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Evening star., 1933-03-14
Uncommon Sense
Fill Up the Bin
BY JOHN BLAKE.

Il chO AIN uOtclS-IlOQcIu Ol
old Oldrsad @ them carefully ,Ssa NY and
i y pie who wrote them were
readers.
The better novels, you will find, were
written by people who read better books
The trashy ones bear indisputable evi-
dence of the influence of earlier trashy
writer's.
Thread men and women do not write
well.
Well-read men and women usually do
They do not get their plots or Their
wording from the books they read.
They are not literary thieves.
But they are largely influenced by
the literary company they keep, and
they show their influence very plainly
in their work.
II you want to write, read.
If you don't know what to read, ask
somebody who does.
4 X X
However wide has been your expert
ence, you are not likely to write a first
class book unless you are fairly well
stepped In the literature of the present
time. as we'll as that of the past.
I am not giving you any advice as to
what to read.
If you don't know yourself, the libra
rian at your local library can help you,
ii you will give her or him an idea of
the kinds of books with which you want
to be familiar.
While you are reading-or when you
have laid book aside, rather-go out
and get some acquaintanceship with
peoples and places.
Read the newspapers every day and
find out what is going on in the world
Do not skim them through, but read
them carefully. from the front-page
stories about what is going on in Man
churia and in the League Of Nations
and dispatches from your own capital,
side pages.
Notice how books and newspaper
stories are written.
Note in book reading the styles of
the authors.
You can't just simply pick up pen
or pencil. or sit down to typewriter
and begin to write.
You have a long, hard road ahead
of you, and you will learn soon enough
whether you really can write or not.
If you can, do. 1t may not be profit
exercise, and the mere writing will be
an education which will prove of use,
whether or not you discover that you
have the necessary talent to become an
author.
If you should ask me how long you
must keep up your training course, I
would say, From l to SO years, ac-
cording to how much ability you have
and how much In earnest you are about
desiring to become an author"
Some people have taken more time
than that, some less.
Never forget that writing is job,
not pastime, and not task to be pur-
sued in your spare hours, but task to
be followed assiduously day after day
till it brings results.
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Guarding Your Health.
HALTING COLDS

I you should see person on trolley
car sneeZing without making any
effort to cover his nose, you might
i well ask yourself. Whats wrong
with this picture?"
There is a great deal wrong with such
picture. In the first place, it is a
mistake for a person with q cold to go
to q place where he may spread germs.
The chances are that he would get well
more quickly If he remained at home,
in bed From the viewpoint of others,
it Is too bad that he should go where
he may pass on colds to them.
In some cities pupils who come to
school with colds are sent home prompt
ly. When this is done, it keeps cold
germs from travelling from one pupil
to another.
Returning to our picture, we find an
other thing which is wrong. If a per-
son must sneeze in public, he should
cover his nose with a handkerchief.
Before We sneeze, we almost always
have enough warning to get out a
handkerchief: and the most simple,
others against joining in our misery.
People also should be careful not to
cough without guarding the mouth.
Here, again, the handkerchief may
come to the rescue. Best of all is to
stay home with a cough, as well as with
a cold
Colds and coughs are more dangerous
than some persons suppose. The di-
sease known as "whooping cough" may
be spread before the person who has it
knows how dangerous it is. The
dreaded "infantile paralysis" may be
carried by person who believes he has
Just common cold"
The common" cold may turn into
influenza or pneumonia. You and I
and all of us should do everything We
can to halt the spread of colds. If we
are unlucky enough to take cold, it is
our duty to guard others against the
same fate
1t is a sad thing that neither doctors
nor scientists have found certain cure
for colds. If we are in extremely good
health, cold germs may not be able to
make headway against us. The eating
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Stuffed Oranges.

Remove deep slice from one end of
an orange. Clean out the rind. Mash
some boiled potatoes, season with sugar,
butter, milk, and an egg yolk or two.
few nuts and raisins may be used
Have the mixture warm or hot and fill
the orange rind. Make a meringue
of the egg whites, put over the top, and
place in a baking pan with a little hot
water in the pan. Cook until the
meringue is done. The water prevents
the shell from losing its color and
shape. Serve this either hot or cold.
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MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY
BY JAMES ]. MONTAGUE.

When men who toll with plough and
spade
Applied to Washington for aid,
1t seemed to me
That such plea
Was greedy and unfair of them.
But since I've run a backyard farm
view their plight with real alarm.
It's my belief
They need relief,
And Congress should take care of them
Just a Tip.
If the new administration wants to
gain immediate popularity, it will dc
something about road hogs.
Wait and See.
If Japan keeps on to the Russian bor-
der, We'll find out what happens when
an irresistible force meets an immov-
able object.
(Copyright 1933)
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Light of Experience.

Light of Experience.
Until I'd grown garden plot
fancied that the farmers lot
Was one that
Might by and by
Be very glad to follow.
Good healthful toll with rake and hoe
Beneath the sunshine's ruddy glow
Upon the lea,
It seemed to me,
Had business beaten hollow.
But when I'd toiled in sun and rain
To conquec bugs-and quite in vain
When tiny things
On busy wings
Ate everything I'd planted;
When rains came late or much too soor
And every morning, night and noon
More green things died,
I sadly sighed
And solemnly recanted.
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a sievelike condition Of the ground
surface. and into these openings flowed
the water and the all-important oxygen.
The richness Of soil depends upon
the number of angleworms living close
to its surface. An authority can tell
you, by spading up the dirt. how good
your soil is. Seventy-five thousand or
more to an acre is an average number;
the richer the soil, the greater the
number Of angleworms.
The life story is interesting, too. The
angleworm is both father and mother.
When fully matured, you will always
find q feshly girdle about the middle.
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Is ldlQ on LLe SCI v
ice plate diagonally,
with the mono
grammed corn e r
pointing down to-
ward the edge OF
the table. The
upper ner IS
then turned sharply
under in a nat
crease for about a
third of its dag
cnal length; then
the two side cor
ners are roll e d
loosely under, max
ing a sort Of pillow
e f f e C t, with a
straight = top edge
and a pointed lower
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marking displayed in the center. For
this reason monogram or initials should
be put across the corner.
A large dinner napkin is folded into
a nine-thickness square. The sides are
then folded loosely under so as to make
a f1attened bolster roll about twice the
width of its height, and it is laid per-
pendicularly on the service plate. with
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Jerez Bridge Winner 83.

Dom Pedro Gordon Gonzalez. un-
crowned king Of Jerez, is elated over his
success in the great international bridge
tournament, which was held recently in
Seville. Spain. The Marquis is 49, and
has 50 descendants in Jerez, most of
whom are connected with the sherry or
brandy trade.
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This is the egg basket When the eggs
are ready to be laid, the parent seeks
a heap Of leaves or a compost pile.
Bending the head until it touches the
ground in order that the wide band
may slip over the head easily, these are
laid. The moment the girdle touches
the ground, both ends close and
perfectly shaped capsule is the result.
The wormlets are one inch long when
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UNCLE RAYS CORNER

of onions and the drinking of much
water are among the "homely" rene
dies which have been suggested. If
there is any sign of cold turning into
influenza or pneumonia, physician
should be called without delay
Cor Health and Safety" section of
your Scrapbook).
If you want the free leaflet, "Ques-
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Paintings From Prison.

The Society Of Independent Artists,
New York, has received a dozen paint
lngs from Clinton Prison, Dannemora,
an institution better known for riots
than artistic production. The paintings
are the work of convict students in the
PRISONS art class.
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BEDTIME STORIES B B Ths,",s" E%r,s,,

Jimmy Skunk. II didn't interfere.
I've done nothing but attend to my
own business, and I suggest that you
do the same" He continued to look
for beetles.
(Copyright 1933)
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- world over as fish bait, but few
realize that their most import
IL ant work is in the ground. The
earthworm is most important
to man. Without his able assistance,
the soil would be arid and vegetation
scant. These lowly creatures lift mil
lions Of tons of soil each year. Besides,
they drag decaying matter into their
deep burrows and other underground
dwellers do the same. They consume
many more tons of soil which they
digest, and the lobed castings are to be
found on the top of the ground near
their tunnels. These are valuable to
the top soil. Earthworms do not eat
much green food. but rather prefer the
dry leaves and decaying matter to be
found In heaps.
After heavy downpour. thousands
Of earthworms are to be seen moving
about. They felt the vibration of the
pelting drops and came to the surface.
They were following a blind leading,
but what happens is that the millions
Of holes from which they emerged make
Evening star., 1933-03-14

"OW natural to envy a screen
III stars exquisite complexion!
A skin lovely enough to make
thousands of hearts beat faster
49,. a skin with the soft, sweet
smOothness no man can resist!
Small wonder women every
where are eagerly following the
screen stars advice in the all
important matter of complexion
care.
Il am among the scores of stars
who use Lux Toilet Soap" says
ELISA Landi. Il find it excellent
for the skim"
When the closeup brings this
charming actress NEAR, her skin
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tions and Answers About Europe" send
me a stamped. return envelope in care
Of this newspaper UNCLE RAY.
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Napkins and Guests.

NaPNIHS anu OutstS.
~ EAR MRS. POST: All the
- women in cur club would
like to have you tell us
- the proper folding of small
luncheon napkins and Of
the large dinner napkin"
Answer: A small napkin. no matter
when used, is folded cnly twice Gnto a
square of four thicknez ses). The square
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isNirresistible. When eager eyes
look at you, do they find the
beauty that wins-and holds
the heart?
686 of the 694 leading actres-
ses in Hollywood (including al
stars) use fragrant, white Lux
Toilet Soap. Their preference
for this same gentle complexion
care is so overwhelming that Lux
Toilet Soap has been made the
official soap in all the large film
studios!
You try it. Begin today to
make your skin as radiantly
lovely as it should be-as it can
be-s0on!
Evening star., 1933-03-14

I F you should see person on trolley
car sneeZing without making any
effort to cover his nose. you might
we'll ask yourself. Whats wrong
with this Dictureo"
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N A T u r E S
C. H IL ID r E N
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
EARTHWORMS,

. ARTHWORMS are famous the
4 world over as fish bait, but few
realize that their most import
. ant work is in the ground. The
Evening star., 1933-12-01

Benton, Miss Damaris Smith, Miss Oar
oline johnson, Miss Lloie Friedell, Miss
Elizabeth Gill, Miss Katherine feafson,
Miss Frances Davis ana Miss Mary
Marsh
Luncheon was served In the palm
court of the hotel, the guests being
seated at large horseshoe-shaped table.
Mrs. Davis guests at another table
included Mrs. George A. Dern. Mrs.
James Crawford Bibbs, Mrs. William
Laird Dunlop. jr.; Mrs. Arthur Tirrell
and Mrs. Harry Freeman Clark.
Mr.. Robert Jackson, secretary Of the
entertain at a dinner dance tonight at
the Sulgfave Club, when he will pre-
The annual THANKSGIVING night ball
for the benefit Of the Navy Relief So
ciety last evening was well attended and
the large ball room Of the Willard.
where the ball was given, was gay with
gold braid and the bright colors Of thu
gowns worn by the ladies In the COM
paflv. Arrangements for the party fol-
lowed the precedent Of the 25 years that
these benefits have been given, The
ball room was decorated with the stars
and Stripes and strung across below
the ceiling were signal flags OF the
Navy and Marine Corps. Flags Of off,
cials of the department and officers of
hioh rank were hung behind their boxes.
The Marine Band Orchestra and the
Navy Band PLAYED alternately. stationed
at opposite ends of the ball room.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Swanson were the guests Of honor at
the ball and Mrs. Swanson received the
guests She was assisted by Mrs. Henry
Latrobe Roosevelt. wife Of the Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy: Mrs. william M.
STANDBY. wife Of the chief Of Naval
Operations, and Mrs Russell. wife of
Brig. Gen. John Russell, U. s. NJ c..
who is acting commandant Of the
Marine Corps while Maj Gen. Ben H.
Fuller is in Haiti on an inspection tour
Mrs. Swanson wore a graceful and be-
coming gown of brown net heavily en-
crusted with tiny gold discs. The skirt
was long and flaring and the bodice
had a moderately high straight neck
line in front and was low in the back
and she wore several strings Of pearls
about her neck. Mrs. Roosevelt was
in white crepe and satin, the skirt,
fitted at the waistline and over the
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hips, fell long and full and the bodice
had . low cowl neckline in front and
a deep "V" IN the back. She wore
string OF pearls about her neck. Mrs.
Standley had a gown Of fiowered crepe
on q black background, the bodice nm
ished in "v" neckline and the skirt
was long and fell in soft folds toward
the bottom. Mrs. Russells gown was Of
ruby velvet. the high neck In front fin
ished straight and the skirt long ana
moderately full toward the bottom.
Around her throat was q string Of very
large pearls. They all wore long white
gloves.
The Secretary was greeted by q call
to attention, sounded by the bugler OF
the Marine Band. and after greeting
those in the receiving line. was escorted
by the chairman of the Floor Com
mittee, Rear Admiral Henry varnum
Butler, who is retiring shortly as COM
mandant Of the Navy Yard for duty in
command Of the Battle Squadron on
the Pacific Coast
Secretary and Mrs Swanson had as
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SOCIETY
The Ambassador of Italy, Sisnor Rosso,
a. Will Entertain at Two Dinner
Parties in Fortnight.

| Mariatt, Miss Elizabeth Burke and
Miss Gertrude Faust.
Tomorrow evening Miss Flannery
will entertain the members of her re-
ceiving party and an equal number of
young men at supper preceding the
Black and White ball.
Mrs. Ralph worthington will present
her daughter, Miss Marian Worthington,
at a tea dance this afternoon at the
Sulgrave Club. Mrs. Worthington will
be assisted by Mrs. Frank D. Berrien,
Mrs. Hiram Bingham, Mrs. Mark L.
Bristol Mrs. William 8. Culbertson, Mrs.
Archibald H. Davis. Mrs. John Allan
Dougherty., Mrs. John Henry Dwight.
Mrs. James Gilman Of Miami. Fla. Mrs.
Randall H. Hagner, Mrs. Charles B..
Howry, Miss Elizabeth B. Howry, Miss
Mary H. Howry. Mrs. Wilton J. Lambert,
Mrs, Charles H. lie Fevre, Mrs. Malcolm
Matheson. Mrs. Stanley F. Reed. Mrs.
Henry Alvah Strong, Mrs. George G.
Thorpe, Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman and
Mrs. Joseph Z. Washington.
table, which will be decorated with pink
roses and tall tapers.
The debutante will be assisted by Miss
Jane Culbertson. Miss Mary Dwight,
Miss Alice Fleming. Miss Elizabeth Gin,
Miss Eulalie Harris of Georgia, Miss
Caroline johnson, Miss Natalie Keeney,
Miss Luke Christine of Keswick, Va;
Miss Mary Mcdowell, Miss Mary Eliza
beth Macarthur, Miss Mary Louise
Marsh, Miss Charlotte Mayo, Miss vir-
ginia Mayo, Miss Eleanor Roosevelt and
Miss Nella Veverka. Mrs. Worthington
will wear a Jade green gown of wool
crepe, trimmed with gray fur. and the
debutante has chosen frock Of pale
yellow crepe. Patou model, made on
simple lines and will carry orchids.
Mrs william Thornwall Davis intro
duced her niece Miss Elizabeth Howard
of Hartford, Conn, to Washington de-
butantes at lunch today at the May
flower.
The company included Miss Elizabeth
Dern, Miss Hope jackson, Miss Anna
Smith, Miss Mary Dwight. Mrs Nancy
Lesh, Miss Jane Culbertson, Miss Alice
Fleming, Miss Mildred English. Miss
Peggy English, Miss Natalie Keeney,
Miss Jehanne Burch. Miss Mary Nc
Dowell, Miss Dorothea Sewers, Miss
Elizabeth Thompson. Miss Dorothy Tir-
rell, Miss Frances Simpson. Miss Patsy
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their guests In their box Senator and
Mrs. william H. King, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Gary r. Grayson, Capt. and
Mrs. Frank fletcher, Col. and Mrs. n.
G. Davis, house guests of the hosts:
Dr.. and Mrs. Loren johnson. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman, Mrs. =. B.
Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. William Mathew
son, Mrs. Joseph NOEL, Mrs. Ollie
James. Miss Franceska McKenney, and
Mr.. Douglas Deane Hall, son OF Mrs.
Swanson. Secretary and Mrs. Swan
son were hosts ut dinner before the ball.
The Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
and Mrs. Roosevelt also entertained at
dinner taking their guests later to their
boy at the ball. The company In.
cluded Capt. and Mrs. w. w. CAL
braith, Conidr. and Mrs. Stanton Mer-
rill Con1dr and Mrs. william M.
Fechteler, the former nephew Of Mrs.
Roosevelt: Mrs. Eldridge Jordan, Miss
Cynthia Beatty OF New York, Comdr.
James s. Laidlaw, and Miss Eleanor
Roosevelt. daughter Of the hosts.
The Chief Of Naval Operations and
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were Capt. Ralston Holmes, comman-
dant Of Midshipmen at the Naval Acad-
emy, and Mrs. Holmes: the air attache
Of the British embassy, Group Capt.
Reid; Comdr. and Mrs. William Monroe,
Comdr. John Z. Ostrander and Mrs.
Dwight Chester, mother of Mrs. Land.
Others at the dinner who went later
to the ball were Capt. Donald G. Bing-
ham and his guests in his box, Capt.
and Mrs. Charles Oman and Mrs. G.
Erskine Clement OF Annapolis, Capt
and Mrs. Allen Kirk and Mr.. and Mrs.
Evening star., 1933-12-01

Mrs. standley were hosts to Mrs. VIM
son, wife Of Representative Carl Vinson;
Capt. Paul B. DUNCAN of the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, Mrs. DUNCAN and Miss
Katharine Ddngan, and Comdr. Jack
H. Duncan, aide to Admiral Standley.
The Mai. Gen. Cummandant OF the
Marine Corps and Mrs Ben H. RULER
had q box with Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Russell, leaving the box in the hands
Of Gen. and Mrs Russell. Their guests
included Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Hugh
Matthews, and Brig. Gen. and Mn.
Rufus H. Lane.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Emory Scott
Land were hosts at q buffet supper be-
fore the ball, taking their guests later
with them to the ball. In the company
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William Father, jr.: Capt. and MrA
Frank Fletcher and Capt. and MrA
Theodore Wilkinson.
Capt. and Mrs. Frank Berrien were
hosts In their box TO Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Martin Savage, Miss Helen
Perry Rodgers, Miss Betsy Berrfen,
daughter OF the hosts; Lieut.. DON
Overs, Lieut.. Walter Jones. Mr.. Hing
ham Mack and Mr.. Richard Wyily.
Capt. and Mrs. Ralph walker Nc
Dowel and Comdr. Smith Hcmpstoue
CONTINUED on Third Pagey
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TNHE Ambassador Of italy, Signor
i Augusta Rosso, will be host at
dinner Monday evening, De-
cember II, and will entertain
company at dinner again Tues
dav evening. December IL.
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Mrs. Dern, wife of the Secretary Of
War, will not receive Wednesday nor
Sunday afternoons through the month
Of December.
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Continued on Third Page.9
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-10
THREE BODIES FOUND

Moffet'S body was found at sea 10 miles off Beach Haven, N. J., not far from the scene of the ac- cident. Shortly after the finding of Moffett's body, the bodies of Com mander McCord, in command of the Akron at the time of the trag- edy, and of Commander Berg, of the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, was found.
 The Board of Inquiry disclosed startling facts about the life-pre- serving equipment aboard the Ak ron. The giant ship had been put into the air with only one life rafe and one parachute, far made quate' for the safety of the Akron's passenger.
 Disclosure of conditions attend- ing the disaster to the Akron have Spurred Congress into thorough investigation into all government aeronauticS. The disaster to the blimp, J-3, will be- the first to come under fire. The J-3, it was reveal ed, had gone into the air with only one life preserver, worn by Com mander Cummins, who was one of those drowned.
 Criticism has been made ot the Navy's promotion system, Whereoy trained men in aeronautlcS are continually taken out of that branch of the service and put into another. The case of It. Al Will Hams. who was in the midst of air plane development and had made Startling strides in speed develop ment for the Navy when he was sent to duty at sea, was prominent ly mentioned, as was also that of commander Rosendahl of the lll- lated Shenandoah, now at sea duty
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-10
PRIME MINISTER 0F FRANCE HAS ACCEPTED
 ROOSEVELT INVITATION

PARIS, April 10,-Prime Minister Edouard Herriot's acceptance of the appointment to be Frances rep resentative at the Washington dis cuSsiOn was announced.
 Authoritat quarters stated he will assure President Roosevelt that France will pay the $19,261,- 438 war debt inStallment defaulted in December. In return Herriot expects to get from Roosevelt as- surance that this overdue payment will be, applied to an eventual debt resettlement which will scale down and readjust present payments, it was said.
 Herriot is regarded as committed to the thesis that France should pay the December installment, "On condition the payment is credited as part of new and final settle ment."
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-10
ERROR EXECUTION COMMAND CAUSE
 AKRON TRAGEDY?
BODY OF REAR ADMIRAL VIM. A. MOFFETT FOUND 40
 MILES AT SEA

WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. 10,- An error in execution of com mands probably was the cause of the disaster to the U. s. s. Akron, meaning the loss of 73 lives and demolition of the worlds largest airship, it was revealed today in the first meeting of the Naval Board of Inquiry.
 Commander McCord, who was in command of the Akron during her last cruise, had ordered change of course to 15 degrees, which would have carried the Akron out of the storm area. The order was misunderstood, however, and a course of 50 degrees was set just few minutes before the disaster.
 The Board of Inquiry had been in session less than an hour when news came of the finding of the body of Rear Admiral Wm. A.. Moffett, head of the aeronautical division of the U. S. Navy.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-10
BODY 0F OFFICER FOUND NEAR SCENE OF
 THE AKRON WRECK

ABOARD U. s. s. PORTLAND, April 10.-The body of Lieut.. Col. A. F. Masury of New York City, a reserve officer who was guest aboard the dirigible Akron when it crashed into the sea this week, was picked up by the tanker John D.. Archibald
 The search for the skeleton ot the dirigible Akron was concen- trated in a relatively small area near where the airship crashed, and navy tugs constantly dragged the bottom, 80 to 90 feet deep, for the wreckage. When they ina it, many navy men believe, they will find, too the bodies oI many of the II missing victims who may have been trapped in control cars or quarters.
 By air and sea, the navy and Coast Guard rescue fleet of planes and boats has inspected 35,0O0 miles of ocean surface from Bar negt light to Cape Charles in the belief that much of the Wreckage might have remained afoat and drifted miles to the south.
 Identification of Lieut.. Col. Ma surv was made from papers found in his pockets. The body is being taken to the Brooklyn Navy Yard hv the Galatea.