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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
Community Centers

Community Center Department,
Franklin Administration Building. Ma
tional 1900.
The Citizens Band of Washington
meets Tuesday at pm. in the Armory
of Central Community Center and has
IS members. L. 2. Phillips. the band
master, states that there is particular
need Of more alto horns and clarinets
In the organization. Musicians interested
in ensemble practice are admitted.
The final contest for the Summer
before the big tournament of the Model
Aircraft League in September will be
$50 am. All aircraft work goes on as
per schedule.
At the second swimming meet held
on August 6, at Central Community
Center, Michelette took first place
dash; Jack Perry first and John
Kearman second in the 50-yard dash
Charles Hunter gave a diving ex-
hibition. The Central High pool
continues with the following Sched-
ule: Instruction periods in swimming
for children on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday afternoons from
to 1;50. Two periods of general
swimming follow at so to 2:40 and
2:40 to $3.50. On Tuesday and Thurs
day evenings instruction is scheduled
for adults from to in the lower end
of the pool Deep water swimmers are
admitted to the pool during the same
period for use Of the upper end. Cen
eral swimming and bathing on Tuesday
and Thursday for adults is from to
9 and 9 to 10 pm. Suits and towels
must be furnished by the participants.
The swimming instructors will give les
sons in fancy diving upon request.
Entrance to the pool is by way Of the
stadium.
The daily schedule for the stadium
sports under lube Sullivan is as follows:
TO 2:30. base ball; go to 4. foot ball.
boxing and track: TO 445 special
class in swimming for athletes; 5 to s.
base ball and foot ball
Instruction in boxing is included in
the daily schedule in preparation for
coming boxing events of the year.
The use Of the courts at the Central
and East Washington Community Cen
tiers has been temporarily discontinued
to allow for additional repair work.
There are prospects Of use Of the courts
for community purposes later in the
month.
Because of repair work and painting
being done on the Dunbar Building and
stadium all activities for the Summer
season closed August 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11

Hammers are beating out thrust
bearings and shavings are flying at the
E. v. Brown Schools model plane con-
struction shop, nowadays, as model air.
craft pilots work on new type of ships
and prepare new pieces for their planes
in an effort TO obtain longer flights.
In the school auditorium other pilots
are launching their ships in trial
fights, testing flight time and speed iE
the take-offs. The auditorium looks
like miniature airArome, as the tiny
ships soar dangerously near the large
electric globes at the very top of the
building.
Robert Towles, l3-year old pilot. of
2349 Tennyson street, who recently
erected helicopter model in his work.
shop at home, has been making trial
flights at the E. v. Brown Scohol air
drome. Last week his trim craft during
a workout shot from his hands in the
manner of a rocket, only to stop when
it crashed into the auditorium ceiling.
Although a bit crestfallen over his
ships broken propeller, sustained in
the crash, Robert was not entirely dis
pleased.
"Gee!' he said, enthusiastically, IF
that ceiling hadn't gotten in the way
l bet my plane would be going yet"
A helicopter model is the type Of craft
which flies in a vertical line into the
air.
Fremont Davis. model plane pilot,
writes that he has his plane locked
up in special cupboard"
Il locked up my final contest ship
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
Courtship in Sky
Gains Favor With
Up-to-Date Lover
Young People ThrongAir-
ports on Saturday Aft
ernOons and Sundays.

ST. LOUIS, July 10 P).-Shady
hooks, country lanes, and even the
parked and darkened flivvers of yes
terday were all right for lovemaking
in their time. But the ultra-modern
swain goes in for aerial amour.
Any bright Saturday or Sunday aft
ernoon finds throngs Of young people
at the flying field here. Average Sun
day attendance last Summer was TO-
900 persons, most Of them young.
One local flying concern has inaugu-
rated moonlight flights over the city
that are appreciated by lovers. So far
they have been limited to Sunday eve
nings, but may be made nightly this
Summer
A 12-passenger plane Is used, and al
though seats are single the aisle is
narrow. Lights are turned cut during
the flights, the of1icial theory being
that passengers may thus obtain bet
ter view of the terrain below.
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Three Washington men were sent to
the Naval Aircraft Factory at Philadel-
phia, Pa. last week as the local Naval
Reserve quota of candidates for COM
missions in the Naval Reserve Flying
Corps. Oficials designate this as the
elimination training. 1t was pointed
out that the service at the aircraft fac
tory, which will cover period of 80
days, will determine whether the indi-
viduals sent there warrant further
training for the commission. Those
who pass the first tests will be given
other instruction, finally resulting in a
commission as an ensign in the Flying
Corps. They are Robert E. Hess, jr.,
1862 Emerson street northeast; Dwight
r. Particle 1927 Eighth street, and
Lloyd r. Sauer, 1900 Lamont street.
The second of the annual cruises Of
the 1st Battalion, u. S. Naval Reserve,
ot the District of Columbia, ended yes
terday when the destroyer Abel p. Up
shur docked at the Washington Navy
Yard. The vessel has been in New
England waters, operating with di-
vision of destroyers of the Atlantic
Scouting Fleet, ending on Thursday
when the annual target practice was
held.
The vessel will remain in port for
one week, when the last of the cruises
for the season will be started. This
time the vessel will take out the Third
Fleet Division. commanded by Lieut..
Samuel W. Stinemetz. and also a divi-
sion of the battalion of Naval Reserves
from Baltimore. The vessel will follow
the same itinerary of the first two
cruises, operating also with a division
of the Atlantic Scouting Fleet, basing
at Newport, r. I.
The report of relative efficiency of
fleet divisions of the United States
Naval Reserve, made public by the Navy
Department. shows that the 9Th Divi-
sion of Rochester. N. Y, topped the list
with rating of 85.4 per cent. This
unit is commanded, according to the
report, by Ensign II. T. Haidt. The
Oswego, N. Y, organization was a close
second. with percentage Of $40. 1t
was commanded by Lieut.. Comdr. j. M.
Gill. The third on the list was the
Bridgeport. Conn.,, organization, COM
nanded by Lieut.. Comdr. G. s. Leonard,
with a score of 84.8.
The 1st Fleet Division of the local
battalion led the three divisions here.
It is commanded by Lieut.. Harold E
Richardson and was eighty-f1fth on the
list in the order of merit, with figure
Of merit of 1876. The Sd Fleet Divi-
sion. commanded by Lieut.. s. w. Slime
metz, also was given the same percent
age and the same relative standing
eighty-sixth. The Sd Fleet Division
commanded by Lieut.. Junior grade)
j. F. Moore. was placed ninety-fourth
on the list, with score of 1913.
In the battalions. the 9Th of the SC
Naval District, New York, topped the
list, with score of Sl.3. 1t is COM
nanded by Capt. Charles Boone. The
second was the Sd Battalion. also of the
Sd Naval District, with a rating Of
s1.2. 1t L. headed by Conidr w. j
Graham. The third on the list wai
the 18th Battalion Of the eth Nava
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
British Firm Takes
Trade-In Autos on
Purchase of Planes

LONDON OFF Automobiles
don't become air-minded soon 1t
won't be the fault of one British air
craft concern, which is offering now
to take your old car in trade"
The procedure is as simple as buy
ing a new automobile on the INSTALL
ment plan. Instead of turning his
old car in as part payment on a new
one, the motorist merely drives 1t
into the used automobile department
Of the airplane company and asks
for something that can fly.
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20 near lDhdt YOU have to say about model
% 40. write letters that ptu interest other
QUINN 10 help you solre your problems ana
and gave the key TO my mother, with
instructions not to let me have it until
the day of the tournament" he de-
clared. Il don't intend to try 1t out
and risk crashing before the big con-
test arrives"
Eleven boys have earned the bonus
offered by the District Model Aircraft
Advisory Board to encourage young
pilots to make good flights. The bonus
Is given boys whose planes are lost after
an official flight of three minutes.
Those who have received the bonus I'D
to date are Douglas Bruce, Joe CALI
CHER, John Honeycut, Everett Meeks,
Frank Salisbury, Robert Starkey, Ernest
Stout. Billy Street, John Sullivan, Rob-
ert Towles and Ohio Williams.
A convertible plane" which can be
used as a Seaplane, rise ground
model or a hand-launched type, has
been built by Everett Meeks The float
on the plane is so constructed that it
serves as 5kid when the plane taxis
on the ground, and 1t is a simple mat
ter to remove the landing gear for a
ldHQ-ldunCneQ ulSlL
A green sweater emblem in the shape
of wings. will be awarded plane pilots
who score one point or more in any
of the contests. Only one medal will
be presented to an entrant this year,
the Model League announced. The de-
sign is an oblong medal with an air.
plane in flight across the center.
Tommy Robins. District Model League
entrant. writes that he has returned
from his vacation and promises 10
give every one run for their money"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
BUILDS WOOLARAC HOME.

Backer of Goebel Plans to Make
Plane Center of Historic Exhibit.
BARTLESVILLE Okla. P-A huge
decorative hangar to be built by Frank
Phillips. oil operator, Is to house the
Woolarac, the plane in which Col.
Arthur c. Goebel won the Dole race
to Hawaii two years ago.
Phillips. who financed GoebeIs trans
pacific flight, intends that the ship
shall be the principal object of a his
torical collection on his ranch here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
CHINA PLANS AIR LINES.

SHANGHAI (P).-The Chinese gov
eminent is planning a comprehensive
air mail system to link all sections CT
the country, according to the Chinese
Economic Bulletin.
A national aviation corporation, capt.
talized at $l0,000000 has been Or
ganized by the government to carry on
air mail service and TO promote civil
aeronautics.
The corporation plans to carry pas
sengers and freight in addition to air
mail Routes from Marking to Shang-
hal and from Marking to Hankow are
to be put into operation shortly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
Shackled Planes
To Attempt Race
In l4-Mile Hop

SIOUX FALLS, S. Oak. IT,
Planes shackled together are
scheduled to race over q 14-mile
course as part of the aeronautics
program during Air Fair week,
September Is to 81.
Teams will be composed Of two
planes, linked with a cable or
rope, which must not be broken.
Transfer races, requiring trans
fer of some object during fight,
and alloon-breaking contests, in
which pilots match skill at break
ing toy balloons with the tips of
their propellers, will be other
stunts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
Airport Lew Ratified,

Moline. ILL.,. voters have ratified a
five-mill levy for a period of five years
to provide funds for purchase and de-
velopment of a municipal airport.
About s250,oo0 will be realized from
the tax. The city intends to borrow
money on the levy in order that work
may start at once. A site to cost
500, 900 is TO be purchased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11

day and Thursday afternoons from
to 4, and Saturday at Boiling Field
$50 o'clock to noon.
Only five seconds necessary to enter,
and all the time to September 3 to i'm
prove your planes after qualifying.
The cups and awards for the tourna-
ment are on display in the window of
r. Harris & Co, Eleventh and F streets
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fuselage, minutes 10 seconds, held by
Frank Salisbury; ROC scientific, 5 min
utes II lis seconds, held by Everett
Meeks. and seaplane. minutes % as
seconds, held by Robert Towles.
Times and Places to Qualify.
Following are the times and places
to qualify: Chevy Chase &c. v. Brown
SCHOOL,, on Tuesday afternoon from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
License Plane Makers.

The internationally known Raab Kat
zenstein German sport monoplanes are
to be built in the United States under
a licensing arrangement made by an
American concern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
Model Aircraft

Williams explains the actual nyinE Of The oGsl
construction another
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Our Model Plane Pilots
News, Views and Gossip Concerning Events
and Developments in the Junior
AerOnautic World.

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AVIATION PARTY
 PREPARE LEAVE
 FUR TERRITORY
SECOND SEASONS WORK IN THE TERRITORY STARTS
 SHORTLY

WASHINGTON, May 20, (P)-An aviators expedition is preparing to 90 to Alaska to take air pictures from which maps will be made of certain sections of the country. The expedition will operate under the direction of the navy, agriculture and interior departments.
 The announcement is made by the interior department which said equipment is being obtained and the expedition will soon be ready to depart.
 Lieutenant Commander A. w.. Radford will be in charge; others are Lieut.. E. F. Burkett, executive officer; Lieut.. Commander A. c. Smith, medical officer and Lieut.. Thomas Macklin in charge of the airplane tender.
 Lieutenants R. F. Whitehead, 0. F. Greber, F. P. Pawlikowski, E. F. Carr are the other members R. s. Sargent, typographical engineer of the geological survey, will accom- pany the expedition.
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LOCAL. MFMBFRe FIR BOXING COMMISSION
 ARE RECOMMENDED

KETCHIKAN, May 21, P)-The Territorial boxing commission to- day announced prize fights are prohibited hereafter in the Terri tory unless a permit has first been obtained from the commission headquarters at Ketchikan, Karl Drager. secretary.
 The following have been recom- mended by the commission to Gov. Parks for appointment as local rep resentatives in their cities. M. Cartnev of Juneau; E. Dale of Hyder; E. F. lessen of Seward; A. Gulfeld of Skagway; Owen Meals of Valdez: B. NevinS of Nome and Bud" Anderson of Cordova.
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PRESIDENT CALLS MEETING IF NEW
 COMMISSION LAW
NAMES OF COMMISSION RE- LEASED FOR PUBLICATION;
 II MEMBERS

WASHINGTON, May 21, R-- President Hoover called II members of the law enforcement commission to meet with him at White House luncheon May 28. After luncheon they will hold an organi- zation meeting.
 Besides Wickersham and Baker the other members are three feder- al judges, William Kenyon, William Grubb, Paul Mccormick and four attorneys, Roscoe Pound, Henry An derson, Monte Lemann and Frank Loesch.
 A former jurist, Kenneth Mack intosh of Washington and one edu- c9tor, Miss Ada Comstock, complete he personnel.
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{. W. W|CKERSHAM SELECTED TO HEAD
 NEW COMMISSION
WORK TO INCLUDE THOROUGH SURVEY AND REORGANIZA-
 TION LAW MACHINERY

WASHINGTON, May 21, P- George w. Wickersham, attorney general under the Taft adminlstra- tion, has been selected by President Hoover as chairman of the national law enforcement commission which will have nine other lawyers and one woman representating the dlt- ferent parts of the country assist ing him.
 President Hoover did not recog- nize either the drys or vets in mak- ing selections altho the drys urged he give them recognition in gener- al.
 Those named have not been iden- tified with either a dry or wet cause. Politics was also disregard d as Newton D. Baker, secretary
 lar in the Wilson adminiStra- tion was one of those chosen.
 The work will include a thorough going over and survey of the whole subject of law enforcement includ- ing enforcement of the 18th adendment with view of reorgan- i7ation the whole federal, judicial and enforcement machinery.
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DEAD MAN VAS
 FUGITIVE FROM
 NEW YORK COPS
SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN I'M PLICATED DISAPPEARANCE
 TWO MILLIONS

OMAHA, Neb., May 20, P)-From newspaper clippings and personal papers found in the luggage of a man who died Saturday, detectives identified him as George Christian, former New York broker who be came fugitive in September 1924 Ill connection with a $2,000,000 fail- ure of a Wall street brokerage firm, Day & Heaton.
 Christian was the one partner in the firm who eluded arrast until March this year when he was cap tured and taken east then released under 3 bond.
 When told two days ago he was dying he entered hospital and told attendants to open his suitcase after his death. The suitcase con- tained about $500 and a batch of newspaper clippings telling the story.
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STRIKE IN N. '.
 IS CALLED OFF
 BY ASSOCIATION
THOUSANDS WORKMEN WOULD HAVE BEEN EFFECTED;
 HALTED EXPENDITURE

NEW YORK, May 20, (P)-The Building Trades Employers Asso- citation called off the threatened lockout of 75,0OO workmen after
 being served with court injunc- tion forbidding them to put their tieup mandate into effect to stop
 the lockout as originally schedul- IeG Union officials estimated that lit would have halted $150000,00O worth of building operations and caused cancellation of bids on l$150, 900, GOO worth more.
 Altho Chairman of the board of governors sent out a notice to it's members to defer the lockout, plans until injunction proceeding is per disposed of several lead IerS of the organization declared the injunction would be diSregarded and that work would be halted as originally planned.
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RISING STREAMS THREATENS AREA
 BANKS 0F RIVER
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE MOVE SELVES AND BELONGINGS
 TO HIGHER GROUND

UNDATED, May 21, (P-Rising streams and rivers, threatening many sections of the Mississippi valley. sent emergency crews scur- rving to the scenes of the impend- ing disasters and breaks were averted except in one instance, at a point where danger was least ex- pected
 While engineers were directing forces in three places near Kennett Mo, the St. Francis river bounded thru a weakened bit of levee and overflowed 5O,000 acres.
 No lives were lost but the force is growing hourly. At Mounds Land ing efforts are being made to avert another break where a disastrous crevice occurred in 1927
 A private levee, near Natchez, Miss, showed signs of breaking. There. 400 persons have taken their livestock and belongings to higher ground.
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BIG CHECKS ARRIVE

Chas. Harris, Andy Novak and
 Harold Painter, three of the win ners of the Nenana ice pool, re- ceived their checks last night from the Interior. While Novak and Painter are splitting $5,813. 69 between them, (Pay attention to this, girlsD Harris check was that entire amount. No wedding bells for him, he says, (the same old story) for he proposes to serve out his hitch with the quarter masters corps, then back to New York, reenter the Columbia Col lege and complete his c. P. A. course.
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GERMAN DIRIGIBIE
 SCHEDULED DEPART

CUERS, France. May 21. P)- The Graf zeppellin will sail un- der her own power either to- morrow or Thursday morning for Friedrichshafen, minus her pas sengers but manned by her own crew.
 Such was the decision of Dr. Hugo Eckener, the dirigible com mander, prior to his departure for Friedrichshafen, which was made public by Captain Lev hamnn, second in command.
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KINGS REPRESENTATIVE

EDINBURGH, May 20 (P-The Duke and Duchess of York will occupy the historic Holyrood Pal ace and the next fortnight the duke will preside as representative of the King in the office of the Lord High Commissioner at the meetings of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
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NINE SENT THRU

Nine new members were put thru initiation paces in last nights regular meeting of the Seward Re- bekah Lodge Mo- GA in the I. 0. Q. F. hall. To revive the spirit of those who were just entering 'Rebekah- dom" a delicious lunch was served which concluded very enjoyable evening.
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GENERAL RICHARDSON
 DIES AT WASHINGTON

SEATTLE, May q, tP)-Word has been received here that General
 Wilds Preston Richardson, first
 president of the Alaska road com
 mission, died early yesterday in
 Washington, D. C. He was best known as former army officer in Alaska.
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WILL BE REELECTED

I JERSEY CITY, May 20, (R)-Re- election of Mayor Frank Hague and the commission ticket headed by him was indicated by early returns lof the municipal election.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-05-21

Sam Cramer, veteran mariner of northern waters and former owner of the power boat Chase. arrived in Seward last evening from Anchorage enroute to s. E. Alaska where he will spend few weeks at one of the hot springs.