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Evening star., 1936-04-17
KING URGES CALM
ON AIRPORT CHOICE
Would Like Report on Site
Before Adjournment, but
Thinks Rush UnWise.

District airport action Will not DC
rushed, Chairman King of the Senate
District Committee, who probably will
be a member of the new airport COM
mission, said yesterday. ..
King said that although he would
like to see a site selected for the long
disputed local airport and a report
made to Congress during the present
session, now expected to end about
June l, he does not want to see the
matter unduly rushed.
After the commission has COM
2leted its work it still will be neces-
sary for Congress to approve the site
he commission has chosen or to re-
lect it and select another and then
% pass enabling legislation, followed
ny appropriation legislation, before
work actually gets under way.
Senator King said that he Is going
o see President Roosevelt within a
few days to discuss the airport sltu-
alton and the work of the commission
He said he is prepared to assure the
President that it is the intent OF Con-
gress that the President shall have
absolutely free hand in the choice OF
three of the nine members OF the
commission. Three members are tc
be Senators and three members oi
the House. These members probably
will not be named until next week
after the President has signed the
measure, passed two days ago wher
the House approved the conference re-
port, breaking deadlock OF nearl!
a wear,
Evening star., 1936-04-17
SERVICE ORDERS
ARMY ORDERS.

Baldwin, Lieut.. Col. Karl F., Coast
Artillery, from Army War College to
Lawrence, KanS.
Dingley, Maj. Nelson. Sd, Coast
Artillery, from Fort Leavenworth,
Kans., to Blackburg, Va.
Hooper. Mai. David L., Engineer
Corps to the University of Alabama,
June 30
Barrett, Maj. Lawrence ]. l., Infan-
try, from Fort Benning, Ga, to Balti-
more, September l.
Allen, Maj. Harry B.. Field Artillery,
from duty in the office Of the chief OF
Field Artillery to San Francisco,
August l.
Tormey, Capt. Bernard A., Field
Artillery, from Peiping, China, to
Fort Hoyle, Md, July %.
Elliott, Capt. Stewart H, Ordnance
Department, from Portsmouth, Va, to
the Hawaiian Department, June 2.
Lightcap, Capt George E., Infantry,
from Fort Benning, Ga, to Army War
College, June l.
McDonough, First Lieut.. Robert K,
Engineer Corps, from Urbana, ILL.,, to
Fort BelVolr, va.
Brown, First Lieut.. Charles B.,
Signal Corps, from Minneapolis, Mimi,
to Office of the chief signal officer,
August 20.
NAVY ORDERS.
Gillette, Comdr Claude S., detached
Bureau of Engineers, Navy Depart
ment, in May; to duty as naval in
spector of machinery, Bath Iron
Works Corp, Bath, Me.
Ketcham, Lieut.. Comdr. Dixwell,
detached Commanding officer v. F..
Squadron 6-B (U. S. S. Saratoga)
about June 8; to Naval Operations,
Navy Department..
Bolton, Lieut.. Alfred j., detached
q. S. S. Herbert in June or July; to
Naval Operations. Navy Department.
Marshall, Lieut.. William j., de-
tached U. S. S. Lexington about June
8; to Naval Academy
Ward, Lieut. Benjamin N, detached
q. S. S. Colorado about June 8; to
Naval Academy.
Carmichael, Lieut.. q. g. George
K, detached U. S. S. Salinas in May:
Christie, Lieut.. g. g. Carl G., de-
tached U. S. S. Taylor in June; to
Naval Academy.
Conley, Lieut.. q. c. Edwin G.,
detached U. S. S. Salinas in June; to
Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Va.
Holloway, Lieut.. q. g. James G.,
jr., detached Naval Academy in May;
to Na1ry Vord UTo cbip0fnr n =
Construction Corps.
Phil, Lieut.. Paul E. &C. c. detached
Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Depart
ment, in May: to staff Commander
Aircraft, Base Force, as material
officer.
Chaplain Corps.
Dumstrey. Comdr. Herbert &C. H.
c. detached Norfolk Naval Hospital,
Portsmouth, Va, in May; to Naval
Training Station, Norfolk, Va.
Warrant Officers.
Bell, Chief Pharmacist Joseph H,
detached Naval Hospital, Pearl Har-
Dor, T. H, in August or September;
to Bureau M. and S.. Navy Depart
nent, Washington, D. C.
Frelinger, Chief Pay Clerk Andrew
L., detached Naval Academy about
May Is; to Norfolk Navy Yard, Ports
mouth, Va.
Asiatic Dispatch Orders.
Waters, Lieut.. g. G.) Odale D., jr.,
detached U. S. S. Augusta; to Re-
ceiving Station, Washington, D. c.
MARINE CORPS ORDERS.
Shearer, Lieut.. Col. Maurice E., on
or about May Is, 1886, detached
Evening star., 1936-04-17

his Job because he was largely in
strumental" in organizing employees
Of the Government Printing Once,
the Bureau Of Engraving and printing
and other Washington Offices.
The resolution stated Sanders was
|, dismissed on "the pretext of staff re-
duction," which was merely "camou-
fiage."
Copies of the resolution were sent
to the public printer, the Allied
Printing Trades Council, the Wash
ington Central Labor Union and the
International Printing Pressmen and
Assistants Union of North America.
Evening star., 1936-04-17
STAR WASHINGTON, FRIDAY,

with States and cities in their local
inquiries into telephone rates.
Commissioner Paul A. Walker, di-
recting the F. c. c. investigation, said
the commission was working with
regulatory bodies in five States. A
major purpose of the Federal investi-
cation, he said, was to gather data
on a national scale which would be
made available to State commissions.
Reports on the A. T. & T., by
F. c. C. Investigators already have
been forwarded to all State commits
sions, he added, and special assistance
was being rendered on specific re-
quests.
Evening star., 1936-04-17
COMPLETE WASHER OUTFIT

Tighten the wosh-doy lobors with this new
style Washer outfit. Consists of on Electric
Washer, Folding Ironing Boord, guaranteed
Electric Iron and q generous supply of
Rinse. Everything complete Oh one price.
Evening star., 1936-04-17

Marine Base, Quantico, Va, to Marine
Base, Navy Yard, Charleston, S. c.
Rupertus, Lieut.. Col. William H.,
on or about June /, 1896, detached
Marine Corps Schools, Marine Base.
Quantico, Va, to F. NJ. F., M c. B.,
N. o. B., San Diego, Calf, with delay
in reporting to June 20, 1895.
LIE Gette, Maj. Curtis w., on or
about May 1, 1896, detached F. M. F.,
M. C. B., N. o. B., San Diego, to
Marine Base. Quantico, Va, via Army
transport, with permission to delay in
reporting to June 80, 1896.
Evening star., 1936-04-17
DIVORCES SUGAR HEIR

LOS ANGELES, Calf, April II (P).
Gloria Roxana Spreckels, daughter
of a National City, Calf, minister, won
a divorce yesterday from John D.
Spreckels, Sd, one of the heirs to the
Spreckels sugar fortune, on charges
that SpreckeS threatened her and
drank frequently.
Mrs. Spreckels was awarded custody
Of their 1-year-old daughter, $500
monthly alimony and 500 monthly
for the child, and $4,000 for attorney
fees and costs,
Evening star., 1936-04-17
F. C. C. AIDS LOCALIZED
PHONE INVESTIGATIONS
Co-operates With State and Cities
in Rate Probes as National
Studies Continue.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
With its own Nationwide investi-
cation of the American Telephone 81
Telegraph Co. continuing, the Fed
eral Communications Commission was
reported today to be cooperating
Evening star., 1936-04-17
Rain Comes to Rescue

While city officials of Victoria,
Southern Rhodesia, were debating
whether to cut down the water sup
ply because Of a drought, 3 inches
Of rain fell in an hour.
Evening star., 1936-04-17
UNION INSISTS SANDERS
BE REINSTATED ON JOB
Paper Handlers Charge Dismissal
From G. P. o. Due to Or
ganization Activity.

Washington Paper Handlers and
Helpers Union, No. IL, are de-
manding reinstatement of its presi-
dent, William H. Sanders, who was
dismissed from the Government
Printing Office Tuesday.
The union charged Sanders lost
Evening star., 1936-04-17
8-PIECE STUDIO OUTFIT

Exactly os shown, consists Of q handsome
Studio Couch thot opens TO q full size or
Twin Beds, comfortable Occasional Chair,
Occasional TobIe, Table Lomp, Metal
Smoker, Magazine Rock, End TobIe ond q
Bridge Lomp.
The Washington times., 1936-12-18

Large, beautiful electric perco-
lator-with sugar. creamer and
tray to match. Entire set fin
ished in cleaning chrome-the
ideal gift!
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and now general manager of Eastern
Airlines; j. F. Condor, president of
Central Airlines (both serving Wash
ington), Harold Crary, vice president
in charge of traffic for United Air,
and T. Park Hay of Transcontinental
e. Western Air; John Casey, superin-
tendent of the Chicago Municipal Air
port; A. L. Shushan, father of the
magnificent port in New Orleans, and
E. E. Elam, the engineer who built it.
There were also along the aerial route
some of the simple people who keep
the show running day in and day out,
come storm or clear weather-the
pilots, the ground crews, the hostesses,
with their trim little uniform figures
and understanding good humor. and
the traffic men in the ticket Offices.
Each fitted in piece of the mosaic.
Suppose we take look at some Of
the actual ports first, at their good
and bad points and what they are
doing about them, and thus, gradually,
our composite will grow.
Here is Newark, which ranks as one
of the two busiest ports in the world.
Chicago is the other. Their average
during peak seasons is 100 scheduled
arrivals and departures every "a
hours, and this does not include tran
sient planes or Army and Navy craft.
Newark has never laid any claim to
beauty, located as it is in the Jersey
fats, with densely settled industrial
areas surrounding it. It has had an
irregular, oiled cinder surface, rather
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Writer'S Survey Discloses Most Progress
sive Ports Prepare for Coming of Larger
and Faster Ships and Greater Patronage.

il the radio tower transritter goes
bad we can use it to cut into the beam
and talk to the planes. All pilots
coming in get voice directions and
beam signal as we'll. Our radio service
costs us $4,000 year. and this is
free to all operators using the field.
With blind flying on its way, we're
doing everything We can to CO.
operate"
How much does the operator pay
for the use of the field and what serv-
ice does he get for his fee?" asked.
Zone thousand five hundred dollars
per month" he answered, land for
that he gets complete airport main
terance, use of hangers, offices. pas
senger terminal, traffic regulation,
radio control, and so on"
do you believe, with some of the
airline companies, that the newer type
fields should segregate types of air.
craft operations?"
mo, EMPHATEALLY; think a
city port should accommodate all
operations, but that it should be
equipped with proper facilities and
should be large enough to handle
every type. We have here eight air.
lines, the Army, National Guard and
Department of Commerce operations
private flyers and some experimental
work. In the case of the city OF
Chicago, We'll probably need three
or four ports within the next 10 years.
but I can't see the sense in concen-
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cars left Washington with girls from
Mount Vernon Seminary, Madeira
School, Holtou Arms and Fairmont
School. At Philadelphia short stop
was made to pick up q car carrying
students from the Baldwin School at
Bryn Mawr. At Trenton a diner was
attached and the merry crowd was on
its way again.
The railroad company sent along q
personal representative to look after
the transportation, and Skytop Lodge
very. considerably sent q member Of
the staff to register the 1859 guests on
the train and to assign rooms, so there
was no. waiting when the hungry
horde arrived from the Cresco station
in buses and poured into the dining
room shortly after eight on Friday
evening Ito ind several alumnae
already gathered there from various
points because they couldn't bear to
miss skytop week end even otter
graduation,
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trating operations. However, we're
going to do everything in our power
to keep up with developments, although
the airlines work so fast with the
money they put back into expert
ments that we are slower, since we
have to wait for bond issues to be
voted. They have, of necessity, done
more to develop aviation than either
the Army or the Government.
"The mayors Committee on Avia-
ton has just this last month had a
list of recommendations drawn up
for it by the representatives OF all
the airlines using the port, and acting
with advice of the inspection staff
of the Bureau OF Air Commerce.
These illustrate so perfectly what hap
pens as the needs of the airlines in
crease that I'll give them to you in
detail:
81. Remove railroad track along
property and extend field to mile
square area.
20. Relocate runways and extend
them to a minimum of 1890 feet
effective length, paving them either
with asphalt or concrete, the mini
mum width of paving to be $50 feet.
SO. Build a concrete taxi strip tc
completely encircle field, in which a
minimum $50 feet to maximum 406
feet adjacent to passenger station.
"a. Install approved f1ush-type run
ErIo hot ci1oS nf nanh
runway.
IS. Remove final existing obstruc-
tons around field.
Sc. Build new and adequate passer-
ger station, with complete control
tower, not over 40 feet high.
az Construct a super highway be-
tween airport and Loop to provide
rapid contact with business district.
IS. Zone surrounding territory to
prohibit construction OF any new
buildings or other obstacles higher
than 80 feet at airport boundaries;
grade gradually up to $50 feet in a
3-mile radius. with airport as center.
One thousand feet from each side of
hui III dllN SOuLI1 luA4"dyo dACd oAiOAAA
be kept entirely free of distractions"
WE FEEL" Mr.. Casey concluded.
w "that if these recommendations
are carried out-and they will be as
fast as possible-that we will have an
airport second to none In the world.
We would then have facilities for the
arrival and departure of planes every
minute of the "a hours, and while
ouch traffic may be considerably In the
future, I've been Is years in the BUSH
ness and I wouldn't have believed in
the beginning we'd be where we are
today. Everybody is going to want
plane service In the end"
But let's do some more flying our
CONTINUED on Eighth Page.)
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schools who are from the South have
never before seen so much snow, but
they plunge right into the activities
as II to make up for the years they
missed such fun.
There are sleigh rides behind horses,
but perhaps the most exciting and
unusual thing is to go for a ride IN
the dog sled pulled by huskies. The
sled holds two In addition to the
driver, who stands behind and shouts
commands-Gee, haw and pssst!-to
the eager dogs, who obey instantly.
All day long the dogs make Commute
trips. The driver is training them
for the cross-country derby to be run
the following week. He himself can
run for 10 miles beside the sled with
out resting.
Groups Of girls pass through the
lobby Of the lodge all day long On
their way from one sport to another.
some stopping to wDrm themselves
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Sports High Light Capital SCHOOLGIRLS

before the great fire. or to nibble an
apple from the baskets within easy
reach.
Saturday noon there begins long
trek up the mountain across the lake
several miles to a ledge overlooking a
ravine and a frozen waterfall, above
which are spied several deer. Here a
hot lunch is consumed with great
gusto, and those who have come up
on skis or pulled up sleds are rewarded
with a grand slide all the way down
the road to the bottom. The sun is
so brightly reflected from the snow
that many faces are freckled and sun
burned by evening.
A wiener roast is held by the to-
boggan slide Saturday evening after
the movie. followed by more coasting,
skating or sleighing.
CUNDAY morning there comes 8
~ inches Of new snow to the delight
of the skiers, who turn out in full
force so that there isn't ski left to
rent or borrow by breakfast time.
After the brilliance Of the day be-
fore, the snowstorm makes another
and beautifully contrasted picture. It
seems like a Christmas card come to
life. the gay figures moving through
the snowflakes against background
of snowy hills and dark tree trunks.
What a wrench to tear away from
this paradise of good times and pack
up to 60 back to school again. It is
nonetheless q happy bunch that
climbs on the train after Sunday din
ner and during the daylight hours en-
joys the beautiful ride through Della
ware Water Gap.
At Trenton two diners are acquired
to accommodate the increased ap-
petites Of the out-of-doors girls, all
Of whom return with brighter eyes and
pinker cheeks and the cobwebs all
blown away from FIRED brains.
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country, managed to high degree of
perfection by the iron hand of Major
Jack Berry. Its LOO acres are now
being increased to 1900 with w. p. A.
help, so that it will, when complete,
have the desirable mile square Of
landing space, with at least one 5000
foot runway. Comment on this came
from Harold Crary of United Airlines
when I saw him in Chicago. Jack
Berry" he said, has thought ahead
to 1888, when we are going to have
planes so much bigger than our pres
ent transports that only minimum
mile-square field will accommodate
them. Then those cities that want to
stay on transcontinental schedules will
have to enlarge their ports. For ex-
ample, we can pull Boeing 247 off
the ground in 1000 feet at IS miles
per hour now, but instead we take it
off in 1900 feet at 90 miles-that's
the safety margin. When the bigger
planes we're all working on now are
ready we'll need proportionately just
that much more elbow room. And
we'll need at least three direction run
ways, planned in accordance with pre-
vailing winds. None of these should
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Washington school girls attending third annual Winter sports

The only difficulty about sojourn
at Skytop is in choosing which OF the
many things one wants to do.
After dinner there Is movie down.
stairs, and although 1t Is always fun
to see q movie-especially free one
the full moon in q clear sky shining
on fields of snow so brightly that it
seemed almost daylight, tempted many
out or doors for coasting, tobogganing,
skating or skiing.
SKYToP LODGE sits on the top Of
- q hill with rolling country on
every side. Before 1t is a lake which
is frozen to depth Of 26 inches and
covered with snow. The toboggan
slide Is built on a slope beside the
lake. and the toboggan sleds, which
come streaxing down the runway
amid great shrieks and squeals Of
terrified delight, shoot out onto the
middle Of the lake to o glorious and
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be less than $500 feet long, and 5000
feet will be better. The so-called big
transport ships we are using now will
then be employed for short local hops
to connect the stopping points of the
newer craft"
Mr.. Crary also pointed out another
advantage of a large port such as
Cleveland. UNITED is not now land
ing passengers blind on any field,
but every one of our pilots in the past
month has at some time landed his
ship, without passengers, by instru-
ment alone. He flies the radio beam
to the port and there picks up the
'localizer' beam, which, coupled with
his own instruments. brings him di-
rectly in. Oakland, another field
with sufficient size, is also being used
for these experiments, and we could
probably use Floyd Bennett and Lam
bert in st. Louis If we needed them, as
they are large enough and free of sur
rounding distractions. Other ports
which have or are contemplating mile
square areas are Toledo, Chicago,
Philadelphia and Portland, Oreg."
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HAVING arrived at Chicago by the
side doaF let's 90 in the front.

HAVING arrived at Chicago by the
side door, let's 60 in the front
and meet John Casey, whose job Of
running the municipal port is as big as
he is. And since he is the first city
representative to whom we've talked,
let's get the story of Chicago's sue
cessful experiment in port ownership
from the beginning.
I'm 1926" Mr.. Casey will tell us,
'the city leased some of its own School
Board property and spent $4,000 the
first year for improvements. We felt
then. and we still feel that we, like
all other cities, need the aviation in
dustry more than it needs us. Today
We have approximately TOO persons
employed at the airport, go per cent
of whom make $4,000 year or better.
"In addition, the operators spend
in the purchase of parts, lights, fuel,
ETC., million dollars year in Chi
cago. Our maintenance of the port
costs us now around 100000 year.
We pay the School Board $25 per acre
for the use of 500 acres of it's land and
10 per cent of our yearly income OF
$21 900. The rest of that income goes
to the city and the difference in cost
is met out of city funds. In addition,
in 10 years time we have spent s675,-
600 in laying out the port and making
improvements. At present we are
doing a considerable amount of ex-
perimetnal work with radio.
"In 1888 we had one radio and one
transmitter, and I believe we were
the second port in the country to have
it. Now we are working with Is re-
ceivers and two transmitters. We
even have radio on trucks to check our
radio beam without use of phone. A
year ago We installed a small radio
ransc beam along one runway to as
sist pilots in landing and We have
remote-control arrangements so that
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M ness men may point their
Wv footsteps toward Florida
when Winter skies too long
hide the sun, but not so the modern
schoolgirl. She goes North into the
deeper snow and the more singing
cold.
You have heard that Washington
has a snow train this year, but did
you know that among its passengers
have been many of the girls regis
tered in the National Capitals private
schools?
Only a week or SO ago the cold, gray
gloom of the Union Station concourse,
the somber picture was punctuated by
splashes Of gay color. These were
provided by the more than one hum
dred schoolgirls, dressed in bright
hued ski suits, who were eagerly
awaiting the special train to carry
them to Skytop Lodge in the Poconos
for a weekend of Winter sports.
Three years ago the first group
began an annual trek to play In the
snow. Thirty-five girls and four
chaperons from Mount Vernon Semi
nary were taken care of IN one special
car attached to the New York train.
At Trenton they changed to another
train going up through Stroudsburg
to Cresco.
Last year ~ from Mount Vernon
Seminary were Joined by 40 from
Madeira School, and instead Of chang
ing at Trenton their cars were shifted
to the other line from the New York
train.
Perhaps because Winter has 50
positively insisted on claiming our
whole attention, the Skytop week end
has grown by leaps and bounds. The
very first question asked by the re-
turning schoolgirls In the Fall Is,
when is Skytop week end?"
SThis year q special train OF four
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~ The New Orleans (Shushan) Airport, situated on
the lake 'front.' short drive from the heart of the city, and
considered by officials of the finest airports in the
United States Ia Margaret BourkeWhte photography.
~ At the Kansas City Municipal Airport. 90 The Chi
cago Municipal Airport. ~ Ready to take off at the
New Orleans Airport photo by Margaret Bourke-
White.) (5 Main lobby adjoining waiting rooms, Admin
istration Building the Shushan Airport New Orleans.
6) Street the Shushan Airport ~ At the
Chicago Municipal Airport.
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breathless finish. Electric lights are
strung along the slide at night and it
Is always glowing center of hilarity.
Behind the lodge at the foot of
path Is another smaller lake where
guests swim in Summer time and skate
In Winter. The center is boarded of
for fast ice hockey game. while the
skaters go around the outside, stop
ping to rest occasionally and watch
the game, or taking turns at pushing
each other In chairs equipped with
runners.
The skiers use the slopes on either
side of the toboggan runway, the ex-
perts practicing special zigzag turns
and the beginners receiving instruc-
ton from the professional teachers.
It is amazing how many of the girls
ski or skate for the first time IN their
lives and In few hours are getting
around in quite an experienced man
ner. Many girls In Wilmington