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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Lion Attacks Airplane.

While hunting in Tanganyika recent
~ Ernest Udet, the famous airman. and
his companion were attacked by wild
animals. A large Hon suddenly sprang
at the plane while the men we're flying
low to take photographs. A wing was
badly damaged, which caused much
difficulty in landing The machine
was hardly on the ground before an
angry rhinoceros attacked and injured
the pilot. The party's second machine
was quickly on the spot, and the crew
drove off the beast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

Briggs, owner and operator of anna
teur radio station W3CAB, has been
designated by the commandant of the
washington Navy Yard as communica-
ton reserve commander for the Dis
triCt.
Space in the Fleet Naval Reserve
Armory has been partitioned off for
the communication Office and it is
understood that present plans contem-
plate the installation of high frequency
receiving and transmitting radio equip
ment There are a considerable num-
Der of ex-Navy radio men and well
qualified radio operators residing in the
District. Present plans call for in
teresting these men and enlisting in
class V-3 The local fleet divisions and
the volunteer communication reserve
will cooperate in the handling of radio
schedules and the enlistment and in
struction Of reserve personnel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Spanish War Veterans
MEETINGS THIS WEEK

Monday, Aston Camp. United
States Soldiers Home. Depart
mental staff visitation to Aston
Camp. Dewey Auxiliary, North
east Masonic Temple.
Wednesday, Urell Camp, Pythian
Temple. Urell Auxiliary, Pythian
Temple.
Thursday, Harden Camp, Pythian
Temple.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

Y Y1IH the nrSC gun IN the 1881
n / Spring season fred yes
NV terday by the District OF
Columbia Model Aircraft
League in its opening indoor
meet at Stuart Junior High, biweekiy
program is now under way for league
members, with one indoor and one out
door meet each month from now until
the end Of August, when the finals OF
the annual D. C. NJ A. L. tournament
will take place in this city.
The first outdoor meet will take place
Saturday. March %, at mcfarland
Junior High Three important and va
ried events are scheduled for April, be-
ginning with the annual kite-fying con-
test at Anacostia Park, open to all boys
in the District of Columbia. The kite
contest will take place Wednesday, April
8, and it will be followed on Saturday,
April II. by an outdoor contest at Boil
ing Field. Then, beginning April is
and lasting until April 20, there is to
be a scale model demonstration in the
United States National Museum.
True Scale Contest.
This true scale model contest at the
museum is open to all corners from the
District of Columbia, metropolitan area
of Maryland and Arlington County, Va
EI1LIdubH Will De h4RhQEu 1llbD Jll1iDI d1lC
senior groups and planes classified &C
cording to size. Reproductions of gliders
are considered as scale models and will
be judged in the same groups.
In line with a movement now on foot
to adopt a Nationwide classification
among model aircraft builders nov
ice" class has been added to the District
Of Columbia claSsihcations whereby a
boy receives a button Of the D. c. M
A. /. and is allowed to fly in contests
upon making a rating of seconds
This record does not entitle him to en-
ter the tournament, however. Only
junior and senior pilots may enter The
tournament. The citations of ace anc
silver ace are still retained for boy:
who have established new District Of
Columbia records and for special dis.
tinction in building and flying mode
planes, respectively.
Clubs Join League.
Among the clubs already at work or
contest planes and neighborhood meets
are those at Chevy Chase, Adams
| Southeast, Powell Junior High anc
others, all of which are preparing fol
qualification tests in the near future
In order to be recognized a club mus
comprise not less than five members
with leader, qualified to give instruc.
ton, and a schedule Of regular meets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Porcnnine Rlaeklisted.

In the Western States the porcupinc
has increased so rapidly i'll numbers
that systematic campaign has been
undertaken for its control by use of
poison. During the day they hide in
their generally inaccessible dens or
holes, but at night they roam abroad
destroying young fruit trees, stripping
foliage from mature ones, eating and
wallowing down alfalfa and many gar
den truck crops. The porcupine is par
ticularly destructive to young forest
trees, doing almost as much damage
as fire over the same area, eating
seedlings, saplings and stripping the
bark from large trees
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

birthday party Of the auxiliary was
received.
Miles Camp met with Comdr. G.. F.
McGillicuddy in the chair. Representa-
tive P. G. Holmes of Massachusetts, was
presented to the camp by National His
torian Lorin c. Nelson After the meet
ing the camp adjourned to the banquet
hall OF Pythian Temple, where it
was joined by Miles Auxiliary. Miss
jeanette E. Mccartney, president Of
Miles Auxiliary. was escorted into the
hall by her color guard Mrs. Dell
Gilbert Sayles rendered a vocal selec-
ton. James Mullins gave ain imperso-
nation Of a newly elected Congressman.
Senior Vice Comdr. Cleveland Ken
nicutt was POSTMASTER. Rice w. Means,
past national commander; Representa-
tive P. G.. Holmes of Massachusetts,,
Edgar c. Snyder, U. S. marshal; James
G. Yaden, William L. Mattocks, Ben
tamin F. Motley, department com
mander of the U. S. w. " Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia; Bertha r. Cook, de-
partment president U. S. w " of the
auxiliaries of the District of Columbia
and jeanette E. Mccartney, president of
Miles Auxiliary made addresses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

birthday party of the auxiliary was
received.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

The Washington Monument was light
ed up like a Christmas tree the other
night and probably will be lit quite
often in the future. The lights were a
most vivid red and were visible from a
distance of eight miles. They were in
stalled experimentally TO determine the
bsst type of illumination to warn away
night-hying pilots frcIn the Monument.
mghtfully considered one Of the most
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

James NJ ODER. signalman, third
class, has been ordered transferred
from the Volunteer to the Fleet Reserve
and assigned to the First Fleet Division.
The following have been ordered
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Model Aircraft

z V WITH the first gun in the 1881
Z n Spring season fired yes
Nv terday by the District of
' Columbia Model Aircraft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

Top speeds Of 225 miles per hour will
be attained with commercial planes dur
ing 1881, in the opinion of noted air.
craft designers and builders. This pre-
diction has been given weight by the
amazing flight during the week Of Capt.
Ira Eaker, operations officer at Boiling
Field, which ended when he was forced
down on the banks of the Ohio River
after flying Eastward from the Pacific
Coast at an average speed of 235 miles
per hour with a load of fuel so heavy
his plane barely could stagger of the
ground.
In less than six hours, Capt. Eaker
covered the 1,4o0 miles which cost the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

Three officers of the local Reserve
aviation division have been ordered to
report before a naval examining board
at the Washington Navy Yard on to-
morrow to take tests to determine their
qualifications for promotion to the rank
of lieutenant, junior grade. They are
Ensigns Marcellus B. Johnson, Lloyd
v. Berkner, Robert L. Earle and Rod
ney c. SouthWorth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

Organization and activities of the
volunteer communication reserve in the
District of Columbia now are under
way, it was announced by the Navy
Department. Lieut.. Comdr. Clark A.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
NOONAN URGES
LUNCH BUDGET

The Mcleod bill appropriating
0,000 for hot lunches for hungry
school children, which failed of
passage in the last session of Con-
gress, will receive the full support
of John j. Noonan, financier and
ph:" anthropist, in the next ses-
sion.
8 simultaneously with Mr.. Moo
mans Endorsement today, school
officials reiterated their stand
that providing lunches to children
fall outside the jurisdiction Of
the public schools.
Mr.. Noonan believes that the
lunch problem is definitely an
educational one and should be
taken care of by school authori-
ties, inasmuch as children are
under the care of the schools be.
tween 9 a. m. and 8 p. m. He
said:
children found drinking or
gambling during school hours
falls under the jurisdiction Of
the school authorities. Under
present conditions, however, chill
dren who come to school with
out breakfast and without pro-
vision for lunch must go hungry
throughout the school day."
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
Grand Jury to Get
HOLdup Mans Case

William Harris, cOlored, was
held for the Grand Jury on
$4,000 bond by John P. Mcmahon
in Police Court today, following
his plea of not guilty on charge
of attempting to hold up the
restaurant cashier at 1345 E st.
N. W., Saturday night.
Simon Lang. cashier, testified
that Harris entered the cafe and
ordered him to hand over the
contents of the cash register.
Instead, Lang picked up a bowl
and struck Harris in the face, he
declared. Harris, who is said to
have recently completed a 180-day
sentence for a similar offense,
also faces a charge of house
breaking in connection with the
recent robbing of restaurant at
Eleventh Street. near Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Northwest.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
FRIENDS AWAIT
FALL PAROLE
Times Staff Photo

Belief that a parole would be
given Albert B. Fall, convicted of
accepting a 100000 bribe in the
Elk Hills oil lease, was advanced
today by friends of Mr.. Fall.
This prediction followed a long
conference yesterday between
Special Federal Prosecutor Pom
creme, of Ohio, United States
District Attorney Leo Rover, and
Frank J. Hogan, Mr.. Falls chief
counsel. 1t is further reported
that Mr.. Fall will take the pau
pers' oath, thus holding the $780,
600 fine imposed upon him in
allegiance.
Whether the aged former Of
ficiaIs physical condition will
permit the long trip from his
ranch at Ell PaSo, Tex, to Wash
ington for sentence, is a matter
for conjecture. Mr.. Rover. it was
said, will appoint doctors to
visit Mr.. Fall and examine him
thoroughly before the trip is at
tempted.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
GAMING TRIALS.
ARE DELAYED

A g. bling charge against Will
liam l. mi, growing out of q
raid at 4O8 Ninth st. N. w., three
hours after he had been arraigned
in Police Court on a similar
charge, was dropped in court to-
day when Assistant United States
Attorney Frank Adams reported
the evidence was insufficient.
BarOni had been arrested June
3 at the Ninth Street address, and
still faces a gaming charge as q
result of that raid. The follow.
ing day he was arrested in a Sec
Ond raid. 1t was the latter
charge which was dropped today.
The cases against Steve John
Nichols, Thomas w. Simon,
Joseph Lewis and Frank o. Davis,
in which Judge Isaac R. Hit re-
Gently refused to suppress evi-
dence on grounds of illegal entry,
have been sent over for reassign-
ment, but probably will be called
week from tomorrow.
Several other gambling cases
growing out Of the recent war
rantless raids, will come up to-
morrow when it is expected at
least part of them will be con-
tinued,
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
Let Old Glory
Take Breeze
July 4

The District Commissioners to
day issued the following proclama
ton for independence Day to the
and residents of Wash
lngton:
Saturday, July 4, marks the
one hundred and fiftieth ami
versary of the signing of the
Declaration of Independence of
the United States.
"In gratitude to our fore
fathers who, by their signal act.
bequeathed to us a sovereign ma
tiOn in which we may enjoy the
blessings of life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness and as a
tribute to the hosts who have
served this nation in the inter
vening years, the people of
Washington are asked to display
the flag of the United States
States of America at their
homes and at their houses of
= business on the Fourth of July.
Flags on metal StaffS, au-
thOriZed by section Is of article
20 of the police regulations, may
be placed in position on the aft
ernOOn of Friday, July 3, and re.
main until noon Of Monday,
July 6.
"Thus, through these days the
residents Of the National Capi-
tai will renew aIlegience to The
Flag and to the Republic for
which it stands, and the glory
Of our Flag will complete the
beauty Of our CITY,"
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
Van DriUer Accused
Of TRANSPORTING Rum

Charged with transporting 480
half gallons Of liquor in piano
boxes, Jerry Culotta, 20, of Bal
timore, was held for the Grand
Jury on $500 bond by Judge
John P. Mcmahon in Police
Court today. When arrested
near Georgia Avenue and Sher.
man Avenue Northwest yesterday,
Culotta said he did not know that
he had liquor aboard and was
hauling the boxes on an order
from Baltimore where he had
been hired to transport two
pianos to washington.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
HURLEY SPEECH
'SOFT-PEDALED'

There is a tiny tempest raging
in the war Department today
ever the issue of whether the
eloquent speech of Secretary
Patrick j. Hurley, delivered at
the banquet of young Republicans
last Friday night, was soft
pedaled and partially suppressed.
Secretary Hurley had copied,
on War Department mimeo-
graphs, the full text of his ad-
dress for press release when de-
hvered. 1t was a flowery lauda-
tion of the achievements of the
Hoover Administration.
Before it was given to the
press, however, some of the de-
partmental pundits expressed the
opinion that it would be i'm
proper for the War Department
to sponsor, through it's press bu-
reau. a purely political" speech,
and consequently it was side
tracked.
Whether Secretary Hurley or
certain of his subordinateS issued
orders for its sidetracking has
not been aScertained. Copies of
the speech were available today.
They show that the head of the
War Department is perhaps the
most fulSome and enthusiastic ad-
mirer that President Hoover has
in Washington today.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
MEDIUM RULED
SEERESS

When a spiritualist medium
predicts the future of a client
who is not a. spiritualist, the act
constitutes fortune telling rather
than a practice of religion,
Judge Robert e. Mattingly ruled
In Police Court today.
The judges decision was
handed down in the case of the
Rev. Carol E. McKinstry, 1909
Fourteenth st. N. w., who is
charged with unlicensed fortune
telling, it being alleged that she
gave a reading for a member
Of the WOmen's Bureau on
April 10.
The defense claimed Mrs. NC
Kinstry was practicing her re-
ngion, and on that claim based
q motion to dismiss the case.
The defense also claimed the
single reading does not constitute
setting up a business" of fortune
telling, as the information papers
alleged. Attorneys will submit
briefs on the latter point and a
final ruling to determine whether
or not Mrs. McKinistry is to
stand trial win be handed down
July Is.
Mrs. McKinstry, who is an
ordained minister of the
Spiritualist church, has already
announced that should she be
convicted, she will go to jail
rather than pay a fine.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
SCRUTINY.
Of BUILDING
PROGRAM
Wants House to Safeguard Its
Right to 0kay Expenditures,
CriticiSeS "AbSurd Things"

Reckless squandering of public
funds by irresponsible boards and
commissions connected with the
Government building program in
Washington must cease, Repre-
sentative Ross Collins CD
Mississippi, declared today in
appealing to the House Appro-
priations Committee for a rigid
scrutiny of expenditures on the
gigantic program.
Saying he had no desire to
interfere with the building pro-
poSals, but he was determined
that there should be no useless
waste of Government money,
Collins asked Representative Will
R. Wood (RD Indiana, COM
mittee chairman, to take steps
toward safeguarding the rights
of Congress ultimately to pass
upon necessary expenditures.
Representative Collins said:
"ArtiStS, or men who think
they are artists, are proposing
lot of absurd things in con-
nectiOn with the program.
There is no sense in doing
things that are utterly useless"
While Mr.. Collins in COM
municating with Chairman Wood
did not mention any specific pro-
posalS, it is known he is opposed
to the tearing down of the Dis
trict Building and also objects to
the proposal by the Public Build
ings Commission to locate the
new War and Navy Building in
the triangle west of Seventeenth
Street, which would necessitate
demolishing at least three mod
ern and expensive apartment
buildings.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
TRAFFIC SURVEY
REPORT LAGS
Times Staff Photo

A study of figures obtained in
the recent traffic count at en-
frances to Potomac Park was
made today at a special meeting
of the co-ordinating committee by
William A. Van Duzer, member OF
the planning commission.
The co-ordinating committee,
which is composed of interested
civic District and Federal organ
izationS, met especially to discSSs
results of a traffic survey. AS it
is believed better ultimate results
can be obtained by drawing up
two or three plans for the relief
of traffic congestion at the park
entrances, the committee decided
against delivering its report to the
National Capital Park and Plan
nins Commission until the July
meeting Of that body.
The co-ordinating committee
also studied widening of E Street
between Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth Streets and thoroughfares
connecting with it. The District
is to pave E Street at a width of
76 feet.
The co-ordinationg committee is
studying a plan to carry E
Street from Fourteenth Street
east through the District Build
ing grounds to Pennsylvania Ave
nue., widening the road in the
park which runs west from E
Street to Fifteenth. No definite
action was taken on this project,
however.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
Seat Pleasant (Md.)
Votes incorporation

Incorporation proposals for the
town of Seat Pleasant. Md, met
with the approval of residents. a
count of the vote in a special
referendum held yesterday re-
vealed today. The vote was 1873
for incorporation as compared
with 126 against.
The referendum was provided
in special bills passed at the last
session of the Maryland State
legislature. The legislature ap-
pointed George Reading chair
man of a special committee to
handle the referendum.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
UPTOWN LEADS
WITH TRAFFIC
FATALITIES
19 in Northwest Since Ian. !,
With But 3 in Southwest;
Late Afternoon Is Deadly

The northwest section of Wash
ington is the most dangerous,
according to traffic fatality re-
ports. Nineteen persons have
been killed there since January l
by automobiles.
The southwest area has had
only three traffic deaths since
the beginning of the year.
Eleven met death from autos in
the northeast section and five in
southeast.
Late Afternoon Worst
Most of the accidents Oc-
CURED in the late afternoon, the
most dangerous hours being be-
tween 4 and Z p. m.
Two fatal crashes occurred on
North Capitol Street. One was
at the K Street intersection, while
the other was at North Capitol
and R Streets.
Washington's beautiful circles
we're the scene of two of the
fatalities. One was at Thomas
Circle, the other was at Dupont
Circle.
Twenty-seven men and boys
met their deaths in traffic
crashes; while 13 women and girls
we're killed in similar accidents.
81 Adults Killed
Nine persons under FL were
killed. OF this number three were
below 10 years of age. Thirty
one adults have been killed since
January /.
The three children were killed
while playing in the street. One
of the three, a 7-year-old colored
child, killed in Drapers Court
Southwest, was "hitching on" to
an automobile truck when he fell
beneath the wheels.
Eleven to Grand Jury
Eleven persons were held for
Grand Jury action by COrOner'S
courts since the first of the year.
One was a hit-and-run case, in
which an aged man was struck
down and died from his injuries.
Several days later, a man was
arrested for this manSlaughter.
Two persons were killed by
street cars, while another was
killed while riding a motorcycle.
The blowing out of a rear tire
caused the death of the rider.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
Bids for LOrtOn
Work Submitted

Bids for installation of ma
chinery and equipment in the
pattern and woodworking shop
at the Lorton (Va.) reformatory
were opened today at the Dis
trict Building. The lowest of five
bids $5,65065 was submitted by
the Kemp Machinery Company,
of Baltimore.
The lowest bid for approximate
ly 10000 cubic yards of street
grading work was submitted by
the Capital Excavating Company.
Inc, which gave an estimate Of
25.9 cents per cubic yard, q total
of $15,540 for the project.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
Treasury to Open
Bids for WreCkinq

Bids for wrecking old buildings
between Twelfth and Thirteenth
SITS. N. W., along the south side
of Pennsylvania Avenue, in order
to make way for the Govern
ment's new Postoffice Depart
ment Building, will be opened at
the Treasury Department this
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Treasury officials have. an
nounced they hope to clear en-
tirely this side of the Avenue,
from the Capitol to Fifteenth
Street, before the George Wash
ington Bicentennial next year.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
Scouts Promote I3
As EQQLeS TOniQht

Thirteen Boy Scouts of the
District of Columbia Council will
become full-fledged Eagle Souts
at Thomson School tonight.
They are Rapp Brush, H. A.
Cooper, Stephen Capps, Francis
Rowland Roberts, Louis Flagg,
Waldo Schmitt, George B. Fras-
er, jr., Harvey Machen, jr., AL
win c. Gillem, Charles Holbrook,
E. J. Gardiner, jr., Alfred Bolz
and William Lanham.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
SHELBY.
PROMOTED BY
D. {. HEADS
Capt. Davis an Inspector, With
LieutS. Bowers and Dent Co.
ing Ahead to CaptainCies

Eleven promotions in the Police
Department and four in the Fire
Department were approved today
by the District Commissioners.
The promotions are effective
July /.
Capt. Frank S. w. Burke, of the
First precinct, is promoted to be
inspector and assistant superin.
tendent of police, and will take
command Of the Detective Bureau.
He succeeds Inspector william S.
Shelby, who will aid Major Henry
G. Pratt in the administration of
the department.
Davis an Inspector
Capt Ogden T. Davis, of the
Second precinct. is promoted to
an inspector to succeed Inspector
William H. Harrison. who retires
on July /.
Lieuts. John E. Bowers and
Frank M. Dent are promoted to
succeed Captains Burke and
Davis. Sergts. Harvey G. Gala
han and Thomas McGrath were
elevated to the lieutenantcieS va
Gated by Dent and Bowers.
Privates Walter T. Storm, Will
liam l.. Passour and Lawrence
Beall are promoted to be ser
geants. Private James L. Kelly,
assigned to police radio work,
becomes a detective sergeant in
place of Frank N. Helan, who
retires July /, and will continue
with the radio work.
Two Firemen Advance
In the fire department.. Bat
talon Chiefs C. E. Schrom and
John Darlington are promoted to
deputy chief engineers to fill
vacancies created by the retire
ment of Phillip w, Nicholson and
James Keliher, who retire on
July /.
Capts. j. r. Groves and L. L.
Woolard are promoted to bat
talon chiefs,
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
FIRST BASEBALL ACCIDENT

The first accident of the base
ball season occurred in Alexandria
yesterday when Warren Mosby,
colored, 1108 North Royal St., was
struck on the head by a bat which
slipped from the hands of Robert
Tibbs, also colored. Mosby was
treated for q possible skull frac-
turos
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
los Army Hospitals
To Haze Radio Sets

A project recently approved by
the War Department directs the
installation of radio receiving
equipment in los Army hospitals
in the United States, Panama,
Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philip
pine Islands. Plans provide for a
central receiving set in each of
the hospitals, with electric cables
to each bed.