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Evening star., 1934-04-11
ENVOY TO AID SCHOOL
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, April
1.-THE Ambassador Of Brazil, r. de
Lima Silva, and Mrs. Sumner
Wells, wife Of the former Ambassador
to Cuba, are among the patrons and
patronesses Of a card party to be held
in Gibbons Hall here April 81 for
the benefit Of st. Mary's School.
Other patrons and patronesses are
State Senator and Mrs. Lansdale G.
Sasscer. Delegate and Mrs. Charles
G. Marbury, Mr.. and Mrs. M. Hamp-
ton Magruder, Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Owens and Mrs. z. G. Bowie.
Evening star., 1934-04-11
PRESIDENT LAMENTS
DEATH OF MCDOWELL
Minister Was Devoted Public
Servant and Loyal Friend,
He Declares.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt, in q state
ment issued through the State De-
partment, said last night that the
United States had lost one of its most
devoted public servants with the
death of william Wallace Mcdowell,
its Minister to the Irish Free State.
The statement follows:
"It is with poignant regret that I
have learned of the sudden death OF
Mr.. william Wallace Mcdowell, our
Minister to the Irish Free State.
Through his death the country has
lost one Of its most devoted public
servants and I q most loyal friend"
Evening star., 1934-04-11
GREGOR WILL SPEAK
Composer to Address Dance Group
of University Women.

Henry Gregor, local composer and
head of the music department of the
National Park Seminary, will speak
at the annual banquet of the dance
discussion group Of the American As
sociation Of University Women April
81 at pm, it was announced today
by Evelyn Davis, local dancer and
director of the group.
Gregor will speak on "The Dance
Forms as Inspiration for Classical
and Modern Music" and will Illus
trate his lecture at the piano. The
banquet will be held at the local
headquarters of the association, 1884
I street northwest
Reservations should be made before
8 pm. April 20 at the association
headquarters.
Evening star., 1934-04-11
"S,ueet'' Sweet Clorer Is Found;
VIII Replace Bitter Variety
Product of asia Promises to Become
Important american Forage Crop.
Ne,v Fungus Inuades United States.

Society here over the merits Of the
magneto-optical method of analysis
by which Prof. Fred Allison of the
University of Alabama claims to be
able to detect substances in as small
q concentration as one part in ten
millions and to have found traces of
three new elements.
Papish and Shuman used Allison's
own method. They imagined their
impossible elements, deduced what
the magneto-optical effects would be,
and proceeded to find them" The
intimation is that one can find what
ever one looks for.
4 X X X
British Explorers
Heading for South Pole.
While Admiral Richard E. Byrd Is
alternating under the Antarctic ice,
a British expedition is preparing to
spend two Winters. with dog sledges
Evening star., 1934-04-11
Fire Insurance Head Dies.

GREENSBORO, N. c., April II CP).
Harry Reynolds Bush, 66, president
of the Dixie Fire Insurance Co., died
last night at his home here after q
long illness.
Surviving are his widow, who before
her marriage was Miss Ellen Douglas
Mark of Louisville. KY: three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Russell o. Lyday, Miss May
Dulaney Bush of Charleston. w. Va,
and w. P. D. Bush of New Orleans.
Evening star., 1934-04-11
WILL GET DENTAL CARE
100 School Children to Benefit by
Hearst Fund.

One hundred District school chill
dren will have their teeth cared for
by members of the District Dental So
ciety, funds for which have been pro-
vided by the Phoebe Hearst Founda-
ton.
This was decided at q meeting last
night of the society, at the request
of Mrs. j. N. Saunders, president Of
the Parent-Teacher Association.
The meeting vas held in the George
Washington University Medical Build
ing.
Evening star., 1934-04-11

experiment sta
tion of the Uni
versity of Wis
c nSin, W h o
found the new
v a r / e ty from
seeds sent him
from the Bureau
Of Plant Indus
try here. It con-
t a ! n S consider
able amounts of
a ill-tasting sub
stance known as
coumarin. That
is why cattle are
not particularly
fond of IT, al.
Evening star., 1934-04-11
Committee Is Appointed.

A provisional committee to prevent
discrimination against the colored race
was appointed at meeting Of some
so Washington organizations Monday
at the Twelfth Street Christian
Church. Rev. E. A. Taylor was elected
president and L. c. Farrar secretary.
Evening star., 1934-04-11

. ~ ~ oA SA0AAScy ,
u n d er t h e
shadow of the
South Pole on
the opposite side
of the great polar
continent. Th e
British govern
ment, ever intent
on keeping its
flag afoat over
the earth's most
desolate waste,
has contributed
10000 pounds to
support this ex-
pedition, which
will sail for Ora
Evening star., 1934-04-11
SMALL LOAN BILL
OPINIONS At ODDS
Senate Subcommittee Hears
King Measure Criticized
and Defended.

Requirements for obtaining small
loans in the District were criticized
and defended by witnesses at Senate
subcommittee hearing conducted by
Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Ne
vada, yesterday afternoon on the King
bill to amend the District usury law.
The object of the bill as introduced
Is to limit the fees and other charges
on loans by requiring that they be
counted as part of the interest, except
reasonable allowance for inspection
or examination of the security Of
fered. Assistant Corporation Counsel
w. A. Roberts at previous meeting
had recommended that the bill be
made more specific by writing into
the bill definite percentage limitations
on fees to be charged in addition to
interest.
Interest Rates Retained,
The bill retains the legal rates Of
interest at per cent on oral con-
tracts and per cent on written agree
ments. The Roberts amendment then
provides that fees, expenses and COM
missions could not exceed a definite
percentage OF the loan, depending on
the size Of the loan.
Former Corporation Counsel william
w. Bride, representing four small loan
companies, told the subcommittee he
favored the Roberts amendments, but
advocated also that the small loan
law of 1918, which limits interest on
such loans to per cent q month, be
amended by including in it the same
provisions suggested by Roberts for
the usury law.
Interest Rates Monthly.
Mr.. Bride read to the subcommittee
a statement showing that in q large
number of the States interest rates
Of 31s per cent, 3 per cent or 2h per
cent per month is allowed. He said
the rate suggested for the District
would be approximately 2 per cent.
Mr.. Roberts explained to the sub
committee that the pending bill, which
seeks to define what would be usury
for the purpose of prosecution, is an
entirely separate question from the
small loan law.
Evening star., 1934-04-11
HIGHWAY WORKERS
CONNECT SEWERS
Dispatched to Scene Follow
ing Complaint by Con-
duit Road Citizens.

In response to vigorous complaints
lodged with the District by residents
of the neighborhood, officials of the
District Highway Department today
dispatched a special force of Is work.
men to make a temporary sewerage
connection between a row Of houses
on the 51OO block of Conduit road
and the sewer main under the road
way.
TIL lateral connections from the
houses were cut off Monday as the
forces of the Highway Department
proceeded with plans for widening Of
Conduit road, which necessitated ex-
tensive excavation work along the
high bank in front of the row of
houses. In some cases the workmen
failed to make temporary sewerage
connections and sewage from the
houses was permitted to run onto the
side of the roadway, just excavated,
the neighbors complained.
DR.. Fowler Acts.
DR.. William C. Fowler, District
Health officer. upon hearing of the
situation today ordered health in
spectors to make a daily check on the
conditions. He said he would take no
further action if the highway forces
Immediately set to work to install
temporary sewerage lines.
Tho IJinhvoy hos
force of workmen charged with re-
sponsibility over minor sewer read
justments which must be made in
connection with road improvements.
John Blake Gordon, SANITARY engi-
neer, said the matter was not under
his jurisdiction for this reason, upon
learning of complaints about the
matter consulted with q representa-
tive Of the Highway Department. He
was informed the situation was being
corrected today.
Resident Protests.
According to Mrs. M. o. Hayes, q
resident in the block, this condition
has existed for over two weeks and
only by threatening to 60 to the Sen
ate District Committee could she get
any action. Then she was visited by
several health inspectors. who prom
ised to have the work started either
today or tomorrow.
No strong complaints were regis
tered by the neighbors until yesterday
because they thought that the men
would remedy the condition as soon as
they could, but with the hot weather
the air became too polluted to stand
it any longer.
Evening star., 1934-04-11
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

An actually sweet" sweet clover
has been discovered among a large
assortment of clover varieties obtained
in Eastern Asia by Department Of
Agriculture explorers.
It promises to become one of the
most important of American forage
crops. Most sweet" clover actually
is bitter and stinging, according to
DR.. r. A. Brent of the agricultural
Evening star., 1934-04-11
Union Alumni to Meet.

DR.. Edward Ellery. acting president
Of Union College. will speak this eve
ming at the annual dinner of the
Washington Alumni Association Of
Union College. to be held at the
Cosmos Club.
Evening star., 1934-12-21

quarter, which would call halt to
the expenditure of billions Of dollars
by the Federal Government viii be
so Ill received Us to be practically i'm
possible of achievement. Yet, the
business men of America may possibly
be correct to some slight extent in
their efforts to bring about curtail-
ment of Government spending! The
swelling chorus of condemnation from
administration sources for these sug-
gestions, however, does not exactly
give hope that they may be followed
In any degree.
The program of the business men
Of America Is called merely selfish,
dictated by personal interests and not
the interests of the many. Some of
1t may be selfish. After all, If Amer
lean business Is to take up the slack
and to give employment, it must be
built up. Hampering its operations,
checking its confidence in the future,
will not help to build up business.
recommendations by the business
men that the work Of relief be turned
back as quickly as possible by the
Federal Government to the States
and communities have aroused the
Governors of some Of the States and
the mayors of cities. Finding money
for relief is q tough job. The Gov
ernors and mayors have found relief
from this job in Washington. They
do not wish to give it up. The ma
tional credit has stood like q rock
while the credit Of States and mu-
inequalities has been weakened. 1t
is up to the administration TO see
that the national credit continues to
stand like rock.
Evening star., 1934-12-21

There are differing opinions as to
the possibilities Of war that lay in
the controversy between Yugoslavia
and Hungary, but credit is given to
the League of Nations for its success
in arranging o compromise.
Following the establishment Of rules
for the Saar plebiscite, the latest Eu-
ropean events give American observ-
ers the impression that the League is
showing some of the influence that 1t
was intended to have when 1t was
organized after the World War.
Conditions on the continent" COM
ments the Atlanta Constitution
should react generally to the pros
pect of an early settlement Of the
trouble between these two Slav ma
tions and the recent agreement be-
tween France and Germany on the
Saar. With the various nations able
now to pay less attention to interna-
tional complications. they will be able
to concentrate on the solution Of the
manifold internal problems with which
most Of them are affiicted."
zone Of the hopeful aspects of this
new success" in the opinion Of the
New York World Telegram, 'is that
1t may encourage the large European
powers, who dominate the League, to
make even fuller use Of it in future
crises" The Richmond News Leader
feels that "it was q great victory for
the League" and adds: Coupled with
acceptance by Russia of membership
and the negotiations of the Franco
German pact for the return of the
Saar territory, this adjustment re-
covers for the League much of the
prestige that 1t lost through Germany's
withdrawal and Japans definite seiz-
ure Of Manchuria. The close Of 1894
Evening star., 1934-12-21

patronage. They must keep 1t up.
They should extend their campaign
beyond "Jimmy's Place" and keep
after the gambling establishments in
the District. They should make life
50 unpleasant for the big gamblers
who. the police say, are known to
them--that the big shots" win leave
town. They can do 1t.
But as far as "Jimmy's Place" Is con-
cerned. its future is going to depend
largely on the attitude OF the law
abiding. self-respecting citizens and
voters Of Prince Georges County. Are
they going to continue to tolerate 1t,
or are they going to tear down, once
and for all, that mysterious and in
visible fence" whatever it may be,
that has permitted "Jimmy's Place" to
operate without interference for
many years?
Evening star., 1934-12-21
The Fence Around Jimmy's Place.

District highway authorities have
torn down portion of the high fence
surrounding "Jimmy's Place" on
Bladensburg road, notorious gambling
house, reputed headquarters of the
better organized "mobs" and gangsters
of Washington.
Demolition Of the fence, done in the
course Of extension Of Eastern ave-
nue, exposed the gambling house to
public view. Another fence probably
will be built. Entrance to the gambling
house, hitherto afforded from the Dis
trict, will be through Bladensburg
road. The house itself Is located in
Maryland territory.
The fence around "Jimmy's Place" is
made Of board and metal sheeting. It
is easy to destroy and easy to rebuild.
Chief interest in "Jimmy's Place"
should relate TO the more ingenious
and invisible fence which has served
as its protection these many years.
How does such q place continue TO
operate? Are the Maryland authors
ties so stupid that they do not know
it exists? That Is impossible. Do
they lack the laws necessary to close
1t up? That Is unlikely. Have they
been unable to secure the evidence
necessary to bring about indictments
and convictions? Apparently-but
what efforts have they made?
Washington police are taking de-
layed steps to harass the place, to
question customers, to discourage
Evening star., 1934-12-21
Success of League Acclaimed
In Settlement of Balkan Row

finds the League a more virile infiu-
ence for peace than it has been in a
decade"
THE outlook will be more promis-
ing" says the Newark Evening News,
'if the nations familiar with terrorism
can be persuaded to act together to
stamp 1t out" The result gives new
importance to the League, as viewed
by the Buffalo Evening News, the
Providence journal and the Charles
ton Is. c. Evening Post.
Under the compromise worked out
at Geneva" according to the New
York Sun, "the Yugoslav-H
dispute is in a fair way of adjust
ment. Hungary agrees to hunt down
and punish any Of its nationals as had
anything to do with the murder of
King Alexander of Yugoslavia, and to
report thereon to the League of Ma
tions. The Leagues Council expresses
sympathy for Yugosalvia and con-
demns this odious crime asserting
that no State should tolerate terrorist
activity against another by persons
within its own borders. 1t sets I'D a
committee to formulate a policy of
dealing with terrorist bodies. With
this arrangement everybody-relieved
no doubt, by the blowing OF of steam
In the last few days-expresses salts
faction. So threatened smash-up is
averted, but not until everybody got
good scare"
Europe was unquestionably wor-
ried," observes the Lowell MASS
Courier Citizen, "lest this controversy
over the recent murders would even
tually involve the leading powers. yet
complete success for the League can
not be claimed until its Intervention
has been accepted by France or Great
Britain or Italy in some dispute over
question Of major Importance. AS
Tor the United States, while there
seems to be no greater disposition to
Join the League than there was IN
1920, yet on the whole our Cooperation
Is increasing and the time NAV come
when, although not q member. we
shall think best to accept the good
ofnces OF that organization to adjust
matters OF dispute on which our pride
would not allow us to yield outright.
but which would not in the minds of
enlightened modern sentiment Justify
war. There can be no disgrace in
according what the consensus of the
nations deem to be Justice"
Evening star., 1934-12-21
Buildings Old and New.

Indication Of the attitude of the
President regarding the matter OF pub
lie building construction and recon-
struction In Washington is given in o
statement made on Wednesday at the
White House. 1t is to the effect that he
is opposed to spending money at this
time for rebuilding work and for the
replacement of structures that are
architecturally unsightly. However,
he favors the erection of permanent
homes for the War and Navy Depart
ments, though on sites different from
those lately suggested, in the area west
Of Eighteenth street and South of
Pennsylvania avenue. The so-called
munitions buildings, in Potomac Park,
erected during the wartime period in
the emergency Of the Government for
housing, he believes. must be taken out
of that location "some time in the
future"
There Is no doubt that the Govern
ment needs all the space available for
the conduct Of its administrative work,
which has grown to great proportions
in the development of the recovery
program. There should, however, be
no more temporary" constructions,
such as those that were strewn over
the park areas in 1917-1S-19. Those
that were so placed in that time
should be removed as rapidly and
early as possible. Considerations of
immediate economy should not pre-
vail to cause the selection of sites for
permanent structures that do not ac-
cord with the general plan that has
In effect been adopted, else q few
years later the same problem of pos
sible demolition and replacement will
recur.
Retention Of the old Post ONCE,
which jars shockingly in the archi-
tectural scheme in the development of
the Mall-Avenue triangle, may be tol-
Grated on the ground of immediate
expediency, but its eventual disap-
pearance to permit the completion of
the Internal Revenue Building, al
ready being extended to its prox-
unity, Is to be regarded as assured.
Likewise the completion of the triple
unit building, now housing the De-
partments of Labor and Post ONCE
and the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, must be effected when proper
and equitable arrangements for the
housing Of the District Government,
now quartered within the allocated
site, are made.
The real economy lies in q STRAIGHT.
forward, progressive and early COM
pletion Of the general plan Of Capt.
tai building that is now the adopted
model for constructions of this char
acter. Delays do not save money. They
waste it. There is no need Of provi-
sional accommodations while the new
War-Navy buildings are under con-
struction. When that work is COM
pleted the present housing Of those
departments in Potomac Park can pe
used while the remnants Of the old
layout on Pennsylvania avenue, east
Of the Treasury, are being replaced
with the two units of completion Of
the Mall-Avenue triangle project.
Evening star., 1934-12-21
Masanao Hanihara.

Few foreign Ambassadors accredited
to the United States In our time ever
enjoyed greater respect and affection
among the American people than
Masanao Hanihara, who has Just
passed away In Toxic. He was on
duty at Washington In 1924, when
the immigration issue with Japan
reached its climax, and was fated to
be associated with 1t under circum-
stances that eventually led to his re-
call.
After two years Of duty in the
United States as Ambassador, which
had been preceded by an earlier service
as secretary. Mr.. Hanihars lived In
retirement, and, as his many friends
in this country always knew, the
afternoon Of his life was clouded by
sorrow over the strain in Japanese
American friendship, which the en-
actment Of the so-called exclusion
law was destined to produce. It was
the late Ambassadors abiding hope
that the day would dawn when the
Congress and Government of the
United States would by remedial leg
islation see At to make amends for
the wound to japanese national pride
which Nippon felt she had suffered
at our hands.
An extraordinarily shrewd diplo-
mat a militantly patriotic Japanese,
Mr.. Hanihsra consistently regarded
1t as part Of his mission at WASH
ington to cultivate personal ties
among Americans here and through
out the country. The name of those
who were happy TO consider them
selves his friends was legion. He
knew us and our ways as few for
eigners did and he spoke our Ian
guage fiuently.
Those who came within the orbit
Of "Hani's" engaging personality will
cherish his memory with unalloyed
fondness. confident that history will
fully Justify his claim. made publicly
in Toxic four years ago. that nothing
but warmth Of friendship and high
regard for the Government and people
to whom he was accredited" ever
inspired his professional activities on
our soil. He was q true ambassador
Of Japanese American good will.