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The Washington times., 1935-12-19
ABA SAVINGS
CONFERENCE
MARCH )

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-The an.
nual Eastern savings conference,
sponsored by the savings division,
American Bankers Association,
will be held at the Waldorf-As
toria, New York city, March 5 and
6, 1885, it is announced by Philip
A. Benson, president of the divi.
sion and president of the Dime
Savings Bank of Brooklyn.
In addition to the banquet to be
held on the evening of Thursday,
March 5, and two luncheon meet
ings, four formal sessions will be
held, two on Thursday, March 5,
and two on Friday, March 6.
The address at the banquet will
cover a subject of national impor.
lance, the announcement states.
Among the subjects of addresses
are railroad reorganizations, mort.
gage loans, municipal, State and
Federal Indebtedness, development
Of personal loan departments and
the competition now facing saw
ings banks through outside finan'
cial agencies. Others will have to
do with revising legal lists in
States where savings banks are
restricted to such investments and
developing new credit services in
other States.
States included in the confer
ence area are Connecticut, Della
ware, District of Columbia, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts,, New
New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Yer
mont, Virginia and West Virginia.
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
JOB
DIP REPORTED

Employment in Maryland fac.
tories in November declined 1.e
per cent from October with a drop
of 2.a per cent in combined
weekly earnings, according to the
State commissioner Of labor and
statistics.
Figures are based on SAT re-
ports from manufacturing plants
employing about 68,595 persons,
whose combined weekly wages
were $1,361,894.
Factory employment during No
vember increased 81 per cent
above November, 1884, and the
amount of combined pay rolls
rose 1873 per cent.
Manufacturing industries in
Baltimore reported a loss of Ia
per cent in employment and IA
per cent in pay rolls from DC,
tober to November. Compared
with a year ago employment was
6 per cent higher and pay rolls
Ill per cent higher.
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
OF SOFT.
COAL BIGGER

Bituminous coal production in
the United Staets for the week
ended December IA is estimated
at $4,000 net tons by the Ma
tional Coal Association. This
compares with S.l44,O00 tons in
the like week of 1884 and 1885,
900 tons for the corresponding
week of 1898.
Report of the Bureau Of Mines
shows production of 7,413,000 tons
for the week ended November 80,
and 8,235,O0O for the week ended
December 7, 1885.
Production for the calendar year
to December IA, 1885, was 349,013,'
900 tons, against 342,271, 900 tons
for the corresponding period OF
the preceding year.
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
Employment Gains
Reported by Buick

Statistical evidence Of the un'
precedented upturn in Buick
affairs is given by Harlow H.
curtice, president Of the Buick
Motor Company.
During the last three months.
he announced, employment has
been at q peak for the year
with an average Of 1858 EN-
ployes on the rolls as against an
average Of $500 for the CORE
spending period a year ago.
Moreover, employment has
steadily increased, reaching Q
new high for the year in Novem'
Der with 1920 on the rolls
throughout that month. He indi'
Gated there will be little fluctua'
ton in Buick employment this
winter with present levels carry
ing on well into 1885.
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
POLISH PAPER
OUTPUT JUMPS

The 1884 report of the Associa'
ton of Paper Manufacturers OF
Poland points out that the
monthly average Of the worlds
paper and cardboard production
Excluding Soviet RUSSIA In
creased 1884 per cent in the first
nine months Of 1884, as compared
with the preceding year. The pro
duction of commercial paper in
creased s.63 per cent, while that
of paper and cardboard rose 9.ll
per cent.
In Poland paper production rose
1876 per cent. Poland exported
$500 tons of paper in 1884, and
the year before it was only $500
tons.
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
Business Found Best
Since Summer Of 1888

The past go days have wit.
messed a rise in business activities
to a level approximately as high
as that of the unprecedented
midsummer record of 1888, &C.
cording to the monthly report
from national headquarters in
the hands of members of the
Washington Association of Credit
Men.
In some lines, the report states,
figures are near those of the
middle of 1880.
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
Volume This Year
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High Low 1915 ch'gS
Nat
Evening star., 1935-10-27
MAN peers into space, farther and ever
1a,the~-Aoqc far qOW he ultimately seeS The ne's'
2oo-inch "eye" noeV half completed, at one
fell sevoep qviH triple our. reach into the skies
bv GEORGE w. GRAY

the mirror which will form the principal op
tical part of this supreme instrument will be
nearly II feet in diameter. 1t must be ground
into concave surface such that its curvature
represents that of section of sphere of
Ill feet radius; and this curvature must be
so perfectly figured that at no point is it
off more than two millionths of an inch. The
mirror must be rigid enough to support its
weight without bending, and at the same time
its mass must be kept as light as possible. Its
material must be sufficiently heat resistant
not to expand or contract with changes in
temperature
All these conditions we're uppermost in the,
minds of those intrusted with the crucial task
of finding the most practicable material for
Evening star., 1935-10-27

A HUNDRED YEARS from now, when the
~ historian comes to appraise the con-
~ tributions of the 1905 to world
Il n progress, wonder if he will rate
anything as more important, more creditable
to the genius of mankind, then our present
activity in the building of great telescopes.
OF course, he will know something OF the
vaster universe which is to be opened to view
through these new optic glasses. and so will
be able to weigh relative values more intel
ligently than we can guess at them now. But
venture to expect that such evidence will be
outstanding = that the new "eyes" which we
have fashioned in these depression years will
turn out to be among Americas lasting and
best-remembered gifts to civilization.
The record thus far is an impressive one.
Since 1920, large telescopes have been In
stalled at Harvard in Massachusetts,, at Per-
kins Observatory in Ohio, at the Naval
Observatory in Washington, D. c., and at the
University of Toronto in Canada. Optical
workers are now grinding an 82-inch glass disk
into concave mirror for the University OF
Texas and dome to house it has already
been erected on Mount Locke, 75OO-foot
peak in the picturesque Davis Mountains OF
the southwestern cattle ranges.
Still in the making is an 86-inch disc
destined for the University of Michgan's sta
ton near Ann Arbor. Gaping the climax of
all these efforts, and epitomizing in its huge
undertaking this whole movement to reach
deeper and farther into space, is the giant
200-inch reflector for the California Institute
of Technology "a work of such magnitude
that although it has been in progress for more
than five years it is only half completed.
Two hundred inches is nearly II feet so
Evening star., 1935-10-27

this use Finally, after many tests and expert
ments. the experts developed new glass of
extreme toughness and low expansion, re-
finement of the well-known pyrex used for
making cooking vessels.
A disk was cast of this new material in
March. 1894, but in the pouring certain OF its
lugs broke loose from the bottom of the mould
and foated on the food of bubbling liquid
glass So. to insure a perfect product. second
disk was cast last December without mishap.
That second disk is now cooling in its anneal-
ing oven in Corning. N. Y.-the most
precious piece of glass on earth.
The glass was at 1900 degrees Fahrenheit
when it was put to bed in the annealer on
December 2. In order that the surface may
not harden faster than the interior, and thus
set up stresses and strains in the CLASSY struc-
ture. its heat was permitted to seep away very
slowly, at rate somewhere around degrees
a day Last August 2l the temperature was
down to 638 degrees - considerably cooler,
but still three times the heat of boiling water!
Since then it has been allowed to cool more
rapidly, and by early next month the glass
should have reached room temDerature. Then
Evening star., 1935-10-27
Photograph BY o. Struve

the annealing will be at an end, the walls of
insulation will be removed and the disk will
be exposed for inspection. In January it will
be Grated for shipment to California. Whether
the journey will be made by rail or by water
via the Panama Canal has not yet been
decided At last accounts. believe. the COM
mittee had figured that an underslung steel
hatcar might be adapted to accommodate the
huge steel crate, and route was being worked
out to avoid tunnels and overhead bridges and
thus permit the shipment to be made by
rail-
In Pasadena, the Californians are all ready
for it, They have built spacious machine
shop "a single high-ceilinged room l62 feet
long by 54 feet wide) especially to care for the
grinding, polishing and finishing of this glass
and its accessory parts of the telescope.
Years will be spent in the shaping of its
surface, for even though the glass is of low
response to heat, the friction of prolonged
grinding would develop dangerous tempera-
lures. So the grinding must proceed piece
meal, in brief sessions. with generous resting
periods between. The machine shop is COM
pletely air conditioned to guard against float
ing dust and grit which might mar the process
ing, and also to insure constancy of air
temperature and moisture.
When the glass is optically right in cur
vature, it will be made into mirror by coat
ing its upper surface with thin film OF
aluminium This use of aluminium in place OF
the usual silver is also product of the de-
preston years. Tests lately made at Lick
Observatory and at Mount Wilson show that
certain ultraviolet rays which are absorbed by
silver are almost wholly reflected by aluminium
thus making it possible to deliver to the
astronomical camera more light from the
heavenly bodies. and so to photograph their
images more sharply
The 2OO-inch mirror weighs 20 tons 1t is
to be mounted at the lower end of 55-foot
skeleton tube of steel. This tube must be so
rigid that it supports the weight of the mir
ror and accessory parts without bending and
without serious friction. The load must be so
CONTINUED on page ~
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
c, j. LISTS ETE
FOR MAY |

Athletes of Catholic University
will be feted at the Mayflower
Hotel, May /, at which time ath-
letic awards will be presented to
the football, boxing and basket
ball squads. It is believed that
Athletic Director A. j. Dutch"
Bergman will also make known
the completed 1885 football sched-
ule.
Elmer Layden, head coach Of
football and athletic director Of
Notre Dame, will attend, should
the spring football drills at South
Bend be terminated. Others ex-
pected to be on hand for the at.
fair are Jimmie Crowley, Harry
Stuhldreher and Don Miller, team
mates of Layden during the -Four
Horsemen" days, and Dick Har-
low, late coach Of Western Mary.
land and newly appointed mentor
at Harvard.
One of the feature events Of
the program is the presentation
of the Harris Cup to the outstand.
ing Scholar-athlete of the senior
class. Last year Eddie White was
awarded the cup for brilliancy in
three sports, football, basketball
and track.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
3 GAMES TODAY
FOR SCHOOLS

Three games are on'schedule to-
day to close g. busy week for scho
laStic fives. They involve subur'
ban teams.
At Glenburnie, Glenburnie en-.
tertains Hyattsville High at $3.50
p. m. Episcopal meets the Vir.
GINA Episcopal at Lynchburg, and
Alexandria High plays F'redericks.
burg High at Fredericksburg.
The feature game of yesterday
was that between the Eastern
High and Georgetown Frosh fives.
The latter triumphed, AZ to Is,
and by doing so stamped itself as
one Of the greatest freshman teams
in the city in several years.
Other contests found st. Adams
winning over Friends, of Balti-
more, 90 to 10, at Baltimore;
Georgetown Prep triumphing over
Landon, So to IT; Kendall School
defeating Friends, So to 10; Ia.
koma-Silver Spring beSting Rock
vile, 81 to 20: Hyattsville defeat
ing Gaithersburg, 81 to %, and
Westinghouse trouncing Alexan.
dria High, 81 to Is, in a thriller.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
B. Y.P.U. TEAMS
IN ACTION

The Richmond B. Y. P. U.
bowlers invade Washington to-
night to give battle to the local
federation.
Richmond is leading, three
matches to two having walloped
the Washington teams in Rich.
mond last Saturday night.
Richmond Men No. have a
277 lead over the Washington
No. l team, Richmond No. 2 Is
leading by 1874, and the Wash
ington Men No. 3 is leading by
118 pins. The local Mems first
team will have three bowlers
from the Kendall No. team in
their lineup, namely Leroy
Greer, Walter Olson and John
Dyer. These boys average over
10.
The hopes of the Washington
bowlers lie with their Ladies
teams. Washington Ladies No. l
are leading by 81 pins, while the
second team is trailing by 10
pins. The matches will be rolled
at the Arcadia Alleys at 7::3O
o. m,
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
.AGG|ES SEXTE7
SEEKSCROWN

James Kitchen, coach Of the
Department Of Agriculture girls
basketball team, has gathered q
gala array Of feminine stars
from all sections Of the United
States and hopes to cop the 1885
District A. A. U crown.
The most noted Of these girls
is Charlotte Wade from Detroit.
Miss Wade. captain and guard.
was a member Of the Chrysler
Motor team, the national anna
teur champions. The East is
represented by Frances Winter
who was picked on the all-star
team of Atlantic City and also
plays guard. Southern entry is
Fanny Jasper, formerly of Uni
versity Of Kentucky, who plays
forward.
The rest of the team is COM
posed of Melva Graney, Irene
Carr, Edna Blackmer, Charley
Hynds, Shirley Cunningham,
Catherine Shea, Bessie Snyder,
Bertha Clayton and Charlotte
Riedell.
Kitchen, in his first year as
coach, is building for the future
and hopes to have his team
clicking at the time of the A. A.
U. tournament. Besides playing
in the Recreation League, the
Agriculture sextet also engages
independent teams. The indie
pendent schedule follows:
Warrenton at Warrenton, Va,
February 10; Warrenton, here,
February 10; Company M Co-Eds
at Annapolis, February 81; Rock
vile, at home, February 81;
Atlantic All-Stars, at Atlantic
Cit March 2; Company M Co.
Eds, at home, March 7; Rock
vile, at Rockville, March 10.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09

| on the Bezo. The catch was 26
barracuda, three grouper, four
mackerel, three dolphin and an
amberjack.
Mr.. r. v. O'Connor, former
head of the United States Ship.
ping Board and for several years
a resident of Washington, is va
cationing at the Fleetwood in
Miami, with Mrs. O'Connor and
their son, Harold. On a recent
trip to the white mari flats down
in the Keys in search Of the elu-
sive bonefish, Mrs. O'Connor
proved her prowess as a Wal
tonian, by winning out in a sharp
fight with two fine ones, while
using the lightest of tackle. In
case the bonefiSh is new to you,
We might say they are a match
for any angler. It takes past
masters in the art to bring
them in.
ID. C. Residents Leave Soon
Mr.. Samuel J. Prescott expects
to join Mrs. Prescott at Miami
some time around the middle Of
the month, to have a fling at the
royal pasti1ne on the Gulf stream.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Pardoe,
1920 Cathedral Ave-, expect to
join them on February IS along
with Frank T. Mitchell and Mrs.
Mitchell, Of 1413 Delafield Pl.
N. w. It will be a question with
the last two men which wins out,
golfing on one of the many fine
courses or the Gulf stream. Play
ing safe, we would put our money
on the golf.
Lawrence Richey, ex,secretary
to former President Herbert Hoo
yer, leaves this month with
friends for Miami, from where
they leave on what we think is
just about the ultimate in the
line of fishing trips. An extended
visit to the waters adjacent to
Nassau, in the Bahamas, in a
hunt for the great marlin spear
fish. Their captain will be
Tommy Clifford, rated as one of
the finest guides on the Atlantic
coast, and No. l marlin authority.
Good sailing, unbroken lines
and lots and lots of luck.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
Florida 7 urfGossip
By Paddock

rider, who reports for saddle
duty in a high silk hat, was sus-
pended for three days at the re-
quest Of Starter George Cassidy
for disobedience at the post.
James A. Farley, Postmaster
General of the United States,
made his first visit of the season
to Hialeah Park yesterday, with
him were his assistant, Ambrose
O'Connell, and Robert Butler, Of
st. Paul, MINI.
Seeks Job
Lou Schaefer, former contract
rider for Walter j. Salmon, Is ne
gotiating for a job with a we'll
known Eastern stable. Schaefer
said that negotia tons were pend
ing at Hialeah Park, but that he
was not yet at liberty to divu1ge
the name.
Racing Secretary Charles ]. Nc
Lehman, of Hialeah, has received
stake blanks from the Louisiana
Jockey Club for the fourteenth
running of the Louisiana Derby
to be renewed Sunday, March IT..
The Louisiana Derby is at a mile
and one furlong and valued at
$4,000 added.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09

FracClca11y every one OF Ghe
thousands of lakes in the State
have a full quota of fine green
trout, as the natives call them
To us they are large-mouth bass
There are also some small-mouth
bass, crappie, sunfish and bremm.
In the many drainage canals
from Lake Ochechobee, snapper
and Snook have come in and
made it their permanent home,
to the great satisfaction Of every
one living anywhere near to
them. The big Snook will run
10 or 20 pounds, sometimes more,
with the average about nine.
They are real sport and if you
have never fiShed them do so by
all means.
The canal that runs alongside
Of the Tamiami Trail, the high
way that runs from Miami to
Tampa, is probably the best
known and the most fished. Any
nice day will find cars parked
at regular intervals all along the
side Of the road and the owners
casting on the laterals or the
main canal.
Laudick Lands Many
And do these anglers get any
fish? That question is often
asked by passing motorists. They
do and how. We have seen
catches Of big shook come out of
these bitches that If we hadn't
been there we never would have
thought it possible. Again we say
try it, even in the face of the fact
that it Is called Pot Fisherman's
Paradise, and thumbs are turned
down on it by many. For those
that can't afford a high priced
fishing cruise several times week
and are fond of their sport in
large doses this is the place to go.
II necessary you can get to it by
bus. Just ride along until you
strike stretch that suits the
fancy, ring the bell and there you
are. Nine times out of 10 you will
hit them.
L. w. Laudick, of Washington,
and E. B. Powell, of Ellicott City,
spending several weeks with
friends in Miami, fished one day
last week with Capt. Jesse Conyne
The Washington times., 1935-02-09
.CARDOZO BOWS
To DOUGLASS

Superior team play coupled with
a fast passing attack enabled the
Douglass High quint, of Baltimore,
to wallop Cardozo, 80 to 10, yester-
day.
The local boys trailed by one
point at half time the score being
Is to IA. In the second half they
made five points while the visitors
doubled their score.
Cardozo will meet Dunbar in
the final Of the round-robin series.
A game with Fredericksburg High
on February IS will conclude the
Clerks season in the conference.
The Washington times., 1935-02-09

= 81 M NJ
Peterson, English
Heavy, FLOpped
In American Debut
By JACK KoFOED

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Not
very long ago our NRA-ized ma
ton became agog or ga-ga over
the rumor that Jack Peterson
was coming to visit us. Peter
son, our simple country folk
were told, was the best prize
fighter in Great Britain. It was
said that he had none of the
traits that characterized other
English heavyweightS from
Bombardier wells and Joe
Beckett to Phil Scott. I mean
to say his shoulder blades were
perfectly normal. never hav-
ing been bounced off the floor;
and that he really enjoyed fight
ing. Now, I'm quite sure Scott,
for one, never enjoyed the bust
ness. His continually lugubrious
expression was the index of his
enthusiasm. He was always
eager to get out of the ring as
soon as possible and, truth to
tell, he seldom fingered long.
That's why Americans who
like what is laughingly known
as the art of self defense were
anxious to see Jack Peterson.
A British fighter who wanted to
fight and could fight would be
q novelty, indeed. Among the
heavyweights you practically
had to go back to Charley
Mitchell to find one Of that
calibre-
Companion Obvious
Mitchell was what they call
q cruiserweight over there. -
meaning he couldn't get over
ITS pounds if he wore a thick
sheet Of lead in each shoe.
Charley gave John L. Sullivan
Jolly heave-ho in the rain at
Chantilly and the bout was
called a draw when the custom
ers couldn't stand any more.
John had two alibis for that
disappointing showing. He said
that first Of all he was so
drunk he could hardly stand up
and, in the second place,
Mitchell spiked him so that his
shins looked like the fringe Of
a curtain.
The comparison. you see, is
obvious. Peterson is. q cruiser
weight just as Mitchell was. He
seemed to be a very hard Gus
toner, and while his lack OF size
indicated that he might be too
small for Make Baer, the man.
moths had enjoyed no luck
with the Great Lover so a COM
parative shrimp might just as
well take chance.
Walter Neusel, who had been
nicknamed 1.-THE Blond Tiger"
but was a Shorn lamb the day
he fought Max Schmeling, was
imported to give Peterson a
workout! LawSy-me, it came
closer to beins murder than
a workout! NeuSel is one of
these wild-swinging fellows who