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Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
Dinosaur Track Now
Used as Bird Bath

Observation-Disclosures Of years
ago a dinosaur walked in the
mud on a plain that is now part
of the Peace river valley. His
tracks, two feet long and five to
six inches deep. hardened as the
sun dried the mud. Then an
other freshet came and covered
them with a layer of new mud.
Deeply buried, the tracks re-
mained in the hardened silt until
it became stone, and finally man
dug them up, hewed out slabs
containing them, and carried
them to museums.
Now one of the giant saurian
tracs. modelled in cement, has
been installed on the grounds Of
the Canadian National museum.
1t is kept filled with fresh wa
ter and used as bird bath.
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
Picturesque Old Stile
Lives Only in Memory

Where are the turnstiles of older
days? A travelling man who motors
over most of the highways and by
ways of New England says he does
not know where there is a single
one. Generally they were built into
a fenceline to debar vagrant cattle
and permit the passage of humans.
No two exactly alike, they were pic
turesque components of stone walls
and rail fences. Generally there
was a step or two of stone which
elevated the stile base a foot or two
above the ground.
To be sure, there are plenty of
cOmmercialized turnstiles at the en-
frances of fair grounds and amuse-
ment parks to facilitate the collec-
tion of tickets and keep out gate
crashers. These, however, have but
slight relationship to the rustic
stiles of wood, immortalized In song
and story as trysting places.
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
DIR. WHARTON FOR
RULING ON TAX
Believes Admission Tax Ex.
empt For Colleges Receiv-
ing Federal Aid
STATUS U. OF d., NEWARK

DR.. Charles NJ Wharton, head of
the Department of Physical Educa-
tion at the University of Delaware
has requested Attorney General
Satterthwaite for an opinion on the
constitutionality of a portion of the
1882 revenue act which provides
for an admission tax on intercol-
legiate athletic contests. Under
the act referred to by DR.. Wharton
the U. S. Government is attempt
ing to collect a 10 per cent tax
from the purchasers of tickets to
all intercollegiate athletic contests
where the price of admission is
more than 40 cents. Certainly all
State universities and State col
leges are in every sense State in
stitutions performing government
al functions and as such are not
subject to a tax by the U. S. gov
ernment," DR. Wharton writes. DR..
Wharton contends that if a State
university is compelled to go ahead
and act as a tax collector without
compensation in the collection of
the tax then the United States is
forcing" a State institution to
pay for these services. If the
United States Government can
compel one State institution to do
this work for nothing, then doesn't
it follow that the United States
Government, by an Act of Con-
gress, could compel any other
State institution to act in the ca
pacity of a collector of United
States revenue without pay?" DR..
Wharton asks.
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
Explaining Yankees"

A Yankee is properly New Eng
lander or one of New England
stock. BY extension it meant, first,
an inhabitant of the northern as
distinguished from the southern
United States. 1t now comprises all
United States citizens.
The story is that in 1712 one
Jonathan Hastings, a farmer of
Cambridge, Mass, used the word as
a putting epithet, meaning genuine.
or something that cannot be sur
passed, as a yankee" good horse,
or yankee" good cider, etc. The
students at Harvard, catching up
the term, called Hastings Yankee
Jonathan" 1t soon spread, and be-
came the nickname of the New Eng
lander.-Ceveland Plain Dealer.
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
Sundial for Nighswork

A sort of sundial which works
without the sun is being erected on
the top of a Moorish tower in the
gardens of the port of Guayaquil,
in Ecuador. A powerful beacon light
is being revolved from the top OF
the tower, operated electrically
from a synchronized clock. The
beams of light, which makes a com
plete revolution every II hours, will
tell the time at night by shining on
a number of well-known landmarks
as 1t revolves. The same spots
will be lighted up at the same time
every night.
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
Device That Records
Defects In Machinery

Patterned after the earthquake
detecting seismograph. a miniature
instrument has been developed to
measure the vibrations of heavy ma
chinery running at full speed. Thus
flaws in construction are detected
and remedied before the piece
leaves the factory.
The instrument records vibra-
tions so slight that they can be
measured only in thousandths of an
inch. Popular Science Monthly re-
ports. In use, the case of the in
strument, containing a hanging lead
weight, is bolted to the machine be-
ing tested. and vibrates with it. The
lead weight, because of its inertia,
tends to remain stationary. Bar
magnets on the vibrating case gen.
crate a minute electric current as
they move past coils on the station
ary weight.
This current. recorded on a SEN
sitive meter, affords an accurate
measure of the degree of vibration.
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
Origin of Name Lost

There are no exact data as to
the origin Of the name of Liverpool,
great English port. In 1191, John,
afterward king and acting as regent,
confirmed Henry Fitzwarine in the
title to the town of Liverpool. Ira
dition gives the name as originat-
ing from the Morse Hlitharpollr (the
pool OF the slopes), or, in provin-
cial English, lever (the yellow flag
or rush) pool (an open pool at the
mouth Of the Mersey river, a factor
in making Liverpool the famous
port 1t afterward became).
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
Modern English Witchcraft

During the Seventeenth century
hundreds of women, usually inno-
cent of any connection with the
black art, were burnt in this coun-
try as witches. Many people imag-
inc that witchcraft died out long
ago, but that Is by no means the
case. In remote country districts it
is still possible to purchase from
a wise woman" a love potion that
will make you irresistible to the girl
upon whom you have set your af-
fections, or charm that will ward
off the attacks of disease. You may
even obtain, at price, help in cast
ing the evil eye on your neighbor's
crops or pigs or cattle.-London
Tit-Bits.
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
SHOWS AT STRAND THEATRE
Three Changes of High-Cla Pic
! lures Given Each Week

lures Given Each Week
Wednesday and Thursday Mil
lion Dollar Legs" in which every
one Of Hollywood's funniest people
get together.
Friday and Saturday "Merrily
We Go To He'll. A vindication of
every woman who ever loved.
Monday and Tuesday Madame
Racketeer" the film title for the
human-interest comedy story by
Harvey Harris Gates and Malcolm
Stuart Boylan, is the type of movie
that becomes an admirable vehicle
for actors who know their char
acter-stuff and know it we'll The
featured stars are Alison Skip
worth and Richard Bennett. Alison
Skipworth, veteran of the stage,
an artist as well as an actress, and
a humorist by instinct, demonstrat-
es delightfully."- just the kind of
bluff sporting widow needs, to
get her schemes over quickly and
with charming finesse. Richard
Bennett, a master of quaint comedy
roles for thirty years, and possess
ing rare skill as an interpreter of
character roles, portrays the kind
of trusting husband who doesn't
know a gouge from a gimlet, or
can't tell harp from an old
harpie. Miss Skipworth plays the
role of a Countess Countess of
adventure along the highway Of
opportunity. All the travellers are
prospects-pay dirt, so to speak
for the Countess is an accomplish
ed gold-digger and swindler. What
she can't get by finesse- she takes
any way.
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
Old Gobbler Guards
Children on Estate

Leonardtown, Md.-There is
an old turkey gobbler here thar
is causing widespread interest
in his dog-like instincts
He follows the children Of
Mr.. and Mrs. johnson Swami
around like a dog would do
and if any stranger comes on
the place or near the children
he flies at them, gobbling fran
tically, beating his wings and
trying to peck them in his ef-
fort to guard the children.
The Swans live on part Of
the large Tudor estate, which
belongs to the prominent Kew
family of southern MARYLAND
Tudor Hall lands surround
three-fourths of Leonardtown.
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
Snidera Not In.ects

Spiders are not classified as In
sects because their structure is en-
tirely different. Spiders have eight
legs whereas insects have only six.
Furthermore, I'm the class Arachni-
da, which includes in addition to
the spider. the scorpions and mites,
the head and thorax are grown to-
gether but in the Hescapoda, which
includes all the insects, the head,
thorax and abdomen are distinct.
There are other differences but
those mentioned are the chief ones.
Smyrna times., 1932-09-14
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boats and barges. 7sr.'1
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ing shelter.
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
IT, s. employees
SHOW DECLINE

The number Of Federal en-
ployes in the District and in the
field registered another sharp
decline during the last 30-day
period checked by the Civil Ser
vice Commission.
The number in the District
declined 1,241 in the months
period to 67,552, while the num-
ber outside the District dropped
1882 to 5O5,5O6, making total
of 573,055 in the Federal clasSi-
fled civil service in the last &C
counting.
This compares with the June
total of 578,231, including 68,
here and 509,438 in the field.
Last December, the District had
69,236, and the field services 536-
933, a total of 606,169.
In line with the decrease in
the number of employees, the
number Of appointments made
dropped from $4,000 to $1,000 in
the past year.
The drop in appointments is
due largely to the decrease in
vacancies, for this year more
than in a long time voluntary
designations from the Federal
service are far apart.
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
SAT- { VAN|SHES
W|THY YEGGS

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Sept. IT.
Authorities of Charles and st.
Marys counties today we're seek
ing robbers who early yesterday
carried away a safe containing
$4,000 in securities and other
valuable papers from the cross
roads store operated by j. Preston
Tippett at Newport, Md, near
here.
The safe weighed 1000 pounds,
but no trace of it has been found.
In addition to the $4,000 in Sc
curities the strong box contained
a record of $4,000 in accounts
owed to Mr.. Tippett by farmers
of the section who pay once a
year after gathering their crops.
Leonardtown police were of the
belief that the safe robbers are
the celebrated pants burglars"
who have been preying on local
residents for the past several
months,
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
FASHION CLINIC
HELD BY HECHT
MISS MILLER

A complete reproduction Of a
New York fashion "clinic" or
school, was presented for the en-
ployes of the Hecht Company at
the Washington Hotel last night
at 8 o'clock.
Representatives of the store at
tended the original clinic in New
York, watched the models parade,
took voluminous notes of fashion
points brought out, and bought
copies of the clothes shown. Last
night they repeated the perform
ance to the last detail, even ap-
proximating the lectures given by
the New York authorities as close
ly as possible.
Every employe was invited,
from the highest executive to the
youngest bundle-wrapper, and all
enjoyed it thoroughly. They con-
slider it an essential part of their
business education to know
what's being worn and why, so
they can pass on authentic in
formation to their customers.
Nearly all Washington stores
send members of their organiza-
tions to these fashion schools,
but no other store so far has
attempted to reproduce it for
their whole staff of workers.
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
LODGES LAUNCH
NEW MEMBER
CAMPAIGN
Government Employees Plan
Ambitious Program for
The Ensuing Year

The new District Department
of Lodges of the American
Federation of Government EN-
ployes will make a particular
appeal in soliciting member
ships to the more mature
Federal workers who have
definitely established perma-
nent residence here, own prop
erty or cars, have children in
schools, pay taxes, and other
wise have vital civic interests
constantly at stake, it was in
dicated this week.
The new department, and its
member-lodgers, will not feature
the social side of organization
very heavily for a while, but will
concentrate on unifying senti-
ment of its members on the va.
rious public problems now facing
the District, and casting that
sentiment en- bloc on the favored
side, officials suggested.
Work Under Way
At its first formal session this
week, following its organization
as a District entity of the Amer
lean federation, the departmental
group of lodges took up definitely
the program outlined by the
American group which includes
opposition to the Economy Act,
30-year optional retirement, liber-
allied retirement laws, and other
legislation.
But it also started definite
action to help reduce rents in
the Capital, to take a hand in
the lower,street-car-fare move
ment to take up the taxicab,
crime, zoning, city-beautification.
taxation, and other civic ques-
tions now to the fore.
Michael Schaefer, of the Navy
Department. president of the Dis
trict Department of Lodges, will
begin calling these topics up for
discussion starting with the next
meeting.
Wages and FurloughS
Legislation, wages, furloughs,
and other strictly personnel mat
ters will be considered and
pressed, but it was insisted that
the departmental meetings would
be serious and fruitful, with defiT
mite results an objective, and
with competent speakers to be
provided. Creating and clarifying
civic interests of the Government
workers, especially those with
homes, will be a primary aim, it
was added.
The Washington times., 1932-09-17

Particularly since the economy
act went into effect, Uncle Sam
is getting more and more Jealous
for thrift in the matter of rents
paid for buildings and offices his
workers occupy. Orders have
gone out for local and field Off
GERS to shave rentals wherever
possible.
Section 322 of the Economy
act ordains that the maximum
rental to be paid by the govern
ment for any property shall be
IS per cent Of the fair market
value, and the maximum altera-
tions and improvements to be
made shall be 25 per cent Of
the first years rent.
Must Be Interpreted
But like all of other provisions of
the famous economy act, this
section has to be interpreted
and interpreting the economy act
is a favorite indoor sport these
days.
In determining, for instance,
"the fair market value" Federal
officials seeking quarters for
Government offices are asked:
To find the price paid for a
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
u. S. Officials Must Slash
Rentals To the B0ne'
Times Staff Photo

comparable building in the
vicinity at a recent date.
To get the last tax-assessment
appraisal.
To find out how much the
building and its improvements
cost.
To figure depreciation at one
and one-half per cent year If
the buildings were well con-
structed," or "at a higher per
centage where the construction is
poor"
Quite a Job
To estimate how much 1t
would cost to duplicate the build
ing today.
To get information from real
estate agents, building and loan
association officers, bankers, in
surance agents, etc.
After liking all these steps
to figure out the proper rental
to pay, submitting a couple of
dozen formal reports to head
quarters, and annexing a hundred
grey hairs trying to find way
to save a few dollars, the officials
(although the orders say nothing
of this) are then apparently eX-
pected to pay whatever rental
the owners demand anyhow.
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
MUCH ACTIVITY
AIM Of UNION

The Tariff Commission Ladge,
No. "a, of the American Fedora
tion of Government Employees,
plans to spread its interest and
activities over a wide field Of
local affairs, and not concentrate
on minor matters strictly within
the confines of the commission
offices, it was indicated this week.
Mrs. Sophie j. Bergner, second
vice president of the American
Federation, is a member of the
lodge and one of it's leading mov-
ing spirits. She formerly was &C
tive as a member and an officer
of the Federal Employees Union
which broke away from the
American Federation of Labor
some months ago.
Later, Mrs. Bergner continued
her re-affiliation efforts, and with
other leaders was forced to with
draw membership.
Today, she is chairman Of the
legislative committee and delegate
of her lodge at the Tariff Com
mission of the new federation,
and participating in its drive to
double it's membership.
Other officers of this fast
growing lodge include DR.. C. o.
Townsend, president; John L.
Strong, Joseph M. Donohoe, B.
Weissbrod and A. E. Tennant,
vice presidents: C. ]. Hausler,
treasurer; Sarah j. Cohn, secre-
tary,
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
IGNORED
BY NJ CARL

It may not be a pleasant duty
for the Comptroller General, who
derives much of his legal support
from the United States Courts,
to oppose one of them in a de-
cision, but he did that once this
week and opened the way in a
similar ruling for still another
contrary judicial decision.
Section 319 of the Economy
Act limited to 4 per cent the in
terest to be charged against the
United States in any suit or set
tlement of any suit against the
United States on and after June
80 of this year.
A Federal court, awarding a
woman a large sum as compensa'
ton because of governmental oc'
cupancy of certain lands in San
Diego, added with interest at
the rate Of 6 per cent per annum
until paid, not as interest, but as
a part of just compensation"
In another claim, likewise
passed on this week by Comp
troller j. r. McCarl, he disallowed
a claim of Armour & Co. for 6
per cent interest on claim, and
ordered payment of only per
cent, although Armour threat,
ened suit.
McCarl's decision said:
"The act makes no diStinc-
tiOn between cases in which the
interest is allowed as such or
as q part Of just cOmpensa-
tiOn. Accordingly, the action
heretofore taken by this office
must be and is sustained"
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
Child Will Receive
$500 for Auto Injury

Margaret Read, Z, Of the first
block Seventh st. N. E., Is to
receive $500 damages from Mr.
and Mrs. Saxper Harlan, 4800
block Kansas Ave. N. W., under
a consent verdict handed down
yesterday in District Supreme
Court by Justice Jesse C. Adkins.
The child had sued the Harlans
for injuries received when she
was struck by the Hsrlan's Car
near Sixth and 3 Streets North
east last April.
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
Temple Biggs Jailed
For Reckless Driving

Charged with drunken and
reckless driving, Temple BiggS, OF
Clinton, Md, was found guilty
and fined SOL yesterday in Police
Court at Upper Marlboro. He was
committed to jail in default of
the fine.
Biggs, who was arrested by
State Policeman j. r. Buckworth
near Jenkins Corner, spent sew
eral months in the Marlboro jail
last year, where he was held as
a witness in the 10-year-old mur'
der mystery of Barney Mcbride,
whose mutilated body was found
near Reds Corner.
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
AYERS SYSTEM
BOASTS REAL
ADVANTAGES
Asks Appreciation Instead
OF GrumbIing From
u. S. Employees

"A. warm defense of the fur.
Tough system for Federal en-
ployes which promises "a very
substantial economy and has
very definite advantages be-
yonda the money savings which
Is involved" was voiced this
week by Postmaster General
Walter Brown.
Pointing out that many able
persons are without any jobs
Whatever, Mr.. Brown declared the
government is keeping on its rolls
many employees not needed simply
TO avoid swelling the list Of the
idle. He added:
Asks Appreciation
81 am sure that all of us,
whatever our responsibilities or
compensation may be, will
agree that there has been no
substantial harshness or injuS-
tice in the measures adopted
by Congress.
"By comparison with our fel-
low citizens generally, the lot
Of Government employees in
these times of stress is by no
means q hard one. We should
60 about our duties in spirit
Of appreciation that we have
escaped the hardships which
have fallen heavily upon the
large body of the people.
"It Is not surprising to hear
complaints and criticism from
e0rne whose incomes have been
reduced. It is my opinion that
there is no justification for
complaints Of this kind.
District Benefit
"The postal service has been
for some time Overmanned,
and we could discharge thou
sands without any loss Of eff
cheney. But postal employees are
specialized workers. They are
civil service employees. Much
more harm than good would
result from throwing great
numbers of these faithful pub
lie servants into the army Of
the unemployed while we wait
for the postal business to re-
turn to its normal volume.
"The furlOugh plan has very
definite advantages beyond the
money saving. 1t protects the
wage scale against permanent
recuctiOn. BY spreading work,
It renders unnecessary the dis
niissaI Of employees. Again, it
Is a substantial step in the di.
rection of the adoption Of
ShG ter working hours.
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
CLERK RELATES
EGYPT WAR

Although visiting home is
usually pleasant and quite safe
for most Federal employees, Joseph
B. Woodside, special assistant to
the Comptroller General entered a
hotbed of fighting when he went
home on vacation recently.
He has just returned, from the
Egypt" section Of Southern Illi-
nois where he was reared, and
where mine unions, pickets,
strike breakers, sheriff deputies,
troops and other folk are having
a big time shooting and heaVing
coal at each other.
To Woodsside, however, it meant
no danger; he knows the people
and everybody knows him, and
every time he goes home the local
papers write him up and glory
that a native son, still in his
youth, has made good" in the
city.
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
INDUSTRIAL FILM

"The Triumph of America" a
sound picture of Americas indus
trial achievements, with more
than 500 scenes taken in every
part of the United States, will be
shown Wednesday night at the
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
under the Joint auspices of the
Bethesda Chamber of Commerce
and the Oliver Chevrolet Com.
pany.
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
at Rockville to Carl Leroy
Kruhm, 20, of Spencerville, Md,
and Thelma Elizabeth Wilson, 16,
of BeltSville, Md; William w.
Roland, 81, and Pauline Virginia
Chase, 18, both of Washington,
and John Leon Stewart, 90, and
Bina Ruth Washington, 10. both
Of Washington.
The Washington times., 1932-09-17
accounting Branch
To Discuss Union

Discussion of the proposed
formation of a credit union
within the branch, will feature
the first fall meeting of the
General Accounting Office branch
Of the Departmental Local, Fed
eral Employees Union, Tuesday
night.
j. A. Griffith, president Of the
Washington Post Office Credit
Union, will explain the credit
union idea to the employees. James
s. Brent, president of the branch,
will preside. "-~