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Evening star., 1934-11-25
WEST VIRGINIAACTS
TO JOIN POWER ROW
State Plans to Intervene in Court
Fight Over Federal Com
missions Rights.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON. w. Va, November
24.-The State Of West Virginia plans
to intervene in the court fight over
whether the Federal Power Commits
siUn has the right to exercise control
over New River in Southern West
Virginia.
Attorney General Homer A. Holt,
who says the State is naturally in
terested in its water power resources" T"
will file a petition in the Federal Dis
trict Court setting forth the States
position in the contest between the
Federal Government and three COM
panies building a hydro-electric prof.
ect at Hawks Nest, Fayette County.
District Attorney George l. Neal has
asked Federal Judge George w. Nc
Clintic to enjoin the construction of
a power dam in New River, contend
ing it will interfere with navigation
in the New and Kanawha Rivers.
The dam builders, the Electro
Metallurgical Co., the New-Kanawha
Power Co. and the Union Carbide and
Carbon Co. of New York, assert the
New is not navigable.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
J0BLESS WRITER'S GIVEN
WORK IN LOS ANGELES
Charting the Course of History
Takes in Sc Persons, Mostly
Former Newspaper Men.
y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, November "a
Unemployed writers of every descrip-
ton, from poets to economists, have
been set to work under novel relief
project in Los Angeles charting the
course of history, past and present.
Under a budget Of approximately
$4,000, the State Emergency Relief
Administration has hired Sc per-
sons, most of whom are former news
paper men, to work on a series Of
projects which Hugh Harlan, di-
rector of the plan, terms a searching
analysis and Interpretation Of the
American scene"
Pay is rs cents an hour, with the
work week ranging from to 18 hours:
depending on the needs of each in
dividual
Harlan's Office is organized similar
to the city room Of daily newspaper,
with Harlan acting as managing ed
itor. Under him are five city editors
who give out the assignments.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
GE0RGIANS TO ACT
ON STERILIZATION
Insanity Curb Sought by Legisla-
ture in Treatment of Mentally
Afflicted.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, November 24-Sterili-
zation of the mentally UNIT to curb
insanity is expected to be an issue
before the next Georgia Legislature.
The number of patients at the State
Hospital for Insane at Milledgeville
is 6,250-more than double the figure
Of 25 years ago. E. E. Lindsey, chair
man of the State Board of Control in
charge of the hospital, says many of
the cases are hereditary.
1T is financial problem for the
State government and the taxpayers,
just as it is an economic and social
problem for the people of the State, "
he says. Lindsey has suggested steril-
ization Of hopelessly insane patients
at the hospital.
Sterilization has been discussed at
nearly every session Of the Georgia
Legislature in recent years. but moth
ing has been done about it. Lindsey
says he will provide members of the
Legislature, which meets in January,
with information on the subject.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
OKLAHOMA USING
OWN BRAIN TRUST
MarIand Lining Up His New
Deal by Holding Party
Meetings Daily.
BY the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, NJ

BY the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, November "a.
Oklahoma, which voted overwhelm-
ingly for the New Deal November
6, emerged today with her New Deal"
brain trust" and all.
Elected on an unqualified support
the New Deal platform, E. w. Mar
land, Democrat, who will become Gov
ernor January IA. is holding daily
meetings of his brain trust" at his
palatial home in Ponca City. When
he goes into ONCE his planned pro-
gram" will be ready to go before the
Legislature for immediate action.
Determined to get advice from those
most able to give 1t on all of Okla
homa's many problems. Marland has
named committees of leading citizens
to study the budget. revenue and taxa
ton, old-age pensions. State institu-
tions, subsistence homesteads and CO.
operation with the Federal Govern
ment on its public works program.
Know How to Get Support.
He has included among his COM
IIllIlcc II1cIuUcES SpI IIllkllIlS O1 NeI-
Grams who have showed bills through
recalcitrant Legislatures and know
where and when to pull the strings" !"
In majority, to be sure, is new blood.
prominent men and women who never
before have been active in politics.
Within a week after the election
both houses of the Legislature had
been organized.
Marland has called a meeting Of
the legislators for Monday (Novem-
Der 26).' He will outline to them what
he wants done.
Hurley Is Adviser.
Another step taken by the Gov
ernor reject was the calling of parley
of oil States Governors December 3.
To assist him in ironing out the
troublesome oil production problem,
Marland has obtained Patrick Hurley,
Republican former Secretary of War,
as adviser.
Outstanding in Marland's plan is
abolition of the automobile tag agent
system, a thing dear to the hearts
of the politicians and patronage set
up which has provided 125 jobs for
the legislators to deal out. Marland
would have the county clerk, or some
other elected county officer, handle
the tags to save each automobile
owner so cents.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

NORRIS, Tenn, November "a P.-
A model village, replete with every
modern convenience, has arisen in the
hills of East Tennessee as monument
to Senator George w. Norris Of Ne
braska.
Costing approximately $3,500,000,
the town was built by the Tennessee
Valley Authority to house married
workers engaged in construction of
the nearby $34,O00,O00 Norris Dam.
Both the town and dam were named
Morris" to honor the Nebraska Sen
ator who led 12-year fight for Gov
ernment operation of Wilson Dam, at
Muscle Shoals, and development of
water power resources of the Ten
nessee River-now reality under the
administration of President Roosevelt.
Norris Is a town of charm and
beauty. A. e. Morgan, chairman Of
the Tennessee Valley Authority, calls
it '"The most beautiful small town In
Tennessee"
It nestles near the center Of .
Evening star., 1934-11-25
Stockyards Fire PAGES Way
For Greatest livestock ShOlU
Farmers in Far Corners of the Land
Begin Trek for Chicago Open
ing, Set for December l.

These do not include the carlot con-
tests of commercial cattle. sheep and
swine to be judged by Chicago pack
ing-house buyers, entries for which
may be made up to within few days
of the exposition's opening. Last
year and in 1892 more than 400 car
lots we're listed.
Is States on Board.
So keen is competition among the
prize animals that the judging OF
them Is left to board Of judges from
Is States, the District Of Columbia,
Canada, and Scotland.
AS in the past, the honor-or duty
of picking the grand champion steer
goes to Walter Biggar of Scotland.
For the tenth year he is making the
trip from Dalbeattie, Scotland.
But it is only a passing honor for
the steer, for shortly after the grand
champion has been named it is led
away to the auction block on route
that ultimately leads to the slaughter
house.
1t was during the boom year of
1929 that a record price of $3.25 a
pound was obtained for the grand
champion selected by Biggar.
The exposition this year also will
attract to Chicago some 1900 farm
boys and girls, winners of All Club
achievement contests. and each striv-
ing for national honors in the All
Club Congress to be held here.
Club members will have their own
exposition of cattle and also will dis
play their championship crops and
handiwork
General manager of the 1884 ex-
position is B. H. Heide, who has been
working hand in hand with Arthur
G. Leonard, chairman of the board
and president of the Union Stock
Yards g. Transit Co., guiding genius
and one of the founders of the series
of expositions. Henry w. Marshall.
Lafayette, Ind, publisher, is presi-
dent of the hoard
Evening star., 1934-11-25
GEORGIAN PLANS SPEEDY
DIVORCE COURT SYSTEM
Special Tribunal to Be Asked Of
Next Legislature, With 90
Day Residence Feature.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEWMAN, Ga, November "a
Snappy service in shipping the mar
ital ties of the Nations unhappily wed
will be available in conservative Geor-
gia If State Representative Stonewall
Dyer has his way.
Dyer said he will ask the next Legis-
Iature to speed up the handling OF
divorce cases by providing special
courts in the larger cities and enabling
outsiders to get divorces after 80 days
residence.
He explained that while his proposal
would doubtless attract divorce cases
here from other States, the plan Is
designed to save money to the tax
payers and to relieve congestion OF
our courts"
Evening star., 1934-11-25
LACK OF FUNDS HITS
COOK COUNTY SCHOOLS
600 Children Outside Chicago
Already Deprived of Oppor-
tunity for Education.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November 24.-Thou-
sands of Cook County pupils, outside
of Chicago, face the prospect of no
school in the near future unless funds
to continue classes are obtained.
Two schools already are closed, leav-
ing more than 600 children without
educational facilities, and 10 schools,
with an enrolment Of 10000, were
described by county authorities as in
desperate" condition.
G. r. Welsher. auditor for Cook
County Schools. who has spent months
studying the problem. said new means
Of raising revenue offered the only
longtime solution Of the dilemma.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
VIRGINIA GAS TAXES
MAY NET $4,000, 900
General Fund Revenue Will
Equal $15,517, ,o35 Estimate
for Fiscal Year.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, November "a
An optimistic note was sounded in
Virginia's fiscal reports this week.
Motor Vehicle Director John @.
Rhodes reported the divisions gaso-
line tax collections for the month
Of October exceeded all previous rec
ords for monthly collections and
forecast a calendar year total in ex-
cess of $13,000,000 from this source.
State Tax Commissioner G. H.
Morrissett on the eve Of the penalty
date, December 5, predicted that
State tax revenue for general fund
use would equal the $15,517,035 esti-
mate for the fiscal year.
State taxes on individual and
fiduciary income and intangible per-
sonal property are due by December
S, and these 60 into the general fund.
From individual income alone Com
missioner Morrissett expects $810, 900.
The figure this year will be raised,
he said, by $3.50, 900 as q result Of the
increase in this item under the Peery
tax-equanzation program.
Evening star., 1934-11-25
STREAMLINE TRAINS
WORRY BUS OPERATORS

When Railroads Match the
Cheaper Fare, Travellers Will
Be Lured Away, Is Fear.
BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November 24-It's the
streamline train that Is giving bus
operators anxious moments as they
wonder if it will lure travellers back
to the rails from the highways.
With one of the swift new trains
already in operation between Kansas
City and Lincoln. Nebr., and others
planned to add new zest to railroad
travel in other parts of the country.
bus operators are watching fares with
a belief the traveller chooses his mode
of transportation according to his
purse.
I'VE really don't have to worry until
the railroads are able to match our
prices" says Chester Moore. president
of the Illinois Bus Operators Asso-
citation. "Our surveys indicate that
low fares are practically the sole rea-
son for our patronage"
Evening star., 1934-11-25
KANSAS TO FIGHT
INVASION Of BEER
Old Leaders Under New
Banners Hint at Another
Carry Nation Drive.
BY the Associated Press.


KANSAS CITY, November "a
Amid warnings of another Carry Ma
ton drive and talk of "witch-burn-
ing" Kansas, bone dry" for 54 years,
is laying plans for fight this Winter
over 80 beer.
The new battle finds old leaders
under new banners and old weapons
in new hands.
william Allen White. Enporia edi-
tor and lifelong dry, advocates legali-
cation of the 80 brew in order that
another and possibly more successful
revolt against the State amendment
be averted. Some of his erstwhile
comrades in the dry camp heaped
criticism on him for his stand, while
others joined with him.
Some stanch "wets" are demand
ing complete outlawry Of any beverage
with an alcoholic content greater than
one-half of l per cent. They theorize
that the sooner Kansas is completely
dried up, the quicker will come re-
peal of the States dry laws.
Women With Hatchets.
Already there has arisen a group OF
women with hatchets to emulate and
outdo, if necessary, Garry Nation in
wrecking places where intoxicants are
sold.
william D. Upshaw. nationally
known prohibitionist. has declared
that:
If worst come to worst it would
be better to burn few (wet) witches
than to let the devil grab the young
people of Kansas and ruin their souls
for all eternity
The fight briefly will be on these
lines:
Kansas this month voted by 75,-
900 majority to retain in its constitu-
ton the pioneer prohibition amend
ment, enacted 81 years ago and rigid
ly enforced since. AS soon as the
counting ended, there developed two
movements toward lo0Senlng OF the
rigid enforcement statutes in back of
the law.
The leader of one Of the movements
was White who. while not retreating
from his dry position, urged that 80
beer be legalized, under the theory
that the best dry strategy is to rule
with a lenient hand to the extent
of legahzing 80 beer and allowing a
certain amount of liquors for home
use.
The other movement came from
the vets, who are not united. There
are, in the wet camp. those who urge
that 80 beer and any beverage hav-
ing an alcoholic content greater than
one-half of per cent be rigidly pro-
hibited.
Both Whites school of thought In
the dry camp and the rigid enforce
ment school in the wet ranks are in
the minority.
Mrs. Mary Frazee of Arkansas City
Kans., has arisen as the States mod
ern Carry Nation. The hatchets OF
Kansas women, she has declared, will
again, if necessary, seek to destroy
Evening star., 1934-11-25
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. November PA ris-
ing tide of community chest contribu-
tions, within 10 per cent of the record
1929 figures, was hailed tonight as a
significant development by Bradley
Buell.. associate director of Community
Chests and Councils.
Actual contributions thus far re-
ported, Buell. said, were only l per
cent ahead of last year but the indi-
cation that an upward trend was in
sight was viewed as quite an achieve
ment."
This is very reasSuring and encour-
aging" he added, 'in view of the
large amount of money going into
relief, which means that the large
givers are paying higher taxes for
that purpose.
Total contributions thus far this
year are only 10 per cent under 1929.
ANY comparison of that sort with 1929
Is exceptionally favorable, because the
country's net income is down probably
so per cent"
The Chest headquarters said the
following list of cities which have
completed or virtually completed their
campaigns shows contributions this
Fall as compared with year ago:
Evening star., 1934-11-25
Nv tba Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November 24-Out Of
the ashes of Chicago's great stock
yard fire of six months ago has risen
a new and finer setting for the thirty
fifth International Live Stock Exposi-
ton. the peer of all farm shows in
North America.
The exposition opens December l.,
but already entries in some divisions
have closed and farmers in the far
corners of the land are beginning the
long trek to Chicago with their finest
live stock and choicest products in
tow.
Last May 19 when fire swept over
the stockyards district and for a while
threatened a large section Of the city,
the thought went around that perhaps
the exposition would Of necessity be
Cancelled this year.
Job Quickly Begun.
But it proved only thought Hard
ly had the embers cooled before crews
of workmen reported on the scene.
In place of the old exposition build
ing. razed by the flames, is a new one
resembling a huge field house and
capable of seating $4,000 persons.
twice the capacity of its predecessor.
In it also is more than 2,500,000
square feet for exhibition purposes.
With the exposition building as a
focal point, the live stock show will
spread out over many acres of run
ways and pens where will be herded
the live stock until their turn comes
If it comes-to parade in triumph be-
fore throngs gathered in the amphi-
theater.
While 10000 animals were exhib-
tied last year the management is look
ing forward to an even greater outturn
this year. Part of this confidence is
based on the fact that entries closing
November l for fat cattle were among
the biggest pre-exposition lists in his
tory
Evening star., 1934-11-25
RISING GIFT TIDE IS ONLY
lOPCT. SHORT OF RECORD
Contributions Already in Advance of
Last Year Indicate Total Will Be
"Ouite an Achievement"

raising the amount they have set as
their goal this year, that doesn't mean
anything. They are setting their
goals considerably higher than the
amount they raised last year because
there is so much need"
Evening star., 1934-11-25

Mrs. Mary Frazee of Arkansas City,
Kans., has arisen as the States mod
ern Carry Nation. The hatchets of
Kansas women, she has declared, will
again, if necessary, seek to destroy
the liquor trade in Kansas.
Evening star., 1934-11-25

Campaigns are still being carried on,
Buell. said, in Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh, Baltimore, Cleveland, Kansas
City,. st. Louis, Minneapolis, st. Paul
and New Orleans.
Buell. said that large contributions
of $4,000 and over were holding their
own," as were the smaller gifts of s5
and under.
THE in-between gifts are the ones
that show the main shrinkage," he
asserted.
Though communities may not be
Evening star., 1934-10-26
ROOSEVELT ASKED
TO ATTEND FETE
Long List of Distinguished
Visitors Invited to Hal.
loWeen Celebration.

Final ARRANGEMENTS for the Halo
ween celebration and parade, spon-
sored by the Greater National Capital
Committee of the Washington Lizard
of Trade, we're to be completed at a
final meeting of the general COM
nittee in charge, in the Harrington
Hotel this afternoon.
President Roosevelt heads a long
list of distinguished guests to whom
invitations have been extended to
witness the parade from the review
ing stands on Constitution avenue
between Fifteenth and Seventeenth
streets.
A specially engraved invitation from
the Greater National Capital Com
mittee inviting the President and his
family to witness the parade was pre-
sented to Col. Marvin H. Mcintyre.
secretary to the President, at the
White House. by Col. E. G. Bliss,
chairman of the celebrations Distin-
guished Guests Committee, and Ben
T Webster, chairman of the celebra-
ton.
Other distinguished guests invited in
clude: Members of the cabinet, Chair
man Norton of the House District Com
mittee, Chairman King of the Senate
District Committee, Gov. George C
Peery of Virginia, Gov. Albert C
Ritchie of Maryland the District
Commissioners, Col. Mcintyre and
Stephen Early, secretaries to the
President, and others.
The parade, to be headed by Betty
Gray, chosen as Queen Halloween II
and Brooke Johns, as King of Revelry
will start moving up Constitution ave-
nue. from Sixth street Wednesday at
7:30 pm.
Evening star., 1934-10-26
VACUUM SWEEPER
USED IN GOLD HUNT
Particles of Precious Metal Lifted
From Store Floor Already
Yields $4,000.
b. the Associated Press.

by the hSSOCldleQ eTCSS.
PITTSBURG, Pa, October 20
This is about treasure hunting eX-
pedition an expedition which
uses a vacuum sweeper and carpen-
ters' tools in its search for gold
The scene of the hunt is a prosaic
building in downtown Pittsburgh The
gold seekers are extracting pay dirt
from the oak planks over which thou
sands walked in the 40 years of the
buildings existence.
The building was one Of Pitts
burgh's largest jewelry manufacturing
plants, owned by the Heeren Brothers
which went into bankruptcy last
Spring.
Ralph H Coleman. trustee in bank
ruptcy, obtained court permission Il
salvage whatever precious metal hac
been ground into the factory's floor;
in the four decades.
Now workmen are scraping the
floors. A powerful vacuum sweeper
gathers up the shavings and they
are shipped to a gold refining COM
pany in Bridgeport. Conn
So far the yield has been about
s2.500.
Evening star., 1934-10-26
BENEFIT ARRANGED
> FOR GADSBY'S TAVERN
BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, october 90
To raise funds to meet the indebted
ness of historic Gadsby's Tavern, a
benefit tea and exhibit Of the famous
Henderson collection of early Ameri-
can furniture will be held at the tav-
ern from 2 to 6 pm. tomorrow, under
auspices OF the Alexandria Association.
Patronesses are to be Mrs. George
u. Dern, wife Of the Secretary Of
War; Mrs. John Garland Pollard, wife
Evening star., 1934-10-26
Offers Life to Science

Dan C. Wooley, ", OF Berkeley,
Calit., ,pho offered himself to DR..
Robert E. Cornish, dog reDiuer,
for an attempt to reviUe human
being after death.
Cornish refused the offer for fear
;Is might be held for murder il
Wooley failed to come through.
Wooley tDas one time chief OF
police OF Pittsburgh, Calf.
A. P. Photo.
Evening star., 1934-10-26

Of the former Governor of Virginia,
and Princess Cantacuzene.
Members of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution and Colonial
Danes Of this city and Washington
have pledged their support. WASH
ington chapters are to be represented
by Mrs. Claude Swanson, wife of the
Secretary of the Navy, and Mrs. Percy
Quinn, former president OF Colonial
Danes In Washington.
Plans for the exhibit and tea have
been completed by a committee head
ed by Mrs. Ward Brown.
Evening star., 1934-10-26

The Government Of Chile may SUBJ
sidize a beet sugar industry.
Evening star., 1934-06-19

months, when Director Buzz Berkely
was finishing up with the dancing
girls in Roman Scandals" they
changed the formula and threw him
into the studio lake.
Slightly the worse for wear but still
grateful for sight Of La Sten-inci-
dentally her next picture will be Bar
barry Coast" with Gary Cooper. We
are once more comfortably seated in
that cute little seven-passenger limou-
sine that Metro has placed at our dis
posal, and, after a swift lunch, head
once more for M-G-M, where they are
filming THE Merry Widow"
This is to be M-G-M's big picture of
the year. 1t will cost over $1,000. 900.
Director Lubitsch is doing the spending.
We met Lubitsch last year when he
was filming Design for Living"
which, as he says now. was "a tough
job" He is the same as ever, a cross
between Napoleon and Steve Cochran.
He can behave like Caesar and again
like Mickey Mouse. The most fun he
has had recently was when, after
bringing out Lubkow, the famous
violinist, to play a few melodies of
stage for The Merry Widow" when
the tunes, after recording, were played
on that miraculous "playback ma
chine" he saw to it that another re-
cording was substituted Of the same
tunes-a recording which was way of
tune and spluttered and jibbered like
Evening star., 1934-06-19
WOMAN TO HEAD
CHARACTER UNIT
Miss BERTHE Backus Named by
Ballou Pending Roose.
velt Action.

Miss BERTHE Backus, principal of the
Alice Deal Junior High School, will
be made assistant superintendent OF
schools in charge of character educa-
ton. if and when President Roosevelt
approves the filling of that newly
created position.
DR.. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent
Of schools, made this announcement
today, in advance of authority to fill
the position. because" he explained,
"of the opening of the Character Edu-
cation Institute on June Is. which
Miss Backus will be expected to at
tend"
Appointment Of Miss Backus would
be the first definite step in the estab-
lishment of the plan of character edu-
cation advanced by Senator Royal 5.
Copeland as means of combating
youthful delinquency
1t was largely through Senator
Copeland's efforts that funds were in
corporated in the District of Columbia
school appropriation bill for 1885 to
cover the cost of the experiment here.
Miss Backus has been principal OF
the Deal Junior High School since its
opening, in the Fall of 1881, and prior
to that she had been principal of the
Powell Junior High School.