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The Washington times., 1930-02-27

The player Is Fred Mesmer
tiny but dynamic guard on the
Hoyas for the past three years.
During this time Mesmer has de-
lvered one OF the brainiest and
most consistent brands of basket
ball ever witnessed at the Hilltop.
Various colleges. have advanced
claims that some members Of
their team Is one Of the leading
Eastern collegiate court perform.
ers and at the same time the
smallest. Apparently none Of
them has heard Of Mesmer, who
is but S feet 4 inches tall and
weighs but 120 pounds.
Despite his lack Of Stature
and weight, Mesmer takes q
back seat for no one. He Is
the type Of athlete for whom
the Well-knOwn and often
heard descriptive terms, %
little giant" or 'the mighty
mite" were expressly created
and fit like the paper ON the
wall.
His three years Of competition
now drawing to q close have
been one Of steady brilliancy. AL
though q consistent scorer his
point total never reflected his
real value to the Hoya team
His ability to lead and inspire
his mates and outSmart his cp
ponents in all departments of the
game have proved his outstan6
ing qualities. His steadying in
fluence and brilliant passing pin.
his all-around ability have otter
turned seeming defeats into tri
umphs.
Members Of his own team, op
ponents, officials. coaches anc
The Washington times., 1930-02-27
SUNDAY FOE WANTED

A Sunday unlimited opponent
Is being sought by the Jewish
Community Center Quint for their
own gym. Call Manager Stein,
Lincoln Sl59.
The Washington times., 1930-02-27
WANT TOUGH FOE

Willie Andrews is seeking a
tough foe for his National Circles
five for tonight. Call Lincoln
1892. The Circles play on the
Boiling Field gym.
The Washington times., 1930-02-27
Economy Fexbty Long Life Set New Efficiency Standards in

4 NEW day has dawned in commercial
.so "A transportation day that counts
speed and Jasxibility of far greater importance
than mere load capacity in trucks. The Time
Element now is the greatest factor governing
both profit and economy in today's hauling.
say transportation experts.
REQ Meets the ''1inIe Element"
REQ has met this problem with an utterly new
type of transportation-big trucks that step
away under full loads with passenger car
speed. fexibility and economy. Big trucks
that, handle twice the tonnage of ordinary,
plodding types. in days mileage output. By
proper ratio of speed to tonnage and fire.
quency of trips they, eliminate delays at any
point that create congestion elsewhere.
The Washington times., 1930-02-27

MesmermLastHOmeG Game
For Blue and Gray
By JUNO KIlgERK

Tonight when Georgetown basketball team closes s home
in Ryan gymnasium with Western Maryland its
opponent the greatest courmen the livery
the Blue and Gray makes his last appearance before local
fans
The Washington times., 1930-02-27
WHITE SOX STAR SHUNS
!. SCR|BES AND MATES
DURING VISIT

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb 2--Recovering somewhat from
the shock occasoned by O. Arthur he Grea shres incog
ntto visit to town. the Chicago White sox battery go
down to their first serious workout today.
The Washington times., 1930-02-27
ollie Pdcini BowLs
Third 400" Set
In Month

Ollie Pacini, rolling with the
Grand Palace Valet in the Ma
tional Capital League last night,
had q 4O6 set to give him his
third 400" in one month. A big
159 second game provided the
punch.
Early this month he attracted
attention by toppling the pins in
the Recreation League for two
consecutive 400" sets in one
evening, an achievement never
before recorded. Scores:
Parkway Glnd Palace
DAILY. 95 121 los lRinaldi. 10S 121 IS
Farn'm 100 144 l4OiJ. H,son. 1875 101 125
Mfs'hou 100 120 146lSantini. 139 122 ia
Wood. 110 107 f24lPacinf... lis 159 132
Work.. 113 los 121 y. Wolst. 112123 1OS
Totals. .527 5ss s3s TotaIs.soO s2s ss4
The Washington times., 1930-02-27

full pressure fabrication: extra heavy frames
and big bearings; 4-wheel. 2-shoe, internal
expanding hydraulic brakes; 4-forward speed
transmission; Myers built-in magazine chassis
lubrication; only the very best tires, and
other features are part of Speed Wagons. ..
There are Speed Wagons for every hauling
need-trailer equipment now making Speed
Wagons utility nearly unlimited.
On your request Speed Wagon salesman
will gladly offer proof of Speed Wagon advan-
tages. He will show you, with facts and fig
ures as well as by actual demonstration, Just
what Speed Wagons will do for yOHy business.
A phone call will bring you the evidence.
REQ MOTOR CAR COMPANY
Lansing. Mickigas
The Washington times., 1930-02-27
Built for Long Life

Chrome nickel alloy iron cylinder blocks
the hardest of all cylinder materials; new
aluminium alloy pistons-an exclusive REQ
formula-each outwearing three ordinary
pistons-in fact, every Improvement in de-
sign and manufacture that could lengthen
life and increase efficiency. has been added
-. .6-cylinder engines; 7-bearing crankshafts;
The Washington times., 1930-02-27

Trucks that not only deliver materials faster.
but ckeGber-mile after mile-for an unbe-
lievably long. trouble-free life. They offer a
far better relationship between the dollars
invested and the dollars of revenue whether
you haul for yourself or for others. Engineers
have long predicted trucks like these -and
REQ has built them.
The Washington times., 1930-02-27

Totals. 5a7 sea sasI Totals. 500 s2s 5s4
The Washington times., 1930-02-27

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. ~.
Only five baseball players
will be aboard the Cincinnati
Reds train when IL departs
for Orlando, Fla, the winter
training camp, Saturday
morning.
Evening star., 1930-05-24
.SUNGAR| RIVER
BIG TRADE ROUTE
Flows Through Portion Of
Chinese State Never Pene-
trated by Locomotive.

"The Sungari River, which Russians
seek to navigate under an arrangement
similar to that which grants privileges
to foreigners on the Yangtze, Is one of
the busiest water routes in Manchuria," p"
says a bulletin from the National Geo.
graphic Society.
For two decades new railroads have
stifled traffic on some Manchurian
rivers, but the gre ter part of the
sungari flows throug.l portion Of the
Chinese state to which the sound of a
railway locomotives whistle has never
penetrated.
Navigate Shallow Channel.
'For 1,130 miles the Sungari winds
from the heights of the Changpai
Mountains, Manchurias eastern wall, to
the mighty Amur, which separates ST.
IBERIA and Manchuria. In its course, the
Sungari rushes through forested can
yons. Only so miles of its upper reaches
are not navigable for the shallow draft
native boats and steamers. Here, how
ever, lumber RATS successfully negotiate
the swift current. At Kirin, the first
city encountered as one goes down
stream, the importance of the Sungari
as a commercial artery of q fast-devel-
oping region is revealed.
"The river Is shallow; between 2 and
9 feet deep for the greater part of its
length below Kirin. But traffic is heavy
and the small harbors here and there
along the river bafik are forest of
naked masts rising above junks and
other native commercial craft. The
stream flows northwestward from its
highland source for about a fourth of
its course. Then 1t absorbs the Nonni
River. which drains most of Northwest
Manchuria, and sharply veers north
eastward past Harbin and finally
empties into the Amur.
The -Sungari Valley Is like Manchu-
ria as a whole-a fast-growing infant
in commerce and agriculture. Broad
Evening star., 1930-05-24
BY HOWARD BLAKEsLE.

DOUGLAS, Ca. May "a N).-Unex-
pected earthquakes and legends of lost
continents were ascribed wednesday
night to the earth's well known tipping
over motion.
The supporting records in riffs all
over the world, in opinions of scientists
and in ancient writings, were presented
in an address at South Georgia State
College by Chase S. osborn, scientific
writer, traveller and former Governor
of Michigan.
He cited the astronomical fact that
about $500 BIC. the pole star was
Thuban and that few thousand years
hence it will be the star Vega, due to
the wobble of the poles.
The march through the heavens is
swift at times and slow enough and
1uite dignified at Others" he said. THE
sun pulls one way, the moon another
and the planets another. The earth
could have one velocity at one time and
a greater or less at another, which
would make 1t fall when 1t is revolving
slower and regain It's poise when going
faster. This would make for a tipping
that would carry the poles far toward
the equator and back, as has been
done"
Flattened at the poles and bulging
at the equator, he said, the tipping
earth's crust must leave and readjust
as 1t slips into new angles.
The Great Lakes area, he said, Is now
tipping southwark, its northern end
rising and the southern dipping at about
four-tenths of foot a century, suf-
f1cient, If continued, to cause lake
Michigan to discharge into the Missis-
sippi Valley and Niagara Falls to run
dry in few hundred years.
The drift of continents, which Alfred
Wegener and 20 other scientists include
in their studies In expedition now in
Greenland, Mr.. Osborn ascribed to the
tipping motion. Under Wegener's
hypothesis the Americas were once
Evening star., 1930-05-24

grazing lands well stocked with herds
OF sheep and cattle and Kansaslike
grain fields line many miles of its banks,
but there are yet many portions of the
valley that are innocent Of the farm
ers plow. In a recent year nearly T.
000,000 tons of agricultural products
were produced In the Sungari Valley,
most of which were transported to mar
ket on the liver boats.
Portions Of the river, particularly
above Harbin, are so hazardous that
navigation at night Is not attempted by
even the most skilled pilots, but by
day the channel is alive with traffic.
There are junks, gayly painted and un-
painted, and smaller sampanlike craft,
loaded to thu gunwales with agricul-
tural productsA oriental families, their
poultry and pets, and palatial steamers
of shallow draft that are becoming so
numerous that they no longer seem out
of place on this oriental stream.
Sungari Swells Harbin Market.
Travellers observe that Harbin is Just
as fortunate to lie on the banks of the
Sungari as the Sungari Is to flow past
Harbin. The grain fields of the Sun
gari Valley have been an important fac
tor In making Hardin the so-called
Minneapolis of Manchuria and the
great ,Manchurian mart that 1t Is. The
traveller has but to visit the river bank
to learn what the Sungari Valley con-
tributes to the city's commercial pros
perity. Coolies bearing huge sacks of
wheat and soy beans, bundles of Chi
nese cabbage and other products lit
orally swarm over the boats and form
an endless parade to the river bank.
"In 1858 the Chinese government
built 40 fighting boats on the Sungari
to meet the Russian invasion. This
was the first attempt of the Chinese ex-
tensively to navigate the stream. The
shipbuilding yards were at Chuang-
chang (meaning shipbuilding yardD
The site now is occupied by the City of
Kirin. The Chinese Eastern Railroad
built many boats to operate on the
river"
Evening star., 1930-05-24

Golden eggs filled with flowers, in
which q tiny bottle Of champagne lies
hidden, are very popular as gifts in
London.
Evening star., 1930-05-24
GEN. DION WILLIAMS
TO GO TO QUANTIC0
Col. Bradman to Take Command of
Marine Detachments in
Nicaragua.

Brig Gen. Dion Williams U. S. NJ c.,
who is now on leave in Washington
from his duties as commanding general
of the I'd Brigade of Marines In Mica
ragua, will become the officer in charge
of the Marine Corps School at GUAM
tico, va. This official announcement
was made yesterday at Marine Corps
headquarters in making public the fact
that Col Frederic L. Bradman, now in
charge of the school, will sail on June
IA to assume command of the brigade
in Nicaragua.
Marine Corps headquarters explained
that the shift in command is due to
the fact that American forces in Mica
ragua have been reduced below the
strength required for brigadier gen.
erals command.
Evening star., 1930-05-24
12-DAY WORLD FLIGHT
PLANS ARE POSTPONED
Cleveland Man Plans Trip in so
Passenger Plane With Six
Man Crew.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 24.-Harry
A. Hustled, Cleveland manufacturer, an
nounced yesterday that his proposed IL
day airplane fight around the world
had been postponed indefinitely. The
flight will be made as soon as condi-
tionS warrant.
Postponement was necessitated by ILL.,
ness of Hustled, which has delayed prog
ress of plans for seven weeks, the an
nouncement said.
Original plans to encircle the globe
in IL days in giant 30-passenger
transport plane, with crew of 6, will
be carried out over predetermined
and prepared route, Hustled said. Men,
bers of the crew are now in Europe
surveying the route.
"Our flight will not be designed as a
stunt flight. We hope to prove the
practicability of aerial travel over both
oceans. We hope to usher in new era
for the business man, a time when he
can leave his New York and arrive in
London, Paris or Berlin "a hours later
or in the Orient within a few days"
No estimate of the starting date was
made, the announcement saying the
flight will be made at as early a date
as possible"
Evening star., 1930-05-24

rather trying to the mere gaze Of one
so young.
While 1t had to be preserved intact,
the youthful monarch sought distraction
in his newly acquired set of air maps,
which include the whole of Rumania.
Michael has to study them as part
of his lessons, but as he Is growing
into an extremely air-minded boy he
regards those as nice lessons, though
he feels that little practice work In
the air way would not come amiss.
tCopyright. $780, by North American News
paper AllianceD
Imports Of American automobiles into
italy are increasing.
Evening star., 1930-05-24
Mother.in-Law Quits Work.

Money is rarely a consideration in
Chinese marriages. The husband hands
over everything to the wife, trusting
her ability and shrewdness in buying
for the household What is his is his
wife's, and what is hers is her own.
This attitude also characterizes the
mother-in-law who, upon the arrival
of the bride, drops the domestic work.
She retires to the background, but 1t
Is happy background.
Evening star., 1930-05-24
10 MINUTE WEDDING
ANNULMENT SOUGHT
Former Show Girl Declares She
Never Saw Naval Officer
Following Ceremony.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 24.-Declaring
they spent only 10 minutes together
after they were wed, Alice Jefferson,
former Broadway show girl. yesterday
asked the Supreme Court to annul her
marriage to Lieut.. Bruce Mitchell of
the Navy.
In papers submitted by her attorney.
Miss Jefferson said, they both attended
a mouse party at Annapolis, where
Mitchell was midshipman. on June
a. 1928. Some one suggested q we'd
ding.
At $50 pm. they were married at
q parsonage on the outskirts of An
napolis. At $40, the papers said,
Mitchell left her outside the parsonage,
saying he had to get back to the
Academy by TO-"
Since then, Miss Jefferson declared
she had never seen him. She said he
now was stationed at Hampton Roads.
Evening star., 1930-05-24
KING MICHAEL PREFERS
AERIAL MAPS TO CAKE
Portrait, Framed in Sugar, Must
Be Preserved Intact, Which Is
Rather Trying for Child.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
BUCHAREST (N.AN.A).--A sweet
present was given to the boy King
Michael the other day. It was large
portrait made of cake and framed in
sugar. This excellent likeness, a tri-
umph of confectionery art, proved
Evening star., 1930-05-24
OUAKES AND LOST CONTINENTS
ARE LAID TO EARTH'S TIPPING
Scientist Declares World March Through
Heavens Subjects 1t to Varying Strains,
Causing Crust to Bul &c.

joined to Europe and Africa but split
OF and drifted westward.
The catastrophe tipping, Osborn
said, accounted for the legends Of the
lost continents Gonwandaland In the
Indian Ocean and Atlantis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-11

to assume that the largest
group Of retail shoestores
under one management,
catering exclusively to
women, know best what
women desire most in
footwear and with their
own Factories can create
it to sell for less in their
own stores than this
whole procedure could
be accomplished under
methods that require
several profits instead Of
one.
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ciating The altar was banked with
Easter lilies and palms and a. the
guests were assembling a program Of
organ selections was given by Mr.. l.
B. Aldrich.
The bride was escorted by her father,
who gave her in marriage. She wore
q gown of ivory satin fashioned on
princess lines with a court train. The
bodice was designed with fitted sleeves.
which formed points at the wrists. A
tulle veil fell from a tight-fltting cap
of tulle and lace, used by the brides in
her family for several generations. She
carried q shower bouquet of Johanna
Hill roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Theodore Estes of Danville, Va,
cousin of the bride. was maid Of honor.
Continued on Third Page)
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skirt which goes into o train at the
back. Her tulle veil will fall from a
cap Of pearls and she viii carry a
shower bouquet Of roses and lilies of
the valley.
Miss LESSEE E. Dwight of Columbia,
S. c., sister of the bride, will be the
maid of honor, wearing a gown of blue
chiffon, with a lace hat to match, and
carrying a bouquet of pink roses. The
little flower girl will be Miss France
Dwight Trott of Charleston and she
will wear a pink organdie frock, with
a hat to match. Mr.. David Wright of
Savannah, Ga, will be the best man.
The ceremony will be followed by a
reception at Sherwood, the home Of the
brides parents. Mrs. Dwight, mother
of the bride, will wear a gown OF blue
georgette, with q corsage bouquet OF
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Secretary Hurley Attends
Graduation at West Point.

The Ambassador of Mexico and
Sonora de Teller will be the honor
guests at dinner this evening of the
president and vice president of the
National Woman's Country Club, Mrs.
Walter r. Tuckerman and Mrs. Henry
= Dinnock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-11

sweetpeas, and Mrs. TraverS, mother
of the bridegroom, will be in gown OF
figured chiffon, with q corsage bouquet
of sweetpeas.
The out-of-town guests include Mr..
David C. Wright, jr., of Savannah, Ga.
Miss Rose Gibson and Miss Doris
Wright of Washington. Mrs. j. T. Jer-
vey, Miss Ida Dwight, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. M. Clement and Mr.. and Mrs. j. r.
Trott and family all of Charleston.
S. c.; Miss Leslie Dwight of Columbia,
S. c., and Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Dwight
of Sumter, s. G.
The young couple left Immediately
for a months trip aboard. visiting
London. Paris, Oberammergau. where
they will see the Passion Play" and
various other points of interest. Upon
their return they will make their home
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decorated with Southern smilax and cut
flowers.
The bride will be given in marriage
by her father and she will wear a gown
of ivory satin-back crepe, fashioned
with a close fitting bodice and q long
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Morse will give a program of organ
selections and during the ceremony
Mrs. S. F. Morse, jr, violinist, will play
"Oh, Perfect Love-" with Mrs. Morse at
the organ. The church Is effectively
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A pretty wedding took place last
evening at 8 O'Clock in st. Thomas
Episcopal Church, when Miss Martha
Louise Burch. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Llewellyn Burch. became the
bride Of Mr.. Alexander M. Walker, son
of Mr.. william Augustus Walker Of
Wilmington. N. c., the Rev. DR.. c.
Ernest Smith, rector of the church, ON
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in Petersburg, Va, where Mr.. Travers
will become rector of the Church Of the
Good Shepherd.
The bride for years has been secretary
to Bishop Rhinelander, warden of the
College OF Preachers at Washington
Cathedral. The bridegroom is a grad
uate of William and Mary College. and
last week graduated from the Episcopal
Theological Seminary of Virginia.
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Capt. and Mrs. Leroy Shoemaker en-
tertained at bridge and supper in their
home, on Hawthorne street, last eve
ming, when their guests we're Mr.. and
Mrs Carl w. Mitman, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Nichols, Mr.. and Mrs. j. C.
Freeland, Mr. and Mrs. Harris Baldwin
and Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Nolan.
Lieut.. oonndr. r. II. knight, q. 8. N,
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SOCIETY
Chief Executive Meets Pennsylvania
Leaders at Labor Secretary's
Dinner Last Evening -

and Mrs. Knight have come from Edge
water, Nd, and are staying at the
Wardman Park Hotel for q short time.
The Washington times., 1930-08-28
Minister to Canada
And Mrs. MucNider
Greeted at OttalUG

Greeted by the entire lega-
ton staff, the newly appointed
United States minister to Can
ada and Mrs. Hanford Mac
Nider- arrived in Ottaway yes
terday, making the trip from
Washington by airplane.
BENJAMIN r. Riggs. who has
been charge d'affaires Of the
legation, was the first to vel
come the Minister. and Mrs.
MacNider as they stepped from
the plane at the Rockcliffe Fly
ing Field. From the field the
Minister and Mrs. MacNider
went by motor to the Chateau
Laurier. which will be their
temporary residence in Ottawa.
The plane was piloted from
washington by Capt. Ira C.
Eaker, U. S. Army Air Service.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. R.. Crutch..
field. of Pittsburgh. are max
ing the Cavalier their head
quarters while stopping in Wash
ington for a few days. Mr..
Crutchfield is manager Of the
Law and Finance Building in
Pittsburgh. ...ts. ..,.t.,
The Washington times., 1930-08-28
NEWS VIEWS AND GOssIPOF SOCIETY IN The NATIONAL CA
What's in Fashion?
Canlpus-Rigkt Clothes
-Directed bv AMOS PARRISH

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-Smart'
ness! That's something thou
sands Of college and boarding
school girls are planning to
major in this year.
Let their schedule cards say
what they will-all the lnath
and English Lit and psychology
in the world doesn't alter the
fact that these bright young peo-
pie are also studying hard In
Right Fashion.
Watch them-if you have the
chance. Watch their slender,
long-limbed sh dows as they
gather on the chapel steps.
Watch the easy fullness Of their
skirts as they dash from class
to class.
Notice the interesting details
Of the dresses they wear down
town for tea. And the practical
comfort Of their grandstand cos
tunes.
Maybe they can't expound the
binomial theory. But they can
tell you without q mistake what
makes canpus-right clothes.
And 1t won't be frillS and fur
bellows they'll talk about, either.
Itll be fefnininity, graciousness.
comfort, lovely colors and inter
esting but simple trimming.
Classroom Dresses
They'll tell you, for instance,
why q dress like the one sketched
at the top left Is the general type
they like best for classroom wear.
TITS simple" they'll say, "but
not plain. 1t has nothing to dis.
tract our attention from the work
at hand. Yet it's interesting
enough I'M its pockets and yoke
and buttons.
"ItS lines make us look feminine
and there's heaps Of comfort in
those shoulders and that skirt!"
Good reasons, all Of them. And
there are just as good reasons for
the Observation-Disclosures of
the dress Sketched at the lower
left-a dress for town or Sunday
wear.
There's no fuSsiness there! Yet
it's as feminine as the fashionable
girls who like it-or its general
type.
Youthful Bib Collar
The bib collar is youthful-and
much in fashion. And it adds the
slight touch Of formality a Sunday
dress at college should have,
Those fashion knowing girls
think there's nothing quite like
the polo type coat for daShing
round in roadSterS or for shop
ping in the town.
And they're right! There's an
easy freedom to these coats. A
comfortable roominess. A de-
lightful warmth but very little
weight to carry. And ready for
any kind Of weather.
We've had one sketched at the
top right. It has the wide belt,
the good wrap-around and the
notched collar the girls like best.
Formal Coats
There's a lot of luxury in their
dresSy coats. And more sophiS-
tication. Saturday matineeS, Sun
day calling, tea with the girl
friends brother-eventS like these
need clothes that look more for
NAL.
And coats Of broadcloth or