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BENNETT, GERTRUDE B. Departed
this life Monday. May 27. 1940. GER
TRUDE B. BENNETT of 404 S. Capitol
*t.. beloved daughter of the late John and
Emma Bennett and devoted sister of Net
tie C. Moxley and Grace E. Bennett. Re
mains resting at Robert Campbell's funeral
home. 423 4th st. s.w.
Notice of funeral later.
BOOME, RAYMOND H. On Sunday.
Hav 30. 1940. RAYMOND H. BOOME
Daased Into eternal rest. He leaves to
, mourn their loss one brother. William
* Boome: three nephews, three nieces, one
*• uncle, one aunt, a devoted friend and a
. host of other friends. Remains may be
viewed at his late residence, 1243 G st.
B.e.. after Rom. Tuesday.
Services for the repose of his soul Wed
nesday, May 2ft. at 9 a m., from 31. Cyp
, rian'a Church. 13th and C sts. s.e. Services
by Clarke’s funeral home *
BROWN. SALLIE JANE. On Monday.
May 27. 1940. at Baltimore. Md . SALLIE
JANE BROWN, beloved wife of the late
John Q Brown. She also is survived by
eeven daughters and three sons
Services at Chambers’ funeral home. 517
11th st. s.e . Wednesday. May 29. at 3
pm. Relatives and friends invited. In
terment Cedar Hill Cemetery.
CARMEAN. EUNICE. On Monday. May
27, 1940. EUNICE CARMEAN. Remains
resting at the Chambers Riverdale fu
neral home.
* Notice of funeral later.
COOPER. DANIEL. On Sunday. May
'SB. 1940, at Freedmen's Hospital DANIEL
COOPER, beloved father of Gladys. Well
lord and Preston Cooper. He leaves one
lister and six brothers, other relatives and
friends. Remains may be viewed at the
•nowden A Davis funeral home. Rockville,
ltd.. on Wednesday. Mav 29. after 1 n m
^Funeral Thursday. May 30. at 2 pm..
om Mount Glory Bantlsf Church. Crorley,
d.. Rev. Ernest Gibbs officiating. 29
5 DALY, MARGARET R. On Sunday,
■Hav 2fi. 1940. at Providence Hospital.
TSaRGARET R DALY inee Sneideni be
loved wife of Frank Daly and mother of
Helen R Daly. _ ,, __
, , Funeral from her 4hte residence .,000
.Arkansas ave. n w . Wednesday. Mav 2.J.
at 9:30 am Requiem mass at the chore;
«f the Nativity at 10 am Relat'ves end
: friends invited. Interment Mount O'^et
^itjemetery. -s
^ DAVIS. FRANCKS «>n Mn
+lday 27 1940. at Walter Reed Hospital.
fttANCES SMITH DAVIS, widow of tne
Tate Col. Glenn H Davis. U S A., and
Aether of Anna Justine Davis.
Services at the S H. Hines Co. funeral
borne. 2901 14th st. n.w . on Wednesday,
‘jfiay 29. at 2:15 P.m. Interment Arling
National Cemetery 28
U; EMERY. AUGUSTE J. E. On Monday.
May 27. 1940. at her residence. 2232: Ca
' thedral ave. n.w.. AUGUSTE J. E. EMERY,
beloved wife of Dr. W. O Emery and moth
er of Miss Alice A. E. Emery and Gustav
H. Emery and sister of Johana Kerp of
' Berlin. Germany. _ ,,, _ ,
Services at the S. H. Hines Co. funeral
home. 2901 14th st. n.w.. on Wednesday
May 29. at 3:30 p.m. Relatives and
■ friends invited. Interment Fort Lincoln
‘ Cemetery.
FIROR, FRANK MARTIN. On Sunday.
Mav 26. 1940. at Providence Hospital.
FRANK MARTIN FIROR. behoved husband
of Annie B. Firor and father of F. Howard
Firor. Mrs. Elsie M. Dodd and Mrs. Jo
** Funeral’ from™ Perry & Walsh funeral
home. 29 H st. n.w . on Wednesday. May
' 29. at 11 a m. Interment Rock Creek
; Cemetery. Relatives and friends invited. ,8
I FORD. JUNION J. R. Suddenly, on
■ Saturday. Mav 25. 1940. at his residence.
1218 28th st. n.w.. JUNION J. R. FORD,
beloved husband of Luc.v Ford, brother of
t Waverlv Ford, brother-in-law of Alonzo
R Mitchell, sr.: uncle of Alonzo R. Mitchell,
jr.. and James C Mitchell. Other relatives
and friends also'survive him. Remains at
his late residence after 4 p.m. Tuesday.
May 28. __ .
Funeral Wednesday. May 29. at 12 noon,
1 from the W. Ernest Jarvis funeral church.
[ 1432 You st. n.w.. Elder Edwards officiat
ing Relatives and friends invited. Inter
. ment Arlington National Cemetery,
i GARRISON. GROVER HARRISON. Sud
1 denly, on Saturday. May 25. 1940. GRO
VER HARRISON GARRISON of White
House Heights. Md- beloved husband of
Alice B. Garrison and father of Garry
D Garrison. , ,
Remains resting at the Chambers Riv
erdale funeral home until Tuesday. May
28. at 12 noon: thereafter will lie in state
at the Little Church in Fort Lincoln Cem
etery until 2:30 p.m.. at which time serv
ices will be held. Interment Fort Lincoln
Cemetery. 28
GORDON. MINNIE F. On Monday. May
27. 1940. at her residence. 1235-A South
Capitol st.. MINNIE F. GORDON, devoted
wife of Vincent F. Gordon, daughter of
Shedrick Dickerson and the late Katie A.
Dickerson, sister of Phoeba Wright. Annie
Hudson and Leila M. Hopkins. Also other
relatives and friends survive. Remains
resting at Eugene Ford’s funeral home.
1300 South Capitol st.. where they may
be viewed Thursday after 4 p.m.
Funeral Friday. May 31. at 1 p.m . from
Zion Baptist Church. F st. between 3rd
and 4th sts. n.w. Interment Harmony
Cemetery. 30
HERBERT. ARTHUR. Suddenly, on
Monday. May 27. 1940. at the Alexandria
Hospital. ARTHUR HERBERT, beloved
husband of Marion C. Herbert. He also is
survived by a daughter. Mrs. Elizabeth
Graves, wife of Lt. Comdr. E. D. Graves. U.
t. N.: four sisters, the Misses Anne M..
anny S. and Elizabeth D. Herbert and
Mrs. George D. Brooks, and one brother.
William Herbert.
Funeral services Wednesday. May 29. at
4 p.m.. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
Alexandria. Va. Interment Ivy Hill Cem
etery.
HERBERT. JOHN K.. JR. suddenly,
Monday. May 27. 1940. at 0:15 p.m.. JOHN
R. HERBERT, jr.. of 143 Thomas st. n.w..
son of the late John R. and Mary Herbert,
loving husband of Lucie B. Herbert, de
voted father of Sherman. Ellsworth and
Celeste Herbert, brother of Eugenia Reese.
Rhine Stewart. James T. and Joseph Her
beNotice of funeral later. Arrangements
by Malvan & Schey.
HUTCHISON. LLEWELLYN. On Mon
day. May 27. 194(1. et his residence. 57 i K
3rd st. n.w LLEWELLYN HUTCHISON,
husband of Jane Hutchison and father of
Mrs. N. B. Jenkins and Miss Virginia G
Hutchison of Washington. D. C.. and
George L. Hutchison of Chicago. 111.
Services at the S. H. Hines Co. funeral
home, 2901 14th st. n.w.. on Wednesday.
May 29. at 2 p.m. Interment Fort Lincoln
, Cemeterv.
JOHNSON. EMMA LILLIAN. On Sun
day. May 2H. 1940. at the Episcopal Ear,
' Eve and Throat Hospital, EMMA LILLIAN
JOHNSON, mother of Marjorie Johnson.
Laverne Briscoe. Theron and Louis Bris
coe. jr She also is survived by one broth
er. Irvin West, and other relatives. Re
mains resting at the Adams &- Smoot fu
neral home. 2425 Nichols ave. s.e.. and
may be seen Tuesday. May 28. after 4 p m.
Funeral service Wednesday. May 29. at 1
, pm. from the above funeral home Friends
invited. Rev J. C. Banks officiating In
; ferment Arlington National Cemetery.
KENNEDY, FRANK A. On Saturday.
May 25. 1940. at Casualty Hospital.
FRANK A. KENNEDY, the beloved husband
of Cora B. Kennedy. Remains resting at
Chambers' funeral home. 1400 Chapin st.
n.w., until Wednesday, May 29, at 1:30
p.m
Services at Fort Myer Chapel at 2 p.m.
: Interment Arlington National Cemetery. 28
KENNEDY'. FRANK A. Special com
munication of Naval Lodge. No.
4. F. A. A. M.. is called at 1:15
Wednesday afternoon. May 29.
/(INWjv 1940. for the purpose cf at
tending the funeral of our late
brother. FRANK A. KENNEDY.
By order of the worshipful mas
ter. ROLAND M. BROWN. Secretary.
KIDWELL. JOHN BENJAMIN. On Mon
day. May 27, 1940. JOHN BENJAMIN
KIDWELL. beloved son of the late George
Kidwell and Louisa Kidwell and brother ol
8 Franklin Kidwell and the late Helen
Kidwell.
, Funeral services Thursday. May 30. at
; 2:30 p.m.. at Vale Church. Vale, Va. In
terment church cemetery. 29
LEE, JAMES F. On Sunday. May 20,
3940. at his residence. 4015 Sheriff rd. n.e.,
. JAMES F LEE. beloved husband of Mrs.
Rosa Lee. devoted father of Ulie Belks,
Nellie V. and Fairbanks Lee and Elise Ward.
He also leaves two grandchildren and other
relatives and friends. Remains resting at
the W. Ernest Jarvis funeral church. 1432
You it. n.w.
Funeral Thursday. May 30. at 1:30 p.m..
from Highway Church of Christ. W st. be
i tween 4th and 5th sts. n.w . Elder Morris
. officiating. Relatives and friends invited.
Interment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. 29
’ LEONARD. JOHN. Suddenly, on Friday.
May 24. 1940. at Gallinger Hospital. JOHN
LEONARD, beloved cousin of Mrs. Bessie
Bulls and Mrs. Fannie Dobson. He also is
survived by other relatives and friends.
Remains resting at the funeral home of
John T. Rhines & Co. 901 3rd st. s.w..
until 5 p m. Tuesday. May 28: thereafter
at his late residence. loft 53rd st. n.e..
where fuueral services will be held Wednes
day. Mav 29. at 2 p.m. Rev. J. Clarke
Griffith officiating. Interment Woodlawn
Cemetery.
MAGRUDER. RALPH E. On Monday.
May 27, 1940. at Georgetown University
Hospital. RALPH E. MAGRUDER of 928
North Ivy st.. Arlington, Va.. beloved hus
band of Cora Magruder inee Motzer) and
, son of the late Walter and Minnie Ma
gruder. He also Is survived by three
brothers. William H . Earl Dewitt and John
Clifford Magruder. and one sister, Mrs.
Cora M. Thackston.
Remains resting at the Ives funeral
home. 2847 Wilson blvd. where funeral
services will be held Wednesday. May 29.
I at 10 a m. Interment Arlington National
1 Cemetery.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
V. L. SPEARE CO.
. Neither successor to oor connected with
i the original W R Spear* establishment
1009 H St. N.W.
J. William Lee’s Sons Co.
rUNERAl DIRECTORS
Crematorium
4th and Mass. Are, N.E. _Lincoln SUM.
LINCOLN 0372. LINCOLN 0408.
Zurhorst Funferal Home,
Established 1857.
Day and Night Ambulance Service.
. City Calls. 82.
CEMETERY LOTS.
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House Considers
Two Bills to Speed
Expansion of Navy
Senate Military
Group Votes New
Defense Measure
By 3. A. O’LEARY.
The House began consideration
today of two bills to speed up ex
pansion of the Navy, and the Senate
Military Affairs Committee ap
proved still another defense oill
authorizing $15,000,000 for new con
struction at a score of Army posts
throughout the States and at in
sular possessions.
Another defense development was
the introduction of a bill by Sena
tor Connally, Democrat, of, Texas,
to provide for military training of
the Civilian Conservation Corps.
May Delay 1942 Autos.
Meanwhile, defense needs created
the possibility that the automobile
industry may abandon or at least
curtail its plans for new model cars
in the 1942 season as a means of
leaving facilities of the machine tool
Bfatlia
MARCERON, ANNIE E. On Sunday.
May 2H, 11140. at her residence. 2500 22nd
st. n.e.. ANNIE E. MARCERON. beloved
wife of the late J. Albert Marceron and
mother of J Albert. Clarence D.. Ber
tram M. Marceron and Mrs. Loretta Cher
ico.
... Funeral ■ from the above residence on
Wednesday. May 20, at 8:30 a m.; thence
to St. Francis De Sales Church, where
mass will be offered at 0 a.m. Relatives
and friends invited. Interment Mount
Olivet Cemetery. 28
MARTIN, MARY. On Monday, May
27. 1040. at Garfield Hospital. MARY
MARTIN, devoted wife of Ollle Martin, sr.,
and mother of Merrick. Walter. Harry,
Ida. David and Ollie Martin, Jr. Remains
resting at the W. Ernest Jarvis funeral
church. 1432 You st. n.w
Funeral Thursday. May 30. at 11 a m.,
from St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Char
lotte Hall, Md. Relatives and friends in
vited. Interment Charlotte Hall. Md. 29
MILLER, SARAH C. On Tuesday. May
28. 1040, at the residence of her daugh
ter. 710 Gresham place n.w.. SARAH C.
MILLER, wife of the late George W. Miller,
mother of Rev Levi B. Miller. Ruth Smith,
Ethel Murray and Mary Kenerson. Other
relatives and friends also survive.
Notice of funeral later.
MURRAY. CATHERINE L. On Monday.
May 27. 1940. at Emergency Hospital,
CATHERINE L. MURRAY, beloved wife of
Morris H. Murray of 1201 Simms place
n.e.. and mother of Mrs. Walter White.
Funeral from the SafTell funeral home.
476 H st. n.w.. on Friday, May 31. at 9:30
a.m. Requiem mass at the St. Matthew's
Cathedral at 10 a.m Relatives and friends
invited. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery. 30
PRICE, ALEXANDER. On Thursday.
May 23. 1040. ALEXANDER PRICE, son
of James and Esie Price. He also is sur
vived by three sisters, one brother, other
relatives and friends. Remains resting at
the Malvan & Sehey funeral home. N. J.
ave. and R st n.w.
Funeral from Champlain Baptist Church,
Wednesday. May 20. 1 pm. Rev. Roosevelt
McIntyre officiating •
RHEINSTROM. GRACE HARVEY. On
Sunday. May 20. 1040. at her residence.
GRACE HARVEY RHEIN8TROM. beloved
wife of Albert L. Rheinstrom and sister of
Mary Harvev Watson
Services and interment private. Please
omit flowers. 28
RILEY, JOHN O. On Tuesday. May 28,
1040. at his residence. 1014 D st. n.e.,
JOHN O. RILEY, husband of the late
Emma W. Riley and father of John W.
Riley. Miss Mae C Riley. Mrs. Hattie M.
Stan.sfleld and brother of William 8. Riley.
Remains resting at the Lee funeral home.
4th st. and Mass. ave. n.e.
Notice of funeral later.
RIORDAN. JOHN FRANCIS. On Mon
day Mav 27. 1940. at Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital. JOHN FRANCIS RIOR
DAN. beloved son of John F. and Cath
erine Kilerlane Riordan.
Funeral from his late residence. 710
Ingraham st. n.w.. on Wednesday. May
29. at 8:30 a.m. Reauiem mass at the
Church of the Nativity at 9 a.m. Rela
tives and friends cordially Invited. Inter
ment Mount Olivet Cemetery. 28
RIORDAN, JOHN FRANCIS. The mem
bers of the Nativity Holy Name Society
are requested to meet at the late resi
dence of JOHN FRANCIS RIORDAN. 710
Ingraham st. n.w., at 8 p.m. Tuesday. May
28. 1940. for the recitation of prayers.
REV. LAWRENCE A. McGLONE.
Spiritual Director.
CLARKSON GEMMILL. President.
SALE. JOSEPH W. On Monday. May
27, 1040. JOSEPH W. SALE, beloved hus
band of Lura E. Sale and father of Perry
W. and Clinton E. 8ale, Mistress Callle D.
Snell and Mrs. Rosa L. Walton. Remains
resting at Chambers’ funeral home. 617
11th st. s.e.. until 11 a.m. Thursday.
May 30.
Tnlormant T CsmsUyir Dwllln.
iiucinieui. xjbucwuou cemaery. Doimic
Green. Va. 29
SAXE. SAMUEL E. On Tuesday. May
28. 1940, at his residence. 1938 4th st.
n.e . SAMUEL E. SAXE, beloved husband
of Estella Saxe and father of Leo C. and
Glenn T. Saxe. Remains resting at the
Lee funeral home. 4th st. and Mass. ave.
n.e . until 10 p.m. Wednesday. May 29
Interment Dushore. Pa. 2#
SCHAEFER. BOSE BARBARA. On Sun
day May 20. 1940. ROSE BARBARA
SCHAEFER (nee Leypoldt). beloved wife of
the late John Schaefer and mother of Wil
liam H Schaefer and Elizabeth Boggess.
Funeral from Wm J Nalley’s funeral
home. 522 8th st. s.e.. on Wednesday. May
29. at 2:30 p.m. Interment Glenwood
Cemetery. Relatives and friends Invited. 28
SIMMS. SAMltEL. On Monday, May 27,
1940, SAMUEL SIMMS, husband of Marie
Simms. He also is survived by four step
children.
Funeral Wednesday, May 29. at 1 p.m..
from Stewart's funeral home. 30 H st. n.e.
STEVENS. NORA (BARRY). On Sun
day. May 26. 1940. at Sibley Memorial
Hospital. NORA BARRY STEVENS (nee
Walsh), wife of Bruce Stevens and mother
of William E. Joseph P.. Bernard A..
George B. and John F. Barry and Marie
Stevens.
Funeral will be held from her late resi
dence. 17 Adams st. n.w.. on Wednesday.
May 29. at 9:45 a m. High requiem mass
at St. Martin’s Church at 10:16 a.m. In
terment Mount Olivet Cemetery. Relatives
and friends Invited. 28
TALBOTT, JAMES H. On Sunday. May
26. 1940. at Mount Alto Hospital. JAMES
H. TALBOTT, beloved husband of the late
Mabel A. Talbott, son of the late John L.
and Elizabeth Masson Talbott of Prince
Georges County, Md. He is survived by
one brother and two sisters.
Funeral from Chambers' funeral home.
517 11th st. s.e.. on Wednesday. May 29,
at 1:30 o.m. Relatives and friends in
vited. Interment Arlington National Cem
etery 28
THOMPSON. WILLIAM. On Saturday.
May 25. 194(1. at Baltimore, Md.. WIL
LIAM THOMPSON. Remains will rest at
Frazier's funeral home. 389 R. I. ave. n.w.
Notice of funeral later.
TUNE. HELEN C. On Monday. May 27.
1940. at her residence. 748 Newton place
n.w., HELEN C. TUNE, beloved wife of the
late Thomas F. Tune, mother of Lorena
E. Yates and Roscoe I. Tune.
Services at Chambers' funeral home.
140(1 Chapin st. n.w.. on Wednesday. May
29. at 10:30 a.m. Relatives and friends
invited. Interment Rock Creek Cemetery.
TUNE. HELEN C. Officers and mem
bers of Mayflower Council. No. 11. Daugh
ters of America, are notified of the fu
neral of our late sister. HELEN TUNE, on
Wednesday. May 29. 1940. 10:30 a.m..
from the Chambers funeral parlors. 1400
Chapin st. n.w
JENNIE DRIGGERS. Councilor.
HATTIE G. RUPPERT. Rec. 8ec.
WELSH, JOHN C. On Saturday. May
25, 1940. JOHN C. WELSH, beloved hus
band of the late Mary E. Welsh.
Funeral from the chapel of Frank Geier'a
Sons Co.. 1113 7th st. n.w., on Wednesday.
May 29. at 8:30 a m. Requiem mass at
the Church of the Immaculate Conception
at 0 a.m Relatives and friends Invited.
Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery.
WHYTE. ROSE ISABELLE RIDDLE. On
Monday May 27. 1940. at Oeorge Wash
ington HosDltal. ROSE ISABELLE RIDDLE
WHYTE, wife of the late Thomas D. Whyte,
mother of Clifford R. and Russell I.
Whyte,
Funeral services at her late residence.
1649 Hobart st. n.w., on Tuesday. May
28. at 1:30 p.m. Interment Howell,
Mich. 28
In fEmurtam
BOSWELL. ROBERT McP. In loving re
membrance of our lather and grandfather,
ROBERT McP. BOSWELL, who departed
this life seventeen years ago today. May
28. 1923.
HIS DEVOTED DAUGHTER AND GRAND
DAUGHTER. LILLIAN AND VIRGINIA. •
DAVIS. CICELY D. A tribute of love to
our Mother Dear. CICELY D. DAVIS, who
passed away fifteen years ago today. May
28. 1925. Her memory remains a chal
lenge and an inspiration.
HER DEVOTED CHILDREN. LUCILLR AND
JACKSON. •
KING, MAMIE B. In loving memory of
our beloved one. MAMIE B. KING, who
departed this life six years ago today. May
28. 1934.
HER HUSBAND. DR Q. B. KINO: DAUGH
TER. JOSEPHINE. AND FAMILY. •
KOONCE. ALICE HARRIS. In sad but
loving remembrance of my sister. ALICE
HARRIS KOONCE. who departed this life
forty years ago today. May 28. 1900.
We tried so hard to save you.
Our prayers were all ia vain;
This world would seem like Heaven
If we had yon back again.
SISTER, MATTIE H. BROWNE. AND
BROTHER-IN-LAW. CAPT. ULYSSES R.
BROWNE.
MARTIN. ELLA M. A tribute of love to
my beloved wife and our devoted mother,
ELLA M. MARTIN, who entered into eter
nal rest May 28. 1922.
i Though eighteen years have passed,
your
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Industry free (or armament pur
poses.
Word that such a decision Is
under discussion came out of a con
ference yesterday of Secretary of
Treasury Morgenthau arid repre
sentatives of the tool industry. At
the present time the industry is
nearing completion of automobile
tool orders for the 1941 cars and it
was made clear that no interruption
of this work is likely.
With defense requirements, prin
cipally for the aviation companies,
expected to Jump sharply in the
coming few weeks, a continuation of
this need probably will take prece
dence over another year's automo
bile requirements. Actually, Secre
tary Morgenthau said, one large au
tomobile company already has of
ered to forgo 1942 models, and ap
parently would continue its 1941
styles through an extra 12 months.
Pilot Training Pushed.
Bearing on the fiscal problems of
the defense program, a request was
submitted to Congress yesterday by
President Roosevelt asking $32,
000,000 for financing an airplane
pilot training program to be con
ducted by the Civil Aeronautics Au
thority. First announced last week,
the training plans would provide
basic instruction for 50,000 pilots in
the 12 months starting next July 1.
On the fiscal front also was a
late session last night by the House
Naval Appropriations Subcommit
tee. working on legislation which
would give the Navy the $250,000,000
in extra funds suggested in the
President's recent defense message.
London
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heavy casualties, but neutral sources
believed the first—which would be
designed to join the British and
French Armies—would strengthen
the Allies’ general strategical situ
ation considerably.
Push Toward Channel.
A push toward the Channel would
mean that troops gathering to be
taken off in transports or warships
to be landed at other points in
France or in Britain would be sub
jected to a merciless bombing and
strafing. This pounding probably
would push the total casualties far
higher than those produced by a
move southward.
Neutral sources declared the only
hope of salvation for the British
expeditionary force lay in such a
southward push. If this was com
pleted the Allies then could mount
a general offensive northward
against the German armies holding
the Netherlands, Belgium and the
occupied area of France.
Withdrawal Considered!
Deprived of the Belgian Army’s
aid, Britain gathered her forces for
a supreme effort to break the Ger
man ring of steel around her ex
peditionary force in Flanders.
Naval spokesmen indicated that
withdrawal of the British Army
from the Belgian battlefield was
under consideration, but it was
admitted that great dangers would
be faced in any attempt to bring it
out by way of the heavily-bombed
Channel ports.
It was indicated that it would be
up to the navy and the Royal Air
Force to protect any withdrawal
from the army’s present position
by way of the Channel ports.
It was admitted that the Belgian
capitulation opened a way for the
Nazi legions to smash through
Dunkerque, France’s vital Channel
port, through which the B. E. F.
has been largely supplied.
Silent on Decision.
±ue government was suent, how
ever, concerning any moves it was
likely to make, particularly since
such decisions are up to field com
manders.
Alfred Duff Cooper, Minister of
Information, in a broadcast to the
nation, said: “I don’t think we
should attempt at present to pass
judgment" on Belgium’s capitula
tion.
"We know that the Belgian Army
has been fighting very bravely
against tremendous odds,” he said.
"The situation in which the B. E. F.
consequently finds itself is one of
extreme gravity.”
The Evening Standard, owned by
Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Air
craft Production, took a less kindly
view, and called King Leopold's
surrender *’a savage, treacherous
blow” to the Allied cause.
Its headine over a caustic editorial
was "King Quisling”—a reference
to Maj. Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian
who formed a short-lived regime to
co-operate with the Germans in Oslo
upon the Nazi invasion of Norway.
More Men Conscripted.
News of the Belgian capitulation
came hard on the heels of blunt and
frank word to the British people
that the battle situation in Flanders
had become one of “utmost gravity.”
Germany, high sources said
through the press, is pouring men
and machines into the fighting with
such speed that the plight of the
British Expeditionary Force and
other troops which the Nazis are
attempting to encircle has become
ominously serious.
To meet the challenge the gov
ernment stepped up its fighting
strength by calling men of the ages
of 28 and 29 for military service.
The move was expected to add 600,
000 men to the armed forces and
raise Britain’s army to the 3,000,000
mark.
At home the government pro
ceeded with preparations for any
eventuality by forming a force of
400,000 civilian volunteers to help
the regular army tackle any invaders
who may come by parachute and by
dividing the country into 800 self
contained food areas so that in
habitants may obtain food supplies
in the event that certain sections
are cut off by invaders.
Volunteers Relieve Troops.
These civilian volunteers, com
posed of ex-service men and expert
rifle shots and promptly dubbed
"paraspotters,” can “render splendid
service by mounting guard and thus
relieving trained soldiers and mak
ing sure that an enemy attack is
held at bay while other troops come
up,” War Undersecretary Sir Edward
Grigg declared in a broadcast to
the nation.
He said that a large number of
the volunteer force already was
armed. “We want it to be rapidly
trained in the important duties ft
is to perform,” he added.
As a precaution against disrup
tion of the nation’s food supply by
Nazi bombs or parachute troops, the
800 separate food' areas were sec
tioned off like the watertight com
partments of a ship, each with its
own main food depot and a reserve
depot, the location of which is to be
kept secret.
As the nation thus fortified itself
at home it read accounts of the
heroism of Its infantrymen and avi
ators on the war front. Reports
received here described a dogged
resistance of the B. X. T. against
heavy odds.
A unit of the Royal
Langley Aides Live to View
His'Failure' as Fantastic ‘
D. C. Men Worked
On Motor for
Air Experiment
Airplanes take off and zoom sky
ward with such ease today that it is
difficult to realize that man-made
machines have not always taken to
the air like birds. We know that air
planes should fly, and they do. But
suppose we knew they should fly—
and they didn’t.
Fantastic> Not to two Washing
tonians who had precisely that ex
perience. And the resultant feeling
of frustration and oFwilderment is
too real a memory for comfort today
to these two, even after 37 years.
It was shortly after the turn of
the century that Frea Hewitt, now
editor of the official Journal of the
International Association of Ma
chinists, and Richard 8. Newman,
former general auditor of the ma
chinists, came here from New York
to help construct a strange new de
vice conceived by Dr. Samuel Pier
pont Langley. Dr. Langley, then
secretary of the Smithsonian Insti
tution, supervised the building of
what the Smithsonian has described
as “the first neavier-than-air craft
in the history ot the world, capable
of sustained free flight under its
own power, carrying a man."
No Part in Argument.
Those words “capable of” caused
a controversy that remains unsettled
to this day. But ex-mechanics
Hewitt and Newham are not con
cerned with the argument. They
did their part in creating Dr. Lang
ley’s "aerodrome” and its success or
failure is for aviation historians to
decide.
Dr. Langley was a pioneer in the
science of aerodynamics; in fact, he
is credited with originating the term.
He had flown model airships suc
cessfully. He was convinced that,
given a motor light and powerful
enough, he could assemble a machine
that would fly a man in the air.
Hewitt and Newham were needed
because they nad oeet. working on
Just such a type of engine as Dr.
Langley felt that he needed.
The engine, originally designed
by Stephen M. Balzer, was a five
cylinder radial type—something new
in its time. Dr. Charles E. Manly,
Dr. Langley's assistant, had Messrs.
Hewitt and Newham and the other
mechanics enlarge the cylinders,
put on water Jackets and otherwise
rebuild the motor. At last Dr.
Langley believed that this was the
engine that would fly the first air
plane in world history.
congress votes Faith.
So confident and persuasive was
Dr. Langley that he had obtained
a $50,000 appropriation from Con
gress to conduct his experiments.
For protection to the pilot in
such an unprecedented enterprise it
was decided that the first test
should be made over water. A cata
pult was constructed atop a house
boat. In an attempt at secrecy
(this was a War Department proj
ect of possible military value) the
houseboat, would-be airplane and
all were set up about 40 miles down
the Potomac in the summer of 1903.
Newspapermen had gotten wind
of the venture and camped nearby,
trying to pick up information. Dr.
Langley's absorption in his work
caused him to treat the reporters
abruptly, and the newsmen, in re
taliation, ridiculed his machine as a
“buzzard,” a “lame duck’ and
“Langley's folly.”
After weeks of preparation the
great day came: October 7, 1907
just nine days before the Wright
brothers’ success in a similar trial
at Kitty Hawk. N. C.
A large crowd assembled for the
potentially historic moment. The
catapult track was pointed into the
wind. Dr. Manly sat at the con
trols. The motor was a marvel of
engineering and the airplane body
had been painstakingly adapted
from models that had flown suc
cessfully. Dr. Langley and all who
worked under him felt certain of
success. At last the trigger was
sprung.
Launching Device Fails.
Down the catapult track sped the
airplane. At the end, it should
have, theoretically, launched itself
straight forward and begun flight
under its own power. But it never
had the chance. Some flaw in the
launching mechanism tilted the nose
of the craft downward at a critical
moment. The airplane churned
headlong into the river. Dr. Manly
was uninjured and his faith in the
craft unshaken.
Doggedly, the "aerodrome’’ was
repaired and rebuilt. On December
3 it was ready for another test, this
time near what is now Hains Point.
Defects in the catapult had been
remedied. Many Government offi
cials, Army and Navy officers and
congressional leaders came to ob
serve the anticipated triumph. Dr.
Manly again took the pilot’s seat.
The plane took off smoothly and
began a majestic flight over the
river. A shout went up from the
spectators, but it was cut short.
For, after sailing about 200 feet, the
airplane swirled upward, turned
over in a complete loop and dived
into the water, breaking a thin
skim of ice.
Mr. Hewitt, fully clothed, leaped
from the houseboat and swam to
Dr. Manly’s assistance. Miracu
lously, the brave pilot again escaped
without serious injury. No one, not
Dr. Manly or Dr. Langley or any
one else, has advanced a wholly
acceptable reason as to why the
second attempt failed.
His congressional subsidy spent
and the confidence of his backers
gone, Dr. Langley was unable to
armed only with rifles was reported
to have fought a successful action
against 100 German armored cars
and machine-gun-carrying motor
cycles.
High Command Revitalised.
New appointments revitalized the
British high command. Gen. Sir
John G. Dill, new chief of the Im
perial General Staff, chose as his
right hand man Lt. Gen. R. H.
Haining, an officer trained in open
warfare and experienced in the use
of tanks and mobile columns.
MaJ. Gen. B. C. T. Paget, com
mander of the 28th Division, who
led British troops out of Norway
without serious loss, was made chief
of staff of the home forces.
In a move to conserve dollars
needed to buy warplanes, the Board
of Trade prohibited imports of cot
ton from the United States and
other non-Allied countries effective
May 30 except under special license.
It was explained that since the
start of the war raw cotton im
ports from the United States have
been approximately 1,900,000 bales—
or more than the total ter any re
ooat whole year.
DR. SAMUEL PIERPONT
LANGLEY,
Designer of “first plane"?
—Harris & Ewing Photo.
FRED HEWITT,
Rescued the pilot.
—Star Staff Photo.
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RICHARD S. NEWHAM,
Helped build engine.
—Star Staff Photo.
experiment further. He died three
J years later, friends said, of a broken
heart.
The Langley plane was taken to
Hammondsport, N. Y„ in 1914 by
Glenn Curtiss. Equipped with pon
toons and changed in minor details,
the craft soared like a veteran,
and landed in due course under its
own power. This, some authorities
held, vindicated Dr. Langley. At
any rate, it convinced the Smith
sonian Institution that the Langley
plane was the first heavier-than
air craft “capable of’’ sustained
flight.
Ex-mechanics Hewitt and New
ham never doubted the capacity of
the Langley machine to fly. There
seemed to be every reason why it
should sustain itself in the air.
Yet twice it failed its inventor, once
inexplicably. The same radial type
of engine was widely used for many
years, notably in Lindbergh's first
trans-Atlantic flight.
Modem aviation, authorities gen
erally agree, owes a lot to Dr. Sam
uel Pierpont Langley. Still he died
considered by some a failure in his
supreme undertaking.
Yes, flying looks easy when one
sees a modern plane rise and drone
speedily toward a distant city. But
it was not always so, as Mr. Hewitt
and Mr. Newham can tell you.
Commencement Speaker
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, retir
ing bishop of the Methodist Church,
will be commencement speaker at
Dickham College, Carlisle, Pa., June
10.
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Dionne Sisters,
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First Mass
Br the Associated Press.
CALLANRER, Ontario, May 28.—
The Dionne quintuplets, 6 years old
today, awoke to a day of new ex
periences and another milestone in
their upbringing.
Attendance at their first mass
marked the entrance of the five
famous little girls into their 7th
year—which will bring them a real
beginning in their religious instruc
tion in the Roman Catholic faith
and take them from the kinder
garten to the primary school course
of Ontario's educational program.
Por the first time they had per
mission to sample their birthday
cake, a five-section affair with six
candles for each—yellow ones for
Marie, pink for Emilie, blue for
Ceclle, green for Annette and mauve
for Yvonne.
Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, their beloved
physician, also came in for his share
of congratulations, not only for his
part in keeping them alive against
great odds in their Infancy, but also
for his 57th birthday tomorrow.
The dark-haired sisters were
Joined in the festivities by their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliva Dionne,
and several of the other eight
Dionne children, some of whom are
away at school.
Planes
(Continued From First Page.)
have an entirely new type of plane
which has not been shown yet.” De
troit automobile manufacturers, he
said, have begun within the past
three months structural research on
planes for mass production. One,
he declared, is almost ready to start
production of a small civilian plane.
Gill Robb Wilson, president of the
National Aeronautic Association,
predicted in another interview that
before large-scale production of war
planes can be begun a better or
ganization of the industry is needed.
“To talk of numbers might be mis
leading,” he declared, “the organiza
tions and types are more significant
than the numbers.”
He predicted that there is need
at present of 5,000 training planes
for every 100 combat planes.
Doubling the capacity of a war
plane manufacturer was accom
plished just a year ago, at the Glenrs
L. Martin Co. of Baltimore. One ex
ecutive of the Martin Co., who asked
that his name not be used, declared
that 450,000 square feet of space
complete with machinery was in op
eration 77 days after the company
decided to build.
The plant was decided upon Fri
day. and an architect and his
staff arrived from Detroit next day,
building plans were completed Mon
day, and contracts issued the same
day. One manufacturer of elec
trical equipment sent his machinery
to the plant three weeks before it
could be used.
“Bottleneck” Solved.
The "bottleneck” of trained per
sonnel, which has increased there
from 3,500 to 13,000 In the last
year, was solved by sending 45
Martin engineers to act as in
structors in various vocational and
high schools throughout the Balti
more area, and graduates were of
fered positions with pay. Less than
a month ago, the executive said,
the Martin company had opened
a school in Baltimore for engineer
ing personnel who had specialized
in other industries, to train them
in aviation duties. The men are
paid while they study and do some
work for the company without in
terfering with fully trained men.
Air Line Assistance Offered.
A plan for mass production of
pilots at a very low cost to the Gov
ernment was presented by Capt.
Robert Dawson of United Air Lines.
He declared that about 1,000 of the
1,500 air line pilots could teach five
men each a week in their spare time
to pilot a small plane. At the end
of six months, he predicted, there
would be 5.000 pilots each with at
least 50 hours of solo flying and
each with a good knowledge of
aviation. In times of emergency
they could be turned over to the
Army for instruction in combat fly
ing, which could be taught them in
a few weeks or months.
He suggested that the Govern
ment supply the training planes and
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that each pilot organize a club of
five trainees. The new flyers would
not come from colleges nor measure
up to the severe physical require
ments of Army pilots, he said, but
would be extremely capable airmen.
J. F. Riordan, Jr., Dies;
Gonzaga High Athlete
John P. Riordan, Jr., 16-year-old
Gonzaga High School athlete, died
yesterday in Georgetown Univer
sity Hospital of a brain abcess that
developed a month ago. He was
taken to .the hospital 10 days ago.
Physicians said they could not de
termine the cause of the malady.
Young Riordan was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Riordan, 710
Ingraham street N.W. His father
is a Standard Oil Co. supervisor.
He also leaves a brother, James,
15. At Gonzaga John was a mem
ber of the football, basket ball and
baseball teams.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow with requiem mass at the
Catholic Church of the Nativity at
9 a m. Burial will be in Mount Oli
vet Cemetery.
John J. Jackson Dies;
Westinghouse Counsel
B? the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, May 28 —John J.
Jackson, 71, for 29 years general
counsel for the Westinghouse Elec
tric & Manufacturing Co., tiled yes
terday in his home.
Mr. Jackson, who resigned in
1938, organized the Westinghouse
law department in 1909. He was
bom in Cicero, N. Y., and grad
uated from Olivet College, Olivet,
Mich., in 1891.
50 Nurses to Graduate
At Garfield Exercises
The Rev. Patrick J. O'Connor of
Catholic University will address
graduating nurses of Garfield Hos
pital at graduation exercises at 8
p.m. tomorrow in the hospital. Fifty
nurses will be graduated.
Last night the Garfield Alumnae
Association feted the graduates at
a banquet in the Hotel 2400 Six
teenth Street.
Japan has a cotton textile surplus
of 900,000,000 square yards.
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Bladensburg Road, at the District Line
11:00 A.M. Thursday, May 30
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