Evening star. [volume], November 21, 1937, Page A-19, Image 19

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. 3DWING.G. H.A.F.,
Barksdale Field Outfit Will
Receive Two Famous
Trophies.
A double triumph for the 3d Wing
Of the General Headquarters Air
. Force will be celebrated today at its
base, Barksdale Field. La, where Maj.
Gen. Frank M. Andrews, G. H. Q.,
Air Force commander, will present
two famous trophies for achievement
during the last year.
Officers and enlisted men Of the
3d Attack Group will receive the
Colombian Troph for safety in the
■ir during the past fiscal year. This
. will be the second time the group
has received the trophy, presented to
the United States in 1935 by the
Republic of Colombia to cement friend
ship between the republics and ex
press comradeship between flyers of
the two nations. It is awarded an
nually to the G. H. Q. Air Force
group with the lowest percentage of
aircraft accidents per 1,000 hours of
flying time.
The prize-winning group, composed
of three tactical squadrons and a
• service squadron, flew more than
33,000 miles without killing or seri
ously injuring a man. The group is
assigned to the 3d Wing, commanded
by Brig. Gen. Frederick L. Martin,
who, with Col. Robert E. M. Goolrick,
field commander, has been commended
by the War Department for the
record.
Luke Trophy Awarded.
The Luke Trophy, for proficiency in
aerial machine gunnery, will be pre
sented to the 77th Pursuit Suadron,
20th Pursuit Group, also of the 3d
Wing. The 77th. now commanded
by Maj. Milo N. Clark, was led by Maj.
Carlton F. Bond during eight months
of the competitive period for which
» the trophy was awarded.
Gunners of the 77th scored 17,664
hits out of a possible 30,400, for an
average of 58.1 per cent, to win the
trophy. Sixteen pilots participated
and all firing was done from Boeing
P-26A airplanes, in which the guns
are fixed and the pilot aims by ma
neuvering the airplane. Leading scores
were first by Second Lt. C. N. Piper,
Air Reserve, 1.402; First Lt. P. R,
Go wen, Air Corps, 1,351, and Maj.
Bond, 1,279.
This is the second successive year
that a squadron of the 20th Pursuit
« Corps, assigned to the 3d Wing ai
Barksdale Field, has won the Luke
Trophy. It was taken last year by
the 79th Pursuit Squadron. The 20th
Pursuit Group has been commanded
until recently by Lt. Col. Ross G
Hoyt, formerly stationed here in the
office of the Chief of the Air Corps
Col. Ira G. Rader is present group
commander.
Trophy Named for Luke.
The Luke Trophy is awarded annu
ally by the Arizona Department of the
. American Legion to commemorate the
heroism of Lt. Frank Luke, World
War ace and native of Phoenix. Luke
rose to meteoric fame, bringing down
, 18 enemy aircraft before he was forced
down behind the enemy lines and died
fighting off a battalion of German
infantry with his pistol. He was
known as the “Balloon Buster” be
cause of his deadly accuracy against
the heavily defended German sausage
balloons.
Gen. Andrews flew to Barksdale
Field from his headquarters at Lang
. ley Field to present the trophies before
more than 1,000 officers and men of
the 3d Wing. An air review of the
wing will follow the ceremony.
JUVENILE COURT
JUDGE TO SPEAK
. Tribunals Need to “Form" In
stead of “Pass" Judgment,
r Jurist Believes.
Society needs juvenile courts in
which Judgment is “formed” regarding
adolescent offenders, not where judg
ment is “passed” upon them, according
to Judge Gustav Schramm of Alle
gheny County Juvenile Court, Pitts
burgh, who will be the eighth speaker
in the crime clinic being conducted
~ by the Institute of Criminal Science.
The Jurist, who will speak Tuesday
at 8:30 p.m. in the Wardman Park
Theater, also will be the speaker at
a luncheon meeting that afternoon at
the Y. W. C. A. The luncheon is
■ponaored by the Corrections Commit
tee of the Council of Social Agencies,
In co-operation with the institute.
Agencies which will attend the
luncheon and evening lecture include
the Board of Directors of the Wash
ington Criminal Justice Association,
the Board of Directors of the Bureau
of Rehabilitation, the Youth Welfare
Committee of the Junior Board of
Commerce, the Child Welfare Com
mittee of the League of Women Voters,
and the Law and Order Committee of
the Board of Trade.
Judge Schramm will discuss all
phases of the problem of court han
dling of juvenile cases.
D. C. GAS TAX BOOST
HIT BY KEYSTONE CLUB
Plan to Levy on Motorists foi
• Benefit of General Yund
Held Indefensible.
. The Keystone Automobile Club yes
terday raised vigorous opposition tc
the proposal of Representative Leor
Bachs of Philadelphia that the District
gasoline tax be doubled to providi
additional revenue for .the genera:
fund.
Citing the proposed highway im
provements under a five-year prograir
contemplated by Highway Director H
, C. Whitehurst, such arf the underpay
at Dupont Circle, the club declared
any proposal to tax the motorist foi
the general fund when he will b<
called on to pay the cost of thesi
Improvements, is indefensible.
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REALTY APPRAISAL
DATA EMPHASIZED
500 Delegates to National Fornm
Hear Speeches at Conclud
ing Sessions.
Importance of appraisal data as a
factor in controlling realty develop
ment and stabilizing realty values was
emphasized by speakers appearing
yesterday before the concluding ses
sion of the National Appraisal Forum.
Those addressing the group of more
than 500 delegates to the forum were
Mordecai Ezekiel, economic adviser
to the Secretary of Agriculture, who
directed his talk to the stabilization
problem, while Walter S. Schmidt,
former president of the National
Association of Real Estate Boards,
discussed development problems.
Donald H. McNeal, technical direc
tor for the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board, was chairman of the session,
while Frederick M. Babcock presided
over a business meeting.
The conference, a two-day affair,
was sponsored jointly by three Gov
ernment agencies and three private
associations. Those participating were
the Federal Housing Administration,
Home Loan Bank Board and Farm
Credit Administration, the Society of
Residential Appraisers, National As
sociation of Housing Officials, and the
American Institute of Real Estate
Appraisers.
PRESIDENT ACCEPTS
Roosevelt Takes Post of Group for
Jew-Christlan Round Table.
The National Conference of Jews and
Christians announced yesterday Presi
dent Roosevelt had accepted the hon
orary chairmanship of a National
committee to organize round-table
talks among Catholics, Jews and Pro
testants.
The conferences, held in each com
munity during a three-months' period,
beginning November 22, are intended
to promote “amity and understanding"
among the various religious groups.
Racket Buster Swings Racket
Thomas E. Dewey, district attorney-elect of New York, re
laxes from a strenuous campaign by enjoying a game of tennis
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