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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

three PIP pursuiters in the assault
flight, three in the support and six in
the reserve. The three planes desig-
mated for the assault attacked singly,
dropping bombs at the balloon, which
was flying at an altitude of about 1000
feet The balloon was brought down in
flames when Lieut.. @. A. McHenry
planted a bomb on the gas bag.
Balloon bombing is made possible by
the development of supersensitive fuses
for aerial bombs-so sensitive as to
explode or contact with the insubstan-
tial fabric of balloon bag or the fabric
CT an airplane wing.
Officers Ordered Here.
? Two Army Air Corps officers now on
duty in the Hawaiian Islands, have
been ordered to duty in the National
Capital. Capt. Harry G. Montgomery
will report for duty at Boiling Field
upon completion of his island duty tour,
and Lieut. Thomas M. Lowe will come
here for duty in the Office of the Chief
of Air Corps. Capt. Montgomery re-
ceived his promotion from the rank
of first lieutenant December 10 last.
Lieut.. Devereux M. Myers, stationed
at Boiling Field. also is new-fiedged
captain in the Air Corps. Capt. Myers.
known to a legion of Air Corps people
as Chief" is veteran of wartime
aviation and has been on duty at
Boiling in various capacities, including
those of Photographic officer and chief
of the parachute department. He has
acted as pilot to a number OF notables,
among them Senator James j. Davis,
who made a number of flights with
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w. C. T. u. News

The third birthday anniversary of
the Stella Clayton Union was observed
February at Rosedale M. z. Church.
Devotions were led by Mrs. SINNERS;
prayer by DR.. Haggerty. The Howell
prohibition bill was reviewed and the
Union went on record as favoring its
adoption.
Mrs. Ross, District treasurer. an
nounced a meeting TO be held February
II. in Statuary Hall, u. S. Capitol, hon.
oring the birthday anniversary OF
Frances willard
Billy league. White Ribboner, sang.
Miss Maud Aldrich, secretary Of the
FEEDER ii Motion Picture Council in
America. made an address.
Chaplin Union held a business and
social meeting February 4 at the home
of Mrs. p w. Keys, Connecticut avenue,
with Mrs. Lull hostess. The president
Mrs. Keys. presided. A solo was given
by Mrs. Hening. accompanied by Mrs.
Luther Pettus.
Mrs. Pollock, president of the District
Union, announced a Mother-Daughter
banquet to be held at Calvary Baptist
Church. March IL, $50 pm. and the
celebration of the birthday anniversary
of Frances Willard February II. at
pm, in Statuary Hall of the Capitol.
Mrs. Charles Montgomery, District Sec
rotary, also spoke.
Mrs Ella A. ,Boole, national president
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ing the ocean to about one-third of
what it was when the sailing ship was
the mode Of transportation. The air.
ship will cut that down to one-third
again. The airship overseas represents
lust as great an advance in speed COM
pared with the steamship as the steam
ship had over the sailing ship. When
ever YOU create new form of trans
portation it takes a portion of the eX-
listing traffic and also builds up an
additional traffic because CT the time
saved
over land it is a different PROPOSE
ton. You have your fast express MAX
ing so miles an hour. You have the
airplane making 100 miles an hour.
The airship has no chance, CONNER
cially from speed standpoint, in
competing for business over land. But
1t does treble the speed overseas. So
we feel that the field of the airship is
in journeys of probably 800 miles or
more overseas, or where large portion
of the journey would be overseas. The
airplane, or anything heavier than air,
cannot make these long distances over
seas with any pay load. There is no
prospect that they will be able to do it. :"
Bombing Balloons.
A new quirk in aerial warfare proved
successful at Langley Field, Hampton
Va, recently when an observation bal
loon was brought down by the drop
ping of augmentation bombs from
pursuit planes. In the past machine
guns firing incendiary bullets have been
the weapons for balloon attacks.
provisional squadron took eff with
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Capt. Myers while Secretary of Labor
Capt. Myers now is serving as person
mel adjutant at the local post.
Capt Aubrey I. Eagle, Air Corps, well
known in this city, was retired from
the service January 81 because of dis
ability incident to service. He was
engaged some years ago in studies OF
sites in the vicinity of the National
Capital for a permanent Air Corps
flying field.
Air Museum Grows.
A visit to the new aircraft exhibit
inside the B street entrance to the Y
National Museum should be of interest
to any follower of aviation. 81 ice the
closing of the Aircraft Muse IN t1e
exhibits have been ''farmed cut" Jmong
the other buildings of the museum
group. The National Museum exhibit
includes not only some exhibits rom
the aircraft building but also large
number of items entirely new tn a ma
jority of slingtonians.
One of the largest exhibits is the
balloon basket, equipment and instru-
ments used by the late Capt Hawthorne
Gray, Army Air Corps, in series
of remarkable flights IN 1927. culmi-
mating in an ascent to 42,470 feet
which resulted in his death by suffoca-
ton following the parting of his oxygen
breathing tube. This flight stooc, I'M
officially, as the highest altitude ever
attained by man until last Spring
when Lieut.. Apollo Soucek, u. S. N,
flying from the Anacostia Naval All
Station, established the present world
record of 43,166 feet
There is a model of the C-3 type OF
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non-rigid military dirigible and most
attractive display of airplanc models,
including the fast monoplane ty ,es used
by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Capt.
Frank Hawks in record flights; mo6ei
OF the Floyd Bennett, tri-motored
transport plane used by the Byrd ex-
petition in the South Pole f1ight: the
Question Mark, Army transport pane
which started the outbreak of rsfUelin,
endurance flights by remaining IL tn
air $50 hours. and models of Navy and
civil aircraft of various types.
There is an interesting collection #
aircraft engines. including the jtI1ng-
fellow steam aircraft engine of 1883.
which won a prize then for light weight
in comparison with horsepower; the
engine used in the first official trans
portation of airmail; the Clement motor
used by Santos Dumcnt in his ear
lest French airship; the center engine
of the Question Mark and the engine
used in the first United States military
dirigible.
Among the other items Of interest in
the collection is the radio outfit carried
by the famous monoplane Southern
Cross in the flights by Kingsford-
Smith party around the world.
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will be the principal speaker at the
Frances Z. Willard memorial services
in Statuary Hall, February II. DR..
Chesteen Smith. pastor Of Hamline M.
E. Church, will deliver the invocation.
The Takoma Quartet. consisting of
Robert Eldridge, Harold Mikklesen,
Charles Eldridge and Dale Hamilton.
will sing Mrs. Dorothy Sinnott will be
two poems.
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Belgium Has Insect Pests.

Belgium's damage to gardens and
orchards from the depredations of in
sectS Is figured at $4,000 600 a year
Like many other countries, Belgium real
lied almost too late that the pests hal
gotten firmly established Then thn
Belgian Society fer Protection Of Birds
was called upon and made the startlina
discovery that about 100000 birds
are shared and slaughtered annually
making 1t easy for the rapid increase OF
harmful insects.
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Skate Blades Protected.

To be in condition, the blades of III.
skate must be frequently sharpened, but
it is not in service that the edge is
taken of but in the subsequent hand
ling and the knocking around that they
encounter A rubber shield which slips
ever the edge of the runners renders q
great amount of protection. AS the
skates are removed from the feet the
shield is placed over the edge and cling
to the blade by its own grip.
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Wheat bv Pine Line.

Out in Washington some wheat grow
ers got together and laid an 18-mile
pipe line, through which wheat Is
moved instead of carting it over some
rough mountain roads. The expense OF
transportation by this method is re-
duced more than three fourthS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

CONSIDER THE DELIVERED PRICE AS WELL AS THE LIST PRICE
WHEN COMPARING AUToMosME VALUES. WE Will sEWN
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Mrs. Ella A. >Boole. national president
Evening star., 1931-12-29
SWAIN TAKES LEAD
IN STATE PIN EVENT
Shoots 375 to Gust Halapan at
oar Alexandria-Tournament in
r.
-, Final Day.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 20
The Virginia State duckpin tournament
went into its final session today with
Oscar Swain Of Alexandria leading in
the singles as the result Of a 375 set
Which he turned in last night at the
Health Center Bowling Alley.
swans count forced Jim Halapan
oI Norfolk. out Of first place. Ray
Creamer, who is leading in the all
events with total Of l,008. moved up
70 third position in the singles with a
three- game total Of 364. Creamer also
halls from Norfolk.
IsBuly Schwartz another local entrant
is IN possession Of fourth place in the
singles with 800. Schwartz and pete
Hoy, Health Center Bowling Alleys team,
forged TO the front in the doubles
with $50. 00
Jim Hslapan and Bill Gross. NorfoIl,
entrants went into the runner-up nosi-
ton in the doubles with q 679. Another
Health Center team, Burt Lynn and
Swan, are third with $40.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
PAC|N| FALLS JUST
ONE PIN SHY Of TIE
Morgan Rolls 658 to ReIegate
Harrison, ErstWhiIe Leader,
to Fourth Place.
BY FRANCIS L. STAN.

~ LIE PACINI thought he
4 had shaken off the two
" year jinx that had likened
his case to the proverbial
ever a bridesmaid but never a
BRIDE" when he won his first
major triumph in the recent Dixie
Sweepstakes, but today Ollie is
convinced that. the jinx still is
camping on his trail. Once again,
despite his 676 set last night, Ollie
is sure to run second at best, this
time in The Stars fourth annual
Yuletide singles tournament.
1t is Make Rosenberg who is out in
front in The Stars big tourney at the
Lucky Strike, but 1t was Pacini who
became the hero last night after the
biggest duckpin orgy of Washington
history. Twelve sets better than 6UG
marked competition to make the eve
Wing the producer of more 600 sets
14laA III any previous tourney mere.
Rosenberg, one of the greatest
money boWlers" Of all time, smashed
out games Of 1874, 148, 1876, 1913 and
l32 for a SIT set and a new all-time
Star tourney record, but Pacini, a few
minutes later, had victory in his grasp
only to see 1t trickle out when he
picked a two-pin break in the ninth
box Of his last game. Ollie swept one
OF the two sticks with his second ball.
Not only did he see that single ninth
box pin stand up, but watched the ty-
ing maple remain erect in his tenth
frame Of the same game, when nine
others went crashing before what looked
to be sure strike.
DOTH The Star tournament and the
- Lucky Strike alleys lived UP to
their regulations as producers of
the unexpected and brilliant. Paul
Harrison, who rode in front for a
week as a result of his 646 set rolled
on the opening night found tinself
relegated to fourth place. Not only
did Rosenberg and Pacini hang up new
records, but Red Morgan followed with
another brilliant effort which netted
him 658 and third place. Behind Nor
gan last night were Red Megaw, e37;
Perce Elicit, 633; Jack Wolstenholme
with 632, Astor Clarke with 631, Bill
Howder with 629, w. Burton with 621
Evening star., 1931-12-29

HERE is the all-time card for the
4 L rugged Glen Echo layout:
No. l--205 yards, par 4. holed
In. 2 strokes by Tony Sylvester and
ethers.
.4No. 2-44o yards, par 5, holed in 8 by
&cKimmie and others
n-Ro. 5-392 yards, par 4, holed in 8
many times
Ono. 4-S72 yards, par 4, holed in 3
many times
!, No. $40 yards, par d, holed in 2
By Sylvester.
mo. 6--2o7 yards, par 8. holed in l
by Larry Moore
No. 7-4o5 yards, par T. holed in 3
many times
,-iNo. $50 yards, par 8. holed in
By DR.. w 1. Ogus and L. Becker
No. 9-425 yards, par 4, holed in 2
by Sylvester.
- This gives total for the out nine
Of 20 strokes, is better than the par
0nNo. 1872 yards, par S, holed in 3
by Shorey and w. A. Alexander.
40 No, lilo yards, par 8, holed in l
by DR.. T. j. w Brown
.taNo. l2-445 yards, par 5, holed in 3
many times.
No. 1870 yards, par 3, holed in l
several times
No. l4-375 yards, par 4, holed in 8.
No. 1913 yards, par 3, never made
Ia /, according to the records.
No. $3.50 yards, par S. holed in 3
by Sylvester and McKimmie
No. l7-184 yards, par 3, holed in /
by Norman J. Hall
No. l8-34S yards, par 4, holed in 3
many times.
This gives a total for the last nine of
f9 strokes and a course total of 80,
Which is low enough, considering the
rugged character of the layout and the
hillside lies which cause any golfer
trouble.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
BLUE RIBBONS HERE
FOR BIG PIN BATTLE
Famous Connecticut Team Meets
Pale Drys Tomorrow-Clarke
to Shoot Singles.

Connecticuts famous bowling Blue
Ribbons stream into town today to
await tomorrow's classic intercity bat
tie with the National Pale Drys, but
despite memories of the Blue Ribbons
triumph of last year in the team match,
the Drys are confidently expected by
Washington's bowling colony to trim
Connecticut's best.
Pale Dry stocks scared last night
when Make Rosenberg, who will roll
with Brad Mandley in the doubles, took
first place in The Star tournament with
sensational SIT total. Astor Clarke,
who will roll either Nick Tronsky or
Jack White in the singles, rolled 631,
while Jack Wolstenholme, who will see
action in the Pale Dry team lineup,
rolled 632 last night
The singles tomorrow will start at 2
o'clock at the Lucky Strike. Imme-
diately following the Clarke VS.. Tronsky
or White match, Rosenberg and Mand-
ley will tackle the New England duo.
At 8 o'clock tomorrow night the teams
will battle it out.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
anockbun Back RosenbS Set Tops Tourney

and Arthur Logan, Charley Burns and
Ed Lake with 603 apiece.
Few expected Paul Harrison's 646 to
stand up, but Rosenberg's 677 Is con-
ceded a fine chance to win the tourney.
When Wolstenholme, Clarke, Rosenberg,
Megaw and Morgan, who were slated
for later date, but who were forced
to shoot last night because of other
matches, banged away, it left just a
handful of star bowlers still to shoot.
EDNA JOHNSON'S 333 last night,
- which was good for only third
place among the girls, was the
closest approach to Margaret Brunelle's S
leading score, 355.
last night.
Had Astor Clarke shot his usual
share of strikes, he might have been in
front today. Clarke did not make a
single strike during his five strings and
yet rolled 631.
The score of perhaps the most re-
markable game of the tourney was only
100. 1t was rolled last night by a
youngster named David S. Thomas, who
couldn't discern one pin from another
Que 10 I'LL eye dllllCI4OLA' AAlo 1rAGAANA
Dave Thomas, a member Of the Interior
Department League, named the sticks
standing and the youth fired away with
straight ball. He made three spares
in the first string for lO9 start. His
other games were under 100.
nERCE ELLETT had 423 for the first
L three games, his second netting
1866, but the Odd Fellow star who
hasn't kept in practice this season,
couldn't hold the pace throughout the
final two strings and pulled up with a
total of 633.
This was far beyond his expectations
for Perce had tiny wager on a score
of $50.
There was a time when Elicit would
have shot TOO with the breaks he had
last night although he suffered many
trying ones, too. His wood-gathering
was top-hole. His 1855 game was
achieved with only six marks and only
one of these strike.
Perces dad was Hard Luck's pet. In
the matter of hitting key pins he was
almost as accurate as his popular son,
but fiendish breaks kept his total down
to $50.
Harry Saunders, the horse shoe
champion and a newcomer to the
duckpin game, got off to 1873 start
that so amazed him he lost the range
and never recovered it. All of his last
four games were below the century.
Seven male members Of the Donald
son family rolled and all commercially
F. Donaldson was high with 588, but
was pushed for high honors by E. G..
who shot 575, which included the best
game Of 149.
Few bowlers get the ball away with
the grace and rhythm of Chalmers
Groff, an Odd Fellow. Rolling on the
same alleys with Perce Elicit, Chal-
merS was hot for while. but his in
accuracy belied his classic form in a
couple of strings and the result was
a gross $50.
Paul Harrison and Eddie Espey, ma
tional doubles champs, will clash with
Evening star., 1931-12-29
Parsons Rolls
Record Smasher

A HOME and home stake match
"A will be rolled on the next two
Saturday nights by Paul Har-
rison, leader In The Evening Star
tournament, and Howard Parsons,
Silver Spring ace.
Parsons. rolling last night on
Charlie Walson's Shade Shop team
in the North of Washington League,
hung up the seasons high set with
434, while few weeks ago In head
to-head match in Bethesda he shot
what is believed to be an unofficial
national record of 743 for a five
game set. There was no foul line
judge.
The first block Of five games will
be rolled at Silver Spring and the
second set at the Arcadia.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
Leading Rollers
In Star Tourney

Men.
Make Rosenberg. 677.
Ollie Pactni, 676.
Red Morgan, 658.
Paul Harrison, 646.
Al Gleason, 639.
Clarence Kibbey and Red Megaw, 637.
Perce Elicit, 633.
Jack Wolstenholme, 632.
Astor Clarke, 631.
George Stevens and Bill Howder, 529.
Alvin Woods and w. Burton, 62l.
Arthur Doying, Sis.
j. w. Hurley, Gil.
Harry Blum, 609.
Mac Jones and Joe Callan, 60S.
Women.
Margaret Bruneue, 1856.
Carolyn Hiser, 335.
Edna Johnson, 333.
Gladys Lowd, 331.
Maude Youmans, $40.
Bronson Qusites, 326.
Elsie Romero, 325.
Lucy Owen, 321.
Eva Guide, BIT.
Billie Williams, Elaine Palmer and
Higgins, 316.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
Alexandria Notes

ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 29.-
Echoes of the base ball season will be
heard Friday night when Charles Cor
bett, manager of the st. Mary's Celtics,
semi-pro nine. entertains the members
of the squad combination at banquet
at the home of Mrs. Ruth Kidwell, 311
South Pitt street.
Jack Tulloch, sports editor Of the
Gazette, will preside as toastmaster.
FraterS will hold basket ball dance
Friday night at Elks' Hall.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
WILSON rs GOLF VICTOR.

PINEHURST, N. O., December 29.-
Dick Wilson, Georgetown University
golfer, and medalist in the annual Pine
hurst Midwinter tournament, today was
to face Francis T Keating of New York
in the second round Of match play after
downing John D. Smith of New York,
l up, yesterday.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
Fights Last Night

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO-Buck Everett, Gary, Ind.
outpointed Jack Roper, Baltimore Q0)
Dick Sisk, Chicago, outpointed Billy
August, Louisville, KY. (6D Young Stub
ley, Kewanee, Ill, stopped Leo Bruce
Chicago (5).
OMAHA, Nebr. - Tommy Grogan
Omaha, knocked out Joe Rivers, Cedar
RaDids. Iowa (6)
Evening star., 1931-12-29
HESTON SEEDED SECOND

NEW YORK, December 90 [P).-Vin-
cent Richards heads the seeded list in
the national indoor professional tennis
championship, which opens Thursday
at the list Regiment Armory.
Seeded behind Richards are Paul Hes
ton OF Washington, Charles NJ Wood of
Elmsford, N Y. J. Basil Mcguire Of
Brooklyn and Albert Burke Of Ireland,
only foreign entrant.
Evening star., 1931-12-29

Red Megaw and Ollie Pacini in 10
game home-and- -home match, starting
tomorrow at 7:30 o'clock at Northeast
Temple. The final block will be rolled
at the Arcadia Thursday.
TOMPETITION in the National Boy
~ and Junior Tournament started
yesterday at seve~al alleys. At
the Lucky Strike, Nick Rinaldi took the
lead with 323 Pete Ginarias led at
Convention Hall Vi h 342, while Al
Baer took the lead at the Arcadia
with 364.
The Original Washington Juniors will
travel to Bethesda tonight to tackle the
Bethesda All-Stars in the final block
of their home -and-home match. The
Juniors are leading by four sticks.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
e K. C. BOXERS OPEN UP
Meet National Training School
~ Leather Pushers Tonight.

~ Leather Pushers Tonight.
- knights of Columbus boxing team
c3ached by Charlie Reynolds, will omen
tts season tonight, engaging the Ma
pional Training School glove exponents
IN the latter'S gym.
Three heavyweight bouts staged by
members of the American Legion also
will mark the program.
d. Here's how they're to face in the
team meet:
100 pounds-Buck Cumberland *. c.
YE, John White IN. t..
s5 pounds-Gene Daley TX. c. VS.. John
50 pounds1john sugrue *. c. vs.. John
,PaFsno IN. IT,.
:. 100 gounds-7JOs Van Pelt TX. c. VS..
ia pounds Ralph Van Pelt TX. c. VS..
i5s pounds--Bueky Carrier TX. c. VS..
tios poundsEclsude Carrier Ok. c. va
Mike Germenakos IN. T).
Frank Oitvetu IN. To.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
SPORT HEAD 25 YEARS.

Harry Hughes has begun his TWEEN.
ty-fifth year as athleticn director OF
Colorado Agricultural College, al
though he's only a years old
Evening star., 1931-12-29

TTONY SYLVESTER, the club pro,
i still holds down the fort, and If
% you ever want to see an optimist
90 out and have look at Tony. He
breatheS optimism and, where the fu-
ture looked dark to others, Tony always
gould see the silver lining.
80 Old Bannockburn, established in its
present location in 1912 as a nine-hole
course, which later became an I8-hole
layout, has an all-time record of 80
strokes, 81 strokes below the course par
of 70. Most of the holes on the course
are comparatively new, for the 18-hole
course dates back only about seven
years, with most of the holes of the
original nine-hole layout incorporated
IN the course as it stands today. Of the
six short holes on the layout, five of
them have been made in l, while there
are six more eagles scattered through
the Bannockburn all-time card Some
names famous in Bannockburn history
have contributed to this all-time record,
names like Larry Moore. Leo Pass, John
r.. Shorey, r. Cliff McKimmie and
others.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
GATHER THOUSAND
FDOLLARS A MONTH
Mortgage Holder Shows
Lenient Attitude-LoW Ball
for Course Listed.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

II FOHEr OL news COulGS lIOHl
r the Bannockburn Golf
L 4 Club as l931-the year
which saw Bannockburn
virtually lose its status as a
private golf club and become a
public fee club-draws to a close.
Stripped of IS per cent of its old
membership, with only about 40
loyal members remaining in the
club at present, a club where most
OF the play is paid for on the first
Tee, just as at a public course,
Bannockburn has been heartened
within the last few days by the
cheering word that the holder of
the mortgages on the club prop
erty is willing to postpone the
foreclosure that seemed inevitable
during part Of this year.
- If Bannockburn can get an extension,
1t may pull through the financial woods
Tor several years more, for at present
the club is taking in about q thousand
dollars a month in fees from golf, and
approximately half of this amount is
net profit. When word was passed
around last Summer that Bannockburn
was fguratiyely on its last legs. many
pt the members who had been with the
club for a decade and more left the
Glen Echo organization and joined other
clubs. Some tWoscore of them in a
body joined one club while the balance
were scattered around among the other
clubs about the Capital, leaving only
fbout 40 remaining at the Bsnnockburn
Club.
Evening star., 1931-12-29

Seven male members Of the Donald
son family rolled and all commercially
F. Donaldson was high with 588, but
was pushed for high honors by E. G.
who shot 575, which included the best
game of 149
Evening star., 1931-12-29

Harry Saunders, the horse shoe
champion and a newcomer to the
duckpin game, got off to a 1873 start
that so amazed him he lost the range
and never recovered it. All of his last
four games were below the century.