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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
Four Hundred Miles an Hour.

The news of the withdrawal of
France and italy from the blue ribbon
event of the year, the Schneider Cup
race. is exceeded only in interest by
the unofficial worlds record just created
by a member Of the British team who
shot over the course in a trial flight at
the rate of 405 miles an hour. It is
particularly unfortunate that the rules
of the Schneider Trophy event do not
permit the postponement that the
two other nations requested, and the
regulations should be promptly revised.
No such inflexible rule should be per-
mitted to govern a contest of this sort,
which is no contest at all unless there
Is more than one competitor.
The speed of the British planes has
been kept a well-guarded secret and
was only made public after withdrawal
of France and Italy. The new record
exceeds by nearly fifty niles an hour
the old mark and it is the first time
that a human being has ever travelled
at better than six miles minute. To
realize the tremendous velocity Of this
bullet of the air 1t may be compared
to a flight from Washington to Boston
In little more than an hour, from
Washington to Chicago in less than two
hours and from washington to San
T-..ncisco in about six hours, In other
words, an early breakfast In the Ma
tional Capital and luncheon on the
Pacific Coast.
And the best part of it is that it
will be in the not too distant future that
travellers will be able to do that very
thing. TO England must 60 great Credit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

for the development Of fast aircraft,
The Britishers have kept everlastingly
at it, spending millions Of dollars, to
Gain the ultimate in speed. 1t has not
yet been attained. It Is even impossi-
BILE to predict when 1t will be, but 1t
can safely be assumed that when 1t is
reached England will be one of the FIRST
to do it. No nation which has stuck
with such logged determination to the
development Of speed until 1t has gath
cred all the worlds records-405 miles
in the air, ITO miles on the water and
245 In an automobile on land-will be
content to rest on its laurels. England
has accomplished great things, and
more are probably coming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
Needs of Chinese Appraised
As Challenge to Whole World

Wheat should be moving toward the
famished millions along the Yangtze at
the earliest possible moment" thinks
the New York Times. observing that
assurances are given that the National
government is able to protect the wheat
in transit and to make possible its use
full distribution" The Miami Daily
News remarks: For lack of transpor-
tation. once the food is in Chinese
ports. it will be impossible to reach
all of the flood sufferers. Enough can
be reached to be of very great use"
Not only have the trees been cut
down" says the Rochester Times
Union, but poor people, anxious to
get every scrap of firewood, have even
grubbed out the roots and carried away
the young growth" That paper adds
The Chinese situation carries a lesson
for the United States. While we would
not strip the hills in quite the same
fashion, we, too. have been careless
about cutting down trees. And on the
rich uplandS OF several extensive re-
gions thousands CT acres are being gull
lied and rendered useless"
''In years Of the great floods" recalls
the Chattanooga Times. tine waters
become a vast, hungry. destructive force.
sweeping everything before them as they
pour over vast areas of fat land. Sixty
thousand square miles are covered by
20 feet of water in this years flood,
When such a flood Genes. the unlucky
Chinese peasant must flee for his life.
He is fortunate to escape for the wa
ter spreads over the fat country with
incredible speed. Or perhaps not so
fortunate He faces a Winter of utter
poverty: must see his family her6ed
with thousands of other refugees in the
cities to which they have fed: sees
them slowly starving to death. while
he himself experiences the awful gnaw-
ing of an absolute hunger few Amer
cans ever know"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
Poor Teamwork Shown
In COffee-Wheat Deal
From the Chicago Daily News.

From the Chicago Daily News.
Under the terms of the exchange of
wheat for coffee arranged between the
Federal Farm Board and Brazil the lat
ter is to pay all the freight charges
involved in shipping large quantities of
wheat to the South American country
and large quantities of coffee to the
United States. Consequently, the Farm
Board seems to have assumed that it
was the prerogative of Brazil to decide
to which shipping companies it would
award contracts for transporting the
commodities in question. But the Amer
lean Steamship owners Association
complains of the Farm Boards failure
to stipulate that American vessels
should carry at least part of the re-
Sulting cargoes.
Chairman Stone of the Farm Board
is frank enough to say that he and his
associates gave no thought to the in
terest CT ship owners in the deal. In
other words. the Federal Shipping
Board was not consulted or advised of
the extraordinary negotiations with the
Brazilian government. Had it been in
formed. naturally it would have per-
ceived the opportunity afforded to OBJ
tain for the A rerican Merchant Marine
a fair share of the resulting ocean
freight Brazil presumably would have
acceded to a reasonable request of that
kind, though it might have sought some
modification of the general agreement
because of rates charged by American
shipping companies.
The common feeling that there is no
effective cooperation among the Fed
eral Governments business agents is
justified. Frequently the right hand of
the Government does not know what
the left is doing. More systematic team
work is both desirable and feasible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Price of Prominence.
Some day, if you will study hard, oh,
little barefoot boy,
And go without the pleasures youths
accustomed to employ;
If you will not go swimming or attempt
to catch a fish,
But carefully refrain from gratifying
every wish,
Perhaps you may be President or, more
exalted still,
A hero at whose name a grateful popu-
lace will thrill.
Although your bi.l-of-fa be Scant and
from a kitchen crude,
Fame may bring compensation for a
lack of fun and food.
Perhaps they'll put up statues to pre-
serve your counterpart
And critics will regard you as menace
to true art.
The children at their books of fear will
never quite be rid;
They can't remember how you spelled
your name and what you did.
The mortal who performs his simple
duty day by day
May live in swe.t contentment, missing
neither work nor play.
Though books and statuary may not
celebrate his fame,
He'll get his little tombstone and be
happy just the same.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

about six feet long and one foot wide.
The average "step" Is about a yard.
Over most Of the course the Austrian
walked" putting one ski ahead Of an
other by his leg motion. On nearing
the English coast he used a paddle.
From time to time during the past
century plans have been proposed for
tunneling under the Channel to permit
direct rail transport between England
and France. This project, however, has
never come nearer to execution than
the making Of drawings and figuring of
estimates of cost, because there is a
strong sentiment. in England especially,
against such a direct link, which might
prove decidedly embarrassing In time
of war. Yet 1t seems rather absurd to
balk at tunnel when the air Is dotted
with planes daily, when steamers make
the passage in less than an hour and
when, as yesterday, pedestrians" can
walk the waves in a shorter time than
the sailing ships Of Napoleon's day re-
quired to make the passage.
Historians have often speculated upon
what would have happened a century
and a quarter ago If Napoleon had
possessed steam power to enable him to
land his army on English shores. This
is anybody's guess. There are many
such speculative possibilities in the
range of international contests and
jealousies of the past in the days OF
slow transport. And just so there are
many speculations as to what Will
happen hereafter in view Of the rapid
development of human arts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. Where are the Bitter Lakes?-
N. M
A. These two lakes in Egypt form
part of the Suez Canal.
@. How many buffaloes are there in
Yellowstone Park?-H. G.
A. There are now about 1900. Since
this is too many to have proper Winter
grazing, the Government is willing to
give away 100. These animals cannot
be killed and the expense of removal
must be borne by the applicants.
@. Which is the better solvent, alco-
hol or water?-N. B. v.
A. More useful solids can be dis
solved in water than in any other
liquid.
@. Were enlistments closed when the
draft law went into effect in this coun-
during the World Wars. c.
A. They were not. Between April,
1917, and the armistice BIT, 458 men en-
listed. The total forces at the time of
the armistice numbered 4,79l,172 men,
including peace-time organizations and
drafted and enlisted men.
Q. Had Browning's How They
Brought the Good News From Client"
A. 1t was purely an imaginary Incl
dent.
@. For whom was the ampere named?
&C. B.
A. Andre Marie Ampere was a ia
nous French physicist who lived from
l775-1836. He showed brilliancy in
mathematics at an early age and be-
came professor of that study. He later
in
ularly in electricity and magnetism.
The ampere, the practical unit of cleo
trio current, was named for him.
@. What does white Christmas mean?
"A. 3.
A. 1t refers to Christmas day when
1t is showing or when the ground is
covered with snow.
@ Has the S. S. Leviathan ever en-
tered the Baltimore harbor?-A. G.
A. 1t has not.
@. Why is j dotted?-R. C..
A. The consonant j did not appear
in the Latin and other alphabets of
Western Europe until the 18th century
1t had been represented by the letter i.
In manuscripts the letter i was carried
slightly below the line to indicate that
it was being used as consonant. This
form crept into the a!phabets.
@. Is the weather of the last 10 years
greatly different from that of previous
/ years?-H. j. w
A. The Weather Bureau says that
one year differs from another in the
weather it brings and also in respect to
almost anything else. However. the
average of the weather for any consecu-
tive 20 years is practically the same as
for any other consecutive 90 years. In
that general sense, the Weather Bureau
says that our weather is about normal.
@. From what ship was the legation
guard during the Boxer rebellion?
refer to the American guard?-M. S.
A. The guard numbered "a Marines
from the Newark 25 Marines from the
oregon and sailors.
@. Why is a cross formed by the
light of a street lamp when viewed
through a window screen?-A. NJ.
A. The Bureau Of Standards says
that the appearance of four light rays
from street lamp when viewed at
night from a window is a diffraction
phenomenon, arising from the wave
nature Of light-namely, bending around
obstacles and interfering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

There is no other agency in the
world that can answer as many legiti-
mate questions as our free Information
Bureau in Washington. D. C. This
highly organized institution has been
built up by and is under the personal
direction of Frederic j. Haskin. By
keeping in constant touch with Federal
bureaus and other educational enter
priseS 1t is in a position to pass on to
you authoritative information of the
highest order. Submit your queries to
the staff Of experts, whose services are
put at your free disposal. There Is nc
| charge except cents in coin or stamps
for return postage. Address The Eve
! ming Star Information Bureau, Frederic
j. Haskin, director, Washington, D. c.
Q. Are the original Weber and Fields
still living?-R. B.
A. These comedians are still living
They have been before the public for
about 81 years.
Q. Did Betty Carstairs serve in the
/ wars. L.
A. Marion Barbara Carstairs, who
distinguishes herself in boat racing
went to France in 1916 at the age OF
Is and served until the Armistice as an
ambulance driver. Miss CarStairs OBJ
jects to the nickname, Betty, given her
in print, saying that her friends call
her 10.
@. How long had the postage rate
to Great Britain been 2 cents?-J. L.
A. 1t had been 2 cents to all parts OF
Great Britain since 1907. The rate was
| raised to cents September /, 1881.
O. In taking the census Of the United
States is a person counted where he
works or where he lives?-R. D.
A. The enumeratcrs under the census
law were instructed to enumerate per-
sons at their usual place of abode
that is. at their permanent home or
| regular lodging places. Thus it happens
that the business or industrial popula-
| ton Of any large city includes a con-
siderable number of persons who are not
counted as part of the census popula-
ton Of the city, their residences or
lodging places being outside the munich
pal limits.
O. Are the Western mountains or
| Eastern mountains considered more
dangerous for airplanes?-P. F. G.
A. While the Rocky Mountains are
far higher than the Appalachian Noun
Mountains more dangerous. as fogs are
mere prevalent. over this range.
O. What is the Oldest tree in the
Worid?-C. v. e.
A. 1t is said to be giant ciub-moss
which flourished in the Devonian era
1t was restored natural size, from the
| only known fossil, found in New York
State and is new in the New York
State Museum.
G. Did any people ever have a law
providing that town or city had To
restore stolen prcperty?-K. L. I.
A. The Hammurabian code, which
antedated the code of Moses by about a
thousand years, included the following
provision: IF any one has committed a
robbery and he is caught, he shall be
killed. If the robber is not caught, the
man who has been robbed shall make
claim before God to everything stolen
from him, and the town and its gov
ernor within the territory and limits
of which the robbery took place shall
give back to him everything he has
lost
O. Was Woodrow Wilson a lawyer
G.. r. E.
A. He studied law at the University
of Virginia. was admitted to the bar
and practiced law in Atlanta, Ga, be-
fore entering the field of education and
literature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
Music of the Day.

In days of old such songs we heard
AS Listen to the Mocking Bird"
Light melodies their magic lent
To grace some tender sentiment.
And when they sought lively key
They warbled Dixie" with great glee.
Alas! Their tastes we're very slow
Back in the days of long ago.
But now such jazzy rhymes they sing
That grandma to her chair will cling
And say, in accents far from bland.
She hopes she does not understand
Some day when fashion brings once
more
The custom of those days Of yore,
She may revive the simple charm
Of songs that pleased and meant no
harm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

II may be argued that limiting areas
of wheat and cotton cultivation does not
interfere with the law of supply and de-
mand, in whose application the causes
of larger or smaller crops do not figure.
It may in the end prove unwise to prefer
idle land to low prices. but unwisdom
in agriculture has always been accepted
as a normal factor in estimating prob
able grain quotations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

oysters are shown TO be growing
scarcer as each September proclaims
them again in season. 1t may be a
question Of a comparatively few years
before the oyster becomes a vanishing
luxury like the reed bird and the quail
In the meantime it will remain an Cb-
ject of scientific supervision, in the hope
that the epicures of the future may
have at least this point of contact with
those of the present generation. 1t
may be more expensive served on the
half shell, but grape concentrates will
be cheaper than the champagne which
frequently accompanied it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
Self-ImpOrtance.

whats the trouble with that movie
star? She used to be very pleasant
and considerable"
Yes" replied the studio manager;
but she has gotten so she believes all
the press agent writes about her."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

In discussing a possible increase OF
income taxes, positive opinions are not
freely ventured by men who are best ia
formed. The most conservative thought
in an economic situation involving SO
many contingencies is inclined to sum-
Marie prospects with the statement
that the present is a time when almost
anything can happen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
In the Third Row. "R. 7. P"

From the Savannah Morning News.
The New York Herald Tribune says
that the Farm Board has dug its own
grave" The grave is located. situate.
lying and being, if anybody should by
chance want to know, In the third
row. "R. ]. p"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

Even the most experienced observers
OF the market have proved unable to
show why Stock Exchange prices should
move so rapidly at one time and SO
slowly at another
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
Shifted Positions.

you are not making speeches now,
said the acmiring constituent.
NO" replied Senator Sorghum;
there are so many people out my way
Who want to talk that the man who is
likely to become popular is the one who
is willing to be the audience"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

Crews in the Chilean navy proposed
to strike rather than accept lower
wages. BY an agreement to maintain
the present wage scale circumstances
were tactfully avoided which might have
suggested use Of the word 'mutiny" in
stead of strike"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
And Yet Germany Lives.

From the GAINESVILLE Daily Gazette.
The Hitlerites failed in Prussia and
the Communists were bad third. Be-
tween the two the government still lives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

Beer was once regarded as a drink
that made men sleepy. In gang circles
it has the effect of keeping people ner-
vous and wide awake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

Racketeers are said to favor cubistic
designs. This may apply to morals as
we'll as art, which involve too many
angles of interest to permit them to re-
main simply on the square.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
Remote Control Method.

From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Too many parents these days seem II
be using remote control on their kids.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Business once:
18th st. and Pennsylvania Ave
New York once: ITO East 42nd 81
Chicago once: Lake Michigan BUILDING.
European once IA Regent E., London,
England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

On the Iceman's Scales.
From the Florence (Ala,) Herald.
An exchange tells of newborn baby
that weighed % pounds-on the ice
mans scales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
Coffee for Wheat Farmers.

From the Omaha Evening World Herald.
The Farm Board has arranged for the
wheat farmer to get plenty of coffee to
drink. Apparently no one believes the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
Crasshoppers Aid Democrats.

From the Sioux Falls Daily Arsus-Leader.
Probably the grasshoppers are on the
pay RON of the Democratic National
Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

"a man kin be too polite an oblig-
in" said Uncle Eben. II know man
dat stood wifout kickin' while his wife
dressed him up in fancy loungin'
coat an a gorgeous necktie an smok-
in cap. Den. she inspected him an
decided dat she couldn't live wifi such
a lookin' man. nohow."
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A Commercial Failure.

as that astronomer successful"
mot very" replied the popular scien-
fist. HE insists on spending his time
staring through a telescope when he
ought to be at a typewriter plunking
out articles for the magazines"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

@. Had Browning's How They
Brought the Good News From Client"
any foundation in fact?-H. T.
A. 1t was purely an imaginary Incl
dent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

The President of the National Won-
ans Party, born in Mobile, Ala, before
the Civil War, and now residing in
France, may well thrill with pride when
she surveys the ceaseless activity of
her protege. "At Alva Belmont House,
the beautiful national headquarters of
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
ANNOUNCEMENT.

genial proprietorS of the WESTMINSTER,
l7th and Q SITS. and other establishments
IN this city who recently acquired the
HOTEL GRAFTON. corner Connections
Ave and De Sales St (next door to May
flower HoteIl. wish to announce that over
so per cent of the rooms in the hotel have
been taken. There still remain few
choice rooms for permanent guests al $50
to $50 monthly. SPECIAL RATES TO
TOURISTS
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
AID PORTO RICO,
TEDDY'S PLEA

NEW YORK, June 26.-Declar.
ing the United States often had
q adopted "short-sighted and
wrong" policies toward countries
South of the Rio Grande. Gov.
ernor Theodore Roosevelt, of
Porto Rico, pleaded for aid for
the island protectorate.
Speaking to the Pan-American
Society in Bankers Club, Gov
ernor Roosevelt, rumored running
mate of Hoover in 1882. declared;
"We of the United States
should strive to understand the
ideals and aspirations of the
Spanish-American republics.
"NO man is a more earnest
lover of his country than l am,
but I believe our country will
fail in her mission If she con-
fines her policy beyond her
borders merely to Self.aggran-
diZement."
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
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