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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-27
ATHLETES RETURN
TO Be BROADCAST
C. B. S. Ready for Next
Thursdays Welcome by
New York City.

- B. s. has completed arrange
1 ments for covering" practi-
cally every phase Of New
w Yorks welcome to the home
coming Olympic athletes next Thurs
day.
Beginning at 10 am. the program
will take the listeners to the Battery
where the athletes disembark from
the liners Manhattan and Roosevelt,
then up Broadway under the inevi-
table showers of ticker tape, over into
the heart Of Harlem and finally to
the Randall's Island Stadium, where
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia will extend
the city's formal welcome.
The reception at the stadium, sched-
uled at 2:30 pm. has been arranged
by a citizens committee. Famous
sports figures Of other days-Gene
Tunney, Jack Dempsey and Babe
Rutland Bill Robinson, the tap
dancer. will introduce and present
medals to the athletes.
CHARLES COBURN, noted Broad
way actor, producer and director,
has been chosen as the seventh Judge
for the $4,000 N. B. C. Children's
Program Contest, which closes Sep
TENDER l. The judges plan to an
nounce the prize winning script about
October 10. More than 5000 entries
have been filed.
First prize will be 81 900: second.
$500; third, $500; fourth, $500, fifth,
5000. and sixth, 500.
p ESUMES of the Walker Cup golf
matches between the United
States and Great Britain at the Pine
Valley Golf Club, Clementon. N. j.,
will be given by Ben Grauer. N. B. c.
announcer. at the end Of each days
play next Wednesday and Thursday.
PRESIDENT ROOSEvELTS ad-
dress before the Third World
Power Conference to be held in Consti-
tuition Hall will be broadcast on Fri
day. September IL, from to $3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-27

~ B. 8. has completed arrange
ments for covering practi-
cally every phase Of New
W Vork'e u,alconoe IN the horoe-
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Housing administrator, who will
speak at a later date.
Basil Cameron will direct the Sc
attic Symphony Orchestra in con-
cert featuring Mozart's Jupiter"
symphony over WJSV at 7. The pro-
gram also will include Percy Grain
gers Irish Tune from County Derry"
and ballet music from Massanet's
lie Cid"
Fresh eyewitness reports on the
Spanish civil war will be presented
by H. v. Kaltenborn, news commenta-
tor, over WJSV at 8:45
Mary Boland and MitI Green Of
the screen will contribute to Rudy
Vallee's broadcast on WRC at 7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-27
ROBINSON GETS AWARD
FOR 80 YEARS. SERVICE
Telephone Company General Man
ager Receives Sapphire
Emblem,

Charles A. Robinson, general man.
ager Of the Chesapeake 81 Potomac
Telephone Co., was presented with a
sapphire service emblem yesterday on
completion of 80 years service.
The presentation was made by John
A. Remon, vice president in charge
of operations, at q luncheon rendered
by associates.
A graduate Of Johns Hopkins and
Cornell Universities, Robinson entered
the Bell Telephone system in the en-
cheering department of the New York
Telephone Co. He was appointed gen.
eral manager of the c. g. p. In West
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-27

pm. The conference will meet con-
currently with the Second Congress
International Commission on Large
Dams.
NORMA SHEARER will bring to
radio. listeners her portrayal Of
Juliet In the cinema version Of
Shakespeare's play when she appears
as guest star on the Hollywood Hotel"
program on the Columbia network
September 4. She will enact three
scenes. supported by Edna Mae
Oliver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-27

Programs marking the eighth an
niversary Of the signing Of the KEEL
logg pace pact will be heard over
two local stations today. Mrs. Es-
telle Sternberger, executive director
Of World Peaceways, Inc, will speak
over WJSV at pm. The other
programs will be on WRC at 3:45
and will feature short talks by As
sistant Secretary of State Welles, the
Argentine and Brazilian Ambassa-
doris and the Minister OF Costa Rica.
Lord Wright of Durley, lord Of
appeal in ordinance and master of
the rolls, Winnipeg, Canada, will be
principal speaker during q broad
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cast of the American Bar Association s
annual dinner over WMAL at $50.
John w. Davis, one-time Democratic
candidate for President, also will
speak on the program, which will
originate in Boston.
Mary McCormic, opera star, will
be guest of Bob Burns on the Music
Hall" program over WRC at 9. The
noted soprano will sing several selec-
lions.
Secretary OF the Interior Ickes will
speak over WJSV at GAS. The sub
ject Of his address has not yet been
announced. The Secretary's talk will
replace that scheduled to have been
given by Stewart Mcdonald, Federal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-27
EMPLOYMENT INDEX
HIGHEST SINCE 1890
Midsummer Increase Reported
Due to Manufacturing
Pickup.
B. the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
A slight increase in industrial en-
ployment between June and July, de-
scribed as being contrary to the usual
Midsummer decline, has been reported
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The gain of approximately 1000
workers was caused the bureau said,
entirely by a pickup in employment
in 50 of 80 manufacturing industries
surveyed. Employment in non-manu-
featuring industries fell of, the bu-
reau said, although an upward trend
was noticed in 9 Of Is individual in
dustries.
The bureau said comparison with
July, 1885. showed nearly 100000
more workers were employed last
month than in July, 1885, and the pay
rolls were $42 ,000, 900 a week greater.
The bureau said the gain Of 90 per
cent in factory employment continued
an upswing that had been in evidence
since January, and carried the employ
ment index to the highest point since
October, 1880.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-27
FLOGGlNG Is DELAYED
AS PLOT C0NVICTS TALK
Postpones Punishment for
Four Accused in Colorado
"Break" Scheme.

By the Associated Press.
CANON CITY, Colo, August 81
Four of the convicts accused in q
prison-break plot talked q little"
yesterday, so Warden Roy Best post
poned fogging them.
Best said he learned the two pis-
tolls and ammunition which were
struggled into the prison for use in
the projected break were purchased
in Pueblo.
The warden delayed ordering the
prisoners to mount "the old gray
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mare hogging post-until they
tell the whole story"
The plot. Best said. involved kid
mapping him. The convicts sensed
Sunday, Best said, that prison au-
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thorities had received word OF the
plan and that they were under close
guard. They did not attempt a break.
Lemme Grose, whom Best described
as the ringleader, refused to talk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-27
Osteopaths Regulated.

To regulate the practice Of osteop-
athy. a general council Of osteopaths
for Great Britain has been set up I'M
der the presidency Of Viscount Eli
bank
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-08-27

Virginia in 1881, and became general
manager of the Washington company
August 1.
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> italy has begun large scale extrac-
, ton of oil from grape seed.
Evening star., 1936-10-06
Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE w. SRROWLS.
Eye Movements.

IN READING q printed line your
eyes move in jerks or jumps from
point to point. You are actually
seeing only when the eyes are at rest.
You are actually reading only when
the eyes are In motion. In other
words. the meaning you get out Of q
printed line Is what you interpret
between stops.
A fast reader will make about
3 or 4 eye-stops in the space of an
ordinary book line. A slow reader
will make from to 10 eye-stops.
This means not only sluggish. but also
poor, Interpretation. Slow readers are
by no means sure readers. The theory
is that reading habits acquired in the
first year or two Of school are the
reasons for good and poor reading.
These abilities are not Unborn.
There is an interesting sideline to
these facts. which may one day find
a place in examinations for driver
permits. It seems that slow readers,
and therefore poor comprehenders, are
poor trafiic risks. They are not, it
seems, able to take in traffic situa-
Jtion with q glance. 1t is said that
fast readers have fewer trafic acci-
dents than slow readers.
Evening star., 1936-10-06

back against the wall" his only de-
Tense will be the mighty claws, and
they can do lot Of damage, for dig
ging Is the armadillo's profession, and
strong muscles as well as claws are
good weapons.
Digging might be said to be an
obession with these folks. Their bur-
rows are used for home, hunting,
nursery and social gatherings.
You, who are interested in wild-life
conservation, will be doing your bit
II you can clear up the gossip that is
going around that the armadillo des-
troys great numbers of birds eggs
and young.
Animals Of late years have been
getting blamed for a lot of things
their human brother has been guilty
Of. When next you hear a report
that armadillos have ruined q crop
OF cane or vegetation, see II 1t was not
in pursuing a heavy infestation Of
grubs or insects that were being an
nilihated. Scientists have never found
anything but our most destested in
sect foes in the stomachs Of these
animals.
The babies are born In early Spring.
There is always q quartet. and Of one
sex. During their infancy they are
Evening star., 1936-10-06

do anything about 1t. I certainly
can't push him outside where those
Dogs are. and I certainly don't want
him down below in my bedroom. ]
guess there is nothing for me to do
but to leave him where he is for the
time being"
So Johnny Chuck went down back
to his bedroom. He didn't even growl
any more. Instead of being angry, he
was sorry. Outside Flip the Terrier
and Bowser the Hound decided that
it was useless to try to get Unc' Billy
Possum and that they might as well
60 home. Anyway, Bowser decided
this, for he knew the uselessness of
trying to dig any one. out of such a
house as Johnny Chuck's. He knew
that that underground house had
more than one door. Flip, having less
experience. would have wasted time
and energy digging had it not been
for Bowser. Flip certainly did hate to
give up. But give up he did finally
and. with many a backward look,
trotted home behind Bowser the
Hound.
Meanwhile Unc' Billy Possum, lying
there in that back hallway of Johnny
but he was chuckling so softly that
no one could hear him.
"Ah done fooled Brer Chuck, too.
chuckled Unc' Billy under his breath.
(Copyright, 1866
Evening star., 1936-10-06
Bedtime Stories
Crafty Old Unc' Billy Possum

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Beware Of crafty folk, for they
70 gain their ends will find way.
Old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1936-10-06
His Own Job
BY JOHN BLAKE.

r JUST heard about another man
= who created q Job for himself
This man lost his job when the staff
of the business he was working in was
reduced. He had no capital whatso-
ever, and he didn't see much chance
Of getting more work for some time.
He reached point where he was will
ing to take anything to get some
money. But even menial jobs didn't
seem to be available.
He remembered the days he had
spent taking care Of his car. That
gave him an idea. He knew how to
wash . car. He knew how to keep the
upholstery clean with a vacuum
cleaner.
He had a vacuum cleaner, and he
set out with it one evening after din
ner just about the time when most
men in the suburbs get out the family
automobile and polish 1t.
He offered to do q job on the up
holstery for them at q reasonable
price. Most Of the men were de-
lighted to turn that part Of the work
over to him, for they found it irksome
and difhcult.
He did fine job, and he soon found
enough work to fill most of his time.
He did the work so well that some
housewives gave their rugs and car
pets to him to clean.
Eventually the business he had
worked in came back" and he was
given his old job again. But during
the time he was out of work he had
supported himself. He had learned
something about the pleasure of being
self-suficient. And I am sure he did
his job better than ever.
Conquering the trying times must
have given him new self-confidence.
He didn't have to worry about losing
his Job. He had proved to himself
that he could get along, even though
times were unusually hard
His lack Of fear in tackling q hum
bic occupation was well-rewarded.
Another man, who might have been
too proud to think Of such a job for
himself. would have been in a far
worse situation. But this man turned
what knowledge he had to account.
His modesty didn't hamper his in
genuity. 1t was big help to him.
Such a man proves what we all
might be capable Of, If We kept our
wits about us. He was in a position
where he had good excuse for de-
spairing. Thousands like him had lost
their jobs through circumstances for
which they were in no way to blame
He had Q perfect right to feel unfor-
tunate and abused. Yet instead of
that, he put his wits together and
thought of a solution. He went to
work and created a job for himself.
It ought to give all of us an idea
when the same thing happens to us.
When everything goes wrong through
no fault of ours. it might be well to
remember what he did under the cir
cumstances.
Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-10-06
''ECzEmA'S ITCH
IS UP TO YOU"
! SAYS P0SLAM

:. You would not trade the grateful
relief and comfort for. 4 hundred
dollars that a single box of Poslam
often brings to itching, infiamed,
eezema.tortured skin. You can
tell you are going to be helped
because the very first touch of this
concentrated. yet gentle ointment
usually soothes the irritation and
burning at once. Don't delay your
relief. Get q box Of Poslam right
away, At your druggist, Soc, or we
will send you a convincing trial
free. Just write:
POSLAM CO., Desk 2,
1S4 West 54th St., New York. NY.
Evening star., 1936-10-06

i Il q success, and while not built
for speed, is absolutely reliable when
it comes to endurance and reliability.
Further, this most interesting crea-
ture is friendly In its actions toward
its human brother. spending much Of
its waking hours scouting insect pests.
It Is claimed by those in authority
that the armadillo is one Of our man.
mails few have heard about, and many
know it only as q sculptured basket
sold in curio shops. Texas Is the
chosen State Of the armadillo. OF
late years 1t has taken courage and
acquired ambition. So we can see 1t
in our Southwestern States.
OF q retiring disposition and gentle
in its ways, the poverty pig" as it
Is called In Eastern Texas, has Of
Tended no one. 1t is called nine
banded because 1t has nine sections
in the horny plate that makes up
part of its coat Of mail.
An inspection Of the armadillo's
beautifully sculptured chassis is well
worth your time. 1t has regular horny
plates, small ones on the ears, inner
side of legs and abdomen, and where
these are lacking stiff bristles are used.
The tail has IA rings or horny joints
and four or five inches Of scaly tip.
The nose seems 10 be the only ex-
posed part Of the anatomy. If you
should come suddenly upon the lit
tie fellow, and he is too far from one
of his retreats, he promptly goes into
a ball shape-now try to unwind him.
If he Is forced to stand with his
Evening star., 1936-10-06

r INC BILLY PossUM was in q
tight place. This was nc
new experience for Unc' Billy
~ He had been in many tight
places before. Never, however. had
he been in a worse situation than ne
now was. He was in Johnny Chuck
back hall. OF course he had no busl-
ness there. He had run in there to
escape Flip the Terrier and Bowser
the Hound. He hadn't known that
Johnny Chuck was using that mouse
but it wouldn't have made any dif-
ference had he known it. He just had
10 get somewhere and this was the
only place to get away from those
Dogs. Now it looked as If he might
have to 20 out again, for Johnny
Chuck had ordered him out and was
coming up the back hall to see that
he went out. -,
"Ah can't fight those Dogs" said
Unc' Billy to himself. "Ah wouldn't
have chance in the world. An
couldn't fool them again, either. All
reckon II All must fight I'll fight Brer
Chuck but All don't want to night
at all"
Unc' Billy could hear Johnny Chuck
coming nearer and his growls sound
ed uglier and uglier Johnny was
working himself up into a rage. Yes
sir. that is what Johnny Chuck was
doing. Perhaps Johnny felt that was
kind of a mean thing to do, to force
Unc' Billy out where those Dogs were
and so he was working himself up
into q rage. You know people can dc
things when they are in a rage that
they couldn't do at any other time.
Johnny was getting pretty near to
where Unc' Billy was waiting. Unc
Billy was making no sound at all. He
made no reply now to anything that
Johnny said. He didn't growl. He
didn't snarl. He didn't whine. He
Just didn't do anything. Johnny be-
gan to have a funny feeling. 1t is
dificult to keep in a terrible rage
when no one answers back or offers
night. He began to wonder II Unc
Billy was really going out. Their
Johnny Chuck came to something
that blocked the way.
What was 1t that Johnny Chuck
came to? Why, it was Unc' Billy Pos
sum himself. He was lying there
right in the hallway. apparently dead
Johnny shifted at him. He touched
him. There was no sign of life
Johnny backed of a little. All hi:
rage left him. Now that Unc' Billy
was helpless, seemingly dead, Johnny
Chuck began to be sorry for him.
"1 wonder what could have hap
pened," said Johnny to himself. 1T
must be that one of those Dogs
caught him before he got into my
house and hurt him. Yes, sir, that
must be what happened. He was
badly hurt and he has died in here
TOO bad. Too bad. never knew
Unc' Billy Poesum very well, but just
the same it is too bad he should have
been killed. ! don't see that I can
Evening star., 1936-10-06

3Iandweavins by skilled Persian has defed the
genius Of mechanical invention fully match the charm and
distinction of its colorfu products Theirs is the ability
graduate the coors blending shades and nts patterns
ndehnabe beauty The bold richness and the deicaoy
hthe alover patterns makes them typical of Oriental
its best yet harmonious with the most exacting
Nofmodern interiors.
Cur especially large selection pecialzes in unusual sized
NTugs AL sizes approximate.
Evening star., 1936-10-06
kept ut home. For eight weeks they
live on 4 milk diet exclusively.

kept ut home. For eight weeks they
live on q milk diet exclusively.
The parents are most careful in the
cooperative rearing and instructing
OF their children. They are well
equipped to take care of themselves
when parental supervision is removed.
Armadillos make charming pets.
They trot about on their short. stubby
legs, their low-slung bodies well pro-
tected from any attack, as they rout
out grub and worm, paying not the
slightest attention to anyone. Being
near-sighted, they depend on their
keen sense Of hearing and smell to
warn them of close observers. II
startled, they rise swiftly on their
hind feet. then II possible they make
Q dash for cover.
tCopyright, 1936)
Evening star., 1936-10-06

to the use Of mad" for poisonous or
venomous and to the change in q
word wrought by careless articulation.
The expression, which is at least
century old, is said to have become
popular because of its use by Lewis
Carroll In Alice in Wonderland" pub
lished in 1865.
(Copyrisht. 1850
Evening star., 1936-10-06

phrase Q literal explanation, 1t can
not be done.
Hatters are humans and no more
mad than most, which means much,
little or nothing at all.
Mad as q halter" is really q cor
ruption of mad as an adder.
The existence Of the phrase Is due
Evening star., 1936-10-06
Natures Children
Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus
novemcinctus).
ny LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

r ERE Is the first armored car
II Of America! From the be-
/ ginning this model has been
l. Il a SUCCESS. and while not built
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
WanderbirdS Slate
Dance and Long Hike

Few persons have not heard Of
the legendary mailman'S holiday,
in which one of Mr.. Farley'S post.
men is alleged to have taken a
long walk on his day off.
Now comes announcement that
the Wanderbird Hiking Club. an
organization principally composed
Of feminine Government employees
addicted to enjoying natures
beauty through the medium Of
long walks in the country, will
sponsor a dance.
The Wanderbirds will trudge
up and down the steep inclines
of the Blue Ridge Mountains this
coming Sunday, and between
times they will indulge in a post.
mans holiday" by having their
dance tonight. They chose tonight
because it happens to be Friday
the Thirteenth, according to Rose
Marie Petta, chairman, and feel
that defying Lady Luck will bring
good fortune from that tickle per-
sonage.
The fete, scheduled for the Hay
loft at 1925 Massachusetts Avenue,
N. w., beginning at 9, is for the
purpose of swelling their club
The Washington times., 1936-11-13

treasury and consequently Is be-
lieved juStifiable, even though it
requires members to put in much
"footwork" between weekly hikes
Helping Miss Petta in handling
tonight'S details are EStelle Maho-
ney, Lula Ballway and Anne
O'Donohue, three attractive mixers
from as many Government agen-
cieS who will be prominent in the
capacity of hostesSes. All are pop
ular and we'll known to fellow
WanderbirdS.
Miss Mahoney, a junior clerk
typist with the field audit section
of Home Owners Loan Corpora
ton, is a Pittsburgh girl who grad
uated from Resurrection High
School in that city and has been
a resident of Washington and
member of the HOLC staff for the
past three years.
Hiking is only one of her nu-
merous recreations, for she is a
frequent member of swimming,
skating, dancing and horseback
riding parties among her col
leagues and when she visits at
home in the winter is partial to
skiing. Her ambition, incidentally,
The Washington times., 1936-11-13
TRAFFIC COURT RECORD
:, 1920 @ st. N

Fred Kennedy. 1920 @ st. N.
William G. Carr, 5126 Albe-
marie st. N. W., $40.
Oliver E. Pagan, 3407 Lowell st.
N. W., SO.
Charles N Hendershott, 1920
Ridge Pl. S. E., $40.
Arthur C. Davis, 6621 Second st.
N. w., $40.
Morris Katz, 217 jefferson st,
N. w., $40.
George S. Mckenzie, 80 T st.
N. w., $40.
Samuel D. Foster, Pennsylvania.
$40.
Robert E. Dunn, 5514 Second st.
N. w., $40.
Theresa M. Garnett. Maryland.
$40.
Luther R. Showers, 929 Tenth
st. N. w., $40.
Morris Baker, 2132 F st. N.
W., S..
Lester A. Wills, Maryland, IS.
Theresa Clone, 1911 Florida Ave.
N. E., $5.
Spurgeon L. Beavers, 1760 @ st.
N. W., SIS.
The Washington times., 1936-11-13

is to become a lawyer, preferably
within the Federal service.
Lula Ballwey, on the other
hand, would like a career in the
insurance business but in the
meantime is an efficient and
widely liked employe in the stem.
ographic pool of the Agriculture
Departments Soil Conservation
Service.
Blond Anne ODonohue is from
New York city, where she at
tended business school in prepa-
ration for her career, and her first
job with Uncle Sans forces in
Washington was under the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administra-
ton early in 1884. After a year
of AA work, however, she shifted
to the Federal Communications
Commission. where she is now a
stenographer in the legal Steno.
graphic section.
She also enjoys numerous
recreational activities in addition
to hiking, numbering swimming,
tennis, golf, ice skating, roller
skating, bowling and dancing
among her lighter hobbies.