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The Washington times., 1933-08-15
4-H STYLE SHOW
W|NNERP|CKED

A trip to the Century of Prog
ress Exposition at Chicago is as
sured Naomi Shoemaker, 10, of
Carroll county, Maryland, one of
the winners in the All Club
style revue held yesterday at
the University of Maryland.
Miss Shoemaker was awarded
first prize Qor the. best sports
outfit. She was selected to go
to the fair to enter her costume
in the competition held annually
by the National Congress of All
Clubs.
Other winners in the style
show were Henrietta Bowers, for
cotton dress, and Elizabeth Roop,
for afternoon dress. Both are
from Carroll county. Margaret
Sparklin, of Carolina county, won
first prize for her informal party
dress.
Florence Thompson, of Allie
gany county, was awarded first
ribbon for her made-over dress.
Following the revue members
of the clubs, who gathered at
the convention from all parts of
Maryland, went on sightsee-
ing trip to Washington. The
club week closed last night with
a All party in the school gym
naSium,
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
PLEA FOR VOTE
CARRIES 1854
SIGNATURES
Council InstruCts Drafting of
Ordinance to Be Offered
at Next Meeting

The Hyattsville town council
last night inferentially approved
q long petition for a referendum
on Sunday movies by referring
It to the election committee with
orders to that committee to draft
an ordinance for submission at
Its next meeting.
The committee chairman, Coun-
Gilman Howard A. Harrison, said
It would meet tomorrow night
with Corporation Counsel H.
Winship Wheatley, jr., to write
the measure.
The petition was signed by 1884,
or two-thirds of the voters Of
Hyattsville, and was presented by
Robert w. Mccullough, prominent
lawyer. Under the law only $50
signatures are required. No pro-
test was registered against the
petition.
Mr.. Mccullough said in present.
ing the petition that he had not
felt justified in turning the, mat
ter over to the council until ne
had the signatures of at least one
half of the registered voters Of
the town.
Despite many protests. the
council failed to change the order
that town lights be cut off at 1870
q. m. for reasons of economy. 1t
costs $685. a year more to burn
them until sunrise, the council
announced.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
To SAVE
HONEST Of 236

BALTIMORE, Aug. 15.-Only
completion of transaction details
remain before 236 home owners
in Maryland transfer to the Home
Owners Loan Corporation the
mortgages on their dwellings for
bonds now in the corporations
possession, it was announced at
the corporations office here to-
day.
David Stiefel, Maryland man
ager of the Federal agency, ex-
planned that there is now $780,
900 in United States bonds ready
to "save" the 236 homes, and
that as rapidly as Federal ap-
praisers conclude their work the
mortgages will be taken up.
Foreclosures on STA other
homes also have been deferred
by the mortgage holders pending
negotiations.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Dazed Youth Regains Mind
Remembers Blow

Woodstock pending arrival of
members of his family to take
him home, Byrd recovered suffi-
GENTLY to tell Investigators that
he was driving a truck from Roa-
noke and stopped to examine a
tire when someone struck him in
the back of the head and he re-
membered nothing more. How he
got to the Massanutten country,
several miles away, he could not
say.
Bryd's story was verified when
it was revealed that he had re-
Gently obtained employment with
transfer firm. The truck has
not been found.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Blind Players Plan
To Present "Vashti''

The Blind Dramatic Club, COM
posed of group of colored handi-
capped, have just completed
plans for the ensuing year and
will open the dramatic season
early IN September with the pres
entation of "Vashti," Biblical
drama.
The club has elected George
Reed, president: Mrs. Rosa Plum
mer. vice president; Miss Flor.
ence Forest, secretary; Miss
Esther billiard, treasurer; Mrs.
Irene Broodnuck, director. and
Carol Johnson. business manager.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
n NURSERYMEN
STUDY CODE

The Virginia Nurserymen's AS
sociation. meeting today at Airing
ton Hall, Arlington county, is
considering the code recently pre-
pared by the American Associa'
ton of Nurserymen in Chicago
with a view of signing it.
Thirty-five delegates are at
tending the parley which opened
yesterday with President Owen G..
Wood, of Bristol, presiding.
The committee scheduled to re-
port on the code includes Fred
Shoesmith, Richmond; l.. M.
Jones, Norfolk; w. R. Winn. Nor
folk, E. M. CULLEN, Waynesboro,
and Kent w. Hood, of Rich
nlOnd,
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
WE'D 50 YEARS;
NOW DIVORCED

BALTIMORE, Aug. 15.-Mrs.
Alice P. Business, 500 block
Washington St., was granted an
absolute divorce from Alexander
Buchness yesterday to terminate
a marriage which had lasted for
more than 80 years.
She told the court that she
was married october %, 1899,
and that when her husband left
her three years ago he was
drunk and threatened to kill
me-" She said she has not seen
her husband since then.
The decree was signed by
Judge Robert F.. Stanton in the
circuit court No. 2.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
tNATTSVNLE TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD SUNDAY M
Forester Of 19
Proves Big
Problem

The Quartermaster Corps has
a really BIG job on its hands.
It is attempting to find a pair
of shoes size 171a, triple "E"
last, and a pair of breches size
a.. Also hat size 812.
The outfit is for James Scott,
19-year-old North Carolina
youth in the Civilian Conserva.
tion Corps.
James, who measures seven
feet three, said he joined the
corps because his big brothers
and sisters imposed on him.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
D. c. Woman Killed, 2 Hurt
In Boulevard Crash
MRS. NASTA

companion, Miss Margaret Bush,
%, the 24O0 block Minnesota Ave.
S. E., is in st. Agnes Hospital,
Baltimore, suffering a fractured
pelvis.
Mrs. Sue Price, 80, of Balti.
more, is in the same hospital suf-
fering fractured skull and
broken left arm.
Police said Miss Bush's car col
ided with one driven by Albert
Abell, of Baltimore, in which
Mrs. Price was riding. The third
car, driven by Oliver H. johnson,
Broad Branch Rd., then struck
the other cars.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Man, so, Injured
In Fall on Tracks

Lewis Kelly, colored, so, the
900 block Columbia Pike, Arling'
ton, Va, is recovering today at
his home from injuries received
when he fell on the Washington
Old Dominion railway tracks in
Ballston.
Kelly was walking along the
tracks when he slipped, striking
his head and inflicting severe
head cuts. He was treated at
Georgetown Hospital after being
brought there by the Ballston
(VaO volunteer fire department
rescue squad.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
MaryIdnd's Guard
Continues ManeUUers

CAMP RITCHIE, Cascade, Md,
Aug. 15.-With two infantry and
one field artillery regiments join.
ing forces, tactical maneuvers
were held today at Red Barn
Junction by the Fifty-eighth Bri'
gade, Maryland National Guard,
Field inspection will be neld to-
morrow while the balance of the
week will be spent on the rifle
range. The annual encampment
ends Saturday.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
F|REMEN PLAN
CONTESTS

Members Of the volunteer fire
departments in Arlington county
today are practicing for the an
nual hook-up contests August 26
for the cup donated by William
C. Cloth, former Commonwealth
attorney.
Special picked crews will oper-
ate in the contests. Some Of
these, like the Clarendon crew,
under direction of Deputy Chief
Maynard Saunders, have been
working to cut down time in
placing their apparatus in action
for some months.
The contests will be held in
conjunction with a field day at
Glebe Road and Pershing Drive,
Arlington county.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15

WOODSTOCK, Va, Aug. IS.
William Harry Byrd, 26. of Black
Mountain, N. c.. who was found
wandering in the fastnesses of
MaSSanutten Mountains in a daZed
condition Saturday. recovered his
memory yesterday but the mys-
terry SURROUNDING his strange
plight continued to puzzle police.
Byrd was found in the thickets
Of the mountain two miles from
Camp Roosevelt, clad only in a
torn shirt after residents of the
neighborhood had telephoned the
sheriff that a demented man was
Ia the vicinity.
Under the care Of a surgeon at
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
REBUKES
CONSTABLE IN
ASSAULT
Beating of Prisoner Brings
Severe Reprimand From
Judge at Laurel

An assault upon James Morris,
80, of Laurel, Md, with a black
jack by Constable H. E. Hodges
was condemned yesterday in
Laurel Police Court by Judge j..
Chew Sheriff.
Judge Sheriff severely repri-
manded Hodges, saying:
"A man who would do such
a thing must have lacked con-
fidence in his ability to make
an arrest"
Constable Hodges, according to
members of Morris family, struck
the man over the head four times
with a blackjack while attempt
ing to arrest him on charge OF
being drunk and disorderly.
The incident was related to
Judge Sheriff when Morris was
arraigned on a charge of assault
ing Constable Hodges. The officer
said Morris struck him with his
fist when he tried to take him in
custody several days ago.
The assault charge against Nor
ris was dismissed by Judge Sheriff.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Fairfax Votes Today
To Name Legislator

Fairfax county voters today
are choosing delegate to the
special session of the Virginia
legislature which will meet in
Richmond Thursday. The elec-
ton was ordered to fill the un-
expired term of the late Delegate
Edmund H. Allen.
John C. Mackall, of Langley,
and Herbert F. Williams, of East
Woodford, are candidates. Politi-
cal leaders of the county expect
the lightest vote in some years.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
FiUe DriUers Forfeit
S12O in Laurel Court

Five motorists forfeited $120 in
the Laurel Police Court yesterday
when they failed to appear to face
charges of speeding at greater
rate than 40 miles an hour on the
Washington Boulevard.
Joseph Sass, 1900 block S ST.
N. w., was acquitted on a charge
of speeding after he told the court
he was rushing to hospital when
he was arrested by State Police
man C. r. Parker.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
D|ANOND'S 8 BAD
LUCK SC0RNED

NEW YORK.-That harbinger
of bad luck through the centu
ries, the 4412 carat Hope dla
mond, has no terrors for an
Irish nobleman-breWer.
The nobleman, owner of one OF
the finest collections of diamonds
in the world, is anxious to acquire
the sinister jewel, and is under
stood to have offered $250,0OO for
it.
Morton Downey, radio tenor
who met the nobleman recently
in London, told this story:
1--WE were talking of dia-
monds and my friend ex.
claimed, There's one diamond
I'd like to Own-the Hope. 1t
has been reported for sale.'
"He asked me if I would get
in touch with Mrs. Evalyn
Walsh Mclean, the owner, and
make her an offer for it.
"When I returned 1 placed
the matter in the hands of
Asse blyma n Edward V.
Loughlin. 1 understand he
communicated with Miss Todd,
Mrs. McLean's secretary, and
was told that she would con-
slider the offer and call back
early next week.
Personally I wouldn't negO-
tiate for the stone. If had a
pawnShOp Mrs. Mclean would
have to crack it up into bits
before I'd let it in. 1t brings
too much bad luck for me-"
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Oft-Missing Hubby
Is Sued for DiUOrce

MISUNDERSTANDING
that her husband frequently dis
appeared for months at a time
and that although he wrote letters
during his absence saying he was
inclosing money, he never sent the
money, Mrs. Jessie Hammond, of
Ventnor City, N. j., has filed suit
for divorce against Thomas j.
Hammond in Camden Chancery
Court,
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
Arlington to Order
Bids on Water Lines

Arlington county will TX for
bids to be opened August 81 for
construction of several new water
lines in the county which, en-
gineers claim, will increase SER
vice greatly.
Orders for new fittings on the
supply mains at the north end
of the Chain bridge already have
been ordered and will be in
stalled shortly.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15

A Washington woman was
killed and two other women were
seriously injured in a triple au-
tomobile crash on the Washing
ton-Baltimore Boulevard late yes
terday.
The dead woman was Mrs.
Anne Detterer, 35, the 1900 block
New Hampshire Ave. N. w. Her
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
All COUNCIL MEET

The Montgomery County All
Senior Council will meet tomor-
row at 8 p. m. in the office of
Miss Edythe M. Turner. home
demonstration agent, in the Rock
vile courthouse,
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
WOMEN BACK PEERY

A letter of Endorsement, promis-
ing united support in the election
of November, has been sent Judge
George C. Peery, Democratic
gubernatorial nominee from Vir-
ginia, by the Arlington County
Democratic Women's Club.
The Washington times., 1933-08-15
SCHOOL MEETING

The Montgomery County Board
of Education meets today in the
Rockville High School. The meet
ing was postponed from last Tues
day,
The Washington times., 1933-08-15

IT wanted a clearer, lovelier com:
plexion," says Miss Marian Ayars of
Philadelphia. so I tried the soap
the screen stars use. Lux Toilet Soap
sure does work wonders! At least
the boys tell me a skin like mine
ought to knock down contract
any day"
Like Miss Ayars, thousands Of
women all over the country are fol-
lowing the screen stars way to COM
plexion beauty. They find Lux Toilet
Soap is such a wonderful aid to
loveliness!
Now scientists explain WHY. This
fragrant, white soap, they say, in ad-
dition to its complete freedom from
harshness, its ready solubility, con-
tGins precious elements Nature puts in
skin itself to keep it youthful.
Evening star., 1933-06-25
oF1DR|Nk<?

the soft drink industry. sugar is the largest
item. More than 100000 tons are required
annually, which Is about 25 per cent of the
United States production Of refined sugar. Try
to visualize this quantity in one large lump. It
would have volume of $500 900 cubic feet
Next to sugar, acids are among the most i'm
portant ingredients Of bottled carbonated bever-
ages. The most popular are citric and tartaric
acids obtained from lemons and grapes.
This acid market has been revolutionized
during the last three or four years. Italy had
long supplied the world with citric acid and
citrates. But since 1928 the United States has
not only supplied her own market but has
displaced Italy as the leader in the foreign
citrate market with increasing exports of that
product. This industry will continue to expand
with continued experiment and research and
the potential increase Of natural fruit juices
For many years grape juice was the only un-
fermented fruit juice produced on a commercial
scale. and it still represents the greater part
OF the fruit juice production. The value Of the
grape juice manufactured in 1929 according
to figures from the United States Department
OF Commerce, was $5,1S8, ,594. In addition to
this considerable quantity of grape Juice is
produced in homes and on farms.
Evening star., 1933-06-25
Before Beer Came Back Into the Picture
Thirsty Citizens Were S1vallozvingI3
Billion Glasses of Carbonated Beverages
AnnuqU, to Say Nothing OF fhe Enormous
Quantity of Fruit Juices.

At any rate that first bubbing refreshment
has expanded by now to $4,000, 900 900 glasses
consumed annually by Americans alone, and its
increasing popularity has reduced the price in
an amazing way.
BEVERAGES have played an important part
- In the history of the world, from the potent
wines of ancient civilization to the vast modern
industry Of carbonated beverages. Man has
been particularly jealous in his quest for some
magic concoction which would add TO his health
and pleasure and his possession of youth.
Natural mineral waters have developed famous
spas around the sources OF their springs, IN
countries throughout the world TO which people
have journeyed from far places to drink and
bathe in the th-giving waters
1t was a mans avid quest for certain tabled
fountain, whose magic waters would insure per-
petual youth, which led to the discovery OF
Florida, that State now famous for its seaside
resorts and youthful pursuits of pleasure.
Wherever springs of carbonated water are
located in Europe there are not only modern
health resorts but usually the ruins OF some
ancient Roman settlement we'll. Similarly.
in America long before the arrival OF the white
man, the healthful properties of mineral springs
known and valued by the Indians.
But the waters of these springs were not
available to most persons, so man began to
ponder upon the feasibility of carbonating water
by artificial means. And whatever man has
pcndered, he has been able, usually, to achieve.
Credit for the first success in carbonating
water is given to an eminent English scientist
and clergyman Joseph Priestly, who also is
credited with the discovery of the chief element
in the world oxygen He lived his last years in
America and was a close friend OF Benjamin
Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
1t was his experiments in artifcially
Donating water in about 1772 which interested
a famous physician of that time in Philadel-
phia, DR.. Philip Physick. This physician per-
ceived the advantage of such a product to
certain of his patients and induced druggist
friend of his to attempt its preparation.
So Townsend Speakman worked in his little
shop in Philadelphia until he had devised
successful carbonating apparatus. The first
earbonated water made by impregnating
Evening star., 1933-06-25

distilled water with carbon diOxide gas, which
is present on the surface of fermenting sub
stances.
| ATER. the gas was made from chalk or
l. sulfuric acid However modern manufac-
turers no longer obtain the gas from marble and
sulfuric acid for its production has become a
highly specialized chemical industry utilizing
many natural acids and navors
But bottled carbonated beverages may be
said to have been born with the United States.
Soon after the Revolution, patients and
friends of Dr. Physick got the habit Of dropping
into Mr. Speakman's shop every day for
glass or two of carbonated water.
The Philadelphia druggist must have been a
shrewd business man as we'll as able druggist,
for he ascertained that if this new drink were
made more palatable the demand for it would
increase
So he had the happy inspiration to favor it
with fruit juices The results added to both
flavor and appearance. The next step was
artificial coloring. The idea clicked.
Here was pleasant refreshment combined with
health-gving elements. Its popularity grew
with astonishing rapidity and the development
Of the industry has been steadily progressive.
Statisticians might almost convince us that
we drown ourselves annually In these carbonated
beverages, or at least bathe in them. There
are now some rs 900 plants which, until beer
was ushered back, were manufacturing 13 000,-
000, 900 half pints annually. This is equivalent
to 812,0O00 900 gallons, which quantity Of izzy
beverages, If placed in a mammoth reservoir,
would support whole fleet of modern battle
ships.
But that isn't all Americans drink Besides
this, $270 1924, 900 worth of bottled soft drinks,
which are designated by various alluring trade
names the Nation consumes tons of fruit juices.
THERE is no statistical record of the number
] of homemade drinks from lemons, oranges,
grapes and such fruits, but there is authentic
record that the fountain industry consumes
annually 800 900 900 oranges and 283, 400 900
lemons Sales Of fresh orange and lemon drinks
have increased 68.2 per cent during the last
five years
Among the various materials consumed by
Evening star., 1933-06-25
Postal Receipts Booming

A VERY definite turn upward was noted
during May by the Post Office Department.
in the quantity Of postal business, always con-
sidered indicative of business improvement,
The standard list of so cities shows 4s
with an increase over last year and snly
2. Chicago and Dayton. Ohio, falling behind.
Chicago was less than So, 900 behind, while Days
ton Jagged little more than $4,000. Every
one Of these cities had shown q loss for thu
previous two years
A second list of so industrial cities, whila
not making quite so good showing, neverthe-
less were encouraging. Forty-three showed
gains and only seven losses. The average ina
crease for the so cities was 342 per cent.
Evening star., 1933-06-25
L. s. Generous Landlord

| INCLE SAM, taking cognizance Of the low
price of meats, has lowered the grazing fees
charged stock raisers for pasturage in the ma.
tional forests. The rates in effect since 1891
provided for charge of 145 cents per head Of
cattle per month and As cents per head OF
sheep. These new rates reduce the charge
to S05 cents for cattle and 205 for sheep.
Evening star., 1933-06-25
Sugar Demand Huge

nESPITE 9 per cent reduction in the sugar
- crop this year over last year. SO tremendouS
is the carry-over that prices are expected to
show little or reflection from the short
crops The normal world consumption Of
sugar is around 100000 tons and the pro-
duction this year is estimated at 1000 900 tons
under the normal demand.
Evening star., 1933-03-04
EIGHT MONTHS TAX
INCOME $16,@O,647
Loss of 1897, $3.50 in Receipts
for 1888 Fiscal Year Shown
by Donovan.

Tax collections for the general reve-
nue. fund of the District during the
elapsed eight months CT the 1888 fiscal
year. ending with February, amounted
to S16,3S0,647, according to a tabula-
ton by Maj. Daniel J. Donovan OF rec
ords submitted to him by Chatham
Towers, tax collector.
This figure corresponds with ST.
3l8,O27 for the same eight-month pc
riod of the 1882 fiscal year, showing a
loss in tax receipts of 1897 $3.50; and
with collections of $17,629,240 for the
first eight months of the fiscal year
1881, showing loss of 81 ,248,593.
Receipts from the gasoline tax Of the
District during the past eight months,
however, showed an increase for the
corresponding periods of the two pre-
ceding fiscal years. The gasoline tax
for the past eight months produced
S1,312,683, as compared with $l,275,O58
for the first eight months of the 1882
fiscal year. and with $1,188,363 for the
same period of the 1881 fiscal year.
Rents Show Decline.
Water service of the District during
the past eight months produced rents
totaling S1.340,305, as compared with
s1,454,50 for the first eight months Of
the 1882 fiscal year and S1,308, ,465 for
the same period of the 1881 fiscal year.
During the past month general reve-
nue. collections amounted to s1,129.-
468.7O, as compared with February,
1882, collections of S1,210,S25.23. Gaso-
line tax receipts last month were
sl47,218, as compared with s159,345
for February of last year. Water rents
last month totaled $165,517, as COM
pared with $159,787 in February, 1882:
For the eight months, from July
through February, the real estate tax
produced s11,348,739 this fiscal year,
s11,510,9l7 last year and $ll,964,236
in 1881.
Revenue Down This Year.
Over the same periods tangible per-
scnal property taxes produced 81, ,455,-
423 this year, $1,559,091 last year and
S1,601 ,557 in 1881.
Intangible personal property taxes
over the same periods produced S997 ,989
this year, 81 l,328,323 last year and ST.
507,e60 in 1881.
Motor vehicle taxes produced 1854 ,5O3
in the eight months of this fiscal year,
s469,842 last year and $429, ,030 In 1881.
Miscellaneous receipts this year were
S2,211,O ,OO9, while they amounted to 81
449,e52 in the same eight months OF
last fiscal year and $2,126,155 in 1881.
Evening star., 1933-03-04
SOCIETY WILL DISCUSS
DEMANDS ON CHARITY

Plans for meeting the increasing de-
mands for charity being made upon the
Society Of st. Vincent de Paul will be
discussed at meeting Of delegates
from the 80 parish conferences of
Washington tomorrow morning at st.
James auditorium.
The meeting will be opened with a
memorial mass for deceased members
in st. James Church, with Rev. j. E.
Malloy, pastor of the church, as cele-
brant, at am. Breakfast will be
served to the delegates at o'clock, and
the meeting will follow.
Representative Kent E. Keller Of Illi-
George j. Cleary, president Of the Par
ticular Council Of Washington, will pre-