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IN making tatfy she followed this

rule:
She cooked two cups molasses. one
cup granulated sugar and three-quar-
tiers cup water TO the hard boil stage
200 degrees Fahrenheit She stirred
constantly during last part Of cooking.
She removed saucepan from fire. added
four tablespoons butter. onc-eighth tea
spoon soda and . few drops oil of pep
permint. She let mass cool In creased
platter until cool enough to handle. and
then after lightly Touring her hands,
she pulled the candy until IL was light
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To Be . Welfare Worker

Hardly Q day goes by that I don't
set q letter from some girl who wants
70 do social welfare work. It Is not
surprising. There is in many women an
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A woman Of my acquaintance recently
complained that she had had q cheek
protested by her bank when IN her can
handbag rested another check not de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30

Bethany English Baptist Chapel,
Waunarllwyd, Wales, recently had its
first wedding since it was built, as
years ago.
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a nourishing, delicious, inexpensive way-to
give you all the extra sunshine vitamin-D
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yellow In color. She stretched ne
pulled mass into q rope and cut snail
pieces from It with sciSscra.
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The Woman Who Makes Good
BY HELEN WOODWARD,

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her TO rfth
Of
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way in order TO cover the amount of a
check which she herself had already
drawn when she knew that there were
in her possession plenty of funds
It is a common fault of women who
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-25
WOMAN POET TO
 GIVE BROADCAST
LeOnie Adams Will Be Heard Tonight From
 WIZ

Leonie Adams, young American poet and lecturer at New York University. will be heard as guest reader in the poems program over an NBC-WJZ network tonight. at 1O:45 D. m.. E. $. T.
 Miss Adams will read selections from her own poems. Her published works include High Falcon and Other Poems" and Those Not Elect" She ranks among the young writers who are building a new school of American poetry.
 The poems program is broadcast every Wednesday night at the same time under the direction of Howard M. Clancy. Once month an Amer ican poet reads his or her own po- etry over the air. On other nights Clancy reads representative Amer ican works.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-25
m:..s. sss WABC x.,ass.,.. sec

5:00--Asbury Park orchestra. 5:30-Internationa Singers. 5:45-Tony's Scrapbook. 6:00-Covering the White House
 George E. Durno. 15-Employment committee.
 Speaker, Lawrence D. Golf
 man, president University of
 Minnesota. 6:20-Winegar's orchestra. 6:45-Eno Crime club. 7:00-Morton Downey, tenor. 7:15-Central Savings Serenaders. 7:30-Evangeline Adams. 7:45-Daddy and Rollo.. 8:00-U. s. Marine Band. 8:30-Musicale 9:00-Orchestra 9:30-Orchestra 10:00-Sketch. 1O:3O-Concert orchestra; Andres
 Segovia, guitar. 11:00-Royal Canadians orchestra. 11:30-Biltmore orchestra. 12:00-St Moritz orchestra. A. M. Leaf, organ.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-25
|Oy, The Air To-day
-:.::. .:: WIZ x...:s:... .::

5:00-The Book Reporter-Clifton
 Fadiman. 5:15-Songs. 5:35--Stock Quotations. G:00-Raising Junior-Sketch. 6:15-Conti orchestra; Jimmy
 Haupt, tenor. 6:3O-Gloria Gays Affairs. 6:45-Topics in Brief-Lowen
 Thomas. 7:O0-Amos m Andy--Sketch. 7:15-The Edward Rambler. 7:30-Phil Cook. 1:45-Orchestra 8:00-Orchestra 8:30-Vibrant Melodies. 9:0O-Wayside Inn. 9:30-Orchestra; Mary Mccoy, so-
 prano; Reinald Werrenrath,
 Billy Hughes, baritones;
 Grace Hayes, songs. 10:30-Clara, Lu and Elm. 1O:45-Poems-Howard M. Clancy. Music. 12:00-Busse orchestra. A. M. 12:30-King orchestra. F. M.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-25
a:;:.. ss.;s WTIc x,,.s,:,.. .s:s

7:O0-Serenading Strings. 7:13-Weather. 7:15-Watch Makers. 7:30-Hank Keene and his Connec-
 ticut Hillbillies. 8:00-Bobby Jones, Golfer-NBC. 8:15-Radiotron Varieties-NBC. S:30-Orchestra. 9:00-Jesse Crawford, Royal organ
 ist. 9:30-Orchestra-N 10:30-Top- -Notchers in Sport-NBC. 11:00-News; Atlantic Coast Marine
 Forecast 11:O5-The Merry Madcaps-Nor-
 man Cloutier. director; with
 the Ilima Islanders. 12:00-Collin Driggs, Allyn organ
 ist. A. M 12:30-Silent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-25
n:;:s. ::s WDRC x.,.sss,.. .sss

P. M. 5:0o-Asbury Park Casino orches-
 tra. 5:30-Talk on Illiteracy 5:45-Tony's Scrap Book. 6:0O-Going to Press; George F.
 Durno, Covering the White
 House." 6:15-President's Emergency En-
 ployment committee talk. C:20-Winegar's Barn orchestra. 6:45-The MeIodists. 7:00-Morton Downey, tenor;
 Freddie Rich and his or
 chestra. 7:15-World Bookman. 7:20-Stock Quotations 7:SO-Evangeline Adams. 7:45-Barbara Troop, pianist. S:00-Time. 8:00-Songs. 8:15-Barbershop quartet 8:3O-Musical Cocktail. 9:00-Organist; Wheaties quartet. s:30 = Tone Pictures, direction
 Domenico savino; Theo
 Karle, tenor; chorus. 10:00-Time. 10:00-Experimental Laboratory. 10:30-Weather Report. 10:30-Concert.
 
 al Canadians. 11:30-12-JimmyJ Joy and his or- 3SOm-WGY, Schenectady-79Ok 6:30-Rice String quartet. 6:45-Same as WEAF. 7:00-Health Talk. 7:05-American trio. 7:15-Same as WEAF. 7.30-Orchestra. 8:00-Same as WEAF. 8:15-McManus and Riley. :30-Same as WEAF. 11:30-Hall orchestra. 12:00-Same as WEAF. 12:30-Kenmore orchestra. 3O3m-WBZ. SpringfeId-98Ok 6:15-Jim Browns Party. 6:45-Same as WIZ. 7:15-Wolverine Serenaders. 7:30-Same as WIZ. 7:45-The Berrycrafters. 8:00-Same as WIZ. S:30-Polly Willis, soprano Rocco
 Pandiscio, baritone. 9:00-Hood concert. 9:30-Same as WJZ 1O:45-Lewis Hawaians. 11:00-Time; Weather. 11:04-Sport Review. 1:14-Statler organ. 11:30-Guyer's orchestra 3O6m-KDKA, Pittsburgh-9SOk 6:00-Orchestra. 15-Troubadours. 6:45-Same as WIZ. 7:15-Twenty Fingers of Sweet
 ness. 7:30-Same as WIZ. S:30-Gift Barn Dance 9:00-Televis:on Review 9:30-Same as WIZ. 11:00-Sport Review. 11:15-Same as WIZ.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-25
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5:00-Childrens Program. 5:30-Mystery Girl. 5:45-Mountainee 6:00-Black and Gold orchestra. 6:45-Uncle Abe and David. 7:O0-Rodeheaver Sing. 7:15-How Light Puts Electrons
 to Work-Dr F. D. Richt-
 myer, Cornell university. 7:30-Frances Aida, soprano; Frank
 La Forge, piano. 7:45-Back in the News in Wash
 ington-William Hard. S:0O-Golf Chat-Bobby Jones. 8:15-Orchestra. s:3O-Orchestra; Walter Woolf.
 baritone; orchestra; the
 old Counselor. 9:00-Symphony orchestra. 9:30-Orchestra; Olive Palmer, so-
 prano; Elizabeth Lennox,
 contralto; Paul Oliver, tenor;
 Revelers quartet. 10:30-Orchestra; Interview by
 Grantland Rice. 11:00-Lopez orchestra. 11:30-Albin orchestra. 12:OO-Richardson orchestra. A. M 12:30-Morgan's orchestra.
 422m-WOR, Newark-71Ok 5:00-Italian Lessons - Elvira
 Alexay. 5:15-String trio. 5:25-Orchestra. 5:30-The 1881 Parental Educa-
 tional Conference-Mrs w. H.
 Barrett. 5:40-Limerick contest. 5:45-Guessing Time. 6:00-Uncle Don 6:30-Sports Talk. 6:45-Astor orchestra. 7:15-The Berry Grafters. 7:30-Railroad Building and Loan
 Program. 7:45-Johnston's Quartet. S:00-Songs. 8:30-The Strollers. S:45-Mack's Moosickers. 9:00-A. A. U. National Indoor
 Track and Field Champion
 ship Meet from Madison
 Square Garden. 10:00-Tuneful Tales. 1O:3O-Roy Smeck, Music. 10:45-Globe Trotter 11:00-Dance orchestra. 11:30-Moonbeams. 273m-WLWL, New York-11OOk 6:00-Concert orchestra. 6:15-Leper Colonies in the Phil
 ippines-Rev Vincent Ken
 nally. 6:30-Jeannette Comoroda, Songs. 6:40-Vance Hayes. baritone. 7:00-Concert orchestra. 7:90-The Great Incentive-Rev
 Martin Scott. 7:50-Studio program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17
POLICE RADIO CARS ANSWERED
MOST OF CALLS IN 4 MINUTES
Capt Edwards Reports Result of Three Months Expert
ment Maj. Pratt.

in four minutes 1875 times in five min
utes, 48 times in six minutes, 80 times
in seven minutes, 16 times in nine min
utes, II times in 10 minutes, one time
in IL minutes. times in IL minutes.
one time in Is minutes, one time in 4
minutes, three times in Is minutes, ana
one time in 16 minutes.
The police cruisers. stationed at
headquarters, also established COM
parable record of speed in responding
to calls. In as cases the cruisers ar
rived at the scene within a minute, SO
cases in minutes, 81 cases in min
utes, n cases in minutes, rs cases In
5 minutes, 20 cases in minutes, %
cases in 7 minutes, Is cases in 8 min
utes, cases in 9 minutes, IA cases In
10 minutes, 3 cases in IL minutes. 6
cases in IL minutes, cases in IS min
utes, 2 cases in Is minutes, case in
Is minutes, case in II minutes and
case in 10 minutes.
Capt. Edwards pointed out that In the
case OF the scout cars 40 per cent OF
all calls were RESPONDED to within 2
minutes, "a per cent IN minutes and
/ 4 per cent in l minute.A The record of
the cruisers show that in 70 per cent of
the cases the response was made in 2
tContinued on Page 2, column 81
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Radio-equipped police scout cars
patrolling the streets Of Washington re-
sponded in foU minutes on less to 86
per cent of the calls broadcast by the
Police Radio Station WPDW in the
first three months of its operation, &C
cording to a report submitted yesterday
to Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent
The report. prepared by Capt. L: I. H.
Edwards, personnel officer, showed con-
clusively by series of, statistical rec
ords, that the radio system has estab-
lished its value as an important adjunct
to police work.
In the three month period, 1914 mes
sages were sent out by the station,
2,587 of them being calls to the scout
cars to respond to the scene of assaults,
murders, suicides. robberies, explosions,
fights and accidents. In 1896 cases the
response was made in one minute, and
in / ,029 cases it took the cars only two
minutes to reach the scene. The long
est time required to reach a scene was
IS minutes and this occurred in only
one case.
The record of response in the other
cases were: Six hundred and twenty
eight timeA in three minutes, 246 times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17
MITCHELL HOLDS
I. CRIME LOCAL ISSUE
Doing Away With Dry Law
Would Not Cure GangiSm,
Says Attorney General.

Wiping out national prohibition
would not, in the opinion of Attorney
General William D. Mitchell, wipe out
"gangsterism and racketeering."
To back up this opinion, the Attorney
General last night pointed to the fact
that in recent income tax prosecutions
brought against gang leaders by the
Federal Government, lit was developed
that on an average not more than 20
per cent of their revenue came from
the liquor traffic, and this has been
diminishing"
IF this be an indication of general
conditions. the Attorney General as
serted, the removal of the Illicit liquor
traffic as a source OF revenue would
not end gangsterism and racketeering. '
Attorney General Mitchell's comment
on prohibition was made while he was
speaking in the National Radio Forum
arranged by The Washington Star and
broadcast over a coast-to-coaSt net
work of the Columbia Broadcasting
System. Discussing the problems and
work of the Justice Department since
the beginning of the Hoover admins
tration he took up the gang problem
and organized crime in connection with
prohibition enforcement, expressing the
view that dealing with organized crime
is largely local problem"
Federal Responsibility Met.
These criminal gangs" he said,
commit ten violations of State law to
EFiQl Federal
Nevertheless, this department has gone
a considerable way to help break down
these criminal organizations.
A considerable number Of notorious
gangsters, he said, recently have been
Sentenced to Federal penitentiaries.
I'VE are not through and there will
be others to go the same road he
added.
Mr.. Mitchell pointed out that the
proper administration Of justice has
always been a majo national problem
He insisted that under the leadership
OF President Hoover Department OF
Justice officials have labored hard to
bring about an improvement in the ad-
ministration of justice.
The Attorney General. a Democrat
picked by the President for cabinet
service on the recommendation OF the
late Chief Justice Taft, had word oi
praise for the Chief Executive.
1T should be said" he asserted
that there is no place in this admin
istration for any Official disposed tt
take it easy and rest on his oars. The
President does not spare himself. He
is unremitting in efforts for improve
ment In the public service, and nont
of his executive assistants would bt
happy if differently inclined. l take
this opportunity to say to those agents
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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.S|GNLAW DRAFTED
FOR D. c. CLEANUP
Drastic Regulations Changes
Are Urged by Engineers
to Commissioners.

Drastic changes in regulations gov
erning all forms of outdoor advertising
within the District of Columbia, APP
proval Of which would make it possible
to eradicate the worst of the signs now
marring the appearance of many Sec
lions of the Capital, we're recommended
to the District Commissioners yesterday
by Maj. John c. Gotwa u Engineer
Commissioner. and made the subject OF
a public hearing TO be held here on the
morning of May o..
Accompanying the new set OF regu-
lations, based on the District sign law
enacted by Congress on March 3, was
a report prepared by Maj. Donald A.
Dawson, Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner and chairman of the Drafting
Committee appointed under authority
of the act. Featured in the report are
the outstanding recommendation for
changes, all of which are responsive to
the unified public appeal that prompted
the District Commissioners 10 petition
Congress for increased powers to rid
the city of obnoxious signs before the
opening of the 1882 Washington BIZ
centennial celebration.
Unlike the Maryland billboard law
recently enacted, the new District law
would IMPOSE no tax on signs, seeking
control primarily through. regulation
and licensing, which is placed in the
hands Of the inspector Of buildings
under the District Commissioners.
Could Revoke Permits
To meet any emergency whereby the
elimination of a billboard or wall sign
is desired for the public welfare. the
right TO revoke a permit would be re-
served by the Commissioners under the
4 proposed regulations.
Restriction of outdoor advertising ],
aimed primarily at reducing the number
/ OF signs TO a minimum compatible with
/ the needs Of business, and directly a.
| the removal Of all signs that do not ad.
! vertlse the business conducted or prod.
uct5 sold on the premises. This doe
not apply to the organized billboards
4 which are considered in a separate
class
Ten Points Stressed.
The committee report. to which vii
be added later a complete record of al
authorized sign sites, made through
police corporation, emphasizes the fol
Continued on Page 4, Colurnn A.
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BRAND and Curtius Clash
Over Proposed Austro-
German Customs Union.
PONCET ALSO ATTACKS
ON ECONOMIC GROUNDS
Grandi Says Legal Factors in
Connection With Plan Are
Recognized"
81 the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GENEVA. May l6.-Probing Europe's
economic difficulties today, the Com
mission for European Union developed
in it's discussions, three remedial scheme;
and emphasized the sharp conflict be-
tween the French and German stti-
tudes toward the proposed Austro-Ger-
man customs union.
The Austro-German proposal was de.
Tended in general terms by Foreign
Minister Curtius of Germany and ir
specific terms by Vice Chancellor
Johann Schober OF Austria.
1t was attacked on legal and politi-
cal grounds by Foreign Minister Aris-
tide BRAND OF France, and on economic
grounds by his colleague, Francois
Poncet.
Foreign Minister Dino Grandi OF Italy
approached the subject of the Austro-
German accord with reserve, but he
said the existence of legal factors in
connection with it was recognized"
The general discussion of the Euro
pean economic situation, which brought
out these opinions, was finally ad-
journed TO Monday afternoon, after the
session of the League of Nations Coun-
Gil Monday morning.
Recommends Unions.
Speaking broadly on the economic
situation in Europe, Foreign Minister
Curtius recommended the development
Of customs unions among groups Of two
49,. 80 FE1s - \.
the logical working out Of the League
through regional agreements.
He pointed to the efforts which have
been made for general commercial
agreements and which, he said, have
failed. Larger economic groups, and
fewer OF them, he said he regarded as
the best methods Of encouraging Euro
pean economic solidarity
Germany. he declared, stands ready
to negotiate customs agreements with
any Of It's neighbor nations.
BRAND responded Immediately, In di-
rect terms, to the Curtius proposals
France, BRAND said, must oppose pro-
posalS for German-Austrian economic
unity. Such combination, he asserted
would provoke suspicion and alarm In
Europe and disturb the nations
1T is not by this route" he said
that European peoples must march to-
ward international amity."
BRAND Sounds Warning.
BRAND then proposed instead that
further attempts be made to reach gen.
eral commercial agreements. He warn
ed, however, that we must avoid doing
what it is forbidden to do" He was
alluding to previously existing treatie;
guaranteeing ACstria's economic inde-
pendence, which France has claimed
forbid such a combination as the pro.
posed Austro-Ger accord.
Answering BRAND, Curtius declared
the European commission. then in ses.
sion, was without jurisdiction to discuss
what is and what is not forbidden IN
regard to customs unions. This deci'
Continued on Page 2, Column ID
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WH|TEHURST URGES
NEW CIRCLE LAYOUT
Changes at Thomas and
Logan Circles Would Aid
Traffic.

Plans for shifting the Fourteenth
street car tracks from the outer rim to
the center of Thomas Circle and carry
ing Thirteenth street through the heart
of Logan Circle were laid before Dis
trict Commissioners yesterday by Capt.
H. c. Whitehurst, chief engineer of the
District. He Is proposing a series OF
changes in streets and highways. ali
designed to remove obstacles to the
free movement of traffic.
Both circles are points OF serious
congestion, and Capt. Whitehurst be-
lieves that cutting through them, de-
spite the precedent it will establish in
highway development. is essential to
improved traffic conditions.
At Thomas Circle, wnere Fourteenth
street, M street, Vermont avenue and
Massachusetts, avenue converge, Capt.
Whitehurst suggests that the car tracks
be carried through the center Of the
park reservation on either side Of the
existing statute so that it will not have
to be disturbed. He also recommended
development of the circle by removing
the sidewalk and cutting back the curb
into a traffic layout similar to that at
Scott Circle at Sixteenth street and
Massachusetts, avenue.
To Bisect Logan Circle.
At Logan Circle, Capt. Whitehurst
proposes to carry Thirteenth street
through the park reservation without
disturbing the other intersect1ng streets
This plan, he said will give Thirteenth
street traffic, which constitutes about
so per cent of the vehicles passing
around the circle, Tree and unoo-
structed movement north and south.
Plans for treatment Of these two cir
Giles are the work of j. w. Dare, veteran
engineer in the Highway Department
who designed the existing traffic ar
rangement around Scott Circle. Inc
cost of carrying them out, Capt. White
hurst estimated. will approximate
| SIS. 0O0-$40, 900 at Thomas Circle anc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17
u S. AIR FOR CE HELD INADEQUATE
TO INSURE SAFETY OF CAPITAL
Experts Estimate 2,400
Planes Would Be Required
to Combat $50.
Dayton ManeuverS Reveal
Many of Present Ships Are
on Road to 0bSoleScence.
BY JOSEPH EDGERTON.


HEADQUARTERS. FIRST AIR d.
VISION. FAIRFIELD AIR DEPOT,
Ohio, May 16.-Twenty-two years ago
the first military airpiane was built a
few miles from here at Dayton, Ohio,
home of the Wright brothers, erstwhile
bicycle mechanics and fathers of hu-
man flight.
Today Dayton is host to an air force
beyond the most fantastic dreams OF
those pioneers OF aviation a brief two
decades ago. There are single-seater
purusits which can dive in Squadrons
at $50 miles per hour. attack planes
which compose the most deadly instru-
ment ever devised for the hurting of a.
Saults on ground forces; bombers which
will carry tons of explosives three miles
above the earth: fighters which will
climb to heights Of six miles straight up
and transports which can span the
nation from coast to coast between
breakfast and supper time.
It is the most magnificent air force
this nation ever has assembled and yet,
In the opinioli of military experts it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17
u. S. AGENTS ARREST
SWlNDLE SUSPECT
Man Said to Be Associate of
Jake the Barber Taken in
Philadelphia.

Green is said by police TO be an as
sociate Of Jake the Barber factor, &C.
ouSed Of being the ringleader in a con-
hdcncc game that has duped hundreds
Of prominent persons.
A tip from Scotland Yard that his
wife was to meet him here led to the
arrest, officials said.
According to Justice officials, $4,000
900 of the money obtained in the swim
dies was recovered in Chicago, where it
had been turned into bonds and placed
in a bank.
The officers said Green had assisted in
dipping British men and women into
buying American oil wells that did not
exist, and into purchasing land near
Orlando, Fla, that is completely sub
merged by water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17
FIRE IN CAPITOL BASEMENT
CALLS OUT SIX COMPANIES
Hundreds Gather When Partition of Jantor's Room Is
Penetrated and Smoke Fills Corridors.

Fire last night burned through a
partition Of ianitor's room in the
basement Of the Senate wing Of the
Capitol before it was discovered by
Capitol police and extinguished by fire.
men.
When the fremen arrived dense
clouds of smoke filled the corridors OF
the basement and small puffs were isSu-
ing from a front door on the east side
of the north wing where, within few
minutes, a crowd Of several hundred
persons had collected -Four engine
companies and two truck companies,
under supervision Of Battalion Chief E.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17

Howard extinguished the flames with
one line OF hose after the Capitol po-
lice had brought them partly under
control with hand extinguishers. The
fire had burned up the wall for about
II feet when it was discovered by Po-
liceman L. c. Carey who was attracted
by red glare through the glass of a
door.
Carey notified Lieut.. James Lauehlin.
in charge Of the night Capitol police
detail who sent in the alarm. The FIRE
apparently started in collection OF
oily nnops and brooms and was ascribed
to spontaneous combustion.