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Evening star., 1934-01-29
FIRST LADY PLACES
BAN ON HARD LIQUOR
BUT APPROVES WINE

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was elected pushed repeal, she Is a
personal dry. She is known as never
having sought to impose her convic-
tionS on others.
Wine Glasses Packed.
No liquor has been served officially
in the White House since prohibition.
In the Hoover administration, the
White House wine glasses were packed
and sent to storage.
Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes was lauded
by the w. c. T. U. as the first White
House mistress to ban liquor there. It
presented her portrait to the White
House
Mrs. Roosevelt's complete statement
follows:
by the 18th Of February 1t will be-
come legal in the District OF Columbia
to serve wine. No distilled liquor will
at any time be served in the White
House. There will be no fixed rule as
to the serving of wine. but when served
there will be, of course, simple wines,
preference being given to American
wines"
Mrs Roosevelt. giving out her state
ment in the White House at a press
conference, commented there would be
no problem this year about serving
wines at state dinners, since repeal
does not go into effect in the District
until February IS. The White House
social program then will have been
completed.
Temperance Advocate Pleased.
"The decision of Mrs. Roosevelt not
to serve distilled liquors in the White
House, despite their legal status" said
a statement by Deets Pickett of the
Methodist Board of Temperance, Pro-
hibition and Public Morals, "is most
gratifying as it indicates an apprecia-
tion of the serious social problem aris-
ing from their general use.
Il have been under the impression,
based upon observation only, that the
President has considered use of wine
and beer to be socially inconsequential
but that he is seriously concerned as to
problems involved in the traffic in
hard liquors.
Perhaps this announcement may af-
ford an indication that this impression
is correct. At any rate half loaf i
much better than no bread in these
times of short dry rations and conse-
quently I am much pleased by Mrs
Roosevelt's announcement"
II am very sorry that the example o.
abstinence apparently is not to be Sc
at the White House." was the view o.
DR.. E. C. Dinwiddie of the Nationa
Temperance Bureau, in an interview.
DR.. F. Scott Mcbride, superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon League, would make
no comment.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
BY BARBARA DIGBY LESLIE.

AA<oA~AA~s
miss Leslie, an editor OF the
Junior League Magazine, is the
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. William
M Leslie of East Hampton, Long
Island, and made her debut last
year. She compares this seasons
debutlnte parties uith those OF pre-
repeal days in TIE tolloUing article
for the Associated PTeSS.)
NEW YORK, January 29.-There is
a great deal less drinking at deb
parties this year than last season, and
parties are about twice as quiet.
Less drunkenness, and more manners
are seen. In the speakeaSy era, 1t was
smart to tear around and be noisy.
Now, boys are acting like gentlemen.
They simply won't take you to a
speakeasy. Instead, they take you to
a restaurant for cocktails, and seem to
enjoy it. It's a more continental,
grown-up attitude.
Champagne and wine are replacing
those awful drinks we took before re-
peal. Boys are beginning to learn
vintages and appreciate them Before
repeal they weren't fussy, but now they
know whether it's good sherry or not
You often see them supervising the bar
tender and giving instructions.
Pass Up Wall Street.
A lot of boys are joining liquor firms
after they leave school, instead of going
to Wall Street.
F1asks have almost completely dis
appeared. I've seen one this year.
OF course, there always will be boys
who drink a lot. But they're more
often a little high" now than really
drunk
This season girls are refusing to
dance with boys who are obviously
Evening star., 1934-01-29
"CURSE" STORY REVIVED AS MAN
WHO ENTERED TUT'S TOMB DIES

post graduate studies at the University
of Bonn, Germany, he engaged in
Egyptian excavations as a member of
the Hearst Egyptian Expedition of the
University of California
In 1904 he was named instructor Of
Egyptology at Harvard. and soon there
after he conducted excavations at the
pyramids at Gizeh for Harvard Uni
versity and the Boston Museum.
In 1906 he became curator at the
Metropolitan. For the next 20 years
he divided his time between New York
and Egypt. Herbert E. Winlock, who
succeeded Lythgoe as curator in 1929,
said that the museums Egyptian collec-
ton, one of the most important out
side of Cairo, is due In large part to
the excavations directed by Lythgoe
Lythgoe married Miss Lucy Tappan
Richardson in Athens, Greece, in 1902
Since his retirement as curator of
the local museum. he had lived much
of the time in Pomfret, Conn, and
Boston.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
JUDGES SELECTED
F0RPLAY TOURNEY
Four Are Selected to C0nsid-
er 0ne-Act Productions,
Starting Feb. 6.

Appointment of the following judges
Of the 1884 one-act play tournament of
the District of Columbia was announced
today.
Mrs. Carey H. Brown, recently Of the
Rochester IN. W Community Theater,
who is well known here for her interest
in civic drama; Mrs. Maud Howell
Smith, prominent player in local drama;
Henry Goddard Roberts, assistant pro-
fessor of public speaking at George
Washington University, and c. Melvin
Sharpe Of the Potomac Electric Power
Co., who has been closely associated
with Shakespearean and professional
drama in New York
Roberts, Sharpe and Mrs. Brown will
be the three regular judges, with Mrs.
Smith acting as 'pinch-hitter" in the
event of the absence of any of the
three
The tournament opens February at
Eastern High School. Plays will be
presented that evening and on the eve
nings of February 8 and 10 at Eastern !;
February 13 and Is at Roosevelt High
School, with the finals to be held Feb
ruary II at Roosevelt.
Dramatic critics of the five local
newspapers will be judges of the finals
E. de S. Melcher, The Evening Star:
Miss Mabelle Jennings. the Washing
ton Herald; Nelson Bell. the Washing
ton Post: Don Craig. the Daily News,
and Andrew r. Kelley, the Washington
Times. who will act as chairman.
-Four plays will be presented each of
the contest nights except February l3,
Whel five skitS will be staged. An
abundance of comedy will be offered
this year. rather than the serious drama
OF former years. On each night pres
entatlon will begin at 8 pm. Tickets
for the preliminaries, at Is cents each
or 81 for the entire lot, now are on sale
at the headquarters of the American
Automobile Association. the Willard
Hotel Ticket Bureau, Washington Ho-
tel newsstand. the Community Center
Department, which is sponsoring the
tournament. and the competing theatri-
cal groups.
Among the groups entered are the
Tart and Talent Club, Masquers' ORA
matte Club. lexington Players, Chris
tian Endeavor Players, Mutual Inn.
provement Association Dramatic Club
Woodside Players. Cadoan Players
Women's City Club Drama Unit, PLAY.
makers Of Thomson Center, Wigs AND
Queues Club, Southeast Players, Troup.
ers of East Washington Community
Center, Mount Pleasant Players, Jewish
Community Center Dramatic Associ.
alton, Columbia Players. Players Clut
OF Central High Community Center
Federation Players, Marietta Pars
Women'S Club. Shoestring Production
Co. Bartfield Players and the Wash.
lngton Community Players.
Evening star., 1934-01-29

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 29-Dr. Albert
M. Lythgoe, noted Psychologist, who
was among those present at the OPEN
ing of the inner chamber of King Tut
Ank- -Amen's tomb in 1923, died today
in Boston. officials of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art were informed. He was
IS years old.
He had been suffering for some time
with an attack of cerebral arterio-
schlerosis.
His illness had revived the story Of a
course" that was supposed to have dealt
death and misfortune to many people
connected with the opening of the
pharaoh's tomb.
Lythgoe was the founder and curator
emeritus of the Metropolitan Museums
Department of Egyptian Art, and was
one of the foremost men in his field.
Born in Providence, r. l., he was
educated at the high school there and
at Harvard University. where he re-
ceived an M. A. degree in 1897 After
Evening star., 1934-01-29
ENGLAND RETAINS
SUPREMACY At SEA
United States Ranks Second
With Japan in Close
Third Place.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The move in Congress to build the
Navy up to London treaty strength has
focused attention again on the relative
standing Of "the big three" in sea
power-Great Britain, the United
States and Japan.
Which country has the strongest
navy? Naval experts say that while
no definite and dependable yardstick
has been devised for measuring all
around naval power, Great Britain, on
paper. still is the presumable mistress
Of the seas"
On the basis of total tonnage and
battleship preponderance, the United
States ranks second, with the tonnage
gap between this country and Britain
much larger than that between Japan
and the United States. In modern up
to-date ships of lighter type, however,
the japanese Navy has far outdistanced
the fleets of Uncle Sam and also has
substantial numerical and tonnage mar
gin over the f1otillas of John Bull.
Five-year Plan Here.
1t is to end the disparity now exist
ing between the United States and
Japan in lighter vessels that the Vinson
bill, calling for a five-year building
program of more than hundred ships,
is designed. These ships, which prob
ably would cost about S400 ,000.0 900,
would bring the Navy up to treaty
strength late in 1899.
Counting ships already built and un-
der age and those in process Of con-
struction or appropriated for. the
United States at the beginning Of the
year was 102 war vessels short of treaty
strength. Great Britain was short 81
ships while Japan already had COM
pleted its quota. She will have an in
dicated surplus tonnage when the treaty
expires on December 81. 1886.
Great Britain now has IS capital
ships tbattleships) under age with an
aggregate tonnage of 473.650. The
United States has "A capital ships un-
der age with tonnage of 429 800. while
Japan has with a tonnage Of 242 TAO.
Japan's Destroyers.
Britain leads in heavy cruisers with
19 Japan is second with II and the
United States third with 10. In light
cruisers Great Britain has 20 under age,
Japan has II and the United States 10.
Japan. with 81. has a big lead in
modern destroyers. Britain has a. and
the United States only which are un-
Ger age Japan has also marked
numerical advantage in modern sub
marines, having SO, as compared with
As for this country and 33 for Britain.
Britain has aircraft carriers under
age. Japan has 4 and the United
States 2
The United States tops the list In
ships built both under and over age,
with 372 to Britain's 293 and Japans
22l Japan leads, however. in total
ships Of the modern or under age type
with l66 to Britains 1877 and our "a.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
SUSPECT ARRESTED
Alleged Embezz1er Taken on En-
tering U. 8. From Mexico.

NOGALES, Ariz., January 90 tP)-J
c. Darlington, whom detectives said
they had been trailing for six weeks in
this country and Mexico on charge Of
embezzing approximately $4,000 in
Cleveland. was arrested last night as
he crossed into the United States from
Nogales, Sonora
The accused man appeared surprised
when officers met him. but declined
comment. He would not say definitely
whether he would fight extradition
He said he had been hunting in New
Mexico.
He was in the Santa Cruz County Jail
last night. awaiting appearance before
justice of the peace. probably today
1t was not divulged here by whom
the embezzlement charge was brought.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
ALL L-COLORED VILLAGE
TO HONOR PRESIDENT

MOUND BAYOU, Miss. January 2s
R.-When the Nation honors Presi-
dent Roosevelt at birthday balls to-
morrow this all-colored town will be
doing its part.
The Presidents speech will be heard
over the radio at the school auditorium,
after which a public subscription will
be taken up for the benefit of the Warm
Springs Foundation.
Arrangements are in charge of Eu-
gene P. Booze, whose wife is Mary C..
Booze, Republican national committee
woman.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Hotel on Corkscrew Plan.

Built on the general plan of cork
screw, a hotel has been opened in Ser
rieres, in the italian Alps. The ex-
terror of the building resembles huge
light house with base, in which are
the public rooms. The start of the
spiral is on the first floor. and the large
we'll provides illumination for the tower.
There are Is stories with about Is bed
rooms, arranged somewhat like ships
cabins, on each floor The building has
two elevators, but no stairs.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Built by Accumulation.

The planets were built up by snow
ball-like process with two atoms nrst
adhering to each other and then more
and more joining the pile. according to
Prof. Alters theory, until few large
bodies finally were amassed out OF the
swarm.
When the planets were formed. the
sun was far larger than now. perhaps
100 times as large, says Prof Alter, and
so had a correspondingly larger atmos-
phere. The planets, therefore. were
built up from atoms of gas gathered
from a collecting zone" that may have
been several hundred million miles
thick.
AS the sun shrank in size and the
planets grew larger the latter gradually
circled away to their present distances
from the sun. but still were forced to
keep revolving around it by its force
of gravity.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
COOLEST WEATHER
IN 9 YEARS IS DUE
Weather Bureau Predicts
Temperature of 5 Degrees
Here by Morning.
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down in the vicinity of Reservoir and
CONDUIT roads, and the roof OF house
In the 1900 block of Wyoming avenue
badly damaged, police were told
The precipltouS drop in temperature
since O'Clock yesterday afternoon has
few parallels in Weather Bureau rec
ords for Washington and vicinity. From
Yesterdays maximum of IS degrees at
pm. the mercury dropped SIS points
up to this am
The hourly record follows: pm,
So degrees; 7 pm, So; pm, So; 9
pm. so; 10 pm. A; IL pm, SO: IL
midnight, 80; l am, 80; 2 am, 27: 3
am. %; 4 am, ID; S am, Is; 6 am,
II, and am. 10 degrees The mer-
curry turned upward at 7 am.
A similar 55-degree drop was reported
at HagerStoWn, where a minimum of 5
degrees was registered this morning
accompanied by a 40-mile gale.
Roof Ripped OF.
Across the Potomac. in Alexandria
the gale ripped the tin roof from a
residence at 1918 Prince street. No one
was injured. The winds threw an avn
ing into a show window of a clothing
store at 423 King street, breaking the
glass. A few electric light wires were
blown down and minor scattered dam
age reported.
Intense cold prevailed today over vast
stretches of the country, according to
the Associated Press.
Originating in Alaska and the Cana
dian Northwest, the first cold wave of
the new year struck the Middle West
on the wings of gale Sunday. and by
last night had been blown over much
OF the Atlantic seaboard
But the weather man predicted that
relief was on the way and probably
would arrive by tomorrow.
So effective and widespread was the
frigid blast that even the sunny South
prepared to feel its icy breath. Cold
waves were forecast for today or to-
night in Northern Florida. North and
South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia
Tennessee and Kentucky.
In Chicago. where the wind averaged
closed to 40 miles an hour Sunday. the
mercury dropped from A degrees above
zero at dawn to zero by nightfall, and
a few hours later an unofficial 4 below
was reported at the municipal airport
Along the Atlantic seaboard storm
signals went up warning mariners of
heavy seas all the way from Eastport
Me-. to Jacksonville. Fla, but. strangely
enough, Northern Vermont escaped the
brunt of the bitter winds.
One Of the real cold spots was St
Paul. Mimi, where the mercury dipped
to 10 below. At Eau Claire. Wis, a
minus eight reading was accompanied
by a destructive wind that blew down
small rural buildings.
-.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
U. S. INTERNATIONAL UNIT
ON RADIO TO HEAR DILL
Senator to Discuss Report Given
Roosevelt Proposing Co-ordina-
ton of tions.

The American Section of the Interna-
tlonal Committee on Radio will meet
this evening at the University Club
Where Senator Dill of Washington will
discuss the recent report submitted to
President Roosevelt proposing the CO.
ordination of all communications
branches OF the Federal service into a
single unit.
The proposal would substitute Com
munlcationS Commission for the present
Radio Commission to include not only
radio, but also telegraph and telephone
DIR. c. B. Jolliffe, chief engineer of
the Federal Radio Commission. will
report on conference on broadcasting
which was held last Summer in Mexico
City.
Officers will be elected for the coming
year and report of the proposed con-
terence on communications problems
which has been suggested at Warsaw,
Poland, in April will be made By VIII
liam r. Valance, chairman of the Ex-
ecutive Committee
Evening star., 1934-01-29
ECCLES TAKES POST
AS MORGENTHAU'S AIDE
Utahan May Join Close Group
Which Will Direct Sta bilization
Fund Operations.

BY the Associated Press.
Mariner S. Eccles Of Utah today
took over his new duties as special as
sistant to Secretary Morgenthau on
banking and financial problems.
Morgenthau conferred with Eccles
this morning on his duties. Later Ec-
cles talked with Tom K. Smith of ST.
Louis, who is at the Treasury on a
temporary basis as banking adviser.
Officials said it was too early to say
whether Eccles would be one of the
small group who will direct operations
of the $4,000, 100000 stabilization fund.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
MANY SUNS EXIST,
SCIENTIST ASSERTS
Solar Systems Like Our Own
Abound in Space, Kan
san Believes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The universe has many solar sys-
tens, pretty much like our own, with
planets revolving about central suns,
the American Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Science is told In a re-
Port by Prof. Dinsmore Alter OF the
University of Kansas.
This is contrary to ideas of many
astronomers, who have believed there
is little likelihood OF many other plan
etary systems existing.
The new theory holds that planets
are formed as part of the routine OF
evolution of almost all stars and there
fore are common occurrences
Prof. Alter discounts the idea held
ty many astronomers that our planets
were formed from masses OF gas pulled
from the sun by tidal attraction when
passing star "SideSwiped' the sun
ages ago.
Chances Very Remote.
Astronomers who accepted this
theory have believed it TO be evidence
that systems of planets must be rare
in the universe, beca use chances OF
such a collision are extremely remote.
Mathematical calculations showed the
stars are SO far apart that a clash be-
tween two of them could not take place
more than once in vast con OF time.
Prot. Alter holds the planets in our
solar system, including the earth. were
formed from atoms accommodating in
the outer atmosphere of the sun. A
similar process, he believes, took place
on the stars which are really suns" "
Therefore, most of them now have,
have had, or will have planets rey0ly-
ing around them, depending on the
stage of evolution they have reached.
Scientists do not agree whether the
stars are of different ages or the
same age.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Living Standards Drop.

Living standards in Honduras have
been forced down by salary reductions
and decreased prices for native export
products
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Gives Aviation Concert.

London's first aviation concert va
given recently when a dance band
played in a soaring airplane equipped
with loud speakers
Evening star., 1934-01-29
Woman, SO, Is Rescuer.

For saving boy from a fire 60
year-old Mrs E. Sherringham has been
honored and rewarded in Shoreditch,
England.
Evening star., 1934-01-29
May Pay for Meals.

City councillors of Glasgow. Scot
land, may be compelled to pay for
their meals in the city chambers
buffet
Evening star., 1934-01-29
MERCURY DOWN 81 DEGREES.

Martinsburg Minimum Of = Above
Reached Early Today.
MARTINSBURG, w. Va, January 20
Especially Winter swept over the
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
with a sudden vengeance last night
when the thermometer dropped from
86 to 7 degrees during the night
High winds did minor damage and
prevailed throughout the night.
Evening star., 1934-01-29

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St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-10-01
NEW STEAMSHIPS LINE

The American Caribbean Line wishes
to announce fast American Flag steam
ship service for passengers. mail and
freight between New York and the Vir-
gin Islands. Leeward aud Windward
Islands, Trinidad and the Guianas, to
be inaugurated on October 10. with the
mailing from New York of the SIS.
"SCANMAIL" followed by the SIS.
"SCANPEN" on November 2. These
poplar steamers. we'll known n the
American Scantie Lines service be-
tween New York and Northern Europe,
will be replaced next spring by two ST.
miIar steamers o be remodelled during
the winter. Plans for the new steamers
call for the last word in cruise, comfort
and safety, all public rooms being air
conditioned and all staterooms being
outside rooms with private baths.
The executive and freight traffic of
ficeis of the new line will be at 1880
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-10-01

tirsng acts of the administration When
such acts appeared 10 clash with public IN
t-resr. liz has never taken the position OF
the extremist for example. that the
Governor can Go no wrong. Nor would
i, take the other extreme and say thar ne
has no redeeminQ q-lahty Ihls paper
deals with every queSUoA on It's merits
and as we see l..
We strive for our D4oDe 70 get peter
education employment and 70 become
owners of The soil they till, his VIII
mean economic emanciparlon. tcono-
mic emancipation will create respect
1t is easy to print scandal sheet
keeping on the border Of trouble; 1t IL
easy TO make noise and 10 get large
crowd 10 follow the noise But in plan
ming the econ5mic emancipation OF yoqr
people yeu have TO work practically 10
assisted.
If there is a figh' between TIE Cover
nor and the people of St firoix we would
have IN orerect the pc lple II there IS
a fight between the Coz error and any
group of citizens we reserve the right
10 use aor own judgment in deciding
where the cast our lot
As we are seeking the ruth we invite
any person who knews th4 cause of the
present upheaval TO convince US that
this is the peoples fight.