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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-20
SHOW THEM IN

They were essentially Bostonlans,
and both were literary ladies of Bea-
con Hill. While on a trip to Califor-
MIA they decided to take in" Holly
wood and call upon Nance O'Neill,
whom they knew during her sensa-
tional triumphs in their New England
city some years back.
Calling at the studio where they
heard the tragedienne was employed
in a picture, the sprier n said to the
attendant: We're from Boston and
would like to see Miss O'Neill." I'm
sorry. lady" said the attendant, "but
it can't be DONE" But we are her
friends and are sure she would see
us" All right. lady," and in a loud
voice he cried across the area. Say
Jimmy, tell Miss O'Neill there's q
couple of character women waiting
outside to see her."-Judge.
| BETTER JOB
Smith - Whatever became of your
secretary?
Brown-Oh, / married her. She's
my treasurer now."-Capper's Weekly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
New Method To
 Measure Earth
French Able Reveals, Preparations for Notable
 Experiment

enters into no measurement so lar admitted into the standards of geometr,sal volum cor mathemati- cal measurements.
 Give Example.
 It is for that reason that many many astronomers, instead of call ing 1t an elipsoid, prefer to call 1t terrestrial geoid. For example, the admitted measurements of Hayford show that the equatorial distance is 6,378,3S8 meters, while the polar extension is 6,357,383 meters. To fix any point on the globe, one must find the degrees, minutes and seconds of latitude and longitude.
 What we ignore so far is that in measuring distances on the sur- face we do not realize that the actual distance is quite different from that computed by the '1ongi- tude and latitude method, which Is based and determined on astron- omical calculations.
 'In other words, although can find exactly the location by lati- tude and lingitude of the observa- tory of Peiping from a post in Paris I cannot exactly calculate the distance on the surface of the planet between those two points. This distance depends on the ex- act for moi the globe, and in cal- culating such a vast space between Paris and Peiping there Is noth- ing yet precise.
 Check on Solar Influences.
 "The reason for determining this exact surface distance Is import tant fo rtWo reasons: We should like to know if the sun relief var ies or changes totally during the course of the centuries; and if this system is once established there will be an absolute check on the solar influence.
 There is also an interesting theory proposed by the German Vegener to the effect that the con- tinents move about on a liquid substratum and that it is possible for the European continent to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18

soft gray hat pulled well down over his eyes.
 "Too late for the fun?" he asked.
 "I really don't think 1t would be worth your while coming in so late" Liane told him. How about tickets for tomorrow night?"
 "Tve come all the way from town. To do d review for The Sphere" the lean man amplifed. "Give me one in the rear, there's d good girl. l can get some of it., anyway"
 "You have credentials?" Llane asked, grown up and important. The lean young man looked faintly amused. He pulled from his pocket a soiled and battered police card which gave his name as Charles Desmond.
 All right, MT Desmond," Liane punched a blue ticket with due so- lcmnity and handed 1t to him. Then she locked up the cage, opened the front door cautiously and showed him to q seat. Muriel was off duty o-night so Liane was doubling for her.
 Thanks" The young man set tied down In lazy posture. As Liane fled back she had an impres- l sion of long legs. a shabby gray suit which somehow suited the rangy figure, the scent of Turkish cigareta.
 I 'f'resh, but rather nice" she
 commented to herself. Too bad | MurIel had missed him. Muriel professed to a yen" for newspaper
 men, thought them ''so frightfully
 romantic" Well, maybe they were. Liane didn't know much about them.
 But she wondered how Muriel
 could prefer any man to the TO- mantle looking Van RObard, whose dinner clothes fitted him as if he had been poured into them, whose gard cnia, top hat and stick made him q perfect picture of What the
 Well Dressed Young Man Will Wear.
 She went to the screen doors and looked out into the sWcet-scented night. It was infinitely dark. only q faint poWdering of far-off stars | hinted of sky arching that black velvet darkness. What a night! AS | she stood there Liane heard a faint whistle, saw a cigaret describe an arc in the dimness of the circular drive before the theatcr. "Ilcllo, there" called Il gay voice. She pcercd out. con, it's you, Muriel?" She was conscious of q
 vague feeling of disappointment | Whom she had been expecting she
 couldn't have said. The other girl
 came out of the darkness with a
 rush and swirl, bringing with her l the faint, sweet odor of jasmine
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
By SAMUEL DAsHIELL

United Press Stan CorrespOndent) Bourges (UP)-If there is any, thing new under the sun, French astronomers and geodetic engin-
 eers are going to find 1t out, ac- corling to Abbe Moreux, director
 of the Bouges Observatory. While preparations are going on to make a new measurement of the earth, the famed astronomerpriest agreed to explain some of the more interesting details for the United Press.
 The question of the exact spher- ical qualities of the planet; the answer to the German thesis that continents move about on a liquid
 sugstratum; and the vagaries of sun attraction and equatorial dis placements will all be scientifically established, 50 that the distance, for example, between Paris and
 Melbourne, can be computed al-
 most to the fraction of an inch. Advanced Measurements. Washington, July 15 (UP)-The Abbe Morex, who has succeeded,
 more or less, to the place of Camil- le Flammarion as the outstanding French astronomer says: "Our sa- wants have conceived a plan Of
 measuring the earth which is an advancement on the methods used heretofore.
 "Geodetic operations under talk en so far all have shown that this e1lipsoid which they call the planet | and which looks like a fattened | out ball iss neither perfect nor regular nor symmetrical.
 "The plane measurement Is not equal for the two hemispheres; the arcs which correspond to the
 meridians do not all measure the
 same, and the equator is not an
 exact circumference, but rather
 resembles a band deformed and
 divided into three parts.
 Although the great spherical
 globe exhibited at the Colonial
 exposition appears perfectly bal ] anced, 1t Is true that this planet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18

espeed of light transmission we can calculate any distance to the equator within 30 feet. Thus 1t follows that any observatory de- termining it's local time exactly through astronomical calculations can communicate with the obser- vatory of Paris and the distance can be measured to within 30 feet. nd this diminished in ratio as the point near either of the poles. 50 that the points in the north ten- perate or south temperate zones would be quite closely figured. This method has already been used be- tween the observatories of Paris and Algiers, Shanghai and Wash- ington.
 Improvements on his method are already in progress, and 1t is anticipated that before long the Paris Observatory will register signals to foreign post to within thousandth of second. which, for example, could determine the exact distance between Paris and Melbourne to within 50 centimet- CTS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18
COUNT LEARNING | WHEAT FARMING

Lubbock, Tex.-Count Joachim Van Bernstoff. Heidelberg grad is continuing his education in the wheat fields of Texas.
 His class rooms are the broad acres of the Texas Panhandle farm of Hickman Price, probably the largest individual grower of wheat in the United States.
 Won Bernstoff is learning first hand how to operate a big wheat ranch--and then he plans to re- turn to Germany and take over his fathers 10000 acre farm.
 He made his way to the United States aboard a tanker. Won Bern gtoff, who is 27, is learning the wheat business from the ground I'D. He has taken night shifts of oiling combines and repairing ma chinery. Other days he works with the laborers in the harvest helds.
 "Wheat farming in Germany is conducted on Q much smaller scale than here," he said. "A 50 acre farm is considered a large one" His fathers 10000 acre farm is the largest privately owned tract of .land in Germany, he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-18

change place with that of North America.
 "1n this hypothesis ethe wireless will be he utmost help. The hour of Paris can be transmitted to any other point to the hundredth of d second. When coupled with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
Scientific Discovery Condenses Complete Professional Facial Into
Single Application Taking Less Than Minutes That Combines
the Fundamentals in Skin Care Urged by Experts!

care. Flabby tissues strengthen
and become firm. The skin is kept
clean-for the astringent action OF
this cream closes the pores after
they've been cleaned. And thus
closes them against accumulations
that foster imperfections.
It is sold under the name of Lady
Esther at all drug and department
stores at 80 cents and $1.25 a jar.
The $1.25 size contains four times
the amount in the so cent size.
accept Test
Do as thousands Of women are do
ing. Accept the test offered here.
See results for yourself. You'll
never go back to old-time ways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
SOROPTIMIST CLUBS
TO "FETE" CHILDREN
Regional Winners in Good Citizen
ship Contest to Be Given Trips
to Capital.

Soroptimist Clubs in all parts Of the
country will conduct good citizenship
contests among school children, with
good citizenship pilgrimages" to Wash
ington as prizes, it was announced last
night.
The competitions have the approval
Of the board of directors Of the Ameri-
can Federation of Soroptimist Clubs, the
announcement stated, and plans are
now being made. The winners probably
will begin arriving here this Fall, it was
added.
Mrs. Bertha K. Landes. former mayor
of Seattle, Wash, and president of the
American Federation of Soroptimist
Clubs, presided at the board meeting.
Among members present were Mrs.
Ruby Lee Minar Of Cherrydale, Va, past
president of the federation; Mrs. Nan
Smith of Philadelphia, vice president;
Mrs. Cora M. Davis of New York, re-
gional director of the North Atlantic
district, and DR.. Bernardine Schef-
necker of Detroit, regional director of
the Midwestern and South Atlantic dis
trict.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
Y. NJ. C. A. CLUBS PLAN |
MEETING TOMORROW
Representatives Will Outline Ac-
tivities-Elwood Street to
Address Session.

The first joint meeting Of all Y. M.
c. A. clubs and other associated groups
will be held at 6:15 o'clock tomorrow
night in the assembly hall of the Gen.
trail Y. M. C. A. Building, 1886 G street
A dinner will be served.
Activities of the groups will be out
lined by designated representatives. The
organizations to take part in the din
ner include the Glee Club, orchestra,
Dramatic Club, Y MY. w. Recrea-
tional Committee, "Y's" Mems Club, Vo-
cational Guidance Forum. life prob
lens" discussion group, orators Club
and fraternity.
Elwood Street, director of the Com
munity Chest, will deliver an address
Leonard w. De Cast, general secretary
of the Y. M c. A, will preside.
Activities of the Y. M. c. A. during
March will be reviewed by the board of
managers of the association at its
monthly meeting tomorrow afternoon
at 1890 o'clock at the University Club.
Luncheon will be served
Statistical reports will be received
from the heads of the educational
service, dormitory, boys, physical and
religious departments Huston Thomp-
son, president of the Y. M. C. A., will
preside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19

RTOW comes a remarkable mew
IN development in beauty science.
A discovery that experts predict
may soon change all previous
methods in skin care.
A way that condenses the four
fundamentals of scientific skin
care into a single, three-minute
home application! And that pro-
vides the enact and same effect OF
a complete Professional F0etdt
costing So or more.
A way that combats blackheads
and enlarged pores; often with al
most unbelievable results. That
banishes premature age lines, and
the lines of strain and worry. For
each application works directly on
each and all of these conditions.
Hence. a way that completely elm
mates the need of costly special
creams and lotions. Of old-time
cleansing creams, of "skin foods
and astringents. Yet-that is as
easy to use as an ordinary cleans
ing cream.
Do you wonder, then, that largely
on expert advice tens Of thousands
of women are adopting this unique
. creation2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
What It's

1t is called Lady Esther Four
Purpose Cream. And it marks the
application of totally neU prin-
ciples in skin care as defined by the
most recent scientific findings of
ablest specialists in the field Of
beauty culture.
Each application has four distinct
actions on the skin.
Cleansing action that cleanses the
pores. And thus ends the use Of an
ordinary cleansing cream.
Tissue stimulating action that in
vigorates the deep tissues of the
skin. And thus that ends the use
of a special "skin food"
Astringent action that eradicates
worry, strain and premature age
lines, refines pores. And thus that
makes the use of youth creams and
astringents folly.
Softening action that forms per-
feet base for powder. And thus
banishes the need of a powder base.
Thus the four fundamentals of
skin care are condensed into sim
gle, 3-minute application.
Age lines soon go under this daily
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
RADIO UNIVERSITY
/ q OPEN IN SOUTH
egIeth&pe Given License for
Station-Degrees viii Be
Awarded.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
: .OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, Ca
April ia radio university" with the
Usual collegiate degrees as rewards for
Those who pass examinations in the
higher learning broadcast, will be dedi-
Gated here on May %.
The air institution will operate over
Radio Station WITT, license for which
was granted yesterday by the Radio
Commission in Washington. The sta
ton will have range of IS to 25 miles.
I'VE are going to do something we
believe to be new in America" said DR..
Thornwell Jacobs. president of Ogle-
Miorpe. "Of course, until television is
perfected it will not be possible to con-
dict mathematical classes so efficiently
as in the personal contact method, but
IN all other respects the procedure will
Be on the same general lines as now
obtain in universities.
"StudentS will enroll, pay tuition, Sc
lect their COURSES, take notes on lectures,
submit these notes to professors for cor
rection, and stand examination just as
they do now. Personal conferences be-
tween the professor and his students
will be held at reguh-i intervals month
or six weeks, and students, upon passing
the work in a given course, will receive
faill college credit"
= Several professors will devote their
full time to radio teaching.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
SEEKS CUSTODY OF SON
Mother Charges He Is Illegally De
tanned by Relatives.

Mrs Mary E. Sandman. 1443 Spring
road, has filed in the District Supreme
Court a petition for a writ of habeas
corpus to obtain possession of her 10
year-old son, Raymond Lloyd Baker.
She charges Harry. John and Lulu
Baker, uncles and aunt of the boy on
his fathers side, are illegally detain-.
ing the child and refuse even to let
her see him.
Through Attorney David L. Riordan
she tells the court that following the
death of her husband in January, 1920,
it was temporarily arranged that the
boy should live with his fathers peo-
pie as she was forced to go to work
She has now remarked, she states, and
is financially able to care for the boy
and wishes his custody awarded to her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
MORTGAGE CONCERN
UNDER U. S. SCRUTINY
Complaints of Year Said to Have
Called Attention of U. S.
to Price of Securities.

BY the Associated Press.
Word came from the Justice Depart
nnent yesterday that Federal agents had
been inquiring into the affairs of the
American Bond & Mortgage Co.
High officials of the department said
the inquiry had not yet developed into
q definite general investigation" Of the
company.
: For about a year. it was said, COM
plants have been coming to the depart
Ynent, a majority of them centering
about the prices of securities sold by
the Bond & Mortgage Co. in relation
70 their actual worth.
1t was said officially that many of
these have been followed up, and that
the inquiries have led into Boston, New
York and other cities.
WORD also came from the depart
nnent that post Office inspectors have
been making inquiry to determine
whether the laws relating to the use
of the mails have been violated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19

women and the philosophy of law and
a monthly publication also will be
Issued.
American members of the institute,
DR.. Cosentini said, include DR.. L. S.
Rowe, director general of the Pan
American Union; DR.. j. Brown Scott,
secretary of the Carnegie Institution;
George w. Wickersham, chairman of
the Presidents Commission on Law
Observance and president of the Amer
lean Law Institute; DR.. Roscoe Pound,
dean of the faculty of law in Harvard
University; DR.. c. S. Lobinger, vice
president Of the Comparative Law Bu-
reau CT the American Bar Association,
and John T. Vance, law librarian Of the
Library of Congress.
The institute was founded in the Ma
tional University of Mexico in 1880 and
has members in all parts of the world,
Prof. Cosentini said.
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LAW GROUP TO OPEN
PERMANENT BUREAU
Publica ton of International Code
of Aeronautics Will Be First
Undertaking Here.

Establishment Of permanent Wash
ington bureau for the American In
stitute Of Comparative Law and Legis-
lation at 1912 Thirteenth street was an
n3unced yesterday by Prof. F. Cosentini,
general director.
At this bureau will be undertaken
a series of English publications, TO be
supervised by Prof G. Ireland of Har-
ward University, it was announced. The
first of these will be an international
code of aeronautics, which IS to con-
tain all the international conventions,
all the air laws of the world and an
indication of points common to all laws,
the innovations and reforms proposed.
Other publications will deal with the
rights and obligations Of American
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19

A great many Of our modern trans
actions in banking date back to the
days of the first Medici family, who
were the great f1nanciers in Italy, and
were the first to make a regular habit
of advancing money upon pledges.
Hence 1t is that the three balls, which
form the principal portion of their
heraldic achievement, still hang over
the door of the modern pawnbroker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
U. S. ARCHITECTS DINE

E. B. Morris Elected President of
Federal Association.
The Association of Federal Architects
held its annual dinner Friday night at
Olney Inn Nearly 100 members and
ment was furnished by a group from
the George Washington University
TroubadorS.
Waddy B. Wood spoke informally
upon matters pertaining to architecture
and the practice of architecture.
Officers were elected as follows: E. B.
Morris, president; F. w. Southworth
vice president; E. G. Hagus, secretary;
F. j. Ritter, treasurer, and L. M.
Lisenring and r. S. Hart, directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
WOMAN GIVEN 8 YEARS
FOR FALSE 2RETENSE
Mrs. Fora c. Howe Asks New Trial
and Notes Appeal When Court
Denies Request.

Mrs. Fora c. Howe, IS. yesterday was
sentenced in District Supreme Court te
serve three years in prison following
her conviction on a false pretenss
charge. The woman was alleged to have
represented herself as the widow OF
Henry NJ Flagler. Florida railroad mag
nate, and to have obtained 81 500 from
nurse employed to take care Of her
last Fall at the Portland Apartments.
Before being sentenced by Justice
Peyton Gordon, Mrs Howe pleaded for
new trial, charging she had not had
fair trial and had not been allowed
by her attorney to testify.
When the court denied the applica-
ton and imposed sentence the woman
noted an appeal. She was remanded to
Jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19

: Dame Rachel Crowdy of London, now
IN this country, is chief of the social
Questions and opium traffic of the
League of Nations and also is the only
woman who experienced five years of
active service in the World War.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-11

lecting their class mottos for grad
uation.. The 8-l's motto is in La
tin, the 9-2s in Spanish, so the 8-3's
are having one in English.--Jackie
Peddicord, 8-3.
Mrs. Ketchen and Mrs. Smith
changed squads for physical edu-
cation last week. Mrs. Ketchen's
group will now learn to play bas-
ket ball while Mrs. Smiths group
will learn to play corner kick ball.
Vivian Whitehead, 7-2.
Making upstories about different
pictures is very exciting. The eighth
grades are doing this now. Many
fairy tales are written. - Phyllis
Anderson, 81.
In public speaking we gave talks
on the improvement of Some In
dustry." The best talks in the 81
class were given by Jim Burke and
Monte Peratt.-Arnold Gum, 81A.
In spelling Cecil Gibson was the
first one in the 7A2 to receive a
gold star-Virginia Cosby, 7A2.
In the junior and senior Olympics
at the high school last week the
winners were Sanford Sato and
Reed kirkpatrick, Reed for the jul
niors and Sato for the seniors. =
John Feeney, TAP.
hope all the parents will under
stand that the children have really
been given an assignment in Eng
llsh to read a mystery story, COW
boy story or some exciting fairy
tale-Annie Lee Rapson, TAI.
The public speaking classes are
reporting now on pets, and many
different kinds are being reported
on. They range from canaries to
lions. Some were humorous and
others very serious.
In public speaking last week we
elected new officers. They are
crispen Verdugo, president; Kath-
ryn Nuffer, e-president; Juanita
Fisher, secretary, and Elinor Chill
ders, sergeant-at-arm Nor
gan, T-B.
The 7-B class in social studies IS
reading about Japan. 1t seems very
queer to us that Japan is made up
of about 5000 islands.-Kathryn
Surface, 7-B.
The children in the Spanish class
are telling stories to the class. The
best will be written and our teach
er will post them on the bulletin
Malcolm Mckenzie, 80.
May 2 several Scouts made a trip
to Long Beach at the invitation of
one of the officers of the Saratoga,
the largest airplane carrier in the
world. The Scouts were taken to
the boat in an officers gig. They
were met by Lieutenant Miles and
escorted all over the ship by him
Afterwards refreshments were served
and movies of planes taking Off and
landing were shown them.-Pat
Bush, SAP.