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Evening star., 1934-04-20

The good people yesterday, seeing
nothing sacred in a horse show,
howled. The veterans scowled back at
them at first, then began to watch
tricks with their minds and eyes
opened-and after while joined in
the laughter too.
Col. Scott said his exhibition was
going to be educational to the general
public, unfamiliar with horse shows
1t was. The ladies and gentlemen
who thought they knew all the
answers also learned. They found out
they are sometimes funny as we'll as
dashing and brave. That revelation
should have tonic effect on spirits.
The audience had something of the
temper of hockey crowd. Where
there was a fast play and reckless
spirit, they thundered applause. Col
Patton and Mrs. Winmill, both ad-
dicted to speed and daring in the show
ring, gathered rooters like magnets In
a needle box. The Troop F, Third
Cavalry stunt riding left the bleachers
gasping and wildly appreciative. The
more blood and thunder, the greater
the chance Of . broken neck, the
Evening star., 1934-04-20
Festival Events
Parade and Fireworks Are
Features of Today's
Program.

The following events are on the
val for today and tomorrow:
Today.
2:15 p.m.-Grand parade.
8 pm.-Illumination Of cherry
trees.
pm.-Firework display on Monu-
ment Grounds.
(Note-If the weather tonight is
not clear, the fireworks display will be
held on the next clear night)
Tomorrow.
2 p.m.-Concert at Sylvan Theate1
by the United States Army Band
Capt. William J. Stannard, conduct
ing.
p.m.-Regatta In Tidal Basin.
2:30 pm.-Presentation of operetta
"The Mikado" at Sylvan Theater by
Estelle Wentworth Group.
7:45 pm.-Parade of floats around
Tidal Basin.
pm.-Illuminatio Of cherry
trees.
10 p.m.-Reception and ball at
Mayflower Hotel.
(Note-If the weather Saturday
afternoon Is not clear, the operetta
and concert will be staged In the Au-
ditorium of Central High School.
Thirteenth and Clifton streets.)
Tickets for all Of the events are on
sale at 141o G street.
Evening star., 1934-04-20

Col c. L. Scott and his festival
horse show boys kept their promise to
the public yesterday afternoon. They
h | vowed there never would be a
dull moment after the gong sounded
for the cherry blossom queen and her
court to step regally from their
coaches-or perhaps they were sedans
up to and including the time when
the last Army officer had jumped the
last horse over the last fence on the
Olympia course. So it was.
When nothing else happened to keep
the populace from yawning up to the
dull gray skies, there was always the
possibility somebody's horse would slip
and fall down The going was terrible.
At one spot between the next to last
and the final obstacle of the hunter
course, every horse skidded. The
members of the audience who were
making their own book laid even
money there would be steed and a
sporting gentlemen parked on their
respective ears on account Of that bog
Evening star., 1934-04-20
NIGHT PARACHUTE
|. JUMP IS PLANNED
Man Who Cannot Swim Will
Leap 1900 Feet Into
Tidal Basin.

Although he cannot swim and never
before has made a deliberate Jump
into water, Eddie Butler, local para
chute jumper, will climax today's
! Cherry Blossom Festival program with
night parachute Jump into the
Tidal Basin from an altitude Of 1900
feet.
Butler has made between $50 and
400 parachutes descents In the vicin-
ity Of Washington during the past
three years.
To guard against becoming tangled
in the canopy or shrouds of his para
chute and being dragged under water,
ne will employ new type of quick
release parachute harness. BY snap
ping a single button fastening he
can drop clear Of the entire harness.
Will Wear Life Jacket.
Butler will wear two parachutes and
kapok life jacket to keep himself
afloat until speed boats, three Of
which will be cruising in the Basin,
can reach him following the Jump.
The exact time of tonight's Jump
depends upon the time Of the finale
OF the fireworks display in the Monu-
ment Grounds. Fifteen minutes after
the finale Butler will take of from
Washington Airport in a plane flown
by William E. Payne and will head for
the Tidal Basin. The l5-minute de-
lay is to give spectators at the fire.
works display time to reach the shores
OF the Tidal Basin to witness the
jump.
brilliant parachute fare will be
released by Payne Just prior To the
Jump and will illuminate the entire
Tidal Basin area. Clad all in white,
Butler will jump so as to land as
| nearly as possible in the middle Of the
Tidal Basin.
Permission Granted.
Special waivers have been granted
| by the Department of Commerce aero
nautics branch for the leap, which is
| thought to be the first civilian para
chute jump made in the city of Wash
lngton. All previous jumps by Butler
and others have been made at air
ports just outside the District limits.
Butler is making the Jump as his
personal contribution to the Cherry
Blossom Festival and is not being paid,
although, in addition to facing con-
siderable danger, he is running a
chance Of running his parachute and
the certainty Of thorough soaking.
Pilot Bill Payne is contributing his
services and Air Service is providing
the airplane.
Evening star., 1934-04-20
FARM GROUP LOCATED

LOUISVILLE, KY, April 20 CP.-
Purchase of the Fort Nelson Hotel
here as headquarters for the Farm
Credit Administration for the district
comprising Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio
and Tennessee. was announced yes
terday. The building, constructed by
the Shriners at approximately ST.
100000 cost about 10 years ago, was
sold by che First National Securities
Co., st. Louis, at an unannounced
price, estimated at around $500 900.
1t is to be remodeled, and an annex
built on adjacent ground also pur-
chased
Evening star., 1934-04-20

They were wrong in picking spots,
but not in theory. Mrs. 1. T. Wyche' S
good bay hunter sat down under one
jump and looked at it suspiciously
during the ladies' class. Mrs. Wyche
remained sitting on top of the horse,
but she also looked wary Of the set-up.
When the two of them came up to-
gether, they finished with good per-
formance.
The Fairfax hunt team horses had
no faith at all in the footing. They
decided it would be much better just
to climb up the nice, dry fences than
try to Jump them out Of ankle deep
mud. The difficulty was, the fences
were not as solid as they looked. They
came down. Resentfully, the horses
gave up climbing and jumped a few.
Evening star., 1934-04-20
Honolulu Travel Increases.

HONOLULU. April 90 P).-with
ship travel on the upswing. Honolulu
yesterday lived up to its designation
as the crossroads of the Pacific"
Four liners, aggregating 10000 tons,
bringing 1900 tourists, were in port.
Evening star., 1934-04-20

Middleburg brought up team Of
three real plowed-fleld and through
the-woods hunters, which seemed to
think all this bouncing around without
hounds was more than somewhat silly.
When the hunt pack was on exhibition
in the ring, they behaved perfectly.
Came time to gallop alone and they
revolted. The Middleburg whip was
set down twice by refusals. Even the
masters horse, with Mr.. Sands himself
in the saddle. would have no part Of
the show ring antics. In the field,
Evening star., 1934-04-20
Veteran Accused of Fraud.

LOS ANGELES, April 20 R.-Leroy
p. Johnson, World War veteran,
waived examination when arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Head yesterday on a charge of de-
frauding the War Veterans Bureau
In Cleveland Of $7S5.
Evening star., 1934-04-20
Baby Record Traveller.

SEATTLE, April 20 R.-Patricia
Ann Chamberlin, aged l year. l
month and l day. was on her way
to Alaska aboard the steamer Yukon
The Washington times., 1934-09-22

Answering Wedding Invitation
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
My husband and I have re-
ceived an invitation to his col
lege roommate's wedding in
another State. We are unable
to attend but will send a gift.
How will I word the answer
to the invitation, and should it
be addressed to the prospective
bride in her maiden name?
Should the gift be addressed
the same way? S.
You do not tell me what form
of invitation was sent. and on
the form of the invitation de-
pends the form of the acknowl-
edgment. If the invitation is
formal one that is, in the third
person and to the church cere-
mony only, it does not need an
acknowledgment. If it is &C
companied by an invitation to
the reception, this invitation
must be acknowledged. Like
this:
"Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dickson
Seaman regret that they are
unable to accept Mr.. and Mrs.
Brides ParentS)'S kind invita-
ton for Tuesday, the first of
September"
The answer to the invitation
is addressed to the person or
persons whose names appear on
The Washington times., 1934-09-22
CORRECT MANNERS

the first line of the invitation
usually the parents of the
bride.
The gift should be sent to the
bride, addressed in her name to
her home.
Gift for Her Teacher
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
My teacher of previous year
hsa been aiding me for the last
few months in my studies. l
wish to give her some nice gift.
She has refused to take any
money whatsoever.
My father manages a woman'S
apparel shop, if clothing would
be a suitable gift. If so, how
should I send it, as I do not
know her size or what she would
like.
If this won't do, will you
kindly suggest something else?
F.
I'm one of the ones who think
that plain white handkerchiefS.
BEAUTIFULLY monogrammed, is one
of the perfect gifts. always wei
come. In your fathers shop
wouldn't that be a possible gift?
You might choose some hand
kerchiefs for day wear and
some small squares" for eve
ming wear; or one or two beauti.
full scarfs: or a purse, for day
wear or a white one for eve
ming wear. D
The Washington times., 1934-09-22

Through sleet, rain, snow, and high winds, they
made the Straits of Magellan, and in fairly moder
ate weather threaded their course, without chart
or map, through water that often showed white
within the shadows cast by the towering cliffs.
The Washington times., 1934-09-22

Answering Wedding Invitation first line the invitation
Dear Mrs Beeckman: bride ~ F - "
My husband and have re- The oift should he sent To the
The Washington times., 1934-09-22

Prudence, Tom, and Solvos voted aye, solemnly,
and Boo-Boo, the lion, grunted contentedly Solvos
took the helm. The Sloop, again in rough seas and
cold weather. headed south once more, still deter
mined to round the Horn, bound for Cocos.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18

Simple?
Now, if you want to know how
much you've used in month, put
the 12,457 figure to one side and wait
thirty days. Then go to the base
ment again and repeat the perform
ance. Subtract the 12.457 from the
necessarily larger figure of the sec
ond reading.
That's all the company can do.
You can use the knowledge that
one cubic foot is seven and one half
gallons, or eight and one-third
pounds, to test whether the footage
is being recorded properly, too.
Draw thirty quart bottles and you
have seven and a half gallons.
That's probably easier than weigh
ing out eight and one-third pounds
of water. Seven and one-half gal
Ions should move the dial with
which you didn't bother before, the
dial marked One Foot or, in some
cases, not marked at all, completely
around once.
Remember to allow a small per-
centage for error. The state public
service commission allows a per
cent error either way in tests con-
Quoted scientifically at the water
company's plant. 1t is hard to be
scientific with milk bottles.
Mr.. Niemeyer says the per cent
error rarely is exceeded by more
than l per cent against the custo-
mer He says the error against the
company can run as high as so or
10 per cent. He advances excellent
demonstrations in the repair shop to
prove his point.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18
Simple, Is 1t?

congressional sponsor of the whole
project, Senator George w. Norris,
IVA is creating an educational and
industrial center. Workers, re-
cruited locally, at their request are
given part time work with voca-
tional training to enable them to
carry on gainful pursuits. At the
nearby town of Norris, IVA is build
ing $50 homes combining mod
ern conveniences, practically and
beauty as a model of the new deals
aims.
President Roosevelt was the man
who permitted the Tennessee valley
experiment to be launched. Sena-
tor Norris is the man whose work
over a decade and more, to save
Muscle Shoals from private power
interests, permitted Roosevelt's plan
to be carried out.
In collaboration they agreed upon
three men to take over the job.
One is Arthur E. Morgan, chairman
of IVA, a practical dreamer, an
engineer with an acute social sense.
Another is David E. Lilienthal,
dynamic young fellow who knows
that to create a power yardstick is
to clash with some of the most
powerful industrial and financial
forces in this country, and who has
no fear of such forces.
The third is Harcourt A. Morgan,
a scientist. who is also a farmer.
The valley is finding that these
men have hearts as we'll as minds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18
Read Low to High

The best method of reading the
meter is from the low figure to the
high figure.
Starting with the circle marked
10. read each higher one consecu-
lively, always taking the lower Of
the two figures between which the
hand on the dial stands. After set
ting the figures down in the usual
order, left to right. reverse their
order to get the correct reading.
For instance, on the picture of
a meter dial accompanying this ar
ticle, the number obtained by start
ing at the circle marked 10 would
be 75,421. Reversing the order, the
consumer finds the correct reading
is 12,457 cubic feet.
Simple, Is It?
When the hand on a dial is so
near a figure as apparently to in
dictate it exactly, refer to the next
lower circle. If the hand on that
circle has passed the 20" the figure
indicated is correct. Otherwise, take
the next lower figure
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Floyd I. Young, Vincennes. with the
McNutt machine giving Mr.. Young
all the support that the Pleas
Greenlee-Paul Fry patronage could
muster.
Mr.. Greenwood, the house whip.
was glad to win the nomination and
hasn't even bothered about whether
the McNutt crowd still keeps the
organization in his district.
The district almost is sure to go
Democratic and he is glad that the
Lands who is the Republican NOM
inee against him isn't Fred.
Fred Lands is opposing Repre-
sentative George r. Durgan. who
was mayor Of Lafayette for fifteen
years Mr.. Durgan admits that he
has a fight on his hands against
the ardent G. o. P campaigner
from Logansport, but he believes his
support of President Roosevelt
policies will win.
Congressman Louis Ludlow, Indi-
annapolis, has been on the hot seat
over the delayed count Of the pri-
mary vote of his opponent. He would
rather it was Mr.. Wilmeth than Mr.
Chamberlin.
Mrs. Virginia JenckeS, Terre
Haute, admits a contest in facing
the former veteran congressman,
Fred Purnell, Attica.
Representative John w. Boehne
Jr., Evansville, is as little worried as
any of the delegation; Samuel B.
Pettengill, South Bend, is facing an
opponent over whom he has tri-
umped twice before.
Others facing stiff contests in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18

Democrats All Successful,
Are Indifferent on Sem
ate Race.

WASHINGTON, May 1S.-The
Hoosier congressional delegation
came back from the Indiana primar-
les with little more conception of
who might be the Democratic nomi-
nee for the United States senate to
oppose Senator Arthur r. Robin
son than they had before they left.
They all seem glad that they we're
renominated, in several instances
are worried by their Republican
opponents and for the most part
would seem to be letting the sem
atorial race go hang.
This attitude is best eXemplified
by Representative Arthur H. Green
wood, Washington, Ind, who served
six terms in congress.
He had tough fight in beating
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18
WAY TO MORE
ABUNDANT LIFE
IS AIM OF IVA
Valley Authority, One Year
Old Today, Has SlaShed
Power Costs.
BY HERBERT LITTLE,
Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, May 18.-Presi-
dent Roosevelts favorite among the
recovery experiments, the social and
electrical development Of the valley
of the Tennessee, is a year old to-
day-and fiourishing.
The Tennessee valley authority. a
three-man federal commission
known throughout the valley as
IVA" is seriously and rapidly re-
making maps, cutting power rates
ana starting many another project
all aimed to improve life and liv-
ing in a segment Of the nation
where life itself has been difficult
to maintain, let alone the comforts
OF modern life.
IVA has nearly 10000 on the paw
rolls, building dams and preparing
power sites, and $500 others-young
CCC workers-are busy on refores-
tation and soil erosition projects.
It's detectives are two, one IS part
OF the other: They are inseparable.
IVA, with the cooperation Of the
volley, seeks to implant there the
more abundant life that is Roose-
velt's aim.
To do this. and in doing it, it is
providing cheap electric power to
tighten the burden of human toll.
New Vitality Present
More, it is the laboratory where
the federal government is demon
strating to all the country that
and how-cheap power can actually
be had.
Valley visitors report a new hope,
a new vitality there; and deeds, not
words alone. are the basis for these
reports.
So, a year having passed, what
has IVA accomplished? These are
some of the things:
1t has Wilson Dam in operation,
a yardstick by which power costs
there and elsewhere may be meas
ured.
1t has undertaken an extensive
urban and rural electrification pro-
gram in Mississippi, Alabama and
Tennessee.
1t is building Norris Dam to cost
S24.00O,0O0, Wheeler Dam to cost
S20.000OO0. and it has projected
four additional dams.
1t is constructing q 100000
transmission line, to link these hy-
dro-electric plants.
1t is about TO complete a DEM
onstration fertilizer plant at Mus
Gle Shoals: to determine whether
it can produce cheap fertilizer for
farmers.
Appliances Sold Cheaply
Believing that to furnish cheap
power is in itself not enough, it has
organized a separate corporation,
the Electric Farm and Home Au-
thority, to make loW-cOst high-qual-
ity electrical appliances available TO
consumers.
1t has organized a second corpor-
alton to develop cO-operatives in
the valley. a venture financed with
100000 from the federal emergency
relief administration.
1t has signed contracts to sell
power at low prices to twelve of the
more than 200 municipalities that
have applied for it; and it is direct
" responsible for many reductions
in electric rates in cities within and
without the valley.
At the great Norris Dam now
building on the Clinch river above
Knoxville, named after the valiant
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18
City Water Co. Shows
How Meters Are Read
Details of Checking Use
Explained by Officer
of Utility.

SO you want TO know how to read
your water meter2
Well, it's very simple and the In
dianapolis Water Company is will
ing to spend an afternoon Of the
time of its H. w. Niemeyer. a
gentlemna whose fetish is accuracy
and whose job as assistant super"
intendent makes him godfather to
all meters. so that you can be told.
The first step is to go down into
the basement, where meters usually
are located
The second is to find and identify
the little dials marked 10, and 100,
and 1000 and 10000 and 100000.
Never mind the dial at the top
marked One Foot or, in some met
ers. not marked at all. 1t is for test
ing
The figures in each instance have
reference to cubic feet and a cubic
foot is seven and half gallons, or
eight and one-third pounds, OF
water.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18
Mother Guards the Family Health

away-in most digestible form It
contains the carbohydrates you
need for energy; the proteins you
need for tissue building; the min
eral salts you need for bone struc-
ture; the vitamins that help you
resist disease; and bran to keep
you regular. Nature might haze
made a better food than 1Oheat-
bat she didn't!
Eat plenty of Shredded Wheat
it's good for you-will pay you big
dividends in health and happiness
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18

When you see a father working
happily to support his family, and
making a good job of it-when you
see healthy rudy checked children
enjoying their play-you can be
sure there is a mother in that home
who knows how to feed her family.
Whatever else she gives them,
they probably get at least one meal
a day of Shredded Wheat, milk
and fruit!
Shredded Wheat is whole wheat
nothing added nothing taken
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18

WHY do you suppose Chevrolet keeps repeating,
in all of its advertising, 'Drive it only
miles? Here's the Chevrolet engineers have
tried out all the various makes of cars in today low
price field. And they have proved 10 their complete
satisfaction the things that hundreds of thou
sands of Chevrolet proving in their daily
driving: How much more smoothly car travels with
genuine, fully -encosed Knee-Action. How much more
comfortably handles, with shock-proof steering How
much restfuly you ride. Fisher Body car. How
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18
MCCORMICK CRITICISED
BY WISCONSIN EDITOR

Can Not Support Campaign of
Abuse" Declares Editorial.
BV United Press
SHEBOYGAN. Wis, May fs.-In-
dignant at the recognition giyNn
Colonel E. r. Mccormick. publisher
of the Chicago Tribune, by the In
land Press Association, Charles E
Broughton today withdrew the name
of the Sheboygan Press from the
Association.
A freedom of the press" resolu-
ton submitted by Colonel McCor-
mick was adopted at the Inland
Press convention in Chicago.
Mr.. Brougnton declared editorially
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18

clude William T. Schultz. HAM
mond; James I. Farley, Auburn;
Glenn Grisworld. Peru, and Finly
Gray. Connersville. Representative
Eugene B. Grove, Bedford. is eX-
pected to pull through. since he
carried the district over the popular
Harry Garfield.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18

that he is an advocate of the free
dom of the press, but that he could
not subscribe to the support of
man who has entered upon a cam
paign of abuse and vindictiveness"
against the administration in the
time of a national peace-time crisis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18
0. E. S. WILL ENTERTAIN
Southport Chapter of Eastern Star
to Be Host to Officers.

Southport chapter, No. Ala. Order
of Eastern Star will entertain Mrs.
Hazel Coates. Veedersburg. worthy
grand matron, and other grand of
flcers, at 8 tonight at Southport
Masonic hall. Mrs. Earl Beam is
chairman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18
BIBLE CLASS TO MEET
Mems Group Will Entertain Wives
and SweetheartS.

The Mems Bible class of the Sew
enth Presbyterian church will en-
terrain wives and sweethearts of
members with banquet in the
church dining room Monday night.
Bert Essex will speak on "Pales-
tine and the Holy Land"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-18
MUSIC SOCIETY ELECTS
Shortridge Lettermen Name Part
wood Albeit President.

Officers have been elected for the
Shortridge Band Lettermen's Club.
organized recently. They are PART
wood Albeit. president; Charles
Haug. vice-president; Charles Nc
Cotter, secretary. and Don Dillon,
treasurer. The organization is for
members of the band who have been
awarded sweaters for service.