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Evening star., 1936-07-16
TRAINS TO ASSIST
VOTE REGISTRATION
Excursion to New York July
81 Is First of Several
Sponsored by Democrats.

In drive for the votes Of 5000 New
Workers now living in the District
special excursion trains have been ar
ranged by the Democratic Absentee
Voters Bureau.
The New York excursion, scheduled
July 81, will be the first of a series to
be conducted for several sections by
the bureau. which has been operating
| since January in cooperation with
the District Democratic Committee and
,, the national organization.
Trains will leave Washington at
pm. and arrive in New York at 9:45
pm. A later train will depart at 1890
am. August l. Central registration
dates for cities of more than $4,000
population are from July l to August
81, and August l to August 81 for
cities of less than $4,000 population.
Sponsored by the Democratic
Women's National Council, headed by
Mrs. Arthur D. Condor, and directed
by Mrs. S. Jennings Asbury, the drive
for maximum registration in New
portant activities of the bureau, which
has temporary headquarters in the old
District National Bank Building, 1406
G street.
Statutes providing absentee ballot
ing are in force in 40 States, and
similar campaigns in the District will
be undertaken to get out the largest
vote possible throughout the country.
The only States which do not allow
absentee voting are Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Maryland, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Oklahoma and Missouri.
The Washington headquarters buerau
has a card index showing 146,000
qualified franchised voters in the Dis
trict Of Columbia from the other
States.
A similar service to facilitate abb
sentee voting has been established by
the National Republican Club. 1000
Rhode Island avenue. s. J. Prescott
is director. 'f
At present they are preparing to get
maximum registrations for various
State primaries in August and Sep
tember, in order that absentee votes
may be cast in the general election.
November 3. The primaries in August
are Kentucky. August l; Kansas,
Missouri and Virginia, August 4; Ten
nessee, August 6; Arkansas and Idaho,
August IL; wyoming. August 1S; and
California, Mississippi and South Car
olina. August Is.
States having primaries in Septem-
Der are Nevada, September /; Arizona.
Colorado, Vermont and Washington,
September 8; Georgia, September 8;
Massachusetts,, Michigan, New Hamp.
shire. New York and Wisconsin. Sep
tember 10,
Evening star., 1936-07-16
SPEEDER ATTACKS
.VO|D|NC Of PERMIT
Injunction Asked in District
Court Against Suspension
by Board.

A new attack on the Board Of
Revelations and Restorations Of
operators permits and the law under
which it functions was begun in Dis
trict Court today by Bernard g.
Viens. 57O3 Georgia avenue, whose
permit was suspended April ; for
speeding.
Justice Oscar R. Luhring ordered
members of the board and the District
Commissioners to appear in court
Thursday to show cause why they
should not be enjoined from suspend
ing Viens' permit.
District Court judges in other in
stances have refused to rule on the
constitutional questions raised. 1t was
held that the law provided an ade-
quate remedy by appeal from the de-
crees Of the board to the District
Commissioners or to the United States
Court Of Appeals. When one motorist
went to the Court Of Appeals, how
ever, that tribunal refused to con-
slider his case.
Suspension Time Cut.
Through the law firm of Welch,
Daily g. Welch and Attorney Win
throp A. Johns, Viens informed the
court that he was convicted in Police
Court Of speeding March 81 and fined
$40.
His permit later was ordered Sus-
pended for 80 days. He appealed TO
tho Dietrict Commissioners and the
suspension was reduced to Is days.
Police Court officials have agreed to
withhold enforcement Of the suSpen-
sion order until the injunction suit is
disposed Of.
The attorneys challenged the pres
ence on the board of Inspector B. A
Lamb Of the Police Department
pointing out a statutory provision
which forbids q member Of the Police
Department from engaging in any bu'
law enforcement activities.
Law Called Unconstitutional.
The law was attacked as an uncon'
stitutional delegation Of power to tht
Commissioners, since it provides thai
they or their agents may suspend o.
revoke permits for any cause they
deem sufficient.
The further point was made that the
law is defective because it provide:
for an appeal to the appellate court
but fails to provide for a stay Of tht
suspension or revocation pending &C.
tion on the appeal.
Evening star., 1936-07-16
PERMANENT Dixie
PLANS CONSIDERED
Commission Studies Capital
Protection From Future
High Water.

Plans for constructing permanent
dixie to protect the Potomac Park area
from future floods were to be studied
at the regular meeting of the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission. which began this after
noon
The question involves conflict Of
interest between those concerned with
park development and others charged
with responsibility of protecting Gov
ernment property.
The last Congress authorized ex-
penditure of s57l.O0 for a permanent
dixie along the line of independence
avenue, crossing Seventeenth street.
near the Tidal Basin. This dixie pro-
gram was planned for the protection
of Government buildings near the
park, Boiling Field and the Naval Air
Station. Under present plan. Seven
teenth street would be elevated to
pass over the dixie.
Temporary System Favored.
The commission has favored the
present temporary dixie system, which
leaves Seventeenth street open under
normal conditions. but makes provi-
sions for filling in this gap hastily
in event Of a food. It is expected the
dixie question will be studied tomor-
row afternoon.
Tomorrow morning John Nolen, jr.,
director of planning. will submit his
report on the trip last month Of sew
eral Washington officials to Mil
waukee, Wis, where traffic control
park and recreational planning were
studied. 1t also was announced that
Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the
commission. will submit statement
on the report of the Board of Edu-
cation concerning its canvass of par
ents on their attitude toward changing
school hours as traffic safety move.
Contr ct to Be Closed.
The commission was expected tC
close a contract for the purchase OF
two important tracts along the George
Washington Memorial Highway. Nolen
will submit a preliminary program
of park, parkway and playground de-
velopment for the next fiscal year
The commission also will consider
plans for cooperating with the Mary
land State Planning Commission
during the coming year in the de-
velopment Of the triangular area
bounded by Washington, Baltimore
and Annapolis.
This development embraces COM
prehensive planning facilities for
parks, highways, land uses, public
recreational facilities and airports.
Evening star., 1936-07-16
DR.. COLVIN is H0N0RED
BY BAR ASSOCIATION
will Head Section on Compare.
tive Law to Head Federal
Group at The Hague.

DR.. H. Milton Colvin, special coun-
sci of the Resettlement Administration
and Federal Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration and member of the
faculty of Catholic University, last
night was selected by the Federal Bar
Association to head section on COM
parative law to represent the Federal
group at the Second international
Congress of Comparative Law to be
held at The Hague next July.
The Executive Committee Of the
association adopted resolution in
dorsing the new plan for coordination
of the American bar. The plan will
be acted on by the American Bar As
ISOLATION next month In Boston. John
T. Vance, law librarian Of Congress,
introduced the resolution.
william r. Valance OF the State De-
partment announced plans for the an
nual boat ride Of the Federal Bar As
sociation, to be held the first week in
August, were near completion.
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white feathers. He wears q white
ruff abount his neck and his tail Is
white. He nests in inaccessible syries
Of sticks high ON cliffs and returns
to breed year after year. Almost
three years are required to develop
the splendid plummage Of the mature
American eagle.
Many branches Of the eagle family
are scattered all over the world. The
Tartars have been known to train
eagles powerful enough to subdue
antelope, wild goats or even wolves
The largest eagle is the Philippine
monkey eater" which preys on the
inhabitants of jungle tree tops.
Jerry and his fellows prefer fish to
meat, although not too particular AT
feeding time Jerry takes his pick and
the others get the left-overs. The
keepers who enter the flight cage keep
a wary eye on him as long as they
remain in striking distance of Jerry S
long talons.
No, boys and girls, Jerry is no model
as a national emblem.
Tomorrow: The rhinoceroS Norm
bill, who seals herself inside tree
phile Matching her eggs, and i, fed
through small hole by her mate.
Evening star., 1936-07-16
CITY TO GET SO SIGNS
sy q staf Correspondent Of rne Star.

IS Stan CORRESPONDENT Of Tne Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 16.-A
total of SO directional signs, which
will point to places of interest and
mark main highway intersections, will /.
be erected here within a few days
under direction of the Traffic Board.
The signs, of standard metal design,
are needed in a number Of sections OF
the city, Mayor e. c. Dawson, mem-
Der Of the board, said. They win be
supplied by an automobile club.
Evening star., 1936-07-16
WIFE SUES CALICO

CHICAGO, July is (P.-Paul Gal
lico, fiction and sports writer, was
sued for divorce here today by Elaine
st. Johns Calico, daughter Of Adela
Rogers st. Johns, the author.
The bill was filed in the Superior
Court and alleged cruelty. It gave
Gallico's address as Surrey, England.
The couple was married April 1S.
1884, In Great Neck, Long Island, N.
Y, and separated, the bill set forth.
on March 3, 1885, In Chicago.
Evening star., 1936-07-16
BY w. H. SHIPPEN, JR.


VERY is almost too noisy. quar-
relsome and vain to be elevated
to the dignity Of national
~ emblem.
He has become known for his fire.
quent, screeching challenges, his true
ulence and his Willingness to pose
for photographs in an attitude OF
fierce defiance.
But as the dean of the great flight
cage he is entitled to his own private
perch, his whims and his fits of i'll
humor, particularly in view of his
great curving beak and long powerful
talonS.
Not one of a dozen American eagles,
or five golden eagles, disputes Jerrys
claim to seniority privileges. Jerry
has been at the Zoo for some 20 years
now and knows his way about.
Jerry is a particularly fine offspring
of a wild, free family of soaring birds
of prey. The American or bald
eagle haunts lonely rivers, lakes and
beaches from Maine to Alaska, but Is
found as far South as Northern
Mexico.
The term bald" merely means that
the warriors head Is crowned with
Evening star., 1936-07-16
Medical Delegates Named.

The State Department has ap-
pointed DR.. I. w. Steele of the Public
Health Service and DR.. James A.
Flynn Of Washington as United States
delegates to the Third International
Congress Of Throat, Nose and Ear
week and while in Europe will devote
several weeks to q graduate study in
otology at the University Of Bordeaux,
France. The first congress was held
in Copenhagen eight years ago, fol-
lowed by the second one in Madrid In
1892.
Evening star., 1936-07-16
Operator of Roller
Is Not Required to
Have Drivers Permit

The operator of road roller
is not required to have a drivers
permit. it was decided today BY
William H. McGrath, special
assistant to the corporation
counsel.
AS a result Of this decision, John
w. Colbert, arrested by Policeman
w. E. McCarten of the ninth
precinct, was returned $40 which
he had posted as collateral.
Operators of road rollers were
specifically excluded from the
traffic regulations.
Evening star., 1936-07-16
Cornell Professor Dies.

ITHACA, N. Y, July Is R.-
Charles Henry Hull. professor emeri-
tus Of American history at Cornell
University and an authority on eco
nomics and political science, died yes
terday after q long illness. He was II.
Evening star., 1936-07-16
KIWANIANS MARK DAY
Luncheon Speakers to Recall Set
ting Aside of D. c. Land.

District of Columbia day" was to
be celebrated by the Kiwanis Club
at a luncheon today at the Maynower,
It was on July Is, 1790, that Con-
gress set aside land from Maryland
and Virginia to form the District OF
Columbia. District officials will
speak, including Commissioners
Hazen, Allen and Sultan; Police Sput.
Ernest w. Brown, Trafflc Director
william A. Van Duzer and George
w. Offutt, president of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board. The lunch
Icon was to be held at 1880 pm.
Evening star., 1936-07-12
EX-W|FE OF DILL
SEEKS HOUSE SEAT
General" Jones Is Candi.
date for Post Left by
Sam B. Hill.
az .ns Associated Press.

Ry the Associated PreSS
SPOKANE, July 1l.-Divorced this
week at a trial In which political
charges figured, Gen" Rosalie Gard
ner Jones. former suffragist, an
nounced her candidacy tonight for
the Democratic nomination for Rep
resentative from the fifth Washing
ton district.
Former United States Senator G. G.
Dill accused her in his successful di-
vorce suit of hurting him politically
by outspoken opposition to President
Roosevelt, but the judge in granting
the divorce held the charge was not
sustained.
Mrs. Dill. who said she prefers the
name of Miss RoSalie JONES'" said
she would seek the Congressional seat
vacated by Sam B. Hill, who was ap-
pointed by President Roosevelt to the
Board Of Tax Appeals.
Washington never has had a
woman Congressman" she said in her
announcement. "and think it is only
proper that the State should have. 1t
was one of the first in the West to
adopt women's suffrage"
will you espouSe the principles Of
former Senator Dill in your cam
paign?" she was asked.
Il don't know what his principles
are" she rejoined.
Il will simply appeal to the vot-
ers, assuring them the splendid record
of Representative Sam Hill can be
carried on in Congress.
My campaign slogans will be
Washington First and Grand Cou-
lee-the Biggest Thing in the Coun.
try
Sam Hill got a s2o,000,0O0 ap.
preparation for Grand Coulee at the
last session, and the next Congress.
man should get twice that much"
She holds five college degrees and
Is a lawyer in her own right. She
inherited New York real estate for
tune from her mother.
Evening star., 1936-07-12
. screws, fuselages, hulls, wings and

air screws, fuselages, hulls, wings and
engines.
THE associations fight" it was
explained by N. A. A. oficials, lis
lodged against what Is known as
category " in which all aircraft" +"
large and small, including accessories,
Is included. Every section of the
industry Is classified as armament
builders. No allowance Is even made
for exporting; the proclamation Is
effective for merely the manufactur-
ing of any type OF airplane or its
parts, large or small"
In its editorial, the association COM
ments that the State Department, ap-
parently, cant see the difference be-
tween a twin-engined bomber and a
sport plane weighing less than 500
pounds, or q $50 .u1iIe-an- hour mill
tary pursuit plane and a fabric light
plane with cruising range of $50
miles"
Civil aeronautics can he relieved Of
Evening star., 1936-07-12
TINT Discoverer Survives
Dr.. Munroe Only One of 1873 Charter
Members of Chemists Living.

- IXTY years ago q group OF
American chemists who had
felt a growing need to meet
- together at occasional intervals
organized the American Chemical
Society.
Today, only one of those 1s3 char
ter members survives.
He Is DR.. Charles Edward Munroe,
the man who "toyed with death and
made a comrade of INT" whose home
at Forest Glen, Nd, has become a
mecca for American chemists.
At 81, Dr. Munroe, inventor OF
indurite, discoverer of the principle
of detonation known as the 'Munroe
effect" and author Of many impor-
tant scientific papers, is enjoying good
health.
He regrets, however, that he will be
unable to attend the meeting in Pitts
burgh September Til, when the So
ciety will celebrate the 60th anniver-
sary of its founding.
DR.. Munroe, who all his life has
worked among explosives, invented in
durite-the first smokeless powder
adopted by the United States Navy for
use in larger guns-during his service
at the Naval Torpedo Station at New
port, r. T., from 1885 to 1892. He was
chief explosives chemist Of the United
States Bureau of Mines from 1918 to
1898.
His discovery of the principle Of
detonation, 1t is held. may well be the
key to airplane bombing"
While a professor at Harvard Uni
versity, he was the first to introduce
the study of chemical technology into
the universities. He was born Of
Revolutionary stock at Cambridge,
Mass, May "a, 1849, and was grad
uated from Harvard in 1871.
DR.. Munroe's experiments with
smokeless powder manufacture began
in 1889, when all the larger nations
we're seeking to produce such powder
President Harrison, in his annual
message to Congress December 6, 1892,
called attention to the development of
the powder as one Of the achievements
Of his administration.
DR.. Munroe has been retained as an
expert on explosives by at least 10
governments. He is a former profes-
sor of chemistry at the United States
Naval Academy. and at George Wash
ington University, where he originated
the School of Graduate Studies and
became its first dean. He has served
as chairman of the National Research
Councils Committee on Explosives In
vestigation, and has received numerous
honors from foreign governments and
scientific societies.
When the first local section Of the
society was established at Providence
r. l.. January 81, 1891. DR.. Munroc
was elected chairman. The society,
now the largest professional organiza-
ton of its kind in the world. has more
than 80 sections in all parts Of the
country.
Evening star., 1936-07-12
RESTRICTION HELD
HARM|NC AVIATION
Aeronautics Association in
Magazine, Denies "War"
Ratings Justified.

Charges that the Munitions Control
Board of the State Department is
striking a blow at civil aviation In
the United States through unneces-
sary inclusion Of harmless aviation
equipment in its definitive list CT
implements of warfare. we're made last
night by the National Aeronautic As
sociation.
The association pointed out that
the list compiled by the Munitions
Board includes items in every branch
of civil aviation. among them motor
Tess gliders, wooden propellers and
35-horsepower engines used for light
sport airplanes weighing less than 500
pounds.
In making public an editorial which
will appear in the July issue of its
monthly magazine. the N. a. A. stated
that the Munitions Board has not
only levied $500 licensing fee for
Evening star., 1936-07-12

the mere manufacturing of civil air.
craft and accessories-a fee which 1t
asserts already has put several small
concerns out Of business-but has
turned over names Of delinquent COM
panies to the Department Of Justice. I"
I'VE have learned on unimpeachable
authority" it was stated, that these
names have been turned over to the
Department Of Justice for action and
that the so-called G.men' are max.
ing calls on manufacturers, who were
nonplused at being called manufac-
turers Of armaments and implements
Of war"
The association pointed out that
the original intent of the neutrality
act was to control the manufacture
and expectation CT armaments of
war. The President, in his proclama-
tion Of April 10, 1886, nullified the
original intent, the association claims,
by including all aircraft, whether as
senfbled or unassembied; propellers,
Evening star., 1936-07-12
SECRETLY MARRIED

Samuel Francis Smith, jr., %, whose
father Is Pvt. "Cannonball" Smith of
the first precinct, was secretly mar
ried In Rockville, Md, Monday to Ruth
Breeden Foltz. 81. of Edinburg, Va.
She is the daughter of Russell and
Viola Foltz Of that town. The couple
who will make their home with the
bridegroom's parents, at 1865 Sixth
street, were married by Father Cody OF
st. Mary's Church.
Evening star., 1936-07-12
DIES OF INJURIES

Mefford Brown Succumbs in Caro-.
lima Hospital.
GOLDsBoRO, N. c., July II P,.-
Mefford Brown, 40-year-old plasterer
engaged at the State hospital here
died today of automobile accident in
juries suffered July 8.
Brown, who was reported to be from
Richmond, Va, was passenger in
car driven by A. c. Sigmon. 1t col
lided with one occupied by Colds
boro family and struck a telegraph
pole.
Brown suffered a fractured pelvis
and internal injuries. S. B. Smaller
who was in the same automobile
suffered a broken leg and arm.
Evening star., 1936-07-12
ALASKA EDITOR DIES

SEATTLE. July II (R.-Harry G..
Steel. 81, editor and owner Of the
Cordova (Alaska) Daily Times, died
here today. He came here in May for
trea tment.
Steel had been a newspaper owner
and publisher in Alaska for 40 years,
He was born In Ashland, Pa.
Evening star., 1936-07-12
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

TODAY.
Meeting, Photo Engravers' Union.
Hamilton Hotel. II am.
Meeting. Bartenders' Union. Old Lo-
cal No. rs, 720 Fifth street, pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon. Newcomers Club, Carl
ton Hotel, 1890 pm.
Meeting, Southeast Business Mems
Association. 314 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast, 8 pm.
Meeting, Internal Revenue Lodge,
No. Al. American Federation OF Gov
eminent Employees, Hamilton Hotel,
pm.
Meeting. Optimists' Club Mayf1ower
Hotel, pm.
Evening star., 1936-07-12

the licensing burden by action of the
Munitions Board and the President,
the N. A. A. contends. No congress
sional action is necessary, it was held.
because the neutrality act was not
intended to cover civil aviation.
Evening star., 1936-07-12
PRIEST DIES AT 80
Rev. Moses McGarry Oldest In
Holy Cross CONGREGATION,

Holy Cross Congregation.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. July II (R.-
Rev. Moses McGarry, 90, oldest mem.
Der of the congregation of Holy Cross
died today at the University of Notre
Dame.
He was a former assistant superior
general of the Holy Cross Order
Father McGarry celebrated his 60th
birthday anniversary as Catholic
priest last September. The funeral
mass will be said Monday morning at
Notre Dame.
Evening star., 1936-09-20
Japanese Rate Highest
As Esperanto Speakers

VIENNA R.-Esperanto, the 'in-
ternational auxiliary language" Is
understood by $4,000 Austrians and
$4,000 Viennese. among them $50 po-
licemen. 80 street car employees and
$50 railway conductors.
The figures were published in con-
nection with the annual convention
here Of the international Esperanto
organization. 1t was also said that
Japan has the most Esperantists Of
any country, with Sweden. Holland.
Spain and Austria ranking In that
order In number of Eperantists among
continental countries.
Evening star., 1936-09-20

No. 4. The Republican nominee
receiving congratulations from John
Hamilton, committee chairman, on the
Maine victory.
No. S. Gov. Landon as he thanked
Engineer Bill Ellis for a safe journey.
Mo. 6sAt home from the Maine
campaign, the Governor is greeted by
his daughter, Peggy Anne.
"A. r; and Wide World Photos.
I mentioned the chin to several of
the Governors aides. They all agreed
that chin meantswhat 1t saids
"He's one of the stubbornest fighters
for his ideas ever knew" an old
associate told me. Nothing but cold
logic can move him from q course
he's picked. If you can beat him in
an argument you've got to be mighty
good, but If you do he'll take it grace
fully and give you full credit. If he's
elected We won't have any unstable
weathervane in the White House, ready
to shift direction with the latest
breeze"
1t wasn't until the next day, as he
came out of church, that I was actual
ly introduced to the Governor, and got
a handshake that was firm but gentle,
right in keeping with the impression
he had already given me. Ours wasn't
a long talk. We didn't discuss politics.
I'd already heard what he had to say
on that subject and liked it.
1t was just CHEEKY give and take
among the group of us, then he passed