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iPICKARD NAMING '
1 UPHELD BY SYKES
Appointment to Radio Com-;
Emission Defended by Act
ing Chairman.
{ K O. Sykes. acting chairman of the
* Radio Commission. today
to the aHi of Sam Pickard, one
of hie associates on the Radio Control
Hoard. The eligibilit* of Pickard for
service on the commission lias been
challenged before the Senate inter
state commerce committee because of
doubt of his politic*l affiliations The
nominations of Pickard. *>• H. Caid
xvetl of New York and H. A. I-a Fount
inf Ptah will come before the commit
tee tomorrow.
Pickard, according to a letter sent
4,v s\ kes to Chairman Watson of the
committee, is exceptionally well quail
to he a nienilter of the commis
sion because of his radio activities,
especial!'’ among tiic farmers of the
Middle West.
•As regards certain technicalities
which have arisen as to Mr. Pickard s
qualifications to serve." Mr. Sykes
jotter said, "I am certain that he can
.positivelj establish the fact tiiat In* is
IVmocrat in view of thr fact that
he lets voted only the Democratic
ticket. Regarding h.s aettial legal
residence, the Kansas State Colbge. ;
where Mr. Pickard was employed as
agricultural editor and radio director,
kept his i>nsition open for his return
PHtil a few months ago. when he was
appointed to the commission.
Mr Sykes - letter alluded to Pick
aids war service, where he was an
aviator with many hours of Hying
service over the* lines. The d:«v he
fore the armistice he was shot down
in a horning plane, and spent several
months in a hospital recovering from
injuries.
Meanwhile, Norman Baker, operator
of Station KTXT at Muscatine, lowa,
is marsh?ling the forces in opposition
to Pickard. Caldwell and T.a Fount, j
ard will appear Bt the hearing
tomorrow.
AVIATION TROPHY .
COMMITTEE TO MEET
« Annual Collier Award for Greatest
Achievement in America to
Be Decided.
A committee to consider applica
tions for the award of the PoPier
Trophy, presented annually l*y ihe
National Aeronautic Association “for
sh“ greatest achievement in aviation
in America, the value of which has
been demonstrated by actual use dur
ing the preceding year,” has lieen ap
pointed and directed to meet here
within the next few weeks by Porter
Adams president of the association,
ft was announced today.
The committee is composed of
Charles .1. Bell, president of the Amer
ican Security A Trust Co. and a pin
neer aeronauta-al enthusiast in Wash
ington. Karl N. Findley, editor of IV
P. Air Services magazine; Edgar X.
Oott. tu-esidem of the Keystone Air
plane Manufacturing Co. of Bristol.
Fa.. Oapt. Emory S. assistant
chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics.
Dr. George W. la>wi*. director of re
search. National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics; Capt. Burdette S
AVrighJ. chief of Ihe information divi
sion. Armv Air Corps, and Maj. Clar
ence M. Young, director of aeronau
its ;h 0 f *fisrtm*vtt of ( ommtrw. «ail ;i no <iai« wa* m»r vywpmwv. uony
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'SIMMONS SURVEYS DISTRICT
PRIOR TO BUDGET HEARINGS
Intensive Survey Precedes
Hearings Monday on $40.-
000.000 Total.
Subcommittee Head Finds
Charitable Institutions in
%
I Good Condition.
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In order to prepare himself for most
! intelligent consideration of the s!<•
000.1*00 I > (strict budget, on which
; heatings begin Monday, Chairman
| Simmons of the subcommittee has
I made a personal tour of many of the
eleemosynary and.penal institutions.
He is making a special s tudy of Hie
school system, lteoattse this culls for
about one-third of the entire Distiict
; appropriations. Representative Sim
mons is giving particular attention to
the delay in erecting school buildings
after funds have been appropriated.
He is also making a close analysis re
garding the iecommendat ion for ap
proximatel* 100 new teachers.
This is the third District hill that
Mi. Simmons lias worked on. and the
first of which he will have direct
charge.
The Home School for Feeble Mind
ed at Annapolis Junction, housing 200
defectives who wete previously farmed
out in the District and in nearby
States, impressed Mr. Simmons. Three
buildings have been completed and
money is available for two more,
i Mr. Simmons said he will recom
mend a second. About 90 additional
inmates are being sent to this institu
tion this week. The five buildings can
accommodate about 400.
He next visited the National Train
ing School for Clrls and was stir
prised at the excellent accommodations.
Each git’i has a separate room. Four
teachers are provided for 2o or 2f>
inmates.
The Industrial Home School for Col
ored Children and the Home for the
Aged and Infirm at Blue Plains were
also carefully inspected and their pro
grams discussed with officials.
At the District Workhouse at Occo
quan and the Reformatory at Horton
j Mr. Simmons spent a day. He found
: several men m shackles, hut savs ibex
LODGE FETES WOMEN.
Ball at Mayflower Marks Centen
nial of Hiram Group. F. A. A. M.
| Hiram latdge. No. 10. F. A. A. M.
; entertained with a indies - night Iwll
at the Mayflower Hotel last night,
j More than I,nno iieraons attended. In
| addition to dancing there were several
vaudeville acts. During the evening
j Grand Master of Masons James T.
Gibbs, accompHnietf by Mrs. Gibbs
and Past Grand Master Grata E. Dun
| ktm: visited the gathering
! Hiram lodge is celebrating its ran
tennial anniversary, It was chartered
j December 27. 1R27, and its charter
j signed January 8. 1928. A member
! ship liamjuet will be held at the May
| flower Saturday night. The lodge will
'close the celebration Sunday night
with a religious service at the Con
i cordia l-utheran Church, at which Rev.
John C. Palmer, grand chaplain, will
i speak.
Cold Hitt Maryland Wheat.
Spec,a! Pi .Dutch Ui The Star.
HAGERSTOWN. January f».
Wheat, in this section has suffered i
heavily from the cold, because it has
not been protected hv a blanket of
1 snow. Milton D. Moore, county agent.
• aid 1 1 tdu v
THK FiVKNTNO STAB, WASITTXfITOX. T>. C, THURSDAY. .TANTA UY 5. 1028.
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RKI’RUSESTATIVK MIMMONS.
frankly admitted the punishment was
deserved. He says he looked in vain
for armed'guards and saw the prison-
I ers working in the open. Mr. Sint-
J mons declared that the brick plant
lat Occoquan is a most valuable Dis
trict asset and that it must be kept
• in excellent condition.
The heating plant at Kortou had
Ueen strengthened by four large boil
ei s from surplus at Camp Humphreys,
he found, and a steam shovel for the
shale liit! at Orcnqnan had been loan
led The auto tag plant, which proved
j its worth in supplying license plates
: for the cut rent year; the canning
plant, which has been in operation to
i handle Fail crops; the foundry, which
is just being started up, and a clot it
ing factory, which is being started in
a small way, all impressed Mr. Sim
! mons.
He believes that all of these insti
tutions are being wa ll housed and are
in many reaper-is model plants.
Many applications are being receiv
'd from oil teens - associations and in
i rthiduals who wish to be heard when
(he District items are being consid
ered All of these are being listed
and hearings will, as far as possible
i>e allowed when the subcommittee
| has completed its hearing of officials.
: Sex era I members of Congress will be
I b«ard next week.
! “MACHINE ARMY” TEST.
Mechanical Fighting Flu lined for
Summer at Camp' Meade.
The first large-scale experiment in
Ihe fritted States to mechanize Armv
units, providing not only mechanical
transportation for troops, weapons
and material, but also calling for ac
tual fighting operations from motor
vehicles, will he carried out next Sum
trier at Camp Meade. Md , under direc
tion of the commanding general of the
3d Corps Area.
Ten units will participate. They
will include a Imitation of Infantry,
i tank, platoon, a Field Artillery bat
talion, 1 Coast Artillery battery, an
I Engineer eortjpany a signal company,
I medical detachment, an ammuni
tion train and an observation squad
ton front Mitehel Field. Dong Island
One troop of cavalry will be trained
in use of mechanical equipment and
will operate with a mechanized force
Faiton Trial March 12.
RICHMOND. Va.. January f. <**i
Jrhn Wesley Faison, former Hermit
i age Club manager, will go on trial
March 12 for the second time, charged
with the murder of Mrs, Elsie Holt
1 Snipes, prettv young music teacher
The dal* was set » esteidav
SHORT SESSION BILLi
IIP AGAIN ! HOUSE
Senate Passes Proposal. 67-
6. —Norris. Sponsor. Sees
Action Likely.
'l'll*' pro|)uv»*d I'nnsl it m imiMl .iiiifiid
to have mow iiii’iiilh i m of ('on
s -ivn( begin I heir I dins \\ i i liiti lun
monllis all or lilt* Novdnlit'i rli'eliim,
thd'i'li.v eliminating lll>' .so (Mill'll'
I "liimo dnek " so.-sioiis. ont o inori' is
up in ihi' Moils**. Imvim; imssdl ilii'
Smile \ eslei day for the fntirth tilin'
i by n sole of I*. to ti.
In pievloiis yi’ar.s tlx* rosolniion lots
lit'di rciionfit out liy I louse imnmii
: (pi's. Init never Ims lid'ii a |i|iro\oil
In tin* debate y**st*»rtiu\ Stiiiilor Noi
i is. lt*>|Milil id* ii. Nebraska. nut Inn of;
llio |»ro|>osul, fX|»rt‘Ssi'tl belief (lint
I iloiist' nctioti is more likely this your, j
II,: believe* sent inu'iil in i'hvih' of the!
measure is inn rasing in tlit* i oimlrv.j
President lii iii January.
I'ntii'i' this i«*miiiiitii.ii tlir l’il'.siili'iit j
:ll|il Niif I'l'e.sitleill Would tilht* litliff
,I a n 11 : 11 ■ > I■» insf dii I of Mmii'li 4, mill
fonsri'ssioiiiil tortus would start .l.nui
jury Unis bringing in tlio.sc elerled ;
lin Xm diilicr within two inouths. In i
: stead of the short session ending an j
lomatie.illy on .March 4 ever' other;
t ear. Senator Nui tin helieVes (tide
: would he two sessions of nearly ei|ita|
i lent;lh in each Congress.
Senators Biipport inn flit* change
called ;i t tent ion teslerday to its value
in reducing likelihood of tilihusters.
which frequently mark the dost* of a
short session.
Hits Ihiwo,' Rules Man.
This phase of the debate prompted
iwo Senators to refer i<> the effect
this change of law would have on the.
campaign of Vice !*rosident Dawes for
new rules lo exjwaJite transaction of
business in Ihe Senate.
Comment log on what Senator Nor 1
i is said regarding fllihusters. Senatoi
Walsh. Democrat, Montana, observed;'
“As I understand the Senator, tin
Vice President's oecuiwtion will not
lie mine, hut his issue will he none.”
i,ater Senator McKellar. Demociat
Tennessee. ashed if the Norris amend
menl would do away with the neces
sit\ for I In* new rules suggested In
file \*. e Pie.sideol and Senator Nor-i
1 ill said he lieheved it Would.
JUNK DEALER HELD.
Accused of Receiving 2.M00
Founds of Brass Stolen From Navy.
Louts |i'ainheift. junk dealer, of 1!7
L afreet southeast, was held iiudei
| 51,000 horn) for Hie Mellon of the
grand jury hv .Indue Itohert K. Mat
ting')' in Police i'oiim thia iiuniiing |
on a charge of receiving stolen prop
erty iii eoiineclloti with an alleged
purchase of 3no |miiiiuls of Inass
for the immufad me of cartridge'
eases, alleged to have heen stolen
j from the Navy Va •<! December IS ;
jby I'd. H HoiiMii, I'nited Stales
Marine t'orps.
Kalnheix is said to have fold !
} Honldm that If in* had nnythiiiK to
j sell to dump i! into ins hack >at«J .
and lie would gDe him a fair price
linn Id in testified that he received S4O
The brass was located by llcadqnat
teis Detective 11. C. Callahan, w In*
| received a complaint from the Navy
i Yard. K«inberg did mu report the '
| 'purchase t»f the stolen material to j
police as is required by law.
! Chinese linkers use quantities of
rose flavoring in candy anil confec
! inriK
I Mood of Measure**
(lonfronlH
As Session Resumes
A llcod of bills and resolutions,
second otllx to lint of opening thtv.
was built up today in the Senate
and House witli tile recoil veiling
of Congress alter tin- Christ mas
recess. Nearly ever*' member bad
some* legislative idea. IH'W or old,
'ii i»lfi»i and some Senators bid a.-
mam as a dozen or more. The re
•.u 11 was that tlie hillroom fore* s
bad to be MUgliii'ltled so tll.it tlie
\aiious measures luigbl be lisleil
and made ready for the Coxeiti
nu-nt I'rin|lug t mice.
The measures dealt vvitb Hood
eonirol, radio eoinniunieal ions
' * merlenti oecupntioii of Nieara -.ua
'lie SI disaster, erop insurance
P nsions. Hie natal oil reserxes
*!a ins and a variety of oilier sob
■ civ, •nine of whieb are treated
.a bills and resoltll ions Wtiieti were
iiii.idut-ed during the opening
XX i< I of t 'dlU'l'l ss.
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Candidate for Judgeship.
! "**jt*t i.i! hmp il' hlo The Sfar
1 lilt'll ,M< l.NI). Va.. January &.* -
' Wlin tlie Rielimond i!ai Assiw-iul ion
j inee-is tomorrow to indorse a candidate
j for tba judgeship of tbe Hustings
‘ Court, to be fillen at tin* coming *es
-ion of tbe General Assembly, it "ill
find ju t one candidate, Justice John
! 1,. In jam who now presides over the
Police Court. He is expected to re
ceive ilia unanimous recommendation
of tlie bar.
j§ BerberichJ’
I HALF-YEARLY
II C A T T?
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Just as surely as January and July roll around
llliPl comes the news of reductions on thousands of pair*
OMB of tine Berberich Shoes. Our policy does not permit
of the regular weekly or monthly “Special Salt'
i, |P|! Events.’’ Twice a year our manufacturer* co-operate
j|g§ S OUR REGULAR STOCKS.
11l U Reductions Effective
ill Mgl on Many Styles in Our
111 * M Nationally Knoicn Brands:
||m||j MS *J» Our liO-year adherence to the policy
|g|H A LEANING HOUSE twice a year has taught
HI ■ Hie public to await eagerly these Reductions
111 A IN* THIS GREAT PRICE EVENT ARE IN
SB t LUDED MANY PAIRS OK SUCH FAMOUS
BBr makes as selz. iohnston & murphy
§|l|§| and ARCH PRESERVER for MEN: RED
|i| - # CROSS. HAN AN AND CELEBRATED
Mill Bl BROOKLYN-MADE H.VND-TVRNED
HI SHOES for WOMEN and the PIED PIPER
HI ■ jSHOES for CHILDREN.
11l MLjffkJfJir -o?HsM4~Hr
HIM Unretlrieteil Choice of
ill Women’s Footwear ANY P\IR
||h| 111 the I'miiHuin Kihiiii ,
Ip| o NKNV STYLES HHDUCKH -t / _ , °* . .
11 owS 5 5 J<5 now $ 2 W 72 Johnston & Murphy
I 111 A NKVV STYI.KS KKIH'CKI) 1/ Shoes
||l 4VZ *s* niw *4-” V 4 . u, h,
IHI Issg*7» now *3*% ' *ll1 13
•f j ” ' ™ hornier Price ■ ■ ■
lii r* NliW STVI.KS RKDl'Clil) 1/
HI 5 S 7' ,KI NOW ss'-* l /4 I SECOND FLOOR I
Hi PIED PIPER SHOES HANAN. RED CROSS
—for Children AMI CI I.KHHATi n
Due Me/./.iliiiuc Id, mi* Oilers 4 i It RROOKLA N MADE
i|H Many Slvles of the I'nmmis J /0 !] Il»nd-Tur«ed Shoes for Women
ill "PIHI> I'll’KK" Junior Imh.i- ; f REDUCED
wear al SI'MI ANNDAI. DIS- 1/. |/ ... 1/
iH| COt IN I'S. /4k J 72 ANI) 74 I
| BerberichT
m TWELFTH-F STS.
j EFFECT OF SMITH
ABSENCE DOUBTFUL
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Ocirocrats Fail to Announce
if Any Others Will
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Shun Dinner.
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,mi will In' Viiiimi. A i l« si mi if will
I i*i.i hf mi u|iifd I* x Ihf gnvf riiiu. mid !
j ; In* giitln ring Inuki-d u|iuu ji> ! si li'il
minis lufiding nl *>• -iil.-titi.tl |.u«-
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j mil tin' |i| i Mi’lu •• id mis nf tin* Inulilli!
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Wlllit (ffl'i'l 'hf gOVfI'IIHI B ilfclillM
linn In ii f tfiiil will Imvf mi tin- plans
d' tlif Di Him i niif mit iunai I'limniitli'*'. ,
. | will* h will hf hn.*f In tin g;ithfling. ;
ii It wmb Ini)ini lii li'tvi Mi rfrnilii i
-j l if* id with ol In i'<4 win hiivn his n
si me nlinmd I'm-Ihf nnmiiiMl inn mid tu
. jli ivn him dflivt'i mi Jiddrens on Ih** j
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• :d.'t**« hnvi* iii'i'i*|»i«'d m d*'*'lim'd Ihf j
j dinn**i invliiitinii'* ha« not honn iin-|
i ; linn in i'it tit n.'itmnal inmnlillPf li**ii*l- |
i|iiai li*i». , * '!**in Shaver. **oinniitt**«»'
••haiiman, is out of the cilv. nr,il h is
, office is !*■:(V’inK to him any statements
j to tin road*-. ’ j
I Whwi fitst tila os lor the dinner j
won* an non n< aft it w.i* made clear
filial every branch »»r tb»* imrly tv wild
hr* r**pi evented aml that ever y a* j
pirant for the nofiiioatinn itvmM
have o|»|roi I 'loll' to hi h*ard. John j
W. Ila vis. Ih'lmh ir:!ir nominee in
ItlM. ha* be* ri cbdsen as th" toast-.
"lislfl
Although th*' .1 i k-a n day dinner
has lira orna a pititv in-t oin ion i"
j was !a>-i held In I !l.O. Then <*ov.
' * *(i:,. who ivim f h** nomination. ami
ill r>| HO* oUii-ir* ill I hr* pre convention
rate. attended llml discussed e'lfre I
' naiyn Issuer*. Tio same pinßiam la
i planm-d (01 thf .I tnnarv l:J inrr ’inK
liming ihr- week th** national nan
initial* v. ill n-im a convention < itv
•inrt allalit,*" d* tails »(• Ihr 1 m l? nan»•
pttisrn.
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REPORTS ARE STUDIED.
Brown and D. C. Head* Confer on
Efficiency Surveys.
Herbert I) Brown. rtiief of the Fed
eral Km ran of Ufficirrifj' ami th*- f> >
11 iet <'otnnbKidnners «re conferring this
! afternoon on some of the' bureau's re
rent report* concerning the engine* r-'
| iiig »l"|iartments of the municipal gnv
*u inm-iit.
j The most important of these reports
j recommend* th*- aholltitrti of the c**n
! tr at hoard and tin* iistdgnrnent of the
j vv»rk of award!ns contracts to the pur
, chasing office. Others relate to the
j methods of tnoeediire in the purcha*- i
’ ing offif e.
ITALIAN CHOIR SINGERS
; REPUDIATED BY VATICAN
Otyanistation Touring U. S. Is Not
Sponsored by Pope. Says
3'fatement.
Hv (it trie t>( T tie <f I' Ullll the Sf* To*:-
Wor I*l
KO.MK. .lanuary it —The papal nr
Ran. <iset rvafore Knrnano. last night
published an offieia I statement tha ’
i hoirs of thr- Statin** fhaiiet and St
peter « have never left Korne for toiji -
abroad ami that the Holv Father hal
- intention of allowing choir* t*
Koine* basilicas to i# depleted it
such enterprises.
The organ warned the public am dad
• specially in to*- Ifuterj /I4)tes, th*
choirs now tom mg there who preterro
to h**)**riK tli ihos* churches are strn
oly professionsls who .if their utir
risk and peril ate. on fh*-;r ow n a*
imini atvl nnihi their own exohn**v»
i responsibility. undertaking tatirs ot
the f'nit**d Stales with w hah *h<
Holy S“c and the Itonian is*«ciia
have nothing in common."
Describing a pamphlet nowrimilat
ing in the Fritted State* under *b>
; auspices of the K .man Polvpbons
tfhoirs. the Os*ci Vatorc <*ft*sses ft i<-
a litlior i/*‘d to declare that neith***" th*
Popes aijt'giaph nor th*- picture t*
ttie i irnilar* ha ve anv ronne* t;«*n \vjfr
the choir* tmir that rhe imir wa*•
n fc ver authorized in an' - wav bv ti
Holy See arnl still less by »b« Pop*
This unusual declaration is couch*/
in epetgetic terms and caused a
1 ter among the tnemfrers of she bas ti*.
choirs who have resented th«* to»jr
!»n alleced Ststtne <’har»ei eh«>ir. whi'»
the fact i- the-- have n**ver 'eft Pom*
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