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Evening star., 1936-11-08
Arlington.

these Is years. There Is no record
of their numbers.
Some who come, whether in fam
lily parties or greater tourist groups.
have grim war memories of their own
that wake again beside that tomb.
Some, an always increasing number,
are too young for poignant recollec-
tions to be stirred.
Comrades Keep Tryst.
And there come, too, year by year
on some special day privately set
apart for such observance, a dwin-
ding few who seem to keep tryst
here, beside his fallen comrade. with
memories of father. son or sweet
heart who also fell. to lie forever
unknown lover there"
Time nor the hand Of man has
little changed the peaceful setting
of the Unknown's Tomb since No.
vember II, 1921, when the heart Of
the Nation throbbed to the solemn
cadence of his funeral dirge and lifted
above his bier.
The massive stone, with its craven
bas-relief figures, its valor symbols
and simple legend, lifts high above
the low granite pedestal deep within
which the casket was placed.
A sentry walk spans the wide
terrace. There Army comrades Of
another generation, trim in cap and
olive drab, with cleaning buttons,
polished leather and glittering steel
Of warless soldering days, keep the
long vigil. A sentry box at outer end
affords them shelter against storms
that never halt the soldierly watch.
Behind the tomb rises the facade Of
the memorial amphitheater, itself a
nations tribute to the memory Of all
its soldier and sailor war dead. With
in, ranked in glass covered cases, row
on row, are the valor medals, the high
est honors, betokening service above
and beyond the call of duty, lavished
on this unknown American not by
his own countrymen alone, but by the
governments of former war associates,
which jealousy guard the award Of
such decorations.
Flowers Always on Hand.
And at the tomb or clustered here
with the medals, crosses and ribbons
are always flowers, kept until they
wither. Sometimes great floral pieces
mark the coming Of some ceremonial
visitor or war comrade organization;
sometimes 1t is just an armful Of cut
flowers or even a single blossom laid
at the tomb by reverent unknown
hands.
Over In that section Of this great
last encampment of valor reserved
for those who fell or fought in older
wars, the ranked, orderly rows of
headstones have grown q bit grayer,
perhaps, these Is years.
There are few among them un-
stained by time to mark q frequent
coming Of recruits. The aged, tot
tering ranks Of the living veterans
Of the SOS are too thin. Their last
muster here is almost complete.
Here and there among the head
stones that keep such soldierly align
ment over the soldier dead below
are those occasional fiat-topped mark
ers that tell that he who sleeps be-
meath, like the unknown below that
huge marble block, lost name as well
Evening star., 1936-11-08
SCOUTS SALUTE
BOYS OF FRANCE
Place Wreath on BarthoIdi
Fountain--De Laboulaye
/. and Moore Speak.

a gesture Of friendliness from the
Boy Scouts OF Washington to their
fellow Scouts in France, wreath was
placed yesterday on the Barthold1
Fountain, during exercises at which
Acting Secretary Of State r. Walton
Moore and Ambassador Andre de
Laboulaye of France were speakers.
The Bartholdi Fountain, located in
the rock garden at First street and In
dependence avenue, is one Of the three
works of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
in America of which the Salute Of Lib
erty, recently rededicated, is the most
famous. Boy Scouts Of Washington,
wishing to express their good will to
their French fellow Scouts, arranged
the exercises as an aftermath to the
recent program in New York where
President Roosevelt spoke.
DR.. Paul Bartsch, vice president OF
the District of Columbia Council, Boy
Scouts of America, presided, and the
wreath was placed by Raymond Hale.
assistant scoutmaster to Troop 80, at
the conclusion of the program. DR..
Bartsch presented the two disting-
uished guest speakers.
Acting Secretary Moore spoke in
praise of the Boy Scouts as an organi-
Eation transcending national boun-
diaries and dedicated to the interna-
tional promotion of common pros
perity, happiness and peace. Speak
ing of Bartoldi, he declared the French
sculptor would never be forgotten as
long as the light atop the Statue Of
Liberty flashes over New York Har-
bor.
Ambassador de Laboulaye, whose
grandfather, Edouard de Laboulaye,
was chairman of the French committee
which sponsored the presentation OF
Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty to the
American people, and who was him.
self friend of the Alsatian sculptor.
replied for France. He said it was
peculiarly appropriate that the Boy
Scouts should present the wreath in
memory Of Bartholdi inasmuch as the
funds for the creation of the Statue
Of Liberty came partly from the PEN
nies of children both here and in
France. He promised to forward the
extended greetings to the French Boy
Scouts.
Also present at the ceremony with
the French Ambassador was U. Fran
co.'s de Tessau, secretary Of state, and
minister Of Alsace Lorraine.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
Unknown Soldiers Tomb After IS Years
Countless Thousands Americans Have Made Pgrmages
to Quiet Wnd-Swept Hillside in
ow on Row Of Graves.

as life in battle three-fourths Of q
century ago.
Row on Row Of Graves.
In the World War section Of the
cemetery, beyond the grass-grown
ramparts Of the old fort, browsing on
the hilltop now, surrounded by that
quiet company. where once 1t glow
cred definance from grim gun muz-
zles in the SOS, it is a different tale.
Row on row, sweeping away over
the swelling breasts of grassy hills and
down through wooded swales and
hollows, the long, ranked columns OF
whittier headstones march. This is
the resting place Of comrades at arms
of the unknown in his niche above,
and their number has risen steadily
year by year since he came from
France to join them.
The years are touching with kindly
hands those serried ranks of white
stones. Like the once cleaning white
of the pillared amphitheater above,
open to the sky, to sun and rain and
snow and all the winds that blow,
the hurrying years have paused to
soften the austerity Of the color
scheme. Older headstones like the
carved and f1uted stone Of the amphi-
theater take on q deeper tint year
by year, in keeping with the autumnal
coloring of trees and shrubs about
them as each November Armistice
day dawns.
Since the dedication IS years age
of the Unknown Soldiers Tomb al
Arlington as a tribute to all the other
unknown World War dead who still
sleep overseas, the Battle Monuments
Commission, under Craftsmanship OF
Gen. Pershing, has completed the
American war cemeteries in France
In those fields of honor the special
headstones that mark unknown dead
cluster thickly. There are some 1,64l
graves in France SO marked.
Many Still 'Missing."
Yet that is not the full toll Of wal
upon identity as well as life. None
knows how many more unknown lie
still where they fell in battlefield
shell craters, filled again by a second
shell bast. under trench walls toppled
by bombardnent to bury the mer
who manned the works, in deep dug
outs riven by bursting bombs.
Out of the tens of thousands listed
as missing at the close of the struggle
many have been located among The
living, but 1t is estimated that the
presumed dead" never found totaL
perhaps another 1900 unknown com.
rades still In France.
BY comparison with the army ol
unknown dead left in the wake of ths
battles Of the SOS, the World Wal
figures are small. War Department
records show that in the nationa
cemeteries throughout this country
there are 155,036 graves of nameles!
soldiers, the great majority Of then
who fell on the fields Of the war be.
tween the States. None knows how
many more never were recovered from
battlefield graves.
And for all these unknown, whether
sleeping forever in France or in the
soil of their own land, the Tomb oi
the Unknown Soldier at Arlington
has become through the years the
special altar at which a people pays
Its own endless tribute to their valor,
Evening star., 1936-11-08
STEAMER MISSING
AFTER CALL FOR AID
Crew Of SO on Ship From Boston
to Puget Sound Heard Near
San Salvador.

SAN DIEGO. Calf, November T.
The freighter Timber Rush, reported
sinking nearly 1000 miles south Of
here in an SOS flashed late yesterday,
has been unheard from since, COM
mercial and Coast Guard radio sta
tions reported today. The freighter
carries crew of 80.
Position of the ship was given as
$50 miles northwest Of San Salvador.
No hint as to the nature Of the
freighter's trouble was given In the
brief emergency message.
The 5,000-ton vessel was en- route
to Puget Sound from Boston and way
points. Because Of the ships great
distance from San Diego, the Coast
Guard here was unable to dispatch
Q cutter.
Evening star., 1936-11-08

Kendrick, Katherine w. Miller,
George r. Reed. Mary s. Reid, honor
student for the second and third sue
cessive years, and Sarah p. Clark (de-
ceased), honor student for three sue
cessive years. received the Kappa Cup
award for 1884.
The program will consist of an or
gan solo by Lucille l.. Anderson, roll
call of honor students and presenta-
ton Of Kappa Cup by President
Mordecai w. Johnson, IN address by
DR.. Alain L. Locke, professor Of
philosophy: a vocal solo by Clarence
E. Jacobs, THE Honor Society,"" by
George r. Reed and singing alma
mata.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
Catholic University.

THE Washington Chapter Of the
Catholic University Alumni have
completed plans for q gigantic cele-
bration of its tenth annual home
coming game. Festivities will begin
with the influx of thousands on FRI
day, when the traditional monster
pep rally" sounds the inaugural note.
The annual smoker, an institution in
the reunion proceedings since 1929.
will Immediately follow the rally"
being held at Auth's Provision House.
1t will be q combination of q smoker
and an oyster roast, enlivened by the
usual informal type Of entertainment.
Another feature Of the three-day cele-
bration Is the decennial luncheon,
scheduled for noon on Saturday, the
14th, before the main event of the
day. The decennial luncheon will be
in honor Of the Glasses of '06, 'l6
and '26, and will be held in the uni
versity dining hall, on the campus of
the school. On the night of the game
the annual alumni dance will be held
in the Fairfax Room Of the Willard
Hotel where dancing to the music
Of Bob Dunnington, Class Of '33, will
be enjoyed from 10 to /. The dance
will be informal.
The committee in charge is headed
by Chairman Dick Galiher Of Wash
ington. D. c., Class of '35, who may
be reached for any information at
his law ofices in the Woodward
Building, at Fifteenth and H streets.
Galiher will also assist in the regis
tration Of the alumni.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
HIGH COURT TO WEIGH
i P. w. A. POWER LOAN
Legality of Allotment for South
Carolina Plant Up Before
State Supreme Court.
b the Associated Press.

By the Associated freSS.
Long litigation over the legality Of
b $2,600,000 Public Works Admins
tration allotment to Greenwood Coun-
ty, S. c., for a publicly owned hydro
electric plant is scheduled for argu-
ment before the Supreme Court this
week.
The case, before the court on ap-
beal by the Duke Power Co. Of Char
aotte, N. c., is expected to be reached
Tuesday. Solicitor General Stanley
Reed will head the staff of Govern
ment attorneys, while Newton D.
Baker, former Secretary of War, will
be chief counsel for the Duke COM
pany.
Considerable importance is attached
DO the case because numerous SINH
lar cases are pending in the courts
challenging the validity Of Govern
ment allotments for public power
plants.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
Preaching Mission Set.

HILLSBORO, Va. November Z
(SpeciaD Beginning Tuesday and
closing Friday, preaching mission
will be held In st. Paul's Lutheran
Church at Nerrsville. with the follow
ing visiting ministers present: Tues
day, Rev. Harry v. King Of Baltimore;
Wednesday, Rev. Herbert M. Payne.
Landsdown, Md; Thursday, Rev. Paul
M. Iieichman, Frederick, Md, and
Dumdalk, Md. The services will be
held each evening beginning at 7:3o
o'clock.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
Mclean League Elects.

MCLEAN, Va. November z ,(Spe-
ciaD.-Henry Huschka has been re-
elected president Of Mclean School
and Civic League. Other officers In
clude John Payne. first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. ]. Hunter Mack, second
vice president; Comdr. Henry g..
Shonerd,, recording secretary: J.
Hunter Mack, corresponding secrc-
tayy and Alfred souder. treasurer.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
WILL SHOW BYRD film
Special Dispatch to ~he Star.

Special Dispatch to -he Star.
VIENNA, Va, November 7.-Omclal
motion pictures Of Admiral Byrds
expedition to Little America Will be
shown in the local elementary school
the evening of November II under the
sponsorship Of Ayr Hill Garden Club
Benefits from the program viii be
used to complete work on the school
grounds. Charles Lofgren, who ac-
companied Admiral Byrd on the trip,
win explain the pictures. Mrs. W. w.
Louk is in charge Of arrangements for
the program.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
Librarian Reviews Book.

RIVERDALE, Md, November z
'(SpeciaI Miss Grace Barnes, IL
brarian Of the University of Maryland,
gave book review before a meeting
of the Current Topics Club here last
evening, with Mrs. Luther Munson
presiding.
Mrs. John Harlan was hostess, as
sisted by Miss Isabelle Freeand and
Mrs. Robert N. Eggleston. The cur
rent event forum was led by Miss
Nan Smith. Plans are being made
for amateur" night In December.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
When nameless douohboy from
q battlefield grave in France ipns
buried among the Nations heroes in
Arlington Cemetery on November
II, 1921, Kirke Simpson reported
the ceremonies for the Associated
Press. His brilliant Dispatches
anonymous until public demand
made necessary formal announce
ment OF his authorship-pon
Simpson a Pulitzer prize. After IS
gears, on the eDe OF another Arn,i-
stice day, Simpson iUrites another
story of Americas Unkno1Dn Sol
dter.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
BY KIRKE SIMPSON,
Associated Press Staff Writer.

Fifteen years have fed by on winged
feet since that Autumn day when
Nation stilled for moment all the
feverish tumult, the myriad comings
and goings, the babble Of tongues,
the roar Of commerce that Is its daily
life, to stand in fancy beside grave
on a quiet wind-swept Virginia hill
side.
None ever will know who it is who
sleeps there, laden with honors no
other American ever has known. None
ever will know whence he came, just
where and how he died or what his
race, creed or color.
This Is his whole known history
and his glory; that he gave not only
life, but identity for the nag, some
where in France.
The rumbling echoes Of the guns
that were hushed on that first
Armistice day fall fainter now on
memory's ear, farther away down the
lengthening corridor Of the years. Yet
through the decade and a half since
the will Of people made the tomb Of
an American soldier who fell unknown
In France its own special shrine to
the valor Of its dead of all wars, q
multitude of Americans have come to
see it for themselves.
Day in and day out through the
changing seasons, q never-ending pill
grimage threads its way to the high
terrace In Arlington National Gene
terry where the tomb stands.
Americans Pay Tribute.
Sometimes there are few, some
times many; but rare the day in all
those is years when none has come
to stand awhile beside the massive,
carved marble block that covers the
stone niche in which the Unknown
Soldier Ies-"in honored glory /.
known but to God"
These are humble folk, paying their
own tribute; just Americans from
every nook and corner Of wide land.
They. have no part in the ceremonial
visits to that tomb that have become
q ritual Of public life in Washington.
That Is q ritual that takes Presi-
dents on Armistice day anniversaries
to lay q wreath Of remembrance
against the great stone, that calls
almost all visiting dignitaries from
foreign lands, be they royalties or AM
bassadors Of sister republics, even Of
flcial spokesmen Of once enemy states,
to the brooding quiet Of Arlington
Cemetery on like missions.
No pomp or circumstance marks
the coming and going Of unknown
thousands who have trod that terrace
Evening star., 1936-11-08
Fire Chief Renominated.

COTTAGE CITY, Md, November 7
(SpeciaD Samuel Tayman has been
renominated as chief of the Cottage
City Volunteer Fire Department, with
Francis Won Pelt and John Nebel for
assistant chief; T. Weston Scott for
secretary and Nels Rasmussen. for
treasurer.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
Columbia Tech.

THE Columbia Technical Institute
has prepared an interesting exhibit
Of the original television transmitting
and receiving equipment designed and
used by the late DR.. Francis c. jenkins.
The transmitting aerials are still on
the grounds Of the former residence Of
DR.. Jenkins on Georgia avenue extend
ed, where he conducted his many ex-
periments in the television field.
This exhibit has been assembled in
the lobby on the third floor of the
schools quarters at 1919 F street, and
the public Is invited during the day
from 8 am. to S pm. and in the eve
ming between 7 and 8 pm.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
Georgetown University.

GEORGETOWN NIvERSTTY'S
~ Mask and Bauble Club will open
its dramatic season next month with
the presentation of one Of Broad
ways most recent successes, yellow
Jack" the science drama which por-
trays the historic role Of DR.. Walter
Reed and his associates in discovering
Evening star., 1936-11-08
Trinity College.

TRINITY COLLEGE seniors will
celebrate their class day on We'd
nesday, when they will entertain them
selves and the members of the three
lower classes with the traditional class
day exercises.
The class will gather at the "well"
in the main building at noon for the
class "sing." there will be a number Of
special features on the program for
the afternoon, and the day will end
with the class play in the evening.
Bernadette Whelan, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph r. Whelan Of
Grantwood, N. j., is in charge Of
general arrangements. In addition
there is q committee on decorations
Evening star., 1936-11-08
ACRE BRINGS $4,000
Sale Price One Of Highest in War
renton Area.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WARRENTON, Va, November T.
Edwin B. King has sold to the War
renton Supply Co. approximately one
acre Of land at the junction Of Lee
Highway and James Madison High
way. The purchase price is reported
as $4,000 and it Is understood that
the purchaser is to have immediate
possession and build an up-to-date
filling station.
This is one of the highest prices
ever paid for unimproved land near
the corporate limits Of Warrenton.
The sale was made by the office Of j.
Green Carter.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
Helpful Suggestion.

MUNHALL, Pa. P).-The jail is in
tested with ants and police asked sug-
gestion for getting rid Of them.
Among the flood Of calls reported by
harassed desk sergeant was this
idea:
Burn down the iailn
Evening star., 1936-11-08

and proving the cause Of yellow fever.
The play will be produced in Cas-
ton Hall ct the College Of Arts and
Sciences, on December 10, for the
first time on any Washington stage.
For this reason and the associations
of DR.. Walter Reed in Washington
emphasize the importance Of this
amateur production. Under the di-
rection Of Walter e. Shea, coach, the
Mask and Bauble cast already Is be-
ginning q month Of rehearsals.
The cast Of yellow Jack" includes
AZ speaking parts, and with few ex-
ceptions they are all important.
Frank w. Miller and william ]. Dris-
coll, jr., veterans Of past perform
ances, will take the two principal
roles. Miller will play the part Of
DR.. Reed and is expected to dupli-
cate the effective performances he
gave In other productions Of the Mask
and Bauble Club, which include "The
Fools Bauble," BOX and Cox" and
1.-THE Tavern" in which he played the
lead.
An equally important role, tnat
Of DR.. Finley, whose researches led
to the discovery Of the mosquito as
q carrier Of the fever, will be played
by Driscoll. He also was prominent
In "The Fools Bauble." the Road to
Poplars," and played the lead in
"L'Aiglon."
The production manager Of the
Dramatic Club this year Is Michael
Kivligham, and his responsibilities IN
preparing for the coming play are
sufficient to discourage q less stout
hearted amateur. The play calls for
q two-level stage and swift shifting
of scenes, some Of which are effected
by lighting only. For this purpose
Kivligham is installing two special
light towers back stage to get the
proper lighting effects.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
Howard University,


FOURTEENTH annual honors' day
exercises will be held at IL
o'clock Tuesday morning in Andrew
Rankin Memorial Chapel, Howard
University. These exercises are held
for the purpose Of encouraging and
honoring those students who have ex-
celled in scholarship during the past
year.
The Scrollers Club of Kappa Alpha
Psi Fraternity has presented silver
loving cup, the Kappa Cup. which is
awarded annually to the freshman
Of the preceding year who has main
tanned the highest average in his
work. The cup will be presented to
two students this year who tied for
first place In the freshman class
Patricia D. Stewart and Doris M.
Buchanan.
The honor students for 1856 are
Estelle j. Augustine, Julia A. Brooks,
Edward L. c. Broomes, Doris M. Bu-
chanan, William J. Davis, James w.
Fisher and william P. Goodwin.
Paxton Greene, Louise E. Hill, Mar
garet w. Jackson, James B. Mitchell
and Lemuel Penn. Jesse M. Perkins,
Frank D. Reeves, G. Waldo Scott,
Patricia D. Stewart, Hortense w.
Thompson and v. Henry Warrick.
The following are honor students
for the second successive years: Nancy
e. Brandon, Lucille e. Davis, James
D. Fowler, Leila S. Green, Martha B.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
No Horses on Many Farms

A survey showed there were no
horses on 34.571 Of 174,5So Kansas
farms.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
National University.
0R. CHARLES PERGLER, dean Of

National University Law School,
will discuss the Superstition" that
European institutions are superior to
those in this country at luncheon
meeting of the Lions Club Novem-
ber II.
DR.. Pergler's subject will be "On
Judging America" His talk will deal
with the political methods, the cul-
ture and educational endeavors in
America and abroad. 1t is expected
he will endeavor to show that the
supposed superiority abroad is more
or less Of myth. DR.. Pergler's long
political and diplomatic experience
abroad has given him first-hand
knowledge Of continental political in
stitutions.
He will also be the principal speaker
November 20 at a meeting Of the
Washington Round Table, an organi-
zation of local business men. at the
University Club.
Evening star., 1936-11-08
.HE Board Of Trustees Of Ameri-
can University will hold It's
annual meeting tomorrow ct

TINE Board Of Trustees Of Aneri-
can University will hold its
annual meeting tomorrow at
= the campus. DR.. Joseph M.
M. Gray, chancellor, viii report on
progress made by all three schools OF
the university this year.
Among the out-of-town trustees ex-
pected to be present are Fred Brown,
Charles B. Allinger and Howard c.
Baldwin Of Detroit; william r. Bige-
low, editor of Good Housekeeping;
Harry H. Flemming of Kingston, N.
Y; DR.. T. ]. Appleby Of Cincinnati.
president Of the Ohio National Life
Insurance Co.
The annual rushing season for
girls sororities ended last week with
the pledging Of "a girls to the three
sororities. The pledges are:
Alpha Sigma Chi-Mary Elizabeth
Broadbent, Frances Campbell. Vir-
ginia Christie. Jane LARSON. Betty
Reed, Pauline Schloesser. Margaret
snavely and Virginia Wakeman.
Delta 0amma-Ruth Dewey, Carol
Hunsinger, Jean Miller, Margaret
Noel. Marian Posey, Judith Rose,
Dorothy Smith and Aline Wharton.
Phi Mu-Mary Banks, Maeve Bren-
nan. Lillian Hawkins. Mary Mae
Jacobs, Phoebe Jung, Marian Loomis,
Mary Martz, Charlotte Warner.