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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-10-23

health officers in the physical examina-
tions; over $4,000 were inspected to
prevent the spread of communicable dis
eases and over 10000 visits were made
to the homes by the public health nurses
in connection with these activities.
These figures give some idea of the ex-
int of the work that is done to keep
the children in the county schools in
good health to keep them free from
avoidable physical handicaps and to pre-
vent the spread of communicable dis
eases among them"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-10-23
BAND CONCERTS

While definite arrangements have not
yet been made, it is stated that the in
door concerts by the Municipal Band
will begin the latter part of November
or the first part of December.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-10-23
KNOWS HIS YARNS

Inspector Sandys-Wunsch of the Ca
madam Mounted Police recently won first
prize in a knitting contest held in Mon
treal. No one jokes him about it, either,
as he is handy with his fists and is a
crack pistol shot.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-10-23
5000 STUDENTS IN ONE CLASS

Chicago's continued campaign to
make itself the American capital fol-
the cOuntry's music students huns mer
rily along. The latest development is a
class at Northwestern University where
more than 5000 students are sitting
down in single body every week this
fall to pry into what is called on the
curriculum Enjoyment of Music"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-10-23
NEARLY FOOT OF CORN

Joseph Grove, resident at the San
Mar Old Folks Home, exhibited an ear
of corn IL inches long. A fine crop of
corn was raised this year at the San
Mar farm.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-10-23
WORLDS BEST-LIGHTED STREET

WOAU1AD . DNOI-LIOT1IEU STREET.
The most brilliantly lighted street in
the world is Chicago's State street.
The installation will be ten years old
this month. President Coolidge turned
on the electricity with a golden tele-
graph key. Much progress has been
made since then in lighting but the
State street system has remained first
in the world.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-10-23
CHURCH COLLECTS s594.S3

AT the sixth anniversary of the u. B.
Church at Boonsboro, the sum of
$594.83 was brought in by the various
classes of the Sunday school and or
CARNATIONS of the church.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-10-23
PAVING WORK OVER FOR YEAR

PAVING WORK OVER FOR YEAR
With the completion of North Po-
tomac street, the rebuilding and paving
OF streets was brought to a close for
the year. Listed among the recently
paved streets are: Franklin street to
East avenue; East Washington street,
South Locust street and Playground
avenue.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-10-23
HELP WANTED

A PERMANENT POSITION-To rep
resent Slothower Home Products over
the Hagerstown Route. Write Slothower
Bros and Sons, Harrisburg, Pa.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-10-23
PHYSICAL EXAMS IN
SCHOOLS UNDER WAY
Steady Increase in Interest
and Cooperation of Par
ents Is Noted

The annual physical examination of
children in the public schools in the
counties was begin in each county by
the County Hath Officer, with the ap-
approval of the Department of Educa-
ton, soon after the schools opened for
the fall term.
In announcing the arrangements for
the school year. DR.. r. H. Riley, Di-
rector of the State Department of
Health, said that the plan of concen-
trating on the younger jchildren, es-
pecially those in the lower grades, which
has been followed for several fears,
would be continued in the majority of
the schools. Children in other grades
will be examined at the request of the
teacher and special attention will be
paid to those in the upper grades who
were scheduled for re-examination.
School dental clinics have been estab-
lished in nearly all of the counties and
the usual clinics will be held during the
year.
particular attention is padi in the
examination of the children Dr. Riley
added ito the general health of the
child as indicated by weight and 9th
symptoms of good or of faulty nutri-
ton; to the throat nose, teeth, vision,
hearing, the chest conditions and the
childs posture. The younger children
are selected for the examinations so that
unfavorable conditions may be detected
w ~ h.
when they can be corrected most read
lily. Reports of conditions that need
attention are sent to the homes and the
parents are always welcome at the ex-
aminations.
Largely through the activities of the
Parent-Teacher Associations and the
foIlow-up work of the public health
nurses there has been a steady increase
IN the interest and cooperation of the
parents in all matters relating to the
health and well-being of the children
in the schools. The mems service clubs
have helped greatly, too when glasses
have been needed for children with de-
fective vision or when other special SER
vices have been needed.
1.-THE physical examinations of the
children constitute only a part of the
Health Service of the County Health
Departments in the schools. Medical
insnections of children. no matter what
grade they are in, who have been ex-
posed to scarlet fever, diphtheria, meas
les, or to any of the other diseases that
are passed readily from person to per-
son. are made by the health officer and
the nublic health nurse whenever there
is danger of an outbreak of such dis
eases.
: last wear over $4,000 children in
the counties had the benefit of the care
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-10-23
CLASSIFIED
MONEY. TO LOAN

TO LOAN: Some $50 money on first
mortgages. II. T. Brewer and George
Ell. Hicks, 403 Second National Bank
Bldg.
Evening star., 1936-07-01
new POLICE UNIT
ON DUTY TODAY
Public Relations Squad to Absorb
Missing and Prevention
PureauS

A new police detail. whose duties
range from tracking missing persons
to censoring movies, came into being
today with a reorganization of the
department involving creation of an
other inspectorship and about 35 other
personnel changes
The unit is to be known as the Public
Relations Squad and absorbs functions
of the Missing Persons and Crime Pre-
vention Bureaus. 1t will operate under
the Office of the chief of detectives,
Inspector B. w. Thompson, with Lieut.
Horace w. Lineburg, now attached to
the Crime Prevention Bureau. as active
head and the following as his staff;
Pvts. John Apostilides, A. E. Fradette,
o. S. Hunt, J. O. Patton and S. D.
Scott. A policewoman and clerk are
to be named later.
Inspector Thompson said the new
squad would handle all cases of missing
persons, following them through to
ultimate solution; unidentified dead.
including drowning victims whose
bodies are unclaimed; inspection of
secondhand dealers licenses, and
movie and play censorship.
The reorganization of the depart
ment initiated yesterday with appoint
ment OF Capt. Maurice Collins, seventh
precinct commander, as inspector as
signed as night supervisor, was carried
on today with Is transfers and the
assignment Of l9 rockies from police
school to regular positions on the force
Evening star., 1936-07-01
VOL WAVE CHANGE
OPPOSED IN F. c. c.
Additional Power Denial Also
Recommended by
Examiner.

Examiner Melvin H. Dalberg of the
Federal Communications Commission
today recommended denial of the ap-
plication of Station VOL to change
its wave length and increase its
power.
Dalberg advised the commission that
although a need exists for a more
efhcient signal from the station, there
was no showing at the hearing, held in
May, that radiating efficiency of
the present antenna was equal to that
specified" in rule 131, so far as ver-
tical height is concerned.
The examiners report revealed that
VOL has made arrangements to in
crease its studio facilities by leasing
the fifth floor of new building being
erected at 1920 K street.
The applicant had requested au-
thorization to change its wave length
from 1910 kilocycles to 1880 kilo-
cycles and to increase its power from
100 to 1000 watts. Spokesman had
testified that VOL has been carrying
some programs of the Mutual Broad
casting System and declared adver-
tisers "are averse to accepting the
use of a 100watt station with
two other stations on the network, one
with $4,000 watts and one with 500
watts" the report said.
while the evidence clearly shows
that by the granting of this APPLICATION
the signal of VOL would be increased
throughout the area of the City OF
Washington, the usefulness of that
signal at night would be severely cur
tailed by the operation of other sta
tions on the same frequency" the ex-
aminer said. 1T is, therefore, be-
lieved that the granting of this appli-
cation will not serve public interest,
convenience and necessity"
The examiner said such an alloca-
tion as that requested does not ap-
pear ito be in accordance with good
engineering practice" and that the
granting of this APPLICATION would cause
objectionable interference to Station
WFBH at BaltlmNe in the daytime.
Four stations now render primary
service in the District-WOL. WJSV,
WMAL and WRC. The latter two
have applications pending for in
creased power on their presently as
signed frequencies, the report set out.
VOLS license dates back to De-
cember, 1924. It has q unit installed
in the Detective Bureau of Metro
politan Police, which is utilized daily
for broadcasts concerning missing
persons, wanted criminals and other
police matters. The examiners re-
port pointed out that the station has
given considerable time without COM
pensation to the use of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, the Central Union
Mission, the Children's Emergency
Home and the Mission Farm at
Brookeville, Md.
Evening star., 1936-07-01
Pay Checks Cut
WPct. in Traffic
Deficit Make.Up

Employees Of the Traffic Department
OF the District who received their
June 80 pay checks yesterday found
them 20 per cent below the usual
figure. In order to make UP a deficit
Of $3.50 found at the end of the year.
There were 80 persons affected, In
rluding William A. Van Duzer,
director.
Van Duzer explained that he had
appealed to Maj. Daniel j. Donovan,
District auditor, some time ago to
take care of the shortage in the last
deficiency bill, but the appropriation
was not made.
a Maj. Donovan declined to discuss
the matter, but at his office the blame
was placed on the traffic director "for
exceeding his appropriation"
u Van Duzer explained that he had
not laid off the employees in advance
OF the shortage because they pre-
-ferred to work and had expected to
have the deficiency made up.
Evening star., 1936-07-01

chanical brain" as a contributor to
the modern spread of information.
In The Star composing room 43 limos
are using tons of metal every day, just
to cast the type that makes up the
newspaper. Each machine Is in use
about IA hours a day. To feed these
Unsuitable lead-eaters. so tons of
metal are always at hand And each
machine can do five times the work
possible for the old hsnd-set expert.
When Gordon agreed to go to work
for the Star in 1892 Mergenthaler
was distraught.
'Mergenthaler looked upon me as a
son." Gordon said. He begged me to
stay with him. was fond of him. but
had said I would go with The Star.
I went. but worked at intervals with
Mergenthaler and soon came the great
day when we put in our Inotypes.
1T was an exciting time Mr..
Moves was anxious. 1t was he who
had fought for the purchase of the
machines. 'Everythings got 10 go all
right he kept telling me. I had
the confidence Of youth. 1t will be
great I assured him. We stayed up
all night the day before We were first
to print the paper with the machines.
There was no slip-up. II went of
so easy that even he was surprised"
The Star in 1893 was a 12-page six
day paper with one edition. Under
the spur of the linotype, Gordon re-
called, it was stepped up to "a pages
and then 80. The ads began to
grow. We didn't have enough print
ers to take care of the composition.
We had to work double shifts" When
the Spanish War came it put out ex-
tras with ease. In 1907 came the
Sunday paper. and when the World
War arrived the number of editions
speedily increased.
The great objection to the first
linotype was the fear that it would
dLplace throngs of printers. 1T is
amusing now to look back on the dire
predictions that were made concern
ing the linotype machines threat to
employment among type setters." Jo-
seph T. Mackay, executive vice presi-
dent Of the Mergenthaler Co, writes
in the company's newspaper, the
Linotype News"
Actually. the linotype brought
Evening star., 1936-07-01

! Fifty years ago the first linotype
spewed forth its epochal little bars
of lead in a newspaper composing
room, and in Washington there was
JOY
For Ottmar Mergenthaler, the Ger
man matchmaker who invented the
| linotype. got his start in Washington.
And James Clephane. who kept
Mergenthaler spirits from tagging
during the long. discouraging expert
mentation, was Washington lawyer.
And Philip T. Dodge, the first presi-
dent OF Mergenthaler Linotype Co.,
was another Washington lawyer
Fifty years ago newspapers were
little more than poorly printed literary
| sheets with short items of information.
Today they are fat chroniclers OF all
the worlds events-thanks to the
linotype.
Gordon Aided Inventor.
And if the newspapers can thank
the linotype. the linotype can thank
machinist.
Gordon was familiar with the first
linotype, the Blower, as it was called,
which Whitelaw Reid bought for
his New York Tribune July 3, 1886.
That was so years ago, and today
Gordon as chief machinist of The
Star composing room has spanned
the whole history of the linotype and
the latter-day revolution in printing.
The machines the Tribune used
were workable, but they lacked the
perfection which might induce other
publishers to risk installing them.
Gordon saw the blowers and noted
these imperfections when he was 60
ing from paper to paper in New York
! for the Hoe Printing Co., Brooklyn,
He had learned machinery in sugar
refinery in British Guiana.
Worked in Navy Yard.
At the turn of the '8O's he moved to
Washington and became a navy yard
machinist. But he liked type and
moved to job printing plant here and
began to think about the linotype
L went to Mergenthaler to talk
with him." he recalls. The inventor
lived in Baltimore. where he had
moved from Washington in 1876 with
August Hahl. for whom he had gone
to work upon his arrival from Ger
many in 1872.
! Gordon went to work for Mergen-
thaler and helped him build linotype
Model l." upon which all successive
! linotypes have been based. In 1892
the two men worked side by side on an
order for 100 limos, 18 of which we're
going to The Star.
Il came to The Star to talk about
Installing them. and Frank B. Noyes
hired me as chief machinist Of the
composing room. I didn't think I
had charted my whole life when I
put in those machines, but had, and
I'm glad Of it," Gordon says.
The model Is on which Gordon
worked with Mergentnaler were equip
ped with an all-important double
space band perfected by a Chicagoan
named Schucker
That band made the machines sue
cessful," Gordon said. The first ma
chimes made scarcely a dent in hand
setting until the model Is came along.
Then the change was almost miracu-
/ lous'
Since that distant day the limo
! has put the dissemination of knowl-
| edge and literature on a mass-pro-
| duction scale. Only Gutenberg S
invention Of movable type, the basis
of all printing. is ranked by authori-
ties ahead of Mergenthalers me
Evening star., 1936-07-01

about such revolutionary expansion
in the printing business that there
are still more hand settlers Of type
in the industry than there were in
1886, although their proportion is
almost inflnitesimal to the number
Of men now employed on machines p
Today, in Sc countries, are $4,000
descendants TO the clickety old origi-
nal blower which Whitelaw Reid
dared to buy The Mergenthaler Co.,
which gave the inventor S350,0O0 for
his patent (the biggest price on rec
ord TO that day. and ultimately paid
him and his estate $4,000, 900, makes
machines which will print in 20
languages. They are so perfect that
they operate faster than any printer
can finger the keys. for at the same
time they can compose one line of type,
cast another line and compose a
third line
IinotypeS are in regular service
aboard 38 steamships. among them
the new Queen Mary. and Is United
States battleships. They have been
carried across deserts by camel.
through jungles on elephants, across
tropical rivers in native canoes.
Evening star., 1936-07-01
mrs. DOYLE AGAIN
ELECTED HEAD OF
!. EDUCATION BOARD
GiIIigan Reelected Vice
President and All CON-
mittees Reappointed.
HIGH SCHOOL WEEKLY
"NOT COMMUNISTIC"
Transfers of Mrs. Merritt to Taft
Junior and Baker to Langley
Approved.

Mrs. Marion Wade Doyle today was
reelected unanimously to second
term as president Of the Board OF
Education. Henry Gilligan was re-
elected vice president and all COM
mitteeS were reappointed, pending ap-
proval by members within 10 days.
The board, at its final meeting until
next Fall, approved a report by a
special committee finding the national
high school weekly, Scholastic. to be
not commuuiStic in nature. The mag
azine will not be admitted to the
boards approved list, however, until
further action pending statement by
Maurice r. Robinson, the editor, with
regard to editorial policy.
On recommendation Of Supt. oi
Schools Frank w. Ballou, the board
approved the transfers of Mrs. M
r. Merritt, principal of Langley
Junior High School, to the principal
ship of Taft Junior High School, anG
OF Harry Baker. jr.. principal of Taft
to the post relinQuished by Mrs Mer.
rltt, who was assigned TO Langley only
last week, after Miss Bertis Backut
took Mrs. Merritt's position at the
Alice Deal Junior High School. Miss
Backus was assistant superintendent
Of schools in charge Of the character
education experiment.
DR.. Ballou submitted a report in
cooperating a plan which would make
it possible for vocational school teach
ers to qualify as junior high school
teachers. He proposed standards
necessary to the promotion, the basic
qualification being high school edu-
cation. Vocational schools are now
Classified as junior high schools un-
der law passed at the last session
OF Congress. The board referred the
superintendent's report to its COM
mittee on vocational education and
directed that copies be distributed to
members with view toward a special
meeting this Summer to consider it.
The board postponed action on q
report by DR.. Ballou on the nc
home work" experiment at the Ana.
NOcSAo OELlOOI
Robert A. Maurer. board member
complained the designation no home
work was misleading and gave par.
ents and pupils false idea. Oficia
reference to it henceforth will be tc
the supervised study" experiment, Il
was agreed.
DR.. Ballou's recommenda ton for es.
tablishment of food trades or cafe.
terra course at the Abbot Vocationa
School at the beginning of the mex
school term was approved.
The board gave its sanction to 9
long list of school consultations anc
regroupings. effective September l.
The Brown and Lafayette School.
will become the BroWn-Lafayette
School. with one principal. The Car.
berry and Ludlow Schools will be con.
solidated. as will the Madison anc
Taylor Schools, the Hilton and Pea
body Schools, Emery and lexington
and Gage and Henry.
Evening star., 1936-07-01
24,OOO IN DISTRICT
CASHBONUSBONDS
National Reports Show Half
of Securities in u.s..
Surrendered.

Approximately $4,000 Washington
veterans have certified for payment or
cashed some si0,264,0oC in bonus
bonds, according to latest figures avail
able today.
Meanwhile, the Post Office reported
the latest total from the country at
large showed 243 postmasters have
paid out some s880,0O0,0 900, or more
than half the face value of all the
bonus bonds issued. This figure was
for the two weeks ending June a.
Up to the close of the business day
yesterday, the City Post Office and its
agents had issued $8,246,650 in bonus
checks to 1866 local veterans.
The latest total from the District
Bankers Association showed the banks
had certified $2,017,915 for 4,431 vet
erans up to June "a, according to
Karl w. Corby, president of the asso-
citation.
The peak day for the local postal
department was S3,475, 800 on June
II. Issuance of checks declined until
only sl29,800 was paid to 4l6 ex-
service men yesterday.
The average bonus being cashed
here is around $3.50, postal officials
estimated
Evening star., 1936-07-01
BYRD ASKS DATA
ON j. s. EXPENSES
QUESTIONABLE Is Sent to All
Departments by Senate
Committee.
BY ], A, O'LEARY,

The long awaited QUESTIONABLE to
all Government departments and
agencies, seeking detailed informa-
tion on the scope of their functions
and the cost involved, was made pub
lie last night by Senator Byrd. DEM
ocrat, of Virginia, chairman of the
special Senate Committee on Reorgan-
ization of Federal Activities.
Accompanying it was a statement
from the Virginian summarizing the
committees intention to present to
the next Congress 1.-The best possible
plan for coordination and Simplifi-
cation of le various activities of the
Government and to reduce the pres
ent excessive cost"
To Reduce Departments.
with 40 new agencies of the Gov
ernment established in the last three
years, one of our main objectives will
be to consolidate and reduce these
emergency departments, Senator
Byrd's statement continued.
Il will guarantee that at least
the Congress will have full informa-
ton as to all duplicated efforts and
expenditures. am hopeful that pub
lie sentiment in 1887 will compel a
drastic reduction of public spending"
Previously the Senator had set forth
his desire to push the work of the
committee as rapidly as possible, with
the cooperation of the Brookings In
stitution as fact-finding agency.
Thanks McCarl for Offer.
The Senator also took occasion to
express his qualification "at the will
lingness of Controller General Nc
Carl to assist us. No man in public
life Is better qualified to aid in this
important work" McCarls term as
controller general expired last night.
Under the law an incumbent cannot
be reappointed.
The QUESTIONABLE asks the nature
Of all work carried on, the number of
employees and the amount Of admin
istrative costs.
Evening star., 1936-07-01

A PRETTY brunette-the only
~ girl life guard stationed at
~ public swimming places for
N men and women of the Dis
trict-will protect the lives of SWIM
mers at the Airport Pool this Sum-
mer. She is Miss Dorothy French.
19-year-old American University stu
dent, who yesterday outswam four
men competing for the life guard post.
Born in Washington, Miss French
learned to swim in the Potomac River
soon after she was old enough to
kick, she said. Since then she has
been training for her new Job by
workouts in pools about town.
Two years ago she passed the Red
Cross life-saving examination and
became eligible for the post she won
yesterday.