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Evening star., 1935-06-02

the fence lay on the field and Herman went
over to it.
He bent to pick up the discus. noting
absently the mark nearby where it had
struck, soaring the ground. Then he
stopped, arrested in every movement, like
a pointer frozen still in the hunting field,
facing the little scar on the ground His mind,
used to the simple figures of the sport he
coached, for once refused to work rapidly.
Then gradually it made the simple equation,
although for almost half minute his body
did not move.
The mark the discus had made was scant
foot beyond the 30yard line of the football
field. Thirty yards was 80 feet. Between the
goal line and the fence it parallelled, was a
distance of about Is yards, 10 of it marked
by the faint line of the end-zone That was As
feet. He and Lambert had stood about 8 yards
away from the other side of the fence. That
was "a feet. Ninety and As and "a made a
total of 159 feet. The Intercollegiate record
for the discus throw was 167 feet, 53s inches.
So that now Kernan stood erect and alone
on the sun-baked practice field and felt
helpless There was nothing to be done. He
could not catch Lambert now; Lambert might
have taken any one of several side roads. He
could not do anything, not even write to
Lambert sometime and tell him what he had
done. Some irony, nameless to Herman, he
knew he must never reveal to Lambert. He
moved on, over to where his men waited for
him. and drove them so savagely that after
noon that they were all stale for the meet
Saturday and Lambert. reading in Van
couver paper about how poorly they had done,
shook his head and wondered why. g.,
Evening star., 1935-06-02
ERNAN kicked at dry grass-tufts and
had the thought that Lambert
should be embarrassed, not himself.


should be embarrassed, not himself
But the boy was not embarrassed.
He stood before the coach, towering over him,
tall, grave and nearly handsome, the close,
crisp, deep red hair fitting his head like tight
cap. The hair and the family tanned smooth
face were perfectly complemented by the
loose, brown flannels he wore. The eyes were
little tired and the big frame could have
carried - Herman was always exact to. the
pound - about eight pounds more than it
did. In some sudden burst of sentiment,
looking up at the tall boy, Kernan thought
he had never seen a better or handsomer
young man.
I'm sorry" Herman said. II never knew
anyone that worked as hard as you. never
knew anyone that had so much CUTS. I'm
sorry you didn't at least make letter.
The slow smile grew on Lambert's face,
spreading to all of it but the eyes. "Sign of old
age. Peter" he said, making such ex-
travagant statements. I'm not bothered by
my ignominious failure" He smirked slightly.
why should you be1"
kernan's eyes refused to meet the younger
mans. He watched his foot swing at the grass
tufts, and raise dust. Lambert was lying
Herman knew; lying beautifully, bravely, but
by now just little wearily. -Four years he had
tried to be a runner and Herman had tried to
make him one, but he had never become one
Now he was graduated and going away and
Herman discovered that he liked him.
In the field at Kernan's back, the rest of the
team was training. getting ready for the
championships later in the MONTH But Lam
Evening star., 1935-06-02

picked up the battered
discus. Herman stepped
back and watched critic
ally through eyelids GRIN
killed. against the strong
June sun.
Lambert crouched,
seeming to coil upon one
leg, bringing the hand
holding the discus behind
his back. He began to
whirl slowly, then more
swiftly, unooiling gradu-
ally. At the end of his
second turn, he released
the discus from his out
flung hand. Smoothly,
without wabbling, it left
his hand and arched over
the wooden fence nearby,
moving in a fiat, hard line,
quickly going out of sight.
"Say. that's nice; that
was all right" Herman
said.
1T didn't go a hundred
feet"
Maybe. You got nice
natural form, though. You
should of tried it sooner"
Quickly it had become
too much for Lambert to
stand. 80 long, Peter"
he said. "It's been good to
know you"
He turned swiftly away
and tried to walk, but
broke into a half trot for
the long, black car parked
a hundred yards away. As
he turned his face from
Kernan's, the near-smile
went away and it became
grave again, a little worn
for a young mans for all
its smooth coloring.
Herman watched him
60, watched until he got
into the Car and drove fast
away. Then Herman
walked slowly along the
board fence and entered
through a little door the
great practice field. In one
far corner runners moved
and javelins glinted occa-
sionally in the air. In the
near corner on kernan's
left was the practice field
where the football teams
had a month ago finished
spring training, still dimly
marked with the lime Of
the cross-lines. The discus
Lambert had scaled over
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The Washington times., 1935-12-19
OFFICE
IS CLOSED

ROCKVILLE, Md, Dec. 19
Under a new working schedule
placed into effect today by of.
ficials of the Montgomery county
welfare board, the relief office in
Silver Spring, Md, formerly kept
open two days each week will be
closed entirely and the county
divided into four divisions with
one worker responsible for each,
Miss Dorothy A. Everson, execu.
tive secretary of the board, an.
nounced here today.
These changes necessitated by
a curtailment of activities of the
Federal Emergency Relief Admin.
istration, will require the filing of
applications for assistance and old
age pensions on Monday and
Thursday of each week between 10
a. m. and IL o'clock noon, Miss
EYerSon said,
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
i. 5. INDUSTRY
BENEFITS BY
TREATY
International New. Service


An analysis of the new recipro-
cal trade agreement concluded
with the little Central American
republic of Honduras today dis
closed that, at the expense of
Florida fruit growers, benefits
have been obtained for many
other sections of American agri-
culture and industry.
AS the result of tariff conceS-
sionS granted by Honduras, the
Administration expects benefits to
accrue to the textile industry Of
New England and the South; the
hog growers of the South and
Middle West; the cereal manu-
facturers of the East and Mid
west: the canned fruit industry
of California the canned tomato
industry of New Jersey, Delaware
and Pennsylvania; the biscuit fac
tories Of the South; the dairy pro-
ducers of the Middle West and
the lumber industry.
In return for substantial tariff
reductions on these American
products, the United States
promised to maintain Honduran
bananas on the duty-free list
and also grant Honduras the
following tariff reductions on
fruits:
A IS cents per crate reduction
In the duty on pineapples. reduc-
ing the duty to IS cents per
crate. A 1712 per cent reduction
in the ad val. duty on guavaS,
and a 7 per cent reduction in
the ad val. duty on mango paStes
and pulps.
The United States also agreed
to maintain Honduran coffee,
cocoa, Sarsaparilla root and raw
deerSkins on the free list.
In view of the fact that about
80 per cent of all Honduran ex-
ports to this country are already
on the free list, there were not
many articles on which this Gov
eminent could grant any tariff re-
auctions. However, the Yankee
traders agreed to bind the prin-
cipal Honduras exports to this
country on the free list for the
duration of the agreement. and
in this matter, induced Honduras
to grant concessions to American
goods.
The percentage of tariff reduc-
tons granted by Honduras on
American products included the
following:
Cotton shirts, so per cent;
hams, sausages and other meats,
So per cent to As per cent; rolled
oats and oatmeal, so per cent;
canned fruits, 70 per cent; bis
cults and crackers, so per cent;
canned tomatoes. Sc per cent to
IS per cent; bath and toilet
soaps. 81 per cent to so per cent;
canned milk, 33 1-3 per cent to
so per cent; butter; SO per cent;
canned sardines. ST per cent and
denim, So per cent.
The new agreement, which was
signed yesterday, will become ef-
fective 80 days after its procla-
nation by President Roosevelt
and the president of Honduras.
However, it first is subject to
approval by the Honduran legis-
laturS.
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
Maryland Town Plans
Xmas Lawn Contest

SLIGO PARK HILLS. Md, Dec.
19-The Sligo Park Hills Citizens
Association will sponsor Chris
mas lawn decoration contest this
wear open to all residents of the
mark, it was announced here to-
day by E. Francis McDevitt, vice
president of the association.
A special committee composed
of Henry T. Porter, Mrs. I. A.
Denison, Mrs. E. K. Nelson and
George B. Webster. has been ap.
pointed to inspect the various
lighting displays on Christmas
Eve and award a prize, donated
by the association for the most
attractive lawn decoration.
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
100000 Prospectors
Seek Gold in Russia

MOSCOW, Dec. 19-The find
ing Sunday of a thirty-pound mug
get near the village Polevski. in
the Ural gold fields, has drawn
attention to the widespread search
for gold being conducted in the
Soviet Union.
A Brigade Of prospectors," led
by Iii Semenovich PaltZev, found
the nugget-the third largest ever
discovered in Russia-and there
are many thousands of these pros
pectors' brigades now organized
throughout the country.
They work for the Soviet gold
trust, mostly on a 'grubstake" plus
a percentage basis. and, of course,
are fully socialized as "artels," or
cooperatives. They are said to
number more than 100000 per-
sons.
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
Housebreaker Steals
500; Watch Lost

Police today are hunting house
breaker who yesterday entered the
apartment of John r. Billingsley,
1925 New Hampshire Ave. N. W.,
and stole 500 in currency, cloth
ing and a revolver. A colored man
was seen loafing around the apart
ment.
Police also are hunting three
solicitous men who took Richard
S. Quinlan, "a, to his home at
1909 Sixteenth st. N. W., from
cafe in the 1900 block -Four.
tenth st. N. w. While aiding
Quinlan. one of the men stole his
watch, valued at $500.
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
DALLAS FAIR SET IN MAY

elected to membership in the Phi
Beta Kappa Society at Bates Col
lege and also the Delta Sigma
Rho, national forensic society.
These honors from the Maine
school have come since the gradua-
ton Of Dean Mays from the col.
lege several years ago.
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
Oyster Roast

Retail Grocers Association mem.
bers and their families attended
the first annual oyster roast
staged by the association at the
N. Auth Provision Company, Sixth
and D Streets Southwest, last
night. More than 400 persons
were present.
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
KIN OF MILNE
DIVORCED

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. ia
divorce was granted to Warren
Milne, of Germantown, from Mrs.
Virginia Hoodless Milne, an
actress now living in New York.
Milne is the uncle of Caleb J.
Milne, 4th, who was kidnapped on
Saturday in New York. He is the
son of Caleb j. Milne, jr., the
textile manufacturer.
The divorce was given Milne In
court of common pleas No. 3 on
grounds of desertlon, according to
John R. K. Scott, attorney for
Mrs. Milne.
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
Dean Is Honored

DALLAS, Tex. Dec. 18.-Prepa.
rations are going forward today
for the Texas Centennial EXPOSE
ton which opens here in May.
Costumes worn when Texas was
a part Of Mexico and overrun with
Indians, are being dug out of
trunks by citizens of the Pan.
handle State to make the centen.
NAL a success.
The Washington times., 1935-12-19

DR.. Benjamin E. Mays. dean Of
the school Of religion at Howard
University, received the degree of
doctor of philosophy from the Uni
versity of Chicago yesterday.
Dean Mays specialized in the de-
partment of christian theology
and ethics. Last June he was
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
Order tomorrow
Get Them Saturday
PersonaI1zed
Christmas Cards

If you have put off selecting your personal Christ
mas cards until now-you will find you still have
time to order for Christmas mailing. Our stocks,
while not complete earlier in the season, still
are sure to offer something to your liking
Included in this assortment are some particularly
appropriate views of Washington and many de-
signs suitable for the increasingly popular in
formal type of greeting. You may use your call
ing card plate to have your name engraved, or we
will type print your name.
ROOM.
The Washington times., 1935-12-19
Relief Agent Warns
Of Chronic Beggars

NEW YORK, Dec. ia warn
ing against professional beggars
was issued today by Miss Char
lotte E. Carr, executive director of
teh ERB, who declared they are
operating in the crowded stores,
subWays, streets and hotels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-30
Lace Trimmed
PANELED
Silk SLIPS
&c.

Stock up for all summer long
at this Super-Event price!
Bias-cut for smooth fit, lace
trimmed for beauty, shadow
paneled to make you opaque in
the strongest sunlight! Tea
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(Iingere F1oor.)
The Washington times., 1935-09-18

Guaranteed 1000 Hours

Nationally know Lightmaster
quality. Average life of this lamp
guaranteed for 1000 hours. AS
good quality as any on the mar
ket. And look at the difference
in price! Sears is first to offer
a guaranteed bulb at such a low
price. Sizes rs watt to IS watt.
The Washington times., 1935-09-18

2S gauge galvanized
steel. Slip joint con-
nection. 10 #. lengths,
m e sure 5 inches
across top. Easy to
hang.
The Washington times., 1935-09-18

Be prepared for the
Fall and Wint t e r
rains. Extra heavy,
corrugated, % gauge
galvanized, 3 in C h
pipe. Stiff and strong.
The Washington times., 1935-09-18

The new Allstate Tire is
built to give you more
smooth, even wear, more
skid.safe traction on the
road, greater mileage, no
increase in cost. Carries
18 month guarantee that
has absolutely no excep-
tions.
The Washington times., 1935-09-18

Very efficient for
covering machinery.
boats, sheds and to
use as a building
paper or as insula-
tion. 108 50, #. roll
covers 100 SO. #. of
surface. Roll weighs
35 pounds.
The Washington times., 1935-09-18

Quality never before offered for
less than $4,000. % inches
over all with 7hx71a table that
drills to center Of a 12-inch
circle. An exceptionally fine
value. Special for anniversary.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
A Legislative Lapse.

When the other day 1t was an
nounced that bill passed by both
Houses of Congress had been lost
somewhere in the administrative
melange there was considerable
chortling on Capitol Hill. But now
it develops that Congress itself is
somewhat negligent of its legislative
material and a rather embarrassing
situation results. In 1927 Belgium
invited the United States to send an
exhibit to an international exposi-
ton to be held at Brussels in 1885.
A bill was introduced making provi-
sions for acceptance Of this invitation,
was pigeonholed and forgotten. 1t
seems to have been reintroduced in
successive Congresses with the same
lack of result. The other day some
body found it and, noting the date
of the exposition, stepped on the gas
of the legislative machine and it was
finally brought to the point of action
Just as a committee was about to
send 1t to the House of Representa-
tives for adoption, to be followed by
concurrent action in the Senate, the
fact was noted that the exposition at
Brussels had been opened two months
previously. So the measure goes into
the limbo of literally unfinished busi-
ness and the United States has no
show in Belgium. At every session
numbers of these belated propositions
turn up and sometimes they are ac-
tually put through the mill after the
occasion for their introduction is
passed. For instance, some years ago
one of these odds and ends of con-
gressional business got through both
Houses, a private pension bill, which
after enactment was found to place on
the pension rolls a man who had died
ten years before, leaving no heirs. 1t
would not be bad plan to institute a
thorough housecleaning after each
session and purge the files of all waste
paper.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
Illogical and Uniustifiable

There is no logical reason for any
increase in the District gasoline tax
at this time. Any move in that di-
rection is distinctly illogical. For the
past several years Congress has been
unwilling to appropriate all the rev.
enue produced by taxation of gaso-
line at the present rate. Revenues
from the tax have been allowed to
accumulate as unexpended balances
in the Treasury, earmarked for street
and highway improvement by the
terms of the law, and therefore usable
for nothing else. Why in the world
should the tax rate be boosted now
for the purpose of adding to the size
of these unexpended balances?
Statistically, the local gasoline tax
may be shown by comparison with the
taxes in some of the States not to be
excessive. Actually, it is excessive.
For any tax that is levied in excess
of the existing demands is an exces-
sive tax. Congress, having the exclu-
sive right to judge the demands, has
found that the demand for spending
all the money raised through the gas
tax does not exist. 1t would be the
height of folly, under such condi-
tions, to saddle a tax boost of a mil
lion dollars or so on automobile
owners.
Discussion at the District Building
of a boost in the local gas tax sug-
gests-for no other reason presents
itself-pressure from sources in Mary
land and Virginia that have sought
to raise the rate here to equalize it
with rates in those determining
States. The oil companies absorb the
difference in the tax now, enabling
dealers within a specified area to sell
gasoline "at D. C. prices" The
companies and the dealers have
made no bones about their de-
sire that unrepresented taxpayers
in the District pay the differ
ence in tax to relieve them of some
of the expenses incidental to keen
competition in crowded field. But,
fortunately for the District, the bald
unfairness of such a proposal has
condemned it from the start.
Most of the recent proposals for
gasoline tax increase have been
coupled with the compensatory fea-
ture of eliminating the personal prop
erty tax on automobiles. Have the
tax tamperers abandoned that plan?
Are they anxious only that taxes shall
be heavier and heavier, in keeping
with the tradition of gasoline and
other taxation?
Evening star., 1935-05-18

in its present state, giant gem, but
will be reduced to fragments Of great
beauty, but even collectively Of far
less theoretical value than the single
stone as it was taken from the ground.
The finding of giant stone is al
ways the dream of every diamond
digger, and many large fortune has
been made by lucky seeker. Yet
the moment such stone has been
unearthed it becomes a heavy re-
sponsibility. The market for gem
of this character is limited. Only a
government or corporation of i'm
mense resources can afford to buy it.
In the olden times Of the fabuiollsly
rich Indian princes the competition
for these tremendous crystals was
such as to assure purchaser. From
that land came most of the notable
stones, which are now rated as among
the most valuable in the world. Wars
have been started for their posses
sion. Countless lives have been
sacrificed in their seeking and their
defense.
No known limit has been placed
by nature upon the formation of
these products of heat and pressure
within the crust of the earth. In
recent years the record has been
from time to time reached and passed,
but it may be that in ancient times,
when great stones we're found and
applied to royal uses, no comparative
measurements were made and greater
stones even than those brought to
light in late years were found and
divided into comparatively small por-
tions. Yet the development of dia-
mond mining, with modern ma
chinery, has penetrated to greater
depths than were ever known before,
and here are found from time to time
the successive greatest" stones, with
a steady advance in the scale Of
discovery.
Evening star., 1935-05-18

age pensions embodied in law, they
have, in the end, the power so to
decree by constitutional amendment.
If necessary"
Condemnation Of the law as
"crudely drawn" is indorsed by the
South Bend (Ind) Tribune, the Sche-
nectady On. " Gazette and the
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Herald. The
Cincinnati Times-Star argues against
the act: 1T was sufficient to con-
denim the act that it required rail-
roads to contribute to the care of
pensioners of rival lines. There Is no
reason why any industry-and every
railroad is one-should take care of
any waStage except its own. There
is plenty of argument for a system
OF pensions provided by an industry
for its own retired workers. Con-
gress blundered inexcusably when it
tried to go beyond that legitimate and
reasonable endeavor."
The decision is interpreted as GER
tain to raise serious doubts of the
legality of much New Deal legislation.
passed and pending" states the New
York Times. while the Charleston Is.
c. Evening Post concludes: THE
fact that it was so close a decision
caused business and financial observ-
ers to hesitate to draw conclusions as
to the courts position in other cases
involving New Deal legislation"
The Kansas City Star sees it as "a
question of the complexion of the
court ITSELF" and the Manchester IN.
H) Union declares: I'm any event.
so close a division on a constitutional
question with such far-reaching i'm
plications does not give the degree of
certainty that most people desire"
The Syracuse IN. " Herald COM
ments: 1T is fraught with grave in
terest and Importance in a period
when Congress has under considera-
ton legislation programs of excep-
tional magnitude having for their
object the social and economic Sc
curity Of workers"
Evening star., 1935-05-18
Parking.

As q measure of street clearance,
to permit the greatest possible flow
of traffic, the Commissioners have
decreed that motor cars which are
parked in definitely prohibited spaces
shall be impounded and held until
reclaimed by their owners with the
payment of a fine. This new rule,
just proclaimed, will go into effect in
ten days after the necessary publica-
ton as police regulation. The spaces
thus specified are: Between safety
zones or loading platforms and curbs,
entrances to alleys, roadways or gar
ages, on the public highways during
prohibited hours, between eight and
nine-thirty in the morning and four
and six in the afternoon, and those
areas which are marked mo Park
ing at Any Time"
These prohibitions are reasonable
and in the interest of public safety.
Yet they are persistently disregarded.
The placing of tickets on windshields,
in notice of summons to court to pay
fines for violation of rules, has not
been effective. The impounding
method is therefore to be applied, and
it may be that this more drastic meas
ure will result in ultimately giving
effect to the rules. A motor owner
who parks in a prohibited space and
has to go to court and pay his fine
before he can retrieve his car is
likely to be more careful thereafter as
to where he leaves his machine. A
car parked between a loading plat
form or a safety zone and the curb
Is a menace to traffic and to those
who are seeking to enter or leave o
street car, especially on a narrow
street. Many accidents have resulted
from this cause of congestion. sind-