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The Washington times., 1933-07-31
TWO RESCUED
IN RIVER BY
FISHERMAN
Couple Hurled Into Water by
Blast; Youth and Girl
Suffer Critical Burns

ANNAPOLIS, July 31.-Five of
the six persons injured yesterday
when a speedboat exploded IN
South River were still under treat
ment at a hospital here today.
John Grain, 81, of South Haven,
and Brownie Sasada, 80, of Briar-
cliff, are in a critical condition
from burns and other injuries.
Miss Elizabeth Bassett, Is, of
Waterbury; Gordon Moreland, %,
of South Haven, and Miss Veva
UtSler, II, of Millersville, are the
others still undergoing hospital
treatment for burns. Ernest
Rosenaule. 20, of South Haven,
was treated but not admitted to
the hospital.
The explosion occurred while
Sasada was bending over the
engine trying to determine what
was causing the motor to sputter.
So terrific was the blast that
Grain and Miss Bassett were
hurled into the water. Grain was
unconscious when rescued by an
unidentified fisherman, who also
Is credited with saving Miss Bas-
Sett, who cannot swim.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
MANASSAS GETS
DAIRY FETE

The third annual Piedmont
Dairy Festival will be held at
Manassas, Va, September 80.
This feature. of considerable
interest to dairy farmers, will in
clude II counties, Alexandria, Va,
and Washington.
Culpeper county this year will
send the Festival Queen and two
Maids Of Honor. Other counties,
Alexandria and Washington will
contribute Princesses.
The festival is held annually to
demonstrate new dairying meth
DDS and machinery to farmers of
northern Virginia.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
PANAMA TEAM
STRANDED

SISTERSVILLE, w. Va. July 81
UNS0.-Seven members of the
Panama Canal Junior all-star base
ball team are stranded at the
Tyler Hotel here, awaiting funds
from relatives to pay up their ho-
tel bills, it was learned today.
Other members of the team al
ready have received funds and
have gone to the homes of rela-
tives or friends in this country.
According to the hotel manage
nent, the team arrived here on a
tour of this country and then
learned that their money, which
had been entrusted to the man.
ager of the team. was gone. One
story was that the manager had
been robbed in New York. He was
not here to comment.
The team arrived here about
three weeks ago. Until recently
the boys played local teams and
took up offerings to obtain money
for food,
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
STEEL|NDUSTRY
OPTIMISTIC

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio GN.S)
Steel production in the Youngs-
town district during the last half
of this year not only will hold
the gains made during the first
six months, but also will rise to
higher levels, in the opinion of
executives of district steel pro-
ducing and fabricating plants.
The prediction was made as the
valley production had almost
completely recovered the ground
1t had lost during the months of
the depression and operated at a
rate regarded as good figure in
normal times.
Increased car loadings, heavy
auto sales, and the unemployment
of thousands out of work a few
months ago were cited as the
basis for the optimistic outlook
for the second half of the year.
The advance in the car load
Angs, according to the executives,
means that the railroads soon
must purchase more steel for re-
pairs. Greater employment. by
the same token. means that more
people will be able to replace
their old and worn automobiles
by new ones.
B. F. Fairless, executive vice
president of the Republic Steel
Corpration, said:
"Of course, it's hard to pre-
dict several months in advance,
but I'm optimistic and think
that steel production will con-
tinue at its present high rates
during the remainder of 1888"
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
If the Beautiful Heiress Really Falls In Love
With the Dashing Young PatroInan,. She
Has Turned Her Eyes Away From Mason

These stories about a beautiful
heiress falling in love with and
marrying the dashing young po-
liceman who rescued her from
her runaway horse are confined
to motion pictures and fiction.
In short, it's just hokum!
This at least, is the opinion Of
Washington's only mounted po-
liceman-Leslie D. Mason. Of the
United States Park Police.
Policeman Mason, handsome
virginian, who was reared in the
famous horse country in Fau-
quier county, may be seen any
day mounted on a shiny bay
horse patrolling the bride paths
in Rock Creek Park.
But He's Married.
He was asked whether there
were opportunities for intrigue or
romance in so far as a mounted
policeman was concerned. He
replied:
"In the first place I'm a mar
ried man. And in the second
place it takes a whole lot more
than a horse for a romance to
blossom. There isn't any more
romance associated with the
bride paths than there is in ten
mis- or any other sport. You
might read about it, but such
cases are confined mostly to fic-
ton"
Policeman Mason said he meets
some of the finest persons in
Washington on the bride paths.
But their interest, he said, lies in
their riding, and his in looking out
for their safety.
Prevents Rough Riding.
The officers job is to see that
automobiles keep off the paths
and that the riders are not dis
turbed. He puts stop to rough
riding, chases dogs from the paths
and makes himself useful in gen.
eral to those who enjoy the sport
of kings.
He checks runaway horses, say
ing many riders from serious in
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
Tong War Is Feared
Bu Baltimore Police

BALTIMORE, July 31.-Extra
police were on duty last night
and today in the small Chinese
colony here as the result of
rumored trouble between the On
Leong and Hip Sing tongs.
There have been no attacks
here so far as police know, but
merchants in the Chinese section
asked for protection following the
Staying on Friday night of a
member of the On Sing tong in
New York. A Chinese caught
fleeing the scene of the Staying
was identified as a Hip Sing men,
ber, police said,
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
CROW USES|RON
FOR ITS NEST

An pathological phenomenon
new to the London public, but
not apparently to ornithologists,
is impaired to the latest num-
ber Of Nature, a London monthly
publication, by Ernest Warren,
of the Natal Museum. It is that
in making their nests the pied
crow of South Africa uses not
twigs, grass or string or bits of
rope of cloth. but metal-cop-
per, galvanized iron and even
barbed wire. to the average
weight of 20 pounds per nest.
Before the eggs are laid, how.
ever, these formidable structures
are lined with feathers plucked
from the breasts and wings of
the elder birds. Mr.. Warren
writes:
"These birds, not only in re-
giOns destitute of flora, but
in ali where the building of
railways or the setting up of
telegraph poles have left junk
heaps or scattered pieces of
metal, make use of this artifi.
cial material, evidently as an
improvement on the old. The
mere manipulations of heavy
gauge wire by a bird is sur.
priSing feat of strength"
The Washington times., 1933-07-31

jury and in case of emergency
administers first aid from his
kit, carried back of his saddle.
In the picture Policeman Ma
son is shown adjusting the bride
of the horse ridden by Mrs. Rob
ert Jewett Foster, 1900 block
Newton st. N. w.
A. L. Ashton, manager Of
Shoreham Saddle Club, where the
officers horse is kept, has this
to say:
"Since Policeman Mason has
been assigned out here condi-
tiOns on the paths have greatly
improved. We have very few
complaints about dogs that
used to frighten the horses, or
smartaleck riders who try to
force their attention on lady
riders. The bride paths could
not possibly be patrOlled eff.
fectively in any manner than
by a mounted policeman"
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
VA. To SELECT
NOM|NEEFOR
GOVERNOR
Democrats Vote Tomorrow,
With Three in Race; One Can
didate Is AIexandrian

Democrats of Virginia will go
to the polls tomorrow to chose
their party's candidate for gov
ernor. The polls will open at 5:08
a. m. and will close at 1920 p. m.
There are three candidates in
the gubernatorial race-Judge
George C. Peery, of Wise county,
former chairman of the State
corporation commission and can
didate of the Byrd machine;
State Senator w. Worth Smith,
jr., of Louisa Courthouse, "far-
mers' friend" candidate and a
brother of Representative Howard
w. Smith. of Alexandria, and
Joseph T. Deal. of Norfolk, former
member of Congress and "anti-
Byrd and Bishop Cannon" candi-
date.
In Arlington county, in addi-
tion to the gubernatorial race,
there is another fight causing
considerable interest. The voters
there will be asked to select %
members for the Democratic
county committee.
The committee, which num-
bered II last year, is being en-
larged to provide more adequate
representation and to allow
women to have membership, ac-
cording to William L. Bragg. pres
ent chairman of the committee.
In Arlington county leaders of
both the Smith and Peery forces
are claiming everything in sight.
AS a matter of fact, however.
conservative political observers
report that there is little differ
ence in the strength of the two
in the county, with Smith holding
the lead, if any.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
COUNTY LEADER
FIGHTS TAX
CHANGES
Arlington Revenue Officer Sees
Ruin as Result of
Smith Plan

Arlington county Is receiving
more from the State OF Virginia
than it pays into the State trea.
sury and any change II. the sys-
tenn at this time would be to the
detriment of the county'S finances,
Harry K. Green, Arlington county
commissioner of revenue, said to-
Gay.
Figures from Mr.. Green's office
and from the several State De-
partments show that Arlington
county in the past four years has
paid into the State an average of
$4,000 a year.
The county has received for
schools and the like, as we'll as
for State highway construction in
the county and road maintenance
an average of $283,000 3 year. Mr..
Green said:
prior to the reorganization
of the State Government under
Gov. Harry Flood Byrd, records
of my office show that the
county was paying into the
State treasury considerably
more than it was receiving.
Arlington was then an asset
county and was helping support
the sO-called pauper counties.
SHARE INCREASES
''In the last eight years this
has been reversed and Arling-
ton county is now receiving BEN
efits from the State in keeping
with its location and require
mentS as the Gateway of the
South
The Revenue Commissioner said
that the only thing holding up
construction of the two projects
was certain right of way tangleS
that should be cleared shortly.
In discussing the school ques-
ton, Mr.. Green declared:
"Judge Peery stands for mod
ern school equipment and we'll
paid teachers. Senator Smith
proposes the tax on real estate
for school purposes be aban-
dOned and does not suggest any
way to make up for the loss
of revenue.
SEES SCHOOL CUT
"In Virginia the schools are
supported mainly by real es.
tate and capitation taxes. In
Arlington count the total reve-
ue for schools is about S322,-
600. If the real estate tax and
the capitatiOn ta,. is done away
with, as proposed by Senator
Smith, it void leave the
county about $4,000 or which
to run it's schools.
"This reduction would mean
the schools could not remain
open more ths-. three months
in any one year."
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
4-H Cooking, Canning
Clubs Plan Session

Miss Edythe M. Turner, home
demonstration agent for Mont
gomery county, will meet with two
Takoma Park (Md) All clubs TO-
morrow.
The Al Cooking Club meets in
the morning at the home of Mrs.
George Robertson and the Al
Canning Club in the afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Joseph Kurz.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
LGlUn Party to Aid
Widows and Orphans

A lawn party for benefit of the
National Home for Widows and
Orphans will be held at p. m.
today on grounds of the North
Carolina Methodist Protestant
Church, Eighth st. and North
Carolina Ave. S. E., by the Ladies
Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Mrs. Adelaide Grant is in
charge of ARRANGEMENTS,
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
ShOebuiIders DraWUp
Their Industrial Code

Steps to eliminate unfair com.
petition and sweatshop conditions
are being taken by the Master
Shoe Rebuilders Association which
is drawing up it's industrial code.
The association voted conf
dence in President Roosevelt and
his recovery plan.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
DickersOn to Hold
School in Gamma

An all-day canning school will
be conducted by ladies of Dick
erson, Md, under the direction OF
Miss Edythe M. Turner, home
d demonstration agent for Montgom-
cry county, Wednesday in the
Poolesville school. The canning
is being done for the Montgom-
cry County Social Service League.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
Reports $1,000 Lost,
But :ndS It at Home

Between Tenth Street and Penn.
sylvania Avenue Northwest and
his home, in the 100 block C st.
S. w., John j. Kelly, lost a bill
fold containing $1,660 last night,
he told police.
After reporting the loss to po-
lice, Kelly found the money at
home.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
LAWN FETE PLANNED

The annual lawn fete and fes-
tival of st. Mary's tholic
Church, Rockville, will be held on
the church grounds, tomorrow
and Wednesday,
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
FIREMEN'S FETE

The Hyattstown (Md.) Volun-
teer Fire Department will hold
its annual carnival, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday at Noun
tain View Park.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31
CHICKEN DINNER

The Ladies Aid Society of
Shaler M. E. Church will hold a
chicken dinner in the Cabin
John-Glen Echo Cafeteria, Wed
nesday, beginning at $50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1933-07-31

Rooms some with privilege Of
tteS tbroTSb t@s tha ReBs se6s Conn BE
the WANT AID SECTION Of this news
Evening star., 1933-06-21
An Intelligence Test for
Public School Officials

To the Editor Of The Star.
As there are intelligence tests for
scholars, it might be appropriate at this
time to present an intelligence test for
teachers and school officials. Here it is:
What is the VALVE Of education?"
To get the answer, you wander back
over some 400 years Of schoolmanic
nprogressiveness-or you attend a
graduation assembly where diplomas are
awarded to students who have earned
them.
What is the VALVE of education?"
A pupil, for instance. attends the Paul
Junior High School. He completes that
course of study in the public schools of
the District of Columbia. His diploma
is signed by the president Of the Board
of Education and the superintendent of
public schools.
But on graduation day there are many
surprises for the lad. He learns for the
first time that he attended the PAVL
JVNIOR High School, that he COM
pleted the COVRSE of STVDY in the
PVBLIC schools of the District OF CO.
LVMBIA; that his diploma Is signed by
the president of the Board Of EDVCA-
TON and the SUPERINTENDENT of
PVBLIC schools. That diploma must ap-
pear almost as foreign to the graduate
as a sheepskin from the UNIVERSITY
Of VLADIVOSTOK.
What Is the VALVE Of education?"
OF course, you must have guessed the
answer by such broad hints. The
VALVE" Of education is the VALUE"
OF education-when you anchor your in
telligence in the sixteenth century on
the obsolete form of the letter u and
are unable to conform to correct usage
Ct the age in which you live. But just
how VALUABLE Is It In the year 1888
on diploma day?
JOSEPH W. CHENEY.
Evening star., 1933-06-21
School Is Out!

This year the first day Of Summer
aNd the last day of school are appro-
plhately identical. Even the most in
corEigible oldster must feel In his heart
some echo Of the Joy Of the boys and
girls as they toss their books away and
plunge into the holiday season. The
children may not grasp the fact, but
time was when their seniors were as
young as themselves and felt the same
emotions, champed at the same re-
straint and .rejoiced in the same release
That Is one Of the most gratifying Of
the realities Of life-every grown-up
once was a child And the power Of
memory preserves recollection Of the
feelings of youth.
Therefore, it Is not the youngsters
onlyswho are happy today. Parents in
general and probably a large majority
of those adults who do not happen to
be parents also are glad that they are
free They join to- wish them a good
vacation. But the thoughtful person
old or young. must hs conscious Of the
] truth that li6yty haA value only as II
Is used. The opportunity to be stupadly
Evening star., 1933-06-21
Forest Work Brings Credit
To Army as Efficient Force

economy In discharging soldiers whose
base pay Is $17.50 q month, when
thousands were being enrolled In the
Conservation Corps at $50 month. In
the face Of world conditions and until
the Disarmament Conference demon
strates that q reduction In land forces
can be accomplished, 1t would b. un-
wise to discard the services Of several
thousand men who have given years Of
their lives to the United States, expect
ing that the conditions Of retirement
In old age would be. met as they pre-
vailed when they entered the Army"
Perhaps the finest tribute that can
be paid to our military men for the
magnificent way in which they are car
rying through the big job Is simply to
say that the Army Is the only institu-
ton In the country capable of handling
so many thousands Of men in such
short order, without confusion, without
delay, without extravaganza and with
out grumbling," declares the Rockford
Register-Republic, while the Youngs-
town Vindicator feels that "it Is to the
credit of the Army that this work has
been organized properly, with little
waste, and the Army Is showing fine
attitude toward the men in the Con-
Corps" The Oakland Tribune
holds that "it has been striking DEM
onstration Of what rigid discipline, COM
bined with quiet, orderly efficiency, may
accomplish in an amazingly short time"
Prediction that q demand will be
created for forestry graduates Is made
by the San Antonio Express, and the
Louisville Courier Journal, taking an
example from its own State, sees the
creation of future for timber workers
through the activities of the Conserva-
ton CORDS.
Evening star., 1933-06-21

idle Is not worth having, and the boys
and girls now exempt from application
to lessons will not wish to vegetate until
the school bells ring again. Rather
they will want to take up new activities
of their own choice. woodland camps
will attract some, mountain and sea-
side resorts will beckon others. A few,
surely, will seize the chance to read
books they ordinarily have been too
busy to attempt. A few, again, viii ex-
press their innate interest In the arts
and crafts. AL will store up health
and strength for the work which still
lies before them.
The holidays represent phase OF the
best philosophy of modern times. They
are a period of rest and constructive
change. So viewed, they appear to be
as useful as the rest Of the year. But
possibly their most authentic asset Is
that they do not signify lasting varia-
ton from normal routine. After all,
this is a world of work, and even chill
dren have their share of duty. 1t may
be presumed that a few weeks hence
the youngsters will be looking forward
to their return to their desks. Then
they will understand that school is not
a prison and education Is not penance.
Evening star., 1933-06-21
New Inland Water Route.

For two hundred and sixty years men
have been dreaming Of an inland water
route between Lake Michigan and the
Gulf of Mexico. and at last their dream
is coming true Tomorrow Secretary Of
War George H. Dern will dedicate a
channel sixty miles in length, dug from
Lockport. Ill. to the Windy City to COM
plete the national route connecting the
metropolis of Lake Michigan with that
of the mouth of the Mississippi and the
Gulf of Mexico. Four huge barges, bear
inc the equivalent Of several trainloads
n freight. are pushing North over ths
Evening star., 1933-06-21
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

lifted a hand to promote his own for
tunes. After reading Of his appoint
ment he waited for some official COM
munication but none came, SC he wrote
his Senator. The latter had had no
hand in the appointment and hence
had not communicated with the prize
winner. The Senator told him that it
was all right for him to pack his bags
and come to Washington, that he was
indeed expected here.
Administration denials of an early
resignation from the cabinet of Secre-
tary of the Treasury Woodin fall on
deaf ears. The expectation that the
genial Mr.. Woodin will shortly retire, to
be succeeded by Lew" Douglas, Mr.
Roosevelt's director Of the budget, still
persists in political circles here. Nor
man H. Davis, the administration
special Ambassador abroad, client OF
J. P. Morgan g. Co., and too inter-
nationally minded to suit such national
lists as Congressman Tinkham, Is leaving
the European conference front to return
home to report to the President. Re-
ports are persistent that Ambassador
Davis will soon drop out Of the inter-
national picture Attorney General
Homer S. Cummings continues to be
plagued with resignation rumors, all of
which he vigorously denies.
The old Daniel Webster room on the
gallery floor of the original part Of the
Senate wing in the Capitol Building is
to be restored" during the Summer
congressional recess. 1t is located near
the head of what originally had been
the grand stairway" The latter has
long since disappeared from view and
the Webster room, pocketed by what is
now the Senate document room, has re-
manned for nearly century sort Of lost
in the shuttle. Now 1t is to be cleared
out, cleaned up and refurbished, and
probably will be added to the Senate
library as a conference and study room.
Some Of the original documents in the
Senate files, bearing the signature Of
Daniel Webster, are to be framed and
to adorn the walls. incidentally, it may
be noted that within the Senate files is
an almost priceless collection OF auto
graphs and historic original documents
from George washington to date.
Representative Allen T. Treadway has
represented rural Massachusetts, con-
stituency in Congress for eleven con-
secutive terms, span OF more than
twenty years. Republican pluralities in
Representative Treadway's district, once
overwhelming, have been dwindling.
Last November the incumbent, now by
virtue of his seniority holding key
positions on the Republican side Of the
House, found his reelection contest
uncomfortably close. He is taking time
by the forelock with respect to the 1884
elections-no happy and wen-deserved
holiday for Mr.. Treadway. Armed with
batch Of laws and copies Of presiden-
tial executive orders, and accompanied
by his trusty secretary, the Bay State
veteran has embarked at once upon a
pilgrimage to every town and hamlet
In the Berkshire Hills, his district. to
explain to his constituents what the
laws mean, or what he thinks they
mean. He has full-time Summer job
ahead.
Copyright, 1933)
Evening star., 1933-06-21
Evil Effects of Spoils
system on Community
To the EDITOR of THE Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Anent the article, "A tragedy Of the
time" from the Charlotte Observer.
reprinted the other day in The Star, I
might, without effort, work up q sigh
for these young graduates ready to
launch upon careers" with no visible
jobs on which to launch themselves,
but as to crying out loud. how about
the tragedy within our own gates? We
are prone to think of the strangers be-
yond the gates and forget the toilers
who built the city and made the gate
strong, so to speak.
The Government toi1ers, bit by bit
and stone by stone have contributed
more than any other class Of workers
to make this city of L'Enfant what it
Is. A ruthless "spoils system" to uproot
them from their homes and environ
ment would not only be blow to cul-
ture but a crime in the name Of econ
omy. The birth rate will be lower. The
progeny of the riff-raf will always be
with us keeping our free hospital wards
well filled. Not only that, but 1t will be
the biggest aid that the Soviet Republic
ever had. The bewhiskered gentlemen
of Russia will call home their spies and
other precursors of evil and add one
more wreath to the catafalque Of Lenin
JOHN FRANCIS STEELE.