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Evening star., 1934-08-22
WATER WORKS AIDED
P. W. A. Allots 500, ,s7o,s1s to
047 Municipal Projects.

The Public Works Administration
said today $s6,s7o,s1s of its billions
had been allotted to 947 municipal
water works projects.
The total cost of the projects was
estimated at Sill, ,886.346. Munich
palities benefiting will supply part
of the funds. Officials said the work
would supply Jobs directly for 522 ,586
men for one month and approximately
double that number in industries
supplying and transporting the ma
terials to be used.
Evening star., 1934-08-22
Yeats Finishes Play.

w. B. Yeats, the Irish poet, has
finished his play, 1.-The King Of the
Great Clock Tower" and 1t will be
first produced In the Abbey Theater.
Dublin. Irish Free State.
Evening star., 1934-08-22

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have the chance to buy an even
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dollar model with two blades to
boot for 25c. Get your set today.
On sale at all dealers.
Evening star., 1934-08-22
WIRELESS POWER
DREAM FOR 1854
Atomic and Cosmic Rays
Also offer Possibilities in
Next 80 Years.

(This is the fourth and last OF q
series OF articles on Development Of
National Electrifcdtion ,0ritten from
the udntdge point of the year
A. D. 1864.
Evening star., 1934-08-22

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Evening star., 1934-03-26

civil service by dismissal Of superfiu-
Gus employees.
by marching shoulder to shoulder
as our soldiers did at the Marne,"
pleaded Premier Doumergue, I'VE may
have faith in final success" 1t was
as il in direct response to this call
for arm,ylike solidarity that three
million war veterans on Sunday
pledged the government loyal support
in averting for France the perils which
M. Doumergue has bluntly portrayed.
Internal conditions have already
crippled French prestige in Europe.
Because of them, Italy and Mussolini
have been enabled to seize political
leadership, as exemplified by the
new Italo-Austro- Hungarian alliance
against the German Nazi threat. Even
more CALLING to France must be the
evidence that her far-flung chain Of
alliances is loosening. Poland has
concluded a non-aggression pact with
Germany. Czechoslovakia Is flirting
with Italy, and the other Little Entente
stateS-Rumania and Yugoslavia-
surveying the factors rocking France
from within, are beginning to con-
slider the possibility Of new Euro
pean alignment. Meantime. France
is maneuveripg for the protection of
a restored entente cordiale with Great
Britain against a rearmed Germany.
Evening star., 1934-03-26
Turmoil in France.

Many persons at home and abroad
who heard or read Premier Dou-
mergue's broadcast appeal to the
French people Saturday night "once
again to save themselves from the
threat Of civil war because such strife
might lead to foreign invasion" may
have thought the venerable statesman
was indulging in needless anxieties.
But Sunday, a few hours after his
plea, provincial France was the scene
of riots unpleasantly reminiscent of
the events in Paris on February 6.
Right and Left forces clashed violently
at Toulon and Tours at the end of
political meetings. At Toulon police
and naval officers were dragged into
the various melees before order was
restored, and at Tours shots were
fired. Recent political unrest has been
confined to Paris. Its spread to the
provinces has an ominous significance
Utilizing the radio for the first
time, M. Doumergue reminded France
how against his will he had been
drafted from retirement to organize
a government of national salvation
He admitted that France needs q
thorough house-cleaning and promised
ruthless punishment of all and sundry
involved in the Stavisky scandals
"The atmosphere must be purified, SC
the government can do what 1t must
do, and there is much to be done,
the premier declared.
M. Doumergue acknowledged that
the parliamentary system Is in peri
as a result of late developments. Te
arrest these before they take France
from bad to worse, the premier calls
for sterilization of the franc. . budget
balanced by less spending or more
taxation. and rigid pruning Of ths
Evening star., 1934-03-26
Just Around the Corner.

Even if the weather bellies the
thought, take comfort in the fact that
Spring is really here, because:
The mental torture over whether
the base ball stars would sign their
contracts or remain hold-outs has
been ended. as always, by their sign
ing the contracts.
The first robin has arrived and his
arrival has been duly noted.
The predictions are freely being
made as to the date the cherry trees
will bloom, together with the forecasts
that they will probably be bigger and
better because Of this and that.
1t is almost time to get the annual
report of observers from Hagerstown
that the peach crop has been de-
stroyed by unreasonable weather, and
that will be followed soon by similar
reports from Winchester that the ap-
Evening star., 1934-03-26
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

been anointed with the Democratic
blessing in his impending campaign
for reelection, the famous Coast Pro-
gressive, for all practical purposes,
ranks as one of the new deal faith
full, no matter what his political label
may be. The Treasury's action in
pursuance of the johnson bill. before
1t Is law, is believed TO be unique in
Government practice
X
Up in the beautiful Berkshire Hills
of Massachusetts, the sensat ton of the
hour is the reported application for a
liquor license by the Red Lion Inn, at
Stockbridge, owned by Representative
Allen T. Treadway, Republican, who is
now leading the House fight On the
Roosevelt tariff program. For hun
dred years the famous resort hotel has
been run as bone-dry establishment,
the tradition having been consistently
perpetuated throughout the y years
in which the property has been in the
Treadway family.
4 X X
Prospective drastic stock exchange
bear market in the price of seats on
both the New York Stock and Curb
Exchanges. One firm. with three seats
on the big board" calculates that the
paper loss in their value, on the basis
Of previous sales, is $255, 900. Two
curb seats are worth $35 900 less. The
aggregate value of the / 1,375 900 men,
berShipS on the Stock Exchange has
been written down s116,875, 900. Re
ports persist that Canadian stock ex-
change seats are in lively demand at
rising prices, because of the belief that
much security business now done in
New York will be transferred to To-
ronto and Montreal in the event of
drastic regulatory legislation in WASH
ington.
X X X X
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Hull rejoice over the arrival of Am
bassador William E. Dodd from Berlin
because of the opportunity for ex-
haustve and flrSt-hand consideration
of events in Germany and Europe,
especially the disarmament situation,
to which Hitlers' government holds
the key. This is DR.. Dodd's first visit
to the United States since he was sent
to Berlin last Summer. He not only
wants to discuss international rela-
tions in Washington, but to see how
things are going on his model dairy
farm across the Potomac, at Round
Hill, Va.
X X X
Ambassador Hiroshi Saito plans
shortly to return to Japan to report
on the state of the American mind
official and otherwise, toward Japan
and Far Eastern affairs generally
Toxic is mainly interested in three
questions, as far as this country is
concerned-our attitude toward ia
pans ambition for a new deal in naval
ratios; repeal Of the immigration ex-
clusion law, and recognition of Man
chukuo. Japan is watching, of course,
with anxious interest, the develop
ment of Soviet-American relations.
Copyright. 1034.)
Evening star., 1934-03-26
Templeton Jones prided himself on
never fOrpettinr n face.

Templeton Jones prided himself on
never forgetting q face.
Beautiful or ugly, young or old, a
face was a face to Jones, and none
other.
He greeted a Pullman porter on F
street not long ago whom he had not
one trip West.
The porter looked surprised.
No doubt he had forgotten Jones,
but Jones remembered him well.
Something in the face, perhaps the
eyes, stuck in his memory, a good one
for the little intangibles which make
one human being entirely different
from another.
Finger prints are not necessary at
all, Jones thought, If you happen to
have a good memory for such things
Il **
Here is a man who can take enor-
nous rows of figures, and add them
up as fast as his pencil travels up and
down.
He has a wonderful memory for
figures, as We say. but when it comes
to recalling a man he was introduced
to yesterday he is entirely at sea.
How do you do. Mr.. -er,
Everybody has met him.
Templeton Jones would require half
an hour to add up such list of fig
ures. even then he would not guaran-
tee the result
When 1t came to remembering a
mans face, however-or a woman s
face, either. for that matter-he was
there, as the phrase used to be.
u n \ X
So he recognized the girl instantly
He knew he had not seen her for
years, and then but once, but he knew
he could not place her. This puz-
zled him.
Unusually he was able to place the
person he recognized, at least after
some thought
Just how his brain worked In such
cases he never could tell himself.
Nov where have I seen that girl
before?" he asked
His only clue was time.
-Four years ago, five years ago,
maybe.
He was sure Of that.
What had he been doing five years
ago, to see such a pretty girl. a pretty
girl who, after all, was not very
pretty?
She was too large.
She was perfect, in her way, but
there was too much Of her.
Her face, too, was too large.
There was certain equine charac-
teristic to it which was not exactly
pleasing.
Yet her features were so good, her
complexion so perfect. and, above all,
her smile SO charming that even a
woman-hater would have found her a
most pleasing personality
Templeton Jones was not a woman
hater.
1t was no wonder. then, that the
sight of her started him wondering.
Where on earth could he have seen
her? He knew he had never spoken
to her. had seen her but once. indeed.
Where could he have seen this
young lady?
Then it flashed into his mind.
How or why it flashed into his mind
he did not know, but there the answer
was.
Evening star., 1934-03-26

monwealtn erected this memorial,
there were added the dates, Born
April 2, os., l743; died July 4, 1926"
Q. Why were the old four-wheeled
cabs called growlers?-C. T.
A. 1t referred to the surly and dig
contented manners Of their drivers.
They were sometimes called crawlers,
from their slow pace.
@. Can bees pierce the skins of
grapes?-F. G.
A. In spite Of apparent evidence to
the contrary, bees are positively not
able to pierce the skins of grapes. It
must be borne in mind that the part
| of bees body which inf1icts its sting
has nothing TO do with the mouth
parts, which are totally unadapted for
biting purposes. The real culprits in
grape destruction are birds which In
hict the original wounds and the bees
then flock to the scene in order to
take advantage Of the juice which Is
then available.
@. How does Babe Ruth hold bat7
ID. S.
| A. He is a left-handed batter, and
graSps the heel Of the bat with his
right hand.
@. Who said, Though disagree
with everything you say, will fight to
the death for your right to say it,?
&C. L.
A. The quotation is from a letter
by Voltaire to Helvetius, the French
philosopher 1t is found in a book
called "Voltaire in His Letters" pub
lished about 20 years ago.
Q. What is meridian stone?-A. L.
A. The term meridian stone is
usually applied to the stones marking
the ends Of so-called meridian line,
placed to define the true north-and-
south line. Such stones are intended
| primarily to enable a surveyor to test
his compass and determine the diff
ference between the direction indi-
Gated by the compass needle (magnetic
north) and the true north. 1t is i'm
portart that meridian line be placed
away from buildings electric car lines
and, in general, anything which might
defect the needle of the compass.
%. - OH dl4-dIOuQQ
| ciSe?-P. C.
A. 1t is recognized by athletic
teachers and health authorities as one
Of the best forms of exercising, as in
swimming nearly every muscle in the
body is brought into play.
@. How long will the supply Of food
aboard the Seth Parker last?-E. P.
A. 1t is estimated that the food
supply will last at least a year and a
half.
Q. Who was the first recognized
prima donna in the United States?-
w. P.
A. 1t is matter Of opinion. Ac-
cording to John Tasker Howard's book,
Our American Music" there had
been nothing in American history to
| compare with the furor that Jenny
Lind created in the 1850s. Her first
concert was given at Castle Garden,
New York City, on September II,
1880 There were other famous singers,
Maria Malabran, daughter Of the
Manuel Garcia who gave New York
its first taste of Italian opera. had
been here with her father in 1925 and
had stayed two years. Henriette Son.
tag had made great success in opera
and sensation in concert. She was
in America when Jenny Lind was here,
and she went to Mexico City in 1854.
where she died Of cholera. Earlier
even than these famous singers, Mrs.
Oldmixon and Miss Broadhurt were
famous on the concert stage in the
United States as early as 1875.
@. Why Is milk heavier than waterf
W. A. E.
| A. Milk is heavier than water since
milk contains besides water certain
minerals and fat globules.
Evening star., 1934-03-26
Lindbergh's Refusal to Serve
Is Condemned and Approved

that cit didn't occur to any Of these
officials to ask Lindbergh's advice be-
fore they Cancelled the airmail con-
tracts" The Wall Street Journal de-
clares that Ibis point is obviously that
if an injustice has been done there is
no need of committee to consider it."
The Omaha World-Herald, however,
takes the position that 'Lindbergh
was not asked to inquire into the pro-
priety of the order; he was asked to
give technical advice on the manner
in which the Army followed it out"
and adds that at is with unbecoming
impudence that Lindbergh sulks be-
cause he thinks the administration
acted contrary to American princi-
pies"
In his refusal Col. Lindbergh has
not refused the invitation of the Sec
retary of War" says the Newport
News Times Herald, "he has refused
to serve his country, his fellow citi-
zens-in an emergency where he Is
peculiarly fitted to be of real value"
To the Asbury Park Evening Press,
the action does not seem lin line with
Col. Lindberghs reputation for public
service"
The Pueblo (Colo) Star-Journal
considers that the colonel showed
excellent judgment when he respect
fully declines to become a member of
a committee which has for its ulti-
mate object the control, If not the
ownership of commercial aviation"
and the jamestown Post also thinks
"it is plain that Col. Lindbergh has
firm views as to the injustice per-
petrated in the cancellation of the
airmail contracts"
1T does not occur to Lindbergh,
any more than it would occur to his
employers" the Philadelphia Record
observes, that those contracts were
not rights, but privileges" while the
Louisville Herald-Post remarks that
sit wasn't contrary to American prin-
ciples for the Army to help out when
the airmail system was first started"
"Lindbergh Is not lending himself
to what he may consider a Govern
ment set-up for a whitewash and be-
come a party to it." declares the Al
lentown Morning Call, whte the South
Bend Tribune sees "the administra-
tons face-saving strategy in the air
mail matter" as seriously impaired by
the latest Lindbergh statement"
when President Roosevelt appears
sincerely determined to use the advice
requested for the purpose of putting
our national air defense in proper con-
dition," say the Jersey City Journal,
most people will think that Col. Lind
bergh could afford to sheath his
hatchet." The Appleton POST Crescent
expresses the opinion that "in his re-
fusal Lfndbergh missed the biggest
moment Of his life" and thinks his
action "can hardly be forgiven ex-
cept upon the ground of youth"
The Jersey Observer feels that at
would be a charitable view to take,
that unwittingly or otherwise, he IL
being used for purely political pur.
poses" and the Richmond Times-Dis-
patch concludes: ut Is a great pity
that the symbolical figure which Is
Lindbergh'S, whether 1t was speaking
truly or falsely, should have spoken at
all. The Lone Eagle does not appear
well in q quarrel"
Evening star., 1934-03-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Automatic Muse.
Some serious disappointments lurk
With a new deal to draw to
When folks say they ought not to worl
Instead of that they ought to.
We will be in a mournful way Il
And not at all admiring I.
II all we get from day to day
Is talk that's just back firing.
AS We discuss how this and thus
Should 90 In times erratic.
Dictatorships are not for US.
So don't be autocratic.
Evening star., 1934-03-26

Col. Lindbergh's refusal to serve on
the Army Aircraft Investigating Com
mission at the request of Secretary
Dern is roundly criticized by many
editors and just as strongly defended
by others.
The Hartford Times, in concert
with a number of other papers, states
the situation this way: Col. Lind
bergh is, of course, entitled to his
own free choice as to accepting a
place in the Dern committee. We
question whether in again refusing
appointment he has been guided by
a proper sense of response to the
public interest" The Lima (Ohio)
News expressing the opinion also that
"he could have delivered his declina-
ton in q much less impetuous
manner" The Owensboro (Ky0
Messenger-Inq believes that "the
country will regret that he did not
decide either to serve on the COM
mite or to decline the honor with
ordinary courtesy"
On the other hand, the Youngstown
Vindicator thinks that ANY man
whose heart is in his work as Lind
bergh's is would reply to the Presi-
dent just as he has and would never
think that he had done anything
disrespectful," and the Boston Tran
script believes he should be admired
for his resolute judgment" in re-
fusing to change his mind. ANY
impartial person will agree that Col.
Lindbergh could not have done diff
ferently without a sacrifice of his self
respect" says the Boston paper.
1t seems to the Baltimore Sun that
Col Lindbergh is confusing two issues
which should be considered separate
ly. There is first Of ALL" declares
this paper, "a simple question as to
the cancellation of the airnlail con-
tracts with private companies. And
there is, secondly, question as to
the standards of equipment and train
ing in the Army Air Service, which
has had a distressing succession of
casualties since 1t took over the task
from which the private companies
were debarred. There is no
sound reason why he should allow
his attitude on the one question to
stand in the way of his making a
contribution to the study Of the
second"
"Col. Lindbergh's latest note to
Secretary of War Dern, sharply re-
iterating his refusal to participate in
an investigation as affecting Army
aviation" says the Wichita Beacon,
lis likely to put the temper of the
American people to the test" This
paper also suggests that as an officer
in the Reserve force, 'the is morally
subject to the call of his country"
The Muskegon Chronicle, however,
is inclined to blame Secretary Dern's
mistaken tactics" for the embarass-
ing situation, while the Charlotte IN.
c. News remarks: There seems to
have been no meeting of the airman's s
and the cabinet officers minds. II
that Is not the way Of il, then one Of
the two Of them certainly has pulled
q fast one"
The Bergen IN. j. Evening Record
does not believe that Lindbergh's re-
fusal to cooperate will cripple the
investigation, for it Is assured of plen-
ty Of competent advice" but finds it
"regrettable that a man as much ad-
mired as Col. Lndbergh should adopt
a petty attitude In this affair" To
the Rocky Mountain News Lind
bergh's action Is "hasty," but the
Portland (Me.) Press Herald suggests
Evening star., 1934-03-26

pie crop has been put on the blink for
the same reason.
And before many weeks are over We
shall hear that the ground is toe
soggy for Spring planting, or that
there has not been enough rain.
Everything, in other words, going
along about as usual,
Let US, then, be up and doing,
With heart for any fate:
Still achieving. still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
Evening star., 1934-03-26
@ ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. Was Katherine Mansfield, the
writer, ever married?-J. H. M.
A. She married J. Middleton Murry,
in the publication Of Rhythm, a liter
ary review.
C. What is a straight whisky?-V. S
A. A straight whisky is a liquor
distilled from grain, at not exceeding
1907 proof, but reduced to between
no. and so proof by the time it is
bottled. To be classified as straight
whisky, all the whisky contained in
the bottle must have been produced
by the same distillery, from the same
material, and in the same distilling
season.
@. How many acres does a city
block cover?-W. D.
A. The size of a city block varies
square feet. or equal to nearly 3A
acres.
@. How may people are using gas
for cooking or Illuminating in the
oOdtCos- "
A. The Gas Age Record says that
gas companies of the United States
have approximately 100000 Gus
toners.
@. Do fingerprints change during
the life of an individual?-D. M.
A. They do not. They may become
obliterated through scars, but where
visible they are always the same.
@. Is 1t true that the average in
telligence of American adults is only
that of 12-year-old child?-G. M.
A Dr. Segei in School Life says
that 81 per cent of the adult popula-
ton, 16 to so years Of age, has in
telligence above the 12year-old level.
The average American attains great
est intelligence, that is capacity TO
learn, between the ages of 20 and 25
General learning ability drops of to-
ward so. but the average does not fall
below l6 years.
@. What was the date of the first
Webster's Dictionary?-H. B. F.
A. Noah Webster's Dictionary first
appeared in 1928.
@. What part Of the personnel on
q battleship is composed of Marines?
"A. r. w.
A. The Marines form about 10 per
cent of the complement Of large ships
in the United States Navy.
@. How are questions handled in
the office of the Haskin Information
Service?-I. B.
A. The incoming letters are opened
at a mailing table, stamped with the
date, and taken in great basketfuls
to the assignment desk. Here they are
read and divided among the research
ers according to type Of inquiry. When
the research work is done, replies TO
letters are dictated to stenographers,
read at the editorial dask, sent to the
table for outgoing mail, where they
are prepared for mailing. Join the
hosts of people who use this news
papers information service at Wash
ington, D. C, Frederic J. Haskin is
the director. Send stamp or coin for
return postage.
@. What does the name hyson
mean for a variety Of Chinese green
tea?-C. r. r.
A. 1t is so called from hei-ch'un,
meaning bright Spring.
@. What is the inscription upon
Thomas Jefferson's tomb?-R. D.
A Thomas Jefferson was buried at
Monticello, Va. The memorial there
erected to him is 10-foot shaft upon
which appears the original inscription
written for his tomb by Jefferson him
self: Here was buried Thomas JET
ferson, Author of the Declaration OF
American Independence and Of the
Statute of Virginia for Religious
Freedom. and Father Of the Univer-
sity OF Virginia" When the Com