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The Washington times., 1932-08-01
8 Church Groups
Plan Summer FeteS

Eight church groups of Mont
gomCIy county will hold picnics
and church suppers this week.
They are: Sunday school picnic
of the Olney Methodist Episcopal
Church, in Bready's Meadow; a
chicken and meat dinner, followed
by a concert at the White Oak
School auditorium, and the an
nual fete of st. Mary's Church,
Rockville. tomorrow; chicken sup
pc2s of the st. Marks Guild, of
Fairland, and the Potomac Meth
odiSt Church. at Potomac, on
Thursday, and the annual picnics
of the Clarksburg Methodist
Episcopal Church, at Kings Wood,
the Salem Methodist Church, at
Methodist Grove and st. Lukes
Guild, Brighton, Saturday.
The Washington times., 1932-08-01
Nurse and 2 Men
Plan Rome FLiQht

NEW YORK, Aug. l G.N.SD -
A girl flier and two men will
hop off from here some time this
week for a nonstop flight to
Rome, during which the reac-
tions of his companions to the
strain of the flight will be re-
corded by a doctor.
The trio consists of Edna New
conner, Williamsport, Pa. nurse
and aviatrix; William Ulbrich,
pilot. and DR.. Leon Pisculli.
The Washington times., 1932-08-01
Melodies
To Feature PAGEANT

Old-time fiddling and Colonial
music will be the chief attractions
Thursday at the Bicentennial
Pageant at the Sacred Music Fes-
tival at MasSanetta Springs, Va.
Miss Sallie Blosser, of Har-
risonburg, director of the pageant,
said today that many of Vir-
giniais outstanding mountaineer
fiddlers had entered their names
in fiddling contest to be held
in connection with the pageant.
She said that the colonial music
would include all the old airs to
which the coloniSts marched,
fought and danced.
The Washington times., 1932-08-01
|NDENBURG' 5
CONTROL STILL
ABSOLUTE

BERLIN, Aug. l GNSO Con
tinuation of government by emer.
gency decree, with 85-year-old
President Paul Won Hindenburg
exercising power greater than that
of the kaiSer's, confronted Ger
many today as count of votes in
the Reichstag elections gave no
single party a workable majority.
Out of the chaos which put an
end to a score of the minor po-
litical parties which for years
have hindered orderly operation
of government, Adolf Hitler, ma
tional socialist leader, arose as
chieftain of the largest individual
bloc in the Reichstag.
Heavy Communist Gains
But heavy Communist gains
and Unexpectedly large polling
for the moderate CentriSt bloc
led by former Chancellor Helm
rich Bruening, deprived Hitler of
his strong bid for absolute power
in the Reich.
Despite this. however. the NaZi
leader was optimistic. He said:
THE results were most graft
flying"
Hitler'S representation in the
ReichStag has jumped from LOT to
230 seats.
Hitler denied he had opened
negotiations with Bruening'S Cen
tristS, which hold the balance of
power with 76 seats. He ex-
pressed belief that Chancellor
Franz Won Papen, chief Of Ger
many's incumbent monarchist
cabinet, had sought the aid of the
Centrists to remain at the head
Of the government.
Clashes Continue
Semi-official spokesmen ex.
pressed no surprise over the Com
munist gains from II to SO seats,
representing a popular gain Of
100000 votes. This fact was held
to Substantiate Won Papen'S claim,
'OASNN IA q LCSCllU 1dO1O UlOdUCdSJ
to the United States, that the
Communists constitute Germany's
gravest danger.
The fate of Won Papen him.
self depends largely upon the
Bruening bloc. Bruening empha-
sized recently that his party
would participate in a right
coalition against the Socialists
and Communists although he
will decline to hold office per-
sonally.
Despite the unparalleled pre-
cautions taken by both Federal
and local officials to maintain
order, blood continued to flow
today even after the ballots had
been counted in Germany's
bloodiest election.
One Nazi and one Communist
were killed in clashes in KoenigS-
berg and Brunswick, adding to
the total of 10 slain during yes
terday's voting and the roll of
nearly 200 killed during the pre-
election campaign.
The Washington times., 1932-08-01
COUNTY TOHEAR
CAS- RATE TALK

What the gas company intends
doing in Montgomery county,
which seeks an 812 per cent re-
duction in rates, will be learned
tonight when Marcy L. Sperry,
president of the Washington Gas
Light Company, speaks at the
meeting of the Bethesda Chamber
of Commerce at the County
Building in Bethesda.
The meeting will attract many
residents of Bethesda, Chevy
Chase, Edgemoor, Woodmont, Bat,
terry Park, Friendship Heights,
Somerset and adjacent sections.
The Washington times., 1932-08-01
Disregdrds
Warning, Is Killed

BAY CITY, Mich, Aug.
G.N.SD. William Schwab, 80,
killed when a monoplane he was
testing crashed and burst into
flames last night, took the ship
up against the advice of Henry
Dora. airport manager, it was
learned today.
Dora believed the left wing was
too heavy, but Schwab had tried
to offset this by adding weight to
the right wing.
The Washington times., 1932-08-01
Is Declared
Church Opportunity

Speaking on Present Day Op-
portunities," DR.. Andrew Mellon
Brodie, associate minister of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church yesterday told his congre-
cation that the worldwide econ
omic crisis was just the time when
the church, through serving the
needy. should thrive best. He
added:
"If mans extremity is Gods
opportunity, what a chance God
has these days to serve needy
men if the church will only CO.
operate" DIR. BrOdie said.
The Washington times., 1932-08-01
Savings

Bookcases reduced. Pictures
and Mirrors, Draperies, Slip
Covers, Tea Wagons, Gateleg
Tables, Corner Cabinets, Di-
nette Suites, Console Tables,
Cabinets, Sofas, Love Seats,
Stools. Windsor Chairs, Rock
ers - all at great savings.
Hundreds Of other items
The Washington times., 1932-08-01
Campaign Started
To Cut Accidents

The month of August was pro-
claimed automobile accident pre-
vention month" by the District
Commissioners yesterday This
action was taken in conjunction
with that of the Governors Of 27
States desirous of calling atten
ton to the increasing toll of lives
lost annually in motor vehicle mis-
hapS.
The Washington times., 1932-08-01
PEN WOMEN GUESTS

The Chevy Chase branch of
the National League of American
Pen Women will be entertained
at the NeWlands Street home Of
Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson tomor-
row. Miss Viola Offutt is presi-
Ident.
The Washington times., 1932-08-01
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HUNDREDS OF
CHAIRS REDUCED

It does not matter what style or
price of chair you have in mind,
you will likely find it now at
Mayer g. Co.. and at a remark
ably low price There are hun.
dreds from which to choose.
Easy Chairs, Lounge Chairs, Club
Chairs, Occasional and Character
Chairs, Colonial Chairs. Pull-up
Chairs and others. all reduced.
The Washington times., 1932-08-01
Hitler HOning
go Seats in
ReichStag

BERLIN, Aug. l GN.SO.
Following is the latest tabula-
ton of seats in the new
ReichStag as filled in yester-
days election. given with the
lineup Of the last Reichstag,
elected in 1890:
Evening star., 1932-10-16

striking similarity or even Identical re
suits obtained by Cosyns and myself and
by Prof. Regener seem to place the dis
clsSion on firm basis.
Direction Second Objective.
Our second objective was the determi-
nation of the direction CT cosntc rays.
In our measurements We used what Is
known to physicists as "Geiger's Tube. "
This consists primarily Of an oblong
ionization chamber, a counting tube and
an intensifier which makes audible the
explosions which take place when cos
mic rays, penetrating the tube, produce
ionization. If the rays fall on the tube
vertically, obviously a greater number
of them would strike it than If they
entered it horizontally, or parallel with
the axis of the tube.
We had carried out preliminary ex-
periments at Brussels with our equip
ment. These tests indicated, with great
distinctness and at a distance OF sew
eral hundred feet, the location CT a hos
pital which had supply OF radium on
hand.
To our surprise we discovered, when
in the stratoSphere, that our tests 1ndl-
Gated there is no directional effect no
ticeable in recording cosmic rays.
Whether the tube was vertical or hor-
izontal the number of rays recorded
over a given period was the same. They
we're on the average constant within a
margin of about l per thousand. Com
plete absence of earthly noises. which
do not penetrate the stratosphere, made
the most delicate observations possible.
How can we explain this phenomena?
Evening star., 1932-10-16

To my mind 1t indicates that cos
mic radiation is produced in the at
mospheric strata where the FNRS was
uspended-above, below and on all
sides of U.s. To person on the earth's
surface cosmic radiation certainly
comes from above and has a distinct
directional tendency. like rain pour
ing from the clouds. In the strato-
sphere we noticed that cosmic radia-
ton comes to the observer from all di-
rections at once and uniformly. The
physicist, Kolhorster, working with
tests and holding theories quite differ
ent from ours, evolved the same hy-
pothesis several months earlier.
Unfortunately, however, for the hy-
pothesis we have enunciated, it is not
the only one which can be advanced to
characteristics of cosmic radiation in
the stratosphere. Various other rea-
sons could be given or suggestions ad-
vanced with equal force in explanation
OF the phenomenon We observed. Many
further tests must be made before we
can either discard or accept the theory
AS said before, we can declare with
entire honesty and sincerity that al
| present nothing definite has been
| proved. Cosmic radiation guards well
its mysteries.
But nevertheless a hypothesis which
would have been unthinkable few
| months ago now must be recognized
and enters into competition with all
other hypotheses+that of the strato-
spheric origin Of cosmic radiation.
I use the term hypothesis advisedly
Evening star., 1932-10-16

mutable, simple law-the relative in
crease in radiation must be proportional
to the quantity of air traVerSed by the
ascending balloon. In other words. the
radiation must increase by a certain
constant percentage of its mOmentary
value for each centimeter the barometer
drops
Should Increase With Height.
If the original radiation were not
homogeneous, but composed Of different
cosmic rays of various degrees Of pene-
| tration, then relatively more soft rays
should be found at high attitudes. ano
the increase in total radiation should be
! greater in the upper strata of the earth's
atmosphere than required by the simple
law
The results of our observations were
very surprising. In the higher alti-
tudeS We found neither a greater nor
any constant increase. We found
rather smaller increase than would
be required by the fulfillment of what
we had regarded as immutable law
This truth cannot today be challenged
or disputed
! Professor Regener. who sent uroccu-
pied recording balloons into far higher
attitudes than we were able to pene-
! tratc discovered this fact during the
! Summer. His balloons climbed to an
altitude which the barometer meas
ured with a pressure of 25 mm> At
our highest point the mercury tube
showed 725 nm. by the long barom-
eter and IA nm. by the short barom-
eter In my first ascent, when We
reached 1870 meters altitude, the
/ barometer registered 75.2 nm. Our
direct readings from the FNRS con-
firmed the deductions made by Prof.
Regener from his recording balloon re-
ports.
Two theories appear to me as most
plausible in seeking to explain the phe-
nCmena.
First. as 1 said before cosmic radia-
ton does not come from cosnic space.
as We had at first believed, but is
produced in the uppermost strata OF
the earth's atmosphere.
| Second, the hard and most pene-
tratlng portions Of cosnic radiation do
ccme from cosmic space. but the
softer strongly ionized components are
a sort of secondary radiation produced
by the impact of the hard rays on the
air molecules.
If the second theory is the correct
one. the absence of the softer compo-
nents can be explained by assuming
| tlldL tUe CCSIllC rays are pIOuuCcu III
the extremely attenuated matter of
cosmic space or else by assuming that
the earth's magnetic field causes a de-
Walton of the soft componerts toward
the magnetic poles of our planet,
where they are awaiting the visit OF
another FNRS expedition.
| I hope that very soon Investigations
into the sTratosphere in the Hudson
Bay region will be undertaken. Valu-
able information should be obtained tC
support or break down this theory
Naturally such an ascent will be diff
cult and dangerous, and should be un-
dertaken by scientists acquainted with
and accimated to subpolar conditions
The balloon might easily drift out ovel
the polar ice cap or descend in the
depths Of the Canadian wilderness
The crew must be equipped and pre-
pared to make its way back to civiliza-
ton
We see that various hypothesis are
possible as explanations of the comic
phenomena we have observed But the
Evening star., 1932-10-16
"NEEDLE ASSAILANT"
ACTIVE, POLICE HEAR
Housewife Declares Belief Man
Put Hypodermic in Her
Arm.

An investigation was begun by de-
tectives last night after Mrs. May Ger
nova, 81, of the 5000 block of Eight
eentn street. reported she believed she
had bean the near victim of O. man
using hypOdermic needle asa weapon.
Mrs. Gernova said that while in front
OF store at Fourteenth street and Park
road, about 10 pm, she felt a sharp
pain in her arm. Shortly afterward
she experienced feeling of faintness,
which led her to believe she had been
labbed by needle containing a drug
The woman said she had left her
husband only few moments before
the incident occurred She told De-
tective Sergt. c. c. Stepp she recalled
having passed three men on her way
to the corner store. Stepp, after find
four skin punctures and a scratch on
Mrs. Gernovas arm, advised her to
go to hospital for treatment, but
she declinedI
Several similar instances were re-
ported here last Winter, police said.
Rum prices in Uruguay are nearly
three times those before the World War.
Evening star., 1932-10-16

soon peer behind the veil of mysteries.
Whatever our future discoveries may
be. wherever our quest may lead. it is
certain there will be great strides for
ward in the near future
And perhaps not only for pure science
and this will interest the lay reader
but in the direction of technical
knowledge and progress will the reveal
ing of cosmic phenomena be impor-
tant. 1 am thinking, not dreaming,
of the cheap power of the future, the
Harvesting of the infinite energies of
atoms and molecules that lie all around
us.
Even though this may be reserved for
future generations, it is no longer a
dream, but in the realm of physical
realities
Copyright, 1882 by MANA. All rights
ReserVedJ
Evening star., 1932-10-16

We ascended about 53.672 feet above sea level,
exceeding the altitude of my previous flight by
more than 1000 feet, but many more balloon
expeditions will have to be undertaken, and
especially at least successful ascension in the
Polay regions. where the effects of the magnetic
waves may be observed.
We are now in position, however. as a result
of the observations in August. to check up on one
hypothesis evolved after my first flight OF the
year before. That is
Cosmic radiation does not come from cosmic
space at all but is produced in the uppermost
strata of the ealth'S atmosphere.
l know it is difficult to explain in terms easily
understandable t. the layman the theory of cos
mic radiation. Pecpe ask: What are cosmlc
rays and what is cCSnlic radiatiOn?' My answer
is simple We do not know.
That is why phscists and other scientists the
world over. as well who are associated with
the Belgian FCnds National De La Recherche
Scientifique, after which our balloon, the FNRS
is named, and which financed my two flights are
making Investigations and experimenting.
Differ From the Other Rays.
In previous articles have explained that cos
mic rays are different from other invisible rays
we know more about. In an effort to stir the
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Beltsville Aid Elects Slate.

BELTSVILLE, Md, october IS (Spe-
ciaD The Ladies' Aid of the NJ. E
Church elected officers as follows: Mrs
H. T. Converse, president; Miss Mollie
Hall, vice president; Miss Mollie Ma
gruder, treasurer; Mrs Kennedy Simms,
secretary
Evening star., 1932-10-16

Rum prices in Uruguay are nearly
three times those before the World War.
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Will Hear Talk on Forestry.

WARRENTON, Va, October IS (Spe-
ciaD "A talk will be given in st. James
Parish Hall Thursday. October 20. at
3 pm, under the auspices of the War
rentOn Garden Club by Mr. Colling-
wood Of the American Forestry Service
Evening star., 1932-10-16

The facts are not yet sufficient to con-
slider it as q theory. Physicists are all
too unwilling to assume that in the
almost void stratosphere, where the
heavens are dyed a deep, dark purple:
where temperatures are constant year
in and year out at so to 80 degrees
below zero Centigrade, where there is
no moisture and consequently no clouds
or rain or fogs, where the sun always
shines except when the earth's shadow
or those of planets intervene, where no
winds ever blow, unless, perhaps, hcri-
zontally; where noises are unknown, at
least so long as human ears cannot
record the music of the spheres
reactions are taking place which we
cannot find on the earth and which we
cannot initiate in our laboratories.
Explains Independence of Earth.
However, the tempting feature of the
new hypothesis is that it seems easily
to explain why this mysterious radia-
tion is independent of the earth's di-
rection ir space and is not a definite
Junction, therefore, of either sidereal or
solar time.
In conclusion I would like to repeat
that the experiments thus far have not
been without appreciable results, but
that much is yet to be done before we
can even begin to answer the many
riddles that confront us in our quest
of knowledge of cosmic radiation.
The physicists like myself and my
colleagues, CoSyns and Kipfer, it is a
sublime feeling to know that we are ap-
preaching a solution and that we may
Evening star., 1932-10-16
EINSTEIN LEAVE O. KID
Prussian Academy Agrees to Allow
Him to Come to u. S. Annually.

BERLIN. October Is R.-The
Prussian Academy of Science, with
which Prof. Albert Einstein is asso-
ciated. has agreed to grant him an
annual leave of absence for several
months to permit him to take up his
duties as head of the Mathematical
School of the Institute for Advanced
Study at Princeton, N. j., it was an
nounced today.
Prof. Einstein will be enabled to take
up his duties in the United States pro-
viding he spends the remainder of each
year N Germany.
Evening star., 1932-10-16
BY PROF. AUGUSTE PICARD.

S
carefully and aboousy made by Max Cons and myself
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Results of Picard Ascent
Belgian Scientist Formulates the Hypothesis That
Cosmic Rays Originate in Stratosphere
Instead of Coming From Space.

the time the scint results Of his studies
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-11

"Say, Hicks, do you really believe
love is blind?"
"Wel, all l can say is I've never
been able to duck my wife's swing.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-11
THAT'S THE QUESTION

Editor-l like this poem, it's cap
ital.
Poet-Yes, / hope so, but how
much?
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-11
HE KNEW HIM

''DeShort just tried to borrow
fifty dollars from me, said he had
some very urgent bills to meet"
Don't you believe him. That fell
low never met a bill in his life if
there was any chance of lodging it"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-11
SOMETIMES HAPPENS

Frosh-Say, who is that beefy fell
low over there with the remarkably
broad shoulders?
Soph-That's the champion chess
player of the college.
Frosh-And who is the midget
with the red hair?
Soph-That's the great left-end
of our football team.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-11
THE "FALL GUY"

Kind-hearted Visitor - Did you
have a man that was practicing law
to defend you In your case?
Prisoner-Shur thing. He was
practicing law, an | was de feller
he was practicing on.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-11

"Most of our ills are purely imag-
mary"
"Yes, but when you eat mush-
rooms and develop toadstool symp-
toms there is usually something
moro than Imagination to be reck-
oned with"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-11
HIS DEFICIENCY

Professor-I am very glad to hear
that you spent your vacation with a
tutor. You were surely deficient in
English.
Soph-English don't bother me
none. What I'm back in Is football.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-11
DIRECT SHOT

"Yes, sir, I'm married. But | had
to leave my wife, she kept me in
hot water all de time"
Him too bad there wasn't little
soap in It."
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-11
VERIFICATION

Mrs. DeBald tells me her hus-
bands eyes are failing him"
We'll, well, that accounts for the
fact that | saw him in the front row
at the burlesque show on the roof
garden last night"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-11
WOULD LEARN LATER

Miss Strongmind is going to
marry Percy"
why, | saw him today and he
didn't mention IT,"
"Oh, Pe.cy doesn't know it yet ~
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-11

In politics you must begin at the
bottom of the ladder"
''In what manner?"
"Wen, as rule, the first thing
you do is to shake the ladder in an
effort to dislodge the fellow ahead
of you"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-11
FOOLISH QUESTION

Comedian-Say, boss, when do ]
get me salary?
Manager-How do | know? I'm o
manager. not a prophet.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-11

Hodge-Poor Mrs. Fickle has al
ways been unlucky in the selection
of her husbands.
Dodge-Why do you say that?
Hodge-Her first husband was a
guide in the Adirondacks her sec
ond was a baseball umpire; her
third was a manufacturer of dyna-
mite, and her last was an aviator.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-11

Mrs. B.-l think you the dearest,
sweetest man that ever was.
Mr.. B. (suspiclously)-Well, what
did the hat cost?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-25
Soul on Wing
Santos Dumont, Airplane
Pioneer. Is Dead at
Age of So.

BIZ niled Press
ID 10 DE JANEIRO, July rs
~ Alberto Santos Dumont, who
became a pioneer in airship de-
velopment because of his interest
in birds in fight. died Sunday at
Bello Horizonte. He was SO.
The air pioneer, as the youthful
member of wealthy Brazilian
family. watched birds flying high
over his family's coffee plantations
and dreamed of the day when
men, too. would fly.
When he was old enough to
select a career, Count Ferdinand
Won Zeppelin was beginning his
experiments with rigid aircraft.
The young Brazilian, with SUI
ficient wealth to indulge in an
expensive and unusual hobby, be-
gan studying the problem OF
directing hghter-than-air ships in
flight.
SdNlOS-DuHlOlJ llISt Oul4G AOul
teen small airships. His efforts
brought a succession of mishaps
and triumph.
He almost collided with the
EifTel tower and once Paris fire.
men rescued him from the top of
a building.
The sixth ship he built brought
him his greatest success, for he
few that craft around the Eiffel
tower in 1901, distance of seven
miles in less than half an hour,
and won a prize Of 100000 francs.