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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-02
PRESIDENT SHAKES
HANDS WITH 6,429
Throng Largest Since Roose-
Welt Reception in 1908-TWo
Men Asked to Breakfast.

Neither the President nor Mrs.
Hoover today. showed any i'll effects
from the NewSYear day reception yes
terday when they were on their feet for
nearly four hours while they shook
hands with 6,429 people, and to each
said few words of greeting.
1t was a real undertaking to receive
that many people, the largest number
to attend a New Year day reception
at the White House since the Roosevelt
reception in 1908. Yesterdays crowd
exceeded the reception a year ago by
more than thousand persons. Because
of the physical demands on such &C.
caSion, it was actually an ordeal, but
Mr.. and Mrs Hoover stood it splendid
ly and seemed just as fresh at the con-
cluSion as they were at the beginning.
Despite the biting cold outside. there
were more than 5000 men, women and
children in the public line. There were
approximately 1,400 in the so-called
official line, in which were the high
officials of the Government, members
of the diplomatic corps, and others
prominent in social and official circles.
They were received first.
Children Given Attention.
An interesting feature was the pres
ence in the public line of such a great
number of well dressed young women
and small children. There were at least
100 infants in the procession, and each,
as we'll as many of the larger children,
received a special greeting and special
smile. Mrs. Hoover invariably asked
the name and age of the little children.
Some seemed confused at this atten-
ton. When she inquired of w. S. Hig-
ginSon of Clifton Terrace the name of
an 8-month-old baby in his arms and
learned that it was Joan, she enthusi-
astically replied the name was the same
as that of her youngest grandchild and
gave little Joan'S hand an extra squeeze.
There were number of elderly peo-
pie in the line, several of them quite
feeble, but just as enthusiastic over the
affair as the younger persons about
them. One Of these was a man who
recalled President Lincoln, and who in
answer to an inquiry from the President
said his name was D. C. Berry and that
he was 85 years old and a farmer from
Missouri. He said he was visiting
Washington at the home of his son,
Rev. p. A. Berry. pastor of the Cavalry
Southern Methodist Church.
Woman In Line Twice.
While everybody enjoyed the expert
ence of meeting the President and First
Lady, there was only one who wanted to
go through the line second time. This
was a middle-aged woman whose iden-
tity was not learned. When a police
man noticed her in the line again and
asked her why she had returned she
replied that the first time she went
through she forgot to notice what Mrs.
Hoover, was wearing and she didn't want
to leave until she found out. AS has
been his good fortune for five conSecu-
tive years, John Hunefeld, 62-year-old
house painter, was the first person in
the public line. He took his position at
the front gate at 1885 in the morning.
He was very proud of winning this
honor again. However. his distinction
was considerably overshadowed by the
fact that Arthur j. Demars. who de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-02
MCNINCH LOSES HIS WAY
IN MAZE OF CORRIDORS
Comedies Maybe He "Isn't Fit for
Office" Then Blames Colleague
for Directions.

Frank r. McNincb, whose appoint
ment to the Federal Power Commission
came under sharp criticism from
Democratic sources because Of Nc
Ninch's anti-Smith activities in North
Carolina in 1923, reached the conclu-
sion this morning that those people
who said I wasn't fit for this job were
probably right"
McNinch's whimsical comment was
prompted by the difficulty he en-
countered in reaching the commission
new Offices through the maze of cor
ridors in the Interior Department.
TITS a poor man who can't find his
own Office" McNinch said. Then. as a
happy afterthought, he laid the blame
at the door of Col. Marcel Garsaud one
Of his associates on the commission, as
sorting that 1t was in following the lat
ter's directions that he got lost.
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rs ALCOHOLICS TREATED
No Deaths in New York Attributed
Directly to Rum.

NEW YORK, January 2 R.-
Seventy-five persons were being treated
for alcoholism today as the result of
the New Year festivities.
Although no DEATHS were attributed
directly to poison liquor, many of those
in hospitals were acute cases and their
outcome was doubtful. Last year 8
deaths and 70 hospital cases of alco-
holism were recorded.
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AIR RECORD RECOGNIZED

FREEPORT, N. Y, January 2 (P-
Elinor Smith received official recogni-
ton today as holder of the world alti-
tude for woman pilots.
On March 10, 1880, she attained In a
heavy cabin monoplane an altitude of
27,4l8 feet. She was informed today
by the National Aeronautical ASsocia-
ton of the United States that her rec
ord had been homologated and accept
ed by the Federation Aeronautic Inter
rationale.
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scribed himself as an insurance man.
and Charles p. Ruby. railroad em-
ploye, who had taken positions at the
gate before daybreak, were invited into
the White House by the President for
a special informal reception and after
ward were served breakfast when ne
learned they were outside in the cold.
Those in the public line were not hur-
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row Wilson'S wedding. At the time he
became associated with the White House
staff there were only a few employees
compared with the number now on duty.
In the executive Office there were only
and at the present time there are
more than so.
Mr.. Hoover has been close to the
nine Presidents under whom he has
served and the various members of their
families, and treasures numerous me-
mentoeS received from each of these
Presidents, as we'll as from many Of the
illustrious men who we're identified with
those administrations.
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ried and were permitted afterward -
linger In the historic east room and
the rooms on the basement floor Of AhA
mansion as long as they cared to. The
lights On the huge Christmas tree IN
the east room were turned on and Is
these people passed through they pre-
sented q truly and typically democrats
picture.
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Glow Do You DO?''
Says Mrs. LOngworth;
Ditto Says MIR. Legge
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated. Press.
Chairman Legge of the Farm
Board. doesn't go out much in
Washington society. simply be-
cause he doesn't want to-. So he
had never met Alice Roosevelt
Longworth until yesterday.
Turning to a friend at the
White House reception Mrs. Long
worth said:
Il want you to introduce me TO
Mr.. Legge. You see, we talk the
same language"
They were introduced and both
said the same thing. At was:
How do you dor"
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WEST VIRGINIA BANK
CLOSES TEMPORARILY
State Institution Will Be Reorgan-
tied, Notice States, at
Morgantown.
By the Associated Press.


MORGANTOWN. W. Va, January 2.
The doors of the bank of the Mo-
nongahela Valley a State bank, re-
manned closed today and posted notice
said that pending a reorganization, 1t
would be necessary to close the doors
temporarily.
The last published report of the bank
showed that on September "a, 1880. the
Institution had deposits of SO. 772. 7S0. AZ.
loans and discounts, $4,023,612.65; cap
!tal stock, $500 900; surplus fund, $780,
600, and undivided profits, $20,754.6I.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-02

will be predicting" as long as his
liniment lasts. Tom Lamont pre-
dicted" for j. P. Morgan (not
difficult guy to predict for). Nor
row wisely said nothing If we
could have eaten and digested "opti-
mistic predictions" during 1880 we
would have been the latest nation
on earth.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of the Atlantic Building Company.
Inc III South sq Fa If ST. Ae
andrta. Va, on Thursday. January IS, 1881.
ELECTION OF Ofncers and business transac-
ATLANTIC BUILDING COMPANY. INC
BY NJ. M. Parker, Jr., President
ROBERT DOVE, Secretary g.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
the Elections Of oeTs aad pesoTs aHd
for such other business as may properly
Sse OF hs nfssRs VII Rs 9s S5 Feh he
UARY ls. 1881. at 8 O'Clock Pm:
This Association now pays So interest
compounded monthly on Installment Stock.
Books nST SPe2 for so9HSsfiPIons
OFFICE OF THE FIREMENS INSURANCE
Company Of washington and GEORGETOWN,
alds ST. S o9 Loqsana ave- NV rns stock
of Washington and Georgetown will meet at
the SSs on Of eecs ee1 Il
70 e u sh M ALsERT 3i H0 oRsa o setar9
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE He
Riggs National Bank of Washington, d. c..
for the election Of directors and the trans
BANKING House; 1909 Pennsylyania avenue
The polls will remain open from II O'Clock
am. until u e,eISek nVon. v.ss c..,,.-
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAI The
annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Capital Traction Company for the election
and the TRANSACTION Of Such he other f Business
ss may be brought before the meeting win
and sts 'n NV. wsshinston. R B. e.. SON On
Thgrsdssy IAN January 1891 At 1873 ocIosE
an until II O'CLOCK noon .
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p p
predict" on New
Year did some
good. A n y h o W
got a lovely wire
from C arle y
Schwab, and we
are gratihed to
find his "predic-
tion S " missing
this morning. OF
course some of
'em you C an t
stop. j.. p. Sloan
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Will Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.-I be-
lieye my Christmas wish of not haV-
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CAN YOU BEAT THfs3
Pure Hnseed oil and metallic roof paint
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-02

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders Of the Atlantic Building Company.
Incorporated. win be held at the ofhce Of
the company, 1l9 South Fairfax St, Alex
andria, Va, on Thursday, January IS, 1881,
at IL o'clock m. This meeting is for the
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THE OFFICE OF w, W. & E z THoMP-
eon. chiropodilts. 18th and G. SITS NV. will
be men 20 70 z D IA rnnfi nnniislv
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MOVING - We HAVE
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OUR ONE JOB IS TO MOVE YOUR GOODS
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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-17
Hone for the Future

It may seem an anomaly ~but the
fact that Americans are again giving
close attention to the benefits of life
insurance may be interpreted as prov
ing that the nation has hopes for the
future.
The prudent, forward-looking man
is the best customer of the life insur-
ance companies and reports indicate
that these firms are beginning to show
a pickup in new business.
At meeting in New York recently,
executives of life insurance compa-
nies were themselves surprised to
learn they had paid out $4,000, 900, 900
to beneficiaries and policy holders
during the last year.
Authority for the statement was
Frederick H. Ecker, president of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance company
who said the figure quoted exceeded
the payments for 1890 by 1858 100000
and that for 1929 by 100000.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-17
Safe Flyinp Altitude

The great dangers that attend high
speed flying, exemplified not long ago
in the tragic death of Lowell Bayles,
were further illustrated little bit
later by an accident that gave Frank
Hawks few uncomfortable moments.
Hawks was soaring along at his GUS
tomary speed of slightly less than 300
miles an hour when bracing wire on
his plane broke. Fortunately. he was
flying at an altitude of 10000 feet,
and had time to regain control and
make safe landing.
After landing, however. he said that
If such an accident had happened
while he was flying within few hun
dred yards Of the ground-the alti-
tude at which airplane races are held
he would inevitably have been
killed. At that altitude, and at that
speed, the slightest mishap means sure
death.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-17

those which have been mouthed for
10 years and are known to everyone,
Is that Of taxes.
Directors and supporters OF the
wet campaign are too astute to miss
the opportunity which present ctr
cunstances offer to press the appar-
ent advantage which joint discus
sion Of liquor and taxes gives them,
The wet newspapers are bearing down
hard upon the fact that the govern
ment is spending some $40,O00,O00 a
year on prohibition enforcement ard
is annually losing the tremendous
revenue which it took from the old
legalized liquor industry as taxes. Es-
Inmates Of this amount vary with the
enthusiasm of the estimator, but even
the drys admit that 1t is a sizeable
figure.
Against this the prohibition sup
porters must balance the benefits
which they assert the nation has en-
joyed from the prohibition law.
And at the bottom of this contro-
versy there arises the old question as
to how much liquor is being drunk.
If the quantity is as large as the vets
say it is, then it would be only the
part of common sense to legalize this
industry 50 that it may again be
taxed.
Rightly or wrongly, the vets are
asserting that consumption Of liquor
is as heavy now as it ever was and
the only difference is that it is tax
free.
That is the argument which the
dry forces must meet, not what effect
repeal would have on the farm prob
lem.
When either vets or drys attempt
TO localize prohibition as farm issue
they are being little bit dishonest.
The farmer Is no more concerned
than the city man. His interests,
whether wet or dry, are the same and
for the same reason.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-17

ls(,IIl
YORK
van

New York, Dec. 17.-One Of the od-
dest tales to come my way recently
concerns an elderly and dignified
gent, who had made his home in the
brownstoned Fifties during another
generation.
Several years ago he sold the hand
some mansion and moved abroad with
his family. He returned to New York
for visit. Nostalgia drew him back
to the house associated with so many
happy memories.
Late in the afternoon he revisited
the block upon which the old home
was located. He paced back and forth
on the opposite side of the street,
hesitating as to whether or not he
should ring the bell and ask for an
opportunity of wandering through the
tradition-haunted rooms once more.
Suddenly he noticed q stream Of
taxis and private cars driving up. One
party after another entered, the place.
The former owner called a taxi driver.
Who lives there now?" he asked.
The driver hesitated and then whis-
pered: whats the idea-that's one of
the swellest spcakeasies in New York"
The white-haired man squared his
shoulders, buttoned his coat and
walked to the door. He rang the bell.
The attendant refused to let him in.
Got card? -. No! Sorry!"
But this was my home. I lived
here. I'd like just to see it," protested
the visitor.
The attendant called the boss.
There was a brief cross-examination
The cid fellow seemed to have good
credentials.
I'D just like to see my library
again, I was very fond of it. You
don't mind. - -
The proprietor of the speak weak
ened. He let the stranger in. The
man made his way up the elaborate
stairway and to the room where the
library had once been.
Yes, there upon the wall was the
huge m0ose-head relic of a hunting
trip in Canada many years before!
That alone was left! All the rest
had SO strangely changed. Stretched
across one side of the room was q
regulation bar. Chairs and tables
were scattered about. A noisy, gay
crowd cluttered the place. Two bar
tenders rushed to fill orders.
The gent from the "Mauve Decade
stood shaking his head in bewilder-
ment and finally, with q stunned ex-
preston, moved slowly to the bar and
asked for whisky and soda.
They tell a sequel which I am dis
inclined to believe. Hours later, so
goes the story, dignified. elderly
man-very spiffy-was seen leaving
the place carrying a moose head un-
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-17
Not a Farm Issue

In all the welter Of arguments by
vets and drys over repeal of the pro-
hibition laws, there has been an in
creasing tendency in recent weeks 20
emphasize the results Of such change
on the farmer.
Those seeking repeal assert tn.
farmer would benefit greatly while
the drys claim the farmer is better
off with prohibition than without it.
This. doubtless, IS what inspired Sec
retary Hyde to undertake study o.
tho subject, the results Of which
should be announced soon.
But regardless OF the Hyde study
o. what vets ana drys say about it
prohibition Is not and win not be a
farm issue. There are too MANY ma
jor points to argue which have a real
place in the debate to place much
emphasis upon it from the standpoln!
Of logic.
As It stands now. the biggest ar
eument which must be settled in con-
uection with prohibition, other than
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-17
gresham and have to find something
to tax?
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, 1nc.)
Quotations

There is no crisis in the United
States. It is pust a psychological illu-
sion.-Abbe Ernest Dimnet, canon Of
Cambray Cathedral, Paris.
= * y
I think my English pretty good
Lupe Velez, movie star.
=
The nation which has no control
over its defense forces Is not q re-
SponSible nation.-Mahatma 0andhi.
n y 4
I did not meet Greta Carlo. NO.
body can; she's too shy.-Vicki Baum,
celebrated author.
II Y +
I want this matter Of my sex life
settled now until I die. I am thor
oughly impotent.-Theodore Dresser,
author recently indicted In Kentucky.
\ X *
If the five-year plan fails, Soviet
leaders will simply launch another
J. N. Willys, ambassador to Poland.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-17
BY DIR. MORRIS FTSHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American
Medical Association

Among the other conditions to
which the name German Is attached,
after German pancakes and hambur-
ger steak, is that variety Of eruption
Of the skin which resembles measles,
but which is not measles and which
is far less serious than measles.
German measles is q mild disease
which begins with symptoms affecting
the nose and throat, lasting two or
three days. Following this mild mani
festAtion there comes enlargement Of
the glands behind the ears and at the
back of the head, and with this q
very red eruption, spreading over the
face and gradually thinning out over
the rest of the body. The eruption
usually starts and fades within a Pc
riod Of 48 to 70 hours.
It is believed that this disease Is
spread from one person to another
through the secretions from the
mouth and nose, probably by direct
contact Of healthful person with q
patient or with articles freshly soiled
with discharges from the nose or
throat Of the patient
The period of incubation Of the dis
ease is from IA to q days. Usually it
will be found that the person affected
has been In contact with a case Of the
disease two or three weeks previously.
While the disease is not serious. it is
one Of the most highly communicable
of all Of the diseases affecting man
kind.
The disease, when 1t begins In
school or a home, spreads rapidly to
almost everyone available. Because OF
its transient character and the rela-
tive mildness Of the symptoms, it Is
likely that many cases Of German
measles are never reported, and in
deed that the cases are much more
frequent than is commonly believed.
While German measles is likely to
attack children much more often than
adults, 1t is more frequent in adults
than ordinary measles. The condition
appears more commonly in the winter
and in the spring and is much more
frequent in city than in country
areas.
Obviously the prevention of this con-
dition involves the avoidance Of con-
tact with any of those who happen to
have it. The treatment is unimpor-
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-17
Price of a Joke
New York Tines

Behold. how great matter little
fire kindleth. In November, 1929.
Senator Moses, at a Washington dln-
ner OF New England manufacturers,
was pleased to refer to the insurgent
senators as "sons of wild jackasses"
or "sons of the wild jackass." There
are variant readings of text which
has ranked in Progressive bosomS
ever since. Adopting suggestion Of
The Times, he explained that he
meant the Biblical "sons Of the wild
ass" using Hemippus as the type Of
freedom and independence. But his
plea in mitigation didn't serve. He
had made the most successful anu
famous Of his Jokes. He ought to be
willing to pay the price Of It,
It took 1873 ballots to elect Bobbin
Boy Banks speaker Of the house in
the thirty fourth congress. So great
post was worthy of SO long strug-
gle. But what is the president pro
tempore Of the senate when there is
no vacancy in the office Of vice presi-
dent? Only an understudy with the
power to name his understudy. Not
in 1890 ballots would the anti-Mo-
sale bloc consent to Moses. How long
is the organization of the senate to
be postponed and the time Of the
senate wasted in this fruitless vot-
ing?
The argument that the progress OF
legislation is delayed thereby need
not be stressed. The point Is that
this veteran, soaked in the traditions
OF the senate, is obstinately curtailina
the vocal opportunities of his bretl1-
rem. Even the regulars" must be
getting impatient. Melt, o granite
heart! A gibe that has kept red hot
for twenty-five months IS worth thu
paltry payment you are asked te
make. Step down and let anothe,
take the place Of George the Pro.
acribed. With only slight change
Senator McNary's speech Of renun.
citation after the first ballot on Tues.
day will serve your turn. Here Is the
revised version at your service: 81
retire. and wish to say that I an
amused with the unkindness showr
me by some members of the senate