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The Washington times., 1934-11-20

officially informed that she and
King Vidor, famous film director,
are divorced.
81 wrote to my lawyer in Los
Angeles twice, but have received
no reply"
She saw Vidor not long ago in
Paris, Miss Boardman said, and
they "had a nice visit"
She is planning to stay in Paris
for several months, and may take
UP moving picture work in Europe.
The Washington times., 1934-11-20
Alexandria PIT. A.
To Hear DIR. Warner

DR.. Estella Ford Warner, of the
Public Health Department, Wash
ington, will speak at the meeting
of the Mount Vernon Parent
Teacher Association, Alexandria,
tonight at 8 o'clock in the George
Mason High School auditorium.
Mrs. H. w. Reid will preside
Evening star., 1934-10-16
Chief IrOy, Value
Claim, of Spinach
Supporters Lost
Editor Announces Other
Greens Can, Supply
Proper Nutrition.

Junior eat your spinachi This, the
cry Of Thousands Of mothers. need no
longer vex the hearts Of the Nations
youngsters. Other green's can supply
the nutrition value that Is to be had
from spinach.
Young green cabbage, lettuce, water
eress and beet greens, In fact almost
any leafy green vegetable Will sub
stitute for this vell touted green, ae-
eording to Mrs. Mary Pascoe Huddle-
son, editor Of the journal Of the
American Dletitic Association.
Forcing Of food such as this vege-
table. which has . bad psychological
effect. II not Of especial benefit to the
child. she said, particularly when
there are many more that viii give
the proper nutrition. This does not
mean that they each have the ideni-
cal value Of spinach. but they will
DO the same work, she added.
Another illustration of foods that
can be used instead Of another, Mrs.
Huddleson advised The Stars reporter,
II the use Of tomatoes for citrus fruits.
For . family Of sman means, touA-
toes either In cocktails o. raw can be
had at leas cost and ct practically the
aame vitanin value - oranges q
lemons.
Evening star., 1934-10-16

mission, completely Independent Of
any other form of transportation con-
troll.
He had little direct criticism to
make Of the present administration,
although he expressed the belief that
system Of trsnscontinental airmail
routes established BY former Post
master General Brown Was more en-
cdent than the system established fol-
lowing the airmail cancellations hst
February.
He agreed with the action Of the
administration divorcing aircraft
manufacturing from airline opera
tion. Airlines can develop to the
best advantage II they are free to
choose their equipment from the
open market.
In view Of the possibility Of regular
air transport flight up to ~ hcurs' du-
ration, Lindbergh said 1t is unwise Tor
the Government to establish . daily
limitation on flying hours for trans
port personnel.
TIVE Crews Seen - FLAMES.
I'VE can look forward within the
next few years to having at least two
crews on large planes, possibly with
one crew sleeping while the other
nies. especially on trausoceanic lines.
he said.
He sah h did not believe IN ths
use Of paraclutee for possengerA say
Ing that In practically every instance
accidents have happeed - quickly
they could not have besn used. u
Evening star., 1934-10-16
ISSUES /
! ARM|ST|CE PLEA
Calls Upon Public to OBJ
serve Close of World
War.

President Roosevelt today Issued Q
proclamation calling for the obser.
vance Of Armistice day, November II.
The proclamation calls upon Gov
ernment oficials to display the nag
on al Government buildings and In
utes the people Of the country to
observe the day with appropriate
ceremonies I'm schools, churches and
other suitable places.
The proclamation follows:
whereas the Eleventh Of November,
1918, marked the cessation Of the
most destructive, sanguinary and far
reaching war In human annals; and,
Whereas it is fitting that the re-
curing anniversary Of this date should
be commemorated by exercises de-
signed to perpetuate peace through
ing between nations; and.
Whereas Senate concurrent reso-
lutinn lS, Sixty-ninth Congress, pro-
vides, in part, that the President Of
the United States Is requested to issue
a proclamation calling upon officials to
display the nag Of the United States
on all Government buildings on No
vember II and inviting the people Of
the United States to observe the day
In schools and churches or other
suitable places with appropriate cere-
monies expressive Of our gratitude for
peace and our desire for the con-
tinaance Of friendly relations with all
other people;
Nov, therefore, ], Franklin d.
Roosevelt, President Of the United
States Of America, do hereby direct
that the flag of the United States be
displayed on all Government buildings
on November IL. 1884, and do invite
the people of the United States to
observe the day with appropriate cere-
monies In schools and churches or
other places.
I'm witness whereof, hereunto set
my hand and cause the seal OF the
United States to be afixed.
"(Signed)
'FRANKLN d. ROOSEVELT"
Evening star., 1934-10-16
LeaUis Scans PIav
Reviews Eagerly
Despite Denials
Not Particularly Excited,
but Asks Reporter Time
of Next Edition.

An eager, nervous Sinclair Lewis sat
In his hotel room this morning and
read press criticisms Of the premier
last night at the National Theater Of
his frst play, "JayhaWker." all the
while insisting that 1t vas al old stun
to him and he really wasn't getting
any particular kick out Of It.
II have been On the lecture plat
form too long for . play to have any
novelty" he said. every time . lee
turer speaks 4. In . way, . FIRST
night for him, % you zee there was
no reason why I should have been
particularly excited last night"
Did you see what he said about
IT." asked Mr.. Lewis, and with an
annoyed look he pushed q Newspaper
IN front Of the reporter.
"I thought that first act he finds
fault with went over big with the audi
ence. They ate 1t up"
After the reporter had left his room,
Lewis sent his secretary In pursuit.
'.Mr. Lewis wants to know what
time your paper Is out this afternoon, =
said the secretary.
llr. Lewis explained Why cries for
"authnr" went unheeded last night.
ANY first-night audience, II not
hissing . play, always calls for the
author said Lewis. Then II he ap-
pears and eongratulates the audience,
be hoks Ike IN ~ II the play later
fails"
Hs complained that entirely too
many persons were allowed to shake
hands with him last night
Evening star., 1934-10-16
j. S.-TOKIO NAVAL
DELEGATESARR|VE
England, in Umpire Role,
Seeks Compromise Be-
tween Conflicting Views.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 16.-American
and japanese delegates arrive today
for conversations on which hangs the
fate Of naval limitation.
His kitbag full of secret proposals
for a suggested new pact replacing the
Washington and London treaties, Ad-
miral Isoroku Yamamoto, delegate
from Toxic, disembarks from the
Berengaria at Southampton.
Norman H. Davis. Americas disciple
Of disarmament, arrives with Rear Ad-
miral william II. STANDBY. naval ad-
wiser, on the Manhattan at Plymouth.
Great Britain. somewhat in the role
Of an umpire, hopes to effect q COM
promise between conflicting American
and japanese views-admittedly an
extremely difficult task-and save
naval limitation from being scrapped
Japan's big gun in this peacetime
naval battle, Admiral Yamamoto, is
expected to announce plans of his
country to denounce the Washington
treaty later this year. But even
Tsuneon Matsudaira, japanese Am
haasador to London. does not know
the full extent of the program.
The bilateral conversations, which
are being held to determine whether
. successful general naval conference
may be held in 1895, may last for sew
eral weeks. The ffrst ofacial meeting
probably VII be held Thursday.
Evening star., 1934-10-16
BODY OF P0INCARE
REMAINS IN STUDY
Nuns Watch Over Cohin, Which
Will Be Taken to Pantheon.
Funeral Saturday.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. October l6.-The body of
former President Raymond Poincare
lay in his study today. watched over
by nuns, while President Albert lie
Brun was speeding to Belgrade.
There he will pay Frances tribute
TO King Alexander, whose killing on
French soil hastened Poincare's end
The great Frenchman died early
yesterday.
The coffin, as Poincare desired, was
of plain oak with silver handles and
was lined with blue satin. Its plate
bears the simple inscription: Ray
mond Poincare, Twentieth of August,
1860-Fifteenth Of October, 1884"
! The casket will be taken to the
Pantheon to Lie in state - France
pays her last tribute to him.
T, The funeral will be held Saturday
Burial will be in the little family
cemetery at Nubecourt. near Bar-le-
DUO.
Evening star., 1934-10-16

thought carrying Of parsehutes would
increase the hasard through their i'm.
proper use.
Private nying In the United States b
not developing as rapidly - Il should.
in Lindbergh's opinion, due largely to
lack Of proper types of airplanes for
this purpose. The industry has been
concentrating On develcpment a air.
transport planes, and Il may be neces-
saTy for the Government to aid the
develOpment Of aircraft for private
fying.
Deniss Standard Lowered.
IindberEh denied mat the standard
Of skin required Of air-transport pilots
has been deereassd By ths improve
ment Of airplanes o. hying equipment.
Manual skin Of higher order than
ever before y necessary. especially On
the large new Airiiners, he said.
He expressed belief that American
technical development leads the world
He Was emphatic on this point, add
ing, 81 don't think there b any doubt
shn1t that"
The hearing room On the seventh
h0W u TIE new Commerce Depart
mnt Building was 1lled TO capacity
throughout the morning. Many lead
efs q the aviation industry were In
the catherine, among them 1IliOtt
Roosevelt, son Of the President.
Ccmdr. ?. v. II. Weezns. who tsught
LkndbsFyh Navigation. ms an inter-
ested spectatog.
Evening star., 1934-10-16
:REFINANcING BILL
I; INTRODUCTION SEEN
Senator Frazier to Bring Up Meas
ure Again at Next .Ses-
sion Of Congress.

Dy the Associated Press.
~ BISMARCK, N. OAK, October l6-
United States Senator Lynn J. Frazier.
Republican, North Dakota, said in .
statement here yesterday that the
Frazier-Lemke refinancing bin, Of
which he Is q co-author, would be
reintroduced at the next session Of
Congress, with amendments and
changes to meet existing conditions.
Republican and Democratic sena-
tors in the United States Congress
vote together on all important issues. !"
he said in his statement. land the
Progressive group in both branches
of Congress is fighting for bettering
conditions Of the farmer, the laborer
and small business man.
I'VE advocate cost Of production
for farm products and lower rate
Of interest for refinancing Of existing
Indebtedness. II our American farm-
ers are to retain their farms and
homes they must have lower rate Of
interest and easier terms Of pay
ment'
Senator Frazier. who Is engaged
M campaign for reelection, did
not amplify this statement.
Evening star., 1934-10-16

Continued From First Page)
expanded future air transport activi-
ties involving use Of larger airplanes
than any known today, capable Of
flying - hours nonstop at such high
attitudes that passenger cabins must
be supercharged to provide suitable
atmophere to sustain Life.
The pilots Of these planes must be
more skillful than any in the past
and must be trained engineers as well,
he said. Lindbergh said that al
though heavier-than-air transporta-
ton apparently has some advantages
over airships, 1--WE have not reached
the time when any frst-class nation
can afford to drop airship develop
ment."
Present Business Inadequate.
Eventually air transport lines win
be able to operate without govern
ment subsidy, but for the present
passenger and express business b not
sufncient to justify reduction Of air.
mail aid hy the Government. h sid.
Lindbelgh Gdvocated creation q .
peEmansnt Ysdeflf Aviation oom-
Evening star., 1934-10-16
1Cure-Aus" in Dieting Exposed
In Display at Contention Here
Quacks Still Aduertise Certain @Types"
Viii Make Success Only BY Eating
Specially Prepared Tablets.

advertised by 'builders Of humanity"
Apparently, due to the. unflAeging
efforts Of reputable medical societies
and repeal Of prohibition, the old
patent medicine business u fiaggtng.
So some Of the most notorious names
associated with medical quackery In
the past have now turned their atten-
tion to the golden harvest to be Teaped
from patent foods. To combat them.
says DR.. Mitchell. Il one Of the fore
most tasks before scientific dietttians.
Most Fight Ssperstitisa.
I'VE stand today" she said. "just
about In the position Of chemistry
when It was trying to shake on al
chemy. We must fight Q vast amount
Of popular superstition. The medical
profession is cooperating. One Of Its
services has been to show that the old
idea Of an empty stomach and clear
mind Is pure nonsense. Lord c. Of
England. thought 70 and went to .
dietary quack's establishment for re-
ducing diet When he entered he was
reading Gibbon. Two weeks later the
heaviest reading he could stand was
Alice In Wonderland
There Is no cure-all In diet, say
Dr. Mitchell Above AL there n nc
foundation for the idea Of chemical
types with widely varying dietary
needs. Most folks not on starvation
rations get most Of the things they
need anyway. There II such . thing
as dietary therapy., which should b
in the hands Of Q competent physiciAu
and the various food pills have far
less real eficiency than the most
notorious Of the old patent medicines
which were 90 per cent alcohol and
actually did furnish the pious with
expensive but morally approved 5ags
which gave them q bouyant feeling
before retiring. None of the food
pills-unless they are full of "hop.
which Is against the law-can dc
even that.
All sorts Of Oriental plants with
magical powers are mentioned In the
advertising. Nothing Is known scien-
tffcally Of their poperties. 1t ID
pointed out. and in many cases
botanists declare they do not even
exist. Most of the cure-alls are ad-
vertised In cheap magazines which 60
to the homes of the uneducated.
Some are exploited by mystical So
cieties which combine food fads and
communications about where Aunt
Maude lost her ring from the dis
embodied spirit Of Red Eagle. the
Choctaw chief.
How little the world has changed
In four centuries" mutters the graft
ied shade Of Herr Doktor Bombastua
Paracelcus g he turns back to Limbo
Evening star., 1934-10-16

Our officials agree that II European
statesmen in 1914 had acted as wisely
~ Mussolini there would have been
no World War. Even Soviet Russia
il coming to his Aid now. Karl Radek
has come out with . leading editorial
in Izvestia charging that the German
Naxis may have been responsible for
the Alexander assassination. That b
q clever move to divert Yugoslavian
suspicious from Italy, and to crack
down on Der Fuehrer. (The Russians
really believe Hitler has made i've
year secret military alliance with the
Japanese.)
The best analysts Of the inside
situation In the Far East is Robert
Picken's good netc book Dtth the
bad title: Storm Clouds Ouer
Asia" For once some one has
written sincerely about the Far
East ,pithout being secretly sHbsi-
died either b. the Japanese or the
ChiHese.
The most inaccessible man In Wash
ington Is Crime Pursuer Hoover. He
answers the telephone for only three
men.
Wholesale produce people are an
smoked up about inside efforts Of the
A. A. A. to make potatoes . basic
commodity. They know the A. A. A.
does not intend to put . processing
tax on potatoes, but fear thats the
whole produce lleld may thereby b
opened up to A. A. A. jurisdictio4.
The Treasury and the Justice De.
partmeuts are not speaking 10 osch
Evening star., 1934-10-16
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

The spinster Of 50 can be changed
into the flapper Of 10.
Hair can be made to grow on bald
heads.
The plain features can be made
beautiful.
One can be cured easily and quickly
Of CASTRO intestinal diseases. uremia.
high blood pressure, thyroid deficiency,
malaria, acidosis. colitis, arterio
sclerosis, stomach ulcers. athletes foot
and dandruff.'
All these wonders can be accom-
plished by the proper diet-on the
authority of the great Persian phil
osopher Abdhul Babba and the en-
thusiastic advertising Of the naturo-
pats ct al The shade of the Herr
doktor Bombastiis Paracelous, greatest
Of quacks, would be envious could It
hover q while over the exhibits Of
quack dietary advertising at the meet
ing of the American Dietetic ASso-
citation here
But the herr dolEtor would also b
flattered bit, for the very same hum.
bug which he broadcast over Europ(
back on the edge Of the Dark Ages Il
being fed to the credulous American
public today, as demonstrated by DR.
Helen Mitchell, professor Of physiology
and nutrition at Battle Greek College
who has been making q collection ol
the current lunacies. Herr Bombastus
it will be recalled. spent some invol-
untary years In the salt mines Of
Silesia and came out Of them with q
doctrine of chemical types" Of meu
and women which, after due consul.
tation Of the stars, should be fed spe.
cific sorts of diets.
Quacks Still ut It.
And today, as Dr.. Mitchell's collec.
ton shows, the quacks sttll are adver.
ttsing the potassium type. the sodium
type. the nitrogen type and the cal.
cum type. None Of them ever VII
make q success Of life unless they cal
the specially prepared patent food tab.
lets free trial package for &1-te
be had Of DIR. Ignatx sntmepaw. Nat
p. and doctor Of divine metaphysics
One type needs raw meat. Another
must have . cooling diet" and must
eat raw meat. Stin another must
have lots Of proteins and no sodium
for the two don't mix.
There are patent vegetable tablets
There are pills containing calcium
the stan Of life" There are mineral
tablets and mineral teas. There are
all sorts of fat reducing diets-admir.
ably adapted to take al the water oul
Of the body and nothing else. There
are -triumphs Of biological science
Evening star., 1934-10-16
ROOSEVELT PLANS
UPHELD BY WEST
Representative Tells Typothetae
Program Rests on Definite
Constitutional Sanction.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October l6.-Represent-
ative Charles West, Democrat, Of
Ohio, yesterday told delegates to the
18th annual convention Of the United
Typothetae Of America that every
measure Of the Roosevelt program
rests upon definite constitutional
sanction"
"The question Of the delegation Of
authority TO the President) has been
presented to the Supreme Court not
once, but many times" he said. ~and
in every instance the procedure has
been upheld.
For the critics TO say that delega-
ton Of authority under constitutional
provisions, or that the recovery pro-
betray their ignorance Of the records
Of the Federal courts during the last
year"
West said the recovery program in
its vital provisions has already been
upheld by the Supreme Court, by the
Federal courts In II States and BY the
State courts in 10 States.
The critics mistake cooperation
for regimentation," he said. They
seek to discredit the whole program
by identifying It with unpopular and
mflitaristic alien schemes.s
Frank ]. Smith, president Of the
United Typothetae, said the printers
code has been worth al that Il has
cost IN the way Of time and money"
Evening star., 1934-10-16
FOOD SUPPL 0. K.
DESPITE DROUGHT
Dr.. Ezekiel Tells Dietetic
Group Only Beef and
Hogs Affected.

The drought has not affected the
food supply Of the country as . whole
except In the case Of beef and hogs,
DR.. Mordecai Ezekiel, economic ad-
wiser to the Secretary of Agriculture.
told the convention Of the American
Dietetic Association in their opening
meeting at the Mayfiower Hotel.
Our drought, according to DR..
Ezekiel. was worse than any famine In
Russia in recent years. but because Of
our wen equipped transportation sys-
tenn, We have been able to conquer the
possible shortage Of food. We follow
3 different method from Russia, he
pointed out, here We kill the animals
10 that the people won't starve. There
the people die because the food can't
be Transferred from the localities
where It Is abundant.
Fed Habits Inpreving.
America instead Of having . food
surplus would have to increase pro-
duction II every family could have .
q 500 income and would eat hberal
but inexpensive diet he said. Previous
to the depression the food habits OF
the people OF America had been i'm
proving for the last decade but since
then, because of the high Transports
ton rates our balanced standard OF
living feIl on in some fields.
The second address Of the morning
session was made by Marjorie Hesel-
tine. nutritionist of the Federal Emer-
sency Relief Administration. In her
speech she explained that all but five
Of the States have dietitians on their
relief stan as advisers. With the small
amount Of money given to each MEM
ber on the relief rolls. advice on the
foods that Win give them the proper
diet u almost necessary.
Weight Reduction Rssdble.
American women could reduce II
they followed the habits Of the Japan
ere women, Helen Pond Of st. Luke's
Hospital, Toxic, Japan, said in m ad-
dress this morning on "A japanese
Dietary Department" These Nippon
ladies, she explained. sit on the moor
while resting and the exercise derived
from getting up and sitting down ma
turally reduces their waistlipe.
The diet sponsored by the dietitians
over there is based on the japanese
foods, but quite often, she added, the
Americans can not eat this and have
to have their own native diet.
Mental Hygiene - Prevention Not
Cure" was discussed by Martha Mac
Lear Of the Wilson Teachers' College,
at another sexsion. What the Bureau
Of Home Economics Does for the Con-
sllmer." by Louise Stanley. Bureau Of
Home Economics Of the U. 8. d. A.,
completed the mornings program.
Evening star., 1934-10-16
COMMERCIAL FIRMS
SELL Cement TO IVA.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, October 16.--
Arthur e. Morgan, chairman Of the
Tennessee valley Authority, announced
yesterday that the authority had de-
cided to buy from commercial pro-
ducers the 5000 900 barrels Of cement
required for construction of dams and
power plants In the Tennessee Valley.
instead Of manufacturing its own
cement.
The decision followed the opening
Of bids here yesterday.
The price for cement delivered to
Norris dam In East Tennessee was an
nounced as $1.73s4 . barrel. and to
Joe Wheeler dam in Alabama, Sl.s79s
Q barrel