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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

In order to prepare for a rounding
out of the organization Of the
260th Coast Artillery of the Ma
tional Guard of the District of Column
bia as an anti-aircraft unit, the War
Department 1t was announced at bril-
gade headquarters last week, has au-
thorized the issue Of four Browning
anti-aircraft machine guns to the outfit.
It was pointed out that'a machine gun
battery will be necessary for the COM
pletion of the organization, and that 1t
probably will be started after January
next.
In preparation for this event, it is
proposed to train a number of men Of
the present batteries to form nucleus
for the new battery, which will be
known as Battery E when organized.
It was pointed out that the tables Of
organization Of the Army call for Bat
terry D to be big gun battery and that
this was not needed at this time, as
the Coast Artillery unit now has one
searchlight and two big-gun batteries.
However, it was added that it is in need
of a machine gun unit, and with the
idea in mind of providing this as soon
as possible, steps will be taken immedi-
ately to train the necessary men. When
organized this unit will give four bat
tefies to the local Coast Artillery, which
Is one of the most progressive units Of
the local National Guard, and has
moved forward with great strides under
the direction Of Maj. Walter w. Burns,
Its commander.
Owing to the recent change in the
designation of the unit from a coast
defense to a mobile anti-aircraft unit,
it has been necessary for the Militia
Bureau of the War Department to issue
new certificates of Federal recognition,
and these have been received for the
following officers: First Lieut.. John L.
Atkins, Battery A: Second Lieut.. Morris
and Combat Train; Capt. Stewart M.
Grayson, Medical Corps; Capt. Louis M.
Gosorn, commanding Battery A; Mai.
Walter w. Burns, commanding the bat
talon; First Lieut.. Rex P. Mulligan,
Battery C.; Capt. Robert T. Daily, COM
manding Battery c.; Capt. Lyman e.
Morris, commanding Battery B; Second
Lieut.. Perry o. Huff, Battery G, and
First Lieut.. lie Roy s. Mann, Battery B.
Brigade headquarters last week sent
to the commanding general Of the Sd
Corps Area at Baltimore, Md, with a
favorable recommendation, the appli-
cation Of Staff Sergt. Charles E. East
signal section, Headquarters. goth Divi-
sion, to take the communications
course at the Infantry School. Fort
Benning, Ca, which begins early in
February and lasts until June. 1t was
pointed out at. headquarters that there
is no vacancy as principal which has
been allotted to the local Guard, but
that they are anxious to have the SOL
der take the course and had sent In
his name as an alternate. in the hope
that place might be found for him
His request, 1t was said. also has the
Endorsement Of the division signal Of
.&acey. III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
Parent-Teacher Activities

Material for this column must be in
the State office, Room 101, Burlington
Hotel, by Wednesday preceding the
Sunday on which publication Is de-
sired.
1.-THE Summer Roundup Campaign
and the Health Of the School Child"
was the subject of a talk over Station
VOL Tuesday evening by DR.. Joseph
Mrs. r. r. wyche, State chairman
of thrift, will speak on Thrift in the
School" next Tuesday evening.
Every Tuesday evening there will be
a rsdio talk. under the auspices Of the
District of Columbia Congress Of Par
ents and Teachers, over Station VOL
from to 7:10 o'clock.
"The Teacher-A Professional Per-
son" will be the subject Of talk by
Miss Anna Halburg, principal OF VIII
SON Normal School, at the opening
meeting of Woodbridge Association at
the school, october II at 2:30 pm.
The years program, prepared by
will embrace the seven cardinal objec-
tives of education as outlined by the
National Congress of Parents and
Teachers. Teachers of the school Will
carry out this program.
The executive board of Carbery As
ISOLATION will meet in the kindergarten
room of the school SEPTEMBER 26 at
1870 pm. Plans for the years activi-
ties will be discussed.
The first executive board meeting Of
the Stuart Junior High Association will
be held September rs at 2:30 pm. in
the school. Plans for a Halloween
party will be considered.
The first meeting of the Fairbrother-
Rossell Association will be held october
10 at 3:l5 pm, in the school.
The association is planning to have
an intensive drive with 100 per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

superior by virtue Of the fact that they
had 80 per cent or better in attendance
at drill last week, according to figures
compiled from the drill reports and
made public by the brigade headquar-
tiers. Two of the units, the Medical
Department Detachment, 26Oth Coast
Artillery, and the Headquarters Detach-
ment, 29th Division, Special Troops, had
100 per cent Of their men present, while
the third, the Headquarters Detachment,
260th Coast Artillery, had 90.32 per
cent present. The other units, in their
respective classifications, with percent
age Of men in attendance, follow:
lice Company, 1913, and Headquarters
Detachment, Goth Division, 1888.
Very satisfactory-Band, l21st Engi-
neers, TIA, and Quartermaster Corps
Detachment, $500.
Observation-Disclosures and Serv-
ice Company. 12lst Engineers, 1928;
Company z ,l2lst Engineers, 65.71; Bat
terry A, 260th Coast Artillery, GALS;
Medical Department Detachment. 121st
Engineers, 1888, and Company c, l21st
Engineers, 6l.90.
Unsatisfactory-Battery G. 2soth
Coast Artillery, 1881; Company B, 121st
gineers, $500; Company A, 372d Infan-
try, 57.76; Battery B, 260th Coast Artil-
lery. $40, and Company A, l21st Engi-
neers, SLAP.
Very unsatisfactory-Comp r,
121st Engineers, 1888.
Pvt. Lester He'll 29th Division Mill
tary Police Company, has been ordered
honorably discharged on account Of re-
moval from the District.
Pvt. Leighton B. Hastings. Goth Divi-
transferred from the active to the re-
serve list of that command on account
of business interference with the per-
Torrance Of his military duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

When the coroner Of Middlesbrcugn,
England. recently postponed an in
quest, the foreman of the jury in
formed him that nearly all the jurymen
were. bookmakers and that the date an
nounced was that Of a big race, there
fore the coroner promised 20 close the
inquest by noon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

Girls of Japan are now permitted to
seek husbands over the radio by tell
ing of their beauty and possessions
before the microphone and to invite in
quiries from possible mates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
MEETINGS THIS WEEK.

Col. James s. Petit Camp.
Tuesday night, 921 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast.
, Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp,
Friday night, Pythian Temple.
Col. James S. Petit Auxiliary,
Thursday night, Potomac Bank
Building, Wisconsin avenue and
M street northwest.
: Gen. Nelson A. Miles Auxiliary,
Friday night, Pythian Temple.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17
WILL 1 EVER FORGET ?
MugoS Albert r. ENeN

-'t'FN''
 Will ever forget Hawaii ndcl thc spell of glcaming southern sea' and opaloscent skies flashing coral strands and noddin@ palm trees and those three enchanted isles O. Kauai, Oahu, and Maui. where the mind is relaxed the heart rcjuvcn- ated, and Nature plots in so many unexpected ways to keep the visitor forever rcvcling in tEe warm SUIT :;
 Will l ever forget those days Of golden sunshine in the Bahamas where man is inspired with new conceptions Of the joy of .ivilS ana all are young again in an eternal spring of fruit and flowers?
 Will I cve~ forget Japan, Ian1 of the Rising Sun and the exotic umbrella, where the houses are just the size of your heart. and Wher" life is q precious dream and shop- ring &n art an CXhilar2tinS game of smiles, curtaica, and exquisite triflCS?
 Will I ever forget the storicd lands of the Mediterranean, the era dle of civilization, the treasur" house of priceless scenes from an cicnt history and Old World TO- nance, affording intriguing Glimpse' | of quaint native life, vineyards ! golden shores, and q calm blue sea 1 the Riviera, Monaco, Venice 1 Uaples the Isle of Capri, ConStanti' noplc, the breath Of Egypt aud the l Holy Land, where the mind is re 1 faxed, the heart rejuvcnated anC Nature plots in so many arrcstinE ways to make the tarrier shun ; workaday world? Will l ever for get all these fascinating play grounds of the world?
 It isn't likely so long as l mak
 my living writing advertisements fo
 the steamship companies.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17
Observations On The Weather

Washington, Sept. 17,-Forec&5 for Southern New England: Mostly cloudy, with showers this afternoon and possibly in Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts tonight. Cooler tonight; Wednesday fair and cooler; fresh south and southwest, shifting to northwest winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Generally fair and cooler tonight and Wednesday, except probably showers in extreme north portion; fresh southwest shifting to north west winds.
 Forecast for New Haven and vicinity: Fair and cooler tonight and Wednesday.
 The distur bance that was over the Lake region yesterday morning has moved steadily eastward and is Ccntcrcd this morning near Quebec, ] with trough extending soutnward over the Middle and North Atlantic states. Showers and thunder storms occurred during the past 24 hours from the Mississippi river eastward to the Appalachian highlands,
 An area of high pressure over the Plains states increased in energy and it's crest shifted to The Pas Canada.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity showers followed by fair and cooler
 TCmDcraturcS vcStcrdav:
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17
RAILROAD SPEEDWAY

IL is said that Detroit is one of the most traffic damned cities on the planet. It being the home of the automobile, every citizen on every occasion is bound to patronize home industry, even when it is only c matter of driving Q few blocks.
 Getting in and out Of the city by automobile is said 10 be a terrible affliction. The roads 10 and from Pontiac. a smaller boom town 25 miles to the north. are consistently damned.
 To improve road conditions in and out of Detroit will necessitate ex- pensive street widenings. They have been suggested and citizens have been ncrvously lingering the cost.
 Comes the management of the Grand Trunk railroad, which is the Michigan division of the Canadian Nationals line. and has an idea that is strikingly original. The road will build new station anyway and will electrify its line to Pontiac, using a steel overhead electric system. Why not construct a motor highway above the tracks to Pontiac?
 The right of way already exists; all that will be necessary is to make an elevated motor highway above it. and charge motorists in a hurry little fee to use it.
 Nobody objects, so the railroad will go ahead with the plan. The city. in cidentally, will be saved the cost of the expensive street widenings.
 It may merely prove to be the be- ginning of motor highways over rail- roads. The scheme can be put through almost anywhere where con- ditions warrant such efforts.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17

oneself that the people in Gastonia, or a large part Of them. are civilized. It depends, of course, upon what one considers civilized. To any sensitive soul they have acted on more than one occasion more like savages. Which some say is one of the inevit- able results Of industrial maladjust- ment.
 Discharge of the eight men on an allegation they conspred to over throw the state government of North Carolina is not surprising. The worst that could be held against them seems to have been they had guns in their boarding places: but as prac- tically everyone in Gastonia is carry ing artillery the validity of such d charge could scarcely be based upon the carrying of firearms. Tn" prose cution caused a snicker elsewhere by admitting it had no evidence, not even trumpcd-up evidence,
 When it is a question of over turning the state government, the mobs of Gastonia have already fair ly well succeeded.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17
Reward for Jewelry
 Divided in Fairfield

Fairfield, Sept. 17 P}-SplitinS up a reward for recovery of jewels of Mrs. D. T. Erwin of New York, lost near the Southport station on August 10, has been made and po'- tions of the $1,000 have been given to three men held under breach Of the peace charges until a court hearing on October 21.
 Fred Kraus got s100 from the insurance adiuters and he claims ne should have had the major portion. but alleges his attorney took S29o. and the adiusters kept some money for "cXpcnses.'
 Joscph Bagnor who picked up the jewels got S1O0 and Vincent Sag, who was with him, got $50.
 The jewels were valued at SlN'- i GOO and they are now Tn Europe 1 The court has ordered the state tc produce the gems in evidence, the state police having refused to sur render them.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17
TEA FOR MISS GRECO
College Club Scholarship Winner x Guest Of HGnor at S0c.al I'uncHon at Mrs. l.. Hu:nasoD's Home.

A tea and shower for Miss Fran ces Greco, the winner of the New Britain College club scholarship for 1929, was held at the home of Mrs. Lawrence Humason, 93 Forest street, yesterday.
 Miss Elizabeth Corbly of Bates college, Miss Stella Eisenberg of Pembroke college, Brown university, and Miss Helen Ingraham of the Intercollegiate college at Springfield, the three winners of the 1928 schol- arships, gave interesting accounts of their first year at college.
 Mrs. HumGson was assisted h! Mrs. Herbert X. Dyer oi PlainNille chairman of the hospitality commit. tee. and by Miss Alice Murphy O Smith street Mrs. John H. Fellows of Ten Acre Roat, and Mrs. Fred C Taich of Maple Hill.
 Miss Greco, who resides with hel parents on Washington street, was graduated from the Senior higf school last June and will enter Con necticut College for Women this week.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17
\ NAVAL CONFERENCE

The visit of Premier Macdonald of Great Britain to the United States is being heralded as likely to be epochal in it's results. For the head of a government to visit the head Of another govcrnment-as will cventuatc when Mir. Macdonald visits MT. Hoover--is an extremely rare occurrence. What adds to the inn portance of the Macdonald visit is the fact that Britain and the United States have been discussing naval matters for several years. Mr, Mac Donald through his visit hopes to settle certain moot points which cer- tain experts failed to settle at a cer- tain meeting jn Geneva.
 An agreement between Britain and the United States under the circum- stances does not seem to be very difficult. The main difficulty will come at the naval conference to fol- low. At this conference some other nations will be represented and al ready there are articles being writ ten to the effect that France and Italy will have to work hard to agree about certain matters; while Japan is said to think she ought to have a 1o-10-7 ratio for her navy inste ad of the famous 5-5-3.
 The only nation guaranteed rot to make trouble is Switzerland.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17
FOOTBALL SIGNALS

Many thanks are due the mag mates Of the football industry for their attempts 10 make the rite of attendance easier 10 the spectator. The plan to have a system Of sig nals 10 let spectators know what is taking place should succeed. Noth- ing is moro disconccrttng to watch than q football game that remains in some part q mystery to the fan who is not an expert because it is impossible to determine what is go- ing on.
 The ne" signal system is no more complicated than the system used by big league umpircs when giving their decisions on the bases, All that is necessary is for the fans 10 memorl2e what the holding or way ing ot the arms in various ways in HitdleS- inc plan IS not even remotely as serious as the average intelligence t6s.. and not a tenth as difficult as mrmorizin2 the game of football in inc first place.
 The other improvement talked aboH; is the elimination of the hud- il" system except when specially necessary. The improvement, how ever. is not exactly something new bring a return to the old system Of | having the quarterback call the sig naIs for the coming play.
 The idea in these changes is tc make it more interesting to the
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17

might have taken place afterwards.
 c. Is there any scientific au- thority for the stories of swallow ing of young snakes by the parent snake for the sake of protection?
 A Some pseudo-scientific writers have reported cases of the mother snake swallowing her young for protection from enemies and later allowing the young snakes to crawl out, but, according to the best au- thorities on reptiles in the United States not a single case has been authenticated. Most of these cases are really instances of one species of large snakes swallowing small snakes of another species
 c. What is the meaning of the name Rombeau?
 A. It is a French name meaning famous beauty"
 c. What was the exact time and late of the Charleston, South Caro- lima earthquake?
 * 9:51 ?. m. and 9:59 ?. m, August 31. 1886.
 c. Is Aren't l" correct gram nautical expression?
 A. II is an ungrammatical idiom much used by tn" British It is however, incorrect.
 Q. Is COW always female animal and is a bull always a male animal?
 A. Cow is the female of domestic cattle and other bovine ruminants. Bull is the uncastratcd male.
 Q. Where is Nantucket Island .? Is it inhabited?
 A It is the largest of group of islands comprising Nantucket county. Mass. It lies east of Nor thas Vineyard; is nearly 15 miles long, with a surface of undulatng knolls and devoid Of trees, termi- hating southeast in a line of bluffs, on which is Sankaty Head light house. The towns of Nantucket, on the north coast, and Siasconset on the southeast, are well known sum- mor resorts. The island is traversod by q railway.
 Q. How high is the timber line" in mountains?
 A. It is the upper limit of tree growth on mountains; of greatest height in the tropics and gradually descending toward the north and south and also the soacoast. Ir i the Himalayas it is about 11,S0C . feet; in the Alps G.400 feet and ir l the Rocky Mountains from 5000 tc 12,000.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17
POWER OVER ALL

Contemplations Of the ramifica- tions of the Niagara Hudson power concern, the combine in which the house of J. ?. Morgan is the guiding genius, leaves one nearly dizzy.
 Here is concern which is iden- tified in some way or another, di- rectly Or indirectly, through owner ship of stock or through inter-lock- ing directoratcs, with every power concern of consequence along the At lantic seaboard.
 The main object just now. and one that has been attained, is to gain control of the valuable power sites . from Niagara to the Hudson, in cluding the vast potential sites along ] parts of the St. Lawrence
 The community Of interest of all the chief power concerns is astonish- ing to behold. They don't tread on each others toes, but work together for q common end. Mutual stock ownership facilitates the process.
 II was said long ago that the power business would take on hither- 10 uac&lod movement by the time J. P. Morgan got yitally interested in it. Morgan has gone into the husi- ness up 10 the hilt The ultimate aim is as clear as daylight, l. is huge superpower trust,
 The thing is already in the mak. ing, if not already made
 Who ever heard of tn, anti-trus law in the power busincss2
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17
EEHI KING \ CRITIC

William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, has taken a mean fling at Al Smith, just as if the cleo ton war were not yet over
 In his memoirs running in the %@tevepost the happy warrior stated that the trouble with Bryan was that he talked over the heads of the people,"
 Editor White rctaliatos in defense of Bryan. Never mind his language.
 Obviously, in his general makeup Bryan was no highbrow. But in his cspousal of free silver at a ratio Of lG to l he was talking a technical langua@" that if not highbrow. was something the majority of voters never understood Certainly the Bryan Mckinley campaign was fought upon the most complicated issue that ever confronted the Amer lcan electorate, and Bill Bryan's monetary theory furnished the com plicatjons
 Let Bm White dash out Of his office and buttonhole the first ten citizens he meets. asking each to ex- plaint that 16 to thing. He'll agree with Al smith hy the time he is i through.
 Or let Din White try 10 explain the Bryan theory himself. using less than half a column in his news , paper. He cant do ii; he'd be com ! pcllcd 10 use too many gosh-durnoc adicctivcs,
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17
tDprij,CatiODS.

At a small gathering the other night, Lee Shubert, who is casting a new show, was discussing with a lady the difficulty of filling one par ticular part.
 q want" he said. youns man who looks like LindberGh. Who Is tall. bluc-cyed who has sex appeal. a sense of humor, and an air of distirction."
 So do l. sighed the lady
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17
Dusty the Pup
AN ORIENTAL BALLAD
Pv Norris C, SDiorS

By OTIS '. HDltlH on, fair is my Yashmah, IS sWee; as a mosque That's worn by a dreamy vizier; She dances as light as dainty kiosk;
 Her voice is more dulcet to hoa Than any zenana or dervish or kohl That sings in the nargileh tree, While the bulbuls swim around in the odaisque bowl And the alcoran serves her with tea. She nibblcs sweet fez as she pla:s her scrang
 With a 5ewelcd bismillah oC gold, She smokes her seraglio under tie bhang.
 On a chiboul of curious mould. Yes, fair is my YGshmah, and loN-
 ly and gentle. But though I've scarce praised ht at all, I've used up, I find. all the ord
 Oriental
 That l can exactly recall!
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17

The entrance of the United States into the World Court is now near at hand. remark observers. A writer Tn the Boston Transcript says action may come in six months or a year, One needs no surpassing memory to remember when action was consld- cred a matter of weeks, and con- sratulations were being showered upon Uncle Sam on all sides, But then the Senate got in it's work.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17
U.HHNHD CA\DIHATE

Hartford Sept. r Nl-E. K. Hubbard of Middlctown has bean nominated for president of the ,@nuf1cturers' association Of Con- Noct;cut which holds its annual meeting on October at Bridge port.
 For the fourth successive timn the association will meet in the plant Of a member, in this instance at the Remington Arms company and General Electric company. A list Of nominations for directors and other officers was sent members to- day.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17

The Pennsylvania railroad, in an- nouncing that beginning September % it will operate three 20-hour trains between New York and Chi cago, it appears on the surface that the railroad has stolen a resoundins march upon its competitor for pas senger traffic, the New York Cen tral. But it need not be overlooked that for years the Twentieth Century limited has been running in three and four sections. so that the Penn sylvania IS merely doing the same giving the trains different names, and running them an hour apart.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-17
Higgins Pays $50 Fire
 And WithdraWs Appeal

Harry Higgins. 2S, of g Cedar street, who was fined $50 and costs oT Judge Stanley J. Traceski in police court July 20 on the charge of ovading responsibility after an ac- cident has vacated his appeal to superior court and paid the penalty. on Stanley street and figured in g collision with Nirgino Ortoll of East Berlin. According 10 the testimony in police court, Higgins drove away and was arrested d short time later at his home.