and We win ship Kelly Mt1ef's
Negro in the world War (32.6o).
The Plonet for one year ($2). q
total value q $3.50 for. .....4e.95
THIN PKANET,
311 N. III st.. Richmond. Va.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-03-05
HORSES WILL GO.
BABE RUTH AND MILTON.
FAT GIRLS NOT WANTED.
A KILLER AT ELEVEN.

I William Duri&nd, pss&idsnt Of .
great riding school, retiring, says
Tao automobile will ns~sr replace
tho saddle horsa. Nevertheless,
the saddle horse VII vsniah, and
be only q mamory 10 children Of
today's children
When the muaks$ came fn, men
thought IL couldn't tsks the place
of bow and arrow. And, of course,
it couldn't replace the hawk that
rode out on its owners wrist and
flew up to bring down the game
bird.
The horse will Hnger on farms
for a while and then disappear, as
farming becomes really scientific.
The work that requires three hun
drsd days Of the farmers time
now, will be done in about forty
days or less. And the 'horse" will
be a machine, run by gas, cleo
tricity or wireless power.
y Many good investments in this
world for those that hang on!
When Edward Fitzgerald pub
lished his translation of the Rubai-
yet, that first edition sold for one
penny in England. Last week j. F.
Drake paid $4,000 for a copy.
When John Bunyon's "Pilgrim's
Progress" was first published, wise
book people said, ''Only servants
WI buy 4 book of that kind" One
Ct the copies, originally sold for
two pence, is worth thousands of
Co,!acI now.
OF -1S,OO0,O00 Americans, only
100000 own stocks or bonds.
This small number of stockholders,
estimated by the American Bank
ocs' Association, is encouraging to
brokers' and those that have good
cocks G2G bonds for sale.
Wages are high, money is piling
- y - .ngj banks, millions
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-03-05

large Republican leaders particular will watch
reaction sentiment following the debate between
DIT Nicholas Murray Butler and Senator William A Boah Boston
Prohibition enforcement Dr. Buffers statements
about President COoidgs third term hopes the Importance facing
dry issue; and things general about his party brought
Senator Horah into The picture with challenge for debate
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1927-03-05

| IF anybody tells you that an svi
cannot see In daylight, refer him
TO me- said Dan MCGOWAN, nat
,uralisr-photographer Of Ban6. AL
berta, In the Canadian Pacific
lRockies- sN0t long ago climbed
q very small Douglas fir near the
'Banf Springs Hotel. IN Ban6. 30
photograph . nest full Of young
aorned wis which could be snap
shotte, from the top Of this tree
in their nest IN y Sig stump. I!
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-06
CLOBE-CIRDLINC
AIRMEN REACH
CALCUTTA, INDIA
Hy United Press Leased Wire

CALCUTTA, India, Sept. e.
William s. Brock and Dedward +.
Schlee arrived at Calcutta shortly
before noon today in their mono
plane, Pride Of Detroit, in which
they are eircling the globe in rec
ord time.
They had left Allahabad, 48J
miles westward at 6:J5 a. III.
The flyers announced that they
planned to remain at Calcutta the
remainder of the day and depart for
Rangoon, Burma, in the morning. Ii
Will be their first real rest since
they left Constantinople last FRIDAY
morning. They spent several houis
at the Dumdum Airdome at Calcut
ia examining their plane, which
thus far has functioned perfectly.
Their health was good in spite of
the strenuous flying program they
have followed during the past IL
days.
When they arrived az Calcutta
they had left behind them SOLO
miles Of the total of approximately
22,067 miles represented in their
route ffoIif Harbor Grace, y. f., and
back.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-06
Chambers New
Secretary Goes
On Duty Today

A new smile is greeting visitors
nj the FL Centre Chamber of Com
meree today for William G. Striek'
land has reported CON Duty as
secretary of the chamber, succeed
inc John S. Carmichael, whose res
ionation was turned in last week
The new secretary appears to pos
sess all the qualities essential to the
position.
Strickland was graduated from
Wisconsin University, going to Chl
cago where he was associated as ad'
yertising manager of the Ravinia
Park Company. Strickland came TO
the valley from Chicago 10 years
ago.
Arriving here he took up agrieui'
tural activities, practising some ad
vanced ideas on a ranch about TWO
miles west of the city. Two years
ago the new secretary joined the
Pioneer Title Insurance and trust
Company and since that time mas
been employed there as title
searcher.
While this is his first experience
as a secretary Strickland s varlee
experiences are believed to fit nm
well for the position in the oplnioh
of the chamber directors.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-06
Natives Assert
They Saw Plane

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-Furthcr
information on the reported sight
ing Of what might have been the
Rruoswict To Rio Pc Jarciro plane
Of Paul Redfern over the OrinOco
delta last week was tclngraphed the
tate department today by the Amer
lean minister at Caracas, Venezula
rs follows:
'The mail carrier and the in
habitantS of Macareito (the source
f the Redfem report say the plane
was so high and the skv was so Oh
Scured by the great storm of that
dav that they were unable to sta.e
whether il twas monoplane or
tiplane or to state its color.
"Thev heard the noise of the
motor and saw the wake of smoke.
The plane itself was family vivible
and was proceeding in the direction
of the coast of British Guiana.
'Tucupita says that the plane
may have been forced to land in
the forests of Sierra Imataea or in
the Guinanas.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-06
JAPANESE DENY ASSERTING
THEY FIXED" LOCAL POLICE

this newspaper and to several
other persons following the ar
rest of the Japanese.
Announcement has been made
that there will be no investiga-
tion made by Los Angeles au-
thorities into the matter here
as the charges are regarded as
baseless.
Chief Sterling Oswalt said
this morning that while he
would welcome such an investi-
CATION, he feels that the charg-
cs are of so groundlcss nature
that their early rebuttal will
suffice to do away with any
suspicion that NAV have been
east by the assertions of
Knight and an investigation
would only prove needless ex-
penditure of time and money.
"But if there is any question
unanswered to the satisfaction
of everyone, let US have a thor
ough investigation by all
means he declared. 81 am
willing to have the police de-
partment investigated by prop
er Officials at any time that
such action is deemed neces-
sarv.'
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-06
Armour Leaves
Small Estate
nv United Press Leased Wire


CHICAGO, Sept 6.--The will of
j. Ogden Armour, deceased head of
the vast Armour packing interests.
was filed for probate today and dis
closed personal estate Of approx
mately 100000
a bequcst of 800, 600 outright
was made to Armour s widow, Loli.
Ia Sheldon Armour.
An income Of $4,000 a year was
provided for John II. Mitchell, hus
band of Armour's daughter Lolita,
Minor bequests ranging from 81,
900 to $4,000 were made for serv-
ants Of the Armour family.
TIE residue OF the estate was left
in trust fund for his widow and
daughter.
The will substantiated in a meas
ure the reports current for several
years that the great Armour forum"
was seriously depleted through loss
IS in the post war deflation which
struck particularly heavy against
the meat packing industry.
Armour at one time was in CON
troll of one of the largest personal
fortunes in the world, but he lost
many millions of dollars when prices
dropped sharply at the close Of the
war.
How seriously he suffered person
ally was not known but the terms
of his will today disclosed that he
was even harder hit than it was
popularity believed.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-06

Y. Kuma and H. Takanata,
the two japanese, who were ar
rested in Ell Centre last Tues
day by Federal Agent r. L.
Knight, have denied that they
ever told Knight they had sue
ceeded in bribing FL Centre and
Imperial county authorities to
allow them to conduct a bootleg
business unmolested, II was de-
clared in newspaper dispatches
in coast papers Saturday.
Knight had said that Kuma
and Takanata had told him that
they wanted his "protection'
and that if he didn't bother
them the county and city au-
thorities wouldn t. They also
denied having given any affi-
davits which would involve anv
officials of this vicinity in al
legged bribery deals.
Kuma and Takanata are be-
ing held under $1,000 bail on
charges Of having attempted to
bribe federal agent. 1t was
determined that the sum alleg-
cd to have been given Knight
by the Japanese at his home
here was 800 instead of $500,
the sum given out by Knight to