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Evening star., 1932-12-11
DRAMA "NATIWTY
WILL BE PRESENTED
PLAY Will Be Given at Three
Churches Beginning Next
Sunday Afternoon.

Churches in all parts of the city
will be represented in the cast of 'The
!. Nativity" which will be presented at
three churches, beginning at 4:30 pm
next Sunday in the Church of the
Holy City, Sixteenth street near
@ street.
Presentation of the drama, adapted
from a fifteenth century French
manuscript, will be preceded by an
offertory ceremonial by Rev. Paul
Skerry, pastor of the church. He will
be assisted by Rev. william L. Darby,
executive secretary of the Washington
Federation of Churches.
The play will be presented for the
second time at O'Clock Sunday night
IN Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
The third presentation will be at 8
pm. Tuesday in New York Avenue
Church.
The Religious Drama Committee OF
the Washington Federation of Churches
Is being presented in celebration of the
Advent season. The drama is directed
by Mrs Elizabeth Gatlin Pritchard.
Arrangements are in charge of SUBJ
committee composed of Lewis Barring
ton, Mrs. r. L. Sanford, Hugh Stewart
Smith, Mrs H. G. Torbert, Miss Mildred
Merrill, Miss Bess Davis Schreiner
Herman P. Riess and Mrs. Louis
Wynne.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
5,214 ARE RESCUED
BY COAST GUARD
Commandant Commends Men
in Annual Report for
FaithfuIness.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
brief report yesterday related In
matter-of-fact words how the United
States Coast Guard had saved or res
cued from peril 5,214 persons during the
year ended last June 80.
Tersely, with few lines of praise for
the personnel, Rear Admiral H. G..
Hamlet gave statistics recounting the
activities of his men from Drawing the
freezing gales of Alaska and the ice
berg infested North Atlantic to more
placid duties in regulating national and
international yacht races.
Expresses Appreciation.
To the men who faced the hardships
to aid suffering persons, the Coast
Guard commandant expressed his
'warmest appreciation and acknowledge
ment Of their faithful labors and devo-
ton to service"
Turning to law enforcement, Admiral
Hamlet said in his annual report:
THE operations of the service in its
law enforcement work for the preyen-
ton of smuggling of liquor into the
United States from sea proceeded satis-
factorily throughout the year and were
accompanied by gratifying results when
the difficulties and perplexities of the
problem are considered.
"Liquor Volume Declines"
There has undoubtedly been some
falling off in volume of liquor brought
to the United States coasts for attempt
ed smuggling, but this reduction in
volume has been comparatively slight"
The commandant said the service had
boarded 102,268 vessels and examined
their papers, reported 1883 vessels for
law violations and assessed fines of $780,
756. Coast Guard airplanes flew SO, ,75O
miles and were in the air for 1850
hours during the year, he reported, add
ing that construction Of five new sea-
planes was about 30 per cent complete.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
ARMY RE-ENLISTMENTS
HERE ARE 100 PER CENT
Figure for War College Detach-
ment Compares With Sd Corps
Area Average of IA.

Army re-enlistments in the Army
War College detachment here were 100
I per cent during the month of Novem-
ber, as contraSted with an average re-
enlistment of IA per cent for the en-
tire Sd Corps Area during the past
month, according to the monthly report
of Col Lawrence B. Simonds, corps
area recruiting officer.
Only in one other place in the corps
area, at the Virginia Military Insti-
tute did all enlisted men whose en-
listments expired re-enlist. At Langley
Field Hampton, Va. SO per cent re-
enlisted and at Boiling Field sc per
cent.
Opening of recruiting to original en-
listments for replacement both for local
I and overseas garrisons is reflected in
& the figures which show 428 enlistments
Il for corps area assignment and AIS
for outside the corps area, Col. Simonds
( reported. Baltimore again led all re-
+ Gxuiting districts in the area with ITO
4 Gnlistments. Philadelphia was second
/, ytsh 100 and Richmond third with
1b7.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
RAILS SEEK TO QUIT
POOLING REVENUES
Association Also Asks |. c. c.
to Extend Present Rates
After March 81.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Nations larger railroads yester-
day asked the Interstate Commerce
Commission to extend after March 81
the rate increases now in effect, but to
eliminate the plan which sends the
revenues into a pool from which needy
carriers can borrow.
The increases, In the form of sur
charges on freight bills, were approved
last January by the commission to run
until March 81.
In its petition yesterday the American
Railway Association asked that the sur
charges be continued indefinitely. as
sertlng that revenues have declined so
much that carriers operating approx
mately half Of the class one mileage
cannot pay interest on their bonds
1t presented tabulation showing that
as group only the Pocahontas rail-
roads, carriers serving the coal regions
Of Virginia and West Virginia, had a
surplus after meeting fixed charges dur
ing the eight months ending August 81.
These roads had surplus of $21 ,490, 1867
while roads in every other region OF the
country combined had a deficit
These deficits were fixed at 81 ,482 1927
for New England carriers; $42,276,31l
for the Great Lakes region; $8,832, ,952
for the Central Eastern region: $42,-
735 ,030 for the South; $67, 7,324,013 for
the Northwest; $9,057 $40 for the Cen
trail Western region, and S24 ,691 ,421 for
the Southwest. The deficit for the en-
tire country was placed at STA, ,909, SGT
as compared with surplus of SGT, $685.
1875 for the same period last year.
The commission, in granting the in
creaseS, estimated the increases would
yield from $100 100000 to S125, ,000, 900
Owing, however, to traffic decreases, the
railroads say the total for the year will
be about $60,00o,000.
The statistics cover 162 roads operat-
ing 242,l50 miles of track. The petit
tion estimated that only 80 out of the
162 will earn their fixed charges this
year.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
CUMMING REPORTS
DROP IN DISEASE
Research of Year Includes
AirpIane Rides Given
Mosquitoes.
A declining disease rate was reported

A declining disease rate was reported
yesterday by Surg. Gen. Hugh S.
Cumming in the annual report of the
Public Health Service.
Research experiments which furnish
effective weapons in the never-ending
war on disease were misunderstanding
Of plague bacilli for nine years at a
stretch; taking mosquitoes for fact
finding airplane rides, and taking notes
on the whole life of typhus-carrying
flea.
A new low record for the death rate
for tuberculosis was reported. 66.3 per
1000 in 1881, as against 688 in 1880,
the previous low.
Low Smallpox Incidence.
Smallpox incidence was but 24.4 cases
per 100000 population, lowest incidence
since 1916.
A slightly higher diphtheria rate was
recorded in 1881 than 1890. Typhoid
fever showed slight increase in
prevalence in the first half of 1882. A
serious epidemic of poliomyelitis in the
Suramer and Fall Of 1881, heaviest in
the Northeastern States, was noted.
Health conditions as a whole. as
shown by mortality rates. were said to
have been maintained at a very high
level during the past two and one-half
years of unfavorable economic condi-
tions."
However, the surgeon general pointed
out that extensive data on any
incipient untoward health conditions
caused by hard times are not available, F"
SO complete was the quarantine ad-
ministration during the year there was
no instance Of the importation from
abroad OF any quarantirable disease
Into the United States. Inspection was
made of 18,048 vessels, 2.407,154 persons
on ships; 88,152 travellers at border
stations; 8, 1913, ,598 persons In local inter-
urban traffic, 1887 persons arriving at
airports of entry.
Planes Bring Mosquitoes.
Twenty per cent of all planes arriving
from tropical countries brought mos
quitoes. The service took mosquito
carriers Of the disease on flights. proved
that 20 to so per cent Of those liberated
in Panama and Central America liked
the plane ride well enough to remain
aboard to Texas
Attitudes of $4,000 and 10000 feet
seemed to have no deleterious effect on
the yellow fever mosquito" said the
report.
Another experiment on 1000 children
in 10 States resulted in the announce
ment that contrary to the assertion OF
many persons opposed to pasteurization
for one reason or another, there is no
difference in the growth-promoting
effcacy between heated and raw milk
Evening star., 1932-12-11
CROSBY ACCEPTS
NEW FIRE HOUSE
Large Crowd at Dedication
of Structure on Thir-
teenth Street.

The new fire house on Thirteenth
street, between K and L, which will
house Engine Company No. 16, Truck
No. 8 and the police and fire clinic
was dedicated last night in the
presence of large audience, which in
cluded Representative Mary T. Norton
of New Jersey, chairman Of the House
District Committee; city officials ane
representatives of civic groups.
The occasion also was marked by
the presentation of awards for bravery
to group of men from the two services
The fire house itself represents the
latest development in that type Of con-
struction. The modern clinic is the
first that the city has furnished fol
the police and firemen. who heretofore
have been treated at George washing
ton and Emergency Hospitals.
Designed as Memorial
1t is designed as memorial to the
late DR.. James ]. Kilroy, in recogni-
ton of his work as chairman of the
Board of Police and Fire Physicians.
Representative Norton eulogiZed DR.
Kilroy, as did other speakers, and q
portrait presented by his family was
unveiled. 1t will be placed permanently
in the clinic. Mrs. Kilroy and their
son, James J. Kilroy, End, were present.
A. j. Driscoll, chairman of the Mid
City citizens Association, as temporary
chairman, introduced Judge Robert E.
Mattingly of Municipal Court, who pre-
sided
The building formally was accepted
by Commissioner Crosby. under whose
Jurisdiction the police and fire depart
ments come.
Personnel Is Praised.
Both Mr.. Driscoll and Judge Mat
tingly praised the personnel Of the two
branches and their commanding ofh-
cers-Maj. e. w. Brown and Chief
George S. Watson. Other speakers in
cluded DR.. Luther H. Reichelderfer,
president of the Board of District Com
missioners; Maj. Daniel j. Donovan,
District auditor. and DR.. Daniel l..
Borden, chairman of the Board OF Po-
lice and Fire Physicians.
Supt. of Police Brown read the ci-
tations for the decorations for the po-
licemen and Deputy Fire Chief Charles
E. Schrom for the firemen. The pres
entations were made by Henry Stein,
chairman of the Committee on Awards
Pvt. Thomas D. Bacon of the Police
Department and Pvt. James F. White
of the Fire Department received gold
medals; Capt. Michael L. Raedy, re-
tired. of the Police Department and
Battalion Chief John r. Groves OF the
Fire Department, silver medals, and
Pvt. B. A. Dye Of the Police Depart
ment and Capt. c. D. Bartelmes Of the
Fire Department, bronze bars. 1t was
the second time Groves and Bartlemes
have been decorated for heroism.
Program Of Music.
Mrs. Swannie Crofton and Wilson
Oliver sang, accompanied by Mrs.
Mabel Clark and c. r. Busch.
The Fire Department Band played,
and after the ceremonies there were
dancing and refreshments and the
guests had an opportunity to inspect
the building.
The dedication was broadcast by
WMAL.
Capt. Milard Sutton commands the
new station.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
Glasses Make
the Difference!

Defective eyes cause headaches and
even more serious ailments. Don't wait
until it's too late. Let our registered
optometrist examine your eyes at once
and if necessary prescribe for you the
correct lenses with becoming frames.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
NOBEL PRIZE GIVEN
TO j. S. SCIENTIST
King BestoWs Award at Cere-
mony In Sweden Before
Distinguished Group.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, December 10.
Nobel Prizes were awarded tonight by
one American and three Englishmen at
stately ceremony attended by the
royal family of Sweden and by dis
tinguished audience of scholars, diplo-
mats and government officials.
The prize in chemistry went to DR..
Irving Langmuir of the General Electric
Co. at Schenectady, N. Y, for his dis
coverieS in surface chemistry. The
other recipients were John Galsworthy,
literature; Sir Charles Sherrington,
medicine. and Prof. Douglas Adrian,
also medicine. Sir Charles and Prof.
Adrian were recognized for their re-
search into the function of the nerve
cell and its processes.
Galsworthy Not Present.
Mr. Galsworthy was unable to be
present because of illness and his GER
tiflcate Of award was received from
King Gustav by Archibald j. c. Kerr,
the British Minister.
DR.. Langmuir is the thirteenth Ameri-
can to receive a Nobel diploma and to
be numbered among those who, as
opCCl1lCQ III Glic Will VI AllT6Q NOD6l,
Swedish inventor, have in recent years
conferred the greatest benefit on hu-
manity."
The award ceremony followed prece-
dent. The prize winners sat to the left
OF the fiower-bedecked stage of the
concert house. To the right were the
academy heads. who explained why the
awards were made in each instance and
who introduced the recipients. Former
prize winners were grouped at the back
of the stage.
King Bestows Awards.
King Gustav and other invited guests
We're In the first row Of the audience
They arose as the procession Of digni-
tar1es and prize winners moved to the
stage. By turn the men honored left
the stage and proceeded down carpeted
and prize money from the King.
After the presentation the prize win
ners We're honor guests at a dinner at
the Grand Hotel, and each of them
made a short address Tomorrow eve
ming they will have dinner with the
King at the royal castle.
John M. Morehead the American
Minister, and Mrs. Morehead enter
tanned DR.. and Mrs. Langmuir at din
ner at the legation last night.
Americans previously honored by
Nobel Prizes are:
PhySics-R. A. Millikan, 1928: A. II.
Compton, 1927. Chemistry-T. w. Rich
ards, 1914. Medicine-K. Landsteiner.
1880. Lterature-Sinclair Lewis. 1880.
Peace-Theodore Roosevelt, 1906; Elihu
Root, 1912; Woodrow Wilson, 1919:
Charles G. Dawes, 1925; Frank B. Kel-
logg. 1929; Jane Addams and Nicholas
Murray Butler, 1881.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
CAB DRIVER Is JAILED
FOR COUNTERFEIT COINS
Theater Complains to Police of
Passing of Spurious Money
by Hackman.

Police yesterday arrested Joseph l..
Slegel, 20, Of the 500 block of D street
northeast, a taxicab driver, in connec-
tlon with the passing of alleged coun-
terfeit coins. Siegel is being held at
the third precinct pending further in
yestigation.
The case came to the attention of
police when employees at the Gem The
ater on Ninth street between F and G
Streets, gave them two coins made of a
metal which appeared to be pewter.
one was a dollar and the other a half
dollar. Police were told the coins had
been declared counterfeit at a bank
Siegel was arrested by Detective
Sergt. j. j. Tolson at the theater YES
terday afternoon. Siegel denied he
knew the money was counterfeit
Evening star., 1932-12-11
DISPLAY HELPS BABIES

Being exhibited in department store
ehow windows apparently is good for
babies.
At any rate, Miss Gladys Phipps. a
nurse, reported to the board of man
ayers of the Florence Crittenton Home
Friday that the babies placed on dis
play at Lansburgh's during the Com
munity Chest drive seemed improved
as o result Of the experience. For one
thing, Miss Phipps said. the babies, who
were exhibited in groups of six each,
seemed considerably more friendly to-
1AEa ssEspsss
Evening star., 1932-12-11
$780, 900 IMPROVEMENTS
PROPOSED FOR HONOLULU
Recommendations Are Made tc
Congress by Maj. Gen. Lytle
Brown, Engineers Chief.

BY the Associated Press.
Improvements to the harbor at Homo
lulu to cost $792, 900 were recommended
to Congress yesterday by Maj Gen.
Lytle Brown, chief of Army Engineers.
Brown said that the Board of En-
gineers had deemed it advisable "to
provide for an entrance channel 40 feet
deep at mean low water and 500 feet
wide"
It would be necessary to replace ex-
isting depot facilities OF the Bureau of
Lighthouses to make way for the i'm
provements.
The report also recommended an an
nual allotment of $4,000 for mainte-
nance of the project
Evening star., 1932-12-11
GEN. PATTERSON ELECTED
TO HEAD CARABAO ORDER
Surgeon General Will Succeed Gen.
Macarthur Other Officers of
Military Organization Named.

Maj. Gen. Robert U. Patterson, sur
geon general of the Army has been
elected to succeed Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, chief of staff, as head of the
Military Order OF the Carabao. His title
Is grand paramount carabao.
Other newly elected officers of the or
ganization are: Col Harold G. Reisinger,
grand patriarch Of the herd: Rear Ad-
miral Ridley Mclean, grand bell cara
bao; Col. Joseph M. Heller, grand lead
and wheel carabao; Col John P. Wade.
grand councillor of the herd; Mai.
Gen. Kende w. Walker, grand jefe de
los banos; Col. Henry H. Sheen, grand
jefe de las bebidas; Col A. Owen Sea-
man, grand jefe de los cargadores: Rear
Admiral George C. Day. main guard !;
Col. Harry N. Cootes, wfnder of the horn;
Brig. Gen. Hugh Matthews, carretonaro;
Col. Randolph Coyle, gamboling cara
bao: Col. Eugene r. Whitmore. veteri-
mario, and Col. Charles L. Mitchell and
Maj. Richard D. LaGarde, directories
de fiesta.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
VISITOR is MISSING
Friends Ask Police Hunt for Abra
ham Cramer, 70, of Michigan.

Reported missing Friday night, Abra-
ham Cramer, 70-year-old Michigan
barber attending the National Farmers
Relief Conference here, had not been
located by police late last night.
The request to search for him was
made by companions who accompanied
him to this CITY
Evening star., 1932-12-11
APPLIES FOR 1910 JOB
Texan Files Request for Work as
Federal Census Taker.

Democrats may be hungry for jobs,
but Texas has one willing to wait
long, long while before he goes to work.
The State Democratic chairman has
on file an application for Federal census
taker.
If the applicant gets the job he won't
have TO 90 to work until ls4o.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
WILL DISCUSS PATENTS
Commissioner Robertson to Address
Engineers Meeting,

AAS AACClo XACClAAS.
Commissioner Of Patents Thomas E.
Robertson will address a meeting of
the American Institute of Electrical En-
gineers, Tuesday at 8 pm, in the audi
toroium of the Potomac Electric Power
Co. His subject will be Patents as Re-
lated to the Electrical Industry"
Prior to the meeting, dinner will be
served at pm, at the Harrington Ho-
tel. Refreshments and social hour will
follow the meeting.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
Origin of "Vagabond Stars"

Astronomers wondering at the COM
ing and going of the "vagabond stars
may only guess as to their origin, DR..
Howard Shapley, director of Harvard
Observatory, said at q dinner Of the
Society Of Arts and Sciences, New York
Evening star., 1932-02-24
FLAG IS PRESENTED
|. TO CITIZENS GROUP
Brandstatter Gift Received
by Logan'Thomas Body
at Services.

The Logan-Thomas Circle Citizens
Association was presented with a large
silk American flag by E. Brandstatter,
a member, at its meeting last night in
the Northminster Presbyterian Church.
Mr.. Brandstatter, who lives at 1909 P
street. presented the flag as part of a
George washington Bicentennial cele-
bration to which the association de-
voted its meeting.
After the presentation members of
the association pledged allegiance to
the flag and sang "The Star Spangled
Banner" DR.. Della R. Du Comb read
'sThe American Flag" by Francis Rod
man Gregg, and M. A. Robbins read
The Character of Washington" Mrs.
Aubyne Unholtz sang her own song,
washington"
The meeting ended with a recitation
on The Basis of the Cherry Tree
story" by Miss Anna Loomis, reading of
Henry Lees "Eulogy on Washington
by F. M. Thompson and the singing of
America, the Beautiful"
Only routine business was taken up
by the association.
Evening star., 1932-02-24
SUPREME COURT SETS
SMITH CASE DATE
Senate Fight to Put Aside Con-
frmation Of Power Appointee
Comes Up March 21.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate's fight to set aside the
confirmation of George Otis Smith,
chairman of the Federal Power Com
mission, was advanced yesterday by the
Supreme Court for hearing on March
81.
The court announced it would decide
whether the Senate had the right to
recall its confirmation and would not
conflne its opinion to the narrower
grounds Of the question asked by the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals,
where the case is pending.
The effect is that the case is taken
out of the hands of the Court oil
Appeals and will be settled by the
highest court.
The Attorney General was granted
permission to argue in support of Pres
ident Hoover's position that the Sen
ate's confirmation of the Power Com
missions chairman was final
The District of Columbia Supreme
Court took the position that the Sen
ate could not change its mind, but
John w. Davis, Senate counsel, ap-
pealed.
Evening star., 1932-02-24
Woman Never Wore Glasses.

Mrs. Catherine Shoesmith, who died
recently at Lewes, England, never wore
glasses in the 1O1 years of her life. She
was the oldest inhabitant of Lewes and
had been a widow Is years. She never
had eye trouble and had perfect vision
until her death.
Evening star., 1932-02-24

There are about 100000 miles OF
highways crossing the country. Around
one and one-half billion dollars are
spent annually for the maintenance OF
these highways, which give employment
To about 900. 900 workers.
Evening star., 1932-02-24

LONDON, February % R).-Lord
Baden-Powe1l, who founded the Boy
Scout movement 80 years ago, yester-
day celebrated his seventy-fifth birth
day.
Best noted for the worldwide Scout
movement which he started in the be-
sieged garrison town Of Mafeking, South
Africa, he counts black and white illus
tration and sculpture among his accom-
plishments. Some of his sculptures
have been exhibited at various times
by the Royal Academy.
Evening star., 1932-02-24

Ready for school or most
any other occasion if
she wears this dress with
its white blouse piped
and shocked with red
and buttoned on to a
blue pleated , OK
skirt. 7 to 10. A'1O
Evening star., 1932-02-24

ABERDEEN. Henry Tarring & Son
ANNAPOLIS, Thomas & Stokes
ANNAPOLIS, Eastway Stores.
BELAIR. The F. Bond Boarman Co.
BRUNSWICK, H. N. Werntz
CAMBRIDGE, Herbert Hearn Hdwe. Co
CHESTERTOWN. c. E. Noland & Son
CRISFIELD, J. W: Rlggin q Son
CUMBERLAND, McMullen Bros.
EASTON, W. j. Hartnett
aELKTON, George Hdwe. & Elec. Co.
EMMITSBURG. C. A Harner
ETCHISON. N e. Hawkins &z Co.
FEDERALSBURG. Long & Short
FREDERICK, A. z. Fisher
FREDERICK, EaStway Stores
FROSTBURG, The Prichard 90.
GAITHERSBURG. Robt. l.. Young
HAGERST0WN, Eyerly's Dept. Store
HAMPSTEAB. n. r. Lippy
HAVRE DE GRACE, Pitcock Bros.
Evening star., 1932-02-24

We're in the Navy Now
That's how he'll feel,
wearing this navy blue
twill coat with a snowy
sailor collar. Trim and
double breasted IL, 3
and 4. Beret = OK
to match. C.IO
Evening star., 1932-02-24

CAVANAUGH & KENDRICK S271 NJ st. NV
CHEVY CHASE PTE& HDWE., 5512 Conn. Ave
M. COHEN, 481l Georgia Ave. NV.
EDW. COOPER, 1901 14th st. NV.
w. A. FINCH. 2414 18th st. NV.
FRED M. HAAS, 20l6 r. I. Ave. NE.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-10-27
Bishop Manning Praises
Colored Ministers

NEW YORK CITY.-In welcome
address Bishop William T. Manning,
of the Episcopal Church. to the ninth
annual Conference of Church Work
ers among Colored People, at its
opening services Wednesday night in
the st. Cyprian's Church, IT'S West
o5rd street, said colored ministers
and church members of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church are the. "most
interested, industrious and self-sac-
rlilcing men and women in the Do
cese of New York" Still extending
his praise, the Bishop said "the
Negro is the first to lose his lob and
the last to regain it," He compli-
mented the Negro for his great pa
thence, and his advice to all christians
IN hard times was to turn to God for
help.