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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
AIRPORT COSTS $3,O00,0 900

GLENDALE, Calf. (P.-The Grand
Central Air Terminal of Glendale will
be dedicated February %. This new
airport on a 150-acre site will have q
concrete runway 5000 feet long, and
plans for the project contemplate an
expenditure of 100000, C. G. Spicer,
manager, announces.
1t is miles from the business dis
trict Of Los Angeles and will be used as
a terminal by the Maddux Air Lines,
operating to San Francisco, San Diego
and Lower California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
MARYLAND GUARD
GETS new PLANES
Three Airships Are Scheduled for
Delivery to 104th 0bserva-
ton Squadron.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE February 9.-One air
plane of the Oil type and two Of the
O-17 type, are scheduled to be delivered
to the 104th Observation Squadron, Air
Corps, Maryland National Guard, ac-
cording to Capt. Charles A. Mason,
acting commandant. The craft will be
delivered before the Summer training
period. 1t was said.
National Guard air squadrons West
of the Mississippi are to be equipped
with OH planes, he added, and their
present equipment will be rebuilt and
distributed among squadrons of the
East. When this program is effected
all Guard squadrons will have standard
observation machines instead of both
observation and training craft.
The Logan Field unit now has seven
planes. Three are high-powered Oils,
two are slower Otis and two are
PITS, the latter being primary train
ing craft. The new schedule will also
divide the equipment into water-cooled
and air cooled planes, the O-17s. being
equipped with radial engines and the
Oils with standard Liberty engines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10

scientists and engineers perfected air.
craft, the skill and training required
to operate them would decrease. This
is undoubtedly true of the small plane
for the individual owner who has not
had a large amount of flying expert
ence. This type might be compared to
the smaller class of air yachts which
may be handled easily by crew of
one or two men. They are built to
fill specific purpose where safety and
simplicity of control are more i'm
portant than speed and maneuvera-
bility. In order to bring the airplane
within reach of the average family a
machine must be developed which Is
keep, but it must also be so constructed
that high skill and technical knowledge
are not required to make its operation
safe.
Highly Trained Pilots Required.
Commercial and especially military
planes will continue to require COM
paratively highly trained personnel, de-
pending upon the work they perform.
The pilot of transport carrying twenty
or more passengerS-a lnulti-motored
plane equipped with every known device
of comfort and Safety-must be the
type of man capable of commanding
an ocean vessel. He must understand
the construction of his ship and Of
his engines; he must have a knowl-
edge of radio meteorology and naviga-
tional instruments; and he must know
the rules and signals OF the airways.
The pilot of plane Is In absolute
command of his ship and cargo. Once
in the air, he has as great response
bility as any sea captain in midocean:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
AIRCRAFT REGULATION
PROPOSED IN MARYLAND
Bill Will Follow Lines of Federal
Legislation FOR Control
of Traffic.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, February ga bill to
regulate airplane traffic in Maryland
will be proposed to the General
Assembly by the Baltimore Association
of Commerce.
A report of the legislative committee
indicated the tenor of the bill would
be along lines Of Federal legislation.
Where a concern or individual has a
Federal license no State license would
be required. For interstate flying, how
ever, a license from the commissioner
of motor vehicles would be necessary.
The object, according to the report,
Is to make supervision uniform with
Hesitation y otRss ststss apa EsdsTs 3!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
COMBINE FOR AIRPORT.
Michigan County and City Pool
Appropriations.

Muskegon, Mich, has laid plans to
pool its resources with those of Mus
kegon County appropriated for the es-
adjustment of an airport adjacent to
Mona Lake, short distance from Lake
Michigan, where air travel along the
east shore is increasing rapidly.
The present airport, operated by the
Continental Motors Corporation, will not
The lake airport, which will be about
/ mile square, also is adaptable to con-
struction of seaplane anchorage. Up-
ward of 100000 will be appropriated
from city and county treasures for the
project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10

railroad has been unable to reach. It
remains for the seaplane to take trans
oceanic flight out of the class Of hazard
GUS adventures.
Copyright. 1920
An article by Col Lindbergh on the present
and future Of aviation will appear each
week exclusively in Washington in The
Sunday Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
AIRPORT SITE CHOSEN.
Conditioning Of Area Soon to Be.
gin at Warren, Pa.

The site for the Warren, Pa, airport
has been selected through recommends
tons made by Federal airport repre-
sentative on a visit to that city. Con-
ditioning of the area is to begin as
soon as weather conditions permit it,
with the hope that the airport will be
ready for operations early in the
Spring.
Facilities are to be added as soon
D. the funds become available, with the
ultimate development calling for an
eirportste meet the requirements Of the
NiAA GlasA thu hiehast yatsnE gtYep;
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Equips Airway for Night Flying.

The Louisville Cleveland airway, over
which a mail route has been operatinr
| for several months, Is now complete
with all > beacon and deld- AlightS q
aperatlQn ysnight : 3 lssas
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET

The Board of Education of
the District of Columbia will hold
a meeting at the Franklin Ad-
ministration Building, Wednes-
day at $3.50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
Calvary Baptist Women
Hold Special Services

Special women's day services
under the auspices Of the
Women'S Club of Calvary Baptist
Church, w Street between Fourth
and Fifth Streets Northwest,
were held yesterday.
The sermon was delivered by
the Rev. E., j. Bradshaw, OF
Metropolitan Baptist Church.
Other participants in the exercises
were Mrs. Annie Hardy, Mrs.
Mamie Logan, Mrs. Mamie Gate
wood, Mrs. L. v. Robinson, Mrs.
Nellie Reed, Mrs. Emma Allen.
president of the Women's Club
of Metropolitan Baptist Church;
Mrs. Henry Crowder, Mrs Threde
Brown, Miss Katie Johnson, Mrs.
Matte Admore and Mrs. Emma
Brown.
Mrs. Horace Jones, Of Morning
Star Baptist Church, presided.
The Rev. J..P. Nichols is paster
of the church.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
Mitchell Asks Legal
Agency Control

some claim against the Govern
ment arising under the income
tax laws or other fields Of Fed
eral activity" Mitchell said.
Such men are disqualified to
accept employment to represent
the United States in special cases,
although their claims against the
Government have no relation to
the matter in which this depart
ment would like to employ them.
Mitchell reiterated recommenda-
tions made by predecessors for a
bill to make husband and wife
competent to testify for each
other in criminal cases; the bill
to allow grand juries to continue
in session after the end Of the
court term to consider unfinished
business, and a bill to give per-
manent statutory recognition 20
the division of identification in
the bureau of investigation.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
Dies in Home It Took
Him Y Years to
Build Alone

FORT MYER HEIGHTS, Dec.
2.-Sam Siggins, 70, resident Of
Arlington county for the past
Is years, died yesterday In the
home he built alone in Fort
Myer Heights, taking % years
to complete.
Siggins who had only been
i'll for a short time leaves a
wife, the former Miss Mary
Mallon, one-time Washington
school teacher.
Stopping at the site of his
home on a trip to the county
about Is years ago Siggins saw
mirrored in a nearby stream
the outlines of the structure he
later erected.
The stream and its banks
furnished the sand and gravel
used in it's construction.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
.BAPT|STS HOLD
ANNIVERSARY

The fifteenth anniversary cele-
bration of the pastorate of the
Rev. Alexander Willbanks, OF the
Tenth Street Baptist Church,
opened yesterday and will con-
tinue through Wednesday De-
cember 18.
The Rev. Willbanks became
pastor of the Tenth Street
Church in 1914. He is also mod
orator of the Mt. Bethel Baptist
Association, of the District Of
Columbia, Virginia and Mary
land,- religious organization
representing 105 churches, $4,000
members and properties valued
at over $l,5O0,000. He is a mem
Der of the evangelist commission
of the Federal Council Of
Churches. of America and is wide
ly known.
The speaker tonight will be the
Rev. Robert Andt rSon. pastor Of
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Other ministers who will take
a part in the anniversary exercises
include the Rev. E. c. Smith, of
Metropolitan; the Rev. w. D.
Jarvis, of New Bethel Baptist
Church; the Rev. A. j. Tyler, of
Mt. Ally: the Rev. j. L. S. Hollo-
man, of Second Baptist; the Rev.
Augustus Lewis, of Jerusalem
Baptist, and the Rev. G. o. Bull
lock, of Third Baptist Church.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
Many Dramatic Clubs
Enter Play Tournament

More than a score of dramatic
clubs In Washington, Maryland
and Virginia are rehearsing for
the. fourth annual District of
Columbia One-Act Play Tour
nament, which gets under way
on the night of January %. The
preliminar'e' will end on February
5, and the finals in the tour
nament will be held in Mckinley
auditorium on the night of Feb
ruary 7.
The tournament is under the
euspices of the Community Drama
Guild of Washington. Applications
for entry must be in hand by
January 4.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02

Attorney General Mitchelk to-
day recommended to Congress
the consolidation of the legal &C
tivities of the Government under
the supervision of the attorney
general and against further legls-
lation creating legal agencies in
dependent of the Justice Depart
ment.
Modification Of the criminal
code sections penalizing officers
of the United States and other
classes in the Government SER
vice for participating in any pro
ceeding against the Government
was asked.
These restrictions were held to
hamper the attorney general in
the employment of special coun.
sci to represent the United
States.
Hardly any lawyer of expert
ence in private practice can be
found who does not represent
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
ADVERTISEMENT
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The Washington times., 1929-12-02
GAS IS IN SIGHT
FOR PIKE

BETHESDA, Md, Dec. ZAP
proximately 100 residents of the
Rockville -Halpine community
are expected to be present
Wednesday night at the county
suburban building, Bethesda,
when a hearing will be conducted
by the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
on the application of the Phil
fuels Corporation for permit to
erect metal buildings and tanks
at Halpin for the storage Of
gas.
The meeting was held over
from last week because the full
membership of the commission
was not present.
The new corporation plans the
distribution of cooking gas to the
communities between Rockville
and Bethesda where there is no
regular gas service. The prop
erty owners and representatives
of the Rockville Pike Citizens
Association are expected to op-
pose the granting of the permit.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
BOY
AND WIFE HELD
AS BANDITS

INDIAPOLIS, De-. g., IN.S0.
Like a tale from a thriller maga-
zine reads the saga of Gene Alger,
81, former student of Butler Uni
versity here, who once was a col
1ege poet but who is now languish-
ing in the Jennings County jail
at Vernon, Ind, charged with the
robbery of one bank and sus-
pected of a number of other
bank holdups.
Behind the Jail bars with him
Is his red-haired bride, Josephine
who gave up a good home and a
college education to share his fu-
gitive life.
The youthful husband and his
bride will go on trial for the al
legged robbery of the Paris Cross
ing State Bank, a. Paris Crossing,
Ind, in which the loot was $3.50.
He is charged with robbery, au-
, tomobile banditry and commit
ting felony while armed. She is
charged with automobile banditry,
for the State alleges she sat at
the wheel while Gene robbed the
Paris Crossing bank and other
banks and then drove him away
at a 70-mile-an-hour speed.
HIS FIRST MURDER
Gene Alger first fell afoul of
the law when he was interrupted
in an attempted automobile theft
by John Buchanan, Indianapolis
traffic officer. Alger ran and hid
in a clothes closet in hotel. The
policeman followed him. Alger
fired from the closet and killed
the policeman.
BY playing upon the sympathies
of members of jury at Danvllle,
Ind. attorneys for Alger were
able to get him off with two
to 21-year senten. at the State
Reformatory for manslaughter.
Gene served a little more than
his minimum sentence when Gov
%rnor Harr, G. Leslie of Indiana
paroled him just before Mothers
Day this year at the fearful re-
quest of his mother, who said she
wished him home on that occa-
sion and that he would resume
his education and mend his ways.
A few weeks after his release,
Alger married Josephine, the
daughter of a Jeffersonville, Ind.
police sergeant and school
teacher.
Series OF Robberies
In August, Alger began a series
of bank robberies, the State
charges. He took his wife with
bin, it is alleged. Three residents
of Paris Crossing has identified
the former poetic youth as the
kteely-eyed bandit who robbed the
banke there.
In Butler University, Gene was
shy, never had dates with the
girls, wrote a poem called "Our
Lake" for the college magazine
and blushed when he had to re-
cite. On the bandit trail he was
a daring, hardened character, his
alleged victims say.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
Liners for New York
Delayed by High Winds

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 GN.S0-
Lashed by high gales and buf-
feted by heavy seas many liners
due here today from Europe will
not dock until tomorrow, radio
messages said.
Among the vessels delayed is
the motorship Vulcania, with
Gene Tunnsy, retired heavyweight
champion, and his bride aboard.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
DARR NAMES MCNEIL

Charles w. Darr, president of
the Washington Chamber of Com
merce, has announced that Robert
H. McNeill has been appointed
chairman of the committee on
national legislation, while John
z. Walker Is named vice chair
man.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
D. c. School Association
To Hear u. S. Official

The District of Columbia Pub
lie School Association will meet
in the Franklin Administration
Building, Thirteenth and K
Streets Northwest, Wednesday
night at 8 o'clock.
Miss Bess Goodykoontz, asSiS-
tant commissioner of education,
United States Department OF
Interior, will talk on THE Elk
panding Elementary School Cur
riculum."
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
WOMEN HOLD FAIR

ARLINGTON, Va, Dec. e.
The ladies of the Arlington
Presbyterian church will give a
country. fair and supper tomor-
row and Wednesday from to 10
o'clock in the old Munson build
ing, opposite the Arlington drug
store on Columbia Pike. The
proceeds will go to the church
building fund,
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
HOLD CARD PARTY

LYON PARK, Va, Dec. q
The Woman's Club of Lyon Park
announces it will hold a card
party Wednesday night in the
community house, beginning at
8 o'clock. The committee in
charge of the arrangements are:
Mrs. e. v. Colberg. chairman; Mrs
H. D. Mahin, Mrs. ]. A. Mardes-
gir, Mrs. A. L. Dorsey and Mrs
w, T. Baker.
The Washington times., 1929-12-02
TALKS AT TAKOMA PARK

Miss Kathleen Shears, attend
ance officer of Prince Georges
county, will address the meeting
of the Civic and School AsSocia-
tion, Takoma Park, tomorrow
night at 8 o'clock. The meeting
will be in Prince Georges School,
Ray Road near Elm Avenue.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-01-11
Indians Good Swimmers.

The Ba.eau Of Amcrican Ethnology
says that the Indians were remark
able swimmers and some of the tribes
were In the water as much as were
the primitive Polynesians They swan
six or seven different ways, including
treading water and would dive to the
bottom of deep water. A common in
sttution among the Indians was the
sweat bath. They would sweat In
Il specially constructed swcathouse,
which was closed up to keep the heat
In, and when they thought they had
sweated enough would suddenly run
outdoors, giving warwhO0ps, throw
themselves into the cold water, and
after while re-Cnter the sweathOuSe
to dry of, since they had no towels
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-01-11
Mystery of Dollar Mark.

There are many theories as to the
origin of the dollar mark, but there is
not one which seems to be thoroughly
satisfactory. 1t is popularity supposed
to be conventional combination of
the letters U S, but there are some
which say that 1t Is a sign made use Of
by the ancient sun worshlpers of Cen
trail Asia, while another attributes It
to the bookkeeper of a Virginia tobac-
co warehouse. There are various
other explanations, all of which have
been investigated by university pro.
fessor who has given special study TO
the subject, and his conclusion is that
the dollar mark as we know II is u
direct descendant from the Spanish
authorizations of PS for pesos, the
letters OF which have been gradual.
ly combined and metamOrphosed into
the present dollar mark. The ? was
often made with two strokes, which
could very readily in the course Of
time, become a U by making one
down stroke and continuing the line
upward.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-01-11
Durability of Slate
Roofs Proved by Time

Early BritQns lived in mud huts
and the first real building that was
done In England was by the Saxons,
who were as good builders rs they
were warriors. Finding forests in
plenty, they proceeded to build wood
en- buildings and roof them, at first
with straw or reed thatch. Next slate,
being found in considerable abundance
and proving easy of cleavage, was EN-
ployed and became the accepted roof
ing for all buildings of Importance.
In Hartford-on-Avon there still
stands an old Saxon chapel covered
with the slate roof that was put on
in the Eighth century. To this day
thatch is used on peasants cottages,
but slate has for centuries been en-
ployed as roofing for the homes of the
gentry and for important public build
ings.
A British writer in 1902, writing Of
the superior merits of slate as OPP
posed to straw thatch, wrote that
slate was "in substance thinne, in
color faire, in waight light and in last
ing strong" Today there is little
more that can be said of slate. Cen
turtles Of use have proved its aston
ishing durability. Thousands Of beau
tiful buildings throughout England
and Wales testify to Its lasting charm
and thousands of English type homes
in America show Its appropriateness
in the consistently English style Of
architecture.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-01-11
Ad Writer'S Idea of
Great American Home

According to the advertisements it
is a private residence and gentleman's
estate and built of certified lumber
and southern pine, the aristocrat Of
soft woods bought direct from the
mills, and colored stucco. hollow tile,
concrete for permanence, sheet steel
for every purpose, the inherent charm
OF stone, and brick that is cheapeNin
the long run, and II is covered With
everlasting shingles, lined with cork
insulation. appointed with correct
hardware. painted with imperlshable
colors, heated with an absolutely
silent oil furnace and radiators from
a world institute Of heating that
blankets the nation. II has artistic
interiors made so with lacquer, beau
tiful ceilings, screens that last, mod
ern breakfast nook inspired by Old
world craftsmanship, the secret Of
lovely oak floors, the last word In liv-
ing room style that turns into a bed
room at night. the recognized leader
Of all coal windows, the utmost in SAN
itary engineering, instant hot water
from plumbing fixtures with finest
quality Of brass pipes that contain
more copper, and bathroom luxury
used on Park avenue yet priced low
enough for the most modest cottage
and is desirably located in a fast
growing community with rising values
and filled with period furniture, genu-
Inc llnoleum, and music from radios,
Photographs and grand pianos used
by the immortals and bought on the
installment plan with small down
payment or what have youf-Kansas
City Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-01-11
Bird "Alarm Clocks"

Living alarm clocks are quite the
thing in Liberia. The little pepper
bird takes 1t upon himself to wake up
the Liberians every morning Pos
sibly the bird is aware that the ma
tlves cannot have the regular sort Of
alarm clocks because the climate
takes all the alarm out of them-and
life, too
The pepper bird simply cannot stay
still when the sun comes up. He flut.
tiers to the hous tops, fences and
neighboring trees lttering his shrir,
excited calls, which have come TO
mean Get up" The natives, and the
whites as well, can count on him, for
he has been found to be dependable.
He has been timed and checked, and
1t was found that his waking cries did
not vary more than three minutes
from day to day. During the hot part
Of the day the bird disappears in the
woods.-Pathfinder Magazine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-01-11
Big Part Played by
Tempests in History

The only time that great storms are
recorded in history Is when they have
played an active part In the sea fights
Of the world. We all know of the
storm which wrecked the galleons Of
the Spanish armada after Drake had
harried them. And this Is not the
only occasion on which Spain suffered
at the hands of the tempest.
After the renowned fight of the Re-
venge, In which Sir Richard Grenvllle
took on Spanish fleet of SO ships
single-handed and sank FIVE OF them,
great storm sprang up. 1t wrecked
the remainder Of the Spanish ships
and the treasure fleet which they were
escortlng. So the little Revenge was
nightly avenged.
In 1880 hurricane was the means
Of averting a possible war between Ger
many and the United States. Warships
from each Of the countries had been dis
patched to the harbor of Apia, in Sa-
moa. But before anything like actual
hostilities broke out a cyclone swept
into the bay, and Of all the ships col
lected there only the British warship
Calliope survived. The blow was so
stunning to the navies Of the would
be belligerents that they were brought
to reason and signed a treaty.-Lon-
don Answers.