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The Coolidge examiner., 1934-10-05

Fifth Avenue Corner Eighteenth st.
lion. Andrew ii. Green
Comptroller OF the Central Park.
Ny dear sir:
/ have the pleasure through you 10 present
TO the Central park commissioners the colos-
sal statue OF Columbus" the work Of our
gifted countrywoman. Emma Stebbins. Co
lumbus Is represented as standing upon the
deck Of a ship alone and at midnight, just
before the land Of the Western continent
burst upon his view His mutinous crew have
all deserted him and are feasting below,
while he-the intrepid dlscoverer, with a
firm grasp upon the rudder-post. looks eager
ly. anxiously forward, piercing the darkness
with his eye OF faith and with earnest
prayers TO heaven for success. waits for the
dawning OF day-that day which, coming at
last, brings with IL victory and repose
This statue Is truly grand in its conception
and beautiful In It's execution-worthy in
deed. tS occupy a prominent place In our
Central park. II will add one more attrac-
ton TO that charming spot, which the com
mlssloners and yourself have done so much
TO adorn for the pleasure and delight OF the
people.
The statue and pedestal are both at the
Academy OF Design, subject to your order
as soon as a suitable glass house has been
provided to protect the marble from the
veather. With the hope that the commission
ers will be able to provide this during the
present season and receive the proffered gift
! remain.
Your Obedlent servant
MARSHALL O. ROBERTS
BY Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-10-05
NO PERFECT VACUUM

Completely empty space probably
does not exist anywhere In the uni
verse, according TO studies made at
Aft Wilson observatory. These
studies showed that the region be-
.ween the stars is an excellent but
1ot perfect vacuum. there is about
one atom OF matter in every cubic
sneh Of space. A single drop OF water,
containing about one thousand bill
lion atoms, would furnish enough
matter TO ill three and three quarter
million cubic miles OF space to that
denslty.-Llterary Digest.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-10-05

Besides the new statue which thousands Of
Worlds fair visitors passed on their way to the
exposition, there was another reminder OF Co
lumbus at last years exposition. That was the
model OF the Columbus Memorial lighthouse,
which formed the exhibit of the republic OF
Santo Domingo. This lighthouse. which is TO cost
approximately s15ooooo. Is being erected on a
pcint OF land facing the harbor Of the city Of
Santo Domingo, not far from the ruins Of what
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-10-05
Birds Prefer Damp Earth

All birds bathe. Some use water,
others earth. Fowls are In the lat
ter class. Poultrymen generally
consider the busting hens. turkeys
and guineas as primarily to rid
themselves of parasites. On the
contrary. that Is just an incidental
effect of cleansing the plumage. To
say that the fowl takes a dust bath
Is little misleading. Fowls do not
really like dry earth or ashes to
bathe In. They prefer them just
damp enough so that they will take
dirt from the feathers.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-10-05
Greens and Water Needed

Alfalfa or clover is a splendid
source OF greens and range pens
should be located In such fields. II
possible. Poults drink a large
amount OF water. 100 poults using
about 90 gallons per day when well
grown. The source OF water should
be close at hand If possible A
good way to supply the flock with
water Is to haul II In a tank or
water wagon. the wagon to stand
near the pen, where 1t can be sy-
phoned out into the watering tanks
or troughs as needed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-10-05
THE NAME of COLUMBUS
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

: WAS born nearly 500 years ago. lie
was not a native or this couatry anc
never once did he see or set foot OF
The soil OF the continental Unitet
States Yet every year. 81 Of the u
states 10 the Union celebrate a holiday
that Is named for him and that alse
commentaries the event IN his career
which has made him immortal
Ills name was Christopher Columbus
al October II In the date which we
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-10-05
Weeks Supply of Postum Free

Read the offer made by the Postum
Company In another part OF this pa
per. They will send a full weeks sup
ply OF health giving Postum free TO
anyone who writes for it-Adv.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-10-05
Like That

Woman-You say your daughter
plays the piano like Paderewski7
Neighbor-Yes, she plays with
both hands.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-10-05

was once the palace OF Columbus brother. Bar
/ tholomew
| II is just such a memorial as Columbus him.
SELF would have most deslred-a beacon OF light
shining through the darkness 10 guide the sailors
OF both the and the air. and since the project
Is ia charge of committee OF the Pan.American
/ Union. which is composed OF representatives Of
| all the 81 states OF North. South and Central
America. n viii be enduring symbol OF friend.
ship among the nations whose existence Colum.
bus voyages made possible.
/
| lie has been deGs As years but bis name stlll
| frequently makes the headlines In our newspa.
/ pers. Recent years have seen many discoveries
about the dlscoyerer. which adds 10 our knowl-
edge OF him II was only few years ago that
/ Or. A. s. ". Rosenbach, the noted collector ac-
CURED abroad and brought to this country a
manuscript volume 100 years old and writ
/ ten by one Andres Bernaldez. which revealed
Christopher Columbus In the hItherto-unknown
/ role OF d bookseller The reference In the volume
was only a casual one but interesting neyerthe-
/ less. IL said There man In the land OF
Milan who merchant In books and who
| Travelled In Andalusia who was called Christie
pher Columbus, a man Of high genius. who was
not man Of letters but very shrewd In
the art OF the cosmography OF the world. who
/ followed what he had read from Ptolemy and
other works regarding the world In which We
navigate and walk" And this man. who had
read from Ptolemy." 10 see, in the declining
years OF his life. a revised edition OF Ptoemy's
/ Geographic OF Ringman and wadsee-
muller-with another mans name given to the
two continents which he had discovered.
Indicative OF the tact that this man. dead and
buried these four centuries. still provide live
copy" for our newspapers is the foll-wing news
story which appeared In the New York Times
last May:
| a Hfe-size white marble statue OF Christopher
Columbus carved In Rome in 1867. for many
/ years unnotlced In the storage yard In Central
park. will be placed shortly In Columbus park
at Baxter. Mulberry. Bayard and Park streets
| This announcement was made yesterday by Park
Commissioner Robert Moses who said the statue
was an exceptionally fine piece of work. 1t was
carved 81 years ago by Miss Emma StebbIns
| then in Italy.
| Existence Of the statue disclosed TO the
park department officials through receipt OF
/ letter two months ago from John Barnell of Syra-
| cuse. In which the writer said beautiful statue
| OF Columbus stored In one OF the park de
partment buildings Mr. Barnell wrote that as
collector OF Columbus monuments he would
| Ike to have a photograph OF the statue carved
by Miss Stebblns
/ a research worker of the park department
was Immediately instructed to locate the statue.
| Search brought to light In the files OF the de-
| partment correspondence In 1869 from the donor
OF the state to the board of commissioners Of
/ Central park and the reply. The donor was Mar
| shall o. Roberts, whose letter follows:
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13

rattle of firing. and from far up
Broadway she saw a crowd COM
ing. It was lead by half-grown
boys and women.
Behind them, jamming Broad.
way from curb to curb, trampled
men with fire-blackened hands
and faces. They were armed
with axes, pitchforks, bludgeons,
burning torches, pistols and
muskets. They had red flan-
mel flag, and they were brawl-
ing: Down with the rich!
Down with the police! Down
with property! Down with the
war! Kill the niggers; kill the
rich; burn everything!"
Gathering in their wake came
an uncouth company mounted
on clumsy omnibus horses and
flourishing swords and pistols.
Behind these marched masses
of dirty, desperate looking men
with shouldered muskets, drag.
ging two iron cannon by long
tarry ropes.
Swept Along
The Shrilling, roaring tumult
nearly deafened the girl; yelling
men, boys and women swarmed
past her, shouldering her ahead
with them.
where are we going?" she
gasped out, clutching the sleeve
of a gaunt fellow smeared with
blood and cinderS. .
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(COntinued from NeDs PaGe)
"Be very careful not to do
or say anything to annoy the
mob or arouse its suspicious"
he cautioned. ''Mingle with
the rioters and get your in
formation; then go to the
Sixteenth Precinct and tele-
graph Police Headquarters"
Desperate MObs
"I can send you in a city
hack as far as Grace Church" !"
added Acton.
So Opertaor 13 went out into
the street and got into a wait
ing hack. At Tenth Street she
got out, crossed Fourteenth into
Twenty-third-once the very
heart and center of swarming
life and activity in the noisy
city.
It was noon but all the shops
were closed, the streets de-
Serted; not a living soul was
stirring. In the terrifying ST.
lence the sun poured down on
the pavements through a foul
haze of smoke.
The girl looked fearfully
around her; and for the first
time, saw men lying on the
pavement across Twenty-third
Street. For a moment she did
not realize they were dead.
Then, gradually, she became
aware Of the distant crash and
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Exciting Tale Of
War Espionage

We're going to blow up the
navy yards and burn the iron
Clad" he said hoarsely.
The came a sudden halt in
the procession; the omnibus
cavalry began to gallop heavily
to and fro, disputing with some
Of the mob that wished to go to
Ninth Avenue and start killing
negroes before they destroyed
the ironclad.
Shouting and haranguing,
their leaders argued and cursed
until the disorder, spreading, be-
came a eierce mutiny. All SEM
blance of discipline disappeared.
The Operator 13 saw a young
man with military bearing, evil
dently a gentleman although
wearing overalls and red flannel
shirt, ride up on a handsome
horse and urge the mob to con-
tinue it's march to the water
front.
Off to Report
In the yelling confusion the
girl slipped away into Twentieth
Street and hurried across Sixth
Avenue to the Sixteenth Precinct
Police Station where Captain
Hedden and Inspector Dilks had
just arrived from a terrific fight
at Twentv-Second Street and
Second Avenue.
The station house was full OF
wounded policemen when OPP
orator 13 entered. Inspector
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Bv Robert w. Chambers

Colonel Nevers, will march to
Webb's shipyard. I have no
police to send you. Captain
Hedden will support Colonel
Nevers if required to protect
the big ironclad. Tell Inspec-
tor Dilks to arrest or kill Gle
burne if possible. Is Captain
Gailliard with that mob?"
IT did not see him." replied
Operator 13. She dictated in
a steady voice, but her body
was shivering in the July heat.
Captain Hedden brought her
a sandwich and a cup of cof-
fee. She tried to eat but
couldn't.
Police scouts, in touch with
the mob, reported it still
halted and undecided.
Sergeant Wright, in ragged
disguise, arrived to report. He
appeared to be convinced that
Confederate agents were in
command Of this particular
mob. They were preaching a
northern revolution, not a local
riot. One Of them-a fair
haired, graceful youth-had a
small Confederate battle flag
in his hand, and he was de-
manding that it replace the
red flannel rag tied to a
rioters rusty bayonet.
A moment later another po-
lice scout in plain clothes
Officer Warner-ran into the
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Dilks caught sight Of her and
recognized her: she asked him
to listen while she dictated q
telegram to Mulberry Street.
Captain Hedden also came to
the telegrapher's desk to listen.
"TO Commissioner Acton"
she began breathIessIy. "A mob
numbering several thousand is
at Broadway and Twenty-first
Street. Their avOwed intention
is to destroy the irOnClad. They
have two iron cannon, and
many muSkets. There are per-
hapS 50 Of them mounted on
omnibus horses. A kind of dis
Cipline was maintained among
them until a dispute arose re-
garding a proposed raid into a
negro district on the West Side.
"I think the Confederate spy
Cleburne is in command. /
think I saw him.
eff you could send . body Of
troops and q hundred policemen
to the Sixteenth Precinct, Cap
tain Hedden and Inspector DiIks
will join them with the force
here, Operator 13."
eyes, ma'am, we will" said
Inspector DiIks cOOlly.
Exhausted
In a few minutes the tele-
graphic reply came back: -Four
hundred ex-soldiers Of New
York Guard regiments. under
The Washington times., 1934-01-05
Pavement Patter

That was an excellent sup
per party at "Pud" Loeffler'S
the other night, and they say
that Winnie Beall was there. >.
The way Major and Mrs. En-.
nails Waggaman entertained at
Chevy Chase the night follow.
ing the big wedding in their
family, and, at one of the big
gest parties at the club, recalled
who had been and who had not
been at their reception the
night before, was a marvel to
most folk. Among the Sena.
tors at the opening of Congress
the other day, the only one to
wear a white carnation was big,
burly, Senator Barbour of New
Jersey. Form er Representa-.
tive Willie Upshaw, driest Of
drys, appeared at the ceremonies
of both houses and applauded
the Presidents speech, except
that part which dealt with re-
peal. Roger Barnes, up at
Union Bridge. Md, is said to
have given serious consideration
to the "house-wrecking" busi-
ness. Mrs. r. E. L. Smith Of
Linden. is one of the most in
terested women in the county
who take part in fox hunting
E. Herman Wendell may not be
much of a musician, but he
grabbed a megaphone and be.
gan singing to the playing of
an orchestra in one of the big.
ger hotels the other eve. Char
lie FISCHER was heard maintain.
ing in loud tones not so long
ago that there were only three
people in Washington who
didn't like him. Former Sena-
tor Davis Elkins Of west Vir-
ginia, attended the opening Of
Congress the other day and
recalled that not only he but
his father before him had
been members of previous Con.
crosses. IT seems a long time
ago that han Brusiloff used
to stall IN the aisle of
downtown theater, taking his
violin out of its case as he
walked to play in the orchestra
directed by his brother Leon in
the days before Nate began to
conduct his own orchestra.
The Washington times., 1934-01-05

Operator 13" is the type Of
story that appears regularly
in the Cosmopolitan Maya
zine.
The Washington times., 1934-01-05
By Tuthill
By Milt Gross
BY Walt Disney

station house to report that
part of the mob had gone
west to chase Negroes, and
that a thousand of them were
marching to attack the Six
teenth precinct police station.
you'd better go, ma am"
said Inspector Dilks to Oper-
ator 13.
But the girl shook her head,
saying that she preferred to re-
main in telegraphic touch
with police headquarters.
Already the roar of the COM
ing mob filled Twentieth
Street. Hedden was cody CIV
ing his orders: the Metropoli-
tan loaded their revolvers,
drew their locust clubs, and
marched out to do battle.
How long can these devoted
men hold out against such
terrible odds? And what will
happen to Operator 13 if the
blood -maddened mob captures
her along with the surviving
police? Read tomorrow how
she faced death again to serve
her country.
copyright, 1888. International
Magazine Coz
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Times
Adventure
Club

An old member of our gang,
Arthur Sislen, 656 Ninth st.
N. E., has sent us the names of
. number new members.
They are:
Milton Gill, age IA.
Ralph Gill, age IL.
Mildred Gill, age 8.
Doris Gill, age 10.
Gene Downs, age 10.
LaVerne Downs, age 9.
The Gill children, Arthur tells
as, live at 636 Ninth st. N. E.,
and the Downs at 654 Ninth st.
N. E.
He says:
'T hope they make good men,
berS. 1 will have some more for
you sOOn."
With his letter Arthur sent
Cs a picture of the patrol boys
Of the Madison School. 1t was,
unfortunately, not suitable for
reproduction, and we returned
1t to him. In the group were
James Douglas, Arthur himself,
Norman Wertleib, Johnny
Plakos, John Levy, Charles Melt
Ner, Frank De George, Richard
Frontrrowsky, Joseph Gier, Rob
'srt Kagadon, Carl Harris and
Reds" last name not given. 1t
was a very interesting picture,
Ind we enjoyed seeing it. Sorry
We couldn't publish it in the col
mn. We recognized a number
Of boys in the group as mem
bers Of our club.
Jerome Pollack, an old club
member, writes:
'PleaSe enroll Sharon June
Bass, 9O1, FOur-and-One-half st.
8. w. She will be one year old
on February 26."
Kathryn Shinholder, 1921
Eighteenth st. N. E.:
"HOw / have IOnged to join
the club. 1t must be wonder.
full to belong to such a fine
club. / read the column every
night and enjoy it very much.
/ am years old and / go to
the John Burroughs School. I
am in the third grade. My
teacher is Mrs. Loretta E.
RabenhOrst. She is very pretty.
/ like her very much.
81 would also like to enroll
three members. They are my
brother and sisters. Their
names are Mary ShinhOIser, 3,
birthday December Is; Johnny
ShinhOlser, 2, birthday August
Is, and Martha ShinhOISer,
who will be / year old January
"a. Please send us our men,
berShip cards sOOn."
Kemp Cook, $40 Newton Pl.
N. W.:
81 would like to join your
Adventure Club. am nine years
old and am in the fourth grade
at school. My birthday is
August 27.
''My brother, Edmund, seven
years old, would also like to be-
come a member. He is in the
second grade and his birthday
Is August 81. Wish you could
see our pet chickens. We killed
Ouz pet rooster for ThankSgiv-
ing. He weighed eight pounds"
The Washington times., 1934-01-05
And the Fox Ran On

Ernest H. Peters, who owns
that fine farm up in Mont
gomery county and who was
such an excellent host to a
group Of huntsmen the other
day, apparently doesn't mind
how he exposes himself to
danger.
Racing across Peters place,
on the trail of a red fox, the
huntsmen rounded the barn.
yard and came up to a gate
where Peters stood.
Peters asked if they were
hunting, was told that they
were, and was advised that
they wished to jump his gate.
Said he:
"Sure! Go ahead"
It took him some moments,
however, to realize that he was
directly in front of the gate
and right in the path Of the
horses!
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Stimulating Sport

r. L. Hannah may be able
to ride those New York horses,
but he has some difficulty when
he rides to the hounds in near
by Maryland.
At a recent meet of the Red
land Hunt, Hannah was forcibly
separated from his mount, and
somewhat shaken up.
Now. one thing Hannah never
does is drink. Later, in a
farmhouse, however, a doctor
prescribed a slight stimulant.,
Hannah sat up, and invited:
|Let's go back and hunt"
He later moaned:
II ruined my twenty. dollar
derby"
The Washington times., 1934-01-05
HARMONY in Senate

When Congress convened the
other day, Senator Joseph T.
Robinson, majority leader. and
Senator Charles L. McNary,
minority leader, had some
things in common.
Both Robinson and McNary.
We're clad in blue suits.
And both wore bright red
neckties!
The Washington times., 1934-01-05
BIRTHDAY TODAY

Members celebrating their
birthday anniversaries today
include Ruth Cissel, 500 Third
: st. N. w.; Jack SnoOt, 1888
South Carolina Ave. S. E.; Bud
Fuget, Seat Pleasant, Md;
Barnard Jones, 1913 M St.
N. w.; Pete Places, 71O F
st. N. E.; Paul Rogers, 1900
X st. N. W.; Alice KunOwSky,
211 Massachusetts, Ave. N. w.;
Wilbur Hunt, 622 Columbia Rd.
N. W., and Roy Sargent, Saw
age, Md.
We hope they have a beauti-
full and happy birthday.
The Washington times., 1934-01-05
Nazi Flag Flies Here

Persons who passed the Ger
man Embassy on Massachusetts,
Avenue on New Year Day were
somewhat surprised to observe
that two flags floated over the
German offices.
One banner was the German
flag.
The other was the Nazi en-
blem.
The Washington times., 1934-01-05
Around
The
Capital
BY JOHN sNURE, Jr.

A high-hatted robber Is at
work in washington.
A few nights ago w. L. Gray,
attorney, parked his car in
front of his Newark Street
home. The next morning it
was gone.
The next day he received a
call from one w. w. WhiteI
who said he had seen the car,
wrecked, near Silver Spring.
Later White confessed that
he had been driving near Sill
yer Spring when he saw the car
wrecked, and stopped. A young
man wearing a top hat, q
chesterfield, and evening clothes
asked for a lift into town. He
was given a ride
The next day White again
saw the car, stopped, and
searched the pockets, where he
found Gray's cards.
The perfectly groomed gentle
man had been the auto robber.
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tone Of steel labor leaders in the
sparring preliminary to a threatened
strike in the industry induced caution
in the bull ranks and helped take the
buoyant edge off the stock market.
United States Steel common sold
off fractionally. as did American Can,
American Telephone, Santa Fe and a
number of other leading issues. On
the other hand, fractional net gains
were registered by General Electric,
Du Pont, General Motors, Chrysler,
j. I. Case, New York Central, Pennsyl-
vania, Schenley Distillers, Mont
gomery Ward and Sears, Roebuck.
American Sugar Refining dupli-
Gated its 1884 peak before it reacted
moderately. Coppers were firm on
heavy buying of the crude metal fol-
lowing the rise in domestic copper
to 9 cents a pound. Gold shares
were easier. Allied Chemical and
Hercules Powder were strong.
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STOCKS HES|TANT
0NPROF|T-TAK|NG
Strong Undertone Remains
Despite Irregularity
and Dizziness.
BY FREDERICK GARDNER,
Annotated Press Financial Writer.

BY FREDERICK GARDNER,
Associated Press Financial Writer.
NEW YORK, June 9-The stock
market maintained an undertone OF
strength today, but slowed down to
q walk after It's abrupt turn upward
In the preceding session.
Week end proflt-taking by traders
helped to check the advance. At the
same time, there was some shift OF
speculative interest back to the grain
market as result of the Government
estimates of abnormally small crops,
including the smallest domestic wheat
yield in Al years.
An opening squirt of more than 4
cents q bushel in wheat served to
focus attention Of commodities. Firm
ing staple prices directed buying OF
stocks toward companies representing
production of basis materials or with
large inventories of raw materials.
AS early strength In stocks subsidized,
the market became mixed. But frac-
tional gains predominated among
leading active issues at the finish.
The Standard Statistics Co. average
Ol ~ SUOCkS cIluSu
of 4 point higher at 8l.2, making the
average rise Of the market in two
sessions more than 4 points.
Trading continued comparatively
active. Sales on the Stock Exchange
totaled 703,450 shares against Ale, 900
. week ago.
Gains in wheat were reduced to
j, to "a of a cent a buShel at the
close. after the opening bulge invited
profit-taking. Corn was heavy, clos
ing y to l3s cents of, but rye sold
up more than a cent on forecast of
the smallest crop in this country
since 1876.
Cotton set new high marks for its
current advance and closed 40 to so
cents a bale higher. Hides continued
strong. Bonds plodded ahead. The
dollar eased trine against foreign
exchanges.
Poor crop prospects and the defiant
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WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
YEAR 1884

reported by W B. Hibbs
UP TO AND INCLUDING FRIDAY