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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12
CONCERTS ARE LIMITED.
Army Band Will Be in Spain for
Exposition.

There viii be fewer band concerts IN
early part of the season this year. due
to the absence of the Army Band at
the International Exposition, at Seville,
Spain. The Office of Public Buildings
and Public Parks announced today the
United States Navy Band will tnau-
gurate the season in the Sylvan Theater
on Tuesday. May IA. This program will
be broadcast by Station WMAL.
The Army Band is not expected to
return to Washington before July l,
30 that concerts will be fewer until that
date During the season, as is custo-
mary, concerts will be given in various
parks throughout the city. The season
will end September Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12

ception In Mrs. Ovens honor at the
headquarters of the National Women's
Party. given by the Young Women's
Council. which is sponsoring the equal
rights amendment to the national Con-
stitution.
when was very small girl" Mrs
Owen declared. II remember asking my
mother what professions were suitable
for a woman. She replied. ANY work
which a woman can do as well or bet
ter than man is obviously suited for
herl'
Fortunate in having mother who
limited a woman's sphere only by her
ability and vision and was herself ad-
mitted to the bar almost 40 years aao,
equality of opportunity between the
sexes has always seemed to me merely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12
CLEANUP DRIVE SET.
University Park Citizens to Open
Campaign April "a.

The annual cleanup campaign of
the American University Park Citizens
Association will be held between April
% and April 30, 1t was decided at a
meeting in the Hurst Hail.
A departure from the usual custom
OF the association in the awarding Of
prizes In the garden contest conducted
every year, was recommended last night
by Darrell Law. chairman of the com
nittee in charge of the contest. Mr..
Law proposed that the winners be
chosen by nomination at the September
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12

Justice. And as I have faith that the
true and Just eventually triumph. /
look confidently for the eventual re-
nioval Of those legal disabilities and
the hindrances offered by custom which
still stand between women and COM
plete equality"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12
COLUMBIA SCHOOL WINS.
Junior High Girl Reserves First in
Folk-Song Contest.

The Columbia Junior High School
Girl Reserves Club won first place last
night In the folk-song contest at the
Young Women's Christian association,
Seventeenth and K streets. Girls from
junior High School Reserve Clubs par
ticipated.
Second place was given to the Hlne
Girls Club and the club at Stuart
Junior High placed third. The winners
will entertain at the Girl Reserves Club
play tomorrow afternoon and night at
the Y. w. G. A. headquarters, Sis
o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12

xxx Sugar z r a;S 15c
Shredded COcOanut pkg. 12c
Bakers Chocolate. lib. 23e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12
MRS. OWEN ADVOCATES
EQUALITY FOR SEXES
Florida Representative in Congress
Predicts Removal of Legal Hin
ORANGES to Woman's Progress.

Equality of opportunity between the
sexes is merely justice. Representative
Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida declared
last night when predicting the eventual
removal of legal disabilities and
hindrances offered by custom which
still stand between women and COM
plete equality.
The declaration was made at a re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12
Schalk Gets Hoover Signature,

One Of the most priced possessions Of
Ray Schalk, big league catcher. Is a
base ball bearing the signatures Of four
Presidents of the United States.
Schalk called at the White House to-
day and obtained President Hoover's
autograph upon the sphere, to add to
those Of Taft, Harding and Coolidge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12

meeting and election at the October
session. In the past they have been
chosen by . board Of Judges. The mat
ter was referred TO the. committee for
decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12
Scientists Plan go Expeditions.

MOSCOW (P).-The Russian Academy
of Science plans more than so scien-
tific expeditions this year, all In the.
territory Of the Soviet Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12

More than 1000 900 pounds of velvet
Cloth we're imported into This country
last year.
The Washington times., 1929-03-29
new ERA IN ART
USHERED IN
At PARIS

PARIS, March 2s.--Another def
mite era in the world Of art wac
marked when the formal consecraA
ton Of the Louvre Of three new
rooms devoted to the Nineteenth
Century French School, under the
auspices Of Francois Poncet, under
secretary Of fine arts.
The collections in the new rooms
thus opened to the public result
from the regrouping Of all the pic
lures acquired during the past SO
years, and included . great number
Of paintings recently transferred
from the Luxembourg Museum. The
last of the three rooms will house
the famous: Caillebotte collection OF
works by masters that have become
famous as the ,"1mpressionistic
School,"
BY this ceremony the Louvre puts
its stamp of recognition upon that
extraordinary movement in French
painting led by Monet. Manet, Degas.
Sisley and Rennir--so hotly CON-
bated and disputed at the momaht
of it's beginning. and up to the pres.
ent moment relegated in nearly
every nation where art is collected
to separate museums confined TO
modern paintings" and excluded
from a place beside the products CT
previous ages
The Washington times., 1929-03-29
300 F|REMEN NJ
DINNER IN
VIRGINIA

ARLINGTON COUNTY, March
29.--Cherrydale volunteer fire de
partment celebrated its thirteenth
annual banquet last night in the
auditorium of the firemens hall
with more than 800 persons attend.
ing.
Luther e. strobel acted as toast.
master.
The invocation was given by the
Rev. Elmer Lucas, pastor of the
cherrydale Baptist Church. Robert
E. Janson, former president, de.
livered the address of welcome.
Walter u. Varney, president of
the Arlington Fairfax Volunteer
Firemen's Association, praised the
service given by more than 700
members of the association.
Other speakers were Senator T..
Fl. Caraway of Arkansas, Repre-.
sentative J. Il. Rankin of Missis.
sippi, Hugh Reid, member of the
Virginia general assembly; Il. c.
Turnburke, B. M. Hedrick, mem
bers of the board OF supervisors,
and Joseph Fought, member of the
Washington Fire Department.
IRELAND F. Chew, special tax col.
lector, reports $50, 524.34 personal tax
delinquent for the years of 1924-1925,
1926-l727. He has collected $40, 900.
1t is estimated there is due the coun.
ty more than $500 900 In real estate
taxes. commemorative Attorney
William c. Cloth is filing tax suits
daily.
State Senator Frank L. Ball today
announced he has appointed Miss
Catherine Powers. of Alexandria, as
princess to represent the Thirtieth
senatorial district at the annual ap.
pie blossom festival to be held at
Winchester.
Fire starting in the woodshed at
the home of Charles T. Hunt, Vir.
ginia Highlands, yesterday partly
destroyed the house. The damage
was estimated at $1,000.
The Washington times., 1929-03-29
Keeps Cost Record
Of. Operating Airnlane

NEW YORK, March 20 Q.N.SJ.-
In an effort to determine the exact
cost of operation Of a light sport
plane, William H. Hooker. of Bay.
side. L. l.. owner of an Avro Avian.
kept a record of gasoline. oil and
maintenance expenditures for
period of five months. During that
time, the Avian consumed 393 gal.
Ions Of gasoline and 5k gallons Of
oil.
The total flying time was 70
hours and % minutes and the
ground time was "a hours and II
minutes.
For miscellaneous repairs and
materials incidental to upkeep. the
owner spent $41.S4. Upon the basis
Of 80 miles an hour for an average
speed, it is computed that the plane
was flown 7,165 miles during the
period over which the record was
made.
The Washington times., 1929-03-29

When a new note or other Gov.
eminent security il deemed neces.
sary, many Government officials
are called into consultation and
the matter discussed. The design
and character are important steps
to be determined and these con.
illusions are made into a model
by trained designer in the en-.
craving division.
All Skilled Work
Many skilled eHgravers then 70.
produce the model In soft steel. I"
each man doing his speciality. such
a. portraits. vignette.. ornamental
or lettering. This work, Mr.. Hall
explained. is done with a steel
tool having diamond. shaped point
called a graver.
From this point. the engraving,
called die. In heated in cyanide
Of potassium and hardened by
quickly dipping In oil or brine II
IL then placed on the bed Of a
transfer press and a cylinder 81
steel IL rolled over the die under
great pressure, forcing the soft
steel OF the cylinder Into the lines
Of the engraving. which repro.
duces perfectly. in relief the de.
sign on the die.
The roll Is hardened the same
The Washington times., 1929-03-29
Three HOld-up Men Rob
10. C. DeIicatessen Store

Three colored men with pistols
held up the operator of delicatessen
store in hte first block p st. N. z.
last night and eluded police.
Mrs Mary Cohen and her 16-year-
old daughter, Rose, were alone In the
store when the three man entered.
The girl became frightened when the
t..io, with drawn guns. demanded
Mrs. Cohen's money.
When the girl screamed she was
grabbed by one Of the men and
pushed into a rear room. Mean.
while the other robbers rifled the
cash register.
The Washington times., 1929-03-29
Finding Of Air Bomb ].
Mystifies Army Officers

Army and police officials have
been unable to solve the mystery
OF the unexploded aerial bomb found
inesday afternoon In the Ana.
costa River near Portland Street,
Major Howard c. Davidson de.
nj d the bomb had been dropped or
lost from any Of the Army planes.
The bomb, filled with high ex'
plosives, was found by William
Ste ems, 10 years old, Of e731
Nichols Ave. 8. E., while fishing.
He turned It over to the Eleventh
precinct police.
The Washington times., 1929-03-29
10000 Acres of Forest
Named for Eli Whitney

NEW HAVEN. March 20 Q.N.s).
Twenty thousand acres Of forest
area surrounding reservoirs Of the
New Haven Water Company have
been named THE Ell whitney For
est" in memory Of ELI whitney,
Yale 1859. descendant Of the In.
ventor Of the cotton gin, and
banker and public utility operator
who died in 1924.
The forest area is used by stu.
dents of the Yale Forestry School
for practice work. and has been
developed by students Of the school
for 20 years.
The Washington times., 1929-03-29
Col. w. p. Kent Heads
william and Mary Club

/ Col. William p. Kent, United
States Army. retired. last night was
Installed as president OF the vii.
Ham and Marry Alumni Club OF
Washington, at a dinner in the
University Club. succeeding Rear
Admiral Cary T. 0rayson. ?
Other officers installed were: Maj.
Francis Scott Ksy.smlth, Repre.
:esntatives 8. Otis Bland ana r.
walton Moore, vice president: f. s,
treasurer and Chase
III. Bush, secretary.
The Washington times., 1929-03-29
DEBS SEEK ban
. ON LATE HOURS:

NEW YORK. March 20. - Both
the Junior League and the Parents
League are sponsoring a question.
naire which has been sent out over
protest against increasing hardness
in society. Miss Marka Truesdale,
daughter Of Joseph r. Truesdale, Of
rs East Eightieth ST.. is secretary
of the independent group which
was formed several weeks ago to
frame the QUESTIONABLE. 1t has
been sent to 3.00C young people
last years, this years and next
years debutantes, as we'll as Yale.
Harvard and Princeton men and
young business men and queries
these as to their views on the late
hours that are kept nowadays by
the average young person.
Late Hours: What Price Re-
form?" appears on the cover of the
QUESTIONABLE. There Is a pen and
ink drawing Of a man and a girl
sitting drowsily at a quarter TO
nine in the evening, while behind
them the table Is set for several
dozen persons, none of whom has
arrived. The scene is one Of dismal
waiting. It questions:
Are you in favor of having
dinners. on time?
will you arrive punctually at
the hour set?
will you get to dances on time?
IF you accept dinner invita-
ton will you really attend?
Are you in favor OF early
luncheons so that afternoon ap.
pointments can lie met?
will you take pains to arrive
on time SO that you will not have
to leave before luncheon Is fin.
ished?"
Space IL left for suggestions.
The Washington times., 1929-03-29
WOMEN
De MAND
BALLOT

GENEVA, March 20 u.N.s).--
spurred on by the influence Of
French women, who have just been
holding one of their largest feminist
conferences. the women OF little
Switzerland, who have not yet
won the vote. are making fresh
demand for equality with men in
political affairs.
In a petition signed by a large
number of men as well as woman,
who hold prominent positions. they
argue that 1t is very unjust in
democracy to keep women out of
public affairs.
This petition, known in switzer.
land as the Initiative for feferen'
dunn" ID introduced with the idea
of bringing the matter before the
National Council. which, If II APP
proves. may propose the change
to the Federal Council.
A. proposal for woman suffrage
has never before been presented
In this country on national basis,
but 1t has been voted upon and re-
jected in the cantons Of Geneva.
Neuthatel, Bale and Zurich since
the war.
The Washington times., 1929-03-29
Church Rites Preferred
By Cupid in StOckhOlm

STOCKHOLM, March 29.-Church
weddings with flowers, music and
candle light are preferred by Stock
holm couples to the more prosaic
and colorless civil ceremony.
According to the city statistical
office, only 1895 of 4,575 marriages
were performed by the city magis-
trate in 1928, decline in number
Of some so ceremonies an compared
to the year before.
The Washington times., 1929-03-29

way as Is the die. and the design
is transferred from the cylinder
roll to a steel plate. When hard.
ened and cleaned the engraved
plate 10 ready TOR the printer.
The new-size currency will be
e6.1S by 211.1S inches. approxi.
mately the same size as the Phil.
ippine currency.
The Washington times., 1929-03-29
Observation-Disclosures
Is Intricate Task

The thousands Of visitors pouring through the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing the foot of Fourteenth ST. N w.
to watch the employees make money seldom, if ever,
realize the time and work necessary to produce
bit Of paper money A. W. Hail. director Of the bureau said
today discussing the and smaller currency be issued
on ,Inlu ]
The Washington times., 1929-03-29
BAR WIVES IN SCHOOLS

CHESTER. Pa, March 29.-Mar.
ried women as teachers in the pub.
lilo schools Of this citv will be taboo
in the future, the members of the
recently appointed school board haV-
ing decided at special meeting thai
no married woman shall in future
be employed az teacher or clerk in
the educational department.
The Washington times., 1929-03-29

Three days left to file your Per.
SOnal Tax Return. II YOU were In
business January I, 1929, and have
since disposed Of II. inquire at ROOM
1903. District Building. a. to pro-
cek1ure.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-25
was his first opportunity to view Bristol from the air.
 sells Interest

was his first opportunity to view Bristol from the air.
 Sells Interest
 Everett M. Browning, for the past three years vice president and . di- rector of the Browning Simmons Inc, Main street stationery dealers, has sold his interest in the 0rganixa ton to Charles B. and Kenneth A. Simmons and has resigned as officer and director. Mir Browning will in the future be connected with Butler Brothers of New York city and Jer- sey City and will make his home in Maplewood, \. J.
 In the reorga nizat ton of the local concern. Charles B. Simmons will serve as president and Kenneth H. Simmons as secretary-treasurer
 Christy in Main Bout
 Nick Christy, local featherweight. will meet the most gruelling test Of his career tonight in Foot Guard hall, Hartford. when he will match Pancho Villa of New Bedford. The Massachusetts boy is noted for his aitting and boxing ability, and his fast victory was over Chick" Suggs of New Bedford
 Chris;y has won his last 5 figh,s. ms last victory being chalked up al the expense of Zeke Mazer of Hart ford. with whom he has been train ing daily at the Charter Oak gym in Hartford.
 Several hundred local fans have 1 bought ringside tickets for tonight z ! fray.
 | Mrs. John R. Gearing Mrs. Lucretia B. Gearing. 42, wife of John B, Gearing of 147 Stearns street, died al , o'clock this morning | at the New Britain General hospi- 1 tal, following a months illness. Funeral arrangements were in 1 con, plete at noon today.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-25
Middleb0rO Alarmed
 By Smallpox Spread

Middleboro. Mass. April 2S R- Definite diagnosis of Is cases O. smallpox in this town has thrown the population into state of ex- citement that is keeping people from their work and away from gather inGs.
 Dr. Richard P. Mcknight. New Bedford district health officer. with physicians of the state department of public health, cooperating with physicians here and with those call ed in from elsewhere. have organ ized to combat spread of the dis ease.
 Every adult person in town moi vaccinated fin the last seven years must be vaccinated. Physicians will go into every factory in town today to vaccinate all employees in these places of business. Five free clinics have been estab lished where a person may go and be vaccinated without charge.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-25
SEEKS ID RECOVER
 FIRM RUN BY WIFE
Convict Wants Business She
 Made Worth Millions

New York. April % tUP)-A wo- man who carried on her husband S business when he was sent to prison for staying a Brooklyn detective, and who managed it so well that her profits have amounted to more than a million dollars. today faced the possibility of losing the results of all her toll.
 Instead of wilung before the pub licity which threw her family affairs into, sharp relief when Charles T. Davis shot down Detective Joseph J. Bridgetts on day in February. 1921 Mrs. Davis turned the disaster which threatened her into business trl- umph. In the Brooklyn supreme court next Monday a hearing will be held on Davis petition that control of Davis & Geek, Inc, manufacturers of surgical sutures, be returned to him.
 Since the killing Of Bridgetts Da- wis has been in various state insti- tutions. He at first was found to be
 
 and tried on a first degree murder charge. He was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to from 10 to 20 years in Sing Sing prison,
 Through ii all Henrietta Davis re mained faithful 10 her husband. Sh" reared his two sons. She cleared any stigma that may have been at tached to the firm and as it's presi- dent, made it grow and prosper. Husbands Loyal Erics,d
 "1 am my husbands most loyal friend and intend to stand by him and care for him." she said. proudly Frequently Davis would send con- vict friends to her. asking that they ] be given money or employment. Once he sent fcrger. three time loser" with the request that the man be made treasurer Of the Davis firm.
 The fact that state alienists re- rersed the original decision that Da wis was insane will be used by Davis attorneys in his court battle to re- trieve acti.e control of the manu- facturing company. Mrs. Davis contends that her husbands actions throughout the last eight years have indicated that he has not the neces- sary business acumen to take charge She does not want to keep th' money for herself. she says, but will oppose him for his own best inter- csts and for those of his children.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-25
GENIAL BUDDHIST BATTLES NEWSMEN
Is Willing to Talk But No One 1 Understands Him

San Francisco. April 9 UP)- abbot of the Buddhist temple of Lin Yin See, near Hankow. caused re- porters considerable difficulty. It was known the abbot had come to America on a mission and that he had a message. An attempt in fact. series of attempts-were made to discover both, but difficult ties arose.
 Tai Hsu did not speak English and the reporters knew not d word of Chinese. An interpreter was de- cided upon by the news men. The manager of the hotel where the abbot was stopping was called. He was an affable Chinese. but af- ter listening to few words from l the abbot he called bell boy. All Chinese bell boys are interpreters
 Naliantly the boy tried to under stand the abbot. but the expression on his face told the interested spec tators he was unsuccessful.
 I'm sorry he said. but this party speaks a unique language E. Tang. who runs the Chinese Chamber Of Commerce and who ha. to be able to make booster talk. various Chinese dialects. was cal. led. His efforts also were unavail. ing.
 His Eminence was willing and eager to be interviewed. but it seem! his particular vintage of Chinese 1. peculiar to precincts of the Lin Yir See temple and useful no wher, else.
 Finally the abbot recalled he hat a prepared sheet of typewriter pa per. He proudly displayey it. It bore the information in Eng fish that the abbot was in thi country in the interests of reace ant that he was certain everyone els should get behind the movement
 The paper. however failed to ex plain what organization had sen His Eminence on such a commend able journey or why it had selecte, a propagandist who spoke only ar chaic Chinese.
 Possibly the author of the mis sive also belonged to the many wh' cannot understand the temple da lect and had no way of finding ou the abbot's ambition and connec ton.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-25
CAMPF|RES SIGNAL.
 STRAWBERRY TIME
OZarks Dotted With BlazS Of
 Great Crops Pickels

Moneff, ,'e., April g R-The glow Of nomad campfres along the highways is a signal that strawber- ries, the great cash crop of the Ozark mountain territory soon will move to market
 1tincrant berry pickers will be needed by the thousands to harvest this years crop. They will come from many sections of the country. chiefly in cheap automobiles equip ped with camping facilities.
 Already they are dotting the roadsides with their camps and each night finds them nearer the vast fields of ripening berries When the season gets in full swing they will be joined by local pickers. mostly children.
 Monett is the capital of Missouri's berry region, where the juicy red fruit is grown on rocky hillsides as sideline to farming. Last years crop had an estimated value of , S5.0o0o 900. shared by more than l2,- 900 farm families.
 Gnanimity in raising only one va
 riety Of straw wberry, the Aroma, has resulted from concentrated cooper
 atiye effort. In the Ozark berry ! kingdom of 27.oOo acres roughly 900 by 400 miles in extent cooper ative marketing has been utilized since production reached consid-
 erable volume.
 standardization. the first tenet Of , successful cooperative marketing. is
 rigidly practiced. Even berry con- tainers are standardized. Each
 grower stamps his name on crates
 as they are loaded at his home packing shed.
 At the nearest shipping center the days pick is delivered 10 a To- cal cooperative association. There the berries are inspected. the local 1 asency's rame stamped on the crat- es. and the product is ready for i representatives Of central cooper l ative selling agencies.
 The berries are sold almost ex- 1 clusively by auction. sight unseen" 1 Representatives of large commits 1 sion firms from many cities gather
 daily in Monett during the harvest 1 season to buy carloads of berries as
 they are auctioned of by sales man. | agers for cooperative organizations | Sometimes the volume of sales ! runs to $60,0oo at single auction. More than 2.00o carloads of berries
 change hands by this method in 2 | single season.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-25
Female Angler Carries
 Male Attached to Body

Sydney. Australia. April a5 P-- The Danish scientific ship Dana has two unusual specimens of deep sea fish in these waters.
 One is the female deep sea angler Her mouth Is of extraordinary size and she carries the male angler. a tiny fish in comparison to her own bulk. attached to her body. The other is a lantern fish. q habitat of deeps where it is believed no daylight penetrates. The fish has its own hosphorescent lights. strung along its sides like a row of port holes on steamer.