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Evening star., 1934-08-03
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good time, Ali arrangements have
been made % make Tire afternoon and
evening a most delightful one, and Il
IL e,pected that ell fozsns and their
friends uIll avail themselves Of this
opportunity
Reservations are being made with
Miss Gertrude NJ. Louis. Hotel Roose-
welt. who Ia chairman of the commit
tee that Is arranging for the lunch
supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lloyd Cooper Of
Aurora Hills, Va, have with them for
q visit their son and daughter-in-law,
DR.. and Mira. Albert Derwyn Cooper
Of Durham. n. C. whose marriage
took place IN Durham June 30.
Mrs. Eva Boothby Of Virginia High
lands has left for Los Angeles. going
via the Canadian Rockies and stop
ping over AZ Lake Louise, Banff. and
other Northwestern points. The re-
turn trip will be made the first Of Sep
teniDer through the Panama Canal
20 New York and home Her young
son, John Boothby, Ia at Camp over
eli. near Front Royal. Va, during
his mothers absence.
Capt Leonard r.. Nachman. u s. A.,
and Mrs. Hachman have arrived In
Washington and are at the Mar
Unique, accompanied by Miss Vera
FachmAn and Miss Adele Nachman
Of Houston. Tex
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin r. Kennedy Of
Clarendon, Va. have IS a guest the
lstter's mother, Mrs Miriam Marnett
OF New London. Conn. who win re-
main fer some time.
Mrs Frank H. Iden Of Aurora Hills
with her sister. Mrs. John Bowie of
Roanoke. Va, we're guests for several
days tftis week of their niece, Mrs.
II. o. Fleetwood of washington and
New York, who was hostess TO them
ct the Summer home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lutz Waters. on the Severn, near An
napolis Mrs. Bowie, who remained
throughout the week, viii spend this
week end with Mrs. Iden in Aurora
Hills, en- route 10 her home in
Roanoke.
The International Art Forum an
founces that the group organized to
visit the Baltimore Museum Of Art TO
study the Gone collection Of modern
art. met Tuesday evening at the resi-
dence OF Mr.. Reuter-, organizer Of the
trip, and that instead Of one visiting
group there will be two, next Sunday
on which day those interested win
meet at the museum at 2 pm; the
other on Wednesday, August 8, at the
museum at 1880 O'Clock pm.
Any one interested in Joining either
The Sunday or Wednesday group visit
ing the Gone collection, the chief fea-
ture of which is the unique selection
OF canvases by Henri Matisse, should
address the secretary, international
Art Forum, Carlton Hotel.
Mr.. r.. w. Livingston Of Lyon VII
lage sailed from Baltimore the early
part of the week fer Boston, Mass,
for a vacation, and while there will
visit his daughter, Miss Mary Calhoun
Livingston, who is engaged in re-
search work In the Biological Depart
ment at Harvard University.
Evening star., 1934-08-03
Sex in Cycling Scored.

When a sign female bicycles"
was placed over storage door in a
new technical school in Derry. Ireland,
officials received a complaint asking
why sex had been permitted to enter
cycling at the institution.
Evening star., 1934-08-03

Drought Damages Oats.
Seven-tenths of Rumania,s oat crop
was damaged by this years drought.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20

swung up over the bulwark on a lee
sea; and with water pouring from his
thigh-boots, hurled into the battle
again. He went down with mans
heel grinding into his face, but he
held on to his snubbing turn and saw
ed what had been gained. A minute
later he was lucky enough to save
Hodgson from being flattened like
pancake when another chain snapped
with a burst of a gunshot and let
loose ten tons of trouble.
If Burridge had turned the Mino-
taur's stern to the seas it would have
helped; but he never made that sort
of move, and not for all Old Ben's
fortune would Seymour have asked
the favor. If they wanted 'em tough
in the Burley boats they should have
'em tough. When the deckhands, all
save Hodgson, who had found a new
god to worship, kicked and threatened
to down tools, Seymour took them in
hand. He got the work done to his
satisfaction with the chains wedged
tight; so that nothing short of dy-
Mantle could start the lashings again
and he went to the bridge to report
completion.
"Think yourself a regular little
sailorman, don't you?" scoffed Bur-
ridge. "Well, mister, wait till we hit
some real bad weather."
Bluff, of course. But, very OBJ
viously, seafaring in the Burley boats
wasn't yachting. And the worst of
the winter was yet to come. By the
time the real gales came the Occi-
dent would be down south of the Line
in pleasant waters, and her captain
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20
eRomaneein !. nc : + ! Rough 94 Seas"

if we pile her up I'll break your back
with my own hands"
you're welcome, sir-it'll be some
thing to tell the other ships we've
been through the Cut"
But hundred times during that
frenzied hour, with sheer black cliffs
looming gigantic on either side, and
the following tide running like Mia
CARA, Seymour wished he'd kept to
the safer way. Still, there was no
room to turn, and to back out was an
equal impossibility, so there remain
ed nothing but to go forward. He
asked for more steam because. though
easier; and shot the Minotaur out
at the other side like cork from n
popgun. He sent down to tell Bur-
ridge when Cape Lygett light was
showing it's red group flash abeam,
and it still wanted an hour to day.
light.
"Did the weather ease off, then ?"
Burridge asked when he was up there.
He hadn't slept at all, intending to
have Seymour appeal to him for ad-
vice and support. you're an hour
ahead of time, aren't you? What've
you been doing?"
81 brought her through Mellin's
Cut" Jack Seymour reported.
"The hell you did," Whatever Bur-
ridge felt about it he didn't allow
Seymour to realize he was pleased.
But knowing his own nerve would
never have permitted him to take that
run made him angry with his mate.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20

What d'you mean by risking the
ship that way? If you tell 'em at
the office you've been through the
cut they'll fire you!" That would
keep a possibly boastful mouth shut.
81 thought I told you to call me at
the mouth of the Gat!"
"You were called" said Seymour
curtly.
"That's lie!" snarled the skipper.
"No man calls me liar and brags
about it," said Seymour. He felt
more leonine than lions just then,
having patted his own vanity on the
back. "Not even the captain of the
Minotaur."
"You are a liar!" blabbed Burridge,
feeling that the sooner he had it out
with a man who'd been through the
cut the better. Seymour forgot his
hopes of advancement as, momentar-
lily, he forgot Dawn. On that un-
steady bridge fighting was blind and
weird. The bucking ship Knocked any
skill there might have been; but the
two giants closed and punched and
broke clear and hurled together again,
until the man at the wheel interrupted
by yelling:
"She'll be high an dry on the point
if someone doesn't look after her!"
port your helm two points!" shout
ed Seymour, and waited on Burridge's
pleasure. 1t was a ship on which
discipline was enforced by the strong
arm; but if that was how Burridge
ran things Jack was ready for him.
"All right; you can go down." said
the skipper.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20

slowed there-too big to go down any
hold-and progress in the darkness
was difficult. He knew, too, from
the ships feel, that the skipper was
making her uglier than she need be
just to salt him down a bit. A roar
ing ninth wave came aboard with a
slooshing crash that seemed to bend
the stanchions; but Seymour grapped
fortuitous ringbolt and held on till
the watery procession passed.
On the fo'c'sle head he may have
contrasted this phase of seagoing with
command of the lordly Occident; but
he never for an instant regretted his
choice, since Dawn lay mistily ahead.
Just how testing anchor lashings with
the big water battering at him, and
stamping home the ventilator plugs,
was going to help him get Dawn, for
life-mate didn't show very clearly.
Still, old-timers used to encase them
selves in steel and hunt trouble in
foreign lands by way of showing how
they felt about their "ladies fair"
and he was willing to bet voyages
pay none of those ancient crusaders
loves could hold penny candle to
Dawn.
"She'll stand bit more than you're
giving her, if you feel that way"
Seymour told Burridge when he was
back in the bridge, soaked to the skin
and beyond. Burridge snarled and
went below, with reminder to have
him called when the mouth of the Cat
was reached. Three hours later Sey-
mour sent a spare man down to tell
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20

him; but BuTidge didn't appear on
Mount Misery. Seymour might have
slowed or turned back into open water
but he had an idea that Burridge hop
ed he would, so he kept on; and if
his heart was clipped between his
teeth that was his own affair. Even
in fine weather the Cat was some
thing to curl mans hair, with it's
eddies and cross currents and the back
wash from the steep rocks. Some
times daring man would attempt
it in daylight when there was hard
ly ripple. 1t was black night now
and the Minotaur was a restive as a
scared 2-year-old colt, bucking and
running away in disconcerting swings.
"You know this stretch?" Seymour
asked the man at the wheel.
Brought up in it, sir" he said.
"I'm a Colin Cove webfoot, l am"
That's right. Tell me if I go
wrong; Pm stranger here" laughed
Seymour. Whereupon Hodgson con-
fided data that the sailing regulations
never mentioned, little bits of price,
less lore that even Captain Burridge
didn't know. Every change in the
wind meant something, just as every
swirl of foaming water meant some
thing else. The fretting mutter I'M
derrunning crash of sea and howl of
wind was the surf on the Comlyn
Ledge, and when you heard it the
safest thing to do was to port a point.
Hodgson welcomed chance to show
his knowledge to someone who would
listen without contradiction, and the
ships bosun was talking of settling
ashore, too-so that any man who
stood well with the mate might have
chance of collecting that job.
He said, after an hour of furious
fighting:
with high water as it is now,
there's chance of gettin' through
Mellin's Cut. The cap'n hasn't ever
dared try it yet, because he's never
! listened to me, an the Cuts listed
as not navigable."
How do you know it," said Sey-
mour.
"I've fished it end to end, trawlin'
i could go through with my eyes
blindfolded. She'll save an hour that
way, sir"
(Which way do you go about it p
The man told him and Seymour nip
ped into the shaky chartroom to look
over the chart. He had photograph
ic memory.
cts west by south when Mellir
Spikes four points on the starboard
bow,' he said, returning.
"That's right, sir-you've been here
afore?"
We'll have stab at it, then; but
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20

$50 long as Pm liar I'll stop up.
Maybe l didn't hear that call,
Burridge conceded between his teeth.
So Seymour went below. He had not
had the second mate called at the
usual time, because he wanted to see
the night through himself but now
he reused out old Donegal, who had
been a terror in his youth, but was
now tanned. Toweling himself in his
rocking cabin Jack began to think ne
might have been a fool-to get him.
self in wrong with Old Ben. He coil
ed down in his bunk to think things
out and fell asleep instead; but he was
reused out before he had fairly closed
his eyes on account of some OF that
deckload machinery working loose.
1t was open water beyond Lygett
and the sea came from right ahead
with the thrust of the entire Atlantic
behind it. The bosun was down and
out with broken leg. 1t wasn't
bad lashing that had fetched the deck
load loose, but a presumably reliable
chain had parted and the whole ca
Doodle was slack.
The Minotaur buried herself to her
bridge-dodgers whilst Seymour hazed
the scared crew into relashing and
wedging the monstrous machines.
Once he found himself out through
washport, with only his hips keeping
him inboard; and mass of heavy
water thrusting him through inch by
inch. But a fag-end of wire hung
over his head and he grabbed it and
hauled himself clear through; he
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20

She's easy; and Captain Burridge and
are great friends already. Pm thor
oughly enjoying myself, but feel I'd
like to work a lot harder and show
you what | can do"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20

would be as good as lord.
Seymour wrote to Dawn during his
next watch below:
"'rhey made mistake when they
said the Minotaur was hard ship.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-20

The Minotaur struck the tail of a
cyclone before she made the Island,
but. thanks to taking the Cut, she
delivered her mails on time, and Cap
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Evening star., 1934-04-07
Organizing for a Fight.

One of the essential elements in
connection with the investigation Of
local facilities for early diagnosis and
treatment of tuberculosis is speed.
The chief purpose Of this investiga-
ton by the representative commit
tee chosen yesterday by the Commits
sioners is to point out specifically
what Is lacking here and to name the
immediate remedies which can be ap-
piled. 1t has been said, and it is
probably true to a large extent, that
money is the first requirement.
money to obtain necessary equipment,
personnel and enlargement of made
quate hospital facilities. But If the
needs are not itemized and pressed
Immediately before Congress, now
approaching the end of its session,
nothing will or can be done at any
time soon to correct condition that
seems to be going from bad to worse.
The Commissioners special COM
mittee should be well equipped for its
task, which is one OF reviewing and
assembling the facts obtained in
previous Investigations rather than
undertaking original research, as
its members represent the various
agencies most familiar with the prob
lem. It should not take this COM
mittee long to agree on . program
Evening star., 1934-04-07
The Gibson Airport Bill.

A delegation CT citizens has won
from the Commissioners a promise OF
careful consideration of their re-
cent adverse report on the Gibson
bill to develop an airport at Graveliy
Point. The Commissioners original
objection to this measure was based
on the priority of other pressing local
needs. for which no funds are now
available, and the additional fact that
they cannot predict what the finan-
cial condition Of the District will be
ten years hence, when the District
would begin repaying advances for
construction of the airport.
While the Commissioners are per-
fectly correct in pointing to other
municipal needs that must be met,
there is also merit in the contention
of the citizens delegation that the
Gibson bill establishes a convenient
method of financing the development.
The Star enormously indicated in
these columns recently that the en-
tire expense of this Semi-national de-
velopment would be thrown on the
local community. That is not the
case, as the bill provides for Federal
appropriations at the rate of $75O,O
year until the total estimated cost
Of s2,500,o0O is met, and at the end
Of ten years the District would repay
half the cost, spreading the repay
ment over five years.
The District is now handicapped by
its inability to plan in advance for
future improvements, or even to
finance the needs which are immedi-
ate, because of the unsatisfactory sys-
tenn Of fiscal relationship with the
National Government. The commit
ments for future expenditures under
the Gibson bill are. however, relatively
small and the division of expense, as
proposed, Is an equitable one.
Evening star., 1934-04-07
China and Japan.

From Marking, capital of National
ist China, or what passes for such,
come interesting intimations of a
budding rapprochement with Japan.
They are admittedly only straws and
much will have to happen to indicate
that they show how the wind is really
blowing, but on their face they bear
q certain significance that is evil
IDENTIFY taken seriously in the Far East.
Preparations are afoot for Dispatch
ing two large parties of Chinese econ
omists and business men to Japan, to
study conditions in the island empire,
with a view to possible adoption of
Japanese methods in China. These
missions follow in the footsteps of a
delegation of Chinese educators who
recently made a survey Of Japan's
colleges and universities. Another
Evening star., 1934-04-07
Babylonian Brick Souvenir
OF a Once Great and Powerful City

supporting sufficient earth to nourish
flowers. shrubs and trees Of largest
size. and modern plumbing" fotln-
tains. with water pumped through
pipes from the river. The Babylonians
undoubtedly had great engineering
ability and huge stores OF gold. and
their stronghold could not be taken
by siege OF famine. Control Of i'm
pregnable Babylon. city Of priests.
scribes, astronomers. merchants and
artisans. meant control of the Baby
lonian empire and its millions.
Those who feel that our civilization
always was and will be. might well
ponder the fate of historic Babylon,
it's civilization SO much older and
different than ours. yet similarly
proud. sound and impregnable. Hav-
ing lasted 1000 years, scOrning those
impotent ones beyond the walls. at
the height of its power and wealth
that civilization was easily Overthrown
in one battle by the utilization Of
existing slavery, corruption and a false
sense of power and security within the
walls, while, overnight, the main artery
of commerce, the river, was damned,
drained and converted into broad.
open highway leading through tower
ing walls and many unlocked gates
of brass to the throne Of a mighty
civilization which had been weighed
and found wanting Such was the
fantastic plan executed, SO long ago.
by a really perceiving, comprehending
and audacious man. Cyrus the Persian.
CHARLES GALE.
Evening star., 1934-04-07
Centralized Control of Traffic Signs
And Signals Urged by the ''Three AS

traffic engineering and do not help
the cause of safety. Too often they
are merely an adjunct to the speed
trap and the roadside court. Actual
surveys have clearly demonstrated
that stop and go signals installed
without proper study have increased
rather than decreased accidents.
Though not so important as some
other phases, Standardization and
uniformity would greatly reduce the
total cost Of signs and signals to the
municipalities and to the States.
There Is, Of course, some measure
of excuse for the exercise of control
by the large cities, where responsibility
rests in the hands Of competent en-
gineers. who usually cooperate closely
with the State Highway Department
and who are thoroughly familiar with
design and application for a variety
of purposes. There Is no such excuse,
however, as far as through highways
in small towns and municipalities are
concerned. If lights are needed, either
for safety or to facilitate the fiow of
traffic, State engineers can well be
relied on to see that they are in
stalled.
1.-THE recent decision Of the Supreme
Court of Ohio giving the State High
way Department the authority to
erect traffic lights in towns Of less
than 5000 people served to focus at
tention on this problem. With the
practical certainty that the coming
session of the National Conference on
Street and Highway Safety will adopt
a single code of signs. signals and
markings for rural and urban use, the
time is opportune to consider the i'm
portance Of unity Of control as well
as unity Of design and application"
Evening star., 1934-04-07

Chinese party Is about to investigate
the japanese public school system.
Finally. representatives of seven
northern and Yangtze Valley pro-
vincial governments are sending offi-
cials to study Japanese govern
mental and administrative procedure
All these various Chinese projects
have more or less official backing
from the Marking government
although Premier Wang Ching-wei
continues to deny that any concrete
moves are in progress looking to a
Chinese Japanese entente cordiale.
Any progress in that direction
would, Of course, be of the utmost
importance to the outside world.
Japan's future intentions with re-
spect to China are the keynote Of
the Far Eastern problem. Whether.
in particular, the japanese are con-
tent with the absorption of Man.
churia and harbor no future designs
on Chinese territory is the uncertain
factor in the international situation
on the other side of the globe. Many
japanese see danger to themselves in
the alleged progressive bolshevization
of China and think Nippon cannot af-
ford to wait until all China goes COM
munist, with Soviet military and eco
nomic advisers in control and estab-
fishing, as Toxic puts it, "a red bloc
from the Baltic to the Yellow Sea-"
While the Nanking business and
educa ational missions are studying"
in Japan, it is certain that the Jap
anese will omit no opportunity to
teach them the error Of any ways
that tend to drive China into the
arms OF the Soviet Union. Moscow is
said to be pressing for a Soviet-Chi-
nese non-aggression pact, but Nam
king is holding back, awaiting the
outcome of the expected Soviet jap
anese war, which it believes will be
favorable to China.
Evening star., 1934-04-07
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In your issue Of April 5 appeared
an article about q brick from the
walls of ancient Babylon. The article
interested me. but because OF the
manner Of stating the length OF the
wall 1t Seemd to create an impression
Of insignificance and a small city.
Herodotus gave dimensions showing
a city larger than Washington, laid
out as an exact square Of slightly less
than Is miles on each side. with 676
city blocks or squares. each ga miles
around, with streets about half a mile
apart, Is miles long and $50 feet
wide. with four additional streets just
inside the outer walls. Babylon was
built on both banks of the Euphrates
and there were outer and inner walls
of nearly equal strength, walls on
both banks of the river. and more
walls around the two palaces. Ihe
length of the outer walls alone seems
to laye been over so miles and Hero
dotus gave it as IS feet thick by $50
feet high. Possibly the height was
calculated from the bottom OF the
outer moat, from which the brick ma
terial was dug. but even SO, they were
substantial walls of sound brick, one
of which now is in Washington, nearly
$500 years after the capture OF Bah
ylon. The Bible has no monopoly ON
Babylon.
The city was filled with substantial
structures, among them a pyramid
480 feet high and the hanging
gardens structure IS feet high.
Evening star., 1934-04-07

Following a survey which covered
virtually every section of the country
the American Automobile Association
urges the adoption of Nationwide
policy looking to the placement in the
State highway departments Of CEN
tralized control of road signs, mark
ings and signals.
"Conflicting jurisdictions as regards
these important adjuncts Of highway
travel lead to a wholly unnecessary
diversity of design and application,
which in turn not only impedes the
smooth flow of traf1ic, but also results
In confusion and accidents" Thomas
p. Henry of Detroit, Mich, president
Of the national motoring body. de-
clared.
Only eight States. the A. A. A. pres
ident said, namely, Massachusetts,,
New Hampshire, Minnesota, New Jer-
sey, Washington, Wisconsin, Oregon
and Michigan, exercise anything like
q full measure of control through the
State highway departments, while %
States have no control at all inside
municipalities, large or small.
BY far the worst abuse growing out
Of this situation, Mr.. Henry asserted,
pertains to the multiplicity Of trafic
lights which the motorists encounter
today along the main State and inter-
state highways. which happen to run
through small municipalities. He
continued:
Thousands Of such trafic lights
are in no sense justified by sound