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Evening star., 1934-03-24
MAN SEEKS WIFE HERE
New Mexico Widower Wants
Bride "0f Means"

Chairman Norton Of the House
District Committee yesterday was
asked to help a man in Carlsbad. N.
Mex, find some lonesome woman Of
means and ability whom he could
marry $50 that they could obtain the
best things in life in marriage"
This commission was received on
post card signed by George o. Strand,
who requested Mrs. Norton to get the
cooperation of real live reporter" :"
Strand described himself as q as
year-old widower, without children. .
painter paperhanger and glazier;
born'in Minneapolis July 2s, 1883.
Evening star., 1934-03-24

was strictly prohibited and those who
offended were punished without
mercy.
lone name is fsun ts'ao. fire plant.
It breads frost and snow. Thousands
who plant it make elevated plots, and
each plant has rice straw placed be-
side it so that on frosty nights this
may be used to cover 1t. The hand
labor is greater than that involved in
cultivating and wedding the grain
crops and the fertilizing materials
are double those needed for vegetables
Boys and girls smoked it and fathers
and elder brothers could not forbid.
People have abandoned farming and
applied themselves to gardening, so
that rice and other grains daily be-
come dearer."
+
Among the curiosities Kuo describes
is the tots 'ai-or ship vegetable which
he describes as "a mushroom which
grows on the rudders of old sea-going
junks. 1t tastes salty and slightly
sweet The herbals regard it as a
specific cure of ying (goitre); chieh-
Chi congestion of air in the BODY
and -yin-illness accompanied by
great thirst. 1t is obtained from old
boats which are tied up and out of
use,
The sweet potato is described as an
elixir of life since those who eat it
live to be 100 years old
Evening star., 1934-03-24
Book Received Here Pleads
Cause of Slain Elephants
japanese Author Champion of Giant
AnimaI-Chinese Volume Tells of
Reception of Tobacco in Orient.

lively the only orang-outan ever born
with a tail"
The mermaid was a more difficult
proposition for the rival. 1t was ad-
vertised. as from the Fiji Islands. /"
The best he could do was to find a
veteran Navy officer who testified that
he had made many voyages in the
neighborhood Of the Fiji Islands, never
had seen O mermaid, and didn't be-
Ieve there was any such creature.
This was striking testimony Of the
rarity and seclusiveness Of the siren,
Barnum replied.
Early Evils of
Tobacco i'm China.
Among the rare Chinese books Just
added to the Oriental collections of
the Library Of Congress Is one which
tells of the first introduction Of to-
bacco-an event which caused great
CONSERVATION.
Says Kuo Po-ts'ang, the learned
author:
"Yen yeh, smoking leaf. It is
planted IN every locality, but particu-
Evening star., 1934-03-24

be plenty of chances to see live
elephant, he intimated, but this was
the only opportunity Of q lifetime
to gaze upon a dead one.
The rival was suspicious of Bar
NUNS ang-outan-an animal only
recently discovered. He took a good
look at it and then repaired to the
Library of Congress. The next day
he advertised triumphantly that
every child knows an orang- -outan
never has a tail" Barnums ape-a
baboon-had a long tail.
Barnum replied by advertising a
great double attraction-"the only
orang-outan in American and posi-
Evening star., 1934-03-24

@
NAL show was
here at the same
time. 1t also
had an elephant.
Barnum's e le-
phant died. The
rival Immediately
advertised that
he would display
the only live
e lie p h mt in
America" Bar
mum responded
by advertising
"the only dead
elephant in Amer
ica /" There vollld
Evening star., 1934-03-24
WIDOW GETS ESTATE
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, March 24.-By
the terms of the will of DR.. Lewis F..
Brooks, admitted to probate in the
Orphans Court here yesterday. Mrs.
Katherine Brooks, widow Of the testa-
tor receives the entire estate and is
named executrix The instrument was
executed April IA. 1881. The value Of
the estate is not indicated. rs
Evening star., 1934-03-24
By THOMAS r. HENRY.

The elephant has found its cham
pion. t-
The Smithsonian Institution has
Just received, as gift from the
author, an elaborate two-volume work
on elephants in japanese, with
curious letter explaining why he
wrote it.
The author, Etsujiro Sunamoto, ex-
plains: MY father, Fukumatsu Suna-
moto, has been in the ivory trade since
1891 and felt so sorry for the many
wild elephants which we're murdered
for their precious ivory that he de-
cided to erect in their .memory a
colossal bronze statue. This was. ac-
complished after great difficulties and
now this unique and imposing ele-
phant and Buddha rests in the sacred
Tennoji Temple at Osaki At the
same time the author exhausted all
his energy in compiling this book on
the elephant. These enterprises were
done ourselves in view of praying
peace for the millions and millions
of elephants murdered for their tusks,
as the innocent beasts must deserve
full sympathy from mankind"
The radio. by the way, has proved
a blessing to elephants. 1t has les
sened the demand for pianos, hence
the demand for ivory. and hence the
slaughter Of elephants.
Evening star., 1934-03-24
M0RGUE WAGON UNUSED
Funds to Buy Gasoline Exhausted.
Police Help Coroner,

The District Morgue wagon, used
for transportation of bodies, has been
laid up in the garage for several days
as result of exhaustion of funds
for the purchase of gasoline.
Police officials came to the rescue
of the coroner's force, pressing patrol
wagons into service until DR.. A.
Magruder Macdonald. coroner, could
arrange for an emergency supply Of
fuel
Evening star., 1934-03-24
U. D. c. Meeting Monday.

LEESBURG, Va. March "a (Spe-
ciaD An historical meeting Of LOU
doun Chapter, United Daughters OF
the Confederacy, will he held in the
home of Mrs. T. M. Fendall in Lees
burg, Monday evening at . o'clock.
Evening star., 1934-03-24

eoAAy AAA bAAS AS"CA
valley Of the Min
River. 1t spoils
good land. 1t
exhauSts m a ms
strength and its
injury Is cry
m u C h greater
than that of
opium.
"The fame of
tobacco began in
Japan and was
ira nsmitted to
S h | h m a In
Changchou. In
the period of
~o1 "a H.
Evening star., 1934-03-24
The One and Only
Dead American Elephant.

Washington, by the way. has its
own elephant story. extracted from
Les Dompteurs, historical account OF
animal trainers, by Henri Thetard.
On one Of P. T. Barnum's earlier
visits to the Capital. it appears. his
main attractions were IAN elephant,
an orang- -outan and a mermaid. |"
Evening star., 1934-03-24
VoteIess Washingtonians
Throng to Hearing on
Supply Bill.
ESTIMATES COMPLETED
BEFORE CITIZENS SPEAK
Delegations Forced to Stand
While Awaiting Opportunity
to Appear.

II numbers are significant, the
House Subcommittee on appropria-
tions in charge of the District supply
bill, must have been impressed yes
terday with the sincere and earnest
desire of the voteless residents of
Washington to have something to say
about how their tax money should be
spent.
The subcommittee, following a GUS
tom Of several years standing, opened
the doors to the city's civic and busi-
ness leaders to discuss the 1885 budget
estimates. Throughout the day a con-
tinuous procession filed into the sub
committee room-men and women
armed with prepared statements cit
ing needed improvements that had
been overlooked or purposely ignored
In budget which the Commissioners
and the Budget Bureau had conceived
in secrecy without the advice or con-
sent Of the taxpayers.
Evening star., 1934-12-10

Newsmen are calling the new White
House executive Office "the house with
q thousand doors" There are three
or more doors to every important room.
1t would be an ideal place to play
I-spy.
r. F. Gers wonder why it is that
so to 60 million dollars released from
closed banks is still unclaimed. For
instance, in Cleveland there are 4
millions, in Detroit II millions. The
r. F. c. is anxious to get the money
into circulation.
A prominent congressional lame
duck is angling for the $7,500-a-year
post of Assistant Secretary of War
for air.
The best litter of the week Is q
report circulated only inside the N.
r. A. by the Consumers Advisory
Board. advocating lower wages in the
construction industry.
(Copyright l934.)
Evening star., 1934-12-10
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Garner Is Given Hot
Potato JOB in
Speakership Race.
RY PAUL MALLON.

BY PAUL MALLON.
TIME word has been passed down
the line inside that President
Roosevelt has handed the hot
speakership potato over to
Vice President Garner.
1t seems that some of the -candi-
dates have been getting around to
the point where they were just little
annoying to the White House. The
speakership is the No. 3 Job in the
Government, socially at least, and
the boys who want it want it very
badly.
One by one, they have found ex-
cuses for dropping in to see Mr..
Roosevelt about something or other
not remotely connected with the
speakership. The result is always a
furry of publicity prestige for the
speakership candidates, which is just
what they want. but not what Mr..
Roosevelt wants.
One particular candidate ioas less
subtle than the rest He took up Is
minutes one day not long ago,
Ueeping about his SpeakerShip
troubles on Mr.. Roosepelt's shoulder.
Another had to be hood -,0inked
out OF appearing in public ,oith Mr..
Roosevelt recently.
Evening star., 1934-12-10

making Of a beautiful Capital City.
Let it express the soul Of America.
Whenever an American Is at the
seat of his Government, however
travelled and cultured he may be, he
ought to find a city of stately pro-
portion, symmetrically laid out and
adorned with the besct that there Is
in architecture, which would arouse
his imagination and stir his patriotic
pride. Around it should center all
that is best in science, in Tearing,
In letters and In art" 1t Is clear
that this ideal condition can be ac-
complished only by the fostering care
Of Congress. 1t cannot be brought
about by the development alone Of
places owned and in the immediate
care of the United States. The stately
and symmetrical city can become such
only by an expansion in every quar-
ter, and further only by the United
States fairly meeting its obligation
and responsibility in the maintenance
and improvement of the District Of
Columbia.
Evening star., 1934-12-10
HOME
YIELDS NEW Clue
Piece of Wood in Kidnap
Ladder Fits Stick in
Suspects House.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PENNINGTON, N. j., December
10.-Two pieces Of wood, one a rung
in the Lindbergh kidnap ladder, the
other taken from Bruno Richard
Hauptmanns home, were Joined by a
State expert today-and found to fit
perfectly.
In the report of Arthur Kohler, wood
expert, officials saw proof Of Hunter
don County Prosecutor Anthony NJ
Hauck, jr.'s, assertion that the State
has found important new evidence"
which will definitely tie Hauptmann
to the electric chair"
Details of the Kohler report were
obtained from an authoritative source
Meanwhile, at Trenton, Attorney
General David T. Wilentz said no one
had been authorized" to make public
the report.
The attorney general feels it would
be improper to make any statement
concerning evidence which may be
produced at the trial." Wilentz added.
Wood to Be Evidence.
The stick of wood from Haupt-
mann's Bronx home reposes beside the
ladder in the States gallery of evil
dence to be produced for exhibit when
Hauptmann goes on trial January 2
for the Lindbergh kidnap-killing.
Frederick A. Pope, associate defense
counsel, refused to believe the report of
Kohler's findings.
If this were true, 1t would have been
disclosed months ago." Pope said. Il
do not believe it is true. because am
satisfied that Hauptmann had nothing
to do with the kidnapping"
Kohler, associated with the United
States Forestry Service laboratory at
Madison, Wis, examined the kidnap
ladder minutely for months before
linking it to Hauptmann's home.
One ladder rung differed in grain
and substance from every other piece
Of wood in the ladder, Kohler found.
1t is a fiat piece of wood about q foot
long.
Investigators, studying a trap door
leading to the attic from the ceiling
OF a second-floor room in Hauptmann's
house, found another piece of the same
size nailed against the side of the
aperture, apparently to support the
top end of a ladder.
Sawed Edges Fitted.
Kohler matched this against the
rung from the hdnap ladder and con-
cluded that originally they had been
part Of the same stick. He held the
roughly sawed edges together, he re-
ported, and found that they fitted.
Hauck and Special Assistant Attor-
ney General George K. Large went to
the Bronx Saturday and inspected the
trap door in the Hauptmann home.
Defense attorneys, meanwhile, press
ed their demand for full bill of par
ticulars. Pope said he would appear
this week before Supreme Court JUS
tice Thomas A. Trenchard, the trial
judge, to ask writ forcing the State
to comply.
Evening star., 1934-12-10
Theaters Await Huge Crowds
At Toy Matinees Saturday
Finest Programs Euer Arranged for
Annual Euent AUait Donors at IL
Warner Brothers Houses.

inees. the more you bring the more
certain will be the assurance that
no single child will be forgotten or
overlooked this Christmas. You are
reminded that If you cannot attend
in person you can send your gifts
to the theater-or give them to some
one else who might like to attend.
And you need not wait until the day
of the performance The theaters
are equipped now to receive anything
brought or sent in, and already, in
many Of the houses, the toy hampers
are filling up.
Larger Toys Needed.
The Council of Social Agencies
asks you to bear in mind, too, that
in the selection of gifts the needs
Of older children, children over 10
years Of age, are often overlooked
Such things as base balls. bats, gloves,
pocketbooks for girls and toys that
run and do things, or constructive
games and puzzles are mostly needed
Remember, above all, that whatever
you bring will be welcomed and will
aid the cause So make your pur-
chase now-before the rush starts
one simple gift, or a bagfull-let
your heart be your guide, and let
there be no forgotten child in Wash
ington this Christmas.
List of Shows.
Here is the full list of theaters
where The Star-Warner Bros Christ
mas toy matinees will be held:
Tivoli-Shirley Temple in Baby
Takes Bow" a Laurel and Hardy
comedy, Busy Bodies; "The Night
Before Christmas" and The Man or
the Flying Trapeze," a Popeye
comedy.
Ambassador-Jac Cooper and
Wallace Beery in Treasure Island,
The Shanty Where Santa Claus
Lives" and Can You Take It?" 9
Popeye comedy.
Savoy-Joe E. Brown in The Cir
Gus Clown" Bedtime Worries" an
Our Gang comedy; Touchdown
Mickey" a Mickey Mouse comedy, and
Let's You and Him Fight a Pop
eye comedy.
Shirley Temple in Little
Miss Marker" Wild Poses" an Our
Gang comedy, and The Night Before
Christmas" Silly Symphony.
York-Joe E. Brown in Son Of a
Sailor" DIRTY Work." Laurel and
Hardy comedy, and Touchdown
Mickey" a Mickey Mouse comedy.
Avenue Grand-Shirley Temple in
Little Miss Marker" Dirty Work, u
Laurel and Hardy comedy, and
"Sockabye Baby" a Popeye comedy.
Shows Include Comedies.
Apollo-Joe E. Brown in 'The Cir
Gus Clown" His Neighbor," an Our
Gang comedy, and "Mickeys Good
Deed" Mickey Mouse comedy.
Home-Bruce Cabot in "Midship-
man Jack" His Neighbor," an Our
Gang comedy, and THE Three Lit
tie Pigs"
Metropolitan-George O'Brien in
THE Last Trail" oliver the Eighth, ("
a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and The
Big Bad Wolf" a Silly Symphony.
Earle-Charlotte Henry in Alice in
Wonderland" and "Shanty Where
Santa Claus Lives"
Avalon-Jackie Cooper and Wallace
Beery in Treasure Island "Santa's
Workshop" a Silly Symphony, and
"Shoeln' Horses" a Popeye comedy.
Evening star., 1934-12-10
PROGRAM, is OUTLINED.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, December 10
R).-Edward A. O'Neal, president of
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, called today for a stronger agri-
cultural adjustment act and demanded
it be continued as sound national
policy for agriculture.
In an address prepared for delivery
before the opening session Of the fed
eration's sixteenth annual convention,
O'Neal advocated IAN honest medium
of exchange" to get riu of the in
equality in our financial system"
Secretary of State Hull is on the
program this afternoon for an address
on The American Farmer and Re-
ciprocal Trade Treaties
ONeal criticized the lack of ade-
quate credit rates and terms for
farmers and condemned the "high
tariff system
The farmers must be freed from
the money sharks" the speaker de-
clared.
The Farm Bureau Federation head
outlined a 10-point program for his
organization. 1t follows:
Il. We must have an honest me-
dium Of exchange for goods and
servlces-an honest dollar-a COM
modify dollar in order to get rid of
the inequality in our financial system.
.. We must attain equality be-
tween farm prices with industrial
prices and industrial wages
"3. We must take effective steps TO
reduce the too high cost Of distribu-
finy1 en- q e IN frttya fafr -
consumers dollar to the farmer and
/! to protect the consumers.
a. We must correct the inequalities
in our tariff structure so that agricul-
ture will enjoy equal benefits with in
dustry and so that our foreign outlets
will be restored.
Commodity Storage.
IS. We must develop commodity
storage on the farm as a sound pub
lie policy.
"6. We must strengthen and de-
velop our credit facilities for agri-
culture with lower interest rates in
| order to correct the inequalities be-
tween agriculture and industry.
II. We must correct the irequitable
tax burden borne by agriculture.
"8. We must formulate and apply
national program of land use to cor
rect the unsound policies Of the past
and protect our greatest natural re-
source-land.
"9. We must correct inequality in
social and educational opportunities
in rural life as compared to urban
life
40. We must strengthen the voice
Of agriculture through a more COM
plete organization of farmers"
Evening star., 1934-12-10
MRS. ALEXANDRA MOVES
IS MARRIED IN PARIS
Former Washingtonian Becomes
Bride of Canadian Legation
Attache.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. December 10.-Mrs Alex
andra Ewing Noyes. formerly of WASH
1ngton, D. c., Saturday became the
bride Of Thomas A. Stone, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Spencer Stone of Chatham,
Ontario.
Mrs. Noyes, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Ewing of Yonkers. N. Y, had
as her witness United States Ambas-
sador Jesse I. Straus
Canadian Minister PHILIPPE Roy was
witness for Mr. Stone, who is an at
tache of the Canadian Legation here.
Evening star., 1934-12-10
Gen. J. B. Stanley Dies.

GREENVILLE. Ala, December 10
@.-Gen. James Berney Stanley, 81,
Publisher of the Greenville Advocate
and reputed to be the last Confederate
veteran actively connected with an
Alabama newspaper, died yesterday.
He founded the Advocate in 1865 He
was a former vice president of the
National Press Association.
Evening star., 1934-12-10
$50 in PRIZES FOR WASHINGTON
BOYS AND GIRLS.

Now Is the time boys and girls your letter. "why
there Santa Claus and why child wahngton should
receive gifts this DON'T DELAY NOW the
Santa Claus Editor Of The
will be ne to win that prize Of SIS offered by The Star for the
best letter and maybe little brother little sister will the
other awards.
Don't years you
your letter
The best letter win win prize $5 second prize $40
third prize is IS.
Of than mid
night Is OF the with
their letters will be made week later.
Please write side Of the paper only. and
in early
Evening star., 1934-12-10
LANDIS' WIDOW SEEKS
CONGRESS NOMINATION
Son Quits Race When Mother An
nounces for Place Held by
Representative-Elect.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, December
l0.-The widow Of Frederick Lands
today entered the campaign for NOM
ination to succeed him as Represent
ative-elect from the second Indiana
district, and her son withdrew from
the race.
The son, Kenesaw Mountain Lands,
I'd. a nephew of the major league
base ball commissioner, announced
his withdrawal in a statement that
he had found "a deep-seated senti-
ment in favor of my mother which
I cannot ignor."
Frederick Lands died a few days
ago after he became She only Re
publican Representative-elect from
Indiana.
Evening star., 1934-12-10
POPE EXPRESSES HOPE
FOR RECOVERY IN U. S.
Prelate Asks Many Questions Re.
garding Conditions in Audience
With Bishop Busch.

BY the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY, December TO-
Pope Plus today expressed hope that
under President Roosevelts leadership
conditions in the United States would
become normal with decline of un-
employment.
His holiness expressed this hope te
Bishop Joseph F. Busch Of st. Cloud
MINI, during half hours audience
The Pope asked many questions con-
corning the situation in the United
States and requested details of the
jubilee celebration of George Cardinal
Mundelein in Chicago which Bishop
Busch attended.
Evening star., 1934-12-10
ALUMNI TO MEET
st. Johns Graduates to Honor DR..
Thomas Fell,

Dr. Thomas Fell, president emeritus
of st. Johns College, Annapolis, will
be guest of honor Thursday at a
luncheon of the Washington alumni
of that institution at the Blackstone
Hotel.
DR.. Fell, now living here, was pre-
ident of st. Johns for more than 3
years. He is native of England an
received his academic training at o.
ford. Many prominent Washingto-
ians are expected to attend the lunc.
con.
Evening star., 1934-12-10
ROOSEVELT CITES
|B|LL|0N FARM GAIN
Asks Continued Support for
Crop Control in Talk
to Bureau.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt in a telephone
talk today to the American Farm
Bureau Federation noted a billion
dollar increase in farm income this
year and warned that production must
be continued on a basis of actual de-
mands.
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke from his desk
in the White House to the fedora
ton meeting in Nashville, Tenn. He
said:
MY Friends of the Farm Bureau:
You and know that the year now
ending has been one of significant
accomplishment for agriculture. De-
spite the worst drought of record. farm
income is running about a billion
dollars above last year.
All of us would like to see an even
larger increase in 1885, but we know
that this cannot come unless, in the
first place, industrial production in
creaSeS sufficiently to expand the
market for farm products; unless, in
the second place, more of our export
trade is paid for by increased imports,
and unless, in the third place, agri-
culture continues to adjust its total
production to the market that actually
exists.
ITO fulfill these three requirements,
ask a continuation of the splendid
support you have so unselfishly given
in the past.
IT wish very much that it were pos
sible for me to be with you today"
PROGRAM is OUTLINED.
Evening star., 1934-12-10
SAILOR GETS 5 YEARS
FOR FATAL STABBING
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne ASSoclhteu FfeSS.
SHANGHAI, December 10-Jack
Pinyan, boatSwain's mate of the
steamship President Lincoln, was SEN
fenced in the United States Court in
China today to serve five years in
prison on McNeil'S Island in the fatal
stabbing Of another American.
The sailor was convicted of assault
with a deadly weapon on Sergt. ]. c.
Stritzel, member of the Shanghai
River police, during bar room quar-
rel. Stritzel died. Of pneumonia fol.
lowing the stabbing.
Evening star., 1934-12-10
In Creenlond .
Eskimo children
sing corols before
motive doors on
Christmas doy
| - shopping days
| ID TO Christmas
Z ENLAND

On Christmas morning groups of
Children 60 about from hut to hut
singing the old carols which have
been taught to them by the mis-
stonaries. In the afternoon visits
are exchanged and hearty Christ
mas greetings given. The feasting
and jollification last for several
days and 1t is some time before the
Eskimo village returns 10 Its usual
quiet and monotony.
Evening star., 1934-12-10
Studies Sailors Life,

Disguised rs sailor. Mrs. r. s.
Won Waldhein, q society woman, Is
visiting homes for seamen In Sweden
to study a sailors fe ashore.
Evening star., 1934-12-10

The moving picture feature,
"Search for Santa Claus" a COM
plete film record OF The Evening
Stars expedition by air to the Far
North. shouting the first scenes euer
taken ,Uithin Sdnta's home and
workshops, ,DiI be shown today
and tomorrow at the AVENUE
GRAND. 1t tDiH be presented on
Wednesday and Thursday at the
APOLLO, and UiH be shoUn on
Friday at the HOME and at the
YORK.