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Evening star., 1935-06-09
Refuse Dump Nuisance
Superseded by Incinerzfors.

4 CIVIC problem of long stand
\ ing, the trash-burning dumps.
appears on a fair road to solution.
The drastic action of the Arlington
County authorities, where most of
the trash collected in the District
from business establishments has
been disposed of, mas created an
emergency situation which the Dis
trict Commissioners have promptly
met. The already inadequately
financed department of city refuse
has had to shift its load in some
way to provide sufficient force to
lengthen the hours of operation of
these incinerators.
Business houses are required to
separate the combustible from the
nom n-combuStible and at their own
expense haul the refuse to the in
cinerators These modern inciner-
ators. built with the taxpayers
money, have never oeen run to ca
pacity. Restrictions imposed by
the Congress kept them out of
OANORS AAA a NCly
tied way, for a long time after
completion.
For years civic and trade bodies
interested in the Identification and
the health of the Capital City have
protested these unSightly and nau-
seating refuse dumps with their
pail of smoke.
At the earnest solicitation of
citizens and District officials, mod
ern and costly incinerator plants
were erected to supplant the dump
nuisances. Then the Districts all
powerful legislature intervened and,
for some unexplained reason. pro-
hibited the use of one incinerator
and permitted only very restricted
lies of the other. Even now the
Congress. which, by law. authorized
the building and equipment of
these plants, fails TO provide ade-
quate funds for their operation as
In onv ,Ip-fo-dofa community
Evening star., 1935-06-09
OUTING CANCELLED

The annual Summer outing Of
members of the Brightwood Citizens
Association at the country estate of
President and Mrs. Charles w. Ray,
at Sandy Spring, Md. has been can
celed this year on account of the
death last week Of Mr.. Rays brother.
For a number of years past men,
bers of the association and guests
have been entertained and the, last
meeting of the season held during the
month Of June at Sandy Spring. A
meeting of the Executive Committee
of the association will be held at the
call of President Ray. at which time
business details will be acted upon.
Evening star., 1935-06-09
Broadcast From Island.

Tuesday night broadcasts over N. B. G.
network from Catalina Island, off the
coast Of Southern California, is prob
ably the only commercial program in
the country originating in studio
not on the mainland.
The "Old Maestro" broadcasts from
the dining room of the Hotel St.
Catherine on Catalina, the program
going by telephone wire from the
island to the N. B. c. studios in Holly
wood, where 1t is routed to the net
work.
Evening star., 1935-06-09

tlonal G a pi | t a !
Committee. h a S
b e e n neck-deep
in Shrine public
ity. She did not.
however, confne
her activities to
grabbing space"
in Washington
n e W S pa p e rs.
Harry Hites, pub
licity director TOR
the Washington
T. o m m u n ! I v
Chest, h as di-
rected newspaper
publicity, leaving
a ii other fields
Evening star., 1935-06-09

in the yearly report OF Louis Roths-
child, director, Mrs. MuchmOre drew
particular praise for the efficient and
tactful manner in which she has con-
Quoted her part Of the bureaus busi-
ness.
She was present to hear all the nice
things that were said by +. G. Addi-
son, jr., retiring chairman; Joshua
Evans, jr., former president; Roths-
child and Fleming Newbold. Roths-
child devoted paragraph in his an
nual report TO Mrs. Muchmore.
Hope to Keep Standards.
With the N. r. A. codes gone by
the board with the recent Supreme
Court ruling, the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association is carry
ing on nevertheless as local code au-
thority for the retail trade
Last week. James E. CollifioWer,
president, circulated letter asking
the merchants affected to continue
the wage and hour provisions that
we're set up under the Blue Eagle.
A large number have indicated their
willingness to make no changes, al
though Mr. Colliflower did not ask for
a response.
Employees of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association mean
while are winding up the formal af-
fairs of the retail code authority.
Evening star., 1935-06-09

with its organized citizens contin-
ually are impressed with the we'll
organized citizen bodies. Some say
that they are satisfied there Is to
be found no other place in the
country to match organized civic
Washington IN spite Of its voteless
and helpless political situation.
Evening star., 1935-06-09

allowed to retire
because of the
pressure Of other
civic and business
duties.
Woman's lead
ership in the bu-
reau, however. Is
not new, for Mrs.
Sallie p. Much
more has been
m ere h q n d iSe
manager for the
organization for
some time. Incl
dentally, In the
several addresses
made at the an
nllal meeting and
Evening star., 1935-06-09
MASONIC
MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
RIue IodSeS

Misunderstanding and Joppa.
Tuesday - Federal. Takoma,
Gompers, Naval especially M. M.
Wednesday-Chevy Chase.
Thursday - Whiting, Temple
Moves and Cathedral.
Friday-St. Johns and Hope.
Saturday-School of Instruc-
ton.
Royal Arch.
Monday-Anacostia.
Tuesday-Mount Horeb, Po-
tomac and Woodbridge.
Wednesday w a s-h n g o n
Naval.
Friday-Eureka, r. A.: Capital
and Mount Pleasant.
COmmanderies.
Tuesday-De Molay..
WedneSday-Washington.
Evening star., 1935-06-09
PRECEDENT GOES
ASbUS|NESS UNIT
ELECTS WOMAN
Miss Margaret GoIIan Is
Chosen to Succeed Frank
R. JeIIeff.

When the Better Business Bureau
elected Miss Margaret Gollan, vice
president of Frank r. Jelleff, Inc, as
q member of it's board of directors, it
broke a precedent by placing a woman
on its governing body. Miss Gollan
succeeded Jelletf, who asked to be
Evening star., 1935-06-09
VOL to Carry Concerts.

All the outdoor concerts Of the
Army, Navy and Marine Bands on the
east plaza Of the Capitol will be
broadcast by VOL. The Army Band
will open the series Friday.
Evening star., 1935-06-09
Huge Suit Dismissed.

Louis Rothschild. director of the
Better Business Bureau, believes that
organizations as we'll as people are
not only known by the company they
keep, but likewise are known by the
enemies they make.
In his yearly report. he pointed
out that fact to the membership.
For the first time in the existence
of the Washington bureau" he said.
"a suit was served against your direc-
tor claiming damages in the ridicu-
lous amount of ten million dollars. 4"
RothSchild himself is a lawyer. 1t
didn't take long for an answer to be
filed and the action was dismissed
by the court.
Evening star., 1935-06-09

THE march Of civic events and
the many old problems
/ which must now be ap-
L preached from q new angle
Evening star., 1935-06-09

Schuyler Colfax Rebekah Lodge
celebrated its thirteenth anniversary
last Tuesday evening with a dinner
party at the Lotus Club, followed BY
party at the National Theater. A
Dingo party will follow the regular
meeting June IS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
Press Comment
WEATHER PROPHETEERlNG Christian Science Mouitor.)

And so passes into history New England's coldest January in fif- teen years! The coldest January 30 in sixty-two years! Yet 1t wasn't more than few weeks ago that bewhiskcred weather prophets glanced at the nutcrackers and woodpussies and with an eye cast toward the blue sky announced 10 the waiting world that the winter would be a mild one!
 Yes, sir! The old gray mares hair was thin, the squirrels were not storing up so many nuts, the woodchucks weren't digging In so deep and the intelligent beaver was building his home on low ground and higher in the water. Cold weather? Not a chance!
 The weather official with charts, thermometers, balloons and what. nots, and after using figures from conditions over the last twenty-five years, said, with caution, that por- haps the winter wouldn't Do So bad!
 Mr and Mrs SuburbanIte went into huddie. Mir thought per- haps he could forgo that oil heater another winter and tried to argue Mrs into stretching the heavy win- ter coat another season. Just for that, the car could be run all win- ter. It wouldn't be so cold and , not so much snow. Things would work out all right.
 l And 50 blustery January passes.
 And the New Engiander reme,n- bers the old Yankee saying, fsyou don't like the weather. walt e min .
 ute" Which also is about as long as New Ehuglanders will listen i0 ] prophets another year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
"A Dead Gray Thing"

Waterbury, in fact, the entire Nauga- tuck valley, should be very much inter- ssted in the report of the State Water Commission that has ust come to hand. 1t contains much timely advice to the several communities of Connecticut. It reveals the amazing amount of progress that we have made despite the past few years of depression and scarcity of funds in public treasuries for such things as stream pollution elimination, sewer con- struction, etc.
 General Sanford H. Wadhams speaks plainly of conditions as they exist right n our own Naugatuck valley, but not in ny disparaging fashion. He realizes ul well the difficult work ahead of the arious communities. At the same time ne does not hesitate to state very plainly that until the proper steps are taken con- ditions are going to remain as they are or perhaps become worse. Among other things the director of the commission refers to recent efforts of Naugatuck to compel by court action pollution elimi- nation.
 General Wadhams reports: "An excel lent illustration is furnished by conditions dong the Naugatuck River. It is clean mountain stream as 1t reaches the city oi Torrington, but after receiving the raw sewerage of some 26,000 people it is dead gray thing, unfit for any use for miles below the city. Thomaston, having no public system of collecting sewers, adds little to the pollution load, but at Water bury the untreated sewage of 100000 people is added. The Borough of Nauga- tuck, just below Waterbury, gets the cumulative results of the contributions of the communities farther up the stream"
 Farther on in his report he states: "The situation in Waterbury is more difficult Large expenditures are required for con- structing intercepting sewers which will permit collecting all the sewage at the site already selected for treatment plant. Some of these sewers have recently been completed, but the rate of progress leaves much to be desired. When Torrington's plant is completed and in operation, the river as it reaches Waterbury will be vast ly improved. There will then be no ex- quse for failure by Waterbury to act. ...'
 By no means should it be thought that Waterbury is singled out of all the 169 towns in this state as the sole offender. The number in this category is high There are few towns where modern disposal plants are being operated today that can cope with the situation Many of the towns, with such plants, built them for populations far less than they are now serving and as result pollution to some degree of nearby waterways continues. The problem is an old one It is vexing one. We can solve it best by united action.
 We must purify our waterways
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
A British Lid Goes On

It has been customary in England for Cabinet ministers to keep private copies of official documents. The documents themselves are marked, "The Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government" and are kept in files in Downing Street, at the residence of the Prime Minister. But each minister has duplicate of all papers deal ing with affairs during his term of office which he is permitted to take with him when he leaves the government.
 Recently an order was issued from the Prime Ministers office requiring the re- turn of all such documents in the posses sion of every minister since 1919. The request has been addressed also to the executors of estates of those who have died Grey of Falloden, Lork Asquitb and others.
 Naturally, there is a great stir in and out of official circles over this order. No- body knows what it means, although every body wants to know. The files demanded will not be surrendered without going in- to the constitutional aspects of the matter. It is pointed out that many of the me- moirs published by celebrities since the World War could not have been written without the information found i'll these privately-held records.
 Is some one trying to put stop to the revelations of future autobiographies and memoirs, os is there to be a super-biog- raphy covering all the available material? It is always a matter of surprise to Americans when their liberal British cousins clamp censorship lid on anything.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11

appointed for 10 years, who would appoint his own postmasters on a merit basis rather than have them appointed nomi- nally by the president, but really as re- ward for local party work
 Norris new law is aimed principally at the old custom of having the chairman of the victorious party's national committee also act as postmaster general, with con- trol of the vast patronage at present at- tached to that office. All efforts to pry Jim Farley lose from one of these two jobs so far have been vain. Norris bill would end it not only for Farley, but for the future It seems visionary, this idea to make the postoffice "a business institu- tion based upon merit and efficiency But Norris has slain bigger dragons than this.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
Cairo Letter

Cairo (UP)-Great Britain's well-meant construction of the fa- nous Assouan dam in 1912 has had the unexpected result of de- stroying Egypt's famous brand of cotton, "Sakellaridis," according to the opinion of the cotton research board. All unintentionally. the dam has toppled the King of Cot tons" from its 37-year-old throne.
 "Sakeilaridis" is soft. silky long staple fibre and normally is a prime favorite with the mapufac- turers of fine laces, fine lawns. and l ladies' fine handkerchiefs. In It's hcyday the staple was one and one -hald inches long. compared with one inch of "American up- land middling" and with two inches for American Sea Island" the last t-named being the only competitor which Sakellaridis has had since the mysterious Jean | Sakellaridis first produced and named the plant in the carly years of the present century.
 1 Plant Detcrioratcd But Egyptian ( cotton experts have noticed that the plant has been Geteriorating ever since the Assouap dam in 1912 began to re- strict the amount of fertile mud which the now tanned and har- messed Nile deposits on the cotton | fields. Climax came last year when l the appeal committee of the Liv- erpool Cotton Exchange judged that the greater part of the 1885, 1884 Egyptian crop was not fit to be rendered in the official jargon of the cotton market, as fully good fair Sakellaridis."
 'Sakcls," as 1t Is called, was de- | throned.
 New Cotton Strains
 However, Egyptian gloom is now somewhat relieved by the an | nouncement of the Cotton Re- search board that after several | years of intensive research and I mill experimentation 1t has found two absolutely new strains of cot ton which are definitely superior to SakellaridIs."
 | One of them. named New Sak- ba Four Selection," Is described as "the finest strain ever measured at Giza, with a. yarn strength slightly better than the best Sak- ellaridis." "
 The other one, named "Giza Twenty-six." is described as "long- CT in staple than Sakellaridls but not finer; 1t is dark -colored and spins much better, giving results equal to and sometimes exceeding the best Sakellaridis."
 An both of these new strains 1t should be noted, can flourish on the greatly reduced amount oi fertilizing mud which the Assouan dam doles out to Egyptian cotton fields.
 x While "Sakellaridis" has merely deteriorated under the short re. tions allowed 1t. some of the minor
 Egyptian cottons, it is pointed out have completely disappeared.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
So They Say

War represents intellectual bankruptcy, the prostitution of science to murder -Dr Louis Mann, University of Chicago. Strange as 1t may seem, sound stable money has never existed except recently In Sweden. England Is close the heels of Sweden, and America, under MT Rooscvet's guidance, is also the road.
 Prof Irving Fisher of Yale.
 
 Lack of confidence Is the very essence of depression. -Dr A. Lowrence Lowell, president emeritus of Harvard.
 
 If can't manage team, I'll quit
 Babe Ruth. Present conditions in the bourgeois countries are leading to repression and terror, and the only way out Of the crisis they can Is var. Premier VyachcslaR M MolotoR of Russia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
Progress In Health

Sometimes one gets discouraged with the progress of medicine. One sees, despite modern knowledge and facilities, the suffering of friends, the all-too-wide prevalence of disease And one wonders just how great is this medical progress in practical results. Now and then comes an inconspicuous answer which ought to be more generally known. For instance, the New York State Department of Health reports that not single case of smallpox was reported in that state in 1884.
 In the "good old days" of our fore fathers, every second face was pitted by the ravages of this disease. Now sanita- tion, preventive medicine, vaccination, have all but conquered it. In view of the comparative newness of modern medicine as science, progress has really been a marvel. Sickness, disease, death, may never be conquered, but credit for the remarkable progress that can be definitely shown ought to be given freely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11

Q. Were you not in error in stating that under certain condi- tons guns may be sent through the United States mails? A. The answer was not clear in that 1t should have stated that pistols, .revolvers, or other fire arms capable of being concealed on the person are unmailable, ex- cept that such articles may be con- veyed in the malls to manufactur- CTS of firearms or bona fide deal- CTS therein, in customary trade shipments. Rifles and shotguns, (except the sawed-off variety), which are not capable of being concealed on the person, may be sent in the mails.
 c. Where is Lake of the Woods, and how large is it?
 A. It is a body of water Uf irregular shape in the western part Of Ontario. Canada, on the boundary of Minnesota, and ad- Joining the southeast part of Man. itoba. It is about 70 miles long and 10 to 50 miles wide.
 Q. What are the ingredients 0f gunpowder?
 A. Potassium nitrate lsaltpe- |ter) 70 to 80 per cent, charcoal and sulpher 10 to 15 per cent each.
 c. Do naturalized American citizens require re-entry permits to gain admittance to the U. s. after a trip abroad? A. Re-entry permits are issued only to aliens; and citizens are given passports which attest their citizenship and right of entry.
 Q. Give the period of gesta- ton of polar bears and the weight of the cubs at birth.
 A. Cessation is about seven months and cubs weigh from IS to 20 ounces. c. How many millionaires lived in the United States, in 1855 and which one was the wealthiest?
 A. There were 27 millionaires, and William B. Astor was the wealthiest.
 Q. What is the relationship be- tween my niece and the children OL IIIy
 A. First cousins once removed.
 Q. How are baseballs made?
 A. Usually they have cork center, covered first with pure gray rubber, then with pure red rubber. They are then wound with pure gray and pure white wooisn yarns to the correct dimension, and finally are covered with horse hide.
 c. Is the present gross debt Of the United States greater or less than in 1919 when the war delt
 A. The gross debt on August 31, 1919, was $26,598,701 ,64S.01. and on October 31, 1894, 1t was $27,188,021,66 665.5S.
 Q. What. is the corresponding English name for Hans?
 A. John.
 Q. How is Yvonne pronounced? A. Ee-vonn, accenting the last syllable.
 c. Is the color of whiskey at- tained in tho process of distilla- ton or articificially?
 A. Fresh distilled whiskey Is colorless: and the color 1t attained by storing it in charred oak bar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11

his product on the outside of his can.
 This started a. bitter battle. Conservatives within the AAA stood up for the canncrs. A leader among these was Alfred Stcdman, an assistant adminis- tratOr. As one of the leading ncwspapermcn in the Capital. Stednlan had been fortnight, at times radical.
 During the early days of his official career he drafted for his chief, Secretary Wallace, smashing attack on the milk distributors.
 "Distributors masquerading in overails," was what he called them. "''
 But, as with so many others. the toga of public office worked transformation. Soon Sted- man was referring to the milk distributors as "so necessary we can't play ball without them"
 And 1t was Stedman who re- fused to let the remarks of the wife of his chief In the White House be published in the AAA Consumers Bulletin because she opposed the canners on grades and standards"
 SHOWDOWN
 It was this row with the can- ners which finally caused the purging of the AAA.
 About two weeks ago, AAA liberals wrote memo to Wal lace regarding the asparagus canners of California. They claimed that If this group was to be exempted from certain provisions in the sherman Anti Trust Act, the government In turn had q right to inspect their books. O. &Lt
 Wallace held this to be sound.
 But Chester Davis, who was all set to approve the asparagus agreement,f was furious. He de- 7 manded showdown, the busting of the AAA liberals.
 Various farm 1obbjes---whlcli always work closely with tie big prOccssOrs--brough pressure or Wallace And Wallace yielded. Tine Aring squad was then Or- dcred. @
 OBJECTED WALLACE With this order. two impor- tant myths cvaporated.
 One was the idea of consum-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
A Book a Day,
Killing Auntie Was A Big Job After All
By BRUCE CAPTION

If you ever had a maiden aunt toward whom you sometimes felt strong homicidal impulses, you will get a great deal of enjoyment out of "The Murder of My Aunt" "' by Richard Huh. As q matter of fact. you'll enjoy it. anyway, be- cause it's swell book.
 It tells about 8 pampered young panty-waist who lives with and on his aunt on the edge of small town In Wales. The young man has to stay with her because she has. all the money, but he doesn't like the town, the country or her, and his one dream is to get away from 1t all.
 Thus the idea of murder occurs to him, and he starts scheming. With infinite care he devises a plan for wrecking her auto, with her in 1t; 1t works, but she es- capes Vlth nothing worse than a bump on the head.
 So then, in q nice thoughtful way, he cooks up Q scheme for burning the house down In the dead of night--again with auntie inside. This scheme also fiops.
 So, finally, he Is driven to the idea of poison. And while he lays the most elaborate of his plans auntie catches on---because all his plans. after all, are pretty half. witted---and the climax of the book Is both unexpected and gratifying This book probably should be classed as mystery story, but it's really something pretty spec cial; q rare blend of llght humof and grisly suspense, tofd with q skill which marks MT Hull as an author to watch for.
 He has, as they say in the base. i ball parks. plenty on the ball. Published by Minton, Balch and ] Co, the books sells at $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-11
Selected Poem
THE DRAGON

THE DRAGON (Harold Willard Gleason in The New York Times) From some far northern cavern blue with chill Of opalescent ice, these silent nights Among the jagged crystal staIactites She crawls, claws cracking, down OCT plain and
 hill Through cid and forest ominously still Woe worth the wretched wayfarer she sights AS. sinister. her brittle coils she plghts Along his pathway, Iusting for the killi Then on snug hcarthstone heap your fagots high Bid In each stranger guest fast bar your door Though hdeous she howl. beren of prey! Unfur brave chimney banners to the sky wood smoke spark -spangIed, in defiance gay, Till spring. bold champion. rout the Wyrm once
 more!