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The Washington times., 1929-11-22

flight. It is generally inclosed in
the wing.
Main supporting surface-A set
of wings. extending on the same
general level from tip to tip of an
airplane: e. g., a triplane has
three main supporting surfaces.
The main supporting surfaces in.
clude the ailerons but no other
surfaces. such as those intended
primarily for control or stabilizing
purposes.
Wind tunnel-An elongated
chamber, usually tube divergent
at the ends, through which
steady air stream may be drawn
or forced. Models of airfoils, OF
aircraft, or of propellerS may be
placed in the middle portion Of
the tunnel, called the experiment
chamber or working section, sup.
ported by suitable balances placed
outside the air stream, SO that the
forces, moments. ETC., due to the
moving air may be measured
Thus it is able to determine just
how a certain type of plane will
act when a full scale is built and
put into the air for service.
Watch for Examination No. I
in The Washington Times on
Monday. It will enable you to
check up on the progress you
are making in mastering the
PRINCIPLES of flight.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22

Tne series OF business CIALlACS
which Mr.. Hoover has been con-
ducting with railroad heads,
m anufac c urers, industrialiSts,
merchants, bankers and men Of
large affairs generally, has re-
suited in bringing forcibly to pub
lie attention an imposing array
Of favorable factors which sup
port the view that business con-
ditions are basically sound, and
that prosperity is still part OF
the national picture.
Briefly summarized, these fac
tors, as developed by the White
House conferences, are:
l. The great railroad systems
Of the country are planning to
spend $1,000, 100000 during the
next year for equipment and In
expansion activities.
3. The utilities interests are
mapping out an expansion pro-
gram for next year, greater than
they carried through this year.
An indication of what this means
may be cleaned from the fact
that the American Telephone
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
AID DISPATCHED
TIDE VICTIMS

ST. JOHNS. N. F., Nov. %
uNSl Bearing food and meoii-
cine. government vessels were
steaming at full speed for the
south coast Of Newfoundland TO
day to bring aid to thousands
left helpless by a gigantic tidal
wave which killed 26 persons and
destroyed miles of waterfront
property.
Wireless communication with
Burin was re-established early to-
day for the first time since the
shock. Operator Cox of the BURN
station sent a graphic account Of
the tidal wave to International
News Service here.
Eight deaths occurred in Point
au Gaul, Z in Port au Bras, 4 at
Taylors Grove, 4 at Lords Cove,
2 at Kellys Cove and ! at
Allans Island" Cox's radio read.
"AllanS Island was swept of all
It's fishing stages and stores, while
Point Au Gaul lost all its fishing
property. provisions and coal sup
plies. In addition, three houses
and 10 other buildings were de-
stroyed at the latter place.
Fifteen families are homeless
at TaylorS Cove.
st. Lawrence and Corbin were
swept clean of waterfront prop
erty and fishing boats, while
Lancelau lost one house and all
its fishing gear. Great Burain
and KellyS Cove were stripped CT
waterSide premises, and at Port
Au Bras, II houses, IA Schooners
and all dories and SkiffS as we'll
as waterSide provisions were car
ried away or destroyed.
'"The poStoffjce at st. Lawrence
is swinging at anchor in the
middle of the harbor. Nothing is
left of the Lords Cove telegraph
office.
Not since the year before the
outbreak of the American. civil
war when 800 lives were lost on
the same coast by a tidal wave,
has the country faced such priVa-
ton and distress from lack of
fuel and food"
The Washington times., 1929-11-22

The nomenclature given you
several days ago may also be COM
bined with this list of definitions
and used in study along with the
accompanying diagram.
Be sure to study the diagram,
for it is possible that many of
the terms found there will be in.
quired about in the coming exam
ination.
Aileron-A hinged or pivoted
movable auxiliary surface of an
airplane, usually part of the trail
ing edge of wing, the primary
function of which is to impress a
rolling moment on the airplane.
Airplane-Am mechanically driven
aircraft, heavier than air, fitted
with fixed wings, and supported
by the dynamic action of the air.
Aviation-The art of operating
heavier-than-air craft.
Pilot-An operator of aircraft.
This term is applied regardless oil
the sex of the operator.
Wing Spar Explained
Wing spar-The principal trans
verse structural member of the
wing assembly of an airplane.
Wing rib-A fore-and-aft mem
Der of the wing structure of an
airplane, used to give the wing its
form and to transmit the load
from the fabric to the SparS.
Compression rib-A heavy rib
designed to have the function of
wing rib and also act as a strut
opposing the pull of the wires in
the internal drag truss.
Internal drag wire--A wire or
cable designed primarily to resist
drag forces and concealed inside
the wing.
Former or false rib-An incom-
plete rib, frequently consisting
only of strip of wood extending
from the leading edge to the front
spar, used to assist in maintaining
the form. of the wing where the
curvature of the airfoil section is
SharpeSt.
Antidrag wire-A wire designed
primarily to resist forces acting
parallel to the chord of the wing
of an airplane and in the same
direction as the direction of
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
WOMAN FOUND
EXIT LOCKED
Times staff Photo

Mrs. Eva Jones, 66, Of. Silver
Spring, Md, was near the china
counter at McCrory's yesterday
when the fatal explosion occurred.
She was stunned for a short
while, and then realized that this
entire front of the store had
caved in. She joined the milling
crowd Of those within in their
frantic efforts to get out Of the
building.
She said that some man in
the store Gained them and led
them to an exit, which was
locked. They returned to-. the
front and were carried out by
firemen. She told firstraid
workers that she was able to go
without treatment.
However, she was too weak to
go any further than the Silver
Spring drug store, suffering from
shock, and her son, Sergt. Guy
Il. Jones, of the Montgomery
county police, took her home
from there.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22

In q low, melodlouS voice she
testified she had returned to her
room shortly after 10 o'clock that
night and while reading a paper
heard a sharp explosion. She
thought it was either a shot or
the blowing out of a motor tire,
Immediately afterward she heard
a commotinn in the hall and
loud voices.
Mrs. Hubbell was the strongest
witness the prosecution has SO
far produced against McManus
The State has been trying to
prove that RothStein was killed
in room $40. which McManus had
engaged under the name OF
George Richards"
Claims Game Honest
Alvin c.. better known as
Titanic" Thompson. form /
Broadway gambler, who now runs
a night club in Milwaukee, took
the stand today as one of the
States star witnesses.
He insisted under a cross fire
of questions the famous no limit
poker game held in Jimmy
Meehan's apartment less than
two months before the Staying
was an honest game.
1T wasn't crooked-it couldn' t
have been crooked because we
brought in a green dealer who
hardly knew how to deal cards" "
the witness testified.
The State claims this game
precipiated a gamblers feud
which led to the killing of Roth.
stein. Thousands of dollars
changed hands during the game
They we're betting $4,000. on the
turn of a card.
Titanic" was mighty cagy
witness. He forgot so many
things that Assistant District AT.
torney Ferdinand Pecora asked
him in exasperation If there was
anything wrong with your
memory"
Won $4,000 Cash
Was he at the big poker game
the game in Jimmy Meehan'S
apartment on the night of Sep
tember 1S, 1928, which lasted 20
hours?
Oh, yes.
Did he win or lose?
He Won about $4,000"
In cash?
Yes.
Did McManus win?
No-loSt. Il
Did Rothstein VIM
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
Catholic Daughters
Elect in La Plata

LA, PLATA, Nd, Nov. 22.-Court
Neale, Catholic Daughters Of
America. has elected Mrs. Olive
q. Lyon. grand regent; Mrs.
Kathleen Murphy, vice regent;
Mrs. Rebecca Clement, financial
secretary; Miss Margaret Frere,
historian: Mrs. Ella C. Posey,
treasurer; Mrs. Leila Price, mon.
itor; Miss Alice Irwin, sentinel; /;
Miss Emily Hamilton, lecturer;
Mrs. Mary H. Mullen. prophecies;
Miss Neale Willis, organist;
Mesdames Olivia McDonagh and
Mary Burch, trustees.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
Highway Survey Ready
For Sen. Simmons SOOr

The survey made by investi-
gators of the Bureau of Efficiency
CT the use of public highways by
all public vehicles has been com.
pleted and the report is expected
to be ready and sent to Congress
man Simmons, vino requested the
survey be made, within a few
days.
The survey covers the use of
special parking spaces by taxi
cabs and other parking privileges
accorded business houses. Every
type of public vehicle, including
buses, is understood to be covered
in the survey.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
Most Beautiful Girl"
Hurt. Asking 5000. .O0O

NEW YORK, Nov. % dN.S).
Her back and neck supported by
pillows, Dorothy Conrey, once
called the most beautiful woman
in the world by .NeySa McMein,
woman artist, today was to re-
sumo her story to a jury con-
corning the injuries sustained
when hit two years ago by a
truck.
She is suing for 100000.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
Registration Card

I wish to enroll a member Of The Washington Time
Flying Club and to receive free instruction.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
STUDENT sAxER ROBBED

Thieves are richer by one saxo-
phone, stolen from the Mckinley
High School some time yesterday.
Richard H. Mansfield, Of 19 Balti-
more Pike, Cottage City, Nd, re-
ported that the instrument was
valued at $3.50, was taken out Of
a locker room.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
Mrs. Andree Lawrence
Marries N. 7. Broker

NEW YORK, Nov. % (INS3
Mrs. Andree Lawrence, former
wife of Warren F. Lawrence, play
wright, was married last week to
j. K. Ellert,, New York broker, it
was learned today.
The playwright was divorced in
Reno on October 2S on a charge
of desertion.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
Canadian Girl Is NelU
Rothstein Witness

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (1NS) Mrs. Margaret Hubbel at
ractive rosycheeed young Canadian woman occupant Of
357 the Park Central Hotel the night when Arnold
Rothsten fatally shoalegedly in S49-took the
stand surprise witness today at the trial Of George
McNEanus for first degree murder.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
BUSINESS conferences
PLEASE PRESIDENT
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service

President and those who have been aiding him in
the job of rebuilding national confidence in the immediate
business futurea confidence severely shaken by stock
change gymnastcvewed the situation with considerable
aakisfacfinn today.
The Washington times., 1929-11-22
How TO Fly
LESSON NO. s
OF The Washington Times Flying Club
BY CAPT ROY FONKE
AeronduticGl Engineer

In place of your lesson you shall have written
examination covering all the lectures to date. -. i.
This lesson includes nomenclature which you will find
very important in future studies well aid in reviewing
nrevio
The Washington times., 1929-05-04
FAMED
FOR DIARY,
ON STAGE

Samuel Pepys, the immortal
Diarist Of the days of Charles III
and Nell Gwynne, is the hero of
"And So To Bed" the James B.
Fagan comedy which Mr.. Lee
Shubert will present at Polls
Theater for a return engagement
of the week commencing Monday
night. with matinees Thursday
and Saturday.
The comedy had a long run in
London and last season it had
its introduction to New York.
In the production now on tour
the leading roles are in the hands
of accomplished players. Walter
Kingsford appears as Pepys-
whose name, by the way, is
properly pronounced Peeps. Mr..
Pagan is authority for this. and
he ought to know. for he has
lived in London for years and had
made a close study of Pepys AMI
his times. The little Russian
star" Eugene Leontovich has
the role of Mrs. Pepys who, ac-
cording to history, was the daugh-
ter of a Frenchman and the pos
The siren of the play. Mrs.
knight, favorite of Charles II is
portrayed by Roberta Beatty.
1t was Mr.. Fagan original
intention to dramatize the famous
Diary, but when he found that
this was not practical he decided
to write a sequel to the Diary.
AS he puts it himself, he pre-
ferred to present a living portrait
of the celebrated diarist rather
than a scrappy chronicle play.
So the comedy opens in June,
1863, shortly after Pepys made his
last entry in the diary. The
characters are historical, but the
plot is the outgrowth of the play.
wr1ght's imagination. II hap.
pened to catch the amorous rogue
on the afternoon that was all
comedy" says Mr.. Fagan. "I
have set down naught in malice.
"On the afternoon in question,
the sentimental Pepys takes his
flageolet along with him to
Mistress Knights house, The
lady was a noted singer as we'll
as siren. Pepys is reveling in
the adventure when King Charles
arrives quite unexpectedly. The
diarist, in classic comedy fashion
hides in a chest. and when Mis-.
tress Pepys comes bustling in a
little later, bent upon catching
her husband frolicking in for
hidden haunts. the King care.
lessly sits beside her on the
chest and INDUCES in one of his
privileged flirtations. Unfortu.
nately, in his haste to disappear,
the Lothario of the play forgets
to hide his flageolet and he has
to promise to turn over a new
leaf before peace is patched up
In the Pepys household.
The Washington times., 1929-05-04
HUSTON'S BOY
BECOMES AN
AUTHOR

The boy has grown older and
Walter Huston, star of the stage
and screen, whose latest picture.
Gentlemen of the Press" an all
talking Paramount picture from
the Ward Morehouse stage sue
cess of last season, which is now
playing at Loew's Palace, now
takes lively kidding" from his
little boy"
Huston's son, John, %, living
with his grandmother at Green's
burg, Ind, is an aspiring writer.
His father agreed to stake" him
provided the profits were divided
$3.50. The boy recently sold his
story, The Shameless Fool" to
the American Mercury and here's
what he wrote to his dad:
Enclosed you will find check
for half the amount given by the
Mercury. I am sending along a
little extra for you to buy some
playthings. Get hold Of some good
bonds and salt it away. Keep it
and it will keep you.
Naturally, am anxious to
hear about your work. ] am very
much interested and believe you
have the stuff but I would like
to see anyway two or three close
ups. Keep at it and, after the
first of the year, I may have you
come on to Greensburg for a brief
visit. They have very cheap
houses in Greensburg and we
could put up together in style,
particularly as you are good at
plumbing and could thaw out the
pipes which are terribly frozen"
The Washington times., 1929-05-04
Attracts All

8 Douglas Fairbanks, in "The Iron
Mask" is proving to be quite a
box-office attraction to the older
generation as well as the young.
There is an old adage about all
the world loving a lover.
The Washington times., 1929-05-04
ROGER PRYOR
MAKES BOW
MONDAY

Now that Roger Pryor has
come to play leads with the Ma
tional Theater Players. opening
this week in William Anthony
Maguire's play. Its Boy" the
Nations Capital is again repre-
sented by a member of a family
that has contributed it's share of
genius to the nation.
1t was back in the early part
of this century that the name of
Arthur Pryor became famous in
the realm of music, and Wash
ington gave the worlds greatest
trombonist his start. When John
Philip Sousa was leader of the
United States Marine Band,
Arthur Pryor was playing The
slip horn. In those days, from
bone players rarely il ever hoped
to be stars. The SOLO cornetists
were the men who rose from
the ranks; but Arthur Pryor was
so good he just naturally forged
ahead, and when people heard the
Marine Band they usually came
away with glowing praise of Ar
thur Pryor. Later he organized
his own band. and this is now
one of the greatest in America.
The son. Roger Pryor. inherited
his fathers love for music; but
he also had ambitions to become
an actor. Now. after some four
or five years on the American
stage he has become a star in
his chosen profession. After three
years in stock. young Pryor
landed in Broadway production,
playing a prominent part in "The
Backslappers. From there he
went with Blanche Yurka, in an
Ibsen play. THE Sea Woman"
Coincidence has 1t that Miss Yurlla
plays Washington during the
week that young Pryor gets
started as leading man with the
Nationals.
After a session in Paid" and
run in Strike up the Band"
Roger Pryor became leading man
in two outstanding successes.
Saturdays Children" which kept
him a year on Broadway, and
"The Front Page" which he left
after the Chicago run to come
to Washington where Pryors,
seemingly. are always needed.
The Washington times., 1929-05-04
NEW LANGUAGE
IS HEARD In
FEATURE
Unayo Mayayi?

Unayo Maydy1!
Not Sanskrit, Esperanto or pig
latin.
It means 'Have you any eggs?
in Swahili, the negro language 0z
Central East Africa, which ID
spoken for the first time on the
audible screen in Paramount's all.
talking production, "A Dangerous
Woman" now at the Earle Thea
ter.
Raclanova, Give Brook, Neil
Hamilton, SnitZ Edwards and
Olive Cook together with three
score negroes from Los Angeles
East Side who are playing in the
picture took lessons in Swahili
for three weeks preparatory to
making the sequence Of the film.
A song Of welcome 10 sung in
Swahili by five negroes as they
row Neil Hamilton up the river
to the native village where Brook,
as his brother, is stationed as q
representative Of q foreign gov.
ernment. All the conversations
Of the white folks with natives
are conducted in Swahili.
Gerald Grove, technical advisor
on the production, who spent
seven and one-half years in Africa,
taught their lines to the principals
and the extras. Rowland v. Lee,
who directed the great George
Bancroft success, The Wolf Of
Wall Street." was the director Of
"A Dangerous Woman"
The Washington times., 1929-05-04
Swanee Will Wind Up
Dance Season Sunday

Swanee, favorite dance resort
will conclude its season on Sun
day evening, May S.
The season just concluding has
been one of Swanee's most sue
cessful periods. The Swanee Syn.
copators have demonstrated their
unbdatability as an ace drawing
card.
Every preparation Is being made
to wind up the Swanee season in
a blaze of enthusiasm. Al kamons.
director of the Swanee Synco-
pators, has prepared an especially
hot program Of dance music
The Washington times., 1929-05-04
BUDDY ROGERS
CAN PLAY
EN- ALL

Charles Buddy" Rogers turns
out to be a versatile entertainer
in Paramount's all-talking, sing
ing and dancing comedy-romance,
CLOSE Harmony" now in its sec.
ond week at Crandall's Metropoli-
tan. For. not only does Buddy
sneak throughout. and sing new
song hit, I'm All-A-Twitter," but
he also performs in convincing
fashion on the cornet, saxophone
and trombone, not to mention a
tune on the piano and couple
of clever stunts at the traps.
All this he does. besides making
ardent love to Nancy Carroll who
is co-starred with him in this gay,
thoroughly enjoyable film.
That Rogers is clever musi.
clan is probably new---te-S-41qost
people, but on the coast ne is
well known as a jazz band leader,
having performed many times
from the stage of the Paramount
Theater in Los Angeles and on
occasion playing five instruments
with his own band. In "Close
Harmony" appropriately enough,
he is cast as the leader of a jazz
band trying to break into big
time" vaudeville. OF course, he
finally succeeds. thanks to Nancy
Carroll who evolves plan
whereby Rogers gets chance to
fill in on the headliners who come
to blows over little Nancy. The
headliners, the Harmony Boys,
are none other than the freckle.
faced Jack Oakie and Skeets Gal
lagher, two clever comedians, who
successfully pull a Van and
Schenck act that should please
audiences everywhere.
Miss Carroll also sings a new
song hit, 81 Wanna Go Places
and Do Things" a tuneful melody
which she succeeds in putting
over in charming fashion. Miss
Carroll. as always, is gay, ami
The Washington times., 1929-05-04
MUSIC IS BIG
FEATURE OF
SHOW BOAT

One of the most remarkable de.
mands which Director Harry Pol.
lard ever made upon a musical
composition is that which Is re-
quired of the modernly-adapted
negro spiritual, Lonesome Road"
This is used az the finale Of
"Show Boat" which Is being
shown at the Rialto, and actually
to bring about a dramatic situa-
tion in the picture that plays an
astonishingly important part In
the film itself. 1t was movietoned
by Jules Bledsoe.
Another song used as dramatic
element in the action Of the pic
ture is Here Comes the Show
Boat" It is employed to connect
the Ziegfeld part Of "Show Boat"
with the Universal part of it.
The calliope music which opens
the "Show Boat" picture is also
used in a dramatic way. Before
the show boat appears on the
screen, the audience hears the
characteristic music of the cal
liope. Universars musical depart
ment went to great lengths to dis
cover and movietone music which
has been played on show boat cal
Hopes for untold years, but which
has never been committed to NOV.
ing pictures. Most of it was found
in the New York Public Library.
Since Edna Ferber's Show
Boat" story develops over q period
of so years, every effort was made
on the part Of the musical adapter
to find characteristic music of the
periods covered by the action to
use characteristically.
The Washington times., 1929-05-04
Snitz Edwards AS
He's Indexed By
Who's Who
Do you know that

DO you know that
SIitz Edwards is 4 feet tall?
He has played in 80 pictures
in the past 10 years?
He is Hungarian by birth, New
York by education and Hollywood
in his ideas?
He was once voted the second
ugliest actor in New York, Eddie
Foy being the winner?
He speaks German, French and
Spanish?
He's played Indians, Freedmen,
Turks and Spaniards?
He plays the comic chieftain of
an African tribe in "A Dangerous
Woman" which is now on the
screen at the Earle Theater.
The Washington times., 1929-05-04
RrusiIoffs at Home

Mrs. Leon Brusiloff, and the
new youngster. are now "at
home" at the Brusiloff residence
on Sixteenth Street. Which helps
matters for the papa" for Leon
Brusiloff now has but two places
to "cover:" Home and the Fox
Theater, where he Is the musical
director.
The Washington times., 1929-05-04

Perhaps the Haines career will
be new history.
There is no accounting for
human likes and dislikes.
Neither is there any call to
fight because it's so. Some peo-
pie eat limburger sandwiches
(ugh) and like them. Yes, some
even eat them with onions.
Pardon me, if l prefer Rock
Greek Park.
AS to the submergence of per-
senality and the matrimonial in
fluence. Mr.. Harris would
probably subscribe to the slogan
painted on the wall of a New
York night club: Marriage is a
great institution-for those who
like institutions It's a good
wisecrack, but Clarence Darrow
once told me the successful de-
batter will never enter the dis
cussion until he is completely
fortified with all the known ar
guments on his side of the sub
ject. / prefer Mr.. Darrow.
Prudery is something else
again. I could fill another
column and probably not reach
common ground with my Que
Gardens correspondent. But
there are other Saturdays COM
ing.
The Washington times., 1929-05-04

Most screen stars find that a
rubber stamp type of role is a
menace to popularity, but Mr..
Haines may be the exception.
Lon CLANCY has gotten away
from the grotesque make-ups in
every feature. The suave So
phisticate, Adolphe Menjou, has
receded as box-office magnet
because of the sameness of his
camera characters. William S.
Hart was always Johnny on the
spot with his two guns, too
often. Lillian Gish has batted
her eyes and looked wistful un-
Til her screen public has dimin-
ished. Mary Pickford was COM
PEELED to grow up. There's
few pages from the record.
The Washington times., 1929-05-04

mated and completely soothing to
the eyes. An excellent piece Of
character work, in comedy fashion,
is contributed by Harry Green, a
well-known vaudeville entertainer.
''Close Harmony" was directed
by Edward Sutherland and John
Cromwell, the New York stage
director, from an original story
by Elsie Janis and Gene Markey.
The dialogue was written by John
A. Weaver, the American poet,
and Percy Heath.