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Evening star., 1935-11-09
The End of the Moon.

Sir James Jeans, noted British scientist,
dooms the moon to dissolution. In a lee
ture in London he has declared that the
lunar satellite, which Is falling toward
the earth. will eventually come within
the danger zone" and break into pieces,
first two, then four, then eight and even-
tually into countless particles taking the
form of Saturn's rings.
This is sad prospect. The moon is
such familiar feature of mans scope of
vision, such potent inspiration of poetry
and romance, such dependable guide to
emotional reactions and, in the minds of
some folks. to the routine of life, that its
dissolution will be little else than
calamity. That, however. is not the con-
Germ of the immediate population Of this
planet, nor Of the following, nor In fact
Prof. Jeans does not deal in figures, and
so there is no occasion for present lament.
Still, the thought Of a moonless sky.
even though there may be luminosity re-
flected by a mass of moon dust gathered
into annular form, is not happy one.
Indeed the suggestion Of a nocturnal
light source that Is no more than the
ghost of the disintegrated moon is rather
uncanny. To be sure. the moons light
is only reflected. that errant bit of earth
matter that went out on its own ages
upon ages ago having no luminosity or
heat, and there would be no particular
Evening star., 1935-11-09
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field.
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

the bullets passage, last much longer
than the duration in which the bullet
is in the medium The bullet has already
left the medium before the changes due
to its passage are completed.
Wounds made by bullets at velocities
Of over 5000 feet per second resulted in
transmission of energy for great dis
tances and caused destruction of tissue
over wide areas. The high rate of energy
delivered may explain the very deStruc-
tive wounds from small fragments of
high explosive shells seen in the World
War.
In the experimental work one shot
with the impact velocity of $500 feet
per second delivered energy equivalent
to $4,000 horsepower
Soft-nosed hunting bullets show a dis
persion of lead core beginning at the
impact point on the skin and Obstinate
practically all their energy as the result
of the breakup of the bullet. At higher
velocities it is not necessary for the
bullet to break up for particles of the
medium traverSed to acquire sufficient
velocity to produce destructive action
similar to the hunting bullet.
The experiments show that the amount
of energy released increases very rapidly
with the speed of impact. The velocity
Of bullet. however. decreases very
rapidly while it is travelling through air
and it is unlikely that any were moving
with sufficient speeds to have produced
the type of wound found during the
World War. These hardly could have
been caused by anything but high-speed
fragments of shrapnel bursting nearby.
The most destructive bullets, it was
found as rule, were those fired from
a distance of about 800 yards, while
those fired from 600 yards were the least
Bullets fired from 1000 yards were in
termediate in their destructiveneSs.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Taking the same bus for downtown
every morning is not an altogether un-
alloyed pleasure.
1t would be- perhaps II one were the
only occupant, but unfortunately public
vehicles do not operate on that plan.
II one wants privacy, then one must
drive a private car, or take taxi, and
even then the driver is to be considered.
The public vehicle is taken only at
the risk of much conversation.
There is always some talkative fellow
who insists on giving his views.
These views may be political one
morning and artistic the next.
There is no telling exactly what the
subject may be, but the point of view
ah! that is something else.
The mans point Of view Is as unalter-
able as the rock Of Gibraltar, or at least
as Interchangeable as the occupants thereof
would like to consider it.
n
The chronic talker, OF which every
regular bus for the downtown has at
least one, usually has adamant view
points.
These are part Of his Intellectual
makeup, evidently.
the same vehicle not an altogether un-
mixed pleasure.
He may be q complete stranger, his
name and occupation unknown (al-
| though we often wonder about both), but
not his slant on life.
One complete trip down and we know
all about that.
Thereafter, it is that slant and not
fI,n
| hear!
Perhaps it is asking too much of any
| human being to insist that he put on
| a varied show for ones special benefit.
We are more likely to find, without
a doubt, one-man stand presenting the
same old play day after day.
| ~
Transit on the same bus every day
offers curious problems.
Mostly these are purely personal and
one never breathes them to others, but
every one understands them.
To sit by ones self, or to talk to a
stranger who is not altogether a stranger
after all-which shall it be?
| One would not admit. even to ones
self, that one Is inclined to be grouchy
one fine morning.
Not for the world!
Yet surely one does not care to enter
into conversation.
But there he is. the same old wight,
good fellow, honest fellow
And one is expected to say Hello,
so cheerily. and talk about the weather
| and politics and the various problems
of the section.
| 4
| There is a strange antipathy which
comes over even the most confiding of
| man, at times
1t has nothing to do with dislike in
any way, but is rather a shrinking of the
soul. for the time being.
At such times 1t is best to take a seat
on the usual bus all by ones self, so
that there will be no necessity for talking
Not every one is in an early morning
mood for speech. Especially not every
one is in a mood for it every morning.
There are mornings, for no apparent
reason at all, when silence is the order
of the day.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
Exit the Steel Helmets.

Fuehrer Hitler has struck another blow
to symbolic Nazi omnipotency in Ger
many. He has wiped the once powerful
Steel Helmets, or league of World War
veterans, out of existence. With their
disappearance there vanishes the mill
tant organization long feared as pos
sible dangerous rival of the National
Socialists. Hitlerism now rules supreme,
with no compact opposition in sight
capable of challenging its autocratic
authority Steel Helmet members, for
hidden any further political or military
activities of their own, are invited to
become loyal members of the one and
only party tolerated in the Reich, the
all-dominating Nazis.
The crushing of the Stahlhelm syn
chronizes with two notable events in
new swastika war flag as the formal
emblem of the army, navy and air force,
and the twelfth anniversary of the 1923
Munich beer-hall putsch, from which
ten years later, Nazidom was to emerge
triumphant. Hitler today in the Ba-
varian capital will dedicate with char
acteristic pomp and pageantry two
ornate memorial temples, in which will
be deposited the remains of the sixteen
putsch martyrs who gave their lives
for the brown shirt cause. Their resting
tN1n &c 70 ho 1ol
one of Germanys national shrines.
Officially, Hitler justifies the snufing
out of the Stahlhelm on the ground that
the recreation of the German Army
along conscript lines fulflls the war
veterans chief aim and that the use
fulness of their organization is therefore
at an end. To soothe smoldering indig-
nation among these latest victims of the
Nazi mailed fist the Fuehrer adjures
them that what today appears to many
Steel Helmets as heavy sacrifice is
nothing else than an evaluation of their
previous work and accomplishments"
Bowling to the inevitable, Labor Minister
Seldte, the Stahlhelm leader, has meekly
ordered his comrades, once SOC, 900 strong,
to dissolve, with a more or less fervent
Hell, Hitler" on their lips.
Thus Nazidom forges another link in
the chain which holds Germany in the
iron grip of dictatorship. 1t is not
without significance that the one inde-
pendent organization that has so far
offered successful resistance to the
"totalitarian" state idea is the Reich
League of German Officers. 1t, too, was
once marked for slaughter, but has con-
trived to maintain itself. AS long as it
survives the impression will persist that
the army is the really governing force
in Germany and the only agency ever
likely to be able to threaten Hitlers
power. He is apparently not yet ready
to challenge its strength.
Evening star., 1935-11-09

Yet here comes a bright soul who
wants to talk and who wants TO talk
to you.
What to do then?
Every one who rides public vehicles
constantly knows exactly what to do
1t Is to slide into vacant seat beside
some unknown.
Then, unless there, is a seat just be-
hind, one Is comparatively free from
the necessity for talk.
The temptation to discuss controver-
sial matters is one which ought to be
resisted in a public vehicle.
There is no profit and no honor in 1t
and not much else, unless 1t be a red
face and an upset digestion.
1t ought to be a rule Of the road
that no controversial subjects can be
discussed aboard, any more than one
can expectorate.
The problem of all concerned is to
get downtown as safely and as expedi-
tiously as possible.
In this laudable attempt the passenger
has the fullest cooperation of the transit
company. Ofncers of such operations
have many problems about which the
management occur little to the pas
sengers AL they are worried about is
security and as speedy passage as is
consistent with the same.
Surely it cannot be a pleasant trip
If one is going to argue with some red
faced fellow about the merits of candi-
dates, or national policies, or the like.
The problem of what to do when one
enters the morning bus and finds two
acquaintances at separated points
therein is common one presenting diff
culties to the man or woman who does
not care to offend others.
In this respect the world is divided
into two groups of persons those who
by nature, do not like to risk offending
others, and those who do not care a bit.
The members of the first group are not
necessarily timid souls by any means,
but rather men and women who have
received, as young people. a certain
training-which took"
Members of the second group are not
so easily explained, except on the ground
that they are more natural. 1t is natural
for child to be cruel; it is natural
for men to hunt and kill; it is natural
for many persons to know nothing what
ever of the finer standards of conduct
especially those little problems revolving
around the question of whether or not
what one does or says is going to hurt"
others.
The kindly person. when he gets on
the morning bus, will face a real prob
lem if he discovers two good acquaint-
ances in separate seats. He must make
a choice and, if the other is sensitive
person, risk hurting him.
How this little problem of the every
day is to be solved must be left to the
individual. 1t is very real, although TO
some it may seem trivial And, no matter
what one does, some one is likely to be
left chilled
1t is just one of the reasons why
taking the same bus every day is not
altogether blessing. Perhaps it is
better not to be so methodical, to take
different vehicles. and to sit stolidly
looking out the window then.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Art Deterioration.

Art Deterioration.
Wars are not what they used to be,
Said Hezekiah Bings.
Not like the pictures folks might sc,
When warriors were kings.
when shining helmets they would wea
And put upon display
A horses name combed out with car
Instead of toupee.
"No glittering armor we behold,
No elephants arrayed
In splendor, as in days of old,
Appear in the parade.
"A warrior bold must now prepare
To fight, as well as sleep
Without a word of protest where
The mud is three feet deep.
"And so, however. fancy free
To picturesqueness clings,
Wars are not what they used to be-"
Said Hezekiah Bings.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Lyric of Firelight

~ OA - SAASAt
Gather me up in your arms tonight
In the warm glow of our freight
I'll brush from your brow the lines of
care,
Youn kiss from my eyes the soft de-
Spair
That seems part of love in freight;
Alone in the early Winter night.
Let us speak only of hearts delight
In fire-shadows, fantastic, bright
OF trails where the gypsy dreamers
sleep
In vans while the roadside embers keep
Love watch in the early Winter night,
Stars intermingling. with freight.
Let's rouse and dance in our pine-log
light,
Cones like red hearts as sparks take
flight,
Steps free as Romany's starry trail
Where flame flares high In the forest
galel
Your cheek to mine in our firelight-
Alone In the early Winter night.
Evening star., 1935-11-09

from q solid surface as a reflector and
from a mass Of the crumbled remnants
of broken moon.
Sir James says that in this long time
to come when the moon has shivered into
atoms the earth will have a continuous
moonlight. That, it might be assumed,
means that there will be no phases" no
new, middle-aged or full moon, but just
a constant glow of minor illumination of
unvaryiIg intensity. This. it would seem.
calls for explanation even though the
contingency is quite remote. If the moon
breaks up into particles and remains as
a stellar entity it will probably hold its
place and will follow the earth as faith
fully as 1t has In the past and as at
present. Therefore, there will be times
when the rejecting rings of moondust
will be partly obscured from the sun by
the body of the earth, which now makes
the lunar phases and should by all logical
reasoning continue to make phases in
the hereafter Of pulverization.
But these are rather idle speculations
inasmuch as short Of some celestial new
deal that sets up an entirely different
natural law the moon that millions Of
generations Of humanity have known will
remain intact for as many more to come.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
War Mechanism,

Machine guns we must surely dread
We fear another weapon
When terror from the sky is spread
And there's more gas to step on.
There is sound that leaves us scared
Amid the roar and rattle,
With old cash registers repaired
And carried into battle.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
Useful Hole.

From the Boise Idaho Statesman.
A deep chasm, or fissure, Is reported to
have been opened in Montana by the re-
cent earthquakes there. Perhaps that's
just natures way of providing place for
old razor blades.
Evening star., 1935-11-09

President Roosevelt saw his sons in
itiated into the Third Degree of Masonry.
There are some little secrets which even
the First Lady Of the Land cannot expect
to share.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
Xaluess

From the Springfield Illinois State Journal.
Representative Buckler of Minnesota
doesn't think Congressman are worth
anything like $4,000 year. Apparently
the Minnesota statesman has in mind
the current price of rubber stamps.
Evening star., 1935-11-09

Italy has its lobbyists in Ethiopia who
know how to exercise the powers Of free
lunch even to the extent of influencing
deserters.
Evening star., 1935-11-09

Tourists should be encouraged. Moth
thing broadens the mind like travel.
More tourists should come over from
Europe to see Niagara Falls and the yell
lowstone Park.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
Grateful.

From the paducah tKyJ sun-Democrat.
Prof. Goddard has perfected rocket
stabilizer. People who find it necessary
to make frequent trips to Mars viii be
grateful for the new convenience.
Evening star., 1935-11-09

The political use of relief money is
disclaimed by Mr.. Hopkins despite the
fact that campaign fund may assert
itself almost to the degree of pathos as
in need of relief.
Evening star., 1935-11-09

Occasionally Trotsky writes an article
to show that while not sharing honors
bestowed on Lenin, he, too, is in a fair
state of preservation.
Evening star., 1935-11-09

Taxpayers might find the situation
easier If they could demand an exact
accounting of all the money hold-up men
take from innocent bystanders.
Evening star., 1935-11-09

An Ethiopian deserter cannot hope to
attain to the dignities Esau eventually at
tanned by the modernized transaction Of
selling his birthright for a pan of spa
ghetti.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
Roaring Autos,

From the Muskegon Chronicle.
A news article says that the automobile
industry roars ahead. 1t might be said
that it roars ahead, leaving the bodies
scattered right and left.
Evening star., 1935-11-09

A Russian ballet comes around from
time to time to remind beauty loving
public that there is still leg of nations
Evening star., 1935-11-09

Home loan projects will test the powers
of Government even to the extent of
showing what it knows about the real
estate business.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
Art and Nature.

Can art compete with nature?"
"Never!" said the ballet master There
limbs who could hope to develop prize
winners in q beauty contest"
Evening star., 1935-11-09
A Martvr.

From the Tulsa (Okla) World.
After being free IL years, King George
Of Greece is about to hitch himself up
to the old treadmill again and to put
himself up as target for ambitious
assassinR. A
Evening star., 1935-11-09
Chiselers.

Chiselers.
From the Los Angeles Times.
More than one person succeeds by
making the most Of other peoples oppor-
tunities.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
A Big Winner.

From the New York Sun.
To hold a sweepstakes ticket on Pc
gasus is all the poetry that some folks
would ask.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
Man the Voting Animal.

Man the VOtlnk ANIMAL.
The ballot is our Joy and pride
AS it has been of yore.
Until it leaves us satisfied
We're going to vote some more.
The sum will set and then ascend,
New scenes we must explore.
Perhaps till time itself shall end
We're going to vote some more.
Evening star., 1935-11-09
Why Find Fault?

did the elections please you?"
Certainly" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. There is no use of being a
fault finder This trend they indicate
may with a little correction here and
there be rendered quite satisfactory"
Evening star., 1935-11-09
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Evening star., 1935-11-09

de landlord has his troubles" said
Uncle Eben. "He wants his rent to help
keep de tax collector on his neck"
Evening star., 1935-11-09

Jud Tunkins says people pay too much
attention to poetry. A few high browsers
can't be such great literature, simply
because it wasn't written in free verse.
Evening star., 1935-11-09

Q. How much money is spent in New
York City on the numbers racket?-M. M.
A. 1t is estimated that S2,OOO00O a
week is spent in that city on the num-
bers game.
Evening star., 1935-11-09

in New York?-E. H. j.
A. The first New York daily news
paper was the Minerva, 1893, with Noah
Webster as it's first editor.
@. Is Will Rogers daughter still on
the stage?-E. M.
A. Mary Rogers is now appearing in
"Crime Marches On" which is playing
in New York.
@. Is there a school of whistling in
California ?-J. L.
A. The Agnes Woodward School of
Whistling is located In Los Angeles.
@. When were advertisements first
broadcast over the radio?-W. H. M.
A. The National Broadcasting Co. says
the first authorized voice advertisement
by radio to the best Of it's knowledge was
a talk on real estate sponsored by the
Greensboro Realty Corp. of Jackson
Heights, Long Island. This took place
in the latter part of 1892 over WEAF.
which is believed to be the first station
in the United States to accept talk to
broadcast advertising.
@. Was William Mckinley presiden-
tial candidate before the campaign in
which he was elected?-P. p.
A. He was a candidate for the Repub-
lican presidential nomination at the
Minneapolis convention in 1892. He re-
ceived 1872 votes, but Harrison was nomi-
mated on the first ballot Four years
later he was nominated and elected.
O. Will turkeys be plentiful this VIM
term. M.
A. AL indications show that fewer
turklrs are being raised than last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-24

Macon. surrendered yesterday as n
posse with bloodhounds sought him
Tor the fatal shooting Of Chester
holland, AZ, Of Savannah, Mo. and
the wounding Of Miss Blanche Stamn
81, neighbor of Hunt.
Sheriff williams said Hunt as
serted he shot In self defense.
But learned otherwise" thu
sheriff added. Hunt met the co,,nle
out in the woods and after asking
what luck they were having went on
little ways, turned and killed holland
with one shot. Then he started
firing at tie woman, wounding her in
the side and leg. She fired at Hunt
with q shotgun and inflicted q slight
wound in thu head.
Hunt has been Jealous about the
woman for long time. It looks like
he thought holland was taking her
away from him. But holland was Just
friend Of Miss Stamps family. He
visited them on several occasions"
Sheriff williams announced a first
degree murder charge would be filed
against Hunt, named In q coroner's
jury verdict as the person responsible
for hollands death. Hunt was held In
jail here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-24

mittee at Army procurement activ-
tiles.
Discrimination and favoritism are
alleged by the committee In q new
report made to the House yesterday
by the committee, which has been
conducting q long Investigation Of
lobbying conditions at the War De-
partment.
"Dfrectives" Alleged.
"Any jokers found In any of the
specifications" the committee said.
were inserted after 'directives' had
been received from the ofice OF the
quartermaster general Of the Army"
The report said:
EITHER the quartermaster general
Of the Army does not know the mean
ing Of the word Joker or else he is
not familiar with what Is going on in
his own department"
Gen. Bash was not In Washington
and made no immediate reply to the
committees criticism.
The report hit also at Col. A. o. Sea-
man of the National Guard Bureau,
asserting that changes in specifica-
lions which barred Dodge trucks and
favored Chevrolets were suggested by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-24
OFFICIALS PROBE BLAZE
IN WAREHOUSE INTERIOR

Oficers of the Railway Terminal
Warehouse Co. and insurance agents
are investigating the cause Of a blaze
which yesterday destroyed the interior
of a warehouse at GIT Rhode Island
avenue northeast and caused q loss
estimated at $4,000.
Workers OF the American Paint Co.
who had been mixing oils over q small
fire nearby, stored a quantity Of oil
within the warehouse about an hour
before the blaze was discovered. Fire
men from the three engine companies.
who b&ttled the fire for half an hour,
reported two minor explosions appar-
emily caused by cans of paint.
The warehouse, one-story brick
structure, had been vacant for sew
eral years except for its occasional
use by employees Of the paint company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-24

him in a letter to the quartermaster
general.
Turning to already published testi-
mony concerning Joseph Silverman,
jr, merchandiser Of excess Army sup
plies, the committee asserted there
was evidence Of q plot to defraud the
United States" In connection with a
truck order and that 1t would be called
to the attention Of the Attorney
General.
After handing in q freshly printed
report on its long inquiry into War
Department business transactions, the
committee mapped new plans which
members said were designed to purge
the department Of questionable bust
ness deals.
Chairman John J. McSwain said q
special subcommittee would renew the
investigation, probably in mid-Sep-
TENDER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-24
STROKE PROVES FATAL
TOTHOMAS M. MASKELL
Spanish-American War Veteran
Dies in Mount Alto Hospital.
Rites to Be Monday.

Thomas M. Maskell, SIS, of 1919 G
street, died yesterday at Mount Alto
Hospital after a paralytic stroke four
weeks ago. He was Spanish-Amer-
lean War veteran and a former stage
employe of several Washington the
aters.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. Monday from the Chambers fu-
neral home, 1400 Chaplin street. Burial
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Maskell had been resident of
Washington for 16 years. He was
born in New York City.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Zoe
zielie Maskell, and a sister, Mrs.
Charles Chandler of Washington.