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MODEL SHIP BASIN HELD VITAL NEED Admiral Land Points Out Plans Long Ready, but Funds Lacking. The urprnt need for a modrl ship testing basin to permit research in marine problems was stressed yester day in the annual report of Rear Admiral Emory Scott Land, chief of the Navy Bureau of Construction and Kepair. He pointed out that plans and specifications for this have long been ready, but the Navy lacks funds for constructing an up-to-date model basin. Lacking this the service, as well as the American merchant marine, is forced to use the obsolete basin that has long done duty at the Washington Navy Yard. The United States Engineer office has collaborated with the Navy in sug gesting a suitable site near Washing ton for the projected basin. The Na tional Capital Park and Planning Commission recommended that this be erected near Conduit road, not far from the Cabin John Bridge in Mary land. where suitable rock foundations were established by the engineers. A site at Fort Myer, Va., was also under consideration. Behind Other Nations. Emphasizing the need for the basin. Admiral Land said: "Not a single up-to-date experi mental model basin exists in this country today, in which respect other maritime nations have outstripped us. While the work being conducted at the present basin has been gratifying along certain lines, it is felt that the engineers and nat al architects of this country are handicapped in the in vestigation of the complex problems that arise in the effort to improve efficiency of our vessels. "It is hoped that this vital need of th Navy Department and of the coun try as a whole will be met by the allocation of funds to permit prompt undertaking of the construction of a new model basin, the plans and speci fications for which have long been ready." Fortv-six Warshpis Under Way. Admiral Land recalled that 46 war ships were under construction at the end of the fiscal year for which the report is made. These include two 20.000-ton aircraft carriers; three 10.000-ton. 8-inch gun cruisers; four 10.000-ton. 6-inch gun cruisers; eight 1.850-ton destroyers: twenty-three 1, 500-ton destroyers; four 1.300-ton sub marines. and two 2.000-ton gunboats. On the whole, with funds available, the fleet has been maintained "in a fairly satisfactory condition of ma terial readiness," the report said. BUREAU PROMOTES DR. MARTHA ELIOT Becomes Assistant to Miss Kath erine M. Lenroot in Chil dren's Division. Dr. Martha M. Eliot is the new assistant chief of the Labor De partment's Children's Bureau, taking the post vacated by Miss Katherine M. Lenroot. whose appointment as chief was announced Saturday. Dr. Eliot, a member of the staff since 1924. was director of the di vision of child and maternal health She has had wide experience in this work. A graduate of Radcliffe College, Dr. Eliot was in social work in Bos ton before taking her medical degree at Johns Hopkins Medical School. She served on the staff of the Peter Brent Brigham Hospital in Boston, at the St. Louis Children's Hospital and the New Haven Hospital. Since 1921 she has been on the staff of the department of pediatrics of the Vale Medical School. In co-operation with the Yale Med ical School. Dr. Eliot has carried on extensive studies in neonatal mor tality and antirachtic treatment. She Is a trustee of Radcliffe College, a member of the American Pediatric Society, chairman of the Child Health Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics and consultant on child health of the Association of State and Provincial Health Officers. ★ New Cathedral Window The stained-glass composition by Lawrence B. Saint, shown above, will be dedicated at Washington Cathedral tomorrow, with Bishop Jair.es E. Freeman and Canon William L. De Vries, precentor, taking part in the services. The window, in the north transept of the Cathedral, is a memorial to Mrs. Sarah Clark Fracker KaufTmann. made possible by a legacy left by her husband, the late S H. KaufTmann. Filling the entire upper section of the outer wall of the west aisle of the transept, the design depicts the life of Moses. It is divided into three major panels, with 15 minor lights above. CLARENDON PLUMBERS WILL MEET TOMORROW Session Called to Acquaint Trade With New Bid De pository. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va.. Derembor 5.—A special meeting of the master plumb ers in this area will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Moose Hall here at the call of William E. Wolff, chairman of the Zone Code Compliance Com mittee. The meeting was called to acquaint the trade with the recently approved bid depository for this area, and all matters pertaining to the construction code; chapters 1 to 10 will be dis cussed. All who work under the construc tion code in any way have been in vited. a.s well as all master plumbers. FINDS OF SLAIN MAN ARE SOUGH! Police Seek Information of Victim in Supposed Rob bery Attack. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md.. Decem ber 5.—As Prince Georges County police sought several acquaintances of Raymond Posey, 40, for questioning, a coroner's jury today viewed the man's body in preparation for an inquest. Posey died in Casualty Hosoital. Washington, last night of a fractured skull. He had been found, uncon scious. beside a spring near his Jenkins Corner home yesterday after noon and was removed to the hos pital by the Marlboro rescue squad. The back of his skull was crushed. Police sav it was Posey's custom to carry large sums of money on his person and believe robbery was the motive for the attack. Had Received $700. A few days ago. the officers learned, Posey, a war veteran, received about $700 from the Government. He ear ned a roll of bills in his hip pocket, secured by a safety pin. Sergt. A. W. Hepburn found the pin beside the man's body yesterday, but the money was missing. Posey had been sitting on a coal bucket when hit. the sergeant said. Posey lived on a farm here with a brother. Harry. Shortly before he was attacked he had ridden on horseback to a store at Camp Spring to buy cig arettes. The horse, still saddled, was found in the barn by police. Moods Searched. Last night a dozen neighbors helped police scour the woods between here and Clinton for a trace of Posey's assailant or a clue to the weapon usrd, without success. Sergt. Hepburn said Posey had no enemies, but several persons knew he had money in his possession. The police hope to question some of them today if they can be located. Lockouts Follow Strikes. Many coal miners' strikes in Scot land are being fallowed by lockouts. AIR BOARD MES LAW SPECIALISTS Wigmore and Fagg Will Aid in Framing Report to Congress. Two specialists In aeronautical law have been added to the stall of the Federal Aviation Commission for spe cial legal advisory work in connection with .he framing of the commission's report to Congress making recom mendations for a broad governmental aviation policy, it was announced today. They are Col. John H. Wigmore, dean emeritus of the School of Law of Northwestern University, and Pred D. Flagg, jr., professor of law in Northwestern. Col. Wigmore is foun der of the Air Law Institute and has been actively identified with the move ment for adoption of a uniform State aeronautical regulatory act. Col. Wigmore, a member of the Na tional Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, was awarded the American Bar Association medal in 1932 for meritorious service. This medal has gone to only three other persons—Elihu Root, Associate Jus tice Oliver Wendell Holmes and Prof. Samuel Williston of Harvard Univer sity Law School. During the war Col. Wigmore served on the staff of Gen. Enoch Crowder, Army judge advocate general. He holds the Distinguished Service Medal for his war service. Flagg is managing director of the Air Law Institute and editor of the Journal of Air Law. He is a member of the International Technical Com mittee of Aerial Legal Experts and has served as exchange professor for Institut fur Luftrecht. Konigsberg, Germany. During the World War he was a combat pilot and second lieu tenant in the 92nd Aero Squadron, A. E. F. If Constipated Take This Tip Here's one of the friendliest tips one can give another—how to really relieve Constipation. It is simply this: One or two E-Z Tablets taken when bilious, due to Constipation, are amazingly effective . . . yet so mild and gent'e. If you haven't felt good for sometime ... have headaches, tired feeling, no pep, you may be suffering from Intestinal Fatigue, commonly called Constipation. If so, E-Z Tablets are what you need. You get 60 little E-Z Tab lets for 25c. At all good drug store*.—Advertisement. 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