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Evening star., 1933-10-29

-- HERE'S gold in the waves of the
Chesapeake, yet men today are
breaking their backs scraping puny
living out of depths which would
yield millions.
Tonged and dredged and tonged
again for generations the rich oyster rocks Of
the Big Bay and its saline tributaries which
once provided good living for the mere taking
now are nearing exhaustion Thriving little
towns, picturesque and happy, are falling on
evil days. Men and their families are seeking
livelihood elsewhere. Well-kept vessels which
once raced smartly to markets with decks awash
under loads of meaty bivalves now work des-
perately. fouled by the handicap of repair needs
which scant money won't meet, or they lie idle
at rotting wharves while their owners speak
sagely of "the roaring 80's"-the golden age
of the oyster in their waters
Legislatures tack about through shoals of
minority protest and political palaver to pro-
duce measures which seek to conserve the
oyster stock and succeed only in prolonging the
dying agonies of once great industry. Be-
wi.dered oystermen prowl some of the waters
of the Chesapeake Bay country dredging public
beds which laws say must be tonged and are
dubbed "oyster pirates for their trouble. The
crack of rifles occasionally punctuates the fixed
quiet of other stretches of the water country
where "oyster wars" are fought over disputed
Evening star., 1933-10-29

stand behind ro.ting piles that stir wearily with
the rise and fall of the tides.
The practice that has bled a great industry
TO an anemic thing that bids fair to die would
be called silly" procedure by any shore
going layman if he saw it applied to agricul-
tural produce. Suppose man relied upon nature
to supply him with vegetables; that he simply
sought to 60 into the woods and fields and
pluck from among the weeds and underbrush
there wild potatoes and wild berries for his
sustenance; that he refused to undertake to
cultivate land crops. Fantastic as that seems
in this day Of highly developed agriculture, that
is precisely what is being done with regard to
both Maryland's and Virginia's underwater
crops
Then why can't agricultural practices Of
planting, cultivation and harvesting be used In
the oyster industry? Scientists say they can
and the comparatively few oyster planters in
Maryland and Virginia have proved them right.
Why, then. aren't oysters "farmed" on wide
scale in the Chesapeake Bay country? That is
what scientists who have studied the oyster
want to know 1t is what industrialists want
to know. And that Is the question which buSi-
ness men are asking.
w all right, but they are the kind that for
years have provoked disgust. and profanity, on
the part of men who really know oysters.
First of all. it would be well to inquire
whether oyster farming really would be prac-
ticable. AS a matter of fact it is practicable
because it is practiced to some extent right
here in the Chesapeake Bay country, the coun-
try which is watching other States forge ahead
of it oyster producers by Jealous plant
ing than either Maryland Virginia have
been willing to undertake or allow. But oyster
farming in these two States is carried on under
unfavorable conditions. Each State forbids
private enterprise to cultivate oysters on the
more than 2Oo0 900 acres of natural oyster ground
which it holds public beds" Despite this,
however, planters are growing marketable
oysters On water bottoms which formerly pro-
duced oysters at all proving, the scientists
contend that oyster culture is SO practicable
that it will earn wealth on grounds where even
nature herself never intended oysters to grow.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
ROCKET. To FLY
To 'STRATO'
ROSETTA

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. q
G.N.S0.-Plans for an attempt to
shoot a rocket IS miles into the
stratosphere were being made
here today after a Completely
successful" test of a small rocket
motor by the Cleveland Rocket
Society.
Although hampered by a blind.
ing snowstorm and a stinging
wind, members of the group, in
cluding Ernst Loebell, young Ger
man engineer, conducted the test
on a secluded estate near here,
The motor, only six inches in
length, threatened to rip loose
from its heavy steel moorings, so
great was its power.
Loebell declared a larger motor
would be built and that it would
be installed in a rocket for a test
flight, probably next spring. He
also disclosed that an attempt
would be made to control the
flight of the rocket by radio.
If further tests are completed
successfully, it may be possible
to carry a cargo Of mail from
Cleveland to Los Angeles in two
or three hours by radio con.
trolled rocket, he said.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
40 Rebels Are Killed
In Airdrome Bombing

SHANGHAI, Dec. 27 GN.SD.
The Chuangohang headquarters
of the Fukien province rebels were
bombed in another Nanking gov
ernment air raid today, 40 being
killed by a score of bombs which
registered IL hits at rebel air
drome.
This brought the total casualties
of successive air raids since Sat-
urday to nearly 100.
'As the raids were in progress
the Marking government officially
confirmed that American free
lance pilots were taking a leading
part in the air attacks.
Nanking said more raids were
contemplated and that the head
Of the Nationalist army was ad-
vancing toward Yenping in a con-
certed drive to Subdue the rebel
province, which several weeks ago
announced it's secession from Ihe
Marking government.
The situation took on a grave
international character as high Of
ficerS of the Japanese army were
summoned to Shanghai from va
riouS Chinese points to discuss pos
sib4e action in Fukien province.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
SEES
BIC DEFICIT
BY International New. Service

BY international News Service
Government deficit for the
current fiscal year chargeable
to recovery will be very large,
President Roosevelt admitted to-
day at a White House press con-
ference.
The President explained, how
ever, that ordinary expenditures
of the Government are running
only slightly ahead of receipts.
The fundamental difference
exists between appropriations and
expenditures, it was pointed out,
with the former often running
far ahead of the latter.
AS an example. the President
cited the $3,3OO.OO0,00O appropri-
alton made last spring for pub
lie works. A large part of this
appropriation will be spent dur
ing the current fiscal year, but
the last may not be spent be-
fore 1886.
The President made it plain
that daily Treasury balance
sheets, which often show a
large cash surplus, are not an
accurate index to a balanced
budget,
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
SPECIALISTS
HOPEFUL Of
SAV|NGL|FE
Famed Speed Pilot Defies Fog
and Ice in Dash With Infant
From Texas to Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Dec. q G.N.S).
Chubby little Sue Trammell, five
months old, stretched dimple
hands toward a new chance at
life and health today after win
ming her first battle-a spec
tacular dash with Jimmy Wedell,
speed pilot, through the sleet and
snow of a 12-hour flight from
Houston, Tex.
Brain specialists at Johns Hop
kins Hospital today awaited the
right moment to operate in an ef-
fort to save little Sues life.
Operation Waits
The specialists are Drs. Paul
Kunkel and Walter Dandy. With
them, waiting and watching anx-
iously, were Sues parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Elliott Trammell, who
attended the baby during the
hazardous flight.
Following an examination Of
the baby, Drs. Dandy and Kunkel
postponed an operation for several
days.
The child's malady was dag
nosed as hydro-cephaluS. The
physicians announced she was
resting comfortably.
Defying death and the chal-
lenge Of hazardous flying weather,
Wedell early today brought his
racing monoplane to landing at
Logan Field here.
The infant was transferred i'm
mediately from Wedell's plane to
a waiting ambulance and rushed
to Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Mother Carries Child
Aided by Anne Swinson, a
nurse who had attended the child
since she was stricken with q
brain affliction last week, and
ambulance attaches, Mrs. Tram
mel bore little Sue, we'll blan-
keted against the cold, to the
ambulance.
Wedell, summoned to Houston
yesterday .ftrenoon when loctors
there advised the operation be per-
formed. was accompanied here by
the baby's parents and her grand
mother Mrs. w. w. Fondren.
Despite reports Of storms and
(continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
BANK ROBBERS
K|DNAP 8
VIVIAN

MARLIN, Tex, Dec. 81 G.N.s0.
Two bank robbers kidnapped three
persons and escaped with Sal, 900
from the vaults of the First State
Bank of Marlin early today.
After looting the vaults, the two
seized M. v. Bradshaw, cashier of
the bank; Miss Anda Peyton, the
bookkeeper, and Lee D. Hum
phries, a porter, and forced them
into a waiting automobile.
Officers patrolled all highways
of central Texas in search of the
gunner. Bradshaw was believed
to have been Slugged. Witnesses
said they saw him carried from
the bank and dumped into the
automobile.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
AN n EX
NEW LAND To
MANCHUKUO
Claim All Territory North
of Great Wall; Build Air
Field in Mongolia

PEIPING, Dec. 81 GN.SD.-A
Japanese proclamation, claiming
inner Mongolia in behalf Of the
young Japanese controlled Man.
chukuo government, was shown to
the Chinese war minister today
by Gen. chin Teh-Shun, civil af-
fairs commission Of Chahar prov
ince. The proclamation stated:
"All territory north Of the
Great Wall belongs to Manchu-
kuO, and japanese and Man
chukuO troops are responsible
for peace and order there"
General Chin advised the war
minister that the japanese are
building an air field at Kuyuan,
go miles north of Kelgan, in Mon
golia, and that the rebel leader
Chi Wen-Ping hao mobiliged an
army at Shanhaikwan, under jap
anese supervision, which was ready
to repeat the former disturbances
in the Luantung triangle, powder
box territory in North China.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
GRANT KIN SUES
FOR DIVORCE

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 27
GN.SO.-Suit for divorce was
filed by Mrs. Bruce Smith, the
former Princess Bertha Canta-
cuzene of Rumania, against her
husband today in Jefferson circuit
court here.
Mrs. Smith is a granddaughter
Of former President U. S. Grant.
She and Smith were married Oc-
tober 10, 1925, in Washington,
D. c., and separated october IA,
1888, according to her petition.
They have one child, Bruce
Michel Smith, % months old,
whose custody will go to the
father by terms of the petition.
Under a property agreement
each valves what now is held by
the other. Mrs. Smith now is a
resident of Sarasota county,
Florida.
Smith is the son of Thomas
Floyd Smith, president of the
Louisville Paper Company, and
is a nephew of the late Mayor
George w. Smith, Of Louisville,
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
BLOC FIGHTS
UNIFIED j. s.
BANKPLAN
Wall Street Proposal Certain
To Meet Opposition From
State Bank BaCkerS
" International News Service

BY lmteRnaC1OnAl N0Wb SOENICO
Campaigns of Wall Street
bankers for legislation creating
a United States banking system,
appeared doomed today to failure
at the coming session Of Congress
because of opposition from a
strong State bank bloc.
The State bank bloc demon
strated it's strength last summer
bv forcing inclusion OF State
banks in the Federal guaranty OF
bank deposits.
This provision has given the
Government real problem,
since the Deposit Insurance Cor
poration and Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation must decide
how to include some 500 State
banks, which have impaired capi-
tai.
On the other hand, 1000 State
banks outside the Federal Re
serve System were strong enough
to qualify for Federal insurance
without governmental aid.
Headed by Aldrich
The demand for a unified bank.
ing system was started in Wall
Street months ago. Winthrop
w. Aldrich, head Of the Chase
National Bank, was among the
first to advocate it.
Now the Guaranty Trust Com
pany, dominated by j. P. Morgan
& Co., has Joined the crusade.
Both Aldrich and Guaranty Of
ficials declared it should be ap-
preached by extending branch
banking by national banks.
Aldrich proposed modification
of the banking laws to permit
branch banking by national banks
throughout their own States, in
towns under $4,000 population, de-
spite State laws to the contrary.
He urged national banks be al.
lowed to take over small State
banks and to establish branches
in small towns having no State
banks.
Aldrich said:
"After the smallest banks had
been brought together in sub
stantial systems on q large scale,
it wOud then be possible to take
the further step Of bringing to-
gether into large organizations
the substantial units thus Gre
ated. Ultimately the larger
groups could be unified into .
single Federal SySteHln=--all under
the Federal Reserve Board"
Trust Proposed
The guaranty trust proposal
was along similar lines. It urged
the bank be authorized to elect
ope-half the membership Of the
Federal Reserve Board, which
would control the giant single sys-
tenn.
Both unification of banks and
division of control Of the Federal
Reserve Board were certain to de-
velop tremendous opposition in
the present Congress. At the last
session the State bank bloc won
every major battle.
Senator Long (D) Of Louisiana
led the bloc in the Senate. He
served notice then he would fight
every move to eliminate State
banks. In view of his success last
summer, observers felt the unified
system would fail at the coming
session.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
Lunach0rsky Dies
At MentOne, France

MENTONE, France, Dec. 27
of applications in regional Of
G.N.S0. Anatole Lunacharsky,
noted Russian writer and peo-
ple's commissar for education
from 1917 to 1929, died today of
heart disease. Among Lunachar-
sky's most important works was
play, "Oliver Cromwell"
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
SALOONS CAUSE
ROOSEVELT IRE

BY International News Service
President Roosevelt today re-
affirmed his opposition to a re-
turn of the old-fashioned saloon
and pointed anew to the Demo-
cratic national platform pledge
of 1882 declaring against this
form of liquor dispensary.
Mr.. Roosevelt's statement was
made in reply to a questioner's
remark that 5000 old-fashioned
saloons are reported to be operat-
ing in Chicago alone.
Complaints on the return OF
the saloon have been received by
the President from Missouri and
other States, he declared.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
Endurance Women
Flu Into 7th Dau

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. q G.N.SO.
Endurance flight of Frances Har-
rel MarsaliS and Helen Richey en-
tered its seventh day today and
found the young women begin
ming to feel the strain as they ap-
preached the present record mark
of eight days and four hours.
They will equal the record at
500 p. m. tomorrow if they re-
main aloft.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
ICE IS TOO THIN
FOR SKATING

Prospect Of ice skating on the
Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool
was greeted with enthusiasm to-
day as ice one-half inch thick
formed on the pool.
Skaters gathered there this
morning, but park police were on
hand to warn them the ice was
still unsafe.
It will take about three days
of below freezing temperature to
form ice on the pool that will be
safe for skating. Two and half
inches of ice is required.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
Chief of ReichSJUehr
Tenders RESIGNATION

BERLIN, Dec. q G.N.SO.
Gen. Baron Kurt Won Hammer
stein Equord submitted his resig-
nation to President Won Hinden-
burg today as chief of the Reichs-
wehr. The resignation was &C
cepted as Of February /. General
Won Hammerstein gave no rea-
sons. but differences with the
Nszis were believed responsible.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
Roosevelt Studies
NeIU Trade SetUpS
By International Nawa sarvica

By lnteFhatiOnaI News Service
Grants and charts for the new
Government Foreign Trade Cor
poration, to be headed by former
Farm Administrator George N.
Peek, today were before President
Roosevelt for his consideration.
Peek's set-up included the pro-
posed farm trade corporation
proper together with tie-ups be-
tween this corporation and the
Commerce, Agriculture and State
Departments.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
ME ERCURY \
To TOUCH
z ABOVE
ZERO
Frigid Spell Stays, Mercury
Climbs 2 Degrees by Noon;
Gales Lash Seaboard

Despite the best efforts Of
brightly shining sun, winter kept
it's icy grip on washington to-
day and a thermometer that had
hit a new seasons low Of IA
above" at 8 a. m. had climbed
only two degrees at noon and
the official forecaster predicted
"12 above" for tonight and a
probable break in the cold wave
tomorrow.
1t will be the coldest night so
far this winter.
In the Northwestern and Mid.
western States, sub-zero weather,
with a death toll estimated at
30, was still prevailing, and in
the Northeastern section further
temperature drops were predicted
to follow in the wake Of rain,
snow and gales.
Railroad traffic was severely
handicapped all over the country.
Bus schedules we're interrupted
and airplaneS grounded.
48 Below the Mark
While Washingtonians Shivered
in frigid breezes and turned up
coat collars, Lake Edward, Que
bee, was reported to be the cold
est spot on the continent with
48 degrees below zero, and Los
Angeles, in sharp contrast, re-
ported officially "skies fair" and
a minimum night temperature of
so degrees above zero.
At Chicago the mercury dropped
to 9 below and a death-dealing
blizzard claimed the lives Of eight
fishermen in Lake Michigan.
Chicago reported six deaths from
exposure, New York two, and New
England States nine.
On many highways in counties
adjacent to the District snow
plows and manpower we're called
into service and in the Damascus
area of Montgomery county some
roads were reported to be i'm
passable.
Record N. Y. Snow
New York. while escaping the
subzero weather, was poking its
nose out of a 10.7-inch snowfall,
it's heaviest in seven years.
A gale, reaching a maximum OF
30 miles an hour, swirled blind
ing snow over the metropolitan
area. An army of $4,000 unem-
ployed was called to clear streets
and roadways.
While all planes we're grounded
here yesterday during the heavy
snowfall. one passenger plane
zoomed into Hoover Airport early
this morning and two regularly
scheduled planes took off at 8
a. m.
"WOrSt in Years"
When the mercury started skid
ding last night. Slush formed by
the combination snow and rain"
storm turned streets and bridges
here into icy traffic menaces. But
although police reported number
Of minor collisions and accidents,
no persons were reported seriously
hurt in falls on the treacherous
sidewalks.
The Weather Bureau reported
that the cold wave originated off
the coast of the Carolinas and
spread a blanket of snow along
the entire northeastern seaboard.
Coast guardsmen described the
storm as "the worst in years"
Huge waves threatend to destroy
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The Washington times., 1933-12-27
Roosevelt to Name
ROUer'S Successor

President Roosevelt, it was in
dicated at today's press confer
ence, will take up the matter of
appointing a District Attorney
and a member of the Public Utili-
ties Commission with Postmaster
General Farley within a week or
10 days.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27
Roosevelt, Farley
Talk on PATRONAGE
BY international News Service

BY international News Service
Returned from a trip to Europe,
Postmaster General James A.
Farley today called at the White
House to discuss with President
Roosevelt political conditions in
European countries. Patronage
also was discussed.
The Washington times., 1933-12-27

NEW YORK, Dec. q G.N.S).
Senator William Gibbs McAdoo
of California was speeding by
plane to this city today from the
West Coast to be at the bedside
of his daughter, Mrs. Edward S.
Cowles, who is seriously ill with
pneumonia.
McAdoo is flying via Dallas,
Tex; Shreveport, La; and Wash
ington. Accompanied by his private
secretary, Miss Vera Ward, and
with Capt. Harry Ashe as pilot
of his private plane, Senator Nc
Adoo hoped off yesterday.
Mrs. Cowles, who was the for
mer Madame Mona de Mohren-
The Washington times., 1933-12-27

schildt, is in the Park Avenue
Hospital, private institution
operated by her husband, DR.. Ed
ward Spencer Cowles, prominent
physician.
Four other doctors also have
been called in to attend Mrs
Cowles, who showed slight i'm
provement last night, according
to a bulletin.
Mrs. Cowles married the noted
New York neurologist and pyS'
chiatrist in April, 1927.
Her husband and Drs. Evan M.
Evans, j. V. Donnet, Irving Ross,
and Alvin Barrach are attending
her.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-06-02
BRING AROUND THE
LEFT SIDE

0NE of the most prevalent faults
" is failure to let the left side turn
around to the right on the backswing.
Even those golfers who do, are often
far short of a complete turn. One
reason for this is that they want to
guide the stroke and not being con-
fident of their swing turn but little.
They take the club back with the Gus
tomary wrist and arm movement but
allow the left side to remain where
it was for fear of destroying their
balance. The proper method is to
let the left shoulder turn naturally
as the left arm is taking the club
back until the backswing is complete.
In some cases the players back is
practically at right angles to the OBJ
jective. Macdonald Smith affords a
fine example of this turn and at the
top of the swing is set to hit from
the inside out with perfect balance
and freedom. In this position full use
can be made of the left arm. Smith is
a firm advocate of complete ,vot
and lays the blame for much cf the
slicing on this failure to turn enough.
@. 1884, Bell syndicate.-wNU Service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-06-02

very foolish every time he thought Of
how Short-Tail had been one of his
neighbors for so long and all the time
had been mistaken by him for men,
Der of the Mole family.
So Peter said nothing to anyone,
not even to little Mrs. Peter, but re-
solved to make up for lost time. The
very first chance he got he slipped
over to the old log where he had met
Short-Tail. He intended to make q
call. Now Peter couldn't see under
the old log. so he couldn't tell whether
Siiort-Tal was there or not. He called
but got no answer. He thumped with
his feet. Finally he thumped right on
top Of the old log itself, and then
looked quickly to see If anyone ran
out. No one did. It was quite plain
that Short-Tai wasn't there.
Then Peter remembered what Short
Tail had said about his private little
paths, and jumping down from the
old log he began to look for them.
Now it didn't take Peter long to find
d uttic PAIN, lOE IAcAC was VAO lcuuiiS
right away from one end of the old
log. 1t wasn't much of path. Of
course such a little fellow as Short
Tail wouldn't make much of a path
1t was very much like one of the pri-
vate little paths of Whitefoot the
Wood Mouse. In fact Peter would
have supposed that this was just what
it was, had it not been for what Short.
Tail had said. 1t was only about half
an inch wide.
"He told me to follow his path and
we might meet" said Peter to him
self, there being no one else to talk to.
So he started to follow the little path.
Presently he came to another little
path, and where the two little paths