Evening star. [volume], April 25, 1948, Page A-9, Image 9

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC

                
Airport Ceremonies
Mark Dedication of
First Skyway in U. S.
The first Skyway, an air route
providing visual air markers along
a 40-mile-wide path from Wash
ington to Los Angeles, was dedi
cated yesterday to the safety of
the private flier by Delos W. Rent
zel. just nominated to be adminis
trator of the Civil Aeronautics!
Administration.
In his first address since Presi-!
dent Truman selected him for the!
post, Mr. Rentzel declared tnat'
although he had been concerned
with invisible electronic navigation
aias for years, he still felt that "air
markers are the important need:
for the personal plane and will be;
for years to come.”
He spoke at a National Airport!
luncheon before more than 600
private flying enthusiasts who had]
come from points all along the
route and neighboring States. The
route was named the Wright Way
in honor of the inventors of the
airplane.
Lauds Board of Trade.
The new CAA chief congratulated
the Washington Board of Trade
"for its imagination in conceiving
and taking the initiative in starting
United States Skyway One in con
junction with the Los Angeles j
Chamber of Commerce.”
Similar ceremonies were held all
along the transcontinental route, j
In Dayton, O., former Gen. James:
H. Doolittle declared that “only
through continued growth of pri
vate flying can the United States
achieve aviation's promise of a bet
ter way of life.”
Gen. Doolittle, leader of the first
air raid on Japan, predicted that j
"soon a low cost, easily maintained 1
family plane—safe and dependable
—will be introduced in the market.” |
P. Y. K. Howat, Board of Trade;
vice-president, also spoke at Dayton.;
Vice President Frederick P. H.
Siddons of the Board of Trade, in j
opening the ceremony at the air- j
port, said the Wright Way would ]
provide private flyers with safety;
and convenience and bring the
larger cities closer together and
stimulate business.
Largest Gathering In History.
Jesse M. Hadley, chairman of the
Board's Aviation Committee, acted
as master of ceremonies. He said
that the meeting was the largest
gathering of private flyers in the
history of Washington.
The flyers were both young and
old—ranging in age from 17 to 66—j
and they arrived in every type of]
private craft. There were 200 ]
planes.
Prizes were given to the youngest
and oldest man and woman and;
to Richard Sanders, who flew the]
longest distance—from San Diego,]
Calif. Rosemary Lane. 17, of 3811
Russell road, Alexandria, who flew]
the 10 miles to National Airport,;
was the youngest girl. The young- i
est man was Edward Stenn, 17,;
Maplewood, N. J.. and the oldest |
was Louis C. Derunsbusch, 66, New |
York.
Fifty-seven-year-old Mrs. Florence;
R. Meyers, Bruce Corners, Pa„ who;
has more than 2,000 hours in the j
air and who plans to fly the Wright
Way to California, received the j
prize for the oldest woman flyer j
present. Her husband. William F.
Meyers, also has his own plane, and ]
will fly the route along with his!
wife. j
Easy as Auto Driving.
The idea of the Skyway "fits
perfectly with our familiar Ameri- j
can scheme of personal transporta- j
tion,” Mr. Rentzel said. He pointed ]
out that the automobile driver now
could drive anywhere merely by j
following road signs and added that
now “it should be as simple for
the personal pilot to fly along this]
Wright Way from Washington to!
SKYWAY ONE PILOTS HONORED HERE—Among visiting pri
vate flyers who received awards at National Airport yesterday
at dedication exercises for the Washington-Los Angeles route
for small planes was Mrs. Florence Myers, 57, who flew from
Benedict Field, Booth Corner, Pa. She received the award for
the oldest active woman pilot at the luncheon and is being
congratulated by Delos Rentzel, nominee to be Civil Aero
nautics Administrator. Just behind Mrs. Myers is F. P. H.
Siddons, second vice president of the Board of Trade, who is
looking on with Jesse M. Hadley, chairman of the trade board’s
aviation committee. —Star Staff Photo.
Los Angeles as it is for him to drive
along Route 50.”
The Naval Reserve Training Unit
based at Anacostia Naval Air Sta
tion participated in the ceremony
by flying over National Airport and
the District’s 11 private flying fields
in a "W-W” formation.
Skyway certificates designating
them Wright Way airports also were,
presented the following area private
fields: College Park, Beacon, Hyde,
Washington-Virginia, Alexandria,
Palls Church, Schrom, Queens
Chapel. Erco, Springfield, and Davis
Hying Service.
Receiving Home
(Continued From Hrst Page.i
through no fault of their own,” she
said. “It is a disgrace to the com
munity to have them further re
moved from an education.”
Answer Expected Daily.
Miss Margaret Pepper, assistant
to School Supt. Hobart M. doming,
said Dr. Corning expressed the same
sentiments. She said an answer
from the board’s question to the
corporation counsel is expected daily. |
“If they say we cannot furnish
a teacher, I don't know what the
next step will be,” she said. “But
we are studying the entire problem.”
Paul Kirby, welfare assistant di
rector, said another possibility the
board has considered is to hire a
supervisory teacher to direct a pro
gram carried out by students from
teachers’ colleges in this area. He
said the schools have expressed in
terest in the plan, but that “all our
plans are tentative until we see how
much we are allowed in our appro
priation next year.”
Urge Education Facilities.
In a special resolution last wreek.
the Youth Problems Committee of
the Federation of Citizens’ Asso
ciations urged immediate formation
of educational activities for young
sters out of school because they are
confined to the home.
Meanwhile this is the problem
facing board officials and Dr. Stav
sky at the home:
With enough facilities for about
70 children, the home has an aver
age occupancy of 103, 70 per cent of
them colored. Dr. Stavsky said
about seven enter the home each
day.
About 40 per cent of the occu
pants are “delinquents,” charged by
police and awaiting court action.
All of this type, the superintendent
said, will be moved to a new build
ing under construction on Mount
Olivet road N.E. near Sixth street.
Their average stay is only about 12
days.
Turned Over for “Shelter.”
Most of the remaining 60 per
cent are turned over to the board
by the police and Women’s Bureau
for “shelter” until other arrange
ments can be made. The board's
protective service division places
as many of these youngsters as
possible in their homes or with
relatives.
The next step is to try to place
the youngsters in foster homes. "But
the foster home in Washington is
becoming an extinct animal,” Mr.
Kirby commented. The situation is
aggravated by board economy moves
which even threaten withdrawal of
aid from some homes where children
now are living.
Another alternative Is commit
ment to one of the Industrial Homes
for Children here. "But all the in
stitutions are full,” Dr. Stavsky said.
“And we’re the fullest of the lot.”
Placed In Age Groups.
The superintendent explained that
children are placed in groups on
admission according to age—one for
babies under 2, another for children
| between 3 and 11 and others for
boys and girls between 12 and 17.
| Removal of the "delinquent” child
ren, expected to be late this summer,
WATER HEATERS
"SPECIALISTS FOR OVER 30 YEARS"
627 F St. N.W. EX. 4615, WO. 2220
TEACHERS
One for Modern Greek
and one for Japanese
wanted.
Part-time Positions
For Appointment
Call RE. 1994
and WIN $500
BINGLE-BANGLE-BINGLE
WRITE A LITTLE JINGLE CONTEST RULES
For Example i. All entries should be mailed to
x CIPCO (Coast-In Pontiac Co.),
, C sfonds for Careful inspection 407-427 Florida Ave. N.E. and
l I n Cipco's used cor collection postmarked not later than
n mid-night, May 28, 1948. All
r is for their Pleasing price entries become the property of
Certain value, background nice CIPCO (Coast-In Pontiac Co.), i
! , * * . and none will be returned,
wnly Cipco nos such ultra selection
f 2. Entries will be judged on the )
, It’s easy to win. Come on and basis of advertising possibili- J
K fry—black to send. for, ties, aptness of thought, and 1
|c nothing to ^ buy. Just bingle originality. Any number of a
wtc out a little jingle telling about entries may be submitted pro- Jl
wfss Miss Cipco, the cute little trick vided the contestant submits JH
chosen queen^of^all tcsed cars them under his own name. al
cash prize" will be final. _HR
l < *
will leave mostly children under 12
years of age, he said.
About 15 church groups send vol
unteers to help direct recreation
programs for the youngsters. Dr.
Stavsky said. The Board of Educa
tion also has made available educa
tional films on varied subjects.
In the absence of an organized
program, he said, attendants have
been carrying on limited training
for preschool-age children and have
furnished some instruction in read
ing and writing for older children,
with the limited facilities available.
Urges Tutoring Program.
Because of the indefinite stays of
the occupants of the home and the
age differences, Dr. Stavsky said he
thought the program should be
“largely a tutoring program, even
an individual matter.”
And would the children, with
their varied backgrounds, respond
to attempts at education?
"I think they'd lap it up,” Dr.
Stavsky said. “Any educational
program run properly can be stimu
lative, no matter who the students
are.”_
D. C. Legislation
(Continued From First Page.)
elected city council, school board
and a non-voting District delegate
in the House.
The committee is expected to take
up Title 7 which provides for a city
manager to be named by the pro
posed city council.
An important subject to be
reached later deals with city financ
ing. Chairman Bates of the Fiscal
Subcommittee plans an amendment
which would strike out the general
provisions on bonded debt and sub
stitute a more limited plan under
which borrowing would be per
: mitted, for specific projects that
j could not be met out of current
revenues. Under his plan such bor
rowing would be permitted, if ap
proved by the council and Con
gress and the President, w’ithout
waiting a year for ratification at a
referendum vote.
Plan Is Modified.
Authors of the bill already have
modified the plan to cut the max
imum bonded debt from 10 to 3 per
cent of the assessed value of tax
able District real estate. As now
written, a bond plan, after enact
ment by council and Congress, still
would require referendum vote ap
proval.
Sponsors of the home rule bill
now claim a minimum of 16 of
the 25 committee votes. In doing
so they say they are not counting
any members who are still in the
doubtful class.
Several more sessions are ex
pected to be necessary before the
committee begins voting on amend
ments.
Chairman Auchincloss of the
Home Rule Subcommittee yester
day defended his group against the
remark by Representative Harris,
Democrat, of Arkansas, that as to
the "complicated” voting plan the
authors had been “more idealistic
than realistic.” In reply, Mr. Auch
incloss told reporters Mr. Harris
“must have been dreaming because
members of the subcommittee have
seen action in municipal affairs and
in elective offices for a number of
years and have brought to this study
the most realistic experience.”
Six Bills Await Action.
! Awaiting action on the House floor
as soon as District legislation can
come up are six other measures re
cently reported by the House Dis
trict Committee.
Important among these is the bill
to provide greater protection here
against sex offenders. It would
strengthen the power of law en
forcement officers In dealing with
such offenders, and also provide for
rehabilitation of persons in this
classification who are considered
"ill.”
This measure is the result of long
consideration by a subcommittee of
the House District Committee, law
enforcement officials and psychia
trists. It was reported unanimously
to the House Wednesday by the
House District Committee.
Others up for House action would;
Regulate the practice of optometry
here; amend the District franchise
tax so as to exempt certain out of
town concerns; establish the new
Roman Catholic Archbishop here as
a corporation to conduct the busi
ness of the new archdiocese; in
crease from 15 to 30 the number of
trustees of the Protestant Episco
pal Cathedral Foundation of the
District; and continue for one year
only the city program for the day
care of children of working mothers.
2 Sessions Slated.
Two sessions are slated this week
by House District subcommittees.
The O’Hara judiciary subcommit
World'j Finest
Precision Hearing
Aid. Salei and Service
Suite 713, 1406 G St. N W.
Cali EX. 8595 For Free Triol
On the Cool Side of Summer
in your
*
TROPICAL WORSTED SUIT
The best defense against Washington summer
heat is lightweight clothing . . . and Fashion
Park proves that a tropical can be distin
guished as well as comfortable. They’re in
finitely more than just cool; they are as fine
as superior fabrics, tailoring and design can
make them. Prices range from $65 to $80.
Fashion Park Springweight Suits, $75 to $100
Fashion Park Gabardine Suits, $85
“Mode
F Street at Eleventh 3331 Conn. Ave.
Hours 9 to 6 , Hours 10 to 9
*
MMHCHARGE ITj 30-Day or Tri-Pay PlanMNNH
I t
tee will hold a public hearing at 10
am. Tuesday on the bill to permit
electrical contractors of five years’
experience here to continue in busi
ness without passing a master elec
tricians examination. The measure
also would apply this so-called
“grandfather clause” to certain
other crafts and businesses affected
by an act of 1944.
The Miller subcommittee will hold
an executive session Wednesday
morning for further study of the
bill to include private hospitals in
the law authorizing construction of
the new Washington Hospital Cen
ter in the site of Naval Observatory.
This measure was sent back to
the Miller committee by the House
District Committee last week, with
requests for further study of the
hospital needs of the city now, and
how they may be met.
Daylight Time
("Continued From First Page.)
residents will vote next month on
whether to change.
Marking time until Congress de
cides for the District are Alexandria
and Arlington and Fairfax Coun
ties in Virginia and Princa Georges,
Montgomery and Charles Counties
in Maryland. Yesterday the Ar
lington County Board unanimously
agreed to put the county on day
light time when and if the District
changes.
Whether the House decides to
vote tomorrow depends entirely on
its mood. Monday usually is Dis
trict day, but the House is by-pass
ing District matters tomorrow to
debate the hot oleomargarine issue.
Chairman Dirksen of the House
District Committee said he would
request that the daylight saving bill
be taken up. If that is refused, as;
it was one day last week, he then1
may ask the Rules Committee for
a special rule to bring it up later in
the week, or the House may sched
ule another day for District affairs.
The House bill would authorize
daylight time only this year. The
Senate has passed a bill, introduced
last June by Senator McGrath,
Democrat, ofx Rhode Island, giving
the Commissioners authority to in
stall daylight time any year they
see fit.
Should the House pass its bill
there still might be a conference
necessary for a compromise agree
ment, which further would delay the
time switchover.
Saturday Proclaimed
Child Health Day Here
Next Saturday has been pro
claimed Child Health Day nationally
by President Truman and for Wash
ington bv the Commissioners.
The city heads urged all District
residents—particularly parents, doc
tors, nurses and teachers—to co
operate toward improving the health
of school-age children.
"The health of American children
should be and is a public respon
sibility of National importance as
the future strength and greatness of
our Nation depends to a large extent
upon its children,” the Commission
ers declared.
Publicists to Hear Kingsley
Donald Kingsley, assistant ad
ministrator of the Federal Security
Agency, will speak on ‘'The Human
End of the Government” at the
luncheon meeting of the National
Capital Forge of the American
Public Relations Assocation at 12:15
p.m. tomorrow in the Hotel La
fayette.
|i celoteST i
I Ceiling Tile, Sheetrock, Paneling. I
j RUCKER LUMBER » j
| 1320 Wilson 31vd. CHestnut O660J
Thrilling All-Expense Motor Coach Tours
Enjoy Historic Trips the Nation-Wide Grayline Way!
I ALL-DAY GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD . . . $6.75
Tours on Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays. Relive the Civil War s
great battle. See Gettysburg Nat’l Military Park, Cemetery
I Ridge, Big and Little Round Tops. Government Guides review
this memorable battle. Leave 9:30 a.m.—BVa-hr. trip. Fare incl.
_ taxes, admissions, guides. jj
ALL-DAY TOUR SKYLINE DRIVE .... $7.50
Tours on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays. Most scenic /V
and historic tour in the U, S. See Skyline Caverns, Skyljne
Drive, Shenandoah National Park. Luncheon stop at Skyline / ee«- ^ '
Terrace. Leave 9:30 a.m.—9-hour trip. Fare incl. taxes, ad
missions.
2-DAY TOUR WILLIAMSBURG, VA. . . . $28.50
Tours start Wednesdays, Saturdays. Visit Williams
burgh and historic Colonial Virginia. Visit Monti
cello. Thomas Jefferson’s home; stay overnight in
Richmond; see Williamsburgh’s famous restored
buildings and gardens. Return via Fredericksburg.
Leave 8 a.m. Fare incl. hotel, meals, taxes, ad
mission and guide fees. (Reservations necessary).
See your travel agent or call
District’ 0600
— for Reservations
^Air-CooledCoaehes—Reelining^Seats^Aeeornmodotions^Aisured^^
PENS REPAIRED
while you wait
Authorised Sheafer—Parker
Everskarp—Waterman
.
;r_ i
D. J. HUGHES PEN CO.
503 14th St. N.W.
Opposite Willard Hotel
Builders
Construction Loans
Good Locations In tbo
District of Columbia and Maryland
Loans Made for SO Tear* and 0 Months
Immediate Service
See Mr. Phillips
Phillips, Canby & Fuller,Jne.
1012 15th St. N.W. NA. 4600
PART OF THE FUN
IN NEW YORK ...
I
"Spring Skies"
at the
HAYDEN PLANETARIUM
This famous "theatre of the sky"
is one of the great New York •
museums chat keep you up-co-datt
on science, industry, the arts.
Enjoy it next weekend — along
with Manhattan's sports, shows,
shops, night life — all the extra
fun of Spring.
Plenty of rooms at The
Commodore Thursdays, Fridays, .
Saturdays, Sundays. Write or wire
for your reservations today!
CommoDORE
"NEW YORK’S REST LOCATED HOTEL"
MARTIN SWEENY, President
RIGHT AT GRAND CENTRAL l AIRLINES TERMMAlt
on Manhattan's Midtown East Side
: Representative: C. DeWitt Coffman
' 1616 K St. N.W., Washinrton 6, D. C.
• . ,* • ■ 4
Put yourself in this picture...
• • • •
i
I
/' Gorham
Advertisement
/ in loading
Maguints
...;
✓ Y=r/ ... with your own "
'3^
I ‘ ^ ^ \ -J<->^STERL,N.C*5*
Playing hostess is an important
part of married life ... and every woman j/ifr JjMw
feels more sure of herself when her table
is set with the finest sterling silver.
Gorham Sterling always . . . for it is a * .^^gj^Hpr
permanent possession that actually grows
in beauty as you use it every day! J
Whether your preference is traditional 43F Co»i.*m
or modem, you’ll find the pattern of your j:joo^. *
choice in our showiitg of the exquisite ^^^gP
Gorham designs. Come in, let us show -
. . Goriiam
them to you today I ^ Gbi r nrbilr
J J $23 00
If MCI SUxliHQ
... in units of place-settings J2J
each consisting of teaspoon,
luncheon knife and fork, salad
fork, cream soup spoon, and
butter spreader. Price is for one 6-piece
Noctusns place-setting, including
S23 50 Federal Tax.
^ 1t47-t94l: Ovtr a (entry ef Credit!
h 1 rj?d. rustelterfs
4rra.,ed May 9^ I W
1-1 \SS 1004 F STREET. N.W.
...*3
A * 4