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Evening star., 1934-09-03
Results from Housing Act.
From the Topeka Daily Capital.

From the Topeka Daily Capital.
A weakness at Washington which
cannot be ignored is in numerous IN
stances control of administrative
agencies by men who, however gen.
orally bright or clever they may be,
lack practical experience in the par
ticular type of work they are charged
with. This is perhaps true of the
gigantic housing project. Nobody
seriously objects to it on its merits.
In experienced hands it might prove
highly useful service. Controlled
by men not having a background Of
practical experience, there are many
who doubt its success.
In spite Of the numerous for rent
signs in every city, survey by the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards, which is competent for this
job, in 268 cities reports that there
is not a community of over 200 1000
population In the land but has lack
of good single family dwellings. TAX
ing all the cities surveyed, small and
great, but 4 per cent have an over
supply and 49 per cent, nearly one.
half, or 1873 cities, have shortage.
The shortage Of dwellings is real
During the last two or three years
there has been a widespread doubling
up of families. owing TO lost jobs and
lowered incomes, but the consequent
number of vacant dwellings has for
some time been on the decrease. A
survey in st. Louis by Prof. Klamon
OF Washington University in that city,
brings out that vacancies have fallen
from l3 to per cent of all dwellings,
or more than one-half, in the last
year. This Is foreshadowing Of in
creased demand for homes that will
be general as conditions grow better.
The lack of single-family dwellings
toward the latter end of a major de-
preston is evidence that under nor
NAL conditions there must be a large
demand for homes. The housing
project therefore is fully warranted,
provided it is well managed and that
financing is of a practical character.
No great benefits can be expected
from it If poorly managed, or If costs
of building are beyond average means.
That costs have been too high is not
questioned, or that the administra-
tion's economic program has tended
rather to maintain or raise them
than to bring them down. II these
continue, the expected
housing program on q grand scale
VIII meet with disappointing results.
Evening star., 1934-09-03

Gadgets that many people want but
often never get include metal cats for
the roof, a weathervane for the
garage. a Colonial footscraper for the
front porch and small nectar cups
for humming birds in the garden.
These are four out of many-every
one can make up list of his own.
Templeton Jones. for instance, has
been going to put iron black cats on
the ridge of his roof for the past
decade.
He talked about it when he bought
his old house, and he talked about
it when he purchased his new one.
Always he had definite idea OF
buying the iron cats. in fighting pose;
always something or other seemed y
prevent their purchase.
He was reminded of them the other
day when he happened to see a pic
ture of a home bearing them on the
ridge pole.
The weathervane is another gadget
most home owners have speculated
with, either for the home itself or the
garage.
The advantage of the garage site
is that it would be plainly observ-
able from the house.
One could always know at q glance
how the wind blew.
Just why one living In the city
should particularly desire to know
from whence the wind blows Is some
thing of a. mystery.
Every one realizes the advantage
of such knowledge in the country, on
farm or prairie, in mountains or at
the sea.
The city renders such familiarity
unnecessary, for it provides formal
scientific weather forecasting service,
does it not?
All you have to do is look at the
forecast.
If the forecast says "fair," you
take your umbrella. II 1t predicts
rain" you leave it at home.
1t is as simple as that.
X X
Jones recalled having seen many
years ago an advertisement of a
very fancy weathervane, indeed.
1t had a dial on the living room
wall, with a flexible tube running to
the roof where the vane itself was
installed.
The householder did not have TO
90 out into the yard and crane his
neck. He simply consulted his living
room wall.
The drawback to this gadget was
the price. That was before 1929;
maybe 1t had come down since. Jones
wondered, but had seen no more OF 1t.
AS for the footscraper, that was
something Jones had speculated
about. but without any real han
kering.
Nice city folk no longer have
muddy boots.
There is not much use for foot
scrapers, but some persons value them
for their traditional use in the early
days of the Republic, when there
were no sidewalks.
Feet got muddy in those days.
Nectar cups for humming-bird
Turing are recent. and Jones still
thinks he may get some. They are
simply small glass cups to- be filled
with sugar water and wired onto
shrubs or flowers.
Templeton Jones had always spe-
cialized in hummfg birds, and been
rather successful In Turing them to
his garden.
They like most flowers which are
bell or trumpet shaped. They are
particularly fond of the gladiolrls, and
any gardener who grows this flower
Evening star., 1934-09-03

O. Who was the first person to
settle in Chicago?-C. NJ. H.
A. The first continuous settlement
OF Chicago was begun by native OF
Santo Domingo named Jean Baptiste
Point de Sable during the Revolution.
He sold his property to q French fur
trader named lie Mai, who in turn
sold it to John Kinzie, who was the
first American settler.
@. What churches formed the United
Church of Csnada?-S. T. S.
A. 1t was formed in 1925 by the
union Of the Congregational, Metho-
dist and Presbyterian Churches in
Canada.
@. Please tell me the effect On
alcoholic beverages of keeping them
in their original bottles after OPEN
ing, and whether they may be re-
stoppered from time to time without
deterioration-whisky, gin. various
wines.-C. A.
A. Whisky and gin would not de-
teriorate If left in stopped bottles after
being opened. The only effect would
be a slight evaporation. In the case
Of wines, those having a low alcoholic
content would be subject to fermenta-
ton If left considerable length Of
time after the seal had been broken.
This would be caused by wild yeast
and other bacteria in the air.
@. Is 1t ever too cold to snow?-
S. B. S.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
the greater number of more or less
heavy SHOWS come with southerly to
easterly winds. E., in what is known
as the rainy" portion of the cyclonic
or storm area. These winds generally
are relatively mild. AS the storm
passes, the winds come from the
northwest. roughly, and are relatively
cold. In short, precipitation comes
with relatively warm easterly to
southerly winds, and clear weather
follows with relatively cold northwest
winds. If, then, the Winter wind is
from the northwest, 1t is cold, and
from the wrong direction to give much
snow. This, presumably, is the origin
of the saying, 1T is too cold to snow"
This statement, however, is not
literally true, for light SHOWS can oc-
cur at any temperature, and, indeed,
1t occasionally happens that heavy
SHOWS occur when the surface air is
quite cold.
@. Why was the Chain Bridge over
the Potomac River so named?-M. l..
A. Because in 1846 the original
bridge was built with reinforced links.
@. Party No. l bet that Hongkong
| Is not in China. Does he win?-
j. e. l..
A. He does. Hongkong is q British
crown colony, comprising several is
lands and a portion Of the mainland
off the southeastern coast of China
at the mouth of the Canton River.
Although we think of Hongkong as .
city, it is in reality a political divi-
sion, so to speak, and the city Of
Victoria, which lies along the north
ern shore of the main island. The
colony was formally ceded to Great
Britain in 1912 and Is administered
by q governor, aided by an executive
council and a legislative council.
@. What novel won the Atlantic
Prize this year?-F r. @.
A. Dusk at the Grove" by Samuel
Rogers, won the Atlantic $4,000
Prize for 1894 over 1889 manuscripts.
@. What is the name of the Soviet
Ambassador to the United States?-
II. w. K.
A. The first and present Ambassa-
dor Extraordinary and Plenipoten-
tiary Of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, TO the United States Of
America is Mr.. Alexander A. Troy
anovsky.
Evening star., 1934-09-03
Wallace's Statement Aroused
Merchant Marine Champions

industry. That would be q drastic
reversal Of policy-more drastic, per-
haps, than we ought TO make. The
question is not one of ship subsidies.
The question Of subsidies Is one thing
and the question of patronizing for
eign ships is another. We can prob
ably cut down on subsidies without
destroying the American merchant
marine, but we can hardly transfer
our patronage to foreign firms with
out sending our merchant ships to
the scrap piles"
Paying as high~as $4,000 pound
for carrying mails" is, however. In
the opinion of the Rochester Times
Union, IAN indirect, faulty and ex-
pensive way to get a naval auxiliary"
Evening star., 1934-09-03
No Tammany for U. S.!

Henry Breckenridge, Assistant Sec
retary Of War when President
Franklin D. Roosevelt was serving as
Assistant Secretary of the Navy in
the Woodrow Wilson administration,
has announced his determination to
run for the Senate in New York as
candidate OF a brand new organ
ization. the Constitutional Party"
His platform declares for constitu-
tionsl government, equally opposed
to reaction or socialism" Apparently
Mr.. Breckinridge, who served as q
colonel in the Infantry overseas after
the United States had entered the
Great War, finds no. place for himself
Evening star., 1934-09-03

Champions of the American mer-
chant marine were quick to aSsa1l a
statement by Secretary Wallace Of
the Department Of Agriculture In
which he contrasted the cost of sub
sides with economies which might
be effected by having the eountry's
commerce carried by foreign ships.
The Secretary later modified his
statement, but In the meantime 1t
had become q subject Of national dis
cussion.
1.-The subsidy policy" according to
the Hartford Times, "is one to be
Judged upon its own merits as an
assistance toward the preservation OF
substantial merchant marine rather
than on the ground Of its effect toward
stimulating the volume of trade, eX-
port or otherwise. Secretary Wallace
is justified in belief that international
economy would be served by the
cheapest adequate transportation
upon the water, but nation without
large seafaring population scarcely
will maintain leading position as
naval power. in the light of history"
The Long Beach Press-Telegram
explains: President Roosevelt now has
come to his defense, explaining that
Mr.. Wallace really 'subscribes to
merchant marine and merely meant
to point out that the more difficult
we make 1t for foreign ships to carry
our goods, the more difficult 1t is for
foreign nations to buy what we have
to SELL Wallace. says the President
further, did not present the other side
of the subject, which includes national
defense and control of ocean traffic
rates. AS q matter of economic
defense as well as of preparation for
military defense, the United States
should have a commercial fleet that
can be utilized as naval auxiliary II
such requirement arises. II this fleet
is built and kept afloat with the aid
of Government funds under whatever
name, these sums may be rated as
an investment for national prosperity
and prestige as well as for national
safety"
"a war might easily drive foreign
ships from the sea-" advises the Gin
cinnati Times-Star. The Newport
News Times Herald finds that Mr..
Wallace is in favor of subsidies. but
limited subsidies. balanced against
conditions that will spur our depleted
foreign trade" The Rockford Regis
ter Republic thinks that many "have
very little confidence in relying upon
Europe for anything, or in trusting
Europe with anything" The San
Antonio Express offers the judgment:
This country cannot afford to de-
pend upon foreign vessels to carry
most of its exports and imports. 1t
should bear in mind the heavily costly
lesson it paid for in l914-16."
In making this suggestion" states
the Baltimore Sun, Mr. Wallace is.
in effect, reiterating his fundamental
thesis about foreign trade, which is
that if foreign countries are to buy
from us in large quantities we must
also buy from them in large quanti-
ties. Very probably Mr.. Wallace will |
not get very far with his proposal
about shipping. To accept his views |
would be to sacrifice the shipping in
dustry, which we have sought to built |
up since the war, for the agricultural /
Evening star., 1934-09-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHYLANDFR JOHNSON.
The Full Market Basket.

The Full Market Basket.
A gay expedient have
For solving problems heavy
AS We at prices seek to buy
Which commerce now will levy.
For work toward which We guide 1t
Is managed by a neat device:
We simply subdivide 1t.
Why not the same prescription take
With prices growing taller,
And when we 60 TO market make
The market basket smaller.
Evening star., 1934-09-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader can get the answer to any
question Of fact by writing The Eve
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric j. Hsskin, Director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for reply
@. How many women are eligible
to vote this Fall?-B. j. B.
A. Approximately 26.0OO,000 women
are eligible to vote. OF this number
less than 40 per cent voted in the last
election.
@. What became Of the survivors oil
the Greely Expedition?-D. H.
A. Two of them, Maj. Gen. Greely
and Brig. Gen. Brainard. are living
Corpl. Ellison died before the survivors
returned to the United States. Pvts
Frederick, Connell and Long became
observers for the Weather Bureau anc
Pvt. Biederbick was q customs IN
spector. They are no longer living.
@. How do inheritance taxes OF the
Federal Government In the United
States compare with the British death
duties?--N. M. L.
A. About SIC, 900, 900 in inheritance
or estate taxes were collected In the
last year by the United States. In Its
last fiscal year, the British Govern
ment collected $45O, 100000. In the
last 20 years, British inheritance
taxes or death duties have amounted
to $5,7l0,0O0, 900.
@ How long after they are hatehed
do young wrens learn to fiy?-W. l.. b
A. 1t requires only week to III
DAYS for them to learn to ny.
@. What is the total area OF all the
islands in the world?-T. N.
A. Including Australia, their area is
approximately 100000 square miles
without the island continent. the
area of the islands is about 100000
square miles.
@. What is the relative immigration
quota rank of leading nations sending
emigrants to the United States?-
K. v.
A.
ern Ireland are far in the lead, ano
If the Irish Free State quota Is added
the British quota would exceed all
other nations combined. Germany
ranks second, Irish Free State third
Poland fourth, and Italy fifth.
@ WHY can the stars be seen in
the daytime from mine Shaft?-
H. s.
A. Stars are not visible during the
day because the superior light of the
sun and its reflected rays from objects
ON the earth is so strong as to oblit-
crate the tiny rays from stars so that
they make no impression on the retlna
of the eye. At the bottom of shaft
or very tall chimney where no light
enters and the direct rays OF sunlight
are cut off, the retina registers the
rays from the stars, and hence they
become visible.
@. How old are King George and
Queen Mary?-F. w.
A. King George is SO, and Queen
Mary is 81.
@. What name is given to a college
where students alternate attending
school and working?-H. G.
A. 1t Is called cooperative.
@. How many of the Swiss Guard
lost their lives when defending the
Tuileries against the French revolu-
tionists?-J. S.
A. About 800 of their number were
slain. The great lion outside one OF
the gates of Lucerne commentaries
their herolsm.
@. Who invented bloomers?-S. r.
A. MRS. Elizabeth Miller Smith de-
signed them, but they took their name
from Mrs. Bloomer, who wore them.
Evening star., 1934-09-03

Hogs become more valuable through
artificial scarcity. The millionaire will
pay more for his pork chop, but this
will afford scant satisfaction to the
citizen who goes chopless.
Evening star., 1934-09-03
Inevitable Publicity.

lucFNADfc uDhOhJ'
News censorship We'll never view
With patient liberation.
It's very mention brings anew
A sense Of perturbation.
Though facts be guarded more or less
In dictatorial humor,
There is no way We can suppress
The resignation rumor.
Evening star., 1934-09-03

Upton Sinclair has carried on with
large amount Of Socialism," but Is
apparently inclined to admit that
some Of 1t may have been excess
baggage.
Evening star., 1934-09-03

Stain Is q man Of steel. But as
metal opposes metal, Japan let's 1t be
known that she has relied on con-
structive initiative TO the extent of
being in the market for the worlds
scrap iron.
Evening star., 1934-09-03

But there, again, no challenge was
made. In view of the many charges
that the New Dealers are ignoring and
overriding the Constitution, 1t does
not seem likely that Hollis case, If
he be elected, will be allowed to 90
by default In the Senate.
Evening star., 1934-09-03

Europe Is always ON the verge of
turning the lines OF demarcation in
theoretical geography into practical
barbed wire entsnglements.
Evening star., 1934-09-03
International Finance.

On patient Uncle Sam We look
AS one who may not brag.
He used to hold the pocket book.
But now he holds the bag.
Evening star., 1934-09-03
The Deal.

"Are you in favor OF the new deal?"
.I am" answered Dustin Star.
For what reason?"
Simply because in order to stay in
the game you've got to keep drawing
cards"
Evening star., 1934-09-03
Word Takers.

From the Flint Daily Journal.
Some court stenographers can take
as much as $4,000 words a day. But
some husbands say they take that
much In the course Of any evening.
Evening star., 1934-09-03

A director Of the budget must have
vision and wait occasionally for the
receiving teller to catch up with the
paying teller.
Evening star., 1934-09-03

de world is gittin' better" said
Uncle Eben. 1T looked like it had
come to a place where, If it didn't
improve. 1t 'ud pass out, which Is an
unpossibility."
Evening star., 1934-09-03

Credit cannot invariably be reli-
able" said Hi Ho the sage Of China
town. Youth almost invariably prom
ises more than it can fulfill.
Evening star., 1934-09-03
Benefits Of Scarcity.

Benefits Of Scarcity.
"Are you aware that the price paid
to farmers for hogs has been increased
by drought?"
II am" answered Senator Sorghum.
"But what's the use? You can't
promise a drought in every political
platform"
Evening star., 1934-09-03
Stalemate in Louisiana.

From the San Antonio Express.
Apparently the second battle Of
New Orleans has ended In q stale
mate-having produced no Old Hick-
ory or other presidential timber.
Evening star., 1934-09-03

Jud Tunkins says we're on the road
to recovery. If you don't believe it
look at all the road houses that are
expecting support.
Evening star., 1934-09-03
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Evening star., 1934-09-03

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Evening star., 1934-09-03

@ How long after they are Matched
do young wrens learn to fiy?-W. l.. b.
A. 1t requires only a week TO III
days for them to learn to fly.
Evening star., 1934-09-03

@. Who invented bloomers?-S. r.
A. MRS. Elizabeth Miller Smith de-
signed them, but they took their name
from Mrs. Bloomer, who wore them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-26
By EUGENE A. KELLY

Elimination of congestion on F
between Seventh and
Ninth Streets Northwest, will be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-26
MRS.RO0SEVE[T
DRIVING HOME

After a holiday" which has
carried her to various parts of the
country, Mrs. Roosevelt will re-
turn to the White. House today.
The First Lady is motoring
down from New York and is ex-
pected to arrive at the White
House sometime late today.
She will hold her first news
paper conference next Wednesday.
Friday she will preside at the
opening of the 1884 Woman's Cru
SADIE Conference. The conference
is being held preliminary to the
1884 Mobilization for Human
Needs, of which former Secretary
of War Newton D. Baker is d.
rector.
Mrs. Roosevelt's secretary, Mrs.
Malvinia Thompson Schneider, re-
turned to the White House last
night.
Mrs. Schneider, Tommy" to
Mrs. Roosevelt, has been with the
First Lady for 18 years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-26
RQdium Thief
In Danger
Of Death

CHICAGO, Sept. 20 G.N.S0.
Police started an organized search
today for a. thief, believed to be
a boy, who stole a vial Of death
dealing radium from an exhibit
at A Century of Progress.
The aluminium container held
eight milligrams of unrefined
radium valued at $1,000 and an
attempt to open the container
may cause the thief's death, &C
cording to a warning issued by
DR.. Luther Gable, who has charge
of the exhibit.
Authorities we're seeking to head
off the thief before he had a
chance to tamper with the
radium.
DR.. Gable noticed the container
was missing after he had COM
pleted lecture before a crowd
Of Worlds Fair visitors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-26
SERVICE
=. LIST INACTIVE

No change was shown in the
number of names on the reemploy
ment list of the Civil Service Com
mission during the week beginning
September Is, according to a state.
ment issued today by the commits
sion.
During the week there were 10
names added, 10 from the District
Of Columbia and 9 from outside,
but a similar number were re-
moved for the following reasons:
Probational appointments re.
ported, 4; reported as reinstated
or transferred, 2: eligibility en-
pired, 10; removed for other rea.
sons, 3.
The total number of eligibles
on the unemployment list now
serving temporarily is 1877.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-26
HOWARD CT. 7 6
13|NTERNES

Thirteen internes will join the
staff of Freedmen's Hospital
Monday.
This group is the last of total
of 81 named at the close of the
school year in June from Howard
University and Meharry Medical
College for work at the hospital.
Fourteen entered the hospital
July /.
Internes entering the hospital
Monday will include Eustace Brny.
ming, Joslin Carey, Simon Dixon,
Gilbert Edwards, Louis Harmon,
Archie Johnson, Junius Langston,
Jesse Miller, Herbert Stevens,
James Williams and Richard VIII
son, all graduates of Howard, and
InniS Browne and James H. vii.
liams, both of Meharry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-26
GAS MASKS AID.
NRESCUE

Downing gas masks, two mem
bers of the Alexandria rescue
squad today crawled through a
narrow entrance into a gas-filled
tank car in the Southern railroad
yards and rescued an unconscious
man.
The squad was summoned when
Charles F. Pugh, 300 block Payne
St., Alexandria, was overcome
while working on the car and fell
inside.
Lieut.. ]. E. Cobean and L. S.
Evans crawled through the a.
inch opening, picked up the un-
conscious man, and pushed him
through to other members of the
squad.
Artificial respiration was ap-
piled and after 40 minutes Mr..
Pugh was revived. He was taken
to Alexandria Hospital where he
was pronounced out of danger.