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Evening star., 1929-12-15
10000 CHILDREN TO SING
IN SYMPHONY BROADCAST
Pupils Will Present Christmas
Carols Over Columbia Chain
Thursday Afternoon.

Voices of 10000 school children raised
in song will be heard over WMAL and
the nationwide network of the Colum-
bia Broadcasting System at $3.50 O'Clock
Thursday afternoon in special pro-
gram of the st. Louis Symphony Or
chestra, to be broadcast from the New
Arena in st. Louis, Mo.
The concert, with Frederick FiSche'
conducting the 80-piece orchestra, is
the first of several like appearances of
this organization for the entertainment
of parochial and public school children
of st. Louis. The children attending
the concert are to sing two Christmas
carols, and a specially selected chorus
of 1000 high school students, under
direction of Eugene Hahnel, music su-
pervision for st. Louis schools, is also
TO be heard.
The st. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
now in it's fiftieth year, is the second
oldest organization Of its kind In the
country. Many internationally known
conductors have been in charge of the
orchestra and many equally well know
musicians have been heard in its rank
Evening star., 1929-12-15
BROADCAST ola T0SCA."

WEAF Stations Will Carry Pre-
miere Saturday.
The premier broadcast of Puccini's
opera LA Tosca" will be made on
WEAF and coast-to-coast stations
Saturday evening, as one of six Puc-
cini operas being presented during the
Winter season.
Soloists will be Frances Aida, So
prano; Merle Alcock, contralto; Mario
Chamiee. tenor, and Pasquale Amato,
baritone. A 50-piece orchestra is di-
rected by Gennaro Papi The opera
logue, written by Robert A. Simon, will
be narrated by Deems Taylor, composer
and librettist.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
STATIONS WILL MERGE.
WHO and woo Become Central
Broadcasting Company.

Broadcasting Company.
DAVENPORT, Iowa [H).-WHO, Des
Moines, and VOC, Davenport, are to be
merged into a new organization, the
Central Broadcasting Co., using the
clear channel assigned to Iowa and SYM
chronizing the two transmitters. The
merger was made because of the re-
ALLEGATION of November, 1928, when the
two stations were put on half time. ac-
cording to B. j. Palmer, head of VOC.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17

feature for the parents and ch.Ilren will be the selection of the most beautiful red headed babies, male and female with loving cups fo' each, special awards to be made to twins, triplets and the first baby entered. The evening performance will witness one Of the outstanding features of all the contests with the closing Of the popular baby boy contests in all three divisions. Prizes 10 be awarded consist Of S25 in gold and loving cup 10 the winner In each division. At the conclusion ot these contests the winners and run ners-up will then be eligible for the grand finals which closes Saturday night in which the prizes are $50 in gold, the grand prize loving cup and the gift Of the gas range being pre- scented by the New Britain Gas Light Co. All contestants of these dlvls- ions who are not eligible for the finals will be automatically ellminat- ed for competition in the grand prize event.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17

sweepstakes beauty cup which was donated by Michaels, Inc. The finals in the beauty contest will take place Friday night at 7:3O o'clock. just prior to the close of the industrious boy contest.
 The winners were. 1st division boys--Eugene kieffer: lst division girls-Patricia Malley; 2nd division boys, Wilbur Pfloom; 2nd di 'ision girls. Dorothy Johnson: Sd division boys. Albin Anderson; and Sd di- vision girls, Lillian Berube. A spe- cial award was made of a loving cup to the first red-headed baby to be entered in the contest, to Bar bara Zapatka. month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zapatka, of S6S Allen street.
 The outstanding feature of the evenings performance was the opening address by Mr. William H Day of the New Britain school board who spoke to the parents on he need of cooperation between the parents and the school.
 At this afternoons matinee the
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17
Skunk From Steam Shovel
 DiSrupts Alabama Class

Birmingha Ala April IT. (UP) Students or Curry school Were just filing out for Natural History class. when steam shovel. ngaged in the building, dropped shovel-ful Of earth before the door
 Out of the piece of earth crawled a diSgruntled skunk.
 The natural history students did not run fast enough. There was no natural history class that day. The negro workman who hikkel the ne2rd workman who killed the skunk with d shovel buried the shovel and his clothes.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17

now act often requires that years be consumed in reaching conclusions where it should require only months"
 Efforts of the tariff body to ob- tain foreign costs of production by examination of the books of foreign manufacturers have led to consid- erable friction abroad, as in the case of investigations into Argentine corn and many products of France Switzerland. and other European countries.
 The chief executive made no spe- cific recommendation for a new formula, but one favored by som } members of the commission is that of invoice values together with other easily determined quantities entering into the making of a rate equafzing prod costs.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17
SULU MADE FAM0lJS BY HELP 0F OPERA
Sultan Is Native Potentate;,
 Recognizes United States

Washington, D. C., April 17. = Aviation has a new regal enthusiast. The sultan of Sulu is taking the air "Sulu, known officially as Jolo, and also as Yolo. is one of the larger islands of the Sulu (Jolo) Archipela- go which form series of oceanic stepping stones from the major clus- ter of the Philippine Islands toward the northwest coast of British Bornco," says a bulletin from the Washington, ID. C. headquarters of the National Geographic Society.
 Many a poem and many song have made obscure places popularly known, and were it not for the George. Ade light opera the Sulu Islands possibly would be as un- familiar as other groups with queer sounding names-the Siassi, the Tawi-Tawi, or the Samalos-which h are in the same archipelago. sultan a Native Potentatc
 '"Tho Sultan of Sulu recognized ' just 80 years ago. but locally he still is a potentate 10 the native Moros. He lives in a small settlement, Mai bun, on the southern coast Of the island, which nowhere is longer than 30 miles or more than 12 miles wide ped him of most of his temporal power but he is the spiritual head of the Moro. or Mohammedan Ma ley. population.
 'American travellers usually make their headquarters at Jolo city. tains a garrison. The city lies at the head Of a beautiful bay. dotted here and there with picturesque islands.
 ''The small native settlements of the island consist. for the most part. of fimsy, thatch-roof houses group ad in helter- -skelter fashion. Some are adorned with interesting bits of native carving.
 JOlo City q Tropical Gem
 "But Jolo city is an exception. The Spanish general who founded it had an exhibition 10 make it the finest city in the Spanish colonies. From a settlement of ramshacklc huts, il has developed to a garden spot of the tropics, with Wi( streets shaded from the hot sun by tall palms and Towering trees. Gardens masses of foliage. and parks abound Along main thoroughfare the first floor uusually is occupied by shops,
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17

firmed today by Alexander Pantages.
 He said the deal would involve ap- proximately sl4,000,000 and prob-
 ably would be completed in two or three weeks.
 Fifteen theaters and all of the Pantages theatrical real estate. in- cluding an II story building here, are included in the impending trans
 fer, Pantages said.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17
K. Of [. BABY CONTEST NEWS
Six Beauty Cups Awardd Last
 Evening to Lucky Ones

Notwithstanding the lnclement weather of yesterday all mothers in the Knights of Columbus baby con tests turned out for the matinee and evening performances to compete for the beauty prizes. Six beauty cups were awarded. one in each of six di- visions. three rlale and three female. These were chosen from the hundred or more babies who were qualified to compete for these prizes and in turn these winners will be pitted against each other again for the
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17
JELLY HEANS GALORE

Anaconda. Mont. April IT. (CP) A small lad fled in terror from a candy store when the proprietor discovered that the $l bill the boy rendered for the purchase of jelly beans was in reality Sl6o note. and called police. It was learned that the lads mother had accident ally given him sl00 thinking it was $1 bill.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17
H00VER'S TARIFF
 STAND PUznING
Republican Leaders in Congress Unable to Fath0m Meaning

Washington. April IT P,-Presi- dent Hoover seems to have put COT eressional leaders in a quandary by some of his recommendation for administrative changes in the tariff act affecting the tariff commission,
 They are frankly at a loss to un- derstand precisely what he had in sage that the commission should be reorganized. They will seek ampli- tication and also will inquire wheth- CT it Is his desire to have these rec concentrations written into the bill being drafted by the house ways anl means committee.
 New Legislation Needed
 Interpreting the language of the chief executive in its most literal sense. some leaders said there would have to be legislation abolishing the present commission and setting ur a new one under a wholly different plan of operation than that laid down in the tariff act of 1922.
 Representative Tilson of Connec- ticut, republican leader in the house said he was confident MT. Hoovei wanted to have a commission con- posed of men of the broadest at- 2inmcnts who would arrive at req sonably speedy conclusions on tariff rate changes and whose recommeu- lations to the chief executive would ar hp country.
 Chairman Smoot Of the senate finance committee suggested that tn. present act might be amended tC increase salaries which would at- tract the highest class of men for . service on the commission. How eyer he was uncertain as to just what the president had in mind
 Terms of the present members 0. the commission under their twelv,'- year appointments. expire one hN one during each of the alternata Years between 193o and l94o, SC that normally a reorganization of the personnel of the body could no, be affected during the present term Of President Hoover.
 Friction in Commission
 Ever since the flexible provision of the 1922 act came into force there has been intermittent friction within the commission and this final ly led to a senate investigation some three years ago by committee headed by Senator Robinson of Ar kansas. the democratic leader in the senate.
 Methods of finding foreign valua- tons have been one source of dis agreement among the commissioners in the past, although in more recent . years if there have been internal disturbances they have been kept within the confines Of the commis- sion headquarters.
 Chairman Marvin and other mem bers of the commission long have contended that the delays in making recommendations to the president or rate changes have been due 10 the requirements laid down by congress as to how the differences in the cost of production at home and abroad shall be determined.
 This situation was recognized by President Hoover in his message in which he stated that 'the formula upon which the commission must
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17

while the merchants children play on the balconies extending over the street from the second floor of the frame houses.
 Most of the Jolo inhabitants are Chinese, Malays and Filipinos. There are many Moros in the Jolo street crowds but most of them live out side the city wall. When the Spaniards first built the city. the Moros frequently attacked it and the natives were never allowed to enter the bamboo stockade. which was built around the town for pro- lection. Later they were permitted to enter only on condition that they l parked their arms outside the walls In those days every Moro man, wom an and child carried knife.
 Wall Protected Early City
 "Jolo now is surrounded by ar "ight-foot brick wall. with gates leading to the island interior. A drive over the island roads is like passing through a huge park. Many acres of the island are occupied by rice fields where turbaned natives blow with carabaos and small chil. dren sit in tiny towers. pulling strings with streamers attached, te 1 frighten hungry birds.
 The entire family works in hemt plantations and helps cut teak for, ests. At no point in Jolo is tn, traveller out of sight of mountains.
 ''Tumatangus, the mountain o1 tears is the highest peak. so named because it afforded the last glimpse of their island home to natives who wept when they were deported ir bygone days.
 'The durian tree. towering higf above all others, interests visitors It's fruit is highly prized by thu ! Filipinos. It is about the size O a football, weights from eight to 1' spiny back of a porcupine. Th' edible part of the durian clings tt about two dozen seeds as large a! hens eggs. The substance taste! like bananas but it's odor is not i'm mediately pleasing to unaccustomet nostrils.
 Bamboo Tube Is JoIO Water Bucket
 "The Jolo highways are aliv' with men, women and children or their way to market, Now and theI q boy trudges along under th' weight of what appear to be lon: bamboo pole. about four or tiv, inches in diameter and six feet long The traveller learns that this is thu Jolo water bucket. The Moros lik' color, which sharply contrasts witt their gingerbread -colored skin. MeI wear red turbans, purple trousers and shirts of other brilliant color while their barefoot, hatless wive wear long-sleeved jackets and vo | luminous skirts. The Moro Womeni teeth are usually black from chew ing betel nut.
 "The Bajaos, or sea gypsies o raised on high stilts, or in boats. Th' front steps of the Bajaos' hut is { notched log up which a woman cal nimbly carry a small baby. The Ba jaos stay on land only few hour at a time, for even when storm i raging on the sea they feel safer il their front abodes."
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New Britain herald., 1929-04-17
R. K. Q. WILL PURCHASE

Los Angeles. April r P}- Re- ports that negotiations were under way for the sale of the Pantages theater circuit to the Radio Keith
 Orpheum corporation were con-
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17

At this rear's spring fair at Leip- zig, Germany, were 720 exhibits of glassware md ceramics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-10

den of cost rather than give up the
title.
The new ship canal will use only sew
en- locks with a lift of 461b feet each
and the guard lock in addition. The
canal has no precedent in design and
will have the biggest lock gates In the
world
Three of the lift locks are twin locks
in flight similar to the Gatun locks CT
the Panama Canal. They are $40 feet
long. The lock wall between locks a
and are 1903 feet high. and the width
of the canal at the water line will be
SO feet. The lock gates with their
fixed parts and machinery weigh $4,000
tons. Each leaf weighs Asa tons.
To cross the canal 81 movable bridges
have been erected. Four are single
leaf rolling type of highway bridges.
The highway between Queenston and
Hamilton is carried over by double
leaf bascue bridge The double track
of the Canadian National Railways will
be carried over by two rolling-lift
bridges. while a new type swing bridge
will carry the Niagara Toronto radial
In Welland two unique bridges carry
two city streets over the canal, being
vertical lift bridges.
Tt will only require 8 minutes to fill
these huge locks. and a ship can pass
through the whole canal from Erie to
Ontario in hours, q distance Of 2713
miles.
(Copyright, 1e2sJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-10

been built by private enterprise, and
| decided to enlarge it to 9-toot nav1ga-
| ton and to complete the st. Lawrence
canals.
The third canal was 1854 miles long,
and was opened for 14-foot navigation
in 1901. This canal was the first real
passage from the Great Lakes to and
beyond the seas. Including the st. Law
renee canals, the waterways from Erie
% Montree! cost So 275, 500 for con-
Structioa and $26,lIe,65S Cor MAIN
tenance.
Tn 1901 The tonnage passing through
the Welland Canal was 100000 BY
1914 it had increased to $780, 900 tons.
The war took many lake vessels out into
the high seas and the tonnage in 1913
10 dropped to 100000. But after the
war the ships began to pass through
more frequently and in 1925 the maxi
mum tonnage record Of 5,640,928 tons
was reached.
Beside the 60o-footers of today the
lake ships of yesterday were little more
than barges. For years the Govern
ment has studied the problem of getting
the huge lake vessels from Fort William
to the Scaboard. Exhaustive surveys
we're made including that in late years
by the International Joint Commission.
The Weland Canal is purely Ca
madam proposition and so is the ST.
Lawrence route below Montreal. Inter
national complications enter into the
section of the st. Lawrence, where the
rapids are. Though the present canals
are on the Canadian side, some of the
deep water channels are on the Aneri-
can side. The United States by treaty
has navigation rights to the sea down
the ST. Lawrence
When Canada decided on a Welland
ship canal to replace the old canals
and went ahead with the project the
United States intimated its willingness
to pool the expense into a great deep
waterways scheme. Canada, however,
decided definitely to retain absolute
control over all waterways within her
own borders. and although the Welland
Canal is estimated to cost Sis, 100000
the Dominion is bearing the entire bur-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-10
CANADA BUILDING
NEW SHIP CANAL
ourth WeIIand Route to
Have Worlds Biggest
Lock Gates.
special nlspatch to ne slar.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OTTAWA. Ontario, May 10.-Ihe
fourth Welland Ship Canal, linking
SI,akes Erie and Ontario, will be opened
in 1880 If present plans progress can
ada already has spent 500 900. with
$4,000 600 more to go, on the PROJECT.
which. Though the second shortest OF
the great canals of the world, has peen
exceeded in cost only by Panama and
SUeZ.
Next year, if all goes well, the feet
Of Great Lakes leviathans, the 60O-
footers which transport the great crop
of the West to the ports OF the East,
will bear their golden cargoe5 through
the new artery, in the construction OF
which the lives of scores OF WorKnen
nave been lost.
The new canal will be the fourth
waterway to carry the upper lake boats
in a detour around Niagara Falls. In
1890 it will be 106 years ago that the
first sod was turned on the first canal.
It is 90 years ago this year since the
first ships, one British and one Amer
icap schooner. passed through the frSt
canal marking the first small ship
route from the Great Lakes to the sea.
The first canal had 40 wooden LOCKS
with only 8 feet of water over the si!ls.
In 194l the legislature of Upper Can
ada purchased the canal. which had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-10
Navy Officers Transferred.

Naval orders published today show
that Lieut.. John F. Madden, on duty
at the Naval Air Station. at Pensacola
Fla, is detached for duty at the naval
research laboratory. Bellevue, D. c.
Officers ordered detached from the
Naval Academy about June for duty
at the Washington Navy Yard include
Lieuts. Walter F. Boone. Boynton L.
Braun. Edwin M. Crouch, John F.
Crenshaw, Robert W. Morse, Marion E
Murphy. William S. Parson. Lorenzo S.
Sabin, jr., and Walter c.. SCHNEIDER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-10

Thousands of circulars haUe been sent out to
customers on our mailing list giving the thrill
ing details of this Sale. If you failed to receive
a circular, you may secure one at our Service
Desk, on the Main Floor, uUhen you come
tomorrow!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-14
Deaths

Sarah A. Petersefn. II. 2540 East Seven
tenth, acute dilatation OF heart.
Gertrude DitzenbergeT, 81, Coleman hos
pital- lobar pneumonia
hospital. toxic thyroid.
diana hospital pulmonary tuberculosis.
Henrietta Hodge, Sc, $50 East Louisiana.
John Middleton. as. city hospital. pull
sen Medley, So. city hospital. uremia
Mary Ann Brinson. mo-. 3l4 North
Ernest spannuth. 50. 9Sis Hoyt, mitral
Louisa Asasis. 70. is2s Asbury. bronchO
Iisette Marie stiegemeier. so. Central
Indiana Hospital. oroncho pneumonia;
Isabelle Durnen. II. 535 Sutherland.
I srsiGas B. Resener. 81. 2OSs North Della
ware. mitral inSufficlency.
Florence Tewen. ?. 1926 Lafayette. In
Anna sullivan. IS. 1884 Sheldon. acute
heart dilatation.
John Garrett. 4 mo-. city hospital. bron-
Mary Bel Perkins, 10 days. city hos
pital, broncho pneumonia
James Summers. day 247s Bond. pre-
PaIiss Il. Mills. rs. city hospital.
chronic uyocarcitiS.
Elizabeth Scott Griffin. IS, 2ol4 North
oscar Franklin. so. 1914 East Fifteenth,
oaronic nephriiis.
1i Villain Il. Reed. co. 1880 East Thirty
second acute niyocaroitis.
Lawrence Bagby. 5. Riley hospital. mi
julia iIs' Barber. 81. city hospital. chronic
= E nm Hardemon. 81. 1871 Martindale
Louis r. RenEert. rs. SIZE Central ar
tertosclerosiS-
infuenxas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-14
HOOVER SEEKS
HUGHES ADVICE
President Elect Talks Plans
at Breakfast Farley.

BIZ Cntted Press
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.-Presi-
dent-Elect Hoover conferred at
breakfast today with former Sec
rotary of State Charles Evans
Hughes, who took a leading part
in his campaign.
Hoover, it is understood. discussed
with Hughes the general interna-
tional situation, particularly Latin
American affairs, talked over pros
pective appointees as secretary of
state and sought advice regarding
prohibition from Hughes, who en-
phaSized this issue in his campaign
speeches.
Hoover Is expected to make some
diplomatic changes in South Amer
lea, and it is understood he dis
cussed these with the former sec
rotary of state. who has taken a
prominent part in diplomatic ne
gotiations with Central or South
America.
Because of the press of affairs
here, it appeared probable today
that Hoover will not leave here for
Florida before Thursday.
Other callers included former
Ambassador Collier of Chile; George
Otis Smith, director of the geologi-
cal survey; DR.. G. L. Burgess, di-
rector of the bureau of standards,
and Herman Bernstein, New York
editor, who participated in the
Hoover campaign.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-14
BY ELMER C. WALLER
United Press financial Editor

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Apprehen-
sion over the rediscount rate caused
further irregularity in the stock
market today. Prices in early deal
ings we're held within narrow arc
of change and dealings were rela-
lively light.
Wright Aero was feature on the
upside, rising four points to $50 on
rumors directors would declare an
extra cash dividend at their next
meeting. Park 81 Tilford rose 3
points to 977s.
United States Steel, American
Can, Hudson, Sears Roebuck,
Warner Brothers Pictures and Beth
lehem Steel we're among isues selling
lower.
American Sugar was a strong SCOT,
adding another point to its 81; point
rise of Saturday. The iscue sold at
8eis on expectation of earnings OF
more than $40 a share to be report
ed for 1928.
Allied Chemical was bid up 21s
points to 2591z, and U. S. Rubber
gained nearly a point TO 52al. Chrys-
Ter, Studebaker and a few other mo-
tor shares we're in demand. Gener-
al Motors new held unchanged at
1919.
U. S. Steel opened at, 1865 of Is,
hlt in the first fifteen minutes
turned about and shot up to 1919,
in active turnover. This stimulated
buying in several other sections of
the market, but active profit-taking
vent ahead elsewhere.
American Sugar in the first half
hour rose above 80, new high on
the present movement. American
Can rallied as did several other early
losers. Rails we're quiet but firm
with New York Central up fraction
ally.