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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-25
M u 81 C.
EVELYN DAVIS, PROGRAM.

A young Washington dancer. Evelyn
Davis, assisted by two young singers
and a group of graceful dancers from
her studio. presented program Of songs
and dances at the Wardnan Park Thea
ter last night. Throughout the evening
the audience showed marked pleasure in
the efforts of Miss Davis and her pupils.
Evelyn Davis is graceful young
dancer possessed OF keen sense Of
rhythms. Also she has definite per-
sonality. She has the abilities Of a
clever mimic. too. shown particularly in
her two Oriental dances given with
acknowledged credit to Ruth st. Denis,
authority on this type of dancing, with
whom Miss Davis studied. In these
numbers even the facial expression was
Miss st. Denis to the life. Miss Davis
does not attempt sny Of the techni-
cally eXacting dances OF the traditional
Russian ballet school. Neither is she an
exponent of the type of interpretative
dancing that Isadora Duncan estab-
lished. Her mag native, progremmatic
dances, such as The Sea- owe nothing
to that complete coordination of the
inner self with she external motions that
form the basic principles OF interpreta-
tive dancing. Rather, they are cleverly
worked out gestures to give realistic
effects of such motions as those Of
waves on the scash0re. Incidentally, the
work of Miss Davis and Sara and Jean
las they are listed in this sea number
was particularly effective; one of the
best selections of the evening. Also,
George Dixon Thompson, the capable
accompanist fer the dance numbers.
gave feeling and finesse to his playing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-25
PRESIDENT INACCURACIES
MEMORIAL CEREMONIES

President Coolidge touched an cleo
trio button in the White House today
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CITY OF LOS ANGELES
WINS PLEA IN COURT
I. c. C. Ordered to Require Com
ranies to Construct and Main
tain Union Station.

The city of Los Angeles today won
its appeal to the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals to compel the Inter-
state Commerce Commission to make
an order requiring the Southern Pacific.
he AtchiSon. Topeka G. Santa Fe. and
the Los Angeles &, Salt Lake Railroad
Co. to erect and maintain union sta
ton in that city at a point known as
the Plaza. The cost of the proposed
station has been estimated at 10000
0O0.
Litigation over the station dates back
to 1921. which the Railroad Commission
of California ordered station to be
erected. but the carriers took the case
to the Supreme Court of California
which reversed the decision of the
commission. and held that by the
transportation act Of 1920 full powers
vested in the Interstate Commerce
Commission The city then appealed
to the United States Supreme Court
and while the case was pending there
filed a complaint with the Interstate
Commerce Commission asking that a
depot be ordered.
The United States Supreme Court
sustained the decision of nc Supreme
Court Of California with proviso that
the carriers could not be required to
provide g union station until the Inter
state Commerce Commission had acted
The Interstate Commerce Commission
then ordered a report holding that it
was powerless to require the carriers to
construct the union station.
Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel, writing
the opinion of the appellate tribunal
says: We think the Interstate Com
mcrce Commission was i'll error in hold
ing that il is without power under the
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Cushing RECITAL

An informal ana unofficial trans
lation of the spirit of Czechcslovakia To
an American audience through the
media OF dance. song and violin num-
b2T5 was the form Of program pre-
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Of Sib2lius' "Valsc Tr:stc," which WIS
the music used for this dance
Miss Davis won most distinction in
her exceedingly clever pantomomic
dance, She Has a Date" with Jazz
accompaniment. Here she was on con-
genial soil, giving the piquancy of a
complete characterizatiOn such as Angina
Enters has made famous for other
types-really a monologisJ in rhythmi-
cally accented characterization rather
than dancer Another dance that had
similar possibilities was the "Crotes1ue,"
in which the shadow eXaggerat ton was
the fascinating thing. The group Of
eight dancers appeared to especially
good effect in the East Indian street
dance
Mary Apple, a young contralto. who
has a voice of lovely quality, but still
has much before her in the way of
commanding its use 10 best effect and
also in developing a stage personality,
pleased the audience immensely in her
groups Of solo selections. especially the
Russian group, sung in costume. There
was group of duets, with Jean Mum,
soprano, that won much applause,
They were ably accompanied by
CHRISTOPHER Tenley. The most unusual
thing these singers did was the vocal
accompaniment to one of Miss Davis
characterizations-t Of q person at
tending a revival meeting an getting
religion" as the phrase has it. The
whole thing wcS exccllcntly worked out
to get the feeling of such a composition
across to the audience. II. +.
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scented Saturday evening at the WASH
ington Club by Stella Marek Cushing.
In the costume of her forebears. Mrs.
Gushing offered her combined lecture
and recital to an audience which left
no doubt of its appreciation.
Opening with brief sketch of the
historical and political background of
the present 10-year-old republic Of
Czechoslovakia, Mrs. Gushing wove a.
sympathetic background for the later
Interpretation of the spirit of it's people
through their music and song These
musical numbers we're interspcrsed with
anecdote based upon Mrs. Cushing'S
visit last Summer to Czechoslovakia
when the little republic celebrated its
tenth anniversary.
The music of Smetana. Dvorak and
Fibich. three of the best known of the
country's composers. was, featured in the
musical section of the program. Drda'S
descriptive "Humming Bird was also
we'll rendered on the violin. Vocal
numbers included both the Czech and
Slovak national anthems. There were
four folksongs with dances, executed
with liveliness and immensely appealing
to the audience. Smetana's IS Bohem'
(FareWelD was the finale.
Nation Boyce of Washington was the
acccmpan!st.
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Toxic Higher Scricultural School
was recently DESTROYED by fire.
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u. S. LOCATES FLYER
TO AWARD HIM CROSS

Sergt James D. Long. formerly of
the Alaskan Flying Expedition, who
long has been sought by the War De-
partment in order to bestoW on him the
Distinguished Flying Cross, has finally
been located through assistance Of the
press and the postal service.
After all efforts to locate Long
through ordinary channels had failed,
news of the fact was published through
out the country, Mrs. Ruth G. Hicks,
postmiStress at Canaan. N. H., saw the
dispatch and recognized Sergt. Long as
one of her mail patrons.
The information was communicated
to the War Department, who notified
Long of the award. He has replied
saying he was grateful for the award.
Long was discharged from the Army
in 1922 and even his mother did not
know where he was. Now that he has
been found, Mai Gen. Preston Brown
at Boston is making the necessary ar
engagements for the time and place for
the presentation Of the cross to Long.
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RADIO FANS MAIL
OVERCROWDS FILES
Commission, Flooded by Let
tiers, Asks Permission to De-
stroy Old Correspondence.
BY ROBERT MACK.

Fan letters, millions of them, affi-
davitS BY the hundreds of thousands,
and other communications in stupendous
numbers are insidiously driving the
Federal Radio Commission to the wall.
So distressing is the situation that the
commission hes petitioncd Congress for
mediate authority to destroy, rcnd
apart, burn or otherwise dispose Of
these missivcs that have so cluttercd
up the commissions Office space as
to make further storing impossible.
The flood of mail began with the
creation Of the commission in March
1927, when fans. viewing the then
chaotic reception situation, lCOSed their
fury upon the commission.
The law says that no communications
to the Government may be destroyed
without express authorization from Con-
Eress. So cXasperatirg is the condition
that the commission has been forced
to borrow space from the Commerce
Department IN which to store the cor
respondence after il has been GUY
acknowledged. Available storage facii-
tiles III the commission for some time
the borrowed space IS about exhausted.
Answering Letters Is Huge Task.
AS last resort. Carl H. Butman, the
commissions secretary. has commune
Gated with the Speaker of the House and
the Vice President as President Of III,
Senate, seeking permission to destroy
the more antiquated of the files. He
expressed in no uncertain terms the
urgency of this action.
The commission tries to answer each
fan letter. Mr.. Butman says every let
ter is carefully read and those that do
not command individual attention are
answered by circular post card.
The fan mail situation became intol-
cradle after the realocation Of broad
casting facilities On November Is.
Thousands Of letters and kilograms
poured in from listeners expressing
opinions on the result of radios big
shift The commission found it i'm
possible even to acknowledge them and
threw up the task.
$4,000 Protest Single Change.
An idea of the magnitude of the
commissions fling may be cleaned
from current incident. Station
KWKH, at Shreveport. La. fighting to
remain on the air, introduced in evil
dence what its owner. w K. Hendar-
son, purported to be 10000 sworn
afidavits. 1t took a special baggage
car to haul them to Washington, he
said. The other side of the case, sta
ton KVOO, at Tulsa, Okla produced
a mere handful of afidavits-only some
10000. They went into the files
In the case of station WGY, at Sche-
nectady, given jolt by the commits
sion last Fall through reduction Of
broadcasting time, the commission cs-
timated it had received $4,000 letters
from irate listeners of that station.
tCopyright, 1922
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transportation act to require the car
riers to construct union station. The
act specifically imposes the power and
duty. when required by public conven-
fence and necessity, to convert the pas
senger and freight station of one inter-
state carrier into a union station. and
it would be inconsistent to grant this
power without the analogous power of
requiring a number of carriers converg-
ing at a given point to erect for the
convenience of the travelling public and
the carriers themselves an interstate
union station"
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MASONS CONDUCT RITES.
Charles M. Hoover, Former D. {
Resident, Buried in Glenwood.

Masonic rites were conducted in
Glcnwood Cemetery February Is for
Charles NJ Hoover, lifelong resident of
this city, who died suddenly of heart
disease three days previously at his
home, l449 Oak street. Mr.. Hoover
was a member of Washington Centen-
NAL Lodge.
He was of the fourth generation of
his family to be born in Washington
and for many years was prominent in
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the marketing business. He retired
from business a few years ago, due to
failing health, and since then had been
doing clerical work.
Mr.. Hoover is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Laura E. Hoover, and four brothers.
w. II. H. Hoover. T. p. Hoover and G..
F. Hoover of this city and E. T. Hoover
of Ohio.
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Weather Hats Endurance Flight

BAY CITY. Mich, February Is [P).-
Because Of adverse weather conditions,
Eddie Stinson and Randolph G.. Page,
veteran Detroit aviators. postponed their
proposed endurance flight which was to
have been started at Q o'clock yesterday
from q runway on the ice of Saginaw
Bay here.
The flight will be attempted later this
week they said
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Gilbert Arrives in Berlin.

BERLIN. February IS LP).-S. Parker
Gilbert, agent-general for reparations,
arrived in Berlin this morning from
Paris
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and inaugurated the George Rogers
Clark memorial ceremonies at 1880
O'Clock at Vincennes Ind.
The memorial exercises are being held
on the l50th anniversary of the sur
render of Fort Sackville to Gen. Clark
of the American Continental Army,
which was one of the notable events Of
the Revolutionary War.
President Coolidge was unable to ac-
cept the invitation Of Gov Harry Leslie
to be present at the ceremonies The
exercises are under auspices of the
George Rogers Clark Memorial Assoc!a-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-17

An interesting assort-
ment of writing papers.
Some in cretonne boxes,
others with feather quill
in boxes. Filled with
lovely paper and enve-
lopes, and in many in
stances, envelopes lined.
Kann's-Street Floor.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-18
ROBBERS OBTAIN S22,O00 IN JEWELS
Halt Car and Make Women
 Surrender Gems in Chicago

Chicago, July IS P}-Three rob- bers. late yesterday stole $2,OOO in jcwelry and money from Frederick Grabner. race horse owner, Mrs. Grabner, and MT. and Mrs. Ruel J. Siegel, their companions.
 The carefully planned and well executed robbery took place while the Grabners and Siegels were re- turning from the Arlington Park race track.
 Sedan Blocks Road Grabner owner of "Windy City" winner of this years American Der by. had just turned off the crowded main highway onto gravel road to cvade traffic congestion, when a large sedan, bearing three men,
 blocked his path. Two men, branG
 ishing pistols, got out of the car, entered the tonneau of the Crab ncr machine, where the women were. and ordered Grabner to drive on. The robbers car followed close be- hind.
 One robber stripped jewelry from the women, while the other robbed the men of jewelry and money. Mrs.
 Grabner set her loss at S10,000, Mrs. Siegel at $9.S50, and Siegel a three
 carat diamond ring valued at $l,500. Grabner lost S200 in cash. Warning the party to make no
 outcry, the robber directed Grabner to drive back onto the highway. still
 crowded with hundreds of machines. Siegel, despite the pistol prodding lis back, managed to open the car door with his foot and when the traffic procession was halted by a +train, he leaped from the car and ran toward a bus.
 Has anyone got a gun?' he cried. "Duck your heads. It's a robbery"
 Robbers Drive Away
 The two robbers jumped from the
 car, pistols in hand, and pursued
New Britain herald., 1929-07-18

The two robbers jumped from the car, pistols in hand, and pursued
New Britain herald., 1929-07-18
Bar a Block Long
 Seized in New York

New York, July IS "A bar all most one block long. reputed the biggest in New York, was in the hands of federal prohibition authori- ties today.
 The establishment. known as the Green Room Grill, was said to have opened only recently. It was To- cated in an apparently vacant loft building in West 18th street. and the bar extended almost 10 the next street.
 About 150 men were lined up along it's brass rail as six federal agents forced an entrance after ar resting the doorman. The agents also arrested the bartender and said they seized 20 barrels of beer, 6 dozen cases of whiskey and several baskets filled with assorted cordiais, The bar was dismantled and carried away by the agents as evidence.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-18
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New Britain herald., 1929-07-18
City Court Decides
 In Three Damage Suits

After agreeing to give S1O0 con- mission to Gennaro Palmiere, local real estate broker, for finding a cus- toner for his Plainville property, Peter George did not sell his proper
 ty to the customer and refused to
 pay the S100 fee. George was order cd to pay a S100 fee to Palmiere in city court yesterday. Palmiere was represented by Attorney H. H. Mil | kowitz.
 John Senk and wife were awarded a judgment for SS5O against Boles- law Konopko by Judge M. D. Sake. The plaintiffs claimed that on October 25. 1926, they sold a store situated on Curtis street to the de- fendant. who paid for it only in part. The defendent claimed that he had paid fully. but judgment was given against him by default today. The plaintiffs were represented by Attor- ney L. J. Colon.
 In a suit against Harry Chesky and others. the Commercial Trust Co. was awarded q judgment for
 S95S,4S and costs by stipulation. The plaintiff, represented by Judge B. F. Gaffney, claimed the money due on a note.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-18

course there are few people who are always trying to cheat the stores and dealers and these have the most difficulty in getting credit.
 Easy credit puts many mer- chants out of business, but in any trade as a whole the credit losses are low. It's the merchant who goes too far in extending credit who meets with disaster. Credit is all right. but loose credit is dangerous and it has become one of the chief causes of failure among retail grocery stores.
 Credit is one of the weapons the individual store owner has against the chain stores. Ii he adopts a too lenient credit policy, however he will attract customers who have no intention of paying and others who have difficulty in obtaining credit elsewhere"
 Credit in Bankruptcy pr. Hummer has just made a re- port on a study of credit conditions and causes of failure among grocery st ores in Louisville. Ky, where 41G stores were examined. This shows that among 30 stores which were on the verge of bankruptcy the aver age credit loss was several times as great as among the other 3S6. Five of them had ratios of bad debts to credit sales of SIS. 17.5, 19.2, 25 and STA per cent, whereas the average credit loss for well-Conducted gro- cery stores is less than 0.5 per cent The fact was brought out that the larger the store the smaller the pro- portion of debt losses.
 There are three sound principles for installment credit" pr. Plum- mer says. Adequate investigation ought to be made of the individuals honesty and ability to pay. A down payment ought to be required large enough to insure the seller. Another thing the stores should find out, which they don't, is the size of the buyers income and his existing in stalment obligations.
 But if people were more dis honest l suppose the merchants would be more stringent
New Britain herald., 1929-07-18
AMERICANS HONEST
 ID A HIGH DEGREE
Professor Finds Losses On h. stanment Plan Very Low

-NEA Service
 Washington, July IS. - After lengthy and exhaustive studies of re- tail credit and installment buying Dr. Wilbur C. Hummer, professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania, comes to the conclu- sion that the ratio of honesty among Americans are remarkable high.
 Of course there are laws and po- llcemen and cautious credit bureaus which restrict our opportunities to he dishonest. but Dr. Hummer, who 'S temporarily attached to the de- partment of commerce to direct a national survey of retail credit, aS- Serts that the success of the retail credit structure and it's very low proportion of bad debt is convincing proof.
 The strongest argument that in iividual consumers are honest is that Ilthough the most desirable credit principles are not applied in eX- tending credit, we yet have this low proportion of dishonesty" he says.
 Enormous Credit Sales
 Studying the affairs of 1876 retail establishments - department stores. automobile dealers and grocery stores-with an annual business of a billion and a half dollars, we found that one-third of the department store sales, two-thirds of the auto mobile dealer sales and more than half of all grocery store sales were made on credit.
 The average bad-debt losses of department stores were only 0.4 per cent on regular charge account sales and II per cent on installment sales.
 Automobile dealers showed a reverse situation with regard to open credit and installment accounts, with losses of 0.9 per cent and CA per cent respectively.
 Grocery stores, numbering S43, which did a credit business showed percentage of bad debts on charge accounts of 0.6 per cent
 That makes an average for the several groups Of averages of about o.7 per cent. Dr. Hummer points out that there are two classes Of persons responsible for bad debts, those who cant pay and those who don't want 10 pay.
 Tt isn't possible. of course, 10 tell Tst Whac proportion of debtors are hose who simply don't want to }ay," he says. But the dishonest "lloWs as a rule arc those who t1ven't anything.
 And the proportion of lnaves mong the customers simply cant pe above that figure Of seven- rnths of one per cent and is pre- umably we'll below that
 "Only in very exceptional cases oes anyone try to get away with pods without paying for them. It ems to mo that the figures show
 very high rate of honesty. or
New Britain herald., 1929-07-18

him, but made no effort to fire. They then jumped into their own car, which was close behind Grabners, and were driven swiftly away down Q side road.
 Siegel told police that when the robbers car passed the bus as 1t was fleeing, one of the robbers aimed d shotgun at him.
 Mrs. Siegel said she had seen one of the men admiring her husband s ring at the Washington Park race track q month ago and that she had warned Siegel at that time.
 Siegel owns a chain of barbecue resta urants in and about Chicago.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-18
PLUMBING FIXTURES STOLEN

Frank Ginsburg, 39S Common wealth avenue, reported to the po- lice late "Wednesday afternoon that he is doing some plumbing work at a house at 21 Pendleton road and that Tuesday night someone stole fixtures to the value of S10. The case has been referred 10 the detective pu- reau.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-18
100 KILLED IN WRECK

Shanghai, July IS CP) - Chin csc Press dispatches today from Hsuchow, Honon, said that 100 per sons were killed when a Lunghai train broke through a viaduct near Kaifeng, HOnon.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-18
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New Britain herald., 1929-07-18

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