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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-23
Jocior' Tells OF Intricate
Construction of the Ear

much too fast for sound waves, even
if sound waves did not die out from
inertia. l do not know whether any,
body understands the radio wave. but
] know that I do not understand the
hearing wave that goes from the or
gan Of Corti along the auditory nerve
to the brain.
I have heard Of an experiment In
which the auditory nerve in an ami
NAL was exposed, connected with an
electrical transmitter. and carried to
an amplifier in a room GO feet away.
Sounds made in the animals ear
could be heard nbinly in this far
room, and evan differences in the
tone Of two different voices could be
distinguished. The organ Of Corti
makes the differentiation, the brain
is only needed for Interpretation.
The mechanical arrangement Of the
external ear is so apparently awk-
ward that it is surprising we are
able to hear at all Sound must en-
ter small tortuous canal. be loud
enough to vibrate thick membrane
and move three bones in unison, and
is then transmitted into totally Gif-
ferent form Of energy. That one can
stand in quiet room with a bare
floor and hear pin drop Is more Of
a miracle than the average teacher
has any conception of.
In the problem of deafness it is al.
ways true that difficulties in the ex-
ternal part Of the hearing mechanism
are not nearly so serious az those Of
the nervous control
EDITORS NOTE: Seven pam.
phlets by DR.. Clendening can now be
obtained by sending 10 cents in coin.
for each, and a self addressed en-
velope stamped with a three-cent
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care Of this paper. The pamphlets
are: "Three Weeks Reducing Diet.
indigestion and Constipation, RE-
ducing and Gaining, Infant Feed
ing. instructions Cor the Treatment
Of Diabetes". Feminine Hygiene"
esd ''Ela Care q the ziair and Skin.
Evening star., 1936-12-05

tieth Century-Fox picture, Little Miss
Nobody"
Savoy-Richard Dix in R-K-O's
yellow Dust"
Five dancing spots are celebrating
with toy parties for the campaign,
the Shoreham Hotel the night of Fri
day, December 49, the new pail mall
room of the Raleigh Hotel. Wednesday.
December 8; the Russian Club Troika,
Monday, December IA. and the Heigh-
Ho and Volga Boatman, wednesday.
December l6 All guests are invited to
bring toys to be distributed later by
the Parent Teacher Association to the
city's needy IN corporation with The
Star-Warner Bros'-N. B. c. campaign
At the Shoreham and Raleigh gifts
to the poor will replace the usual cover
charge.
Their programs may be heard over
WRC and WMAL. or both. For the
toy campaign the National Broadcast
ing Co. is presenting an hour broad
cast at 1890 pm. Wednesday, Natur-
ing not only the Raleigh toy party, but
/ headliners from the Earle Theater and
another hour at 10:30 pm. the We'd
nesday night before Christmas. AT
the Shoreham toy hall December 18
where Santa Claus will be the guest OF
honor, Santa's arrival at the airport
will be described over N. B. c.. as well
as his trip through town with q motor
cycle escort provided by Maj. Ernest
w. Brown, superintendent Of police
The Shoreham floor show, with enter
tainment supplied by the Earle The
ater, will be broadcast by N. B. C..
beginning 1880 pm. until the ball
Is over.
Evening star., 1936-12-05
EIktOn Policemen
Start Picket Line
AtMarriage Mart
Latest More in Battle of
Council and Former
"Marrying ParsOn."
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
MKTON, Md. December 5.-The
conflict between Elkton Town Council
and Edward Minor, former marrying
parson" here. was stirred to new ac-
tivity today with stationing Of police
men in front Of the two marriage
marts" Minor still maintains.
Minor himself was deprived Of his
ministerial power some time ago, and
hired another clergyman to perform
the actual ceremonies. When the
Town Council passed An ordinance
forbidding ministers TO advertise
marriage licenses Information" :"
Minor won test case In Circuit
Court. which held the ordinance un-
constitutional.
Since then, q number Of ministers
IN the town have used small signs on
their homes, advertising the fact they
could perform marriage ceremonies.
Late yesterday, Minor put up two
large signs, each about feet long
and 4 feet wide, in front of his two
Offices. The signs are about feet
from the sidewalk and, residents said,
real snowy"
Early today, . town policeman was
ordered stationed In front of each
building. with orders to wave away
any couples who indicated they PLAN
ned to stop there.
The former clergyman took no i'm
mediate action. but friends said he
planned to go to court about It,"
Evening star., 1936-12-05
Toys

CONTINUED From First Page.)
Is sick in the hospital and has not
been able to work for two years. am
A. B in the sixth grade
and am twelve years old my brothers
are R six years old who would
like . wagon and c. four wants
4 tricycle. u fourteen and I
would be happy to. get some clothes
and mother says she wants something
to eat Please don't forget the little
ones"
Both Miss Patricia Morss, chief Of
the division of child welfare. and Miss
M. Alice Hill, chief Of the public
assistance division for the District,
related stories about poor families to
day. Miss Morss has under her juris-
diction orphans in foster homes and
others whose parents have disappeared
or are financially unable to care for
them. Miss Hills division Is turning
away between / 900 and l,500 persons
monthly who apply for relief. District
appropriations no longer being avail
able to those well enough to be en-
ployed, whether or not they have jobs.
Both executives call attention to the
numerous large families maintaining
existence on w. p. A. work ut $45
monthly wage. Miss Morss says not
only toys but other gifts are needed
for children past the toy age. girls
and boys from IL years on. who, al
though they may no longer believe in
Santa Claus for numerous reasons. like
to receive remembrances ut Christmas
time - handkerchiefs, pocketbooks,
neckties and hose.
Campaign headquarters were lively
today with fresh offers Of assistance.
Fred Clark and his Earle Theater
Orchestra will be on The Star-Warner
Bros IN. B. c. broadcast Wednesday
night, December g. They are playing
for the Christmas toy campaign
through the courtesy Of the Musi-
cians' Union Of Warrington, Local
No. 1Sl.
The most attractive lineup Of en-
tertainment yet offered In six years Of
toy matinees II being presented this
year By the theaters, arranged By John
Evening star., 1936-12-05

]. Psyette, Warner Bros. general zone
manager. Mickey Mouse, Pop Eye
and other cartoon favorites are in
cluded in the short subjects. while
Laurel and Hardy. Richard Dix. Fred
die Bartholomew and Joe E. Brown
are among the stars featured.
The screen attractions booked will
be presented through the courtesy of
film companies and their local ex-
changes. A new toy or some new arti-
Gle of clothing will be the only admis-
sion prices. and those who come are re-
quested not to bring food to the thea
tiers. Food is being gathered at police
precinct station houses and the Ma
tional Guard Armory.
List Of Toy Matinees.
The toy matinees will be held at
the following theaters:
Earle-Jane Withers in the Twen-
tieth Century-Fox production, Paddy
O'Day."
| Metropolitan-Joe E. Brown in
Warner Bros "Earthworm Tractors. -
| Tivoli-Freddie Bartholomew in
United Artists Little Lord Fauntle-
roy"
Ambassador-Harol Lloyd in the
Paramount picture, The Milky Way
Uptown-Laurel and Hardy ir
M-G-Ms Bonnie Scotland"
Penn-IAurel and Hardy In M-G.
Ms Bohemian Girl"
Apollo-Eleanor Whitney in th1
Paramount picture, 'Timothys Quest.
Home-Joe E. Brown in Warner
Bros Sons O. Guns"
York-Buster Crabbe in the Para
mount production, Desert Gold"
Colony-Jane Withers in the Twen.
Evening star., 1936-12-05

When the same thing happened or
repeated visits, however, he grew
curious.
What he discovered was that she
had 4 class room rule which required
those who did not know to raise their
left hands, while those who did raised
their right. She called only on the
latter group.
OUSTED.
Our man ioasn't there for the
grand finale. but the play itself
tDds amusing.
The proprietor OF Downtown
antique store Uas greatly irdte
one recent morning when he
emerged from his shop to find
rery trampish. .looking individual,
pery much the worse for tDear al
coholically, Iollfno asleep in an
armchair. That chair, the pro-
prietor explained, ,Das for sale and
not on the sidewalk for the COM
fort OF passersby. The bum. he
said, had better move along before
police sOere summoned.
The sleeper said he s0ould.
He did, too. When 1De passed
again q tew moments later the
proprietor had re-entered his shop
and the itinerant had moved along
about 10 feet. he was sleeping
peacefully, tuu length, on q nearby
diUan.
Evening star., 1936-12-05

the loans and currency division Of
the Treasury Department. 1t told
how. the employees OF this division
touched by the Christmas appeal. had
united to purchase the dolls.
As the scarlet-coated young mu-
sicians of the Boys Club Band blared
another tune, . feet of taxi cabs from
the Union Taxi Cab Association rolled
up with their cargo Of contributors
who had taken advantage of the COM
pany's offer of q free ride to the doll
house Some passengers left the cabs
and brought their gifts to the brightly
painted little house Others handed
dolls through the windows to persons
on the sidewalk who brought them to
Hittenmark.
Louis Brueninger. who gave the doll
house; George Ford. who equipped it.
and Harry Sommerville. manager OF
the Willard Hotel. which donated the
space. were among those who spoke
on Hittenmark's broadcast Mrs
Walter B Fry, president of the Dis
trict Congress of the Parent Teach
ers Association, engaged in locating
needy cases throughout the city. also
spoke.
Hittenmark will broadcast from the
doll house each morning His drive
is allied with The Star-Warner Bros.
N. B. c. Christmas toy campaign.
Evening star., 1936-12-05
'D0LL HOUSE OPENS
WITH CEREMONY
14th and + Corner Is Trans
formed Into Holiday
Spot.

The southwest corner Of Fourteenth
and F streets was transformed today
from just one Of many busy down.
town corners into the exact spot
where small girls dreams come true.
There. at . Am. Gordon Hitten-
mark. Your Timekeeper" of Station
WRC., opened his Doll House with q
broadcast and accompanying cere-
monies. Immediately the threshold
was heaped with dolls for Washing
tons needy children as the first con-
tributors stepped up with tangible evil
dence of their remembrance Of the
forgotten child.
Maj. Ernest w. Brown. superin-
tendent of police, was presented by
Hittenmark with the KEY to the Doll
House, opening it for the reception
Of gifts at any time from now until
Christmas. The Police Boys Club
Band PLAYED lively airs, and the
ma jor's wife presented the first doll.
As . workman applied q fresh coat
Of orange paint to the Doll House
chimney Hittenmark. on the sidewalk
below, gave a rapid fire. play-by play
broadcast of the ceremonies. and intro
duced this person and that connected
with the undertaking.
Let's all get together and make
this q good Christmas for every one, u
Maj. Brown said in his appeal for
gifts for needy youngsters.
Capt. Joseph c. Morgan. nth pre-
cinct. chairman Of the sixteenth an
nual Metropolitan Police Christmas
party, spoke of how the police are
working to thwart gloom in any
household on Christmas day. The
dolls collected at tho Doll House will
be distributed by police.
Mrs. Browns gift was a 2-foot-tal
doll and toy. As she spoke over the
radio . small colored man. his knees
sasging, shufied up with an enormous
cardboard box of dolls. Hittenmark
beckoned him to the microphone.
"Oh-oh," the overburdened col
ored man said.
Hittenmark asked who was the
donor The other mumbled inds.
tinctly.
Loans and currency" prompted q
woman in the crowd Of bystanders
She handed Hittenmark letter from
Evening star., 1936-12-05

She was not. however. OF a sudden,
from somewhere behind her. there
came q deep and appealing voice:
Lady" it said. would you give me
dime?"
Mrs. Babine did not answer. She
couldn't-frishtened.
METHOD.
MAYBE this really belongs on the
woman's page
Charles and Mable Johnston. 8 and
10 years old didn't like asparagus until
recently One day their mother. out
Connecticut avenue way, found .
simple but tempting salad recipe. She
decided to let the children prepare it.
lust for mother and daddy. if you
wish"
After they made two pretty salads
there was some asparagus left. So
they decided to make two for them
selves-just to look at.
Wisely nonchalant, mother said
nothing. Curiosity had its way and
the children ate their salads to sam
pie their own cooking. Since then they
have liked asparagus.
PERFECT.
ONE nearby Virginia teacher had .
method all her own.
David Porter, an educational oficer
now in Washington. tells of the times
he used to visit her classes. When
she asked = question every pupil held
up his hand and. when one was called
upon. he always answered correctly
Porter was impressed the first few
times and congratulated the teacher
Evening star., 1936-12-05
CONTEMPORARY PRINTS
EXHIBITED AT LIBRARY

Prints by contemporary artists will
be on exhibition in the second floor
lobby Of the central building of the
Public Library at Eighth and K
streets during December, DR.. George
F. Bowerman, librarian, announced
today.
Autographs of Winter scenes BY
A. g.. Arnold. block prints by Olin
Dows,. brilliantly plumaged pheasants
by Benson B. Moore, bright modern
scenes by Marguerite c. Mum and
prints by Rowland Lyon, Robert r.
Gates. Harold Weston, Prentiss Tay-
lor and Alfred Bendiner make up the
collection.
Miss Elizabeth Ray Lewis. chief Of
the art division Of the library. says
the exhibition was undertaken to ac-
quaint the public with the work be-
ing done by contemporary artists.
Evening star., 1936-12-05
VETERANS WIDOW DIES

Mrs. Margaret Josephine Manning.
70, widow Of william Joseph Man.
ming, Union Army veteran, died Thurs
day night at her home, 1926 Calvert
street. She had been seriously Ill
several weeks.
Mrs. Manning had lived here for
the last a years. She is survived by
two sons, James 8. Manning of New
Orleans, and Emmett B. Manning,
this city, and two daughters, Miss
Mary Ellen Manning and Mrs. Mar
garet Manning Perkins. both Of this
city. She leaves also five grand
children.
Funeral services and burial will be
in Richmond Monday.
Evening star., 1936-12-05
us. workers. Join
IN YULE CAMPAIGN
individuals, Groups Assist
Campaign to Assure All
of Remembrance.

Federal employees. individually and
in groups, were joining forces today
with The Evening Star. the Warner
Bros. theaters. the National Broad
casting Co., the Metropolitan Police
Department and the Parent Teachers
Associa ton to make sure that no one
in Washington will be forgotten this
Christmas.
In response to numerous requests
which have come to The Evening Star
from large numbers of Government
workers who wish to lend their aid
In the campaign to provide Christmas
cheer for every one in the District
not otherwise cared for. arrangements
have been made for these employees TO
contribute.
Each Federal Bureau will collect
toys. food and clothing to be kept on
hand until called for by the agencies
working with The Evening Star for
delivery to needy families in Wash
ington
One person will be appointed as CO.
ordinator for the Government agencies
III IIIS CdIIpdlBH. 1CIlCIdl lLliOi Iud =
ton will be cleared through his office,
and arrangements will be made
through him to contact every Federal
bureau in the interest of the cam
paign.
Working with the chief co-ordinator,
however. will be one person or
group Of persons in each Federal
bureau. These will be designated by
the individual bureaus and public an
nouncement will be made of their ap-
pointment. ~
One by one As Federal employees en-
list in the campaign. the names OF
their groups will be placed in . roll
of honor
Anticipating spirit of rivalry among
the various departments. The Star has
also arranged an award to be given
to the bureau collecting the largest
number of gifts.
Evening star., 1936-12-05

"And no,c ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, says
Audrey Seber OF ceremonies at the Earle Theae ioe
popuar fact and fancy Santa Cldus MISS
Sieber and friend the Earle Theater lobby talking
oper the forthcoming toy atinees to be held December 1
gift needy child to the Earle or one o. the & 10
sDees rom toddy as euent in The
Christmas toy campaign -Stdr StdD Photo
Evening star., 1936-12-05
Federal Bureau Christmas
HONOR ROLL

Numerous REQUESTS have come to The Evening Star
aid to The BrosN B. c. Toy Matinees being
held cooperation with the Sixteenth Annual Metro
poita Police Party and the Association
and these generous Government workers the following
suggestion Is made -
Designate person, a group Of persons in each
Federal bureau to collect toys food and clothing to pc
kept on until called for by the agencies working with
The delivery to needy families in Washington
An Honor Roll Call will be kept and the bureau coll
lecting largest number Of such gifts will receive The
Stars award.
JOIN THIS WORTHY CAUSE HELP THE
POOR AND THE NEEDY IN YOUR ADOPTED
CITY MAKE THIS MERRY CHRISTMAS
FOR ALL WASHINGTON.
Direct All Inquiries to
NATIONAL 5000,
BRANCHES 26O, 418 AND 1886,
Christmas Campaign Headquarters.
THE EVENING STAR.
Evening star., 1936-12-05
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
SLIPPERY.

SLIPPERY.
T LARRY WELLS. deputy United
States marshal at Police
Court, admits he never has
4 been able to understand the
ways and whims of women. He got
newer and more convincing proof Of
their many Accomplishments this
week when he handcuffed two women
members of the jury together for good,
clean fun.
The two handcuned ladies-the
most attractive on the panel-were
led into the court room and up to the
bench for a farcial trial.
Before the clerk had read the charge
failing to fight to save man from
prison-one Of them had slipped her
hand through the cuffs" and walked,
free, from the room.
II you Were eUen sli0htly con-
cerned at the tate OF those rare
books OF the Library OF Congress
mentioned here recently as of
seeming importance to young
lady visitor than the tate OF her
umbrella, just get 1t out OF your
mind.
No croWn jeDels uere ever more
carefully guarded and PRESCRIBED.
The books, as the other item inti-
mated, may hare seemed OF small
consequence to the o,rl-,Dho ,Oas,
after all that kind Of girl-but all
the umbrellas in the Uorld could
not induce the L;brary's sta6
to relar its vigilance oVer the
least paludble volume.
PAST AND PRESENT.
A MRS. BABINE. late Of Boston
= but more recently of Washington,
got the fright of her life while looking
over the greatest mummy collection
in town recently.
Standing there. solemn and alone
among the remains Of ancient life. she
felt cut of from everything that be-
longs to this day.
Evening star., 1936-12-05
Professors Puzzled.

Women make higher grades than do
men during the Winter term of school
at Kansas State Teachers College Of
Emporia, but in the Summer session
scholastic honors 60 to the men. On
cials can't figure why.
Evening star., 1936-12-05
Would Stop "Horrihc" Films.

LONDON R.-The London County
Council is considering legislation to
prevent Aims claSsed by the Board Of
Censors as "horrific" from being shown
to children under Is.
Two pictures recently classed ~
"horrific" were 'Draculas Daughter"
and The walking Dead"
The Washington times., 1936-11-05
WOMAN KILLED
IN BATHTUB

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. 5.-A
tall, well-dreSsed man, about %
years old, was sought today as the
key to the bathtub murder Of Mrs.
]. H. Baggett, who was shot to
death in a hotel room here.
Mrs. Baggett, mother of two
children, was found shot to death
in the bathtub Of her room in a
small residential hotel yesterday.
She had been wounded three times
with pistol bullets.
A man who dashed out Of her
room a few seconds after the
three shots were fired was hunted
by police. They had only a Scant
description of him.
Lafayette Clump, Negro janitor
at the hotel, said the man ap-
preached him, inquiring the loca-
ton of Mrs. Baggett's room.
The Negro said the stranger
prompted when he did not rec
ognize the name. .Clump directed
him to Mrs. Baggett'S room.
A few minutes later a resident
in the room below Mrs. Baggett's
ram into the hall. He told Clump
he had heard shots. AS he talked
to the janitor, a man dashed from
Mrs. Baggett'S room, Sprinted
down the hall and into the street
where he sped away in q mud
splattered automobile.
Police believe Mrs. Baggett was
fleeing from her aSSailant as she
was shot.
The Washington times., 1936-11-05
JUNIPER FOUND
OLDEST TREE

TUCSON, Ariz. Q.N.S0-The
giant sequois of California, here
tofore believed to be tbs oldest
living things in the Americas,
have yielded their sky thrones to
the jumpers of the cold, rocky
Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Years of research in ancient
tree history, dating even to the
days when the ASSyrianS built their
great empire, resulted in the dis
covery that western jumpers tow
ering over California mountain
ranges are the Methusalahs Of the
vegetable kingdom, some of them
dating to the 14th century B. c.
Announcement of these findings
was made public by DR.. Waldo S.
Clock, of the Tucson laboratory,
Carnegie Institution of Washing
ton.
The Washington times., 1936-11-05
Rabbi Metz TO Speak
Here on 'Menkenism'

Rabbi Solomon Metz will speak
on THE Case of Menkenism," at
services at the Adas Israel Syna-
gogue, Sixth and I Streets North
west, tomorrow night.
There will be a social hour and
forum after the services with
What Price Cynicism" as the
topic. Joseph Mendelson and
Louis Gutenberg will lead the dis
cuSsion. Joseph a. Wilmer will
| preside,
Evening star., 1936-04-27

of proposals to establish q truly ma
tional university are made clear by
DR.. Wesley. One is that down through
the years the idea has had forceful
opposition from the heads Of impor-
tant, privately endowed institutions of
higher education. Harvard, Yale, Co.
lumbia and Johns Hopkins may be
listed among these.
The second is that a number of
incidents that might have resulted in
the creation of a national university
have been diverted to the establish
ment of more highly specialized foun-
dations and institutes, such as the
Smithsonian Institute, the Carnegie
Institution Of Washington, the Brook
ings Institute and the National
Academy of Science, with its related
National Research Council.
The current proposal is that Con-
gress appropriate an adequate en-
dowment-$20,00 100000 was suggested
by John Quincy Adams more than
100 years ago-with which to support
an institution of graduate study and
research, where a selected student
body could work with the tremendous
advantages of all of the libraries,
laboratories, research establishments,
Government records and practical ex-
perts in every line of endeavor that
are to be found in Washington.
There is, for example, the Library
Evening star., 1936-04-27

Of Congress, one Of the finest in the
world. The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture has been called
the biggest research and scientific
establishment ever created. The Pan
American Union brings together in
q common point Of contact the in
terests of the Americas. The many
branches of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton are in themselves an outstand-
ingly efficient battery Of scientific
instruments.
A group of important educational
institutions in Washington, such as
the American University, the Catholic
University of America and George
town University would contribute i'm
portant contacts to the faculty and
students in the university of the
United States, although there would
be no Official connection between
these.
According to the present plan, new
university of the United States would
not only coordinate opportunities for
advanced students to use all of the
exceptional facilities in Washington,
but the establishment would at once
be of benefit in forwarding plans for
giving superior training to the public
service personnel of the United States
Government. No undergraduate in
struction would be carried on in the
proposed university. and maturity and