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Evening star., 1935-01-27
STREET WIDENING
URGED At CIRCLE
Park Commission Avoids
Endorsement of Dupont
Underpass Plan.

Avoiding Endorsement of an under
pass beneath Dupont Circle as means
for speeding up traffic, the National
Capital Park and Planning Commis-
sion yesterday recommended that the
street on the east side of the circle be
widened and that car tracks be placed
there.
Due to two car tracks on the West
side of the circle and the consequent
interference with automobile traffic,
the area long has been considered a
dangerous traffic hazard. Col. Daniel
!. Sultan, Engineer Commissioner of
the District, and Capt. H. c. White
hurst, District highway engineer, pre-
sented plans to the commission, advo-
eating that 5 feet be cut from the
sidewalk on the east side of the circle
to speed up traffic. The Commission
Endorsed these plans in preference to
a previous suggestion that an under
pass be constructed.
To Urge Land Transfer.
The group decided to urge the Com
mission on Enlarging the Capitol
Grounds to transfer land under its
jurisdiction either to the District Com
missioners or the National Park Serv-
ice, so that the old canal bed, near
South Capitol street on the east side
of the Army War College might be
utilized for recreational purposes. This
transfer, according to Thomas S. Set
tie, the Planning Commissions secre-
tary, would benefit school buildings
VNlo in fhn ITinif1itN
Preliminary plans for the new Fed
eral Reserve Board Building, to be
erected at Twentieth street and Con-
Stitution avenue, received commission
Endorsement.
The commission referred to the Co.
ordinating Committee-on which the
Federal and District governments
have representation-plans for de-
tails of Fort Drive, the projected mo-
tor highway linking Washingtons
Civil War forts. The commission ap-
proved the plan in principle, but de-
sired more detailed study
Tenley Circle Plan Approved.
Plans for better coordination of
streets at Tenley Circle. where Wis
SOA4ouI dNClue IIllSlSeClS NeDTdSkd
avenue, were approved. These were
submitted by John Nolen, jr., director
of planning. and T. C. Jeffers, land
scape architect.
The staff of the commission was in
structed to draw up detailed plans for
Montgomery Blair Portal, at Six
teenth street and the District line
Relatives of Blair, Postmaster General
under Lincoln, are interested. Settle
said, in seeing an adequate entrance
to the National Capital created at
that point
The commission deputized Settle
and Nolen to represent it at the hear
ing Wednesday, at Arlington County
Court House, on the Lee Boulevard
DEVELOPMENT
Evening star., 1935-01-27
BOER WAR FIGURE DIES
IN NEW YORK AT IA
Mrs. A. A. Blow Helped Equip
British Hospital Ship-Deco-
rated by Queen Victoria.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 26-Mrs. A.
A. Blow, "a, who at the turn of the
century helped equip and man the
British governments first hospital
ship for use during the Boer War,
died last night after a stroke.
At the time of the Boer War Mrs.
Blow was living in London with her
husband, mining engineer, since dead.
She organized a fund among Ameri-
cans in London, secured the gift Of a
cattle freighter, the Maine, from the
American Transport Line, and had
the ship fully equipped.
A staff of American physicians was
then imported and the Maine turned
over to the British government.
Mrs. Blow was later granted pri-
vate audience with Queen Victoria
and was conferred the decoration of
Lady of Grace of the Order of St.
John of Jerusalem in recognition of
her services.
Mrs. Blow was born in Joliet, III,
granddaughter of former Gov. Matte
son of that State.
Evening star., 1935-01-27
BY GRACE HENDRICK EUSTIs.

DR.. Rebecca Stoneroad. veteran di-
rector of physical education in the ele-
mentary schools of the District, whose
retirement was accepted with regret by
the Board of Education January g.
says that her ambition is to be a
lobbyist and get increased appropria-
tions for activities in public schools
in general and physical education in
particular.
Lobbying is civic duty" the doc
tor said smiling, with the vast wisdom
Of 49 years Of service behind her
Coming from upstate New York, a
graduate of the Oswego Normal
School, in 1885. she settled in Wash
ington with the JOB of teaching a
fifth grade class. Gradually she de-
veloped the idea of integrating physi-
cal exercises with history. music and
geography. 1t was pioneer work in
those days, but she slowly acquired
the backing Of her fellow teachers and
educators all over the country.
Book Published in 1898.
In 1898 she published an enchant-
ing book Of exercises for the first two
years of school. The object of the
book is explained in the frontispiece
thus, BY appeal to the child's imag
ination, love of action and imitation
she has built up definite system of
training that arouses interest. is pro-
ductive Of delight and relieves the
teacher, of much of the tedium OF
gymnastic drill"
For the first-year pupils. the fol-
lowing chapters, all illustrated with
the gentle drawings Of the times, were
written, Trees in a Storm" Autumn
in the Woods" Christmas Morning,
Snow Play etc. For the second
year, "A Trip to the Zoo" Santa
Claus Visit" "A Country VISIT" and
others.
The chapters begin with a descrip-
tion of what children would do, as
in the one called "a Country Visit"
1T is beautiful Spring day and
some boys and girls have come to the
country to visit their grandfather who
meets them at the station with his
carriage. As they drive along they
bow pleasantly to the people passing
on each side Of the road. When they
reach the house and jump from the
carriage the sight of large pump in
the yard reminds them they are very
thirsty. Then all pump until their
fingers are so stiff they have to shake
them vigorously. From then on until
dinner they blow the pinwheels their
grandfather gave them, swim in the
river and skip on the lawn"
Exercises illustrated.
This is followed by several exercises,
Illustrating the actions of bowling,
pumping the water, breathing (blow-
ing grandfather's pinwheeD, SWIM
ming and skipping.
In what were called auditorium
gymnasiums, in the elementary
schools, she organized games, exer-
cises with bean bags and books, drills,
recess plays and folk dances. In the
Spring and Fall she persuaded the
teachers to take these classes of small
children out in the public Fairgrounds,
where they got the benefit of sun and
fresh air Always, these games and
exercises were done with an eye to
good posture and correct walking.
Now, due in large part to the con-
sistant and effective work by DR..
Stoneroad, physical exercise has be-
come an intrinsic part of elementary
Evening star., 1935-01-27
Fiue Child Players Eligible
For Motion Picture A1Uard

Norma Shearer, winner OF the 1929-30
period, who appeared in the same pic
ture; Katherine Hepburn. who won
the gold statuette last year for her
characterization in Morning Glory"
and who has since appeared in Spit
fire" and The Little Minister"
Other film players eligible are Leslie
Howard for Human Bondage: Bette
Davis, "Of Human Bondage; Claudette
Colbert, Imitation of Life; Loretta
Young, "The White Parade; Wallace
Beery, viva Villa; George Arliss
The House of Rothschild"; Frederic
March. Design for Living" I'VE Live
Again" and The Barretts Of Wimpole
Street"
Evening star., 1935-01-27
HduptmannJ Jurors
Stair Trips Cut
By Heart AiIment
Physician Says No. IL
Is in No Danger of
Collapse.
BY the Associated Press.
ET TNETNGTNN NJ

By the Associated Press.
PENNINGTON, N. j.. January &C.
--Iiscom Case member of the Haupt-
mann murder trial jury, had treat
ment from a local physician for a
recurring heart ailment today.
The No. II Juror has had heart
trouble for some years. it was said,
and as a precautionary measure DR..
B. S. Fuhrmann was called to ex-
anime him and prescribe.
DR.. Fuhrmann said Cases condi-
tion was not serious and danger Of
collapse during the trial was remote.
The Juror will be served meals in
his room hereafter, reducing the
number of trips up and down stairs.
Evening star., 1935-01-27
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, January 26.-A ro-
nance that began in jail will culmi-
nate in marriage next Friday for DR..
Arthur w. Nelson, formerly of Wash
irgton. D. c., and Mrs. Emily G. Pad
dleford.
They met, fell in love, and became
engaged while they we're serving terms
in the Ventura County Jail. Today
they filed notice to wed in Ventura.
A justice of the peace will perform
Evening star., 1935-01-27
Beard 1875 Inches Long.

STOCKHOLM, January 26 (P).-
The longest beard in Stockholm dur
ing 1884 was worn by one Oscar Olson
whose hirsute adornment reached
1915 inches from the point of his
chin. including a growth of one CEN
timeter during the year.
Evening star., 1935-01-27
PASSPORT is TAKEN

: I6uCu 16dSdHIo 4M1sLdNc O1II4SA
Airwoman for Spy.
VESOUL, France, January 26 R).-
The French peasants suspicious of
foreigners, coupled with his reading
of spy scares, have cost Kate Miller.
English airwoman, her passport.
When Miss Miller was forced to
land in nearby field on flight from
London to Capetown, the countryfolk
booed her with cries Of spy" and a
man who said he was the mayor
seized her passport.
Vesoul officials rescued the flyer, but
she never recovered her papers.
Evening star., 1935-01-27
FARM INCOME 6 BILLION
Increase of Billion Over Former
Year Reported.

Total cash income Of farmers dur
ing 1884 yesterday was reported by
the Bureau Of Agricultural Economics
to have totaled s6.oel ,o00, 900.
This represented an increase of
81 ,040, ,000, 900 over 1888, being made
up of increases of s645 ZOO, 900 from
marketing Of crops and live stock and
1895. 100000 from benefit payments
and sales of live stock to the Govern
ment.
Income from all sources during
December totaled S488, 8,000,0 900, COM
pared with $561 900 900 in November
and $429.0oo,Ooo in December, 1888,
the bureau said.
Evening star., 1935-01-27
0ne-House Bill Passed.

JUNEAU, Alaska, January 26 (P).-
The lower house of the Territorial
Legislature today unanimously passed
the Green bill providing for a one
house legislature.
Evening star., 1935-01-27
MOTHER is INDICTED
Staying of Son and Bride Charged
by Texas Grand Jury.

Dy 1eXas Grand Jury.
GATESVILLE, Tex, January 26
Pl.-Mrs. Ethel Johnson, IS, was in
dicted today for the Staying of her
son, Joe Blankenship. 20, and his
l9-year-old bride. Bernice, on a farm
near here August l9.
More than 100 witnesses we're sum-
moned before the grand jury in the
investigation Of the deaths. once
called a murder and suicide by a
coroner's verdict.
Sheriff Joe White said he had
asked Dallas officers to arrest Mrs.
Johnson, wife of a Federal Radio
Commission inspector.
The bodies of the youth and his
bride of less than year were found
lying side by side on the farm of
Mrs. Johnson's father, George Mid
dick, near here. A pistol lay nearby.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
LATE CHICKS REQUIRE
CAREFUL MANAGEMENT

Chicks Matched in the late spring
require more careful attention thar
those Matched earlier in the season.
Approaching hot weather and the
danger of infection with disease add
to difficulties of raising late chicks
explains Roy S. Dearstyne, head OF
the State College poultry department
The aim in good chick development
is to secure rapid growth during
the first eight or ten weeks, he says,
with the birds attaining weight of
about two pounds at the end of this
period.
After this time, growth proceeds
more slowly while the birds are stor-
ing reserve in their tissues to take
care of the demands made upon them
in the egg-laying season.
If hot weather is allowed to check
their early growth, Dearstyne points
out, the birds may not reach norm
al size. They also miss the abundant
supply of tender green feed available
earlier in the var.
Birds raised to weight of two
pounds by May l are less liable to
acute outbreaks of coccidiosis than
those Matched late in the season.
Warm, moist atmospheric conditions
appear to increase the spread Of this
disease among small chicks, he OBJ
serves.
Care sould be exercised not to over
heat or underventilate houses in which
late chicks are being raised, Dear
styne cautions. However, the house
should not be allowed to chill on cold
nights.
The chicks should be turned out
into the sunshine whenever the wealth
er is suitable. Rigid sanitation should
be practiced. Droopy and undeveloped
birds should be culled out, since they
are not likely to develop into good
birds and they also may be disease
carriers.
During the hot months, range
shelter which can be readily moved
provides good method of protecting
the chicks from the heat while allow
ing them to Craze on green stuff. Cod
liver oil or alfalfa leaf meal should
be added to their diet if they do not
get an abundant supply Of green feed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
FARM AND GARDEN
SPRING CALVES MAKE BETTER
BEEF CATTLE

Careless breeding methods are
costing North Carolina beef cattle
growers large sums of money.
One of. the most serious faults is
that Of allowing the bull to run with
the herd throughout the year, said
L. I. Case, al sbandma ,iw-, anshrdlu
State College.
This practice results in calves be-
ing dropped at all seasons. Lat sum-
mer and fall calving is bad for both
the cows and their offsprings, Case
pointed out.
Usually cows which have to nurse
calves during the winter are kept in
a poor condition, and the calves fail
to make good growth. Death losses
of cows and calves are increased.
Case further stated that calves
which do not get good growth early
in life seldom develop into high grade
animals. Spring seems to be the most
favorable calving season for beef cat
tie.
Records have shown that spring
calves gained an average of 271.5
pounds from May 1 to November /,
while fall calves gained only 1895
pounds in the same length of time.
At the Blackland experiment sta
ton, Wenona, N. c., the bull is allow
ed to run with the herd only in May,
June, and July.The calves are dropped
the following February, March, and
April. They are weaned in November
and wintered separately from the rest
of the herd. --.....
This practice appears to give the
best results, Case pointed out, and it
may be followed on practically all
North Carolina farms.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30

quarter had increased 31.4 per cent
over the same period in 1884.
In the eighth federal reserve area,
where approximately 60 per cent Of
the country's stoves are manufacture
ed, production has increased steadily
in all but one of the last IL months
The increase, compared to a similar
period the year before, range from 10
to so per cent.
Replacement of the old style wood
and coal burners by more ornamental,
colorful, effectively designed stoves
was credited by several manufacture
ers for the increased sales. All agreed
the bettered position of the farmers
had been the chief factor in charging
the market.
Purchase of new stoves in the reno
walton of hotel and restaurant kitch-
ems was listed as another factor in
eht improvement. ~
The increase in orders has brought
larger and longer payrolls, speeded
up production, and rekindled optim-
ism among foundry owners.
"The increase had been gradual and
healthy" one midlewestern manufac-
turer said. ave think it will continue,
because the farmer is getting better
prices for his products and is conse-
quently himself the best potential
market in the nation" Most of the
wholesale stove orders have been
placed by mail order firms, 90 per
cent Of whose business is in rural
areas.
'Stove producers are just waking
up to the fact they have to keep step
with other lines of business" one
manufacturer said in explaining his
firms improvement. "The automobile
and refrigerator makers avoided
slumps as much as possible by
"streamline" designs and other moves
to keep up with modernized public
taste. We're doing the same thing
now, and it's paying dividends"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
SEEING FARMER MILK cow
THRILLS GOTHAM YOUTHS

4-s
New York.-A gang Of Manhattan
school kids, who get little thrill out
of seeing notables promenade Broad.
way, went into state of virtual de-
lirium as they watched a farmer milk
a cow.
They whooped and shrieked with
excitement around the city's sport.
able farm"
"Lookit!" screamed one young ag-
ricultural expert from the Bronx
when Farmer one appears with his
shiny milk pail. "He's going to wash
the cow
"Whatza kow!" exclaimed one
Brooklyn lass about ten years old.
"You said it, my fran" replied a
schoolmate, in an accent that would
hardly be termed rural.
The farm on wheels, complete with
farmers daughter, is the idea of
James V. Mulholland of the park de-
partment, who wanted city kids to see
what real barn looks like.
The personnel of the travelling
"stock company" includes a red Jers-
ey cow and her twin 17-day-old
calves, sheep and two lambs, a goat
and two frisky kids about a month
old, white turkey gobbler, a little
russell pig and hen and four chicks.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
QUEEN MARY SETS A
GOOD EXAMPLE AS A
!, THRIFTY HOUSEWIFE
(By Gay Talbot)

London.-Asked to give a pen por-
trait of Queen Mary, first lady of
England, the average American wom-
an would find herself stumped after
recalling that she is sort of hand
some ageless queen who always
wears a turban that they make jokes
about and who is never seen in public
without silk umbrella.
That is the lesson the picture pages
have taught for rs years, since she
assembled the throne with her sailor
husband, King George. There is, how
ever, as Britons are fond of pointing
sout, a good deal more to Queen Mary
than that.
She has, for instance, known COM
parative poverty and lived in part of
rented house. She is an ardent
housekeeper; so ardent that none Of
the scores of servants in Buckingham
Palace is ever certain she won't pop
up the next minute and find dust on
the mantle.
Furthermore, she wears those hats
because she likes them. She discover
ed many years ago that the particu-
lar model became her more than any
other shape. She has ordered them by
the dozen ever since. She wears pearl
grey costumes for much the same
reason.
She has devoted most of the last
Is years to trying to modernize the
great house at the head of the Mall,
refurnishing one room at time and
gradually getting things to suit her
taste. It's been trial. they say.
The queens knowledge of house
keeping comes from personal expert
ence. AS daughter of the Duchess of
Teck, an amazingly unconventional
and improvident woman, most of her
girlhood was spent helping cope with
domestic difficulties.
Lived in Cottage
The duchess, although possessed OF
only a modest income, was the most
enthusiastic first-nighter in London
and believed in entertaining one and
all, including theatrical celebrities
on a lavish scale. AS a result, there
came a time when the future queen
then 1e, and her mother had to go to
Italy for a couple Of years to econo-
mize. That was when she lived in the
rented house, or part Of it.
Even after she married George
then the Duke of York, things were
none too rosy. The dukes income was
small, the cottage in which they lived
at Sandringham was even smaller
and as the royal children continued
to arrive economy became a real
problem. Mary kept her own house
books and even did much of her own
shopping.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
PIONEERS DRAW
LOTS TO OBTAIN
ALASKA FARMS

Palmer, Alaska, May 29.-Men
lately off the relief rolls in the Mid
die West drew 40-acre farms out of
hat here today.
There was a tract of rich valley
land for every participant in the gov
ernment's lottery for places in the
Matanuska valley colonization pro-
ject. The object of the drawing was
to settle the matter of locations.
AS the drawing proceeded in an
atmosphere of POPULARITY, the govern
ment went lady luck one better and
announced participants would be per-
mitted to swap locations among
themselves if not satisfied.
The drawing" then began, with
the men lining up and filling by, pick
ing out of hat pieces of paper on
which were written the locations of
the 40-acre tracts.
The second, and last, contingent of
1876 husbands and heads of families
arrived here this morning, after a
night ride in day coaches from Sew
ard. The army transport st. Mihiel
locked there yesterday morning and
the wives and children were left be-
hind for a few days.
The drawing over, all were in
structed to pitch in to unload the
train, with tractors and other equip
ment to be used to move household
goods to the eight tent colony loca-
lions scattered about the valley.
From there they can be moved later
into the log houses to be built.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
IN MEMORY OF VIM. MASH

This is written in loving memory OF
our little son, William Wayne Mash
who died April a, 1885.
Little Wayne, it was sad to part
with you when you left this earth fol-
a heavenly home but you have gone
where all suffering is over. How we
miss your little footsteps, your voice
so sweet, and the sight of your curley
head.
can never forget you and / miss
YOU more each day, but I hope to
meet YOU in heaven where sad part
ing comes no more.-His Mother.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
FARMERS STOCKING
KITCHENS WITH SHINY
NEW COAL STOVES

st. Louis, May 29.-"Streamlining"
the old-fashioned coal range and an
increase in the farmers buying pow
er have brought the biggest boom in
years to the nations stove manufac-
turerS.
A survey of q leading foundries
in the middle west, New England, and
the south shows advance orders
shortly after the close of the first
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-05-30
MEETING CLOSES

The meeting at the West Jefferson
Methodist Church closed last Thurs
day night at which time Billie Dean
Miller, Eva Gale Keys, and Jack Dow
Miller Joined the church on profession
of faith. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Keys,
and Mr.. Charles Keys, Jr., are unit
ing with the Church by certificate of
membership from the Methodist
church at Glade Springs, Va.