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Evening star., 1934-12-17

FRS. ROOSEVELT entertained
Nh at luncheon today at the
IVl White House in honor Of the
4 i wives of the justices OF the
Supreme Court of the United
States.
Before the luncheon, Mrs. Roosevelt
held her last press conference until
after Christmas and this afternoon
she will attend the Christmas party
of the Juvenile Court.
Tomorrow President and Mrs. RooSe-
velt will have as their guests the United
States Minister to the Netherlands
and Mrs. Brendle Emmett, who are in
this country on leave, and Mrs. Roose-
Velt's cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Braman of New York. Mrs. Louis
Howe, wife of the Presidents secre-
tary, arrived today to be guest at
the White House.
Mrs. Roosevelt will go to New York
Wednesday afternoon after the first of
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend's morning
musicales, and will not return to
Washington until Sunday.
Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother OF the
President, and his son and daughter
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. James Roose-
welt, I'd, and their daughter, Sarah
Delano Roosevelt and the Presidents
half sister, Mrs. j. R. Roosevelt, will
arrive Saturday to remain over Christ
mas.
Christmas eve Mrs. Roosevelt will
carry out the custom of distributing
for the Central Union Mission Christ
mas baskets at the Fox Theater at
GAS O'Clock in the morning, and at
2:3o o'clock in the afternoon she will
distribute baskets at the Salvation
Army. The day after Christmas she
will again attend Mrs. Townsend S
morning musicale.
Mrs. Roosevelt will witness the con-
vening of Congress at noon, January
3, her press conference being held
that morning at 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Roosevelt will be hostess at
tea Wednesday afternoon, January
2 from to 5 o'clock, and from
to o'clock that afternoon will en-
tertain women executives in several
of the Federal departments. She will
motor to Baltimore Tuesday, January
!, and will visit the Walters Gallery
and accompany Mrs. James Roosevelt,
mother of the President, back to
Washington. Mrs. James Roosevelt
will be the guest of Mrs. Edward
Guest Gibson over night. The First
Lady of the land returned late yes
terday from several days visit at Red
House, W. Va, and stopped at Reeds
vile, w. Va.
Evening star., 1934-05-25

Port Has 800 Policemen.
The port of London now has 800
men on it's land police force.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
ICKES WITHHOLDS
FUNDS FOR HOUSING
Declares Ground Value of New
York Project Was Mis-
represented.

BY order of Administrator Ickes,
public works officials said today they
have refused to advance further funds
to the S3,2l0000 housing project in
New York City being developed by the
Dick-Meyer Corporation, pending an
investigation to determine the true
value of the land
This action was taken, it was ex-
planned, after Ickes had learned the
value of the land was represented in
the contract signed as greatly in eX-
cess of its true worth. It had been
represented to the Government as
worth 1868 900, whereas recently dis
closed affidavits revealed it had been
asse 7ed for taxation at SITS 900.
Work on the New York project, one
of the largest involved in the loW-cost
housing program, was actually under
way. Secretary Ickes had signed the
contract and it is understood S256, 900
in Federal funds had been turned over
to the limited dividend corporation.
George c. Myer is president of the
company which is erecting low-cost
apartment buildings.
Although the company contended
that the Governments contract was
binding, Secretary Ickes ordered fur
ther advancement of funds halted un-
til plan could be worked out under
which he could be satisfied that the
Government was paying on the true
value of the land.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
VIRGINIAN CHOSEN
BEER BOARD HEAD
H. o. Merricks Made Chairman
of Wholesale Code Re-
gional Group.

H. O. Merricks of Roanoke, Va, to-
day was named regional chairman of
the Beer Enforcement Board of the
alcoholic beverages wholesale code in
the region comprising the District OF
Columbia, Virginia and Maryland. it
was announced by the Federal Alcohol
Control Administration
A. d. O'Connor of the firm of
O'Connor & Spaulding, Washington
was appointed as code authority and
member of the general beer group
from the region.
Others named on the Regional
Board, which is designated as Num-
ber 5, were Hyman Goldman of the
Standard Cigar and Tobacco Co.,
Washington, and D. E. Bennett of the
Virginia Ice & Fuel Corporation,
Cladendon.
In the wine and liquor group, Felix
Goldsborough of Baltimore was named
chairman for this region, with Holly
Stover of the House of Stover, Wash
ington, as member.
The administration made public the
code authorities and regional boards
for the entire United States with the
exception of the Wine and Liquor Re-
gional Board of the State of New York,
action on which is still pending. With
this exception the administration ap-
proved the entire list of code repre-
sentatives, and these boards and au-
thorities will control some 10000 firms
and corporations engaged in the beer
and liquor wholesale industry.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
THREE PLAN TRIP
TO PACIFIC ISLES
Young Crew of Old Fishing
Smack to Explore
South Seas.

Already baptized by the Atlantic,
two insurance brokers and a haber-
dashery clerk arrived here yesterday
in a 45-foot fishing smack bound
for the South Seas and three years
of adventuring.
The crew is younger than the boat
which. they hope, will sail them
around the world. Had the adven-
turers been a little older they might
never have escaped the routine Of
everyday life back in Toledo, Ohio.
AS it was, however, they just got
under the wire-William Stechschulte,
26; John A. Miehls, the same age, and
Don c. Woodley. year older. The
youths had dreamed and even saved
Evening star., 1934-05-25
ROOSEVELTS GIVE
DANCE FOR PRESS
More Than 1000 Guests At.
tend Informal Party at
White House.

The staid and dignified mansion at
1900 Pennsylvania avenue resounded
last night to the hot tunes OF New
York jass band, brought here by the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt for the
entertainment of the gentlemen of the
press.
More than 1000 guests were re-
ceived by the RooseveltS and Vice
President Garner and it was l am.
before dancing in the historic East
Room came to an end.
O'COnnOr and Horne.
The principal entertainment was
furnished by George O'Connor and his
piano aCcompaniSt, Matt Horne, who are
honorary members of the White House
Correspondents Association; Bernard
Fitzgerald and members of the Grid
iron Club quartet Edward c. Steffe,
Charles Trowbridgt Tittmann, Fred
East and William F. Raymond, with
George Wilson as their accompanist.
Thomas Brahany Of the Entertain
ment Committee of the Gridiron Club
arranged the program of entertain
ment and served as master Of cere-
monies. He did some entertaining
himself in informal story telling Music
for the dancing was furnished by Joe
Moss Orchestra of New York. Mr..
O'Connor. a melody of songs popular
more than two decades ago, and by
request sang his famous Saloon" and
itfla
Boy"
At the conclusion of the entertain
ment program, Mrs. Roosevelt thanked
the performers and took occasion to
say how happy she and the President
were to receive the members of the
press and their families and friends
Any Attire Approved.
The White House had served notice
in advance that the guests could come
attired as they saw fit AS result
some of the men wore the strictly full
dress, others wore dinner coats, many
wore white flannel trousers and odd
coats. and quite a number appeared
in white linen suits. However. the
feminine guests were arrayed in strict
ly formal evening attire.
Mr.. Roosevelt wore a dinner jacket,
and Mrs. Roosevelt wore a gown of
white chiffon. Vice President Garner
who was among the officials invited
to the occasion, who stood at the right
of the Presidents chair during the
receiving of the guests, were a dinner
coat. Mrs. Garner was dressed IN a
black satin gown.
Other prominent members of the
official family present were Secretary
of State Hull. Attorney General Cum
mings, Secretary of War Dern tnd
Postmaster General Farley and Secre-
tary of Labor Perkins.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
Volunteers Name Delegates.

BRANCHvILLE, Md, May Is (Spe-
ciaD THE Branchville Volunteer Fire
Department has elected r. z. Baker,
n. z. Arrow, Alexander Buscher,
Hardy Wilson, w. Hardy, A. r. Thrift.
Leonard Exell, Richard Jewell and
r. Hughes as delegates to the an
nual convention of the State Fire
mems Association to be held next
month at Cambridge.
Evening star., 1934-05-25

navigation, we may have to ask q
traffic policeman down there for di-
rections."
Il think Bill ought to do some
more studying" said John; take that
book. boy, and get below"
Bill said he thought he would rather
have cigarette.
Evening star., 1934-05-25

| tanned a fractured vertebrae when
horse he was working out at the local
track fell and rolled on him. He is in
a serious condition at the Washington
| County Hospital here.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
KIWANIS HEAR LECTURE

in Prince Georges.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
I.ANDOVER, Md, May 25.-An
illustrated lecture on the Canadian
Rockies by Darrell Preston Aub Of
Washington featured the dinner
meeting of the Kiwanis Club Of Prince
Georges County last night at the
Beaver Dam Country Club here. Ar
thur G. Keefer, president, conducted
the meeting.
Evening star., 1934-05-25

while Ice froze on the rigging and
the Nellie York made her own way
through the seas.
Anchored at the Capital Yacht
Club, the voyagers plan to lay over
here two weeks to paint the hull and
fit new rigging before setting sail for
Florida, the Caribbean and Panama.
They hope to see Tahiti and other
glamorous islands before returning
via the Mediterranean and the North
Atlantic.
All Plan Work.
Don is a photographer. and hopes
to sell pictures Of the trip; John will
write accounts Of his adventures and
mail them to u New York agent, and
Bill is to collect specimens" from
land and sea, in addition to doing
the navigating.
The three will obtain charts from
the Navy Department before setting
of.
"Xes." grinned Don, Bill is our
navigator. At least, he says he's a
navigator. II he knows more about
selling neckties than he does about
Evening star., 1934-05-25

Jockey Hurt by Horse.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, May rs (Spe-
ciaD r.. T. Weeks, "a, formerly OF
Washington, apprentice jockey, sus-
Evening star., 1934-05-25

for the voyage for years, but the old
life was hard to shake of.
Don had a job with future offered
him, Johns parents wanted him to
complete his schooling and Bill had
other duties. But last March they
broke free.
The trio went to Maine and spent
weeks searching obscure fishing vii
lagos for suitable boat. They
finally found one to their liking. a
sturdy, seaworthy little smack, made
to weather the sort of gales which
blow of the New England coast.
They purchased the boat from Capt.
Jack Harmon at Freeman, Me. The
amateur voyagers had no more than
got full breeze in their sails, bound
south on the open Atlantic, when a
gale took away their main mast.
They put back in port and soon fitted
new one.
dashed Wheel.
They took beating from wind and
weather ccI ling down the Coast, but
the boat allied easily. Sometimes
they lashet the wheel and lay below
Evening star., 1934-09-27
elected the valley Of the Tennessee

selected the valley Of the Tennessee
River.
Let me give you a few Of the rea-
sons why the Tennessee Valley was
chosen for this first advance into tne
new realm of planning. AS you know,
the Tennessee River watershed starts
up in the Western end OF Virginia
and sweeps southwestward in a wide
arc across Western North Carolina
and Eastern Tennessee, Northern
Georgia, Northern Alabama and a
corner of Northeastern Mississippi.
only to swing north again across Ten
nessee and Kentucky and finally to
flow into the Ohio River at Padu-
cab. KY.
The elevation in this valley varies
from $50 feet above sea level to about
5000. The climate runs all the way
from that Of the Great Lakes in the
mountain sections to subtropical in
the cotton country of the Gulf States.
Two million people inhabit its $4,000
square miles and another four million
reside in the territory Immediately
Influenced by the valley. They can
raise anything that grows between
Canada and the Gulf of Mexico. The
mineral resources of the valley are
rich and varied. and the rainfall is
heavy, running from so to 80 inches
per year. Tremendous hydro-electric
possibilities are latent in the large
rivers that drop sharply as they bear
the rainfall down through this valley.
sPerfect Laboratory.
No other comparable area in the
United States offers the diversity OF
climate, of soil, Of vegetation and Of
resources which we find in the Ten
nessee Valley. 1t is the perfect labora-
tory for an attempt which is of vital
concern to the future of every one
of us. Naturally the national purpose
of this test is continually in the mind
of the board Of directors. Every step
taken, every project set up, every re-
suit obtained is weighed from the point
of view of its possible application to
other parts Of the country.
Take the burning question Of soil
erosion. City people often do not even
know that erosion is a problem. But
it is and it is one Of the most pressing
Evening star., 1934-09-27

so characteristic Of American life to
the larger field of the whole Nation.
He saw that the hope of western
civilization lay in applying our col
lective intelligence to the sadly
tangled skeins of our national life.
Congress concurred with his view and
responded to his suggestions. But
both knew that you could not build
a co-ordinated national plan without
comprehensive body Of proven facts
and statistics for a base. They
sought such a body of essential in,
formation and discovered that none
existed! No one knew exactly what
would have to be done or in what
direction the successive steps must
move If this new experiment in ma
tional integration was to work rapidly
and effectively.
Experience Aids.
The President thought back to his
experience as Governor OF New York.
There, when problems affecting the
interest of the commonwealth arose.
he would call in those whose training
best fitted them to deal with the sit
uation. regardless of their political
affiliations, and he would explain to
them what he needed. He would ask
them to survey the field and to sug-
gest a program based on the needs
of all. When practical method had
been worked out, he would undertake
to put it into practice.
In his new capacity as Chief Execu-
tive of the Nation Mr.. Roosevelt saw
that a more exhaustive method would
have to be employed. To the counsel
of experts a laboratory experiment
must be added before the findings
could be applied to our whole in
flnitely complex national picture. The
President sought a proving ground
which would reflect all the important
characteristics of our country-itS
agricultural. industrial, social, educa-
tional and commercial features-and
would embrace those features within
an area small enough to be readily
co-ordinated yet large enough to be
truly typical of the whole. He con-
cluded that a single watershed en-
joying a real diversity of conditions
would be a fair crOSs-Section and he
Evening star., 1934-09-27
MORGAN EXPLAINS
VALLEY Project
T. V. A. Director, in Forum
Address, Says Work Tests
Development.

The story of how Uncle Sam is
seeking in the Tennessee Valley pro-
gram to solve economic problems that
will benefit both agriculture and in
dustry and brighten the future out
look for the Nation as whole was
described last night by DR.. Harcourt
A. Morgan. director of the Tennessee
Valley Authority, speaking in the Ma
tional Radio Forum, arranged by The
Star and broadcast over Nation
wide network of the National Broad
casting System.
Picturing the valley as a proving
ground for a demonstration in CO.
ordinated planning that could be ap-
piled to the whole country, DR.. Morgan
showed that flood control, navigation
and hydro-eleCtric power development
constitute only part Of the compre-
henSive program. He dwelt also on
the problem of soil erosion, re-
forestation and efforts to improve the
development of fertilizers as important
phases of the program.
Purchasing Power Needed.
eve want to aid the farmer in max
Ing such readlustments in his use
of the land that he can preserve and
Improve that land as he goes along"
said DR.. Morgan. And We want to
restore the farmer to an economic
level where he can purchase the pro-
ducts Of industry. For it is common
knowledge that industry can never
thrive again without a farm market"
President Roosevelt and Congress Sc
iected the Tennessee Valley as the
proving ground for this program of
co-ordinated planning, DR.. Morgan ex-
planned, because no other comparable
area in the United States offers the
diversity of climate, soil, vegetation
and resources to be found in that
area.
Text of Address.
The text of DR.. Morgan's address
follows:
President Roosevelt asked Congress
to create the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority because our country had
reached the crossroads. We had
come to point where the complexi-
ties of our system of production and
distribution were too great. Things
were getting out of hand. Break
down was staring us IN the lace and
no man seemed to know how to avert
the collapse We all saw that chaos
was inevitable unless something was
done to bring our methods into line
with changed conditions, but we did
not know what that something was.
Our worries and our fears were
breeding antagonlsmS at an alarming
rate Sectional conflicts were de-
veloping between the industrial East
and the agricultural West and the
rapidly expanding new South, and
there were misunderstanding be-
tween different interests groups.
These growing arrangements between
sections and between agriculture and
industry and labor and investment
in all sections were, in turn. intensi-
fving our troubles. A wave of recrim-
inations was causing us to lose sight
of the common nature of our funda-
mental problem-the problem of en-
Joying the fruits of our toll and re-
alizing the resources with which our
country is so richly endowed.
The President saw these dangers
then as clearly as you and I see them
now. He saw that the time had come
to try to extend the community spirit
Evening star., 1934-09-27
Explains T. V. A. Program

DR.. Hdrcourt A. Morgan,
director of the
Tennessee Valley Authority,
told q
Nationwide radio audience
last night
1ChQt the Government
hopes to accomplish by
the DdrtonS phases
of that development.
He ,Das speaking in the
National Radio Forum.
Star STAFF Photo.
Evening star., 1934-09-27
Land Preservation.

I purposely left out Of the list Of
T. ". A. activities those with which
! personally am most Intimately as
sociated. My particular attention goes
to plant food and to all the other ways
CONTINUED on Ninth Page)
Evening star., 1934-03-01

not peen watching long when q pleas
antly touching scene of love among
the lower orders rewarded his vigil
ance. The cook came out Of the
house carrying smoking pie. As
II drawn by the scent, q gendarme
emerged from the bushes. The pie
changed hands. The gendarme kissed
the cook. The cook kissed the gen.
darme. The gendarme then moved
off, heading south. He carried the
pie and he was grooming in an un-
dertone what sounded like q senti-
mental ballad.
Packy understood all, and 1t was
with q certain purposefulness in his
manner that he returned to Mr..
Gedge. He had had another of those
bright ideas which were becoming SO
frequent with him nowadays that he
had almost ceased to be surprised ut
them.
Well" said Mr. Gedge.
Hes there, all right" said Packy.
II see what this means. The fellow
has been sent up here to make in
quiries. Amazing how quick these
French police work"
Mr.. Gedge could not share this ap-
parent enthusiasm for the smooth
working of the French police ma
chine. He danced few silent steps
Packy, who was evidently still trying
to get to the bottom of this affair,
now put question.
"On the night of the crime"
II wish you wouldn't call it the
night Of the crime"
(To Be Continued.)
Evening star., 1934-03-01
u. S. WHEAT PRAISED
AND SCORED ABROAD
Yugoslav Critics Say Thesis and
Banat Regions Produce
Best Specimen.

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia R.-
American varieties of wheat which
resisted rust and other diseases have
saved many farmers from ruin, say
reports from agricultural centers.
Nevertheless. these select and very
productive varieties again are under
fire as unworthy of the high stand
ard which characterizes Yugoslav
wheat"
The critics say the old-fashioned
"steel-wheat" of the Thesis and Banat
regions-taken from Hungary and
given to Yugoslavia' by the peace
treaties-is world-famous for the high
quality -four it produces, and that
while American wheat grows twice as
much per acre, the bread produced
from 1t Is not so good
The Belgrade Central Hygiene In
stitute, however says that American
wheat acclimatized to Banat and
Thesis conditions stands the bread
baking test as well as the old-fash-
ioned, scanty-crop, local varieties.
Evening star., 1934-03-01
GETS SPOTTED FEVER

Employe Comes Too Close to Ex-
perimenta1 Ticks.
HAMILTON. Mont. (R.-Lester
Antoine. 20, apparently came too close
to the wood ticks that the Public
Health Service Laboratory keep here.
The laboratory manufactures vac
cine used as preventive of Rocky
Mountain spotted fever. Antoine was
helping to install q refrigerating
system in the laboratory and became
Ill. His case was diagnosed as spotted
fever
Evening star., 1934-03-01
Opens Livery Stable.

BUHL, Idaho (R.-Bud Mcdowell
didn't give any reason, but he has
quit barbering to open livery stable
It's the first livery stable the town
has had since the advent Of balloon
tires.
Evening star., 1934-03-01
MUST GIVE AGE

Women Registering to Vote In
Atlanta Without Murmur.
ATLANTA R.-It's been automatic
that women would never admit their
true age-but they are doing it in
Atlanta.
City Council recently ruled that
woman voters in registering must give
their correct age instead Of merely
Evening star., 1934-03-01

saying they are lover 81" City Clerk
j. Henson Tatum says the women are
registering without murmur against
the new rule.
Evening star., 1934-03-01
DOG PURSUING RABBIT
IS CAUGHT IN BURROW

H1H0o 1Ct1dCC ACCeuClO0 70
Terrier Trapped Four Feet
Underground.
SANTA CRUZ, Calf. R.-Like
Alice in Wonderland. Jack English's
terrier dog followed the rabbit down
the burrow, but couldn't shrink when
the going got narrow.
The dog. which the 9-year-old
master said was missing for eight
days, was found stuck in the hole 1
feet underground after its wwhines had
attracted attention Of passerby.
A veterinarian said the terrier,
though weak from lack Of food and
water. will recover.
Evening star., 1934-07-23
STOCKS ARE WEAK
At SESSIONS END
Heavy Selling Brings Drop
OF ST to More Than SIS.
100000 Traded.
WHAT STOCKS DID.
BY VICTOR EuRANK.
Associated Press Financial writer.

Associated Press Financial Writer.
NEW YORK. July 23.-Heavy SELL
ing unsettled the stock market today
and quoted values dropped to more
than 5 points. There was no specific
news to account for the relapse, al
though observers believed that grow
ing doubts Of near-future corporate
profits may have been q factor. The
close was weak. Transfers approxi-
mated 2.00O. 900 shares.
The equity trading volume was the
largest since May Z last. Metals and
rails led the slide. although some Spe-
cialties we're heavier later. Scattered
stocks. including American Telephone
and United Aircraft, displayed some
resistance. Many issues broke through
peared for a few shares near the
finish. but 1t was not impressive. The
ticker tape ran several minutes be-
hind floor transactions when prices
were at their worst.
Among shares that established new
1884 bottoms. with losses OF to more
than 3 points we're United States
Steel. Bethlehem Steel, ChrySler. Gen.
eral Motors. New York Central. Bal
timore a. Ohio. Delaware a. Hudson.
Consolidated Gas. Anaconda Copper.
Case, American Commercial Alcohol
and National Distillers.
National Lead dropped points,
and losers of 8 to 4 or so included
General Railway Signal, American
Sugar Refining, Western Union, Johns
Manville, United States Smelling,
Howe Sound. Union Pacific and Al
lied Chemical.
American Telephone was about un-
changed. as was United Aircraft.
Among losers OF l 10 around 2 were
Santa Fe. Goodyear. National Dairy
Products. Borden. Montgomery Ward,
American Smelling. American Can
and Loew's.
Evening star., 1934-07-23
TRANSACTIONS ON The NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

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