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with water coming in rapidly

with water coming in rapidly along one side of the keel.
 Evans and his companion strug- gled desperately for a time to free the boat and finally, after starting the motor, they pushed away from the rock and headed down stream. While attempting to make a landing the motor again stopped and they were once more at the mercy of the current. It isn't an easy task to handle a 3O-foot motor boat in Egegik Rap ids, especially when the boat is half filled with water, but Evans showed rare courage and skill and succeeded in guiding the boat to rest among the rocks along the shore. :,
 After the supplies were ulzfoad- ed and the boat made secure, Evans departed to Egegik in
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small dory to find help, leaving Alderman to salvage the wet car
 go and enjoy the solitude until help returned. After 13 hours of hard rowing against a head-wind. being forced at times to go ashore and pull the dory after him. Evans succeeded in reaching Ege- gik and secured enough help to take the boat ashore and repair it for future use.
 This isn't the first time that accidents have happened in these rapids. Some time ago Scotty Murray, formerly of Seward, while returning from a summers fish, ing, in Bristol Bay, fell overheard when the boat in which he was riding, struck a rock. He was carried down stream by the cur rent and would have drowned had it not been for some friends in a
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VISITS POOR PEOPLE
LONDON Sent od lDA Nro1

LONDON, Sept, 24, (P-Mahat- ma Gandhi, one of the few mem bers of the Indian Round Table Conference, remaining in the city over the weekend, paid a sur prise visit to London East End poor. He mingled with them in their dingy novels asking many questions of the people he met, about the mode of their life.
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kANATAK MERCHANT,
 COMPANION IN NARROW
 ESCAPE EG[G|K RAPIDS
(Dy Special Correspondent

Hilmar N. E1tIs, we'll known kanatak merchant and Bill Ack- erman, also of I<anatak, narrow ly escaped disaster in Egegik Rap ids recently. They were attempt ing to run the rapids with a boat load of merchandise when the motor stopped and they went adrift in the current. A large boulder checked their mad rush
 down stream and left the boat
 hanging in perilous position
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NAVAL ACTIVITY

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24. R- Practically the entire United States Navy will visit San Francisco be- tween April 24 and May II, 1882, 1t was officially announced.
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Science of Trapping, $l50; Fox Trapping. $1.5O; Fur Buyers Guide, S2.5O; Home Manufacture of Furs and Skins, SITS; ALASKA SHOP.
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Try our Seattle Ice Cream Fresh on every boat at SYLVIA'S.
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boat below. Murray was in a seri- ous condition when taken aboard but he revived quickly and is now recuperating in Kanatak.
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SOCIETY
Mrs. Hoover Goes to Pennsylvania for
Graduation of Niece Who Will Be
White House Guest.

ray Hill and Washington Square boats,
sponsored by Mrs. Alfred E. Smith, IT,,
and Miss Evelyn Wagner.
Miss Virginia Ashburn, daughter OF
Col. and Mrs. Percy M. Ashburn, en-
tertained at luncheon today at the
Army-Navy Country Club in honor Of
Miss Catharine Berry, whose marriage
to Lieut.. Frank Jerdone Coleman. U.
S. A. Air Corps. will take place June 8.
The company included Miss Nancy
woodruff, Miss Clara Boiling. Miss Vir-
ginia Coleman, Miss Catherine Fechet,
Miss Smith, Miss Margaret Bouve, Miss
Nary Shinn, Miss Frances Stearns. Miss
Emiscah Davis, Miss Mary Ruden and
Miss Lucille Swift.
Miss Mary Hills Is entertaining at an
informal bridge shower this afternoon
in compliment to Miss Margaret West,
whose marriage to Mr.. John Homer
Chase Of New York will take place
June 6.
Wedding at Cathedral
Followed by Breakfast IN City.
Miss Dorothy Hayden, daughter Of
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Edward Everett
Hayden and granddaughter Of the late
Gen and Mrs. j. j. Reynolds, and DR..
Gaylord Palmer Coon, University Of
Chicago man and specialist in neuro-
psychiatry and brain surgery, were mar
ried at noon today in the Bethlehem
Chapel of the National Cathedral at st.
Alban. Only close relatives were pres
ent and after a quiet wedding breakfast
at the Cosmos Club, the happy couple
wen North, to sail for Europe, where
DR.. Coon will study for about a year
under a fellowship from Harvard Uni
versity. They will be at home after
June is at the Curzon Hotel, Mayfair,
London w. /, England.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Morris Marshall
of Markham, Va. announce the engage
ment of their daughter Agnes to Mr..
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and Mrs. Charles Rathbun stark, and
Miss Virginia Ballou, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Orrin r. Ballou, entertained
who leaves on Monday. June /, to visit
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam NJ. Baxter, on their ranch near
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wilbur Wright Heard Of New Orleans,
La The wedding will take place the
latter part Of June at Leeds Church.
Fauquier County. Va. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Denton williams
will entertain at a supper party TINS
evening the members of the wedding
nartv of Miss Mabel Elizabeth Barr.
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. william Car
isle Barr, and their son, Mr.. Edward
Denton Williams, jr., who will be mar
ried tomorrow. The fete will follow the
rehearsal Of the wedding.
Mrs. g. B. Church has gone to Hot
Springs, Va, and is at the Homestead
for short stay.
Mrs. Alvin T. Hert has closed hei
apartment in Washington and gone te
| Louisville, KY, where she will spend the
Summer.
Col. and Mrs. william r. Gibson en-
! tertained q party at dinner at tht
Shoreham Hotel Saturday evening ir
compliment to Mrs. GibSon'S cousin
Mrs. Belle Gibson Rowe of Dallas, Tex.
who is now the house guest OF the Glib
sons and Mrs Walker Huffman in theil
apartments at the Shoreham.
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Thomas 9. Ash
burn entertained at dinner last eve
ming In honor Of the Assistant Secre'
! tary Of War and Mrs. Frederick H
Payne The company included Maj
Gen. and Mrs. George s. Gibbs, Maj
Gen. and Mrs. Stephen o. Fuqua
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Harry Bishop, Maj
Gen. and Mrs. Robert Callan, the mill
tary attache of the Cuban embassy anc
Nine. Prieto, Brig. Gen. and Mrs
Joseph Tracy, Col. and Mrs. Juliu
Conrad and Col and Mrs. Fred Brown
of Baltimore, Capt. Earl Shipp. o.
NJ, and Mrs. Shipp; Lieut.. Col. ant
Mrs. w. G. Lockwood Of Jacksonville
Fla; Maj M. r. Davis. Col. and Mrs
w. Holt Peek Of New York, brother
in-law and sister Of Mrs. Ashburn, anc
Lieut.. Thomas @. Ashburn. jr.
. Mr.. and Mrs. F. Hamilton Mccormick
| Goodhart are receiving congratulation
on the birth Of q daughter yesterda,
morning at Garfield Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Mccormick -Goodhart was former
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~ Miss Florence Trumbull. is recuperat-
ing from . recent operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parmely w. Herrick,
son and daughter -in-law Of the late
United States Ambassador to France,
Mr.. Myron T. Herrick, have returned
to their home In Cleveland after visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Whitehouse
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Miss Augusta Elizabeth Butler, whose
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Butler,
recently announced her engagement to
Mr.. James D. Barrett Of Capitol
Heights, Md, has selected Saturday,
June 6, for her wedding day. the cere-
mony to take place at the home Of her
parents, 500 Rittenhouse street.
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June 8 Miss Virginia Balance Bash.
daughter Of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Louis
II. Bash Of $3.50 Fulton street. Washing
ton. completes her freshman year at
Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla. and
win Join her parents in their home.
At Rollins this year Miss Bash has
been o member of the Cosmopolitan
Club, the girls archery team and the
Alpha Phi international Fraternity for
Women. This Summer she plans to
visit IN Canada and will return to Rol-
Inns as q sophomore In the FAN.
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Miss Dorothy White, who will attend
June week at Annapolis, will accompany
her mother, Mrs. George Luberoff, to
Cape Cod. Mass, where they will spend
part Of the Summer.
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in their Summer place. Stone villa. OF

DR.. Edith Seville Coale entertained
guests at the dinner dance ut the Ma
tional Country Women's Club Saturday
evening.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Coolidge, son and
daughter-in-law Of former President and
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, are visiting Mrs.
John Coolidge's parents, former Cover
Trumbull. in their home at Plaindeld.
Conn. Mrs. Coolidge, who was former
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Mrs. g. B. Church has gone to Hot
Springs, Va, and Is at the Homestead
for a short stay.
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Mrs. Alvin T. Hert has closed her
apartment in Washington and gone to
Louisville, KY, where she will spend the
Summer.
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Mil Helen Baker Hope, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Hope Of Ellicott
City, Md, and Mr.. George Lawton Six
beY, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur w.
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sixbey Of Mayville, N. Y. viii be mar
ried this evening at Q o'clock in the
parlor Of Women's Residence Hall,
American University. Rev. william =.
Harrison, jr., Of the McCabe Memorial
Methodist Episcopal Church, Whining
ton, Del, ofdciating.
Maj. and Mrs. H. II. Jacobs, q. 3. r..
are now occupying their new apart
ment. in the Westchester. TO which they
moved from 4412 Lowell street.
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Mr.. and Mrs F. Hamilton Mccormick
Goodhart are receiving congratulations
on the birth Of q daughter yesterday
morning at Garfield Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. McCormick- -Goodhart was former
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The marriage Of Miss Janet Glaze
brook, daughter Of DR.. and Mrs. Fran
els H. Glazebrook Of Morristown, N. j..
and niece of DR.. and Mrs. Larkin
Barker, jr, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Barker Of Newport, will take place this
afternoon in Grace Church, Madison
N. j., Rev. Victor Mori oficiating.
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Sixbey- Hope Wedding ut
American UniYerEitY Home.
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Mrs. Margaret Sheridan OConnell
and her sisters. Miss Julia Teresa Sheri-
dan and Miss Annette Sheridan, of
Twenty-irst street, who are at their
Summer place, Willow Hall, Cayenoria,
day to attend the launching of the Muir
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Mr., and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin
returned to their home, Abremont, last
evening after spending a short time in
New York at the st. Regis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01
Laughing at Guns.

When Inez Clayton, described in the
news dispatches as a slip of girl,
looked into the muzzle of a pistol held
at close range by bandit at the ticket
booth of a Wheeling movie theater and
heard a rude demand for the money
box, she laughed. The bandit was so
surprised that after another demand
for the cash, followed by more laugh
ter from the girl, he showed the gun
into his pocket and went away from
there.
This method of repelling gunner is
not to be recommended for universal
adoption. It worked at Wheeling, but
it might not work the next time. AS
a matter Of fact, Miss Clayton probably
had no conscious idea of what she was
doing when she started to laugh. Some
folks laugh at the most inopportune
times and at the most inappropriate
things. Laughing and crying are close
together in the gamut Of human ex-
pressions.
But 1t is easy to see why the Wheel
ing bandit was thrown out OF his stride,
as it were, by the laughter of the slip
Of a girl" behind the box office grill.
However experienced he may have been
in thuggery and theft, this was new
one on him. If gunman of long
practice, he had probably seen every
kind of reaction but this one, the
quaking collapse, the ducking dodge,
the screaming summons for help. per-
haps the philosophical surrender with.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01

apart from the relief of the distress due
to unemployment The present prob
lem, says Chairman Woods, is to select
from the vast reservoir of subjects
those upon which work can be started
now. He adds, Howe FER soothing ii
appropriate more money for new build
:ngs, it must be realized that most con-
struction projects, excepting perhaps
roads, cannot be put under way during
the next few months"
In respect to the part which is played
by Government construction in this
program of emergency undertakings,
Chairman Woods says:
Federal building construction is very
conspicuous to the public eye, but II
usually amounts to but one-eighth of
all the public works. This work Is SUBJ
jsct to undue delay by red tape, and ac-
emulation of laws and precedents
which have been adopted in years gone
by to protect the public funds. This
red tape, while serviceable in ordinary
times, makes difficult the acceleration
of Federal projects. 1t is hoped that
the Federal procedure can be modern
ICED by the Keyes-Elliott bill, which
would simplify the acquisition of sites
and facilitate the employment Of out
side architectural and engineering
talent.
The work of Congress in meeting the
emergency with relief appropriations is
not complete until it enacts the pending
legislation which accomplishes the pur-
pose noted by the chairman of the
Employment Commission Anything
that can be done to cut the superfluous
red tape of public-works procedure will
be contribution to the public welfare
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01
Preliminaries for Public Relief.

Lest there be impotence with the
apparent slowness Of the emergency
works undertaken by Nation and States
70 give employment to the idle people
whose sufferings constitute a veritable
national disaster, 1t should be borne in
mind that these undertakings are of a
character requiring some preparation.
Legislative bodies can appropriate funds
for extraordinary operations with little
delay but the money cannot be i'm
mediately expended for materials or
machinery or for labor. The Depart
ment of Agriculture, for example, is
charged with the institution of a large
program Of road-making, as an emer-
gency measure Of employment, and it
must go through the usual course re-
quired by law Of advertising for bids
for equipment and letting the contracts.
This takes time which must be spent
unless the emergency appropriation act
provides for the buying of materials In
the open market without bidding.
In a recent announcement by Chair
SASAA NNOOAo Va LAC E1Co4QCllb ISLIltIs
gency Committee for Employment it is
stated that construction work on public
and semi-public projects, the total cost
of which will be approximately $I,22l,-
100000. awaits only the completion of
plans and the letting Of contracts before
getting under way, while additional
vN1tns .otsi.ng 81 ,s31 800 900 are in pre-
1flninary stages. OF the total of more
than three billion dollars worth OF
anticipated construction, approximately
one billion dollars worth has been re-
ported in the past four weeks. Forty
per cent Of the amount reported has
progressed to q point where construc-
ton can shortly begin, funds being
available, sites obtained and plans and
specifications now being drawn.
1t is to be remembered that every
one Of these projects, though hastily
initiated as part of the emergency
relief program, is permanent work
The billions that are to be spent arr
10 be sagarded Is . axed investment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01
Preparing for Olympic Games
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

events. ranging from fine arts and
bicycle races to yachting and weight
lifting must be staged for 5000 ath-
letes from 81 countries. To make the
journey to the games belong in other
than the rich mans class, although 1t
has been accomplished. seems an impos-
siGiliSJ.
For the convenience of the athletes
whole village will be built where
they will live, eat and train. Accord
ing 70 specifications, it wfll "be OF
ample space and will have carefully
arranged and comfortable living ac-
commodations for each team sepa-
rately, central dining salon, lounge,
an information bureau and auto trans
field will be provided for each con-
tingent and the contestants can be as
| sured of privacy.
A scene that is guaranteed to make
any heart beat faster is the one that
will be played before 100000 spec
tators on the opening day, when the
| athletes, marching nation by nation,
will pass in review, onto the field, where
they will make their oath of fealty:
I'VE swear that we will take part in
| the Olympic games in loyal competi-
ton, respecting the regulations which
govern them and DESTROYS of partici-
pating in them in the true spirit Of
| craftsmanship and for the glory of
| sport"
During the Is days events will be
scheduled in suitable locations. Field
| sports will be held in the mammoth
| Olympic Stadium. An armory in Olym-
pic Park will house fencing contests;
swimmers will compete in specifically
built pool; the Olympic Auditorium will
be the scene of the competitions Of the
wreStlers, boxers and weight-lifters:
marathonS and bicycle races will be run
over courses that will end in the park !:
the Rose Bowl at Pasadena will be used
| for soccer and other games; rowing
events will be held at Alamitos Bay;
yachts will race between Long Beach
and Santa Monica, and the polo games
will be played on nearby fields. The
Los Angeles Fine Arts Museum will
house numerous competitions.
Started by Frenchman.
| The modern Olympic games, of which
the ones In 1892 will be part, owe
their existence to a French noble, Baron
Pierre de Coubertin. He proposed the
idea in 1892, broadcast letters to ath-
letic associations in 1894, and two years
later an Olympiad was held in Athens.
The Olympic games were held in Paris
at the opening of the twentieth GEN.
tury, and with the clocklike precision
of American elections have been held
every four years. The exception to the
rule was in 1916, when the war pre-
vented the games being held at Berlin,
This is not the first year that Amer
lea has welcomed the Olympiad. 1t was
held in ST. Louis in 1904, London in
1908, Stockholm in 1912 Antwerp IN
1920, Paris in 1924 and Amsterdam II
| 1929
To the Greeks go the honor and
glory of originating the games, al
though the founding of this festival is
shrouded in antiquity, belonging to the
time before the beginning of the his
torical era in that country. Greeks as
ISOLATED its origin with the gods. The
second year of the 293d Olympiad, in
the fourth century, AID, saw the last
of the ancient Olympic games.
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TeTt: "Charitg doth not behdUe
itself unSeen1ly, is not easily pro-
Uoted, thilketh no eDil, but Tejoiceth
in the TRUTH Corinthians, Tfti.5-6.
One of the joys of broadcasting is
that it brings to our desk, daily, letters
of every scrt and kind. expressing
opinions and convictions that are born
of the experience of those who wrote
them. Frequently single days mail
represents q cross section of judgments
and opinions as widely variant as are
the types that make up the common
wealth of the State. Every political
and religious faith finds expression.
Letters generous and ungenerous,
broad-visioned and -visioned, tell
the story of the temperamental and
environing conditions of their authors.
Frequently single passage in the mes
, sage broadcast, entirely detached from
| its context, is misinterpreted by the
nearer and the whole message takes its
color from what may have been but a
parenthetical sentence. These many
letters reveal conditions in some in
stances quite tragic and pathetic. Often
times the writers are moved to make
confession of the mistakes and failures
of their life Domestic infeltcities
constitute a verv considerable part OF
LOlS CURIOUS correspondence.
One cannot be the recipient OF such
variety of letters without being
rendered more open-minded and re-
ceptive to different points of view.
However insular and biased these eX-
| pressed feelings may seem to be, they
are nevertheless expressive OF the
sincere convictions of those who indite
them. Even letters that disclose a
point of view wholly inimical to that We
hold and cherish may prove profitable
to us, if we can enter sympathetically
into the background and experience OF
| those who wrote them. Nothing Is
more unfortunate, especially as We
mature, than the habit OF thinking
ourselves infallible, that there is only
| one logical point of view concerning q
given subject. A closed mind makes
| for unhappiness and disappointment. ]
have a friend who has passed his
ninetieth year, whose cardinal char
acteristic is open mindedness. He says
he lives to learn. Wise as he Is, he
listens gladly and readily to the i'm
mature opinions of others. He is one
of the most gracious and kindly listeners
I have ever known. He shows no evil
dence of the passing of time, and, while
physically enfeebled, he is mentally
alert and keeps step with the age In
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OPEN.MINDED
By the Right Rev. James E. Freeman, DID,, LID,
Bishop of Washington.

which he lives. He is not only open
minded, he is sunny minded.
Flexibility of mind is rare accom-
plishment. What a different world
this would be if we were all capable
of receiving the kindly judgments OF
othersl How much more smoothly
would the machinery of life run II
a policy of give and take marked all
our contacts and fellowShips. What
a different atmosphere there would b.
in our legislative bodies, in our social,
industrial and church organizations,
If we were moved by the swest spirit
of charity, that Suffereth long and
is kind doth not behave itself unseemly,
seeketh not her own, is not easily pro-
voked, and thinketh no evilp BY
such method We would attain trtc-
tionless living.
have just laid down a letter, that
I have gladly acknowledged, from one
whose point of view concerning the
solution of our industrial and social
problems is the very antithesis of my
own conviction. / cannot deny him
the right of his opinion, although ]
wholly differ from him. AS matter
of fact, I found his letter thought
provoking and worthy of serious con-
sideration. Obviously he and are both
seeking to attain the same ends. He
has one method, l nave another. H9
holds his view with as much flXity of
conviction as hold mine. doubt
not If we sat down together and talked
over our ideals and conceptions of life
we should find much in common.
No one ever showed more open
mind than the Master. These who
came to Him with their judgma nts
and convictions, born largely out OF
their observations and experiences
received a gracious and kindly welcome
He would not break the bruised reed
or quench the smoking flax" Even to
those who willfully opposed Him, He
showed consideration and tenderness
For those who crucified Him, He prayed:
Father, forgive them, they know not
what they do" What spirit OF
generosity was Hist We need this spirit
in our life today. We are too much
divided into clans and parties, we
emphasize too much our pet shibboleths
and passwords. Whether we like 1t OF
not, like those in wedlock, we are
bound together for better or worse;
we are compelled to live our life, not
like some Robinson Crusoe on lonely
isle, but in a world of men and women
May God give us in the beginning OF
a new year more of the spirit OF Him.
who went about doing good"