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Evening star., 1933-02-02

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The Kober Gold Medal will be pre-
sented to DR.. Richards, whose i'm
portant researches concerning dis
eases of the kidney led to his selection
by the Association of American Physi-
clans.
AS assistant director of the National
Institute OF Health. Dr. Dyer, eminent
bacteriologist, established through ex-
tended experiments that typhus fever
is carried by f1eaS on rats-an i'm
portant discovery in public health con-
troll Of the disease. It had previously
been believed that body lice were the
only carriers.
Infected While Experimenting.
Dr. Dyer became infected with typhus
last Fall by the bite of rat flea in
his laboratory here and only recently
recovered. From his bedside in the
Naval Hospital he continued the inves-
legations, this time helped by his own
strange case. It was the one bit of
actual evidence needed in his expert
ments to prove conclusively that the
virus OF the malady can be transmitted
to human being by the bite of a
rat flea
The young Public Health Service
scientist also gained widespread reputa
ton by his discovery that a severe
form of typhus fever. which had oc-
CURED in rural districts in the Eastern
United States. is a form of Rocky
Mountain spotted fever transmitted by
infected ticks. Dr. Dyer will deal with
the conclusions of his investigations
in his lectures under the auspices of
the Kober Foundation on March 28' at
Georgetown University, before invited
members of the medical profession.
That date is the birthday anniversary
Of the late Dr. Kober, dean of the
Georgetown Medical School and a noted
public health authority. who endowed
the foundation for the encouragement
Of medical research.
Award to Be Made MAY 9.
The award to DR.. Richards will be
made by the Association Of American
Physicians at its annual convention
here May g.
DR.. Richards has been professor of
oharmacology at the University of Penn
sylvania since 1910. He was a major in
the Sanitary Corps of the Army during
the World War in France, formerly
was member of the scientific staff of
the Medical Research Committee at
London, England, and was the 1926
Hertler lecturer at New York Univer-
sity and Bellevue Hospital Medical Col
lege. Dr. Richards was educated at
Yale and Columbia Universities and
has gained wide reputation by his ex-
tensive writings on medical subjects.
The Kober lecturer last year was Dr.
Ales Hrdlicka, curator of anthropology
of the Smithsonian Institution, who
recounted the researches into the medi-
cal history of the North American In
dians. The medalist was Dr. Elliott
Proctor Joslin. diabetes expert Of Har-
ward University
Evening star., 1933-02-02
NOVEMBER RELIEF
OUTLAY IS S1S1,531
Sum Spent by 13 Agencies
Here-Year's Total Up
232 Per Cent.

The District of Columbia, through 10
agencies, expended $751; ,531 during No.
vember for direct and work relief, the
Children's Bureau of the Labor De-
partment said today in report on re-
lief expenditures In l25 cities amount
ing to s27,7O5,s34.
District expenditures jumped 1875 per
cent in November over October, while
for the 12-month period from Novem-
Der, 1881, through November, 1882, an
increase of 1928 per cent was noted.
The reporting agencies said they
spent during November s128,458 for di-
rect relief, amounting to an increase of
s20,963 over the preceding month and
s89,858 over the same month in 1881.
For work relief they said they ex-
pended S53,073, a total of $17,2O5 more
than was expended during the preced-
ing month and $52,8 ,876 more than in
November, 1881.
City Twelfth From Top.
This city stood twelfth from the top
in the largest increase in percentage in
relief expenditures during the 12-month
period. New Rochelle, N. Y. with a
643.5 per cent increase, headed the list
of 125 cities. followed by Birmingham,
Jacksonville, Cicero, ILL.,; Asheville and
Greensboro, N. c.; Columbus and
ing. Pa, and Tacoma, Wash.
Based on reports from 993 agencies,
the bureau reported new high for the
Nation in expenditures for needy FAM
lilies and homeless wanderers for No.
vember. The total expenditures for
the month exceeded those of March,
1882, the peak of last Winters relief
load. This was regarded as significant
by the bureau and indicates all relief
records will be shattered for the re-
naming Winter months.
Larger Grant Per Family
The bureau said that while the num-
ber of families aided increased per
cent from 862,771 in October to 925 ,269
according to reports from 764 agencies
reporting on this subject, for the first
time in recent months there was ap-
parent a definite tendency for the
increases in families aided through gen.
eral relief to be less than the increase
in amount expended, the result being
larger monthly grant per family. In
November general relief averaged $20.57
per family, as compared with $3.50 in
the preceding month and $17.84 in
| November, 1881.
Special allowances from public funds
such as mothers aid. old-age relief and
aid for the blind, continued to show
the upward trend apparent in reports
of previous months.
While large proportion Of the total
amount expended for relief comes from
the public treasury, in November this
proportion was smaller than in October
but much larger than in November
| 1881, it was stated.
The number of meals and nights
lodgings provided for homeless and
transient persons also increased in No.
vember. The average daily number OF
meals served increased % per cent
while the nights lodgings increased "a
| per cent.
Evening star., 1933-02-02
STORE PATRON GIVEN
$500 VERDICT BY JURY
Charges Shop Owner Ordered Her
Out of Dressing Booth While
She Was Disrobed.

Deciding she had been embarrassed
and Inundated" when ordered to leave
a dressing booth without her clothing
a jury in District Supreme Court yes
terday returned a verdict for $500 in
favor of Mrs. Rita Nickel. 26. OF 832
Varnum street, who had brought suit
against Louis Gold, Inc. 1914 F street
Mrs. Nickel told the jury that on
April Is, 1881. she returned a coat she
had purchased on trial and received a
credit slip in exchange. With this slip
she started to purchase a dress. She
was trying the dress on in booth, she
said, and had removed most OF her
clothing when Gold opened the door
of the booth and ordered her out. AS
a result, she said, she suffered mental
anguish and was humiliated and en-
barraSsed.
Gold denied entering the booth while
Mrs. Nickel was in it.
Justice Jennings Bailey refused to let
an assault count go to the jury, which
was composed of three women and nine
men.
Mrs. Nickel was represented by At
torney Austin Garfield.
Evening star., 1933-02-02
Halts Means Case.
Work for Warrant
InLarceny OF $l.5O
U. S. Attorney Aide Hears
Colored Girls Com
plant on Lost Dog.

Just as Assistant United States At
torney Roger Robb was putting the
finishing touches to the Government S
answer to an appeal in the CASTOR B.
Means kidnapping case today, there came
to his attention a somewhat similar
case. though on greatly reduced scale.
The new case involved $1.50, instead
of 100000, and the dog of Helen john
son, colored, 400 block Florida avenue.
She stole up to Robb's desk in Police
Court and announced that her dog had
been kidnapped and that to make mat
tiers worse, the go-between apparently
had run off with the ransom.
The dog, named Spot, was missed
a week ago. She said she secured the
neighborhood in vain and had given
up Spot as stolen when a man ap-
preached her. He informed her, she
said, that the pup had been kidnapped,
and although he would not divulge the
names of the guilty parties, he knew
them, he said.
Spot was being held for the small
sum of 81, and so cents would be his
fee. She entrusted the man with the
money and has not seen Spot or the
$1.50 since, Helen complained.
Robb scratched his head, glanced at
his Means case brief and issued war
rant charging James E. Smith. colored,
with larceny after trust.
Evening star., 1933-02-02
$4,000 IN JEWELRY
SOUGHT BY POLICE
New York Woman Reports
Loss of Gems and Cash Be.
tween Baltimore and Capital.

Police Of two cities were conducting
search today for $4,000 worth of
jewelry and s585 in cash and travellers
checks, contained in womans brown
leather under-arm bag which was lost
last night by Mrs. Hannah H. Weber
Of Brooklyn, N Y, guest at the Will
lard Hotel.
Mrs. Weber discovered the loss when
she registered at the hotel last night
and Immediately summoned detectives
She said she lost the bag somewhere
between a restaurant on North avenue,
Baltimore, and the Lincoln Memorial
here.
The bag contained a 1912 karat dia-
mond ring. valued at S12,500; a pair
of diamond earrings worth 81 200, and
diamond chain and combination pin
pendant worth nearly s4,5O0. There
also were $500 in travellers checks,
drawn on the Brooklyn Trust Co., $85
in cash. cards and letters addressed to
Mrs. Weber The loss is fully covered
by insurance, but Mrs Weber offered a
large reward for return of the bag and
its contents.
Enroute to Florida.
Detectives here notified Baltimore
police and patrolmen were instructed to
keep close watch on pawnshops where
efforts might be made to dispose of the
iewelry
Mrs Weber, wife of a wealthy New
York business man, IS en- route to Miami
Beach, Fla, with her son. sister, a
niece ano a nephew Weber flew to
Washington from Newark this morning
upon being advised of the loss.
Victims of a series Of hold-ups
-urglaries and thefts reported late yes
terday and early today included Police
man Fred L. Stauffer, 518 Ninth street
northeast, who lost $50 and his badge
to sneak thief
Stauffer's property was taken from a
dresser drawer in his bed room, pre-
sumably as he slept. The officer saw
or heard no one in his room, however
and could not say just when the theft
occurred.
Two taxi drivers, one of whom wa.
struck with an iron bar, were robbed
by fares" last night. William r. Mad
dox, 800 block of M street, was treated
at Emergency Hospital for a scalp lac.
Grafton after he was attacked and rob-
bed of 81 by passenger he had driver
to Thirty-second and @ streets.
Pocketbook Snatched.
The other driver, George C. Tucker
100 block of C street southeast, handel
over So at the point of pistol earl!
today to a colored man he had haulet
to Half and streets southwest.
Joseph Green, Knox Station, Va, tolt
police he was robbed of SGT last nigh
by two colored men who accosted hin
on F street near Delaware avenue south
west.
A pocketbook containing $4 wa!
snatched from Julia Horwitz, &c New
York avenue, by colored man at Nortl
Capitol and Pierce streets early today
the woman reported.
Cigars and cigarettes valued at $15l
were taken from garage in the real
Of the 1900 block of Thirteenth stree
last night and another house breaking
at 1119 South Capitol street nettec
burglars 81 in cash, a number Of auto
mobile tires and q pistol.
An attempted burglary at a gasoline
station at Half and M streets south.
west was thwarted by Russell Haws, 6
night watchman. Haws told police two
men who had broken the glass In &
window at the station fied when he ap'
Evening star., 1933-02-02
SEARCH FOR MRS. KEYES' COLLIE
AIDED BY POLICE OF TWO CITIES
Radio and Press Also Enlisted by Senator and His
Wife.

suits. and the police Of Alexandria and
washington were asked to aid.
When Bruce had not returned at I
O'Clock this morning, Mrs. Keyes ap-
pealed to q friend connected with one
of the broadcasting stations to have the
dogs loss reported over the radio. The
Senator's wife, who as Frances Parkin-
son Keyes, is q noted writer, said she
expected an appeal to be broadcast from
one Of the local stations today
Bruce may not have been SO
valuable, as dogs go, but he was
greatly valued by u.s." Mrs. Keyes said.
"He Is q thoroughbred collie Of large
size. We shall be disconsolate until he
IS returned"
Evening star., 1933-02-02

The radio, the press and the police
have been enlisted by Senator and Mrs.
Henry w. Keyes of New Hampshire, IN
search for their highly-prised collie,
Bruce, which disappeared from the
front yard of the Keyes home in Alex
andria last night under mysterious
circumstances.
Bruce had been allowed to cavort
in the yard of evenings, with the gate
carefully locked. Last night, about IL
o'clock, when Mrs. Keyes went to the
door to call Bruce, she found the gate
unlocked and the pet gone. A search
Of the neighborhood produced no re-
Evening star., 1933-02-02
MRS. c. F. WILLIAMS DEAD
Widow of Marine officer to Be
Buried in Arlington.

Mrs. Charles F. williams, widow Of
the late Col. Charles Fremont Williams,
U. C. M. c., died at the home of her
son, Col Charles Fague Williams, U. S.
M. c., at the Marine Barracks, Mare
Island, Calf. Tuesday. She is TO be
buried in Arlington National Cemetery,
but detailed arrangements remain to
be made.
Mrs. Williams made her home for
some time, since leaving Washington
two years ago. with her daughter and
son-in-law, Capt. and Mrs. John NJ.
Ellicott, y. s. N.
Evening star., 1933-02-02
PRINTING is RADIO TOPIC
Gerald A. Walsh to Discuss Indus
try in Talk Over WJSV.

The second radio address in the
series on Leading Industries of Wash
ington," will be broadcast over Station
WJSV, under the auspices of the Wash
ington Chamber of Commerce, from
7:3O to 7:45 Saturday night.
Gerald A. Walsh. secretary of the
Typothetae of Washington, will discuss
the Printing Industry of the City"
Evening star., 1933-02-02
. Plan Old Folks Concert.

COTTAGE CITY, Md, February 2
byterian Church, assisted by other
talent in this and nearby towns, will
present an old folks concert on the
night of February 10, in st. Luke's
Parish Hall at Bladensburg. :
Evening star., 1933-02-02

lever investigator
of the United
S t a t eS bl ! C
Health Service, and
DR.. Alfred Newton
Richards, profess
sor of pharmacolo-
gy at the Univer-
sity Of Pennsyl-
vania.
DR.. Dyer was
designated as the
Kober lecturer for
1888, the choice
having been made
this year under the
terms Of the foun-
dation by the As
sociation of Mill
tary Surgeons OF
Evening star., 1933-02-02
SCREW IN LUNG FATAL
Child Dies Despite Efforts of City's
Leading Specialists.

Yvonne Wilnar, l5-month-o col
ored girl, for whose life several OF the
citys leading child specialists had pat
tied after she swallowed a large, snarp
wood screw two weeks ago at her home,
TIA Howard street, died yesterday at
Children's Hospital.
Pneumonia had congested the childs
lungs so that surgeons could not op,-
crate to remove the screw, which
clogged the air passages. They mao
hoped she would recover sufficiently. to
permit the operation.
Evening star., 1933-02-02
U. S. Acquires Three Lots.

Maj. D. H. Gillette, engineer of the
Commission, today announced that the
Government has Just acquired three
lots in the proposed Northeast Play
ground. These total 2,12o square feet,
he said.
Evening star., 1933-02-02
Walk Straight in Cape Town.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa R).-
New traffic regulations here forbid "jay-
walking" and limit pedestrians to spe-
cial crossings operated on Q "stop-go"
system.
Evening star., 1933-02-02
Health Service investigator
Named 1888 Lecturer
by Foundation.
DISCOVERED RAT FLEA
BITE CAUSES DISEASE
Gold Medal Will Be Presented to
A. N. Richards, Professor at
U. of Pennsylvania.

For outstanding achievements In
medical research, Georgetown Univer-
sity today announced the award of the
1888 honors Of the George M. Kober
Foundation to DR.. Rolla E. Dyer, typhus
Evening star., 1933-08-20

THE farm engineer, development of recent
years, is occupying place Of more and
more importance with the growing problems Of
high cost of farm production and low total
return for the products. The solution, or one
solution at any rate, is lowered cost OF opera
ton on the farm.
To this end, the Bureau of Agricultural En-
gineering has been carrying on considerable ex-
perimental work Much of the future possibility
was described recently by S. H. McCrory, chief
of the bureau.
90 Machinery used in production and harvest
ing of corn, cotton and sugar beets can be
improved to lessen the cost of unit production
and the amount of farm labor, McCrory be-
ieves. Methods and implements used in seed
bed preparation and weed control for these
crops should be studied, he said. Certain Sec
tions of the country are asking for cheap and
efficient driers for forage crops he pointed out.
Farm buildings can be improved greatly
the home for better living quarters for the
family, and the other buildings-for safe
storage of crops and for greater comfort for
live stock resulting in more profitable pro-
duction of their products. Farmers need re-
Evening star., 1933-08-20

housework. These days comparatively few mel
can provide maids for their wives. For in
stance If you married me you'd be expected Z
cook and sew, wash dishes, scrub
Not scrub" she protested. Il wouldn
scrub"
He turned TO smile at her Are you con
sidering the propcsition?"
1T hasn't been offered yet" She picked
up the bread plate and was following him
into the kitchen when he stopped her.
Whether you're applying or not I'd sugges !
that you carry something in each hand
saves steps. Bring in the sugar bowl"
Silently they washed and dried the dishes.
the cupboard door, Ed Bower has my bag in
his car. Perhaps I'd better get it."
TIL get it for you" Jeremy united his apron
and hung it on a peg. While you wait hereI
And don't get bright idea and lock me ouq
because if you do I'll spend a peaceful after
noon on the front porch-and I'm working BY
the hour"
In f1ivver parked halfway down the block
Jeremy found an impatient YOUTH with rec,
hair and Vaierie's hat box; and after short|
conversation with this gentleman Jeremy re-
turned with the bag, which he presented to
its owner.
JEREMY had resumed overalls and his normal
occupation when he was startled by a sur
prising apparition. gay little figure in scarf
let pajamas robe and slippers announcedI
I'm ready for my nap" and curled up on the
sofa. Turning his back upon the sofa, jeremy
immersed himself in the pursuit of his voca-
ton, hut without his former tranquility. The
girl on the sofa making no effort to court
sleep. Jeremy knew instinctively that her
steady dark eyes were fixed upon him. He
could feel them.
Once the phone rang, and after short, curt
interview with some one who was undoubtedly
Ed Bower, Valerie returned to the sofa and
her contemplation of Jeremy.
Therefore he was relieved when it was time
to say grufhy. you'd better be getting into
your apron. Your mother expects you to pre-
pare dinner"
Valerie yawned daintily. (Jeremy thought
the pose out of character) What am I to
prepare?"
STEAK and artichokes-"
What are artichokes?"
Vegetables. Your mother told me to order
vegetables, and I ordered 'em. Spinach, eau
Evening star., 1933-08-20
Farm Engineering Nee0 Profession

search to develop construction methods and
materials that will produce better and cheaper
buildings.
In soil erosion work, McCrory said that en-
gineers of the bureau are seeking cheaper
methods Of constructing terraces. They are
also trying out cheaper methods for keeping
drainage bitches working efdciently. For the
more profitable growing of crops on highly
organic soils, they are trying to determine re-
quirements of water-table control In many
localities they believe that if practical means
of identifying suitable soil types could be estab-
hshed, that mole drains, which are small
unlined tubular waterways, would stay open
long enough to be practical and economical.
In irrigation areas where crop production Is
limited by the water available and where,
because storage is not practical, stream floods
carry away water that is invaluable to crops
we need a method Of capturing the flood
waters, he said. We also need to know how
to reduce seepage from reservoirs and canals,
how to destroy weeds and other vegetation
that wastes precious water, what crops use
more water than it is economical to supply, and
how to use and apply irrigation water most
economically.
Evening star., 1933-08-20

mo" said Jeremy. II don't expect her In
till late In the afternoon"
who's there?" Obviously the voice was re-
Heved.
Gust l."
"And who are you?"
The painter"
"Oh, thanks"
That was all. Jeremy returned to his labors
When, a few minutes later, the doorbel
rang the painter admitted q slim girl in
leather jacket and small hat cooked impu-
IDENTIFY over one eye. However. there was
nothing impudent about her as she said, I'm
Valerie Mariowe. forgot my key" And ran
upstairs. Rather she seemed scared.
Evening star., 1933-08-20

" " smock for overalls easel for
stepadder, an artistic tenn
permanent for a deep content-and became an
honest goodness painter.
And so promising Spring morning,
Jeremy and the implements of his calling rang
the bell of suburban gloo (or so it was
shaped) entirely at peace with the world. After
an interval, during which Jeremy shifted his
ladder the door flung open, and an agitated
woman peered at him.
"Oh-you're the painter! I'd forgotten. I'm
80 upset-you see Susans eloped!
Jeremy whose tranquility had been unrufded
by this disclosure raised a polite eyebrow as
he stepped over the sill and deposited the
ladder between a rubber plant and golf bag;
and then deciding that common humanity de-
manded something more of him said kindly,
"Indeed?"
ndence blossomed anew. She left letter on
the piano telling me not to worry. Imagine
telling a mother-a mother, MI
Jones"
Jones Telling a mother who has given the
best years of her life unstintingly to her
children-not to worry. How" asked Susan's
mother militantly, "can I help worrying?"
"How?" echoed Jeremy Then remembering
he was being paid by the hour. May I take
my things to the basement?"
But the horrible thing is I'm due in half
an hour at board meeting, and there's
benefit bridge in the afternoon" After bit Of
concentration Jeremys employer was inspired.
II wonder If you'd do some phoning for mel"
I'm the painter" Jeremy suggested. and
I work by the hour"
"Oh, that's all right Ny maid comes about
IL. Here-the telephones in the breakfast
nook"
In the breakfast nook were confusion, the
telephone and an array of used china.
Il haven't had time to clean up-I was just
wondering If you could manage
Il work by the hour" Right cheerily Jeremy
entered into the spirit of the occasion. 'I'H
be glad to wash 'em for you"
"Oh-would you'll" He was rewarded by
glance of heartfelt gratitude And. oh, yes.
the phoning I'll give you the numbers If I
can find"
The telephone book?" Jeremy produced
it from beneath loaf of bread and pitcher
of syrup.
Thanks. You see Susan didn't say in her
letter whom she'd eloped with. SO I thought
her friends might know" Susans mother
plunged into the contents of the directory.
"She used to 60 with terrible man-Bnl
Evans-but don't think she's seen him for
a year or SO. First we'll call that Mumford
boy. wonder where he lives. His name is
Charles, but I don't know his fathers name"
Her finger travelled down the page Gould it
be Parkland place? Or $500 Washington?
That sounds more like it. Here she pushed
the phone toward him, "call Cabany 1854.
Ask him If he's eloped. If not, ask if he has
any idea who it can be. I'll get my hat on
while you do that. And if you can't learn
anything from Charles call Betty Minton.
She's in Beverly place-though I believe I did
hear she'd gotten married month or so ago.
Oh, well, you can find her" The good woman
hurried away.