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Evening star., 1932-12-25
LIBRARY NOW HAS
RARE RUSSIAN BOOK
First Volume Printed in Coun.
try in Collection at Con-
gressionaI.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
As an indirect result Of purchasing
the late Cars Winter palace books,
priceless volumes in rich bindings, the
Library of Congress now boasts new
Russian rarity, the first book ever
printed in that country
ReVerently " Valta Parma. director
of the secluded rare book room Of the
library, plec-d this volume. Acts Of
the Apostles" among the libraryS re-
markable collection Of incunabula.
The same Russian book dealer. now in
business in New York. who purchased
the Cars collection and sold it to the
American National Library. at a great
bargain, to preserve its culture intact,
also secured the Russian First Book"
Special Pilgrimage Made.
Fired by interest in the library's
Vollbehr collection Of incunabula, which
includes that first printed book Of all,
the Gutenberg Bible, he made a special
pilgrimage to Russia, reviewed his coun-
try's history Of printing, found its first
book
1t was printed in Moscow by Ivan
FedOrov and Peter Timofeev in 1864,
more than a century after the Guten-
berg book, dater between 1850 and 1855.
A decree Of Ivan the Terrible in 1853
established in Moscow the printing
court" which produced it. and which
was center Of Russian culture for 300
years. The publication of the first
book. however angered the common
people, who saw In it the manifestation
OF evil spirits. They burned the
printing Offices. Ivan Federov and
Peter Tmofeev fed for their lives, and
for some years had to continue their
work abroad, in Latvia.
Authenticity Established.
The New York Russian fully estab-
lished the authenticity Of the book,
brought a certifcation to It's identity
and history from P. Shibanov eminent
scholar serving as consultant TO the
commissary of export Of the Soviet
government.
The book IS In its original binding
of full stamped leather over boards.
with clasps intact. Beautiful are its
wood. cuts, the most elaborate being 1
portrait of Mark
Under Parma's planning, incunabula
Of printing is being collected even into
recent history. He is even assembling
the first books printed In the various
States Of the Union.
Evening star., 1932-12-25
Organized Reserves

Air Corps Reserve officers will hold
their Institutional conference TUESDAY
evening in the Munitions Building,
under the direction of Capt. T. j. Koe-
mig. Maj. J. D. Arthur, jr., viii con-
duct the engineer conference at Wash
ington reserve headquarters Wednes-
day evening. Military Intelligence Re
serve officers of the District will meet
in the Munitions Building Wednesday
evening. Capt. j. H. Bogart will con-
duct the chemical warfare conference
for District reservists Of that arm at
HEADQUARTERS next Friday evening.
Three reserve officers will begin a.
days active duty training. effective jan
uary 8, in the Office OF the Assistant
Secretary Of War, in connection with
procurement activities. They include
Maj. Harold McGeorge, Ordnance Re
serve. and Maj Theodore H. Eickhof
and Capt Edward E. Stokes, both Spe-
cialist Reserve.
The following reserve officers have
been assigned to units of the 80th Divi-
sion as indicated: Maj. John j. Rein
hard and Second Lieut.. CantWeH C.
4 III,
to the 315th Field Artillery; Second
Lieut.. Harold A. Candland Quarter
master Reserve. to 80th Division quar-
termaster trains; Second Lieuts. Hanse
II. Hamilton and George w. Lawson,
both Field Artillery Reserve, to the
3l3th Field Artillery. and Second
Lieuts William L. Dumas. jr.. Elmo T
Foster. William S. Stanley, Bernard G.
Mayberry, Fritz B. Peterson, all In
fantry Reserve, to the 320th Infantry.
Other changes in assignment affect
ing District reservists are: Second Lieut..
relieved from assignment to the 320th
Infantry; Second Lieut.. James E. Doug
been placed in the Arm and Service
Assignment Group, is relieved from as
signment to the 8Oth Division quar-
termaster trains, and Second Lieut..
Jack r. Eakin, Infantry Reserve. re-
lieved from assignment to the 320th In
fantry.
The following members of Company
C. 312th Machine Gun Company. met
at the home of John j. Stanley: Frank
Allen William H. Fox, Frank Hall, Will
liam E. Isemann, William Jones, Loudon
Langan, Alex B. Petrie. James F.. Ros-
sitter, c. c. Schroth, John I. Simmons,
John j. Stanley, George B. Clarke and
! H. A. Penn.
All former members of the company
are cordially invited to the next meet
ing. January 18, at the home of John
| J. Shandley, IA w street. Meetings
will be held on the third Wednesday of
each month.
Evening star., 1932-12-25
|C|TY MUSEUMS HIT
ART RACKETEERS
Tricks Used in Swindling
Americans Recalled by Of
fiCiaI of Dealers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, December 24-As the
graph goes up for art museum, 1t goes
down for art racketeers.
Frederick Newlin Price. an official of
the American Art Dealers Association
which keeps an eye cooked for fakery In
pigment-belieyes the recent establish
ment of museums in many American
cities is the chief reason for present-day
depletion in the ranks Of sWindlers.
Americans know g. great deal more
about art today" Price said Formerly
an art racketeer could invade the small
er cities and there would be nobody in
them to challenge the authenticity of
his goods. The establishments Of
museums in these cities has changed
the situation"
Among rackets that Price recalls IS
the initiated canvas back. The sw1ndler
buys a valuable painting. He has it
copied and he fits the copy into the
back Of the authentic picture.
Shown Authentic Picture.
Mr.. Prospective Purchaser comes in!
He knows his art and he cant" be
swindled. The picture he sees is au-
thentic, no doubt about that. He
buys it.
Just sign your initials on the back" )"
suggests the racketeer. Mr.. Purchaser
signs. That assures" him he will get
the same painting that he bought.
What he really signed was the back Of
the copy and that's what he gets.
Walter Grant. secretary of the Art
Dealers Association, who says he is
ready to lend the facilities of the as
sociation to anybody who IS doubtful
about an art transaction, tells about a
once fruitful racket. A swindler would
call on a collector on behalf Of q friend
in Europe who was writing book about
the art of some period.
The Racketeering Auctioneer.
The swindler would explain that the
friend would like photograph OF a
certain painting owned by the collector
The collector would gladly furnish it
In little while there would come a let
ter from the friend, returning the
photograph with the explanation that
it was either of a period too early or
too late for inclusion in the book. He
would incloSe the photograph OF an
other painting and write:
This is what I am using for my
frontispiece and 1t will give you an
idea of what / am loOkin for"
OF course this other painting would
be owned by an impoverished baron,
who would take a ridiculously low price
for it. If the collector turned out to
be sucker the sviDdler hoped him to
be. he would grab at the opportunity to
buy it.
And then. Price tells Of the racketeer-
ing auctioneer who, when he has paint
ings to put on the block, hires an old
actor to wear a paint -Smeared Smock
and weep in the corner:
MY pictures. o. my beloved pictures,
you are breaking my heart
Evening star., 1932-12-25

This is the seventh Of a series SOS Of stories
TIE on IN me oteF ofties
throughout the country since the lone
woman has only emerged from her OBJ
Scurity as a real relief issue after
Winters without Job.
BY a Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
KANSAS CITY. December 24-ThiS
citys unemployed women number about
1000. according to figures of three re.
lief agencies participating in the local
charities fund.
In a tabulation Of $500 unemployed
women, stenographers led the list with
1919. Others were clerical workers
1.Ol1; typists, $50; factory workers, 669;
houseworkers, All.
A miscellaneous classification Of 79l
women included many women eXecu-
tives. professionals and secretaries. OF
the total. 1,121 were between Is and 19
years DID, 1867 between 20 and "a;
llO0 between 25 and 20; 1857 between
80 and 4e, and ITS between SO and 65.
Many With Dependents.
Many are entirely dependent on the
charities fund More than 1000 OF
these unemployed women have from one
to nine dependents. A natural decline
in morale Is being Combatted by free
activities, such as swimming, dancing
and dramatics classes.
Some 800 college graduates are listed
and more than 5000 have had from one
to four years in high school.
Free employment bureaus average
about 200 placements a month, mostly
housework. Many women, trained fol
Offices. are willingly accepting work ir
homes for pay which ranges from board
and room to top of 50 week with
board and room.
The Y. w. c. A., Girls Hotel and
Jefferson Home are trying to aid unem-
ployed women.
Return to Homes.
SCRANTON. Pa, December "a
The unemployment situation among
in this section of
Evening star., 1932-12-25
nome CONFERENCE
|. TO Be HELD Jan. Il
Churches, Social Workers
and Federal Officials to
Discuss Problems.

Conservation Of the Home" will be
considered by a conference of ministers,
social workers and Government Off
cials January II at Calvary Baptist
Church. Morning, afternoon and eve
ming sessions will be held.
Discussing the aims Of the confer
ence, DR.. w. L. Darby executive secre-
tary of the Washington Federation OF
Churches, which sponsors the confer
ence, said: 1T is our belief that q
gathering OF this kind will be very help
full just now in directing the attention
of people to the necessity of exercising
better care in connection with our home
life"
Opening Program.
The conference will open at 10 am
with a seminar for ministers on the
subject Safeguarding Marriage" Rev.
Russell j. Clinchy, pastor OF Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church. will
preside. Speakers at this seminar in
clude DR.. L. Foster Wood. secretary Of
the Committee on Marriage and the
Home of the Federal Council Of
Churches, on "An Educational APP
proach to Marriage; DR.. q. Barney
Phillips, rector of Epiphany Episcopal
Church, on "Premaritll Interviews; ;
LIT. f1aTVey bdkeI OHlltIi, pdSIOI VI W.
lumbia Heights Christian Church. on
Follow Up of Marriage; Ray H. Ever
EFT, executive secretary Of the Social
Hygiene Society, on Books and Pam
phlets on Marriage and Sex Relations" )"
A seminar for women will be held at
the same morning hours under the
Craftsmanship OF Mrs. William S. Aber-
nethy The discussion leaders will in
clude Miss Lois Kugler of Mount Pleas
ant Congregational Church, Miss Mabel
Thurston OF Covenant-First Presby-
terian Church, Miss Ella Gardner Of
the United States Children's Bureau,
Mrs. Ruth Camblon of the Mental Hy-
giene Clinic, Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley
Women's Clubs, and others. An oppor-
tunity will also be given for consulta-
ton with these leaders by individuals
and small groups.
Joint Luncheon.
A joint luncheon for ministers and
others interested will be held at 1915
O'Clock, with DR.. William A. White, su-
perintendent of st. Elizabeth Hospital
and president of the Social Hygiene
Society. as chairman. DR.. White VIII
discuss Personality Adjustments in
Marriage; Prof E. r. Growers Of the
University OF North Carolina will discuss
Marriage. the Great Adventure" and
DR.. L. Foster Wood will take for his
subject Getting at the Roots of Di-
yorce and Family Unhappiness."
A public meeting to be held at night.
beginning at O'Clock, will be presided
over by Prof. D. w. Willard, head of
the department Of sociology OF George
Washington University. The subjects
and speakers for the evening will be:
Six Tests of Success in Marriage" by
DR.. L. Foster Wood; Changing Prob
lens OF the Home and Child" Miss
Katherine Lenroot, assistant chief of
Radio and the Home" by Joy Elmer
Morgan. editor Of the Journal of the
National Education Association: "Edu-
cation for Modern Marriage by Prof.
E. r. Groves, and a summary and clos
ing appeal by DR.. Harvey Baker Smith.
Evening star., 1932-12-25
CAROLINA IS FACING
FINANCE PROB[ENS.
State Leaders Seek to Pay
S13,O00,OO0 in Debts Due
in or Before April.
By tie Associated Press.

By TIE Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, S. c.. December "a
Grave financial problems. complicated
By court action over unpaid salaries,
confronted South Carolina today, lit
tie more than two weeks before the
Legislature meets January 10.
The States leaders are trying to ar
range for the financing of more than
sl3,C0G000 in obligations coming due
in or before April, most Of them in
February. OF this. $4,000 900 is In
highway notes and State deficit notes.
Revenues OFF s1,OO0,0 900.
To make the problem more difficult
revenues for 1882 are estimated to have
decreased more than s1,0O0000 from
figures on which the general appropria-
ton bill of approximately $9,4o0,0oO
was based.
Foreseeing this in June. the State FL
nance Committee announced a Is per
cent slash in general appropriation ex-
penditureS would be necessary. This
eliminated in failure to pay when due
all Sldte SaldIltS lOT TIE 1dSI wv
months of the year.
John P. Derham. a member OF the
Tax Commission. has obtained a court
order for the State treasurer to show
cause why his salary should not be paid
in full.
Guards Trust Fund"
Treasurer Julian H. Scarborough de-
clined to pay warrants issued for De-
cember and 80 per cent of the Novem-
Der salaries He said he regarded
money he has on hand trust fund
to make payments on a loan of s3,4oo.-
600 obtained from the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation to pay IS per cent
of State aid teachers salaries and other
obligations.
To steer the State through the crisis
leaders have laid down a program OF
drastic economy The Budget Com.
mission has announced it will recon-
mend to the Legislature 1888 appro-
priation bill of S6,485.000 cut OF
nearly 100000 from the 1882 bill.
Evening star., 1932-12-25

fantry; Arthur NJ Whaley. M. c.;
George M. Russell, Cavalry; Lieut.. Col.
William H. Smith, M c., and Maj. Leon
A. Fox, M. C. Lieut.. Col. Michael A.
Daley and Maj. Norman T. Kirk, both
medical officers, have been detailed to
the board as medical examiners. Capt.
John r. Holt, Q. NJ. c.. has been desig-
mated as the recorder of the board.
Several officers on duty at the War
Department in the office Of the chief
of Infantry went to Fort Benning. Ga:
last week for period of observation OF
Infantry school activities Included In
the group were Col. Asa L. Singleton,
Lieut.. Col. James M. Churchill and Maj
Paul w. Newgarden from the training
section; Lieut.. Col. Bernard Lentz from
the arms and equipment section; MAJ:
Benjamin S. Ferris OF the personnel
section, and Maj Thomas j. Camp from
the intelligence section.
Evening star., 1932-12-25
The Unemployed Woman
Free Swimming, Daucing and Dramatcs Glasses
Maintained to Bolster Mordle-Some of Jobess
With Nine Dependents.

Pennsylvania has not yet reached an an
acute stage and as a result it is diff
cult to gather statistics.
While a large number OF girls have
lost Jobs, most of them have families
which are providing for them. A num-
ber came from the country near Scran-
ton and they have returned to their
homes.
The Y w G, A. has fund which
makes 1t possible to provide temporary
shelter and food for unemployed, un-
married women until they can be per-
manenty cared for Social workers
generally are of the opinion that many
of the women in this locality who are
unemployed are among the class who
would be unemployed in normal cir
cumstanceS
Two large concerns which employ
large numbers of women have adopted
the policy of dividing the work among
the employees at a reduced wage rather
than throw their workers into the un-
employed class. AS a result office SAL
aries are small, but they are main
tanned.
Deplorable Conditions.
Among scruoWomen, washwomen
cleaning women and domestics the sit
uation IS deplorable. They are being
shockingly exploited in many cases.
Wages are extremely low and the do
mestic IS expected to do the heaviest
kind of work. Where women formerly
employed extra help for the heavy work
the one house maid of all works" is
now expected to do everything.
Among certain class there Is q
tendency to hire a general houseworker
for the low salary of 50 week and put
her to work at the accumulated family
washing, heavy cleaning and other
chores. After these have been finished,
usually in about three days, the maid
IS fired for some reason and is again
among the unemployed.
Copyright, 1899. by North American News
paper Alliance, IncJ
Evening star., 1932-12-25
DR.. C., L, REESE TO HEAD
US. CHEMISTS FOR 1894
Retired Chemical Director of Du
Pont Company Given High Honor
hy National Society.

Dr. Charles L. Reese, retired chem
ical director Of the E. I. du Pont de
Nemours & Co. of Wilmington. Del,
has been elected president Of the Amer
ican Chemical Society for 1884, 1t was
announced today.
DR.. Reese will serve actively as pres
ident-elect during 1888 under the pres
idency of Prof Arthur B. Lamb Of the
Harvard University faculty, who will
assume the chief Office on January l.
Prof Lamb. president-elect for the last
year, will succeed DR.. L. V. Redman.
vice president Of the Bakelite Corpora
ton.
District directors of the American
Chemical Society for 1888 will be Prof
James F. Norris of the Massachusetts
Institute Of Technology, and Dean
Frank c. Whitmore of Pennsylvania
State College. DR.. M. c. Whitaker, vice
president of the American Cyanamid
Co." was chosen a director t-large
Evening star., 1932-12-25
YOUTHS TO SET Up
COMMUNAL COLONY
Canadian Cooperative So.
eiety Plans "Utopia" Near
Victoria, B. c.
BY the Associated Press

Ry the Associated Press
VICTORIA, British Columbia. De-
cember 24-Planning a Utopia where
leach shall labor for all and all for
each" the Canadian Young Peoples
Cooperative Society has taken an op-
tion on site for communal colony
at Sooke, near here. the scene Of a
former sociological experiment.
Soon. members Of the society expect.
clearing away brush and repairing raw
ages time has left on buildings erected
by a previous band Of idealists, who
scattered after waiting in vain for the
end of the world In 1925.
Eighty acres of rich land, blessed by
climatic conditions which insure boun-
teous corps a long stretch Of sandy
beach, harbor providing shell food and
fish, and virgin forest abounding in
game-that is the picture which has
attracted the interest Of the young peo-
Pies society.
S250,000 Expended.
A colony of about 300 religious stu
dents spent nearly $250000 in establish
ing the settlement. A general assembly
hall and "a buildings. including an office
structure, laundry. cheese factory. work
shop and small cottages, still stand. al
though somewhat overgroWn by thlcK
underbrush.
The young peoples society, which has
its headquarters in Jasper, Alberta. IS
headed by H. A. MacDougall, president,
and A. c. Morris, secretary treasurer
Literature of the society explains that
the organization believes that by con-
certed effort in the field, factory and
workshop, in religious and spiritual
matters and in every branch OF en-
deavor generally touching the common
interests of man, social equity and nap
piness may be ultimately attained
Morris says 10 or Is young men Will
be placed on the land this Winter to
clear away brush. repair fences, re-
habilitate buildings and prepare the
ground for garden crops.
By Midsummer, it is hoped Sufhc1ent
progress may have been made to per
NIT the admission of wives OF the first
colonists or other young women. While
Morris points out that it is essentially
a Young peoples colony the presence
OF older people will be considered neces-
sary as "a SteadVng influence"
Profits Shared Jointly.
mo man or woman entering the
colony will be permitted. except unoer
the direst necessity, to work at any
phase of industry to which he or she
Is by nature untitled says pamph-
let The proceeds of each colonlsts
labor, be ii mental or physical, will go
to the general welfare OF the colony,
of which each colonist Is q component
member.
The profits will afford an oppor-
tunity to concentrate more and more
upon those finer things in life which
only sound economic conditions and
true domestic felicity make it possible
for us to enjoy"
Three hundred to 500 coloniStS are
expected. They will live in family
1-n,ns Applicants will be selected
from members Of the society who con-
vince a governing committee that they
believe in production for use and not
for profit
Evening star., 1932-12-25
Representative KAHN
BUSY CHRISTMAS EVE
Reading Mail From Constituents
Holds Her Attention Part Of
the Day.

BY the Associated Press.
Christmas eve found Representative
Florence P. Kahn of San Francisco at
her desk carrying out her political
formula Of 'readilg the mail to find
out what the people back home are
thinking about"
Il might be downtown this morning"
she said. but I wouldn't do a bit of
good there and I might do little here.
Now. don't get the idea that I'm going
to stay here all day. It's Christmas,
after all, and the StorekeeperS would
have a right to be mad if there weren't
a little shopping done. I'm going out
after awhile and put some of the Gov
ernment's money into circulation"
Evening star., 1932-12-25
MACHADO ACT REVERSED
Court Orders Jobs Restored to 12
Havana Teachers.

HAVANA, December "a (P).-The Ha-
vana Audiencia Court today declared
President Machado acted beyond his
powers in discharging u teachers of
the Havana Institute for alleged revo-
lutionary sympathies, and ordered that
their Jobs be given back to them.
The teachers had attacked President
Machado's decree of December "a 1880,
which discharged them for having signed
a revolutionary proclamation Their
representative. DR.. Paul de Cardenas.
held the Executive is not empowered to
take such action.
Evening star., 1932-12-25
INDIAN HERO AIDED
Choctaw War Veteran Gets Com
pensation for Ailment.

OKLAHOMA CITY, December "a (E)
The white mans Government again
has recognized Josef Kill People" Ok
lahombie, Choctaw Indian World War
Veteran cited for bravery in the Meuse-
Arronne offensive. The Veterans Bu-
reau announced TODAY he would be given
disability compensation for lung all
rfnt attributed to his service. The
sLnpensation Is $l2 month.
Evening star., 1932-12-25
CUBA TO SHIP SUGAR
Way Cleared for 10000 Tons fol
Chile-Treaty Considered.

HAVAN. Cuba, December "a CP)-
Through the offices of DR.. Orestes Fer
rara. secretary of state. and Emelio Ed
wards BellO, Chile's Minister in Cuba,
the way was cleared today for the Ma
tional Sugar Export Corporation to ship
10000 tons of sugar to Chile.
A proposal for commercial treaty
between Cuba and Chile has been under
consideration for some months.
Evening star., 1932-12-25
SOLUTION TO CAMERA EYE.
fSee Page 81

1t was his detective sense.
When he spotted a MUD COV-
Erred Ford coupe. with CLEAN
license plates. he knew he had
his men.
Had the license plates and
coupe BOTH been CLEAN or
BOTH MUD SCATTERED he
would have been unsuspicious.
THE EYE OBSERVES ONLY
WHAT THE MIND, THE HEART
AND THE IMAGINATION ARE
GIFTED TO SEE: AND SIGHT
MUST BE REINFORCED BY
INSIGHT.-Whipple.
Evening star., 1932-12-25

SCRANTON. Pa, December "a
The unemployment situation among
business women in this section OF
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-24
MUSIC LOVERS. PL BASED WITH
 CONCERT PLANS
Arrangements Com pleted for Crawford Re-
 citals Next Week

Plans are virtually completed fo- the concerts to be given next Tues Gay and Wednesday evenings in the Grade School Auditorium by Robert Crawford, baritone; Miss Ruby Mercer, soprano, and Hac- riSon Potter, pianist, all of whom are artists of prominence in the States.
 Since announcement was made of the engagement of the eminent musicians for recitals in this city, the Business and Professional Wo- mems Club, which conducted Ehe successful negotiations for the con- certs, has been in receipt of mes sages of congratulation from mu- sic lovers of the city.
 School Board is Pleased
 The Juneau School Board ha! expressed appreciation of the ap. preaching event. In a letter tt Mrs. John Mccormick, Presiden of the Club, R. E. Robertson, Pres ident of the school board, said.
 The Juneau Public School Board is very much interested in the announcement that you have arranged for the public appearance of Robert Crawford in concert with Ruby Mercer and Harrison Potter in the Public School Audi