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Evening star., 1933-02-03
The Tennessee Basin.

RreSlQeQL.eleCL FTdIlhAA -. 1sOSoS'SN
has outlined huge program Of de-
velopment in the Tennessee River
Basin which he plans to start to work
ON as soon as he goes into the White
House If it be dream, as some OF
his critics are likely to suggest, at
least it is a magnificent dream. 1t is
the kind of dream that has so often
in the history of America led to great
achievement AS a matter of hard fact,
the Roosevelt project for the develop
ment of this great river basin is on
solid foundation. The natural re-
sources are there, including cheap
power when developed, cheap trans
portation, great supplies of coal and
other minerals Already compCehen-
sive report on the possible development
Of the Tennessee River Valley has been
prepared by the Engineer Corps Of the
Army and has been submitted to the
Congress.
The Government already has gone
into the Tennessee River Valley with an
expenditure of approximately $685.
100000 and has built the huge power
plant at Muscle Shoals. Today the
plant supplies such power as the Ala
bama Power Company may care to
take from it--far less than the huge
plant can produce But Mr.. Roose-
velts vision of the future of the Ten
nessee River Basin goes far beyond the
Muscle Shod1s development. 1t looks to
reforestation, to establishment OF great
industries in country that is now little
more than q waste in many sections
And if the experiment in the Tennes-
see River Valley proves a success, there
are other great rivers and valleys in
this country which may be developed in
similar fashion.
The President ELECT sees 100000 men
put to work almost Immediately in
carrying out this Tennessee River
project. That in itself would be a
great accomplishment But the rsmi-
fications may we'll lead to the employ
ment of other hundreds of thousands,
many of them far removed from the
Tennessee River 1t is clear that Mi.
Roosevelt expects the Government to
give the project the initial shove re-
quired, but that in the future the varied
ramifications, power, retorestatlon,
navigation, flood control, may well pay
for themselves and many times over.
The success of the project will depend,
of course, not alone upon the Federal
Government, but also upon the CO.
operation which private enterprise and
industry may bring to play in the
Tennessee River Valley. Nor does Mr..
Roosevelt's vision run merely to the
activities of the Government in that
great valley.
The extent of the Tennessee River
Basin is great. The river itself runs
for 652 miles, first southwest through
Tennessee and Alabama, then west, and
next northwest, to flow again into
Tennessee, Kentucky, and finally into
the Ohio River. Ths drainage basin
has an area of $40, 900 square miles with
a population about 100000 in number.
Doubtless the new administration will
not enter olindly into the project now
advanced by Mr.. Roosevelt. He will
have the advice of engineers, OF in
dustrialists and of hnanciers. The en-
couraging factor is the will to start
something new; the courage to ad-
vance with a project which unfortu-
nately has been absent in American
industry too largely in recent years.
Evening star., 1933-02-03

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Write your question, your name and
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Haskin. Director, Washington, D. c.
@. How many employees and execu-
tives are employed in the Empire State
A. The number of employees and Off
cials in the Empire State Building is
315.
@. Who originated the lines, That's
all there is-there isn't any more?"-
w. E. B.
A. They were spoken by Ethel
Barrymore in play called Sunday"
in which Miss Barrymore appeared in
1906. Since then she has used them
as a final line for a curtain or after
dinner speech, until they are identified
with her. Sunday" was written by
val, and produced first in London In
1904.
@. When was the Government Print
ing Office founded?-M. B. r.
A. The act Of Congress authorizing
the Government Printing Ofice was
passed in 1860, but the actual establish
ment took place March 4. 1861.
Q. Give some particulars about the
perfume industry in Bermuda.-J. E. D.
hrI, Ryra
Scott, a young English chemist, con-
ceived the idea of salvaging the scent
of the lily blossoms, which are thrown
away because the bulbs are considered
more valuable. He worked at research
and experimentation for four years, and
finally solved the problem by employ
ing the enf1eurage method Of extrac-
ton. The extraction plant has become
a popular place for tourists.
@. What mark do pennies bear
which are struck at the Philadelphia
mint?-J. G. r.
A. They bear no mint mark Those
struck in the Denver mint are marked
ID" and those struck in San Fran
cisco are marked IS"
@. Why are the priests who call peo-
pie to prayer for the minarets usually
blind?-J. B.
A. The minaret Is a prayer tower.
It was first built in the eighth century
There Is at least one minaret to every
mosque. In an interesting new book
by distinguished English etcher the
comment is made that in Persia many
of the muezZins who sound the call to
prayer from the minarets are blind
The blind are chosen in order that thet
may not overlook the family life as
it is lived on the fat roofs of nearby
homes.
@. How many Presidents of the
United States are buried in Arlington
National Cemetery?-M. K.
A. William Howard Taft is the only
President of the United States buried
in this cemetery.
@. How many kinds of food are
canned commercially?-C. S.
A. Dr. Marion Pfund of Cornell
University says that about 244 are now
canned commercially, These foods in
clude vegetables, fruits. fish and shell
fish, meats, soups and various specialties.
@. Please explain the ground rent
system in Baltimore, Md.-A. H. B.
A. In the State of Maryland, and
particularly in Baltimore City, the
owner of real property can lease his
property, and if such lease is for
more than Is years, the rent that he
reserves is called ground rent.
Ground rents created prior to the year
1884 were generally irredeemable. Be
tween the years 1884 and 1888 all
ground rents became redeemable at the
Evening star., 1933-02-03

1SeS az nome ana ABROAD, tne German
people forgot the most precious heritage
Of its past-its honor and its freedom
and thus lost all. Since that day the
Lord has withheld His blessings from
our people. and discord and hatred
have entered among u.s."
Evidently expecting that his first
public pronouncement as chancellor
would elucidate Hitler program. Ger
man disappointment Is manifest over
the political emptiness of his speech.
It is apparently well stigmatized by the
Liberal Berliner Tageblatt. which says:
In its wealth Of verbiage and poverty
Of ideas and practical proposals the
address constitutes the most convinc-
ing evidence of the character of this
government"
Enough has already happened to JUS
tify the opinion which found general
utterance, both in Germany and abroad,
when Herr Hitler took ofiice, namely,
that he would turn out to be a tanned and
chastened Hitler. He is that by COM
pulsion, rather than choice, no doubt.
Berlin dispatches speak of the checks
and balances" system which President
Won Hindenburg meant to institute
when he appointed Col. Won Papen as
vice chancellor. Occasions may be ex-
pected to be many when Hitler will
propose, but Won Papen oppose-and
dispose.
Sympton1atic Of that prospect is the
retoinder Just made in the chancellor's s
name as to whether Herr Hitler pur-
poses enforcing some of the drastic
anti Semitic regulations about which
in irresponsible days he was wont to
rant. THE present government" it
is announced. docs not intend to
make any unreasonable experiments Of
an economic. financial or social order.
It Is dedicated to the preservation Of
internal peace and work, and will guar
antee the personal protection of all
classes" 1t was added that the gov
ernment IS concerned, for the time
being, with more urgent matters than
redeeming "agitatory promises"
Herr Hitler has rushed pellmell into
another Reichstag campaign on the
theory that. flushed with victory as
typified by his occupancy Of the chan
cellorship, the National Socialists on
March can achieve the goal, until now
denied them, of a positive majority in
the Reichstag. Last November their
popular vote dropped 100000 below
the total scored in April. Hitler dis
solved the present Parliament on the
ground that the Catholic Centrists and
Bavarian Peoples Party declined to
join in government Of concentration"
Reichstag coalition. The Centrists and
the Bavarians deny this, alleging that
Hitler did not exhaust the possibilities
of negotiation with them.
With Communists, Social Democrats
Centrists and Bavarians now marshaled
in common front against the Nazis,
Hitler's hope of a Reichstag in which
he will be all supreme IS by no means
assured Of realization The chancellor
is going to the country with the slogan
With Hitler and Hindenburg for Ger
many" In imperial days the German
reactionaries' slogan was with God
and Kaiser for the Empire" Herr Hit
Ter has improved on that. A good many
people think, If he cares for alliterative
slogans, that his battle cry henceforward
might not inappropriately read. with
Hitler. Hindenburg and the Hohenzol-
lerns for the Old Empire"
Evening star., 1933-02-03

In appealing to the people Hitler
does not neglect religion, thus proving
himself preacher as well as a poll
tician. He is called dictator, which
in its ultimate definition means a man
bold enough to undertake full personal
responsibility for all that happens.
Evening star., 1933-02-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

In the Shadow Of the Ground Hog.
The ground hog saw his shadow clear
They say, in accents glum,
This tells Of weather quite severe
For several weeks to come.
Friend ground hog I am rather glad
Sunshine is sweet, I VOW,
So am thankful We have had
A little, anyhow.
A prophecy is often wrong.
At passing joy we'll glance.
Well greet it with grateful song
And take another chance.
Evening star., 1933-02-03

Rooseve1t's Shortened Term.
From the Boston Globe.
Under the twentieth amendment
President-to-be Roosevelt will lose sew
eral days Of his term financial loss,
perhaps, inasmuch as he isn't getting
pay for rehearsals.
Evening star., 1933-02-03
Direct Action Best.

Prom the Los Angeles Times.
The Bureau Of Standards Is expert
menting to ind way to remove un-
wanted noises In the theater. The
neck and seat Of the breeches was net
20 bad.
Evening star., 1933-02-03

1t was long. hard campaign and
the grandstand carpenters are joining
the lame ducks in trying to prolong
economic dispute till the last moment.
Evening star., 1933-02-03
legislative Acrobatics.

From the Chicsso Daily News.
Party scrohatics In Congress consist
mainly Of doing the split.
Evening star., 1933-02-03
A Curio.

From the Detroit News.
Boston police have broadcast the
serial number Of . now prevailing
counterfeit $40 bill, but fail to describe
Q $40 bill.
Evening star., 1933-02-03

Foreclosure of farm mortgages is
reprehended. In addition to being ir-
ritating, the transaction Just now Is
Improbable.
Evening star., 1933-02-03

Swap is rather rough word as
applied to debts and tariffs; but 1t Is
q more digni6ed word than 'swipe."
Evening star., 1933-02-03
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Evening star., 1933-02-03
Growth.

From the Greensboro IN. CO. Daily News.
OF course, 1t may simply be that the
problems have grown bigger and the
legislators haven't.
Evening star., 1933-02-03
OFF the Deep End,

From the San Diego Union.
Just when we were beginning to un-
derstand technocracy somebody asked
Prof. Einstein to discuss it.
Evening star., 1933-02-03
Determination.

"Of course you know q lot Of unkind
things are being said about you"
EYES," said Senator Sorghum, "and,
considering the source, I shall go on
doing my best to deserve them"
Evening star., 1933-02-03

Jud Tunkins says politics is like q
poker game; you never can be sure
whether a winner was smart or only
lucky.
Evening star., 1933-02-03
Trade Metals.

Trade Metals.
Finance is kind O. funny,
As we're trying to do biz.
We know there must be money,
But we can't tell where 1t Is.
We will have to 60 on cropping
For what time may yet reveal,
Still for gold and silver hoping;
Never trusting lead and steel.
yves had ground hog day." said
Uncle Eben, IAN we's gineter have
Valentines day, an it pears to me like
dar's bout as much aense to one -
dar Is to de other"
Evening star., 1933-02-03
Tower of Babel,

Tower OF Babel
The Tower of Babel seems to rise anew,
And many language we must listen to-.
There's German and there's French
resounding loud
With many dialect amid the crowd
That makes the world uneasy while
1t waits
To hear at last some plain United
States.
Evening star., 1933-02-03
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SeIectiv0 Fame

ScI6CGIV0 T1mce
would you care to have your picture
in the paper?" said the reporter.
1T all depends" said Miss Cayenne,
II should not object II it's to illustrate
a wedding, but I'd hate to be one Of
these prominent society women who is
to testify in homicide case."
"The printing press" said Hi Ho, the
sage Of Chinatown, preserves knowledge,
but In doing so it hands down quarrels
from one generation to the next"
Evening star., 1933-02-03

Three State Governors ere An at
tendance at the First Interstate Legis-
washington-Clyde L. Herring Of Iowa,
John @. Pollard Of Virginia and VIII
Evening star., 1933-02-03

@. Did other candidates receive votes
for the presidency CT the Confederate
States when Jefferson Davis was
elected?-C. c.
A. jefferson Davis and Alexander II.
Stephens had been appointed Pro-
visional President and Vice President
and when elected to office received all
the votes of the II States that voted.
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Evening star., 1933-05-01
|. S. U. TRACK SQUAD
PICKED TO WIN MEET
Heavily Favored in Southeastern S
First Title Affair-Retains
Most of 1882 Stars.

4 TLANTA tP}.-Louisiana State Uni
"A versity is heavily favored to win
the first Southeastern Conference
track meet in May.
Louisiana won the last Southern Con-
ference meet, with Duke second, Ala
bama Poly (Auburn) third, North Caro-
lima fourth, Georgia fifth and Tulane
sixth.
The Baton Rouge squad lost but few
Of its point winners of 1882 and gained
enough new men to overkalance the
loss. Glenn Hardin. the 400-meter star
in the last Olympics. is one of L. S. U. S
new aces. He figures to win the low
hurdles and the quarter mile in new
record time
Eddie Stockwell, who won the 220 a
year ago, is expected to win or place
second in both the century and furlong
The Tigers should place two men,
Moreau and Fisher, in the high hurdles
Lehman and Sanders. sophomore,
are looked upon as sure point winners
In the distance runs. Jack Torrance,
who won the shotput last year, should
repeat and also place in the discus.
Auburn. Georgia, Tulane, Alabama
and Tennessee are strong in several
events and should battle for the other
top positions. The University of Mis-
sissippi has one of its best squads
Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech Florida, Ken
lucky and Mississippi State hardly have
teams strong enough to challenge the
others.
Evening star., 1933-05-01
WOMAN TABLE TENNIS
CHAMP fine Athlete
Jessie Purves, U. S. Title Winner,
Also Highly Proficient in
Four Other Sports.

THICAGO R).-If the captivating
~ game Of table tennis were seeking
a fair champion to get the
women's vote" In its rise to popularity,
1t could hardly have done better than
have Jessie Purves win the first national
tourney for women-which she did.
For Miss Purves is enough of an
expert at women's sports to lend dignity
and authenticity to any activity she
tackles.
BY no means Of the bulky, muscled
type, she nevertheless Is sterling per-
former at golf, swimming, bowling and
field hockey-and no stranger on a
tennis court. Her golf handicap in the
Women's Western Association is eight
Besides all these athletic talents she
carried along Phi Beta Kappa key
from the University Of Illinois, when
she became girls physical education
director at high school in suburban
Des PLANES.
Evening star., 1933-05-01
G MONTHS
OF RAC|NG0N TODAY
Aurora, Sportsman's Park
Inaugurate 1885 Richest
Season in America.

~HICAGO, May [P&The bar
rier snaps 1T Exhibition Park at
4 Aurora and at Sportsmans
Park. Chicago. today, inau-
g,rating q six months racing season
in Illinois that will be the richest Of
fered In America.
Moving through meetings at Aurora,
Sportsmans Park, Washington Park,
Arlington, Hawthorne and Lincoln
Fields and then back again to Sports
mans and Aurora, the thoroughbreds
will be racing In the Chicago metropol-
itan district daily, except Sunday, until
the end of October
There will be inaugural handicap
events at both tracks with each handi-
cap attracting q band Of feet perform
ers over the six-furlong route.
For the first time in the Chicago
racing district Exposition Park, located
IS miles west. was Offering a free gate.
Reserved seats in the grandstand, how
ever, will cost so cents, with 81 admit
tance to the club house The general
admission to Sportsmans Park, which
Is located on the edge Of Chicago, will
be 81. Sportsman Park is a half miller.
After the lid has been pried of with
the 1s-day meetings at Sportsmans
Park and Exposition Park. the thor
oughbreds will move to Washington
Park May ~ for the opening OF the
major racing season Washington Park
will see the first rich stake event Of
the year with the running Of the $25,-
600 added American Derby June 3. Ar
lington Park will follow with the rich
est 30-day meeting held anywhere in
the country. offering q $50,000 added
futurity and the Arlington Classic,
which this year has been reduced 70
S35, 900 added value The dates Of these
events have not been set.
Evening star., 1933-05-01
FARR TAKES Poke !.
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AT KEED'S' CROWN
Rosenb|oom, Levinsky, Fields
and Ross Other Stars to
Fight This Week. i

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, May kid Choc-
M olate risks the lesser Of his two
Y championships tonight q the
Nations flsticufYers settle down
to an active week.
The Cuban Negro will defend his
Pennsylvania-recogn junior light
weight crown in l0-round bout against
Johnny Farr Of Cleveland at Phhadel-
phia Chocolate, recognized In New
York State as world featherweight
champion, will defend the l26-pound
title against Seaman Tom Watson Of
England in Madison Square Garden
here May II.
Other headliners on the weeks sched-
ule include Maxey Rosenbloom, world
light heavyweight champion; KING Le-
vlnsky, Chicago heavyweight: Jackie
Fields, former welterweight champion,
and Barney Ross, Chicago lightweight
sensation.
EIELDS, recently beaten by Young
l. Corbett in a title match, opens q
comeback campaign against young
Peter Jackson Of Wilmington, Calf, in
Los Angeles tomorrow night.
Charley Retzlah Of Duluth In the
main bout of a Chicago Stadium card
on Wednesday night, and the same eve
ming, Ross, soon to meet Tony Can
zoneri with the lightweight champion
ship at stake. battles Joe Ghnooly At
St. Louis.
Rosenbloom meets Charley Belanger,
Winnipeg hght-heavyweight, at Jef1er-
scnville, Ind, over the 12-round route,
but his crown will not be at stake. Dave
Shade of New York and Henry F1rpo
of Louisville clash in a middleweight
bout featuring a Derby eve card at
Louisville the same night.
Evening star., 1933-05-01
POTOMAC PADDLERS,
BASKETERS VICTORS
Dominate Events in Two Sports
Held in Connection With
NJ. A. Canoe Convention.

PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-Basketers
and paddlers Of the Potomac Boat
Club Of Washington were home
ward bound today and carrying with
them more than one clubs share of
laurels, won here Saturday at the con-
vention Of the Middle States Canoe
Racing Association.
The Potomac basket ball team, which
cleaned up everything nautical in its
home town. defeated the Bristol, Y. NJ
A. quint, Is to 10, to lay claim to the
national nautical cage title. On the
water first-place triumph was shared
with a Philadelphian, Bud Miller of
Potomac pairing with Ernie Riedel Of
the Pendleton Club to win the three
mile. two-man single blade race in
canvas canoes.
In second place in the same event
was Ernie Millar and George Shaw,
both of Potomac, while Jimmy Burch,
another Potomac bladesman, finished
third, paired with ROLAND Smith Of the
Philadelphia Canoe Club, host organi-
zation.
The annual championships Of the
Middle States Association were awarded
to Philadelphia when the Pendleton
Club delegates suggested the regatta
be held ON the Schuylkill. The date
was fixed for August Is.
Evening star., 1933-05-01
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BALTIMORE C. c.
BIG CANOE REGATTA HERE

July 16 has been selected for the an
nual regatta CT the Delaware -Chesa-
peake division of the American Canoe
Association here.
To give canoeists opportunity to pre-
pare for this affair, which will be fol-
lowed by the national regatta, planned
for Chicago. a series of four races has.
been arranged. They include one-man
single blade, May IA: or,e-man double
blade, May %: tandem single blade,
June II and tandem double blade, June
ID. All will be at 3 miles
Individual prizes will go to the win
contestant scoring most points in tho
series. Each contestant entering auto
matically will get one point, and will res
ceive an additional five, four three, two
or one point for finishing first, second,
third, fourth or fifth.
Evening star., 1933-05-01
Uppercuts and Body Slams
BY FRANCIS Il. STAN

by BY the time he is Of age should be a
Far out on q branch has crawled Mr..
Groves, but when 1t Is considered he
could have boosted any one Of 20 others
from whom he could reap immediate
dividends, Joe Green may amount to
something Of q fist singer after all.
will tangle In the 45-minute semi-fnal
while the supporting preliminaries will
ind Paul Jones rassling Karl Davis,
Dick Daviscourt meeting Lou Plum
mer, and Eli Fischer exhibiting against
Babe Caddock.
Mr.. HARRY KID GROVES. who
4vx cracks the whip over more pugi-
lists than you can shake q stick
his piece regarding Washington's most
promising prospect.
Mr.. Groves. however, deserves con-
siderable credit in spite Of his weaken
ing to the extent of exporting" In
the first place he has kept silent . long
time and in the second place he Is
risking some possible dark looks from
experienced members of his stable by
naming a youngster nobody seems to
have heard of-yet. Mister Groves
Every one connected with the fight
game here has had his turn picking
his choice as the best prospect. Well,
have been in this game IL years and
I have seen them all over that time
and II I know anything about boxing
little Joe Green is going to be the best
homegrown fistic product this town
ever had.
zoe is . little Jewish boy IS years
old and Weighing lit pounds, who
came to me about q year ago and
asked me to teach him how to box. I
have watched that kid from that day
and he has everything he could have
and some Of his own. He boxes jackie
Simpson, Doug Swetnam. Eddie Comp
ton, or jumps . few classes and works
with Henry Irving. And always locks
good.
An old timer remarked the other
day after watching him box three
rounds that Joe could lick Billy Ian.
ders right now. I think he was little
overenthusiastic but It won't be long.