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The Washington times., 1931-12-28

in our body at is matter of common knowledge that real
differs from chronological The value OF year IS
identical for shortlvcd and ongived animals More
within single individual such value seems TO vary;
Time is said to flow quickly in old than in youth
Aging Infants
For those over 90 it will be gratifying to know that they
getting old less rapidly than they did when they
babies The process of aging begins with the embryo and is
much rapid in childhood than in old This is com
fort unscientc deduction from it is that if wish
grow old must start defending ourselves when
are babes in arms; or have somebody do it for u.s.
: The Uneasy Young
The transpanation glands has always impressed
people being udcrous and people being immoral
think that the of those who willing to expert
again what they have through strikes some OF us
oohardy The reuvenatonss unfortunately are not as
specific they might be- they could promise to return MS
Ito the physical vgor and mental and general casual
happiness Of specific five days in the mountains might
accept their offer But to make young again. works
the assumption that the young invariably happy 1t
is not necessarily true For thing the young are always
terrified of growing old.
Pennsylvania strikes the most tactfu the
soundes of President Hoovers opponents but still do not
why he has been put permanently into the bad boys
in Washington. Mr. McFadden accused the Presi-
dent Of betrayng the counry-fghtng words which ought
to lead impeachment But the moratorium has been
ratified the President will not be impeached Instead,
Mr. McFadden will lose his patronage That Is to say ms
nominations and suggestions for posmasershps in his dis
trict will not be considered.
of the most depressing SpectacleS recent
the battle of patronage which began when elected
scientifically trained and spremey impartial and politically
went on and neither Mr. Hoover his best friends gained
in prestige Now it appears that patronage is all myth
Mr. McFadden who to be something OF practlcal
insisted knowing exactly where he stands and Post
master General Brown explained the whole thing to him.
All a Mistake
"Apparently writes the Postmaster General, you are
under msapprehenson with respect the relation Of Con-
gressmen to postal administration Legally representatives
in Congress have no responsibility or voice in the selection
of personnel post office other executive depart
ments' He then goes to explain that since the de-
been inviting advice n matters relating to local personnel
and in limited relating local policies This practice
has been followed by Republicans and Democrats "l'n
undoubted benefits accruing to the service"
gratifying discover that the struggle for patronage
is all fantasy of Merit rules especially
if merit has voted right way and caught the Of the
Orone
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Oyster Stew' Floods.
Street in Accident

Water Street in front of the
Municipal Market was covered
with milk and oysters today, when
a truck loaded with oysters be-
longing to j. c. Lore, of Solomon's
Island, Md, collided with a milk
truck from Frederick, Md.
Both trucks overturned, but no
one was hurt.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Soldiers Fined $50
For Drinking Fr0C0S

j. j. Herring and Terry
O'Brien, Fort Myer soldiers who
were arrested on a street car near
Union Station in Alexandria,
Christmas eve and charged with
violating the prohibition law,
were fined $50 and costs each.
O'Brien was sentenced to three
months in jail for assaulting the
street car conductor, Frank Beach,
while being booked at the station
house.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
INJURED IN FALL

While riding on a load of poles
being towed by a Virginia Public
Service Company truck today, j.
H. Back, of 514 King ST., Alexan-
dria, fell and injured his shoulder
and legs. He was treated at Alex
andria Hospital. -----
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Mail Rush Here Hits
3-Million Mark;
Breaks Record

More than 100000 pieces of
local mail were handled here
on the day before Christmas,
according to postoffice authori-
ties.
approximately 2,75O,OO0 let
ters and 10000 parcels were de-
livered, the largest amount ever
handled here in one day.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
CAPPER TO BROADCAST

Senator Arthur Capper, of
Kansas, chairman of the Senate
District Committee, will speak
over Station WJSV tomorrow at
$3.50 p. m. on "A Western Sena-
tors View of National Problems" /"
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Daughters Pay Visit
To UnknOWn's Tomb

Members of the Daughters of
the American Revolution yester
day laid wreath en- the tomb
of the Unknown Soldier at Airing
ton. Cemetery
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Furniture Makers
To Hold Conference

Manufactures Of household
furniture will hold a trace 'prac.
ticeS conference January Is at
the Congress Hotel, Chicago, the
Federal Trade Commission an.
nounced yesterday.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
DEFER VALUATION HEARING

A public hearing on the valua.
tion of the Washington Rapid
Transit Company, scheduled for
January 4, has been postponed
upon request of the company
until February /.
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
True to Type.
GLANDS FOR BABIES
TO HOLD OFF
.. OLD AGE
Nv GILBERT SELDES

TH0R holiday gift the eminent Dr. Alexis Carrel has in
formed that reuvenaton has yet to be discovered
what it quite clear that Dr. Carre although he
preserves open mnd is that physiological
time be reversed. Writing in the current issue of
The Washington times., 1931-12-28
Two Times

DR.. Carrel is easier to understand
than Einstein and Bergson and the other
philosophers who have mystified us with
new ideas of time. He tells MS that we
live simultaneously in physical time
(Which you may measure by the calen-
dar of the years. and in physiological
4;,,,n ,,rhioh ir measurable m in the changes
The Washington times., 1931-12-28

Science, with The distinction and ac-
curacy that make him a model for
novelists and newspaper writer's, he dis
misses the popular ideas about glandular
operations in a single sentence: 1t
goes without saying that no senescent
organism has ever been reiuvenated by
the procedures of Steinach and Voro-
noff."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
Books Rece1Ued

BAUDELAIRE: FLESH AND SPIRIT. BY
Lewis Piaget Shanks. Boston: Little, Brown
q Co.
AMBITION. BY Bernard Guttmann Author
lied translation by Ludwig Lewisohn New
York: Harper & Bros
CRIME AND DESTINY. BY Johannes LANCE.
Translated by Charlotte Haldane New
York: Charles Boni
THROUGH BLOOD AND ICE. BY Ferenc
Imrey; IN collaboration with Lewis station
Palen. Illustrations by the author New
York: Z. p. Dutton & Co.
NO HARD FEEKINGSl BY John Lewis Bark
ley. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corr
pOration
THE HOUSE MOTHER. BY Frank Owen.
author Of THE Wind That Tramps the
World" etc. New York: The Lantern Press.
LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER. BY d. III.
Lawrence. William Faro Inc
BLACK TENTS: A Story in Dramatic Form.
By Achmed Abdullah, author Of Lutte and
Sctmitar," etc. New York: Horace Liveright.
GLORY PLACE. By Marian Bower, authors6f
The Ounce Bush" etc. Indianapolis: The
BobbS-MeTYin Co
NANCY GOES CAMPING. BY Jean Henry
Large. New York: d. Appleton & Co
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
REVlEMl

TIE MEANING OF ART By A. Philip Nc
Mahon. New York: w. w. Norton q Co,
Inc.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
BLOOM SCHOOL
FETE SPEAKER

A George Washington Bicenten-
nial program, opening the public
school phase of the celebration,
will be presented at the Washing
ton-Lee High School, in Ballston
Va, tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock.
Representative Sol Bloom, of
New York, chairman of the Bicen-
tennial Commission, will be the
principal speaker on the program,
which will be broadcast over sta
ton WJSV.
Other speakers will include
State Senator Robert L. Norris,
jr., who will speak as the personal
representative of Governor Pol
lard, who is unable to attend, and
DR.. Sidney P. Hall, superintendent
of Virginia schools.
The Westinghouse High
School Band will furnish music
for the program and students of
the school will present tableau
depicting events in the history of
Virginia.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
ANU. s. employees
ID MEET IN FALL
j. s. SEED LOAN
OFFICE RUSHED

The rush of applications for
crop production loans, recently
provided by congressional appro,
priation, has so increased the du
ties of the seed loan office here
that it has become necessary to
augment the force in the five
major offices and has forced the
use of two shifts so that the work
may go on continuously from 9 in
the morning until midnight each
day.
A force of 17O is employed in
the Washington office to care for
the loan applications in the East
ern and Southeastern States. In
addition to the force here, offices
are maintained in four other cities.
They incl1de Memphis, with a
force of 341; St. Louis, operating
with a staff of $50; Frand Forks,
N. D., employing As, and Fort
Worth, employing Is.
S35,SO1,9 Approved
Loans amounting to 35,301 ,944
have been approved by the various
offices. In the Washington office
alone more than 39,543 loans, to-
taling more than $5,724,376, have
been handled since the congress
sional action enabling the loans.
In the nearby States great
many loans have been made un-
der the $45,O00,0O0 appropriation
for seed loans. A total of 315
loans were made up to April ID
in Maryland. These totaled $780,
696.
In Virginia 1O,385 loans we're
approved to April IA. These
totaled $1,519,299.
The department has handled
ASIA loans for farmers in the
State of West Virginia. A total
of S296,414 has been loaned to
farmers who have been stricken
by drought and do not have
money available to seed.
Corridors Utilized
All available corridor space in
the new Department of Agricul-
ture building is being utilized by
the office force handling the
seed loans. In addition, a large
force is being quartered in the
beautiful fountain court where
desks have been placed and elec-
trio lights installed for the
workers.
George L. Hoffman is in charge
of the workers in the office here.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
SHIPPING BOARD
PLANS DANCE

Employees of the United States
Shipping Board are planning to
attend the spring dance of the
Welfare Society, which includes
every person attached to the
board. The dance will be given
in the ballroom of the Shoreham
Hotel Wednesday night.
The affair is annual, and one
of the highlights of the employees
season.
Tables will be reserved for those
who desire to play cards at the
party. No prizes will be awarded.
The executive committee is in
charge of the dance:
E. j. Skidmore, president; J. F.
Curtin, w. H. Bladen, C. D. Glib
bons, Samuel Goodacre, r. M.
Hicks, j. w. o. Won Herbulis, A.
S. Morrison, c. B. Gray, M. j.
Kilerlane, vice president; j. F..
McArt, A. L. Lansdale, H. C. Lit
tlefield, C. S. Newlin, A. j. Will
liams, Miss Irene Lewis, D. E.
Murphy and M. j Pierce, secre-
tary-treaSurer.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
RUNAWAY 7 RIO
BACK HOME

Three small children are safe
and contented at their homes to-
day with the realization that the
open road is not so good as they
had supposed.
Yesterday, Mary Teresa Norris,
9, of 3451 Fourteenth st. N. w,
and Sarah Carlisle Macarthur, II,
of 3445 Fourteenth st. N. W.,
returned home from school and
decided to run away. Almost
simultaneously the same thought
came to little Edward c. Hut
chins, 7, of las E st. S. E.
God Bless You All"
The two little girls wrote a
note for their parents, which
said:
"We are running away. Please
do not try to find us. God
bless you ALL"
Then they set out with an
army blanket, two apples, and a
bundle of clothing for parts un-
known.
Their parents, learning of the
adventure, started search for
the children, and when their ef-
forts were unavailing, they noti-
fled police.
Some time later radio station
was requested to broadcast a
lookout for the children.
FOund-Are Lost
Finally Policeman ]. R. Hickey
found the children at Ninth
Street and Florida avenue N. w.
when they approached him. They
said:
eve are lost. Please take
us home"
So ended the adventure about
two miles from its starting point.
DR.. L. BriSOn Norris, father of
one of the children, was notified
and took the girls home. They
had been away for about seven
hours.
Edward, however, set out on his
tourney on his velocipede.
He began pedaling for new
horizons. His mother reported
the disappearance to the police
who finally found the child more
than a mile from his home.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
ARE
TRANSFERRED

Several important changes in
the foreign service personnel of
the State Department have been
announced recently. They include
the transfer of G. G. Ackerson.
jr., of New Jersey. third secretary,
from Pretoria, South Africa, to
Lima, Peru; assignment of H. B.
Byington, of Connecticut, chief
of the division of foreign service
personnel, to be a secretary in the
foreign service, and the transfer
of Robert D. Coe, of Wyoming,
third secretary of the embassy at
Lima, Peru, to Istambul, Turkey.
Other important changes made
during the week are the transfer
of the first secretary at Tokyo,
E. H. Doonan, of New York, to
London; the ordering of E. L.
Ives, of Virginia, first secretary
at Copenhagen, to Pretoria, South
Africa, and the transfer of Robert
r. Bradford, of Nebraska, consul
at Messina, Italy, to Breslau, Ger
many.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
PLAN To BUILD
UNDERGROUND
GARAGES
Workers Are Also Facing
Problem Of Finding Cafes
When Located in Triangle

Employees in many Government
Departments are worried because
under the new parking regula
tions soon to go into effect they
will have very little space to
leave their automobiles.
Many have been accustomed to
parking their cars in the down
town area and they are in a
quandary as to what to do.
It has been suggested that to
care for the parking problem in
the Government triangle huge
underground caverns be built.
The parking problem is not the
only one that is facing Govern
ment workers, however. There
is another that looms nearly as
large and that is the problem OF
finding restaurants.
Workers, in many places, will be
forced to go many blocks away
from their offices to find eating
places. It is believed, however,
that this problem will be handled
by the various employe groups
through cooperation cafeterlas:
The question of handling the in
creased traffic when all Federal
workers are located in the triangle
also causing considerable concern
to police and traction line Of
ficials.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18

Election of delegates to the
convention of the Federation of
Government Employees in Seattle
next September 7 will be the
feature at the next few meetings
of locals here, it was learned at
the office of Luther Steward,
president of the National Fedora
ton of Government Employees.
All locals in the district will
name delegates to the convention
in the Western city where policies
and programs for the coming
two years will be drafted.
1t is anticipated that there will
be a large enough group from
Washington to require special
cars. In addition to the delegates
there is always an unofficial"
delegation. composed of friends
and members of the Federation.
Headquarters of the conven-
tion will be in the Hotel Olympic,
Seattle.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
SURVEY Of JOBS
To AID HEADS
Of BUREAUS
Personnel Conditions to Be
Classified in All Federal
Departments by McReynoIds

A survey Of personnel condi-
tions in every Federal office in
the District, with a view to SIM
plification of personnel procedure
and the elimination ultimately OF
so to IS per cent of the depart
mental work surrounding claSsi-
fication of positions, has been un-
dertaken by the personnel claSsi-
fication board. A new set of
specifications and instructions
governing personnel work will be
worked out.
William H. McReynolds, di-
rector of classification, said to-
day that the new specifications
and instructions will provide a
far better basis of ALLEGATION than
now exists.
Problems Simplified
In addition to resolving many
of the doubts which Federal en-
ployeS now entertain as to their
status under classification, the
instructions will allow for greater
simplicatiOn of the problems
which face bureau heads as re-
suit of the classification and allo-
cation of employees.
It is hoped to eliminate
virtually all treatment of lndl,
viduals as such in the classltlca'
tions. The department by which
the worker is employed will be
able under the new plan to take
care of all individual cases.
The elimination of much of
the routine work of department
heads and the personnel classi.
fication board will be brought
about by more general dissem-
inatiOn of the results of the work.
Units to Be Handled
AS an instance of the method
by which the new mode Of opera
tion will cut work, there is cited
the condition in which 100 per
sons are employed for the same
work. Now these are regarded
as 100 positions, and the head OF
the department must make out
position sheets for 100 individuals.
These are all filed with the per
sonnel classification board. Un'
der the new plan these 100 indi-
viduals will be treated as one po-
sition, thus eliminating SO of the
position sheets.
Mr.. McReynolds estimated that
the survey will require two or
three months for completion.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
CLASSIF F|CA T|0N
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board can expect a decision within
six weeks.
Whereas last July, when Mr..
McReynoldS became director of
classification, there were on hand
about 1000 cases, there are now
less than 800. The figure remains
constant at about 800, it was ex-
planned. this being the number of
cases upon which the employees of
the board can work satisfactorily
at one time. Within 48 hours
after an appeal is filed, it is
placed in the hands of investiga-
tors.
Get Same Study
1t is emphasized that the expe-
ditiOn of the cases does not mean
that they are receiving less con-
sideratiOn than formerly. They
are, in fact, going through the
same procedure with the same
amount of review as they formerly
were given.
AS an instance of the steps
which have been taken to expe-
dite appeals, it was pointed out
that when a case reaches the
board which is obviously good"
it is put through Immediately, in
stead Of being held up and con-
sequently delaying not only de-
cisions on this case, but on others
which might be filed subsequently.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
Notes of u. S. Workers

The season for the Shipping
Board Fishing Club was Off
cially opened this week when six
members went to Rock Point,
Md, and received reasonable re-
ward for their efforts.
Included in the party were A.
L. Lansdale, director of traffic;
A. j. Williams, chief clerk of the
legal department; John Curtin.
statement auditor; Roy Morrell,
assistant to the commissioner;
M. j. Pierce, chief clerk, and E.
J. Skidmore. personnel manager.
The trip was the first of many
that will be taken by the group
during the coming summer. Last
year number of fine catches
were made on the expeditions
and it is certain they will be
duplicated this year.
C. D. Gibbons, treasurer's
department, United States
Shipping Board, is on extended
leave.
Ethel Kilburn, of the Ship
ping Board. has returned to
work after an extended cruise
about South America.
Capt. Samuel H. Ware, quar-
termaster corps, U. S. Army,
brother-in-laW of Capt. j, B,
Dennis, assistant chief of the
bureau of medicine and surgery
OF the Navy Department here,
was buried today at Arlington
National Cemetery. Captain
Ware is survived by his widow
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
Poultry Lice Study
To Improve FLOckS

The study of the lives of various
types of poultry lice by DR.. Eloise
B. Cram, zoologist. of the Bureau
of Plant Industry of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, will result
in big saving to poultry raisers
throughout the country, experts
predict.
DR.. Cram has demonstrated for
the first time in this country the
histories of six poultry parasites,
whose technical family name is
Spiruroidea, and the Department
of Agriculture is publishing a bulle-
tin on the matter.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
GEOGRAPHICAL
ANNEX SET

An imposing addition to the
National Geographic Society's
executive headquarters at Six
teenth and M Streets Northwest
is to be erected to house the or
ganization's valuable ords
which include the worlds largest
collection of geographic photo
graphs, according to DR.. Gilbert
Grosvenor, president.
Plans for the new building have
been prepared by Arthur Heaton,
architect. The design has been
approved by the United States
Fine Arts Commission and will
carry out the italian renaissance
style of the older structure. A
temperature control syst m,
similar to the one installed in
the White House, will be pro-
vided.
In addition to the spacious
library, provisions will be made
for the map-making department,
editorial rooms for the National
Geographic Magazine and the
extensive educational activities of
the society as we'll as reception
rooms for visitors.
The membership of the society
is now 1,250,O00. The headquar-
ters when completed will occupy
building a half. block long on
Sixteenth Street. The organiza-
tion also will continue to use the
large lexington Annex at First
and r Streets Northeast as a
warehouse.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18

and two sons. He died while
travelling from FIT. Bragg, N. c.,
to Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind,
Tuesday. ........
E. j. Ayers, chief clerk of
the Department of State, who
has been i'll at his home in
Silver Spring for the past
two months is on the road to
recovery. Mr.. Ayers is eX-
pected to return to his office
within the next month.
The State Department will be
represented in the Govern
mental Baseball League accord
ing to plans now being made
for the formation of a team
there. Calls for players have
been issued and training will
start soon.
Four experienced investiga-
tors of the u. S. Tariff Com
mission are en- route to Brussels,
where they will make detailed
studies of the tariff situation.
The men are Thomas D.
O'Keefe, ceramics expert; Neal
j. Halpin, Thomas H. Joyce,
and Lester C. Riddle, account
ants.
Mr.. Joyce and Mr.. Halpin
will be permanently attached
to the staff at Brussels. Mr..
O'Keefe will conduct technical
studies of ceramics in Europe.
MIR. Riddle will make an inves-
tigation Of the costs of the
cement industry of Belgium.
The Washington times., 1931-04-18
Scout First Aid Test
At B1LLStOn TOniQht

An intertroop Boy Scout first
aid contest will be staged tonight
at the Westinghouse High
School, in Ballston, Va, with
Scouts from all of the IS county
troops participating.
Among those who will attend
tonight's exhibition. the first OF
many such contests to be staged
this spring, are Linn C. Drake,
Scout executive of the Washing
ton council; w. E. Longfellow,
of Washington, director of life
saving and first aid of the
American Red Cross, and Will
liam Leitch, Scout executive of
the Northern Virginia district.