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Evening star., 1932-08-21
ARRANGED FOR OUTING
Field Events Planned by Washing
ton Railway and Pepco Group.

Contests and field events of every de-
scription will be te order OF the day
Tuesday afternoon when the Washing
ton Railway & Electric Co. and the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co. Relief Asso-
ciation holds its annual cutting at Glen
Echo Park.
The activities will begin at 2 o'clock
with foot races for boys and girls. Fol
lowing the contests, prize dancing Will
be held from to 6 o'clock.
r. D. Vcshall is chairman of the gen
eral outing committee. Other commit
tee members are E. G. Elliott. transpor-
tation: G. E. Dom, entertainment and
athletics; William L. Jones. dancing; E.
3. Scholtes, publicity; J. H. Molineau
tickets; Frank Keeley, printing; M. Mel
lington, grounds: H. M. Keyser, recep-
ton; j. A Kaiser, prizes and disburse-
ments; Louise F. Curtain, registration
and information; L. H. Curry, genera!
secretary, and DR.. c. A. Weaver, flrs'
aid. ..--..--..
Evening star., 1932-08-21
GOV. RUSSELL INJURED
Georgia Executive Bruised ant
Cut in Auto Crash.

DUBLIN. Ga, August 20 (Py.-Gov
Richard B. Russell, jr., was cut and
bruised and lost several front teeth in
an automobile accident today near here
while en- route to Dublin to deliver an
adress in the interest of his candidacy
for the United States Senate.
The driver of the Governors car
plunged purposely into ditch to avoid
colliding with another car.
Gov. Russell continued his journey to
Dublin. where he went ahead with his
campaipn address,
Evening star., 1932-08-21
FINDS "PIECE OF NOAH'S ARK"
IN ANCIENT CHURCH IN ARMENIA
Corneth Wells Photographs Relic Said to Have Been
Deposited in Tiny Village by Angels

in the church in the fourth century,
taking pity on the monks, many of
whom had lost their lives seeking to
scale Mount Ararat to find it.
Wells came home bitter about Soviet
Russia.
Entering with the most sympathetic
feelings toward the Russian expert
ment," he said, Il was cheated and
tricked at every turn. We passed four
foodless days on train to the Caucasus
AT Vladikafvaz We found an Amer
ican. Wilbur B. Miller. Harvard grad
uate and Unitarian Minister from
Stow. Mass. He was critically Ill of
dysentery. His hospital room was a
by 10 foot pigsty and the flies were
pestiferous. He was wan and desperate
and the sheets had not been changed
for three weeks. We gave what comfort
we could and were relieved to find him
later at Tiflis, emaciated, but luckily
escaped from the hospital"
Evening star., 1932-08-21
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. August 20.-Your imagi-
nation affects the muscles of your body,
DR.. Edmund Jacobson of the University
of Chicago believes.
He is conducting an extraordinary
series of experiments in the study OF
relaxation.
There is evidence" he said yester-
day. that whenever a person even i'm
agines doing anything the muscles OF
his body become active as about to
do the thing imagined, This occurs
even If there Is no conscious intention
of carrying out the act"
The subjects for the experiments are
Evening star., 1932-08-21

bert Tinnin. ex-convict co-defendant of
the former public defender.
Policemen, armed with sawed-off
shotguns, guarded Mrs. Thompson's
home and a body guard was assigned
to Douglas.
Verne Doran. self-described confeder-
ate of Egan and Tinnin in the Staying,
has testified for the State he and Tin
min killed Mrs. Hughes at Egan's in
stigation.
The State contends that Egan, bene-
fciary of life insurance policies of the
middle-aged widow, his client and
friend. was In need Of money.
Evening star., 1932-08-21
D. c. SUED FOR $4,000
AS PROPERTY DAMAGE
Joseph E. Osborne and Wife Hold
Street Elevation Impairs Home
in Northeast.

The District of Columbia was sued
yesterday in the District Supreme
Court for $4,000 damages by Joseph Z.
Osborne and his wife, Caroline, s01
Monroe street northeast. on a charge
Of maintaining a nuisance in connec-
ton with the elevation of the roadway
Of Eighth street northeast for the ap-
proach to the new bridge over the rail-
road tracks at Monroe street.
Through Attorneys MILAN & Smith
the plaintiffs say their property has
been damaged by the street elevation,
which excludes the view from their
home, which they have occupied 10
years. except from the second story;
cuts of the light and air from their
home and has rendered it unsafe for
habitation by reason Of dampness re-
sulting from the pooling OF water on
the lot. 1ngress and egreSs to and from
their garage has been eliminated except
by means Of step and dangerous en-
bankment, they tell the court.
Evening star., 1932-08-21
Represent Colored Catholics.

A delegation from Washington will
attend the eight annual convention of
the Federated Colored Catholics in New
York City September 4. Officers of the
Convention Club of Washington are
Francis Spriggs, president: Mrs. Char
lotte Luckett, vice president; Miss Addie
Marshall. recording secretary: Harold
Holt. financial secretary. and Frank
Wood, treasurer
Evening star., 1932-08-21

Of her appropriations to the other de-
partments, and since she has none to
transfer. the major part of the work
will have to wait for adequate appro-
priations In the Fairgrounds Depart
ment.
Evening star., 1932-08-21

The work at some of these grounds
is being partly done by laborers paid out
of the s350,000 unemployment relief
fund, but the Fairgrounds Department
has no appropriations to cover enough
seed. topsoil and other necessities to
do complete jobs. Miss Baker said. She
may not borrow from other District de-
partments without transferring some
Evening star., 1932-08-21
RULES IN MEXICO CITY
General Tapia Named New Mayor
to Succeed Cajigal.

MEXICO CITY, August 20 (P).-Gen.
Jose Maria Tapia today was named
chief of the Federal district government,
or mayor of Mexico City, filling the
place left vacant by the resignation OF
Vicente Estrada Cajigal last Thursday
Gen. Tapia was chief Of staff to Pro-
visional President Portes Gil in 1929,
after which he went to the northern
district of Lower California as governor
YIe later was director of customs and
director of the Pension Bureau.
Evening star., 1932-08-21
PLAYGROUND BUDGET
INCREASE EXPLAINED
Regarding and Preparation for
All-Winter Use Are Given
as Causes.

Regarding and making Fairgrounds
available for use in all weather Is re-
sponsible for 100000 Of the s45,0 900 in
crease in this item sought by Miss Sibyl
Baker, director of the Fairgrounds De-
partment, in her 1884 estimates, the
said yesterday. The projects she has
in mind are as follows:
Evening star., 1932-08-21

THINGS have happened since this sale planned Wool
has gone Silks have gone up There is definite
Tightening the field of better clothing 1t will be utterly
impossible to duplicate values like these later The i'm.
portant thing bear in mind is that these fine HART
SCHAFFNER & MARX Overcoats- the lowest prices
we've quoted Every is here Plenty of large
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-16

The red man is still seeking to protect his natural heritage in this land that we took from him So ruthlessly few centuries ago. The Seneca tribe in northern New York has just pttitionsd the proper officials at Wash ington to protect their hunting and fishing rights which they claim are being violated. The Indians maintain that by the Canan- waisua treaty of l7S4 they were given hunting and fishing privileges on certain lands adjacent to their reservation. The New York state conservation commission is violating this old treaty by arresting tribe members for fishing and hunting in certain places. It seems to us that the red man should have full privileges to fish and hunt anywhere in this great land of ours inas- much as he once roamed it unmolested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-16

0OO.O0O for so-csIled dirt rosds. Each city cr town fhsrcs equally in that amount and is expected to sxpsnd it on such roads as ordinarily would not receive any stten- ton. Large cities utilize it for cilins pur- poses. Smaller communities make much needed repairs on rural roads
 This isn't direct alIocstion of gasoline tax money to the cities and towns since they are limited in their expenditure of the fund. but it is far better than not having the money. Connecticut's position with only a two-eent gas tax. may be unique. but it must be remembered that it required con. siderable effort and much persuasion to in- crease it from one to two cents. Any effort to jump it still higher will be fought. Too many legislators believe that the motorist is an easy mark for taxation. It should be kept in mind that he who rides today may be the pedestrian tomorrow. And the load is no lighter on either day. Increased tax ation may be accomplished in some manner that won't be felt. but we hardly think the motorist should be led to the block once more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-16
The Lottery Craze

The American public has gone lottery crazy" says postoffiee official. Lotteries seem to flourish in hard times even more than in good times. Last year our easy marks in America had perhaps Sl00.00O.. 900 taken away from them by clever fcr- eigners and as much more loss was prevent cd by the alertness of the federal govern ment.
 Most of the lotteries working our Ameri- can ''sucker" population operate in Ireland. Canada and Newfoundland. Our domestic operators are easier to deal with. The lot- cries are usually based on horse races. They are often conducted, or at least profess to be conducted, in the name of worthy charities. and thus gain fictitious moral status which satisfies the conscience of sensitive gamblers. But little good is ever done by them.
 Institutions apparently benefitting by re- ceipt of the lottery profits say they are likely to forfeit their regular subscriptions and normal bequests. because their patrons lose interest in them. It is we'll known that the prize winners often find the money curse to them. Nearly always they are im- mediately involved in lawsuits and beset by false friends begging and borrowing and persuading them to do foolish spending. Yet the racket thrives Lottery addicts seldom break themselves of the habit and there are always more suckers being born.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-16
SATURDAY, JULY 1s, 1882
To Set Record

To President Herbert Hoover or Cover s nor Franklin D. Roosevelt will go unique honor next March. Whichever one of them is elected this November will undoubtedly be the last president of the United States to be sworn into office on March 4. eus- tom that has prevailed since the adminis- tration of John Adams. who incidentally
 was the first president to live in the White House. The March inaugurals will hardly be in effect by 1856 as already twelve of the
 necessary thirty-sx states have signed the Norris amendment to the Constitution. bet ter known as the lame duck amendment. It is safe to presume that the remaining twenty four states will have ratified the amendment and it will be applied by the time l936 IS here.
 In addition to moving the presidential in- auguration up from March to January 20 the amendment does away with the so- called lame duck sessions of Congress. They are SO named because they are attended by many congressmen whose term of office has expired The Constitution provides that Congress shall meet once every year sconyening on the first Monday in December. With national elections being held in No- vember defeated members always return for their final session just thirteen months after their defeat. They automatically become members of Congress the March following their election and their pay begins then. but they do not become active members until the second December after their election.
 As has been explained dozen times the tardy inauguration and late sessions were necessitated back in the stage coach days by the tremendous distances that many of our legislators had to travel. Oftentimes it might take month or more to notify man that he had been elected to office. As re- suit, it was decided that sufficient interval elapse between elections and inaugurations. As means of speedy transportation were per- fseted, the old rules still prevailed. It wasn't until this century that any real ef- fcet was made to bring them up to date. And it required much patience and considerable argumentative ability to do even that.
 It is remarkable how our national legisla- tors cling to old ideas in their conduct of the governments business. the same ideas that they themselves as successful business or professional men would eonfine to the scrap heap. For many weary session Senator Norris fought for his lame duck amendment. Time and again he pushed it through one house of Congress. Then both houses ac- scepted it only to find president unwilling ito sign the measure It remained for Presi- sdent Hoover to sign the bill ultimately. ssNow either Mir Hoover or Mir Roosevelt will enjoy the privilege of being the last president sinaugurated on March 4. We aren't pre- tsumptuous in believing thirty-six states will sratify the measure. It is common sense mandate. It would be foolish not to ratify R
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-16

So many legalized beer bills have been pouring into legislative hoppers down around Washington this year that many people are recalling the Province of Ontarios s sad experience with A per cent beer back in 1925. Ontario was dry prior to that time. although many of the surrounding prov inces had government control of liquor sales. However. Ontario's dry law was pro- tested so clamorously that in 1925 the A per cent beer bill was passed. It was sup posed to end the evils of prohibition. which were about the same as ours, bootlegging. corruption of public officials. etc. By A per cent was meant proof spirits. accord ing to Canadian measurements. or 2.5 per cent alcohol by volume which is lower than the average beer prior to prohibition in the United States. Ontario prepared for its A per cent beer in gala style. And then when the fateful day came and the first beakers had been quaffed what groan of dismay was heard right across the border line. Miserable slop." belly wash, and 'Ferguson's foam ferguson was the pre- mier then) were some of the epithets ap- piled. Americans declared they were going back to Detroit to get some real beer Suf- flee it to say Ontario only experimented with A per cent beer two years. In 1927 gov- ernment control of liquor was voted and all is now serene in this province as in most of the other Canadian ones whenever intoxicat- beverages are mentioned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-16
Public Utility Rates

Public utility industries. observes finan- eial writer. have. been shocked by the de- cision of the Wisconsin public service com mission ordering reduction in telephone rates. Utility companies of various kinds throughout the country are said to fear a general demand of the same sort Such a demand. already developing, should not be considered unreasonable.
 Telephone. telegraph. railroad street ear electric light and power companies, gas companies. etc, and hardly expect to avoid the same fate that has befallen other indus trial and commercial concerns. Their rates are relatively fixed. and necessarily yield. but slowly to any general downward revis- ion. Even so. what has happened to eom- modity prices and private incomes must to them. in fair proportion. if present low levels last much longer.
 Reductions, too, may not be so fatal as some of the utility men seem to imagine. They speak of not being able to face rate cuts in view of severe losses in service vol ume. but reasonable reductions in their cost of service may be the only way to retain or restore service volume.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-16
SOMETIMES IT GOES so
(Hartford Times)

Some years ago a gentleman in one of the Connecticut shore towns had a small motor boat and invited several of his friends to take a ride in it. They boarded the craft and seated themselves. The comnnan- der turned the switch, opened the gas throttle and tried to make the motor start. He cranked. but the motor would not turn. He crankea repeatdely, but the motor merely coughed in mysterious, unsatisfac- tory manner and would not go. The gentleman tried priming the car- buretcr, he nonkeyed with the timing apparatus, he advanced and retarded the spark, he tried more gas and less gas and cranked until he was sore, all to no effect other wise.
 The guests became impatient and got out of the boat and were in the act of saying farewell. They would come again, perhaps, on another and more favorable day, or perhaps they would not. The gentleman was full of chagrin. He closed the gas throttle. He shut off the switch. And just for luck he gave the mo- tor one lnofe whirl-and 1t went. It went licketty split. The switch was hastily thrown on again. the gas throttle was opened, the guests scrambled aboard the tugging. boat. the moorings were cast off and a delightful boating party ensued.
 Somehow the present economist situation may perhaps be like that motor boat which for such a long time would not go, and then when everything was despaired of, and 1t looked as if it could not go, sud- denly went. after all. The secret was, of course, that all the things that had been done for it. appar- ently in vain, really did have q re- suit which at last. and at the proper moment appeared.
 Much has been done In the two years past 50 help start industry again. Industry would not start. But they kept trying to make 1t go, defiating and infiating and ape pointing committees and doing va- rious kinds of "reiiefs." and stiii 1t wouIdn't %. They are still working at it. But look out. Dent ret too near the coga. It is liable to start up with . whisz. any time now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-16
A Book a Day
Kills A Bishop, Ships His
 Body Off in 8 Trunk
by BRUCE CATION

The vicar didn't intend to kill the bishop; but after he had crooked him with the wine de- canter, and the bishop lay on the floor looking very much like & corpse, it did seem best to take steps to evade the hangman, es- peciaIly since the vicar had very masterful wife.
 So the vicar and his wife put the bishop in Q trunk and took the first train for the country, and if the baggageman mixed the trunks, so that they dumped a load of the duchess lingerie into the river while the good bishop came to in the duchess bedroom. 1t really was hardly their fault.
 These two paragraphs may sound slightly insane, but assure you that they outline the opening chapters of "Excess Baggage" by H. M. Raleigh, very faithfully. You will deduce at once that "Ex- cess Baggage" is a wild and woozy farce comedy, and want to assure you that it is very, very funny.
 To cardy the plot along a little farther, MT Raleigh has his bishop mistaken for ghost when he re- covers; and the vicar and his wife wander about the country thinking that they are murderers. while Scotland Yard hunts them under the impression that they them selves have been murdered.
 The whole story reminds one of P. c. Wodehouse; not Wode- house at his very best. perhaps, but Wodehouse on one of his bet ter days, at any rate. The book, in other words, is almost ircred- ibly funny, and I only hope you lind as many laughs in 1t as l did.
 Excess Baggage" is published by Dutton and sells for $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-16

which is adjacent to Nichola the esstsrn terminus of the express ooulevard. For in- stance. the states right of way will st no point along the Merritt Highway De less than 300 feet wide. That is an excellent idea. It will allow for expansion in the future and it will enable the state. through it's landscape division. to beau tify the road to a considerable extent and make 1t the thoroughfare that ali are hoping it will be- Furthermore. we learned for the first time this week that the length of the boulevard will be 5 miles. What vast difference that will make in the running time between Connecticut cities and New York. We think that Connecticut will never regret the construction of this road regard less of its high cost.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-16
Here. There And Everywhere

or is outdoor work no longer neces- sary? We require proof and lo- cate ourselves in Missouri so far as such assertions are concerned, and we even believe that there are still women who pride themselves on their ability to prepare a generous and well cooked meal for their household, despite what the speak, CT termed drudgery. Like the poor. drudgery we have with us always, and it cannot be passed on to an- other.
 But we can see to what the speaker is leading. He shortly asserts that in the decade of 192O- 1880, the consumption of spinach gained 1596 per cent. carrots 1915 per cent and string beans 56S per cent. String beans, 1t will be ob- served, are an extremely poor third. We are not told from what source the speaker got his data, and for that matter we do not greatly care, aside from our fear for the future of the republic. As to the latter. we wonder how long the country can survive if its citizens feed up- on the articles mentioned.
 Spinach, carrots and string beans are interesting as side dishes. foods one may take or let alone as he pleases. but can ont build roads. direct a great corporation, write an absorbing book or bring . great audience to It's feet on a diet in which these play a leading part? Not so, but far otherwise-meat must be had if one is to do the work of a man and a patriot. We have no desire to discourage the production and sale of the vege-' tables mentioned, but. as students of Holy Writ know, Job discovered In his day that man cannot make hearty meal of the east wind. and these things are but shade more substantial.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-16
So They Say

If capitalists were as active in their support of capitalism as they have been in their greed for profit, they would make agriculture the object of their special solicitude.. Senator John J. Blaine of Wis.,
 consin.
 I guess I'll go back to Texas when this session of congress is over. But if Mir Garner stays here fell really ought to stay and take care of him. He's such an infant.
 Mrs John Nance Garner. wife of
 the democratic vice presi-
 dential nominee.
 .
 Millions of dollars in Soviet or ders probably would so to Amer lean business firms and industries if the present lack of official re- lationship between the two coun- tries were overcome. The absence of normal relationship between the two great countries cannot but act as Q deterrent to world reeev- cry from the depression. -Colonel Frederick Pope, New
 York industriaiist, In confer
 ence with Soviet officials at
 Moscow.
 Youth cannot be turned loose to spend the years between clement afy schooling and maturity In amusing themselves, nor can youth be put in cold storage to await the proper time for their advent Into the social order. There is nothing left to do with youth but educate them.
 --Professor Thomas II. Briggs of
 Tsnchers college. Columbia
 university.