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a cigarette for himself. For
several minutes they sat smok-
ing companionably.
1.-THE time has come"
began the man.
Patricia looked up ,alertly.
1.-THE time has come" he re-
peated implacably, "for you to
say that you're going to stay
here for good and ALL"
"No, it hasn't" she said with
a great deal less than her for
mer vigor. She regarded him
over her glowing cigarette. She
marshalled her forces. Reason
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MY Own Arrangement
BY ROBERT BENCHLEY-

forgetting "The Beautiful Blue
Danube" either. It has got so
that anyone who can play one
long note on the cornet can
play the "St. Louis Blues"
And now the pack has turned
on Mr.. Arlen's Stormy
Weather" easily the top mum.
ber in its class, and a number
especially dependent on it's
original orcheStration for much
of it's effect. Stormy Weather"
hadn't been on the market a
week before it had been "ar-
ranged" to a point where no
one bar Of it could recognize
another, and Mr.. Arlen himself
couldn't recognize even the
tempo. IF there were a penalty
for music-murder, there would
be lots less arranging" done
over the radio.
And, while we are on the sub.
ject of the popular game Of
Hide the Melody" let us de-
vote a word or two to those
radio harmonizers who sing
their version of a number in
which the only thing that can
be heard is the tenor or alto.
They may be two sisters, or
they may be four roustabouts,
but when it comes time to get
into the chorus, they are all
tenorS.
I used to play in a mandolin
club when I was a boy (too big
a boy to be playing in a mando-
lin club, T may say), but, as I
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is 6 years old and his birthday
is September 5.
81 have been a member for
nearly two years and so has my
sister, Marguerite. She will be
10 years old July 6. We read the
column every day and always
find it full of interesting things.
I have won many things as
awards in your contests for the
club"
An "a" Student
jeanette Craddock, Seabrook,
Md:
II have never written before
but I read the column every
evening. will you please enroll
me and my little sister. She
was born March "a. Her name
is Maize Joyce. My birthday is
July 29. will be II years old.
II would also like to enroll
my uncle. His name is Joe
Hoover. He goes to the Langley
Junior High.
81 received my report card
last week and I got A in all
my studies. I hope I win the
dog and if 1 don't that see
the picture as Marion Davies is
my favOrite movie actress"
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SNAPPy WISE-CRACKS

Insky-When I began in
business I had nothing in the
world to guide. me but my own
intelligence.
Bascom-That sure was a
bad start.
young MacShort has Just
sold a poem to Scribbler'S
Magazine. It is called lode to
a Fair Lady"
"Is that so? He would have
done better to have called it
Owed to q Landhdy.'"
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"Josh," said the farmer to his
son, IT wish you'd eat off to
yourself instead Of with the
summer boarders, If you don't
mind"
"Ain't my society good
enough for them?" asked the
son, riling up.
"Your society is all right"
explained the farmer, "but your
appetite sets them q terrible
example"
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The fact that more leaders
Of radio orchestras and bands
are not murdered in their sleep
by song-writers is a great trib-
ute to the mild manners Of
the writers. I, in my tenn
pestuous Mexican way, would
have knitted several Of them
long ago if they had taken one
of my tunes and arranged"
it in the current radio manner.
AS every radio-listener knows,
when an orcheStra-leader an
nounces my own arrange
ment," or my own impress
sion" Of a song, the fun comes
in trying to discover two sue
cesSive passages Of the original
song. This cannot be so much
fun for the composer of that
song, If he happens to be lis
tening-in.
Suppose you had written a
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was not quite strong enough
on my tremelo, I always played
second mandolin. Being con-
scientious, j. not expert, I used
to practice the second mando-
lin part at home alone. If you
have ever heard a second man
dolin part being played alone
without the air, you will under.
stand why my mother felt that
I wasn't getting along in my
music as fast as I might. She
thought I was always playing
the same tune. What my
mother went through is no
more than what radio listeners
are asked to go through when
the close harmony boys and
girls get their heads together.
If a tune is good enough to
play or sing, let's hear it
Evening star., 1933-08-27
Elm Disease Found

nUTCH elm disease destructive to . great
- degree of the tree from which 1t derives it,
name has broken out in New Jersey, 50 au-
thenticated cases having been found in Hudson.
Essex and Passaic Counties.
Under normal conditions, considerable time
I'm fighting the disease would be lost through
necessity of applying to Congress for author-
xation to use funds required. The Public Works
Administration, however, has lost no time IN
approving the expenditure Of 5000 to fight the
disease.
While the outbreak so far has been found
only within an area of 80 square miles. there
Is q possibility that it Is more widely distributed.
Owners of elms are urged to watch out for any
symptoms Of the disease. Whiting, yellow or
brown leaves, accompanied by brown streaks In
the young wood are indicative Of the presence
of the disease. Where such conditions are
found the owner is urged to cut of infected
twies up to q size about the diameter OF pen
Gil and send them to Dutch Elm Disease Lab
oratory, care Of the Experiment Station ut
Wooster, Ohio.
Evening star., 1933-08-27
BETTER THAN ALICES FAMED WONDERLAND

absorbed The sun shines upon it, and The
carbon doxide and water unite in the presence
of the green color stuff. chlorophyll. to form
sugar, the foundation of all foodstuffs Out
Of the chloroplast comes oxygen. which passes
from the CELL
All this illustrates but one Of the two OUT
standing vital processes that take place in the
living plant cell. The other Is the reverse.
consisting Of the use of food in respiration.
Into the same cell you see another train OF
moving hecks passing, representing oxygen, this
time going in, not comm out. In the cell 1t
combines with sugar or other food, releasing
energy for the use Of the plant. The products
OF this chemical reaction are carbon dioxide
and water. shown passing from the cell.
Another exhibit, showing cells on smaller
scale but more of them. is an exact reproduc-
ton of bit Of corn leaf.
It shows the layers Of skin cells on top and
bottom the masses OF green food making cells
between, the nouth-like openings that con-
troll the plants intake and outgo Of gases and
water vapor and the complicated structure OF
the veins that carry water and dissolved foods
the plumbing and supply pipes.
One Of the most successful mechanical
models illustrating plant growth Is the cross
section Of linden twig, which grows an an
nual ring before your eyes. As you see it In
the beginning, it shows three annual rings, the
growing layer of cells. or cambium, and the
complex structure Of the bark.
You push button. Instantly new wood
cells begin to come cut Of the inside of the
growing layer, and new bark cells grow from
the outside. In q minute or 50 the twig has
increased IN diameter by . fourth, and Is .
year older
The whole thing is done with rollers. The
part representing the new growth, with its
Thousands of cells. is painted on wedge-shaped
strips of cloth, which are wound on small roll
ers on the framework behind the exhibit. A
motor turned on when you push the button.
uiyad~ tha kV
springs.
1t Is really pity that the onicials Of the
exposition do not turn this model around and
let the public see 1t also from the back part.
for 1t Is one Of the mechanical marvels Of the
whole Hall of Science
Evening star., 1933-08-27
Much HighqUay Work

h lEARLY 10000 miles of State highways were
" completed last year. about two-thirds Of
which were low-type roads such as sand clay.
gravel and water bound macadam, the remain
ing third being concrete or btuminous
macadam.
The work for the year almost equaled the
entire State highway system of Pennsylvania
in total length, the keystone State being pos
sessed Of the greatest road system In the coun-
try, with more than $4,000 miles. Texas ranks
second with 10000 miles, Louisiana. third.
with 1880 miles, and New York, fourth, with
nearly $4,000 miles.
Delaware has the shortest State road system
with only azl miles, with Wyoming trailing on
total Of first-class roads, the class A roads
measuring hut IS miles.
Evening star., 1933-08-27
The Indian Drought

4 AANY legends of the Southwestern Indians
wi bear striking similarity to stories Of Bfbii-
cal times For instance, there Is the story Of
great draught when only the hummingbird
found food.
The people had begun to lose their faith in
the Great Mother who ruled the universe. They
turned from her teachings and her ways to
follow their own desires and the mother, in
order to punish them, took the clouds out Of
the sky and put them away and soon the land
became parched and suffering became wide
spread.
For four years no rain fell and all entreattes
to the mother failed to awaken any response.
All efforts to locate her were futile. Only the
hummingbird knew. To the hummingbird the
mother gave instructions that her place Of
concealment should be kept secret and in re-
turn for preserving the secret the humminghrd
was permitted to visit Shipap, place Of origin
and final resting place Of the dead, where It was
able to draw the honey from the flowers and
satisfy their thirst.
After four years Of suffering. during which
many died. the people finally learned the truth
that the source Of all food and water was the
mother and when this truth was completely
impressed upon them the rain returned and
rejoicing was great throughout the land as the
refreshing showers brought relief.
Evening star., 1933-08-27

0Y the magic of q clever combination Of pro-
= lection lantern and microscope he throws
their living images On the screen thousands Of
times their natural sise, 20 that people who
never have locked through . microscope never
even imagined the existence Of such creatures,
can watch the fascinating, often tragic.
dramas that go on in the little animal world
that lives in a drop Of water.
Basically, Dr.. Roemmerts magic Is simple.
It consists in substituting . thin layer OF
water containing collection of one-celled
plants or animals for the conventional stereop-
ticon slide and magnifying the image up to
suitable size.
But there is hard work behind this SIM
plicisy The tiny creatures are very tender
and sensitive, and they must be properly fed
and handled protected against the harmful
rays in the fierce glare Of the arc Hight used in
the apparatus, nursed through the remorseless
heat that Midwestern Summer days often
bring.
DR.. Roemmert has spent some Is years per-
fecting his methods so that his display is as
different to use his own phrase, from the
ordinary efforts to project living images on the
screen as fully developed geological garden
/. or aquarium IS from the old-fashioned bird
cage or goldfish bowl
In the large double booth assigned to the
micro -vivarium there are six Of the projectors.
which throw their living pictures Is four-foos
Evening star., 1933-08-27

circles Of light on the walls. Each protector
consists Of an arc Light Is illumination source,
train Of lenses and . vessel Of liquid to direct
and cool the light, . mirror to direct It up
through the slide Of living creatures into the
powerful lenses Of the microscope and finally
. second reflector which throws the moving
image on the screen.
And what . world Of astonishing life The
German scientist displays before your eyes
IS he slips one slide after another under the
object lens Of the microscope!
NNE-CEILED animals shaped like trumpets,
~ like slippers. like little globes, whirling
and swimming and darting across the bril-
liantly illuminated field while DR.. Roemmert
delivers a rapid fire of comment, and points
out the stars in his little drama Of the micro
scope
Here Is a trumpet -animalcule that has swal-
lowed q tiny worm animal higher in the
evolutionary scale than itself. Here is the
transparent larva of q mosquito obligmg1y
showing the wave-like motions Of the walls
of its digestive tract Here is the equally
transparent water flea, showing its rapidly
beating heart and even the cluster of unborn
young water heas in its brood pouch.
Here Is the fresh-water hydra, which pro-
duces offspring by throwing out branches. ex-
actly as q plant branches, and then letting go
Of them. Here is a larger view Of the same
Evening star., 1933-08-27
How Sciences Marvel
Gus Peep-S Show at the
Century of Progress
Exposition Makes an
Invisible World Gigan-
tic Right Before Your
Eyes.
BY DR.. FRANK THONE.

HEN AICe went 0OWu the IaUOlt
hole into Wonderland she
Y n found herself In . world where
AN/ size went topsy-turvy. BY 60
" " ing through the proper magic
rites she alternately made her
self . giante-s, and then . dwarf 50 small
that . toaGst-ol lowered like high tent and
q caterpillar was as large as herself.
Visitors to the wonderland housed In the
great blue-towered Hall Of Science at the Gen.
tury Of Progress Exposition In Chicago find
themselves in world where sizes OF things
have taken even greater liberties with them
selves.
Alice's changes of big and little all took
place In the world of visible objects, but here
we find the invisibly small suddenly grown
gigantic. Single cells loom big a. bushel bas-
kets, microscopic snimalculae are IS large and
IS active as jack rabbits.
The biologists have gone Lewis Carroll one
better. and have given modern Ahces-and
their brothers-eyes IS good as microscopes
Probably the most sought for Of all the ex-
hibits in the biology section Of the Hall Of
Science Is the micro-vivarium, presided over By
DR.. Georg Roemmert, formerly Of the UNI
versity of Munich, now Of Columbia Univer-
stty. The popularity OF this display Is easily
understandable, for the creatures which DR..
Roemmert shows are alive.
Evening star., 1933-08-27

TRAINS Of light necks, projected against the
] transparency from behind. show the courses
followed by water, oxygen and carbon dioxide
in the vital economy Of the plant One set
of these moving light necks shows how carbon
dioxide enters the cell and passes into the
chloroplast.
Into the same chloroplast water Is also being
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04
Vote Today in Wisconsin

81 HttCd Press
MADISON, Wis, April 4.-Wis-
consin, traditional home of beer,
voted today on delegates to the
state convention on repeal of the
eighteenth amendment, with drys
conceding they had virtually no
chance to win.
The convention will be held in
Madison, April IS.
The Rev. Warren Jones. Madison
state superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League, conceded victory to
repealists before balloting began. In
a formal statement he predicted
that most or perhaps all the repeal
delegates will win"
Fifteen delegates will be Sc
lected, all at large and with no
regard for political affiliations
Each delegate was committed either
for or against repeal, and like
number was Endorsed by both dry
and wet factions.
On the basis of previous ballot
ing, Wisconsin definitely is wet. 1t
was one of the first states to re-
peal its own prohibition law, voting
four years ago 350,337 for repeal to
196,402 against.
TodayS election was in connec-
ton with balloting on numerous
state and local positions. including
a state supreme courtShip.
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Navy Men Here Hope and Pray That Admiral Moe Is Safe

cruiting station, the enlisted men
offer a he-man's prayer for Rear
Admiral William A. Moffett, chief
of the navy's bureau of aero
nautics and one of the missing
men aboard the Akron.
''Moffett was a mans man.
What do you hear about him?
It's tough. The navy can't afford
to lose him." runs the praise of
the gobs at the recruiting station.
In the North Oakland avenue
home, j. R. Cecil stays near the
telephone for word of his brother,
Commander Henry B. Cecil, who
went aboard the Akron with Ad-
miral Mofett for the cruise.
Call me if you get any word.
He visited me last summer. His
wife lives in Washington, D. c.
They have no children" the
brother says.
A T the recruiting station while
gobS and petty officers worry
and wonder about Moffett and the
crew, their commander, Lieuten-
ant r. j. Townsend, is creased by
the death plunge of the blimp
with wondering how Calnan is"
Lieutenant Townsend and Lieu
tenant G. c. Calnan, one of the
Akron's officers, we're buddies at
the United States Naval Academy.
They were in the graduating class
of 1919.
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Admiration for Admiral Moffett
among the enlisted men and Off
GERS swings around his genial per-
sonality, his capability as an avia-
tor, despite his years and his
courage in going on training
jaunts in airships. They admire
his effective work during the
World war as commandant of the
largest inland naval training sta
ton, Great Lakes.
The admiral received the Con-
greSsional Medal of Honor for
his services during the occupation
of Vera Cruz, Mexico, while in
command of the Chester.
THE Akron visited Indian
i apolis on Oct. 10, 1881.
City residents focked to tops of
buildings to see the huge dirigible
as it Gained its motors above the
Soldiers and Sailors monument,
paid brief respects, and continued
its 2,000-mile endurance jaunt.
Don Steeg, 272 Parkview av-
enue, manager of the cupboard
motorboat division of the Kruse
Radio Corporation, probably was
one Of the last city residents to
see the Akron before her sea
plunge.
Steeg, while racing his Sea Gull
at an cupboard regatta at Miami,
Fla, thirty days ago, saw the
Akron moored at a Miami air.
port
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Calnan, a naval constructor,
and Townsend went their separ-
ate ways, Calnan to ships of the
air and Townsend to ships of the
sea.
Townsend was in the discipline
department of the academy with
Commander F. T. Berry, another
passenger aboard the Inflated
blimp, and during that service was
disciplinary officer over George
Hall Moffett, midshipman at that
time, son of Admiral Moffett.
IF the Akron didn't go under,
there's chance as long as she's
af1oat for men aboard her" Town
send believes.
THE endangering of the life of
l. Admiral Moffett hits a bulls
eye in the sentiments of Chief
Machinist Mate w. w. Jackson.
He was my commanding officer
just commander then, not an
admiral-aboard the Old Chester,
cruiser. We we're at the bonn
bardment of Vera Cruz in 1914
What kind of man, Admiral Moi
fet?
"One of the kind you could
talk to, man to man.
He was strict disciplinarian.
but if you did your bit that was all
he asked. The Chester was one
of the cruisers that opened fire
on Vera Cruz" jackson explained.
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1T was two days before she
sailed for Panama. From look
ing her over and talking to her
crew, it looks to me, although I'm
layman and not an aviator, that
those aboard the ship could es-
cape if it was not submerged by
heavy seas. Catwalks inside the
blimp and to points on top of it
were plentiful, so that the crew
could escape from almost any
cabin" Steeg said.
NUT-STATE the focal point of
~ interest in the Akron's list of
missing revolves around Com
mander F. C. McCord, skipper"
of the dirigible, a native of Vim
cennes; Gerald Tones of Milroy,
and Herschel L. Moreen of New
Albany, enlisted men.
Commander McCord left his
boyhood home in 1913 to enter
the naval academy. He was the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nc
Cord, both of whom died more
than ten years ago.
The blimp's commander was
graduated from the Vincennes
high school. He has numerous
relatives living in or near Vim
cenneS.
Tones is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Tones. The par
ents live at Milroy, south of
Rushville. Tones is %. He
joined the navy two years ago.
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77Ab0ard Ship of Doom
By [ nited Press

By United Press
LAKEHURST, N. j., April
1.-The fOUOWlng roster of
the men aboard the Akron
1Oas giUen ont today at the
ndUGI air station at Lake
hurst:
Enlisted Men
Carl G. Deans, Lakewood, N. J.
Arthur Carlson, Moscow, Idaho.
Oliver E. Ulrich, South Gate, Cal.
Richard E. Deal, Lakewood, N. j.
Harold Lamkin, Egg Harbor, N. j.
Benny Barnhart, Lakehurst, N. j.
Ralph Stein, Belmar. N. j.
Ralph Engler, Mannheim, Pa.
Wilton Austin, Trenton, N. j.
Moody Erwin, Memphis, Tenn.
Edward Hennessy, Pensacola. Fla.
Fred w. Starr, Peekskill, N. Y.
Henry Boswell, Wachapreague, Pa.
Lewis Hulting, Lakehurst, N. J.
John Weeks, North Plainfield, N. j.
Henry Ballard, Gordon, Ala.
Joseph K. Zikus, Stamford, Conn.
Leonard RAIDER, Clintonville, Wis.
Wilbur Laphan, Toms River, N. J.
Rufus Johnson, LakehurSt, N. J.
William Russell, BeachWood, N. j.
Tony Swidersky, Akron, o.
Elmer Fink. LakehurSt, N. J.
Benjamin Mcclellan, Asbury Park,
N. J.
Lawrence Fahey, Laurel Hill,
Long Island.
Lester Duncan, Blackwell, Okla.
Fred Cooper, Lakehurst, N. j.
Gerald Tones, Milroy, Ind.
Lucius Rutan, Lakehurst. N. ].
Benjamin Thigpen, Greensboro,
N. c.
Arthur Wellington, Waltham,
Mass.
Donald Lipke, Wisconsin Rapids,
Wis.
John j. Rytell, Glens Falls, N. Y.
Stanley L. Grid, Parkersburg, w.
Va.
Lewis c. Walck, Lakehurst, N. J.
Joseph Zanetti, Ballston Lake, N.
Y.
Joseph Shevlowitz, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Peter Boelsen, South Toms River,
N. j.
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sible, in conformity with the meager
reports of drifting wreckage.
The first coast guard cutter to
report was in charge of Bos'n
Mate L. Cranmer. They set out at
2:30 a. m. for Barnegat and cruised
slowly down the coast, but failed
/ to find any trace Of the Akron.
With Captain Leary directing the
search, rescue ships redoubled their
efforts shortly before noon, when
about thirty vessels were on the
scene.
Area Blocked OFF
On orders from Washington. the
rescue leaders blocked off thirty
square mile area from Barnegat
light to sea and south toward At
lantic City. They arranged for the
fleet, aided by airplanes, to cover
every part of the area in checker
board fashion.
Meanwhile, the destroyer Tucker
from New London, the McDougal
from New York, TIE fast new cruiser
Portland from Gravesend Bay, md
| the destroyer MojaVe out of Boston,
which was off the Jersey coast, Ell
route to Washington, started on a
race to the position reported by the
Phoebus.
A patrol boat from New York
joined the race, and motor surf
boats" of the coast guard from
Barnegat, Bonds and Atlantic City
put out to help.
The larger craft, equipped with
wireless, began arriving at the
rendezvous at a. m, but their re-
ports to shore at first were as mea-
ger as those from the Phoebeus.
The Tucker and the McDougal
apparently ran dead heat. Almost
together they messaged their arrival.
The Tucker reported that the
coast guard plane from Cape May
had arrived safely.
The navy had ordered COM
mandants of the Third, Fourth, and
Fifth naval districts to prepare to
send all available aircraft to the
rescue as soon as flying conditions
permitted. The order embraced
fields at New York, Philadelphia,
Annapolis, Washington, and Nor
folk.
Commanded by Indianan
The Akron was commanded by
Commander F. c. McCord of Vim
cennes, Ind. Also on board her was
Commander F. T. Berry, command
ing officer of the Lakehurst station.
While ships and planes converged
upon the place at sea where wreck
age of the Akron floated, relief
workers gathered here to receive
survivors who coulG be sped ashore.
Jersey state police, doctors, and
nurses arrived through the early
hours Of morning, awaiting the re-
turn Of coast guard lifeboats which
had put out hours before to help the
tanker Phoebus in the work Of
rescue.
From reports received here, it ap-
peared that the Akron had met dis
aster in thunderstorm and rain
squat that swept the Jersey coast
shortly before midnight and con-
tinued for an hour or more.
The airship worlds largest lighter
than air craft, took of from Lake
hurst at 7:30 p. m. on training
flight to New England Fog settled
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