Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-09-25

shower baths.
Training will be given in various
forms of military flying for the of1cer
members of the division. For the en-
listed members there will be training
ing, both theoretically and actually, in
shop practice, in engine overhaul, air
plane overhaul, welding metal work,
carpentry, radio and aviation ordnance
The 1st Aviation Division, VN6-R, 1t
was announced by Lieut.. M. M. Cloukey
U. S. N. r., aide to Lieut.. Comdr. E. w.
Rounds, local Naval Reserve aviation
commander, now has several vacancies
in the enlisted ranks. These are open
to men from 18 to Is years old who can
show a high school diploma, preferably
from a high school giving manual or
technical training, and three letters OF
recommendation from reputable citizens
concerning character and general ability
OF the applicant.
Enlistment in the division, Lieut..
Cloukey explained, requires only spare
time for training on Thursday nights
and Saturday afternoons Of each week.
Applicants for enlistment will be re-
uuired to attend a number OF training
DRILLS before enlistment in the division,
in order to show their permanent inter-
est in the training
Applicants should apply for enlist
ment in person to Comdr. Rounds at
the Anacostia Naval Air Station on
Thursday nights or Saturday afternoons.
Local Boy Makes Good.
Steuart A. Reiss, the modest young
man who flew the refueling plane which
made possible the recent world airplane
refueling endurance record flight for
women, but who managed to keep out
of the limelight in which Mrs Frances
Harrell Marsalis and Mrs. Louise Nc
Phetridge Thaden were bathed, is
local product. He was born and raised
in the National Capital, flew at old
Hoover Field and later at Washington
Airport and received his transport pilots
license here.
He and John Runger, noted wing
walker" and aerial stunt artist, who
handled the refueling hose on the eight
Gay grind, are managing to keep pretty
we'll in the dark during the triumphal
visit of the endurance team to the Ma
tional Capital. ReisS and Runger will
do the honors over the Potomac this
afternoon when Mrs. Marsalis and Mrs.
Thaden make demonstration refueling
as climax to their local visit.
Reiss and his brother John are two
of the Capitals best known native
born pilots Steuart learned to fly with
the Army, graduating from Kelly Field
in 1926. Gle flew at Hoover Field in
1927, his activities being mainly directed
toward student instruction, and in the
following year went over to Washington
Airport, where he flew passengers and
engaged in student instruction and
other odd jobs of flying He left here
in 1929 to take up commercial flying
at Valley Stream, Long Island, where
he has been located since.
Stellart Reiss obtained his transport
pilots license from the Department OF
Commerce at Hoover Field in 1927 and
the Government records today show
that he has $500 hours Of flying time
to his credit.
An Airport Warning.
Certain factions which have been
working to have Washington-Hoove
Airport supplanted by a better site"
further removed from the center of the
city, may find warning In the New
York airport situation
New York and Newark now are en-
gagged in bitter bit of pickering for
air transport prestige. Newark, first in
the field. built itself an airport on the
fats. For lack of better terminal
virtually every one of the airlines
operating from New York established
at Newark Airport
New York, desiring this business for
itself, built magnificent $4,000 900
municipal airport, Floyd Bennett Field,
with the fond expectation that its
grimy little rival across the river would
promptly wither and fade away. Moth
ing Of the sort happened.
Floyd Benefits mile-long concrete
runwayS resound not with the roar of
transport planes landing and taking off.
Its spacious concrete and steel hangers
are bleak and barren. It's splendid
f1oodlighting system does not attract
the paSSenger-laden night birds. 1t has
one Of the most modern airport admin
istration buildings, complete with wait
wait, ticket Offices which sell no tickets,
emergency hospital quarters which,
fortunately, do scant business, and air
port offices which, unfortunately, also
do SCant business.
The only flying, in short, which is
done from the confines of Floyd
Benefits 100000 magnifcence. is
that of Naval Reserves, few civilian
transformers and an occasional trans
atlantic expedition. The fact that so
many ocean flights, made by planes
which need every advantage in lifting
their heavy fuel loads into the air. are
made from Floyd Bennett is testimony
to the length and smoothness of its
great runWays.
Newark Airport, on the other hand,
is in the smoky swamplands, hemmed
by factory buildings and high stacks.
1t has no concrete runways, no adj
ministration building and none Of the
magnificent advantages Floyd Bennett
can offer. 1t could be put into a corner
of the New York municipal field. 1t Is
an ugly duckling, compared with the
peacock raiment Of Floyd Bennett. Yet
it does the business while Floyd Ben
nett lies coldly beautiful and lifeless.
Newark Airport, it is reported by
those who dabble in such statistics,
handles more plane movements than
the mighty LIE Bourget in Paris,
Templehof in Berlin and Croydon in
London combined
There are, it would seem, other factors
than mere size and magniflcence Of
equipment needed to make a real air
port. The factor of convenience may
not be overlooked. There certainly can
/ be no advantage in sinking millions Of
dollars In an airport which Is going
! to linger as desert waste while COM
paratively insignificant airport mile
or two closer to the heart Of things
takes all the business.
Passenger Increase Continues.
Air passenger traffic on United States
airlines, which increased during the first
half of 1882 to a new record total, con-
tinued to increase in July, when a new
all-time record for passengers carried
in a single month was established.
During July, according to reports
received by the Department OF Com
merce aeronauticS branch from the 81
operating airlines in the Continental
United States, a total Of 53,759 pas
sengers were carried, as against 1925
passengers during June. June's pas
senger total was the largest for any
month during the first half Of the year,
indicating that the second half Of 1882
may bring even greater records.
The airlines during July few total
of 4,266 1882 miles, also a substantial in