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The Washington times., 1935-08-03

When the patrol ship comes on
one of these great bergS in the
steamer lanes it broadcastS the
position, then follows along until
the berg has melted away and the
danger is over.
There are two types of iceberg,
the solid" and the "drydoolS. I"
The solid" type is q hugh solid
block Of ice, while the "drydock"
consists Of towers or pinnacles,
with a low valley between, as sea-
worthy as a well ballaSted ship.
This is regarded as the most dan
gerous type, as it takes longer to
disintegrate.
The vessels on patrol duty are
small, only $50 feet long and AZ
feet wide. But they are powerful
electric driven craft. Now, how.
ever, there an seven new cutters
under construction, 32S feet long
and equipped to carry an airplane.
Coast Guard officers hope that
these vessels will be placed on the
ice patrol, for with plane the
work of the patrol in Spotting
bergs over the vast area to be
patrolled would be greatly sim.
p1ifiedk
The Washington times., 1935-08-03
Maritime Disasters

Maritime disasters continued
until the night Of April IA, 1912,
when the great new Titanic, the
unsuitable ship" as its builders
thought, owing to its compart-
lment construction, sped through
a light fog on her maiden voyage.
Suddenly a white mountain
loomed ahead. Telegraph bells
tangled as the watch officer or
dered the engines reversed. But
too late. The speeding liner
crashed into the berg and her bot
tom was ripped open. She sank,
carrying with her 1913 persons
to their death, a tragedy that
rocked the world and awakened
it at last to the peril of ice.
Now follows a circumstance
never before published: DR.. Same
Eyde, now Norwegian ambassador
to Poland. had booked passage on
the Titanic, but Cancelled it at the
last moment. When he heard of
the wreck he drew up a proposal
for an international ice patrol, to
be financed by all nations with
maritime interests. Meanwhile
the United States Navy was or
dered to patrol the seas for the
remainder of that year, and two
cruisers were sent to sea. An in
ternational meeting was called,
and Dr.. Eyde's suggestion
The Washington times., 1935-08-03
A Fi||y Runs
In Derby

"Wicked Wench" was a spindly-
legged colt when Mary Tom fancy
first saw her. It was the same
day that Mary Toms father died
and it was the only thing old Tom
fancy left to his daughter, be-
sides a heritage of race track
manners and hopes.
The manners were a little off
color although Old Tom had done
his best to keep them straight.
The hopes for the track were all
bound up in the filly. The first
part Of the name came from what
the father thought of the daugh'
ter before he died and the last
part came from the filly's
mother, Homely Wench.
With the aid of an old jockey,
Mary Tom worked and forged
ahead to the day that wicked
Wench" ran the derby. Mary's
father died because wicked
Wench" had been a filly when he
wanted a horse to beat the entry
from his bitter enemy in the
derby.
"Fillies don't win derbieS" Old
Tom knew. But, Mary Tom
knew that a filly had won the
great race a long time ago and
she was preparing to win with her
filly. The race Is a very exciting
one.
("Fillies Don't VIM" a race
horse story By H. M. Appel, pub.
MShed BIZ William Goodwin. Enc.)
The Washington times., 1935-08-03
Mystery Has {
New Twist

French murders happen just a
trifle different from American
murders. French detectives natu-
rally work a little different than
American detectives.
At least that is the impression
you get from reading Death Of
the Deputy" by Roger Francis
Didelot, and translated by Eliza
beth Abbott.
This murder caused as much a
sensation In Paris as the murder
Of a congressman would arouse
here. Through the work OF his
police inspector, Mr.. Didelot un-
tangles the plot and unravels the
mystery.
rDeGth Of the Deputy" ntyS.
terry BY Roger Francis DideIot,
published BY J. B, LtpptTcottO.
The Washington times., 1935-08-03
Constant Lookout

The area patrolled by the YES
sells is roughly the size OF the State
of Pennsylvania. Day after day
the cutters ply these waters, with
lookoutS aloft and on the br1dge
scanning the sea. A berg may be
seen from 10 to IS miles on a
clear day, and up to 8 miles on a
clear night.
Once a berg is sighted, the cut
ter steers for it, takes its exact
position and measurements, checks
it's direction and rate Of drift ana
sends out radio warnings.
There are six radio operators on
board, constantly on duty, and
four times day they broadcast
all ice reports. Then they are
constantly receiving requests for
information as to ice and position
from vessels held in the fog which
abounds in this region. :,
But aside from the ice patrol
the cutters perform another
equally important task, that OF
giving assistance to the daring
little fishing boats that hang
about the banks in great numbers.
This region is one Of the great,
est fishig areas in the world, ana
here come tiny sailing craft from
as far away as France. To these
daring sailors, who are often away
from port for months, the Coast
Guard cutters are q godsend.
Lost in the fog, unable to see
the sun to take observations, the
fishing craft receive information
from the cutters as to their posi-
ton. They are allowed to use the
radio for important information
If there is illness on board the
cutters doctor will put off IN q
small boat and render aid. II
they are short Of food or water
the cutter will supply them. It's
Just humanitarian work Ito those
in peril on the sea-"
But their chief business IS in
spotting ice and issuing warnings
to the liners and freighters on the
main path of shipping. Ice starts
from Greenland which is covered
with a huge ice cap estimated to
be 5000 feet thick.
Each spring the bergs break off,
sometimes as many as $4,000, are
picked up by the Labrador cur
rent and started south. This cur
rent flows the year round like a
river. In February it picks up
speed which increases until it
reaches the maximum in late
April. At this time it is able to
carry great bergs along at the rate
of 2 miles an hour.
Some of these bergs are tremen-
dous. They have been measured
$50 feet high, almost as high as
the Washington Monument. And
only one eighth of the berg shows
above the surface. Single bergs
have been measured weighing SO
million tons, enough ice to supply
the entire city Of washington for
the summer.
Efforts have been made to destroy
The Washington times., 1935-08-03

To the daily growing list OF
, novels, movies, short stories, ETC.,
clarifying the Department Of JUS
tice add Oman" by Charles
Francis Coe.
Outside of the fact that Mr..
Coe takes just a shade too much
Of your time preaching about
what a menace to the underworld
the Department Of Justice agents
are, the book is an exciting his
tory Of the dissolution of one
OF nations big gangs.
There is little doubt that the
story is based on actual facts.
It has a ring Of truth and note
of sincerity.
"One Eye Zigo" and his mob
faced with repeal look for some
thing to continue their easy
money profit. Rap Covani,"
Rap's partner and half the gang
turn to bank robbery, dope ped.
ding and labor rackets.
"Zigo" and a few others change
their bootlegging tactics just
enough to beat the new Govern.
ment tax and go on the same old
way.
Then the G-Men take a hand
Slowly at first and then faster
and faster all who participated
in the illegal profits are either
killed or caught. The final pinch
The Washington times., 1935-08-03
Book Notes

Mary Roberts Rinehart, for"
merly of Washington, is at her
summer home in Maine and has
nearly completed her new novel,
'"The Doctor"
Rex Stout's 1.-THE League Of
Frightened Men" that ran Sc"
rally in the Saturday Evening
Post will be published by Farrar
& Rinehart, Inc, August IS.
Two editions of the late T. E.
Lawrence's story of the Arab re-
volt, 1.-THE Seven Pillars of Wis
DOM" will be published in the
autumn by Doubleday Doran.
The decision of the Supreme
Court multiplying the NRA will be
included in the Historic Opinions
of the United States Supreme
Court" to be pubnShed by the
Vanguard Press.
Drew Pearson and Constantine
Brown have written a supplement
to their book THE American Dip
lomatic Came" It contains the
story of how Abyssinia appealed
to the United States for aid
against Italy. It also contains a
who's Who in Diplomacy"
Elisa Bialk, former newspaper
woman, has just had her first
novel published. Doubleday Doran
brought it out under the title
What Strange Stuff"
The oxford University Press has
published "A History of the Anglo
SaxonS" by R. H. Hodgkin. The
work is in two Volumes and Is
illustrated with 81 half-tone
plates, "a te3t figures and four
colored plates. There are IS maps,
genealogical tables and q chron-
illogical table. E
The Washington times., 1935-08-03
Novel Continues Saga of
4 Great State

, All these clim actic events
through which this generation has
passed are given an INTERPOLATION
with the Mark family that adds
new interest to them.
Spotted through the volume
are short sketches Of sojourns in
Washington. It is evident that
Arthur Pound visited our fair
city during July or August. He
is amazingly accurate in his de-
scription of the weather.
Throughout this revelation Of
the inner core Of a great State
during its headlong rise to in
duStrialism stands the Mark Sec
ton as a background. No mat
ter what miSortunes buffet and
beat against the wanderers from
the soil, Mark Section always
provides q haven.
II any moral was intended in
the telling Of this tale it GER
tainly is that roots buried deep
in the soil will sustain you long
after you imagine you have cut
free and are a man Of the world
Of cities.
"Second GroWth," novel By
Arthur Pound. Published by Reg
nal & Hitchcock.
The Washington times., 1935-08-03
Cheat.G Great
Bergs OF
Prey
By CARROLL PEEKE

lee mountains Of ice. I.
millions Of tons Of white,
Crystal-clear ice.
Sounds good to Washington,
sweltering in the midsummer
heat, doesn't it?
But it does not sound good to
Rear Admiral Harry G. Ham
let, commandant Of the United
States Coast Guard, and his
officers. For one Of their chief
duties is maintaining the ice
patrol in the North Atlantic in
the spring and early summer
Of the year.
In their hands are placed the
safety Of hundreds Of thousands
of persons and property valued
ct millions Of dollars.
Their ships fly the flag Of the
United States, but their patrol IS
an international one, financed
largely by other nations which
have asked Uncle Sam to do the
job.
Twenty-four hours day, week
after week, in fair weather and
stormy, the patrol ships are on
duty, searching out dangerous
bergs and notifying shipping OF
the presence of ice. Then, as a
hound after a fox, they follow the
the dangerous bergs until warm
water meltS them down and the
danger to shipping is over.
It's q hard job, a real mans
Job, out in the stormy North At
lantic, off the Grand Banks where
there 10 fog-the nemesis OF the
SeamAn--most of the tine. It's not
q pleasure cruise, this ice patrol,
but work Of the most gruelling
kind. But so well has the Coast
Guard done its work that in the
twenty-five years the ice patrol
has been functioning not single
vessel has been sunk by ice, and
collisions have been relatively
few.
The Washington times., 1935-08-03

Arthur Pound who wrote "Once
a Wilderness" has continued the
saga of John Mark and Michigan
in Second Growth"
Americas aristocracy Of the
soil is given full recognition. Care
fully and with infinite feeling
Author Pound has drawn a full
picture Of the transition period
between ox-carts and automobiles.
The story of Mark Section has
been broadened. John Marks sons
and grandsons step cut. They go
to the cities. The World War
takes it's count. The boom arrives;
1929 stalks the unwary; Michigan
closes its banks.
The Washington times., 1935-08-03
Man Who Had It Air
Walks Out, Walks Back

Roughly fed up. Quite conven-
iently he got sick right after he
walked out on his mistress.
When he got well Tom Ashford
decided to start all over again
with his wife in the house vacated
by the woman whose memory he
kept in his head. It didn't work.
Then Tom sought the woman.
She was just as much changed as
he was. But at least she had
sense enough to really get him
well and send him back to his
work.
SO, he forgot the thrill Of his
sophiStication and went back to
the woman he had walked out on.
"The Man Who Had Every.
thing" sophisticated noveI By
Louis BromtteId. published By
Harper and Brothers.
The Washington times., 1935-08-03

adopted, with the United States
invited to actually conduct the
work Of the patrol.
This nation accepted the re-
sponsibility and turned the task
over to the Coast Guard. In
1914 the cutters put to sea on
the ice patrol for the first time,
and each year since then they
have conducted the patrol, except
during the World War.
Fourteen nations contribute to
the support of the patrol. Great
Britain, the largest maritime ma
ton, pays 40 per cent, with the
United States second with Is per
cent. Other nations pay varying
amounts ranging down to per
cent, paid by Spain and Soviet
Russia.
While the patrol is over for this
year, one vessel, the General
Green, is still at sea. A floating
laboratory, this tiny 125-foot craft
is on a 5,O00-mile cruise off the
Grand Banks, studying currents
and OF ,r matters of oceanog-
raphy. Data obtained will later
be turned over to scientists for
further analysis.
The cutters Mendoza and Pom.
chartrain were on the ice patrol
this year, with the Tampa in
reserve. Each vessel puts in two
weeks at sea, then was relieved
and put in to Halifax, Nova Scotia,
for fuel and supplies and a brief
rest ashore for the officers and
men before returning to sea and
the tedious cruising in the freezing
waters. watching for icebergS.
The Washington times., 1935-08-03

'DRYDoCK BERG" constituting menace to shipping in
the North Atlantic attended by Coast Guard cutter,
which note of size and drift to ships
whose lanes it may pass in its south The portion Of
the iceberg above the water oneeghth of its entire
drydock berg is distinguished by two pnnaces the low
portion between which eventually mets away to form two
smaller bergs.
The Washington times., 1935-08-03

these great bergs with explosives,
with gunfire, but with little sue
cess. It is nature alone that finally
causes their disintegration. AS the
Labrador current sweeps them
south they come into the warm
waters of the Gulf Stream. The
warm water melts the ice, and
great pieces break off, and finally
the berg meltS down.
The Washington times., 1935-08-03
Planes Will Aid

,he berg melts down.
The Washington times., 1935-08-03
G-Men Continue to Break
Up Gan6s and MODS

lis made of the crooked politician
who furnished them with protec"
ton over a long period Of years.
It would have been q more
powerful book if the flag hadn't
been waved so much.
wG-Man," by Charles Francis
Coe, melodrGmG, published By
LippincOtt).
Evening star., 1935-03-12

at the intersection while travelling
north of Nevada avenue. 1t was testi-
fled at the inquest. Fleshman, the
husband Of the dead woman, was driv-
ing east on Rittenhouse street. q
boulevard thoroughfare, at the time
Of the collision, 1t was testified.
Police measurements at the scene
showed Waters machine had skidded
some 40 feet, 1t was testified.
Waters and two other youths riding
with him, Wendell p. Crabbe, jr, Of
4007 Connecticut avenue. and Worth
ington Talcott. of 2811 Cathedral
avenue, all testified the stop sign was
old, bent and difficult to see. This
testimony was supported by Detective
Sergt. w. j. Liverman Of the police
homicide squad, who made an in
vestigation, and other police officers.
Young Waters will reach his 17th
birthday anniversary this month.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
Plymouth Was Close Guest.

SEATTLE R.-Scotty Allen, famed
Alaskan dog team musher, was guest
of honor at a luncheon, but almost
missed it. Starting from his hotel
with his dogs, he couldn't recall where
it was to be held, but thought the
name had something to do with the
Pilgrims. He went to the Plymouth
Congregational Church. Someone
there explained he should have gone
to a hotel, the Mayflower.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
YOUTH, 16, HELD
IN TRAFFIC DEATH
William H. Waters to Face
Grand Jury-Stop Sign
Declared Defective.

William H. Waters, jr., 16, of 1921
Mckinley street, son Of an optometrist.
was held tor grand jury action by
q coroner's jury yesterday afternoon
in the traffic death early Saturday
of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Fleshman, 18,
Of Berwyn, Md.
The young woman, bride of sew
eral months. was fatally injured late
Friday night when the automobile
operated by young Waters crashed
into the machine in which Mrs.
Fleshman was riding with her hus-
band, Richard T. Fleshman, %. at
Nevada avenue and Rittenhouse street.
She died a short while afterward in
Georgetown Hospital.
Waters failed to stop at a stop sign
Evening star., 1935-03-12
DELEGATE BILL
0PPOSEDBYGROUP
Northeast Citizens Stand
Firm for Vote in Con.
greSS.

Acting to strengthen its previous
stand asking for national representa-
ton for the District, the Northeast
Citizens Association last night op-
posed the bill now in the House Dis
trict Committee proposing the elec-
ton Of delegate in Congress.
Reporting for the Executive Com
mittee, Evan H. Tucker, president,
explained the bill would place Dis
trict delegate in Congress without the
power to vote.
This association" Tucker declared,
"has for the past Is years or more
asked for representation in both
houses of Congress and a vote for
the President and Vice President" A
copy OF the groups action was di-
rected sent to the House District Com
inittee.
Loan Bill Approved.
Approval, in principle, of the pro-
posed House and Senate measures to
regulate the small loan business in
the District was also expressed in an
other resolution adopted.
Other action taken on pending Dis
trict legislation in Congress includes
opposition to proposed House bill to
abolish capital punishment; indorse-
ment OF proposed Senate bill au-
thorizing Health Department to dis
inter bodies dead from contagious
diseases; approval of House bill, as
amended, providing for control of the
manufacture, transportation, possess
sion and sale Of alcoholic beverages;
approval Of proposed Senate bill au-
thorizing public works funds for pro-
posed courts buildings.
Opposes Bus Fare.
Roscoe Jenkins, chairman, Public
Utilities Committee, offered resolu-
lion opposing the establishment Of a
10-cent bus fare on the express bus
service from Takoma Park, as ordered
by the Public Utilities Commission.
A resolution asking for the correc-
ton of the present condition at the
H and K street viaducts was adopted
A member stated slime and water
drips from the walls and flows across
the sidewalks, constituting an unsafe
and unsanitary condition.
Another resolution requesting a
light in the alley running from Sixth
to Seventh streets between Morris and
G streets northeast was adopted.
The superintendent of police and
the District Commissioners were asked
to look into the smoke nuisance re-
sulting from the spread of SCOT and
dirt from the vicinity of Third and I
streets northeast.
New members admitted last night
are K. F. Jackson, j. E. Thorne. Mrs
z. r. Moose and James J. Knighton.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
BAND is REVUE FEATURE

Harold knight and his band will
be one of the featured groups in the
Continental Revue, to be staged at
the Auditorium, Saturday night,
under the auspices of the American
Federation of Government Employees.
The performance Is to aid the sick
benefit fund. The Sick Benefit As
sociation will meet Thursday night
at 8 o'clock at the Hamilton Hotel.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
STATUE MOVE SOUGHT

Removal Of the statue of the famous
Polish Revolutionary general. Casimir
Pulaski, from its present location at
Thirteenth and E streets to the tri-
angle at Fifteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue is proposed in a bill
introduced in the House yesterday by
Representative John p Higgins, Demo-
crat of Massachusetts,.
The new location would place the
Pulaski statue between the new $16,-
000,0 Commerce Building and the
Treasury Building.
Evening star., 1935-03-12
Weekly Traffic Report

Below is the number Of trafIic
violations reported by the trafac
safety observers from March 3
to March 9, inclusive:
Weaving recklessly. ........ IA
Driving in reckless manner. 8
Too fast for safety. ......... rs
Failed to yield right of way. 81
Failed to obey stop sign.... %
Failed to obey traffic signal
hgntS ..............;.'. %
Turned left from wrong lane 8
Turned right from wrong
ldIle ............. ~
Driving through safety zone. 7|
Drove or passed on wrong
side Of street ............ 10
Pulled from curb without
signaling ................ Al
Passed street car in violation
of regulation ............ /
Improper lights .......... /
Parked abreast .......... 81
Parked too near fireplug. Il
Parked too near corner. 80. 4
Total .............. lou
The following shows the traffic
accidents occurring in the Dis
trict of Columbia during the Pc
riod of March 3 to March 8, in
elusive, as compared with the
same period of 1884:
1884. 1885.
Deaths ............... 3 D
Minor injuries ........ II S5
Property damage only. IS "a
159 174
minus ........... 10 Is
Total ........... 149 159
'Minus-More than one person
injured in the same accident.
Evening star., 1935-03-12

Below Is the number Of traffic
violations reported by the trafnc
safety observers from March 3
to March 8, inclusive:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-21
retuL Fon, Babe Ruth Has Pan Seas0
Chase Company Boscling

With but two weeks of play. left ln the popular Chase Co Twelve team loop, finds the Tube Mill and Rolling Mill teams tied for first place; the Shippers and Stock Room tied for End, while the Ma ehinist Five are tied with the Slit ters for the next position. The reader will note that only four games separate first and sixth teams.
 Tn the individual department, Bill TatO is showing the way with high average of 115.31; Bruno Mar iaDi has the most strikes 90, while Bob Brooks 15S is high single, Ta- to also has high three with 4I9; Bossy Baldoni made the most spares 156, and Francis Speed" Conway and ''Zlpper" Carlsrud are tied with high single, no mark with 97.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-21
STRAND

Pictures closing at Warmers strand tonight include Sweet Adeline" and "The President Van ishes."
 Tomorrow brings Shirley Tem. pie in Bright Eyes, her newest and best picture. "Bright Eyes" was conceived as a Shirley Temple vehicle by David Butler, who di- rected the film. The story WAS suggested to him, 1t is said, by a real-life incident occurring at commercial airport near Los An- geles.
 Relating the idea to Sol M. Wurtzei, Fox Film producer, he found the latter at once fired with enthusiasm. Together with Edwin Burke, famous screen writer who adapted Bad Girl' and other hits, Butler was promptly put to work by the delighted producer, setting the idea down on paper. Then Its adaptation was handled by Will liam Conselman. Apparently 1t represents an entirely new type of vehicle for the remarkable child player.
 once more James Dunn is cast as shirlcy's leading man--a fact which is said to have enchanted the young star. Jimmy appeared as her daddy in "Stand Up ma Cheer" and Baby, Take a Row." and Shirley has eyes for no one else, they say, when he is on the set.
 The companion feature is Law Beyond The Range" starring Tim Mccoy. Tim Is seen as ranger who helps a pal escape murder charge. For this he is busted from the rangers. An old friend of Tim's father dies and bequeaths him his small newspaper. Tim Journeys south and takes up the reins of publisher. Complications arise when an opposing element takes arms against tho new pub fisher. Then Tim actually gets into action!
 There is Q very fascinating hero ino in Law Beyond the Range" called Billie Seward. She Is attrac- tive and does q swell job as Gloria