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The Washington times., 1933-05-01
311 Groups Further
AdUentiStS' Relief

Welfare work of the Seventh
Day AdventistS is being carried
on by 311 societies, IA penny-a-
dish cafeterias, and 10 soup
kitchens throughout the United
States, reports E. F. Hackman,
home missionary secretary to the
spring council of church leaders
now in session in Takoma Park.
He reported also that 800 lay
members are now conducting
evangeNstic campaigns through
out the country.
The Washington times., 1933-05-01
Sen. Copeland Talks
On Presidents D1u

United States Senator Royal S.
Copeland, of New York, was the
Presidents Day speaker yesterday
before the Harrison Bible Glass of
Congress street Methodist Pro
testant Church. He declared it
is the duty of every citizen to
make this country the greatest
that can be conceived under God.
The Washington times., 1933-05-01
MERCURY RISES
73 At NOON

The mercury will probably crowd
the 80-degree mark before the day
is over, officials of the Weather
Bureau predict.
Temperature reading of 73 this
noon, according to the forecaster
was not unseaSonably high for
May !.
The reason Washingtonians felt
a 'low" today is largely due to
the high humidity, 80 at noon.
Rain is forecast for tomorrow
night.
The Washington times., 1933-05-01
FirewGter Lands
Inaugural Parade
Indian In Court

Chief Wash, 81, the Indian
who rode virtually nude in the
inaugural parade, ran afoul of
the law last night after drink
ing too much fire-water.
The Indian was arraigned in
Police Court today with all his
feathers and doeSkin trappings
before Judge John T. Mcmahon.
Robert I. Miller, local attor
ney, interceded for the Indian
at the request of former Vice
President Curtis.
Judge Mcmahon took the In
dams personal bond.
The Washington times., 1933-05-01
Anti-SdLOOn League
To Note 10th Year

A nationwide observance of
the fortieth anniversary of the
founding of the Anti-Saloon
League will be held Sunday, May
81, in many churches of the
nation.
The Washington times., 1933-05-01

market and as the market is sup
posed to reflect the state If mind of
at least part of the country, they
have special points of interest. Par
ticularly impressive were those which
were issued in the second half of
March. These supported the new Ad-
ministration, naturally, but one felt
that support did not rise from inborn
enthusiasm; it sounded guarded, as
if the writers were afraid to attack,
lest their customers be offended.
One letter, however, moved into a
higher field when it openly said that
"the stock market reflects the lack of
courageous sponsorship in financial
and business circles (but) there can
be no complaint of the actions of the
leader of the Administration" This
The Washington times., 1933-05-01
Greeks Here Honor
Archbishop at Fete

A banquet was given in honor
Of Archbishop Athenagoras, head
Of the Greek Orthodox Church in
America, by Washington Greeks
last night at the Kennedy-War.
ren. The banquet followed Pres
ident'S Day services at st. Sohpia'S
Greek Orthodox Church, which
were led by the archbishop.
The Washington times., 1933-05-01
True to Type
Letters From Brokers
Reflect Changes
And Doubts
Bv GILBERT SELDES

EROM time to time, friends who still have relations
l. with brokers send copies of market letters" +"
They are as always cautious, for brokers who handle
other peoples money must be careful when they handle
their ideas.
Their intention is to reflect the state of mind of the
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less toward any one tendency. it has been to-
ward the pling up of huge bulk without intel
ligence governing it.
One need only mention the dinosaurs. out Of
a dozen possible examples. A Diplodocus
stuffed with his own flesh was like bank
stuffed with unrealizable paper. or huge over.
capitalized corporation. while its poor teacupful
of brains swings the figure, with inevitable irony.
to golf-playing dummy directors.
No wonder such monsters, with all their
resources tied up in unwieldy Organization.
could not change front to meet the crisis when
it came. and so perished
In the early seas of the Cambrian epoch,
about half billion years ago. the aristocracy
were the tribolites. creatures related to crabs
and Holsters. resembling in general appearance
their diminutiyc remote cousins, the many
legged 'pillbugs" you find under boards and
iii damp cellars.
Incredible as it may seem. remarks Dr.
Croneis. they were the first families then; and
in their time there were no living rivals.
u,onyrieht "a
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bodies, armored with scales. able to Withstand
the droughtier air and to scramble more ably
for the living that was now great deal harder
to get than it had been before.
They were like the energetic tribal chief
tains of the ancient world at the breakup Of the
Roman Empire, who founded the first feudal
arstocracies. Their descendants. bigger and
more heavily armored, became the real barons
of the geological middle ages. the dinosaurs.
Thus an entirely new ruling group arose out
of the depression, and when prosperity came
again they were its masters.
But they learned nothing from the expert
ences of their ruined predecessors.
The Mesozoic reptiles were megalomaniacs
of the most confirmed sort says DR.. Croneis.
They were the masters of all the important
habitats The dinosaurs ruled the land, ma
rine reptiles invaded and conquered the sea, and
the flying dragons or pterodactyls were lords
of the air.
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ssRUT 'curryins underfoot of the sian.
- dinosaurs were few mouse-like primi-
tive mammals. They were subservient indeed
to the gigantic masters of the moment. who. as
is characteristic Of the great (and especially the
near-great). probably were totally unaware Of
the mammals presence.
but these small creatures. like some appar-
emily Insignificant individuals and many un.
promising infant industries. had great poten-
talities. They proved their mettle at the close
Of the Mesozoic when the earth went through
one of her really great depressions.
This was. indeed time of revolution and
of the >reddest' sort. for the reptiles. like Rus
sian royalists, were nearly blotted out. and they
have never again been particularly dominant.
But the small mammals weathered the hard
times successfully. Out of their crude begin
nngs have come the greatly diversified and rul.
ing mammalian types of today"
They were one group which was not over
expanded at the time when opportune depression
hit them. In effect. they sold the market short
and made their fortunes in the steady decline OF
reptilian values The roots of that great mod
ern spreading tree of mammalian types were
firmly anchored in the very depression which
was too drastic for the optimistic dinosaurs.
GO far DR.. Croneis. He does not tell the
~ final tale. or point the final moral. perhaps
as being too obvious But for the sake of COM
pleteness, the story Of man himself might be
added.
For man also was born Of a depression, one
Of the greatest of depressions of more recent
geologic time. the Pleistocene Ice Age.
The pre-glacial men. if they existed at all.
lived in days of ease and didn't have to hustle
for living. So. in all likelihood. they would
have been contented to>,Gmain very much like
their geological cousins. the apes. clever and
entertaining up to certain point. but dull be-
yond that. and quite irresponsible and IMPROVE
dent.
The glaciers changed all that. By the time
the Ice Age was half over we have plenty Of
evidence that man was on the job. looking out
for Number One and Family in 6rst-class order
He had learned to keep warm in spite Of the
glaciers, by taking to caves or building wickiups
on the river banks where he 6shed, and BY
wearing clothing made of animal skins.
He had invented improved tools and weapons
Of stone, which no ape ever did or thought Of
He had made the most important discovery Of
all human history. lowbrow though he was: he
had learned the use of FIRE.
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At any rate, We see, several geological de-
pressions later. the race of fishes ruling the
world, and facing another period of crisis. with
their water supply dwindling and their pools
becoming so stagnant that gill,breathing was
becoming nearly impossible.
THIS was one Of the big moments of the
L history of animal life. DR.. Croneis pic.
lures it briefly:
"A few ganoid types. with the true spirit OF
pioneers. used their fringed fms to crawl pain.
fully from the desiccating ancestral pools to
other less stagnant Ones
These first air-breathing. partially land liv
ing yertebrates not only gave rise TO the am
phibians (relativcs of frogs and salamandcrs)
they originated Paleozoic parable to the
effect that. then as now, animals or industries
which. instead OF bowling 10 hard times use
what resources they have to meet the changing
situations are likely to be rewarded handsomely
with the return of prosperity.
These fish that came ashore because they had
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conner that he has existed only while our &C.
illogical clock has been striking the hour
Through all of these ages of recurring de-
pressions, the curve of life has pursued an up
ward spiral. as DR.. Croneis sees it. However,
it is not the smooth optimistic unbroken rise
pictured by well-fed philosophers Of mid-Vic-
torian days, when evolution as popular idea
was new thing under the sun.
DR.. Croneis admits setbacks as we'll as ad-
vances; the curve is ragged. though still always
upward trendng.
TN times of stress, he says. the weak organ
sms have died out. but the strong have al
ways emerged from the troughs of trouble more
powerful than ever. Modified 10 fit the chang
ing environment. they have been ready TO take
advantage Of the return Of good times
When Dr.. Croncis speaks of strong"
organism. he does not at all mean bulky in
muscle. but strong in the balance Of fit body
and an alert mind. If the worlds recurring
geologic hard times have been consistently ruth
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..NEVERTHELESS. in

..NEVERTHELESS. in
l. ' their own life history
they tell the old but ever re-
current story of the survival
of the simple and the destruc-
ton of the specialized.
The ornate members of
the group. like over-expand-
ed individuals, families OF
industries. Aourished in times
of plenty, but they became
extinct long before their
lowly. generalized and con-
sentative cousins had departed
from the scene.
At last. however. times got
too hard even for the 6ttest OF
the tribolites; or more likely
newer aristocracy, driven into
more efficient living by the
spur of tight times, eliminated
them. =
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to, and liked it. ruled the
world when the land con-
sisted largely Of endless
warm swamps rich with
oal-forming vegetation
and album with giant in
sects for the new rulers
to eat.
The Coal Age was a
time like the still-la-
mentcd Late Twenties:
an apparently boundless
era of easy pickings. a
permanent plateau a,
a bull market level. But
like the same lush period
in our own memories, the
Coal Age crashed into a
terrific period of cold and
drought-and woe then
to its fat, easy-going am
phibian bosses!
THIS particular &C.
L ologic depression
ended not merely a chap
ter, but a whole volume.
+ he Paleozoic " as
closed, and the Mesozoic.
the Middle Ages of &C.
ologic history. came on.
When hard times hit
the world of the amphib-
ians, some of them. more
entcrprising than the rest.
were stimulated into de-
veloping more active
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By DIR. Frank Thone

~ EXPRESSION word Of harsh and hdeous sound
i. to the Of Of just and the idea
that depessons have been the worlds greatest spurs
to progress that successive hard times have been d
series of evolutionary sevcs the fit from the unfit hardly
comes at first cheering gospel.
Each of U.S. nursing his trouble and making it
big as possible. may be apt to himself among the
lost the non-survvors.
But there least phiosophc scientist Dr. Carey
Crone Of the University of Chicago who looks back the
eahs immensely long geologic history and the
moral that the thoughtful historians and economists have
been finding the story Of brefer, rapid pulse
of financial booms and slumps.
Resoluey he tells that through the millions of centuries
hard times have been good times and good times really bad
times disguise. Geologic history has repeated itself and
over ever-acendng spiral: cosmc depression has
scorged the planet eliminating inflated stocks trimming the
chastened to the bone and sending them forth filter
more alert. able take advantage Of the returning
better times.
But the better times have betrayed those who trusted them
much Turing them in overdevelopmen and oo-optmstc
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expansion, so tDdt when The next
crash came-as come it always did
down they went in their turn and
the cycle repeated itself.
ssTF all geologic time is taken as
L 2.0O0,000,000 years and is
represented on a clock dial as one
hour" says Dr.. Croneis, then 80
minutes of that hour elapse before
the age Of invertebrate animals is
we'll under way.
Even the beginning Of the age
of reptiles and the dominance of the
dinosaurs occurs only nine minutes
before the minute hand reaches z.
More surprising still is the fact thai,
mammals. the dominant life of the
present. have been the ruling ami
mails Of only the last paltry two and
a half minutes of the hour.
And man, commonly thought
to have been present for 100000
to 100000 years. has only oc.
cupied the center of the stage for a
breathless two or three split Sec
onds. In fact, man is such a new
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4 real bear raid during ono Of the earlier dcpresons
phcn the hard times Of the glacial period taught mankind
such things The Of fire. the rauc Of clothing and per-
nanent shelter and better patterns for his weapons.
Evening star., 1933-10-18

tutions and ideals Of this Nation from
its inception are entitled to special rec
ognition for such services, not only by
the citizenry, but by the Federal Gov
ernment ITSELF"
James E. Van Zandt, commander in
chief Of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
sent protest to President Roosevelt
In which he said complaints had been
received by his organization that "over-
seas" service men were being replaced
In the Government service by persons
having no priority under the veterans
preference clause in the civil service
laws.
During the past month at our head
quarters we have received a great many
letters from overseas service men who
have been released from Government
employment because of the consolida-
tions and transfers now being effected
by the Federal service" Van Zandt
wrote. THE Veterans of Foreign
Wars Of the United States wish to pro-
test vigorously the aforementioned
condition. - We believe it is
grossly unfair and entirely outside the
spirit Of the civil service and soldier
preference acts"
Evening star., 1933-10-18
RUMORS OF TROUBLE
DENIED BY GRAU AIDE
Report Flies That Isle Of Pines
Soldiers Refuse to Guard
Imprisoned Officers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, October 18.-Recurrent re-
ports Of trouble in the Isle Of Pines
prisons, where most Of the officers cap
tured in the National Hotel battle are
imprisoned, categorically were denied by
the government today.
Maj. Raimundo Ferrer, military aide
to President Ramon Grau San Martin,
declared everything Is going fine at
the INsle of Pines and contrary reports
are just plain rumors."
The most persistent rtlmor was that
some of the soldiers guarding the i'm
prisoned officers had refused to obey
orders of the newly appointed leaders,
declaring the imprisoned men were
their rightful commanders.
Meanwhile, authorities continued their
search for those guilty in bomb ex-
plosion which shattered the window in
an American-owned ten-cent store dur
ing strike of store employees.
The fight of the student directory to
oust Chief of Police Ulcienceno Franco
for Mario Labourdette. 30year-old
student, appeared at a standstill.
Evening star., 1933-10-18
VETERANS TOPUSH
DRIVE FOR RELIEF
Plan to Garry Before Public
Views on Alleged Re.
placements.
BY the Associated Prose

BY the Associated Press.
Veterans organizations are planning
campaign to place problems Of ex-
service men before the public
Decision to start at once was reached
here yesterday at a conference which
was the outgrowth of the reduction In
veterans benefits.
The United Spanish War Veterans,
Veterans Of Foreign Wars, Disabled
American Veterans of the World War
and the Jewish War Veterans were rep
resented.
A statement issued later said:
THE conference in no uncertain
terms opposed the recent declaration
that would have tendency to make a
sharp departure from past American
traditions to the effect that. aside from
the disabled. the veterans had no spe-
cial status in the order of American
society.
ut also was unanimously agreed that
the veterans of all wars. whether dis
abled or not. feel that they have per-
formed duty beyond the ordinary call
Of citizens and that the services here
tofore rendered in emergencies which
have upheld and protected the insti
Evening star., 1933-10-18
Deaths IL, Anen,in
Cut to 10 Per Cent
By Liuer Extracts
absolutely Fatal'' Seuer1
Years Ago, Physician
Declares.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, October 18. Sever
years ago pernicious anemia was "ab-
solutely fatal" but now, says DR.. Cyru.
G. Sturgis of the University of Mich
igan, it has death rete of only 10 pei
cent
Feeding of liver and stomach prepa-
rations have brought about the change
he told the Interstate Postgraduate
Medical Association of North America
DR.. Sturgis is professor of internal
medicine and director of the Thomas
Henry Simpson Memorial Institute fol
Medical Research at the university.
Prior to 1926 pernicious anemia
commonly termed a deficiency in the
quantity of blood or its constituents. was
absolutely fatal, with patients living
an average of only two or thre years,
he declared.
The use Of liver and liver extracts
became part of the treatment devel-
oped since that time to combat the high
death rate. The illness involves not
only the blood, DR.. Sturgis said. but also
the nervous system, and is intimately
associated with the lack Of certain Sc
cretions Of the stomach.
Evening star., 1933-10-18
MCLEAN SANITY HEARING
PUT OFF UNTIL NOVEMBER
Former Washington Publisher
Asks for Postponement Of
Three Weeks.

By the Associated Press.
TOWSON, Md, October 18-The
sanity hearing of Edward B. Mclean
former Washington and Cincinnati pub
Usher and sportsman. scheduled for to-
day here, has been postponed until No.
vember at the request Of McLean's
counsel.
Mclean has been confined to the
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital
near here since a lunacy petition was
filed against him october 4. signed by
his estranged wife. Mrs. Evalyn Walsh
Mclean, and two physicians.
Mrs. Mclean contends her husband
has an estate Of 100000 or more and
asked that committee be appointed
to manage II
Evening star., 1933-10-18
j. s. HAM FOR POOR
MAY co WITH EGGS
Farm Officials Find Poultry
Market Too Heavy for
Price Stability.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Before long, some Of the needy may
have eggs to go with that ham anc
bacon the Government is providing.
Farm Administration Officials have
been studying the poultry situation fol
some time and have come to the usual
conclusion-too many chickens and toe
many eggs.
Since the Federal Relief Corporation
has cash to pay for farm surpluses re-
quired to feed the unemployed, several
million dozen eggs may make the trans
fer from storage to the table soon.
The price that would have to be paid
for chickens, even those in cold storage
is regarded as too high. probably, to
justify buying any considerable guam
tity for the destitute.
Good Government Meal.
Already, a generous helping of the
commodities the Government has an
nounced it intends to buy would make
q pretty good meal for hungry family
One hundred million pounds of pork
products are on hand and will be sup
plemented, officials say, by buying that
may bring the total to 500,000,000
pounds.
pounds Of butter monthly is contem-
plated and the buying of wheat to be
ground into flour for bread has begun
Beef products are to be purchased
through the Relief CORPORATION.
Gov Henry Morgentheau, jr, Of the
Farm Credit Administration yesterday
began purchases of wheat for human
relief.
Orders in Six Markets.
Orders were placed at six markets. he
said, adding that the purchases were in
no way related to reports that the Gov
eminent might undertake some sta
bilization efforts in view of recent SHARP
drops in wheat prices.
Instead, the purchases were made fol
the Relief Administration, which will
distribute the wheat and products
manufactured from 1t to the needy
supplementing its program for acquiring
surplus farm commodities in co-opera-
tion with the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration.
Evening star., 1933-10-18
CONFESSED MURDERER
ENTERS INSANITY PLEA
Twenty-Year-Old Says He Hanged
Youth Who Previously Beat
Him in Fist Fight.

BY the Associated Press.
FORT MORGAN. Colo, October 18.-
Herman Howell, 20, who signed two
confessions that he hanged Edward
Schilling, IA, as an April Fool day re-
venge three years ago for q beating he
had taken from his victim In a fist
fight. went on trial here yesterday on
q murder charge.
He pleaded not guilty and not guilty
by reason Of insanity.
Shillings body was found hanging
from q rafter in a shed at the family
been regarded as suicide until Howell
confessed the hanging to Sheriff r. A.
Johnston.
Evening star., 1933-10-18
DIVORCE DISCUSSION.
REFUSED BY MASSIE
Naval Officer, Whose Wife Figured
in Hawaiian Sensation, Says
It's Her Matter.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
SAN PEDRO. Calf, October 1S.-
Lieut.. Thomas H. Massie, husband Of
Mrs. Thalie Massie, central figure two
years ago in an assault and staying case
reports his wife might seek a divorce
Lieut.. Massie. on duty aboard the u
8. s. Oklahoma, said he did mot care
to discuss the report" and added. "it is
a matter entirely in the hands OF my
wife"
Evening star., 1933-10-18
Museum Guards Marksmen.

NEW YORK, R.-Just in case any
one has a greedy eye on treasures at the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art. we'll
The day and night shifts of guards
have been practising up with pistols,
and soon they are to hold competi-
ton in the museums basement for a
silver cup.
Pretty sharp craftsmanship is ex-
pected.
Evening star., 1933-10-18
FORECLOSURES DROP

Foreclosure proceedings throughout
the Nation decreased 90 per cent during
September as compared with the pre-
ceding month, according to the Division
of Research and Statistics, Federal
Home Loan Bank Board
The division made this announce
ment on the basis of an analysis of
reports from 1,037 communities that in
clude SAL per cent of the population Of
the United States.
Evening star., 1933-10-18
GEN. BURT0N's SON DIES
Henry n. Burton, 80, Of California
Was Columbia Graduate.

LOS ANGELES. October. ls LR.-
Henry H. Burton, so, son Of Gen. Henry
Hallock Burton Of Civil War fame, died
yesterday at his home In Culver City.
Burton was . graduate of Columbia
University. His mother before her mar
rtage was Maria Ruiz, member Of an old
Spanish family.