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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-23
- A Observation-Disclosures
- ADVENTURE CLUB

You probably have thousands
of children in it by this time.
1 bet Kit Karson wins a lot of
new members by his talks over
the radio"
Harriet is 10 years old and in
the sixth grade. She sends us
this motto for the club:
II try to do good wherever I go ,,
Alvin T. Marks, 1865 Park
wood Pl. N. W., writes:
81 have heard lots about your
club, and 1 think I'll enjoy it.
1 was 10 years old on April H."
Jack Poms, 538 Columbia Rd.
N. W., sent us a little picture
recently that we had to return
as is was too dark and fuzzy"
to use. 1t was a cute little pic
ture Of Jack in cowboy cos
tune. He says:
81 am eight years old and in
the ga grade at the Park View
School. l am listening to Kit
KarsOn over WJSV and like his
talks very much. l make my
daddy bring me The Times
every day so / can read the
Adventure column"
Also, while we are talking about
pictures, the little one we received
not so long ago of Virginia Mae
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-23

forehead" like the little girl in
the nursery rhyme. Her mother
writes:
"Virginia is so interested in
your column every night. She
loves animals but is too young
to understand how to go about
joining the club. So / am writ
ing for her.
"She has lots of pets such as
kittens and chickens, and, also,
a great big mule. 1 am sure il
she saw you she would enter.
tain you very much, for she is
a great talker. In the picture
is one of the cOOpS where she
keeps her pet chickens.
We hope some day to have a
better picture of Virginia because
we know you all would enjoy see
ing it.
Clifford Lindsay, age IL, is
a new member from Silver
Spring, Md. He goes to the
Takoma Park School and is in
the sixth grade.
A letter from Woodrow Will
liams, of Oxon Hill, Md, says:
II think I am going to en-
joy the club as l have heard
the boys and girls talking
about it at school. Please
let me know what you have
to do to belong and if there
is any charge"
There is no charge for ANY
THING and all you have to do
to join is send in a membership
blank or your name. This is
one club that hasn't any dues
or rules.
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H e r b ert, OF
Quantico, Va,
was too light
for reproduc-
ton. We were
e S p CT a ly
sorry as it
was an I'M
u S u a ly at
tractive pic
t ure of a
c h a m in G
little girl. Vir-
GINA is just
five and has
a little curl
right in the
middle of hpr.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-23

New Colonial Hotel, who writes
us:
"I love to hear Kit KarsOn
broadcast over WJSV. He is
not like other people. Other
people keep on talking so much
that they get put out.
81 am going to do all 1 can
to help the club. suppose
you are very glad to have a lot
of new members every day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-23

Two enthusiastic new mem
bers of the Adventure Club are
Charles and John Anderson, of
Hyattsville, Md.
This is Johnny's birthday an
niversary. He is Is years old.
We are using the picture of
the two brothers today as a
birthday surprise for Johnny.
The other two little pictures
are of Howard Roberts, Seat
Pleasant. Md. and Eugene
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-23

yer Spring, HOWARD ROBERTS
Md, a recent addition to the
club membership list, sends re-
CARDS to all the members and
to the editor of the Adventure
column" He says:
exit KarsOn is my best
friend. I'll meet h i'm every
Tuesday and Friday over
WJSV."
Another little friend of old
Kits is Harriet McRoberts, the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-04-23

Laurie, / 6 2 5
Rosedale st.
N. E.
E u g ne
writes:
81 am IL
years old and
would like to
Join 20 u r
CT ub, a S I
h a We heard
SO m u C h
about it from
my playmateS
at school"
N a t h a n
Fine, of Sill
Evening star., 1932-12-01
BEER FIGHT STARTED BY BREWER
IN BABYLON 5000 YEARS AGO
Struggle Facing Congress Next Week Dates
Back to Time of Neighbors
Complaint About Odor

rent and as tribute to the overlord be-
fore the introduction Of money.
Virtually the same procedure was fol-
lowed bv the Egyptians until the fall
Of Egyptian civilization.
AS brewing spread. so also did con-
troversy. China and Japan made beer
several centuries before Christ, and the
battle ragged spiritedly in these coun-
tries because some preferred millet to
rice in the terminating process.
The Greeks. too. made such a bev-
erage-not only made it, but had word
for it. They learned the art from the
Egyptians. but the drink never vas
popular with them. In effect. the word
they had was that while the Egvp-
tians themselves might be all right. the
Greeks couldn't learn to care much fo-
anv drink that tended to replace wine
This. in early times, seemed the big
gest complaint against the beYercge in
most drinking countries.
Hop" War In Germany.
Brewing spread almost all over Eu-
rope and the British Isles. and with the
spread also went many objections In
Germany in the fourteenth century
there was the hop war. Hops were
being used III the brewing process, and
this interfered with a monopoly held
by certain authorities in the sale Or
fruit, which some preferred.
The first DUTY on beer in the United
Evening star., 1932-12-01
SUBSIDY ON WHEAT
SAVES FARMERS
Collapse of important Part of
Agriculture Averted by
Government Aid.
D. the Associated Press.

D. the Associated Press.
LONDON, December Farm econ
o.n.sts and the administrators Of Eng
land's subsidy to wheat farmers are con-
vinced that, in its first six months OF
operation. the subsidy has averted a
serious collapse which threatened an
important section of English agriculture.
The subsidy guarantees a price of 10
shfllings a hundredweight to English
growers. Calculated en- the basis of
the present low pound, equivalent to
about s. cents bushel)
Tle grover is paid the difference be-
tween that figure and the average price
of wheat in England Funds are Cb-
tained from tax on imported wheat
and flour.
The scheme had its origin in the fact
that farmers, especially in Eastern Eng
land where wheat long has been ira
ditional crop. were approaching such
desperate circumstances that, unless
they received some such assistance, di-
rect and unproductive relief was un-
avoidable Moreover, land was going
out of cultivation by the thousands of
acres, 100000 since 1922.
Oppose Direct Aid.
The government acted on the theory
tt was better to encourage the growing
of useful crop than to grant direct
Evening star., 1932-12-01

grumble as It Is more dificult to pass
1t on to the consumers.
The price of the standard 4-pound
loaf has increased a halfpenny q cent.
United States). This hits the very
poor, and another rise might, 1t is ad-
mitted, bring protest. The subsidy has
not been felt much because the IS ,00O,-
600 bushels of homegrown wheat is
only a fraction of the 10000, 900 BUSH
els consumed in the country yearly.
Evening star., 1932-12-01

been honored and dishonored 1t was
banned In this country in 1919. The
passage Of Senator Walsh's bill. In his
own words, would mean immediate
modification Of the Volstead act to le-
galize the manufacture and sale Of beer.
pending repeal Of the eighteenth amend
ment ">
In effect, 1t would permit almost any
one to hang his blanket" in the sun.
Evening star., 1932-12-01
RUSSIANS GIVEN RIGHT
TO LEAVE OWN COUNTRY
Cost of Exit Visas, However, Put
Beyond Reach of Most of
Population.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, December l. Russian
citizens who heretofore have found 1t
almost impossible to obtain permission
to leave the country are now to be al
lowed this privilege if they can pay
the stiff price in foreign currency.
The government tourist agency an
nounced yesterday that it will accept or
ders for exit visas from individuals
who desire to leave Russia for perma-
n2nt residence abroad. The cost, to
b. paid in foreign currency. is 500
rlbies for workers and 1000 rlbles for
all other classes The ruble is nomi-
nallv worth so cents.
The foreigner will get his outgoing
visa for the same charge assessed by
his country against Soviet passport,
amounting in the case Of Americans to
% rubles.
Since a comparatively small portion
OF the population has gold resources or
friends abroad to send them foreign
currency. it is not expected that there
viii be any rush to place orders in the
nsw service.
Evening star., 1932-12-01

Kingdom was imposed in the reign Of
Charles II and also stirred up contro-
versy. Two kinds Of beer were being
made-strong and weak-and there was
some misunderstanding as to how the
tax was to be apportioned..
From that time on there has been
legislation in many countries for beer
and against beer. The beverage has
Evening star., 1932-12-01
Card Back. 8 Years Late.

HARRISBURG, Pa. GP3-Dr. Chester
A. Good had just started thinking about
sending out his Christmas cards when
he got one back. He had mailed it be-
fore Christmas three years ago to Mr.,
and Mrs. Harrison Loveless in care Of
a New York hotel and it was returned
yesterday
Evening star., 1932-12-01
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December Early
one morning about 5000 years ago a
Babylonian brewer hung a beer blan-
ket" in his backyard to dry and was
taken to task by a neighbor who ccm-
planned Of curious odor which per-
meated his premises.
That was the start of battle over
beer in many lands which has come
down from ancient to modern times and
promises to be renewed when Congress
meets next week and considers bill
which lies today on the desk Of Senator
David I. Walsh, its author, in Wash
inotCn
1t was in 5000 BIC that the Baby
lonian aired his blanket-a crude at
fair in which he wrapped barley to
permit it to germinate after having
been stepped in warm water.
Modern brewers say his method OF
taking the terminated barley. mashing
it with raw grain, bringing the mixture
to boil and then allowing it to cool
and ferment was primitive" but ap-
parently the Babylonian was satisfied
with the product.
Used for Paying Rent.
His beverage was extensively drunk
even by women of the harem-and the
Beer for Revenue slogan first had its
meaning when the brewer used it to pay
Evening star., 1932-12-01
aid. That belief still Is held by the

aid. That belief still is held by the
authorities concerned.
Farm economists do not argue that
wheat Is an economic crop in England
But they do contend that the advan-
tages of the subsidy outweigh any dis
advantages.
Experts Of the ministry of agriculture
point out that. in addition to the direct
economic results of the policy-such as
making possible the purchase of farm
supplies-the social fabric of English
farm life is maintained, the stability of
one section of the community is in
creased.
Moreover they emphasize that wheat
holds an important position as rota-
tion crop in England. and as diversifi-
cation grows this Importance increases
There has been no attempt to con-
troll production, to limit the production
Of individuals Instead, the effort has
been toward putting land back into cul-
tivation. In the year 1892 there were
1.249, TAG acres in wheat. The estimated
crop acreage next year is 1.343. 760.
The highest acreage England has known
was 3,240,344 in 1875.
S12,600. 900 Paid Out.
The deficiency payments for the cur
rent year are estimated at about Ga
100000 currently $4,000. .OO0).
Under the subsidy act maximum pro-
duction is paced at 100000 bushels,
about The amount it Is believed English
wheat land can produce full blast. In
the present season the total is IS. 900, :
coo to 36. 600 600
What will happen If the maximum is
reached has not been decided Experts
doubt it will be exceeded. With cash in
their pockets, farmers tend to swing
away from the one crop. these experts
say. and they are encouraged by the
government. which tries to interest them
in pigs. poultry and dairy products.
Moreover, unmiXed English wheat does
not make good bread.
Millers, who at first objected to the
ychcme, ceesed thcir protests when
they learned they could PISS the ia:
cn 70 The bakers. Tie bakers still
Evening star., 1932-12-01

Machire-v manufacturers in italy are
Still working en- heavy orders from Rus
Evening star., 1932-02-03
BETHESDA, TAkOMA
AND DAMASCUS WIN
Sherwood, Rockville and Pooles,
willie Beaten IN Montgomery
County Basket League.

SILVER SPRING, February 3-Be-
thesda-Chevy Chase and Sherwood
High School provided yesterdays fea-
ture in the Montgomery County League
when BethesdaS late rally defeated
Sherwood, 3l-20, in an overtime battle
on the winners courts.
Playing a slow game during the first
half with Bethesda holding a 1910
lead at half time the teams quickened
their pace in the second half with
Sherwood tseing the score, 20-aH, at
game time. Finding an extra period
necessary the Bethesda team, headed
points to clinch the victory. Richard
son was the big gun in the Sherwood
attack scoring II points.
Takoma- Silver Spring had little trou-
Bile in running its league streak to seven
straight when it defeated Rockville,
24-l2, at Silver Spring. The Takoma-
Silver Spring regulars ran up a 2l-1
score at halt time and let second and
third stringerS finish the game.
Damascus kept place with Bethesda
in the Second-place battle when. it de-
feated PooleSvllle, 26-l2, in a league
game at PoolesWille. Using the first
team throughout the game the Da-
maScus five had little trouble in dou-
bling the score of PoOlesVilIe, with 1.
Burdette and Duval each counting six
times from the floor.
In the Montgomery County League
girls games Takoma-SilVer Spring held
the lead by defeating Rockville, 1912.
Bethesda girls held second place with
an 1917 victory over Sherwood while
Damascus laSsieS won over PooleSville,
1921.
Summary of boys games:
Evening star., 1932-02-03
PahrLap Spirited Not 7emperunena onma N0vDgct0 0uth
Phil Wrigley, New Cub Boss,
Likely to Regard Ball Club
AS Business, Not Plaything

he was made president of the entire
$l5,O0OO00 organization three years
later at the age of %.
While young Wrigley is base ball
enthusiast, demands of business in the
past have forced him to keep his mind
off the sport. He has attended every
important Cub game, although, unlike
his father, he always has placed busi-
ness interests ahead of sports.
But now that he is the principal
owner of the team, representing an
estimated IS 900 900 business to HIM he
undoubtedly will put more effort and
time into its development
Motor boating horses and puttering
about his own contrived machine shop
have been young Wrigley's hobbies,
along with listening to his late fathers
planning to bring a world base ball
championship to Chicago.
Aviation is another love-one he ac-
quired when he joined the Navy in th3
World War as a private and came out
as one Of the best aviation experts in
the service.
Puttering around his machine shop is
a diversion that never grows old with
him. One of his mechanical urges is
to buy new IS 900 automobile, take it
all apart and assemble the motor to get
more speed.
Wrigley is 38 now.
Evening star., 1932-02-03
BRITISH AND YANKS
FACE NET CUP TASK
Each Must Play Five Times
to Become Challenger of
French Champions.

By the Associated Press.
~ ARIS, February 3-The draw for
- Davis Cup play for 1882, made
in the Elysee Palace by Presi-
dent Paul Doumer of France
and the diplomatic representatives oI
the 80 countries entered for this year
tennis classic. brought no advantage
to the probable lnterzone nnahSts
United States and England.
Each country's team must play 1oul
matches, provided there are no upsetS
along the way, before meeting here II
Roland GarroS Stadium in another
battle for the right to challenge France
for the famous cup.
England drew a first-round bye in
the European zone and will meet
Rumania in a second-round match
The United States will play Canada in
the firstIround match in the North
American zone where only nations
are entered as against % in the Euro
pean zone.
Australia's Power Unknown.
The United States is an overwhelm-
ing favorite to defeat Canada, Mexico
and the winner of the Australian Cuba
match and then dispose OF the South
American victor IN the American zone
final.
Australia is the unknown quantity
in the North American zone, as It did
not compete last year. With Jack
Crawford as No. / man the Anzacs may
be dangerous
England's main obstacle appears to
be Japan, which was drawn at the
bottom of the list in the European
zone. The Satohs gave Bunny Austin
and Fred Perry brisk argument IN
the European. zone semi finals last year.
Dwight Davis. donor of the cup and
recently resigned Governor General OF
the Philippines, was present at the
draw and was made q commander OF
the Legion of Honor by President
Doumer.
Frances Davis Cup squad, headed by
Capt. Rene Lacoste, Henri Cochet,
Jean Borotra and jacques Brugnon,
also was present. With all but Cochet
only doubtful quantities this year,
MANY experts believe the winner OF the
interzone final will defeat the French
men and take from them the cup they
won in 1927.
The list of countries entered differs
in only three places from last year S
llSC. 1IlQld, SuUd dllo nuo'i oiAo "'i'
take the places of Argentina, Uruguay
and South Africa. The absence OF
Argentina, which won the South Amer
ican zone play last year, was surprise.
Paris Finals in July.
The draw for the European zone,
showing byes and pairings for first
round:
Second round Oop of list)-England
VS.. Rumania, Poland VS.. Holland, Ire
land VS.. winner of Hungary-Fmland
match. ..
First round-Hungary VS.. Finland,
Germany VS.. India, Austria VS.. Czecho-
slovakia Monaco VS.. Norway, Belgium
VS.. Switzerland, italy VS.. Egypt.
Second round (bottom Of lisD Spain
VS.. winner of Italy-Egypt match, Den
mark VS.. Jugoslavia, Japan VS.. Greece.
The South American zone sends Bra
I'll against Chile in first-round match,
the winner to play Paraguay for the
right to meet the winner in the North
American zone. Play will be completed
there this Winter.
Play in the North American and Eu-
ropean zones begins in May. with the
interzone final and the challenge round
at Paris in July.
Evening star., 1932-02-03
CABLING WITH FAM
BARRED IN MAJORS
GaNgster in Photo Leads to
Measure by Big Leagues.
Tracing Is M.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
N YEW YORK, February s-Con-
M versations between spectators
Y and players wAl be strictly
taboo IN the major leagues this
season.
After the American League had an
nounced on Monday 1t would enforce
the rule prohibiting conversation be-
tween spectators and players, the Ma
tional League declared it would fine
heaVlIy any player caught conversing
with, or posing for a photograph with,
one OF the customers.
The drive on such fraternizing vas
the more or less direct result of a pub
lLshed photograph in which a major
leagte star and a MidWestern gangster
were, the principal figures
Both leagues had completed their
Midwinter meetings today without COM
pletlng single trade. 1t was not that
the magnates didn't want to trade, but
rather they could not get together on a
suitable basis.
Several clubs would be eager to take
Tony Lazzeri off the New York Yankees
hands provided they did not have TO
give up first-string pitcher in re-
turn. Johnny Frederick Of the Brook
lyn Dodgers also was believed to be on
the market, but attractive offers for
him were few if any.
Both leagues reduced their stats of
umplreS from IL to 10 and the National
League appointed Walter Dutch) Car
ter, former Yale star, a fifth, or con-
trolling director Of the Brooklyn club.
Evening star., 1932-02-03
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

~ HICAGO, February 3.-If family
tradition holds, Philip K.
Wrigley, new owner of the Cubs,
will realize his late fathers
ambition and bring worlds base ball
championship to Chicago.
1t has been habit of the Wrigley
family to achieve greater success with
each generation, and so far young
Wrigley has proved his genius in the
business and sports world.
When Phil became of age his father
gave him 81 900 900 and told him to see
what he could do in the business world
Now we'll see what kind of Wrig-
ley he is" chuckled the chewing gum
and base ball magnate.
-Four years later, he called his son in
for an accounting To his amazement
the elder Wrigley learned his son had
thrown most of his money into the
chewing gum business and had run the
original million into five times that
amount
Guess he'll do" Wrigley chuckled
again, placing Phil in charge of the
Australian branch of the Wrigley Co.,
a position the son filled socapably that
Evening star., 1932-02-03
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR.

WESTERN HIGH and Holton
w Arms School girl basketers
played to 1916 tie Westerns
players were Misses Goodloe, Hol-
combe, Needham, L. Stewart, Newell
and Miller and Holton Arms used
Crosby, Sprigg, Dennis, Harlow, Nc
Clintock and Anderson.
George Colliflower is playing q
great game for the Georgetown U.
basket ball team.
Joe Turner defeated Tom Du-
chesne at wrestling at the Gayety.
Jack Chesbro, former spitban
pitcher, plans comeback with the
New York Americans.
Ingram Memorial Church basket
ers hope to win tonight over the
Y. M. c. A. quint. The churchmen
will use Varela, Dodge, Strausbaugh,
Stockett, McCaffrey and Gheen.
Evening star., 1932-02-03
TOP FLIGHT.

THE champion 2-year old of
the American turf in 1881
was a filly, Cornelius Van
derbilt Whitney'S Top Flight.
Actually no turf champion is ex-
pected to defend its title, certainly
not a juvenile moving into the longer
distance division, for conditions
change. The 2-year-old crown is, in
its very nature, undefendable, but
one can speculate on how the leader
will fare in dominating the same
crop of racers, all year older.
Because a fllly, even good filly, so
clearly OutclaSSed the juveniles, 1t
was generally agreed that this divi-
sion was below par in 1881. Top
Flight won seven consecutive vic
tories without being beaten, still she
was not considered promising enough
to be entered in some Of the richest
early-closing events for 1882, SO that
she will be absent from such classics
as the Belmont, the Withers, the
DWyer, the TraverS and the Law
renee Realization.
Failing to run in these events. Top
Flight cannot hope to remain the
standout by the Fall of 1882, but
right now none of the turf SeerS can
pick her successor. A number of
youngsters. both East and West.
clustered in Top Flights dust. And
though we haven't any celebrities al
ready in focus. as were Twenty
Grand, Mate, Equipoise and James,
town when they graduated last year,
1t is probable that for this reason
there will be more excitement
throughout the 3-year-old domain in
1882 than last year, when Twenty
Grand's challenges were the big
thrills.
Two of the best 2-year-olds of last
season were Mrs. L. G. Kaufman's
Trick On, winner of the Hopeful
Stakes, and On Post. Walter J.
Salmon's Mad Pursuit was we'll
named in view of its bad luck, but
is a good possibility for 1882 victories,
as are also c.. V. Whitney'S Mad
Trump, and Fairino and Pardee, from
the string Of William Woodward
who dominated the 1880 campaign
with Gallant Fox.
Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt'S
Sweeping Light ran second in the
Hopeful, and has many admirers.
From the West the best reports are
of the Nash Brothers Burning Blaze,
George Wingfield'S Hygro and Hal
Price Headley's Indian Runner,
which ran second to Top Flight in
the Saratoga Special.
Top Flight will be sent up for the
early classics, the Derby and
Preakness, and is in the ring for the
Saratoga Cup and the Jockey Club
Gold Cup, but as fillies are notoriously
more unreliable than colts, especially