Show WHO'S S 'S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. F PARTON N NEW EW YORK As As America looks J- J l to its air defenses it finds as acting chief of the army air corps a pioneer technician In the adaptation adaptation adapts adapts- tion of the air- air Arn Arnold ld Seems plane to war uses Welt Well Qua i is Brig Gen For Air Chief H H. HH H H H- HArnold Arnold assuming assuming assuming as as- suming command of the corps n after ter the death of Maj Gen Oscar Westover in a plane wreck Soon after alter the Wright brothers had made their first few faltering air j jumps ps young Lieutenant Arnold was sent Ito lo Dayton Ohio not only to learn to fly but to make technical technical tech tech- studies of the the possibilities ics of aircraft for observation and fight- fight Ing He was among the earliest of the army's trained fliers and in 1912 won the Mackay medal for a triangular flight 30 miles to to the leg from College Point Md over over Washington Wash Wash- ington and Fort Meyer In 1935 he again won won v this trophy for his exploit of the previous year in leading a flight of 10 bombing planes from Washington to Fairbanks Alaska He has been an aggressive champion cham chain pion of aerial defense reprimanded in 1926 for what was considered an ane e ess of zeal for air armament In 1917 he organized and commanded command command- ed the Panama Canal air defenses de and was with the A. A E F. F in France In the closing months of of the World war on inspection duty He became became became be be- came assistant chief of the air corps In January Janu ry 1936 His technical studies have included photography special means for topographical observations observations ob ob- ob- ob and aerial mass tactic as as well as engineering problems of flying He is 51 years old a native of Gladwyn Pa graduated from WestPoint West WestPoint WestPoint Point in 1907 1007 I S S IN TN HIS Washington garden Robert RobertI I E. E Bondy has bas some lat late blooming roses and chrysanthemums which are now in bud The hurricane never touched them He Clouds Have has had to turn Silver Lining his back on his In R. R E. E Bondy garden for Cor a time as s his world outside outside outside out out- side of it became mostly chaos As national director of disaster relief for the Red Cross hes he's been doing a heroic work in New England His roses may be one kind of act of God but his business is mainly with the other kind kind Forsaken Garden where wild waves and spent winds labor He was vas a man letter-man on the University University University Uni Uni- of Chi Chicago baseball team and anda a police reporter for a Chicago newspaper On the latter job he had a ringside seat at man-made man disasters but in his later career took up up with the more elemental upsets and breakdowns For 19 years he has organized disaster relief for the Red Cross inthe in inthe inthe the Lake Southern and Washington divisions He is one of our most seasoned and efficient battlers against all the ills and dangers that come in the wake of flood fire earthquake or any other widespread ruin He is a native of Minnesota in his early forties his hair thinning and and no wonder S SS TN WASHINGTON Congressman IN I Lucius N. N Littauer of New York used to beat even Uncle Joe Cannon in the house bouse poker games And just justI justa a little littIe something I t r Solons Losses out of the kitty is Help Finance the grad- grad Harvard Gift ate sc school ol of public pub pub- lIe lic administration which he handed Harvard and an l which recently opened Mr Littauer Littauer Littauer Lit Lit- tauer is the widely known glove p po potentate potentate po- po of Gloversville He is 79 years old graduated from Harvard 59 years ago His father a German immigrant founded the family glove factory He has established many benefactions for useful public purposes among them a gift of in 1929 to bring about a better understanding among among all mankind H He provided to recondition his old boyhood swimming swimming swimming swim swim- ming hole S S S THE HE subject of totalitarian humor I is brought broucht up by President James L. L McConaughy of Wesleyan college He says that's what's the matter with the Finds What iron men men no no buThe hu- hu The Dictators mor mar He finds hu- hu Lack Lack mar the salt and leaven which will save democracy it short-circuits short egoism and pulls down the stuffed shirts and is kin to humility Doctor McConaughy New York- York born Yale 09 has been president preside t of at Wesleyan since 1925 He is a modern alert pedagogue with a abroad abroad abroad broad social point of view and an awareness of timely problems Consolidated News Features Service |