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New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

dent Of a steel tank company, is or GaniziHg an outfit that will be known as the D. A. NJ. Association its full name, hc hastensI to add, being u livorccd American Men s Assoc1ation. He is getting an attor- ney to Craw up charter. and he expects it to be nationwide in its scope.
 To be eligible for membership, one must be a divorced man. Re marriage will not disqualify a suit ably divorced candidate, provided tEat the candidate is continuing 10 pay alimonY or meet other oblga- tions on account of former wife.
 MT. Nelson says that the chief purpose is to "uplift all men who have severe the relation Of mar riage."
 Ii is only fair 10 state that it started as q joke. But Mir. Nelson got so many letters from divorced men who wanted the thing taken seriously that he reconsidcrcd.
 One of the aims Of the associa- ton will be 10 get legislatures to modernizo divorce laws and revise aimony statutes, especially in states where husbands arc penaIlzed se- Ncrely by the courts in inc matter of supporting their cN-Wlyes.
 Then" says Alr Nelson. "thc or ganization will ask legislatures 10 require wives 10 pay alimouy, just as men do. in cases in which the wife has an income al the time Of divorce. In these days of equal rights for women. there ought 10 be equal obligations to pay almony."
 The D. A. VI. Association will have chapters in all principal cities. Nelson says.
 "All we ask" observes its found CT. lis that we be taken out of the class Of galley slaves and be given our rights. Like Patrick Henry, We demand our liberty.'
 He says the group will pay spe- Cial attention to providing legal and fraternal aid 10 divorced mon during the first year of separation
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
INLA|D DAM TAMES
 CANADIAN TORRENT
Barrier Built Vertically, Bx-
 pl0ded Into Position

Chute \ Caron, Quebec. Canada. Dec, ] LP,-A river too turbulent to be damned by ordinary methods has submitted tamely to the dental inlay" tooth-fillinE principle
 A ninlay is made by taking an inn presSiOn of the cavity and sending 1t 10 the dental machine shop 10 mako a filling stronger than could be pounded m-and stronger than the patients" raging nerves would otherwise stand.
 On the SaGuenay river here ongi- nccring dentists have q rich client, the Alummum Company Of America. which is turning the raging current into nearly a quarter Of d million horsepower hydro electric plant
 The first step required filling d 'hole" in q channel of the river, 100 feet across, where the swift waves flashed as white as real teeth. It was loo deep and swift for usual methods.
 So engineers made model of the "cayity." including contours of the river bottom.
 Then they erected their dam on dry land, standing it on end on the brink of the torrent. The idea was 10 make it fall across the channel damming the water in one mighty splash.
 This dam-cn-cnd stood e feet high, 45 feet wide and 4o feet thick, all Of heavily reinforced concrete. Its bottom side, undulating to corre- spond with the dips in the river bot tom, faced the water
 It stood on a special concrete base and it's center of gravity hung far out toward the channel,
 It was upset by 1000 pound charge of dynamite, which crushed the base. The big obelisk crashed so successfully that three days after the fall the entire flow Of the chan mel at that point was sealed off
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

recently displayed here during the building exhibition. PlyWood, mill board, perforated zine, fibre board, pUmice and hollow bricks are sub stances used in construction of the houses. It is said a visitor can ham mer on the rool of the kitchen with out the sound Altering through.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

policy of conservation, especially with regard to forestry, reorganiza- ton of the states departments of mcnt of q state tourist bureau, a compulsory old age pension law, economy, and promotion of academ- ic freedom are Governor-elcct Ot- sons announced aims.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
LINER IN THREE PARTS

l.iNcrpool-Tt is expected that the aiant new s30.ooo.ooo Cunard ocean liner will be built in three sections to make riding Atlantic rollers moro easy. These sections will be hinged and will move 10 meet tho roll of thc waves. thus lessng considerably tho shock of the impacts.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
SOCIETY FORMED
 BY DIVORCED MEN
Assn. Hopes to Revise State
 Laws Affecting Aimony

Kansas City. Dec. 5.--If the di- vcrced men Of America are looking for a Moses to lead them out of the wilderness of alimony and allied discomforts. MT. French l.. Nelson Of Kansas City is willing to take care of the job.
 Mir. Nelson, wcll-to-do vice prcsi-
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

New Zealand has broken it's own record for the lowest infant mortal. ity rate in the world by a new low Of A deaths per thousand live births in 1929, just half the infant death rate of the United States.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

life of married men and 10 inform. their wives of ilirtatioI:s arI irrcyn-. larjties. In retaliation. tse men have formed d similar club to check up on the antics Of their wives while they are laboring int their offices.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05

from their wives.
 Then is when a man has trying tlmes," he says. Later. he adjusts himself to conditions and does not find it so hard to get along"
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
WIVES UNION

Copeahagen-A union for the de- fense Of married womcn' has been formed here. The purpose of the union is to check up on the social
New Britain herald., 1930-12-05
\OJSEIESS HOMES

London-Homes that shut out noises Of the streets from the tat tered nerves of city dwellers were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-14
FOUR ARE HURT
AS CAR OVERTURNS
Driver, Following Highway Acct
dent, Is Reported in Critical
Condition.

Hampton Cox, 20 years old, of Indian
Head, Md, received injuries which are
expected to prove fatal and three COM
panions were hurt early today when an
automobile driven by Cox overturned
on the highway between Waldorf and
T B, Md.
The driver was taken to Casualty
Hospital, where he Is reported to be in
O. critical condition, with a possible skull
fracture, fractures of the left kneecap,
left elbow and left thigh and decorations
OF the body.
Two of his companions, Saur Robey,
20 years old, of Indian Head and
Charles Warren, "a years old, of 1907
B street northeast, are suffering from
serious injuries, 1t the same institution.
The former sustained possible frac-
lures of the right ribs and internal
injuries, while Warren received lacera-
tons of the body and a fractured
peJvis.
Wallace Robey % years old, of In
dian Head, the fourth occupant of the
machine, YVES treated at Casualty Hos
pital for minor decorations of the body
end dismissed
The youths told hospital officials they
were driving along the roadway shortly
after 2 o'clock this morning when the
car skidded off the road and over
turned. A passing motorist removed
the four men to the local hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-14
Department EDITOR
GETS APPOINTMENT
DR.. H. F. Wright Will Assume
Duties at Catholic University
in September.

DR. Herbert F, Wright, editor for the
State Department of the London Naval
Conference documents, has been APP
pointed professor of international law
at Catholic University, according TO an
announcement today by Dean John
McDill Fox. DR.. Wright, who took the
degree OF doctor OF philosophy at Cath
Ole University in 1916, after receiving
his A. B. degrees at Georgetown UntVer-
sity In 1e11, will assume his duties with
the opening Of the Fail term next
month.
At Catholic University, DR.. Wright
will give two courses, one in the ele-
meats of international law and the
other in international organization.
His qualifications for this work include
training ,nd experience obtained from
1917 to 1928 when he was assistant to
DR.. James Brown Scott, general editor
of the Classics Of International Law
Dur!l.g The World War DR. Wright
edited a collection of the Constitutions
of the States at War, l9i4-i8." which
work was published by the State De-
partment From 1921 70 1923 he was
editor of publications for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace,
and since that time he has been pro-
lessor of political science at the George
AtoWn University School of Foreign
Service. Since 1928 DR.. Wright has
edited proceedings and reports of inter-
national cor .erences for the State De-
partmenh a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-14
DRINKING WATER
IS REPORTED Low
Camp Humphreys, With Per-
sonnet of 100, Faces
Serious Problem.

Camp Humphreys, with a personnel
of $1,000, is facing shortage of drink
ing water, and to be prepared for the
emergency that will arise If there is not
considerable rain within a couple OF
DAYS, water is already being hauled to
the stables and stored in huge troughs.
Camp authorities today, while admit
ting frankly that they are preparing for
the emergency, said that there will be
no real suffering for lack OF water at
the post.
There is an abundant supply OF river
water for bathing and all other pur-
poses than drinking. When river water
has to be used, the backing up OF salt
water and the serious pollution OF the
river will make 1t necessary to put IL
through the camps filter plants with eX-
cessive chlorination imperative for pu11-
fication purposes.
This would make the river water I'M
palatable and stomach disorders would
probably result.
To avoid the necessity of using river
water for drinking purposes two trucks
are already hauling water for storage.
One truck is hauling to the National
Guard camp and the other to the post
proper.
AS each truck hauls 500 gallons, the
post authorities insist that there is no
likelihood of serious suffering on ac-
count of water shortage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-14

own cars, 90 per cent were driven in
their own cars; 7.3 per cent rode in
other automobiles; 20.6 per cent walked;
1913 per cent used street cars and So
per cent came to work in public buses.
at is significant" says the commit
tee in its report, that so large num-
Der of Government employees drive their
own automobiles for personal trans
portation to and from work. The 1856
per cent of automobile users among
Government employees compares with
SO per cent of automobile users among
store employees and the 49.7 per cent of
automobile users among the total per-
sons recorded in the central district
Gordon count"
1t is estimated that $4,000 Govern
ment employees will be employees in the
Triangle group alone, which will make
the parking problem there particu-
larry acute.
Need 5,428 Parking Spaces.
''While it is evidently desirable"
continues the report, that improved
mass transportation facilities (street
cars and buSSeS) should be developed,
the major problem of parking will not
be affected. 1t Is fair to assume, there
fore, that the daily parking require
ments of the $4,000 Triangle group
employees, on the basis of the present
driving, will result in q daily require
ment of 6,428 all-day parking spaces"
Under all the conditions, 1t seems to
the committee that the curbS in the
central district can offer no proper
solution of the question.
"It is physically possible" adds the
committee, that the park areas TO the
west and south of the Triangle group
might be converted into storage space
for employees cars. 1t seems improb-
ablew however that such a proposal VIII
ever be advanced by serious or reason
able persons, as it Is diametrically OPP
posed to the entire plan OF develop
ment."
1t may be suggest 4, says the COM
mittee, that If no parking spaces can
be found many employees who now use
of transportation, such as street cars
and buses. The committee doubts
that such q shift could be made to
affect any considerable number OF en-
ployes without undue hardship to
them.
"It seems reasonable to assume" con-
tinues the report, that automobile use
Is not entirely discretionary with many
EMPLOYEES. The motor car has made
available many home sites and housing
areas which are not adequately served
by public transportation, and probably
could not be efficiently served with the
peak demands and low riding habit
which would prevail"
The committee, therefore, leaves the
parking problem, so far AS Government
employees is concerned. yet to be solved
in detail. A committee of which Lieut..
Col. u. S. Grand. Sd. executive officer
of Office of public buildings and public
parks, is chairman, is already busy en-
deavoring to work out a feasible plan
to meet this troublesome question. Col.
Grant is particularly familiar with the
parking problem in Washington, as he
acted as chairman Of the Automobile
Parking Comnittee which made the
study to which the 70 articles have been
referring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-14
RETIREMENT LAW
TO BENEFIT 2,l)D
Consultation Promised With
Pension Bureau Concerning
Per Diem Employees.

In the interests of some 2,700 per
diem employees of the District govern
ment drive is being made to induce
the District Commissioners to issue an
executive order bringing these employees
under the provisions of the retirement
law, which it is claimed was the plain
intent when the law was enacted.
Robert H. Alcorn, chairman of the
joint conference on civil service retire
ment legislation, has been holding con-
ferences with the District Commission
ers, with members of Congress, espe-
cially those on the Civil Service Com
mittees of the House and Senate, and
with important groups Of friends Of the
employees.
The District Commissioners have
promised that they will have Mai.
Daniel J. Donovan, the District auditor,
consult with the Pension Bureau regard
ing the details, costs and equities in
volved in bringing the per diem en-
ployes within the perview of the retire
ment law.
This matter has been hanging fire,
Mr.. Alcorn explained. since 1925. 1t was
thoroughly intended, he says. when sew
phraseology of the old law to bring the
per diem employees within the lew at
that time
It is clearly within the power of the
District Commissioners, he insists, to
issue an order including the per diem
workers, the majority OF whom are year.
round employees, within the benefits o.
the retirement law.
For the past two months Mr.. Alcorn
has been making this drive for the per
diem employees special order OF business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-14
L. E. WHITE, 81, DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Septic Poisoning Proves Fatal to
Chief Of Farmers Seed Loan
Division.

L. Emery White, chief Of admins
tration of the farmers seed loan divi-
sion of the Department Of Agriculture,
died Yesterday at his residence, the
Cavalier Apartments, Of septic poison
ing. He was 81 years old.
Though i'll for several months Mr..
White had continued work until last
SATURDAY., when, on the advice OF his
physician, he deferred an official trip
to Columbia, S. c. He was native OF
Pennsylvania. 49,
After a period of service with Gov
eminent units in the Panama Canal
zone. Mr.. White was transferred 70
the postal service here in 1920. TWO
wears later he was again transferred,
entering the seed loan division OF the
Department of Agriculture.
In 1929, after seven years as an ad-
rninistrative officer, M. White was
promoted to chief OF administration OF
The Seed Loan division.
He was a member Of the Masonic
Lafayette Lodge here.
Pesides his widow, Mrs. Ruth Stead
man White, he is survived by his par
ents. two sisters and brother.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Church
of the TRANSPORTATION. 1nterment VIII
be at Rock Creek Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-14
MENOHER FUNERAL
HELD AT ARLINGTON
Rainbow Division Delegations At
tend Services-13-Gun Salute
Is Fired at Grave.

Attended by veteran delegations OF
the Rainbow Division, men who init
mately sired with him both the
bivouac and the march, funeral services
for Mai. Gen. Charles T. Menoher COM
mander Of the Rainbow Division during
the World War, were conducted this
morning at Arlington National Gene
terry.
The funeral procession, before con-
tinuing to the cemetery, was joined At
the Fort Myer gate by q band and
squadron of the Sd Cavalry. There,
with the professional escort ranked at
attention, the casket was transferred TO
a 1ag-draped caisson.
At the grave. solidly banked with
floral offerings from patriotic and mill
tary groups throughout the Nation, a
13-gun salute was fired. Chaplain Al
bert F. Vaughn, U. S. A., oficiated at
the brief services.
Among the military organizations
represented at the ceremonies were the
Rainbow Chapter of the American
Legion of Washington, the Rainbow
Chapter of the American Legion OF Bal
timore and a special detachment, &C
companied by war banners, from the
Menscher Post, Veterans OF Foreign
wars. of Johnston, Pa the birthplace
of Gen. Menoher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-14
MRS. M. Nuremberg DIES

Mrs. Magdalene Nuremberg, wife of
Henry Nuremberg, chief clerk of naval
records and library at the Navy De-
partment, died suddenly yesterday at
Mrs. Nuremberg, native of Indiana,
accompanied by her husband, whom
she married in 1893 canse to Washing
ton % years ago. She had long been
active in various social and welfare Or
CARNATIONS of the First Reform Church.
Besides Mr.. Nuremberg, she Is sur
vived by a daughter, Miss Lillian Ida
Nuremberg. Funeral services will be
held at O'Clock Saturday afternoon
at the First Reform Church. Inter-
ment will be at Prospect Hill Gene
terry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-14
TURK, 1855, TOURS
CAPITAL IN RAIN
Agha to Ask Ambassador to
Take Him for Hardshake
With President.

FARO told Folks Agha, ancestor ex-
traordinary, who was just a mere
STRIPPING when Napoleon was doing his
fighting about Europe and Africa, and
boasts today the callow age of 1856, ar
rived in town last night, and with eyes
undimmed by century and half, was
seeing the sights of the Capital today.
FARO planned a busy day today, after
taking care Of the news photographers,
who had the old gent doing everything
from trying a Highland fling with a
20-year-old American girl to eating
prunes for breakfast with the store
teeth he bought a couple of days ago
and doesn't think much of.
FARO, first of al, sent his respects
and q request for an audience to
Ahmet Muhtar, Turkish Ambassador,
and was making plans TO have the Am
baSsador take him to shake hands With
President Hoover.
Meanwhile, he was taken in tow by
Joe Daddy Turner, wrestler and
wrestling promoter, who has lasted
longer at the ''rassle" game than most
men, because FARO is to be one of the
chief attractions at show Turner Is
giving at the Auditorium tonight.
Sightseeing in Rain.
Turner took FARO out into the rain
to see the Capital sights. The party
included Calvin Harris, New York bust
ness man, who il attending to the little
matter of gettis.. the aged Turk be-
fore the public and thereby financing
his trip through the United States; All
met MusSA, great-great-great- (and what
have you) grandson Of the aged Turk,
and an interpreter, Assim Redvaarn.
Optimistic over his life expectancy,
having passed an examination for q
life insurance policy with a Philadel-
phia concern, and highly enthusiastic
over the appearance Of the American
girls, FARO today said he expects to stay
in this country for quite a while, but
respectfully regrets to inform his
feminine public that he has wife In
Istanbul, Turkey, who, at IS, was toe
old to take the long trip across the
Atlantic"
FARO said that when he was 30 years
old, way back in 1896" he was wres-
Ting champion of Turkey, and quite
some man. Today he stands nearly 6
feet tall and Is unbent by the weight
OF his years.
Veteran of Ssx Wars.
He says he fought against Napoleon
in Egypt in the first decade OF the
nineteenth century and has since
fought in i've wars, two for the Turks
against the Kurdish tribes and thrice
against the Russians. In all he was
wounded six times, but never seriously
He has served as captain OF the
guard at the IStanbul city hall, sery-
ing also as official greeter and ex-
hibit A of the Turkish Capital, has
held important posts in the Turkish
government munitions factory at Istan-
bull and in the past few years lived
out his old age quietly on farm In
Turkey.
Tomorrow evening he plans TO re-
turn TO Philadelphia to- attend to some
detaa., in connection with his life in
surance, and then plans to 20 to Cob
ham. Va, just outside Richmond. whore
he will spend the week end with John
Armstrong Chaloner.
No, he says. he won't wrestle tonight
he's to old for that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-14
TWO Gags ARE STOLEN
FROM OUT-OF-TOWN CARS
Property, Valued at $24s, Removed
From Autos Parked on
H Street.

Two out-of-town automobiles parked
on H street Between Tenth and T1f-
teenth streets we're tempered with and
nrouertv valued N all at S248 was
stolen yesterday, sccording to police
rerorts.
Harry F. Jones of the University OF
MARYLAND reported that a beg contain
ing clothing and other accessories was
removed from his machine in the 1400
block of H street. He valued the prop
ezty at $50.
John s. Holman of Pleasantville, N. Y,
told police the lock of hts automobile
had been forced while il was parked in
the 1000 block of H street and leather
bag containing 500 worth Of valuables
was taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-14
TOWERS REPORTS
! SA,&4,276 TAXES
!. PAID IN PAST YEAR
Increase of $1,379,450 Is
Shown in Annual Statement
to District Heads.
REAL PROPERTY OWNERS
STILL OWE S3,637 ,961
Receipts From Real Estate Levies
Account for More Than Half
of Total Collections.

The annual report of Collector OF
Taxes Chatham M Towers. presented
to the District Commissioners today,
sets forth collections during the past
fiscal year of $34.s64,2 76.25, an increase
over the previous years collections Of
sI,37e, 450.90. The substantial part OF
1t, sig, 735, 846.80 came from real estate
taxes. Tangible and intangible, personal
property taxes followed in the order
named with s4,007 ,482.49 and $685.
671.43. Other lesser sources Of revenue
we're insurance taxes, special relmburs-
able taxes, interest and penalties, trust
and special funds, gasoline tax, ana
miscellaneous collections.
The report shows that owners OF
real property still owe the District
Sc. 637, 961 95 on taxes dating back TO
1877. The bulk of this, however, rep
resents taxes falling due, but remain
ing unpaid during the course OF the
past fiscal year, $1,000, 62460. An
amusing sidelight on these figures Is
that the compilation shows that in two
years-f910 and 1928-the collector
actually took in more real estate taxes
than the levy. The explanation Is
probably an error in adding up the
levy. but since this has not been de-
tected, Mr.. Towers gets credit'for doing
what probably no other modern tax
collector has even done. actually Turn
ing over to the District more money
than he was supposed to collect.
owners of personal property still
eve the District S2,567 ,222.6l in back
taxes. of which 378,505.21 is due from
1880. These figures show that some
honest taxpayer who had owed the
District a personal tax bill for IA years
came in and paid up. His bill was
SI,54, assessed in 1916.