Evening star. [volume], December 06, 1939, Page A-7, Image 7

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Harbor Defense
Weakness Stressed
Af Officers' Banquet
Coast Artillery
Association Chapter
Elects
“The front doors of the Nation
are wide open" insofar as harbor de
fense is concerned, Maj. Gen. Henry
D. Todd, jr„ U. S. A., retired, last
night declared in an address at the
eighth annual banquet of the Wash
ington Chapter of the United States
Coast Artillery Association, held in
the Army Navy Country Club in
nearby Virginia.
Gen. Todd said “There is not a
harbor in the United States that can
fight in three months and I doubt
if they can fight under six months.”
This he declared due to lack of per
sonnel which would be necessary to
bring the harbor defense up to full
strength.
Portland and Narragansett Bay,
he asserted, in effect, could not be up
to full fighting strength in less than
six months; New York “possibly”
could be ready in three months.
Gen. Todd, however, developed
the thought that invasion of this
country would be practically out of
question, but that with the present
lafik of personnel for harbor defense
the harbors would be open to "sud
den onslaughts.”
Equipment Need Stressed.
Maj. Gen. Archibald H. Sunder
land, chief of coast artillery, who
was honor guest at the banquet, and
other prominent officers also empha
sized the need of additional equip
ment and personnel. Gen. Sunder
land. who is president of the na
tional organization, the United
States Coast Artillery Association,
and who is scheduled to retire from
the Army in April, was vigorously
cheer 3 by those attending the ban
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The annual election of officers was
held during a short business session.
The new officers are Maj. William
J. Heale, Coast Artillery Corps,
District of Columbia National
Guard, president, who was moved
up from the office of vice president;
Maj. Thomas J. Betts, Coast Ar
tillery Corps, U. S. A., secretary
treasurer during the last year, who
was elected Wee president, and First
Lt. Justin Shook, a Reserve officer,
Who was elected secretary-treasurer.
In accordance with the custom of
the chapter, one officer was chosen
from the Regular Army, another
from the National Guard and the
third from the Reserve. Maj. Betts
Is a member of the War Depart
ment general staff.
Approves Harbor Defense Steps.
Gen. Sunderland expressed ap
proval over steps taken for im
proved harbor defense. While em
phasizing the importance of both
harbor defense and anti-aircraft
weapons, Gen. Sunderland declared
his face “would turn much redder”
if an enemy ship entered a United
States harbor than it would if an
enemy airplane flew over a city. At
the same time he deplored the lack
of equipment and men to train ad
ditional men in anti-aircraft de
fense.
"To make an army you have to
give men material and training,”
he said. He added that this coun
try has only five anti-aircraft regi
ments in the States and advocated
at least 10 or 15 to make it possible
to train the necessary number of
men in the National Guard and
Reserve.
Col. J. A. Green, executive officer,
Office of the Chief of Coast Artillery,
told of a new steel shield developed
by the Army Ordnance Department
to cover large coast defense guns.
The shields, he said, will protect
the guns from anything but heavy
bombs and shells. In stressing the
shields’ value, he said it is “gen
erally conceded that ships would
not attack without airplanes attack
ing first.”
1,01. nurns opeaKS.
Other speakers were Col. Walter
W. Burns, commanding officer of
the 260th Coast Artillery Corps
(anti-aircraft). District of Columbia
National Guard, who told of plans
for his outfit to get additional equip
ment; Col. Earl W. Thompson, com
manding officer of the 916th Coast
Artillery Corps Reserve and profes
sor of physics and electrical engi
neering at the Naval Academy; Col.
James B. Bentley, commanding offi
cer of the 622d Coast Artillery, har
bor defense unit; Lt. Col. Gregory J.
Kessenick. Reserve officer; Maj.
Aaron Bradshaw, on duty at the
War Department, secretary treasurer
of the national organization, United
States Coast Artillery Association,
and editor of the Coast Artillery
Corps Journal, and Maj. F. L. Chris
tian. U. S. A., unit instructor in the
Coast Artillery, District National
Guard. Col. James S. Irwin, Pitts
burgh, commander of the 508th Coast
Artillery (A. A.), was among the
guests.
Capt. W. R. Leek, Coast Artillery
Reserve, was toastmaster. The
business session was presided over
by the retiring president, Capt.
Joseph H. Church, Coast Artillery
Reserve.
The association members and
guests, at the beginning of the ban
quet, stood for a minute at attention
in honor of the memory of the late
Maj. Gen. John W. Gulick, former
chief of coast artillery and former
president of the United States Coast
Artillery Association, who died sev
eral months ago.
The names of the new association
officers were presented by a Nomi
nating Committee headed by Col.
Leroy S. Mann, who is executive
officer 260th Coast Artillery, D. C.
National Guard, and the three were
unanimously elected.
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COAST ARTILLERY CHIEF HONORED—Maj. Gen. A. H.
Sunderland, chief of Coast Artillery, U. S. A., left, shown last
night with Capt. Joseph H. Church, retiring president of the
Washington chapter, United States Coast ArtHlery Association,
at the Army Navy Country Club, where Gen. Sunderland was
the guest of honor at the chapter s annual banquet.
—Star Staff Photo.
Navy to Make Changes
In 36 Destroyers to
Improve Stability
Military Effectiveness
Will Not Be Lessened,
Officials Assert
Setting at rest speculation about
the alleged top-heaviness of its new
1,500-ton destroyers, the Navy De
partment disclosed yesterday that
changes aee being made in 36 ves
sels to improve their stability. How
ever, it was emphasized that the
new destroyers, even without any
change at all. have a greater sta
bility than old vessels of this type.
The total net cost of the changes
in design and construction was esti
mated at $230,884.
The changes will be made, it was
said, without lessening the military
effectiveness of the destroyers.
There will be no reduction in their
armament or speed.
Recently Senator Vandenberg, Re
publican, of Michigan wrote Acting
Secretary of the Navy Edison inquir
ing about reports of top-heaviness
in some of the destroyers. In reply
Mr. Edison explained that defects
were of a minor nature and were
being corrected. At the time only
12 destroyers were mentioned. Navy
officials said yesterday, however,
that alterations would be incor
porated in 24 other vessels on which
work has just started.
On some of the vessels, a Navy
spokesman said, the Navy actually
will save money, thus partly offset-'
ting the cost of altering some of the
destroyers already completed.
Six destroyers have been com
pleted and the total cost of alter
ing them was estimated at $251,046
Changes on six destroyers practi
cally completed will cost $213,246;
two will cost only $2,736; two others
$10,500, and four others $6,456. Sav
ings on the others will range from
$4,732 to $12,218 per vessel. Changes
on the first 12, it was announced,
will leave on hand usable material
of a value of $89,900.
Can't Tell
LEXINGTON, Ky. (JP).—Procla
mation of a new date for Thanks
giving this year probably led to this
sign on a local merchant’s store:
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Who knows? Tomorrow may be
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Inland Waterways
Corporation to Move
From Capital
Point on Mississippi
River to Be Chosen,
New Chief Says
By the Associated Press.
Chester Thompson, new president
of the Inland Waterways Corp., dis
closed today the first change he will
make in the agency will be to move
its offices from Washington to St.
Louis or some other point on the
Mississippi River.
The new headquarters hasn’t been
picked finally, but St. Louis was said
by other sources to have the best
chance of getting it. Mr. Thompson
said he would make his choice be
tween St. Louis, Chicago, Memphis
and New Orleans.
“We will move as soon as physical
ly possible, in order to get this
organization out to its work,” he
said.
Mr. Thompson, who got the job
just three weeks ago when the Com
merce Department ousted Maj. Gen.
T. Q. Ashburn, said he was not
ready to discuss other problems of
the corporation, such as freight
rates, extension of barge service or
personnel matters.
For rpost of the three weeks Mr.
Thompson, a former Illinois Repre
sentative, has been touring the cor
poration’s lines, which operate
barges on the Mississippi, Missouri,
Warrior and Illinois Rivers. Most
of the corporation's employes are in
that territory, but its general office
has been in Washington. Formerly
it was a part of the War Depart
ment, but was shifted to the Com
merce Department on July 1.
Since some personnel would be
kept here to keep In oontact with
the Commerce Department, officials
have not decided Just how many
persons will be moved out of Wash
ington.
Man Given Treatment
For Shotgun Wounds
Thomas Traynor, 45, of 120 Adams
street NW., walked Into Emergency
Hospital at 5 o’clock this morning
to request treatment for shotgun
wounds In his leg and hand.
He told authorities that he re
ceived the wounds as he was walk
ing along Suitland road, near Oxon
Hill, Md. He did not know who
fired the gun, nor why.
Georgetown Recreation
Policy Is Agreed On
In future the recreation problems
of families and Individuals in the
Georgetown area are to be looked
after by private agencies in the
area and mass recreation is to be
handled by the District Recreation
Department.
This was the conclusion reached
yesterday at a meeting of the
Georgetown Neighborhood Council,
attended by guests prominent in the
field of recreation and at which a
general round-table discussion of
recreational problems affecting
Georgetown was held.
Organizations such as the settle
ment houses, churches and boys’
clubs are expected to focus their
attention on Individual case work, *
while the District Recreation De
partment co-operates by providing
mass programs In its Georgetown .
areas. ,
"This Is an arrangement toward
which we have been working for
some time,” Hugo Wolter, recreation
secretary of the Council of Social i
Agencies, parent of the neighbor
hood councils, said today.
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>13,000 bond issue for a swimming
xk>1, but it was December and it
vas cold.
So only 463 turned out, leas than
me-fourth of the registration, and
hey gave the project the cold
thoulder by 29 votes.
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