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gold currencies at high level when
a majority of moneys are drifting.
The liner Europa, sailing tonight,
from the French treasury to the
United States, consignment worth
l30,000,000 francs, to be followed by
other shipments. Bankers said de-
fiation of the belga had shaken con-
fidence in the gold bloc to such an
extent that nervous capital was re-
Stunning its search for safe haven.
(The belga weakened on London
exchanges to close at $3.50 to the
pound on an uncertain market. Op-
orators said the full effect of IS per
cent devaluation had not been
reached. All currencies, including the
United States dollar, moved against
sterling)
Premier Pierre -Etienne Flandin.
alarmed at increasing uneasiness in
the French capital, plans to appear
before Parliament on Tuesday to try
to reassure the public and bolster up
government securities.
/. The premier holds that the French
franc is solid, and bankers here see
no technical difficulties, although
financial men and politicians alike
admit that public psychology has be-
come determining factor in finance.
Rich Clients Hedging.
Lawyers say there are signs that
the flight of capital will be small.
They say their rich clients are seek
ing means to hedge, in case France
later resorts to devaluation.
Financial quarters contend there
are no danger signs here but agree
that if the Swiss plebiscite leads to
devaluation in that country it will put
tremendous strain on the French
franc.
Frances gold reserve is 81. 2.597 ,000,-
600 francs, which is 100000, 900
francs in excess of 100 per cent COW
erage of outstanding bank notes. 1t
is considered impossible that enough
gold will be withdrawn to endanger
the franc technically. but the loss of
even small percentage, it is feared,
may start panic among the public.
Many feel that President Roosevelt
is going to devalue the dollar further
and also are worried over fluctuations
In sterling.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
PEACE MOVES ADVANCE.
Senate Munitions Group TO Back Arms

Senate Munitions Group to Back Arms
Control.
BY the Associated Press.
With the eighteenth anniversary of
United States entry into the World
War near at hand, twin moves to keep
the Nation out Of another one yesser-
day neared a final drafting IN the
Senate Munitions Committee.
It was disclosed that the committee
tomorrow will recommend to the
Senate. among other things, full sup
port of the efforts of the Geneva Dis
armament Commission in framing q
new protocol for curbing the interna-
tional arms traffic.
simultaneously. committee experts
hope to have near final shape projected
legislation designed to insure American
neutrality in the event Of another
European war. and companion plans
for curbing profits should the Nata>1
be drawn In.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
Adams to Speak in Forum

TINE administrations bill re-
vamping the Federal Re-
serve System will be dis
cussed by Senator Alva B.
Adams of Colorado in the
National Radio Forum tomorrow
at 1890 pm.
The National Radio Forum Is
arranged by The washington Star
and broadcast over the network
of the National Broadcasting Co.
Senator Adams Is q member Of the
Banking and Currency Committee
of the Senate, to which this legis-
Iation has been referred. The
banking bill is of far-reaching
Importance and has been included
by President Roosevelt In the pro-
gram of essential legislation which
he expects the present session Of
Congress- to enact.
The bill has been attacked on the
grounds that 1t centralizes too
great power over money and credit
and business In the hands Of .
politically dominated group.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
CHINESE RED. ARMY
FREES MISSIONARIES
Expectant Mother and Man Walk
:. Four Days Before Reach.
ing Hangchung.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HANGCHUNG, Shensi Province,
China, March 3o-A British mission
ary and his wife, an expectant mother,
who had been given up for dead when
they fell into the hands of the Red
Army today disclosed details of their
hazardous adventure.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Frenchan only
now have recovered sufficiently from
their arduous experiences to relate de-
tails of their capture. They made
their way here after weeks in captivity.
Frenchnan said they were captured
at Ninkian February z and, although
the reds took ghastly toll" among
natives. they were not harmed. They
were carried into Szechuen Province
and held until March 81, when they
were released.
For four days the couple struggled
through mountainous enemy territory
to reach Hangchung.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
Fools Day Suicide
PIOtter Fails to-
Reply to appeal
Wisconsin Pair Wait in
Tdin for Letter From
Mysterious IF. e. H.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OSHKOSH. Wis, March 30-Op-
timism faded into a dwindling hope
today, as Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Case
watched in vain for a letter from
New York. telling them that their ap-
peal to p c. H." had been needed.
The Cases sent an appeal to the
unknown man in New York last Mon
day, asking him to leave his child
with them. rather than carry out
his announced double death plot
April I.
The Oshkosh couple was disappoint-
ed in not receiving a response for
today was the last mail delivery of
the week. They wondered If their
message had reached "F. c. H" and
whether he had changed his mind
about killing his son and himself.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
WOMAN DROPS SIEGE
75-Year-Old Farm Owner Permits
Road Work to Begin.

GRAVETTE, Ark, March 80 .(P.-
A one-woman, six-gun blockade of
highway project was lifted today when
Mayor Herb Lewis persuaded Mrs. Ida
Robinson to lay down her arms and
allow workers to resume tasks held up
four days.
Lewis said road workers took heed
when the 75-year-old woman threat
ened to kill the first man on my
land" and it was not until the mayor
interceded that she gave in.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
SATURDAY NIGHT BATH
THEORY SUBSTANTIATED
Issue Of Augusta Newspaper of
1925 Indicates Hotels Barred
Use of Baths on Other Nights.

BY the Associated Press
AUGUSTA. Ga, March 30.-Sup-
port has been found here for the the
ory that the personal bath was a
Saturday night institution in the days
gone by-at least for the travelling
public.
An 1925 issue of the Augusta Chron-
icle indicates that Saturday night
baths not only were the custom in
Augustus pioneer history, but that
baths were permitted only on Satur-
day night at local hotels and inns.
The management of the Planters
Hotel, once a favorite stopping place
of Georgia's great, announced in the
1925 issue:
I'VE take pleasure in informing
our guests that baths have been in
stalled and will be available for
Saturday nights use only"
Evening star., 1935-03-31
ETHER ANAESTHESiA
DISCOVERER PRAISED
DR.. c. W. Long, Whose Statue
Stands in Hall of Fame,
Lauded by University.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Ga, March 3o.-The
memorable contribution to scientific
medicine" made SO years ago by DR..
Crawford w. Long of Georgia was
celebrated today as scientists paused
to honor the man who took agony out
of surgical operating rooms by dis
covering the art of anaesthesia.
In this vicinity, where Long studied
at the University of Georgia and seven
years later discovered the use of ether
as an anesthesia, exercises were held
honoring one of two Georgians whose
statues are in the hall Of fame in
Washington.
Another alumnus of the University
of Georgia, and himself an outstanding
man in the field of medicine, DR.. Max
Cutler of Chicago was the principal
speaker at exercises held at the uni
versity in Longs honor.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
Wyoming Commences Drinking
Tomorrow to Finance Relief

State Liquor Commission, believes a
good share of the States relief prob
lens will be solved. Il
, Under the liquor law effective April
/, the Liquor Commission viii have
exclusive control of the Wholesale
liquor business. Retailers can sell,
legally, only beverages purchased
through the State Commission
Under the new law, minimum of
$4,000 must be earmarked for re-
lief. A part of the revenue VIII 60 to
underwrite the commission's Eoperat-
ing expenses.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
ETHIOPIA BREAKS
I ITALIAN PARLEYS
Special Measures Taken to
Protect Foreigners.
Note Sent League.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Adds ABABA. Ethiopia, March
30.-Taking special measures to pro-
tect foreigners in the capital against
possible hostilities. Emperor Halle
Selassie's government today broke off
direct negotiations with Italy over the
boundary disputes which have brought
10000 italian troops into neighboring
Eritrea and Somaliland.
Ethiopia then sent a new note to
the League of Nations. Dispatches
from Alden, Arabia. across the Gulf Of
Alden from East Africa. said all leave
had been cancelled for British officials
in British Somaliland because of the
uncertainty of the situation in
Ethiopia.
In Adds Ababa a new chief of po-
lice was appointed and assigned the
task of recognizing the police force
in the capital to make it effective for
any eventuality. 1t was explained this
measure was taken in order to pro-
tect foreigners in the capital in case
of unexpected hostilities.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
Fuel Officials Sentenced.

TACOMA, Wash, March 80 R.-
Alfred J. Davis, Kenneth d. Burnham
and Frank G. hampton, officials OF
the Pacific Fuel Co., were convicted
by a Superior Court jury today on
charges Of grand larceny in defraud-
ing the county of 81 ,0eo on wood deals
for the Welfare Department. Sentence
was deferred.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 30.-For
the first time since the Nation voted
dry. Wyoming residents, Monday, can
walk into what is going to be this
States successor to the saloon and
legally get drink
And what Oscar o. Natwick of
Wheatland is hoping is that the liquor
consumption in the next year will
average one gallon for every one of
the States estimated ,225, 900 citizens.
If it does, Natwick, who Is director
Of the newly-authorized wyoming
Evening star., 1935-03-31
NOTE NOT RECEIVED.

Geneva Gets Report, However, Of
Break in Negotiations.
GENEVA, March 80 R).-League
of Nations officials said tonight they
had received no new note from Ethi-
opia concerning its border controversy
with Italy, although they had heard
reports that direct negotiation with
Italy had been broken of.
The League recently asked the
African government whether Italy's
insistence on conciliation and arbi-
tration would affect Ethiopia's atti-
tude in appealing against Italy under
Article XIV Of the League Covenant.
The League Is still awaiting Ethi-
opiaS reply.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
Slayer Is Given Life.

DES MONIES, Iowa. March 80 tP1
Life imprisonment at hard labor was
the punishment specified by Jury
which today convicted Dewey Berlo-
vich, Al, night club proprietor, Of
numbering Don Merrigan In a fight.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
DION WO0LLEY DIES

Founded One Of Country's Eari-
est Amateur Newspapers.
MOUNT VERNON, N. Y, March 30
P.-Dion Elliott Woolley, former
publisher of the Hammonton IN. j.
Hornet, one of the country's earliest
amateur newspapers, died suddenly
today. He was 70.
Woolley also had been publisher OF
the Philadelphia Musical Journal.
He was a former president of the
Philadelphia Piano Trade Association
and former treasurer Of the National
Association of Piano Dealers OF
America.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
ITALY DENIES BREAK.
Action on Ethiopia Regarded As
Merely Procedure.


ROME. March 80 (R.-Italy does
not consider that there has been an
open rupture in negotiations with
Ethiopia, a government spokesman
said tonight in commenting on a dis
patch from Adds Ababa that nego-
tiations had broken down.
The Ethiopian refusal to accept an
italian suggestion for personal meet
ings between the italian Minister al
Adds Ababa and the Ethiopian for
eign minister, with all the cards OH
the table, merely dealt with procedure,
he said.
It was made plain there was still
hope on the italian side of accom-
plishing something with direct nego-
tiations. If the Ethiopians refuse di-
rect negotiations, conciliation by rep
resentatives nominated by the two
powers would follow, 1t was said.
The Ethiopian charge d'affaires here
said, however, that the matter was
now up to the League Of Nations.
NOTE NOT RECEIVED.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
SLEEPING BEAUTY 80
Patricia Mcguire Passes Her Third
Year in Coma.

Year in Coma.
CHICAGO. March 30 tP.-Miss
Patricia Maguire-she's been asleep
since February Is, 1932-will be 80
years old Monday. But it will be just
another day to the Sleeping beauty"
Of Suburban Oak Park.
Patricia knows nothing about 1t"
her mother, Mrs Peter Miley, said
tonight. I'VE see no sense in having
a birthday cake or celebration for
her"
The girl is the victim of a rare
type Of sleeping sickness.
Evening star., 1935-03-31
FLOWER SHOW OPEN
Two Governors Attend Million.
Dollar Display at Omaha.

OO1fdk O1SPHuy az ~Ho'
OMAHA, Nebr., March 80 R.-The
Sixteenth National Flower and Gar
den Show opened here today with
Cows. Clyde Herring Of Iowa and
r. L. Cochran of Nebraska, participate
ing in the opening ceremonies.
A million dollars worth Of flowers.
were on exhiht&
Evening star., 1935-03-31
EUROPE GOLD BLOC
9. NATIONS SEE METAL
FLOW TOWARD U. S

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Evening star., 1935-03-31
RADIO COMMISSIONER
CRITICIZES PROGRAMS
EXCITING TO CHILDREN

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, 1935-10-21
Outlets
Convenience To
Owner OfHOrne

The desirabflity OF q house Is def
initely enhanced II radio outlets are
located In convenient places.
Wiring for radios should be- con-
sidered an integral part of modern
house equipment. Exposed wires are
u~nattractive, and radio wires should
be added with as much care as any
other type used In the house.
Standard installations on radio wir-
ing In n house embody many advan-
tageouS features. The ground and
aerial r properly and safely con-
nected and provided with conven-
lent wall or Dashboard outlets that
merely requir plugging I'M to in
sure a good contact. This eliminates
such makeshifts as the former flat
conductor tape out the window sill
which never permitted the window
10 b. tightly closed.
Outlets I'm various rooms may be
provided to allow sets to BE- located
at will, or q master plate may dis
tribute the sound to a series Of
speaker outlets located In differ
emit rooms.
III apartment houses the owner
should consider the unsightliness
Of the tangle Of radio antennae 50
often seen. An installation Of such
equipment as that described above
should materially improve reception
fer most OF the tenants as well aS
make the apartment more attractive.
, 1935-10-21
Government Urges Use Of
Electrical Aid on Farms

1T Is hard for city people to realize
that the great giant which turns the
wheels Of industry and browns their
breakfast toast has largely ignored
American agricultural life.
Electric power has transformed in
dustrial operations and methods III
the last few decades. But il has
not been made available to most
Of our farmers: and. as a result, ag-
riculture is out Of step with the rest
CT the nation.
So far as central-station distribu-
ton Of power Is concerned, we have
done little more than a ten per cent
job Of rural identification. Only one
American farm in nine has electric
service. OF the twelve billion kilo-
watt-hours of energy utilized an
nually In American agriculture, the
National Resources committee points
out, only one billion T supplied by
electricity.
Electric power can do as much fer
agriculture as ii has done for in
duStry. There Is use for power on a
farm almost every hour. IN the farm
home, electricity Is even more i'm
portant in eliminating drudgery than
in the city apartment. In cities and
towns there In a readily available
supply OF running water: in the
country the water must be pumped
and carried by hand unless there Is
some sort Of home pumping plant.
The farm wife has many things TO
do In addition to ordinary house
wcrk-baking. laundry. butter max
ing, often the care Of a kitchen gar
den or the poultry. All these tasks
make the life of q farm woman a
hard one unless electric power Is
, 1935-10-21

available. bringing the convenience
OF modern appliances-an electric
pump. a modern range, efficient
electrically operated laundry equip
ment. q vacuum cleaner, and a host
Of others.
Electricity on the farm viii do
much to revolntionize farm opera
tons and working hours. Much Of
the work-milking, for example. and
saving wood-can be done largely
with electric power, and the time
consumed In routine farm chores
can be materially leSsened.
POrtables Praised
One small electric chore motor,
readily portable from one task to
another, can save the farmer a great
deal Of time and energy to be de-
voted to definitely productive work.
II will shell corn, grind feed, scrub
the incubator trays. saw wood. shar-
pen the ax. turn the lathe, wash and
grade fruit, mix concrete. freeze ice
cream. run the churn, grind sausage
lin fact. 1t will run nearly all the
lighter farm machinery. 1t is tire
less-when one job is finished. it can
easily be hooked up 10 another ma
chine. where IL viii purr along, un-
watched. al long as II is needed.
An electric motor provides the
most efficient power for the dairy
barn equipment. Electricity also
provides dependable. safe, inexpen-
sive light and heat In poultry rails
ing, not only getting more and
stronger chicks per thousand eggs
but getting increased egg produc-
ton from the hens in the winter
months.
Recognizing that rural electrifica-
ton Is a national necessity, the
Federal government has attacked the
problem through the Rural Electro
fication administration. REA win
lend money To build electric distri-
button lines in rural areas not new
served. ANY public agency. private
utility or cooperative organization
which sponsors a Selt-liquidating
project Is eligible for a loan. REA
leans are made for q period OF about
20 years, in most cases, at 8 per cent
interest.
, 1935-10-21
U.S.AirIines
Set Record For
Few Accidents

The scheduled air lines of the
United States set new safety records
by flying $4,000 miles per accident
and 40,7l4,686 paSsenger-miles per
passenger fatality In the first half
OF 1885, according to figures releas-
ed Monday by the u. I'D. Department
OF Commerce.
Although the total number Of miles
Town was large (28,729,l28 miles,
the number of accidents was un-
usually small. Air transport craft
were involved In 20 accidents in the
first half Of 1895. Only once before
had the number Of accidents in a
six-month period been less. and that
was In the first half OF 1884 when
there were ~ In 2l,517.65 U miles
flown
There were five fatal accidents.
IN which four passengers and five
pilots lost their lives. OF previous
six-month periods for which stalls
tics were available. three had few
er than four passenger fatalities,
eleven had more.
The new high for passenger
miles flown per passenger fatality
-40.7l4.686 for the first six months
OF l935-s more than three times AS
great as the average for the last five
years. Previous high IN this category
was 38.32l. 1876 in the first half OF
1888. In the last half OF 1884 Ii was
$3.50, 1877.
The foregoing represent operations
OF all air lines operated BY COM
panies IN the United States. includ-
ing domestic air lines and foreign
extensions. The domestic air lines
In this period had "a accidents, fly
ing B80.076 miles Ger accident. The
foreign air lines had one accident
in 4l086,9 94 miles Of flying. and no
pilot or passenger fatalities.
Causes OF accidents on all or the
air lines we're aS follows: Personal
errors, 1927 percent: power-planr
failures. 1873 percent; airplane fall
ures ,10-35 percent; weather, 20.34
percent: airport and terrain. 1878
percent: undetermined and doubt
full. 3.45 percent.
, 1935-10-21
Gas Stations
Get Business
From Repairs

Gas iilling-staticn owners may En-
crease their business by improving
the appearance OF their buildings
and grounds The primary problem
is the attraction of customers. which,
0f course. must hc followed by Eiv-
ing satisfactory service.
An easy. spacious entrance Is es-
sentiaL. The building should be sub
stantial. neat, and clean The use
or HANDICAPPED treatment lE an added
advantage. While Al iB necessary
that some advertising signs he used,
simple. well-designed signs need not
be large.
III any merchandise s carried, at
tractlve display space should be mr.
ranged. This should net be SO lncmt-
ed that III will interfere with the
primary function OF the station-the
dispensing OF gas and oil.
Even though the structure and tn
ground are attractive when they have
just been completed. if they are not
properly maintained they will rapid
" lose their appearance.
Before winter modernize your gas
station, and during the winter check
To- see that all needed repairs ARE
made.
, 1935-10-21

A man who does q great deal Of
his professional work at home, In
volving the filing Of letters, papers,
and drawings, recently bought two
secondhand wooden commercial
filing cases He removed the mold
ings at the top and bottom and took
off the metal hardware (replaclng
At with wooden kn0bs). Then placing
the files parallel with the wall. on
either side OF the double door Lead
ing from his study 70 the living
room, he had the carpenter build
book cases on the sides. Painted to
match the woodwork, tho filing
cabinets now almost completely dis
appear In the background.
, 1935-10-21
Umbrella Space

Before the rainy season sets IN,
build a simple umbrella rack on
the inside OF the hall closet door.
"A metal drip pan may be pr0vid-
ed below the rack IN case someone
brings In an umbrella before It has
been allowed to dry.
This simple device need not be
unattractive. and 1t can H. paint
ed TO match the interior OF the
closet.
, 1935-10-21
Home Lighting
Is Important

With the cold weather upon us
when indoor games are the rule. 1t
Ia wise for the housewife to cen
slider the lighting Of the rooms In
which games like checkers, parchesi,
etc. are played. Those that require
rapid motion, like table tennis and
billiards, also need good light.
Basements-thcse favorite spots
for game rooms-are apt to be poor
ly lighted, II attention is not call
ed 10 same. Children, or grown-upS.
playing in these rooms, should do so
IN adequate light, not only bulbs Of
good observation-disclosures be used,
but those that are shaded.
60 much of good health depends
upon the condition OF eyes. that pro-
viding good lighting IL one OF the
most important Of the problems Of
the home maker.
Good lighting Is not necessarily
bright lighting. Lights that are too
bright or which come from the wrong
direction may be as great a strain
on the eyes as lights that are too
dim.
Children's books often are finish
ed with glazed paper SO that when a
bright light LIZ placed too close to
them they glare. Such lighting may
not only affect the child,s eyes,
but his whole nervous system.
Light experts give these rules Cor
proper lighting. There should be 10
sharp contrasts between brightly
lighted spots and dark ones. Effort
should be directed to eliminate re-
Elected glare. The light direction
should be planned carefully 50 that
light comes from the side, rather
than from the trent; either over
the left shoulder or over the right
shoulder.