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New Britain herald., 1930-12-20

Chorus
 Christmas dramatic presentations:
 "A shepherd Lads Gift First shepherd .. Herbert Berry, Jr. Second shepherd .. Kenneth Tibbals Shepherd lad . Leonard Gronback First King .,.. Clayton Moorcroft Second king ...... Kendall Foster Third king ........ Robert Stadler Mary .......... Violet Hedwall Joseph ....... Robert MCCandless The angel ....... Gertrude Miller
New Britain herald., 1930-12-20
Grace

Mansfield
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
Pilot Keeps Busy
Trying to Tame 6
Pet (?) Squirrels
Ears, Hands and Furni-
ture Suffer From Teeth
of Unruly Sextet.

Christmas has come and gone for
some people, but not for Henry T.
(Dick) Merrill, airmail pilot on the
Eastern Air Transport line through the
National Capital. Though Christmas
is past Merrill still is at work tanning
his Christmas presents.
Merrill had a flying squirrel which
rode with him on all his mail runs and
to which he became greatly attached.
It went A. w. o. L. one day before
Christmas and never came back. On
Christmas eve Merrill hung up stock
ing Literally. It was alive Christmas
morning, and when Merrill subdued the
wriggling hosiery he found in it six fly
ing squirrels, presented by his admirers.
Since that time Merrill has been hard
at work trying to persuade the sextet
not to chew his ears, hands and other
exposed portions of his anatomy and
not to gnaw the legs on the furniture
While officials of the line In whose
ONCE the squirrels do all their ground
able to refer to the animals In parlol
English, Merrill reports progress with
his big wild animal training act
None of the six possesses the even
going temperament Of his first love, Mer-
rill says, but he declares they are beine
tempered down and he has high hopes
that soon he will be able to so reduce
the gnawing and clawing proclivitiei
of at least one of the beasts that it vii
be a safe flying companion and will moi
be inclined to take a chunk out of hi
nose when he is trying to set the siaiI
down through q ground haze.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
new PILOT LICENSE
REGULATIONS MADE
Unnecessary Re-examina.
tons Omitted by Depart
ment of Commerce.

New regulations have been promul-
gated by the Department Of Commerce
aeronautics branch, effective yesterday,
which do away with unnecessary re-
examinations Of pilots In subjects they
have passed successfully during the
preceding seven months. it Is announc-
ed last night by Clarence NJ. Young,
Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics.
In all cases. however, Mr.. Young said,
showing that the applicant has the
necessary flying time for the grade of
license for which he Is applying and
this application must be accompanied
by medical certificate showing that he
has passed q physical examination dur
ing the four months Just past for trans
port and limited commercial pilots
licenses. New photographs also are re-
Quired.
an no case" Mr.. Young said. els a
fight test to be waived. on Te-examina-
grade. Moreover, applicants for q
higher grade, whose current licenses
have been issued more than seven
months, are required to take the ex-
animation"
Under the departments modified pro-
cedure OF examining pilots, the trans
port applicant who, In previous trans
port examination, passed all written
subjects, but who, on account Of bis
flying, was given the limited CONNER
cial license less than seven months ago,
need take only the night test.
The transport applicant who, In q
previous transport examination, failed
only meteorology and navigation, and
was given a limited commercial license
more than 80 days and less than seven
months ago, need take only Ineteorology
and navigation and accomplish the
fight test. The transport applicant
who has held limited q commercial
(having originally applied for limited
commercially license less than seven
months ago, need take only meteorology
and navigation and accomplish the
flight test.
It was further explained that the
limited commercial applicant who has
held private license less than seven
months ago need take only airplaneS
and engines, and accomplish the flight
test. The limited commercial applicant
who, In a previous limited commercial
examination, failed airplanes and en-
g1nes and was given q private license
more than 90 days and less than seven
months ago, need take only atrplanes
and engines and accomplish the flight
test.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
new AIRPLANE RULE
MAKES FOR SAFETY
Pilots of Passenger Planes Forbid
den to Fly Under 500
Foot Level.

elimination Of aircraft accidents re-
sulting directly from low flying is the
purpose of an amendment to the air
commerce regulations just put into eff
feet by the Department Of Commerce,
according to an announcement by
Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary
Of Commerce for Aeronautics.
THE air traffic rules prior TO this
amendment" Maj. Young said, limited
the altitude at which an airplane may
fly over open country to a minimum
of 500 feet, except under the stress of
weather conditions. The amendment,
which becomes effective Immediately,
places the absolute minimum altitude
Of an airplane carrying passengers Tor
hire at 500 feet under any circum-
stances, other than for the purpose OF
taking of and landing.
"In its application, the new require
ment gives a pilot but one alternative IN
the event he is forced by weather condi-
tons to descend below such established
minimum altitude, and that is to effect
a landing at the earliest opportunity,
either by returning to his point OF last
departure, or going TO the nearest land
ing field or other area suitable for an
emergency landing"
The new regulation was promulgated
as a result of reports received by the
Department of Commerce from its In
spectors on the West Coast which indi-
cate that the disastrous Transconti-
mental Air Transport Maddux Air Line
crash in which 10 persons were killed
was caused by low flying IN an attempt
to escape q storm. The regulation
Young declared, viii be an exceedingly
important safeguard in future opera
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
new AIRCRAFT HELP
FROM RADIO is GOAL
Simultaneous Broadcasting Nav
Give Pilots Greater Safety
Chance.

The simultaneous broadcasting TO air.
craft OF radio beacon and radio teIe-
phone signals so that pilots on the air
ways may receive weather and other
information without being compelled to
ioSe the radio range signals and SO run
the risk OF losing their course, is the
goal OF experiments at the Bureau of
Standards. ~
In preliminary experiments one
method Of accomplishing the double
broadcast was used in connection with
tne I2-course beacon transmitter, which
gave good phone and beacon signals at
snort distances from the transmitting
Ref1nements In the transmitting cir
cult arrangement were begun. pre-
paratory to test flights over distances
more nearly those required In practice
II was announced through the Denart.
ment OF Commerce This method NAV
pe applied equally well to the standard
1our-course beacon, 1t was stated.
a number Of test flights were made
using the four-course type radio-beacon
1or the purpose Of determining the in
creased sharpness Of the beacon courses
resulting from the elimination at
coupling between the two loop anten-
nae. This is effected by a simple nnIl-
tual coupling arrangement inserted in
tne antennae circuit. A deviation of /
uegree from the true course NAV be de-
Gected as compared with 2 degrees. the
Oese previous ratio of accuracy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
NAVY CLASS ANNOUNCED.

Eight Navy officers are to be selected
for assignment to the next class for
the training Of officers in lighter than-
air operations. which win begin instruc-
ton at the Naval Air Station, Lake
hurst. N. j., July 1. The class is to
consist Of two commanders or Junior
captains and six neutenantS (junior
grade) or ensigns with not less than
two years sea service.
It also has been announced that the
following lieutenants and ensigns have
been selected as members of the avia-
ton class to undergo instruction at
Pensacola, Fla, beginning March az:
Lieuts. Benjamin B. G. Lovett, Thomas
U. SiSson and william A. Evans, and
Ensigns Thomas A. Ahroon, Edward r.
Ewes, James r. Lee, Maurice M. Mer-
son, Robert L. Morris, William A.
Schoech, Harry Z. Sears, Frederick
Funke, Thomas Ashcraft, Edward A.
Hannegan, Donald A. Lovelace, George
II. Moffett, Harry w. Richardson, John
q. Urquart ana Edward @. Madsen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
GLIDER LICENSES
PROTECT AMATEURS
Department of Commerce
Prepared to Pass on Air
UnWorthiness Now.

In an effort to protect the growing
army Of amateur American gliding en-
thusiasts from improperly designed and
un-airworthy elders, or motorless air
planes, the Department of Commerce is
prepared to issue Federal licenses to
approved type gliders, it was announced
yesterday by Gilbert G. Budwig, direc-
tor OF air regulation of the Department
OF Commerce aeronautics branch.
IAN unlicensed glider may or may
not be safe" Budwig pointed out. 1.-THE
fact that it possesses an unlicensed
identification number does not in any
manner testify to the airworthiness OF
the craft. Beyond serving to identify
the crafts ownership, the Identification
number means nothing.
"A license number which is preceded
by the letter C, however, means that
the craft has complied with certain
STANDARDS and requirements of the De-
partment Of Commerce and therefore
may be regarded as possessing the Gov
ernment's stamp Of approval as to air
worthineSS."
The Department Of Commerce has
aoequate authority and the means OF
licensing gliders as to airworthinesS. al
though under the law aircraft do not
have to be licensed unless they engage
IN interstate commerce. AS gliding and
soaring are more Of a scientific Snort
than q commercial venture, there is nc
compulsion TO obtain the Federal license
except in States which have laws re-
curing such Federal licenses for air.
craft and airmen.
There are 40 States which REQUIRE
Federal licenses for all types of aircraft
and airmen, which includes gliders and
glider pilots. Unlicensed gliders and
unlicensed glider pilots operating IN
those 20 States, 1t was pointed out. are
violating the State law. These States
ana territories are Alaska, Arizona,
California, Delaware, Idaho, indiana
Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri
Montana, New Mexico North Dakota
Rhode Island. South Dakota, Texas
Vermont. Washington, Wisconsin and
Wyoming. '-N'
The general airworthiness reo,iire-
ments for airplanes are applicable to
gliders. Budwig stated. Special con-
sideratton, however, is given certain
aspects Of the glider problem which
amer materially from those encoun-
Tered In powered craft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
D. C. BOYS AND GIRLS
CAN JOIN AIR LEGION
Flying Club, Admitting Persons
Under 16, Seeks Firm Aero
Foundation.

The District of Columbia Air Legion
pioneer local flying club, is prepared 10
enroll junior members Immediately nm
der the terms OF recent Amendment.
to the bylaws, it was announced Iost
night by Alva Sole, president If the
club. The junior membership will he
open to all boys and girls under ia
years Of age.
The junior membership will entitle
members to attend the legion's limited
commercial ground school course and
TO other privileges of the orRanization
The ground school course is that nre"
scribed by the aeronautics branch ~
the Department Of Commerce and in
cludes the following subjects: Airplanes
Is hours; air commerce regulations
hours; motors, is hours; rneteoroIoOv
and navigation, IS hours. The courss
Is conducted by Lieut.. Noble C, SchiIt
and requires four months for conple-
ton.
THE reason for offering this mem
hership to the boys and girls of WASH
ington." Sole explained, els that the
legion, organized to teach its members
to fly at the lowest possible cost, is of
the opinion that the boys and girls of
today hold the future of aviation In
their hands, and that by offering them
an opportunity TO obtain this recog-
nized, well worked out training at no
cost, the legion is making the greatest
contribution in its power to the future
OF aviation locally"
! The headquarters of the legion are
in Room I'll, International Building,
1919 F street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
FEDERAL EXPERTS
DA|R MEETING
Herbert Hoover, Jr., to Tell
Automotive Engineers of
Flying Advances.

Federal aviation experts from the
National Capital viii take q leading
part in an aeronautic meeting of the
Society of Automotive Engineers at st.
Louis February 1920 during the inter-
national aircraft exposition. ~
Five sessions and IL papers will be
devoted to aeronattic engines, fuels, In
struments, production and radio, and
the meeting is expected to be Of I'M
usual Importance to those interested In
air transportation.
Herbert Hoover, IT., son of the Presi-
dent, viii discuss radio communication
and transport work. o. c. Bridgeman
OF the Bureau Of Standards will explain
the vapor lock, which has been respon-
stble for the deaths of many pilots. He
VIII explain its cause and suggest means
for its elimination. ''Vapor lock-" It is
explained, is the interruption of gaso-
line flow through feed pipes due to the
formation Of bubbles of gas or vapor In
the fuel feed system.
There Is to be resume Of accom-
plishments in combating fog flying by
Lieut.. James Doolittle, Army Air Corps,
who will describe In detail the flight
In which he took on, new a course, re-
turned and landed without being able
to see anything more than the instru-
ment board Of his plane. He is the only
man who has made q complete fight
under such conditions.
A paper on gasoline requirements Of
commercial aircraft engines will be
contributed by H. X. Cummings of the
Bureau Of Standards. j. 3. Peterson
Of the Bureau of Standards and Lieut..
Z. w. Rounds, Naval Reserve, on duty
In the fight test section at the Ana
costa Naval Air Station, will read pa
pers on flight test instruments.
K. M. Lane of the aeronautics branch,
Department of Commerce. will be the
only speaker at a dinner TO be held by
the society jointly with the Aeronautical
Chamber Of Commerce. He will discuss
the defects Of modern aircraft. 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02

motors looked over. valves checked. fab
ric patched and broken parts replaced
as well as can be done In this opera
ton OF . fighting air unit far away from
base OF supplies. One pilot and one
pursuit plane are still In the enemy's
hands. Lieut.. Rogers in hospital.
Great Falls, Mont, with infected foot
ana Lieut.. Elliott's plane being i'll treat
ca by billiards. on bleak Montana hill
After a day at Spokane, Mai. Rovce
reported: PILOTS rested and anxious to
Try new ideas on how to keep warm
ana see through goggles high above
ROCKIES and down In canyons while
Weather1ng hltzzards and IS below tenn
peratures. Believe return trip WIN he
more easily accomplished because of
lessons learned so far"
AT Miles City, Mont, on the return
Tip, Maj. Royce reported, on January
IS: Meeting the forces Of King win.
ter with q newly found weapon. faYnelr
the humble plumbers fire pot. the Ist
Pursuit Group gained q SIGNAL victorv
oy being able to start their motors this
morning at Helena in time to GET to
Miles City via Billings at 3:3iS this
ta1teinoon. These fire pots have proved
s s pest means OF warming the motors
19r starLlng IN suh-zero weather. At
Helena the planes were parked paraIIe:
10 spur OF the Union Pacific RailroaS
HAN the planes were warmed bv stesnn
lines from locomotive on this sn,,r
while the other half were warmed wifi,
nre pots. Four planes with broken
starters" 0Neia
The group ran into its worst storm.
the following day, en- route from Nfilcs
City eastward. A -AAAieS
Forced Landings in Blizzard.
Lieut.. E. K. warburton receives c,ts
about head" Mai. Royce renortaS
when his pursuit plane Crashed willis
ne was attempting to make a. forced
landing IN a blizzard 4 miles east ~
Beach, N. Oak. The entire list P,lrsnit
Group was forced to land there because
OF the blizzard, which made visibilitv
impossible. Landings were made m,
the farm OF A. H. Arnold.
Lieut.. Warburton crashed vyitl,1,, .
few hundred feet Of the house and was
taken to Beach In wagon Sled. no a,,tos
being able to get through on the roads
Forced landing was very dificuIt Ii
make for all planes"
MAJ. Royce himself went through
three wire fences and damaged his
plane In setting down. His plane was
repaired with parts from Lieut., War
hurton's plane and the flight was con-
tlnued as soon as the storm abated.
The entire group. minus Lieut.. War
burtons plane and one of the trans
ports, returned TO Selfridge Field wed
nesdayx
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02


Frank Salisbury Wins.
In the contest for flying true
scale models, Frank Salisbury, a
leading model plane flyer Of the
District, captured first place when
his ship stayed in the air for SO
seconds. Second place was given
to John Sullivan with IS seconds
in the air. Douglas Bruce was
third with 81 AS seconds; Bayard
Underwood, fourth, 81 lis seconds,
and Lloyd Barrett, fifth, 92-5
seconds.
Ohio williams was victor in the
class for hand-launched-s cien-
tific models with the time of
minutes Is As seconds; Douglas
Bruce was second with the time
of 2 minutes Is SIS seconds;
James Murray, third, minute
81 As seconds; John Sullivan,
fourth, with / minute IS 3-5 sec
ondS, and Lloyd Barrett, with the
time Of minute A Us seconds,
was fifth.
John H. williams, directed the
meet and Bob Williams, e. L.
Cooney and Miss Myrtle Moore
acted as timekeeperS.
With the announcement by the
District Model Aircraft League
that flyers could begin re-regis-
tering, scores Of pilots have visited
plane headquarters at the Com
munity Center Department and
signed up" for the new year.
New Boys Enroll.
The new boys who have en-
rolled in the league are Robert
Wildman, Robert Hawthorne
William Davis, Aven Wilmington
JuniuS Hutton, Randall Book
John Killers, Charles Cook, Nor
rison Smith, John Hancock and
Lowell Bennett.
A new window display, depict
ing in miniature the Chicago N
A. T. hangers and featuring the
airmail, has Just been completed
for N. A. T. by an ADVERTISING
agencyhof Chicago, to be used in
the windows Of prominent banks
in many cities through the cour-
teSy Of the American Association
Of Bank Travel Bureaus. The dis
play is q complete airport scene
including hangers, planes, bea-
con, wind cone, flood light, auto
mobiles, pilots, wind direction in
strumentS and other accessories
surmounted by a large map of the
air mail and air express lines Of
the United States, with the N. A
T. route illuminated. The wings
at each side carry briefly the
main facts about N. A. T. and its
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02

A feature of this model air.
port is that it has been rem
dered faithfully to the scale of 80
to /, excepting only the littlecelec-
trio lamps, which are used as
boundary and obstruction lights.
The tiny airplaneS,, exact scale
models of an N. A. T. Curtiss Fall
con and an N. A. T. Douglas, have
been carved from wood and
painted with meticulous care for
the precise detail by Mr.. Paul
Duncan of Chicago, a distinguish
ed maker Of accurate ship mod
els for historical purposes. They
represent many hours of work
and have aStoniShed aeronautical
experts by their completeness and
extremely diminutive size. The
wing spread of the Falcon is $50
inches; overall length, 4 inches.
The Douglas is also only 4 inches
long, with a wing spread of 67-8
inches. When set up, the display
Is a very realistic reproduction Of
the actual airport scene at the
leading Of airmail and air ex-
press, and it is believed it will at
tract the attention Of many per-
sons to these practical services.
Aero Club Reports.
Joh1A Magnusson, reporter for
the ivy Chase Aero Club, sends
the following. letter:
"At a meeting Of the Chevy
Chase Aero Club, January 70, It
was decided to issue free supplies
to club members who attend
workshop periods. These periods
are conducted every Sunday eve
ming from 6 o'clock to far into
the night and Ernest Stout acts
as instructor. AS result, much
added interest has been shown in
model making.
I'm the free-for- all contest held
at Mcfarland last week Ohio
Williams and Robert Swope, both
OF the G. G. A. c., took first and
second places respectively. Sat-
urday, February l, the club will
commence covering the middle
section Of the glider wing and
work will be advanced on the two
end sections.
Recently the C. c. A. C. well
coined Harry McGinnis, an ace,
to its membership and two others,
]. Hutton and Lowell Bennett.
have applied for membership.
This means two new flyers to
swell the rapidly growing ranks
of model enthusiasts.
lone Of the club members, Joe
Galliher, is constructing a small
two-cylinder airplane. The frame
work of the 16-foot fuselage has
already been completed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02
TESTS OF A|RWAY
WEATHER ASSURED
Automatic TeIetype Employ
ed in Framing Forecasts of
Atmospheric Conditions.

Installation by the Weather Bureau
and Department of Commerce OF an
automatic teletype communications sys-
tenn at Boiling Field and other East
Coast aviation weather stations now Is
being undertaken as step toward the
furnishing of complete aviation wealth.
er forecasts and reports every tnree
hours along the coastal airWay passing
through this city.
Two teletype outfits are being in
stalled in the Weather Bureau station
at Boiling Field, one being kept IN re-
serve in case of a breakdown. The
station will be tied in with similar
stations at Richmond. Quantico. Va;
Baltimore and Aberdeen, Nd; Phila-
delphia, New York and other points.
This section Of the coastal route viii
be connected with a Northern section
extending from New York to Boston
and with the Southern section from
Richmond to Florida. When the en-
tire system is completed it will be made
a part Of the transcontinenta weather
system.
Nationwide Chain Formed.
The stations at Boiling Field and
other points in the local system have
been established as part of the Nation
wide chain Of upper-air stations. These
stations participate not only In the
Weather Bureau ''three-hour" aviation
forecast system, but are in a position
to provide up-to-the-minute weather
information at any hour of the day or
night for all aviators.
Boiling Field and the other stations
IN the secondary network of which it
Is part are connected to the central
office OF the Weather Bureau, to the
airways communication station, Bureau
OF Lighthouses, and to the AnacoStia
Naval Air Station by local teletype ap-
paratus. All airports In the vicinity of
the Capital are at liberty to make con-
nectionS with this teletype circuit and
so receive directly all reports sent out
by the station.
Duty Of Each Station Defined.
The local station, together with other
stations in the secondary network, will
compile a statement of weather condi-
tons affecting flying every three hours,
at 20 minutes before the hour. This
report Will be sent to Cleveland, the
key station for the Eastern district, and
used in the compilation Of general and
local aviation weather forecasts, which
will be broadcast by radio and tele-
graphed to all airways weather stations
on the hour.
The Boiling Field station Is in OPERA
tlon "a hours day, with q staff of four
meteorologists, working in shifts. under
the direction Of Paul A. Miller. meteor
ologist in charge.
While Boiling Field is q secondary
station in the transcontinental net
work, 1t also acts as central weather
station on the coastal airway. In this
capacity it has its own network of Sec
ondary stations, located at Bellefonte.
Pa; Hadley Field, N. j.; PittsburchS
Philadelphia, Frostburg, Nd; Char
lottesville. Richmond and WytheyilIe
Va; Greensboro, N. c.; Cane Henry
Va; Delaware Breakwater, and CoIunS,
bus, Ohio.