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Evening star., 1933-03-12

been approved by the commandant of
the corps and the Secretary Of the
Navy: For Marine gunner, Walter M.
Henderson, Walter A. Macarthur, Theo-
dore 0ooding, Charles w. Hartmann,
Henry p. Grove, william O'Grady,
Charles Davis, Jack A. Church, William
A. Lee and Ira Brock; for quartermaster
clerk, Adjutant and Inspectors Depart
ment, Andy G. Ramsey, Percy H. Uhlin-
ger. Edward ]. McCabe, Emmanuel Yal-
owitz, Charles p. McCallum, John j.
Rodgers, Lawrence A. Theodore and
Leland H. Alexander; for quartermaster
clerk. Quartermaster Department. Carl
M. Mcpherson, Clyde T. Smith, Homer
Sterling, Louie F. Shoemaker, Clyde H.
Webster, James c. Puckett, Percy w.
Robbins, Joseph N. M. Berger, Joseph
E. Thrailkill, Rupert e. Stone, Paul @.
Chandler and Edwin G. Reppenhagen; !;
for payrhaster clerk, Thea A. Smith, AZ
bert II. Long, George r. Frank, John H.
Rath, Norman c. Bates, Edward A.
Loben, John L. Seifert, Ernest M. Jones,
Edward A. Richardson and Ray r. May
nard. The foregoing List Of names Of
men on the active list are holding the
higher non commissioned of1cer grades,
respectively, at present.
Lieut.. Col Philip H. Torrey. who was
chief of staff to the former command
ing general at Quantico brig. Gen.
John H. RusselD, is being held on the
same duty under the new post COM
mander thereat, Brig. Gen. Harry Lee.
BRIG Zen Georce Richards arcorn-
Evening star., 1933-03-12
MARINE CORPS NEWS

Maj. Gen. Commandant Ben H. Fuller
has received the report OF the board of
commissioned officers of the line Of the
corps who were recently convened for
the purpose OF preparing eligible lists Of
vacancies as may occur during the
period Of one year. The following have
Evening star., 1933-03-12
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Evening star., 1933-03-12
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The Washington times., 1933-11-15
OPEN HOUSE AT CHURCH

Open house will be held tomor-
row night nj the auditorium of
the new parish hall Of st. Georges
Episcopal Church, Clarendon, Va,
by the Mems Club of the parish.
The George Washington Univer-
sity glee club will sing at the
affair.
The Washington times., 1933-11-15
Benefit MINSTREL

a minstrel show will be given
? the Sligo Minstrels Friday at
D 0. m, in the Takoma Silver
lpeings High School for the
honefit Of the Church Of Ascen-
alon. A dance will follow the
ahoW.
Evening star., 1933-09-10
THE SUNDAY STAR wAsrNGr on D. G., SEPTEMBER TO-

biological matters about space and time, about
the form and the chemical composition Of the
universe we have knowledge q hundred times
more precise than the ancients. One would
imagine that before such knowledge the primi-
tive belief in miracles and other magical no
tions must melt away.
But whereas girl when grown up is ashamed
to play with her dolls, grown-up humanity
by no means puts aside its infantile concepts.
Nay, it puts a premium upon the outward pro-
fesson of these concepts and persecutes those
who concern themselves with them analytically.
Many governments Of the white mans world
seek to protect by the penal law prejudices
that cannot hold their ground AL the face OF
science; they protect and cultivate an infan-
tile conception of the world as If 1t were q ma
tiOnal park.
siderably larger minded. The world picture OF
one Of its average citizens differed little In its
principal elements from the contemporary
ment did not compel anybody forcibly to hide
things he had discovered, or to advance prop
ositions that he did not believe in. We may
say In conclusion that the notion OF God ana
of nature, Of death, Of fortune. 1000 years ago
was exactly as 1t Is today-only tolerance ana
freedom Of thought were greater.
I flnd In the ways In which the Ancients
viewed the world one single conception that
appears to me fundamentally different from
ours I refer TO the wholly different attitude
pIoy much imagination and auxiliary construc-
tions We conceive what an immense rose
this idea played in the life Of antiquity.
Evening star., 1933-03-30
Mount Everest.

An attempt is about to be made to
fly over Mount Everest, the worlds
highest mountain. in Tibet. That giant
pile of natures masonry has thus far
defeated all the efforts of man to scale
1t, and now it is sought to survey it
from the air, in defiance of the terrific
winds that sweep over its summit. A
recent report from the scene states that
a wind speed of one hundred and twenty
miles an hour had been recorded. with
some improvement in conditions few
Isys later, wnen the pace of the gale
was lowered to eighty-eight miles. 1t
was estimated that successful flight
could not be made with the wind blow
ing more than forty miles.
One grave difficulty in the case arises
from the fact that the explorers are
finding the existing maps of the region
T., be inaccurate, some of the subordinate
peaks of the vast mountain masses
which form the buttresses of Everest
being located elsewhere than the charts
have indicated One of these, COM
paratively small pile, the crest of which
is $4,000 feet in height some 5000 feet
less than Everest itself, Is found to be
fifteen miles out of place. This Avery
Evening star., 1933-03-30

disparity Is held to be proof Of the need
of an air survey of the region, the map
ping of which has been heretofore done
by triangulation and In later years by
photography.
The Everest peaks, Of course, are not
in actual, evident motion, like the merry
Gus mountain" in Colorado, which Is
literally shifting position at a rapid
rate. But none can say that the mass
is at present as 1t was a century ago, or
even less. The earth is mobile and there
is no place, it would seem, where it is
not undergoing changes. An air survey
may not assuredly lead to the eventual
scaling Of this immensity, but it win at
least determine the precise conditions
and it may indicate possible avenues Of
assault that offer a better chance for
success than those heretofore used in
this hazardous enterprise.
Evening star., 1933-03-30
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

they were accused by the rebel general
of being rebels" to his cause. Living
and thriving through rebellion himself.
he would deny to all others the rights
that he himself usurped. though as a
matter Of fact, Col. Altamirano and
Capt. OlivaS were the most devoted and
trustworthy of his lieutenants, and
nearly always in his immediate COM
pany. They displayed toward him and
toward all his associates that honor
and integrity which has long been ira
ditlonal of all those who band together
in lawless enterprise.
Hostile to the established order and
its defenders. such elements are always
true to each other, and to their COM
mon cause. At least, all have been so
characterized and noted. not only in
this age, but in every other, until Gen
eral' Sandino appeared upon the stage
of brigandage and revolution and es-
tabllshed new precedent for those
who engage in crime
Surely, if leader can play false, then
the followers may do likewise, and. it
may have been some reflection such as
this which has inspired and hastened
the conversion of this graceless rascal,
Bravo. gentlemen! Such are the mo-
tives which conduce to patriotism Let
scoundrels run rampant, breathing fire
and slaughter, so long as they are in
the humor, and then, when tired of
such sports. forgive and welcome them
with open arms.
Nicaragua has suffered griefs and
shed tears aplenty because of the atroc-
ities OF the Sandinistas, but she yet
has many griefs to undergo and copious
tears yet to weep If she admits again
this renegade to her confidence and her
councils. Far better were it to consign
him to the Jail or the asylum. We will
De charitable and suggest that it is in
the latter place he properly belongs!!
Evening star., 1933-03-30
Spring House Cleaning Time
Brings Fame to Miss Perkins

not without some historical justifca-
tion, that the Department of Labor
exists primarily to give organized labor
dlgnlted representation in the Govern
ment, with the corollary that the Sec
retary must carry union card seems
in fair way to be ended-for the
good Of organized labor as well as of
the many other interests with which
the department is directly and properly
concerned"
Recording the fact that Federal en-
ployment Offices in Scranton. Pitts
burgh and Philadelphia were ordered
closed. the Scranton Times sees a pur-
pose TO revamp the present system Of
Government employment agencies"
That paper quotes from a recent field
survey OF this service by members of
the University of Chicago economies
faculty, to the effect that no unbiased
observer could fail to be dismayed by
the lack of performance. the waste of
public money. the inefficiency. even the
bad faith to be found in most of these
offices" The st. Louis Post-Dispatch
challenges the statem,. of the former
administration Of the W rk. that It had
provided jobs for 1000 100 workers last
year, on the ground hat this figure
Is seriously question d in the Chicago
survey" The Post-Dispatch adds that
the survey shows the service was rid
died with patronage and campaign
activities"
Secretary Perkins. before the House
and Senate Labor Committees in sup
port OF President Rocsevelt'S unemploy-
ment relief plan, answered very COM
petently the objections raised against
the bill" says the Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Altoona Mirror adds that COM
m!ttee members probably agreed after
ward that the President had made no
mistake when he appointed her to place
In his cabinet" The Baltimore Sun ad-
vises: Call 1t a day, boys; call it a
day. The lady is better than you are
and we should not be bit surprised if
even higher compliments could be paid
her. What's more. she is not afraid
OF you. And that makes an awful
combination. A woman smarter than
a man IS something to get on guard
about. woman not afraid of man
Is something to get on guard about.
But woman smarter than q man and
also not afraid of man, WELL good
night"
Evening star., 1933-03-30
Need of Registering Aliens.
the San Francisco Chronicle.

From the San Francisco Chronicle
Evidently the Department of Labor
Is waking to the seriousness of having
surreptitiouS aliens wandering about
the country without effective check
On February % the immigration de-
partment issued an order, effective Nav
l, which calls for the fingerprinting
of all aliens who intend to become
residents Of the United States and
OF all resident aliens returning from
visits abroad. We do not know whether
Secretary Frances Perkins will continue
the order. but its issuance shows that
Washington is thinking about the prob
lem raised by the absence of means to
snub up the aliens unlawfully in the
country.
IT the United States had an adequate
system OF registration, this country
would not be full, as it now is, Of
unlawful aliens. 1t would be easy to
check up on those who had slipped sur
reptitlously across the border. If they
had no registration card, the police
would want to know why. Aliens law
fully entered could not move about
the country changing their names with
their neckties. They would be quickly
snapped up.
eAS. SouAAeAACo AoFC llO SuCIl pIODleNl
with the anonymous foreigner. That
is because they have an effective regis
tratlon system. The system is a handi-
cap to the evildoer. It makes crime
difficult, but it is no bother to honest
people. In France, Germany, Switzer-
land or Italy the unregistered alien
would quickly be up against it as soon
as he had crossed the border. The
police would be after him inside of a
half hour and he would have to ex-
plain himself and his doings in the
country.
Such system could be very useful
In this country. The United Statc :;
would cease to be the happy hunti-7 :,
ground of a horde of alien crimina :.
It is a good thing to know that WASH
ington is giving the question SOM
thought.
Evening star., 1933-03-30

sible for the world wide misunderstand.
ing Of Japan's position in the Orient.
His people have but been striving pa
tiently to bring 'law and order, peace
and abundance, out of the chaos In
Manchuria." Japans sole purpose is
peace and welfare" in the Far East,
and that purpose is "the reason for
Manchukuo." Mr.. Matsuoka processes
confidence that sooner or later an out
side world, for the moment unable to
identify itself with the japanese point
of view, will come to appreciate and
approve 1t.
Fair-minded American public opinion
will find much in this presentation Of
Japan's case that Is reasonable and
plausible. Mr.. Matsuoka, before his
sojourn on this soil is ended, will dis
cover that there is less disapproval Of
Japan's contention as to her imperiled
rights in China than there is Of the
methods she has used to safeguard them.
She is party to the nine-power pact
Of Washington, which pledges her to re-
spect the territorial integrity of China.
She is signatory to the multilateral
pact Of Paris, which obligates her to
renounce war as an instrument Of ma
tional policy. She is subscriber to the
covenant Of the League of Nations,
adopted before either the Washington
or the Paris pact, which binds her not
to have recourse to arms against
fellow member of the League. but to
submit to arbitral settlement any inter-
national quarrel which may arise.
The bone the world has to pick with
Japan concerns her fouting of all this
laboriously constructed peace machinery
her apparent contempt for peace-pre-
serving devices which she herself. in
apparent sincerity, so effectively helped
to create and develop. Mr.. Matsuoka
will learn from American lips that our
friendship for Japan will be most surely
cemented and perpetuated when his
great country resumes its place among
the nations which respect their neigh
bors' rights and do not seek to pro-
tect their own except by the means
which they have solemnly agreed ex-
clusively to employ for that purpose.
Evening star., 1933-03-30
Mr.. Matsuoka in Washington.

Mr.. Yusuke Matsuoka, lately chief
japanese spokesman at Geneva and un-
successful advocate of Japan's case be-
fore the League of Nations, is in WASH
ington today in the course of his trip
across the United States on the way
home. He is to see President Roosevelt
and Secretary Hull and will presumably
take opportunity to plead in defense of
Japan's activities in China during the
past year and half.
The distinguished Nipponese diplo-
mat, since his arrival on our shores last
week, has had some experiences which
indicated that the American public dis
approves of japanese aggression in
Manchuria. While Mr. Matsuoka was
in London, prior to reaching New York,
he encountered the same spirit of hos
tility. Probably eager young Chinese
Nationalists, both in England and the
United States, had a good deal to do
with these anti-Japanese manifesto
tions, yet Mr. Matsuoka, well informed
as he is, must realize that in neither of
these countries has the wind blown in
Japan s favor since the inception of the
Manchurian adventure in Septem-
Der, 1881.
Notwithstanding all this, the Tckio
emissary is sure to be accorded a
courteous hearing on such occasions as
he chooses in the United States to en-
tighten our people on the merits of
japanese policy in the Far East. In his
first public address in New York, on
Tuesday, which was broadcast over a
wide network, he declared that the
fundamental cause of trouble, the
greatest question involved, is anarchy"
in China. For its solution, the League
of Nations could do nothing, "for that
requires force, and much force"
From the premise that chronic
Chinese anarchy lies at the root of
the whole Far Eastern problem, Mr..
Matsuoka argued that until "the armies
CT China's war loads. totaling between
1000, 900 and 100000 men, are brought
under control" the reconstruction of
China is impossible. The late delegate
of Japan at Geneva emphasizes that
"the League has no power or capacity
to perform such task"
Mr.. Matsuoka thereupon indicates
that Japan has assumed the task"
which is beyond the League. The island
empire has not embarked upon CAM
paign of militaristic aggression In
China, he insists. The fiction" that
China Is q nation, he claims, is respon-
Evening star., 1933-03-30
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

This great service Is maintained by
The Evening Star for the benefit Of its
readers, who may use 1t every day with
out cost to themselves. All they have
to do Is ask for any information de-
sired and they will receive prompt
answers by mail. Questions must be
clearly written and stated as briefly as
possible. Inclose three-cent stamp for
return postage. Do not use post cards.
Address The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, Director,
Washington, D. c.
@. What is the worlds running high
Jump record?-N. A.
A. It stands at feet az inches.
@. How many motion picture thea
ters are in operation in the United
States?-M. L.
A. As Of January /. 1893. there were
@. How many commercial airplanes
are being operated Tn this country?-
G. j. r.
A. There are approximately 1o,5oo.
Five thousand Of these are in the
hands Of private owners, individuals
and companies outside Of aeronautics.
11UW uluCu Is b lldll
dollar worth?-A. T. B.
A. It Is worth only its face value.
@. Is a woman entitled to join the
American War Mothers Association if
her son returned unhurt from service
in the World Ware. B.
A. The American War Mothers As
sociation consists of blue star mothers
those whose sons returned unhurt;
silver star mothers-those whose sons
were wounded or disabled; and gold
star mothers-those whose sons were
killed in the service, or died from the
effects Of their wounds. between the
dates April 6, 1917, to July /, 1921.
@. Who was the architect for the
George Washington Masonic Memorial
at Alexandria, Va?-T.C.
A. Harvey Wiley Corbett was the
architect. The tower of the memorial
was modelled after the ancient ziggurat
lighthouses at the entrances to flarbors
along the Mediterranean Sea.
O. Which governments Of the British
Empire are represented separately in
the League of Nations?-T. B.
ing of England. Scotland. Wales, and
Northern Ireland, Australia, Canada.
India, New Zealand, South Africa, and
the Irish Free State.
O. What Is a samovar?-H. N.
A. This Is copper urn extensively
used in Russia and eastern countries,
IN which water is kept boiling for
the making of tea, live charcoal being
placed in a tube which passes up
through the center of the urn. Similar
vessels are used in China for keeping
soups hot at table.
@. What Is the best mixture Of gaso-
line and air for gasoline engine?-
NJ S.
A. The proper mixture by weight is
u parts of air to one part of gasoline
yapor.
@. How did the eA. ession curtain
lecture" originate?-C. u.
A. Such admonition or fault finding
between husband and wife was supposed
to be given in the privacy afforded by
beds hung with old-fashioned bed cur
tains.
@. Where did the late Senator Walsh
receive his education?-G. S.
A. He received his early education in
the public schools of Wisconsin, from
which he graduated: taught as principal
OF several high schools, and while so
engaged was awarded life certificate on
an examination covering all the
branches included in the usual college
course; in 1884 he received his degree
Evening star., 1933-03-30
What Became of Checks
Drawn on Closed Banks ?

To the Editor Of The Star:
Isn't it about time that those who
had accounts in the IS District banks
that have failed to reopen and who
left those accounts untouched, even
when they saw what was coming, were
able to get some information regarding
those bank accounts?
For instance, those who gave checks
on March l to cover household bills
might like to know whether those
checks got through the clearing house
and were paid before the bank holi-
day, or whether they will be obliged to
pay those bills over again on April /
with one months pay check that
will not cover two months expenses
MABEL S. SAXTON.
Evening star., 1933-03-30

Of IL. B. from the University Of Wis
consin.
@. What is the difference between a
guardian and tru5tee?-S. T.
| A. A guardian Is always an actual
person, while trustee may be person
| or an artificial creation, such as q trust
company or other corporation.
@. How much more room does a foot
need In shoe when a person stands
| on IT'D. H.
| A. The actual expansion of the foot
| when the weight of the body is placed
on 1t Is from Lis to IA of an inch.
O.. Who invented the automatic car
coupler?-F. A..
A. Maj. Eli H. Janney invented the
automatic car coupler in 1873 Mai.
Janney was Confederate officer on the
staff Of Robert E. Lee. No couplers Of
the design shown by Janney's patent of
1873 or 1874 were ever put into service,
but In 1879 Maj. Janney took out a
| new patent in which the contour lines
of the meeting surface were changed
to those that were eventually adopted
| by the Master Car Builders Association.
and some Of this design were soon tried
on passenger cars.
Q. What kind Of sugar does honey
| ccntain?-P. G.
A. 1t is much the same sugar that is
found in most fruits. 1t contains, be-
sides levulose and dextrose mineral ele-
ments such as iron. lime. sodium, mag
Eesia, and phosphoric acid.
O. Please explain where the heart is
located in the body?-A. K. L.
A. The heart is a hollow muscular
| organ varying from 5 to 6 inches in
length, located approximately p on
the left side Of the breast bone and
approximately "a on the right. The
heart OF the average adult man weighs
800 grams; of woman. $50 grams. The
beat of apex or tip may usually be felt
in the space between the fifth and sixth
ribs near the nipple Of the left side A
slight portion of the base of the heart
extends beyond the right side of the
breast bone in the space beneath the
third or fourth rib
@. Why are undertakers so called?-
A. Undertakers were formerly known
as funeral undertakers." The present
term is merely a contraction Of this
expression.
@. Did Sir Malcolm Campbell coast
or brake his car after making his record
speed?-A A. H
A He did not coast after being
clicked, but used his brakes and slowed
his car in that manner.
@. To keep perfect time, how many
vibrations does watch balance make
an hour?-D. D.
A. To keep perfect time watch bal
ance must vibrate exactly $4,000 times
each hour. If it vibrates 18,o0l times
an hour the watch will gain 225 min
utes in a month. No watch keeps ab-
Solu.ely accurate time.
Q. Where did the placing of a flag
on the topmost part Of building orr
ginate? Worknlen place the flag when
the highest point is reached-C. S.
A. The custom is believed to have
originated in Germany and was a good
luck omen. Usually a branch or tree
was used. In some countries, when the
tree or flag is placed the owner treats
the workmen to drinks.
@. How many animals are there in
the New York Zoo and in the one in
Washington, D. C.?-P. F. G.
A. There are in the New York 70
illogical Park 9S2 species and 2628
specimens OF animals, while the number
in the National Geological Park in
Washington is 728 species and 2302
individuals