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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
GAS TAX INCREASE
TO Be CONSIDERED
Chamber of Commerce Com
mittee Emergency" Meet
ing This Afternoon.

The proposed increase in the gasoline
Tax from to cents per gallon, the
additional revenue to be applied to eX-
tension of the park system of the Dis
Jrict, will be considered at an "emer-
2ency' meeting of the Washington
Chamber Of Commerce committee on
District finance, taxation and assess
ment this afternoon.
The committee will consider whether
the method proposed for raising park
funds is proper, to which opppostion al
ready has developed. The chamber is
committed to extension of parks, but
will study the proposed method of adj
ditional financing.
The gas tax measure has been Sug-
gested by Representative Zihlman. Re-
publican, of Maryland, chairman Of the
House District committee, at the behest
of constituents. who seek to more nearly
equalize the District gas tax with the
Accent levy exacted in Maryland.
The membership of the committee
handling the matter announced today by
Charles W. Darr. chamber president, is
as follows: Rudolph Jose, chairman;
George S. De Neale. vice chairman;
Harold C. Anderson, w. M. Balderson,
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, Howard C. Beck,
SuilOn oeIOlt, LII. marry oOolcy, t1dITl-
son Brand, jr.; S. T. Cameron, Charles
F. Carusi. Henry G. F. CaStenS, L. H.
Charles, Bertrams Chesterman, Appleton
P Clark, Morris CafritZ, John A. Eckert,
John Joy Edison, William John Eynon,
Lewis Flemer, George B. Fraser, George
S. Fraser. E. C.. Graham, Wilbur l..
Gray. Gerald Grosner, A. F. Harlan
Houston r. Harper, George A. Harris,
Charles E. Howe. Garfield I. Kass,
Philip King. M. A. Leese. Hallock P.
Long, Joseph Low. r. L. McKeever,
Samuel L. Marks. Miss Mary G. Minnix
Thomas T. Mott, A. G. Neal, Marcus
Notes, Judge Mary O'Toole. James w
S. Peters, Horace J. Phelps, William
Rosendorf, David Sanger, Miss Edna j.
Sheehy, Francis NJ. Savage, j. E. Shoe
maker, John H. Small, Graeme T. Small
wood, w. NJ Smith, Mrs. Caroline B.
Stephen, John H. Simon, w. w. Spaid
Ernest j. Splitter, S. H. Takes, Gerald
r. Trimble, w. j. Waller. Fred S. Walk
er, Joseph A. Wilmer, Joseph Witt and
Joseph I. Fucker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
TRADE BOARD ADDS
SOL NAMES TO ROLL
Report Shows Membership Increase
in Year Breaks All Pre-
vious Records.

All previous records of the Board
of Trade for new members enrolled
during year were broken during the
year ending today, when total of Sol
new names were added to the rolls of
the trade body, it is announced by
Luther w. Linkins, chairman Of the
membership committee.
Mr.. Linkins, at the annual election
meeting of the organization tonight at
the Willard Hotel, will report that the
total paid-up membership now stands at
3,136 local business men and concerns.
The committee has awarded special
recognition to John F. Webster as be-
ing responsible for the greatest number
of applications brought in by one men,
Der of the organization. Of6cers of the
committee include, in addition to Mr..
Linkins, Milton F. Schwab, William r.
Ellis, Robert j. Cottrell and T. Brooke
Amiss. y
The following have been nominated
for 10 vacancies on the board Of direc-
tors of the trade body. who will be
elected this evening: John T. Bardrof,
George Pitt, Claude w. Owen, George
Miller, Luther w. Linkins, Edwin c.
Brandenburg, Walter A. Brown, E. F.
Colladay, Frank S. Hight, Joseph A.
Burkart, c. j. Gockeler, Stephen E.
Kramer, John B. Larner, Robert F.
Beresford, Edwin M. Bayly, Charles F,
Crane and Harry Blake.
Lieut.. Col. U. s. Grant, Sd, executive
officer of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, will make awards
to owners and architects of eight local
building projects selected by the trade
body as subjects for merit in architec-
ture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY BUSINESS GROUP
George J, Cross, Jr., Named Presi
dent Of Southeast Association.
Progress of Body Noted.

The annual election of the South
east Business Mems Association was
held Monday night in Naval Lodge Hall,
$50 Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: George j. Cross, jr.,
president; Charles D. Joyce, vice presi-
dent; Charles A. Everett. secretary;
Clarence F. Donohoe, treasurer, and
Mark Kelley. sergeant-at-arms.
The retiring officers, Charles H.
jenkins, president, and T. K. Smith,
vice president, extended congratulations
to the newly elected officers. James
B. Flynn spoke on the progress that
the past officers had made. After ad-
journment Of the meeting refreshments
were served.
The association meets every first Mon
day of the month at $3.50 pm. In Naval
Lodge Hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
R. S. NORRIS NAMED
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR
Appointed as One of Four As.
sistant Attorneys General to
Handle Prohibition Cases.

Raymond S. Norris, local attorney, is
one of four new special Assistant Attor-
neys General appointed to handle pro-
hibition prosecutions, the Department
Of Justice announced today.
The others are William j. Froelich.
Omaha: D. Haywood Hardy, Houston.
and Nelson H. Carver of Nashville.
Four or five more will be appointed.
Mr.. Norris, who formerly was with
the Department Of Justice, was born at
Boyds, Md, and. following early school
ing at Rockville, was graduated In law
at GEORGETOWN University Law School.
He left the Department Of Justice about
Six years ago, and went with the Amer
lean Telephone & Telegraph Co. In New
York City, but later returned to WASH
incton, and has maintained D law Office
here for the past three years.
Mr.. Norris is SO years of age and lives
at 6sls Meadow lane. Chevy Chase, Nd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
FOG FLYING CLASS THRILLS
BOILING FIELD SPECTATORS
Army Training Pilots to Keep Planes
Straigh t and Level by Relying
on Instruments.

how it is so many pilots have gone out
of control in the fog"
Mai. Davidson explained that on his
first attempt he made no effort to hold
the plane on q compass course, but
tried merely to hold it in level flight,
relying upon his turn and bank indi-
Gator and a similar instrument show
ing whether he was in a climb or dive
to show him when he deviated from
horizontal flight.
Devised at Boiling Field.
The cover used for the cockpit was
devised by Capt. EaRer and Army me-
cl1anics at Boiling Field. A framework
Of four heavy wires is installed over
the opening. following roughly the lines
of the slip-stream, from under the
windshield to the rear of the cockpit.
Over these wires the canvas cover
slides. The edges of the cover are fas-
tened inside the cockpit with snap
fasteners, all of which may be released
instantly by the pulling of two wires,
so that the pilot may get out quickly
in case of emergency.
The plane is equipped with dual con-
troll so that it may be flown from either
cockpit. This enables the pilot in the
rear cockpit to take over the controls in
case the student unwittingly throws
the plane into a spin or drops too close
to the ground. 1t also will be the duty
of the pilot in the rear cockpit TO take
note of the course of their erratic wan
behring's through the air so that they
may find their way home again.
Either pilot may take the plane off
the ground or land it, as thes' student"
pilot may open or close the canvas COW
er at will. Gen. Fechet and Mai. David
son both elected to take the plane of
themselves, closing the cover over their
heads after they got well up OF the
field.
Fog training should be a part of
every pilots instruction" Capt Eaker
said. "A pilot who gets into fog and
is unable to hold his ship in level flight
and to follow compass course natural
ly is in danger. If he is trained to fly
by instrument he is afforded a large
measure of protection and should at
least be able to get out of the fog again
without wrecking his ship"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
WHITE HOUSE FAILS
TO ASSIST ALLEN
Akerson Says Intervention to
Be Withheld in Police
Matters.

Pvt. r. J. Allen of the third pre-
cinct, who has been ordered dismissed
from the police force by the police trial
board for unwarranted use of his pistol
will receive no help from the White
House in his efforts to retain his place
in the Police Department.
Policeman Allen called at the White
House yesterday afternoon to make q
plea for assistance. He did not see
the President and was given to under
stand by George Akerson, secretary to
the President, that the White House
had no intention of interfering in
matters relating to the administration
of the police force.
The Commissioners have not yet COM
mitted themselves definitely on the final
disposition Of Aliens case, and Allen
was given the usual 10 days to file a
written appeal. Commissioner Proctor
L. Dougherty said yesterday that Allen
had not filed his appeal up to that
time, and the Commissioners will con-
slider the appeal nevertheless, using the
record of the trial II Aliens argument
Is not received In time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

passed through high school. The col
leges cannot adapt themselves to the
entrants who are seeking admission.
The professional schools above the COL
leges are, in turn, limited in their abil-
ity to absorb the. products Of the COL
leges. One of the most difficult prob
lens of educational administration is to
adjust the higher institutions, with their
limited facilities and limited curricu-
lums, to the enormously expanded high
school,"
The final coordination Of the system.
the superintendent admit, must depend
upon years of work upon extremely COM
pick problems and cannot be dictated
hastily upon assumptions, which have
no basis in research work. 1t is par
ticularly necessary. it is pointed out, to
study the developing nature Of the pupil
from year to year. the causes Of failures
and voluntary Withdrawals from school,
and the comparative rate Of progress in
the grades above.
One study, for example, deals with the
correlation between the advancement of
children who have had one or two years
in kindergarten with those who enter
the first grade without such training.
Separate committees have been named
to lay out the necessary research work
for different levels Of the school system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

Trained Army flyers, veterans with
many notable aerial adventures behind
them, found themselves helpless in the
clear air over Boiling Field yesterday
and their laundering, weaving attempts
to steer straight course and keep their
planes in level flight filled ground OBJ
servers alternately with amusement and
alarm.
Their misadventures were not the re-
suit of the wind or of faulty planes or
motors. The trials and tribulations
they underwent marked the opening OF
a fog flying class" through which all
flying officers on duty at the field must
go during the next few weeks.
A Douglass O2H observation plane has
been equipped with q canvas cockpit
cover on a framework which completely
covers the forward cockpit, cutting OF
the pilots view outside the plane. Un-
able to see the sky or the ground, or
any of his plane except the instrument
board before him, the pilot is forced to
fly by instrument alone. It is planned
to put every pilot at the station through
a two-hour course of blind flying" in
the plane so that they may be thor
oughly trained to face the menace of
any fog in which they may be caught.
Training for Army Pilots.
If the school is as successful as its
proponents hope. the system may be
adopted as a part of the training of
every Army pilot.
The school had as its first student
Mai. Howard c. Davidson, commandant
of Boiling Field, who made a half-hour
fi'sht yesterday afternoon. He was fol-
lowed by Maj. Gen. James e. Fechet,
chief of the Army Air Corps. Capt. Ira
c. Eaker, chief pilot on the world rec
ord endurance flight Of the Army trans
port plane Question Mark last January,
who is responsible for the establishment
of the fog school," accompanied both
of them on their first flights.
II never realized a man could feel
so absolutely helpless" Maj. Davidson
said following his attempt. Nothing
seems normal Your senses tell you
the plane is in level flight when the
instruments show it to be in spin.
After this experience 1 can understand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
Overturning Taxi
Reveals Alleged
Hold.up of Driver

A taxicab, alleged to have been
seized at pistol point from its
driver, John B. Clark, colored,
overturned shortly before noon to-
DAY as 1t careened around the
Peace Monument on Pennsylvania
avenue, bringing up within less
than a block of where it started
Policeman r. N. Kessellring of
the eleventh precinct, who hap
pened to be passing on a street
car, saw the cab skid and roll
over.
When the officer went to in
vestigate the driver came up and
accused James Henry Collins,
also colored. of the 100 block of
Tenth street, of having forced him
from the vehicle.
At the fourth precinct Collins
was charged with assault with
dangerous weapon, robbery and
reckless driving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

The automobile in which they sought
to escape a pursuing motor cycle officer
this morning proved the undoing of two
colored men when it overturned and
pinned the fugitives to the ground
The policeman. M. M. Deakins, had
to release the men before he could take
them into custody. The arrests termi-
mated two-mile dash, during which
the streets were showered with one
half gallon Jars discharged from the
fleeing automobile, the officer said
He found four jars of alleged liquor
In the overturned machine, arresting
Frank Green, "a years old, Of the 900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
Breaks Leg in 25-Foot Fall.

+ LURAY, Va, April 10 Especially -
Thurman Conner, 9-year-old son OF
ernest Conner of near Shenandoah, this
county, while playing in a silo on a
aeighhoring farm fell IS feet to ce-
ment floor, breaking his leg between the
knee and hip and suffering minor lac
erations and bruises. The little fellow
is doing we'll and seems to have suffered
no more serious injury Is was tirst
feared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
RAIN UNTIL FRIDAY
IS FORECAST HERE
Temperature Is Expected to Rise
at End Of Week as Condi-
tions Clear.

A sudden April downpour late yes
terday broke the prevailing heat wave
and sent shirt-sleeved and sweltering
homegoers scurrying for shelter.
Now, rainy weather is promised by
the forecaster until Friday. With
clear weather here Friday, the fore
caster announced the temperature will
rise and at the end of the week it will
be somewhat warm again.
Yesterday 80 degrees was the highest
temperature.
The highest today was forecast as so
degrees, gradually climbing from Sc de-
grees registered at 1915 o'clock this
morning. The double blossoms on the
cherry trees In Potomac Park now are
expected to be fully in bloom by Satur-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
Wrecked Auto Holds Rum Suspects
After Two-Mile Chase by Police

block Of @ street, and Walter Harris
80 years old, of the 800 block of v
street, both colored, after extricating
them from the wreckage
Shortly after midnight the oficer
sighted the automobile on walker road,
near the District line, and gave chase.
Severla times he came alongside, only
{ obeforced to drop back by the careen-
ing machine. It finally skidded and
took to the ditch.
At the eleventh precinct Green was
charged with illegal possession. trans
porting and reckless driving, while the
first two counts were booked against
Harris
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
Y. M. C. A. Extends Call.

STAUNTON, Va, April 10 (Spe-
ciai) The Y. M. G. A. board in ses-
sion Monday night extended a call to
r. H. Kinney of Ebensburg, Pa, to be
general secretary of the Staunton Y. M.
G. A. Mr.. Kinney at present is gen.
eral secretary of the Y. M. G. A. at
Ebensburg. He is graduate of Oberlin
College and has had % years expert
ence in Y. M. c. A. work in Ohio and
PENNSYLVANIA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
Will Speak on Rail Mergers,

Richard Waterman of the United
States Chamber of Commerce will ad-
dress the Kiwanis Club of Washington
on Railroad Consolidation at the
meeting of the club at the Washington
Hotel tomorrow afternoon at 1890
O'Clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
FINAL SHOWING OF PLAY.
st. Gahriels Club Presents "The
Hidden Guest"

The Stella Maris Club of st. Ga
briefs Church presented its final show
ing of the play, THE Hidden Guest"
before capacity house in st. Paul's
Hall, Fifteenth and v streets, last night.
In addition to Paul Murphy and Miss
Helen Ryan, who took the leading roles,
parts were taken by Mary Mccarthy,
Leone Powers, Dorothy Collifower,
Matthew Fenton. Joseph Fallon, Ray
mond Quinn and william Ryan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

SCKcUtIHC nsSHks oUukHts
"As soon as educators come to realize
that articulation Of institutions must be
based on study of the facts of human
DEVELOPMENT, not on arbitrary decisions
or traditions, q scientific basis viii have
been established for the organization OF
the school system. A new problem o.
articulation IS beginning to present itseli
because Of the enormous expansion Of
certain units OF the educational system
The public high school has grown more
rapidly than the institutions above It
There Is no adequate provision at the
collegiate. level. for ell Those who hay.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-19

WHISPERING Galley" a Blood
and Thunder Mystery PLAY

A blood and thunder mystery play
"A called "The Whispering Gallery"
is now at the Forrest Theatre. 1t
was written by two Englishmen,
Percy Robinson and Terence de
Marney, and rumor has it that it is
quite a success in the British Isles.
If it will duplicate here, only time
will tell
The play is sure to send cold
shivers up and down the spine of
the overwhelming majority of the
audience, and those who like that
kind of thing will call the present
opus one of the best ever. There
is no doubt, it is the equal of most
of the plays of this class and I'M
doubtedly will be a mild success
With mystery and detective stories
the rage, a play such as this, should
clean up. Well written, with a
superior cast and good direction,
even those who usually do not care
for plays of this character, will
be able to spend an enjoyable eve
ming. When it is all over, the critic
al theatregoer will admit that it was
all lot Of nonsense, but entertain
ing nonsense at that.
All the stock in trade devices Of
the mystery play are used, phos-
phorescent hands, sliding panels,
mysterious voices and sudden dark
ness, which are all utilized to good
advantage. Of course, every char
acter is at one time or another sus-
pected of the murder, even the de-
tective being considered as the
bloody cut throat.
The play contains two murders.
In the prologue, Martin Condell
murders his wife. Thirty years later
his son is murdered in the same
room. The play is devoted to solving
the mystery of the second murder.
which of course, is directly con-
nected with the first.
While the habit of attempting to
guess the guilty one has become
the style since mystery plays and
books have been so successful, it
is quite difficult to pick out the
guilty person in this play. Those
who are honestly successful in NAM
ing the murderer, can call them
selves first class detectives, who
are more alert than the ordinary
sleuth.
The part of Martin Condell, also
that of his son Robert, is played by
Hugh Miller. Harry McNaughton,
portrays the stage version of the
stupid Englishman; while A. P.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-19
Pictures of Krassin
Rescue at Carnegie
Hall Tonight

An interesting sequence in "Kras-
sin: The Rescue Ship" the Sow
kino official motion picture of the
Soviet expedition which rescued the
Inflated Mobile crew, is the part
showing Madame Kollantai, Soviet
Ambassador to Norway, welcoming
her countrymen on the Krassin with
he following words:
Sour enemies say we are destroy
,rs of culture and science. Your
oeroism has disproved this SANDER.
Your task now is to do all that is
possible to rescue Amundsen and
he Alessandri group. In the name
If the Norwegian people, to you
md to the Soviet government and
the entire Russian people, we ex-
END our thanks and greetings. You
lave shown the whole world that
rou are brave and self-sacrificing
pioneers of civilization"
The perturbation of this incident
provides a stirring moment in this
.reatest of all news pictures, which
will have its American premiere
his evening at Carnegie Hall under
he auspices of the Amkino.
Vilhjalmur Steffanson, the noted
Arctic explorer, will make the in
.roductory address and pay his
ribute to the bravery of the Kras-
in crew and commanders as well
IS to Boris Tschuchnovski, the now
amous pilot of the Red Bear, the
airplane which performed marvels
Il locating the ice-stranded Mobile
rev.
Steffanson will also speak during
he course of the showing Of the
lin. explaining the hardships and
tremendous difficulties which the
<rsssin sailors had to contend with
md overcome.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-19
COMPENSATION
ACT IN COLO. |,
FOR The BOSSE
1888 for Possible Lc
of Eyes

(By q Worker Correspondent
FREDERICK, Colo, (By M
The compensation laws of G.
RADIO are joke. Working in
mines, which is a hazardous occr
ton, results in frequent injuries
deaths. Nevertheless, the coal C
panies have nothing to whine O
for they do not have to worry {
the financial cost of broken lir
amputated or ground to bits, or
other injury that affects the {
diggers. The industrial conr
sion and it's state compensation Il
take care Of that for the coal c.
panies and shark insurance c,
bines.
Many cases affecting individ
coal diggers prove the robbing of
industrial victims. A typical exam
is a miner, Nick Spanas, who '
seriously injured in the eyes and
consequences no one can foretell.
any rate, the miner fulfilled
regular conditions of appealing
compensation. After several we
he received word from the insura
company as well as the State Ind
trial Commission telling him
case was settled, and that N
Spanas, the victim, who may
his eyesight, gets the precious S
of $7.83.
A COAL DIGGER