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The Washington times., 1931-11-02
Pennsylvania Oil
Prices Are Trimmed

BRADFORD. Pa, Nov. 2 G.N.
S)-Decreases of Is, cents per
barrel in the price O. Bradford
and Allengany district crude and
10 cents in the price of all south
ern grades were announced today
by the South Penn Oil Company
and the Tidewater Oil Company.
The new prices are: Bradford,
50; Allegany, 50; South Penn,
$l.70 and $1.95; West Virginia,
$1.60, and Ohio, $1.50.
Oil company officials here said
the market for refined products
has shown a severe downward
trend during the past few weeks.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
METROPOLITAN LIFE LOANS

Mortgage loans on old and new
construction, amounting to ST.
1923, have been authorized by
the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co. OF this amount $l.195, ,62S
was city loans and $257 200 was
farm loans. Included in the city
loans was $197,O0O on five bust
ness buildings.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
ASPHALT INSTITUTE

The Asphalt Institute, which
heretofore has confined its field
to territory east Of the Rocky
Mountains, will extend its activ-
tiles to the Pacific Coast and
open an office in San Francisco.
The latest companies to join
are: Standard Oil Co. Of Cal
ifornia, Union Oil Co. Of Cal.
ifornia, Shell Oil Co. Of Cal.
ifornia, Associated Oil Co., Gil
more Oil Co., Colonial Beacon
Oil Co., and the Indian Refining
Co
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
Agricultural Maps
ShOED Farm CHANCES

The Bureau of Agricultural
Economies of the Department Of
Agriculture has issued an agri.
cultural summary containing $50
maps and charts, showing trends,
changes and shifts Of areas OF
crop and livestock productions
since pre-war years. .
Increases, decreases, regional
and other figures are given.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
CONSOLIDATED CIGAR

Consolidated Cigar Corporation
and subsidiaries report for nine
months ended September 30,
1881. net profit of $1,526, ,97O after
interest, depreciation and Federal
taxes, equivalent after dividend
requirements on 6h per cent
prior preferred and per cent
preferred stocks, to $3.50 q share
on 250,000 no-par shares of COM
mon stock.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
SYRACUSE LIGHT ISSUE

The. Chase National Bank, of
New York, is prepared to receive
tenders for the sale to the sink.
ing fund at prices not exceeding
106 per cent of the Syracuse
Lighting Company. Inc, first and
refunding mortgage 5h per cent
gold bonds. due 1854, in an
amount sufficient to exhaust as
nearly as may be the sum Of
$33, 1876.
The Washington times., 1931-11-02

"A Zonits Prdts a.. SO 81 SKI 4
Dividend symbOU-a extra; b. dividend stock: G%
| IN stock: d, script "ex-dividend: +Sx.right&
nivAAnA rate in
The Washington times., 1931-11-02
NATIONAL TEA co.

National Tea Co. reports net
profits after depreciation, Federal
taxes and other charges for the
nine months ended September 80,
Of $497 ,241, equivalent after pre-
ferred dividends to 64 cents a
share on $50 900 shares Of com.
mon stock. This compares with
$770,30 or ,$1.O6 per share for
the corresponding nine months Of
1880,
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3704 Porter street, on February ID, for
the benefit Of q scholarship maintained
at Maryville, Tenn, was given by Mrs.
ittell.
The guest speaker Monday evening
was Mrs. H. H. Smith of Fredericks-
burg, Va, secretary to the Kenmore
association. The hostess was assisted
Ruediger.
Manor House Chapter met at the
home of the regent, Mrs. Jesse Anthony
and had a stag members night. Elec-
ton of delegate and alternates to the
congress resulted IS follows: Delegate,
Mrs. Jane Hooker; alternates, Mrs. w.
L. Hill, Miss Lillian Chenoweth, Miss
Mary Lee Goddard, Mrs. r. B. Hardi-
son, Miss Mamie Hawkins, Mrs. Clifton
Clark, Mrs. Elizabeth Chenoweth, Mrs.
. c. w. Hassell, Mrs. B. S. Embrey, Mrs.
| l. B. Mullis. Donations to the follow
ing were made: Column in Constitu-
ton Hall, $40; Revolutionary relics, 81 /;
chapter house, $40; Sons and Daugh-
ters of Republic, SIS; Kenmore, SIS.
A gift of IS toward TamaSsee School, in
South Carolina, was made by Jesse An
thony.
Mrs. David d. Caldwell, vice presi-
dent general; Mrs. Harry Grove, vice
State regent; Mrs. Henry Harper, State
director, c. A. r., and Mrs. Beavers
spoke.
A humorous sketch was given by
Irving Bucklin, william H. Howlin,
Harrie Crothers, Carl Brindle, I. B.
Mullis and DR.. z. w. Alderman, jr. DR..
Clifton Clark gave a recitation with
piano accompaniment by Mrs. Clark.
Mrs. z. w. Alderman, ST.. played the
piano accompaniment for all the musi-
cal numbers in the program.
Columbia Chapter met Tuesday eve
ming at the home of Mrs. William l..
Mattocks, vice regent, 1347 Taylor
street. The regent, Mrs. Albert B.
Snavely, presided. Mrs. Charles Coombs
gave report of the reception by the
chapter February 20, in honor of the
State officers at the home of Mrs. j.
Frank Campbell.
Miss Nellie Grant Ross, chairman Of
Ways and Means, announced card
party March IA, at the home of Mrs
Paul Anderson, 1735 New Hampshire
avenue, the proceeds of which will 60
to the chapters scholarship fund. Mrs
Arthur S. Field, State chairman of
Patriotic Education, was the guest
speaker. The hostess was assisted by
Mrs. Mattocks and Mrs. McNulty.
Monticello Chapter met Tuesday aft
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Often he left home at or o'clock In
the morning to walk TO distant places
rather than ride. Recently he left at
$50 o'clock to walk the seven miles
over the caerphilly Mountain to Car
din. He was found next morning. ha--
ing fallen head-flrst into his open UNI
orella. The coroner's jury said death
was caused by heart disease as the re-
suit Of too much walking.
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No Sleep, No Rest
Gas, GAS All the Time
German Remedy Gets to Root Of Trouble in 80 Minutes

cleansing and by increasing the
natural activity of the bowel tract.
DR.. Carl Weschcke, in his private
practice. first perfected the intestinal
cleanser and prophylactic known as
Adlerika. 1t is q compound of Sal
ant found in famous health springs Of
Europe, with the vegetable bowel
tones cascara and buckthorn, glycerin
and other ingredients. Most medicines
act on lower bowel only, but Adlerika
acts on BOTH upper and lower bowel
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Death Ends walk Of Years.

Following . quarrel with a railway
company several years ago, william L
Grylls, an architect Of Underwood
Wales, resolved never to ride again on q
railway. He never broke his resolution.
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"The gas on my stomach was so bad
could not sleep. Even my heart
hurt. Adlerika brought me relief. Now
/ eat as I wish, sleep fine and never
felt better. Mrs. Jas. Filler.
Recent medical discoveries show that
most cases of gas bloating and indi-
gestion with resultant poor Sleep are
due to one cause--TntestindI Stdsis.
This disease is the result of lack Of
proper exercise and not enough rough
food. Three out Of four people have it.
Intestinal Stdsis means the too
slow movement of waste food matter
through the intestinal canal or bow
els. Due to intestinal weakness this
waste matter remains too long, fer
ments and forms gas and poisons, and
is the real cause of sour stomach, in
digestion and gas bloating. A person
may have intestinal stasis even though
the bowels move every day, the evacu-
ations being only partial.
Action on BOTH BOweIs
Laxatives or pills seldom overcome
intestinal stasis. Soda, magnesia or
gas tablets" give only temporary re-
lief. Intestinal stasis can be helped
most effectively by proper intestinal
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Amazing Quick Benefit

Even the FIRST spoonful Of Adler
ika brings out surprising old poisonous
matter which you would never believe
was in your system. Many, who for
years have had constipation, nervous
dyspepsia, headache, sleeplessness,
sour stomach and gas bloating, have
quit taking soda, magnesia, pills and
other make-shifts, and have gone TO
the bottom of their trouble by taking
Adlerika.
Adlerika acts gently because it con-
tainS no alces, SIENNA or harmful mar
coticS. A dose a week guards against
Intestinal stasis. Get Adlerika today;
in few hour you'll feel the amazing
cleansing effect of this German doc
tors remedy. Sold by leading druggists.
~ Take this to any druggist and
~ get a l5c discount on your first
III aJA bottle of Adlerika
TO DRUGGISTS: We pay lSc
rn rr cash for this: Redeemed only
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Advertisement.
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the home Of Mrs. @. T. Kimble, 1s43
Newton street.
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ernoon at the residence Of Mrs. Frank
Bourn, 3777 Oliver street, with Mrs.
Garden. Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Mac
Neil assisting. The regent, Mrs. Whit
aker, presided. The treasurer was in
structed to pay the pledge Of $25 for
the column at Constitution Hall and 50
to the Genealogical Research Commit
5. Articles were brought for o box for
Ellis Island and plans were made to
send box of clothes to Crossnore. Re-
ports were made on the National De-
tense conference and committee meet
ings. Miss White read the Flag lesson
for February.
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Constitution Chapter held its Febru-
at Stoneleigh Court, Tuesday evening
with the regent, Mrs. E. Richard
Gasch, presiding. A special feature was
an entertainment by the Senior Society
Of the Gov. Thomas Wells Children of
the Revolution and the junior group, the
Harriet Lothrop Society. Songs were
given by Miss Maxwell Galloway, Miss
Mary Lois Denham and Clayton Doing.
Miss Adelaide Beard gave dialect
q dance. Miss Virginia Wallace Junkin
rendered piano numbers. Mrs. Clay
ton p. Emig, honorary president of
these societies, gave resume of her
20 years work Miss Helen Brown
State chaplain, spoke.
Delegates and alternates to the Ma
tional Congress were elected as follows:
Delegate, Mrs. Daniel Roper; alternates
to the regent, Mrs. Charles L. DaSher,
Mrs. Stella Glenn McElhannon, Mrs.
w. A. Poole, Mrs. G. B. Stephenson and
delegate were Mrs. Rob Roy McKahan,
Miss Grace Margaret Layman, Mrs.
Adelaide Smith Beard, Mrs. Martha
Jackman Junkin and Mrs. c. G. CAL
loway
The following were elected to MEM
bership: Mrs. Mary Carroll Greathouse,
Mrs. Benjamin s. Franklin, Mrs. Jaffa
McGiffert, Miss Van Deman, Mrs.
Gladys Sutton Dicky, Mrs. Mabel SUIT
ton White, Mrs. Ethel Sutton Caldwell,
Mrs. James Wells Hayes, Mrs. Harold
Queen and Mrs. Lulu T. Andrews.
Captain Wendell Wolfe Chapter met
at the home of Mrs. j. Earl Fouts, 3940
Mckinley street. Mrs. L. c. Hover, al
ternate to the delegate, gave report
on the meeting of the State executive
The chapter will hold card party at
the auditorium of the General Baking
Co. March 6.
The program consisted of vocal Sc
lections by Mrs. Hugh Murrell accom-
panied by Mrs. Ralph G. Wilson and
papers by Harriet M. Chase, Mary Otis
Terrell and Alvina Carroll.
The March meeting will be held at
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The washington Readers' Club viii
meet March 5. with Nettie May Bur.
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The Political Study Club met at the
Washington Club and was addressed by
| Representative L. j. Dickinson OF
Iowa.
In commemoraticn Of George Wash
ington's birthday anniversary program
of patriotic music was given. The Girl
| Scout Drum and Bugle Corps played
| martial airs and John Stevenson, jr., as
sistant bugler Of the Washington Coun-
| ell of the Boy Scouts Of America, rem
dered several numbers, accompanied by
| Mrs Dorothy Sinnott, chairman of mu-
sic for the club. Mrs. Bruce Baird, the
| president. presided.
The guests of honor at the social
| hour following included Mrs. L. j. Dick
/ inson, wife OF the guest speaker; Mrs.
! LeonidaS c. Dyer, Mrs. Reed Smoot,
Mrs. James z. Watson, Mrs. Charles S.
| Deneen and Mrs. Guy D. Golf. Presid-
| ing at the tea table we're Mrs. c. Will
! liam Ramseyer, Mrs. Maurice. II.
Thatcher, Mrs. H. Lane Engelbright,
Mrs. Charles e. Swanson and Mime.
Felix Cordova Dayila.
Women's City CIub-Among those as
sisting the Hospitality Committee at the
| tea. today are Mrs. E. H. Hasg, Miss
| Anne Laniborn, Miss Portia M. Oberly
and DR.. Mildred w. Dickerson.
House Betterment card parties will
be held tomorrow afternoon and eve
ming and Tuesday afternoon and eve
ming. The chairman, Mrs. Edgar T.
Brown, announces thst although a
number OF tables have been reserved,
the four sessions scheduled will enable
all members TO participate.
The City Planning Committee, Mrs.
Francis d. Merchant, chairman, is in
charge Of the Presidents day tea
wednesday at 4 o'clock. The guest
speaker win discuss the park plan prog
ress on the Virginia side and describe
the rapid advance of the Mount Vernon
Memorial Boulevard.
The March business meeting Of the
club, open TO all members, will be held
Wednesday evening. The president. Mrs
William Lee Corbin. will preside.
The card groups continue TO meet
Monday and Friday afternoons and
xuesday evenings.
: French classes are. held Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. The
Tuesday class is preceded by dinner at
61o'ciock.
The Washington Readers' Club vii
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The wheel Of Progress met Monday
evening at the Washington Hotel. Mrs.
Margaret Hopkins Worrell, national
president, presided. Mrs. Margaret An
thony sang. George Cornwell was the
accompanist. He also gave piano selec-
tons.
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American Association Of University
Women's Cuba tea under the aus
uices of the Junior Group will be
given March 2 at 4p.n. Mrs. Georgette
Ross Howard win speak. Miss Virginia
Diedei viii be hostess.
There viii be an international Re.
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Park View WOmen's CIub.-The Ut
erary section, Mrs L. z. Murray, chair
man. met at the home of Mrs. Maurice
Srith, on Madison street, instead Of
with Mrs. P. B. Ashburn, as originally
announced. Assisting Mrs. Smith as
hostesses were Mrs. Pollard and Mrs.
Wixon. A paper was read by Mrs. Gut
ridge. Miss Nellie McMiechel gave a
talk Irving w. Bucklin gave several
character selections. The next meeting
will be held at the home Of Mrs.
Thomas H. Faris, 1905 Park place,
March "a.
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CONSIDER the oelNTaEp PRICE As well As me LIST PRIc
WHEN coMpARINc AUToMoeilE VALUES We VIII % YER
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Chapter II, p. Z. o. SisterhOOd, met
Tuesday with Mrs r. NJ. Ferguson, on
Sixteenth street Mrs. Ferguson, presi-
dent, presided Mrs. c. e. Nelson and
Mrs. Stella Sebern reported on the last
cooperative committee meeting Miss
Heddon brought greeting from her
chapter, z. j., Eagle Grove, Iowa. George
o. Sutton gave an address.
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Monticello Chapter met Tuesday aft
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Serum Race Failure,
Athlete SuccumbS

NEW YORK, July ga race
through crowded streets to OBJ
tain antitoxin for dying youth,
In which an automobile under
- police escort sped the l0-mile
distance from the Brownsville.
East New York Hospital in Brook.
lyn to the Willard Parker Hos.
pital in East Sixteenth Street,
Manhattan, and returned in 35
minutes, was of no avail.
Simon Margolin. Brooklyn, a
former Shot-put champion of the
city high schools. died a few
nours after the serum had been
injected. He had been operated
on for maStoiditis.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22

SykesUiLLe Club
VIII Present Play

Just Country Folks" a comedy,
will be presented Friday night in
the auditorium of the Gathers
burg High School by the dramatic
club of Sykesville, Md.
The play will be benefit given
for the Ascension Episcopal
Church of Sykesville. The play
was recently given at German
town, Md.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
BOY PLAYS, BARN BURNS

BETHLEHEM, July ga boy
playing with matches caused To
geza Szilagyi, president of the Sill
agyi Contracting Company, this
city, a loss of from $4,000 to
$25, 1000 in the destruction of his
large barn in the Irish settlement
on Bath Pike. All the cattle were
SAVED
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Clues Life to SdUe
His DrOLUning Pal

TOMS RIVER. N. j., July 22.
Frank Swanson, %, of Bloomfield,
N. j., sacrificed his life here to
save a friend who was being
swept out to deep water by the
undertow off Seaside Heights.
Swanson pushed his friend ashore
but became caught in the tide
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
REP. RUTHERFORD ILL

MACON, Ca, July 22.-Repre'
sentative Sam Rutherford Oo, is
in a critical condition here follow
ing an emergency operation Tor
anpendicitiS.
The Washington times., 1931-07-22
Errant Mother Gets
Offer of Good Home

NEW YORK, July % uN.SD
Charles o. Holmberg, 81, is look
ing for the mother who deserted
her 3-weeks-old son in subway
station here recently, not for the
purpose of Furnishing her, but to
offer her and her son a com.
Portable home, if she wants it.
Holmberg. a bachelor and pos.
SCISSOR of modest fortune, has
taken an interest in the plight
of the youngster, now in an
orphan asylum, and desires to
reunite the little family.
transportation worries can he over
come economically through the pur-
chase of a good used car one of
The MANY GOOD RIiNS listed in to-
The Washington times., 1931-07-22

These choice rugs are available
at this low price. Six patterns.
all bordered. Slight seconds, but
you'll never be able to tell it.
Packed in factory cartons. a
Wonderful buy.
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HEAD OF INSOLVENT
BANK is CONVICTED
A. B. Banks, Arkansas Fnancier,
Gets One Year Sentence
in Penitentiary.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July IA. B.
Banks, president Of the closed American
Exchange Trust Co. Of Little Rock and
until few months ago one of Arkansas
foremost financiers, was convicted today
Of accepting deposit in an insolvent
bank. The jury fixed his sentence at
one year in prison.
The case went to the jury at 10
o'clock last night and the verdict was
returned at $50 o'clock this morning
in Circuit Judge Abner McGehee's
court.
Banks was tried on the charge that
he assented to acceptance of a s672 de-
post from Mrs. Lille Rotilschild in the
American Exchange Trust Co. last No
vember is, the day before the bank
closed.
The closing of the bank was followed
by the failure of more than 40 other
banks in Arkansas In which Mr.. Banks
was interested and likewise resulted in
the collapse Of his insurance companies.
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DOAK TO DESCRIBE
DUTIES IN FORUM
Labor Secretary's Radio Address
Tonight Will Close Series
for Summer.

The multifarious duties Of the De-
partment OF Labor will be described
tonight in an address by Secretary OF
Labor Doak in the National Radio
Forum. arranged by The Washington
Star and broadcast over the coast-to-
coast network of the Columbia Broad
casting System.
with this talk the forum will sus-
pend for the Summer, resuming in Sep
~ember its series of national and inter-
national subjects expounded by author
tiles in the respective fields.
In tonight's address Secretary Doak
Is expected to discuss the activities of
the department that are intimately con-
nected with the American working
man. including employment and the
adjustment of labor disputes, and to
60 also In the immigration problem.
He will go on the air at $50 o'clock,
Eastern standard time, through Sta
ton WMAIA
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Pastor Kept in Jail
By InstalIment Paid
For Cost of Board
Bookseller Who Won Suit
for Malicious Arrest
Pays So. Weekly.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July Rev. Phillip Var
row is being kept in Jail on the INSTALL
ment plan.
Walter Shaver. q bookseller, appeared
yesterday at the county jail and paid
officials $3.50 to keep Mr.. Yarrow In
Jail for another week.
Shaver was awarded a $1,000 judg-
ment against the minister some time
ago on q charge Of malicious prose-
cution in connection with Shaver's ar
rest for selling a book which Mr. Var
row alleged was obscene. Mr.. Yarrow
failed to pay and was lodged in Jail.
Under the law. Shaver must pay so
cents a day for the minister's board.
Mr.. Yarrow's friends are trying to
raise bond for his release pending an
appeal.
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c. S. GRAHAM, DEAN
OF HOUSE, EXPIRES
Representative Who Backed
Plan to Give D. C. Vote
Is Dead at 80 Years.

Representative George Scott Graham
Republican, of Pennsylvania, 80-year-
old chairman of the House Judiciary
Committee and one of the leading ad-
vocates in Congress Of national repre-
sentation for the District of Columbia
died today at his Summer home in
ISlip, N. Y.
Mr.. Graham had been Ill for several
months, but his condition was not re-
garded as critical until two days ago
when he was stricken by paralysis, &C
cording to the Associated Press.
Representative Graham's death was
the sixth among members of the next
House. The Republicans and Demo
Gratis now have lost an equal number
three each.
The Republicans still have a majority
of one, with 2l5. against PA for the
Democrats. There is one Farmer
Labor member, and five vacancies re-
main to be filled.
Oldest House Member.
One Democratic vacancy, caused by
the death of Representative Aswell OF
Louisiana, already has been filled by
another Democrat, John Overton.
Immediately after learning of Mr.
Graham's death, President Hoover dis
patched telegram of coincidence on
behalf of himself and Mrs. Hoover.
The Pennsylvania was the Oldest
member in either House Of Congress
and dean of the-large Republican dele
cation from Pennsylvania. He became
the oldest member at the death last
Spring of Representative Cooper Of
Wisconsin,
Backed d. C. Vote Plan.
Death occurred at TBS O'Clock this
morning after a period of coma which
followed the stroke. His wife and i'm
mediate family were at the bedside
when the end came.
AS head of the Judiciary Committee
Representative Graham had presided at
many of the hearings held on legiSla-
tive proposals for granting suffrage to
citizens of the District. The arguments
which he heard during these hearings
convinced him of the justice Of pleas
in behalf of voteless Washington, and
he threw his influence toward the
movement for Constitutional amend
ment to grant local residents repre-
sentation in Congress and q vote for
President and Vice President. His sup
port will be missed keenly by propo-
nents OF the amendment, 1t was said
today.
Born in Philadelphia September IS,
1850, Mr.. Graham received his early
education in the public schools of his
State and from private tutors. He was
graduated from the University of Penn
sylvania with the degree Of LIB. and
from Lafayette College with an LID.
He was member OF the Select Coun-
Continued on Page 2, Column So
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SCIENTIST FINDS FLEA-FEEDING
DELICATE ART IN TYPF1US TESTS
Discovers Carniverous Mites Garry Fever Germs by
Tolerating Prima Donna Temperaments

fort he pronounced not unusual. And
all last Winter, Sunday after Sunday,
DIR. Dyer kept faithfully at his daily
chore Of feeding Is fieas in separate
test tubes.
However, he has now worked out q
trade trick which greatly expedites the
process. The chief trouble with the
temperamental fleas, he discovered, was
that they could not assume a natural
position to feed in their artificial test
tube environment. BY tying a piece
Of thin chiffon over the end Of each
test tube. he found he had q material
sheer enough for them to feed through,
but at the same time Offering support
sufficiently substantial for q flea ac-
customed to a hairy perch.
Already Dr., Dyer has established
through his experiments that typhus
fever Is carried by fieas on rats-a
very important discovery In public
health control Of the disease. II had
previously been believed that lice were
the only carrierA