Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-11
Capital Sidelights

been trying to help the Senator to
select a fitting name for bis new
steed--but none of the suggestions TO
date have quite suited. One of the
suggested names is 'Iiarob," which
is the Senator's name spelled back
wards.
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| Now that Florida lands which
have stood for centuries overgrown
with the cabbage palmetto which so
delights and interests the Northern
travellers are being developed" Uncle
Sans specialists in the Forest Serv-
ice are being besieged by inquiries
as to what uses the palmetto can be
| put other than being burned for the
fertilizing ash.
! S. l.. Wolfe points out that his
torically the palmetto performed
valiant service through extensive
use in defensive military works. 1t
! was particularly adapted for stock
AIDES in the Indian and Revolutionary
| wars, because the bullets passed
| through the outer hard portion and
| buried themselves in the soft spongy
| tissues Of the center Of the log With
| out spintering or breaking it, They
| have been used also for piling under
light wharves because they are proof
| aga inst marine borerS. Palmetto
| leaves form Il substantial sthatch for
houses and barns and hunters readily
make from them convenient huts that
| last for years. There is a. small de-
mand nowadays for this wood for
making canes, furniture and occa-
sional table tops, shelves and panel
work.
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The Weather Bureau has also been
called upon for guidance as n result
of modern progress. 1t is now giving
| warnings to airmen especially in these
| days of transoceanic flight, and this
service should be of increasing inn
portanee ii and when the Government
assumes control of such flights.
The new oSs-ocean demand upon
the Weather Bureau was met on Az.
gust 10 and again on August Is by
broadcasting for the first time of
United states weather reports in for
eign languages. The first use Of this
service came in connection with the
unsuccessful attempt of the German
airplanes Bremen and Europa to fly
from Dessau, Germany, to the United
States. The Weather Bureau tele-
graphed comprehensive weather in
formation to the naval radio station
at Bar Harbor,. Me, where it was
broadcast in German. The Weather
Bureau suggests that lit is prOba BILE
that with the progress of interconti-
mental flying the practice of broadcast
ing weather information will become
fairly common in the near future"
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With the building up of interde-
partmenta1 cooperation among Uncle
Sans various workshops through
Brig. Gen. II. G. Smither the chief CO.
ordinator under the budget system as
liaison officer, several new services
have been inaugurated, which from
their very nature are not available to
the public, but which have helped
Uncle Sam to save a considerable num-
Der of dollars. One of these is a bull.
letin service on prices and stocks and
a prediction of market conditions on
cotton, so that the War Department
may be able to make more advantage
Gus purchases.
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Old Man Smith has done pretty
well, thank you, in getting good jobs
for his boys in the Federal service.
There are more than SO Smiths who
hold important positions with the
Government, including:
Representative Addison T. Smith,
Idaho, who is on the board of Column
bla Institution for the Deaf.
G. b. Smith, division chief, Depart
n1ent Of Agriculture.
Charles +. Smith, Board OF Tax APP
peals.
Delos IT. Smith, secretary. District
board of examiners and registrar of
architects.
f. S. Smith, officer of doorkeeper of
the House of Representatives.
Edwin w. Smith. messenger to
Speaker Longworth.
Everard II. Smith. clerk to the Sen
ate committee on appropriations.
F. c. Smith, assistant surgeon gen.
eral, Public Health Service,
+. ID. Smith, permanent conference
on printing.
George f. Smith, assistant superin-
tendent of city mails.
George Otis Smith, director of Geo.
logical Survey
Glenn, S. Smith, Southern Apala-
chan Park Commission.
II. A. A. Smith, General Accounting
Office.
Maj. Gen. Harry A. Smith, assistant
chief of staff. w. p. D., War Depart
ment.
Henry G. Smith, the committee to
audit and control Senate contingent
expenses.
Horace II. Smith, attorney in charge
OF titles, Department of Justice.
H. O.. Smith, automotive specialist,
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce.
James F. Smith, judge, Court of
Customs Appeals.
Maj. j. c. Smith, Bureau of the
budget
Mai. T.. Meriwether Smith, office of
the judge advocate general, War De- |
partment. t
Murray D. Smith, clerk; Senate COM
mittee on the judiciary.
Noel w. Smith. general manager, |
the Alaskan Railroad.
Philip s. Smith, chief Alaskan ge- |
ologist, Geological Survey.
Ray L. Smith. assistant to chief of !
office, Panama Canal.
r. X. Smith, United States Ship
ping Board.
Shelby Smith, chief of division of
publications and supplies, Department |
of Labor.
Sidney F. Smith, examiner in chief,
Patent Office.
Sidney f. Smith, disbursing clerk,
War Department.
w. A. Smith, clerk in charge at |
Capitol of Congressional Record.
Lieut.. w. B. Smith, u. S. A., assist |
ant to chief co-ordinator.
Walter r. Smith, District Health |
Department.
William H. Smith, international joint |
William Wolff Smith, attorney, Vet
Grams Bureau.